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So as to give some perspective, I'm going to ask readers for their guesses about human behavior before explaining my embarrassment by some of my fellow economists.
Last week Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jason Carter shared via this column his vision for public education in Georgia.
To understand the lack of enthusiasm most Americans feel about the midterm elections, it's important to recognize a vital distinction between government and community.
While new and novel might be exciting, routine and habit can help create a structure and framework for success. From eating breakfast, brushing our teeth or exercising every day, much of our lives are driven by routine. This reliance on routine behavior can startle us when we are driving and find ourselves not at our planned destination, but at our routine destination.
Tell me something: What do you think would happen if the United States concludes that Iran has been cheating and delaying and is about to pop a fully functional nuclear weapons program? Would President Obama respond by joining Israel to bomb the Iranian nuclear facilities to smithereens - or would he stall and equivocate? My bet is the latter and so, just to double down, is what I bet the Iranians are betting. They have taken the measure of Obama. He lacks menace.
The Food and Drug Administration can make two types of errors. It can approve a drug that has dangerous unanticipated side effects, or it can reject or delay approval of a drug that is safe and effective. Let's look at these errors, because to err on the side of under- or over-caution is costly.
It's a little thing, but it bugs me a lot.
If I die anytime soon - and I have no plans to do so at the moment - please see that the first paragraph of my obituary reads, "He was past president of the University of Georgia National Alumni Association." You can save for later paragraphs the part about my being often mistaken for Brad Pitt and my uncanny ability to put commas where they don't belong.
Ever since the 1976 election, I've understood the importance of voter turnout. My father was running for United States Congress in rural Georgia, having lost in 1974. He realized in early 1976 that running as a republican in Georgia, while Jimmy Carter was topping the democratic ticket, was going to be a hard feat to pull off, but confident of his ability to work hard, he trudged forward.
This past summer I travelled back home to attend the 50th year reunion of the class of 1964 of St Mary's High in Annapolis Maryland.
In 1913, an entrepreneur "said in many newspapers and over his signature that it would be possible to transmit the human voice across the Atlantic before many years." For that accurate assessment of reality, he was prosecuted for stock fraud. A U.S. District Attorney claimed that, "based on these absurd and deliberately misleading statements, the misguided public ... has been persuaded to buy stock in his company."
The director of the Secret Service, Julia Pierson, was questioned this past Tuesday by members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding lapses in Secret Service Performance. The hearing focused primarily on an incident that took place on September 19. Omar J. Gonzalez, 42, allegedly jumped the White House fence, ran across the White House lawn, ran up a flight of stairs and through the North Portico door. He then allegedly entered the entrance hall, turned left and headed into the East Room, where he was tackled and subdued. A knife was allegedly found in his possession.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), sometimes called ISIS or IS, is a Sunni extremist group that follows al-Qaida's anti-West ideology and sees a holy war against the West as a religious duty. With regard to nonbelievers, the Quran commands, "And kill them wherever you find them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out." The Quran contains many other verses that call for Muslim violence against nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule.
Last Saturday while the Bulldog nation sweated out a 35-32 victory over the Tennessee Volunteers that should not have been as hard as our scholar-athletes made it, former head football coach and athletic director Vince Dooley's first team at UGA was recognized on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. As nice as that was, more - much more - needs to be done to honor the legendary Hall of Fame coach.
It's a fortunate thing that Bill O'Reilly's latest book, "Killing Patton," was written by him and not someone else. In that case, O'Reilly would have taken the poor person apart, criticizing the book for its chaotic structure, for its considerable padding and for its repellent admiration of a war-loving martinet who fought the Nazis and really never understood why. George S. Patton stood almost shoulder to shoulder with them in his anti-Semitism -- not that O'Reilly seems to have noticed or, for that matter, mentioned in his book.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's anti-Semitism is getting the better of him. Once again, the Turkish prime minister has trotted out the Hitler analogy in relation to Israel and what it has done in Gaza. "They curse Hitler morning and night," he said of the Israelis. "However, now their barbarism has surpassed even Hitler's."
The U.S. Senate race this November between Democrat Michelle Nunn and Republican David Perdue will be one of the more unusual campaigns we have witnessed in Georgia. Neither has held public office and both are anxious to portray themselves as the ultimate "outsider."
Earlier this month, the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act was celebrated. During the act's legislative debate, then-Sen. Hubert Humphrey, responding to predictions, promised, "I'll eat my hat if this leads to racial quotas." I don't know whether Humphrey got around to keeping his promise, but here's my question: Is it within the capacity of black Americans to make it in this society without the special favors variously called racial preferences, quotas, affirmative action and race-sensitive policies? What might a "yes" answer to that question assume and imply about blacks? Likewise, what would a "no ...
Following the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision, one of the key talking points that emerged from enraged opponents of the ruling was: "My boss shouldn't be involved in my health care decisions." California State Senate candidate Sandra Fluke says on her official website that such a perspective is "common sense."
Israel fought its first war, in 1948, against five Arab nations - Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan - as well as the Palestinians. In the prediction of the fairly new CIA, the outcome was never in doubt: "Without substantial outside aid in terms of manpower and material, they [the Jews] will be able to hold out no longer than two years." It has now been 66 years, but I fear that sooner or later, the CIA's conclusion could turn out to be right.
Last week I attended two informal meetings of citizens and two Chamber of Commerce moderated meetings on the 2050 Plan and a meeting on the Highway 278 Community Improvement District. I came away with an appreciation of just how similar is the end result most of us want for Newton County and yet how distant are the means that we would employ to accomplish that end.
