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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) -
AKRON: Terry Bowden's first season as the head coach of Akron (1-11, 0-8)
ended with a 35-23 loss to Toledo. The Zips finished winless in conference
action and on a nine-game losing slide. Kyle Pohl was 28-of-42 passing for 213
yards and one interception in his first extended appearance under center. L.T.
Smith led the receivers with 79 yards off of four catches. Chisholm had six
catches for 31 yards and 47 yards rushing on 17 tries. Kurt Mangum paced the
Akron defense with 10 tackles and one interception.
BALL STATE: The Cardinals (9-3, 6-2) continued to impress in their regular-
season finale as they held off Miami-Ohio for a 31-24 victory at Yager
Stadium. The victory was their sixth win in a row. Jahwan Edwards paced the
attack once again with 98 yards and three TDs on 18 carries as the team
generated 226 yards on 58 rushing attempts overall. Edwards had his streak of
games with at least 100 rushing yards end at five in the process. With
starting QB Keith Wenning injured, Kelly Page began the game under center and
converted 11-of-21 passes for 137 yards and a score. Page left with an injury
in the third quarter which put true freshman walk-on Kyle Kamman on the field
for the first time of in his college career. Horactio Banks got into the mix
by rushing 22 times for 80 yards and a score. BSU will await its bowl bid
after not qualifying for the MAC Championship.
BOWLING GREEN: The Falcons (8-4, 6-2) closed out their regular season on a
positive note with a 21-7 win over Buffalo in Columbus. Bowling Green held
seven of its final eight opponents to 14 points or less. Matt Schilz threw for
228 yards and a score on 18-of-30 passing but was picked off three times.
Shaun Joplin caught three balls for 77 yards and a touchdown in the win, which
was the sixth in the team's last seven outings. BGSU's defense held the Bulls
to 29 rushing yards, their lowest output on the ground of the season. The unit
also registered a season-high seven sacks. The Falcons will find out their
bowl game fate this week.
BUFFALO: The Bulls (4-8, 3-5) had their three-game winning streak and 2012
season come to an end at the same time as they were unable to produce very
much in a 21-7 loss to Bowling Green. Buffalo trailed by 21 points until Alex
Dennison scored on a four-yard run in the fourth frame. Joe Licata was finally
slowed down to complete 13-of-30 attempts for only 168 yards while being
wrapped up in the backfield seven times. Buffalo finished with a season-low 29
rushing yards despite having all three of its featured running backs
available. Lee Skinner anchored the Bulls' defensive unit with 13 total
tackles and one tackle for loss.
CENTRAL MICHIGAN: Zurlon Tipton helped the Chippewas (6-6, 4-4) becoming bowl
eligible by rushing 25 times for 185 yards and four touchdowns to propel
Central Michigan to a crucial 42-21 victory over the Massachusetts Minutemen
at Gillette Stadium. Tipton extended his streak of 100-yard rushing
performances to six in the process. Ryan Radcliff completed 10-of-19 pass
attempts for 82 yards with a touchdown and interception under center. Jahleel
Addae made an impact on the defensive side of the ball with eight stops, two
tackles for loss, and one of the team's four interceptions. The Chippewas will
now wait to find out their postseason fate this week.
EASTERN MICHIGAN: The Eagles (2-10, 1-7) ended their season with an
embarrassing 49-7 loss to the unstoppable Northern Illinois Huskies in a snow
filled Rynearson Stadium Friday. EMU managed to generate only 227 yards of
total offense while allowing NIU to gain 415 yards. Bronson Hill was
completely shut down and averaged only 2.6 yards per carry. Former starting
quarterback Alex Gillett made a team-high four catches for 34 yards in his
farewell to college football. Tyler Benz went 10-of-22 for 96 yards through
the air with one touchdown and one interception, while Donald Coleman made a
team-best 12 stops on the defensive side of the ball.
