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Frequently Asked Questions
All you need to know about Travel Currency Cards
- About the AA's Travel Currency Cards
- Applying for the card
- Costs, fees and tariffs
- Your personal identity number (PIN)
- How to top up your card
- How to withdraw cash and make purchases
- Online servicing – managing your AA Travel Currency Card
- Card security
- Expiry and account closure
- Contact us
About the AA's Travel Currency Cards
What is the AA Travel Currency Card?
The AA Travel Currency Card is a MasterCard prepaid card which provides a secure1 and convenient way to manage your money while abroad. The cards are available in Sterling (Worldwide card) and Euro.
It's a simple way to use money abroad and can be easier to budget with than a debit or credit card. It's a convenient alternative to carrying large sums of cash or travellers cheques.
All you have to do is load money on to your AA Travel Card, then you can spend or withdraw cash from ATMs on holiday as and when you need it. Because you only spend what you have loaded on to the card, you won't spend more than you budgeted.
What is a prepaid card?
Prepaid cards look just like a credit or debit card, with a card number, chip and signature strip, but unlike credit cards, which provide a source of credit, and debit cards, which are linked to your bank account, you spend what you load on the card, helping you to stay in control of your spending money while abroad.
You can use the AA Travel Currency Card at over 33 million locations worldwide, including 1.5 million cash machines – wherever you see the MasterCard Acceptance Mark.
What is an AA Travel Currency Card account?
Your AA Travel Currency Card account is an online account that allows you to manage your card in a way that works best for you. Funds loaded go directly onto your currency card for immediate use. Using 'Top-up Settings' in the menu, you can change the way your funds are distributed between your account and card(s), for example, whenever you load you could allocate half to your account and distribute the rest to your card(s). You may want to do this for security reasons, rather than loading all the money directly on to the card in one go.
Note that the account facility can only hold funds in pounds Sterling. Therefore if you wish to move funds from your Euro card back into your account, funds will be converted back to pounds Sterling at that day's exchange rate.
Who provides the card?
The AA Travel Currency Card is offered by AA Financial Services and provided by Tuxedo Money Plus Limited. The cards are issued by Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd pursuant to licence by MasterCard International Incorporated.
Who is Tuxedo?
The AA Travel Currency MasterCard Prepaid Card is provided by Tuxedo Money Plus Limited. Tuxedo Money Plus Limited is an approved MasterCard member service provider in the UK.
Applying for the card
Who can apply for a card?
Applicants must be UK residents aged 18 or over.
How do I apply for a card?
You can apply online for a card. Applying is easy and secure. If you experience any difficulties during the application process, please telephone 0845 872 0822** (selecting option 9). You will need to select whether you want a Euro or a Sterling Card.
Do I need to pass a credit check to get this card?
No, because this is a prepaid, rather than a credit card.
Are there any identity checks undertaken when applying for the card?
We do have to verify your identity against the information you have provided. In most cases, this verification will happen instantly, but in some cases we may need to ask you to send in documents that prove your identity.
If we are able to verify your identity immediately, you will receive your AA Travel Card within 7 to 10 days and your card will have a maximum balance of £5,000. If we are unable to verify your identity from the documents you provide, we will be unable to send you a card.
What do I need to have with me when I apply for the card?
You will need your bank details to set up your account. The minimum initial payment onto your card is £10 and this will need to be paid by a debit card which needs to be registered to the same address as your Travel Card. AA members will need their membership number.
How long will my card take to arrive?
Please allow 7 to 10 days for your card to arrive. If we need to ask for additional documents to prove your identity, it will take a little longer.
Costs, fees and tariffs
How much does my AA Travel Currency card and account cost?
There is an initial card issue fee of £9.95 but this is automatically refunded back onto your card balance if your first load is £100 or more. Your online servicing account is free to use.
What other card fees should I be aware of?
Please refer to the card fees summary table.
Will I pay any fees if I do not use my AA Travel Currency Card?
A dormancy/administration fee of £1 per month will automatically be deducted from your card balance following 12 months of card inactivity. The fee will continue to be charged until the card is active again (eg loaded with funds or used for a transaction).
Will I be paid interest?
No, the AA Travel Currency Card and linked online account is subject to e-money regulations, therefore interest is not paid on this product.
What exchange rate will I get?
Your money will be loaded on to the card at the current exchange rate. Please see our exchange rate calculators on the website. Euro currency calculator Worldwide currency calculator
When does the ATM fee get refunded?
If you withdraw £50 or €50 from an ATM, you will be charged a £1.50 fee. This will show on your statement as £1.50 ATM fee. The fee is then refunded to your account – but is not shown as a separate line on your statement. It is blended in to your overall account balance.
Your personal identity number (PIN)
How do I get my PIN?
Please call us to activate your card and receive your secure PIN. There are five easy steps to follow:
- Call 0207 070 4902**
- Enter your nine-digit account number
- Enter the last four digits of your 16 digit card number
- Enter the four-digit secret number that you created during card registration
- Memorise the PIN that is read out by our automated system
How can I change my PIN?
You can change your PIN at most cash machines in the UK by inserting your AA Travel Currency Card and following the on-screen instructions.
How to top up your card
How do I top up my card?
There are many ways to top-up your card:
- It's free to top up on the AA website. To make a transfer log in to your account online and under the 'Top-up' tab, choose 'View bank transfer details'.
- Top up using your credit card (fee 3% of load value, maximum daily load of £750).
- At Post Office branches. You can also top up at 12,000 Post Office® branches nationwide (99p fee).
- At PayPoint locations. Top up with cash at nearly 22,000 terminals located in newsagents, convenience stores, supermarkets, garages and off-licences near to you (fee 3% of load value).
Find Post Office and PayPoint branches.
See information about card fees here.
How long will my loaded funds take to clear?
When loading with a debit or credit card for the first time, it can take up to three working days for the funds to clear onto your currency card. However, all subsequent loads using the same debit or credit card are immediate and will clear on the same day.
If your bank uses faster payments, funds will be available the next working day. Cash loads made at a Post Office will take one working day to clear, but PayPoint loads clear on the same day.
The exchange rate you receive when loading your Euro travel currency card will always be that of the day your funds clear on your card.
How to withdraw cash and make purchases
Where can I withdraw cash?
You can withdraw cash from approximately 1.5m cash machines worldwide – basically any that carry the MasterCard Acceptance Mark. There is a £1.50 fee for withdrawing cash, but if the amount you withdraw is more than the equivalent of £50/€50, the fee will be refunded to your card.
How much cash can I withdraw each day?
When using cash machines abroad, the maximum withdrawal amount is subject to the country's limits.
Can I use my AA Travel Currency Card to get cash over the bank counter?
No. You can only use a cash machine.
Can I use my AA Travel Currency Card to make purchases?
Yes. You can use your card wherever you see the MasterCard Acceptance Mark, as long as you have sufficient funds on your card.
What is a pre-authorisation?
A pre-authorisation is carried out when a merchant reserves money on a card to ensure payment for their services. Places such as restaurants and hotels do this quite often. For example, a pub or restaurant may pre-authorise a set amount when you open a tab at the bar. If your final bill is less than the pre-authorised amount it may take up to 14 days for you to receive the balance as a refund into your account.
Can I use my AA Travel Currency Card to guarantee payments or make reservations?
If you are using your card for car hire, hotel reservations, general bookings or to guarantee a payment, the prepaid funds on your card will be pre-authorised and blocked for payment of the services that you request.
- Some businesses – car hire and hotels in particular – may block more funds than you expect to use, and this will affect the available balance on your card.
- The blocked funds will not be available for you to use until the final bill has been settled and cleared via MasterCard.
- Usually the unspent amount is made available for use within a day or two of payment. However in some instances it can take up to 14 days for the transaction to be fully processed and for your card to be credited.
Are there any outlets where I may not be able to use my AA Travel Currency Card?
You may not be able to use your card if a retail outlet is unable to obtain authorisation for the amount you wish to spend. Your card may also not be accepted for the hire of a car. This may be due to the extended time period that can occur when a transaction is authorised and when money is deducted from your account. Alternatively, the difference can occur between the amount authorised and the amount subsequently claimed.
Can I use my AA Travel Currency Card to pay for fuel at automated pumps?
Unfortunately this is not available. It is possible to pay for fuel inside the petrol station kiosk if you see the MasterCard Acceptance Mark.
Can I use my AA Travel Currency Card to pay at toll roads abroad?