I wrote this some time ago. With so many folks in the same boat as I was in those early days of my adulthood, I thought you might get a chuckle from my young eager mistakes:
During last year's budget negotiation meetings, President Barack Obama told House Speaker John Boehner, "We don't have a spending problem." When Boehner responded with "But, Mr. President, we have a very serious spending problem," Obama replied, "I'm getting tired of hearing you say that." In one sense, the president is right. What's being called a spending problem is really a symptom of an unappreciated deep-seated national moral rot. Let's examine it with a few questions.
This summer has served as a reminder to me about the virtue of virtues, specifically hard work and perseverance. Last winter, our 12-year-old son, Robert, was accepted into an honors performance group as a string bass player, based on his teacher's recommendation and an MP3 submission of his playing. In May, he was sent four pieces of music to master by late June, when he was to perform them in New York.
"I have gotten bad news and am much the worse for it.
They had a term for her, but I've forgotten it. It was a name applied to a person who could not say no to a door-to-door salesman. The one I remember from my brief career selling magazines was totally upfront about her intentions. "I'll buy whatever you're selling," she said. I sold her Esquire and two other subscriptions. Salesmen back then had a name for such people. Today, I would call them conservatives. They, too, will buy anything.
One of the advantages of being an older baby boomer is that your mind can easily wander back to days of your youth and every detail of those experiences can be seen as clearly as if you were still that age.
In his weekly column for CNN.com, Julian Zelizer makes a reasonable case that "Distrustful Americans still live in age of Watergate." In his eyes, this helps explain why the president's health care law and other initiatives have encountered so much resistance.
In a piece titled, "They're Not Telling Us The Truth," I wrote: "Clinton, Bush and Obama, et al, have positioned us in harm's way by providing an accommodating environment for these illegal disease carriers. It is not my contention that everyone who crosses the border illegally is diseased or a disease carrier. I am saying, the fact that we do not know which ones are and which ones are not puts us in peril...I confess that when I walk into an uptown restaurant and see illegals in the kitchen or busing tables, I am concerned." (mychal-massie.com ...
Based on this fiscal year's eight-and-a-half months of activity so far, the number of unaccompanied alien children from Honduras apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol will increase 22 times from what it was in 2009.


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Cracker Barrel - N Broadway - Pennsville, NJ
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A Cracker Barrel on N Broadway in Pennsville, NJ. This Cracker Barrel is close to I-295 and the Delaware border.
posted by: saopaulo1
location: New Jersey
date approved: 5/23/2009
last visited: 9/29/2014
Cracker Barrel - I-95 - Bel-Air, MD
A Cracker Barrel by the I-95 in Bel-Air, MD.
location: Maryland
date approved: 5/22/2009
last visited: 7/5/2013
Cracker Barrel - I-95 - Elkton, MD
A Cracker Barrel on I-95 in Elkton,MD. This Cracker Barrel is by the Delaware border.
last visited: 1/28/2011
Cracker Barrel, Auburn, In along Shook Drive
This is the only Cracker Barrel in Auburn,Indiana and near the highway.
posted by: Captain Spaulding
location: Indiana
date approved: 5/9/2009
last visited: 7/29/2012
Cracker Barrel - SR-69 - Prescott Valley, AZ
The Cracker Barrel is located in a new shopping center in Prescott Valley.
posted by: DopeyDuck
location: Arizona
date approved: 4/23/2009
last visited: 7/13/2014
Cracker Barrel Restaurant, Rohoboth Beach, Delaware
This Cracker Barrel Restaurant is located along SR 1 in Sussex County, Delaware.
posted by: deano1943
location: Delaware
date approved: 4/15/2009
last visited: 7/5/2014
Monroe's Corner Cracker Barrel - FL
Located just in front of the Garlett's Museum complex off I75.
posted by: ChapterhouseInc
location: Florida
date approved: 3/12/2009
last visited: 3/28/2013
Cracker Barrel - Maumee,Oh.
Located on Dussel rd. just off of I-475.
posted by: JIMBOBWE
location: Ohio
date approved: 3/1/2009
last visited: 6/20/2011
Cracker Barrel; Rootstown, OH; I-76
A Cracker Barrel restaurant just east of Kent,Ohio
posted by: IlliniPhil
date approved: 2/28/2009
last visited: 11/14/2010
Cracker Barrel - Baton Rouge, LA I-12
Baton Rouge Cracker Barrel, located at Interstate 12 Exit 2B. Thats the US Hwy. 61 (Airline Highway) exit.
posted by: scrambler390
location: Louisiana
date approved: 2/26/2009
last visited: 8/6/2012
Cracker Barrel - I-475 - Macon, GA
Cracker Barrel # 22 at exit number 3 on I-475 in Macon, GA.
posted by: Lat34North
location: Georgia
date approved: 2/19/2009
last visited: 11/7/2012
Cracker Barrel, Mesa, AZ
Cracker Barrel in Mesa Riverview on Dobson Road and the 202 freeway in Mesa, AZ.
posted by: Team Caballero
date approved: 2/14/2009
last visited: 5/13/2014
Commercial Way Cracker Barrel - Spring Hill, FL
Located along US 19 in Spring Hill.
date approved: 2/9/2009
last visited: 3/28/2012
US 19 Cracker Barrel - New Port Richey, FL
Located along the highway in NPR.
last visited: 10/20/2012
Cracker Barrel - Pardee Road - Cicero, New York
This Cracker Barrel Restaurant is located next to Interstate Route 81, on Pardee Road in the Village of Cicero, New York.