KENT STATE: The Golden Flashes (11-1, 8-0) closed out the regular season
without a conference loss and won their 10th game in a row by handling Ohio
University to pick up a 28-6 decision. Kent State's usually unstoppable
offense racked up just 377 yards of total offense as Trayion Durham paced the
attack with 97 yards and one touchdown on 16 carries. Spencer Keith completed
only 9- of-20 attempts for 170 yards with a touchdown and pick. Dri Archer
picked up 124 all purpose yards to help out. Luke Wollet had a big day as he
scored the first touchdown of the contest on a 50-yard fumble return. Wollet
also made eight tackles. Luke Batton recorded a team-high 16 stops, two TFLs,
one sack, and a forced fumble. The now 18th-ranked Golden Flashes will be
taking aim at their first MAC Championship since 1972 on Friday when they face
the only other team in the conference without a league loss, Northern
MASSACHUSETTS: Two weeks after snapping a 12-game losing streak, the Minutemen
(1-11, 1-7) closed out their first season in the MAC and FBS with a 42-21 loss
to Central Michigan at Gillette Stadium. UMass started A.J. Doyle under center
for the first time this season. He completed 30-of-45 attempts for 253 yards
and two touchdowns, but was also guilty of three interceptions. Tight end Rob
Branchflower made 10 receptions for 100 yards and a score while Michael Cox
paced the team on the ground with 66 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries.
Perry McIntyre registered 18 total tackles in his final collegiate game.
MIAMI-OHIO: The RedHawks (4-8, 3-5) were unable to send off their start QB Zac
Dysert properly as they suffered a 31-24 setback to Ball State at home. Dysert
paced Miami by going 26-of-40 for 218 yards and two TDs without an
interception. Dysert finished his career as the 20th-ranked passer in NCAA
history with 12,013 yards. He also set the school-record for most career
passing yards and total yards. Dysert frequently targeted Dawan Scott, who
finished the contest with team-highs of nine receptions and 120 yards with two
total TDs. Chris Wade anchored the defense with 14 total stops and two TFLs.
The RedHawks ended their season on a four-game losing slide.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS: The Huskies (11-1, 8-0) already had punched their ticket to
the MAC Championship game, but they picked up their 11th win in a row and 15th
over a conference opponent by shooting past Eastern Michigan for a 49-7 win
during a heavy snowfall at Rynearson Stadium. NIU managed to move up five
spots in the top 25 which will send it into its title game versus Kent State
on Friday ranked 19th. The lopsided victory was powered by Jordan Lynch, who
set a new NCAA record for quarterbacks with his 10th straight 100-yard rushing
performance. The junior quarterback passed for 168 yards and a score, while
rushing for 107. He was overshadowed in the rushing attack for the first time
all season as Akeem Daniels finished with a career-high 112 yards on 12
carries with four touchdowns. Martel Moore was unstoppable with nine catches
for 116 yards and one touchdown. Tommylee Lewis put the team ahead for good in
the closing seconds of the first quarter with a 93-yard kick return touchdown.
The Huskies will take their impressive winning streak into Friday's MAC
Championship match with Kent State.
OHIO UNIVERSITY: The Bobcats (8-4, 4-4) continued to struggle and suffered
their fourth setback in five games with a 28-6 loss to the East Division
Champion Kent State Golden Flashes on the road on Friday. Ohio's defense
limited the potent Golden Flashes' offense to only 377 yards of total offense.
Tyler Tettleton hardly guided the offense by going 21-of-37 for 232 yards with
an interception. Beau Blankenship surpassed the century mark for the eighth
time this season by turning 29 carries into 151 yards. The junior tailback
finished the regular season with 1,500 yards and 11 TDs. Josh Kristoff and
Alphonso Lewis recorded 10 tackles each as the Bobcats lost their third in a
row after at one time being the only team in the MAC without a loss. The
Bobcats' strong start made them eligible for a bowl and they will have to wait
for bowl invitations to be extended this week.
TOLEDO: The Rockets (9-3, 6-2) ended their two-game losing streak with a 35-23
victory over the Akron Zips on Tuesday in their regular season finale. Austin
Dantin threw for 327 yards and five touchdown on 29-of-35 passing. Alonzo
Russell reeled in a game-high nine receptions for 139 yards and two TDs, while
David Fluellen racked up 203 all purpose yards and caught one touchdown pass.
Dan Molls, who leads the FBS in tackles, recorded 18 total stops and a sack.
The team finished with its most regular season wins since 2002, but it will
have to wait to find out which bowl it will play in.
WESTERN MICHIGAN: The Broncos (4-8, 2-6) closed out their 2012 season on a
two-game losing streak the previous weekend. Coach Bill Cubit was terminated
following the season despite leading the team to three bowl games since 2005.
The search for a new head coach in currently in progress.
