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PrintHand Mobile Print Premium v7.2.0 [unlocked]
Requirements: 2.1+
Overview: Print from your device directly via WiFi or Bluetooth without a computer.
You can print:
- Office documents (DOC, XLS, PPT, PDF, TXT)
- Images and photos
- Emails and attachments
- Web pages
- Calendar, call log, text messages
- Google Drive files
- Facebook albums
- Files from Dropbox
- Files from Box
- Files from SugarSync
- Content from many other apps, by clicking on Share button
Print to Mac or Windows shared printers, Workgroup, Domain and Active Directory. Print directly via USB cable from Android 4.0 and above. Print to Google Cloud. Share the printer with our free software for Mac and PC from printhand.com, and print to any printer as long as you can print from the computer.
Our Printer Setup Wizard will detect your printers automatically, and guide through the configuration process if needed. In a few clicks you'll be able to print.
You can try to print test page in our free app, but for unlimited printing you have to purchase premium app or make in-app purchase in free app.
Have a good print!
Rendering library update.
Introducing scanning for various Samsung and Xerox MFPs!
Scanning feature available in test mode, please contact our support team [email protected] if you have any problems.
Minor bugs fixed
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PrintHand Mobile Print Premium v7.2.0 [unlocked] - android-zone.ws.apk - 7.7 MB
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Pic Collage v4.14.17 [unlocked]
Requirements: Varies with device
Overview: With over 70 million downloads, PicCollage is your new favorite app â¤. It's a party with your photos!
Pic Collage allows you to create amazing collages using your photos, stickers, text and frames. Once you're done, share it to Pic Collage, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and also also email it! Perfect for keeping memories
What do you get when you combine your favorite photos, awesome stickers, fun fonts, self portrait and the ability to share to your favorite social network? PicCollage. 65 million users can't be wrong. Download Pic Collage NOW, and create your own beautiful summer memories!
The latest and greatest updates are in this version. MUST. GET. IT. NOW:
* You can now choose your own username and profile pic on PicCollage!
* Follow others to discover more collages
* Respond and comment on the collages you like
* View all the people who like your collages
* View all the collages you created and liked on your NEW profile page
* Search for celebrities, photos, fashion, and all the other awesome collages made by the users
* We've also added a brand new Contests section where you can Respond to others with your own creations to get shoutouts and more followers.
"Whether you're 6 or 106, you'll find the free Pic Collage app an excellent way to dress up your photo collection and share your handiwork." - USA Today
Awesome features:
* Import photos from your photo gallery, Facebook and web image search
* Simple touch gestures to rotate, resize, flick to delete in the collage editor
* Double-tap a photo to edit photo with Aviary photo effects, crop photo, adjust borders
* Just tap on the lower-left Frame icon, and swipe to select a frame to make an instant collage!
* Clip photos by outlining the area you want with your finger
* Lots of backgrounds and stickers to choose from!
* Share your creations to PicCollage, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
"You can impress your mother, brag to your co-workers, and make your vacation look even better than it really was, all before you pack your suitcase to return home ... It could be the fastest way you'll ever find to organize a batch of photos ... Also makes gorgeous emails and can turn your image into a real postcard." - LA Times and Newsday
"Absolutely the best this is the best photo-collage app i use for just about everything. I enjoy it a lot. You should definitely download it! Not a waste!
†- Caitlin Gillogly
"I love it! I use this app 24/7 to make book covers especially for my wattpad books. Also, its fun to do! I love to do it and I can do it anywhere anytime!†- Sweetpea Ramirez
"The best collage creator ever!! This is the best collage creator on google play store. You can put loads of different stickers on your creations. Also you can use any pics from your gallery!!†- Hannah Odinson
PicCollage and "Pic Collage†are trademarks of Cardinal Blue Software. For more detailed terms of service:http://cardinalblue.com/tos
Latest Updates in this version:
* Improvements and bug fixes.
Recent updates:
* Add Videos! Finally we can create collages with Videos!
* Search background from the web
* Add background color for text
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Race Team Manager v2.0.1 [Mod Money]
Requirements: 3.0+
Overview: In Race Team Manager you live the life of an up-and-coming team boss across various racing categories. Work your way up from the junior leagues to the pinnacle of motor sport and become a championship winning team!
Featuring all the best parts of a traditional racing game, overtakes, spectacular crashes, pit stops and blocks are all fully interactive using the latest cutting edge graphics and special effects. As team manager it's also your job to call strategy from the pit wall, instructing when and how hard to push the car and strategically call the optimum moment to pit.
Outside of Race Day you decide when and how to upgrade your car, and manage your driver and mechanic relationships. You'll also need to sign sponsorship deals and ensure your team hits their targets. Build up enough reserves to go racing at the highest level and invest in your facility to boost on track performance.
Gameplay is short burst and immediate, but there's more than enough here to keep you coming back for months. Whether you've got a couple of minutes or hours to spare there are races to be won and management decisions to be made. Will you focus on the car, your team, the sponsors or your facility? As long as you're winning you can run your team as you see fit!
What's new:
TOP GEAR! – Race on the legendary Top Gear Test Track and hire the Stig to race for your team!
NEW TRACK! – US Harbour.
MORE CARS! - Bugatti Veyron, McLaren 650s GT3, Ford Mustang 2015, and the Top Gear Britcar!
CLASSIC CARS! - Ford Mustang '67, Chevrolet Camaro '67, Ford Escort Mexico, BMW 3.0 CSL '75!
AND MORE! – Pit Stop refuelling, chicanes, and custom paints jobs!
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Race Team Manager v2.0.1 [Mod Money] - android-zone.ws.apk - 12.4 MB
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Turbo Dismountâ"¢ v1.9.0 [unlocked]
Requirements: 4.1 and up
Overview: The legendary crash simulator is now on Google Play!
Perform death-defying motor stunts, crash into walls, create traffic pile-ups of epic scale - and share the fun!
Turbo Dismount is a kinetic tragedy about Mr. Dismount and the cars who love him. It is the official sequel to the wildly popular and immensely successful personal impact simulator - Stair Dismount.
* Flinch-inducing crash physics
* Crunchy sound effects
* Delicious slow-mo replay system
* Multiple vehicles: cars, trucks, construction vehicles, a skateboard...
* Multiple levels, obstacle types and characters
* Tweak levels to your liking!
* Customize your character and the vehicles with your own photos!
* Game controller support!
* Leaderboards and achievements
* Smooth full resolution 4x MSAA visuals on SHIELD Tablet
Turbo Dismount is the most convincing vehicular personal impact simulation seen on Android!
What's New
Hi everyone!
This update delivers the following improvements:
* New free vehicle: "Shuriken" superbike!
* New free level: "Hit the Fan" demonstrating the perils of renewables!
* New seasonal heads for Shamrock and Summer seasons!
* Achievement unlocking fixed!
Known issues:
- 512MB is not enough on some devices and the game may restart when using image picker.
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Turbo Dismountâ"¢ v1.9.0 [unlocked] - android-zone.ws.apk - 22.3 MB
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The Volunteer Firefighter v1.0.0
Requirements: 2.3+
Overview: An action-packed firefighting game, filled with humor, heartache, adventure, and romance! Fight fires! Save lives! Do you have what it takes to be a hero?
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8 Minutes Abs Workout v2.4.4 (Unlocked)
Requirements: 2.3.3 and up
Overview: BEST ABS WORKOUT:
Finally, even your portable device can provide the most famous Abs workouts in the world so you can exercise where, how and when you want!
With over 50,000,000 views (cumulative in all languages) on YouTube, everyone appreciates Passion4Profession's workouts for their simplicity, innovation and real effectiveness.
We can't promise that you will lose weight after doing our workouts or that you'll have a perfect abdomen, sculptured glues or pectorals of steel....
Never trust anyone guarantees results from workout, since no one can guarantee them except you; the basic elements for the success of any training program are: willpower and perseverance.
The content of our workouts guarantees the professionalism and passion with which they, and the entire project, were developed.
We offer you an alternative, fun and economical way of working out where, how and when you want and, thus, overcoming the monotony of usual workout methods while maintaining a high degree of professionalism.
Contents of the application:
- Optimum scheduling for this determined type of training that will show you how many times a week, and for how many weeks, you have to do it to move on to the next level.
- List of the single exercises that make up the workout. Each exercise is illustrated with a video.
