If you experience a lot of snowfall during the winter in your area, you know the struggle of dealing with rock salt in your house. Even though it is helpful on roads and sidewalks, it can cause unsightly stains and residue on the floors in your home. If this issue sounds all too familiar, continue reading to learn the best ways to get a handle on the salt mess!
Start by taking preventative measures to keep the salt from coming in contact with your floors in the first place. Place a coarse mat outside the front door and another mat on the inside of the door as well. This will catch a lot of the salt from people's shoes. A rubber shoe mat can also be helpful to keep people's shoes on, keeping them off the floor. And don't be shy about asking people to take their shoes off when they come in!
Some salt residue is unavoidable this time of year. Here's what to do to best clean it up on a variety of flooring types.
Start by vacuuming up the larger and more obvious debris.
Mix an even amount of white vinegar with hot water, and then pour the mixture into a spray bottle. Spray the impacted area with the mixture and let it sit for approximately five minutes. Dab area with a paper towel and allow it to air dry.
Vacuum the area once more when the area is dry.
Sweep the larger bits up with a broom.
Mix about a ½ cup of white vinegar with a gallon of hot water. Use this mixture to mop up the affected area.
Let the area air-dry. The vinegar smell (for any floor surface) will eventually dissipate on its own, but the process can be sped up with a fan or by letting in some fresh air.
For wood, a ratio of about 1 cup of white vinegar to every 3 gallons of warm water should be used. Note that this is much more diluted than with other floor types. As an alternative, some cleaning solutions that are specifically designed for hardwood floors can be used. Hardwood floors are more sensitive, and you should always check what can and cannot be used on your particular floor, based on the sealant type. You should not use any solutions on an unsealed floor.
Use a microfiber mop and your solution to wipe the floor. As with the others, allow it to air dry.
Now you should have a salt-free floor! That is, until the next person comes into the house. But at least you have a way to get rid of those unsightly salt marks until spring finally comes around.
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How is it possible that we are on the brink of December and time for Cultured Kids #34. Time to sort out your cultural Christmas posts (non Christmassy ones also welcome) and link up! I've yet to hear Noddy Holder hollering out "It's Christmas" but it can only hours away until I do.
We have some cultural events lined up in December. Now that the teens are too grown up for pantomime we have new tradition ….. we go to the Royal Institution for the Wifi Wars Xmas Bash. You need a fully charged smart phone and the whole audience joins in playing games from Pong right up to whizziest new computer game on the block. I confess that when I bought tickets for this last year it was with the teens in mind but we all loved it, even me the world's worst gamer.
Watching the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures on TV has been a Christmas highlight for as long as I can remember. A couple of years ago we bought the boys membership of the Royal Institution and that meant that they could go to recording of lectures. No grown ups allowed, so watching on TV was even more exciting than usual trying to spot the teens in the audience. For details of gift membership of the Royal Institution and lots of other museums and galleries check out my London Museum Membership post.
Before we dive into Cultured Kids #34 ….. can I just mention that Catherine's Cultural Wednesdays is up for the UK Blog Awards both the Arts and Culture and the Travel sections. If you could see your way to voting for me that would be super. You can find me on page 6 of Arts and Culture and page 10 of Travel ….. just click here.
Last month Megan's favourite post was Family Fun Remembering Loved Ones at Day of the Dead Celebrations in the UK from Lucy at Kids of the Wild. Scarlett really loved Spanish Flu at the Florence Nightingale Museum from Museum Mum.
What have you got planned for December? We'd love to read all your cultural posts, Christmassy or otherwise, on Cultured Kids #34. My offering this time is all about the Christmas Light Trail at London Zoo.
Thanks for the invite to #CulturedKids. Can't quite believe it's December tomorrow. The WiFi Wars looks like such great fun.
while gaming isnt my thing personally, i am always looking for ideas for family fun, especially where there is age difference in kids, and this would make the list!
That where I was last year when I bought tickets, but it was a brilliant family outing!


Seven-year-old Jessica Maladecki knows how to get an ambitious political agenda through a body of grizzled lawmakers, and a family of ducks is safer for her skills.
When the Westland, Michigan, girl saw a mama duck padding across a busy neighborhood road with her babies in tow, she wondered why there wasn't a sign warning drivers to slow down for the bird brood. She turned her concern into action, stowing a petition in the handlebar basket of her purple bike and going door-to-door, getting neighbors along Koppernick Road to lend their names to her effort.
She showed up at a City Council meeting and took the podium to make her case armed with four pages of signatures, and stood atop a metal folding chair to stare down the lawmakers from a podium.
"Hi, my name is Jessica," she said. "Could you put a duck crossing sign up on Koppernick Road?"
A 7-year-old girl circulated a petition to her neighbors and presented it to the City Council. The end result: crossing signs alerting drivers to mother ducks and their young crossing the street.
Even though Jessica is 11 years shy of voting age, the elected officials nonetheless quacked under pressure. A yellow sign was in place within days.
"She really brought a lot of positive energy to that council meeting," said Mayor William Wild.
Duane Maladecki said he's happy his daughter's burgeoning political skills paid off.
"The council members were obviously all excited," he said. Everybody clapped for her, which was fantastic. She did a great thing for the ducks."
Jessica says the sign she helped bring about has drivers slowing down, and she no longer worries about the fate of the feathered family.
"I see the mom on the side of the road with her babies and I feel like they're gonna just cross," she said.


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Court halts execution of convicted child killer who claims intellectual disability
A man convicted in the sexual assault and murder of an 11-year-old girl was set to die next Wednesday. But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stopped his execution amid claims of intellectual disability.
by Jolie McCullough Aug. 21, 2017 5 PM Central
Steven Long was sentenced to death for sexually assaulting and murdering an 11-year-old girl in 2005. Credit: TDCJ
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday halted the execution of a convicted child murderer who claims he's intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for the state's harshest punishment.
Steven Long, 46, was set to die next Wednesday for the 2005 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Dallas County. Courts had previously rejected his appeals claiming intellectual disability, but that was before the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated Texas' methods for determining intellectual disability for death-sentenced people in March.
With that ruling in mind, Long's lawyer, Thomas Scott Smith, again asked the courts to stay Long's execution earlier this month, presenting evidence that Long's IQ score has regularly been placed in the low 60s. His request was granted Monday afternoon — the court tossed out the execution to further review the case.
"In light of this new law and the facts of applicant's application, we have determined the applicant's execution should be stayed pending further order of this Court," the court order said.
Long was sentenced to death in the murder of Kaitlyn Smith. In October 2005, Long had recently moved in with a couple and their daughter across the street from Kaitlyn, and one night she came over for a sleepover, according to a court opinion. By morning, Kaitlyn was missing, and her body was later found partially wrapped in trash bags underneath an empty trailer.
A bloody fingerprint near her body matched Long's, and he confessed to the rape and murder of the girl. He was sentenced to death the next year, and he has lived on death row for almost 11 years.
In a 2008 appeal, Long's lawyers appealed his sentence, claiming he was intellectually disabled. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2002 that executing intellectually disabled people was unconstitutional, but it left it up to the states to determine the disability. The courts ruled him fit for execution under Texas' standards at the time.
But over the years, the high court had several more rulings further refining how states may determine who is disabled. In March, the case invalidated Texas' method in the case of death row inmate Bobby Moore.
In 2014, a state court used current medical standards to deem Moore intellectually disabled, but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overruled that determination, saying the court should have used the state's standards instead. The state relied on decades-old medical standards and a requirement that a person has a low IQ and has had poor adaptive functioning since childhood, which it determined in a controversial set of factors.