The Sports Network


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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- WUSA9 Partners With Safeway's "Round Up for Hunger" Campaign to Feed Hungry In Washington and Baltimore area.
Debra Alfarone, Reporter at WUSA9, helped out today, by bagging groceries for a good cause at the Safeway in Georgetown. "One thing I know for sure is it's important to give back, and this food bank helps feed hundreds of our neighbors who need it most.."
"Customers do not have to give a large amount of money to make a huge difference," says Greg Ten Eyck, director of public affairs for Safeway's Eastern Division and Board Chair of the Capital Area Food Bank. "There is an increased need for food assistance right now, and if everyone just donates a few cents when they shop, together we can help the people in our community who need it most."
Ten Eyck says they raised $151,000 last year with this campaign, which proves a little can go a long way.

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Nexus 7 or Kindle Fire HD?
Posted 14 November 2012 - 11:58 AM
Both are the same price, both have 16G.
Posted 14 November 2012 - 10:34 PM
Just wondering which is preferred; for reading, playing games, lots of free apps, etc.?
Both are the same price, both have 16G.
If it were me, I would be buying the Nexus 7. Access to the Google Playstore is important because that's where the apps are, free and paid. It is my understanding that the Kindle's cannot access the playstore, the Nexus can.
Posted 15 November 2012 - 10:14 AM
Posted 23 November 2012 - 09:47 PM
Have one myself and I love it.I even use it even as an astronomy aid with several star mapping apps such *BLEEP* Skeye Pro, it allows you to use the tablet mounted onto you OTA as a "Push too" set of virtual digital setting circles. accompany that with all the info in Sky Safari and you really don't need to be dragging books/charts out into the field and more. Even use it with an astronomy logging app StarLog. It allows you to build database of your equipment and has a data base of NGC,Messier and solar system objects you can build observing lists from, or if you like you can import your own list form your favorite astronomy program on your pc or mac. The app gives you a multitude of information fields you can notate to and even has a voice recorder built in. Once you're done you can export the log entries out in several formats to apps and or print them out. The paid full version of this app even works in conjunction with Skeye to be able to bounce back and forth to use Skeye to find objects and StarLog to log the observations.
My only suggestion is go with the 32GB instead of the 16GB.. the down side the Nexus is it has a fix amount of storage. If you are considering possibly wanting to update the amount of storage I'd suggest the 7" Galaxy Tab2.
The only REAL advantage to the Kindle Fire is if you subscribe to Amazon Prime there is a native app for streaming movies and whatnot from that service, everything else you can get an app to do in the Google Play Store. You can still watch movies from Amazon in the Chrome or standard Android browser if you want.
Posted 24 November 2012 - 06:26 AM
I just don't see having the Nexus tethered to the NexStar with two linked cables. I really don't want to spend the money on an iPad, so more patience is required.
Otherwise, I would buy a Nexus if I just wanted to use it as a digital chart system.
Posted 24 November 2012 - 07:49 AM
Posted 24 November 2012 - 08:23 AM
The Nexus 7 works really well controlling scopes via Bluetooth. You don't have to use SkyFi.
Ahh, I'll have to do a little research. I didn't know that. Thanks!
Posted 24 November 2012 - 04:17 PM
Don't cheap yourself without some serious thought to the contrary. When it's all said and done, you often get what you pay for. The ipad works extremely well today with Sky Safari, will into the future. The Sky Safari developers seem to often battle with Android. To me at least, the extra money is well worth it to avoid problems! It's not like we are talking all that much more for an ipad, considering the cost of various headache medications.
Posted 24 November 2012 - 06:21 PM
<< I really don't want to spend the money on an iPad >>
Don't cheap yourself without some serious thought to the contrary. When it's all said and done, you often get what you pay for. The ipad works extremely well today with Sky Safari, will into the future. The Sky Safari developers seem to often battle with Android. To me at least, the extra money is well worth it to avoid problems! It's not like we are talking all that much more for an ipad, considering the cost of various headache medications.
Point taken. Still...
Posted 24 November 2012 - 09:37 PM
Back to the OP's question, the N7 wins hands down for general use, and specifically for astronomy, since the Kindle HD apparently lacks gps and a compass.