- Original video of the workout plus any other alternative versions available (such as the version without music).
- Free workout updates, i.e., you can download any new versions or variations of the workout by simply updating the application.
IMPORTANT: All the videos can be downloaded in the application so you won't need an Internet connection to watch them and exercise.
"Your challenge is to be the best you can while ours is to help you get there!â€Â
Visit http://www.passion4profession.netto create your free account on the largest web portal dedicated to fitness and well-being.
- The application structure has been improved so that you do not have to download all the content with the application.
- Individual video downloads have been enabled, so that you can choose which videos to download onto your device.
- The calendar is now active and you can use it to keep a record of the days you trained on, while always being able to refer to your "recommended programâ€Â.
- You can move onto the next levels directly from this program, simply by purchasing them using the In-App system.
- The audio only versions can now be played in the background (with the display off) to save on your battery.
Thank you to everyone who wrote reviews. Your feedback gives us ideas for constant improvements. Thanks to all of you!
kw: p4p_en abs muscle ab workout gym training p4p fitness wellness health abdominals weight loss fat burn
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8 Minutes Abs Workout v2.4.4 (Unlocked) - android-zone.ws.apk - 13.4 MB
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Greenify *ROOT* v2.6 Beta 5 [unlocked]
Requirements: Varies with device + ROOT + Xposed Framework
Overview: Never should your phone or tablet become slower and battery hungrier after lots of apps installed. With Greenify, your device can run almost as smoothly and lastingly as it did the first day you had it!
Featured as Lifehacker's Top 1 Utility in 2013 Best Android Apps , Android Authority's Top 3 Best Root Apps.
NEW: Auto-hibernation now works in non-root mode, (need to be enabled in experimental features setting, Android 4.1+ required). If you have secure key-guard enabled, try "Hibernate and Lock Screen" shortcut or "Pull up" gesture on Home soft-key.
Greenify help you identify and put the misbehaving apps into hibernation when you are not using them, to stop them from lagging your device and leeching the battery, in an unique way! They can do nothing without explicit launch by you or other apps, while still preserving full functionality when running in foreground, similar to iOS apps!
Please report bugs in the XDA forum or G+ community
Greenify NEVER EVER collects your personal data despite the capability of accessibility service, it just takes advantage of it to automate things.
IMPORTANT: Greenifying an app implies that you are aware that all the background functionality (service, periodic task, event receiver, alarm, widget update, push message) of this app will become out of service during the hibernation except when you are using this app.
NEVER greenify alarm clock apps, instant messaging apps unless you don't rely on them. Please do verify the impact of greenified apps on which you heavily rely.
Compared to other popular tools aimed for the similar purpose, Greenify offers the following advantages:
â—†Unlike the "Freeze" feature in "TitaniumBackup Pro" that totally disable the app, you can still use your app as usual, share content with it. No need to freeze & defrozen it.
â—†Unlike "Autostarts", you can benefit from almost all of its advantages, without needing to deal with the complexity and risk of obscure app components, and never lose functionality when app is actively running.
â—†Unlike any "XXX Task Killer", your device will never fall into the cat-mouse-game of stealthy-running and aggressive killing, which unnecessarily consumes more battery juice.
Note: Greenify does need a background running service for auto-hibernation to work. It is designed and implemented in extremely lightweight, with an average RAM footprint less than 5M, and nearly zero CPU and battery consumption.
In case you cannot install from Play Store
INTERNET: Needed by "Raise Your Voice" program to send back only small amount of anonymous statistics data, without privacy information. You can opt-out at any time.
DRAW OVER OTHER APP: To show guide layer over the app setting UI of system in non-root mode.
READ SENSITIVE LOG: To analysis the wake up cause of greenified apps.
GET ACCOUNTS & WRITE SYNC SETTINGS: Control the account sync of apps if its sync task is too frequent.
DISABLE YOUR SCREEN LOCK & BIND ACCESSIBILITY SERVICE: For automatic hibernation to work on non-root devices.
* Why not support Android 2.x?
* It seems that automatic hibernation is not working.
* Some of my greenified apps (e.g. Google Maps) seems not hibernating.
* I want to greenify system apps!
* De-greenified apps still got no push notification!
v2.6 beta 5
Improved Deep Hibernation (reboot required)
FIX: Settings loss after reboot.
This version only works on Android 4.4+, support for older versions will be added back in later version.
v2.6.beta 3
The refreshed experimental feature "Wake-up Tracker and Cut-off" now works in root without Xposed.
All Xposed-based features are now compatible with Xposed framework on Android 5.
[DONATION] New experimental feature - "Deep Hibernation" reduces wake-up of hibernated apps to a minimal level.
1) Remove any previous version of Greenify and Donation Package first!!!
2) Install Greenify 2.6 beta 5.apk
3) Install Xposed Installer APK
4) Open Xposed Installer, select greenify inside modules tab, open framework tab then press install/update & reboot.
5) Done
IMPORTANT: Please make sure to activate Greenify module by clicking the "Check" in Xposed Installer
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Greenify ROOT v2.6 Beta 5 [unlocked] - android-zone.ws.apk - 2.1 MB
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Persist + Volume Control v3.54 [unlocked]
Requirements: 2.1+
Overview: Persist puts you in complete control of your audio with a variety of volume controls and settings.
Persist Volume Control is an amazing app that lets you take control of your device's volume – instead of being controlled by it!
Here's what the reviewers are saying:
★ "Persist is a new contender that's one of the most powerful we've seen, and comes with tons of optionsâ€Â. – LifeHacker (http://lifehacker.com/persist-for-andro ... 1151275713)
★ "A must have app for anyone that has a hectic schedule.†– AndroidFan (http://androidfannetwork.com/2013/11/08/persistence-review/)
★ "Smarter volume control app with predefined profiles!†– AndroidTapp (http://www.androidtapp.com/persist-volume-control/)
Persist Volume Control is extremely easy to use. Simply tweak existing or create new pre-defined volume profiles, and toggle between them with just a single touch. Individual profiles are comprised of: Alarm, Media, Ringer, Notification, Voice (in-call), Bluetooth and overall system volume.
Persist Volume Control also detects when you insert headphones or activate Bluetooth, and automatically toggles to your preferred volume profile. You can even create automatic scheduled presets based on time of day, physical location, or a calendar event.
For example, if you plan heading into a business meeting, simply tell the app to turn off your ringer at precisely that time. Of if you're heading for a workout, tell the app to pump up the volume when you arrive at the fitness club. The list of possibilities is virtually limitless!
Here are some of the other special features you can look forward to:
- The option of separating or linking ringer volume and notification volume
- The ability to change ringtones for alarm, ringer and notifications
- Notification shortcuts for quick and easy access to controls and presets
- Integration with Tasker and Locale via the built-in preset plugin
You can also access a fantastic suite of fully interactive Home Screen widgets, including:
- Preset (apply a set of audio settings);
- Preset List (apply any preset)
- Volume Locker (change/lock volume levels)
- Vibrate (toggle vibrate settings for ringer and notification)
- Ringer (toggle the ringer mode between silent, vibrate, and normal)
- Dashboard (various interactive volume controls)
Please note: to access the widgets, the app should not be installed to your SD card. Some Android versions may require a reboot for widgets to appear on your widget drawer.
You'll also love the cool "Pocket Locker†feature, which automatically prevents accidental volume changes by locking volume settings when your device screen turns off.
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
Please note that the following permissions are required to use the app (the function/reasons are provided in brackets):
- Full network access/view network connections (bug reporting, Google maps, usage).
- Read calendar (schedule presets based on calendar events)
- Modify system settings (change advanced volume settings)
- Coarse and fine location (detect location changes for scheduled presets
- Control vibration (notifications)
- Read/Write external storage (access custom icons and ringtones)
- Run at startup (restore settings after startup)
- Read phone state (required to separate the ringer and notification volume on all Android versions)
- minor update; added the identity permission so any future promotions will be tied to your Google account and not just your device.
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Persist + Volume Control v3.54 [unlocked] - android-zone.ws.apk - 7.8 MB
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Bike Rivals v1.3.2 [unlocked]
Requirements: 2.3.3+
Overview: Turn the key, kick the starter, pull the throttle and push the envelope on the bike ride of your life.
Bike Rivals is a new and exciting physics based motocross game from Miniclip.
