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Black History Month- The Florida Poll Tax 1889-1938
At the end of the Civil War, African Americans made up nearly half of the population of Florida. Blacks in Florida before the Civil War were enslaved people did not have the right to vote. The passage of the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1870 was supposed to extendthe right to vote to…
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Black History Month – 1977 Vermont Outlaws Slavery
On July 2, 1777, answering the calls of abolitionists to end slavery, Vermont became the first colony to ban slavery and went a step further in providing full voting rights for African American males as part of the new independent country of Vermont. The Vermont constitution read in part: no male person, born in this…
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Black History Month – The Black Panthers
Every February, for Black History Month, we have honored famous black Americans with short biographical sketches. This year I am changing it up a bit and we will have four stories about important moments or movements in black history. Grace and I lived in Oakland, CA during the rise of the Black Panther party. Most…
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There are many accessibility features on the iPhone that will allow you to customize your iPhone for you individual needs. There are settings for Vision, Physical and Motion, Hearing and General uses. Today I want to talk about Touch. If you scroll to the Accessibly pane of Settings you will see Touch. There…
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Apple Smashes The Street
The first headline is that Apple Mac sales exceeded $10 Billion for the first time ever! Apple attributes that increase and strong sales to the Apple M1 chip. Apple’s first quarter earnings are out and they are spectacular with growth in all sectors regardless of chip shortages and supply chain issues. Apple posted $123.9 billion in…
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VaxYes – Add your Vaccine record to Apple Wallet!
There are several different ways of adding your Covid vaccine record to your Apple Wallet so that you always have it with you to show. I think that VaxYes from GoGetDoc is a great way to both secure your vaccine data and have it ready to display when going to a location that requires proof…
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Do it Yourself?
Partially in reaction to the growing “right to repair” movement, Apple announced this week that they will provide parts, tools and guidelines for repair of iPhone 12 and 13. The initial repairs will be for the most commonly serviced parts such as the display, battery and camera. Apple will be setting up an on-line ordering…
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Apple Sets Records for Revenue and Profit- Stock Sinks
Apple reported its 4th quarter financial results today and while it was an amazing quarter despite the headwinds of the continuing pandemic and supply chain challenges. For the September quarter, Apple posted revenue of $83.4 billion and net quarterly profit of $20.6 billion, or $1.24 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $64.7 billion and…
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Hide my eMail, please!
I get a few hundred emails each day. Maybe 10% are important communications from friends or business related. Many are advertisements from companies where I have opted in to their lists but there are also a huge number that are unsolicited spam and advertisements where my email address has been harvested and added to…
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iCloud Private Relay – Your own VPN
When you browse the web, information contained in your web traffic, such as your DNS records and IP address, can be seen by your network provider and the websites you visit. This informations then used to determine your identity and build a profile of your location and browsing history over time. This is how when…