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WIMBLEDON, UK -- Andy Murray avenged a loss to Roger
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The third-seeded Brit recorded 27 winners in a 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 thrashing of the
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Federer claimed his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title four weeks ago, but
on Sunday he committed an uncharacteristic 31 unforced errors -- 14 more than
Murray -- and had his serve broken five times. Murray, meanwhile, fought off
all nine break points he faced, including six in the third game of the second
Murray, who is 0-4 in Grand Slam finals, went up 4-2 in the opening set when
he converted his second break point. Federer had failed to capitalize on three
game points after rallying from 0-30 down. Murray then sent a backhander down
the line to close out the first set with another break.
The 25-year-old Dunblane, Scotland native dominated the second set, winning
each of the first five games before Federer finally held. Federer earned a
break point in the next game, but the set eventually belonged to Murray.
Federer, who was coming off his marathon four-hour, 26-minute semifinal
triumph over Juan Martin del Potro on Friday, was broken again and fell behind
2-3 in the third set when he wasn't able to return Murray's crosscourt
They held the rest of the way, and Murray secured his 23rd career title with
consecutive aces.
Meanwhile, an eighth-seeded del Potro rebounded from Friday's heart-wrenching
loss to Federer to capture the bronze with a 7-5, 6-4 win over second-seeded
Serbian Novak Djokovic on Court 1.
Del Potro became the first Argentine man to capture an Olympic singles medal
in tennis.
Djokovic won the bronze in 2008.
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CGEM DX Hypertune Time lapse & Full write up
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I put it all together on my blog since it was easier to format and source images and my time lapse. Hope this helps.
PLEASE ask anything about this topic if you want clarity added to any part of it. This was my 4th mount rebuild, 3 of which were Celestron mounts. If you're considering rebuilding yours for similar reasons, by all means, ask anything and I'll do my best to explain.
The time lapse portion of the video is more to show the time and effort investment in doing a full overhaul, the segment after with the notations is more practical, along with the still images on the blog and attached gallery.
Feedback appreciated. I put a lot into capturing this as best as I could, including what I used, what I did, why I did it.
Time lapse was 4000+ exposures.
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I´m sure it will be alot of help for others in your situation.
...and I´ll bet the guys at Celestron are thrilled too
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Let me say this much - I really do like features in Celestron mounts, so I'm not trying to make this a bashing session in any way. All Star Polar Alignment is fantastic for those who set up and tear down every night. The hand controller is very intuitive. They carry aesthetically pleasing looks (not that it's really important).
However, I fought with my CG-5 for months due to the same reasons and had to gut it and overhaul it. My Nexstar 8 GPS was the same. After reworking them, they behaved as they should. I had one regular CGEM that I didn't have to do a thing to. Wishing I had kept that one now. Point to this is that in each case there were clear signs of QA problems, and "drive through" servicing apparent by the markings inside on various components. Granted, the CG-5 is a $500ish mount new, and a DX on the upper end of the aforementioned is $2000ish - none of which are what I would call "high end" gear by any stretch of the imagination. But, one can't sit and advertise these things at their given capacities and mark them as astrophoto capable and keep an honest smile. It's sad in my humble opinion because the issues I keep seeing are minor things that could easily be remedied with just some QA improvement and modest adjustment to manufacturing.
If anyone starting out in AP wonders why people spend $5,000-$50,000 on mounts - it's usually to avoid these types of problems. Granted not all of us have that kind of disposable income(my wife would kill me if I tried to blow $10K on a mount), thus this bracket of the market exists. However, one should not expect magic straight out of the box. If you're serious but on a budget, you may want to consider the fact that you might have to roll up your sleeves and get a little dirty. Think of it like building a tuner/project car. You can get your money out of one of these mounts. If you look in my image galleries over the years you can see I ultimately ended up with equipment that would track just fine within their capacity limitations. By that I mean focal length as well as actual weight.
I could have easily ignored what I saw on this DX mount and simply shot widefield at 400mm and less and probably be quite content. However, I want to shoot at longer focal lengths occasionally and this was not remotely going to happen with the existing state of the mount. They sell this thing with a C14 as astrophoto capable! I'm trying with a C8 at under half the weight and half the native focal length and couldn't get it done at first. That's just not right.
I think after I get my first light results post-hypertune, I might write up my findings a bit more formally and shoot this over to Celestron. Might not make a difference, but at least I can say I tried.
I guess it's safe to say my warranty is gone on this. Was it worth it? Yep. Definitely.
Posted 09 July 2013 - 12:25 PM
Sounds like a "mad as **** and not going to take it any more" scenario to me
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I have to admit that I love the Celestron hand controller, and Nexremote was a good thing. But when it came time to upgrade, all the bad press about DEC cogging and such steered me well clear of Celestron. I know it ultimately does not hit them in the pocketbook since I went with an Atlas which is also Synta. With EQMOD I don't miss the hand controller either.
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Yeah,the DX is the first and only mount I've ever purchased. Given the pricetag and advertisements, I knew I wasn't getting the top of the line, but figured I would at least get something that worked with no major issues out of the box.
I think my rationalizing was that I had such good success with my original CGEM that I assumed maybe Celestron finally got it right, and the DX was enhancement on an already good thing.
However, like Madratter suggested - mine was acting more like my CG-5 did out of the box. If that's what I could expect, I'd rather lift a CG-5 any day over this DX - it's a cumbersome mount for sure. For four times the cost though, it should do significantly more, as advertised. Lots of great results out there from people using the DX, but I have to wonder about the others who aren't having as much luck. I suspect this will be a fantastic mount now that it's cleaned up and properly assembled. Just wish it arrived that way out of the box.
Posted 09 July 2013 - 01:48 PM
Great article and thank you for sharing. As someone who is looking to get serious about AP, I find this sort of material extremely helpful. And I don't mind rolling up my sleeves to get things in proper order.
Thanks. I'm glad to hear this was helpful. Sometimes a little elbow grease can go a long way as I've found with all of my various mounts. Further than the stock grease Celestron uses..
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Looking forward to some 'after the tune-up' images and happiness!
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haven't tried AP yet (scared to frankly)
Do you want to be enabled or should we tell you the truth about what this hobby costs?
Actually, it sounds like you have a pretty good idea.
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Would I do it over again. Yup!
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Nice NES collection too, btw.
