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Ghana FA open to government investigation, fears Commission violates FIFA laws
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) says it welcomes an investigation into the Black Stars shambles at the World Cup but insists that any inquest must be within the confines of FIFA laws to avoid further embarrassment for the country.
A government Commission of Enquiry (CoE), which has the powers of a high court, has been set up to investigate the country's showing at the tournament in Brazil which has raised eyebrows.
This comes after a Ministerial Committee was established to investigate the matter before President John Mahama recently upgraded it to the CoE using a Constitutional Instrument 82.
But leading lawyers in the country have expressed fears that the use of the CoE instead of the committee violates FIFA statutes which could lead to a ban on the country.
Government, during the just ended 2014 World Cup in Brazil, airlifted $3 million to settle the appearance fees of aggrieved Black Stars players which attracted international ridicule.
The GFA says it did not oppose any investigation but rather insisted that everything should be done within the statutes of FIFA to avoid further embarrassment for the country.
"When the Committee was set up, it had our full blessings; we were ready to offer ourselves to help the committee in its work," GFA spokesman Ibrahim Sannie Daara told Joy FM.
"Anybody called from the Ghana Football Association will appear. However, if it has been transformed into a Commission, it is up to us to decide if it falls under FIFA's purview.â€
Moreover, he indicated that any more publications about the matter in the media could lead to more embarrassment.
According to him, the World football governing body, FIFA, is actively monitoring events in the country.
The CoE intends to probe the Black Stars' preparation to the mundial in Brazil and their poor show, which led to an early exit.
Also, it is in its power to enquire into matters relating to technical and management of the team by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) officials as well as issues regarding how supporters were carted to the tournament by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
Establishment of the Commission has been greeted with several oppositions by lawyers and the opposition in Ghana's legislature.
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Kofi USA says:July 16, 2014 05:13 amHow come a bunch of GRUMPY OLD WHITE MEN living in Europe have soo much power on African football? To the extent that Africans are afraid of these old white men, how do Africans review and find solutions to their own often times peculiar problems? Nigeria and Ghana should take a stance against this white dictatorship on black soccer, and lead a break-way from these old "grumpies." I mean would they be such enamored with the GFA if Muntari had slapped their official, or if the Black Stars had taken a cue from Essien and refused to honor their matches?
Otho says:July 16, 2014 04:37 amNonsense sank. You are hiding behind FIFA to dupe the nation. How much were you receiving at BBC? Now u areal sonics and you think we are not watching you. FIFA can go to hell likewise you all at GFA?
kwame says:July 16, 2014 08:55 am@Kofi USA, you are spot on. This is quite annoying, the problems we African have is different from that of Europe, just like our culture and only can be resolve by our own solutions. But guess what? FIFA, is using those useless officials at our FA's to milk African govt, because bulk of the finance comes from our govt, then how can you finance a project and not have a say in the project?
Gbormor says:July 16, 2014 09:31 amKofi do you guys mean Ghana and Nigeria to form a federation on their own for that matter Africa?We Ghanaian are behaving as if this is the worst things that has ever happened in our football history. Much as some of us welcome investigation into this matter it needs to be done in the confine of the law governing the association. After all didn't we know the federation laws before joining it? What's wrong with us Ghanaians when we were receiving the financial supports FIFA is not crooked; respect the laws them names are being called. Aren't we worst off as a nation. By the way has the government release the 2010 WC financial package that they kept to GFA? Yes I mean 2010 not 2014


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I wonder how she stores her firearms when she goes home.
This is a discussion on They don't get it within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Action Alert: Washington DC Already Planning To Restrict Law-Abiding Citizens 2nd Amendment Rights The following is a memo sent to Washington, DC residents by Cathy ...
In her opinion firearms should be kept locked up or disassembled in the homeI think the justices addressed how stupid that law was when it came to defending your home.Also while your searching for ways to help stop gun violence try arming law abiding citizens and watch crime drop overnight ok maybe the victims will be the criminals instead of law abiding citizens,what a buncha moronsAction Alert: Washington DC Already Planning To Restrict Law-Abiding Citizens 2nd Amendment Rights
The following is a memo sent to Washington, DC residents by Cathy Lanier, Washington, DC Chief of Police:
From: Lanier, Cathy (MPD)
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 6:35 PM
Subject: Supreme Court Update
Unfortunately, the Supreme Court today struck down part of the District of Columbia's handgun ban. I wanted to drop you a note to let you know the immediate impact of this decision.
The Supreme Court's ruling is limited and leaves intact various other laws that apply to private residents who would purchase handguns or other firearms for home possession. It is important that everyone know that:
a.. First, all firearms must be registered with the Metropolitan Police Department's Firearms Registration Section before they may be lawfully possessed.
a.. Second, automatic and semiautomatic handguns generally remain illegal and may not be registered.
a.. Third, the Supreme Court's ruling is limited to handguns in the home and does not entitle anyone to carry firearms outside his or her own home.
Lastly, although the Court struck the safe storage provision on the ground that it was too broadly written, in my opinion firearms in the home should be kept either unloaded and disassembled or locked.