Be the most intense, competitive and quickest rider in order to get the 3 stars on all the levels, while enjoying the amazing bike physics and fast-paced gameplay. But this isn't just about finishing each level...it's about getting the fastest time! Try your best to beat the clock and see how you compare against your friends.
With simple controls, tap on the edges of the screen to accelerate and brake, while tilting the device to lean backwards or forward, giving you an edge in key sections of the levels. Take on the death defying worlds of Trial Zone and Apocalypse, with their numerous dynamic elements that make this game very challenging.
Perform tricks like wheelies, backflips and frontflips to get some nitro boosts, or pick them up throughout the levels. Use them wisely, and you'll get even better race times!
- Amazing realistic physics
- Tilt and touch controls
- Many defying levels and more coming soon
- Many bikes with different physics for a great gameplay experience
- Awesome and quirky characters
- In-game achievements
What's New
Here it is - the Christmas Special update! Featuring:
• A new bike! Ride with the coolest Santa ever!
• A dangerous and crazy Yeti
• 15 new levels! Can you get the three stars on all of them?
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Bike Rivals v1.3.2 [unlocked] - android-zone.ws.apk - 47.4 MB
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Insta Shape Pro v1.2.5 [unlocked]
Requirements: 2.2+
Overview: InstaShape Pro lets you crop your pictures into custom shapes!
No more complicated user interface, no ads, no surprises: just simple steps to get in the flow of beautiful images!
Crop your photos into one of 120 awesome Shapes, Symbols, and share it to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. Create amazing Insta Shape photos.
Effortlessly create eye catching images and share shaped images with your friends.
Make your images look great!
Main Features:
- Crop/ frame your images into custom insta shapes
- Change the color or use patterns to customize your insta shape
- More than 100 custom shapes
- Save images to your photo library and share directly with friends
- Share shaped images directly to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and more
Be a part of the community: join us at Instagram @iphotoapps, get fame by tagging #instashapepro
Make your moments more meaningful, share it with your friends and make the world happy!
Fixed issue with loading images from drive
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Insta Shape Pro v1.2.5 [unlocked] - android-zone.ws.apk - 14.0 MB
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Krafteers - Tomb Defenders v1.0.7 [Full]
Requirements: Android 2.1 and up
Overview: What would you do to survive alone in an island?
Explore the world to collect resources, food and water, craft tools and weapons, use your creativity to build a fortress and defend yourself from a mysterious menace.
+ Awesome graphics
+ Great gameplay, develop your own strategy and tactics
+ Dynamic world
+ Level entities are randomically generated
+ Multiplayer mode*
If you like and want even more fun, unlock the full game by purchasing it inside the game:
+ Unlock all levels
+ Unlock all enemy types
+ Unlimited players in multiplayer mode
+ Remove ads
* Multiplayer details:
- Limited to 2 simultaneous players in the free version
- Requires Wi-fi connection
- Requires one of the player to host the game (there isn't an online game server)
- Devices must be connected in the same LAN to discover each other, but direct IP addresses are accepted to play over the internet
What's New
+ Removed banner ads
+ Internal improvements
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Krafteers - Tomb Defenders v1.0.7 [Full] - android-zone.ws.apk - 12.3 MB
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Viking Saga: The Cursed Ring v1.01 [Full/Unlocked]
Requirements: 2.2 and up
Overview: The story of the game starts in the kingdom of old Viking king Arnar. Turns out, he was cursed by a vicious dwarf.
Not just a dwarf, but Loki (the Scandinavian god of mischief) himself. The reason was simple – a precious ring. Arnar found it and refused to sell it. Many years later, the curse got through to him. This is where the action begins. Arnar gives his younger son a mission to find a dwarf and return the ring.
The Vikings sailed to the setting sun for many days, until the storm scattered their drakkar on the shores of some island. They were lucky, it was the island they were looking for. Travel with Ingolf along the picturesque lands, help the locals solve their problems, make friends with a wise Druid and, most importantly, find Loki to deliver the Viking king from the curse of the ring!
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Viking Saga The Cursed Ring v1.01 [Full Unlocked] - android-zone.ws.apk - 8.5 MB
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com.realore.vikingsaga.zip - 163.4 MB
By APK
Blaze and the Monster Machines v1.1
Requirements: 2.3.3+
Overview: Get ready to race along with Blaze and The Monster Machines, Nick Jr.'s newest show!
It's time to tear up the track with Blaze and his best friend AJ!
The Blaze and the Monster Machines app introduces preschoolers to STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) concepts as they race along pre-set courses or build their own tracks!
Each mode – race and build – encourages children to apply critical thinking skills and explore scientific principles, including acceleration, adhesion, force, traction and more!
Help Blaze & AJ compete against other monster trucks – Starla and Crusher – in one of three locations: The Badlands, The Snowy Slopes or The Monster Dome! Use blazing speed and problem-solving to overcome obstacles along the way. Each location contains the following:
Environmental obstacles (e.g. an ice patch in the Snowy Slopes) and Crusher-based contraptions (e.g. a pineapple blaster).
Power ups like tire chains (to avoid slippery spots), soapy tires (to fly through sticky patches), and hubcaps (to fill your Let's Blaze acceleration meter).
2 different driving controls – tilt and swipe.
15 levels that progress in difficulty (45 in total).
Gold, silver or bronze medals awarded to each race.
Build Your Own Track, then Race!
Construct a race track with as many twists and turns as you'd like! Add tools that can help Blaze advance (e.g. speed boosts, hubcaps), and include features that can cause his opponents to slow down (e.g. sticky bubble gum, slippery water puddle).
Trace a unique path for each race course!
Experiment with up to 15 STEM items!
Create and edit tracks along the way!
Save up to 12 courses in each location.
What's New
Fixes rare bug when entering name.
UI Enhancements.
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Blaze and the Monster Machines v1.1 - android-zone.ws.apk - 13.3 MB
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Defence Effect HD v2.0 build 60 + Mod
Requirements: 2.2 and up
Overview: If you want peace, prepare for the war!
Exciting game with unique capabilities. The new word in the genre of Turret Defense.
In 2020, The Most Global World Crisis hit the Earth into darkness of internecine wars and local conflicts.
We present you the new game – Defence Effect. Interesting gameplay, serious opponents and innovative game mechanics.
You are a soldier of the free Republic of Soledad. You should defend your lands from the invasion of the Armada of General Kuhn and for that you have a bunker turret, variety of weapons and infinite ammo.
Protect your lands. Sector by sector. Building by building.
Harness the power of various weapons. Such as Gaussian Gun, which can pierce through the armor of many tanks. Or gun Avenger, which will turn the enemy tank in the sieve in one second! Or you prefer artillery? You can also use modifiers so playing rounds will be even more interesting!
Two game modes: Campaign and Survival
11 stages in the campaign, and the ability to use all the weapons for free! New stages in development!
15 stages in survival. New stages in development!
An elaborate system of purchasing and improvement of weapons.
Modifiers of cartridges
9 types of weapons, and new in development.
Energy Shield
4 types of fire support
12 types of ammo modifiers
Realistic opponents with different tactics and different behavior
Land, air and amphibious units.
Support from friendly units.
What's in this version: (Updated : Mar 11, 2015)
Gameplay changes and bug fixes
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Defence Effect HD v2.0 build 60 Mod [Money Unlocked] - android-zone.ws.apk - 49.6 MB
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com.skyjet.defenceeffect.zip - 55.0 MB
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AlarmPad - Alarm Clock Free v1.8a9 [unlocked]
Requirements: 4.0 and up
Overview: AlarmPad is an all new alarm clock that brings context to your alarms. When your alarm rings, it will display the weather forecast, your calendar appointments, and much more. AlarmPad is very customizable, and you can install third-party extensions to teach it new tricks.
★★★ "AlarmPad is a new utility that makes your alarms useful." - LifeHacker ★★★
★★★ "All phones have a default alarm clock, but that's a basic affair. AlarmPad is much more sophisticated, and you may end up wondering how you managed without it." - Gizmodo ★★★
★★★ "Make sure you take AlarmPad for a spin and get to know all the new features." - MakeUseOf ★★★
AlarmPad is an all new alarm clock that brings context to your alarms. When your alarm rings, it will display the weather forecast, your calendar appointments, and much more. AlarmPad is very customizable, and you can install third-party extensions to teach it new tricks.