Not always – your card is a MasterCard card and should be accepted everywhere you see the MasterCard Acceptance Mark. However, some toll road payment kiosks are 'offline', meaning they cannot check that the card has the available funds before they allow you through the toll. As a result of this, they often choose not to accept prepaid cards. Please note this applies to all prepaid MasterCard cards, not just those from the AA.
What address should I give when I purchase goods online, by mail order or by phone?
The billing address should be the address registered by the primary cardholder, even if you're an authorised user.
What is a pending transaction?
A pending transaction (sometimes called 'outstanding authorisation') is a temporary charge held against your available funds. It relates to:
- a transaction (purchase or cash withdrawal) you've made using your AA Travel Currency Card which has been authorised for payment, but has not yet reached your account
- 'reserved' funds requested by certain retailers (eg when you check in to some hotels, they will take your AA Travel Currency Card details for an 'authorisation transaction' that reserves enough funds to cover your bill)
- a payment or cash withdrawal you've made to your account that has not yet cleared
What happens to a pending transaction?
The pending transaction will either turn into a finalised transaction (purchase), or will be removed automatically within 14 days.
Do I need to do anything if I have a pending transaction on my account?
No. Having a pending transaction on your account is part of the process by which a purchase is charged to your account. However, if you think the pending transaction may relate to fraudulent use of your card, please contact us immediately.
How are my transactions authorised?
Retail outlets request authorisation via MasterCard. Tuxedo Money Plus Limited is linked to MasterCard via a processor which verifies that you have enough funds available on your AA Travel Currency Card. If approved, the money is paid to MasterCard from the card, for settlement to the merchant. If there are not enough funds on your card, the transaction will be declined. At all times, only you or a designated person can see the balance available on your account.
What if I want to cancel a transaction or card authorisation?
In circumstances where it is possible to cancel an authorised transaction, for instance a hotel reservation, you must allow up to 30 days for a refund if the transaction has been authorised. After this time a chargeback can be requested; proof of contact with the merchant is normally required. In the meantime you won't be able to use that money for other transactions.
When are transactions declined?
Transactions can be declined if the retailer can't verify online that there are enough funds in your account to cover the value of the transaction you are making, including any applicable charges.
Online servicing – managing your AA Travel Currency Card
How do I reset my password?
To reset your password on the online servicing page, go to the 'Security' tab and select 'Change password'.
How do I update my personal details?
If you are the account holder, you can update your mobile number and email address under the 'Account holder' tab. If you are a card holder, go to the 'Cardholders' tab.
How do I download my statement?
We don't send out monthly statements to you in the post, but if you would like one sent, you can request one for a fee of £10. However, you can download statements for free whenever you like from our online servicing site. Simply log in and go to the 'Statement' tab and select the statement period you wish to retrieve. You can either print it, or save it on your computer by clicking 'Export'. The statement will be saved in a Microsoft Office Excel CSV file format.
How do I move funds to and from my account?
To move funds online, go to the 'Move funds' tab, select the source you wish to move money from and to, and then select the amount. To move money back from your AA Travel Card to your bank account is free for AA members, but for non-members there is a £10 fee.
What is an account balance?
Your account balance shows unallocated funds, ie funds that haven't been assigned to your card(s).
What is an available balance?
Available balance means cleared balance associated with your card that is available to spend instantly.
Can I order an additional card?
Yes, an additional card be ordered via your online servicing site by going to the 'Additional cards' tab. You will be offered a choice of keeping the account/card balance to yourself, or sharing it with the new cardholder. There is a fee for an additional card – please see the fees table for exact charge. It is possible to have up to two additional cards in different names, but it is also possible to order a second card in the name of the main card holder. This second card can be activated in case of the main card being lost or stolen.
Please refer to the card fees summary table.
How do I check the available balance on my AA Travel Currency Card / account?
To check your balance, log in to our online servicing, or call our automated service on +44 207 096 9457 from overseas or 0845 872 0822 from the UK.
You can also check your card balance by text. Text BAL XXXX (XXXX represents the last four digits of the long card number) to +44 778 1474 776 from overseas, or 80777 from the UK. Standard network charges apply.
Card security
How do I report that my card is lost or stolen?
If your card is lost or stolen, let us know as soon as possible:
- Call +44 20 7078 2711 from overseas or 0207 078 2711 from the UK, available 24 hours a day. We will cancel your AA Travel Currency Card and issue you with a replacement within seven to ten days.
- Or send us a text with LOST or STOLEN to +44 778 1474 776 from overseas or 80777 from the UK. (SMS texts to this number cost 20p.)
It is possible to apply for an additional card (fee applies) which could be used in an emergency if your card was lost or stolen. You should take your emergency card with you when you travel, but remember to keep it separate from your main card. When you contact us to inform us about your main card being lost or stolen, we can arrange to activate your emergency card and transfer your money.
Phishing – and how to avoid it.
We will never send an email to a customer requesting security or any other confidential information about the AA Travel Currency MasterCard Prepaid Card. If you receive an email claiming to be from AA Financial Services, Tuxedo Money Plus Limited or Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd with a link to what appears to be the AA, Tuxedo or Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd website, do not enter your personal or account details. The AA, Tuxedo and Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd are in no way involved with this email and the website does not belong to us or Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd. Never reply to any such emails or disclose any personal information on such websites.
If you think you've received a fraudulent email that looks like it's from Tuxedo or Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd, please forward the entire email including the header and footer to email@example.com.
How safe is my money?
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme does not apply to the AA Travel Currency Card. No other compensation schemes exist to cover losses claimed in connection with the AA Travel Currency Card. So, in the event that Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd becomes insolvent, your funds may become valueless and unusable, which means that, as a result, you may lose your money.
Expiry and account closure
What should I do when my AA Travel Currency Card expires?
This agreement will terminate 36 months from the account opening date, and you will need to reapply for an AA Travel Currency Card. If you have any unused funds on your old card, we will move these over to your new card. If you do not wish to apply for a new card, we will transfer any funds on your card back to you, after deducting a £10 redemption fee.
How do I close my account?
Contact our Customer Service team on +44 207 096 9457 from overseas or 0845 872 0822 from the UK. Fees may apply. See terms and conditions for details.
Contact us
How can I contact the AA Travel Currency Card team?
You can email Customer Service 24 hours a day at email@example.com. We aim to respond to all queries within 24 hours.
Or you can call +44 207 096 9457 from overseas or 0845 872 0822 from the UK. Our Customer Service agents are available Monday to Friday 9am and 6pm (excluding bank holidays), however you can use the automated service to manage your card at any time.
Calls to Customer Service will be charged. For your call charges, please check with your service provider. 0845 calls from a BT landline are charged at a local rate. Calls made using other service providers, from mobiles or overseas, may vary.
* The prepaid card is an electronic money product and although it is a product regulated by the Financial Services Authority, it is not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. No other compensation scheme exists to cover losses claimed in connection with the prepaid card. This means that in the event that Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd becomes insolvent your funds may become valueless and unusable and as a result you may lose your money.
** Our agents are available from Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm, however you can use this automated telephone service to manage your card at any time. Calls to 0845 numbers are charged at a local rate from BT landlines in the UK. The cost of calls may vary from other phone networks and from abroad.
MasterCard and the MasterCard Brand Mark are registered trademarks of MasterCard International Inc. The card is issued by Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd ('WDCS') pursuant to licence by MasterCard International Inc. WDCS is authorised by the Financial Services Authority to conduct electronic money service activities under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 (Ref: 900051).
The AA Euro and Worldwide Travel Currency MasterCard Prepaid Cards are arranged by AA Financial Services Limited (AAFS), registered in England and Wales number 912211. Registered Office: Fanum House, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 4EA.


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L. J. Echols
Daddy B. Nice's #38 ranked Southern Soul Artist
"From The Back"
L. J. Echols
Composed by L. J. Echols
January 1, 2014:
--Daddy B. Nice
About L. J. Echols
Herman (L. J.) Echols was born in Bassfield, Mississippi, near Hattiesburg in the southern section of the state. L. J. was the oldest sibling in a gospel group called the The Echols Family, which consisted of Herman Echols Sr. (his father and the lead guitar player), Mary Echols (his mother and the lead singer), L. J. (bassist and background singer), Demetric Echols (background singer), Sedrick Echols (drummer and background singer, and cousin Carlson McLoud (backgound singer). They published two gospel albums in the mid-nineties.
