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3rdthawkins: hello Seventies guess the party hasn't started yet
Seventies Soulchild: ok now we have three folks
jhonora: Morning 70s, 3rd
3rdthawkins: hello Ja-honorooo
Seventies Soulchild: Good morning 3rd and jhonora
jhonora: Are we early or late y'all?
3rdthawkins: Ja-honorow both :} we're earlate
Seventies Soulchild: lol I'm on our time...lol
jhonora: Honoraay lol
3rdthawkins: I was going for Geronomo with the Ja lol
Seventies Soulchild: ok so what's good? jhonora have you finished your reunion book?
3rdthawkins: hello alt
alt: hey 3rd, johonra & 70's how all y'all today?
3rdthawkins: we're good
Seventies Soulchild: Good morning alt. Good and yourself?
alt: Oops, jhonora okay Seventies Soulchild .. you've got a BRB thingee with your name.
Seventies Soulchild: oh let me take that off... thanks
alt: yw guess AYWalton is either in B'ham or on the way
Seventies Soulchild: Oh yes, she was set to leave today She said that she was on the hunt for some good BBQ... lol
alt: 3rdthawkins, have you gotten squared away with your LUM's? are they AA?
3rdthawkins: Yes, I believe they are AA....I was trying to tell ryan yesterday before he left I didn't think that Moses was mine because he was in MS, white and my grgr was most probably living in SC in 1880
alt: that's what I thought you were telling him
3rdthawkins: that name shows up a few times in S.C. death records, but nothing pointing me to my grgr gm............I'm trying to get enough money to be able to order a few of her kids' SS apps to see what they put for her maiden name I'm in between Perkins and Lum..........Perkins is listed as her maiden name in her son's death certificate
alt: I see familtsearch has added the beginnings of a few more Ohio databases... 1821-1962 birth & baptism....1800-1958 an Index of Ohio marriages & 1854-1997 index to deaths & burials.
3rdthawkins: but from the research that my gf's sister did, she has Lum for the maiden name and Perkins was a name for her (my grgr gm)'s mother
alt: another possible to solve, but at least you have some clues and a starting point.
3rdthawkins: my grgr gm has other siblings that went by the Perkins last name, but I cannot find them in census
alt: jhonora.. are you with us?
jhonora: I'm here alt
alt: I was also reading where Ohio has spent 13.9 million to build a Statewide County Birth & Death database Index ... Index searches will be online & free. you were so quiet jhonora
jhonora: When did Ohio start recordation of births/deaths?
3rdthawkins: wow, alt
alt: at the county level in 1867 .. State mandate in 1907 B & D index to be up & workable by the end of 2010.
jhonora: That is great, here in La. if you are outside of N.O., Baton Rouge or Shreveport, you are out of luck.
3rdthawkins: I would like to know if there was any mention of my grgr grandfather Edd Hughes's death in LA (Longwood, Caddo Parish) in 1952 in the newspapers
alt: and you can often find births & deaths recorded at the township level in county records as early as the twonship formation which may be as early as 1810 or so.
3rdthawkins: I could order his DC but I'm not sure if it will supply me with any more info than I already have
jhonora: I think the black paper in Shreveport was off-an-on. Was he an important man?
3rdthawkins: lol no
jhonora: I think the paper focused more on the socialite blacks of Shreveport.
3rdthawkins: he was a lowly farmer, so I dont' think he would get much recognition, maybe just a DC but $5 isn't bad for a DC though
jhonora: 3rd, he was married to Katie. Born to Edd and Rosetta Hughes in Waksom, TX??
3rdthawkins: yes
jhonora: They have La. deaths on pilot.familysearch.org
3rdthawkins: yeah, that's where I found it, I was wondering if there was an obit, I know they can tell more than a DC but I believe Katie, my grgr gm was the informant, from the index, I can tell she did a great job with the information, just wish she had included maiden name for Rosetta that way I have another record to compare with Ed's other siblings
alt: how old was he when he died in 1952?
3rdthawkins: 80
jhonora: You should check with the Broadmoor Library.
3rdthawkins: if you go by the birth year 1872, which she did
alt: okay, so you at least have some census records from prior to 1930
3rdthawkins: I have all of them
jhonora: They are on Captain Shreve Drive in Shreveport.
alt: aren't his siblings listed.at least for 1880?
3rdthawkins: yes
jhonora: Did any of them die in La., you could check their dc's?
3rdthawkins: only six lived to adulthood, I have DC for all six, they just about agree with the Copeland surname, though spelling is off on one or two, the oldest only "disagree" but I question the informant any way her daughter
alt: does the LA death index have the 'advanced search' feature where you can use just names of parents first & last?
3rdthawkins: No jhonora, all TX hello Selma
alt: hello Selma
Selma: Good morning sunday brunchers 3rd, alt, jhonora, and seventies when she returns
3rdthawkins: I don't have John Hughes' DC
jhonora: Morning Selma, found a McMurray from the article!!!
3rdthawkins: so scratch that, I only have five of the six
Seventies Soulchild: I'm here multitasking...
Selma: Is that one of the men that was in the picture..is he a relative
alt: then I wouldn't get hung up on the spelling variations 3rdthawkins
jhonora: The name was familiar, so I called a genealogist friend who knows everybody. She had a McMurray co-worker. Its the lady's uncle in the picture! Even militarily, all roads to Va.
Selma: LOL
alt: reading a wonderful article on "Practical Applications" for Ohio Tax List... Man, I never realized the information contained in those list.
