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Ligustrum L., 1753 è un genere di piante arbustive della famiglia delle Oleacee.

Etimologia
Il nome del genere deriva da un antico nome latino, già usato da Plinio il Vecchio (23 – 79]) scrittore, ammiraglio e naturalista romano, e da Virgilio (70 a.C. – 19 a.C.), poeta romano, per le piante chiamate volgarmente ligustro o olivella. ll primo botanico a usare questo nome associato al "ligustro" è stato Dioscoride (Anazarbe, 40 circa – 90 circa), medico, botanico e farmacista greco dell'antichità, che esercitò a Roma ai tempi dell'imperatore Nerone; mentre in "tempi moderni" è stato il botanico francese Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (Aix-en-Provence, 5 giugno 1656 – Parigi, 28 dicembre 1708) a usare questo vocabolo con valore di genere.
Il nome deriva dal latino ligare: fa riferimento alla possibilità di usare i suoi rami flessibili per legature in diversi lavori agricoli. Il nome scientifico è stato definito da Linneo (1707 – 1778), biologo svedese considerato il padre della moderna classificazione scientifica degli organismi viventi, nella pubblicazione "Species Plantarum - 1: 7. 1753" del 1753.

Descrizione
Queste piante possono arrivare fino ad una altezza di 20 - 30 metri. La forma biologica è fanerofita arborea (P scap), sono piante legnose con portamento arboreo e gemme poste ad altezze dal suolo superiori ai due metri. Altre forme biologiche sono: nano-fanerofita (NP), sono piante perenni e legnose, con gemme svernanti poste ad un'altezza dal suolo tra i 30 cm e i 2 metri o anche fanerofite cespugliose (P caesp) a seconda del tipo di crescita. Alla base del fusto possono formarsi diversi stoloni che diffondendosi per via vegetativa creano densi cespugli. In genere queste piante sono profumate dal tipico odore di lattice.

Radici
Le radici in genere sono legnose.

Fusto
La parte aerea del fusto è cespugliosa e prostrata oppure decisamente arborea ma sempre molto ramosa; la corteccia in genere è colorata di bruno-verdastro e liscia.

Foglie
Le foglie sono intere, coriacee e lucide, verdi su entrambe le facce ed hanno un portamento opposto; formano dei verticilli a 2 a 2 e ogni verticillo è posizionato a 90° rispetto a quello sottostante. In genere le foglie sono caduche (nelle zone climatiche più calde come nel Mediterraneo sono più o meno persistenti anche durante la stagione invernale). Le foglie sono picciolate e si dividono in foglie basali (quelle dei rami più bassi) con una lamina da ovale-acuminata a ellittica e quelle apicali con lamine lanceolate. Sia il picciolo che le venature centrali possono essere rossastre. Le stipole sono assenti.

Infiorescenza
Le infiorescenze sono formate da pannocchie terminali con forme ovato-piramidali. I fiori sono raccolti densamente e in genere sono subsessili.

Fiore
 I fiori sono ermafroditi, actinomorfi e tetraciclici (ossia formati da 4 verticilli: calice– corolla – androceo – gineceo) e tetrameri (ogni verticillo ha 4 elementi).
 Formula fiorale. Per la famiglia di queste piante viene indicata la seguente formula fiorale:
* K (4), [C (4), A 2], G (2), supero, bacca/capsula.

 Il calice, gamosepalo, è piccolo a forma campanulato-troncata e termina con 4 lobi o denti.
 La corolla è gamopetala e ruotata, con forme più o meno da obconiche a imbutiformi. Termina con 4 lobi valvati a forma di cappuccio lievemente patenti; la parte tubolare è meno lunga della parte lobata, ma più lunga del calice. Il colore della corolla è bianco-latte a volte bianco-rossastro.
 L'androceo è formato da 2 stami inclusi (o sporgenti) e adnati alla corolla (alla bocca del tubo). Le antere, con forme oblunghe, sono formate da due teche con deiscenza longitudinale. Il colore delle antere è giallo o viola. Il polline è tricolpato.
 Il gineceo è bicarpellato (sincarpico - formato dall'unione di due carpelli) ed ha un ovario supero, biloculare con 2 ovuli penduli per loculo. Gli ovuli sono provvisti di un solo tegumento e sono tenuinucellati (con la nocella, stadio primordiale dell'ovulo, ridotta a poche cellule). La placentazione è assile. Lo stilo, più corto degli stami, è unico e termina con uno stigma bifido. Il nettare è secreto dalle ovaie.

Frutti
Il frutto è una bacca subsferica con endocarpo membranoso o cartaceo, raramente è una drupa oppure è lucolicida. I semi sono da 1 a 4 con endosperma carnoso e con una breve radichetta verso l'alto. Il colore del frutto in genere è nero lucido tendente al rossastro cupo; le bacche sono velenose.

Riproduzione
Impollinazione: l'impollinazione avviene tramite insetti (impollinazione entomogama) o il vento (impollinazione anemogama).
Riproduzione: la fecondazione avviene fondamentalmente tramite l'impollinazione dei fiori (vedi sopra).
Dispersione: i semi cadendo (dopo aver eventualmente percorso alcuni metri a causa del vento - dispersione anemocora) a terra sono dispersi soprattutto da insetti tipo formiche (disseminazione mirmecoria).

Distribuzione e habitat
L'area di origine delle specie di questo genere è sia europea (Europa centro meridionale e Africa settentrionale) sia est-asiatica (Cina, Corea e Giappone), con habitat temperati. Allo stato spontaneo cresce nei boschi e nelle siepi. In Europa è soprattutto naturalizzata (come anche nell'America del Nord).

Distribuzione delle specie alpine
Delle cinque specie presenti sul territorio italiano solamente due si trovano sull'arco alpino. La tabella seguente mette in evidenza alcuni dati relativi all'habitat, al substrato e alla distribuzione delle specie alpine.

Tassonomia
La famiglia di appartenenza di questo genere (Oleaceae) comprende 25 generi e circa 600 specie (29 generi e 600 specie secondo altri Autori oppure 24 generi con 615 specie) con distribuzione cosmopolita dalle regioni tropicali fino a quelle temperate. Il genere di questa specie è descritto all'interno della sottotribù Ligustrinae (tribù Oleeae); gruppo botanico caratterizzato dalla presenza di flavoni glicosidi, ovario con 2 ovuli penduli per loculo, vasi multipli e fibre libriformi nel legno.

I coltivatori e giardinieri dividono le specie del genere Ligustrum in due gruppi (più ulteriori suddivisioni):
 specie a rami e foglie glabre (persistenti o semipersistenti);
 specie con infiorescenza pubescente (L. ovalifolium);
 specie con infiorescenza glabra;
 la lamina fogliare è acuminata (L. japonicum);
 la lamina fogliare è ottusa (L. lucidum);
 specie a giovani rami, foglie od infiorescenze pubescenti;
 specie sempreverdi e fogliame coriaceo (L. delavayanum e L. strongylophyllum);
 il tubo della corolla è più breve dei lobi (L. compactum var. velutinum, L. sinense, L. vulgare e L. quihoui);
 il tubo della corolla è 2-3 volte più lungo dei lobi
 la lamina delle foglie è strettamente lineare (L. lindleyi);
 la lamina delle foglie ha delle forme ovali o lanceolate;
 i pedicelli e i calici sono glabri (L. henryi);
 i pedicelli e i calici sono più o meno vellutati (L. obtusifolium e L. ibota).

Il numero cromosomico delle specie di questo genere è: 2n = 46 (48).

Specie spontanee italiane
In Italia sono presenti le seguenti specie (più o meno naturalizzate):
 Ligustrum japonicum Thunb., 1780: è un arbusto di 1 - 4 metri sempreverde; allo stato spontaneo si trova solo nei Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
 Ligustrum lucidum Aiton, 1810: può essere alto oltre 10 metri; si trova in modo discontinuo su tutto il territorio italiano.
 Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk., 1844: è originario del Giappone; è altro 1 - 2 metri; si trova inselvatichito solamente al Nord.
 Ligustrum sinense Lour., 1790: allo stato spontaneo si trova un po' in tutta italia
 Ligustrum vulgare L., 1753: si tratta di un arbusto alto al massimo 2 - 3 metri; è la specie che meglio si è naturalizzata sul territorio italiano.