posted by: PTCRAZY
location: New York
date approved: 2/4/2009
last visited: 8/20/2014
Cracker Barrel - I35W at Loop 820 - Fort Worth, Texas
Excellent location on major freeway and near heavily traveled cross roads.
posted by: txoilgas
location: Texas
last visited: 5/24/2008
Cracker Barrel - Hammond, LA - I-55 - Exit 31
Located off US Hwy 190, off Exit 31. You can also get to this Cracker Barrel from Interstate 12.
date approved: 2/1/2009
last visited: never
Cracker Barrel - Herculaneum, Missouri
The Cracker Barrel Restaurant is located in Herculaneum, Missouri.
posted by: firechief6300
location: Missouri
date approved: 1/26/2009
last visited: 9/27/2014
Cracker Barrel - Grapevine, Texas
Cracker Barrel Restuarant off of 121 northbound in Grapevine Texas.
posted by: Geojeepsters
last visited: 2/16/2012
Cracker Barrel - Flagstaff, AZ
This Cracker Barrel is a welcome sight for travelers along I-40 (Exit 198).
date approved: 1/14/2009
last visited: 10/24/2009
Cracker Barrel - Terre Haute, IN
Standard CB located off I-40 Exit 7 in Terre Haute, Indiana
posted by: vhasler
date approved: 1/1/2009
last visited: 10/1/2013
Pueblo Cracker Barrel - Pueblo, CO
Located just off Interstate 25 on the North side of Pueblo.
posted by: mr.volkswagen
location: Colorado
date approved: 12/27/2008
last visited: 7/31/2011
Mt. Sterling, KY
the cracker barrel on I-64 at exit 110
posted by: cptn phil
location: Kentucky
date approved: 12/26/2008
last visited: 10/8/2012
Epps Bridge Cracker Barrel - Athens, GA
Located near the end of Hwy 316, this sits in the Walmart parking lot.
date approved: 12/20/2008
last visited: 12/18/2008
Cracker Barrel, Johnson City TN,
This Cracker Barrel is near Johnson City TN.
location: Tennessee
date approved: 12/19/2008
last visited: 11/6/2009
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A Day in the Seventeenth Century
Wallace Collection
Sat Jan 12 2013
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Time Out says
Posted: Wed Nov 14 2012
East meets west for this day of activities centred around the museum's Dutch masterpieces and its community-curated exhibition 'Journeys East: A Discovery of Hidden Treasures'. The day of activities includes talks, performances and exhibition-inspired workshops in which children can learn how to make patterns inspired by traditional Indian Rangoli ones.
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As you'll see from the little widget on the side of the blog, I am a big fan of Strava. Yes, it's got a bit of a bad reputation for male 'KOMs' (King of the Mountains) trying to better each other on dangerous stretches of road, and is a little macho-istic in its purpose – but the real benefit for me is to chart and see my progress over the time that I've been using it. Only in the last few weeks have my commutes started becoming 'achievement free' – meaning that I'm no longer simply improving my performance on a weekly basis through chugging away on my commute – or that I've hit the 'safe' limit for speeding around central London through rush hour.
It's neat though, because I came across a tool called Veloviewer.com which can interact with the Strava API and pull out all my ride data, and then provide better analysis and graphing of my progress. Want to see my performance on a certain segment over the past 2 years? Sure. They even start by mirroring the privacy settings of what I've kept on Strava. Perfect.
However, they're developing against a moving target. There's nothing stopping Strava from seeing how Veloviewer are using the Strava API, copying their efforts and then closing it down*. Twitter's API during it's boom years was a major incentive for companies like TweetDeck, twitpic & Instagram to all grab onto the shirt-tails and using the twitter API boost their own revenues, however, when Twitter decided to expand and compete directly with them, it was easy to shut down the API and make more advanced functionality a 'premium' service.
What Google Fit does, is bring together that fitness data under one, independent* source – that will allow a greater level of trust and compatibility between apps like Strava and Veloviewer. Garmin recently saw the light at the end of the tunnel and opened up their 'Garmin Connect' software to sync data in and out with some key mobile fitness apps – but separating the data from the devices has got to be the ultimate aim in usability. Sites like veloviewer can leverage the functionality of the GoogleFit REST API, whereas Android apps themselves can use the 'Android' interface to get data in and out of the datastore.
The problem is that it's another bit of data that is fairly personal that I'm giving to Google. Now, Google give me a load of stuff for 'free' – and in return I get neat functionality. Want to track whether my girlfriend is going to beat me home to make dinner – yep; check. I can do it. The problem I've got is the 'visibility' of what Google store on me. When Google Latitude first came out, it was immediately obvious where the data points were gathered from, and though the interfaces were pretty ugly, you could navigate and quite easily see things like your location history. The difference in the most modern iteration is that the 'gateway' for signing yourself up into this data collection exercise is no longer contextualised. You buy an Android phone and turn on location services (otherwise people have actually got to use orienteering skills to use Google maps, rather than just follow the blue dot!), and Boom! Now google did react quite positively to concerns about this, so when you google 'Location History' you can see the following link: https://maps.google.co.uk/locationhistory/ – but many people are still freaked out by this.
So, when an interface like Google Fit comes along, it scares me a bit
It's so bloody simple it doesn't really tell me what's being stored. At the moment I'll put this down to 'freshness' and hopefully Google will take the same path that they did with location history – but seeing my data stash (being able to import/export from it too) is key functionality that I expect to be developed either by a third party using the Google API – or by Google themselves.
The positive is that they've published a paragraph called 'Responsible use of Google Fit' – so at least they're giving it plenty of thought from the off.