Features include:
• Get information in context: Set the alarm and get weather forecast updates, your appointments, and much more by installing extensions. Developers, it's easy to create one. Get started with this open source sample code: https://github.com/riclage/quotes_extension
• Dismiss the alarm to a beautiful notification view: Get started for the day with all the information you need in one place, immediately after dismissing your alarm. AlarmPad can also speak to you in 12 different languages.
• Customize your alarm any way you want: AlarmPad supports ringtones, your music files and playlists, gentle volume increase, voice commands, custom snooze options, math puzzle, NFC tags, and much more to let you set your alarms the way you want.
• Synchronize your alarms across devices: Register with us to backup and synchronize your alarms across all your devices. You can now choose where your alarm will ring.
• Advanced mode: Synchronize your alarms with your calendar events (great for shift workers!), restrict them to a specific location and skip them before they ring.
• Use it with other apps: AlarmPad comes with a Tasker plugin and a DashClock extension. You can also set alarms straight from Google Now.
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Jim Mora has emerged as a "serious" candidate to fill the Eagles' vacant defensive coordinator position, according to a source close to the situation.
The former Falcons and Seahawks coach joins Eagles senior assistant Dick Jauron and former Cardinals defensive coordinator Billy Davis as the three primary contenders for Sean McDermott's old job, the source said. The list could grow to include other candidates.
The interview process has yet to begin and may be delayed because head coach Andy Reid is currently vacationing.
Mora last coached in Seattle and was fired after one season. During his three-year stint in Atlanta he coached current Eagles quarterback Michael Vick.
McDermott, meanwhile, has already interviewed with Denver and Carolina to fill their defensive coordinator needs, a league source said.
Former Falcons and Seahawks head coach Jim L. Mora is among the candidates to become the Eagles new defensive coordinator, according to an ESPN report citing an unidentified source.
Billy Davis, who the Cardinals recently fired as defensive coordinator, is another name mentioned in the report.
Eagles secondary coach Dick Jauron is another obvious candidate, but so far the team has kept mostly quiet about others who may or may not be considered.
Mike Singletary is one name likely ruled out. Another, Rob Ryan, is off the table after reportedly landing the Cowboys' defensive coordinator job.
Mora coached the Seahawks in 2009, but was fired after one season. His Seattle team finished near the bottom of the league in most key defensive categories, including 25th in points allowed. He was head coach of the Falcons for three seasons, but those team's defenses generally finished in the middle of the pack or near the bottom in most statistical categories. Before getting the Falcons job he was defensive coordinator for the 49ers.
Davis ran the Cardinals defense for the past two seasons but was fired earlier this month. The Cardinals finished near the bottom of the league in major defensive categories, including 30th in points allowed and 29th in yards-per-game. In sharp contrast to the Eagles, though, the Cardinals finished first in red zone defense.
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I just got back from the First South Florida Conservation Party - three words that best describe the event: Passion, Unity, and Motivation.
- Passion: The event was attended by scientists, non-profit organizations, videographers, photographers, and by countless individuals that all share a common interest in protecting sharks. Various people presented ongoing and upcoming campaigns, new short films, exciting new research methodologies that will bring the general public closer to the field (virtually), songs, and public announcements.
- Unity: Three organizations organized the event: Shark Savers, Oceanic Defense, and Shark Safe Network. The overall message was that together as one voice things can get accomplished - as most evident in the efforts to protect Lemon sharks in Florida state water. One speaker mentioned: "A lot of egos in this room - let's leave those aside"
- Motivation: I think (at least I hope) that people left the event feeling motivated for 2010. A lot has been accomplished and a lot of work is still to be done. It was a real pleasure to hear Samuel Gruber say that he was overwhelmed with the Lemon shark effort and that he wants to get back into a conservation role.
Other observations:
- Niel Hammerschlag is now a professor - congrats! He is teaching two courses at University of Miami. He also mentioned to me that they will soon be launching a new program that will allow the general public to follow tagged sharks with Google Earth in (delayed) real time...looking forward to more information on this!
- Finally got to meet Joe Romeiro from 333 Productions - unfortunately we did not get a lot of time to speak. Joe presented Lateral Line - a short film on three pelagic sharks: Makos, Blues, and Whites. Great cinematography - Great short film.
- Shark Savers and Wild Aid have an excellent campaign currently running in China: Say 'No' to Shark Fin Soup
- Shark Diver Magazine donated ad space to the Guy Harvey Foundation
- Always good to see old and new friends:
- Nico Danan - Oceanminds
- Brendal Davis and Julie Andersen - Shark Savers
- Samantha Whitcraft - Oceanic Defense
- Samuel Gruber
- Neil Hammerschalg
- Lawrence Groth and Mary O'Malley (and Lupo) - Shark Safe Network
- Heard the two best shark songs ever
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Gordon has written several books on holistic medicine, including the landmark Manifesto for a New Medicine (Addison Wesley, 1996), and developed at Georgetown one of the first medical school curricula on complementary and alternative medicine. He is, in short, a pioneer in the field.
Since 1998, Gordon's Center for Mind-Body Medicine has sponsored annual Comprehensive Cancer Care (CCC) conferences, bringing together the world's leading alternative and conventional cancer researchers and practitioners, policy makers, and patients in an unprecedented meeting of the minds, to explore the full range of cancer treatments and midwife the creation of a truly integrative approach to this most challenging illness. Now co-sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and the NIH's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), CCC is among the foremost models for breaking down barriers between conventional and alternative therapies. (Transcripts and summaries of the CCC conferences can be accessed at www.cmbm.org). Gordon's most recent book, Comprehensive Cancer Care (Perseus, 2000), co-authored with Sharon Curtin, draws on the presentations at CCC I and II as well as Gordon's work with cancer patients in his practice.
In this wide-ranging interview with Dr. Daniel Redwood, Dr. Gordon describes the goals of the White House Commission, the key areas it will address, and the commission's desire to elicit the broadest possible input from both the alternative health and conventional health communities. He also discusses the current status of CAM research for cancer and recent steps toward greater integration of CAM in medical education.
The Commission will release an interim report in July 2001 and a final report in March 2002. As part of their information gathering process, members of the Commission will hold a series of regional town hall meetings around the country. The first two are scheduled for San Francisco on September 8, 2000 and Seattle on October 30, 2000. Dr. Gordon expects one of the town meetings to be held in Washington, DC.
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DANIEL REDWOOD: According to the law passed by Congress calling for the appointment of a White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy, what is the commission's job?
JAMES GORDON: The commission's job is to take a look at a variety of different aspects of CAM [complementary and alternative medicine] and to try to understand the overall significance of CAM, and in particular, how we should enlarge or rethink four different areas: research, public information, training of health professionals, and delivery of services. The commission will make recommendations to the President through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and also to Congress, about what kind of legislation is needed to make sure that whatever kinds of perspectives, practices, and approaches we think are important are included in health care for everybody.
REDWOOD: Over the years, there have been blue-ribbon government commissions on many topics whose recommendations were never implemented. Are you hopeful that your commission? recommendations will result in actual policy changes?
GORDON: I'm very hopeful. I see the work of the commission as sharpening our national perspective, not only on specific CAM therapies but on how health care and health education as a whole, and health care research, can be enriched and transformed by the perspective in CAM, by a holistic perspective, by an emphasis on healing partnerships between patients and health care practitioners, and by a focus on education and not just on treating.
I see this as an opportunity to present a worldview about health care, and then also to present very concrete proposals. The reason I'm very hopeful about it is because there is tremendous bipartisan support. Many commissions come up with recommendations, and I think the reason they get stalled is because there is a great deal of division about specific issues. On the issue of integrating CAM therapies, there is tremendous bipartisan support for the idea that those therapies that are useful, those approaches that make sense, should be part of health care. So I'm very optimistic about much of what we recommend coming into legislation, and at least a significant part of that legislation being passed.
There may be more difficulty, of course, about who is going to pay for whatever is being recommended. But my hope is that what we can do is not only show that some of these approaches are effective, but to encourage major experiments in integrating some of these approaches into health care so that we can see if, on a large scale, they're not only effective but also save money.
REDWOOD: What's a good example of work like this that's already been done?