Elenco completo delle specie
Il genere comprende le seguenti specie:

Ligustrum angustum B.M.Miao, 1985
Ligustrum australianum F.Muell., 1865
Ligustrum compactum (Wall. ex G.Don) Hook.f. & Thomson ex Brandis, 1874
Ligustrum confusum Decne., 1879
Ligustrum cumingianum Decne., 1879
Ligustrum delavayanum Har., 1900
Ligustrum expansum Rehder, 1916
Ligustrum gamblei Ramamoorthy, 1976
Ligustrum glomeratum Blume, 1851
Ligustrum gracile Rehder, 1916
Ligustrum henryi Hemsl., 1889
Ligustrum ibota Siebold, 1846
Ligustrum japonicum Thunb., 1780
Ligustrum leucanthum (S.Moore) P.S.Green, 1995
Ligustrum lianum P.S.Hsu, 1966
Ligustrum lindleyi (Wall. ex G.Don) P.S.Green, 1995
Ligustrum liukiuense Koidz., 1916
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton, 1810
Ligustrum micranthum Zucc., 1846
Ligustrum morrisonense Kaneh. & Sasaki, 1931
Ligustrum myrsinites Decne., 1879
Ligustrum nepalense Wall., 1820
Ligustrum novoguineense Lingelsh., 1927
Ligustrum obovatilimbum B.M.Miao, 1985
Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zucc., 1846
Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk., 1844
Ligustrum perrottetii A.DC., 1844
Ligustrum pricei Hayata, 1915
Ligustrum punctifolium M.C.Chang, 1985
Ligustrum quihoui Carrière, 1869
Ligustrum retusum Merr., 1935
Ligustrum robustum (Roxb.) Blume, 1851
Ligustrum salicinum Nakai, 1918
Ligustrum sempervirens (Franch.) Lingelsh., 1920
Ligustrum sinense Lour., 1790
Ligustrum stenophyllum Quisumb. & Merr., 1928
Ligustrum strongylophyllum Hemsl., 1889
Ligustrum tamakii Hatus., 1977
Ligustrum tenuipes M.C.Chang, 1985
Ligustrum tschonoskii Decne., 1879
Ligustrum undulatum Blume, 1851
Ligustrum vulgare L., 1753
Ligustrum xingrenense D.J.Liu, 1988

Alcune specie

Sinonimi
L'entità di questa voce ha avuto nel tempo diverse nomenclature. L'elenco seguente indica alcuni tra i sinonimi più frequenti:
 Esquirolia H. Lév.
 Faulia  Raf.
 Ligustridium  Spach
 Parasyringa  W. W. Sm.
 Phlyarodoxa  S. Moore
 Visiania  DC.

Usi
Il genere si compone di arbusti e piccoli alberi sempreverdi o decidui che per la loro resistenza sono spesso usati in giardini (piante ornamentali), a costituire barriere verdi occludenti, o siepi.

Dalle bacche si estrae, mediante trattamento con acqua distillata bollente, una sostanza colorante, la ligulina, che è usata come indicatore chimico di pH in quanto ha la proprietà di virare al color rosso in ambiente acido (da pH 6 a 0), e di virare al verde in ambiente basico (da pH 8 a 14). Segnala, inoltre, la presenza di calcare nell'acqua, col viraggio dell'acqua stessa al colore azzurro.

Note

Bibliografia

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
 Ligustrum IPNI Database
 Ligustrum The Plant List - Checklist Database
 Ligustrum EURO MED - PlantBase Checklist Database
 Ligustrum eFloras Database