3rdthawkins: yes, I was checking some of those Tax lists out for S.C., good information
alt: this is Personal & Property Tax list for the county... man, they got everybody.
Selma: They have whole seminars here in using tax lists
3rdthawkins: hello Khathu
Selma: The Tax Man and the Undertaker..will always find you
Khathu]: hello everyonr
alt: Yes Selma, this article is from a seminar on Ohio Tax list.. would you like a copy?
Seventies Soulchild: lol Selma
3rdthawkins: I think the one I was looking at was Tax Assessment, don't know if they are the same
Selma: Why yes I would...alt..to add to my collection..will look for some of my handouts for you too
alt: Hello Khathu
Selma: I don't want to forget found new book at my library..Railroads in the African American Experience by Theodore Kornweibel, jr.
alt: I can scan the article bout 4-5 pages and send the images for you to print.
Seventies Soulchild: World Cup New...Ghana beats Serbia 1 to nil! Woo hoo!
Selma: Oh good idea alt...
Khathu: Go Ghana!
alt: just saw that Khathu
Selma: Afternoon Khathu
Seventies Soulchild: That's what I was multitasking... lol
Khathu: More like good morning Selma. I'm in California
Seventies Soulchild: Hi Khathu
3rdthawkins: thanks for keeping us up on the sports news Ms. ESPN
Khathu: visiting my mother
AYWalton: Good afternoon, all.
Seventies Soulchild: LOL
3rdthawkins: hello AY
Seventies Soulchild: Hi AYWalton
alt: hello AYWalton.. You in DA'Ham?
AYWalton: Hello 3rd, alt, khathu, Ms. Selma, SoulChile.
jhonora: Good morning, AYWalton!
AYWalton: Yes sir---coming to you from Da'Ham, for sure! all checked in and chillin!
alt: wonderful AYWalton, glad to hear of your safe arrival
AYWalton: thanks, alt! Howdy Ms. Selma!!! wish you were here!
Selma: Hey Ms AY..you still in town.. Are you there yet.........I am so, so jealous
AYWalton: I am in Da 'Ham and chillin' in my room.
alt: AYWalton, found a Bio of 'Rick' Barrett that was used for a Family Reunion bout 10 years.. very interesting.
AYWalton: and it is H - O - T!!!
Selma: See anyone else yet
AYWalton: oh really alt. would love to see it!
3rdthawkins: hello vicky
jhonora: This weekend is the big reunion y'all, wish me luck..
AYWalton: Howdy Ms. Vicky!!!
alt: hello vicky
AYWalton: this weekend, jhonora?
3rdthawkins: God Bless Jhonora
vicky: hello all!
AYWalton: you mean this coming weekend?
alt: t a copy AYWalton?
jhonora: Good mornin, vicky.
Selma: Morning Ms Vicky
AYWalton: as in next weekend?
Khathu: good morning vicky
AYWalton: yes, I would love to see a copy, alt!
alt: want a copy AYWalton
jhonora: The weekend coming, 19-20
Khathu: vicky i'm in your time zone
AYWalton: yes, I would love to have a copy, alt.
Khathu: Much success with the reunion jhonora
AYWalton: told you I had a mad crush on Rick back in the day! lol
vicky: oh really khathu, are you visiting mom?
AYWalton: he was a nice dashing young man. howdy khathu. Selma the Drury is right next door to the Best Western!
Khathu: My mother is having some complications
jhonora: Sorry to hear, khathu
AYWalton: oh so very sorry to hear that, khathu.
Selma: Oh, sorry to hear that Khathu...
vicky: oh my! my prayers go out to her Khathu
Khathu: thank you
Selma: We will keep her and your family in our thoughts and prayers
AYWalton: indeed, we shall. Is she in California?
Khathu: thanks everyone one Oakland, California
AYWalton: ahhh ok.
alt: Prayers for you, Mom & the family Khathu
AYWalton: are you going back out there?
Khathu: i'll be here (Oakland) until Tues or Wed
AYWalton: ahhh you are already there. That's good.
Khathu: I arrived on Thursday
vicky: wb alt
3rdthawkins: wb alt
Selma: Vicky...did the link to the photo at VHS of enslaved children ever work last night..
alt: kicked myself out sending AYWalton the Bio for a cousin of mine she went to school with.
vicky: shoot, you can't scroll back to see the conversation
Seventies Soulchild: lol
AYWalton: Jhonora are all of the plans made for the reunion?
Seventies Soulchild: hey vicky!
AYWalton: Will there be a reunion booklet?
Selma: Yep no scrolling..something else Ms Vee gotta work on...
vicky: oh yes, thanks Selma!
Seventies Soulchild: lol I am so late.
AYWalton: (and yes, I am hinting for one, if you were wondering.) lol
vicky: heyy Seventies!
3rdthawkins: I see B for bold and I for italic are gone too
Selma: I wanted to post on the Forum..but I can't copy and paste...
3rdthawkins: oops, U for underline I meant
vicky: i is there
3rdthawkins: yes vicky, I meant U
AYWalton: some extra tweaking might still be in order.
3rdthawkins: but those are small matters, I don't use those buttons any way just noticed i was gone
vicky: you mean post the link Selma
3rdthawkins: i-it
Selma: Yes..vicky
AYWalton: Honoray you still there?
vicky: how come you cant copy and paste
Selma: I have no idea.......I will figure it out later
AYWalton: even with Control V Selma?
Selma: http://vhs3.vahistorical.org/starweb/vhs/servlet.starweb
alt: and then she will be dangerous lol lol lol
Selma: Why thank you Ms AY........