Thanks! I collect game consoles. I have everything in working order, back to the Atari 2600 with the exception of the Intellivision, and up to everything current. Could probably sell that collection and swing a nice AP mount. Hmm...
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Stephen D. Smith, executive director of the USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education and adjunct professor of religion, has been named the inaugural holder of the UNESCO Chair on Genocide Education.
USC worked with UNESCO to establish the chair, which will promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation on genocide education. The position will help facilitate collaborations between high-level internationally recognized researchers and educators.
Formed after World War II in 1945, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) strives to build lasting peace among nations on the basis of humanity's moral and intellectual solidarity.
The UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme promotes international inter-university cooperation and networking to enhance institutional capacities. The organization enables chairs to serve as bridge builders between academia, civil society, local communities, research and policy-making.
Working closely with UNESCO, Smith will conduct research that contributes to genocide education and human rights activities at national and international levels. In addition, Smith will develop educator training and support programs that foster a multidisciplinary approach to the pressing ethical questions mass violence engenders.
While continuing to expand the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive, which contains nearly 52,000 testimonies of survivors and witnesses to the Holocaust and the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Smith will contribute to teaching and publishing shared scholarship. He will organize international conferences to promote cultural diversity, international dialogue and knowledge-sharing.
Elizabeth Garrett, USC provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, was delighted to have collaborated with UNESCO to create the chair.
"Through his support of innovative technologies and academic initiatives at the USC Shoah Foundation, as well as his dedicated work in Rwanda with students aimed at overcoming prejudice and intolerance, Stephen Smith has emerged as one of the world's leading educators in the area of human rights advocacy," Garrett said. "As the inaugural holder of the UNESCO Chair on Genocide Education, he will continue to promote UNESCO's longstanding mission of sustaining peace across nations and cultures."
Indeed, the creation of a UNESCO Chair on Genocide Education at the USC Shoah Foundation Institute contributes to UNESCO's core mission to promote peace and human rights and to provide new visibility to the field of Holocaust and genocide studies, UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova said.
"We anticipate that this new chair, placed under the leadership of Dr. Stephen Smith, will contribute to increased international cooperation on these matters by connecting with UNESCO's network of university chairs and by supporting the activities of the organization on issues pertaining to the history of the Holocaust, genocide and to human rights."
USC Dornsife's Stephen D. Smith, the new UNESCO Chair on Genocide Education, and Renee Firestone, a Holocaust survivor who gave her testimony to the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive, in Rwanda. Both met with USC Shoah Foundation's partners at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre. Photo courtesy of the USC Shoah Foundation.
Smith, a recognized leader in the field of genocide education, is focused on finding strategies to optimize the effectiveness of the Visual History Archive for education, research and advocacy purposes. In 2012, he oversaw the launch of the USC Shoah Foundation IWitness program, an online resource providing secondary school teachers and their students throughout the world with more than 1,000 video testimonies of survivors and other eyewitnesses of the Holocaust to be used in classroom lessons.
Prior to his arrival at USC Dornsife in 2009, Smith co-founded The Aegis Trust, which helped establish the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre in Rwanda in 2004. Under Smith's leadership at USC, Rwandan genocide witness testimony is being integrated into the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive. The testimony is utilized in research and education programs.
In 2011, Smith brought officials from the archive and education departments of the Kigali center to USC to train. As a result of that professional development, the Rwanda center has built new archival systems and education programs based on the institute's work.
USC Dornsife Dean Steve Kay noted that under Smith's leadership, the USC Shoah Foundation has continued to distinguish itself as an international center for comparative genocide research and education.
"I can think of no one more deserving of this honor than Stephen, whose qualifications are exceptional, in fact unique, for this position," Kay said. "At USC Dornsife, he has extended our genocide education to include Rwanda, Armenia and Darfur and has led the USC Shoah Foundation IWitness program, a world-leading educational platform."
Having joined USC Dornsife after serving as founding director of Britain's first dedicated Holocaust memorial and education center, The Holocaust Centre, Smith considered it a profound honor to be appointed the first UNESCO Chair of Genocide Education.
"I am a firm believer that education is the bedrock of our efforts to prevent genocide," he said. "Through this partnership, USC and UNESCO are joining forces to develop the research networks and education programs essential to understand and limit genocide in future generations."
In addition to the Holocaust and Rwandan testimony collections in the Visual History Archive, the institute has previously announced agreements with the Armenian Film Foundation and 24 Hours for Darfur (a grassroots video/education campaign) to bring their critical testimony collections to USC that enhance the university's research resources.
Smith is a founding member of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, an intergovernmental body of 31 nations who determine policy on post-Holocaust matters around education remembrance and research. He has held several committee chair positions, including chair of the UK Holocaust Memorial Day.
At USC, Smith's development of the IWitness program aligns with the USC Shoah Foundation's focus to make educational use of its Visual History Archive. Housed in USC Dornsife, the archive represents 57 countries in 33 languages and is one of the largest of its kind in the world. Since its launch, IWitness has received a seal of alignment from the International Society for Technology in Education, and in 2012 was the American Association of School Librarians' top website for teaching and learning. The resource has now been adopted in all 50 states and more than 40 countries.
Smith has also been a crucial member of collaborations among USC faculty. He was joint awardee of USC Dornsife's 2020 research funding support with Wolf Gruner, Shappell-Guerin Chair of Jewish studies, and professor of history. Over the past three years, the two have examined the theme of resisting the path to genocide, bringing scholars from around the world to USC to examine this comparative genocide research area.
In 2012, Smith also convened the world's first conference on sexual violence and the Holocaust, examining how gender violence has been used as a method of genocide. He is now spearheading the development of the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Studies.
Smith's recent publications examine various aspects of post-genocide. Some include: Massacre in Murambi: The Rank and File Killers of Genocide, chapter "Why We Kill: Understanding Violence Across Cultures and Disciplines" (Middlesex University Press, 2009); The Unique and Universal Aspects of Modern Genocide, chapter "The Challenge of Teaching Controversial Issues in the Classroom" (Continuum, 2012).
Smith earned his Bachelor of Divinity from the University of London, and studied at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies before earning his Ph.D. from the Department of Theology and Philosophy at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.