Oleaceae
Taxa classificati da Linneo


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How long has it been, Kim. Most companies say it will take two weeks, but our readers often tell us it takes three or even four weeks.
Hi I need your help., I live in Tolleson,AZ 85353. I take care of my Dad. He is a WWII 96 year old Veteran. He use to live in Naples, FL and I got him a phone with a FL #. What I would like to know is he eligible for a FREE PHONE and PLAN keeping his current FL #.. We both are on low low income. I hope that I can get him a phone and plan with you.
Same answer for your dad's wife, but with a slight twist. She can also keep her number but she must also tell customer service "I want to port over my current phone number." The problem here is that you've given what amounts to a false address for her. This could cause problems if her service provider ever finds out. Her account could be terminated because of "fraud." We understand why you did it, but the phone companies have very strict rules they are required to follow and her account may get terminated. You really do need to get her a phone at her current Springfield, Massachusetts address.
PROBABLY NEVER……and they will give you some confusing reason why they won't!!!!!!
We find it impossible to believe that Safelink told you they wouldn't give you minutes because Obama was no longer president. The program continues no matter who the President is.
You need to contact customer service, Cassondra. You can do that by calling 6-1-1 on your free government cell phone.
i have not recieved my free 500 minutes yet when will that be added to my phone.
We're not Safelink, Darleen, so we have no idea. You'll need to contact Safelink customer service to get you questions answered. That contact info can be found in the article above.
We have no way of knowing, Matt, because we're not your free government cell phone service provider.
Is it possible to switch plans? I've called 661 already, but it did not help much.
Clarification: Do you want to switch to another plan from the same company or switch from one company to another?
why my number stop service?
We have no way of knowing, Manal. Because we are not your service provider. To get the answer to your question, contact your service provider's customer service team.
"Short Message Service (SMS) is a text messaging service component of most telephone, World Wide Web, and mobile telephony systems. It uses standardized communication protocols to enable mobile phone devices to exchange short text messages." In other words, texts.
Unfortunately, Mary, we cannot help you with your problem because we're an independent informational website, not your free government cell phone company. You'll need to get in touch with customer service or tech support to solve your problem.
I know you guys are NOT SafeLink. My question to you as a independent observers: How are these phones? Aside from minutes and text, where smartphone technology is concerned, how would you rate the performance of SafeLink phones? Are there any free features? I've never owned a smartphone before and am thinking about starting with one of these.
What else can one do with these cell phones other than calling and texting people? Is there a camera(s)? What are the megapixels? Can you take videos? Can you upload and play music files? Is it user-friendly. Anything else you can suggest about these phones? Are they Magic Jack compatible? USB compatible?
We don't rate the performance of the free government cell phone companies, Cameron, but you can easily read our readers' comments on this page. Of course, they'll seem overly negative, but we attribute that to the fact that happy customers usually don't comment, but unhappy customers do.
New regulations (as of December 2, 2016) say that all new customers should receive smartphones. Some companies weasel their way around that by saying you must apply online (or other wording) but in most cases you will receive a smartphone with a camera. The pixels depend on the make and model of phone you receive. You should be able to take videos if you receive a smartphone. You should be able to upload and play music files, but data is often quite limited. We must admit that we have no knowledge of Magic Jack, so we can't answer that question.
What is the number for customer service??
Check the article again, Wanda. All the contact info can be found down toward the bottom.
try calling the number 611 for customer service, works for me.
Worst phone service.. Ever. Do not think that this service is helpful in all areas because it isn't. My mother nearly died trying to get an ambulance because she couldn't get a signal. Customer service left me on hold for 45 minutes and still can't get any resolution.
Not all cell phones are compatible with all cell phone networks, Philip. So you best bet is to contact Safelink customer service to find out if your specific phone will work with Safelink's network.
There's no way to know for sure, Shamra. Each company has a lot of different makes and models and they hand them out randomly.
You don't have a phone with "us," Ashley, because this isn't Safelink. This is an independent website. Contact Safelink to get your question answered.
That's not quite accurate, Shayshay. Not all cell phones are compatible with all cell networks, so the phone you have may not work with your service provider's cell network. Check with customer service or tech support to find out if the phone you have will work.
We can't put any minutes on your account, Mary, because we are not Safelink. We're an independent website. If you want your minutes, contact Safelink customer service. You'll find the contact info on this page.
We can't terminate your account because we're not Safelink, Jennifer. We're an independent website. You need to get in touch with Safelink customer service. And you should do it ASAP because it's illegal to have free government cell phone accounts with two different service providers.
We're not Safelink, James, so we have no idea what your enrollment number is. Try contacting Safelink customer service with the info provided in the article.
If your daughter is with Safelink (and we assume she is since you left this comment on our Safelink page), you can call customer service with the contact information provided in the article above.
We're not Safelink, Callie. You need to enroll using the contact info we've provided on this page.
Can trade my cell phone for a Smart phone ?
This is one of the crazy inconsistencies in the free government cell phone program's new rules and regulations, Carolyn. New customers get free smartphones, but current customers will be required to pay a relatively small fee to upgrade to a smartphone.
We aren't Safelink Wireless. You'll need to contact them. They won't see your comment here, and we don't let people post their phone numbers on our pages anyway, for privacy reasons.
When I make calls to someone landline another name appears, how/ when can that be corrected?
So I just got my phone Dec. 27 , yesterday I tried sending a message and it said "message blocking is active" . what does that mean? And they told me messaging and calling was unlimited?
Not a clue. Any other Safelink customers want to chime in with a definition of what it means?
The other persons phone is off.
Did u ever figure out why it was saying blocked messages?
It looks like no one else has ever had that experience, Angel. But if your phone has been unused since January 6 (when you left your original message), your account has been cancelled by now. You need to contact your service provider's customer service team.
I've had my phone & service a total of 16 days. 12 of those days none or part of the service hasn't worked. First it was I could not make calls at this time & Free message blocking is active. I have called and called and called customer service. I could quote you their non informational script by heart now. Finally can make & receive calls but still not texts. When I call customer service I am told this issue has already been trouble shooted previously for my account & to wait 4 hours to see if it comes back on. They refuse to do anything but read the script & tell me to wait. Worthless. Absolutely worthless. If anyone has any fix for this please post it. I can't handle calling their customer service any more. It's beyond ridiculous.
It means that either tracfone or safelink has turned off your texts and that you need to get a hold of them, good luck with that! Worst customer service ever!
free msg unable to send or receive messaged message blocking active. Twice reported to safeslink customer service,twice fixed phone. Still account being disabled by message blocking active. Been around n around trying to disable this blocking of my free unlimited government phone. Just settings I don't have available or download another app. They cur my talk time off when trying ti report this the third time. So trying to disable myself through loops n circles getting no where but shut downs, cut offs. Can someone help me. I'm disable and need to be able to use why I got this phone. Thank you. Christina Gallagher.
Sounds like you need to contact tech support, Christina. They may be able to solve your problem.
I have up to 467.88 minutes and it used to get service everywheres I go. Now, I have to go out of town just to get minutes. What to do?! It says that my service ends January 31, 2018.
We're not sure what message you're getting, Tiffany, but is it possible that you're being notified that it's time to do your annual recertification? Have you done one yet?
It's the 3rd day of the month and I have not received my minutes. I have tried the 555 but still no minutes. What do I do?
I sent info requested by Safe Links over a month ago and still have not received phone. How can I get an 800# to call someone on status. Unfortunately I did not write down reference number. Help please.
Call the company's customer service team. You can find the number in the article above.
My name is Victoria Rogojan, I have a Access cell phone. I try to help one of my neighbors. she is disabled and she don't speak English, her name is Boeriu ******, she had a free cell phone from you and she moved to my Qlink 500 minutes and for her was very hard to answer when somebody call her because she is paralyzed. QLink disconnected her phone. She don't have phone right now and she don't have any income. Please can you help her with a new SafeLink free cell phone with 500 free minutes/month? You have all her information on her account 153****. You can contact me to my email; **********@gmail.com or call me to 734-678-**** or 404-825-****. Thank you .
Check them all out carefully, because you may be able to find a plan that offers more minutes, more texts, data, etc. And as of December 2, all new customers get smartphones.
There is not much you can do, Sandy. No doubt it is unfair, but the FCC just changed the rules on everyone as of December 2.
People ! Please Listen to me DO NOT sign up for Safe link at all They are ripping you off. WHY? Here is why. All they are giving you is $3 or $7 worth of minutes depending which plan you have 60 or 150 min plan that carry over. And 250 min Do Not carry over. And with that, they will not Allow you to use a better phone! Even if you save some money and buy a phone on your own or get a gift for some sort of Smart phone or Android phone which the whole world is using.
So they give you or allow you to buy those regetty a$$ 20 years old phones on which you CAN NOT see any thing, you can not see the key pad specially if you have disability have arthritis or low eye sights.. forget about using those phones. You can not see the weather, you can not use the web. Even the Dog won't use those phones.
Because people at Safe link wireless believe that you are poor and disgusting or you are old and no good for nothing. Now if you just buy any unlocked smart phone or some of Tracfone own smart phones and buy $20 airtime card that would give you 300 minutes that you can use for up to 90 days, so that come out to about $7 a month, and with that you can have a real phone that you can use the web and actually see and read the screen and use the key pad with big buttons plus you can check the weather, email and use other gadgets like calculator, alarm, currency, unit converter and many many more things that comes with any android or ios. Yea some of those things are available in those 20 years old safelink phones on that 3″ phone with 1.5″ screen and good luck with that you might rather shoot your self in the head while doing so…).
Trust me some of those smart phones are less then $20 on line or even at Walmart on tracfone section. I bought one for $17 and no tax and that was LG Realm go look up the features of it 4.5″ Android another one ZTE Speed best buy selling for $20 and many more.
Now here is the kicker.. When not so too poor people and just people on a budget buy a tracfone and use the air time card they are free to carry over mins on those nice smart phones, but if you are a really poor or elderly or disable and sign up for safelink then off course you are bound with safelink oppressive rules by only allowed to use 20 years old non Android dog phones! YET… YET They "Safelink" wants you to go buy additional tracfone airtime card and spend the same amount of money as every one else but… you are not allow to use better phone even if you get your own or some one give it to you PLUS Your min that you buy from Tracfone are not eligible to carry over as you can read in this article just as all the other thing it mention in this article like; What if you are on hold with Dr's office or calling welfare office and need more min etc. etc. and in the end they makes it like they are giving you a favor to let you buy tracfone airtime card with safelink dog phones WITH OUT the regular benefits of using of Android phone and other perks as others who buy Tracfon airtime card who aren't with Safe link..
Why? Because as I said Safelink Wireless believe you don't deserve it as you are poor, sick disable, vatran or elderly and just no good so they wants to stiff you more and pretend they are giving you a favor.
This is for all my fellow Americans who spent endless time on hold and disgusting service and horrible Dog phones from Saflink Wireless.
PS: Please note all other government subsidy carriers and services DO allow you to use Android phones and gives you more minutes like Assurance wireless, Access Wireless etc here is the complete list.
The plans out outlined are obsolete as of today, Amen. It's December 2, 2016 and as of today all free government cell phone companies (Safelink included) are offering more minutes, data plans, and smartphones as mandated by recent FCC regulations. Check out to changes to the Safelink website to see the new offers.
My battery is dead. Does not work at all. Won't charge.
Google "new cell phone battery" and you'll find a ton of places to buy them. This is not something that your service provider will replace free of charge.
The age of miracles has not passed.
Lol…I would hate your job…but you do it well.
I just upgraded to a smartphone thru safelink. I. Need to know how this works. I can't see remaining minutes on the phone and it gets online without my hotspot on, so does that take minutes away also? Can you buy data cards and use them with government phones?