The high court rejected the method, saying Texas' refusal to use current medical standards and its reliance on nonclinical factors violated the U.S. Constitution. Since the ruling, other Texas death row inmates have had their sentences changed from death to life in prison.
With a new standard in place after Moore, Long again brought his intellectual disability claim to the courts.
"The use of [Texas' rejected method] in deciding the claim creates the impermissible risk that Mr. Long will be executed despite significant evidence establishing that he is among the class of persons for whom execution is proscribed as cruel and unusual," his lawyer, Smith, wrote in a court filing.

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Home Politics 2023: North-Central PDP Endorses Saraki For Presidency
2023: North-Central PDP Endorses Saraki For Presidency
Some stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party from the North-Central of Nigeria have endorsed the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki for the presidency in the 2023 general elections.
The leader of the delegation, Iyorwuese Hagher, while speaking on Monday said it is time for the geopolitical zone to produce the next president of Nigeria having supported other regions over the years.
He said, "The nation right now is so divided and fragmented, we need a uniting force which the north-central is known for, to emerge and reunite the country again.
"Bukola Saraki is that young breed with a wealth of experience at every cadre of governance to restore Nigeria to where we belong. We do not need an old man as president who will be travelling every moment for treatment and spending the country's resources abroad."
Hagher called on other zones in the country to support the region to produce the next president and support Bukola Saraki to emerge in 2023, adding that he has the capacity to take the nation to greater heights.
"The North Central has played a key role in the political development of Nigeria. It is expected that the rest of Nigeria will respond to our agitation as it did to a similar one in the past by the South-South zone when the country then produced Dr Goodluck Jonathan as president."
The Chairman of PDP in the North Central, Theophilus Dakarshan, stated that the zone had been instrumental to the emergence of so many Presidents in Nigeria right from the first republic.
He called on other zones in the country to support someone from the zone as President in 2023.
"The North Central zone had in the past given its unflinching support to other zones. We now appeal to them to reciprocate same to us," he said.
Recall that the former Kwara governor announced his intention to contest the presidency during an official visit to Governor Samuel Ortom, elders and members of the State Working Committee, SWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue State.
He added that the North Central Zone had paid its due by working so hard to keep the country together as one united entity insisting that it is time the presidency goes to the region.
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The old version of Bubble Witch 3 Saga 5.3.3 (120620) APK is available. The game will provide many places in which each place consists of 10 levels to win. Every level is offered also with different surprises and challenges. So it is going to be interesting to play. The gameplay is actually simple and familiar with the bubble shooting game.
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Life on the road suits Bruce Cole just fine. And after what he went through back in the day, he's in no hurry to face his hometown again. Until his little sister asks him to return for her wedding. One brief visit can't hurt, right? Especially when he meets a beautiful stranger at the reception.
and so different from the girl he remembers. If anyone can change his mind about what home really means, it could be her.
Cathryn Parry writes contemporary romance from her home in Massachusetts. Her Harlequin Superromance novels have received such honors as a Booksellers' Best Award, Holt Medallion Awards of Merit and several readers' contest nominations. In her free time, she loves figure skating, planning as many vacations as possible and pursuing her genealogy hobby. Please visit her website at CathrynParry.com.
No one had ever promised Natalie Kimball that moving home to be a lawyer in a small town with people who still thought of her as a hopelessly shy nerd was going to be easy.
"I can do this," Natalie muttered for about the tenth time that morning, her hands clenched on the steering wheel of her secondhand Toyota as she drove out of town and north up the coast.
To her right, the waves crashed toward her in a spectacular show of whitecaps; the Atlantic tide was coming in. The narrow strip of beach beside it, usually so crowded with tourists in the summer, was deserted, and most of the seaside shops and arcades were still closed for the winter. She opened the window a crack and let the fresh, cold smell of ocean air wash over her.
For once, Natalie was exactly where she wanted to be. She loved this place; it was in her DNA. Even though her father, Asa Kimball, didn't want her at home working in his law firm, Natalie knew she could be happy here and do a great job, if he gave her the chance. More than anybody else he could possibly turn the firm over to, she understood the people of this town: their connections, their histories, their families and their secrets.
Especially the family secret of the woman she was set to meet. I wonder what became of Bruce Cole? Natalie thought.
Bruce was her longtime high school crush, though Natalie hadn't seen him since the summer he left town. It was only wishful thinking to expect his sister would mention him today.
Shaking her head, Natalie watched for the familiar gazebo perched on an outcropping of rock. When she came to it, she parked in a vacant lot where the meters weren't set up for the season yet.
Grabbing the packet on the seat beside her, she slammed the car door against the wind. It was an unseasonably cold day in late April even by New England sea-coast standards—blustery, with freezing rain that made her teeth clench. She shivered, wishing she'd brought a warmer coat.
But this was where Maureen Cole's receptionist at the real estate office had asked Natalie to meet her. And to shore up her position with her father as a lawyer able to "bring in business," Natalie needed to convince Maureen that she should work with them on future projects. To secure her place, Natalie would do whatever it took, even drive ten miles out of town to the Rosewood Non-denominational Chapel in order to bring Maureen her forgotten notebook.
Natalie glanced down the beach to the picturesque chapel on a bluff overlooking the ocean. Strange how this place affected her. Long before all Natalie's surgeries, this little church had figured prominently in her romantic fantasies. She hoped the quaint property wasn't for sale. But why else would Maureen be here? Natalie had hinted for information from Maureen's receptionist, but the young woman had only smiled mysteriously. "I'm sure Maureen will fill you in when you see her."
Sighing, Natalie picked her way over the sidewalk, still littered with sand and pebbles after a late winter storm. Outside the chapel, a winter-deadened lawn was ringed by a garden beginning to come alive. For now, yellow forsythia sparked open and lilac bushes budded with purple shoots. Later, the roses of June and the tall, spiked perennial flowers of July would join them.
When she entered through the side door, Natalie recognized Maureen Cole immediately. A year older than Natalie, she looked every bit the prom queen and student council president she'd been in high school.
Maureen was curvy, blonde and authoritative—in a good way Natalie admired but would never be at heart. Her booming voice carried across the church to a volume that even Natalie, hearing-impaired as she was, could clearly process.
"Over there! You stand over there and I'll walk around you." Maureen tugged on a measuring tape, directing her mother. Nearby was a baby carriage with netting thrown over it, though there couldn't be many flying insects inside the chilly church.
Rubbing her arms, Natalie stood back and watched the women chatter away, their voices lower now as they worked. To pick out the words, Natalie concentrated on Maureen's lips. Maureen wore bright coral lipstick. Her teeth were straight and perfect; she'd gotten dental work done in the years since Natalie had seen her.
red would look nice," Maureen was saying, "but white is more traditional, and that's what I prefer."
But then Maureen turned to the side, and Natalie couldn't read her lips anymore. She caught only the muted words wedding flowers.
Was Maureen getting married? Natalie glanced from the measuring tape Maureen wielded to the pad of paper she wrote on. Maybe they were planning the placement of floral arrangements for the ceremony.
A pang went through Natalie. Ever since she was a child, she had gazed up at this chapel as her family drove past on a Sunday, looking at the brides and wedding parties, and wondering what it would feel like to marry a man she loved in this fairy-tale place.
But dreams like that didn't happen for people like her. She needed to be practical. Use her brain, use her legal training, use her knowledge of the town's past connections and histories and secrets, and maybe she could find a way to be of service to people. Even if she wasn't the world's best communicator, like her father said.
"May I help you?" Maureen was standing directly in front of her.
sorry." She cleared her throat, then remembered the binder cradled against her arm. She held it forward, smiling sheepishly at Maureen. "This is for you."
