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Meaning of physics
The word 'Physics' comes from the Greek word meaning 'nature', introduced by the ancient scientist 'Aristotle'. Man has always been fascinated by nature.
Physics is the study of matter, energy, and the interaction between them, but what that really means is that physics is about asking fundamental questions and trying to answer them by observing and experimenting.
Nature is complex and beautiful. Physics is an organized way of conversing with nature. Physicists ask; nature responds.
Physicists ask really big questions like:
•How did the universe begin?
•How will the universe change in the future?
•How does the Sun keep on shining?
•What are the basic building blocks of matter?
If you think these questions are fascinating, then you'll like physics.
-Knowing the principles of physics enables us to comprehend, appreciate, and interact better with our environment. The occurrence of lightning and thunder, a rainbow, or tide can be explained by the principles and laws of physics.
How does physics relate to you?
Among the various disciplines of science, the only discipline which can be regarded as being most fundamental is physics. It has played a key role in the development of all other disciplines. For example,
-Physics in relation to Biological science: The optical microscopes developed in physics are extensively used in the study of biological samples.
-Physics in relation to chemistry: The study of structure of atoms, radioactivity, X-ray, diffraction, etc., in physics has enabled chemists to rearrange elements in the periodic table and to have a better understanding of chemical bonding and complex chemical structures.
-Physics in relation to astronomy: the giant astronomical telescopes and radio telescopes have enabled the astronomers to observe planets and other heavenly objects.
-Physics related to society and technology
"Any sort of technology which we uses in our daily life is related to Physics."
Physics makes our lives more comfortable and enjoyable.
Did You Know
That the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the science behind the magnetic hard drives in computers, iPods, and other kinds of electronic devices?
-Electricity is a gift of physics.
-Physics is applied in the construction of buildings, bridges, roads,and dams.
A]African Union Headquarters Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [B]Abay bridge
[C] Gotera interchange ,addis abeba [D] Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
-Amusement park rides use physics laws to simulate danger, while the rides themselves are typically very safe.
The list is endless.
Physics is a field that can be used to explore many exciting phenomena, and its applications are vast.Almost any career you chose would benefit from your knowledge of physics and if you choose to learn more, perhaps one day you will be the one to discover something that changes the world!
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1.Which one of the following physicists was experimental physicist?
A.Albert Einstein B.Marie Curie C.Neil Bohr D. Charles Darwin
2.What is the first step in a scientific method?
A.Experiment B. Observation C. Conclusion D. Hypothesis
3.Which one of the followings has importance in trade and manufacturing?
A.Standardization of measuring units
B.Use of local measuring units
C.Use of human body parts as units of measurement
D.Conversion between different traditional units of measurement
4.Which of the following sets contains only fundamental physical quantities?
A. mass, volume, density B. area, speed, length
B. time, temperature, current D. force, luminous intensity, volume
5.Which of the following is a different physical quantity?
A. Force C. Area
B. Temperature D. Pressure
6.Which of the following is the SI unit of a fundamental quantity?
A. Newton B. Kilogram/cubic meter C. kilogram C. meter/second
7.Which is a scalar quantity?
A. Speed B. Displacement C. velocity D. acceleration
8.Which one of the following is the unit of a derived physical quantity?
A. candela B. meter C. ampere D. kg/m3
9.Which one of the following devices is NOT used to measure length?
A. Venire Caliper B. Spring balance C. Micro screw gauge D. Meter rule
10.What is the approximate length of one Ethiopian Birr?
A. 40.5 cm B. 1.35cm C. 4.05cm D. 13.5cm
11.A book is to be produced with pages of thickness 0.125 mm. If the book is to be exactly 2 cm thick, what is the maximum number of page it can contain?
A. 160 B.40 C.32 d.100
12. The unit best suited for measuring the length of a room in your home is ______
A. Km B. mm C.cm D. m
13. Which of the following is the most appropriate unit to specify the distance between two cities?
A. mm B. cm C. km D. m
14. It took a bus 3hours and 20 minutes to travel from one town to another. How much is this time in seconds?
15.The SI unit of time is:
A. day B. hour C. minute D. second
16. In one day there are_________ minutes.
17.Almaz used 180g of sugar out of the 2kg contained in a packet what percent is left in the packet?
18. In one of the pans of a beam balance the mass 1 kg, 2kg, 500g and 250 g are placed. What should be the mass of body on the other pan if they are to be in equilibrium?
A. 3.75kg b.750g C.37.5g D. 570g
19. Which of the following physical quantities needs only magnitude to be described completely?
A. temperature B. velocity C. force D. acceleration
20.One metric ton is equal to
A. 907 kg B.1016 kg C. 100 kg D.1000 kg
1. Define the following terms.
a.Reference frame
2.Explain the difference between
a.Distance and displacement
b.Average speed and average velocity.
c.Uniform motion and uniformly accelerated motion
3.Is the distance covered by a body always greater than the magnitude of the displacement?
4. Under what condition is displacement equal to the distance?
Choose the best answer from the suggested options.
1.Which of the following contains two vectors and a scalar?
A distance, acceleration, speed
B displacement, velocity, acceleration
C distance, mass, speed
D displacement, speed, velocity
2.Which one of the following is an example of rectilinear motion?
A.A ball thrown horizontally.
B.A stone thrown vertically upward
C.The motion of a pendulum
D.The motion of a pointer of a watch
3.Which of the following is an example of a rotary motion?
A. the motion of the moon around the earth
B. the motion of the ball thrown horizontally in to air
C. the motion of objects suspended on a spring
D. the motion of a pointer of a mechanical watch
Which one of the following motions represents vibratory motion?
A. Motion of a car along a curved road
B. Motion of gas particles in a confined bottle
C. Motion of the bob of a pendulum
D. A falling object
4. Suppose that an object travels from one point in space to another. Make a comparison between the displacement and the distance traveled.
A. The displacement is either greater than or equal to the distance traveled.
B. The displacement is always equal to the distance traveled.
C. The displacement is either less than or equal to the distance traveled.
D. The displacement can be either greater than, smaller than, or equal to the distance traveled.
5.In which one of the following cases will the distance covered and the magnitude of the displacement be the same?
(a) A girl climbs a spiral staircase.
(b) An athlete completes one lap in a race.
(c) A raindrop falls in still air.
(d) A passenger in a train travels from dire dewa to addis abeba.
6.A runner runs halfway around a circular path of radius 20 m .The magnitude of the displacement of the runner is
A. 62.8 m B. 40 m C. 20 m D. 125.6 m
8.One car travels 40. meters due east in 5.0 seconds, and a second car travels 64 meters due west in 8.0 seconds. During their periods of travel, the cars definitely had the same
a.total displacement B. average velocity C. average speed D. total distance
9.Which of the following properties of uniform rectilinear motion remains constant.