My safelink phone I received 5/2011 doesn't work hardly at all losing calls or no svc. 10/31/16 I got a text message from Safelink saying my plan was changing to 500 minutes/mo on 11/1/16 to be used each month and a new set of 500 mins would be added for the next month. I have plan 2 and have 6600 mins banked. My 6600 minutes were wiped out. I called the 800 SAFELINK phone number w/the text and talked with Jesse (in the phillipines) in tech support. My old phone is 2G and all towers are 3G & 4G so that's the problem. I need to buy a tracfone smartphone and call back talking to tech support to transfer svc. Jesse put my 6600minuts back on my 2G old phone. Jesse explained my new svc would give me 500 mins on the 1st that would expire at the end of the month, each month. My banked minutes of 6600 would only be used after the 500 for the month were gone. I would have to purchase airtime – just a $10 card of 30 mins – every 3 months with the first one by 11/24/16 AND make one call per month to keep my safelink svc active. Jesse said not to add time until I got my smartphone because smartphones x3 the purchased mins, where my old 2G only x2.
So I purchased a Samsung Galaxy Luna Tracfone for $100 from the Best Buy store in the mall. I then began at 6pm today the process to transfer. Here is my nightmare: It's now 11:30pm, 5.5 hrs laters and 5 different tech support people who have instructed me to set up email, tracfone my account app, etc. All of which have not gone as stated and resulted in my calling back and getting ref or ticket numbers for the next time. The end result is my old phone has no service, my new phone has confirmed tracfone service set up but NO MINUTES. All my minutes have been wiped out, no 500 free minutes and I must purchase airtime to get any service. Seems my Safelink tracfone service has been converted to a tracfone service of somesort awaiting me to purchase time as there is zero! Tracfone has made me purchase their phone, taken all my minutes and ended my safelink service. All I have is a 5th reference # saying that sometime they will add the minutes back. When I asked Dana (the 5th tech person tonite) how long "maybe 2 hours, maybe 2 days, maybe longer".
This is WRONG! This safelink website still offers my plan 2 and safelink service. Why is tracfone targeting me and taking my minutes away, taking my service away, and falsely informing me that I need to buy one of their smartphones to transfer my service? Seems this should be fraud and criminal.
Any ideas or explanations would be appreciated.
Your minutes should have appeared on your account even if your phone was turned off. Contact your service provider's customer service team by phone or online.
I have been approved for the Free phone, from our Government. Tried to call the customer service center, what a joke! They are not in the United States and can not speak fluent english!!!!
I have sent them all and more documentions they have asked for. Yet still check checking and it says my documents are not approved.
I would like to check my IPhone I have and same phone number.I just need service!
Have you checked to see if Safelink's website offers an online chat function or a way to email customer service?
We're very glad to hear you're happy with your free government cell phone, Leon. We hear so many complaints here at FreeGovernmentCellPhones.net that we sometimes forget how many million satisfied customers are helped by the program.
Why don't you hire some of the millions of Americans here, in the continental USA to handle customer Service?
We assume you meant that comment for Safelink, not us. Correct, Valeria?
Then Plan #1 is the one you should get, Cynthia.
I have many Services from of goverment, but i don't have SSC? how do i can get a free phone?
1) I currently have a Tracfone flip open cell ph.
receive my 250 minutes per month?
clearly hear. Otherwise I love the phone.
my Tracfone, to the SafeLink ph. I just got? I received an LG328BG cell ph.
all of the questions with timely answers from you folks.
Those are both technical cell phone questions, Don, and although we are proud to be experts in the free government cell phone program, we are not experts in cell phone technology. They're two completely different subjects. We would suggest that you contact Safelink's tech support team to get accurate answers.
Sounds like you are not experts, period.
We're very sorry we're not what you want us to be, Barbara. No, we take that back. The only thing we're sorry about is that you're such a snotty, ungrateful individual. Feel free to find some other website that satisfies your needs.
Great answer Free Government Cell phone. She is very ungreatful.
That's an unprofessional response. Why should she be grateful to you? You're not the one giving away free cell phones/plans.
You can't have three cell phones, Mattie. The programs regulations state that only one free government cell phone is allowed per household.
I have a Safelink phone and have had the service for 3 years. I have transferred the service to a Tracfone that I had. All you have to do is call and let them know that you are wanting to transfer service to the other phone. They may have to send you a new SIM card for the phone. They will explain it all to you if you ask them about it.
To answer your question (since the people here cannot), you can transfer an existing tracfone to safelink. You will have to call SAFELINK customer service (their number is listed on their website) and have them send you a new sim card in the mail. Once you receive the new sim card, call their customer support and they can walk you through activating it. Do not put the new sim card in your phone until you are on the phone with them.
I know that if you transfer an existing safelink phone to another safelink phone, you will be able to keep your number. If you are transfering a tracfone (with an existing tracfone account) to a safelink phone, I am unsure if you will be able to keep that tracfone number. Call ahead and ask them.
**. Side note: Safelinks customer service hotline gets connected to a call center in the middle east. Please know that there WILL be a language barrier & it could take some time to get what you are trying to get done. Just be patient. I suggest using a landline to call them if possible, because calls to them (even though it is an 800 #), WILL be taken out of your safelink minutes, and cosidering the language barrier, it usually takes a long time.
Congratulations, John. That's a question we've never heard before. It's also a question to which we do not have a definitive answer. You need to contact Safelink customer service to get an answer.
I am new to the service and was enrolled in a plan without an option to choose. My plan does not allow roll over minutes month to month. It gives more minutes each month but all unused minutes are lost each month. Why was I not given a chance to choose which plan would work best for me?
We do not have a clue, Barbara. You'll need to ask Safelink customer service.
Confused..I thought I have unlimited Texts in FL but each text takes .30 from my minutes??
Safelink does advertise 350 minutes and unlimited texts in every state except California (where minutes are also unlimited). You should definitely contact customer service (call 6-1-1) to discuss this problem.
I'm in S.C. And I have been with Safelink since 2012(Late 2012) And for a Long time it use to take Time every txt I sent but its been a few years since I have had that happen. I get the 350mnth talk time, and Unlimited Txt.
I bought in 2014 a TRACFONE (NO smartphone) Since they were not allowing them at the time, But I got a LG Its a touch screen,I found a few nice cases on Amazon for it, Anyway its worked great since I have had it. The ones they send R GARBAGE!!!!
At the time all I did was go to Dollar General and I think I paid 30bucks at the time for the phone, Came home called Safelink and got my account switched to my new phone with no issues ..
I just got a TXT Today 10/27 telling me starting NOV1ST Their upgrading my Voice Time to 500Min.
Not sure why, Honestly Dnt care. bUT U shouldn't be having your talk time taking away when you Txt someone, They stopped doing that long ago.
Only time I get my min taken off is if I of course call and speak to someone or if someone sends me a Picture..
U may wanna go to safelink's website and look at the 3 plans they normally have on their site to choose from, Its going to ask you for your ENROLLMENT # and zipcode, But its not a issue if u dont have it just click FORGOT , and then it just asks for your DOB, ZIP,AND LAST 4 SS…Then you will get logged into your account..
Thanks for the good advice, James.
Call 6-1-1 on your free government cell phone. That will connect you to customer service and you can tell them that you want to shut off your service. They will be able to find your account by your name, address, social security number, phone number, etc.
Just go to the site, u dnt need the enrollment ID, just click FORGOT enrollment ID at the bottom.
tHEN it will log you right into your account. From there u will see where u can cancel service..
I have been with SL since late 2012 and I went to dollar General at the time and bought a different phone, Its a LG, touch screen. Its not very big but its 1000x better than the Garbage they send you..
Anyway It isnt a smart phone, No android,back then couldnt use smart phones. But I came right home called them and we transferd my service to my new LG phone, I have got my time ever since. Then Today out the Blue I get a TXT from safelnk telling me starting NOV1ST I will be upgraded to 500min.
Not sure why, but Im not going to argue about it.. I Plan on buying a LG TREASURE from TRACfone and switching it to SAFELINK in the next week or soo. Its a normal Android smart phone, 5′ screen size etc. Im hoping since I already have an LG phone with a Simcard I can take it out my old phone and slide it into the new one and my Service will be transfered due to the SIM.
I doubt its going to be that easy though..
But I honestly have never had any issue with safelink.. Anytime I have told someone about them, and They use me as a Referral I get xtra time for it, Before I bought my own NON smart phone back in 2014, I would call and I had theem send me 2 different phones, I had a Flip phone from them until I lost it and got the one I have now..
We have information for you, Debra Ann.
Next, if your service provider won't give you a replacement phone, you can always switch providers and get a new phone from your new provider. Here's an article that tells you how to do the switch. It's pretty simple.
We always hesitate to answer questions like this because it's impossible to keep up with all the technology and corporate changes, Kyzer. Your best way to get an accurate answer is to contact Q Link by phone or online.
We're not Safelink, Tiffani, so we can't tell you the status of your application. If you want to find out that status, go to the Safelink website, put in your zip code, and then click on "My Account" and then click on "Check Enrollment Status." It will tell you the info you need to know.
This isn't Safelink, Linda. So you'll need to contact that company's customer service team to get your question answered.
Received an email to purchase 350 minutes for $10. It says these minutes are for only 30 days of service time. How does this work with my current free minutes each month (i have plan 3 with no rollover)? Do I lose these paid minutes if I don't use them within 30 days? Do you deduct my free minutes first and then my paid minutes?
We are unable to discuss special promotions that we have not seen, Bill. Your best bet is calling your service provider's (is it Safelink?) customer service team to discuss the issue. Good luck.
You can't get a hold of SafeLinkWireless or Tracfone; the 'carrier', can You Bill. That's their bate&switch techniques, making it sound great, just can't actually discuss features or take advantage to the offers.
I guess they're just scamming the government program, no oversight, no responsibility! You can't file a complaint with State Attorney General or Consumer Affairs services because they don't recognize these companies!
How do I see if there is a way to get more minutes on my free government phone ( freedom phone) by American Assistance?
Start by checking this page, which lists all the free government cell phone companies in your state. It's possible that you can find a plan from another company that offers more minutes, texts, data plan, etc.
We cannot explain why customer service reps say the things they say, Chris. Maybe it was an honest error, maybe it was intentional deception designed to sign up a new customer, maybe it was just a slip of the tongue.
Where can I access coverage maps for specific carriers? We live in an area that has limited connection. We have Tracfone now and we get coverage.
It all depends on the specific make and model of the phone. Not all phones are compatible with all cell networks. So you must call Safelink and speak to customer service to discuss your phone.
Can you see or did you get my reply or post 3185160843.
Not sure what you're referring to, Marsha.
Contact your service provider's customer service team, Marsha.
Your restraint is mind boggling! I don't know how you do it!.
If it's ok with you, we will publish it because we're not feeling very restrained today.
Can we pick the phone we want when signing up for safelink? One of your people on the street doing sign ups said so, so I'm here looking all over. My paper says phone will be delivered in 10-14 days?
No, unfortunately, you cannot pick your own phone, Marisa. Safelink, like all the free government cell phone companies, hands the phones out randomly. So the person before you may get one phone, you may get a different one, and the person after you may get a completely different make and model.
Please let us know if your phone arrives in 10-14 days. Most of our readers say it take more like 3-4 weeks. Sometimes even longer.
I understood when i ordered my moms phone they were smartphones…got it today…not !!
The Lifeline Assistance companies distribute the phones on a random basis and we don't know of any company that will guarantee a smartphone. Of course, you can always upgrade for a small fee.
i did not recieve my 350 minutes this month on my safe link upgraded cell phone .my cell phone number is 334-590-****. i need to know why i have not recieved my free 350 minutes as of yet!it kept saying no information or updates at this time instructed when i tried to put in 555 to recieve my free minutes on my phone!i need to know what i need to do in order to recieve my free minutes for this month!thank you.
You need to contact your service provider's customer service team, Jerome.
I did not receive my mins. for this month, called safelink, she said I had 2 phones in same housegold, this is not the case, she was very rude, my mom even got on the phone w/her, where are my mins?
We have no idea where you minutes are, Penny. We'd recommend calling back in again and requesting to speak to a supervisor.
I don't see any minute options.
That's a question for Safelink customer service to answer, Juliann.
My phone doesn't have the add airtime heading so how can I add my minutes I didn't receive for this month?
It all depends on the make and model of your phone and who your service provider is, Angie. Contact your service provider's customer service team directly.
You can report it to the police, but since the phone was free it will probably be a misdemeanor and get very little attention from the police.
Why is this program not available in vermont?
well i get 500 min.
It depends on which state you live in, Barbara.
If you qualify for the phone, Aminah, you must apply by phone or online. The company's contact info is shown on this page.
I have received free phone from SAFELINK.But it is very small phone and the keys are very small :So I being old man find difficulties in operating this phone. So i bought TRACFONE SAMSUNG GALAXY CENTURA ,But I am not able to transfer my phone number and minitues .on my new phone bought by me.The reason given that it is SMART PHONE so the number can not be transfered.
You can buy the tracfone sim kit and installated to your new phone. Then goto tranfone web site and call tranfone hotline use your safelink phone number and the new sim number to reactive your new phone.