"Right." Maureen nodded, sizing her up. "You're the lawyer Lyndsey sent over with my wedding organizer. Thank you." With a grudging look, Maureen took the notebook she had left behind at her office and turned away from Natalie, immediately flipping to a page and scribbling furiously.
No one had said this would be easy.
Natalie walked around Maureen, to where she could see her face. "Ah.. forgive me for prying. But are you getting married, Maureen?"
Maureen looked up, staring at her. "Do you need to buy a house or something?"
not right now. I'm settled, thanks." From the corner of her eye, Natalie noticed Maureen's mom picking the baby up and sniffing at his diaper. The exaggerated grimace on her face told the story. Quickly, Mrs. Cole wheeled the carriage toward the restroom at the rear of the church, leaving Natalie and Maureen alone.
She might as well face the issue head-on.
Smiling, Natalie held out her hand. "Hi, I don't know if you remember me, but I was a year behind you in high school. I'm Natalie Kimball."
The real estate agent gave a sarcastic, unfriendly smile and pointedly neglected to shake her hand.
Natalie wiped her palms against her already damp raincoat. She knew what this treatment was about: her father's involvement with Maureen's brother Bruce, and what had happened that last summer he was in town. Part of Natalie was dying to ask about him. She would never do that, though. As far as she knew, Bruce Cole had never come home, not once, and was never likely to again. She remembered how much it had hurt Maureen when he left.
Maureen's gaze traveled up and down Natalie's body. She had the curl to her lips of a former "in girl" judging and dismissing an "out girl." Natalie felt deflated, well aware of every physical flaw she had.
"Nope," Maureen drawled. "Your name doesn't ring a bell. I didn't go to school with any of Asa Kimball's kids."
She said "Asa Kimball" as if the words tasted bitter. And then she turned away.
Natalie nodded. She understood why Maureen was acting this way. Indirectly, her father had made Maureen's life hell. Lawyers in general had made Maureen's life hell.
But Natalie wasn't that kind of lawyer and never would be. She saw herself as a helper, not an adversary. Her father, and his father before him, and for all she knew, his father before that, had run the family firm in the traditional way, which had, in her opinion, often caused problems. Years of standing on the sidelines, watching and observing, had convinced her she could make a place for herself, that she had a unique talent to contribute.
Natalie may not have been one to speak to people much, but she noticed things about people, and that was important, too. Maybe it was time to take a chance on the new style she envisioned. She had always thought that if given the opportunity, she could make a difference.
friends, actually—at least I thought so—your senior year in high school."
Maureen's lips pressed together, as if she was reliving the hell of being a popular girl who was suddenly ostracized by her peers. Natalie had seen it happen firsthand.
drove you to the bus station once in the fall." Remember?
For a split second, she looked bludgeoned and she abruptly sat on the nearest pew. And Natalie felt guilty. She hadn't wanted to use that particular memory, but it was the incident Maureen was most likely to recall. Maureen had planned to run away to visit Bruce, who was in his first year as a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Natalie had never forgotten that day for many reasons, the most important of which was that it was the second most daring thing she had ever done.
"You were nice to me," Maureen finally said, albeit grudgingly. "Not too many people were nice to me that year."
"At least they talked to you," Natalie said with a joking tone. "I was always so shy."
Maureen cocked her head and studied her. "You look pretty." Her voice was softer, as if she was starting to warm up. "You cut your hair. It flatters you."
By reflex, Natalie touched her head. "Thanks. I found a really great stylist when I lived in Boston."
"Fou lived in Boston?" Maureen actually seemed interested.
"I went to law school there. And then afterward, I had a clerkship." Maureen squinted.
a job I had, at the Federal courthouse on the waterfront. I clerked for a judge there."
Maureen smirked. "And now you're back to work with your father on small-time wills and real estate closings." Her laughter was unkind, all trace of the former softness now gone.
Natalie smiled gently, refusing to take the bait. "It's always been my dream to go solo."
Maureen's eyebrows rose. "So the old man is retiring?"
yet anyway." Therein was the crux of her dilemma. Natalie fiddled with the button on her coat. Her father wanted to sell the law firm and retire to Florida by the end of summer. She wanted him to pass control to her and take a cut of her future earnings, but he didn't believe she had the ability to make future earnings.
This mission with Maureen was part of Natalie's plan to establish a bottom line for the summer, to prove to him she could.
There was no couldn't. The law firm had been in her family for five generations, and she wanted to be part of that link, too. If she didn't stay and fight for her connection to that legacy, then it would be lost forever.
She would make a go of it here. And Maureen could help her, at the same time that she helped Maureen.
Natalie smiled and looked Maureen in the eyes. "If I can't convince my dad to keep the law office in the family, then he'll sell to a big firm from Portsmouth or Concord. If that happens, then they'll make his place into a satellite location to theirs."
With lawyers who wouldn't know anybody in town. Not personally, anyway. Outside attorneys wouldn't be likely to float a loan for legal work for a small business starting out, or to spring a local's miscreant son from the drunk tank at the beach on a Saturday night. Her father's firm did, often without charge. As a local businesswoman, Maureen would understand the implications.
Maureen leaned against the pew and chewed her bottom lip, thinking. Then she rubbed her hands over her face, and Natalie couldn't hear what she said.
" was all Natalie caught.
And then Maureen moved her hands away from her mouth, and stared at her, waiting for Natalie to reply.
The familiar panic crept over Natalie that she'd missed something essential, that she'd be found out. And she'd been careful to stand face-to-face with Maureen so she could lip-read what she couldn't hear.
You communicate so poorly, her parents had always told her.
No one wanted a hard-of-hearing lawyer. Natalie knew it made them uncomfortable. It made them think she was either a snob or incompetent when she missed something important.
sorry," Natalie said carefully. "Could you please repeat what you just said?"
Maureen's scowl deepened. Natalie got a bad feeling, as if Maureen was holding her response against her.
"Do you still have any ill-feelings toward my brother Bruce?" Maureen demanded bluntly.
"What? No! I never blamed him." On the contrary, Natalie had always thought she understood him better than most people did. "I knew your brother once—I talked to him, and I."
She felt her face flushing. She could never tell Maureen about that night. She had never discussed it with anyone, even when she should have.
She was fiddling with her buttons again, and Maureen was staring in curiosity.
Oh, why not admit she'd had a crush on him? It was so long ago, surely it couldn't hurt. Most likely Bruce was married anyway, making beautiful babies and saving the world somewhere as a navy pilot or intelligence officer, something heroic and swashbuckling and passionately emotional, like he was.
"I had a huge crush on him, truth be told." Natalie laughed, but knew it came out strangled. "Me and about a hundred other girls in town."
"A hundred other girls in town turned their backs on him after what happened," Maureen said flatly.
Yes. Yes, they had. "But I didn't," Natalie said softly. "I was loyal to you, remember?" Maybe because Natalie was the only person in town who knew the truth about how Bruce had felt and what he'd done after the accident that had killed his best friend. "I saw what this town did to you, and I stayed by your side. I talked to you after all your cheerleader and student council friends turned their backs."
"You must really want my business." Maureen's voice was hard and bitter.
It's not her fault. Maureen had been a sheltered kid who'd gone through a tough year that had changed her life. But the most important thing was that Maureen had overcome the trauma. She was a functioning member of the community. From her father, Natalie knew Maureen had built herself up from a single mom with few prospects into a successful real estate agent specializing in the million-dollar beach homes along the waterfront. It must not have been easy to compete at that level, and was certainly not a job for the fainthearted. Natalie, especially, could respect that.
The Long Way Home 1 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 1 reviews.