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2002 Cancun, MEX. – In the bright sun of the Playa Langosta beach area of Cancun, Mexico, six nations took the 6 medals for the Elite Men and Women's events at the 2002 ITU World Aquathlon Championships.
The Men's race started with a very fast 2.5 km run, with 15 athletes entering the first run to swim transition together behind Leandro Macedo (BRA). In the group were Matt Reed (NZL) the 2000 Aquathlon World Champion, Daniel Fontana ARG), Chris Gemmel (NZL), Dimitry Gaag (KAZ), the 1999 Triathlon World Champion,
During the 1km swim Matt Reed retired, leaving 3 Kiwi teammates to keep New Zealand in the race.
At the end of the swim, the lead group was whittled down to 5 with Gemmel, Andrey Glushchenko (UKR), Filip Ospaly (CZE), Joe Umpenhour (USA), Brent Foster (NZL), closely followed by Csaba Kuttor (HUN), Martin Knarvek (CZE), then the remainder of the group of 15.
The run to transition allowed Gemell, Foster, and Glushenko to gain a slight advantage onto the final 2.5km run. At the turn around Filip Ospaly had made his way through the field to set himself up with a medal chance.
Rounding the final turn into the finish straight Chris Gemmel staked his claim on the race to finish a fast and close 1 seconds ahead of Andrey Glushchenko, with Filip Ospaly a further 18 seconds back. Joe Umphenour had a great second run to finish fourth, Brent Foster fifth, Paolo Mashyro (BRA) in sixth.
The Women's race started 2 minutes after the men, and again a fast group of 5 made the break, with Sandra Soldan (BRA), Jill Savege (CAN), Czech teammates Lenka Radova and Renata Berkova, and Gillian Moody (CAN), taking the leading positions into the first transition.
At the end of the 1km swim, Soldan and Savege had a comfortable 20-second advantage over the rest of the field.
By the halfway point of the second run Soldan, and Savege applied the pressure to gain a break over the remainder of the field. Lenka Radova ran strongly to gain the last medal position. Soldan finished strongly 11 seconds ahead of Savege, with Radova further 44 seconds behind in third. Nina Anisimova of Russia was 4th, with Poland's Ewa Dederko in 5th. Lucie Zelenkova of the Czech Republic was 6th.
Complete age group, under 23 and junior results are available on www.triathlon.org. The quality of all competitions bodes well for the emerging sport of Aquathlon.
The Triathlon world's focus now shifts to the Cancun ITU Triathlon World Championships next weekend with age group, juniors, under 23, athletes with a disability and Clydesdale competing on Saturday, and the elite men and women on Sunday. See www.triathlon.org for complete start lists and event details.


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A former executive of Take-Two Interactive filed a $50 million lawsuit against the Grand Theft Auto publisher in a federal court in Nevada last week.
Robert Alexander alleges that Take-Two breached an oral employment contract when, in 2004, former Take-Two CEO Paul Eibeler terminated a distribution deal with Alexander and his company, Game Ballers. Eibeler had taken over the reigns of T2 when CEO and company founder Ryan Brant ran afoul of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to being forced out, Brant and Alexander apparently enjoyed a cooperative working arrangement.
The complaint is an interesting read, and provides insight into what appears to be the very big bucks business of video game distribution.
In his suit Alexander claims that he has been in the game biz since he was 16. He says that he built up a distribution company called Jack of All Games which he sold to Take-Two in 1998. After closing that deal he spent some time as a member of the T2 Board of Directors, leaving in 1999.
In 2003 Alexander formed a new distribution company, Game Ballers, and began negotiating with Ryan Brant and other execs to partner with T2 and Jack of All Games. Although Alexander began working with T2, his deal was never finalized before legal troubles forced Brant to leave the company in March, 2004. When Eibeler assumed the CEO post later in the year, Alexander apparently fell out of favor and alleges that he was not paid what he was owed.
If Alexander's complaint is accurate, the numbers involved are staggering. The distributor claims that Brant agreed to pay him $240,000 in annual salary with 20% annual raises, a $25,000 monthly expense allowance, 50,000 shares of T2 stock plus options and $.50 per game handled by his distribution company.
We have a request in to Take-Two for comment.
UPDATE: Take-Two has declined to comment. In fairness, I should point out that Strauss Zelnick's current management team had no involvement with T2 during the time frame about which Alexander is making his claim.


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My blogposts with my sweet friend Izzie Button are always special to me! I love whenever we can find the time to get together and snap a picture! It's never boring with Izzie around, that's for sure! We went all retro with this picture for the May round of Collabor88.
Be sure to check out Izzie's picture and post here:
Coffee break
So my doctor had put me on a no-coffee (and a few other things) diet for a few days and guess what?! Those days are over and I was allowed coffee! Yep it's the little things that matter most and coffee matters! 😉
So coffee, good company and a lot of new goods from FaMeshed & The Home Show, not a bad day huh?
Credits on Kae:
Hair: Girl about town – Milk hair (Kattington) *NEW @ FaMeshed
Skin: Kaelyn – Glam Affair (Aida Ewing)
Shirt&Shorts: Beige (Hands in Pockets) – COCO (cocoro Lemon) *NEW @ FaMeshed
Feet: Av enhancement flat – Slink (Siddean Munro)
Feet jewelry: Bali Gypsy – MG (Maxi Gossamer) *NEW @ FaMeshed
Shoes: Lizzie pure – Fri.day (Darling Monday)
Necklace: Heartkey silver – Izzie's (Izzie Button)
Bag: Sledge leather Rose – Zenith (Miffyhoi Rosca) *NEW @ FaMeshed
Cute guy:
Maxxster (totally forgot to ask him for his credits, sorry!)
Credits scene:
Scarlet Creative Work Life Loft Skybox *NEW @ Collabor88
Seven Emporium – Potting Table *NEW @ The Home Show
Seven Emporium – Garden Tray *NEW @ The Home Show
Seven Emporium – Old Mower *NEW @ The Home Show
Seven Emporium – Plant Pot Crates *NEW @ The Home Show
XIAJ & ZZANG – Postman Bike navy RARE *NEW @ Kustom9
PILOT – Potted Plant Shelves
PILOT – Water Hose
PILOT – Garden Tools
[PM]Pixel Mode – THG – Watering Can
[PM]Pixel Mode – THG – Seed Box RARE
[PM]Pixel Mode – THG – Seedling
Zigana . herbs . two
Zigana . empties
{what next} Garden Broom Decor
Zooby – Ultimate Rottweiler
Zooby – Relaxing Doberman
Cutie Moon
Sailor Moon fans rejoice!