Yes. The process is called "porting your phone number". Contact Safelink's customer service or sales department and tell that that's what you want to do.
If I get the rollover plane, how long to do the minutes roll over for? If I have 25 minutes rollover will they keep rolling over every month until I use them or will they essentially stockpile? Like say one month I have 25 minutes rollover and the next 30 to add up to 55. The following month will I get the 55 minute rollover or just the 30?
ALL unused minutes always carry-over. But please be aware that this is only true with the 68-minute and 125-minute plans. In other words, it does not look like they carry over on plans with more minutes.
can I upgrade to a new safelink phone even though mine still has minutes on it?
Yes, upgrading to a new phone with the same company should have no impact on your current minutes.
Yes, upgrading your phone with the same company should have no impact on your minutes.
Is their a reason i havent received my talk minutes in two months and no one has an answer for me? And why wont they give me any? Can text and get voicemails but cant make or receive phone calls…..
I have phoned SafeLink and you need to reprogram your phone by calling Customer Service.
First they said to try Going to Add Airtime, type in 555. If that doesn't work, turn off your phone and then back on.
If that doesn't work, turn off your phone, take out the battery, take out the simm card, wait 2 minutes. Put card back in, put battery back in. Turn on your phone. Go back to Add Airtime, type in 555. Turn off your phone again if nothing happens. Turn on your phone.
If none of this works, Call Customer Service or Technical Support. You can find the numbers on the internet or perhaps on the SafeLink website page.
Thanks for sharing that information, Beth.
I live in Louisiana .
I receive disability from Social Security .
Do I qualify for a phone ?
Look at the top of this page and click on "Do You Qualify?" It will tell you what the rules and regulations are. Good luck.
Why are you offering a deal to double the minutes purchased on Feb 26 when they won't roll over and there are only 2 days left in the month. Minutes don't roll over unless purchased by the 25th of the month.
I am Interested in the Cheap Internet Low Income service. How do I go about getting this Service?
Can go on facebook ?
Do you free minute next year?
Do the phones have unlimited data ?
Have you taken care of your phone situation yet?
Hit 5 and then 9 after you are logged in with your phone number and four digit password.
i need a cell phone badly. So , I can get a job.
Need info on low income internet,thanks.What is needed for qualifications for inrollmeny.
I would like to switch to 250 minutes please.
My granddaughter lost the card telling her how to get her free monthly minutes by using her tracfone cell phone. Is there a telephone number that she can call to get this information? She was able to get her minutes last month by following the instructions on the card, but cannot remember the procedure. Thank you..
How do I figure out when my minutes start over in the month?
It should only be about one per minute per text, depending upon the company.
I think I've happy for two phones.
I want the on with my I'd#23268029. Please help.
Ive had my safelink Phone for a mnth or 2 now & i havent gotten my other mins for this month like i was supposed to, help me please i rly need this phone.
As long as you still qualify.
No company gives out an iPhone 5s.
Does your plan include internet? I am looking for a plan that includes free internet.
Safelink is a terrible company to deal with. Their automated phone service is next to impossible to access; if your particular question or issue doesn't fall within their selection guidelines, you are out of luck. After hours of trying (on different days, weeks, etc.) I still have not been able to get a real live person.
I live next to the Canadian border so my cell phone doesn't get a signal. I changed to a 60 minute a month Canadian plan, but my request for a change apparently did not go through as the phone still doesn't work. Also I sent them a letter requesting that my account be closed, since the phone doesn't work in the area I live and shop in. It has been two months, and I am still getting notices from them to activate my phone or I'll lose my minutes.
HUH? I haven't used my phone for months! I sent a letter cancelling the service yet Safelink is STILL CHARGING THE GOVERNMENT. Assurance had the same issue of no service near the border, but at least they were honest about it. Similar to Medicaid fraud.: It seems like some Lifeline providers are taking advantage of what could be, and should be, an essential service for all.
I have safelink already i love the service your company has provides! I would recommend Y'all to my friends!
I want to know if I bought a safelink phone would I be able to add my 250 free minutes and text to it or I can only use the phone I was mailed ?
You have a iphone 4 with Safelink Wireless?
how do I check my static of my application..
When you touch it, it will give you a static spark. But it's not dangerous.
Would safelink please show what smart phones are available with the safelink plans?
They won't. They, like most all Lifeline phone providers, give out refurbished phones based upon what is available to them in bulk at the time.
Then you should apply for one right away.
I went to Dollar General Online and bought an Alcatel Feature Phone for $36.00. When I got it in the mail I called Tracfone and told them the Serial Number and the SIM card number and they transferred my Safeline account to the new Phone.
So yes, they do have the ability to add Smartphones to Safelink accounts. At the time I called, before I bought the phone, the rep said the Droids were the only ones they did not have on line but that was going to change soon.
have lost the phone and need to set up a security question to get a replacement .
It isn't right for them to take ur roll over minutes I had over an hour left on my phone and they took 66 minutes from me. That's just not right.
I need a safe link phone.
If you want a Safelink Wireless phone, CLICK HERE.
I am being charged for text messages now why is that? I just got my new minutes for the month.
I need a phone beacuse my phone got stolen i had it and my bag and i was sopping and the store.
Buy a cheap Trac phone. They will fix it to where u can use a Trac phone that's what I have.
Hi, I have plan 3, but I still would like to make international calls. How do I keep this plan 3 and still able to make 2 free international calls a month?
Hi, I ordered a phone from Safelink a few days ago. I have not received anything.
It can take weeks to receive the phone.
It took over a month to get mine almost 2 months,then it doesn't even work and am stuck with it they refuse to help and lie.
My brother got one from them a smartphone and it got all bars where I live. Asked Safelink rep about it they lied and said they don't have smart phones,. Horrible company in my opinion getting paid by the government for nothing really when they don't provide what they promise. Good luck to everybody else trying to deal with them, I'm not one to bum or borrow but sometimes I have to borrow others phones to make appointments and etc. They do need other people running this company,someone that cares about people.
Many Lieline Assistance companies DO offer smart phones, but some don't. If you really want a smart phone, we would recommend finding out which companies in your state offer them, then consider switching your service to one of those companies.
How much will it be to have unlimited talk time? I am willing to paid for that, I dont text much!!!
I just received my new saflink phone and it was stolen from me and it has over 350 minutes still on it.
Hi I was looking on line and got a yellow envelope offer of 500 mins and unlimited texts. Unfortunately, I lost the connection for a moment and it seems the offer with it. I hadn't finished reading the site but if I do sign up, I'd like to be able to access that offer. Can you help me?
I live in Tayolrsville , Ga and get 250 minutes.Do you have any smart phones or iphones or unlimited text and talk and data plans?
i have safe link for two years, i did not receive my free min. for Dec.. I have called too many time to mention.no min. yet.I have called 5 different phone #s Called air time 100 times ( 555 )no code…no min.s yet. Whats going on? I need my mins.
I just bought a TracFone. What is the process to see if I qualify for Safelink plan 3.
Isn't that a bit greedy? No, only one phone per household.
I kno there's a way to get free txts…my bf has done it…how do you do it?
lol please ask your bf cause id like to know too!
I never received info on WHEN MINUTES are added to my "Obama" phone. How does that work? Respond in English please. This site won't allow me to,select anything other than Spanish.
I never received info on WHEN MINUTES are added to my "Obama" phone. How does that work?
Minutes are added automatically on the first of each month. You need to be sure that your phone is turned ON in order for your minutes to be received.
They have been giving out these phone since Clinton and Bush were in office. It sounds dumb to say Obama phone. Like he is so great and helping out those who need it. I don't know who started with the Obama phone but it isn't because of Obama you have your phone.
I would like to upgrade my phone , how can I do that?
Purchase a tracfone and contact safelink. You'll need to get the IME number off both phones (it's located under the battery) and give that info the customer service person. They will transfer your account to the other phone. When you do this, though, you will lose any rollover minutes you had on the old phone and will start over with ten minutes. I had to do this because I accidentally damaged my phone. Just make sure it's a tracfone and not a phone using the android operating system. Otherwise it won't receive your new minutes properly.
option 4: Problems with your phone.
How do I retrieve my messages on my Safelink phone?
I'm in a wheelchair and my husband is unemployed, he had to quit his job because I needed him at home because I was falling a lot. Then I found out why I had a tumor on my spine. I was operated on and the doctor removed the tumor. My husband is going to college with the University of Phoenix. So it would help us if we had a cell phone.
Have yall ever heard of jobs?
People have made it thousands of years without cell phones, why should you get one for free?
Why should you be privileged? Because you have a job? Count your blessings and find something to do. . .
where is the application for safelink?
A few people abuse publicly libraries, schools, and roads, too, but you never hear people crying about that. How? Never returned that book? You abused the library system. Didn't try your best in one of your classes? You abused a free education. Littered, used snow chains, or driven during a snow alert? You've abused public roadworks. All publicly funded programs that your taxes paid for. Instead of beating up people on welfare why don't you track down all those misplaced library books. It would be a more productive use of your time.
Regardless, explain to me how someone who doesn't have a phone and a phone number can look for work? What do they put on their application? How do they call 911 if there is an accident? How do they make doctor appointments?
It is fun to abuse others from a position of privileged. Indeed, history has shown that its the American way (there's so much cheap labor to be found among the impoverished). Fun doesn't make it right, though.
/isn't on assistance, doesn't begrudge people who are.
i am a 13 year old girl my family is struggling on foodstamps and food from our church pantry.i am getting older and i am going out more my mom is afraid that somthing will happen to me .iask her for a phone so if something does happen but we cant aford it we have food to buy and bills that we are behind on.
Maybe the streets sound nice to the lady, but when you lose your job and have no where to go, with nothing to eat because of circumstances that cannot be helped, some people need this program. It is not easy not having all the luxury some people are fortunate to have. I see many in abused situations getting these phones. Would she have them taken away from the women who don't have a phone any longer, as well.
I would like to know why I am paying for this program by being taxed on my own cell phone bill that I DO PAY for myself! I know not everyone abuses this free program and some people really do need it but when I see on the news that some people have 20 or 30 of these because nobody keeps track of them?? Seriously?? I work very hard at a stressful job everyday serving low income families and when I see how they abuse the programs and all the free things they get?? The families drive cars that are new and very expensive, carry designer purses and wear designer clothing. It really makes me want to quit my job and go on the system so I can just do nothing and reap the rewards. I'm not the only one that feels this way either…there going to be a large backlash in this country. People are tired of paying for everyone else!
@Michelle You say you would like to quit your job and reap the rewards of welfare. Well go live in public housing for a week and then tell us how rewarded you feel. Then maybe you could see how it feels to have ignorant people judge you on the basis of welfare and what you wear or drive. Don't judge an entire group of people on the actions of a few. Most of these people do need the help, a select few abuse the privileges. Michelle…do a little more research before you start talking about things you know nothing about.
My cell is broken…which other cellphone can i use?
I would also like an answer to Jerry's question.
On Plan 2,, 125 Minutes,, I understand that this plan that left over minutes at the end of each month rollover to, and add to the next months new 125 Minutes.
Is there a limited amount of months that the rollover minutes can be added?
Hypothetically could ones minutes roll over to add up into the thousands of minutes over many months of rolling over the leftover minutes on one account?
Someone told me that there was a certain amount of months that the rollover thing could be used but searching online I can't find that rule, or limited RO minutes.
For those of you who can only get your mail at a PO Box, have you tried, using the post office's street address with your box number like an apartment?
That's what we have to do here. There is no street mail delivery, everyone gets their mail at the post office.
The problem is that only one phone can go to one physical address, too. It's really a problem.
WHY IS THIS A PROBLEM????? Each address should not have more than one FREE cell phone anyway!
The different box/"apartment" numbers for the Post Office physical address are each a different physical address.
Where can I buy the Safelink refill cards in the Tampa bay area? I used to be able to buy the 3$ and 5$ cards at Walgreens but they arent carrying them anymore. I cant find them ANYWHERE….not kmart, not CVS, Not walmart….WHERE? I cant afford the 20$ tracphone refill card!!!!!
SafeLink Wireless makes wireless telephone service more affordable by offering Lifeline service for qualified customers. Qualified customers will receive a free SafeLink Wireless handset and free monthly Minutes with no commitments, contracts, or bills. If you need additional Minutes, you can buy TracFone Airtime Cards at any TracFone retailer (Walmart, CVS, Kmart, Target, Radio Shack, Walgreens, Rite Aid stores, Family Dollar and Dollar General).
I PERSONALLY THINK YOU SHOULD JUST TEMPORARILY CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN CHANGE IT BACK UPON RECEIVING THE PHONE… UNFORTUNATELY, YOU ARE LEFT WITH SEEMINGLY NO MORE OPTIONS. BEST OF LUCK SORTING THINGS OUT.