I look forward to seeing the direction this takes, and hopefully more apps like Veloviewer will be able to grow based on today's announcement. It'll be interesting to see how Google manage to compete with Apple's HealthKit – with Apple clearly taking the initiative on NFC (despite being years late to the party) by proactively curating a network of corporate agreements to get their payment systems integrated with the new ApplePay, versus Google's passive actions waiting for Contactless, and then NFC to take off organically.
*I have no idea what the incentives of the Strava developers are re: veloviewer, but at the moment it's all looking rosy from the outside.
I've loved my Trek 1.5 since getting in as a birthday present back in March 2012. A sleek white racer, it was the first 'road bike' I've owned. I did once borrow my Granddad's Dawes roadies for a few months back in 2003, but technology appears to have massively improved since the 70s. I love the flat, I love going up hills, but sometimes going downhill can feel a little.. hairy.
About 14 months ago I was training for the etape pennines up north of Buxton, Derbyshire. I'd spent quite a bit of my youth up near Edale and Mam Tor, and with my sister up at University in Buxton, figured it would be a great place to get some hill training in before the etape. It was – but cycling down Winnat's Pass left me feeling pretty uncomfortable about descending at speed. Whenever I applied the brakes it simply felt like the bike was squirming and bending underneath me; not wanting to follow the direction I was guiding it, but behaving like an angry bull trying to throw the rider. It was not a pleasant experience.
A few weeks later I was doing the BHF's Heart of England ride with my family, when I asked my Dad if I could borrow his Madone 3.1 for the ride. A carbon fibre bike, it was definitely lighter than mine, but I didn't expect the braking so be so much more comfortable. The Madone comes with a mix of 105 and SRAM components, and it was an absolute dream to ride. Gone was the horrible binary braking experienced on my 1.5, and suddenly I felt in control and far more confident about how the bike would behave at speed downhill.
I begrudgingly gave the Madone back to Dad once I'd finished the etape (3 months later, but who's counting…) – and since then have been looking around at other bikes to work out whether it's time to take the plunge and upgrade the 1.5, or whether some small componentry upgrades would help 'fix' my problem. It's taken a while, but for now I've decided to upgrade the non-branded brake calipers on the bike to some simple Tiagra ones. I have no frame of reference or comparison as to the difference they may make – but I hope to feedback what I find out.
One of the most challenging jobs I consider is the role of technical Sales. I've been involved in quite a few software businesses where the salesperson has to have a full grasp of not just the company's immediate offering, but how it may strategically evolve to become the right choice for the customer.
Ironically there is a parallel here with car industry. Companies like Lucas used to develop car headlamps (their premium models branded "King of the Road") and other specialist car parts. I have a vague recollection of being on holiday in the West of France with my family when the Vauxhall Frontera was relaunched with a fundamentally different rear suspension system, dramatically improving the car. From the AA:
"Semi-elliptic rear leaf springs gave these early models an unrefined ride, but things changed for the better in April 1995 with the introduction of a coil-sprung rear axle, plus better brakes and improved rear door opening with lifting glass."
The real crux here is that when there is a major leap forward in technology or innovation, there is a transitional period where the customers who don't understand the technology need to have a technical salesperson explain the benefits. Once the technology is bedded in, there is less of a need for the technical sales as the technology has become, if not ubiquitous, at least understood in the realm in which it is used.
For digital communications, this same phenomenon appears to have occurred. In the late 90s and early 00s digital was about having an online presence; it then became the focus of communications experts to align the online presence with the offline marketing plans. Following on from this we've seen the social media boom, and now marketing departments are starting to understand what social networks are, their advantages and drawbacks, and aligning all their messaging accordingly.
It seems to me that the next jump is going to be another technical one. With the imminent introduction of browser-to-browser communication, what are the innovations or restrictions that such technology may carry? Having recently read (and commented on) @Documentally's piece on the 'Perfect Prison' – what could the internet look like in another 5 years?
In the last 200 years the majority of the Western World has been fortunate. We've been able to align the progress of time with what feels like improvement. This story, perpetuated by the media and by ideas such as "Moore's Law" has made us believe that through the simple passage of time things will get better*. However, could the real story be that, as a society, we are starting to regress?
I am a huge fan of Hans Rosling, though his talks on the wealth of nations in comparison to life expectancy over the last 200 years aligns more with the first story than the latter. In them, however, you'll see anomalies that don't match the overall story are ignored. In the disclaimer there's also the admission that due to the pure volume and scarcity of data, some of it has been 'normalised' and 'interpolated' to enable its use in the chart.
One of the most intriguing articles I read at the end of 2013 (it was actually published in Feb 2012) was on against TED. I've always had a soft spot for TED. I used to spend afternoons at college with a friend pinging each other TED talks. They were a 'cool' glimpse into what would be possible in the future. Intelligent role models taking time to share their ideas in a way that we could easily digest. The most intriguing part of the criticism for me was the following paragraph:
At TED, "everyone is Steve Jobs" and every idea is treated like an iPad. The conferences have come to resemble religious meetings and the TED talks techno-spiritual sermons, pushing an evangelical, cultish attitude toward "the new ideas that will change the world." Everything becomes "magical" and "inspirational." In just the top-ten most-viewed TED talks, we get the messages of "inspiration," "astonishment," "insight," "mathmagic" and the "thrilling potential of SixthSense technology"! The ideas most popular are those that pander to a metaphysical, magical portrayal of the role of technology in the world.