Bruce Cole, former high school star quarterback and all-around Mr. Popular, left town abruptly the summer after graduating high school in order to join the Naval Academy. He feels responsible for something that happened to his best friend, Brian Faulkner, and has let that sense of responsibility keep him from coming home for years on end. Bruce is returning to Wallis Point, his hometown, only out of familial duty – he is to be a groomsman in his only sister's wedding. Natalie Kimball is a lawyer returning to her hometown in hopes of taking over the family law firm. Bruce Cole was her secret high school crush, and his sister Maureen was her best friend during Maureen's last year of high school. Maureen invites the newly returned Natalie to be in her wedding in four weeks, and Natalie would be paired with Bruce. Natalie accepts. Natalie carries her own secret – she lost most of her hearing as a child and reads lips to get by most of the time. When Bruce finally arrives for the wedding, he doesn't remember Natalie, though Natalie had been the last person to see Bruce before he left town as a teenager. With each slowly uncovering the other's secrets, love, caring and understanding blooms between them. They "get" each other. As a reader, I would not have chosen this book for myself, nor would I recommend it to anyone. It's slow-moving and where I usually am in a rush to finish a book to get to the happily ever after, with this book I would drag myself to my reading sanctuary to finish it. It took me over a month because I was just not that interested in it. I didn't feel a connection to the book, and I didn't feel the connection between the main characters, except for Bruce and his sister, Maureen. I didn't even really feel what I usually feel as the hero and heroine fall in love. That ooey-gooey, mushy love feeling in the pit of my stomach just never showed up. Bruce is trying to reconnect to with his grandfather during the book while Natalie is building up a client-base for herself as a small-town attorney. It seemed to me there was more to these secondary story lines than there was a connection building between Bruce and Natalie. And the end left a lot to be desired – Bruce never "gets" that his grandfather was hurt and hiding the fact that he knew who Bruce was and was pretending to not know him. Natalie's father never realizes nor is told that his daughter has a hearing problem. Maureen's return from her honeymoon is downplayed when it should have been a major deal for her to see her brother and her friend as a couple, especially after all the grief she gives Natalie in the beginning. I also was not a fan of the writing. There was awkward phrasing and similes that just didn't flow well. For example "And they were together, like magnets and filings." This was an introductory sentence to a love scene. All I could see from that statement was a dirty machinist's shop floor as he uses a magnet to clean up – seriously un-romantic. The book is long, drags, lacks a sense of connection to the reader and I only finished it out of a sense of duty to writing a review.


Montgomeryshire Photographs / Pictures : UKGDL - Genealogical Directories and Lists Online for UK Family History and Genealogy.
Extra Info: Includes photographs of the churches and chapels of the area.
Extra Info: This site explores Powys in 1891 with information from many collections around the county. Powys covers the old counties of Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and part of Brecknockshire.


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How did Broncos RB Phillip Lindsay go Undrafted?
Posted byPat Traina January 4, 2019 January 4, 2019 Posted inNFLTags:#Denver, AFC, broncos, draft, football, NFL, Offseason, PhillipLindsay, Rookie, ROY, Undrafted
Every year about 256 collegiate football prospects are selected within seven rounds by the 32 NFL organizations in the annual NFL Draft. Every organization's scouting and personnel departments are evaluating their information, and putting it all together towards hopefully selecting the potentially future building blocks of the franchise.
Although, 256 may seem like a gigantic pool of prospects to choose from, but somehow there always seems to be at least a few players following each draft that every organization miss-evaluates, or perhaps overlooks them for some apparent reason.
This year, there is one specific player that I've been trying to wrap my head around for so long how the entire NFL passed on him last draft.
The Denver Broncos selected former Oregon RB Royce Freeman in the third round assuming he would immediately the franchise's new lead-back. What they did not know was that found an absolute gem following the draft from their own home state, and that was when they signed RB Phillip Lindsay as an undrafted free agent.
Denver ended up signing the first offensive undrafted rookie ever to be selected for a Pro Bowl and has even garnered some consideration for Offensive Rookie of the Year. Lindsay, finished his rookie campaign with 1,037 yards and nine touchdowns on 192 carries and another 241 yards and a touchdown on 35 catches.
"I am so blessed to be selected to my first Pro Bowl. It is a tremendous honor and I am so thankful to all of Broncos Country for supporting and believing in me this season," – Phillip Lindsay
Lindsay passed the 1,000-yards rushing mark and became the third undrafted rookie to do it in his rookie season joining LeGarrette Blount (1,007 – 2010) and Dominic Rhodes (1,104 – 2001), according to NFL Research.
He finished tied for second in the NFL in yards per carry at 5.4, only trailing Green Bay's Aaron Jones by 0.1 yards, even though Jones received 89 less carries. Heading into Week 14, Lindsay was averaging a whopping 6.1 yards per carry, but his average dropped considerably following the Week 13 injury to Emmanuel Sanders (Torn Achilles), allowing for defenses to stack the box.
Lindsay averaged more than seven yards per carry for three straight games this season and became the first player to accomplish that since Fred Taylor in 2007.
He also finished 9th in NFL in rushing with 1,042 yards on 192 carries. To put that into perspective on how impressive that is, he totaled 102 more yards than David Johnson despite having 66 less carries, and 159 more yards than Alvin Kamara with two less carries.
Lindsay started at the bottom of the Denver's depth chart, but earned an increased role after a strong preseason, averaging his regular season avg. of 5.4 yards per carry.
Somehow though he did not receive an invite to the NFL combine and was not one of the 21 running backs drafted?
"The whole league made a mistake," analyst Tony Romo said during the Broncos' 24-17 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 12.
So my question is how and why was Phillip Lindsay undrafted?
The majority of times when a prospect is extremely talented and goes undrafted, most likely there is some apparent reason behind why nobody selected him (typically physically or mentally concerning). In Lindsay's case, I have absolutely no idea what was the effect behind every NFL team to pass on him.
"I'm proud to be undrafted and to be able to do the things I've done because it's a slap in everybody's face," – Phillip Lindsay
I'm not saying I predicted Phillip Lindsay's breakout rookie season nearly to this extent. Though, I am saying there has been and was no doubt in my mind Lindsay easily should have been at least a mid-late round draft pick.
I chose Lindsay as my "top undrafted rookie RB" in my pre-season rookie preview, with the assumption he'd be pretty comparable to a sort of player like Titans RB Dion Lewis, especially like how they used him in New England.
My Pre-Draft Scouting Report on Phillip Lindsay:
"Lindsay possesses a solid frame for his limited size along with elite athletic characteristics such as; great burst, energy, vision, footwork, instincts, pass protection, and consistently plays with toughness. He's also been described by his college teammates and coaches to be a tremendous person and a trusted leader,".
Now with that being said, what could have possibly impacted his draft value to the point of being undraftable?
Lets take a look into a few factors, and determine whether or not they could have possibly somehow impacted every single NFL team to pass on him?
Size has been associated as the biggest weakness NFL scouts associated with Phillip Lindsay at 5'8″ 190 lbs. While there is no "exact or specific" size requirement established to be able to perform as a RB in the NFL; unlike some other positions such as offensive or defensive tackles, edge pass rushers, quarterbacks, and tight ends.
For running backs, the size is more a "preferred or ideal" baseline, rather than a "set requirement" that teams are aiming for when drafting their potential future starting running back.
So the obvious fact here is that Lindsay would be considered "below average" compared to the average size of an NFL RB, or as compared to other top RB prospects which are more right around the average size of 5'11" 225 lbs. Lindsay may not be that "preferred" NFL size for a typical starter in the league, but why should that warrant all 32 teams to to solely pass on him for only that?
Typically a RB considered "undersized" are pretty much stereotyped from critics into only being labeled as a "change-of-pace" or "3rd down back". Many scouts will believe they are extremely limited for that, and immediately begin to consider them just a "3rd down back" contributing mainly towards the passing game. Now, I do agree with that statement to some extent, but if you have a back that's proved he's capable of handling a large workload running between the tackles he'll have a shot in the league.
