Jedi_Nephite
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On 12/5/2022 at 6:47 AM, MarginOfError said:
Thank you for clearing that up, @estradling75.
What I had intended to emphasize, and did poorly, was that bishops cannot just look up the full membership information of any member in the church. The best they can do is infer a record does or doesn't exist based on whether the system finds a match (any number of typos may fail to produce a match).
It should be noted that using the "Request Records" functionality to investigate if a friend/relative/acquaintance has a membership record isn't an approved use of the system. In fact, in some jurisdictions, it could be a violation of privacy laws (it isn't in the U.S., but I imagine it could be a problem in the E.U.)
Thank you. I appreciate everyone’s responses.
It turns out that what my brother-in-law did was try to start a records request, without completing the process, to see if anything would come up.
Not sure if using the “Request Records” functionality to search the record of a family member in a situation like this is approved or not. He’s a bishop, and pretty by-the-book, so I’m assuming he knows the rules. He’s also a judge, and I don’t just mean in Israel, and spent many years prosecuting criminals before that, so I think he’s familiar with the law. In any event, it wasn’t our idea.
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On 11/30/2022 at 2:42 PM, MarginOfError said:
This is inaccurate. The only resource that Bishops have access to that provides church-wide information is the Church Directory of Leaders (CDOL). As the name indicates, it only provides information about leaders, and is intended to facilitate communication between ward and stake leaders.
I can think of two ways a bishop might attempt to determine if a person still has a membership record.
- Initialize a request for their record. They would need to know name and birthdate or record number to do so. The system will identify matches and ask the person performing the request if this is the person they are looking for.
- Submit a Request for Confidential Information. Normally, these requests involve members of the bishop's unit, but they can request records for former members as well. These requests are reviewed by the Office of the First Presidency, and he wouldn't learn much until they had reviewed the request and adjudicated that he did, in fact, need the information.
I would guess your bishop friend used the first approach and was unable to find a match.
Thank you for the response, but I’m not sure I understand. You said Bishops do not have access to a global church database to find members, but then you go on to say that they can initiate a search to find individual members.
Which is true?
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When I was a ward clerk, I learned that bishops have access to a global church database that is exclusive to bishops (and probably certain stake leadership callings, I would imagine). I assume that’s what our relative, who is a bishop, was using. And there are several reasons that would necessitate the need for bishops to have access to this information. For one, as you already mentioned, if someone was a pedophile, had their name removed, and then tried to rejoin through a different ward and stake, it would be important to know to protect the ward. There are also times bishops must contact a member’s relative in an emergency, or a member’s ex-spouse for a sealing cancellation. The purpose of the database isn’t necessarily for those for whom they have stewardship over, but, rather, to help serve those under their stewardship.
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To make a long story short, I have a in-law who recently claimed to have left the church. If it turns out to be true, it wouldn’t be a total surprise, but the problem with this particular individual is that he has a history of making things up to get attention. Another member of the family, who is a bishop of a different ward and stake than the one this individual attends, said that he tried searching him on the church’s database to confirm if it were really true that he left the Church, but was not able to find his name. However, I find it odd that nothing would come up at all during a search, even if someone had their name removed.
So, my question is, when a bishop does a search for a member of a different ward and stake, but that individual requested to have their name removed from the membership records, what do bishops see? Does the search really come up empty or does it indicate they are a former member, wished not to be contacted, et cetera?
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On 11/7/2022 at 9:29 AM, Carborendum said:
This reminds me of something I did with my eldest son. He was kind of in limbo because he didn't feel ready for a mission. And he didn't know what he wanted to do with his life while "hanging around."
At some point, I started charging him rent at $50/month. Every few months I'd raise the rent another $50/mo. This wasn't meant to make him go bankrupt or make me rich, obviously. I meant to just light a fire under him. He slowly started realizing that his income was not going to keep up. So, that's when he did the training for his "real job."
By the time I got to charge him about $550/mo, he finally found a profession, the folks at Whataburger were very disappointed at seeing him go to "real job." But after a few months of hearing rave reviews from his co-workers, I realized that he was going to be fine. The lesson had been taught.
I stopped charging him rent and explained that I just wanted to light a fire under him. He understood. And he was grateful.
I’ve been thinking of doing the same thing with my own kids. They still live at home, don’t have jobs, and always expect us to cook dinner. As such, I’ve been tempted to start charging them rent. But because they’re only 9 and 7, I can’t get my wife onboard with the idea.
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On 11/12/2022 at 4:07 PM, Ironhold said:
The "Red Wave" predictions were based on then-current voting patterns, which presumed the usual apathy among under-30s.
This time they actually bothered to come out and vote.
It was also based on the naive assumption that there wouldn’t be voter fraud this time around, which, of course, we know there was.