On April 1st, the Cutie Moon Fair will open its doors to the public.
There's a lot of cuteness to collect! I put some of my favorites in this blogpost!
For more previews of Cutie Moon please check out the official Flickr and Plurk acounts.
I'm sorry I'm not straightforward,
I can say it in my dreams
My thoughts are about to short circuit,
I want to see you right now
Fighting evil by moonlight,
Winning love by daylight,
Never running from a real fight,
She is the one named Cutie Moon
Glam Affair will release their beautiful Brandi skin at Cutie Moon, she comes in 4 skintones, America, Artic, Asia and Jamaica. Each skintone has 6 beautiful make-ups with 13(!!!!) different eyebrow color options and a no brow option! You also get a pack of lipsticks and options for lipgloss, matte lips and nose variations! So much win! Above you can see the awesome purple brows but Brandi looks gorgeous in naturals too! <3
Hair: Lottie – Truth (Truth Hawks) *NEW
Hair below: Shine – Magika (Sabina Gully) *NEW – modded
Skin: Brandi (Asia 03) – Glam Affair (Aida Ewing) *NEW @ Cutie Moon
+ Brandi Asia lipstick 02 – Glam Affair (Aida Ewing) *NEW @ Cutie Moon
+ Brandi Asia nose 01 – Glam Affair (Aida Ewing) *NEW @ Cutie Moon
+ Lashes black tattoo layer – Tuli (Tuli Asturias)
+ Classic wing eyeliner 3 – League (Nena Janus) *NEW gift @ Skin Fair
+ Cutiepie Freckles Heart – Buzz (Eleri Catlyn) *NEW @ Kustom9
Eyes: Promise blue & moor – IKON (Ikon Innovia)
Dress: Sweet Sailor (saturn) – The Secret Store (Maylee Oh) *NEW @ Cutie Moon
Hands: Av Enhancement elegant1 & casual – Slink (Siddean Munro)
Manicure: Fingernails pastel – Izzie's (Izzie Button)
Feet: Av Enhancement female medium – Slink (Siddean Munro)
Heels: Venus (purple) – Fri.day (Darling Monday)*NEW @ Cutie Moon
Phone: Cutie Moon – MishMish (Aime Takaaki) *NEW @ Cutie Moon
Computer: Cutie Moon – MishMish (Aime Takaaki) *NEW @ Cutie Moon
Boulders: Skye Boulders set – Studio Skye (Alex Bader) *NEW
Trees: Skye Tangled Cherry Arch – Studio Skye (Alex Bader) *NEW
Palette swing: Goodmorning – Cooties (Ollilu) *NEW @ Family Flea Market (April 5th)
Pose close-up: Head & Hands poses – Izzie's (Izzie Button) *NEW


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The Apprentice tonight made me want to gamble. I miss playing Three Card poker all night long. That's good times. Trump's Taj Mahal is gaudier than anything in Vegas, I didn't think that was possible.
That Amy seems like a b*tch. I hope Troy wins.
If you are in Pasadena this weekend and see some ewoks running around - beware - there's a sci fi convention going on dedicated to Star Wars, Star Trek and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I think it's gonna be freakfest up the 110 freeway this weekend...One year Figgy and I went to an anime convention to support a friend of ours who had entered some video making contest. Granted those things were interesting, they took anime clips and set them to music, some of them were very good. But the weirdos that attended that thing totally put Figgy off and I think now she harbors bad feelings towards geeks. Ha.


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Donation Meter Program
The Concept
The donation meter program is designed to increase awareness about Denver's Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness, and it is also an effort to redirect the money given to panhandlers into initiatives that provide meals, job training, substance abuse counseling, housing, and other programs for those in need. This grassroots campaign is projected to raise roughly $100,000 per year giving the general public a constructive way to help Denver's homeless. "The donation meter demonstrates yet another innovative way in which this community is responding to Denver's Road Home and our commitment to ending homelessness" – Mayor Hickenlooper.
Denver Public Works along with Denver's Road Home, Leadership Denver, the Downtown Denver Partnership, Mile High United Way, rabble+rouser, and OZ Architecture worked together to make the donation meter program a reality. This group coordinated the meter design, decal messaging, printing, installation, and the $1,000 sponsorships for individual meters, which raised $36,000 before the meters were unveiled. On March 5, 2007, thirty-six meters were installed at strategic downtown locations that had significant foot traffic and panhandling issues. Within the first month, 16,411 coins were donated at these various meters totaling approximately $2,000. In September of 2007 another fifty refurbished parking meters were installed in other community sectors throughout the city. These meters also raised $1,000 sponsorships each. It is already evident that the panhandling population is decreasing in the area around the meters, and that there is a significant increase in awareness of the issue within the downtown community.
Current Status
The Mile High United Way and the members of the CAAB (Community Appeals Advisory Board) will continue to coordinate annual sponsorships for individual meters, and the Department of Public Works will organize regular collections allowing the program to continue as long as it is effective. With eighty-six existing meters, the project to generates in excess of $100,000 per year through sponsorships and donations. The donation meter project, in addition to its benefits for awareness and curbing panhandling, serves as a way to provide some sustainability to Denver's Road Home throughout the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness.


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How to tell your kids that you are divorcing their dad? Here's a few steps to help you explain it to your children.
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1When your child comes back from school or wherever,start a conversation off about divorce. Maybe by asking if any of his/her friends parents have ever been divorced. Once you have said that, say to them well do you know what divorce is? If they don't know explain it to them. If they do wait until the next step.
2Put some thought into it. Don't just blurt it out. First of all, if you are worried about telling them about the divorce, it's natural. Go in your room and think about how you are going to break the news to them. Once you are ready, just call them into a room to tell them. Make sure you start gently, then build your way up to you and their dad. If they start crying, go and sit next to them and give them a hug and explain why you are getting divorced.
3Know your children. The thing with children is that adults say that they can handle it, but sometimes it's not what we think. The truth is that 99% of children are delicate and easy hurt, but that 1% of children put on a brave face and try to live in a perfect world where nothing can put them down.