Song's Transcendent Moment
"I got rose petals on the floor.
August 30, 2009: L. J. ECHOLS: Another Level (Neckbone) Five Stars ***** Can't Miss. Pure Southern Soul Heaven.With his simple-living sound and his heart-felt authenticity, L. J. Echols is the most charismatic artist to come out of the folk/blues side of Southern Soul since the rise of Theodis Ealey and his from-out-of-nowhere classic, "Stand Up In It."
In the years since "Stand Up In It" pushed its way to the center stage of Southern Soul, the similarities between it and Echols' "From The Back," the near-year-long Southern Soul hit single and centerpiece of Echols' new album, Another Level, are difficult to avoid.
Try and think of another newcomer who, like Echols, has arrived on the scene so full of musical ideas, with the singing voice and producing polish to execute those ideas at the highest level and--hardest of all--the talent to pass them off as real-life impressions, humble, spur-of-the-moment slices of life.
There is a reason no one has ever written (or, shall we say, succeeded at performing) a Southern Soul song quite like "From The Back". Consider the pitfalls. Even now, reading the title, the concept sounds at the least vaguely X-rated and unfit for public consumption.
And yet L. J. not only rushes blissfully into this minefield of possible career-sabotaging material but succeeds in delivering an absolutely winning version of a male mating dance: a staunchly horny but optimistic, somehow wholesome and natural-sounding tour de force.
Ask your ladies about the "natural, wholesome" part if you think your Daddy B. Nice is steering you wrong on this. Sure, L. J. indulges in exhorting his woman to "bring her Master Card" and other egotistical male foolishness, but this is just the kind of tomfoolery women expect from men coming onto them.
And of course, it could only happen in Southern Soul music. Rejoice, y'all.
Still, the unspoken magic of "From The Back," (Daddy B. Nice's #4-ranked Southern Soul Single of 2008), is not really the lyrics but the guitar lick that whips it along. Like Theodis Ealey, Echols has a primary relationship with his guitar. You can feel it in his songs, which sound like they were composed with getting the guitar riff down as the first priority.
Another Level is L. J. Echol's sophomore effort. His first, Well Runs Dry, pulled off the pretty amazing feat of making a lot of people forget the melody to the William Bell classic, "You Don't Miss Your Water." The end of that phrase, of course, is "until the well runs dry," which L. J. took as the inspiration for his own song, "Well Runs Dry."
Echols grew up in Bassfield, Mississippi (the Hattiesburg area). L. J.'s father played guitar with a gospel group, the Gospel Sensations, and the young L.J., his mom, his dad and two brothers had their own gospel group called the Echols Family, with CD's published in 93 and 95.
The Echols' brothers moved to Dallas in 2000, where along with a cousin they struggled with their musical identity. Finally, L.J. (the first-born, as we know from the lyrics of "Thank You Mamma," Daddy B. Nice's #13-ranked Southern Soul Single of 2007,) decided to strike out on his own as a Southern Soul-styled R&B act, writing and producing his own grown-folks material.
Well Runs Dry (which included "Thank You Mamma") was a solid debut, but Another Level, the new CD, is a major leap forward, transporting L. J. Echols into the "front lines" of the young guns of Southern Soul, performers such as Omar Cunningham, T. K. Soul, Sir Charles Jones, Floyd Taylor, Reggie P. and O. B. Buchana.
There's not a bad cut on the album. You keep asking yourself, "Can he keep this up without getting repetitious? Without getting sentimental?", and L. J. keeps producing one fine track after another.
"Taking Candy From A Baby" (Daddy B. Nice's #7 Single, February 2009) could easily be the follow-up single to "From The Back," with a great hook and a great concept. L. J.'s best friend steals L. J.'s woman "right before (his) eyes."
"I did nobody wrong.
Why did it happen to me?"
. . . sings the trusting and innocent L. J. over a beautifully conceived melody.
"Everybody Needs Somebody" is the new album's equivalent to the first album's "Thank You Mamma." In this slow, stately ballad L. J. turns to his grandma for advice, which is memorialized in the title.
"Swangers Only" is another potential single, although a little lighter and less memorable than "From The Back" or "Taking Candy From A Baby."
The ballad "Love" and the quasi-novelty hit "14-16" ("Tell your mamma I love her for feeding you this way. . . ") transition into two tracks that close out the disc in a powerhouse fashion.
"Love Boat" is a frenetic and catchy-sounding chronicle of L.J.'s excitement at being invited on a cruise ship gig with other Southern Soul acts.
And "Let's Get Married" ushers the listener into the unexpectedly lush "I'm Gone Party" (Daddy B. Nice's #1 Single, December 2008), in which Sir Charles Jones (who produced) grafts the horn hook from his own classic "Is There Anybody Lonely" onto Echol's terrific melody and lyrics.
(See Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Sir Charles Jones for an exegesis of this collaboration.)
Another Level's one song produced by someone else--Sir Charles Jones--takes away the guitar prominence of the usual Echols arrangement, replacing it with a languorous wash of sound that nevertheless showcases Echols' vocal in a way that is just as appealing.
You wouldn't think it would work, but it does.
Sound is important to L. J. Echols, and that doesn't mean imitating the latest Southern Soul sound. In fact, L. J. told your Daddy B. Nice that his favorite artist is James Taylor of "Fire And Rain" fame.
And an Echols song like "Everybody Needs Somebody," in which the singer addresses the audience in a monologue about personal experiences, could be a tune by Billy Joel or, at the other extreme, any busker or coffee-shop folksinger in your home town.
"There are no blues artists that I would walk up to and say, 'Can I have your autograph?'" L. J. told your Daddy B. Nice after a recent CD Release party in the Dallas area.
"I don't mean that in a disrespectful way," L.J. said. "I just mean that I love and respect all music. I have a good attitude for anybody. I write about my life and the things I've been through."
What he's trying to say (without sounding self-congratulatory), and what I can say for him, is that his likeable and expressive vocal and his twangy, country-boy inflections on "From The Back" carry the indelible birthmark of Southern Soul music. Without imitating any one artist or any one style, a trait he shares not with Ealey but the late great Frank Mendenhall, L. J. Echols has carved out his own little niche in Southern Soul's gallery of young stars.
--Daddy B. Nice
If You Liked. . . You'll Love
If you liked Theodis Ealey's "Stand Up In It," you'll love L. J. Echols' "From The Back."
Honorary "B" Side
"Well Runs Dry"
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1 GB of internal Memory. 1 GHZ Processor The internal memory is the most overlooked spec on any phone. Depending on the version of Android you are running, you may not be able to store programs on your SD card. All the other phones I looked at in this class only have 500 MB. This phones hardware is matched perfectly to Android 2.3. Bonus! -->>> VOICE RECOGNITION input that works without training. Just amazing. This model is on the Verizon Network. CDMA 1xRTTI for more detailed info. This was my main reason for giving up my Net 10 LG 800. I now have a good signal inside my cottage with a tin roof. It runs Netflix perfectly over my WiFi along with Live 365 internet radio.
I loaded Skype onto it and it would make calls over my WiFi but the calls kept dropping ... which could probably be fixed with some research. But with unlimited call time, who needs Skype anymore. .... The call quality and sound is excellent and it works great as a speaker phone. The included music player gives me the option to play my music files according to their file structure on the SD Card so I do not have to mess with playlists and tags. I do not have a Google account and have downloaded my apps from Amazon ... Except for the Nook Reader which I downloaded from the SlideMe website. The SD card will show up as an external drive when plugged into my Win 7 PC. GPS: I live in the Adirondacks and hike and bicycle ride a lot. With a proper app, this plots my course and records speed, distance and other info. In my first critical test of the GPS, I found the repeatability to be within about 6 feet. More than good enough for tail survey work. It will use the battery up quickly on GPS but that is the nature of the beast. It seems that there is a learning curve in understanding how to manage the battery properly and I'm still down at the lower end. I'm willing to buy spare batteries for this feature. I learned to navigate Coast Guard Aircraft using 1950s vintage Loran A hardware, time delay charts, and calipers... This just blows me away! Camera: Good quality. It needs bright light otherwise the blacks are a little blotchy and some other colors are mottled. I have not had it out in bright sunlight in which I would expect it to make very nice pictures. Maybe I should say that it is only a little bit lesser quality than my friends 5 MP I-phone camera. I am a serious photographer and am probably being too critical of the photo quality. It has no flash but the exposure setting is easy to adjust. The real drawback of the camera is that it will not load any of the camera apps from the Amazon store. I was at least hoping to get Cam Scanner to make PDF documents. The upside is that it takes fine document photos that are readable but just not post processed like CamScanner would do. Do not buy a Droid phone because of the camera MP size. 3 MP is a great size for most common purposes. 5 MP is only a marginal increase over 3 MP and some of the 5 MP Droid phones have smaller memory and slower processors. I still have a lot to learn about this phone and the Android OS but this appears to be the best piece of hardware on the market for the price.