I will comply with the Court's reading of the Second Amendment in its letter and spirit. At the same time, I will continue to vigorously enforce the District's other gun-related laws. I will also continue to find additional ways to protect the District's residents against the scourge of gun violence.
Residents who want additional information can visit the Metropolitan Police Website at Metropolitan Police Department: Gun Registration. Residents with questions are encouraged to contact the Firearms Registration Section at 202-727-9490.
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I wonder how she stores her firearms when she goes home.
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If you think about it from their standpoint, you can understand why they are so adamant about enforcing stricter laws against guns.
They have a mental disconnect. For them, if something is illegal, then it should not happen, thus the best way to prevent something is to make a law against it.
Common sense and a review of any court docket in the country would tend to disprove that theory, but therein lies the problem.
The anti-gun people aren't necessarily anti-self-defense, but they think that if there were no guns then you would not need to defend yourself, thus solving both problems at once.
Some of them truly do live on the other side of the looking glass. You have to remember that we are talking about politicians who have armed security that escort them everywhere. They are not in danger of a man with a baseball bat or a thug with a knife. The only thing that can endanger them is a gun, from long distance, therefore that is where their fears are centered.
So, it's easy to understand where their fears are and what legislation they want enacted, but why is it that a large portion of citizens agree with them? That is also easy to understand.
Your vast majority of people do not wish to think. They wish to be led and promised everything will be alright. If the promises don't work out, it's not the leaders fault, but the people who inhibited that leader(like the court with the Heller decision). When, for your entire life, you have been promised that if you just follow and trust to the government that they will fix all problems, it becomes very difficult to step outside of that mindset and to take your personal safety, finances, education, etc into your own hands.
These aren't people who are evil and want the thugs to run the street. They simply do not understand that the criminals, by definition, are going to break the law no matter what regulations and restrictions are in place. The only people it will ever effect are the law abiding citizens who go through life looking for somebody to protect them.
Unfortunately, some people, like Suzanna Hupp, have to find out the hard way that there isn't always somebody around to protect them.
I carry a gun because I was taught to try to learn the hard lessons from other people's experiences. Some people have to learn the hard way.
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
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I will comply with the Court's reading of the Second Amendment in its letter and spirit.Sure glad she's complying with the spirit of the decision. I'd bet that the next suit in DC is this nonsense about semi-auto handguns. If I lived in DC (well, first I'd move) and they're worried about my 9mm semi-auto, think I'd have to buy and register one of these.Second, automatic and semiautomatic handguns generally remain illegal and may not be registered.
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I find incredulous the fact that DC is maintaining that semi auto handguns are still illegal. WHERE in the opinion did the court distinguish between handguns and types of handguns? Can someone give me a page number on this
The city seems to think that because they classified semi auto pistols as "machine guns" in some other ordinance that they can still ban them. However, the opinion distinctly said that a ban on handguns is unconstitutional. Doesn't this mean that their ban on semi auto handgun (AKA machinegun) is also unconstitutional? Renaming a pistol as a machine gun and banning it is the same as just banning it directly when the renaming isn't factual or true.
I think that the order by the court enjoining the city will have to be carefully worded to encompass every nuance attempt to evade the result. And the city will still try it anyway and then cry when they are sued over it again and again and again until there is nothing left of their laws banning handguns.
They're sure going to be spending a lot more city money on court cases when they could be spending it on something productive.
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Read carefully to the letter and note "generally remain ". Whatever this means??
a.. Second, automatic and semiautomatic handguns generally remain illegal and may not be registered.
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"Because we are a Canadian company with an Australian project, we sometimes slip trough the cracks, and don't often get the kind of coverage we may have liked," Laramide vice-president of exploration Peter Mullens said. "Australian superannuation funds are also an attraction for us, as well as hedge funds in Asia that like to play in Australia, rather than North America."
Laramide has two development-stage assets in the US, and a portfolio of joint ventures, equity stakes and royalty rights in fellow uranium miners although Westmoreland remains the focus.
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Mr Mullens said the company completed a scoping study on Westmoreland in 2007, which showed uranium could be produced for $US25 to $US30 a pound, which is low-cost by industry standards, with capital expenditure of $US300 million to $US400 million.
"Obviously things have changed since then, but we think that's still a ball park figure."
He said the project would need a spot uranium price upwards of $US60 a pound to be economical.
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Other junior uranium explorers to have listed in the last few years have endured a mixed response from investors.
Alligator Energy listed on the ASX in February 2011, rasing $15 million at 20¢ a share before plunging to 12.5¢ in the midst of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. It has struggled ever since, aside from an upturn in early 2012, and trades at 6¢ today.
Core Exploration listed around the same time, raising $5 million at 20¢ a share. It has eased to 8.5¢. In September 2011, months after Fukushima, Parker Resources raised $3 million at 20¢, and has bucked the trend to trade around 24¢.