Technology is what we make of it. As a technologist myself, I'm sometimes the awe of my friends when they come round and see that I've got my heating system graphing hourly electricity usage, and I can set my alarm in the morning to not bother turning the hot water on because I know I'll be showering at work after cycling in. This isn't mystical, nor is it a 'great leap forward' – it's actually using five year old technology in a way that the original inventor did not intend.
Behind all the technology that we're currently using is an inventor that has set the technology up and is manipulating it in some way. Sometimes it's obvious and we are fully aware of the manipulation and carry on; other times it's more subtle. I think the big change over the next few years will be algorithms that are not used simply to manipulate, but to identify where this manipulation fails and find ways of making it work. We will be made redundant from our roles as technical salespeople, as people think they understand how the technology works and can make the decisions themselves, but with the oversimplification of the technologies so 'everyone can understand it' comes a price. The price, in this case, is the freedom to choose.
Hopefully we'll get the budget to develop the app further, as there are plenty of more ideas learned from the book that we could incorporate. The slideshow below is a nice summary of the concepts, but I recommend supporting Nir and getting the book on amazon here:
2014 is going to bring with it its own challenges, and I hope to keep as many of them catalogued as possible. 2013 brought me into the world of Rackspace – on both their co-location and cloud services – and I've found them 'fanatical' about everything, just as they claim.
I've also started picking up some AngularJS and using Yeoman for my scaffolding. I hope to learn a CSS tool, such as Compass/LESS/SASS and use a templating language such as jade. I'm also going to kill the blog at www.andyloughran.co.uk and bring it back here. There's no point in separating my personal and technical blogs, I'll just make sure I tag them properly on here so people can read what they choose.
Welcome back, and I wish all of you a prosperous 2014.
The Galaxy S2 was a really slim and attractive phone and despite the increase in size this is a tradition the Note 2 continues in style. In order to protect my S2 I went for a large two layer case comprised of a rubber inner layer and a hardened plastic shell; this worked wonders and to this day it hasn't sustained any major damage. However this added protection really added to the overall size of the phone and made it quite bulky to hold.
With my Note 2 I was offered a different and more innovative choice; a Tech 21 Impact Snap case from Mobile Fun. What sets this unusually thin hard plastic case apart is the progression from a thick layer of rubber or silicone to thin orange strips of a smart substance called D3O. These line the inside edges of the case and whilst they feel soft to the touch, on impact the material hardens to absorb the force that would otherwise be transferred to the handset.
The case fits tightly and has cutouts where required, including a generous opening for Samsung's S-Pen stylus which I found actually helped me remove it from the phone more easily. There is also a slight lip over the front of the phone which ensures that should the phone land face down the screen will not directly impact the ground..
If I were to suggest a way of improving the protection offered by the Tech 21 Impact Snap case it would be by pairing it with a Galaxy Note 2 Screen Protector just to keep that 5.5″ screen safe and scratch free.
Thank you.
I am who I am, because you are who you are.
Having studied Psychology, the 'person in social psychology' is an extremely complex issue. When you ask a person to define 'who they are' – they very often describe social relationships. "I'm a rugby player" describes a person, because we can then draw on the social norms associated with rugby players, drinking, fitness, fairness and camaraderie.
In our consumerist society, the western adoption of ubuntu would probably go along the lines of:
"I am who I am because I'm better than him"
In the race to the top, in constantly looking as individuals to better ourselves, the first thing that breaks is community. The social fabric of communities that helped build up the work ethic in the early development of the industrial revolution has been reversed, when now the paradigm is to try and better oneself in comparison to one's peers.
The problem with this approach is that it breaks community. Instead of looking for shared prosperity, we are looking to break it. The recession of 2009 is evidence that such an approach is not sustainable, nor what people would actually want. I can assert with confidence that the majority of people would be uneasy to say all they want to do is be 'better than their neighbours'.
The root of the problem then lies in the social system, which is manipulating our individual psychology for prosperity. We are told by adverts to want the next big thing, we need to get bigger houses, more TVs, the latest iPad.
The good news, for me, is that it is the system that is manipulating the individual, rather than an inherent belief in an individual to want to better their peers. The vast majority of people look to share their prosperity with their friends, family and future offspring. There are other factors involved with the status quo, but I will not go into them in this post.
So if we go back to the root, if we look carefully at how we behave. Think about the pound that you spend; the time you use up. It is possible to turn the system on it's head. I'm lucky enough to have been involved in the 'Open Source' movement – this is moving away from software being regarded solely in terms of monetary value, and instead being given a social value. We exchange it for free, so that each of us may have a more prosperous resource from which to work.
Certainly, there are more challenges to be faced when using the same structures to share material goods, but these are not insurmountable. I'm sure anyone that's worked in retail will be fully aware of the mark-up put on products. If buying through a third party supplier, it's possible for the end distributor to make far more money on 'mark-up' that was earned by the manufacturer. I'd argue that the main reason for this is that the 'buffer' between the distributor and manufacturer is large enough for it not to have to play on the conscience of the distributor. If we move to a more local economy, then I'd suggest that these discrepancies in 'value' versus 'price' would be much narrower.
The reason I'm doing it is to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society. Unfortunately last year my Nan lost her battle with Dementia and passed away at the end of November. It was a very tough time for the family, but unfortunately it was not my first experience of the condition. Both my mothers' parents also had the condition.
I remember posting many years ago about John Suchet's battle in coping with his wife having the condition. He pointed out that it was not a condition which necessarily caused the contractee to suffer, but the family and loved ones that surround them. It can be a very painful condition, moreso when you are left to comprehend the suffering of an increasingly lonely partner.