A. Displacement C. Time
B. Distance D. Velocity
10.A car moving in a straight road decreases its speed at a uniform rate from 45 to 15 in 10 seconds what is the acceleration of the car?
A. -6m/s2 B. -3m/s2 C. 3m/s2 D. 6m/s2
11.The graph represents the straight line motion of a car. How far does the car travel between t = 2 s and t = 5 s?
A. 4 m B. 12 m C. 24 m D. 36 m E. 60 m
12.The diagram represents the straight line motion of a car. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The car accelerates, stops, and reverses
B. The car accelerates at 6 m/s2 for the first 2 s
C. The car is moving for a total time of 12 s
D. The car decelerates at 12 m/s2 for the last 4 s
E. The car returns to its starting point when t = 9 s
1.If you move 10 km north, 10 km East, and 10 km South,
a.What is the total distance you traveled?
b.What is your displacement?
2. An object is moving along a circular track of radius 2m with uniform speed. What is the ratio of the distance covered and displacement in half revolution?
3.A cyclist rides 3 km west and then turns around and rides 2 km east. (a) What is her displacement? (b) What distance does she ride? (c) What is the magnitude of her displacement?
4. You run from your house to a friend's house that is 3 miles away. You then walk home.
a. What distance did you travel?
b. What was the displacement for the entire trip?
5.A car is driven 40 km due west, then 30 km due south. What is the magnitude of its displacement?
6. a) 35m/s =______ km/hr
b)45km/hr =_______ m/s
7. A runner runs around a circular track covers a distance of 200 m, ending in the spot where she started. If the entire trip takes her 50 seconds,
a. What is her average speed?
b. What is her average velocity?
8. A group of bike riders took a 4.0-hour trip. During the first 3.0 hours, they traveled a total of 50. Kilometers, but during the last hour they traveled only 10Kilometers. What was the group's average speed for the entire trip?
9. A car moved 20 km East and 60 km West in 2 hours. What is its average velocity?
10. How far will a car travel in 15 min at 20 m/s?
11. A car travels with a uniform velocity of 20m/s for 8 seconds. How far would it travel in that time?
12. A jet flies at a constant velocity of 250m/s between cities 200,000meters apart. Find the time taken.
13. A cyclist takes 40 seconds to travel 200meters at constant velocity. At what velocity did he cycle?
14. Suppose you increase your walking speed from 1 m/s to 3 m/s in a period of 2 s. What is your acceleration?
14. A car slows down from 15 m/s to 10m/s in 2.5 seconds. What is its acceleration?
15.A car moving along a straight line at 40 m/s undergoes an acceleration of 3 m/s2. After 10 seconds its speed will be
16. How long does it take for a car to change its velocity from 10 m/s to 25 m/s if the acceleration is 5 m/S2?


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Despite the fact that I absolutely love Nicole Galland's 'Fool's Tale', I feel as if 'Revenge of the Rose' was not her best one. The setting itself of the story was so confined in the sibling's 'the main character' home and the royal court that it felt almost like a Shakespearean play. I also felt like there was something lacking making some of the characters appear one-dimensional. I was hoping there was more complexity in the character of the siblings, Willem and Lienor, as they had the potential to and were more interesting at the start of the book. On the plus side though, Jouglet's secret was a really interesting twist. And the book still has Galland's usual humor.
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I applied online. The process took 2 days – interviewed at ING.Interview Details
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- (From the list of people I brought in for the interview) Can you show me an example of how you would conduct a phone conversation with someone on your list, trying to sell them our product? Answer Question
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks – interviewed at ING in February 2014.Interview Details
The hiring interview process consists of 3 separate meetings and 1 phone interview. The first thing to expect is a very general HR phone interview. Afterwards there is an information meeting in office. Then there is an interview with a current financial adviser who then decides whether or not you are what they are looking for. Lastly I met with the Vice President of the Branch in Chicago for the final interview which lasted about 25-30 minutes.Interview Questions
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The whole process took 4 weeks. First, I applied through my college and was contacted within a week. They first asked me to attend an information session and following that signed me up for my first interview. After that, I got a call and was asked to meet with a VP. I got an offer over the phone a week later.Interview Questions
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I understood that it was a largely commission based sales position. I was taking a great risk but what worried me was the deception and lack of information. They would not give me specific commission rates unless I accepted the offer, they would not answer specifically if there were any benefits. I did not even receive a traditional job offer document providing specific job details in writing. I made multiple attempts to get more information from them, they kept giving me a sales presentation without actually disclosing details. I would not accept an offer where I don't know all the details.Declined OfferNegative ExperienceEasy Interview
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Interview process was fairly straightforward with mostly behavioral questions being asked. First round was with the district manager who asked me to walk her through the resume and then to give examples of the types of people I would initially contact in my natural market to solicit business from. The second round was more of the same with the VP who also asked me to bring in an actual 20 name list of my natural market and explain how I would be able to convince them to take a meeting with me.Interview Questions
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Three of Bedford County's top teachers have been selected as this year's finalists for the county's Teacher of the Year.
Eric Martin, physical education teacher at Stewartsville Elementary; Sandra Brookshier, life science teacher at Bedford Middle School; and Debra Woodson, 11th and 12th grade English teacher at Jefferson Forest High School , are the top finalists. They were selected from the Teachers of the Year at each county school.
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A US Naval pilot, stationed at Oceana Naval Air Station, in the Virginia Beach area, had a court date in Bedford County Tuesday.
His charges here were dropped, on a motion filed in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court by Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Wes Nance, because the case is now being pursued through the federal court system.
School Board chairman Gary Hostutler is frustrated.
Not only are the county supervisors refusing to increase the school system's budget, they also continue to blame the school board for "begging" for funds for capital improvements, he said Monday night.
The Liberty Zone will be getting a new middle school. That's the consensus that Bedford County's supervisors came to during a work session Monday night.
The supervisors also decided at the Monday evening work session what will be done with the extra revenue that the 2-cent increase, passed on April 14, will generate. According to County Administrator Mark Reeter, the new tax rate will bring in an extra $1.53 million.
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True, he must visit the Medical Center at the University of Virginia for tests and check-ups every three months.
She hasn't picked up a Massachusetts accent.
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But, having travelled to that northern commonwealth five straight years, nobody could blame Sophia Palladino if she started talking like a Kennedy.
What would be more accurate, however, is stating that she shoots like a Celtic.
For the fifth consecutive year, the Forest resident made the trip to Springfield for the Elks Hoop Shoot national finals.
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That's not a surprising statement, as any old newspaperman will make the same figurative claim.
Only I make mine literally. At least I can now. You see, the wife and I recently returned from a trip to Spain. Among other delicacies, I treated myself to a pile of seafood in black rice.
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At a time when there is a decline in students in Kannada medium schools and a clamour for English medium schools on the rise, Government High School and Government Higher Primary School, both Kannada medium, in Heskethur village, 32 km from Udupi, have not only bucked the trend, but also shown what dedication and innovations on part of the teachers can achieve.