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Lance Anderson: It's a good group, a very competitive group. I think Chase Thomas is really the leader of that group. He's a good football player, has done some good things all camp long, but we've got some great competition there. Trent Murphy will start at the other outside linebacker, but he's being pushed by Alex Debniak and Blake Lueders. They're all doing a great job. They're all pushing each other. Kevin Anderson, who's just a freshman, there's a little bit of a transition for him from defensive end to outside linebacker, but he's been a pleasant surprise as well. He's done a real good job.
And then in the nickel stuff, the sub stuff, we're working James Vaughters there a little bit as well, so he's working some inside linebacker, but also on the outside, and he's getting better and better as we go through practice as well.
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TB: With the other outside backer, what allowed Trent Murphy to get that starting spot over Debniak and Lueders, both guys who seemed like pretty strong candidates?
LA: It's been a great competition and all of those guys are going to play. Trent's just probably a little bit ahead now, just his pass rush ability and his explosiveness. He's a big, long guy with some good strength, and he's done a nice job with his pass rush, but also he's gotten a lot better playing in space with his drops and things like that.
TB: And he's all the way back health-wise?
LA: Oh yeah, he is. He's not missed a practice. He's been healthy all of fall camp, so he's done a great job in that spot.
TB: Back to Vaughters, who came in here with as much hype as anybody in the last few years, where do you see him long term?
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TB: So you do think he'll play this year?
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Will he be on special teams?
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What was the rationale behind switching Patrick Skov from linebacker to fullback?
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TB: Is Lee Ward [who suffered an apparent leg injury in last Sunday's open scrimmage] still out?
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Excited for next Saturday?
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Thoughts on Feeding 65 lb. Female
Need some advice. My one year old female is 65 lbs. and has been at this weight for the last several months. I'm currently feeding her Fromm large breed puppy food, a little over one cup in the morning and the same for her evening meal. I'm ready to transition her over to adult food but I'm not sure how much to feed her. My other two female GSD's are around 85 lbs. and not overweight by any means. They eat Fromm large breed adult and are fed the same amount as my 65 lb. female. I guess my question here is being that she's a good 20 lbs. lighter than my other two and is already being fed the same portion size as my other two, should I still feed her the same amount on the adult food?
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Try it out and see what her weight does. Just watch her body composition and adjust.
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Kcals per cup for Fromm LBP = 389
Kcals per cup for Fromm LBA = 378
Not much difference there.
She is maintaining on her current amount (not gaining, not losing) so I think you are safe to keep feeding the same amount. Just keep watching body condition and adjust accordingly.
65pounds (29kg) is a really good weight for a 1yo girl.
Thanks everyone. I appreciate the feedback.
Best to grow her slowly and she is only 1, so she is yet to fill out, which they usually do by 3yo, but I would only allow her to gain an extra 2 to 4 pounds by 3yo. 65 to 70 pounds is an excellent weight for a fully grown GSD bitch.
Whenever I'm switching between foods I do a kcal per cup comparison like GrammaD shows above, and adjust the quantity accordingly.
My male is only 67lbs. Granted he's not a huge dog. I have had 90lb.+
GSD's and i have the mindset now that lean and thin is better. I learned the hard way with a dog that developed hip/back issues. The weight didnt help. If your doesnt look sickly you may just have a lean built dog.weight isnt everything.
And just for comparison. We free fed our last female and she was 65lbs her entire life.
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For my its the same trigger pull every time, and a very short reset
I have read the thread about converting to LEM trigger (big bore sticky), what exactly is an LEM trigger and how is different from the regular trigger and what are the benefits?
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For my its the same trigger pull every time, and a very short reset
Last edited by airborne_trooper; 05-24-2008 at 09:03 AM.
Thanks for the reply but I have know idea as to what an LEM trigger is; can you help?
It's sort of like a really light double action. Have you tried the search function?
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I did a search and most of the stuff I found was about changing the parts out. I couldn't really find a thread that explaind what it did. If you do please forward to me, thanks.
The LEM trigger is exactly what SIGtrarian described: a light DAO trigger. It's a great system, really. Every trigger pull will feel the same (unlike a DA/SA trigger, when the first pull is long and heavy, and the follow-up shots are shorter/crisper). Try to find one to rent or shoot and it will become very clear with use.
I love it, but it takes mucho practice. When it comes it is really nice.
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In answer to the question, "What exactly is the LEM trigger?" here is a brief synopsis.
In the P2000/SK pistol, as well as an LEM USP/C or LEM HK45/C, the LEM trigger is a DAO light action trigger that has the same trigger pull weight first shot to last.
The first shot will have a long but light take-up and then will release the hammer and fire the pistol at a factory pre-set pull weight. In the standard LEM V2 version, the trigger releases the hammer at about 8 pounds of pull. In LEM V1 the pull weight is 5 pounds and LEM V4 the weight is 7 pounds. The various weights are achieved by trigger return spring and firing pin block spring changes. V3 is not an LEM trigger but is SA/DA and it functions and feels the same as the V3 trigger in the USP/C pistol.
The LEM light action system uses a two-piece hammer arrangement such that when the slide is racked or a round is chambered (by racking the slide) the lower, unseen part of the hammer is brought to full cock position and the hammer spring compressed. The hammer "spur," or top part of the hammer, follows the slide forward and the pistol appears to be "decocked" but the pistol is still in a 90% cocked condition.