I bought the samsung proclaim to replace my samsung precedent. The precedent was a great phone, dedicated camera key and the power button is on the top of phone. My new PROCLAIM is way faster and the unlock screen is better. Also when you make a call and put it to your ear the screen just goes black as to not press buttons then when you pull it away to end call or pull up keypad it just reappears (you don't have to hit unlock) With the precedent you would have to unlock by pressing the power button to to end call or get to keypad. I have had NO problems with this phone. No camera,freezing, or shutting off randomly. I loved my PRECEDENT, the only real reason for the switch was because I get better reception on VERIZON towers. Now that i switched to the Procaim I am even happier because it has built in documents viewer and ADOBE FLASH ! The phone speed and internet connection are extremely faster than the Precedent. But the power button is on the side of phone and doesn't have a dedicated camera key(you have to touch a button on the screen to take a picture). This phone was hard to get, so if you really want one, you may have to drive an hour or two to find a store that has one left in stock. Walmart has been OUT online since July 5th. I ordered mine on July 4th, picked pay cash, then took my email from walmart to the store, they scanned bar code off my screen, and I payed cash. Then the phone arrived at my walmart for pick up on July 10th 2012. ALSO this phone can install firefox and many apps that my precedent couldn't. If you have a precedent and you wished the screen was wider, get this phone! The screen size is perfect! The PROCLAIM also has some very new software included that some high end phones don't even have yet. WiFi DIRECT allows you to connect to a printer w/wifi and print things, also you can connect to other wifi devices and transfer videos,contacts,music, BUT AT Speeds that blows bluetooth away. This is not hotspot, as far as I can tell, trust me i tried to teather like that and it didn't work. BEST phone I have ever had! good luck trying to get one!
I purchased this cell phone after making the decision to upgrade from the Nokia E-71. I compared the Proclaim against the Precedent, which I had purchased for my husband in April. He liked his and was impressed with it's abilities and functions. Capabilities of the Proclaim were greater although not vastly from the Precedent. My selling point on this particular phone model is that it is VERIZON based which has better coverage in the tri-county area. The Precedent is Sprint based...my husband has not had any complaints, but I'm on the road more often due to family responsibility and health services career. The call reception and placement has been perfect so far with the Proclaim. I have had no problems connecting to my PC. We have watched Netflix on the Proclaim in the doctor's office and in the car/field trip on bus without drag, lag, or interruption as it connects via 3G/WiFi. All in all I love this phone and the Verizon base sells it without the Verizon headache and astro-bill. Only negatives I have encountered would be the Proclaim didn't come with a rubberized skin as my husband's Precedent did, it eats battery life if the GPS/Internet/Bluetooth features are engaged (they can be disconnected from primary screen), and it has no flash for the camera. The camera/video is easy to operate, photos are easy to edit and send/post to social media. I would buy this phone again, although I do wish it was closer in price to the Precedent. The $50 difference is that of a little over a month's ST unlimited card, but the difference of Verizon coverage seals it for me.
Ive been with straight talk for a long time. Like many of you I needed Verizon because the other carriers just didnt cut it in my area. Up until recently if you wanted Verizon, Straight Talk didnt offer an Android phone. Now we are in luck they have this Samsung Galaxy Proclaim as a great option. Ive tried doing the bring your own sim using it with the The AT&T Fusion. That phone was garbage. It lagged and froze etc. We then tried the ZTE Merit. The Merit was a step up from the Fusion but still AT&T wasnt cutting it in my area. NOW I have this Galaxy. Im in heaven with this phone compared to the other two. The phone itself runs WAY smoother than the Fusion or the Merit. The touchscreen is super nice and responsive. There is plenty of internal memory for the few apps that cant be moved to SD. No freezing and taking time to load. Another great thing is that the WiFi doesnt go in and out (happened with the Fusion). The Galaxy camera isnt too bad either. Takes decent pictures in sufficient lighting, I use it for Instagram and quick pics all the time with no complaints. Now for the service... I cant really judge how its going to be at your location but here where I am and for many others, Verizon is superior to the other carriers. I will never get another phone that runs off any other towers. Even when I have one bar with verizon I can talk on the phone with no problems. Try and talk on the phone with one bar through AT&T and your call gets dropped. All in all I recommend this phone by far over the other options. We've already ordered another.
Finally, an android phone that works in my zip-code! The service is great, runs on Verizon's network. (Only one problem so far, caused by user error, and Straight Talk tech support spent the time with me to work through the problem.) So far, I'm loving it. This phone is easy to navigate and apps easy to download. This phone does everything that the really expensive smart phones do and I'm sure there are things it does that I haven't discovered yet.
I'm not a tech savvy person so the 133 page user manual, download, isn't as helpful to me as it could be. I've had to learn the phone with a lot of trial and error. Still a great phone.
My first Android. Seemed like ST was never going to have one that worked on Verizon towers. I have an iPod Touch, so the learning curve was not too steep. Fast internet, lots of features, a lot I still haven't had a chance to check out.
Put a battery-saving app (free) on it right away. And a really cool free app that shows the constellations for where you are looking. Also Gas Buddy.
Anyhow, I'm having a great time with it.
I needed to upgrade my phone to something better than I had. After much research, I decided to choose the Samsung Galaxy Proclaim. It was the best phone for the price, and had many useful functions. I am a storm chaser, so I need a smartphone that can run my radar programs, satellite data and much more, in a timely manner. I just got back from intercepting 8 tornadoes in Kansas this past weekend (May 18/19) and this phone worked phenomenally. 3G data, quick browsing, ease of use. Apps load quickly, they work efficiently, and multitasking is a breeze. The only real problem I had was sharing video clips in text messaging. I keep getting an error that the file size is too large when I shoot in full res. Other than that, this phone works like a charm. I love it and would definitely recommend it to someone else. The phone fits in my hand very well. The photo shows one of the tornadoes I intercepted while on the chase.
This phone is awesome for the price, anyone on a budget and inside of a Verizon service area, this is the phone for you. It has excellent data speeds and very good call quality. The supposed limit for the "unlimited data" is around 2 GB a month (which is a lot!) but i have used much more than that with no service disruption. The only thing i could ask for is a front camera, and the option of stock android (instead of Samsung's "TouchWiz"). I have purchased the extended battery for this phone, which extends the battery by many many hours, along with the app "JuiceDefender" which manages power to get you even more battery life, i have no problem getting several days of use between charges. I have also added the app Go Launcher which replaces the TouchWiz UI and makes the phone very fast and responsive. I have also rooted this phone, which nobody needs to do, but anyone familiar with with the topic, it is very easy to do and lets you back up apps and underclock your phone for more battery. Well hope this review helps somebody and helps them choose the right android for them.
I stepped up from a "dumb phone" (Samsung SGH-T401G) and wanted an Android phone but what pushed it over the top was the Verizon coverage.
My previous phone ran off AT&T towers and usually got 1 bar in my house. Not sure if it was the phone and the network or a combination of the two, but call quality wasn't great with the T401G. The other issue with the T401G was sometimes my texts would be delayed for hours -- or even days -- before people got them. I never knew when -- or if -- people were getting my messages.
But it's another story with the Samsung Proclaim. I've had it for about 3 weeks now and would heartily endorse this phone.
Calls are _much_ clearer and overall coverage is better with more bars pretty much everywhere. I carried on a conversation inside a store one day without a hiccup; that blew me away because I could _never_ do that with my old phone.
Text messages seem to arrive and get delivered promptly. My old phone could only handle 200 sent/received messages before I had to delete them. Not sure what the limit is with this phone but I haven't had to remove anything. (I also got an app SMS Backup+ that backs up SMS, MMS, call logs and contacts to your Gmail account, so you can archive them should you delete them.)