AYWalton: that error message on that link again, Selma.
Selma: Scanning, copying pasting..I am ready to take over the world.. OK. forget it then
AYWalton: jhonora must be multi-tasking again. Working on that reunion booklet that I hope I get a copy of.
alt: this article I'm reading on Tax List is very informative... didn't realize counties had Real & Personal List that included everyone .. property owner or not and t
vicky: try this link selma http://www.vahistorical.org/ that is home page
Selma: Looked at a book I saw in 1995 compilation of men who served in USCT from VA...mainly, Southampton, Surry, Norfolk, Isle of Wight......mustered out in Texas
AYWalton: It looke like it. Lots of soldiers in the Army of the Potomac were mustered out in TX. The MD regiments of the USCTs mustered out there.
Selma: One guy was sent to Tortogo (spelling ?) in 1866..will find paper
AYWalton: as in Tortuga?
Selma: Sent to Tortugas in 7/26/1866 for 3 years
AYWalton: that is very interesting! sounds like someone you have to follow, up on, Selma!
alt: what was Tortuga? A confinment camp or sumpin'.
Selma: Yes, I think so.......like I need something else..but I thought that was interesting
Seventies Soulchild: Tortuga isn't that PR?
vicky: lol @ Selma
Selma: Another William Rix of Southampton died of pneumonia on board STeamer "Hagan" in the Gulf of Mexico 6/6/1865
alt: pre & post USCT service research is very intriguing... what were the individuals prior to servcie and what did they do following their service.
Selma: I don't know alt......but it caught my eye
AYWalton: no it is not. It is a small island off the island of Hispanola (Haiti and Dom Rep make up Hispanola) Puerto Rico is not close nor related.
Seventies Soulchild: Ah yeah its near FloRida...
Selma: The man who compiled this list..included a book in the bibliography called Dear Ones at HOme: Letters from Contraband Camps publishedin 1966..ever heard of it AY
Seventies Soulchild: ok wow, so they were sending people all the way out there... interesting Alright. I've got to get going... game day. later all
AYWalton: no I have not heard of it, but would love to have a copy. what is the author's name.
Selma: Me too......
Khathu: have a good one
Selma: The author of the Contraband book is Henry L. Swint published in 1966.... Gonna google........
alt: laters and best wishes Khathu
AYWalton: I will check to see if they have a copy at Samford library.
jhonora: i'll check for it also.
AYWalton: Well, I just popped in for a few moments. Going to take a nap before the orientation session begins this afternoon. Have a great day everyone.
vicky: I am going to see if its a interlibrary loan book Selma mabe I can get it that way
Selma: The publisher is Vanderbilt University Press 1966
alt: http://tinyurl.com/2bcu9lf
jhonora: We have four copies here.
alt: NY Times article on EP Day Celebration in Findlay, Ohio 1880
vicky: nice alt! jhonora where are your copies
alt: EW Adams the guy who invited Grant & Conkling and set up the event was a 1st cousin.
Selma: Great article alt.
alt: ty Selma
jhonora: At Amistad Center, Tulane U., and UNO
vicky: oh ok
alt: Poindexter & Langston were UGRR operators and both served in the USCT's Langston is the grandfather of Langston Hughes
Selma: You have 4 copies of the book jhonora Can you get into JSTOR jhonora?
jhonora: At various libraries, Selma Yes, Selma, I can get JSTOR
Selma: I htink there is a review in the Journal of American History..I can't get from home .......
jhonora: I'm checking now ...
vicky: I wish I could get JSTOR. There are so many good articles that I run across my local library doesn't even have it
alt: what about a university library in the PHX area vicky?
vicky: ASU may have it alt but parking is so terrible there and the meters are only 30 mins. by the time you walk to the library your meter time is up I swore I would never go that route again
alt: oh, okay.. the hazards of BIG City life LOL
vicky: big school lol
alt: I have cards to the local univ.'s but they are on smaller campuses in smaller towns
jhonora: Selma, what is the name of the review?
Selma: Hold on..
vicky: I dont know how those kids manage. I know the parking up close is monthly and thats probably an arm and a leg
alt: you couldn't pay me to go on the campus at Ohio State Univ. to use their Library.
Selma: Dear Ones Letter at Home: Letters From Contraband Camps by Henry L. Swint
alt: are these like narratives in letter format Selma?
vicky: They are now in the process of building a library at a community college that is about a block from my house alt. I am hoping that they will have more to choose from. It will be open to the public
Selma: I have no idea alt...just saw a reference to it in the bibliography
alt: if they don't have it in-house vicky you can problably access it in-house, but on-line okay Selma
vicky: hopefully alt that will happen with the new library. right now no such luck even with a student card you cant
Selma: Sometimes its easier to get into these University Libraries on Sunday..they are not as crowded
alt: really!!!! on the student card
vicky: I was hoping that I could, and use grands student card she has to go to the computer lab housed on campus
jhonora: I found a review in the Va. Magazine of History, is that it?
alt: ain't that a trip LOL LOL
Selma: Can't you use your grands to access the college library database
vicky: thats what I was trying to do with her card selma
alt: seems like a card number and password should get you into the Univ catalog.
vicky: she is in that Ace program for HS students so mabe they dont have the same priveledges
alt: ah so
Selma: I don't know jhonora...what does that review say, is it any good
vicky: alt, when they first built that school in the early 90's I went to their library and used the computer. That is where I first saw Everything Black and Afrigenbeas lol Afrigeneas
3rdthawkins: oh, I'm gonna go, I'm getting a little frustrated with my search
vicky: bye 3rd do you remember Everything Black
Selma: No..I don't remember that vicky
vicky: that was my very first post lol in their genealogy section
Selma: Is it still around vicky I found vkn and ay on Prodigy...LOL
vicky: I dont know, they went into some sort of ring and I got frustrated
alt: talking with Deborah Abbott at Samford
vicky: I saw afrigeneas and I have not been able to leave lol
Selma: This is the BEST and RIGHT place vicky..
vicky: Exactly!
alt: is ay in the drury
vicky: Does Deborah know AY
Selma: Yes.. Yes AY is in the Drury Takin a nap... LOL
alt: Debbie is in the Drury too
jhonora: I gotta run, y'all. Xavier is having its Jazz Reception this afternoon.