When you shoot, as you pull the trigger the hammer will come back to the full cock position. As you reach the release pull weight, the trigger will release the hammer and the pistol will fire. If you hold the trigger fully to the rear as the pistol cycles the next round, you only have to let off the trigger .3 inch to reset the trigger. At that point the same amount of trigger pull weight, except for the long take up, will fire the pistol again. You will notice that after the pistol fires the hammer will be in the full cock position if you did not release the trigger, but as you release the trigger to reset the trigger, the hammer goes forward about 1/3 the way. After reset, as you pull the trigger again the hammer comes back again to full cock. If you release the trigger all the way then the hammer will go all the way forward into the "decocked" position, but remember, the hammer spring is still fully compressed and ready to fire and will do so with a light, but long pull of the trigger. The hammer spring cannot be decompressed without pulling the trigger so if you wish to do this, there had better not be a round in the chamber!
The LEM also has repeat strike capability. If for some reason the pistol does not fire, and you wish to try to ignite the round again, you do not need to rack the slide to pre-load the hammer spring. You only need to pull the trigger again which will fully compress the hammer spring and release the hammer. However, starting from the fully uncompressed hammer spring condition the pull weight will be between 11 and 13 pounds, similar to the DA pull on the non LEM USP/C. After the round fires or you rack the slide (which pre-loads the hammer spring), you will again have the light LEM pull.
The difference between it and the standard trigger is with a V1 standard trigger, you can start from a hammer down condition where the first shot will be DA and have a 10-11 pound pull weight as you fully cock the pistol and fire it. After firing, the hammer will stay back in the full cocked position even if you release the trigger fully and all shots after that will be in a SA mode with a trigger pull of about 4-5 pounds unless you decock. The reset on the SA trigger is roughly .254 inch but if you release the trigger all the way, you have about 1/2 inch of take up before firing the pistol at the lighter SA trigger pull weight (if you release the trigger all the way on a LEM trigger you also have the long take up before you fire the pistol again).
Many do not like the transition from DA heavy first shot pull to follow up SA light trigger pull.
If you release the trigger after shooting the hammer stays fully cocked and in SA mode, so if you want to decock it you use the decocker to safely drop the hammer and release tension on the hammer spring. You cannot release tension on the hammer spring with the LEM trigger without pulling the trigger, which will fire the pistol if there is a round in the chamber. There is also no manual safety on the LEM trigger but on the USP/C and HK45/C a manual safety can be retained with the LEM trigger. No safety can be added to the LEM P2K/SK firearms.
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Well, that answers that. How easy are they to install and do I really need one?
Single action feeling trigger with a Double action take up SA reset and at the end of the day it allows the hammer to lay forward when trigger is released but still has a precocked hammer for quick light first shot.


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The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Explained
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In 2009 when President Obama first took office, America faced a serious healthcare problem that had been ignored for decades. Significant changes needed to be made to address our nation's problems, which included rising costs and inadequate care following a trajectory to insolvency. At President Obama's inauguration forty-five million citizens did not have access to […]
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We all owe a debt of gratitude to our country's Founding Fathers. Their drive and tenacity put into place the longest surviving constitutional republic in the world. The Constitution is nothing short of inspired; stitched together through compromise and collective experience. I do not believe it is chance that such an extraordinary group of individuals […]
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"You will see the Constitution of the United States almost destroyed. It will hang like a thread as fine as a silk fiber…. I love the Constitution; it was made by the inspiration of God; and it will be preserved and saved…" – Attributed to Joseph Smith, May 1843 Across congregations of the Mormon Church […]
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The primary election process is the greatest cancer on our political landscape. They have become a moral issue, driving politicians to make choices based on survival instead of reasonable policy and personal conviction. Primaries have driven moderate thinking out of the mainstream, and created an environment where compromise is the new four letter word. Primaries […]
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Motorists in Adelaide are being urged to fill up on fuel as quick as possible with prices about to spike.
The Royal Automobile Association (RAA) thought prices would surge overnight, but they have remained steady today.
"Certainly the spike is overdue, we would have expected the spike to have been in our market since Tuesday," said Chris West from the RAA.
"It is welcome relief though for motorists, so if you haven't taken advantage of the low prices, make sure you fill up."
Fuel prices have been hovering around the low $1.30s all week, a trend the RAA expects will end soon.
"Today we have seen prices fall to $1.34, there are prices as low as $1.31, if you haven't already done so, we encourage you to fill up," Mr West said.
"At this stage we would expect a spike of around that $1.50 mark, we have seen similar spikes interstate, only in the last couple of days."
"Essentially the spike is overdue, there is no certainty as to when exactly the spike is going to occur."


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Stitching, using Cameo to cut clover and shadow, clover svg (die cut), pearls and some fun DP made for some cards I am happy to send to some family and friends.
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That ant is absolutely adorable! Love the gatefold card style and all the fun embellishments!
Oh wow this card is the CUTEST ever. I love it
I love your ant card Cely! The clovers are too cute and your stitching it awesome!