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- If you have a boyfriend, try telling them about him before bringing him home. Let them know that they are still #1 for you, and will not be loved any less.
- Always watch what you are saying. remember that they are just young
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As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 5, 2014
H.R. 3732 would prohibit the use of federal funds to staff certain positions in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including Public Advocate, Deputy Assistant Director of Custody Programs and Community Outreach, or any other position in ICE with substantially similar responsibilities.
If ICE reduced the number of employees as a result of enacting H.R. 3732, future discretionary costs would be reduced by around $1 million over the next five years assuming appropriation action consistent with those reductions. However, based on the agency's response to a similar directive in its 2013 appropriation, CBO expects there would be no significant change in personnel or associated costs from implementing H.R. 3732. The bill would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
H.R. 3732 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.


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Effective performance management systems measure two components ofperformance: outcomes or results (the "whats" of a job), andknowledge, skills, and behavior (the "hows" of a job). A technicallyskilled software designer should be able to complete all assigned projects (andperhaps more) on time, within budget, without an unreasonable number of bugs orrework. So one way to evaluate technical skill is to agree upon specificmeasures of quantity, quality, timeliness, and cost and then to evaluateperformance against those expectations. These measures are also the foundationof good project management so the supervisor and designer should be able toagree on important "whats" and metrics.
Measuring the "hows" is more challenging, especially for asupervisor who is not "highly technical." Although some measures ofquantity, quality, timeliness, and cost also could be used to measure knowledge,skill and competency, it's usually more subjective than results measures. Giventhat software technology is ever changing, one way to measure technical skill isto use the completion of training courses and certifications as outcomes.Another way to measure technical skill is to get feedback from others,especially technical experts and end users or customers, on the quality andefficiency of the processes the designer uses to complete projects.
One of the keys to success is the involvement of the designer in settingexpectations, collecting data, and tracking progress throughout the year. Thishelps change the role of the supervisor from evaluator to coach, which hopefullyputs the supervisor in the position of providing support, resources, and advice,breaking down barriers, and helping to solve problems rather than evaluating orjudging technical expertise.
SOURCE: Jim Concelman, production manager, Development DimensionsInternational, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5, 2001.
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Dumb question I know, but will the kit lens I got with my KM 5D work fully with a new sony A37/57/65?
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I was completely certain it would but salesman in the camera shop I was speaking to was adamant it might attach but you wouldnt be able to control aperture or autofocus with it.
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By Ryan Winslett 3 years ago comments
The holiday season keeps on rolling as this weeks numerous additions to the Nintendo Wii U and 3DS library include the likes of Batman, Phoenix Wright, Sonic and a pirate assassin.
Considering how few games have arrived on Nintendos home console this first year, Wii U owners should be feeling pretty spoiled this week as two big AAA blockbusters make their way to the system. Available through both the Wii U eShop and at physical retailers, this weeks big offerings are Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag and Batman: Arkham Origins.
Come to think of it, these two games have quite a bit in common. You play as a character who hides his identity, sneaks through the shadows and across rooftops and dishes out vigilante justice on the regular. In one youre a pointy-eared billionaire with abandonment issues and, in the other, youre a tattoo-riddled pirate with an axe to grind.
Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag is available Oct. 29, taking gamers back to 1715 and sporting all of the daring antics the series has become known for, as well a revamped sea battle system. Arkham Origins, on the other hand, arrives today and features a Dark Knight who is only just starting out into his life of fighting crime. Both are big gets for the Wii U, which has had some trouble finding third party support over the months.
If you prefer to fight crime on the go, then you can do exactly that working inside or outside the legal system with two new games for the Nintendo 3DS this week. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies takes gamers back into the court room for a whole new batch of cases while Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate tells a tale immediately following its console counterpart, but taking place in a sie-scrolling, Metroidvania-style world. Whether you want to throw around objections or steel-knuckled punches, the 3DS has you covered this week.
Also arriving on both the Wii U and 3DS is Sonic: Lost World. This latest addition to the legendary Sonic series basically takes everyones favorite hedgehog down the Mario Galaxy route, complete with unique 3D worlds and all of the speed youve come to expect from Sonic. Both the home and portable versions of the game are available starting today in stores or via the Nintendo eShop.
If youd rather get in some old school gaming this week, then theres a new entry in the Virtual Console for both the Wii U and 3DS. The home console is getting Pinball, which should be self-explanatory, while the 3DS receives Star Soldier, a vertically scrolling shooter from the NES day.
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Self Esteem's Slippery Slope
A friend spent the summer teaching his son to tie his shoelaces. It took all of July and half of August. It required endless patience and persistence. As we all know, it is not easy to learn to tie your shoes, nor is it easy to teach it.
However, my son's friend is 14. A completely normal 14-year-old boy who had never learned to tie his own shoes.
On the first day of school, my seventh grade daughter brought home a new friend. My daughter asked for $3 to buy chips at the corner grocery, a place she has been going to alone since she was five. It is six townhouses away. Perhaps 300 feet. You do not cross a street or a single driveway to get there. The owners know every member of our family. The trip to the market and back takes four minutes tops.
The friend said she couldn't go. Her mom would get mad at her, she explained on our threshold. She is not allowed to go to the store - any store - by herself. She is 12 years old. She lives in a neighborhood that is nearly 100% crime-free, where the loudest gripes stem from dog owners who don't scoop their poop.
Do you remember your daily life when you were 12 or 14? I rode my bike three miles to school along busy roads. I babysat for other children. I walked dogs in the neighborhood park by myself every day after school - and I walked to and from school by myself as well. When I was 14 my parents let me take an Amtrak train from Washington D.C. to New York City to visit a friend from camp - by myself. New York City!
My friend explained why his 14-year-old son did not know how to tie his laces. When the boy first started wearing shoes, my friend bought him Velcro sneakers. It made his son feel more independent, he explained. More self-confident. His son felt like a big boy putting on his own shoes every day. It was also easier on my friend, as well as his son's babysitters and teachers, to not have to teach a four year old to tie a butterfly knot.
Great all around, right? Except that, as a ninth grader, this six foot tall young man did not know how to tie his own shoelaces. How's that for a confidence boost?
I know the mom of my daughter's friend is similarly well-meaning. She wants to protect her daughter from the evils of the world as long as she can. She works more than full-time hours in a demanding, high pressure job. She cannot be home to oversee her daughter's every move. Instead she substitutes by making rigid, blanket rules her daughter is terrified not to follow.