Though there are English medium schools nearby, these two schools have held their own. The teachers of these two schools are proud of the fact that not a single child in this village goes to an English medium schools, despite their school buses plying through it.
The teachers of the schools in Heskathur have excelled not just in teaching the curriculum, but also encouraging the students in extra-curricular activities.
The students of Government High School bring out a monthly journal called 'Na Bare, Nee Odu'. Every article written is evaluated not just by the teacher, but a friend, a parent and a citizen of the village. "This not only gives joy to the parents but also improves the creativity of the students," said Headmaster Vinayak Naik.
The students also do project reports on various topics such tap water, village sanitation and others. "Unlike students in other schools who simply download information from the internet for their projects, our students visit the places and get first-hand knowledge," said Babu Shetty, mathematics teacher.
In addition, these students participate in activities such as horticulture. "Most of the vegetables for the mid-day meal scheme are grown by our students in the school garden," said Jayaprasad, physical education teacher.
This high school, established in 2007, now has 127 students.
It stood first in Kannada and mathematics in Udupi district in 2011-12 and 2012-13 respectively.
It got 100 per cent results in SSLC in 2011-12 and 2013-14, the rest of the years, its results have been not less than 95 per cent.
Public support has also played a vital role in the growth of this school. Its open air stage costing Rs. 5 lakh was built entirely by donation from people.Studentspeak
The students are all praise for their school. Rajath, who studied from UKG to class 7 in a nearby English medium school, joined this school last year. Now in class 9, he said, "My friends used to tell me about the good teachers here. So I joined here. They taught me so well that my crossover from English to Kannada medium has been a breeze. The teaching here is beyond compare," he said.
Navyashree Shetty, a class 8 student, said, "I like the project works and writing the journals the most. I am enjoying every moment here." Supreeta, a class 10 student, said, "I like the fact that we get to participate in so many extra-curricular activities. It is like being in home for me here."Problems
Despite all the achievements, this school faces problems. Due to lack of classrooms, class 9 is held in the open air stage. The library functions in a part of class 10, and is separated by a few cupboards. "We have asked the department to sanction three rooms for us and for additional buses on this route," Mr. Naik said.Higher primary school
Government Higher Primary School, located separately and established in 1957, bagged the first place in the district and the fourth place in the State for its achievements and innovations, during an assessment done by the Karnataka School Quality Assessment and Accreditation Committee in 2012-13.
"We have separate classrooms for English, science and mathematics so that students do not get bored staying in the same classroom," said Headmaster Shekhar Kumar. "We require a hall, a library and a computer lab," he said.'Funds will be released'
Ashok Kamath, Education Officer at Department of Public Instruction, said the funds for additional rooms for the high school would be released in the present academic year.


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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D.-Tx.) easily wins the award for "meanest member of Congress."
The San Antonio Express-News reports that, "If you pay attention to local politics long enough, you'll no doubt hear the phrase: "I've never heard of a camera that Sheila Jackson Lee didn't love." Still, it's likely the Democratic representative isn't enjoying this kind of spotlight: The Washingtonian has again awarded Jackson Lee, D-Houston, the position of meanest Congress member among Democrats."
Germany's 'Green Energy' strategy is putting the country on the brink of nationwide power outages and bankrupting domestic power plants.
Russia Today reports that, "Profits have declined for German energy companies since Angela Merkel decided to shake up the power industry by cutting nuclear energy in favor of renewables. The impact on the energy sector is severe, and may be having a domino effect across Europe."
Fr. Benedict Groeschel, founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, died at the age of 81 on October 1.
According to the Daily Telegraph of London, "Fr Benedict Groeschel, founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, who has died aged 81, was a preacher, author and popular religious broadcaster; his chief love was always his work with the poor and with troubled young people."
Gary Peters, a Democrat, is running for Senate in Michigan. Nevertheless, he refuses to debate his GOP opponent, Terri Lynn Land.
The Daily Caller reports that, "Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Rep. Gary Peters still refuses to debate his Republican opponent Terri Lynn Land, despite a previous promise to do so."
MSNBC TV host Krystal Clear is blaming the National Rifle Association (NRA) for the global spread of the ebola pandemic.
According to the Daily Caller, "On her online video series "Krystal Clear," MSNBC host Krystal Ball managed to find an unlikely culprit lurking behind the Ebola crisis: the NRA."
The Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces, Barry Obama's treasonous behavior continues on unabated. After the media and military publicly excoriated the President for saluting U.S. Marines with a Starbuck cup in his right hand, Obama ordered the Pentagon-sponsored newspaper, Stars & Stripes, to defend his un-American actions.
Stars & Stripes reports that, "The idea that President Barack Obama is anti-American or anti-military achieved a little more leverage recently from his inadvertent "latte salute." As Obama exited Marine One, his salute with a coffee cup in his hand, returned to two attending Marines at the bottom of the steps, was admittedly casual, considerably removed from the best military practice."
Mafia-style triad street battles are erupting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Channel NewsAsia reports that, "The pre-dawn blast, suspected to be related to a gangland turf battle, occurred outside a pub at Bukit Bintang. A Malaysian parking lot attendant has died, and among those injured include a Singaporean, a Thai and two Chinese nationals."
Pravda, a mouthpiece of the Kremlin, has disclosed that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not wear T-shirts that bear his image.
According to Pravda, "Russian President Vladimir Putin does not wear T-shirts with his own image on them, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said, lenta.ru reports."


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This application will turn the volume on if the same number tries to call you 3 times in 3 minutes (configurable).
Requested permissions:
- READ_PHONE_STATE: to know when the phone is ringing
- READ_CALL_LOG / WRITE_CALL_LOG: to check the call log and the number of missed calls
What's New
Spoof Text
Spoof Text is a cool app for sending International SMS messages on low rates. Spoof Text can easily spoof the SMS message sender's number and if the receiver has the number stored in his phone book, the contact name will be the one that appears on his screen.
Sender`s and receiver`s phone bills will not be charged.
Only GSM networks works not CDMA!!!
This is a pay as you go service and you need to buy SMS credits.
On install you will receive free credits to test the app if you share the app you will receive more free credits.
Bluff My Call
Bluff My Call is the ultimate free calling application. Fake your Caller ID, Voice and even Record the call. 100% Free to download and 100% Free to use.
If you have any questions please email email@example.com or use the Support tab in the app.
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bluffmycall
Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/bluffmycall
Save this link http://bluffmycall.com/apps to your Contacts and you will always be able to download the latest version.
Your phone is at the center of all your communication.
Reach acknowledges that and gives you a way to interact with it faster and easier: With Reach you can see all your communication history as well as your contacts, and more importantly you can view incoming events as they happen, reply to text messages, tell your phone to dial a number, search through your communication history and much more – using your computer.