A "change-of-pace back" typically are valued to be a mid-to-late round draft pick. Which to me is so ironic because their value should only be increasing every year, especially with how offense's have transformed into more passing with incorporating the RB's a whole lot more (McCaffrey broke the NFL record for most receptions by a RB in a single season).
If you may still firmly believe Lindsay was not selected for just his size limitations; here are three rookie RB's whom with pretty much the exact same size whom were all selected…
The Colts selected Nyheim Hines (5'9″ 200 lbs.) and Falcons chose Ito Smith (5'9″ 195 lbs.) and they were both 4th round selections. Saints took Boston Scott (5'7″ 200 lbs.) from Louisiana Tech in the 6th round (currently on the Eagles practice squad), just exemplifying how there are multiple RB's the same size as Lindsay that were drafted, and multiple RB's every year are drafted with his size.
Durability?
To transition from size, durability is a huge concern especially for a smaller RB, and by far arguably is the most crucial factor towards impacting any player in the draft's stock value. Every team deeply analyzes every prospect's past medical history, in addition to having a medical expert perform a physical to double check on any concerns.
Remaining healthy and avoiding any serious issues is obviously a huge concern, but especially with a RB that is below average in size. Scouts question whether or not he'd be able to remain durable surrounded by much bigger competition from defenses compared to college.
Phillip Lindsay at the University of Colorado played in 51 games over 30 starts, and he never missed one single game in his entire college career. It's difficult to not select a player for durability concerns if he's never even missed a game before in college.
Athleticism?
So next question, whether or not there were are any limitations with his athletic ability? Anybody who has seen Lindsay play even just once could immediately determine that he possesses elite athletic traits.
Despite somehow not receiving an invitation to the NFL Combine, at his Pro Day at Colorado he ran an electrifying 40 Time of 4.39. Nyheim Hines (same size), was the only RB at the entire NFL Combine who tested a faster time than Lindsay (just 0.01 faster at 4.38).
There really never were any questions regarding Lindsay's athleticism, which makes this factor completely invalid for that being why he was not selected.
College Production?:
Another factor for a RB to not be selected could have something to do with his actual performance on the field in college. He was highly productive to say the least, he is Colorado's record holder for all-purpose yards (4,598), and ranks second all-time in rushing (3,635).
He was an explosive playmaker who played against some real tough Pac-12 defenses throughout his four-year career. Lindsay played 51 games in his four-year career, improving his total rushing yards each season, rushing for (391, 658, 1252, 1474) yards respectively each season. The past two seasons he had 16 and 14 rushing touchdowns, and averaged 5.1, 4.9 per carry.
Pass Catching?:
The last thing that would possibly affect Lindsay's value, is whether or not he's able catch the ball. Being able to receive is a huge determining factor for a "change-of-pace" back's draft value.
In his entire college career, Lindsay had a 117 total receptions, which translated into the NFL. He finished the season with 35 receptions, which was 3rd most for a rookie RB behind Saquon Barkley and Nyheim Hines.
When comparing him to other top RB prospects' receiving stats, he was a lot more productive in the receiving game. Lindsay had more career receptions in his college career than; Saquon Barkley (102), Nyheim Hines (89), Royce Freeman (79), Sony Michel (64), Kerryon Johnson (55), Rashaad Penny (42), Ronald Jones (32), Nick Chubb (31).
Therefore, we could assume all we want on to why possibly could have been the reason(s) that contributed towards Lindsay not being selected. The fact of the matter is there were 21 running backs selected over him.
The only "weakness" that was consistently identified with Lindsay was his lack of size, and that would be a real shame if that was the sole reason every team passed on him.
To be honest, it's actually insane that nobody drafted him and every organization should be ashamed that they all missed on him. How not one organization was able to identify Lindsay's pure talent and potential of a running back that was capable of earning a Pro Bowl in his rookie season.
Although, I am questioning how no team drafted Phillip Lindsay, the people I firmly believe should be held the most accountable and to blame is the NFL Combine's selection committee. This scouting committee puts together the invite list for the Combine is responsible in evaluating the potential talent pool of every potential draft prospect. Their goal is to invite the players within each position that have the best shot at being drafted, but also identify players who's elite athletic traits that can extremely benefit from showcasing off their athletic ability on the biggest stage.
In my opinion, the fact that he was unable to showcase himself in-front of every NFL scout at the NFL Combine was the biggest impact in my opinion on why Lindsay was most likely undrafted.
There were other undrafted RB's such as Quinton Flowers and Lavon Coleman who participated in the combine, there would be no doubt Lindsay would of extremely benefited if he tested at the Combine. If he ran anywhere near his 4.39 40-time, opposed to at his Pro Day where there's plenty of less scouts, it would of grabbed everybody's attention.
Therefore, every NFL organization, as well as the NFL Combine needs to take this Phillip Lindsay situation and mistake as a gigantic learning lesson. Never doubt or pass on a prospect solely cause he's not the "ideal average size" for the position.
How would the game ever progress, if there were never any "Game-Changers" who flip the the course of the narrative on how things are "supposed to operate"?
"First, for me, it was not getting drafted, so I had to prove myself to get into the NFL. Now, I'm in the NFL. Now my whole thing is to show everybody that I'm the best rookie running back coming out and I didn't even get drafted. So, shame on them."
– Phillip Lindsay
Phillip Lindsay, I hope you keep continuing to prove everybody wrong…
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Phencyclidine impairs latent learning in mice: Interaction between glutamatergic systems and sigma1 receptors
Akihiro Noda, Yukihiro Noda, Hiroyuki Kamei, Kenji Ichihara, Takayoshi Mamiya, Taku Nagai, Shin ichi Sugiura, Hiroshi Furukawa, Toshitaka Nabeshima
The effect of phencyclidine (PCP) on latent learning was investigated using a one-trial water-finding task in mice. Mice without water deprivation were given PCP or saline before a training trial, which consisted of exposure to a novel open-field environment with an alcove containing a water tube. Twenty to twenty-four hours after water deprivation, animals were placed in the same apparatus and the time required to find the water tube measured (test trial). Saline-treated trained mice showed a significantly shorter time to find the water tube during the test trial (finding latency) than naive mice that had not been trained. When PCP (1 mg/kg i.p.) was administered before the training trial, the finding latency was significantly prolonged in comparison with that in the saline-treated mice, indicating that PCP induced impairment of latent learning. 1-(3,4-Dimethoxy-phenethyl)-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine dihydrochloride (SA4503: 0.3 mg/kg s.c.) and (+)-pentazocine (1 mg/kg s.c.), selective sigma1 receptor agonists, or D-cycloserine (10 and 30 mg/kg, s.c.), a glycine binding site agonist, significantly counteracted the PCP-induced impairment of latent learning, whereas (+)-SKF-10,047 (0.1-3 mg/kg s.c.), a putative sigma1 receptor agonist, did not. The ameliorating effects of SA4503 and (+)-pentazocine were antagonized by N,N-dipropyl-2-(4-methoxy-3-(2-phenylethoxy) phenyl) ethylamine (NE-100: 1 mg/kg i.p.), a selective sigma1 receptor antagonist. SA4503 also ameliorated the impairment of latent learning induced by dizocilpine, a non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, the effect being antagonized by NE-100. These results suggest that PCP induces an impairment of latent learning, this effect being mediated via glutamatergic systems, and that activation of sigma1 receptors ameliorates impairment of latent learning induced by PCP.