What does make a big difference though is education and experience. I was a few years younger when my Gran started showing the signs of dementia, but old enough to have been by her bedside for the last few days of her life. Understanding the condition made it much less of a chore, and though it was obvious to see that many in the family were in distress, I always felt happy that my Gran wasn't the one suffering – and if we took to her new character and interacted with her 'in her world' then she was extremely content.
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The Humboldt County Fair will head into the homestretch of its 118th horse race meet with a revised first post for Friday's program.
Fair manager Richard Conway announced that the first race on Friday is set for a 3:07 p.m. start. Conway announced the decision, moving first post back an hour from its 2:07 p.m. start for last Friday's opening day card.
"We thought we might get a better response (with the earlier start) as the only race track in California running at the time frame, but that did not work out like we thought," said Conway. "So we decided to bump the post time for the first race Friday back to 3:07 p.m. to hopefully get more people out from getting off work here and throughout California to watch and wager on the Humboldt Fair races."
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I'm rolling in envy right now! Gorgous! I'm going to say these are Ringed Honey Mushrooms…definately the right time of season if you're hitting autumn or early winter….even SPRING!
Considered safely edible for half the population…I'm not one of those safe people. These make me REALLY green…and not just with envy. :o)
Aww, thanks, Carla, for the great comment, and for the help with ID-ing this fungi. I'm so jealous of your knowledge of fungi and so grateful for the generosity of your sharing it… Bad luck that you can't eat these ones… but luckily you can enjoy looking at them anyway! For me, eating wild mushrooms is a no-go area anyway… find it much too risky. So I keep to the supermarket ones LOL – Thanks, my friend!
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Fantastic capture and location.
Thank you so much, Julie, yes, it was a great find and a marvellous view!
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Mooi! Erg mooi! En dan dat blaadje bovenop…. Hoogbouw op zijn best! WOW!
Ja, hé LOL – was echt een fantastische vondst, en zo leuk om te proberen dat goed in beeld te krijgen ;)
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That's awesome! Thank you so much Ray, for the feature and invitation to the challenge in this wonderful group!
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Wonderful image! Congratulations on your feature!
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Beautiful capture! ( I agree…it's fabulous!)
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Wow what a beautiful bunch of fungi!! And what a find, love these species. Good of Carla to give you the ID ;o))
yes, indeed – I was all excited about these too – esp. that they were so many, several of those bunches in a row along the path (you may have seen the other (overview-) pic I made of that) – And indeed, I really do appreciate Carla's help! :D
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This seems like a totally strange way to unveil a trailer. It would have been cool if it had been exclusive to some small mom-and-pop theaters for a week, as opposed to select theaters from large chains. I don't think this alienates fans (though initially it seemed like it), since the trailer will soon be released online and shown at all theaters, but it's just a bizarre way to roll it out. It serves no apparent purpose.
Universal's approach with Jurassic World is much more sensible.
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WaukeshaBeautiful Savior Lutheran School
1205 S East Ave
Waukesha, WI, 53186
(262)542-6558(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)45 students | Gr. PK-5
SheboyganBethlehem Lutheran School
1121 Georgia Ave
Sheboygan, WI, 53081
(920)452-5071(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)127 students | Gr. PK-8
AppletonCelebration Lutheran School
3100 E Evergreen Dr
Appleton, WI, 54913
(920)734-8218(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)51 students | Gr. PK-8
Pleasant PrairieChrist Lutheran Academy
8411 Old Green Bay Rd
Pleasant Prairie, WI, 53158
(262)697-6044Alternative School (Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)37 students | Gr. K-8
WeyauwegaChrist Lutheran School
N6412 State Road 49
Weyauwega, WI, 54983
(920)867-3263(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)33 students | Gr. K-9
MilwaukeeChrist Memorial Lutheran School
5719 N Teutonia Ave
Milwaukee, WI, 53209
(414)461-3371(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)83 students | Gr. K-9
WaukeshaChrist The Life Lutheran School
3031 Summit Ave
Waukesha, WI, 53188
(262)547-7315(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)38 students | Gr. PK-7
MilwaukeeConcordia University School
8242 N Granville Rd
Milwaukee, WI, 53224
(414)354-6601(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)200 students | Gr. PK-8
HartlandDivine Redeemer Lutheran School
N48w31385 Hill St
Hartland, WI, 53029
(262)367-3664(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)288 students | Gr. PK-8
Eau ClaireEau Claire Lutheran School
3031 Epiphany Ln
Eau Claire, WI, 54703
(715)835-9314(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)82 students | Gr. K-9
Elm GroveElm Grove Lutheran School
945 Terrace Drive
Elm Grove, WI, 53122
(262)797-2970(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)116 students | Gr. PK-8
MilwaukeeEmmaus Ev Lutheran School
2818 N 23rd St
Milwaukee, WI, 53206
(414)444-6090(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)257 students | Gr. PK-9
WatertownFaith Lutheran School
626 Milford St
Watertown, WI, 53094
(920)261-8060(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)25 students | Gr. PK-8
CedarburgFirst Immanuel Lutheran School
W67N622 Evergreen Blvd
Cedarburg, WI, 53012
(262)377-6610(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)271 students | Gr. PK-8
Pleasant PrairieGood Shepherd Lutheran School
4311 104th Street
Pleasant Prairie, WI, 53158
(262)694-4405(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)21 students | Gr. PK-8
WatertownGood Shepherd Lutheran School
1611 E Main St
Watertown, WI, 53094
(920)261-0279(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)87 students | Gr. PK-8
East TroyGood Shepherd Lutheran School
1936 Emery St
East Troy, WI, 53120
(262)642-3310(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)21 students | Gr. PK-5