Posted 24 November 2012 - 09:50 PM
<< I really don't want to spend the money on an iPad >>
Don't cheap yourself without some serious thought to the contrary. When it's all said and done, you often get what you pay for. The ipad works extremely well today with Sky Safari, will into the future. The Sky Safari developers seem to often battle with Android. To me at least, the extra money is well worth it to avoid problems! It's not like we are talking all that much more for an ipad, considering the cost of various headache medications.
There is nothing wrong with Sky Safari on Android OS devices. Many of us have been using SS on Android with no problems, and it works great.
Although IOS devices have done well in the past and are good now, Android OS devices are the future, especially now that Apple no longer has the vision of Steve Jobs to lead them (do you think Jobs would have ever let the IOS 6 maps debacle happen?). As of the end of the 3rd quarter: In the US, Android OS now has almost double the market share as IOS, but for the global market, Android OS devices are now outselling IOS devices 5 to 1. For tablets, global iPad market share continues to drop rapidly (still at 50%), mainly gobbled up by Samsung Galaxy devices (now at 20%, and increasing rapidly).
Note: For iPhones & iPads, the display, memory, and chipsets are all manufactured by Samsung. Apple keeps trying to sue Samsung, thereby endangering their primary hardware supplier. There are already rumors that Samsung is getting ready to cut off Apple in the future. Why does Apple buy the majority of internal hardware from Samsung? Because they make the best and have the most robust supply line.
Buying one of the "top tier" Android tablets (Nexus 7/10 or Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7/10.1) is not "cheaping yourself" - you just aren't paying the Apple tax for your tablet. Also, the Android OS UI/feature set is maturing rapidly, and now progressing much faster than IOS feature enhancements.
Posted 25 November 2012 - 06:51 PM
I think the bottom line is, both iOS and Android devices are viable options. The price premium of the iPad (mini) kind of made the decision for me. As mentioned, I also recommend staying away from the cheaper Android tablets, and only limit yourself to the better known, proven models.
The good thing about iDevices is the look/feel and functionality across devices is almost identical, so you don't have to worry about compatibility issues. There's a lot more options out there with Android, which is both a good and bad thing.
Posted 25 November 2012 - 10:30 PM
Not sure why you think the Nexus7 can't connect to an ad hoc wireless system because it can.
I'm pretty sure this is not possible without rooting your device and installing a patch. I know mine won't see an Ad Hoc network.
Posted 26 November 2012 - 12:37 AM
I'm not sure how to communicate between the two connected devices, but I think I have established an ad hoc connection between them, have I not?
Posted 26 November 2012 - 01:16 AM
I answered my own question. I searched Google Play Store for ad hoc network, and found an app named iDovatter, and was able to send messages between my Nexus 7 tablets within 5 minutes via their ad hoc network.
Posted 26 November 2012 - 07:01 AM
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Posted 26 November 2012 - 01:49 PM
There was an initial problem. Yesterday's session remained in memory, and although my devices saw each other, they weren't communicating. I had to clear data and caches. Then they communicated.
Idovatter does not require rooting, and Super SU access is not requested.
Posted 26 November 2012 - 02:49 PM
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Posted 27 November 2012 - 07:37 AM
****This fairly technical and I highly suggest do tons of research and have familiarity with Linux command code before even attempting.****
The largest issue issue is that if you alter the file to recognize Ad-Hoc you wont be able to connect into a standard infrastructure type WiFi connection. So you either have to alter the file ever time and or manage 2 separate altered files edited for each network type and just rename and swap them out each time you change network types.
I did this with one of my old Android phones it just got a little tedious having to remember the command code to do this every time. With me being a lazy individual, this just would not do. I eventually used an Android app called Gscript to manage the process. Gscript allows you to create command line scripts, in this case the individual Linux commands to swap the 2 altered files. After you have the scripts written Gscript would allow you to run the individual scripts via shortcuts on your home screen. This made changing network types as easy as hitting a button and turning off and on Wifi.
LIKE I SAID.. THIS IS FAIRLY TECHNICAL ATTEMPT WITH CAUTION... worst case scenario you could have a nice tablet shaped paper weight or disable your WiFi completely and have to pull yourself out of a whole.
Posted 27 November 2012 - 09:14 AM
I'd definitely go for the Nexus 7. It is the best specced 7" tablet at the moment and uses Vanilla Android, which ensures that you will always have the latest Android version.