GORDON: A good example of something that's already been done is Dean Ornish's work using an integrative approach to treat serious heart disease. [Ornish? program combines a very low-fat vegetarian diet, yoga, meditation, and sharing groups]. There's been a kind of progression of initially looking at this as a totally outrageous approach to heart disease, to the point at which, after having done some fairly large scale experiments using this approach [published in Journal of the American Medical Association and Lancet], it's now become a part of health care in many hospitals and is covered by many insurance companies. I'm hoping we can make recommendations that will move the whole field forward in that way. To say, here are some approaches that look very interesting, here are some data that suggest that they may be useful, so now let? see about doing a significant experiment or pilot program to see if this can make a difference to large numbers of people.
I would also expect the commission to recommend that certain kinds of education be included in the training of all health professionals. I obviously don't know at this point what the commission's recommendations are going to be, but I think it? reasonable to recommend that whatever we come up with should be mandated as part of the education of health professionals. I think that can have a significant effect.
For us, the final challenge is going to be to put all that into simple, direct language that can be part of legislation. I think we'll be able to come up with some very significant things. Just the fact that the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has begun to put out requests for applications for education on integrative medicine has stimulated major medical institutions to apply for those grants and to be more willing to integrate CAM approaches into their curriculum. For example, if we have legislation that says part of the work of a particular government agency is to foster education in these approaches and here is an appropriation of x number of dollars to do that, then I think that? going to happen. The time is right. What's needed is guidance and financing.
REDWOOD: Does the commission's membership reflect the diversity of CAM practice in the United States? Aside from holistic MDs like yourself, Dean Ornish, and Wayne Jonas [Wayne Jonas, MD, is the former head of the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine], are there non-MD alternative providers represented?
GORDON: Yes. Some have been named already, and more members going to be appointed. There are a number of MDs who are integrative care practitioners, that? true, but there are several more members who are alternative practitioners. There will be a chiropractor and there are two people who practice Chinese medicine. The fact that there are physicians who are holistic practitioners along with various alternative practitioners is a wonderful bonus for the commission. Many commissions are asked to address a certain area, and may only have one or two, if any, practitioners in that area. Also, the role of the commission is not just to rely on our own expertise. Our work is to go and find those people in the alternative community who will come in and tell us what they think.
REDWOOD: How will you do that?
GORDON: There will be plenty of time, both in the regular commission meetings and in town hall meetings around the country where we will be soliciting input. We're having a town hall meeting in Seattle on October 30, and our major partner in that meeting is the naturopathic community. So whether or not there is a naturopath on the commission, there is going to be major input from the naturopaths. I think we'll see the same pattern all over the country. In some areas there will be input from curanderos and Native American healers. The effort is to make sure that all voices in the alternative community are heard.
REDWOOD: Are you also reaching out to the medical establishment?
GORDON: Absolutely. We've just been planning our first research meeting for October 5th and 6th. This will be the first of two meetings on research issues. As part of this, we're asking major medical centers what they are doing in this area and why they are doing it. And if they're not doing research on CAM therapies, why not? We're also going to be asking major government agencies. Our role is to bring in everybody who is already interested in this area, or who we think could or should be interested, and find out what they're doing. And if they're not doing much, or doing anything, to ask why not. Also, to ask them what would make it easier for them to do work in this area. These are the kinds of questions we would be asking the dean of a medical school which has not done anything in CAM, or the head of a hospital system which was not particularly interested in CAM therapies. So our goal is to find out what? going on and what's in the way of moving ahead.
REDWOOD: Why do you think you were chosen to chair the commission?
GORDON: I think it's partly because I was the first chair of the Advisory Council for the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) and, more generally, because a lot of my work has been bringing together people from different worlds and helping them have a dialogue about what kinds of approaches to health care we should be taking. Also, I suppose, because I am a physician who has used complementary and alternative therapies for over 30 years. I integrate a variety of different systems, both in my work with patients and in my public work?irst, when I was a researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), then working with the OAM, and creating other programs. One of these is our nonprofit, the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, that embodies what I hope is the best of the modern western scientific method and the most exciting, hopeful, and promising of the complementary and alternative therapies.
That's what our annual cancer conference is about as well, bringing those groups together. That may have influenced the White House. Also, I know Mrs. Clinton read my book, Manifesto for a New Medicine and the President at least looked at it. So I assume they have a sense of what I'm about, who I am, and what my perspective is. I also think?nd this is partly based on a conversation with Mrs. Clinton?hat it's the fact that I am concerned with making sure that people of all income levels and all ethnic groups are involved in this process and have full access to everything that rich folks have access to. That perspective was probably an important one to them as well. A lot of the work I've done for the past 35 years has been with people who don? have money and don't ordinarily have access to these approaches.


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A Disastrous Marriage with No Hope of Dissolution
By now, it's almost accepted that German society includes immigrants but that society has started to develop odd growths. For example, there's been a debate for days now about the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of Turkish children, which, according to statistics, is lower than that of German children. The connection between intelligence, failure at school and ethnic origin has suddenly emerged in public consciousness as a plausible and simple explanation for phenomena which are in reality complex and ambiguous.
But statistics have become a must for anyone who wants to talk about the relationship between Germans and Turks. The emotional coldness, the fear and the perceived foreignness of those who are different have apparently to be supported by hard facts. Turks beat their wives more often than Germans; their children do worse in school.
The similarities of Germans and Turks
But how would these statistics look if, instead of comparing Germans and Turks, one were to compare social classes? Lo and behold, if one does that (and it's done infrequently enough), then Germans and Turks suddenly become dangerously similar and the differences begin to fade. This is evidently so disturbing that even serious media usually find it more appropriate to publish figures on the basis of ethnic groups. That only betrays their own bias.
Such statistics are not published to enlighten the public, nor to uncover social evils. They are merely an expression of repressed feelings which cannot be spoken out loud in Germany after National Socialism. The figures are apparently objective, but this hides the fact that they stand at the service of racist ways of thinking, aiming to stigmatise others.
For some time now in Germany, a conflict has been waiting to explode. It is a conflict which will concern this country for years and decades to come and which could lead to considerable destabilisation. It's the conflict between Germans and Turks. It has become normal to talk of "the Germans" and "the Turks," not just in pubs and bars, but also in the respectable media. Differentiation has been abandoned in favour of a rhetoric of generalisation and ethnic stereotyping and obsession.
Religion overshadowing all other characteristics
The picture is no longer dominated by individuals but by groups. Now in addition, since the advent of Islamist terrorism, the Turks are also being included among "the Muslims"—a group which extends geographically from Morocco to Indonesia. It's as if religion overshadows all the other characteristics, like different histories, languages and social orientation. Consciously or subconsciously, a strategy of distance towards the Turks has become normal in Germany.
Such a strategy contradicts all the official calls for integration, and represents rather a fear of integration, a fear of a permanent Turkish presence in Germany, which could mean that Turks might in future live "disguised" as Germans. This is, unfortunately, a well-known phenomenon.
The situation was no different when the Jews were gaining their emancipation and equality at the end of the nineteenth century. "Can a Jew be a German?" was the question asked then by scholars and writers, worried about the welfare of the German nation. Nowadays you can't say such things quite so openly.
Demands of the 21st century too much for Europeans
And the Turks are of course not the same as the Jews. They haven't been living in Germany for centuries. But we're also no longer in the nineteenth century, but in the twenty-first. And it's precisely the demands of this twenty-first century which seem to be too much for many people in Europe, not just in Germany.
Those who can't cope with sudden social change, with complex, often contradictory shifts of identity, with cultural upheavals, with the challenges which come from immigration and globalisation—such people often grasp at old reliable patterns of ethnic prejudice and obsession. Prejudice helps to secure the borders between Oneself and the Other.
All of a sudden, the "alien worker" emerges from behind the "guest worker," even though society had already decided to upgrade the guest worker, if not to German citizen, then at least to "migrant."
"I have nothing against foreigners, but…"
Only a decade ago, Turks were being physically attacked by Neonazis in Germany. Even if the names of places like Mölln or Solingen have disappeared from most Germans' minds, they are still remembered by Turks, and they provide a context which is still relevant to their encounters with "the" Germans. The Turks discovered the Nazi in the German long ago, not just in individual cases, but as a pattern of thinking.
That pattern of thinking may well still be hidden by many taboos, but it emerges into the light when people say things which begin with "One must at least be able to say that . . . " or "I have nothing against foreigners, but . . . "
Under such circumstances, it would be a miracle if Germans and Turks were to come closer. In fact, an insecure German consciousness confronts a deeply divided Turkish consciousness. As a Turk, if you want to belong, you're told you may not, and if you don't want to belong, you're attacked for it.