I worry about this child once she grows up and her mom's rules no longer apply to her life.
Self-esteem is a tricky asset to develop. It's slope can curve upward - or straight down. Esteem is oddly fragile and easy to destroy, especially in children, and harder to rebuild than to tear down. Strangely, esteem does not come from success - easy victories can make people more insecure, arrogant, and even paranoid. True self-reliance does not come from never making a mistake. It doesn't come from being praised over accomplishments that are not truly meaningful, like memorizing the alphabet at age two or Velcroing your sneakers or following empty rules perfectly.
Oh crap, I better teach my son (he's 6) how to tie his shoes.
My 10th grader's classmates' parents are having a fit about their kids watching R-rated movies in Spanish Cinema class. We've already watched most of these movies with her. And, frankly, I get a chuckle out of the idea of her getting to be embarrassed watching any sex scenes in a movie with her teacher and classmates. And in Spanish. How fun!
Then, my 10-year old gets invited to see a movie on Friday. "They girls are going to see Dreamhouse," the mom tells me. I'm clueless about movies and the title sounds like just the kind of lame Disney movie my daughter would like. Then, my older daughter informs me that it is a horror movie, the one I couldn't even watch the commercials for. Ok, gotta put my foot down on this one and mostly because I don't want the 10-year old sleeping in my bed for the rest of the year.
So, what's my point.....pay attention, but remember that they will eventually actually be adults and on their own and it won't be long. And it might be nice if they can wear shoes with laces.
What a great piece. We recently dealt with a situation with our oldest son. He has longed for the time when he would be old enough to start football, he's 7. Anyway, we started practices in July which in my/opinion is the worst time to do so. We blazed through 4the weeks of practice and noticed towards week three he was dragging a bit in enthusiasm. My husband his daddy and a true football player (from 4th grade thru high school) sat him down and to our true dismay learned from his own little lips he simply wasn't ready. I was CRUSHED! I love ALL sports and am of the opinion when you start something you finish it. My husband was disappointed as well but handled it like a champ! I just sat in awe watching this exchange.
After all was said and done he feels so much more confident in himself simply because he had the guts to tell us he wasn't ready. There was such a n upward swing in his attitude in general.
In closing it was hard for us to let him make this decision but felt he really grew in confidence through this experience.
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I 100% agree with you and thank you for writing this article! I am always looking for ways to give my kids independent experiences so that one day they will become men, with good heads on their shoulders and little fear for living life.


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Sharon Burying Ground (1 km)
Resting place for many members of the Children of Peace
The oldest tombstones date to the 1820s
Leslie Street, Sharon
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Hillary House (14 km)
One of Canada's best examples of Gothic Revival Architecture
Contains a significant collection of medical instruments
15372 Yonge Street, Aurora
Visit the Hillary House & Aurora Historical Society Website
Thomas Foster Memorial (27 km)
Open in July and August Thursday-Sunday 12:30-4:30
By appointment all other times.
9899 Regional Road 1, Uxbridge
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The Kneppe name has descended through the generations from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name comes from having lived one of several places named Knapp in England. The word knapp comes from the Old English "cnoepp," meaning a hilltop or summit.
The surname Kneppe was first found in Cambridgeshire. However, the medieval Knepp Castle is found west of the village of West Grinstead in West Sussex. Built on a mound or "cnoepp," the castle was originally a motte and bailey fortress, built in the 12th century by William de Braose. In 1214, had it rebuilt as a stone castle with a two-storey keep. Later Royal visitors included kings Henry III in 1218, Edward II in 1324 and Richard II in 1384.
Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Kneppe has undergone many spelling variations, including Knapp, Knappe, Knap, Knapper, Knapp, Knapman, Knappen, Kneppe, Knape, Knappen, Cnape, Cnappe and many more.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kneppe research. Another 175 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1279, 1294, 1301, 1648 and 1681 are included under the topic Early Kneppe History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Kneppe were among those contributors: Nicholas Knapp who settled with William and his wife and eight children in Salem Massachusetts in 1630; Thomas Knap, who settled in Virginia in 1653; P. Knappe, who settled in Philadelphia in 1820.
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Originally built by the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1960, St. Louis Center is administered by the Servants of Charity Congregation of Catholic missionary priests and brothers who have dedicated their lives to caring for the "poorest of the poor" of the world, especially persons with developmental disabilities. Saint Louis Guanella founded the Servants of Charity Congregation in 1908 in Como, Italy.
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Should be interesting, considering he was going to throw tomorrow and start on Monday.
Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano spent Thursday at the hospital with appendicitis-type symptoms - ESPN Chicago
Sounds like Zambrano had gas. Baker sounds more concerning.
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I can admit it, the only person I can name from Modern Family is Sofia Vergara. Mostly because all anyone talks about is how beautiful she is.
But a gem of an actress can be found in Sarah Hyland, who's nominated a Teen Choice Award in the Choice TV: Female Breakout Star category.
The pint-size cutie chooses to keep it classy on all occasions and looks perfectly put together on the Teen Choice red carpet. I love how the sparkling earrings enhances the blue of her simple dress. The shoes are so-so, but I'm sure her arm candy will make up for it.
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Into the Air: An Illustrated Timeline of Flight
by Ryan Ann Hunter
No current Talk conversations about this book.
Beautifully illustrations and layout. Clean, crisp, uncluttered pictures are a joy. The text is sparse but gives all the information needed, with one curious exception: no mention is made of the space program in the timeline. How weird is that, for a book in which the endnote was written by a NASA astronaut?
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0792251202, Hardcover)From flying prehistoric creatures through hot-air balloons and the first manned flights to today's space travel and envisioned future wonders, this lavishly illustrated picture book traces the entire history of flight in a colorful and innovative way that will strongly appeal to young children. The simple yet lyrical story shows how humans longing to fly studied winged animals for clues, persevered with imagination and courage through years of trial and error, finally got themselves into the air, and continue to race ever higher, faster, and farther. An accompanying fact-filled time line running throughout the pages features whimsical spot illustrations that complement the text and provide another layer of information for young flight enthusiasts.