Apart from that, the Nexus 7 runs StarLog and the Kindle doesn't. That should be a decisive argument
Posted 27 November 2012 - 09:22 AM
So, Wi-Fi Direct ad hoc networking, and third party app ad hoc networking aren't "true" ad hoc networking? Why didn't somebody tell me only "true" ad hoc networking qualifies as ad hoc communicating?
So you can connect your Andriod device to any non-Android Ad-Hoc network device? If you can do that then you have true Ad-Hoc.
Posted 27 November 2012 - 10:21 AM
BACK IN THE DAY, said in my best geezer voice, (2009) to wirelessly tether your laptop on the original Droid you had to set it up as an Ad-Hoc network device because it didn't have the hardware to broadcast an infrastructure/hotspot signal. The only way to accomplish it was to alter the wifi_suplicant file. Really it was only an act of changing a value from a "1" to a "0" for one string line that set the wifi for infrastructure mode, Then changing the defining string for Ad-Hoc from a "0" to a "1" and turningoff and on the wifi... sounds simple but finding the file, changing the write/rewrite permissions(you need root access to specifically do this) for the file, opening the file in an editor window, digging through all the variable strings to find the right strings and making the edits, saving the file, changing the permissions back to read only... it was just a hassle at the time for what little I was using it for, I really didn't tether enough to merit the head ache. But YES this CAN be done if you really want to.
But like the fellow from Southern Stars said.. Bluetooth works fine. This would be a pain to do on a continuing basis, unless you just wanted to do proof of concept or if you plan on using your tablet strictly as a dedicated device, though you would have to change back in the event of software updates. Given that, I don't know if I'd do it.
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1948-1955 Bedwood Install - Going To BedWritten by on March 26, 2012 '48-55 Bedwood Install With A Twist
There is something to say about the ability to adapt given any situation or shortcoming. Lets face it, not every part that you find or purchase is going to fit your truck perfectly to the style that you're building. Case in point, what if you want to put on steel wheels that are much wider than what come stock? That will help gain rear end traction and better looks, right? Or, maybe you want to go with a much larger, modern, aluminum wheel but it requires some sort of rear bed or inner fender modification.
I sat down with Dean Lenarth and Erin Fitzgerald from Explicit Craftworks in Rancho Cucamonga, California, where we brainstormed on how to solve the clearance issues for larger, wider wheels. The main objective for the truck's owner Mike Fraker, was to fit the wheels he had already purchased (20x9) and also to make the '53 Chevy's Stepside bed look as clean as possible. We started by getting a new deluxe bed wood kit from Brothers Trucks in Corona, California. The kit included new, oak bed wood strips, stainless steel strips and all the necessary hardware to bolt it in. Then we called Art Morrison for the inner fender panels that are shipped flat with special channel ends that connect the sheetmetal together. With this style of inner fender Dean and Erin could manipulate the amount of fender by cutting it smaller before assembling. With a little work to the bed, bed wood, and making new inner fenders, I think Explicit figured it out. CT
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Dean removed the wood from the kit and layed it flat on the ground to make sure all the pieces were flat and not warped. The complete Brothers kit was in great condition and we chose it because it was best to install the oak as is and not stain it. Notice the cut in the board on the left—Dean did that to give the tire greater clearance.Erin placed the tire as close to the inner bed panel as possible while Dean lined it up to the axle centerline.Next, part of the Art Morrison inner fender panel was placed on the bed to give an idea of how high to place the fender in relationship to the wheel.Erin then moved the panel to the inside of the bed to measure how much he would have to remove from the bottom.Dean then marked it with a permanent marker and rechecked the measurement by holding it up on the bed. Dean and Erin decided to take 5 inches off the bottom of the fenderDean then used a large straight edge to mark the axle centerline. Make sure to measure from the front of the bed to the centerline mark. Next, check both left and right sides to see if they are square with each other.
Dean measured the outside diameter of the half moon panel with a flexible tape measure. Next, Dean and Erin transfer the measurement onto the inner fender panel that will later be attached to the half moon.Starting at one end Dean and Erin used a soft dead blow hammer to help guide the seams together. This step will require two or more people with clamps holding the flat side.A piece of scrap steel was then clamped to the table and a 90-degree bend was made on the bottom of the fender.Dean then placed the Brothers oak wood bed kit sideboard on the bed and used the supplied bolts to hold it in place. Making sure the fender was in the right spot Dean then marked the wood to be cut out with a jigsaw.Fits like a glove. Dean and Erin fit the wood again and measure the stainless steel side straps that hold down the wood.Holes were drilled in the fender and wood to hold the fender in place. Dean used cleco rivets to temporally hold the fender in place.