It has become increasingly difficult to see things from another perspective, a skill which is so important for mutual communication and recognition. People are becoming increasingly less able to see things through the eyes of others.
What are you? Turk or German?
Instead, people divide into camps: if you're a Turk, you can't be a German! The rigid borders give rise to an over-emotional atmosphere which makes it harder to think critically about the problems on one's own side and strengthens national feelings.
And those who can't or don't want to restrict themselves to simple-minded descriptions of their own side or the other, because they don't feel themselves to be either one or the other—such people are scarcely heard. Or else they're accused of sitting on the fence.
This is not a description of the failure of the so-called multicultural society—that's here to stay, as long as we see cultures as closed spaces which are complete and harmonious in themselves. It's rather a description of a painful marriage which has been entered into without enough thought on either side.
We won't get out of this disastrous marriage simply by a divorce. It is more likely that the relationship will continue until the children decide whether they want to deal with the issues in a more relaxed and creative way—such as one sometimes finds in the artistic productions of the third immigrant generation—or whether they'll just beat each other's heads in.
Zafer Senocak
© TAZ/Qantara.de 2005
Translation from German: Michael Lawton
The Reductionism of Islam Must stop
The big-city, Muslim elite that combines Islam with the modern age really does exist: at least in Turkey. Does this elite also embrace democracy? Joachim Güntner interviewed Zafer Senocak, Germany's most prominent author of Turkish origin.
National Opening, or Nationalist Rigidity: whither Turkey Now?
Turkey must come to terms with its past – including the Armenien genocide, writes Zafer Senocak. Because a nation that represses its history is not in a position to develop future, he argues
Creating Trust with Cultural Policy
Turning Europe into a fortress is not the answer to providing greater security. Instead, we have to promote cultural exchange – both at home and with Islamic countries. By Zafer Senocak


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A towing company owner who previously made headlines for aggressive hooking of cars in Worcester is now facing criminal charges for car theft, forgery and allegedly trying to intimidate a witness in the case against him, according to police reports and court records.
In one case, Falcon Recovery owner Francis R. Whitenett Jr., 52, of Paxton, is alleged to have sold a Porsche 911 convertible that a friend brought to him in May to have repaired.
The friend, Michael P. O'Brien of Paxton, told police he was shocked when a Connecticut used-car dealer called him in June to say that he had bought the Porsche at auction and was looking for the spare set of keys, according to court documents.
In another case, an Auburn couple bought a used Volvo from Mr. Whitenett, who told them he would deliver the title after their $1,900 check cleared. The couple also traded in their Ford Taurus as part of the deal.
When the buyer, Mark S. Hume, called a few days later about the title to the Volvo, Mr. Whitenett told him that his wife had accidentally washed it with the laundry. Mr. Whitenett said he would apply for a new title from the state Registry of Motor Vehicles, according to the police report.
That was in late July.
Today the Volvo is still collecting dust in the Humes' driveway without a title.
Paxton Police Detective Forrest Thorpe, who investigated the case, said Mr. Whitenett never applied for a new title according to his check of RMV records.
"It's kind of an awkward situation where you have the goods being provided. It's not like he didn't give the car, but the victim never got the title," said Detective Thorpe, who added that the car was not reported stolen.
Even so, Mr. Hume wasn't able to register the Volvo without a title, and after a period of borrowing cars from friends, eventually had to lease a car to get around.
"It's a giant paperweight in my driveway. You can't even junk it without a title," Mr. Hume said of the Volvo. "I'm anxious to get the money back because my daughter is getting married in May, and it'd be nice to have a couple thousand dollars for that."
Mr. O'Brien, who declined to comment for this story, has his Porsche back now. But a Worcester auto broker that bought the sports car and then sold it at auction ended up out $12,800 after reimbursing the auction company that sold it to the Connecticut dealer.
"We're still waiting to get the money back," said George Palli of E.A. Brokers, which bought the car from a Leominster man who bought it from Mr. Whitenett. "I've never had a problem like this before. It was sold to us with what we thought was a signed title. We expected everything to be fine."
After he got the call from the Connecticut dealer about the spare keys, Mr. O'Brien said he checked his files and found the title missing, according to the police report.
Detective Thorpe got copies of the title signatures and a bill of sale purporting to be to Mr. Whitenett from Mr. O'Brien, but the documents did not match the latter man's handwriting or signature. Paxton police filed felony charges in late June on the Porsche case and in September on the Volvo case.
Mr. O'Brien later reported to police that a man in a pickup truck, not Mr. Whitenett, approached him at the end of his driveway one morning in August and told him, "it would be in his and his family's best interest not to show up in court," according to court records. Mr. Whitenett was charged with witness intimidation in September.
Several attempts to reach Mr. Whitenett through his Worcester lawyer, David L. Cataldo, were unsuccessful. Mr. Cataldo did not return calls seeking Mr. Whitenett's version of the events at issue in the cases.
In all, Mr. Whitenett is charged with motor vehicle larceny, forgery of a document, false motor vehicle title, failure to deliver motor vehicle title to transferee and witness intimidation.
Mr. Whitenett's lawyer worked out a plea agreement with prosecutors that would have dismissed some of the charges and put Mr. Whitenett on supervised probation for one year if he paid $12,800 in restitution to Mr. Palli and $2,400 to the Humes, but a judge in East Brookfield District Court rejected the proposed deal.
Mr. Whitenett is due back in court in January for a pretrial hearing.
Neither the Humes nor Mr. Palli have received any restitution, they said.
Two years ago, Mr. Whitenett's Falcon Recovery towing company came under criticism from scores of people who complained after their cars were towed from the parking lot at the Madison Place strip mall in Worcester.
A Telegram & Gazette investigation at the time detailed Falcon's use of an undercover spotter to call in tow trucks to remove cars one after another all day. The spotter summoned a nearby flatbed tow truck whenever a motorist parked in the lot but walked away to another place, often to the nearby RMV office.
The investigation also found that Falcon had been charging an illegal $10 "special equipment" fee beyond the $110 tow charge authorized by state law. The property owner severed its relationship with Falcon, and Mr. Whitenett pledged to state regulators that he would refund the improper fees collected.


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I know it is absolutely forbidden to gaze at women. If one accidentally
catches my eyes sometimes I keep looking for a second or two and then I
remember Allaah's command and immediately look down .
My question is for that very little time that I do look at the lady do I earn sins?
I was reading in Yusuf Qradawai's halaal wal haraam fil Islam that the Qur'aan says lower the gaze, and that the gaze is defined by "carressing the eyes with her beauty or thinking lustful thoughts while looking ". Alhamdulillaah, I have never gone to this point inshaa-Allaah . But I am worried about those two seconds . May Allaah bless you
Praise be to Allaah.
Jareer ibn Abdullaah said: "I asked the Messenger of Allaah (Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) about an accidental glance at a woman. He commanded me to turn my gaze away." (Reported by al-Tirmidhi, who said: This is a saheeh hasan hadeeth. See al-Sunan, 2700).
Commenting on this hadeeth, al-Mubaarakpoori said: " Accidental means that his gaze fell on a non-mahram woman unintentionally. He commanded me to turn my gaze away means that he was not to look a second time, because the first glance was not by choice and would be forgiven, but any further glances would be counted as sin, and he should heed the words of Allaah (interpretation of the meaning): Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things) [al-Noor 24:30]"
The Messenger of Allaah (Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) said: "O Ali, do not follow a glance with another, for you will be forgiven for the first, but not for the second." (Reported by al-Tirmidhi, 2701; see Saheeh al-Jaami, 7953)
In al-Tuhfah, he said: "The words do not follow a glance with another mean do not look again after the first glance. You will be forgiven for the first means that you will be forgiven if the first glance was unintentional, and but not for the second means that because the second glance was by choice, it will be counted against you."
So it is clear that deliberately looking at a non-mahram woman and continuing to look after a first accidental glance is haraam. It is forbidden to look at any part of her body, whether you think she is beautiful or not, whether it provokes sexual desire or not, whether it is accompanied by evil thoughts or not, and whether it leads to immoral deeds or not.
We ask Allaah to protect you and us from all haraam deeds. Allaah is the One Who guides to the Straight Path.