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2010 Stoneleigh Pinot Noir Review – Wine Wednesday
This week's Wine Wednesday is the 2010 Stoneleigh Pinot Noir and it hails from Marlborough New Zealand. While we receive this wine as a sample, it appears to retail from $9.99 to $17 and at $9.99, just sneaks into Wine Wednesday. There have been many a wine from Italy and Spain featured in the Wine Wednesday column, but not so many from New Zealand. While the wines from New Zealand aren't overly expensive, they generally don't fall into the $10 and under category. But, a number of them can be had in the $10 to $20 range and are still a good value at those prices.


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"It's my first year on varsity," he admitted. "I'm doing pretty good, better than I thought it would be. I'm trying to get better. I didn't think it would be this much work. I played when I was little, but then I stopped and played other sports, then I started playing back in 9th grade."
McNeil also plays basketball and throws in track and field, but it is becoming quickly apparent that football is the sport he has the most potential in, and the one which may punch his ticket to college.
"I"ve gotten a lot of mail from Ball State, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisville, Florida, Florida State, Notre Dame, it's a lot. I just had Michigan State come up there and watch me. They said they want to keep in touch with me, and I'll probably hear back more from them."
McNeil has not taken any visits yet, but wants to, and has two schools in mind that he hopes to get to first.
"I really want to visit Florida State and I want to go visit Michigan State for sure, both of those two."
Will a first offer come? The way things are trending, that is a strong possibility. When McNeil decided to start playing football again, and when he started his first varsity season this year, none of this seemed likely, but it is now a reality.
"It's actually really surprising. I never thought that I would be in this position, so I never thought this would be me, all these colleges looking, but I work real hard for it. I get a lot of help from my coaches and everything, but it's surprising that it's me."


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If Penn State wants to avoid the death penalty for their football program, it better remove the Joe Paterno statue quickly. It'll show the NCAA they're ready to clean up and move on.
I wanted to believe Joe Paterno knew nothing of what the evil Jerry Sandusky did and held on to that notion as long as I could, even though deep down I knew I might be wrong. Former FBI agent Louis Freeh found in his research that Paterno covered up Sandusky's despicable acts in order to save face.
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One Out Of Two Missiles Intercepted In Aegis Ships Test
The score was one hit, one miss, in an Aegis system ballistic missile defense (BMD) test in the Pacific where the Navy for the first time ran the BMD test itself, without oversight by the Missile Defense Agency, the Navy Third Fleet announced.
That 50-50 result comes as some Democrats in Congress are poised once again to try cutting missile defense funding next year.
Despite the one-hit, one-miss test results, the record for the Aegis and Standard Missile system shows an overwhelming majority of successes, achieving 16 of 19 attempted intercepts over several years of tests.
In the test at the Pacific Missile Range Facility off Kauai, Hawaii, two Third Fleet ships based at Pearl Harbor each were presented with a target short-range ballistic missile fired from Barking Sands, Hawaii.
First, the USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), an Aegis-equipped destroyer, detected and tracked a target missile, and fired a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptor, which demolished the target successfully in a direct hit.
Then the USS Hopper (DDG 70) detected and tracked a target missile, and fired an SM-3 interceptor, which seemed to follow a nominal trajectory toward an intercept, but missed the target. An investigation will attempt to determine why the miss occurred.
"The successful engagement of ballistic missile targets from ships at sea is extraordinary," Vice Adm. Samuel J. Locklear, Third Fleet commander, said, citing the Pacific Blitz exercises that included the BMD tests. "Pacific Blitz highlights the successful transition from developmental test flights to operational fleet execution and demonstrates the viability of the maritime BMD concept of operations."
During Pacific Blitz, the Japanese Aegis destroyer Chokai (DDG 176) participated by tracking the two target missiles.
That prepared Chokai to attempt to shoot down a separating missile target later this month, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced.
PacBlitz is the first exercise to engage ballistic missile targets with the operational Aegis BMD weapon system and fire the SM-3 missile.
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] makes the Aegis system, while Raytheon Co. [RTN] makes Standard Missiles.
When the two target missiles were launched separately from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands in Kauai, Chokai tracked them and developed a simulated engagement, as training for its own shoot-down test next month.
Chokai also transmitted that data to the Paul Hamilton and Hopper, and to shore command facilities.
The Missile Defense Agency and the Navy are modifying 18 Aegis combatants to conduct ballistic missile defense operations. By the end of next month, all 18 ships will have been upgraded to destroy short to intermediate range ballistic missiles while conducting other tasks simultaneously.
Sixteen of these ships are assigned to the Pacific Fleet.
Foreign Military Sales cases have been implemented to upgrade all four Japanese Kongo Class destroyers to the Aegis BMD operational capability.
Those Aegis BMD installations are scheduled through 2010. Each installation is followed by a flight test to demonstrate proper operation of the BMD equipment and computer programs.
Last December, the Kongo successfully intercepted a medium range target in Japan Flight Test Misssion-1 (JFTM-1).


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Valentines Day Pictures: Capture Your Little Cupids on Camerastrollerderby
This Valentine's Day, you may be busy preparing sweet treats for your family, making sure your kids have Valentines for their classmates, or planning a romantic date night, but don't forget to capture the special day with your little valentines on camera!
This snazzy red FujiFilm camera fits the occasion and is good quality (12 megapixels) for a good price (under $100!). After you take the pictures, you can put them onto Valentines cards to give to family and friends, or make this DIY craft photo booth bookmark.
To get ideas for valentines pictures, check out the adorable photos taken by parents in our Valentine's Day Photo Contest, and while you're at it, make sure to weigh in on who you think is the cutest–today is the last day to vote!
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Henry Robert Margarita
Position: HB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 178 lbs.
Born: November 3, 1920 in Boston, MA
Died: July 28, 2008 in Stoneham, MA
High School: Medford
College: Brown (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 21st round (216th overall) of the 1944 NFL Draft.
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Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios are known for their incredible mazes, and this year is no different on that front. Celebrating decades of horror at the studios, sets of some of their most frightening creations are being used as backdrops for scares like never before. The popular TV show The Walking Dead is prominent in the terror this year: the 'No Safe Haven' maze and the Terror Tram pitch the living against the hungry Walkers in a set up where survival is the only option. The survivors have barricaded themselves into the prison and into the town centre of Woodbury – but as the visitors will learn, getting away from the Walkers means facing the threat of the living, which might just be worse than imagined. Elsewhere, Evil Dead has come to life in 'The Book of the Dead', an immersive maze which will captivate guests; Insidious has created 'Into The Further' and the monstrous El Cucuy has brought 'The Boogeyman' to life at Universal Studios. Celebrating all that has been achieved in the horror genre, itself created by Universal, 'Resurrection' combines monsters from numerous Universal classics as visitors fight to escape the crypt.