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Misbehavior results in negative outcomes. Dr. John Rosemond, the author of The Well-Behaved Child, calls this the 'Backatcha Principle,' meaning when you do something bad, something bad will happen to you sooner or later. We recognize this as adults after seeing consequences for some of our poor choices, but our kids' consciences are not yet fully developed.
In chapters three through five of The Well-Behaved Child, he presents seven different consequence-based approaches that revolve around this premise. These tools help address consistent misbehavior for children between the ages of three and thirteen, which he refers to as the "Decade of Discipline." He has written other books, Making the Terrible Twos Terrific! and Teen-Proofing regarding children outside this decade that I will look into when I have three teenagers in my house because yikes.
These chapters include many examples of parents using compelling consequences to effectively help their children behave better. Rosemond also includes several examples of consequences he used on his own children. When his now forty-something-year-old son, Eric, was two weeks into fifth grade, he received a call from his teacher saying he had not completed a single assignment. As soon as Eric got home, his parents told him they weren't going to start checking his homework because that's his responsibility, but they expected him to fix it before his report card in seven weeks.
His report card, as they expected, showed he was failing every class. They told him because he didn't solve the problem, now they had to get involved. He would be in his room for a month unless he was at school, at church, using the bathroom, eating a meal or going somewhere with them, or doing chores. He would also go to bed at seven o'clock every night. In a month, they would meet with his teachers and if there was still a problem, he would be in his room for another month.
Sounds harsh, right? Rosemond and his wife gave their son a compelling consequence that put the problem on their child's back rather than theirs. Had they decided to make sure he did his homework every night, check it, and go over it with him, Rosemond argues, the problem would've been on their backs. Four weeks later, they met with his teachers who unanimously said that he'd been a completely different child since the last appointment. By choosing compelling consequences and making an offer he couldn't refuse, they gave their child the motivation to solve his problem.
When my oldest two girls were three and four, I used one of the tools he recommends, charts, to try to eliminate a perpetual problem in our house, whining. I made a six-block weekly chart (pictured below) where the first three blocks are "free" checks and blocks four through six had pictures of privileges they lost if they were checked. I told them, "A new sheriff is in town," as I explained what the new consequences would be for whining.
Using this approach, Rosemond recommends privileges be ordered so that the first privilege lost allows the child the greatest degree of freedom. When I first made it, the girls were in preschool and the privileges were play outside, dessert, and go to bed an hour early. Since then, I've changed the privileges lost to dessert, screen time, and going to bed early. Each lost privilege further restricts their freedom until they are awaiting early bedtime. At the end of the week, I erase all of the checks and give them a fresh start.
For me, using the chart to tally consequences allowed me to be more matter-of-fact and less emotional about misbehavior. Rather than flashing the distraught, "How many times do I have to tell you not to do this?!?" old sheriff face, I grabbed the dry erase marker off of the refrigerator and calmly walked over to add a check.
The distraught look was then on my daughter's face as she thought about potentially going to bed an hour early if she dared to whine again. New sheriff for the win. Personally, I found that using the charts gave them a greater awareness of their misbehavior and a greater attempt to try to reign in the whine before losing another privilege.
If your child has multiple behavior problems, Rosemond recommends dealing with no more than two to three distinct problems at one time and trying, to the best of your ability, to ignore misbehaviors that aren't on the chart. As your children begin to master the program, you can add new misbehaviors to the chart, but no more than one at a time. In the past month, I added "ignoring what mom asks you to do" and, well, let's just say some privileges have been lost.
Check out the book for six other consequence-based approaches you can tailor to your kids' misbehaviors or ages. Whether you use charts, tickets, strikes or any of the other tools, you are taking yourself out of the equation and putting responsibility for solving the misbehavior on the children's shoulders.
Whatever discipline approach you use, being consistently intolerant of misbehavior is a tiring, but necessary, component of success. Stay tuned for my last post with Rosemond's thoughts on consistency with a story of when my kids lost candy on Halloween.