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For a long time, the tale of two basketball franchises has been that 2K makes the best hoops sim, while EA's NBA Live series has been its faster-paced, but not-as-intricate rival.
One thing I enjoyed about the Live series was its speed. While the 2K games certainly had the advantage from an Xs and Os and execution standpoint, the Live series (at least to me) was particularly good at capturing the sometimes-frenetic pace of an NBA game, where you're not really bogged down by a litany of controls and offensive sets. The game understood that sometimes, you just play. That's it, and that's all.
That's the feeling I got when I played a little bit of NBA Live 09, which has a chance to be the title that puts the Live franchise on equal footing with — if not surpass — 2K's efforts, at least in terms of on-court experience. I managed to squeeze in a game using the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Philadelphia 76ers and the newly acquired Elton Brand. I picked the Cavs because, well, I'm from Ohio, and that other than Kobe Bryant, Bron Bron is probably the best player to use when you're still figuring out what the hell you're doing.
As you'd expect, the early build of the game looked gorgeous, but what caught my attention was how simple it was to call plays on the fly as well has how the players interacted with each other on the court. That's courtesy of the backbone of this year's Live experience, the "Dynamic DNA" system. It was assembled with the help of a scouting company that broke down and studied most, it not all, of the NBA's players. It analyzed tendencies, hot spots, shot types — even how often they go left versus right.
I was told this "DNA" system also extends to team play and how a grouping you have on the floor may (or may not) work together. You can use the system to figure out your team's best play within any given possession, depending on the defensive look you're getting. In theory, this means that if you know your favorite team and players, you'll be able to maximize their abilities. Also, you'll be able to realistically take control of matchups — no more watching someone like Shaq sticking with Chris Paul on the perimeter for no reason.
In terms of on-court stuff, one mechanic I enjoyed was the new pick-and-roll system. You hold down the left trigger to call for a pick. A little grey ball icon appears above the player setting the pick, and the longer you hold it, the more the ball icon "fills" with a certain color. Depending on when you release the left trigger, the setter can roll to the bucket with you, hang out on the perimeter or "slip" to the basket for a potentially easy two. It was a lot of fun — because that's essentially Cleveland's offense.
I also found it helpful to actually play like the player I was controlling and watching him excel in certain situations. My opponent used Brand in the post to efficient perfection, while I stuck with the plan of having LeBron James attack the rim for most of the game. He could blow by practically anyone and launch himself into the air for a foul, a dunk or difficult layup (plus the foul). One of 2K's cooler attributes was its "signature style," where stars and starters all shot and moved like their real-life counterparts. NBA Live 09's going to have some of that too, as I shot some quick-release threes with Wally Szczerbiak and saw that they integrated LeBron's improved shooting form, as opposed to the fading catapult heave he had when he first came into the league.
Based on my time with NBA Live 09 the Live franchise is looking quite sharp overall, but will it be sharp enough to take the title from 2K Sports? We'll find out in October.
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STATE — In recognition of National Influenza Vaccination Week (Dec. 5-11), New Jersey Health and Senior Services Commissioner Dr. Poonam Alaigh is encouraging residents to get their flu shot to protect themselves and their families.
"With the colder months and holidays upon us, people tend to be inside more and are more likely to spread virus, including the flu," said Dr. Alaigh. "The safest and most effective method of prevention against the flu is to get vaccinated. While many people get vaccinated in October or November, it's still not too late to get a flu shot."
For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone over the age of six months get vaccinated. Many groups, including people age 50 years and older; people with chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes; and pregnant women are at higher risk for complications from influenza. Health care workers and caregivers of high-risk individuals are also at increased risk and should get vaccinated.
This year's flu shot includes the H1N1 strain, so residents only need to receive one flu shot.
"It is especially important for the young, the elderly and health care workers to get flu shots to protect themselves and their families," said Dr. Alaigh. "Flu is a serious illness that can lead to hospitalization and, unfortunately, death. Because flu activity peaks in January and February, now is the ideal time to get a flu shot."
Those with underlying medical conditions who may need regular medical care should talk to their physicians.
Along with vaccination, Dr. Alaigh emphasized that there are other steps to take to prevent the spread of illness:
- Wash your hands thoroughly and frequently.
- Cover your coughs and sneezes.
- Stay home if you are sick.
For information about seasonal flu, visit the DHSS website at www.nj.gov/health/flu Materials are available for the general public and for healthcare workers on preventing the spread of flu, respiratory hygiene and hand washing. Residents interested in getting an influenza vaccination can click on the "Find a Flu Shot" button on the DHSS Flu web page.
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- 1-1/2 parts Maker's Mark® Bourbon
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Thelma Hughes, an employee at Kayser-Roth in Rockwood, was honored for her 45 years of service to the company. She was presented with a certificate by her supervisor, Ronnie Rhea, and a Gatsby wall clock by human resources manager Lygetta Travis and plant manager Ed Foster. Hughes worked in knitting for 33 years and switched over to quality control, the job she held on her milestone anniversary. An avid University of Tennessee Volunteers fan, the Rockwood native and her husband, Edgar Hughes, were the parents of a daughter, Gena Stinnett.
Tradition holds that the ancient Aztec emperor Motecuhzoma was so addicted to "chocoatl," the sacred beverage made from cocoa beans, that he consumed 50 golden goblets of it a day.
The earliest cocoa trees probably grew in the tropical lowlands of Central America and Mexico. An ancient Toltec myth gives credit to the feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl for first planting these trees and bringing chocolate, food of the gods, to human beings.
Sincere sympathy to Glenn Hickman and other loved ones in the recent passing of Glenn's mother, who lived in Asheville, N.C.
She was the wife of the late Rev. Hickman, a former pastor of New Century United Methodist Church. Services are incomplete at this writing.
We express our deepest sympathy to Mary Jane and Kenneth Brown and all family members in the recent passing of their 3-year-old grandson in Memphis.
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Tennessee is allocating $1 million in grant funding to increase housing options available for Tennesseans who suffer from mental illness.
"Without a place to call home, people who suffer from mental illness can get caught in a pattern of staying in hospitals, shelters and even the criminal justice system," said Scott A. Bowers, CEO of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Tennessee.
Oliver Springs Historical Society will kick off this year's October Sky Fall Festival earlier this year, with the inaugural Miss October Sky Pageant at 7 p.m. Oct. 17.
The pageant will be in Kellytown Baptist Church's activity building, Oliver Springs.
There is still time for ages newborn through high school to enter. The registration form and $25 entry fee must be received by Oct. 1.
The Roane County News stayed close to home to explore Sevier County with Cindy and Ted Gramals.
While at Dollywood, they ran into "American Idol" finalist and Oliver Springs native Janelle Arthur, who was performing in "The Great American Country Show" at the Pigeon Forge theme park.
Harriman Garden Club is taking nominations for the new Harriman Beautification Awards.
Residential, commercial and industrial nominees are sought.
All nominees must be in Harriman city limits and/or pay Harriman property taxes.
Awards are based on lawns, gardens, flora and landscaping in the front yard only.
Nominations may be made by messaging the Harriman Garden Club on Facebook, emailing Jamie Russell at email@example.com, or sending the nominees' name and address to P.O. Box 1422, Harriman, TN 37748.
Babahatchie Community Band will have its last outdoor concert of the season beginning at 7 p.m. Sept. 29 at Harriman's David Webb Riverfront Park.
Admission is free.
"This is a very special concert with some surprises in store," promised Babahatchie member Alison Westrich. "The theme for this one is '40s Radio Show. All music is music written and performed in the '40s. It's going to be great. Bill Farnham is going to be our radio announcer."
Fall is a busy time in the garden, where leaf raking will soon become a recurring task.
The scent of burning leaves, once a fall trademark, is now forbidden to city dwellers. It can still sometimes be a country experience.
Cool nights and warm days have provided us with burgeoning bright colors in the trees, and soon the hollies and evergreens will remind us that the joyous holiday season is not so far in the future.
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With appropriate scores, those may apply as general credit, credit for a particular course, or may allow you to advance to the next in a series of courses or take an honors-level course.
For a grade of three, credit is awarded for Japanese 001 and Japanese 002 (8 credits).
For a grade of four or five, credit is awarded for Japanese 001, 002, and 003 (12 credits), and the student will be considered as having fulfilled the 12th credit-level foreign language requirement.