Selma: They are probably next door to each other.. LOL Have a great day jhonora
alt: have fun jhonora
jhonora: I'll send you the reviews, Selma.
Selma: Thanks.. Nap sounds good........maybe time for me to leave
vicky: thats nice lol see ya selma
alt: me too ... laters


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Using the Desktop Gadget Gallery
Get the most out of Windows 7 with these handy programs
Windows 7 has a feature called the Desktop Gadget Gallery. The Gallery contains little applications, called gadgets, that you can display as icons on the desktop. Using gadgets, you can quickly access various handy features to check the time, feed online data directly to your desktop and more. Here are some of the things you can do with the Windows gadgets that we cover in this article:
- Work with images: Slide Show is a continuous slide show of the photos in your Pictures folder.
- Stay on time: The Clock gadget displays the time using an old style wall clock and allows you to make changes to your time zone.
- Work with online data: The Feed Headlines gadget allows you to grab data from online RSS feeds (a format used for syndication of news and other content), such as the latest news or other useful information.
Open the Gadget Gallery and Add Gadgets to the Desktop
1. Right-click the desktop and choose Gadgets to open the Gadget Gallery window.
2. Click on any gadget and drag it to the desktop.
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3. Click the Close button to close the Gadget Gallery. Gadgets are hot, and people are creating more all the time. Click the Get More Gadgets Online link in the Gadget Gallery to scope out the latest gadgets and then download them. If you want to send a gadget away, just place your mouse over it and then click the Close button (marked with an X) that appears next to it. The gadget closes. Just follow the steps above to display it on the desktop again at any time.
Check the Time
1. To display a clock on your desktop, right-click the desktop and choose Gadgets.
2. In the Gadget Gallery that appears, click on the clock and drag it to the desktop.
3. To make changes to the clock style or to change the time zone, place your mouse over the clock and click the settings button (it sports a little wrench symbol).
4. In the resulting Clock dialog box, click the Next or Previous button to move through the various available clock styles.
5. If you wish, you can enter a name for the clock in the Clock Name field. To change the time zone, click the arrow in the Time Zone field and choose your local time.
6. Click OK to save the clock settings.
Display a Continuous Slide Show
1. You can display a continuous slide show of the pictures in your Pictures folder to keep you entertained as you work or play on your computer. Add the Slide Show gadget to the desktop (see the earlier task "Open the Gadget Gallery and Add Gadgets to the Desktop").
2. Move your mouse over the Slide Show gadget and use the tools along the bottom of the slide show to do the following:
- Click the View button to display the current slide in Windows Photo Viewer.
- Click Pause to stop the slide show at the current slide.
- Click Previous to go to the previous slide.
- Click Next to go to the next slide.
3. The Slide Show gadget uses the Sample Pictures folder contents by default. Click the Settings button. In the resulting Slide Show dialog box, change the picture folders to include in the slide show, modify the number of seconds to display each slide or add a transition effect to use between slides.
4. Click OK to close the dialog box.
Use the Feed Headlines Gadget
1. If you like to read the latest headlines (this requires an Internet connection), add a news feed to your desktop. First, add the Feed Headlines gadget to the desktop. (See the earlier task "Open the Gadget Gallery and Add Gadgets to the Desktop.")
2. Click the Feed Viewer window to connect to the default RSS feed.
3. At the website that appears, you can view blog entries, submit an entry or subscribe to additional feeds.
4. Click the Settings button. In the resulting Feed Headlines dialog box, select the default feed.
5. Click OK to close the dialog box.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Contenders for the 34th America's Cup have filled miles of prized San Francisco waterfront property with their yachts and tents and built villages of stores and cafes for a summer of racing that has been heralded as a boon to the local economy.
Now, four days before the competition starts, visitors hoping to mingle with the world's top sailors may instead rub shoulders with an inflatable 14-foot-tall fat cat erected by the local carpenter's union in the middle of regatta real estate to protest that members have been given fewer jobs than promised.
The big grey rubbery animal holds a blow-up construction worker by the neck and stands next to a sign that reads: "America's Cup hurts workers, family and community. Shame on them."
The message may be lost on passing tourists. But many San Franciscans have expressed mixed feelings about the America's Cup.
Some, including union workers, are drawn by the promise of thousands of new jobs. But the world's premier sailing event also comes off as exclusive affair for billionaires, like Oracle's Larry Ellison, who won the prize in 2010 and brought it to the United States for the first time since 1995.
Teams from Italy, New Zealand and Sweden will challenge Ellison for the world's oldest sporting trophy in races scheduled to start Sunday.