Dean then TIG welded sections of the fender in steps making sure not to over heat and warp the panels.Small button head bolts were used to hold the fender in place and the normal bolts that come in the kit were bolted in to the stainless strips.Here you can see Dean lining up the stainless strips to the structure below the bed. He started toward the cab and aligned the bolts to go into the bed, eventually making his way to the tailgate.


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ASHBURN, Va. (WUSA) -- President Obama reignited a torch under the Washington Redskins name debate this weekend during an interview with the Associated Press. Obama stated that he would 'think about changing the name.'
The Redskins immediately responded to the president through their attorney, Lanny Davis. The full link to the statement can be read here.
Two Redskins entertained questions regarding the name change on Monday. Defensive end Jarvis Jenkins does not see the harm in the name.
"Obviously I don't have a problem with it. If you take a population vote, obviously people are cool with it...but you never know [if the name will be changed]. I don't think it will be changed anytime soon."
Linebacker Rob Jackson reiterated Jenkins sentiment on the Redskins name.
"[There] is too much tradition. I feel like Snyder...as long as Snyder is the owner, I feel like he's not, you know, going to change the name."
Two other players were not as forth coming as Jenkins and Jackson were. Fullback Darrel Young says he can't be concerned with issues like this.
"It's not my job to talk about the name. I'm playing for the name. If they change it, they change it. If they keep it, they keep it. I'm just going with whatever Snyder calls it."
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As most of us know, water rates in Rifle went up on Sept. 1 to pay for the new water treatment plant. We saw the increase on our October bills, about 56 percent for a 7,000 gallon per month user.
By ordinance, rates will rise again on April 1 and add another 34 percent to the bill of a 7,000-gallon per month user. These rates will stay in effect until the plant is paid for in 20 years.
City council was not happy with such a large increase, so they directed staff to look in every nook and cranny and turn over every stone to reduce our water bills.
They identified a couple of outstanding loans and paid them off to save over $50,000 in future interest. And they decided that increasing the city sales tax would mean a large reduction in our water bills.
City council discussed this in open meetings, with citizen input. Suggestions ranged from a 1/2 cent to a one cent increase. Eventually, council directed staff to prepare a ballot initiative, question 2A, to increase the city sales and use tax by 3/4 of a cent. All money from the tax increase will go to pay the debt service on the water treatment plant. As soon as the plant is paid for, the tax will end.
Passage of 2A will allow city council to:
1. Direct a full evaluation of the tax and have staff revise the September water rate hike downward. The new rates would generate only enough revenue to pay the debt service and any increased operation and maintenance on the new plant.
2. Eliminate the planned April 1 water rate increase.
There are several benefits to the tax hike:
• The tax may pay up to 70 percent of the debt service.
• The base fee could drop to $24 a month and the September rate hike could be reduced.
• The tax will be retired as soon as the bonds are paid. Should tax revenues increase with an improving economy, the bonds would be retired early, as would the tax.
• Visitors to the city help pay for the water plant, which reduces the amount paid by Rifle citizens.
There are also detriments:
• Using sales tax dollars changes the status of the water enterprise as viewed by state statutes. But nothing will change in terms of management.
• Should the economy sour and tax revenues decrease, adjustments in other revenue sources will be made. That could include your monthly bill. However, staff's estimates are very conservative and include several backup options to consider before this would occur.
What would happen should 2A fail?
Nothing would change. The two rate increases would stay the same. An increase in the economy, followed by a revenue increase, would not likely affect the 20-year bond payoff schedule. A decrease in the economy, followed by a drop in water revenues, will cause rates to go up, after the backup options are reviewed.
Some people are against tax increases, period. Probably because most sales taxes are money out of their pocket, used for things they don't see as a personal benefit.
This tax is different, because every citizen wants clean, safe water, and it allows every citizen to keep money in their pockets whenever a visitor pays the tax.
Ballot decisions are never easy. I hope this discussion helps Rifle citizens make a wise choice.
Jay Miller is the mayor of Rifle.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has struck down limits in federal law on the overall campaign contributions the biggest individual donors may make to candidates, political parties and political action committees.