Install the app and then head to reachmyphone.com on your computer to get started. You won't regret it!
The service is currently in beta – and free.
What you can do with Reach:
- All your activity in one place
Reach gathers all your contacts, calls and messages to give you an easy-to-overlook timeline of all your phone activity.
- Call and message in your browser
If you want to write a message or make a call, it will be so much easier and faster with Reach. We promise!
- Find anything, all the time
Finding a message, call or contact is super easy. Reach lets you easily filter out what you want. Or just use the search function (it's quite neat).
- Instant notifications
Reach instantly displays incoming calls and messages, and lets you reply to the messages directly without even touching the phone.
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Text Deflector
No data is collected, GPS services are not used, and there's no additional drain on your battery.
- completely automatic
- you are not locked to a service provider or carrier
- senses your device automatically with no manual input
- not GPS based or motion based
- maintains your privacy
- imports contacts for customization
- no advertising banners served
- zero battery drain
- premium version available.
All versions are 100% ad free.
Upgrade in app to Text Deflector 2.0 Premium and receive additional functionality:
- Multiple custom response messages
- Select multiple paired Blue Tooth devices
- Assign a custom message to each Bluetooth device
- Assign a custom message to each of your Contacts
- Manual Mode – enabled via a timer if Bluetooth is not available
Don't Text and Drive Autoresponder
Locate Me!!
Keywords : Share Location, Locate me, Find me, GPS, Location, Here I am
tellows - Know who calls you!
Thanks to the tellows score the app displays the nature of the incoming call via a live sync to the tellows servers and you can decide whether to answer the phone or ignore the call. If the calling phone number has an official entry on tellows additional information like name and address will be shown. You may add these details to your contacts with one click. Furthermore, you can rate numbers, comment on them and, therewith, warn your fellow tellows users against potential dangers. The service is free.
Features of version 2.0:
- Rating of incoming calls via tellows score
- Import of the caller's address and name into your contacts
- Instant Search for unknown numbers
- Caller history of missed calls
Short summary of our features:
rate phone numbers; caller reverse lookup; tellows score; realtime lookup; find out who called you by name, adress and city; telephone directory; phone spam, telephone terror, protection
Anonymous Text Lite
We provide security, full anonymity, and ease of use. Messages are 100% untraceable.
Text messages sent from native text clients are archived by phone companies. Pragmatics Mobile is an advocate of uninhibited individual expression. With Anonymous Text - messages are not stored or sent from your phone, instead they are relayed and sent by a server.
* Anonymous Text Lite sends one way messages. If you wish to have full conversations anonymously download the Full version of Anonymous Text.
Top Features //
- Optional Nick Name
- Texts / SMS Messages are Free
- Will Not Count as an SMS on Mobile Phone Plan
- Send Unlimited Texts
Currently Supports: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Virgin, Boost Mobile, and T-Mobile.
anonymous text, sms, delayed text, private, secure, encrypted
Dark Texter
Users can reply with text as well as images.
Visit the website for Terms of Service and a list or supported carriers.
tellows App (old version)
With the tellows App it is now possible to assess incoming call at first glance! For free!
Thanks to the tellows score the app displays the nature of the incoming call via a live sync to the tellows servers and you can decide whether to answer the phone or ignore the call. If the calling phone number has an official entry on tellows additional information like name and address will be shown. You may add these details to your contacts with one click. Furthermore, you can rate numbers, comment on them and, therewith, warn your fellow tellows users against potential dangers. The service is free.
Features of version 2.0:
- Rating of incoming calls via tellows score
- Import of the caller's address and name into your contacts
- Instant Search for unknown numbers
- Caller history of missed calls
- Design Upgrades
- Bugfixes
- now available in UK and Italy
Short summary of our features:
rate phone numbers; caller reverse lookup; tellows score; realtime lookup; find out who called you by name, adress and city; telephone directory; phone spam, telephone terror, protection
Who Can Help Me?
Can not find the right person in your phonebook to contact in time when you are kidnapped?
Everyone MUST have and will Save your Life app!! Turn GPS on to auto detect your location Map and send for help!
Don't just play game app on your mobile phone. Install this useful app as guard superman to protect your girls, your kids, and yourself!
Just simply one button press to call help in time!
Track record on Map to show your location and send to your family when 3G or wifi network is available.
When no internet network is available, SMS message to send your GPS location out for help!
What if no mobile singal? How to call help? Let's download this APP to see how we can get protection anytime anywhere!
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BlackSMS - Text Crypt
If you wanna be sure that nobody else will be able to read your text messages, it`s a must have application for you.
Recursive and efficient en/decryption of entire texts or sms messages using password.
Contacts List.(Android 2.1+)
Notification when new encrypted SMS has been received.
Easily send encrypted text by sms message.
You and the recipient must have the application to send or read the messages.
Text Tool
Want to send an SMS delayed text message in an hour?, tomorrow at 12.00 or at a specific date and time?, Text Tool can do it.
Want to forward all your text messages to another number, and still know where they came from originally, Text Tool can do it.
Want to automatically reply to SMS text messages that come to you because you are in a meeting or driving, Text Tool can do it.
Want to send an encrypted SMS text message with a delay or straight away using AES encryption, Text Tool can do it.
Features include...
1) MultiText support to 459 characters
2) Search your contacts or input number directly
3) Message counter to gauge cost per message
4) Message sent notification
5) Integrated message control (dumps sent messages from Text Tool into standard message outbox) so you can see it in your normal SMS app
6) No running services, so no excessive power consumption.
7) No holding the phone awake.
8) Turn your phone off and on and message will still send.
10) Pin point accuracy to time and date set if in signal regardless of whether phone is sleeping or not..
11) Edit stored messages.
12) Multi Contact support.
13) Multi number support for contacts with more than one number.
14) Repeat function.
15) Message reply tool, to send an auto reply to an incoming message. (phone must be switched on)
16) Message forward, to forward your messages on to another phone. (phone must be switched on)
17) Click the padlock to encrypt your text messages, when someone else has Text Tool installed, you can decypt the SMS text message to read it.
18) Have your encrypted SMS text messages, hidden from the normal message cue, choose this setting to run in stealth mode and stop your incomming text messages being seen by other text message apps.
19) Set lights, sound and vibrate of outgoing and incoming texts.
20) No limit on amount of multipart texts you can send (updated message counter to show number of texts you will pay for).
4 apps in one, message delay, message reply, message forward, encrypted SMS text message.
Tested on HTC desire, desire HD, wildfire, hero , moto droid, samsung galaxy s, X10, emulators....
More tools........
Text Me! Free Texting & Call
Free HD Voice and Video Calls between Android and other platforms
Turn your Android Tablet into a Phone!