Opening ceremonies begin Thursday - not quite two months after Olympic gold medalist Andrew Simpson was killed when Sweden's 72-foot high-tech catamaran capsized and broke apart in a training run. The tragedy has cast a cloud over this year's event, along with legal wrangling over race rules and deflated expectations about the regatta's benefits to San Francisco.
The carpenters' union lobbied San Francisco supervisors to allow the international event to be held on city property in the belief it would bring 9,000 jobs, said Adrian Simi, a field representative for the local. But barely more than a handful of his workers are working on the event, Simi told Reuters.
"Their promise to put local carpenters to work is completely a sham," he said. "They've made the San Francisco waterfront a playground for the rich and famous."
Tom Ehman, spokesman for the America's Cup Event Authority, said his organization has done everything it can to pump money into the local economy and support union workers.
"We have absolutely bent over backwards to do the right thing by way of all the unions," he told Reuters. "We very definitely are using union labor and lots of it. The unions have done a fabulous job."
Workers for another union have performed work that carpenters' union employees, who earn more, believed should have been theirs, Simi said. Journeyman carpenters make $64 an hour, including benefits.
City officials initially estimated the competition would bring three million visitors, $1.4 billion in revenue and 8,800 jobs to San Francisco this summer.
Initial estimates assumed as many as 12 boats would compete for the right to race against Oracle. With serious competitors spending upwards of $100 million apiece, though, only three teams took up the challenge.
Most recent figures estimate the regatta will attract two million visitors and generate $900 million in revenue and 6,500 jobs. Sullivan said the city cannot calculate the number of jobs and dollars the races will bring to San Francisco until they are finished.
City documents show that a contractor underpaid construction workers building infrastructure for the event last year. Carpenters were supposed to earn the so-called prevailing wage of $64 but pocketed about $460,000 less than they should have.
Sullivan said agreements to pay prevailing wages now are being met.
She also pointed to a job fair where hundreds of workers are being hired to work concessions as proof of the boon to the economy. On Tuesday afternoon, the majority of the job applicants were students from Ireland on four-month work visas.
"We'll take anything," said Mark Murray, 22, of Dublin as he filled out an employment application. "Need some dollars, as they say."
Nearby, Jason Haylor pedaled a lime green bicycle taxi. In the one and a half years he's been driving the Pedicab along the waterfront, the 34-year-old San Franciscan said, he has picked up only one passenger, an Italian architect, related to the America's Cup.
Mac Leibert, manager of the Pier 23 Cafe, did credit the event with bringing visitors to the area.
"It doesn't hurt being right at ground zero for the America's Cup to put your restaurant on the map," he told Reuters. "It's brought business and interest to this part of the city."
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Multiple users who've had their iPhones stolen are reporting that iMessage is still linked to their stolen device even after they've conducted a remote wipe, deactivated their iPhone with the carrier, and even changed their Apple ID password. This means that whomever steals or buys a stolen iPhone may have the ability to iMessage from the original owners account, pretty much impersonating them.
Although Apple has yet to comment on the situation, Ars Technica was able to get iOS security expert Jonathan Zdziarski to chime in on his thoughts of why this may be occurring.
"iMessage registers with the subscriber's phone number from the SIM, so let's say you restore the phone, it will still read the phone number from the SIM. I suppose if you change the SIM out after the phone has been configured, the old number might be cached somewhere either on the phone or on Apple's servers with the UDID of the phone."
In short, Apple needs to fix this, and quick. If your iPhone ever gets stolen, there's absolutely no way to remove iMessage from the device -- which will appear as if you were sending the messages yourself -- and the unfortunate part is that there doesn't appear to be a fix in sight.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Too Much Whimsy? Revlon Whimsical
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17 comments:
- keijtieloves said...
lovely polish <3
- October 16, 2012 at 7:53 AM
- Essie Rae iheartprettypolish said...
Whimsical is really fun over so many different colors. If you aren't liking the seafoam green, try pink or darker blue:) I know what you mean about sometimes the pictures looking odd - like showing wrinkles more, etc. It's like it's the lighting on certain days or something. I have been really struggling lately with my cuticles, etc. Tomorrow is a new day, right?
- October 16, 2012 at 8:13 AM
- Snowydrops said...
I absolutely loved this one over a pale pink, so perhaps you can try its effects.
No disappointments recently - but the Relvon Scandalous (DL Bad Romance dupe) wore like iron for 7 days...very impressed.
- October 16, 2012 at 8:59 AM
- alana said...
have you tried layering it over a dark blue? i found that to be very pretty, the base is translucent enough that you only see the glitter and shimmer.
- October 16, 2012 at 10:10 AM
- cilucia said...
It works better for me over a pale blue, such as Essie Who Is the Boss (at least it is blueish on me; I know it's a little green on others)
- October 16, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- beachgal said...
I don't think this looks bad at all - but we all have our own feelings on colors...I cannot stand myself in chalky light shades - they all make me so aware of how red my hands look and they are not usually red. I was insane over the DL GITA and bought 3 bottles of it when it came out. For a long time even getting hands on a Revlon dup was near impossible...and sad to me after over spending to get one to try, then Revlon added it to their ongoing collection with the new name along with the pink one and the Facets of Fuchsia too. I don't like the Revlon dup of FITA as much as the original - but I do like the Revlon dup they did in Facets of Fuchsia a lot more than the DG Bad Romance. I have had some fails in the past months - most were my trying sooo hard to find one, just one I ask for, in the light powder blue hue that I can wear - not found any yet - all too chalky..they have to be more blue or a lot cornflower blue for me to pull 'em off.
- October 16, 2012 at 10:46 AM
- Grace said...