The justices said in a 5-4 vote Wednesday that Americans have a right to give the legal maximum to candidates for Congress and president, as well as to parties and PACs, without worrying that they will violate the law when they bump up against a limit on all contributions, set at $123,200 for 2013 and 2014. That includes a separate $48,600 cap on contributions to candidates.
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text: By Pastor Vince CarrigSports Writer Quinton Hite threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more Friday night in Grant to lead his Plainsmen to a 39-0 rout of the Bridgeport Bulldogs. The win captured the NSAA class C2 district 10 championship for Perkins County for the second year in a row. "Capturing that title is gratifying because of what you put in to get there," said Plainsmen Heat Coach Chip Kay after the game. "Unlike other activities where you can have a great day or week and win the District Title, we have to perform well over eight consecutive weeks and play against each team—that is a difficult challenge. Most people have no idea how much work goes into accomplishing that goal. Our players started last spring working on their strength and speed, attending camps, and putting in hours on the practice field and watching film." Hite aired up the football early, connecting with Elliot Carlson just 1:17 into the contest for all the points Perkins County would need. Looking over his right shoulder for the long bomb from Hite, the junior wideout Carlson adjusted to catch it over his left shoulder and ran for the rest to strike for an impressive 65-yard touchdown just four plays into the game. Led by linebacker Justin Hatcher's 11 tackles, the Plainsmen defense tied the Bulldogs to a short leash: just three first downs and 25 total yards for the entire game. Four Bridgeport ball carriers gained zero yards or less, and quarterback Jaime Gonzalez completed zero passes. Accordingly, Bridgeport scored zero points. "Our defensive effort was a combination of the players working to improve on a few areas from the week before, and our tackling—it was much improved against Bridgeport," Coach Kay said. Two possessions, two touchdowns: Taylor Boldt turned that square route to the right sideline that he and Hite like so well into a 14-0 Perkins County lead. After a full-extension grab by Christian Miyamoto for a 33-yard gain, Boldt darted to the right sideline, eluded his tackler and cut back toward the middle of the field for a 33-yard touchdown with 7:03 left in the first quarter. "It is great to see the effort of our receivers to catch the ball," Coach Kay said. "Not every ball can be perfect but Quinton [Hite] has given the receivers a chance to make the play and watching Christian, Elliot [and Taylor] on Friday was a great example of [them] getting it done." Standout Plainsmen defensive lineman Vinny Ross penetrated the Bridgeport offensive line and wrestled a fumble away from Bulldogs quarterback Gonzalez at the Bulldogs' 13-yard line to set up Hite's quarterback keeper touchdown run on the next play; the Plainsmen took a 20-0 lead with time still remaining in the first quarter. Hite led Perkins County rushers for the second consecutive game with 69 yards on 10 carries and two touchdowns. Justin Hatcher, as he has so many times this season, barreled up the middle for an 11-yard scoring run halfway through the second quarter. Unyielding defense gave the Plainsmen position at midfield, and Alex Johnston gained the right edge of the line of scrimmage and turned upfield for 13 yards to highlight the drive that helped move Perkins County to a 26-0 lead. The Plainsmen brought the ball back into the end zone three plays later, as Colton White hemmed the Bulldogs into their own end with a touchback, Christian Miyamoto intercepted a pass and returned it to the Bridgeport 26-yard line, and Hite got loose off the right edge and met the front right pylon for six more points. The Plainsmen led 33-0 at halftime. Alex Johnston had to score twice to get six points and Perkins County's last touchdown. Johnston moved laterally before the snap of the ball, took the handoff, and ran 29 yards for a touchdown. A referee mistakenly called a motion penalty on the Plainsmen despite the rules allowing lateral movement before the snap of the ball. So, Johnston geared up again and took the second carry to the house to conclude scoring at 39-0 with 13:20 left in the game. Nick Pappas' horribly-shanked, six-yard punt put Johnston and the Plainsmen in business on the Bulldogs' 29-yard line before the last