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On 11/1/2022 at 12:34 PM, LDSGator said:
That’s the key. We all have different lifestyles but generally speaking, the super rich don’t live in a home with 88 rooms, 200 luxury cars, and four movie theaters. You’d be amazed how many millionaires drive “older” cars and have surprisingly modest homes.
That’s often why they are millionaires. They spend wisely.
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On 10/2/2022 at 11:39 PM, Just_A_Guy said:
98. 🙂
I knew I should have double checked.
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4 hours ago, Emmanuel Goldstein said:
That farewell from President Nelson almost felt like a final farewell. I hope not.
Wow, 4 temples in Mexico City. Very cool list of new temples.
That was the same impression I had. He is 96 years old, so it wouldn’t come as a surprise.
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On 8/10/2022 at 12:00 PM, Carborendum said:
Both.
When I went to public school a lifetime ago, we supplied almost everything.
- Notebooks/folders/binders
- Backpacks
- Calculators
- Personal Pencil sharpeners
- Standard writing and/or graph paper.
- Pencils were treated the same way.
The school supplied:
- Paper that was non-standard
- A wall-mount pencil sharpener.
- Crafts supplies.
- Refills for paper and pencils were available. But they were in case we happened to run out. It was not to be our standard supply.
I have no idea what the standard is today since we've homeschooled or private schooled all our kids.
Same here. It’s also the same for my kids. The only difference is that the teachers send out a list of supplies for us to buy, whereas, when I was a kid, we just kind of assumed what we would need.
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In my experience, “handing over our burdens” doesn’t necessarily mean we stop worrying about it, but that once we have done our part in resolving our burdens, we can turn it over to the Lord and trust that He will handle the rest.
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On 7/5/2022 at 3:48 PM, Carborendum said:
You wouldn't happen to live in Tennessee, would you?
No, but I’ve driven through there if that counts.
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2 hours ago, LDSGator said:
Can you choose what temple you get sealed at?
Yes, you can. We decided on Nauvoo, as it was roughly half the distance between where our parents lived. And, of course, the historical significance made it all the more enticing.
*I also just realized I misspelled Nauvoo in my previous post. Shame on me. 🙄
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Navoo is great. My wife and I were sealed in the Navoo Temple 12 years ago this month. We haven’t had a chance to go back and visit since then, but hope to soon.
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On 5/9/2022 at 1:58 PM, Carborendum said:
I feel you. And upon reflection, on one level, I agree. But I also side with Democrats when I say that he really didn't do anything to close the divide between right and left. We could blame the Democrats for that. But Trump really didn't do anything on his end either.
Yes. And that is evidence that he could have done more to close the divide.
I disagree. There is nothing Trump could have done to close the divide, as the Democrats simply don’t want it. The reason the there is such a divide is because division is what the left thrives on. The other reason is because the right and left in America no longer are two opposing sides with the same goal. The right wants to save the United States and protect our constitution. The left wants to destroy the United States, shred the constitution, take down all of our traditions and values, and everything that made this nation great, and turn it into a third world country.
Personally, the fact that Trump made Jokes about the left, and called them out for their ridiculous antics and ideas, is something I really liked about him. I thought it was about time we had someone in Office who was willing to call it like it was, and pull no punches. No more of this “touchy/feely, reach across the aisle” garbage. He was dealing with a party of petulant children, and he treated them as such.
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20 minutes ago, MarginOfError said:
Is it possible to send a text from a landline? No.
Is it possible to use a landline to call a service that will transcribe a message into a text? Yes, but I doubt that is what happened here.
Is it possible to send a text from a computer or computer-like device and make it look like it's sending from a landline? Yes, and in fact it is trivial to do.
The "from" line you see displayed on your phone is read from metadata in the message. It can be edited to look like anything.
What likely happened is a device owned by someone you know was compromised. A phisher sent a blast out to any number available and chose a number at random to use in the "from" field.
DO NOT RESPOND TO THAT THREAD.
What the phisher is looking for is evidence of an active phone number. A list of "proven active" phone numbers is more valuable than a random list of numbers.
This particular phishing attempt tried to use a familiar photo, which has the potential to ensnare those that dont want to ignore a friend. The pornographic image is intended to provoke outrage, hoping you will reply asking them not to send such content.
Ignore and delete the messages, or report them as spam. Contact the relative through a different medium to ask if they are ok and recommend they change passwords immediately.
Thank you for that explanation. Yeah, I promptly deleted the text after I received it.
What you said leans more towards what I was thinking. The only thing that doesn’t make sense, though, is that if it was someone else who hacked his phone, how would they send it to two phone numbers he would have no way of having on his phone? That’s the part we really can’t understand.
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34 minutes ago, Jane_Doe said:
Options: 1) ignore and forget it.
2) in a separate text/call say “hey just so you know, this happened”. And then ignore and forget.
And never open unfamiliar attachments.