"Death is Unity With God" finds Dominick Fernow returning to the kind of feral, burned-out productions which for our money find Fernow at his very best and which dominated "Ornamented Walls" released on Modern Love back in 2012.
Nodding to classic Muslimgauze, the oppressive atmospheres and destroyed rhythms isolate the gutted toil and drone in 'It's To Come', while 'F.B.I. God' reduces the drums to scorched blasts against some harrowing, darkside chords.
The quasi-speed torment of 'Manufactured Silencers Under Direct Orders' flows into the haunting chorales and chiming percussions of 'Living on and off at the Shadows Motel' and the scything techno roil of 'Small Explosives and Blasting Caps Inside the Pages of a Phonebook', before a particularly affective chamber-like meditation, 'McVeigh Figure' draws aesthetic lines between ambient black metal, Coil and early Autechre.
'Waco (Postmortem)' ends the set operating nearly out of earshot with those incredible, sashaying synth motifs persisting with its struggle against the patina of hiss and exasperated rhythms blurred around the edges.
Second Edition - housed in a triple Jewel Case.


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Powerful questions that will take you out of an unhealthy and imbalanced relationship
Awareness / Empowerment / Truth
25 questions that will help you get out of a relationship that is imbalanced and not healthy for you.
I recommend that you write and journal about it and really take your time doing this, and it will change your life in terms of any future or existing relationships.
You deserve to have a loving, respectful, and supportive relationship!
1.) How would you describe yourself in the relationship? Make a list and don't hold back.
2.) How would you describe your partner in the relationship? Same here, make a list.
3.) What do you think you deserve?
4.) What are your needs in a relationship?
5.) What has been swept under the rug? What have you avoided and/or ignored?
6.) What toxic patterns do you see in yourself in your relationship(s)?
7.) If you're in the dating game; describe the type of men/women you seem to attract into your life. What are the similarities that they share?
8.) How does an ideal relationship look like? Get clear on the dynamics you want.
9.) What do you want? What do you really want in the future?
10.) What are your top 3 values in a relationship? (What is most important to you?)
11.) What are you no longer available for? Redefine your boundaries.
12.) Define your deal-breakers. What are you no longer going to accept, tolerate or put up with?
13.) What are you resisting? What do you know that you don't want to know?
14.) What 1-3 actions steps can you take that would demonstrate that you now choose to love and value yourself more?
If you don't know how to love yourself:
15.) If you knew how to love yourself, what would be the first thing you would do? (Remember to write everything down, journal about it – Don't just 'think' the answers.)
16.) If you had a stronger sense of self-worth, what are the things you would be doing in this relationship, or in any relationship, that you're not doing right now?
17.) If you would imagine and project yourself to a future state where you really love yourself and value yourself, what are the things you do when you live in that more empowered state?
Close our eyes and imagine how you would conduct yourself, how you would behave around a man/woman or in a relationship, on a date etc.
18.) How do you see yourself speaking, acting, responding etc?
Seeing yourself in your mind's eye like this will give you clues about what changes you need to make.
Sometimes it's a behavioral change, and sometimes it's about making new choices and decisions for yourself that are empowering rather than disempowering.
19.) Back to a previous question; what BS are you done with? Both in your own behavioral patterns and how you allow others to treat you.
20.) If your relationship was a solid ten, what are the things you would be doing together that you're not doing now?
21: What 1-3 actions steps can you take that would support the new you that you want to be? The more empowered you, the authentic, self-loving you.
22.) What is she/he like? Who is the you that you want to be? Describe with as many words as possible.
23.) How has having a low sense of self-love and self-worth held you back? What has it cost you?
Get in touch with the pain – That will help you not wanting to do that to yourself anymore. Even if it's painful to admit to yourself, do it, and do it without any self-condemnation.
You're only clarifying for yourself what you no longer want.
24.) And then describe how your life would change if you gave all that up (the pain, the patterns etc) and started to love and value yourself more?
You can begin fresh now and be totally free from the past by starting to focus on the future you want and deserve. Allow yourself to come into full bloom and let the past be in the past.
Cut the cords (I can help you) and move on as the new empowered you.
Many times the limiting beliefs that causes imbalance, codependency, and unhealthy relationship patterns etc has to do with self-abandonment.
Abandoning yourself in order to stay connected, even if it's toxic or unhealthy and imbalanced.
Or you feel that you have to do all the work in the relationship, that you're always the one trying, and thus always accommodating to your partners wishes and ways of being.
When you stop abandoning yourself and you start being yourself more, the dynamics will change, or the relationship will come to an inevitable breaking point.
If that happens then embrace it – You are valuable.
You are important, and you deserve love, and it all starts with really loving yourself first, and you may have to do it radically in the beginning to make a very clear statement that you are hereby done with all the disrespectful BS.
You're just done and won't take it anymore.
There's plenty of fish out there, people who would be interested in you and where you don't have to be anyone else but yourself and where you're treated in a respectful and loving way.
Believe such a relationship exists and make room for it by letting go of what no longer serves you.
Last question:
25.) When are you going to implement the 2-6 action steps that you have clarified for yourself?
More articles for you that will help break unhealthy patterns and dynamics in any kind of relationships:
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Ask These Questions if You Don't Know How to Love Yourself