The speech-to-text function works well. If you need to send a text but can't type, it'll give three choices of what it thinks you've said and generally gets it right with one of them when you speak clearly. I'm trying out the Skyvi app for that Siri-like experience; so far, so good but haven't done anything too crazy with it.
The speed is another bonus. I can get my home/work e-mail pulled in fairly quickly, especially when connected to wifi. Watching videos on YouTube works fine.
Other perks, using the GPS and the various mapping apps that are available for directions in car and on foot. I don't use my car GPS anymore. Right now I'm favoring the Waze app to help me avoid traffic. Loving it.
Then there are all the tons of paid/free apps that are available on the Google Play site. You can select apps then install them to your phone the website. Mind blowing. Google Play also lists the applications you've installed.
I like to take pictures -- the quality of the camera images is excellent in my opinion -- and share them on Facebook/Instagram. Another cool app is DMD Pano for panoramic shots.
I use DropBox to transfer files between my PC and phone. I have a couple ebook readers (Moon Reader and Aldiko) that are handy for reading while on the train. I use the My Tracks app to keep a log of my runs.
For podcasts, I just found the Podkicker app which lets you subscribe to podcasts and download/stream them. So far, it's been the best iTunes alternative I've found.
There are plenty of good free games as well.
The downside to the phone is the battery does run down much quicker than my old phone, but that's par for the course with most Android phones. I do have a "battery saver" app installed that shuts down certain services to save juice. I can probably go an entire day of moderate use without recharging but just barely. I usually bring my charger with me to plug in while at work. The big energy sucker is the GPS, so I leave it off when I don't need it. I bought a car charger (Rally 7413) to plug the phone in, which I would recommend for other folks.
I would have liked is a forward facing camera for Skype but there are some products like the Vainworks Stand that can fill that void. (I may buy one in the future. Since I got my phone, Skype and games are the only thing I basically use my iTouch for.)
This is the same phone as the Samsung Illusion so if you need a case, that should help. I bought a Body Glove one off Amazon and it's perfect. I also bought a screen protector 3 pack off Amazon as well.
I just got my first smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Proclaim! Probably the best $200 I ever spent.
The 3G is plenty fast and on the Verizon Network. The Wi-fi is excellent. Downloaded Facebook, Netflix, my email account, and the YouVersion Bible app and life just got easier without sitting in front of a computer for long periods of time.
This phone is an exact replica of the Samsung Illusion and you will need to buy a case for the Illusion for this phone until they get new cases and screen protectors in the Proclaim name. I got my case from Radio Shack for $7.99 and used the Universal Screen protectors that I cut myself to protect the screen.
This is probably one of the best Smartphone Deals on the market right now. Don't let anybody tell you that "it's a 'Prepaid Smartphone' and it won't be anywhere as good", it's all you will need with no contract and you really will "Feel Richer"!
Here is the link to the Samsung Illusion User Manual because there is not one for the Proclaim yet, same phone.
For anyone purchasing this phone, go to the web site listed below. It will walk you through anyting you need to do on you phone. It is the best tutorials I have ever seen.
I've been an Android user for years now, and of all the phones I've had (which I enjoyed), I have to say that this Proclaim has been my favorite. There is plenty of storage on the actual device that I wouldn't need an SD card - however, since I'm an avid picture-taker, I do keep one in it. >> The camera does not have a flash - nor does the phone have a LED indicator. Not having a flash for the camera is a bit of a downer, but if you have adequate lighting, the camera does take pretty pictures. The processor is much speedier than my DROID2 ever was. >> Battery power has lasted the whole day as long as the GPS is OFF.
With GPS on, it will drain much more quickly. My girls are 10 and 12 now, and when I finally take the plunge in getting them their own cell phones, I will indeed purchase this phone - or it's newer model, depending on when I get around to the actual purchase. The speakers have performed pretty well, too. Nice and clear, crisp sound.
I've only used a flip phone.. and it worked just fine.. so I was reluctant to upgrade to a smart phone.. (they looked complicated). My grandkids encouraged me to get one.. so I looked at the Walmart straight talk phones / reviews and picked the Samsung Proclaim. I'm 73 years old and this phone just amazes me.. It is so easy to operate and enjoy. In addition to the phone.. I can check the weather, sports scores, stock market and latest news with a couple of touches .. even read a book or watch a movie when waiting for an appointment.. and yet it fits in my pocket !!
Thank you Samsung, Straight Talk and Walmart for having such great product.. and at such an incredibly affordable price.
i have had many phones and carriers, i started with bell, att, alltel, verizon, then finally straight talk, using the nokia 6790 and my wife had the e71, well this samsung galaxy proclaim with straight talk and verizon towers is the break through for excellent coverage and a very reasonable plan for an android phone on a prepaid carrier, over half the price of major networks contract plans, and still good to excellent coverage, especially in remote areas such as mine in the ozark and boston mountains of rural arkansas, and as for reveiws on battery life, well all phones out there are really close to the same, depends on all the features you run, if you run a lot of features or apps without turning them off, then you will use a lot of battery, but this is with any phone, so be conservative with all that you run on your phone, i hope this helps, i bought this phone off of others reveiws, and glad i did, thanks for those reveiws, great phone, very good service
This is my first Android Phone and My first time using a prepaid service. I have been on the Verizon Network for Years And was wanting to upgrade to a Smart Phone, but was not willing to pay for the pricing. When I found Out I could get the Verizon Network with this phone for only $45 a month I jumped at the offer. I have had this phone and service for a month now and I have not had any issues. I have had the same signal strength on this phone that I had on my other Verizon phone. Web works great, as well as messaging, no dropped calls yet either. When my wife and kids contracts are up I am switching them as well. My only regret is upgrading their phones and signing contracts to get their phones without researching this option first.
This is the first time I have purchased a Straight Talk phone as well as the first time I have bought an android phone.
I did the entire purchase of the phone and plan as well as activated it... ALL ON LINE, it was so easy.
I did my homework on what the best smart phone for my needs, and what service would work for me.
I left another major carrier becasue the rates were to high for me if I wanted a smart phone plus I had to sign a contract. WalMarts' Straight Talk phone are, in my opinion, the best price and the best rate plans out there.
If I had to give a negative, the only thing I can say is:
The phone DOES NOT come with a user manual. It comes with a "Service Guide" book that doesn't give the first time owner of a smart phone enough proper information. I had to hunt on the internet for a 136 page manual and download it to really learn and know the phone...but that's more Samsungs fault than Walmarts.
I have only had it for a week, but love it already.
Good phone, overall, so far; (Staightalk is a good service; I've had it for over a year, with no failures, such as was the case with my Blackberry, and I'm saving a LOT of money.) LCD uses most of battery, so set it on low, and set timer to turn phone off for shorter time. Battery life is NOT as long as advertised, according to my experience.
You had better get a car-charger, etc.; I assume the USB cable that comes with it will charge from your computer; haven't fully read the 'lil book.
1. one SMALL button @side for on/off, rather obscure.
2. battery charge-port: no cover; is OPEN, prone to get dirt/moisture; should have cover like most phones, similar to the micro-SD cover.
3. You MUST buy the insurance AT purchase time; can't be added. I SUGGEST YOU BUY, FOR WITH THE OPEN PORT FOR CHARGING, IT IS LIKELY TO FAIL due to dirt/moisture over the months. cost is $39 for 18 months...get it.
4. IF camera is a priority: only 3megapixels, unlike some Samsung with 8MP; video may only be set to a little above 'good'/NO HD, 720p etc....camera is 'outdated' to start with, IF the camera is of importance to you.
5. Camera: no button handy; must use LCD; IF you need a quick shot, NOT so quick.
Panorama feature isn't working on my camera setting, currently; gotta find the problem.
This is an awesome phone. The signal is great. Runs on Verizon. Haven't had any problems. Activation took a couple of hours. Just continue to try the number you were instructed to until phone works. Already used email refill and that took about 12 minutes total. I am very pleased with the phone, service and monthly cost. Can't beat it. I know there is still a lot to learn on this phone, it has so many features. I would definitely recommend!!!!