Neuropsychopharmacology
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Water Deprivation
Cycloserine
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Noda, A., Noda, Y., Kamei, H., Ichihara, K., Mamiya, T., Nagai, T., ... Nabeshima, T. (2001). Phencyclidine impairs latent learning in mice: Interaction between glutamatergic systems and sigma1 receptors. Neuropsychopharmacology, 24(4), 451-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0893-133X(00)00192-5
Noda, Akihiro ; Noda, Yukihiro ; Kamei, Hiroyuki ; Ichihara, Kenji ; Mamiya, Takayoshi ; Nagai, Taku ; Sugiura, Shin ichi ; Furukawa, Hiroshi ; Nabeshima, Toshitaka. / Phencyclidine impairs latent learning in mice : Interaction between glutamatergic systems and sigma1 receptors. In: Neuropsychopharmacology. 2001 ; Vol. 24, No. 4. pp. 451-460.
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Gender issues at the North Pole.
Jasmine & Harry, Christmas 1995
DEAR SANTA CLAUS
When eight-year-old Gary's request to the North Pole for a Brenda Ann doll is denied, a series of letters from the boy bring Santa out of the closet and into the culture wars.
That's the story that unfolds with humor and sensitivity in Jeffrey Solomon's one-man theatrical production The Santa Closet. Solomon brilliantly portrays little Gary, his mom and dad, Santa, Agent to the Claus Sydney Green, Rudolph the Radical Reindeer, the elf foreman, and the uptight female expert from the Families Against Gays Association (FAGA) among others.
According to playwright and actor Solomon, the play was inspired by the national movement to speak honestly and openly to children about LGBT lives and issues, and the conservative backlash.
It reminded me that all kids want to believe there's someone who won't judge them and who will love them just as they are.
I saw The Santa Closet last week at a benefit for PFLAG NYC and urge you to see it if you can. Laughs aside, I thought the show spoke from the heart of all kids, not just those who are "different."
It reminded me that all kids want to believe there's someone who won't judge them and who will love them just as they are. And while that someone should be a child's mom and dad, sometimes only Santa gives a child hope.
There will be one more performance in New York City on December 10th at Stage 72-The Triad. Then the show travels to Theatre Asylum in Los Angeles for a short run December 18-21.
THAT BIG MALL IN THE SKY
The first thing my son Harry did after boarding a plane as a toddler was push the flight attendant call button. By the time they* were in grade school, it was SkyMall they reached for. You know, that "free copy!" in-flight catalog that airlines put in the seat pocket in front of you. Harry liked to page through and find the most ridiculous item. For the longest time, it was the countertop hot dog cooker/bun warmer appliance shaped like a toaster that got the biggest laugh.
Last year we flew to his dad's in Milwaukee for Christmas. Harry, then 23, still reached for SkyMall.
"I think I want a subscription to this," they joked to me from across the aisle. "And I definitely would have wanted this as a kid!"
Harry held up a page showing three mini motorcycles for kids. They were pointing at the pink one.
"Of course, you would have wanted that one!" I replied.
Harry's favorite color as a kid was pink. Then I took a closer look. The same boy was photographed on the yellow and orange motorcycles, but the pink motorcycle stood alone.
"I guess there wasn't a girl at the shoot that day," I said.
"Yeah, well…" Harry said.
"Yeah well I find that so irritating. This is the 21st century!"
I became aware of my color brainwashing when 2-year-old Harry picked out a pair of neon pink shorts from the boys' department. I'd hesitated and looked at Harry's dad, because I was afraid people would think Harry was a girl. But his dad and I bought them anyway. They were, after all, in the boys' department. Still, I imagined the stares from strangers that would and did follow.
This year, SkyMall's holiday issue shows minor progress. On a page featuring "Fat Brain Toys," a girl is pictured on a tiny photo of a red ATV. No boys in sight. But the "pretty and powerful" pink rider is called the Princess, while the "rough and tough" Ruckus GT comes in blue or yellow. (Audible sigh.)
Don't you agree that toys marketed specifically to girls must stop putting emphasis on looking pretty and that "boy'" toys need to promote more than aggression? Or how about just marketing all toys to all kids? What do you think?
Harry, Christmas tree shopping, 1993
"Baby gifts.: My double whammy of gender stereotyping."
"Pink is the new yellow."
"When pink lands on the red planet."
Renee Bross
December 6, 2014 at 1:01 am	· Reply
When Tanner was growing up, we only purchased toys from the geek toy catalogs that were available. He received mostly games, he didn't play with toys. The exception was Legos. All of the games were for all kids, although I'm still unable to play them (I'm terrible at games). I do wish there was no emphasis on gender with toys. Everything should be marketed to whoever is interested in playing with it. My son's experience was just different because he only cared about stuff in the educational categories.
December 6, 2014 at 5:12 pm	· Reply
Tanner's such an interesting kid, Renee. I loved reading about his preference for games and Legos. How wonderful that he got to play with what he wanted! He's lucky to have you. And vice versa, I know. 🙂 xo


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Malcolm is quite a bit older than me.
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From Vacant Lot to Community Gathering Place
In 2011, southeast Atlanta witnessed an important transformation when a previously vacant lot became Boulevard Crossing Park. Trust for Public Land helped the city acquire about 20 acres, and we helped the neighborhood turn 5 of them into much-needed green space where people can now relax and play. (Fun fact: kudzu-eating goats helped clear the lot's old vegetation.)
With the first 5 acres established, community organizers set their sights on using the remaining land to the fullest, tacking on an additional 5 acres to bring the total footprint to 25 acres. In 2019, the city designed a second phase of the park that included a dog park, splashpad, community garden, additional athletic space, and more.
The park is located along the Atlanta BeltLine, an in-progress, 22-mile greenway loop that follows historic rail lines around the city. Boulevard Crossing Park will help make up a 1,300-acre "emerald necklace" of green spaces along the BeltLine, a reality envisioned and championed by Trust for Public Land. Creating the park was an important piece of the puzzle as Atlanta undergoes one of the nation's most ambitious revitalization projects of all time.
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Recently we had the situation where we had friends coming round at short notice, and I had to raid the fridge to find something to give them. Luckily, I happened to have some sweet baby peppers in the fridge, and also some goats cheese, and so I rustled up some Stuffed Peppers with Goats Cheese for us all to enjoy. Stuffed Peppers are a great dish as there are lots of ways you can vary them. You could use larger peppers, or small baby peppers, but I think the sweeter baby peppers taste nicer. You can also vary the herbs and spices, and types of cheese that you use too, so they are quite versatile.
Here is the recipe below. As this was a quick recipe on the hop I didn't have time to take any fancy pictures, but I have included a quick snap I took below.
Let me know what you think! What is your favourite stuffed pepper filling?
Whisk the Egg, and add the Goats Cheese and Cream Cheese to the bowl, stirring together until the ingredients have combined.
Add the herbs, spices, salt and pepper, and mix together.
Using a teaspoon, scoop the cheese mixture into the peppers, pressing down with your fingers to ensure the pepper is fully stuffed.
Either drizzle with olive oil, and cook for around fifteen minutes at 200 degrees centigrade, or cover, and place in the fridge to cook later.


Getting tired of those pesky scam text messages filled with nonsense and malicious intent? We call that Smishing (sms + fishing), and just like you, we're getting pretty fed up with it.
Smishers use text messages to scam you into giving up your personal or financial information, usually by inviting you to a visit a website or call a phone number. These can be difficult to identify given how little text there is, but if you take a closer look it's easier to detect the deception.
If you get a text that states "this is from Fido Your account has been compromised, click here to confirm your information", it's a scam. We don't do that.
Most legit businesses don't use emails, SMS or pop-ups when gathering personal information. And they won't direct you to a shady URL to enter your personal info, either.