MilwaukeeGospel Lutheran School
3965 N 15th St
Milwaukee, WI, 53206
(414)372-5159(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)55 students | Gr. K-9
Menomonee FallsGrace Evangelical Lutheran School
N87W16173 Kenwood Blvd
Menomonee Falls, WI, 53051
(262)251-7140(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)188 students | Gr. PK-8
Oak CreekGrace Lutheran School
8537 S Pennsylvania Ave
Oak Creek, WI, 53154
(414)762-3655(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)54 students | Gr. PK-8
Green BayGreen Bay Trinity Lutheran School
120 S Henry Street
Green Bay, WI, 54302
(920)655-4673(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)96 students | Gr. 1-8
Hales CornersHales Corners Lutheran School
12300 W Janesville Road
Hales Corners, WI, 53130
(414)529-6702Special Program Emphasis (Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)371 students | Gr. PK-8
SheboyganImmanuel Lutheran School
1626 Illinois Avenue
Sheboygan, WI, 53081
(920)452-9681(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)47 students | Gr. PK-8
MayvilleImmanuel Lutheran School
N8076 County Road Ay
Mayville, WI, 53050
(920)387-2158(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)15 students | Gr. PK-8
BrookfieldImmanuel Lutheran School
13445 Hampton Rd
Brookfield, WI, 53005
(262)781-7140(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)143 students | Gr. PK-8
MarshfieldImmanuel Lutheran School
604 S Chestnut Ave
Marshfield, WI, 54449
(715)384-5121(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)80 students | Gr. PK-8
Wisconsin RapidsImmanuel Lutheran School
111 11th Street N
Wisconsin Rapids, WI, 54494
(715)423-0272(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)121 students | Gr. PK-8
HartlandLake Country Lutheran High School
401 Campus Drive
Hartland, WI, 53029
(262)367-8600(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)184 students | Gr. 9-12
WatertownLebanon Lutheran School
N534 County Road R
Watertown, WI, 53098
(920)925-3791(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)76 students | Gr. K-9
JacksonLiving Word Lutheran High School
2230 Living Word Lane
Jackson, WI, 53037
(262)677-9353(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)195 students | Gr. 9-12
RacineLutheran High School
251 Luedtke Ave
Racine, WI, 53405
(262)637-6538(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)205 students | Gr. 9-12
MilwaukeeLutheran Special School & Education Services
9700 W. Grantosa Drive
Milwaukee, WI, 53222
(414)461-8500Special Education School (Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)35 students | Gr. 3-8
GreendaleMartin Luther High School
5201 S 76th St
Greendale, WI, 53129
(414)421-4000(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)328 students | Gr. 9-12
MilwaukeeMilwaukee Lutheran High School
9700 W Grantosa Drive
Milwaukee, WI, 53222
(414)461-6000(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)596 students | Gr. 9-12
MilwaukeeMt Olive Lutheran School
5301 W Washington Blvd
Milwaukee, WI, 53208
(414)774-2200(Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod)120 students | Gr. PK-8
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There is 1 private schools in zipcode 04238, ME, serving 262 students.
Minority enrollment is 28% of the student body, which is more than the ME state average of 8%.
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Hebron Hebron Academy
PO Box 309
Hebron, ME, 04238
(207)966-5225262 students | Gr. 6-12
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CALLS have been made for police bosses to put more bobbies on the beat after research revealed officers from West Mercia are spending just over a tenth of their time on the streets.
According to the statistics, West Mercia Police had just 12.6 per cent of its officers and PCSOs 'visible and available' to the public at any one time.
That equates to 14 available for every £10million spent by the force - an average cost of £722,589.
The figures were released by the TaxPayers' Alliance, using data from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
Matthew Sinclair, chief executive of the TaxPayers Alliance, called on police chiefs to ensure they were cutting unnecessary red tape getting in the way of frontline policing.
"Many police forces can do more to use their resources efficiently and get more of their officers out on the front line fighting crime.
"Of course the police have some important work to do that will sometimes legitimately stop them being available for visible policing, but the large differences between forces suggests some are giving taxpayers much better value for money."
A West Mercia Police spokeswoman said officers were deployed based on need and the nature of their work, which meant not all officers would be visible to the public while on duty and many did not carry out traditional 'bobbies on the beat' roles, such as CID officers working on a murder investigation in an incident room.
"We recognise there is a popular view police visibility lowers crime levels, however day-to-day experience shows that crime falls for a wide variety of reasons and officer visibility is just one of the tactics available to help drive crime down." The force also pointed out crime had fallen.
West Mercia's Police and Crime Commissioner Bill Longmore said: "As it is not entirely clear how these figures were calculated I would not want to comment on them specifically at this stage.
"However, I would reassure residents of West Mercia that ensuring the force has as visible a policing presence as possible across the three counties is something I see as a priority."
He reiterated what the force spokesperson said regarding officers being deployed according to need, also using the example of CID officers working on a murder investigation.
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Sunday Feature #15Every sunday I do a feature to show you some of the gorgeous art that i've found on dA during the week. Certainly there are much more pictures in my favourites but these are my absolute highlights.CanonAdventures
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Congratulations to Tom Brady and Gisele who welcomed their second child, a baby girl named Vivian, into the world today. Gisele has been a big advocate for working out during pregnancy, saying that she believes women allow themselves to become "garbage disposals" while they are pregnant. Apparently it works for her because here she is shortly after giving birth to the couples first child. We look forward to her inevitable return to the catwalk, and to Vivian one day being the first female president. God bless Tom Brady.