Oh My Goodness Cely! This is just adorable! Love the fold and all those ants! Great card!
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Awesome gatefold card Cely! Love all the clover on it.
Cely - I flat out adore this card and I just love the stitching and especially the great inside of the card. This is fabulous.
Cely, what a great card! Just adorable! Love the images and the fun St. Patty's Day embellishment.
I just adore all these cute St. Patty's day images! Great card Cely!!
What a clever clover card! Try saying that fast 3 times...LOL!
Gorgeous card, love the card fold and the wonderful design, great ribbon and bow!
What a fun card, with such rich colors!
This is so cute
Lov'in the ribbon!
What a cute image and a gorgeous card :o)
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Wonderful, Cely! Doodle Pantry's ants are always huge favorites of mine. Love the fancy fold on this card and the ribbon treatment is exquisite!
What a fun card Cely! Love this! I think the folds are fun. Great job!
I love the colors for this beautiful card, and your designs always make me smile. Thank you for another great svg file. I so appreciate your generosity in sharing!
I love that sweet little ant. Thank you for sharing the clover file.
This is so adorable!! I love the colors and that is an awesome fold, I've never tried that before! I love all the wonderful details and I know your friends will enjoy receiving such lovely cards!
Fun, fun, fun card. Great combo of embellishments and what an adorable ant.
Thanks for the svg.
Oh, now this is cute!
Love the folds, and the great clove cut outs you did!
Fun and fabulous details. Loving the fold, DP, and the wonderful die cuts you created.
Wow, beyond words adorable Cely! Love those ants!
How did I miss these adorable ants!? Great papers too. What a fun card.
It is happy and bright!!
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1. The Smithsonian museums
The world's largest collection of museums with free admission, most within easy walking distance of each other on the Mall. They include the Air and Space Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Museum of Natural History (with the largest blue diamond in the world), Museum of the American Indian and even the Washington Zoo (admission applies).
You'll need at least two hours for each museum.
2. Tour the monuments and memorials after dark
Moonlight tours around the DC monuments are a totally different experience. They are elegantly floodlit, and without the throng of tourists and government employees the city is like an enormous memorial to leaders, heroes and sombre reminders of the many wars America has fought in.
3. Arlington National Cemetery
More than 300,000 white crosses mark Arlington's hillside graves of servicemen and women who lost their lives serving in the military or who retired from service and have since passed away. An average of 28 burials are conducted here every day. Visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier which is guarded around the clock and the eternal flame at JFK's grave.
4. United States Holocaust Museum
Warning: this museum is harrowing. It has exhibits from survivors, actual footage and interviews shown on a large screen as well as diaries and letters of life during this shameful part of history. Not recommended for children younger than 11.
5. National Gallery of Art
This museum is not part of the Smithsonian but is also on the Mall. The building itself is an architectural masterpiece, holding some of the best painting, drawings, photography and sculpture collections in the world.
6. WWII Memorial
Between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, this memorial garden is a stunning sculpture and water feature commemorating those from every state who gave their lives for freedom. See it just before dusk to catch both day and night views.
7. Georgetown
This is the hip and happening part of town for dining, shopping and nightlife. It is home to the Georgetown Uni crowd. Cobblestoned Wisconsin and M Streets are lined with historical buildings that are now boutique stores and restaurants.
8. The Korean War Memorial
These eerily lifelike sculptures are designed to make you feel like you're there as life-size figures walk through the Korean terrain with guns at their sides during the 1950-1953 war. See this memorial at night or on a misty, rainy day. While you're there, visit the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial which honours the names of more than 58,000 servicemen and women who died.
9. Lincoln Memorial
Stand on the steps of the memorial, beside the enormous statue of the president credited with beginning the effort to rid the country of slavery and where Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I have a dream" speech.
10. Museum of Natural History
See the 67-carat blue Hope Diamond. Originally 112 carats, it was crudely cut when sold to King Louis XIV of France in 1668. He had it recut before it was stolen during looting of the crown jewels in 1772. Fifty years later, what is believed to be the same diamond showed up in the possession of King George IV of England who eventually sold it to pay debts. It was sold several more times before arriving in Washington.
Tip: Pace yourself. If you only have two or three days, don't try to see everything. Plan a "must-see" list and use the Metro. Allow a couple of hours in each museum.


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This Chandelier is made from five wine bottles that are all the same shape and two different colors. They have a 30" piece of maple separating them and are hanging from a pie pan for a ceiling mount. I use Phillips halogen flame style light bulbs (not included) and they make awesome colored shadows on the walls. The cords, sockets and ceiling mounts are white, but they can be black if want. You can also choose your wood species if you like. If you specify the light could be sold with a plug in cord with and on off switch instead of being hardwired for an additional 10.00.
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hi guys..Well im getting a deal on a 2007 Mazda CX-7 with 19,000 miles on it.It is the base Sport model(personally I dont need any kind of luxury right now),it is in mint condition.I drove and I like it..the Turbo engine is very strong after 4,000 rpm,although I plan to add some performance mods to it.I dont like too much the wheel design so I plan to replace them with some 20"s of the CX-9.The vehicle rodes very wheel,the ride is kinda stiff but nothing annoying.So what you guys think of the CX-7??