If you get offered lottery-sized payouts for a little bit of information, or you're told that babies or puppies are going to suffer if you don't share your information, it's a scam.
Scam artists will often register domains with minor variations on actual domain names, like www.ffido.ca.
Take your time to read the SMS so you detect the deceptive tactics.
When you see "https" in front of a URL, you know it's secure. Don't see the "s"? Don't submit.
When Fido sends you a text, it will be from a 4 or 5 digit short code and not from a normal 10 digit phone number. If you get one from a number like 587-123-4567, it's not us.
UPDATE: As of March, 2017, customers can send any spam SMS they receive to 7726 (SPAM). This will submit the message to be audited then blocked from the Fido network. This can be easily done on most devices by pressing and holding the body of the message, then press the forward button and send to 7726. No additional charges apply for using this service.
Have any other tips? Please share them in the comments below, and don't forget to share this article. If you're receiving these types of message, please share them on this thread started by @Cawtau.
Check out this page to read up on other types of scams. Gotta be in the know!
That is great advice, thank you FidoStephane for the advice. I also have one piece of advice to add to that. If someone gets an unsolicit phone call or text message from a possible Smishing or Fishing or Telemarketer, or Fraudster, try NOT to post the telephone number publically. A lot of people Post the numbers they receive in other posts on this very forums and I think it could be very bad and breaching peoples personal privacy.
You need to be aware that the con-artists are disguising their phone number and the number displayed on your phone may actually belong to an innocent Fido customer who has no idea that their number is being used. What I want to avoid is having angry people who read the post and then happen to Call or Text the number that was posted publically and start bad mouthing the person, who probably has no idea what you are talking about. If that was my number someone posted and said they are receiving annoying texts from I'd be pist. First because I know I would not do sucha thing, and secondly, I would not want people to read the number and call back and harass me for something I have no idea about.
terrifc advice but useless, please employ your massive resources to PREVENT the texts from entering the system!
Welcome to the community @razzda!
We do have a team that works on making sure the texts don't reach our customers but it can be a bit tricky due to several aspects ( number changes, link changes, etc ).
The tips and tricks we gave can also be applied to any other spam you get. As always, the most important part is to be informed, alert and vigilant.
I'm receiving unsolicited text messages on my iPhone. The "block this number" setting in my Messages app seems to be disabled somehow by this poster; it will not work. Apple Customer Service tells me I need to ask my service provider to make the blockage work. Please advise.
Welcome to the community @Roman3!
This is the first time I hear about this issue. The block is made on the phone itself so you shouldn't need an approval from us. Does the feature work with other numbers?
@FidoTerry, the block feature in my app works with all undesireable numbers, except from this one particular sender. The only way I can get rid of their message is by manually deleting it every time I get one.
Is the message coming from a a 10 digit phone number or from a short code number?
@FidoMegan, I deleted manually the latest message some days ago, so I cannot check its fomat directly. If memory serves, it was a 10-digit number. When I went to my Settings and entered that number for blocking, in the same way as I had previously done (successfully) for unsolicited messages from other sources, my entering it had no effect.
@Roman3 since the message is now deleted, we won't be able to troubleshoot the issue. If you see any more examples of this, let us know and we'll look into it.
@FidoTerry here is the number of the party that I wish to block in my messages app: (305) 050 01. He/it has sent a new message. Can you help with this?
Please forward the SMS to 7726 (SPAM), to register it for investigation and blocking from our network. (This can be done on most devices by opening the message, pressing and holding the body of the message, then press the forward button and send to 7726).
"Forward [spam] SMS to 7726 (SPAM), to register it for investigation and blocking from our network."
Mod. AmandaN has offered the first pro-active / most useful piece of advice in this thread.
Why is the 7726 link not item #1 in the article?
"Getting sketchy texts from unknown numbers? Find out what to do in the Community."
I already know what to 'look out' for -- I came here to find out what I can do about it.
I recomend the 7726 Spam Investigation & Blocking link be included in the intro of your article.
Welcome to the community @seanriddolls! Thanks for the feedback, we'll see what we can do about it.
I am usually very careful, but I am ashamed to say that I got caught last Thursday. I had just arrived in New York City, was helping my husband navigate his way through the trafic, and was expecting an important phone call when I got a text message telling me that my online account had been blocked. I didn't pick up on the word "online" and got very nervous at the thought that my phone wouldn't work out of the country and I would miss the call I was expecting. I therefore followed the link to what looked like a legitimate Fido page and provided the information required: name, phone number, password, PIN, and date of birth. I didn't get any confirmation after I submitted the information, so I called Fido to make sure that my account was not blocked. That's when I found out that it was a scam.
I immediately changed my password, but I am still not reassured. I did report this to the Canadian Antifraud Centre and I just copied and sent the message to 7726 (didn't get the option to forward it), but is there anything else I should do? How could the information I provided be used by the authors of this scam?
1) You can contact our customer service here so we can add a 4 digit PIN on your account. That way only you will know the code. Of course it will be important not to use the same PIN you gave on the fraudulent site.
2) After getting your passwords or credentials, they can go online or contact us to place a phone order. Awesome thinking on changing your online password.
Je peux confirmer que ce n'est pas de Fido.
Vous pouvez suivre les instructions de ce blogue afin qu'on puisse auditer ce message.


We do not have to worry about stock-out situations and undertaking bulk orders, as are facilitated by a large storage facility. It has the latest inventory management software that helps us to maintain year around availability of the products. Owing to our huge logistics network, timely delivery of the placed orders is always executed!


Nostalgia abuse continues in Marvel's "Captain Marvel." It's 1995 and Vers (Brie Larson) falls through the roof of a Blockbuster Video store.
The "Hidden World" exploits the stereotype of millennials as ill-prepared to pivot and overcome threats to their existence and that growing up is hard to do when you are outgrown by your friend dragon.
Matthew McConaughey is back with another feature dipped in his special brand of Southern fried gristle. McConaughey excels in films that drip with humidity and damp shirts.
"The Upside" joins the foray of remakes that hope to capitalize on a flipped version of that which was already vetted and brilliant.
"Bumblebee," one of the most easily recognized and adorable AutoBots, is back in a spin-off that is dripping with gooey feels and a lot of heart between a girl and her transforming robot car.
For those who have followed the Spider-Verse comics that inspired the film, you already know that Marvel will toy with your emotions.


I started listening to Menomena after their first release in 2003, "I am the Fun Blame Monster" and was immediately hooked. Comprised of a 3-piece band (Brent Knopf, Justin Harris, and Danny Seim) from Portland you could easily think there are 10 members in the band because of the plethora of instruments that continuously build through each tune. The CD booklet for "I am the Fun Blame Monster" to date is still one of my favorite packaged cd's, it consists of an 80-page flip book that was individually hand-assembled while Dan Seim was working at Kinko's. I still show people that come over to my studio this booklet, it's amazing! Seim's solo project, Lacktherof is how Menomena was born in late 2000.
The new album, "Mines" will be out July 27th on Barsuk Records in the US. This will be the band's 4th release and I'm sure like their other releases (Under an Hour - released in 2005 & Friend & Foe, 2007), this will be another great album. I really enjoy their music because it encompasses both dark and light elements that take you through their musical outerspace.
Menomena's site offers "Five Little Rooms" their single available for free download here.
Bret Knopf, one-third of Menomena released his solo project last year, Ramona Falls first album "Intuit" which came out last year. Another one highly recommended. My favorite off that album was "Clover".
i have that cd/booklet too, great stuff. these new tunes are good too.
Ramona Falls, really great solo project, wrote about it here. can't wait to hear this album.


STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Sandi Morris' vault to the top of the college record book Friday helped vault the Arkansas Razorbacks to the top of the women's standings going into the final day of the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Alabama, 9:12.24; 8. James Brown, Kentucky, 9:14.62.