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from flask_restful import reqparse, abort, Resource

from common import api, db
from constants import HttpStatus, EMPTY_JSON
from helpers import handle_bson

COLL_COURSES = 'courses'

course_parser = reqparse.RequestParser()
course_parser.add_argument('id', required=True)
course_parser.add_argument('title')
course_parser.add_argument('watchHref')
course_parser.add_argument('authorId')
course_parser.add_argument('category')
course_parser.add_argument('length')

class Course(Resource):
    @staticmethod
    def get(course_id):
        course = db[COLL_COURSES].find_one({'id': course_id})
        if course:
            return handle_bson(course), HttpStatus.OK
        else:
            abort(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND, message='Course "{}" not found'.format(course_id))

    @staticmethod
    def delete(course_id):
        db[COLL_COURSES].remove({'id': course_id}, multi=False)
        return EMPTY_JSON, HttpStatus.NO_CONTENT

    @staticmethod
    def post():
        args = course_parser.parse_args()
        course = {
            'id': args.get('id'),
            'authorId': args.get('authorId'),
            'category': args.get('category'),
            'watchHref': args.get('watchHref'),
            'title': args.get('title'),
            'length': args.get('length'),
        }
        if db[COLL_COURSES].find_one({'id': args.get('id')}) is None:
            db[COLL_COURSES].insert_one(course)
            return handle_bson(course), HttpStatus.CREATED
        else:
            return handle_bson(course), HttpStatus.CONFLICT

    @staticmethod
    def put(course_id):
        args = course_parser.parse_args()
        course = {
            'id': args.get('id'),
            'authorId': args.get('authorId'),
            'category': args.get('category'),
            'watchHref': args.get('watchHref'),
            'title': args.get('title'),
            'length': args.get('length'),
        }
        db[COLL_COURSES].update_one({'id': course_id}, {'$set': course}, upsert=True)
        return handle_bson(course), HttpStatus.OK

class Courses(Resource):
    @staticmethod
    def get():
        courses = list(db[COLL_COURSES].find({}))
        return {'courses': handle_bson(courses)}, HttpStatus.OK

api.add_resource(Course, '/api/course', '/api/course/<course_id>')
api.add_resource(Courses, '/api/courses', '/api/courses/')

# @app.route('/api/courses', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
# def courses_handler():
#     with open('courses.json', 'r') as f:
#         courses = json.loads(f.read())
#
#     if request.method == 'POST':
#         new_course = request.json
#         if new_course.get('id'):
#             if new_course.get('id') in [x['id'] for x in courses]:
#                 # Update existing
#                 for course in courses:
#                     if course['id'] == new_course['id']:
#                         course.update(new_course)
#                         break
#             else:
#                 # Add new
#                 courses.append(new_course)
#
#         with open('courses.json', 'w') as f:
#             f.write(json.dumps(courses, indent=4, separators=(',', ': ')))
#
#     return Response(
#         json.dumps(courses),
#         mimetype='application/json',
#         headers={
#             'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
#             'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*'
#         }
#     )

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Amazon To Open New Fulfillment Center In Oklahoma
Amazon.com Inc's new one million square-foot fulfillment center will create more than 500 full-time jobs in Oklahoma City, OK.
https://businessfacilities.com/2020/12/amazon-to-open-new-fulfillment-center-in-oklahoma/
Home » Business Facilities Blog » Industry News » Logistics & Distribution » Amazon To Open New Fulfillment Center In Oklahoma
The new one million square-foot fulfillment center will create more than 500 full-time jobs in Oklahoma City, OK.
Amazon.com, Inc. plans to open a new fulfillment center in Oklahoma City, OK in 2021. The new one million square-foot fulfillment center will employ more than 500 full-time workers who will pick, pack, and ship bulky or larger-sized customer items such as patio furniture, outdoor equipment, or rugs.
"We're thrilled to announce a new fulfillment center in Oklahoma City as we strive to better serve our customers throughout the state," said Alicia Boler Davis, Amazon's vice president of global customer fulfillment. "Our growth in Oklahoma wouldn't be possible without the amazing local workforce and strong support we've received from local and state leaders."
Since 2010, Amazon has created more than 4,000 jobs in Oklahoma and invested more than $650 million across the state, including infrastructure and compensation to its employees.
Amazon's investments have contributed more than $530 million in GDP to the Oklahoma economy and have helped create over 4,100 indirect jobs on top of Amazon's direct hires – from jobs in construction and logistics to professional services.
More than 14,000 independent authors and small and medium businesses in Oklahoma are selling to customers in Amazon's store, creating thousands of additional jobs across the state.
"Amazon's new facility is another testament to the nation and the world that Oklahoma is open for business," said Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt. "As governor, it is my priority to foster a climate where businesses can grow, thrive and expand in order to provide jobs for hardworking Oklahomans to support their families. I salute Amazon on its expansion and look forward to its continued growth in our state."
"We appreciate Amazon's continued investment in Oklahoma City and look forward to the positive impact their presence will have on future job creation and the overall economy of our great city," said Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt.
"Amazon continues to be an excellent partner and an exemplary employer in Oklahoma," said Brent Kisling, Executive Director for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. "At a time when job creation is so vital, we are thrilled that Amazon has chosen to expand their presence in our state."
Amazon has pledged to invest over $700 million to provide upskilling training for 100,000 U.S. employees for in-demand jobs. The programs will help Amazon team members from all backgrounds access training to move into highly skilled roles across the company's corporate offices, tech hubs, fulfillment centers, retail stores, and transportation network, or pursue career paths outside of Amazon.
"Amazon's continued growth in Oklahoma City is a recognition of the strength of our market," said Roy Williams, President and CEO of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber. "These 500 jobs are particularly important as people who have lost jobs due to the pandemic are looking for long-term stable employment."
Want to learn more about Oklahoma corporate expansion?
Considering Oklahoma for your company's relocation or expansion project? Check out all the latest news related to Oklahoma economic development, corporate relocation, corporate expansion and site selection.
Pratt & Whitney Creating 100 Jobs In Oklahoma Expansion The aerospace company will make a multimillion-dollar investment to upgrade its existing facilities at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex based at Tinker Air Force Base.
Amazon To Open New Fulfillment Center In Texas The new one million-square-foot fulfillment center will create more than 500 new, full-time jobs in Missouri City, TX.
Amazon Will Create 1,000 Jobs At New Texas Fulfillment Center Amazon will invest $250 million to build a new 820,000-square-foot facility in the city of Pflugerville, TX.
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How To Design Circadian-effective Lighting For Schools, Hospitals January 20, 2021
Guidance for designing circadian-effective lighting in K-12 classrooms and hospital patient rooms, while avoiding increased energy use, is now available from the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. - Read: How To Design Circadian-effective Lighting For Schools, Hospitals at FacilityExecutive.com.
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