The CX-7 is possibly the best looking CUV on the road in my opinion. I don't think the turbo 4 offers much of an efficiency advantage, but then again Mazdas are extremely fun to drive, so who cares with gas prices respectable again?It's a great way to avoid depreciation, I'll tell you that much.
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I am not a cuv/suv fan at all. That said, I test drove a CX-7 and was surprised at the handling and brakes. Off the line a bit sluggish but once the turbo is spooled up it has some go.
If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
Yeah it looks worlds better than the new Murano and is cheaper,plus turbo engines brings more fun..It appears to be fairly reliable and has good depreciation.
Mike_MZR2.3:Yeah it looks worlds better than the new Murano and is cheaper,plus turbo engines brings more fun..It appears to be fairly reliable and has good depreciation.What depreciation? At 19,000 miles old, you should avoid it nicely.


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Alistair Edwards is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of York. His research interests are in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), specifically the use of novel modes in interaction (speech and non-speech sounds, haptics) and interfaces for people with particular needs (e.g. those with visual impairments, older people).
Author or co-author of over 70 refereed papers, 5 books and around 40 other publications and editor or co-editor of 3 other books.
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Malik, Sofianiza Abd, Edwards, Alistair D. N. (2010): Investigation of cultural dependency in mobile technology and older adults. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2010 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2010, . pp. 3835-3840. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1753846.1754065
Edwards, Alistair D. N. (2008): Keeping Up with Technology: Commentary on \"Computers and People with Disabilities. In ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, 1 (2) pp. 8. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1408760.1408762
Hisham, Syariffanor, Edwards, Alistair D. N. (2007): Incorporating culture in user-interface: a case study of older adults in malaysia. In: Proceedings of the Eighteenth ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia , 2007, . pp. 145-146. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1286240.1286278
Holland, Simon, Day, Robert, Leplâtre, Grégory, Edwards, Alistair D. N. (2004): Mobile HCI and Sound. In: Brewster, Stephen A., Dunlop, Mark D. (eds.) Mobile Human-Computer Interaction - Mobile HCI 2004 - 6th International Symposium September 13-16, 2004, Glasgow, UK. pp. 527-528. http://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/bibs/3160/31600527.htm
Challis, Ben, Edwards, Alistair D. N. (2000): Weasel: A System for the Non-Visual Presentation of Music Notation. In: Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2000 , 2000, .
Fricke, J., Edwards, Alistair D. N. (2000): Tactile Displays Based on Modulated Electromagnetic Radiation. In: Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2000 , 2000, .
Challis, Ben, Edwards, Alistair D. N. (2000): Design Principles for Tactile Interaction. In: Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Haptic Human-Computer Interaction , 2000, . pp. 17-24.
Edwards, Alistair D. N., Evreinov, Grigori E., Agranovski, A. V. (1999): Isomorphic Sonification of Spatial Relations. In: Bullinger, Hans-Jorg (eds.) HCI International 1999 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction August 22-26, 1999, Munich, Germany. pp. 526-530.
Pitt, Ian J., Edwards, Alistair D. N. (1997): An Improved Auditory Interface for the Exploration of Lists. In: ACM Multimedia 1997 , 1997, . pp. 51-61. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/266180.266334
Stevens, Robert D., Edwards, Alistair D. N. (1994): Mathtalk: The Design of an Interface for Reading Algebra Using Speech. In: Zagler, Wolfgang L., Bushy, Geoff, Wagner, Roland (eds.) ICCHP94 - Computers for Handicapped Persons - 4th International Conference September 14-16, 1994, Vienna, Austria. pp. 313-320.
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20.7 Commentary by Alistair D. N. Edwards
Tactile interaction occupies an odd position within the discipline of interaction – as is reflected in this chapter. On the one hand it is associated with futuristic, exotic technology that is still far from mainstream use, but on the other hand it is an element of most conventional human-computer interaction almost without our realizing it. That is to say, that the ubiquitous keyboard and mouse input relies heavily on haptic and proprioceptive senses in an unconscious way that we tend to take for granted. Thus, most people probably do not think that they engage in haptic interaction, but would acknowledge that it must be useful for those who lack other senses (notably sight) for whom tactile communication such as braille would seem invaluable.
It is to be hoped that this chapter will make readers much more aware of the truth of the situation and of the potential of tactile interaction. The keyboard and the mouse have both evolved over time, adapting to the physiological abilities of the user, but with minimal reference to the underlying biology. Of course, the keyboard is a classic example of non-optimal evolution: it is suggested (Noyes 1983) that the conventional qwerty layout was designed to slow typists down, to reduce consecutive-letter clashes on mechanical typewriters and now we are stuck with it. On the one hand, it is fun to speculate how the keyboard might have been designed if the inventors had had the benefit of reading a chapter such as this, but on the other, one has to note that even with the availability of this knowledge haptic interaction clearly a long way from reaching its full potential.