, LONG JUMP 1. Marquis Dendy, Florida, - 26-10 ½; 2. Jarrion Lawson, Arkansas, 26-3; 3. KeAndre Bates, Florida, 26-1 ¾; 4. Latario Collie, Texas A&M, 25-2 ½; 5. Phillip Young, Mississippi, 24-11; 6. Cameron Hudson, Alabama, 24-10 ½; 7. - Olabanji Asekun, Texas A&M, 24-7 ¼; 8. 5 Terence Boyd, Kentucky, 24-7.
SHOT PUT 1. Stipe Zunic, Florida, 65-5 ½; 2. Nick Vena, Georgia, 63-10 ½; 3. Brad Szypka, Kentucky, 63-9 ½; 4. Matthew Hoty, Tennessee, 61-5; 5. Olayinka Awotunde, South Carolina, 60-11 ¼; 6. Kyle Felpel, Alabama, 58-8; 7. Tavis Bailey, Tennessee, 57-3; 8. Nikolas Huffman, Kentucky,56-6.
DECATHLON 1. Maicel Uibo, Georgia, 8,326; 2. Zach Taylor, Mississippi State, 7,466; 3. Markus Leemet, South Carolina, 7,372; 4. Nathanael Franks, Arkansas, 7,343; 5. Tim Duckworth, Kentucky, 7,156; 6. Nathan Donnellon, Kentucky, 7,112; 7. Parker Shearer, Auburn, 7,091; 8. Coren Crompton, Auburn, 7,021..
3,000 STEEPLECHASE 1. Jessica Kamilos, Arkansas, 10:02.07; 2. Cornelia Griesche, Mississippi State, 10:04.00; 3. Bret McDaniel, Georgia, 10:08.28; 4. Katelyn Greenleaf, Alabama, 10:14.43; 5. Shannon Klenke, Arkansas, 10:14.54; 6. Regan Ward, Arkansas, 10:25.85; 7. Rebecca Chandler, Vanderbilt, 10:35.04; 8. Susan Rachel Givens, Auburn, 10:37.11.
DISCUS 1. Shelbi Vaughan, Texas A&M, 211-8; 2. Beckie Famurewa, Kentucky, 187-5; 3. Madison Jacobs, Kentucky, 183-10; 4. Rachel Dincoff, Auburn, 183-1; 5. Lloydricia Cameron, Florida, 166-5; 6. Adriana Brown, Kentucky, 163-8; 7. Haley Teel, Alabama, 161-0; 8. Jill Rushin, Missouri, 160-8.
HIGH JUMP 1. Jeannelle Scheper, South Carolina, 6-5; 2. Leontia Kallenou, Georgia, 6-4; 3. Taylor Burke, Florida, 5-10¾; 4. Morgan Whitson, Missouri, 5-8¾; 5. Shanice Hall, LSU, 5-8¾; 6. Kara Erickson, Texas A&M, 5-7; 7. Katherine White, Alabama, 5-7; 8. Nakita Gray, South Carolina, 5-7.
LONG JUMP 1. Quanesha Burks, Alabama, 22-5 ¼; 2. Nataliyah Friar, LSU, 21-10¾; 3. Keturah Orji, Georgia, 21-8¼; 4. Chanice Porter, Georgia, 21-5¼; 5. Sha'Keela Saunders, Kentucky, 21-4¾; 6. Kenyattia Hackworth, Kentucky, 21-3¼; 7. Darrielle McQueen, Florida, 20-6½; 8. Alexis Murphy, South Carolina, 20-5.
POLE VAULT 1. Sandi Morris, Arkansas, 15-5¾ (new collegiate record, old record 15-1¾ by Morris); 2. Ariel Voskamp, Arkansas, 14-2¾; 3. Morgann Leleux, Georgia, 14-2¾; 4. Jessie Johnson, Auburn, 14-2¾; 5. Desiree Freier, Arkansas, 13-11¾; 5. Lakan Taylor, Alabama, 13-11¾; 7. Megan Zimlich, Arkansas, 13-7¾; 8. Maggie Givens, Missouri, 13-1¾; 8. Katrine Haarklau, Missouri, 13-1¾; 8. Sarah Bell, Vanderbilt, 13-1¾.
HEPTATHLON 1. Erica Bougard, Mississippi State, 6,250; 2. Kendell Williams, Georgia, 6,003; 3. Alex Gochenour, Arkansas, 5,892; 4. Quintunya Chapman, Georgia, 5,886; 5. Jena Hemann, Texas A&M, 5,842; 6. Fabia McDonald, Mississippi, 5,708; 7. Taliyah Brooks, Arkansas, 5,681; 8. Brittany Kelly, Mississippi, 5,531.
Morris set the women's college pole vault record by clearing 15 feet, 5 3/4 inches, capping a dominant Arkansas performance in the event as four Razorbacks finished among the top eight and piled up 23.5 points.
Arkansas leads the women's competition with 58.5 points. Georgia is second with 46 points, followed by Texas A&M (37), Kentucky (32) and Alabama (31.5).
Arkansas sits third in the men's competition with 31 points, behind Florida (50) and and Georgia (47).
The Mike Sanders Track and Field Complex fell quiet as Morris prepared to take off on her record-setting attempt, but the Arkansas senior broke the silence as she cleared the bar on the way down.
"I just starting screaming," Morris said. "A scream that I wanted to let out for so long."
The height allowed Morris to regain a record she previously held. The Greenville, S.C., native and Demi Payne of Stephen F. Austin have passed the record between each other this year. Morris set the record with a 15-1 3/4 vault April 11, but Payne cleared 15-5 1/2 last week.
"Whenever I see my competitors jump really high, my fire is really lit," said Morris, who also won the SEC and NCAA Indoors pole vault title. "I want to go out there and prove to the world that I can do that too. ... It's just a whole different story to step out there on that runway when the world's watching you with the bar up and to be able to clear it."
Ten of Morris' family members were on hand to watch her defend her SEC title. Between attempts, Morris' niece, Jamison Grace, could be heard yelling "Go, Aunt Sandy!" The 2-year-old ran down the back straightaway toward her record-setting aunt after the competition.
"It's really encouraging to me to look over and see my little niece, my parents and my grandparents," Morris said. "Everyone's here."
Arkansas' Ariel Voskamp joined Morris on the podium after clearing 14-2 3/4 to finish second. Teammate Desiree Freier finished tied for fifth (13-11 3/4), and Megan Zimlich took seventh (13-7 3/4).
Arkansas also added 14 points in the women's 3,000 steeplechase as junior Jessica Kamilos won the event in 10:02.07 and Shannon Klenke finished fifth (10:14.54.
Arkansas' men's team was paced by Stanley Kebenei, who successfully defended his title in the 3,000 steeplechase with a time of 8:58.40. Teammate Frank Tunui finished fourth in 9:04.95 to give the Razorbacks 15 points in the event.
"Sometimes it's really easy to be on top," Kebenei said. "But to maintain it over time is really hard because everyone is trying to take you down."
Arkansas junior Jarrion Lawson finished second in the men's long jump with a leap of 26-03. That was news to Lawson, who passed on three attempts in the long jump so he could run in the 100-meter prelims.
Lawson didn't realize he had finished runner-up in the long jump until after his 100-meter heat.
"I actually didn't know what place I got. That's great," Lawson said. "They had to cut me off so I could run the 100."
Lawson earned a spot in today's 100-meter final, and he'll be looking to improve on his third-place finish a month ago at the Arkansas-Oregon dual meet.
"Win everything. That's our motto at Arkansas track and field," Lawson said. "Win everything."