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Eric Bledsoe with the incredible chase-down block against the Kings (VIDEO)
Dec 22, 2012, 8:00 AM EST
Eric Bledsoe is an insane athletic talent, but buried on a very deep Clippers roster, has only gotten on the court for about 18 minutes per game this season.
When he does get out there, however, good things happen more than they do not.
Bledsoe got loose for this chase-down block against the Kings' Thomas Robinson on Friday, and it was clear that Robinson had no idea Bledsoe had any chance whatsoever of successfully inserting himself into this play.
As Bledsoe trailed the play, you could see he was tracking it all along. As soon as Robinson went up, Bledsoe timed his jump perfectly, and swatted the ball away as soon as it left the offensive player's hands.
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- sellahh - Dec 22, 2012 at 8:13 AM
"Ronnie jumps over the press table."
- cmart0208 - Dec 22, 2012 at 8:15 AM
He his giving the clippers HUGE trade bait this year!!
- cmehustle - Dec 22, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Gotta give the clips credit for refusing to trade this guy when other teams were inquiring about him. Although that could still happen….but hes a nice insurance policy in case CP3 does leave.
- moseskkim - Dec 22, 2012 at 9:26 AM
U my friend know what ur talking about just wanted to add give clipps credit for trading for him for on draft night from okc for a future protected 1st. Two things come to mind. Imagine him on okc.. And if they still had harden. Scary. Ebled, wb, harden, kd, ibaka closing out games. 2nd thing is if he continues to develop, u might not need cp3 back and spend that money on another superstar at the 2 or 3.
- nbascreed - Dec 22, 2012 at 9:22 AM
A lot of people forget this guy was a point guard in high school and a very good one. He converted to a two at UK b/c Wall was better. I wouldn't trade this guy…especially if he's still on his rookie contract. They will need a change of pace guard over the next 2 years and he's it.
- mat9844 - Dec 22, 2012 at 10:03 AM
The Clippers keep finding ways to win and Bledsoe is another reason why they do. Best bench in the NBA.
- magicfanintn - Dec 22, 2012 at 11:34 AM
Bledsoe was responsible for the bad pass that led to the turnover that started the fast break that made him run down the layup.
- jerdogthompson - Dec 22, 2012 at 4:33 PM
That play happened right in front of me at the game last night. Also that alley-oop pass from CP3 to Bledsoe for the Tomahawk dunk late in the 4th which registered número uno in sports center last night. Watching these guys live is unreal, like my buddy said their like the Harlem Globetrotters with all the trick plays. Just hope they can stay focused for the remaining 56 games or so.
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Welcome to St Francis Xavier Cathedral
The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier patron of missionary countries and patron of our first bishop Francis Murphy (1844-58). Initial construction began in 1851 and there has been various phases of activity leading to the installation of the tower in 1996.
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It's a flag!Submitted by The Pen on Fri, 01/24/2014 - 02:45
It is not made of human fabric, it is made to address it's representative authority, to curtail and to collectivize us in order to imply and transfer the fabric of humanity to textile embellished with symbolism only possible by spilling the red hue it adorns.
I'm sure [the] veteran believes the unconstitutional legislation stockpiling our nation is all done so by his/her service. I serve this country every day by raising children who will come to see through the lie of service for resource, drug, corporate-command and assumption of land. I serve first and foremost by not allowing the murder and pillage to perpetuate at my own hand.
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To the veteran who questions not...
the reckless demolition of the meaning of our flag...
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Great insight...
and while they're at it, might as well reduce human cognition and conscience to the absolute necessity of symbolism. We must have idolatry and obsession with idol, whether solid or not.
For what the leaders of this nation are doing, the United States flag should be put inside a barrel and dissolved in sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide to send the clear message that if they wish to defecate on something so made to raise integrity and the spirit of people, they can very well wash it in something that will rid of their indecency and loss of soul.
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The Drug pushing limited liability subsidiary company of The Fraudulent Bank of England hidden behind a Royal Extortion Racket, invading, enslaving, and destroying China before The Declaration of Independence was ink on paper coincidentally has the same flag design as the U.S.A. Corporation which supposedly "Won" a war against that same Bank of England Central Banking Fraud?
Would He Enforce Thrice Daily 'Flag Worship'?
Perhaps the veteran would favor a federal law requiring all citizens to
carry red, white and blue prayer rugs with them for thrice daily 'praise sessions' where we all prostrate ourselves in the direction of D.C. where the "One Flag" presides over the planet. Duly appointed 'enforcers' like the vet could make sure everyone complies.
no conversation?
I've been exiled.
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It's not that.
It's just, well, you are The Pen! You are MIGHTY! Even MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD! RAR! Don't F with The Pen. You'll lose every time!
I heard about the video with the vet freakin out about the flag being upside down, but haven't seen it.
Not sure if that is sarcasm or not, haha...
I know my opinions may come off as lofty and ambitious, ripe with emotion, but I write the only way I can: with heart above all.
Thank you for all who view and take something from the words I write...I will be posting some piano music soon as well -
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The State is God
and the symbols of The State are sacred.
Leges sine moribus vanae
Symbols are only for the Sympol minded. (GC)
"Hell is empty, and all the devils are here" (Shakespeare)
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A digital painting of a white flower on a textured white background.
white, flower, texture, flora, petal, delicate
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Collect your choice of gallery quality Giclée, or fine art prints custom trimmed by hand in a variety of sizes with a white border for framing.
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Elmer The Elephant Crafts & Activities
crafts and activities for the book Elmer the Elephant
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Elmer The Elephant Crafts & Activities
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