It might be the base color? I don't have this or the orginal DL, so I'm not much help, I guess!
Re: polish disappointments - I was SO excited to try the Sally Hansen magnetic polish (I even ordered the China Glaze magnet with the different patterns on it, so I'd have options besides the one in the Sally Hansen bottle cap) and... wah wah. I think my nails are too curved, maybe? The pattern (no matter which one I used, or how I held the magnet) would only show up in a narrow strip down the center of each nail. After about an hour of fussing with it, I just gave up.
- October 16, 2012 at 10:54 AM
- Stephanie said...
I like Whimsical on its own, too; three thin coats make a beautiful, jelly-ish, coppery-glittery stunner of a manicure!
Disappointments; all the magnetic polishes have been disappointing for me, and I've tried at least four different brands of them. My nails are too curved, as well, for them to work right. :(
- October 16, 2012 at 11:50 AM
- Natalia said...
I like it on you!
- October 16, 2012 at 2:35 PM
- Jammies said...
I actually adore Whimsical, but Butter London Knackered was a huge disappointment for me.
- October 16, 2012 at 3:11 PM
- Sibyl Rose said...
Literally just bought this yesterday... I'm thinking I'll have to experiment with it over different colors.
- October 16, 2012 at 3:20 PM
- Shelby's Swatches said...
I definitely like how the base makes the glitter more green! Cute!
- October 16, 2012 at 4:05 PM
- Kelly said...
I like Whimsical over white or used in a jelly sandwich.
I agree with Jammies above though, Knackered REALLY let me down.
- October 16, 2012 at 4:08 PM
I actually kinda like this! The color in the bottle is definitely prettier though. My last nail polish disappointment was Revlon's Ruby Ribbon :/
- October 16, 2012 at 7:23 PM
- The Austrian said...
I wore Whimsical over Chanel Riva (which I don't like on it's own) and I loved it! I think it would look fantastic over a semi-sheer white. I also still want to try my gold-flake topcoat over a white jelly.
As for disappointments - magnetic polishes and pastel colored polishes. They look terrible and chalky on my nails.
- October 17, 2012 at 6:48 AM
- kittytokaren said...
@keljtieloves - <3
@Essie Rae - I tried it over a bunch of things on a swatch wheel, but not on my nails. And yeah, let's blame the lighting for my hands looking horrible! :) Thank you! You're right...tomorrow is a new day.
@Snowydrops - So lucky to have no disappointments lately! I think its awesome that Revlon have been doing tons of Lippmann dupes - Lippmann probably disagrees.
@alana - That is something I didn't even try on the swatch wheel! Thank you.
@cilucia - Yeah this was far too green...I was just trying to be different. Silly me.
@beachgal - Ugh those hunts for the perfect shade of *blank* are so hard! I've hunted endlessly for my perfect red and it took forever! Good luck finding your power blue...
@Grace - So many people were disappointed by the magnetics! My nails must be pretty flat because they works OK for me - but I'm over the trend now.
@Stephanie - Another magnetic disappointment! Girl, you are not alone. But really, its not the worst thing to have not work for you...there is something more fabulous around the corner :)
@Natalia - Aww thanks Natalia!
@Jammies - Whimsical looks fab on tons of people that I've seen - its the reason I picked it up! I've still never tried Butter London but I'm crossing Knackered off my list...
@Sibyl Rose - I think thats the best idea - I wish I had experimented more!
@Shelby - I'm glad you like it!
@Kelly - Wow Knackered is losing friends by the minute!
@Amaris - Aww so you had a Revlon disappointment as well! We will find better things right?
@The Austrian - I think Riva would make it look more like it does in the bottle - I probably would have liked that better! Magnetics and pastels seem to be the disappointment consensus and you summed it up nicely!
- October 17, 2012 at 10:34 AM
- scReamViolenc3 said...
I think you should try it alone! I have a picture on my blog of it alone and it's very soft looking. This is one of those colors that doesn't necessarily need to be layered.
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"How can I lay open before you the mystery of the Lord's resurrection, the saving grace of his cross and of his three days' death?" asked St. John Chrysostom in a Holy Saturday homily. "For each and every event that happened to our Savior is an outward sign of the mystery of our redemption." This mystery isn't an event that can't be known; rather, it's an event whose meaning and power cannot be fully plumbed. The mystery of the empty tomb is not a puzzle to be solved, but a saving truth to be proclaimed.
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As we mentioned last month, Dish Network says its relations with AMC Networks — which also includes IFC, The Sundance Channel, and WeTV, though people only really care about AMC — is kaput and as of July 1, subscribers will be left without their meth-making science teachers or slickly dressed ad men. The clock is also ticking on the deal between AMC and AT&T U-Verse that expires this weekend. Regardless, it's the TV-watching consumer that will pay in the end.
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[Note: This post originally ran during the first Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories in December, 2007]
My family, like most of us posting today, didn't have formal holiday parties. We grew up thinking that Christmas was better shared with family especially on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Perhaps it was because everyone had different traditions and ways of celebrating. What I enjoy so much about this meme is that we have a great group of genealogy and family history enthusiasts with a wide range of traditions and we find threads of commonality as well as a sense of diversity.
For years, I couldn't even get my mother to leave the house on Christmas Day to go for a drive, let alone travel to a relative's house! Later this month in my post on Holiday Travel, you will see that I was able to get Mom to broaden her holiday horizons.