TextMe is a cross-platform messaging application that allows you to send text messages (real sms) to any phone number in United States, Canada, Mexico and 100 countries in the World for FREE. Also, if your friends install the app as well, you will be able to do a lot more with them, including FREE CALLS and FREE VIDEO CALLS between Android and other platforms. So Sign up, share TextMe with your friends and start a call or a video chat for free. Of course, you can also text them for free!
What makes TextMe different? With TextMe you and your friends can:
- Send Texts (real SMS messages) to any number in the United States, Canada, Mexico and more than 40 countries worldwide FOR FREE from your Android Phone or Android Tablet
- Send Texts (real SMS messages) to more than 100 countries using your credits.
- Enjoy Free HD Voice and Video Calls to other TextMe users
- Watch videos to earn free calling minutes to any phone number in the United States , Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, China, Pakistan, Philippines, India, France, Germany, UK, Turkey and many others (1)
- Get your own TextMe phone number, receive and send SMS messages from your TextMe number and place and receive calls from your TextMe phone number
- Easily find your Facebook friends on TextMe and Chat, Call and Video Chat with them for free
- Send and Receive large pictures & videos from Android to any device
- Send your Dropbox photos and videos via sms directly from TextMe
- Super easy video messaging
- Enjoy group texting features with text, photos and videos
- Earn free rewards just by using the application (Pocket Change)
- Get notified when your message is delivered and read by your friend
- Receive your TextMe messages on Google Glass and Pebble watch
- Full Android Wear support, get your messages & reply to them directly from your wrist. Control your calls & see your balance on your Android Wear device. Simply go the the Wearable section in the "preferences" screen to enable Android Wear support .
- Login with Google +
Other goodies that come with TextMe:
- Overall speed and performance of the app
- Super simple sign up
- Push Notifications for new messages: never miss an important text!
- Free Voice messages
(1) Countries that can be called from TextMe include: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Surinam, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, UK, Uruguay, Venezuela
Please give us your feedback on the app! Thanks for using TextMe!
The TextMe team
Webpage: http://go-text.me
Twitter: @textmeapp
Help us improve TextMe and get support: http://textme.zendesk.com
* Limitations apply:
- Offer limited to US and Canada based users
- Calls to some carriers or some territories within the 20 countries may not be included in this offer
- Subject to TextMe's Terms and Conditions
WeQ4U 08 0870 0800 0844 0845
As featured in Metro, Call Centre Focus, Kiss FM, Heart and BBC Radio and TV, amongst others.
WINNER Real Business Future 50 People's Champion Award!
WeQ4U is an Android app that works with any Android phone, and puts you through to any UK number starting 0800, 0808,0500 (i.e. ALL FREEPHONE) and all 01, 02, 03, or 0870 numbers, as well as thousands of other 0871, 0872, 0873, 0843, 0844 and 0845 numbers in our extensive database of UK companies - that's MORE than SayNoTo0870!
To use it, just enter the number you wish to reach and the app will connect you. If you get stuck in a queue, just press 9* on your telephone keypad, and your phone will disconnect from the call.
We'll stay in the queue for you, and when an agent answers, you will be automatically reconnected straight away.
***We Queue For You***We Q For You***We Queue 4 You***We Q 4 You***We Queue For U***We Q For U***We Queue 4 U***We Q 4 U***
We save you time and money:
Calls through WeQ4U are included in your standard minutes, saving you around 30p per minute on your 08 calls! Plus, you don't use any minutes for the time we wait in the queue for you. How good is that!
WeQ4U has an auto-use feature so it will automatically avoid 08 charges whenever possible, whether you call through the application or through the normal phone dialer, or contacts. You can disable this by starting the app and unchecking the Auto-Use box, if you need to.
This version of WeQ4U is ad supported. Search for 'WeQ4U NoAds' to find the ad-free version.
If you have questions or feedback please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com please. It is difficult for us to help you if you leave a negative review. You may be able to answer your query by visiting www.weq4u.co.uk too.
Does it record my calls? No. We just deliver them straight to the call centre.
Will it share my personal details? No. We take privacy very seriously, and are not interested in your personal information.
What about my Contacts? The WeQ4U App creates a WeQ4U Contact in your phone that may have several numbers that WeQ4U may use. This is so you can tell when a call is going through our service. It does not access your contacts in any other way, or for any other reason. We're on the level! You can see our full privacy policy at http://www.weq4u.co.uk/privacy.html
So what's the catch? There isn't one. Enjoy!
NOTE: For numbers that do NOT start with 01,02,03, 0870 or 0800, the number must exist in our database in order do be used. We have tens of thousands of 0844, 0845 and 0871 numbers from public sources. Most popular 0844, 0845 and 0871 numbers are in our database. Overall, we are able to successfully service 70% of all queries for these numbers.
Please note: Alternate numbers are sourced from publicly available sources. We cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy or quality of any alternative numbers used by the app/service, as we can't manually check every one. Use of WeQ4U is therefore entirely at your own risk.
WeQ4U is the latest round in our battle to end the misery of waiting on hold at UK call centres. We need your help to make it work!
Please sign up to our Facebook page and app - this gives you an extra chance to win an iPad 2 with every call you make.
0870 0844 0800 Free Call
This free app saves your money by providing you with the geographic alternative to 08 number for your mobile.
Simply use search icon to find a replacement direct numbers by typing the company name or dial the 08 number in the app's dialler, it will bring up the numbers you can call, just select the number and your mobile will call.
Main features includes:
1. Search replacement number using company name.
2. Search replacement number using 08 number directly.
3. Save call log to show the historical call records
4. Add app's contact
5. Share number with others using facebook, twitter, email and text message etc.
All successful calls will be made across an 01/02 number (which is taken from your bundled free minutes). PAYG and those outside their bundled free minutes will be charged at 01/02 rates.
mypeople Messenger
★ Unlimited, FREE messaging & calls!
Enjoy chats, group chats, free calls and HD-quality video calls (Wi-Fi only) on mypeople!
Every service we provide is free, and we have no mobile ads that may annoy you.
Anyone anywhere around the world can enjoy mypeople as much as they want!
★ More than 450 different stickers for FREE!
They're cute, unique and FREE. They even move! Stickers we provide will make your conversations
more fun and lively. Plus, you don't have to pay anything to use these cute little stickers!
★ Stay connected all the time! PC-Mobile in real-time sync
Your chats, voice and video calls can be converted in real-time from PC to PC and PC to mobile!
To get more information: http://durl.me/49igxq
★ Share high quality videos & photos
There will be no more quality downgrades of the photos you share on mypeople!
You can send big video files (up to 200MB) to your friends without waiting.
Mp3 files can be played on mypeople right away.
★ Customize your mypeople app with new themes!
You can customize your mypeople app with the new themes we provide for FREE!
We will continuously update new themes, so freely change your theme as much as you like!