I was literally on my way to Wally World to get a ST Android phone as it was time to join the Android nation. I checked one more time at ST web-site to see what phones were available at my friend's farm in NE Iowa. before it was strictly the "c" (CDMA, i.e. Verizon) network, of which ST didn't offer any Android phone for. Until now. I talked to an online rep and she indeed said it was a deal with Verizon for this Android model only. SO I bought a Proclaim, took it to the boonies to the farm, and lo, was able to get 3g speeds for e-mail, surfing, etc. This is fantastic. As it's my first Android phone, I'm a bit inexperienced but wow am I loving all this phone can do! I'm even disconnecting my home Comcast wi-fi as this does pretty much everything I need (the rest I can do at work or a hotspot). Phone is solid (I'm a Samsung fan), call quality is great, features like GPS work great, but it does drop calls, esp. if I'm walking and talking. V.v. happy!
When this phone works, it works great. That is until the firmware (The software that makes the phone parts work ie. microphone, speaker, etc) take a turn for the worse. This phone has an inherent bug that most of the Samsung Phones of this generation suffered from; however, this one continues to suffer from it. Straight Talk does not update firmware and this phone comes with the original bug filled version. Do not be surprised if in the middle of the call at anytime, yes anytime as in first few seconds to hours into a call, that the person on the other end can no longer hear you. No it isn't your signal, it is the phone turning it's microphone off. I have had 3 of these phones after returned 2 of them to straight talk and this is only in the last 5 months. All of the phones have this problem and it is randomly occurring. If you can deal with this problem, then this phone is a great starter Android phone and does play Netflix and youtube without issue. It works great on the internet and is wifi enabled as well. This does not come with tethering or hotspot as that is against the ToS of Straight Talk. The phone requires the 45$ unlimited card that IS NOT unlimited internet. You are restricted to 100MB a day and 2GB data a month. This phone works on the Verizon network and was Straight Talk's first Verizon network phone.


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Top of the Charts: The top hits this week and the past four decades (Flo Rida, Fergie, Los Del Rio, Madonna, and Elton John and Kiki Dee)
There's a new name and tune at the top of this week's Top of the Charts. A new hip-hop challenger has conquered Carly Rae Jepsen's uber-catchy hit, "Call Me Maybe," after its nine-week run at number one. See which single is the new Billboard Hot 100 champion -- and watch it's video -- below. Then, check out which songs were the biggest hits this week in 2006, 1996, 1986 and 1976.
No. 1 hit Aug. 20, 2012
Flo Rida "Whistle"
The Florida hip-hop star reached the top of the charts this week for the third time in his career -- and first time since the Ke$ha-featuring "Right Round" hit number one in 2009. This time, it is the not so subtly suggestive pop tune "Whistle" that has carried Flo Rida to the top spot. Ellie Goulding's "Lights" is nipping at the song's heels in the number two spot, while Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" slid to number three.
Number one this week in 2006
Fergie "London Bridge"
In 2006, Fergie launched her solo career with a big boost from the chart-topping "London Bridge." After becoming the new female voice of the Black Eyed Peas, Fergie became a breakout pop star of her own with her solo debut album, "The Duchess." Two more songs from the album -- "Glamorous" and "Big Girls Don't Cry" -- would be number one hits by the end of 2007. "London Bridge" stayed on top for three weeks before being knocked down by Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" in September.
No. 1 this week in 1996
Los Del Rio "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)"
The biggest hit of 1996 stayed on top of the charts for 14 weeks, incited a dance craze in clubs around the globe and continues to inspire aunts and uncles to shake their hips on wedding dance floors today. The seemingly unassuming Latin lounge duo Los Del Rio released their original version of "Macarena" in 1994, but the Bayside Boys Mix version captivated audiences and had them rhythmically reaching out, grabbing their hips and thrusting about.
The song was such a big success that it ranks at number five on Billboard's all-time top 100 and is the biggest Latin hit ever recorded.
No. 1 this week in 1986
Madonna "Papa Don't Preach"
Madonna has had 12 chart-topping hits in her international popstar career. Two of them climbed the charts in 1986. Early in the year, "Live to Tell" was all the rage for one week, but "Papa Don't Preach" spent two weeks on top in August. The video featured one of Madonna's first stark image changes and an overview of a controversial issue, as she appeared in short hair and a tomboyish outfit in a dramatic storyline centered on a teen pregnancy.
No. 1 this week in 1976
Elton John and Kiki Dee "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" was the sixth time that Elton John hit number one in the United States, but it marked just the first time that he topped the charts in his native England. He would have to wait until 1990 to repeat that feat. The song was Kiki Dee's only career top hit, but she would climb the British charts when she teamed up with John again in 1993 to record a duet version of Cole Porter's "True Love."
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The annual Scandinavian Festival celebrating the heritage of the Conejo Valley's first settlers will take place April 16 and 17 on the campus of California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.
Thousands of people from across the Southland visit the festival each year to enjoy food, arts and crafts and entertainment highlighting the culture of the area's Norwegian pioneers as well as the cultures of Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland.
The admission fee will increase this year from $5 to $7 for those over 12 years old, although the event remains free for children 12 and younger. Parking is also free.
Sandra Grunewald, who led the committee responsible for putting the festival together, said the extra money is needed for new musical artists and more demonstrations and children's activities.
"We're bringing in talent from out of state and are making a concerted effort to provide something for everyone," said Grunewald, an assistant professor at CLU's School of Business.
"Each year we need to add something new and it's always exciting when you can bring talented people in."
Now in its 37th year, the festival for the first time is holding an Old Time Scandinavian Dance with live music from 5-8:30 p.m. April 16.
During the weekend's festivities, live musical entertainment will be provided on the festival stage by a variety of artists including a Finnish American duo called Kaivama and Ole Olsson's Oldtime Orkestra, both from Minnesota.
There will also be a tribute to Swedish pop groups Abba, Ace of Bass and Roxane performed by Vocal Variations, which Grunewald describes as a "Glee-type" group of young singers and dancers from Los Angeles.
The perennially popular Viking encampment will be back as well as the chance to play Kubb, an ancient Nordic game similar to horseshoes, and to make a traditional Scandinavian wooden butter knife.
Free arts and crafts activities for children include making rope the old Viking way and the chance to make a traditional Viking boat out of a milk carton and float it across a pool.
Specialty foods will be available at the festival's food court including authentic Scandinavian such as Swedish meatballs, aebleskivers, Swedish pancakes, and lefse.
There will also be a number of vendors' booths and an exhibition of Volvo cars and of World War II-era Danish Nimbus motorcycles.
The event will run 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 16 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 17 at CLU's Kingsmen Park, near Olsen Road and Mountclef Boulevard.
It kicks off on April 16 with a traditional parade of flags and an opening ceremony.
For more information, go to http://www.scandinaviancenter.org./scandinavian_festival.
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The Silver Camera Award honors those who have made significant contributions to the medium of photography and is presented by the MoCP. This year, the MoCP is pleased to present the second annual Silver Camera Award to artist Barbara Crane. For the past sixty years, Crane (American, b.1928) worked as a photographer, creating highly formal, often abstracted images of people and the urban landscape. Her work plays with line, shadow, and light, to create elegant forms. In her figurative subjects, the photographs beautifully depict a large spectrum of human experience.
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Putting Evil in Perspective
If Christ has truly defeated the powers of Satan on the Cross, why do the powers of evil effectively operate in this world?
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"And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross." Colossians 2:15
Christian theology takes seriously the reality of evil. How can we do otherwise, when the newspaper every day tells of murder, war, poverty, sexual abuse, and other signs that evil is afoot in our world? Some groups (e.g., Christian Scientists) have claimed that evil is not real. Others (e.g., ancient Gnostics) have claimed that those who truly know Christ have already been transported out of the material world of suffering and evil. Historically the church has judged such teachings to be heretical.
Paul writes eloquently of "the sufferings of this present time" (Rom. 8:18): "We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies" (Rom. 8:22-23). As Jesus wept at the tomb of Lazarus, lamenting death's power over one he loved, so also Christians continue to groan under the power of evil, in solidarity with a fallen creation.
The question refers to the defeat of Satan (who, by the way, is not actually mentioned in Col. 2:15) on the Cross. Yet several New Testament texts speak of the Devil actively prowling about looking for someone to devour (1 Pet. 5:8) and call Christians to participate in the ongoing struggle against "the cosmic powers of this present darkness" (Eph. 6:12).
In light of all this, the real problem is how we are to understand Colossians 2:15, which seems to contradict so much of the New Testament witness, not to mention our own experience of evil in the world. A few sentences in Colossians seem to express a realized eschatology—that is, a belief that Christ's triumph over evil is already complete and that the coming kingdom of God is already fully present.
