| Police Blotter: Con men try new tactic in Denton
The message is that the recipient's bank account has been closed. The recipient is instructed to log onto a Web site or input debit or credit card information to update or verify information. The calls appear to come from local numbers, but the numbers have been "spoofed," he said. This is a scam designed to acquire information used in identity theft, he said. "The e-mails came from Eastern Europe, but the text messages are coming from Guatemala," Hobon said. "The federal government shuts down these Web sites, but they can open another one in a matter of two or three minutes." No one should divulge any personal identifying information to an unknown person, specifically not in response to text messages, e-mails or automated telephone calls, he said.
Dallas, I love you, but I've found Austin
Jimmy LaValle (Tristeza, The Locust, Black Heart Procession) has been playing music since he was 4 years old and writing, recording and performing as the Album Leaf since 1999. Into the Blue Again, his latest collection of galactic folk rock, widens the breadth of what Album Leaf fans have come to expect, without taking any risky attempts to redefine itself. Songs still build simply, a repetitious assembly of descending chords that slowly evolve into triumphant refrain. Unfortunately, album opener "The Light" is less a booming kick-off than it is a shanked punt: a ginger keyboard melody slowly emerges from a swelling synth wave before spiraling off into a spacey mist of modulation. The rest of the record holds together a little better. Songs such as "See in You" and "Into the Sea" follow the standard (yet satisfying) Album Leaf formula as guitar and organ melodies slowly revolve around each other before building to a crescendo against a rhythm section made up of either electronic crackles or live drums or both.
Anita Creamer: What do you weigh?
It is, on the one hand, just a number yet on the other, an indication of so much more. Health, perhaps. Class, sometimes. Even self-worth, not that we like to admit that too often. What do you weigh? It's too often a secret, the cause of deep shame. Yet when we asked you to tell us your weight, a surprising number of you answered. In the Middle Ages, we'd have been bragging about how heavy we were. In a time of enormous need, weighing a lot connotes privilege, wealth and status. But in a land of plenty, the opposite holds true. .
If your mortgage lender goes bankrupt, don't panic
The subprime mortgage implosion has taken down several lenders. Of the top 40 mortgage lenders in 2006, eight went bankrupt or closed in 2007, according to Inside Mortgage Finance, a mortgage-industry publication. If that happens with your lender or mortgage servicer, don't panic. You have protection under federal law, but you must continue to fulfill your obligations under the loan contract. .
A simple design fix for your website
A poorly designed and managed contact form on your site can cost you big. Find out from this web analytics consultant how to maximize its value. Most sites do not sell merchandise online. For these sites, the most critical business component of the site is the contact form. Many businesses use a sales model in which the website's role is to get the initial customer contact. Sales staff then follows up and closes the deal. This is a very successful, proven, business model, which is why most organizations do it. Not every company formalizes its sales process in these terms, but if you have a website and don't sell online, that is what you are doing. In view of this, it constantly surprises me how little attention people pay to their contact forms. Poorly performing forms and poor management of the processes behind these forms are costing many people a great deal of business.
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