★ Languages updates
We now provide Korean, English, German, Russian, Dutch, Italian, Turkish, Portuguese, Malay, Thai, Indonesian,
Spanish, French, Japanese, Traditional/Simplified Chinese, Romanian, Arabic, Farsi and Vietnamese for global users! Welcome to mypeople!
For any feedback or questions, please email us at: firstname.lastname@example.com
We'd always appreciate hearing from you!
* Messenger does all this using your existing data plan.


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when you stick a foreign object up someones butthole, you ghadaffi them.
the other day this chick was in the produce section looking the other way and I Ghadaffie'd her with a banana.
by DCroZ November 21, 2011
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I love the fact that this hotel was close to the ocean, shopping, and hiking. This is the second time I have stayed at this hotel and I plan to be back again when I travel to Lincoln City.
Proximity to amenities, breakfast, cleanliness, price and location.
Here's why:
We're not the seller
At KAYAK we don't set prices, so it's not possible for us to guarantee what other companies are selling.
We aggregate tons of data for you
Our service lets you quickly and easily compare results from hundreds of travel sites at once. In this sense, KAYAK is a search engine and we don't guarantee prices we find.
Why aren't prices accurate 100% of the time?
Prices on airline seats, hotel rooms and car rentals can change frequently. Several people may also be trying to buy the same travel option simultaneously. As a result, you may find on occasion that certain prices are no longer available.
More questions or if you have a bad price to report to us
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Investment ISAs are tax-efficient wrappers for long term investments. You may get back less than you pay in as your capital isn't guaranteed and charges may apply. Your personal circumstances will determine how much tax you pay on your investments and returns; tax laws may change.
We provide an independent comparison service free of charge but we may receive a commission from some of the companies we refer you to. These are indicated with purple buttons.
Find out how you can use your ISA allowance to save thousands each year tax free and how you can be sure you have the best ISA deals all year round.
As an incentive to save, the government provides each UK resident over the age of 16 with a tax free investment allowance every tax year (this runs from 6th April to the 5th April the following year, the latter of which represents the annual ISA deadline).
These are known as ISAs (Individual Savings Accounts) and funds can either be invested as cash or in stocks and shares.
For the 2014/15 tax year the total ISA allowance is £15,000, all of which can now be saved in a Cash ISA or Investment ISA.
Prior to 1st July you could only save up to 50% of your ISA allowance in Cash but this restriction has now been removed and you are free to save as much or as little in Cash or Investments as you see fit.
This simplified set up replaced the old Mini/Maxi distinction that used to be used for ISA investments.
As part of this simplification, which came into effect on the 6th April 2008, all existing Mini Cash ISAs, TESSA-only ISAs and the cash components of Maxi ISAs became known as Cash ISAs, while PEPs and the stocks and shares components of existing Maxi ISAs became known as Investment ISAs (also known as Stocks and Shares ISAs).
Most banks and building societies offer a range of Cash ISA accounts so you have plenty of options when it comes to finding the best rates.
Cash ISAs operate similarly to ordinary, taxable savings accounts with both fixed term Cash ISAs and instant access Cash ISAs available.
The main difference, aside from the ISA rules which make things a little more complicated, is that any interest you earn on your money is paid in full - you don't have any tax deducted whatsoever, unlike ordinary savings accounts.
This tax free interest benefit can make your savings even more profitable providing you keep your money in the best interest rate possible.
This means carrying out a Cash ISA comparison at the start of every new tax year to find the best ISA interest rates around so you make the most of your new ISA limits. However, that's not all you need to do.
Cash ISA providers often reduce the interest rate they pay on ISA savings considerably after the first 6 months to a year. As such even the best ISA accounts can end up paying you minimal interest if you're not careful.
To combat this almost guaranteed decline in even the best interest rates you need to keep an eye on the return your money is earning, carry out an ISA interest rates comparison as soon as you see that the rate has started to drop, and then choose the top ISA available to transfer your savings to.
The exception to this is fixed rate Cash ISAs which will pay a fixed interest rate throughout the agreed term. After this period ends the rate is likely to drop significantly so you'll need to look at carrying out an ISA transfer to take advantage of the new rates available. Read our article on ISA transfers for more information.
Cash ISAs tend to be most suited to savers looking for guaranteed returns and those who need access to their money over the short term.
Investment ISAs tend to be more suitable for those looking to invest over a longer period and, as with any investment in the stock market, they do involve an element of risk as returns are dependent on the performance of the stock you invest in.
However, it is possible to mediate this risk by spreading your investments using vehicles such as fund ISAs.
When you carry out your Investment ISA comparison it's important to check what you'll be investing in, how much you're able to invest both as a lump sum, and over time and what the ISA manager will charge you in the way of annual management fees and charges if you decide you want to transfer savings to a different provider. Doing so is the only way to make sure you get the best ISA account for your circumstances.
During a tax year you are allowed to invest your Cash ISA and Investment ISA savings allowance with different providers. Although you are only able to pay into a single Cash ISA account (held with a single provider) and a single Investment ISA each tax year. You can however hold different ISA accounts that house previous years' allowances with a number of different providers.
Any money you invest in an ISA gains its tax-free status immediately so you start to reap the tax-free benefits right away. However, it's important to remember that after you use your full allowance for a tax year (whether this be the £15,000 maximum) you are unable to pay in any more funds even if you make a withdrawal.
Despite this, you can transfer ISAs between providers, although it is vital that you do this by requesting an internal transfer rather than by simply withdrawing the money.
As with previous years' allowances you are able to transfer funds held in a Cash ISA with one provider to an equivalent Cash ISA held by another provider, similarly with Investment ISAs.
However, as of the 6th April, 2008, you can now convert ISA savings held in Cash ISAs from previous years' allowances and money invested under your current year's Cash ISA allowance, into stocks and shares in an Investment ISA without losing the tax-free benefits.
Whether you decide to use your allowance wholly to invest in the stock market or prefer to have keep some available as cash, the only important thing is that you use as much of it as possible each tax year as ISA allowances don't roll over, so if you don't use them, you lose them.


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Welcome to Klick Photo's
Mobile studio portrait photography.
We are happy to accommodate anything from a full family portrait session to a single head shot for a passport picture, We can also accommodate acting and modelling portfolio shots, or why not get some pictures of your beloved pet?
Themed shoots
We have thousands of digital frames, backdrops and props, so why not consider a photo shoot using our green screen and have some pictures with a little uniqueness????
We can cater for all events
If you are planning a party or a charity do we can help capture those moments.
Take the worry away from trying to get all the pictures from friends and family of your special day.
Commercial work
As a small business myself I always keen to help towards keeping the costs down, so If you are starting out on a new business venture or have an existing company and need some images for your website or face book page, Don't use generic internet images, personalise it with your own products and give us a call and we will be more than happy to work with you on your projects. I am always happy to meet up for a coffee and chat to discuss your requirements so feel free to contact us with your enquiries.