A good reading of Colossians 2:15 must take into account the message of the letter as a whole. In brief, some in the church at Colossae had been led astray into superstitious reverence for cosmic powers apart from Christ. The reverence for these angelic powers was accompanied by strict demands for ascetic, self-denying practices (2:16-23).
Paul reacts to this disturbing situation by declaring the primacy of Christ over all creation (1:15-20). The death and resurrection of Jesus, now seated at the right hand of God (3:1), establishes his authority over everything, including the "rulers and authorities" acclaimed by the false teachers at Colossae. Because Jesus is Lord, Paul argues, Christians are free to disregard the self-abasing "regulations" associated with these lesser angelic figures.
Therefore, Colossians 2:15 must be read as a visionary statement that sees God's final redemptive purpose as though it were already complete, since the final outcome is guaranteed by the Cross and Resurrection.
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One hears a lot about the Ames test (as a measure of carcinogenicity and other Bad Things.) It's sometimes held up by animal-rights types as a model of the sort of testing that could be done if, presumably, we weren't all so much into torturing the lesser species. I thought a look at the test would be worthwhile. This is another post where many of my readers in the industry will know the material, but since almost no one outside of it does. . .The original Ames test dates to the mid-1960s, and the idea behind it is even older. First, you need some mutated bacteria, in this case mutant Salmonella bacteria that have lost the ability to produce their own histidine (an essential amino acid.) These guys can be grown on a medium that contains histidine, but if you try to grow them on something else, they'll die. Unless, of course, they mutate back to being able to make it on their own, and that's the basis of the test in a nutshell.The original protocol was worked out after a long search for Salmonella mutants - some naturally occurring (although not for long!) and others induced by radiation or exposure to toxins. The modern form uses some engineered bacteria as well. There's a panel of standard strains, with different types of defects in the gene that's responsible for histidine production. Several also have hand-introduced glitches in their best DNA-repair enzymes. Losing those force the bacteria to use more low-tech cellular machinery to do the job, increasing the chance of random mutations. Finally, all the Ames test strains have defective polysaccharide outer coats, to make them more permeable to the test chemicals. These are not exactly the most robust Salmonella you'll ever see (but robust Salmonella would laugh at most of our test chemicals, which wouldn't be too informative.)There are a number of different ways to run the test, but they all come down to this: you expose your bacteria to the test substance, and try to grow them without their required histidine. That really puts the selection pressure on - stumble back to making your own histidine, or die! So anything that survives is a mutation, and the more of those you get, the worse your test substance was. That's because the mutation occurred while the DNA was being repaired or replicated. Your test compound either caused the damage that had to be repaired, or it caused the replication process to fumble.An added wrinkle involve taking your compound and exposing it to liver enzymes first, then taking that mix and running the Ames on it. That can pick up toxic metabolites that might form in vivo(not all of them, but it's a start.) Drug companies routinely do it both ways, just to be sure.So that's an Ames test. What does it mean? Here's where the arguing starts, but there are some agreed-on facts: A dose-responsive positive in means that your compound damages DNA. There are a lot of ways for that to happen, and the behavior of the different Salmonella strains can point toward what kind it probably was. As you pile up the DNA damage, odds increase that you'll finally bollix some gene that shouldn't have been messed with, one that can start a cell on to road to cancer.And that's what the test has traditionally been used for, as a proxy for carcinogenic potential. It's not a good surrogate for general toxicity, because there are plenty of toxic compounds that don't work by damaging DNA. Nerve gas, for example, would probably pass an Ames test, although I'm pretty sure that no one has been insane enough to actually take a look. Long-term carcinogenic potential is not a big issue for the typical nerve gas user.Here come the harder questions, though: are all carcinogens positive in the Ames test? Do all the things that light up an Ames test cause cancer? And at what level of positive activity should you start to get worried? Bruce Ames himself started to wonder about these questions as the years went on. The answers were a bit surprising. . .(to be continued.)
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David Dhawan's son Rohit Dhawan has got two reasons to become happy. First, his directional debut 'Desi Boyz' is garnering good money at the box-office and second big reason is that he is getting married next year in February. Speaking shyly on the impending wedding Rohi
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The team of Eros International's 'Desi Boyz' has finally let out their big surprise. Actress Chitrangda Singh will be seen in a sizzling new avatar along with Akshay Kumar and John Abraham. As the promotion of Desi Boyz starts in full swing, lead actress Chitrangda's look has been kept under wraps as part of their marketing campaign. A lot of measures have also been taken to ensure her look isn't leaked until closer to the release of the film Says a source, "Two teaser posters of the film are out and Chitrangda doesn't feature in them since she is a surprise package in the film. She plays an extremely sensuous role .The team had unanimously decided to keep her look under covers since it's something audiences have never seen before." Chitrangda is also going to stun everyone with her dancing skills in a salsa number which is another highlight of the film. Confirms director Rohit Dhawan, "Chitrangda comes at a very important junction in the film. No one would expect her entry in that situation. I want to maintain the intrigue value and surprise element even in the teaser posters." Eros International's 'Desi Boyz' stars Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone and Chitrangda Singh and is slated for a release on 25th November 2011.


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Was going to say the exact same thing actually - it's incredibly difficult to make any kind of prediction based on the combined testing sessions... Which makes me all the more excited about the Oz GP! I have high hopes for this season, hopefully it will be one of ugly cars but great, close racing!


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Let the games begin! We left Wichita at 830 am local on Saturday, November 6, anxious to see how the newly-re-engined 182 would fare on a cross-country totalling some nine hours. It was quite a revelation, from the start. We climbed away from ICT at nearly 2,000 fpm–in spite of our weight. But that was just the beginning.
The first leg took us to Albuquerque NM, and would last 3+18. At our initial cruise altitude of 6,500 feet I set power at 71-percent (the best the engine would put out at that altitude). OAT was +14 degrees C., Manifold pressure was 23.8 inches (the EDM-930 is very precise), prop rpm was 2,500, and we were running at 100 degrees rich of peak EGT for maximum power. Consquently, fuel flow was high, at 19.4 gph.
At no time on the entire trip did cylinder head temperatures blow past 400 degrees. That's something you can't say about IO-550 installations in some Bonanzas!
Anyway, here are the results: 145 KIAS, and a whopping 162 KTAS. As promised, we were cruising in the yellow arc! But the air was smooth all the way to ABQ, and it was a treat to watch the scenery go by. I climbed in stages to 10,500 feet just prior to reaching ABQ, so as to clear terrain, and soon we were at Cutter Aviation, gassing up for the next leg to the Phoenix-Goodyear (GYR) airport west of Phoenix. That leg took 3+10. At times our groundspeed went to 152 knots–which ended up being the record for the entire trip.
Oh, and that 300-hp came in handy taking off from ABQ, which has an elevation of 5,355 feet msl and, when we were there, a temperature of 82 degreees F. In spite of the density altitude, our initial climb rate was 1,500 fpm. Not bad at all.
Most of the trip to GYR was spent at 10,500 feet, at 64-percent power with full throttle and a mixture setting of 50 degrees rich of peak EGT. The result was a 15.5 gph fuel burn rate, and a true airspeed of 147 knots.
Transferring fuel from the Flint Aero tip tanks to the mains takes about 25-30 minutes. Each tip tank holds 11.5 gallons of usable fuel, so having the extra 23 gallons for an "in-flight fillup" made for comfortable fuel reserves on trips like this–where distances between airports can be great.
After a quick-turn at GYR, it was off to Palm Springs International–about two hours away. The weather in the LA basin was IFR, so a flight straight through was out of the question. Besides, night would fall halfway to PSP and it was just plain time to end the flying day.
The arrival at PSP was, um, interesting. Surface winds were 310 at 20, gusting to 35. A Falcon jet ahead of us reported a shocking 50-knot airspeed swing as it encountered wind shear on final. Soon enough, it would be my turn.
There was turbulence, but I'd call it light as I started down final. Halfway to the runway, though, and the bottom fell out. The ship sank mightily as my headwind went away and/or a downdraft sucked us earthward. That's when that 300-hp once more proved its value. A blast of power, and the ship was back on the proper glide path for runway 31L. It took a lot of jockeying to get the plane to touch down properly, but all's well that ends well, and soon we were tied down and heading for the hotel.