However, there is more to the Halloween Horror Nights than just their mazes, and those in hotels close to Universal Studios Hollywood will quite enjoy it! Rides, shows, scare zones and even the Backlot experience are all part of the frights. This year's rides are a mixture of those which will terrify and those which are slightly less extreme. Bill & Ted return for an Excellent Halloween Adventure, a parody show playing on today's headlines to create a unique musical comedy which is not to be missed. Optimus Prime needs help to protect the AllSpark from the marauding Decepticons – participants on TRANSFORMERS-The Ride 3D must help save the whole human race from robots four stories tall. Elsewhere, named the most intense indoor rollercoaster, The Revenge Of The Mummy ride used incredible special effects and shocking twists to escape The Mummy's horrifying revenge, and on Jurassic Park-In The Dark riders are stalked like prey as they try and avoid the 50ft T-rex and the death drop!
At the various Scare Zones, face Chucky in a game of hide and seek with horrific consequences for being found, 'Survive The Night' against The Purge where masked murderers approach with knives and chainsaws to hunt all visitors, avoid the giant haunted Scarecrows who will defend their patch to the death or watch the performance of the Cirque du Clownz, where clowns from the elegant streets of Paris perform their famous show.. but the clowns want volunteers for their act, and the volunteers don't seem to come back unchanged.
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Art. 62.404. MOTION FOR EARLY TERMINATION. (a) A person required to register under this chapter who has requested and received an individual risk assessment under Article 62.403 may file with the trial court that sentenced the person for the reportable conviction or adjudication a motion for early termination of the person's obligation to register under this chapter.
(b) A motion filed under this article must be accompanied by:
(1) a written explanation of how the reportable conviction or adjudication giving rise to the movant's registration under this chapter qualifies as a reportable conviction or adjudication that appears on the list published under Article 62.402(b); and
(2) a certified copy of a written report detailing the outcome of an individual risk assessment evaluation conducted under Article 62.403(b)(1).
Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008, Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.
Art. 62.405. HEARING ON PETITION. (a) After reviewing a motion filed with the court under Article 62.404, the court may:
(1) deny without a hearing the movant's request for early termination; or
(2) hold a hearing on the motion to determine whether to grant or deny the motion.
(b) The court may not grant a motion filed under Article 62.404 if:
(1) the motion is not accompanied by the documents required under Article 62.404(b); or
(2) the court determines that the reportable conviction or adjudication for which the movant is required to register under this chapter is not a reportable conviction or adjudication for which the movant is required to register for a period that exceeds the minimum required registration period under federal law.
Art. 62.406. COSTS OF INDIVIDUAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND OF COURT. A person required to register under this chapter who files a motion for early termination of the person's registration obligation under this chapter is responsible for and shall remit to the council and to the court, as applicable, all costs associated with and incurred by the council in providing the individual risk assessment or by the court in holding a hearing under this subchapter.
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Art. 62.407. EFFECT OF ORDER GRANTING EARLY TERMINATION. (a) If, after notice to the person and to the prosecuting attorney and a hearing, the court grants a motion filed under Article 62.404 for the early termination of a person's obligation to register under this chapter, notwithstanding Article 62.101, the person's obligation to register under this chapter ends on the later of:
(1) the date the court enters the order of early termination; or
(2) the date the person has paid each cost described by Section 62.406.
(b) If the court grants a motion filed under Article 62.404 for the early termination of a person's obligation to register under this chapter, all conditions of the person's parole, release to mandatory supervision, or community supervision shall be modified in accordance with the court's order.
In essence, it is possible for a person to Petition the Court for early termination, but it is VERY difficult to prove all of the necessary information.If the person is seeking to Petition the Court for early termination of registration, it is very important that s/he contact an attorney who specializes in criminal law. Sometimes an initial consultation is free or at a minimal charge. S/he can discuss the specific facts of his/her case, evaluate his/her options and decide how to proceed.
If the person that is wondering about early termination is the victim in the matter, s/he needs to be in constant contact with the prosecutor who tried the case and indicate to the prosecutor what his/her thoughts are as to the Motion for Early Termination.I hope you find this information useful. If you have follow up questions, please ask. If you are satisfied with the answer, PLEASE PRESS THE GREEN ACCEPT BUTTON so that the thread can be closed and I can get credit for answering the question. Thank you.
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The Middlebury women's soccer team prepares for the NCAA sweet 16 this weekend. The lady panthers will again get to host the national weekend. While they are undefeated at home, on their field, they will have to move over the men's turf field for the next round. Both the men's basketball, and hockey teams go on the road this weekend. We preview the road trip.
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New Zealanders will have a chance to speak out against mining in their national parks, marine reserves and wildlife sanctuaries through a Green Party petition announced today.
The petition will ask the Government to halt any plans for mining New Zealand's most highly-protected land and water.
"Kiwis who care about their natural treasures can tell the National Party that they don't want mining in our most highly valued places," Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today.
The Government has announced plans to do a 'stock take' of the mineral deposits in public conservation areas currently protected from mining in Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act. Schedule 4 areas include wildlife sanctuaries, national parks, marine reserves, and wetlands of international importance.
The Government has also instructed Crown Minerals officials to look at what areas should be taken out of Schedule 4 in order to open them up for mining.
"Even the economics of mining don't add up," Mrs Turei said. "The financial value of protected land is in the perpetual fresh water, flood protection and other ecoservices that far outweigh the one-off and environmentally-damaging mineral revenues.
"Mining would also risk thousands of Kiwi jobs that rely on our tourism industry."
The national parks, reserves and sanctuaries were also part of New Zealanders' heritage, Mrs Turei noted: "Thousands of Kiwis have invested countless volunteer hours and dollars to protect these places. That heritage should be passed on to our kids not destroyed for short term profit."
Meanwhile,the Government's search for coal and lignite was also out of step with the world's shift to renewable energy sources, Mrs Turei said.
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