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Book your room at Warsaw Best Apartments Kredytowa
Apartment, 2 BedroomsMax Occupancy: 6 guests (up to 5 children, 1 infant)
Apartment in Warsaw (Srodmiescie) near Warsaw University
Located in the heart of Warsaw, this apartment is within walking distance of Saxon Gardens and Warsaw University. Also nearby are Presidential Palace and Palace of Culture and Science.
Property Features
Warsaw Best Apartments Kredytowa provides complimentary wireless Internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
Room Amenities
Televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature kitchens, separate dining areas, and coffee/tea makers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Warsaw Best Apartments Kredytowa features tour/ticket assistance and an elevator (lift). High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Warsaw Best Apartments Kredytowa is a smoke-free property.
- Elevator/lift
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Smoke-free property
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking (limited spaces)
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The federal government is looking expectantly to the Homeland Security Department to take the lead on cybersecurity, and while officials there say they are ready to step up, it's not an effort without inherent growing pains.
Real progress is being made toward becoming a cohesive, effective frontrunner for federal cybersecurity, according to Mark Weatherford, DHS undersecretary of cybersecurity for the National Protection and Program Directorate. However, he admits it isn't an easy journey.
"DHS is nine years old now, and that sounds like we should be a really mature organization. But I can tell you, when you put this many different independent, large organizations together and say, 'OK, now you're one large DHS organization,' which is what happened in 2003 – we're still maturing," Weatherford said Oct. 17 at an (ISC)2 event in Arlington, Va. "Some of these other organizations like DOD and [Energy Department] have a long lead time on us. But I think we're doing very well, especially in the cyber arena."
In particular, DHS is developing the components critical to national cybersecurity, including the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), designed to be the nerve center of the government's civilian cyber and information-sharing operations. A number of DHS and other federal officials have mentioned NCCIC lately – especially in appearances associated with National Cybersecurity Awareness Month – and Weatherford said it has been a boon for crucial information-sharing.
"NCCIC is new organization; it's been in place for a little over two years. But it's just now starting to hit its stride. The beauty of it is that it's the nexus of information-sharing for the federal government and private sector," he said of the organization, which includes participation from local, state and federal entities as well as the Secret Service, FBI and information and analysis centers for the electric and financial sectors.
"This may not sound like a big deal, but I can tell you when you get people in a room like this working together on a daily basis, there's information-sharing that just never would have ever happened before. There's a richness that we're starting to realize out of that sharing of information that is really helping the entire nation."
Weatherford said he's also tackling other struggling areas of DHS' cyber efforts, including building up a workforce with essential cyber skills, emphasizing the situation's gravity.
"Something that's a problem for DHS, the federal government, the state governments and for almost every private sector organization I talk to…it's the one thing that continues to come up, that there's a lack of true cybersecurity talent. I mean the real ninja kind of guys and gals that you can build your security program around," he said. "I don't think it's overstating to say this is a national emergency."
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The University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences department of statistics and State Farm Insurance Companies will cooperate on a new program beginning this fall that will partner students pursuing a master's degree in statistics with the Fortune 50 company.
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present a film series this July titled "Picturing America" in conjunction with the exhibition "Picturing America: Signature Works from the Westmoreland Museum of American Art." All films will begin at 7 p.m. in the museum's M. Smith Griffith Auditorium and are free and open to the public.
Judy Stubblefield of North Cobb High School was named the top student by teachers and fellow students at the 32nd annual Georgia Journalism Academy, held June 8-14 at the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
"Judy represents what the journalism camp is all about," said Joe Dennis, academy co-director and director of diversity and high school outreach at the Grady College. "She came here as a student looking for her calling, and found it in photojournalism."
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has hired Sarah Kate Gillespie as its curator of American art, effective July 1.
The previous curator, Paul Manoguerra, left to become the director of the Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University.
As a film archivist with the University of Georgia, Margaret Compton came across the oldest-known moving images of African-Americans playing baseball. Now she's hoping others will join her in the search for earlier films.
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If you don't follow me on Twitter (I'm the imaginatively-named @PeterCashwell) you may have missed my heartfelt response to this morning's meeting with my employers' insurance agents. I found myself alternately infuriated, despairing, amused, and impressed by the sheer bureaucratic perfection of the exercise. It was honestly an almost perfect replication of a scene from Kafka, played out amidst a crowd of confused employees clutching forms for their Flexible Spending Accounts. The dramatic center of the scene, however, was a brief Q&A about coverage in which I asked what I thought was a reasonable question. The answer? Well, you should be the judge of that:
Representative: "Your wellness visits are preventive, so they are 100% covered when you go to see your doctor for a checkup. But while you're there, if you ask him about your sniffles or your
sore shoulder, that's now an OFFICE visit, so you pay your copay."
PC: "What if you go in for a checkup and the doctor discovers something while you're there?"
Rep: "That's a very good question. Once he diagnoses something, it's an office visit. You pay your copay."
PC: "So it's preventive IF there's nothing to prevent."
Rep: "Correct."
PC: "In other words, my primary care physician is Doc Daneeka."
Okay, I didn't say that last part. But I wanted to, because this is a beautifully constructed Catch-22. Preventive visits are covered, as long as there is nothing to prevent. But if there's nothing to prevent, how can such a visit be preventive? It's a seamless Mobius strip of logic, guaranteeing that the only people whose visits to the doctor will be covered are those who don't need to visit the doctor.
And it's not like this is hidden. The rep told us outright, "The time to go in for a wellness visit is when you're healthy." While there's a certain sense in that, at least, her partner took the whole thing in an even more twisted direction:
Partner: "If you've got high cholesterol or something, tell the receptionist when you get there, 'I don't want my cholesterol checked this time,' and you won't have to pay the copay."
I have high blood pressure, which is known medically as "essential hypertension" and colloquially as "the silent killer." I've been controlling it through medication and some alterations in lifestyle, and on my most recent visit to my physician, it looked pretty darned good, if I say so myself. But my hypertension also the main reason I go in for wellness visits: to make sure that I actually AM well, and that my BP isn't sneaking upward without my notice--a very real and very dangerous possibility.
But this also means that, in a very real sense, I cannot go in for a wellness visit when I'm healthy; medically speaking, I'm NEVER healthy. My problem is "essential," not something separate from me, and moreover it's one that will be detected at Every. Single. Checkup. Going to a doctor's office and NOT getting a BP check is all but unimaginable. If I tell the receptionist not to break out the sphygmomanometer (yes, I looked that up), I'm flying in the face of standard medical practice, not to mention denying my physician a basic tool for detecting any problems. I'm basically saying, "I'm here so you can make sure I'm not ill, but you're not allowed to detect any illness."
If I get my BP checked and confirm that I'm healthy, I'm sick and I have to pay for the visit; but if I don't get my BP checked and confirm that I'm sick, I'm healthy and I don't have to pay.