For Parties Past, I remember mostly family get-togethers - some impromptu, some planned. With my mother having 11 siblings, all married with at least two children, things could get crazy and crowded. Usually my cousins and I would find something with which to entertain ourselves, and this was before VCRs, DVDs, Wiis and Playstations. We would play board games, read or just sing and be silly.
The adults would all be gathered around my mother's dining room table, filled with cookies (both Mom's and theirs), date nut bread and coffee. And cigarettes - lots of cigarettes. Every woman in my family had that kittenish purr you only acquire from a 3-pack a day Pall Mall habit.
They would laugh, carry on, reminisce (my favorite part) or play games. Trivial Pursuit was a hot game when it came out. But the favorite game was Roll Over better known as Farkle. Similar to Yahtzee, it involved 6 dice and various scoring rules. My family was very competitive and razzing and insults were always part of the game.
For Parties Present, I have attended and hosted various types. We only go to a few holiday parties each season and in fact, right now, I am recovering from one last night. TMI.
My firm, which is based in California, has a very different take on holiday parties. Over the past few years, it has been held on the first Saturday after New Year's Day. I think this is a great idea because there aren't enough Friday or Saturday evenings to sacrifice in December, right? This way it is truly a "holiday" party and is welcoming to all who do or don't celebrate some holiday at the end of the year. This started out as a mistake one year: management waited until too late in the year to find a suitable venue and only Saturdays after January 1st were available. And we all benefitted - the firm got a much cheaper rental and catering rate and more people were able to attend.
In our home, we host a New Year's Day open house each year. It is also called a Recovery Party. Mostly family, some friends, it starts at 2pm and runs until about 8pm. People show up when they want - there is no schedule. It is casual and carefree. And the spread usually includes ham, turkey, stuffed mushrooms, cheese, crackers, bacon candy (hah! now I'll have to post this recipe!), roast vegetables, crab cakes, crab dip (I hear another recipe post . . .), and cookies, of course. I think we had close to 20 or 25 people last year and it was a blast.
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"Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns" by Lauren Weisberger, Simon & Schuster, $25.99
Who said fashion is all about the next new thing? Author Lauren Weisberger revisits her over-the-top characters from "The Devil Wears Prada," including top magazine editor and ice queen Miranda Priestly, 10 years later in her latest novel, "Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns." It turns out, other than a few fleeting trends that clearly define the setting as 2013, things haven't changed all that much.
Miranda, widely rumored to be based on Vogue's Anna Wintour, for whom Weisberger once worked, isn't really the main character, although she is the most fun to read about. The story belongs to Andy Sachs — or Ahn-dre-ah — as Miranda likes to call her.
Andy quit Runway magazine at the end of the last book, taking pleasure in leaving Miranda high and dry in Paris without an assistant. Miranda isn't kind to those who work for her, and her cold, calculating and cruel ways have haunted Andy for a decade. The story opens with a literal nightmare about Andy not delivering Miranda's lunch on time.
Andy often calls her "inhumane."
But Miranda also is unpredictable: She trades her trim Prada dresses and Chanel suits for a maxi dress at one point! That's jaw-dropping. Seriously.
The primary driver of the plot is that Miranda wants to buy the wedding magazine created by Andy and her friend Emily, also a formerly tortured Runway employee. For Miranda to make small talk with these women — and even invite them into her home — in an attempt to court them to sell her an idea that she couldn't take credit for is practically mind-boggling. Of course it doesn't take her long to revert back to her normal self, but it's fun to see her try so hard to be civil and gracious, and especially to see her flirt with tennis star Rafael Nadal. (Wintour is a famous fan of tennis and its top players.)
Andy, however, isn't all that interesting. At times, the reader can appreciate her principles and even some of her insecurities. Sometimes they are a little too much. It seems hard to imagine that in the relatively small, insular world of fashion magazines and, taking into consideration Andy's success, she still trembles at the mere mention of Miranda's name.
And, while she has a very high horse about honesty, she isn't quite what you'd call forthcoming.
The book successfully sprinkles pop culture tidbits to keep up the breezy tone, but the mix of real and fictional references can be puzzling: Why use the real names of Nadal, designer Monique Lhuillier and hairstylist Oscar Blandi when the celebrities that seem so obviously fashioned on Beyonce and Jay-Z are called Harper Hallow and Clarence "Mack" Dexter?
The of-the-moment shout-outs might also limit the shelf life of the book, but for this summer, it's a pleasant, entertaining read in a tabloid magazine sort of way.


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In today's passage, we see the high Christology of James who refers to Jesus as the "Lord of glory" (v. 1). His glory is that which is to be esteemed above all else in the church. Thus there is ...Read More
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Every Good Gift
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Temptation's Source
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The Crown of Life
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Legislative leaders begin talking about gun control bill
Hartford (AP) - Legislative leaders began trying Wednesday to piece together a possible bipartisan bill that addresses the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School as a new poll shows strong public support in Connecticut for tougher gun control measures.
Democratic and Republican leaders, who met privately for about two hours, declined to provide details of their discussions but more than one said they are taking it "one day at a time" and planned to meet again today. A vote by the full General Assembly could be scheduled as early as next week.
"We're all there in good faith, and I think we're all working toward the same goal, which is to have a bipartisan, comprehensive, effective agreement," said House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk.
Wednesday's meeting marked the first time the General Assembly's top leadership has met since three legislative subcommittees forwarded their recommendations on possible policy and law changes concerning gun violence, school safety and mental health.
In some cases, however, the recommendations were not clear-cut. The gun violence subcommittee forwarded separate Republican and Democratic proposals, with only the Democrats calling for the expansion of the state's assault weapons ban and a ban on large capacity magazines.
A Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday showed strong public support for both measures.
In the poll, 68 percent supporting both an expanded assault weapons ban and a ban on ammunition magazines with more than 10 rounds. The poll also showed support for reforms where there's bipartisan agreement, such as universal background checks, a gun offender registry and new permit requirements.
"The Democrats have the upper hand here," Poll Director Douglas Schwartz said. "The public is clearly on the side for gun control measures."
Before Wednesday's meeting, Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, said he believes lawmakers should take the Quinnipiac survey of 1,009 registered voters, conducted Monday and Tuesday, to heart as they write the final bill.
"If folks are saying we should have a consensus bill, then look at where the people in the state of Connecticut are," he said. "I think this is a case where the people of this state are leading, and we ought to take note and grab that comprehensive bill that's supported by the vast majority of the people of Connecticut."
Williams said while lawmakers have hoped to craft a bipartisan bill, he's not completely wedded to the idea, saying, "I certainly never promised the outcome would be bipartisan." Ultimately, Williams and House Speaker Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, will have to sign off on the emergency bill to be voted on by the full legislature.
Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, said he's not surprised by the poll's findings. He said he was heartened to see that a number of proposals lawmakers are considering are supported by a large number of gun owners. For example, 71 percent of gun owners support a permit requirement to purchase and carry all guns, 85 percent of gun owners favor a gun offender registry and 65 percent of gun owners support stricter gun storage requirements.
"I think that's something that hopefully all of us will reflect upon," he said.
The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
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Cleveland Nisby, 1919-2011
In the course of human events, the wheels of history turn slowly – but they do turn. Not on their own but with human shoulders on the wheel – the shoulders of men like Cleveland Nisby.
Born July 24, 1919, in Opelousas, the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, La., he moved to Beaumont at the age of 1. When Cleveland Nisby died last week at the age of 92, many of those who knew him and many thousands more who knew of him paused in thanks for his well-spent life – and that our town is a better place today because he lived among us.
After a brief sojourn in the North following service in World War II with the Merchant Marine, Nisby returned to Beaumont and took a job at the refinery where he would labor for the next 42 years. In a 2008 interview with The Examiner, Nisby reflected on those days.
"I went to work for Mobil Oil — it was called Magnolia Refinery in those days — for 45 cents an hour. By the time I left there, I was making $19 an hour," he said.
One significant development during the early years of his tenure was the unionization of the refinery work force, something that was not accomplished without great sacrifice. Nisby worked tirelessly to help organize the union, a dangerous task for those willing to go up against the company. The danger was compounded for him because he was black.
"It was quietly, very quietly done and no public statements or public approach to anybody," he recalled. "You would lose your job talking about a union, and there were many who lost their jobs."
Company resistance to union organizing was firm until President Franklin D. Roosevelt insisted that corporations obey laws protecting labor unions if they wanted to continue to participate in lucrative government contracts. Presidents Truman and Eisenhower continued that policy, and unions finally came to Texas refineries.
For Nisby, the fight was not over — not by a long shot. The Oil Workers International Union organized Local 23 for white workers and Local 229 for black workers, who quickly found that the seniority system meant they would be permanently disadvantaged in competing for the best jobs.
With a chuckle, Nisby recalled that the two-local system ended when Magnolia Refinery said they would no longer collect dues for two separate unions, so the black and white locals were combined. Despite efforts from within and without to pit the two groups against each other, the workers soon realized that issues of wages, benefits and job safety were what united them.
The quest for social justice was a cause Nisby embraced in the community, as well, working for equality in education as well as the workplace. He became president of the Beaumont chapter of the NAACP in 1960 and pressed Jefferson County to employ blacks at the courthouse. He also pushed for a housing code that would prevent slumlords from collecting extravagant rent from substandard housing.
Nisby knew the key to building on these hard-fought gains would be to have more blacks in positions of power. He ran for a seat on the Jefferson County Commissioners Court in 1974 and again in 1982 and lost both times under a system that required candidates to run countywide for district positions. He challenged that at-large scheme in federal court as the plaintiff in a 1985 lawsuit that ended with a judge ordering the county to redraw its voting boundaries to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He abandoned his plans to run for the seat again and tossed his support behind Ed Moore as a black unity candidate. In the 1986 election, Moore unseated white incumbent Rolfe Christopher.
Nisby is survived by his wife, Dora, who has unselfishly shared him with the community for all these years.
Rep. Joe Deshotel, who represents Beaumont and Port Arthur in the Texas House of Representatives, openly acknowledges his debt to Nisby."He was a pioneer in going to many areas where African-Americans traditionally weren't and helping open many, many doors," said Deshotel. "Mr. Nisby had a lot of inner strength, because there was always a real threat of violence. It wouldn't be unusual, particularly in the early civil rights movement. Many people lost their lives or put their lives on the line when they took certain actions — it took people of strong character, people like Cleveland Nisby."
Nisby is also survived by daughters Linda Johnson (Harvey) and Cheryl Caziere, of Carson, Calif.; sons Ronald Nisby (Brenda), Anchorage, Alaska, Claver Kamau-Imani, Houston, and Reginald Nisby (Sharon), Los Angeles, Calif.; sisters Elselena King, Beaumont, Mable Harris, Washington, La., and Annie Mae Mott, Houston; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. One daughter, Betty Dozier, preceded him in death on Nov. 12, 2011. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to the Cleveland Nisby Scholarship Fund, via Mercy Funeral Home.