We have physical devices, including keyboards and mixing desks and lighting desks, which inherently give good haptic feedback and interaction, but in the digital, virtual world, we are constrained by the technology. Is the investment (of time, money, space etc.) required to use a device such as that depicted in Figure 21.13 worth the benefit derived?
The tactile picture is a device which seems in some sense 'obvious', particularly to those of us who have sight: if you can't see a picture, then you should be able to feel it. I have spent a lot of time and effort working with tactile diagrams, mainly within the University of York Centre for Tactile Images (sadly no longer in existence for lack of financial viability). We produced a wide range of diagrams for different purposes, working in collaboration with a number of important clients (Including The Deep, Hull; The Jorvik Centre; The National Trust; English Heritage and The National Railway Museum). Repeatedly we found ourselves repeating the assertion (mentioned by Challis) that a good tactile diagram may look bad. That is to say that the haptic senses are very different from vision.
The immediate differences are obvious – when one stops to think about them. Tactual sensitivity is low. Challis mentions the two-point limen but refrains from giving a figure for it. This is probably wise, since it is at least controversial as a measure of tactual sensitivity and is hard to gather agreement as to average values. The point is, though, that the value is of the order of millimetres – much lower than visual resolution. In Figure 21.5, Challis shows examples of patterns which could be produced on swell paper. In the visual representation they are all clearly distinct, but in experiments with swell paper samples (Magill 1999), we found that the average person can only distinguish three levels of pattern: smooth, medium and rough, regardless of their visual pattern. For instance, while the vertical and horizontal cross-hatching shown in Figure 21.5 are clearly different visually, they would probably be perceived as being the same on tactual inspection.
Furthermore, in exploring a tactile diagram, the person is likely to use at most two finger tips and more likely one. It is easy to characterize this as exploring through a tactile pinhole. Yet, in practice, it is likely that the situation is even worse than that. Vision is an inherently integrative sense. The angle sensed by the eye is very small, but because the eye moves constantly and the brain can integrate information we get a wide field of view which forms a picture that we perceive as coherent. The only people who need to be taught how to perceive visually are those who have lacked the sense of vision and have then had it given to them (usually through surgery, as in the case of Virgil in (Sacks 2009)), whereas even proficient braille readers need to be taught how to use tactile pictures. Evidence from such cases of lately-acquired sight suggests that it may be that people who mature without sight may never develop the ability to integrate fragments into a comprehensive picture (literally and metaphorically). In other words, a tactile picture may always be of limited value – even if it has been designed in such a way as to make the most of the haptic senses.
A limitation of most tactile graphic technologies, such as swell paper, is that it is static and hence the idea of a tactile screen is attractive – and perennial. I have stopped paying much attention to announcements and papers by people who have had this idea again and believe they have found the one which will work. I would like to propose a moratorium on such publications until someone can present their device which works, is reliable and affordable. In the absence of such a ban, I will impose my own by not reading them. I have no doubt that one day someone will invent the appropriate technology, but – for the reasons set out in this chapter – it is a hard goal to achieve. Even this chapter mentions another of these attempts ('gel-based pixels that respond to heat'), but clearly it is quite speculative again, since there is not even a publication cited.
It is clear that the haptic sense becomes even more important in the absence of the dominating sense of vision. Braille is the richest form of tactile communication its use by blind people is very low. It is estimated that fewer than 2% of blind people read braille (Bruce, McKennell et al. 1991). The reasons for the low take-up are unclear and probably complex, but the essential explanation must be that blind people do not perceive that the benefits they will gain are worth the effort that it will take to learn braille. This particularly applies to those who have had sight and have lost it – which is the vast majority. For those of us who have sight, exclusion from (printed) literature seems a great loss, but for most of those who experience this the difficulty of learning to read tactually is not sufficient motivation.
Yet it is not sheer laziness on the part of sighted people that means that they do not make as much use of their non-visual senses as they might. In radical experiments by (Pascual-Leone, Theoret et al. 2004) sighted participants were blindfolded 24 hours per day for several days and given daily lessons in reading braille. They made good progress in learning braille and brain scans showed that areas of the brain cortex normally associated with visual processing were being reassigned to processing tactile information. A control group of non-blindfolded, sighted participants made minimal progress on learning braille and showed no brain adaptation. In other words it seems that braille is not only likely to be useful for blind people, they are the only people who are likely to be able to use it.
To summarize, haptic senses are used to a greater extent in conventional interaction than most people realize. They could be used more and to better effect if designers were more informed regarding them. Virtual haptics are being used increasingly and this trend will accelerate as the technology develops, but there is something to be said for the use of (well-designed), old-fashioned physical interactors (knobs, switches and the like). Ultimately, though, there is a limit to the use that can be made, given the physiological limitations of the haptic senses.


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A video of a Syrian rebel commander cutting the heart out of a soldier and biting into it is emblematic of a civil war that has rapidly descended into sectarian hatred and revenge killings, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
The New York-based group said an amateur video posted on the Internet on Sunday shows Abu Sakkar, a founder of the rebel Farouq Brigade who is well known to journalists as an insurgent from Homs, cutting into the torso of a dead soldier.
The video has caused outrage among both supporters of President Bashar al-Assad and opposition figures.