That's some catch.
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Then again most crimes is local, in all parts of the world. If a man dies in Italy, chances are he got killed by a local man who is also Italian. Therefore the notion of race on race murders is nonsense as it is more local on local.
The white on white crime rate is 86% and the black on black rate is 92%. Very very close and keep in mind that there may be some margin of error on both according to the FBI. So yes, black on black crime is what the media made up because no one ever mentions the white on white crime
We do business with far more shady countries than Cuba has ever been. Heck we have relationships with Iraq/Afghanistan/Syria. Why wouldn't we be civil with Cuba? That doesn't make any sense and anyone who is against this has no valid reason to be.
@Tharpa, How are people who disagree with a few dubious D.A. decisions not to indict and let the wheels of justice turn, unintelligent? Why even bother hiding behind coded language. Just come out and say what you really want.
My two cents, if you have 20 witnesses for example and 10 say one thing and 10 say another. Why did the DA only believe the 10 who supported his beliefs and ignored the rest? The simple fact that there were even many ppl who went against Officer Wilson's account IS THE REASON TO GO TO TRIAL! I don't understand why he was so against going to trial.
because even if the 3 African Americans DID believe that they did have a case against Wilson it wouldn't have matterred because they were outnumbered and technically their beliefs don't matter if all the whites voted for Wilson. That's why you don't hear that angle more prominently.
Bravo Agrestic…Bravo.
indiethink, why do you keep coming here everyday? You clearly do not get his point of view and are not the target demographic for this strip.
Sad how quickly people are willing to give up their constitutional rights to be a "civilized citizen"…smh.
The problem with Home Depot and most companies. Is that tech people are not in positions of power. Most CXXs have no clue what an IP is or a DOS attack is. THIS IS A MAJOR problem in an increasingly digital world. And like agrestic said, they were warned by their subordinates for years and did nothing.


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Bills seek health care jobs for veterans
Legislation headed toward approval in the General Assembly would allow veterans to count their military health-care training and experience toward certification as nurses and other medical professionals in Virginia.
House Bill 2279, proposed by Delegate Mark Keam, D-Vienna, would let clinical education and practical experience in the armed services fulfill some of the qualification requirements for emergency medical services personnel in Virginia.
HB 1535, proposed by Delegate Donald Merricks, R-Chatham, would do the same for veterans seeking licensure or certification as occupational therapists, radiologist assistants, nurses and certain other health-care professionals.
Under the bills, state licensing authorities would determine whether "relevant practical experience and didactic and clinical components of education and training completed by an applicant during his service as a member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States" can substitute for other certification requirements.
Both measures have won unanimous approval in the House of Delegates and been assigned to the health licensing subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Education and Health.
Keam said the legislation will help veterans land health-care jobs.
"I've met many veterans over the past year or so who've come back from Iraq, and even older folks, who are having a really hard time getting jobs in Virginia and elsewhere," he said.
"I want people in the civilian world, those that don't have military background and those that don't think about our veterans in the military, to start thinking about them. … What can we do to make a veteran's life better? What can we do in society to make them welcomed when they come back?"
The legislation's supporters include the American Legion and the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association.
"We believe that the veteran's military training is a plus to any employer that is looking for help," said Dale D. Chapman of the American Legion, the nation's largest service organization for veterans.
He said military men and women are highly trained in their respective fields.
"These veterans come back to their homes and are experienced in nursing and other related health-care fields," Chapman said. "There should be provisions for them to be able to receive credit for their work experiences while serving."
Some health-care employers actively recruit veterans. For example, Inova Health System in Northern Virginia offers a program called "Military to Medicine" for training and hiring veterans, military spouses and recovering wounded service members.
But Keam said such programs have run into problems when the military training and experience veterans receive aren't applied toward state certification in health-care professions.
HB 2799, Keam's bill specifically targeting EMS personnel, is co-sponsored by Merricks and four other delegates: Republican Richard Bell of Staunton and Democrats David Englin of Alexandria, Kaye Kory of Falls Church and Vivian Watts of Annandale.
Keam is co-sponsoring Merricks' broader measure, HB 1535. The other co-sponsors include a bipartisan mix of 15 delegates and seven senators.
Keam says that he hopes such bills will inspire creative ways to help veterans.
"You might have a great idea as well. And if you have good ideas, come talk to me because I want to put it in law," he said.
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Morgan and Stackhouse, who became engaged last fall on the day marriage equality became the law in Virginia, have been together for 16 years. They were selected from among 40 couples who registered for the contest. The winners were announced at the Say I Do! Dessert Soiree at the Renaissance in Richmond in February. > Read more.
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The event was created to honor Michael Healy, a local businessman and community leader who died suddenly in June 2011, and to endow the Mike Healy Scholarship (through the Glen Allen Ruritan Club), which benefits students of Glen Allen High School.
Healy served as the chairman of Glen Allen Day for several years and helped raise thousands of dollars for local charities and organizations. > Read more.
Ruritan Club holding Brunswick stew sale
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Pick-up will be at noon, March 14, at the Richmond Heights Civic Center, 7440 Wilton Road in Varina.
To place an order, call Mike at (804) 795- 7327 or Jim at (804) 795-9116. > Read more.
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Two events this weekend benefit man's best friend – a rabies clinic, sponsored by the Glendale Ruritan Club, and an American Red Cross Canine First Aid & CPR workshop at Alpha Dog Club. The fifth annual Shelby Rocks "Cancer is a Drag" Womanless Pageant will benefit the American Cancer Society and a spaghetti luncheon on Sunday will benefit the Eastern Henrico Ruritan Club. Twin Hickory Library will also host a used book sale this weekend with proceeds benefiting The Friends of the Twin Hickory Library. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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In a spot that could be easily overlooked is a surprising, and delicious, Japanese restaurant. In a tiny nook in the shops at the corner of Ridgefield Parkway and Pump Road sits a welcoming, warm and comfortable Asian restaurant called Ichiban, which means "the best."
The restaurant, tucked between a couple others in the Gleneagles Shopping Center, was so quiet and dark that it was difficult to tell if it was open at 6:30 p.m. on a Monday. When I opened the door, I smiled when I looked inside. > Read more.
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Cinderella is the latest from Disney's new moviemaking battle plan: producing live-action adaptations of all their older classics. Which is a plan that's had questionable results in the past.
Alice in Wonderland bloated with more Tim Burton goth-pop than the inside of a Hot Topic. Maleficent was a step in the right direction, but the movie couldn't decide if Maleficent should be a hero or a villain (even if she should obviously be a villain) and muddled itself into mediocrity.
Cinderella is much better. Primarily, because it's just Cinderella. No radical rebooting. No Tim Burton dreck. It's the 1950 Disney masterpiece, transposed into live action and left almost entirely untouched. > Read more.
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