This evaluation of the credits awarded for Advanced Placement Exams is subject to change and may be reviewed and revised periodically by Penn State faculty.
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Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out. Welcome Back, to that same old place… wait. My intro has gone off course and now I'm just typing lyrics to the Welcome Back, Kotter theme song, though it is slightly appropriate, as crowdfunding is giving more and more people an opportunity to pursue their dreams. The three dreams we're highlighting this week include a new party based RPG from Obsidian, a slightly unromantic comedy web series, and a book to help aspiring artists master their chosen craft.
Pick #1 – Project Eternity by Obsidian
Obsidian wants to make a new RPG that combines all the elements of the classic RPGs their founders love. Specifically hoping to pay tribute to games that use the Infinity Engine, they want to combine elements like the exploration of Baldur's Gate and the storytelling of Planetscape: Torment. Project Eternity will be an isometric, party based fantasy RPG, so look forward to wielding lots of magic and collecting lots of companions.
Pick #2 – Romantic Encounters with Melinda Hill
Melinda Hill's webseries Romantic Encounters features the comedienne getting into awkward situations in her dating life as she tries to meet a guy worth keeping. The first three episodes feature guest performances from TJ Miller, Kirk Fox and Taylor Negron as Melinda's potential suitors, with disastrous/hilarious results. The laughs on this show come from a place of morbid empathy, with Melinda put through the ringer in her attempts to find the right guy.
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If you want to get good at something, you have to practice, that's just how it is. But almost more importantly, you have to practice correctly. Studying and training while using bad form will just reinforce bad form. IDRAWCOMICS is a sketchbook and reference guide designed to teach artists to move their talent from basic sketching to drawing comics and fully capitalizing on the medium.


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A new stop motion video introduces the Moleskine Folio Tools, a small, compact and convenient collection of tools to keep your ideas fresh and always at your finger tips. It includes the Stick Notes, a set of 3-packs of 20 sticky notes - 2 plain and 1 ruled, and the Memo Cards, a set of 20 cards - 10 ruled and 10 squared, all retaining the classic Moleskine mood, with ivory color pages and rounded corners. Both are folded into a small pocket cover to protect the corners and edges. They are conceived to fit right in with all your note taking needs, for memories, messages, any kind of list and flash notes, useful at work as in everyday life.
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David Maraniss, author of a biography of Barack Obama, compared Obama's speech in Newtown to the Gettysburg Address. Maraniss claimed that "People will long remember what Barack Obama said in Newtown, his Gettysburg address." Maraniss found multiple levels of excellence in Obama's speech: "philosophical, sorrowful, determined, universal, simple, beautiful."
Noted historian Spike Lee agreed. He considers the speech "one of the greastest [sic] presidential speeches in the history of the US."
Philosophical depth, universality, and beauty are in the eye of the beholder, of course. For me, the speech was fine. But only in the Age of Oprah could it be considered a soaring masterpiece, and even then only by those who already admire the president. I'd bet the speech will not be "long remembered."
As for the comparison to Lincoln, I'll borrow from the response of philosopher Sparky Anderson when someone compared Thurman Munson to Johnny Bench: Don't never embarrass nobody by comparing them to Abraham Lincoln.


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University of Missouri Extension helps people create communities of the future. Community development education helps citizens tap into local strengths and university resources.
Missouri communities are made up of more than the people who live and work there. Every community is a tight-knit fabric of relationships, woven by the leadership of its citizens and partnerships of local businesses and agencies to build better lives for all residents. The Community Development Program works collaboratively with communities to foster economic development, leadership development, community decision making, community emergency preparedness and inclusive communities.
Across Missouri, the community development program is making a difference. For a look at how, view the impacts for fiscal year 2015 (PDF).
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DALLAS (AP) - A lawsuit has been filed accusing the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones of deceiving hundreds of fans who bought Super Bowl tickets and had no seats, or who felt the seats were inadequate.
The federal lawsuit, filed in Dallas, alleges breach of contract, fraud and deceptive sales practices.
It was filed Tuesday on behalf of fans who were prevented from having seats at Sunday's game between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington because of a snafu over temporary bleachers, as well as some Cowboys seasonticket-holders who say they wound up on folding chairs with obstructed views.
A Cowboys spokesman did not immediately return a call requesting comment Wednesday. The Packers beat the Steelers 31-25.
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A BUS driver who says he is lucky to be alive after a drunk 4x4 driver ploughed into the side of his bus, killing the car's front-seat passenger, last night demanded tougher penalties for people who drive over the limit.
Darrel French was almost three times the drink-drive limit when he slammed a stolen Isuzu Trooper into the side of a bus, killing his friend and passenger, James Reddington, 19.
The force of the impact tore off the front of the bus and left its unconscious driver, Wilf Graham, hanging out of the wreck.
Since the collision, which happened on the busy Stonebridge roundabout, in Darlington, just days before Christmas, Mr Graham has suffered recurring nightmares, as well as headaches and blurred vision, arm injuries, whiplash and cuts and bruises.
The 57-year-old, of Bishop Auckland, was also off work for eight weeks with broken ribs, and has had to spend more than £12,000 upgrading his car.
He said: "It was horrible. I have seen the CCTV of it and somebody was looking down on me that day.
"It could have been a lot worse. It could have been a bairn and his mother or father."
French, of Haughton Road, Darlington, was jailed for six years and four months at Teesside Crown Court after admitting causing death by dangerous driving, aggravated vehicle-taking, drink-driving and driving without insurance. He was also banned from driving for four years.
Mr Graham, a father-of-one, said the sentence was too short.
"When you drive a car drunk, it is like a loaded gun," he said.
"Somebody has got to stand up and say hang on a minute, this isn't right.
"He (French) says that he is sorry, but he has never made any attempt to say sorry to me. He has got no interest in anybody else but himself."
Mr Graham believes there should be a zero-tolerance policy to drink-driving, as well as tougher punishments and fewer leniencies on sentencing.
Darlington MP, Jenny Chapman, said she would support a review of the drink-drive limit, which is currently 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath.
She said: "It is often very difficult for anyone to judge whether they are over the limit and many people take a zero-tolerance approach themselves.
"There is widespread concern about sentencing guidelines for drink drivers and dangerous drivers.
"Sentences should reflect the impact on the victim."
Road safety charity Brake echoed Mr Graham's comments and the charity's campaigns officer, Ed Morrow, said: "Drink drivers who kill face a 14 year maximum sentence, but in practice many get off with far less.
"Sentencing guidelines for drivers who kill and injure are in need of urgent review, to ensure they more appropriately reflect the suffering that has been caused, and to provide an effective deterrent to other risky drivers.
"Tackling the menace of drink driving needs to start well before someone loses their life, with higher sentences – up to two years – for repeat drink drivers, and a zero-tolerance limit of 20mg alcohol per 100ml of blood."
Neil Greig, director of policy and research at the Institute of Advanced Motorists said maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving is 14 years' imprisonment but it is rarely used.
He said: "Society is changing and the support for tougher sentences is growing. In our view we don't need longer sentences or new offences just more consistent use of currently available sanctions."


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NEWTOWN, Conn. — Two teenagers were arrested after breaking into a Newtown home and assaulting a resident early Saturday, police said.
One suspect arrested was Brian Anthony Carriero, 18, who is a volunteer firefighter in Monroe, where he lives. A 17-year-old male was also arrested, but was not identified because he is a juvenile, police said.
At 3:23 a.m. March 18, Newtown police received a 911 call from a home on Elizabeth Street reporting a dispute, police said.
When officers arrived, the resident reported that two men had broken into the home and physically assaulted her companion by punching the victim in the face, police said.
The suspects were known to the victims and were later located and arrested.
"Our officers responded promptly, aided the assault victim, and tracked down the offenders, both which were arrested without further incident," Newtown police said in a statement. "This was an isolated incident, and no additional arrest are expected."
Carriero wouldn't turn himself in, but police learned that he was attending a firefighter training course at the Long Hill Fire Co. at 14 Meadow Road in Trumbull.
Newtown officers went there, removed him from the class and placed him under arrest, police said.
Each suspect was charged with first-degree burglary, disorderly conduct and third-degree assault.
Carriero, of 94 Hillside Lane, Monroe, was released on $5,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear Monday in court in Danbury. No further information was released on the juvenile suspect.
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