Yesterday, I used the route that AOPA is publishing for VFR arrivals to LGB from the east. That meant a leg through the slightly turbulent Banning pass, then on to the Lake Mathews and Santa Ana Canyon VFR waypoints (they're published on the Los Angeles VFR Terminal Area Chart.) Our initial cruise altitude was 6,500 feet, but after Santa Ana Canyon, SoCal approach sent us down, in steps, to 2,500 feet. Then it was over to Long Beach approach and tower for a landing on runway 25R. Well, not at first. LGB is a busy place, so expect rapid-fire radio chatter and clearance changes. Like my being told to go around for other landing traffic. The second landing was the last, and now the Crossover Classic is parked at the AirFlite FBO–the host FBO for AOPA Summit's static display.
If you're coming by–and I hope you do–then stop by the sweepstakes airplane section of the static. You're looking for N52832. It may look like a beater, but its Continental engine and Hartzell three-blade prop signal that this is definitely an airplane to watch. See you there!


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Are You In Control of Your Life…. Or Is Time?
Lately, I've been very aware of my relationship with time. This ever-present, sometimes all consuming constant in life – daunting, welcoming and everything in between.
When life's hectic schedules are permitted to overtake our attention, time seems to move at a much different speed that when we anxiously await news or an event. Some days seem to fit into just a couple hours while others drag on for a lifetime. Regardless, on either end of the spectrum, most people struggle with this personal relationship with time. So, what really dictates the amount of time that we have in our day?
We logically know that time moves at constant, uniform increments, however, it's our perception of time that changes – A function of our mindfulness. So, to an extent, we are in control of the breadth of our time.
Slightly empowering, isn't it?
This is practice that I often use to remind myself of this power within myself. Most of us have a cheap clock or watch that 'ticks'. Almost every clock in my house has a very audible sound. I put myself in a quiet place with a clock and meditate on the sound of the seconds as they appear and disappear. I get acquainted with them, play with them, and attempt at altering increments in between, longer and shorter, depending on my concentration (and yes, it works). Then, while still holding on to that awareness and power, I venture back out into the world.
I feel like I'm paying homage to, or agreeing to peacefully co-exist with, this ruling force of our modern world. I think to myself, 'I understand that time must pass, however, I am wielding my ability to control how I perceive and utilize this constant, dynamic aspect of life.'
This exercise also instills in me a sense of respect and appreciation for the ephemeral nature of life. Every 'tick' of the clock represents a moment pregnant with possibilities and every pause before the next signifies that it's gone forever… and yet another moment to savor at its heels.
We may have many 'ticks' in this lifetime but how many are you willing to waste in a mindless, autopilot existence?
When this idea is taken to a larger scope, beyond increments of seconds, it is blatantly obvious how habits and cycles control whole aspects of our day-to-day lives. We simply surrender to time and allow auto-pilot to take control. To different degrees, these habits and cyclical reoccurrences become more of an exercise in insanity than an actual mindful existence.
I know that this is all old news. We are inundated with 'mindful living' prompts but, because we're still so busy thinking about tomorrow, reminders are generally welcomed.
We are all armed with the tools, it's just a matter of remembering to use them.
Just, yet another, loving reminder.
Who is in control of your life?
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Always love to read your posts, Jennifer. I'm constantly struggling with my perception of time–do I have enough to read, write, do everything I want to do PLUS fit in the mundane things like laundry, blah blah blah. This one in particular hit home. Cheers!
Thank you very much, Lynn. We all share those same struggles. I get most frustrated when I don't have the time to do my time meditations! I hope, with practice, to finally become completely unconcerned with time when I am able to mindfully exist with my own sense of a second, minute, hour, and day.
Thank you, as always, Dylan, for your kind comments.
What a great article! I especially like the playing with the intervals between seconds. It does demonstrate our ability to "control the seemingly uncontrollable". I've recently started walking for exercise and occasionally struggle with the time it takes to walk, as opposed to jogging or running the same distance. This definitely gives me a good exercise to think about during my moving meditation time.
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The Study of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome(PCOS) With Gene and Questionnaire
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an extremely common disorder in women of reproductive age. Diagnosis of PCOS is principally based on clinical and physical findings. Diagnostic criteria and PCOS definitions used by clinicians and researchers are almost as heterogeneous as the syndrome. This first part of study is determine whether genetic polymorphisms influence hormonal and metabolic characteristics in Taiwanese patients with PCOS and controls. Furthermore, women with PCOS were reported with high risk of cardiovascular disease, the investigators planned to calculate the difference of carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) between women with PCOS and normal control to determine the premature atherosclerosis of women with PCOS.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
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|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|The Study of Metabolic and Cardiac Vascular Risk in Patients With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- The correlation of PCOS betwwen metabolic and cardiovascular disease. [ Time Frame: Participant were followed for 1 month in study period. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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|November 2009
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|October 2010
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|August 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|15 Years to 45 Years
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome(PCOS)
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- women at reproductive age
- women with PCOS and women without PCOS.
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- young women who had their menarche less than 3 years
- women older than 45 years old, Amenorrhea of menopause, hyperglycemia, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, heart failure, lung failure, renal failure, anemia, dystrophy, gonitis.
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|Wan Fang Hospital
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|April 29, 2010
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|December 30, 2013
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|Taiwan: Department of Health
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Adnexal Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Gonadal Disorders
Ovarian Cysts
Ovarian Diseases
Pathologic Processes
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text: From: Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2_(_dot_)_e313df_(_at_)_mired_(_dot_)_org> Subject: Re: find -lname and -ilname implemented Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:19:37 -0500 > On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:00:47 -0700 (MST) "M. Warner Losh" <imp_(_at_)_bsdimp_(_dot_)_com> wrote: > > > In message: <20080223123556_(_dot_)_3eee709d_(_at_)_bhuda_(_dot_)_mired_(_dot_)_org> > > Mike Meyer <mwm_(_at_)_mired_(_dot_)_org> writes: > > : On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:03:08 -0700 (MST) "M. Warner Losh" <imp_(_at_)_bsdimp_(_dot_)_com> wrote: > > : > > : > Sorry to be lame and follow up to my original email, but Ruslan was > > : > way too quick to give me feedback :-) > > : > > > : > I also did a few more of the really easy ones, and added a list of > > : > ones that we haven't implemented yet. > > : > > > : > Comments? > > : > > : How about a question: why are you turning the FreeBSD find into the > > : GNU find? The changes in the first patch looked like they added real > > : functionality that wasn't available in other tools. These seem to be > > : gratuitous changes to make things compatible with GNU. > > > > The changes aren't gratuitous. They are well thought out to ensure > > maximum compatibility. > > That they add no new functionality, but only exist to make things > compatible with GNU are what make them gratuitous to me. It adds functionality. That doesn't make it gratuitous. One might just as well call 'POSIX' compatibility gratuitous. Like it or not, the GNU utilities represent a de-facto standard that we must conform to. > > It is yet another barrier to entry for people converting from Linux to > > FreeBSD. There's lots of useful scripts that have been written for > > the embedded world that, sadly, assume more functionality in our tools > > than are present. They don't always do nice autoconf things to find > > the right tool to use. The trivial differences between gnu find and > > our find serve no real purpose. > > The problem with this argument is that there are no limits on it, > other than the developers definition of "trivial". OS X has already > carried this argument to the point that they've replaced /bin/sh with > bash. Don't be rediculous. I added 1k of extra space to an existing utility. That was part of the calculous in my making the changes I did. Or course, we may need to adopt features from bash into our /bin/sh as time marches forward. This is no different from what the project has always done. There's nothing new that I've done. Reviewing all the utilities one will find where people have added features or enhanced compatibility with other gnu tools. Don't make me quote all the cvs log entries to prove this point (but I will if you don't believe me). > While I understand that it's easier to fix the BSD find, have you > tried filing bug reports with patches for the tools that assume GNU > find? That would help people outside the BSD community as well. Like spitting in the ocean. There's a bunch of different such tools and it is a better investment of my time and everybody else's time to make FreeBSD's find work better in these environments rather than trying to fix all the places that use it. I'm also not sure that the maintainers would buy the argument you are making here. People outside the BSD community generally use gnu tools. The percentage of people using other Unicies is small, and typically they don't have source to rebuild (Solaris/OpenSolaris is one exception I can think of). In short, I'm continuig the long tradition that we've done as FreeBSD and that BSD and other Unix vendors did before us: compatibility with other implementations. Warner _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers_(_at_)_freebsd_(_dot_)_org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe_(_at_)_freebsd_(_dot_)_org"


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