Thanks. But what I’m really trying to ask is whether it is possible to send a text from a landline number, and how likely that would be given the other factors I listed. We are trying to make sense of the situation, and need to understand it. If this individual in question sent this text, then it is an indication of his current state of mind.
I didn’t open any attachments. The pictures just appeared, just like when someone sends a photo via text message.
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I had something happen last week that I thought someone here might be able to help shed some light on.
First, let me provide some background information. I have an in-law who has been struggling spiritually over the last several years. It’s a long story, but my wife and I started to see the signs, as his personality started to change towards us, as well as other members of the family. It got to the point where we had to stop talking to him, as he would just get argumentative, even when we agreed with him. We also recently discovered that he hasn’t been going to church for two years. Now, even though we avoided having long conversations with him, we still tried to reach out to him from time to time. But he would just ignore us, that is, until a couple of weeks ago when my wife (and her sister) received a text from him, claiming that he was leaving the church. Now, for very specific reasons, we haven’t responded to that text nor has my wife’s sister. It is also important to note that this individual has a degree in programming. When my wife talked to her sister about this recent text, she warned her not to open any attachments that he sends. Apparently, a few months ago, he sent her a virus with spyware on it. She and her husband have reasons to believe this was intentional.
Fast forward to last Thursday afternoon. I received a group text. In the brief pop-up notification, I see my brother’s name, as well as the name of this individual included in the names of the recipients of the text. I assumed it was a family group text, though I thought it was strange that both my brother and this individual would be part of the same group text, as they have never met each other. However, when I opened the text, it turned out to be nothing but trash, to put it mildly. I won’t go into too much detail, except to say that there were two pictures included. The first picture was a strange picture of this individual (not necessarily inappropriate, just strange looking) but that picture was followed by a pornographic image.
What’s particularly strange about this is that, two of the numbers included in this group text are numbers he shouldn’t have had, as they no one would have given him those numbers. Additionally, one of the other numbers was my wife’s old cell phone number from over a decade ago. Yet, he knows her current phone number. Two or three of the numbers were not numbers either of us recognized. And one of the numbers was the phone number of this individual, as if he was one of the recipients of the text. The number that actually sent the text was not a number we recognized; it was also a landline. However, the first picture was clearly a headshot of him. As such, we’re not sure if he sent this text or not. Too many things just don’t make sense. If he sent it, why would he include my wife’s old number? How did he send it from a different number, not to mention a landline? How would he have the phone numbers of people that he has never met and who never gave it to him? If it wasn’t him, how was there a picture of him in the text?
Any thoughts?
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My brother drove down with his wife and son yesterday. Since he also passed his General, but doesn’t have an HF radio yet, I invited him to try and make some contacts on my Icom IC-718. I made four contacts. He made six. All of my contacts were stateside, but he was able to make one in Canada. We could hear a couple of QSOs in Rome and Germany very clearly, but, unfortunately, were not able to get through the pileup.
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On 2/1/2022 at 1:36 PM, estradling75 said:
I just passed the test for all three levels last night. The FCC just issued my call sign. Woo Hoo
Wow! You passed all three in one night? That’s impressive, especially for passing the Extra exam.
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21 hours ago, Ironhold said:
Suppose, for a moment, that we confirm sentient alien life.
We make first contact with them.
Maybe they look just like us, give or take a few odd features (like Spock's ears).
Maybe it's clear that they evolved from another critter, like a fox instead of a monkey.
Maybe they're three-story tall transforming robots.
Either way, it's now undeniable that there is life on other worlds.
How would you handle it?
How do you think the people in your belief system would handle it?
Well, as a point of doctrine, we believe that there are worlds without number out there with human life on it, going through similar trials and struggles that we experience here on Earth. I doubt we will ever make contact with any of those worlds, but, if we did, it wouldn’t challenge my belief system. It would surprise me, but it wouldn’t challenge it any. Now, if they evolved from another creature, that would take some prayer to understand what all of that would means and how that fits into the Gospel. I would especially have to pray for understanding if they were “three-story tall transforming robots.”
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41 minutes ago, JohnsonJones said:
Sort of. When we were doing scouts the scouts on occasion had done something called a Jamboree on the Air. They contacted other scouts in other areas of the nation and world if they could.
I was not the operator, merely one of the adults ensuring 2 deep leadership.
Actually, what I’m referring to is not something that takes place on the radio, but, rather, a convention where ham radio enthusiasts gather together to talk about ham radio, have contests, give presentations, sell equipment, et cetera.
Thoughts about the Moscow murders
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Has anyone read the affidavit for the suspect’s arrest warrant? The details of this case are bizarre. Apparently, one of the surviving roommates claims she saw the suspect walk past her and leave the house.
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/idaho-affidavit-redacted-3/cfe7c9947da66b8c/full.pdf