"I swear to God we will eat your hearts and your livers, you soldiers of Bashar the dog," the man says to offscreen cheers of his comrades shouting "Allahu akbar (God is great)".
The Syrian conflict started with peaceful protests in March 2011, but when these were suppressed it gradually turned into an increasingly sectarian civil war which, according to one opposition monitoring group, has cost more than 80,000 lives.
Majority Sunni Muslims lead the revolt, while Assad - whose family have ruled for over four decades - gets his core support from his own Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam.
Peter Bouckaert of Human Rights Watch said that he had seen an original, unedited copy of the video and that Abu Sakkar's identity had been confirmed by rebel sources in Homs and by images of him in other videos wearing the same black jacket as in the latest clip and with the same rings on his fingers.
"The mutilation of the bodies of enemies is a war crime. But the even more serious issue is the very rapid descent into sectarian rhetoric and violence," said Bouckaert.
He said that in the unedited version of the film, Abu Sakkar instructs his men to "slaughter the Alawites and take their hearts out to eat them", before biting into the heart.
Abu Sakkar has been seen in previous videos firing rockets at Lebanese Shi'ite villages on the border and posing with the body of a soldier purportedly from the Lebanese Shi'ite militant Hezbollah group, which is helping Assad's forces.
Reuters cannot independently verify videos from Syria, where access is restricted by the government and security constraints. (An edited version of the video can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9IRn5b0aik)
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Yesterday, 7/23,
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~Went to a friend's house for dinner.
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~no a/c all day, windows open with a nice breeze, still warm though
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~Just one item selling on ebay right now, sure wish there were more selling.
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--Set A/C at 78
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Just returned from a trip to visit the in-laws at their summer home. So, we had a weekend away for just the price of gas.
Returned with a bunch of free food from them as they are closing up the house for several weeks and needed to get rid of food before it spoiled
- loaf of bread
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Given zuchinni, grocery bag full of fresh peaches and 2 quarts of blueberries
Paid for the trip entirely with cash
Loaded an updated Quicken (mine was 7 yrs old and could not download) to be able to track expenses and budget better.
Came home from trip with clean clothes, so I don't have to do laundry for a couple of days
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So Far this Week every meal we have had has been from food we already have on hand at home.
Meals are all from Scratch.
No money spent here.
We have had the windows open to let in the fresh air.
We also have been spending quality time together as a family.
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7/24 and 7/25
*AC on 80 during the day when it's just me at home, 78 in the evening when DH is home.
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I rode a lot as a teen and into my twenties... then the bike lived in the shed for a long time. Couple years ago I bought a Cannondale CAAD 8 road bike, used but very lightly used. Ultegra with 105 shifters, aluminum frame, carbon fork. Wow what a difference from the old Takara I bought as a teen. Way lighter. Sounds like new wheels could make it even better ?
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TEHRAN, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's former Prime Minister, defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi renewed his call on Saturday for cancellation of last week's disputed presidential election.
In a letter to Iran's Guardian Council which was published on his campaign website, Mousavi cited "irregularities in election" as the reason for a nationwide cancellation of the election result.
Mousavi said in the letter that the wise Iranian nation would never believe the inequity and irregularity in the election.
"I will continue my steps to make the truth and the rights of the great Iranian people clear in the range of Constitution and current laws," Mousavi said.
Mousavi cited several allegations of irregularities in the election which gave incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a landslide victory, saying that they were "part of the truth and fraudulent conduct."
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that the Iranian nation needs calm and patience, rejecting any vote rigging in the recent presidential election.
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On June 13, Iran's Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli said Ahmadinejad won 62.63 percent of the total ballots on the June 12 presidential vote, while his main rival Mousavi got 33.75 percent.
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Ahmadinejad gov't says riots over election orchestrated by enemies
TEHRAN, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The government of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a Thursday statement that "the enemies of the nation" are fomenting post-election riots across the country, the local Press TV reported.
"Our enemies and their media have hired some opportunists and mischievous elements and have misused the simple-mindedness of some people to cause unrest," the statement was quoted as saying. Full story
Iran's election headquarters not to release ballot box details
TEHRAN, June 18 (Xinhua) - Iran's election headquarters has rejected a request by the defeated presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei to release details of the ballot box results, Iran's satellite Press TV website reported Thursday.
"The law does not reserve such a right for candidates," we will act within the framework of the law, head of Iran's Electoral Office Kamran Daneshjou was quoted as saying. Full story
Mousavi's supporters hold new massive rally in Tehran
Supporters of Iran's former Prime Minister Mousavi hold a picture of Mousavi during a rally in Tehran, capital of Iran, June 15, 2009. Tens of thousands of people were seen on Monday at Tehran's Enghelab Avenue marching all the way west to the prestigious Azadi (liberty) square, for a massive rally to support the defeated presidential candidate Mir- Hossein Mousavi. (Xinhua/Stringer)Photo Gallery>>>
Television footage showed that the demonstrators were holding placards in support of Mousavi and the presenter said the rally took place at the Haft-e Tir Square in central Tehran. Full story