score. With the continuous clock (started after one team takes a 35-point lead) whizzing away, the fourth quarter mercifully passed quickly. Perkins County's defense caught Bulldogs rushers behind the line of scrimmage nine times, with Hatcher taking part in three of those plays. Carlson sacked Gonzalez for an 11-yard loss early in the second quarter, and returned for a second helping by trapping Bridgeport's Collin DeCora eight yards behind the line. Boldt had a 51-yard punt return for a touchdown called back for a clipping penalty. Hite blasted a 40-yard field goal try far past the goalposts but just wide left in the third quarter. The Plainsmen defense sniffed out and defused a Bridgeport fake punt at midfield with 2:56 left in the first quarter.Next Action Thursday night (tonight) the 7-1 Plainsmen host the 5-3 Chase County Longhorns in the first round of the C2 playoffs. Perkins County beat the Longhorns, 21-14 on October 14 in Imperial. The winner will face the winner of the 8-0 Crofton Warriors and the 5-3 Hershey Panthers on Wednesday, Nov. 2. PC 39, Bridgeport 0 Bridgeport 0 0 0 0— 0 Perkins Co. 20 13 6 0—39 Time/Scoring Play Perkins Co. 1 10:43 Hite 65 pass to Carlson (Hite kick) Perkins Co. 1 7:03 Hite 32 pass to Boldt (Hite kick) Perkins Co. 1 0:23 Hite 13 run (kick failed) Perkins Co. 2 7:09 Hatcher 12 run (kick failed) Perkins Co. 2 6:50 Hite 26 run (Johnson kick) Perkins Co. 3 1:36 Johnston 27 run (kick failed) Rushing leaders—Perkins Co: Hite 10 carries/69 yards (26 long) 2TD; Johnston 16/66 (27) TD; Hatcher 7/48 (15) TD; Carlson 1/36; Miyamoto, Christian 1/9; Bridgeport: DeCora, C. 14/22 (25); Gonzalez 7/8 (5); Anderson 5/2 (3); Pappas 2/1 (3). Passing leaders—Perkins Co: Hite 7-13-168-2; Bridgeport: Gonzalez 0-4-0-1; Anderson 0-1. Receiving leaders—Perkins County: Carlson 2/73 (65) TD; Boldt 2/42 (32) TD; Miyamoto, Christian 1/33; Lee 1/11; Prante 1/9. Defensive leaders—Perkins Co: Hatcher 4 solo tackles, 7 assists; Fosbinder 2/7; Carlson 4/1; Ross 1/3; Brueggeman 0/4.


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Freel, 33, played a majority of his career with the Cincinnati Reds after breaking into the Majors with the Blue Jays in 2001. He is a .269 career hitter with 98 doubles, 17 triples, 22 home runs and 119 RBI in 576 games. Freel has stolen 143 bases in 191 attempts over his career, including 37, 36 and 37 in three consecutive seasons with Cincinnati from 2004-2006.
The versatile right-handed hitter has started at five positions in his career, including appearing at 214 games in the infield at second and third base and 373 games in the outfield at all three positions. Freel has played with the Orioles and Cubs in 2009, struggling with injuries to post a .140 (6-for-43) average in just 23 games. He was traded from the Orioles to the Cubs for former Royal Joey Gathright on May 8. Freel was designated for assignment by Chicago on July 2.
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WEIRTON - Ross Comis scored twice on the ground and threw two touchdown passes, while Nick Ossman also rushed for two scores to lead the Weirton Madonna to a 48-6 victory against Toronto on Saturday night at Jimmy Carey Stadium.
The victory boosts the Blue Dons record to 8-1 and solidified their hold on fifth place in the Class A state rankings. It also set the stage for a red letter date with undefeated Clay-Battelle next week.
The Cee Bees, ranked right behind the Blue Dons at sixth, will visit Friday. The game was originally scheduled to be played next Saturday, but was switched to Friday to make things easier deciding opponents for the West Virginia playoffs.
Comis rushed for 174 yards on only seven carries including touchdowns runs of 9 and 21 yards. He also had a 75-yard scamper from scrimmage. He was deadly with his arm hitting 8 of 12 for 86 yards including touchdown passes of 15 yards to Elliot Nero and 20 yards to Will Bowser.
In addition, the Blue Dons defense stifled the Red Knights offense, allowing 60 yards rushing and 23 passing.
"Our defense keeps getting better and better every week," Madonna coach Doug Taylor said. "We put a lot of time into it. We are getting our reads better. We're disguising some stuff, too, which makes it a lot better for us. We've got some good players on defense. We try to get our best athletes out there on the defensive side of the football."
The lone mistake for the Madonna defense was a 40-yard touchdown run by Toronto's freshman quarterback Blaze Glenn, who lived up to his first name turning around left end and shifting into high gear down the sideline.
"That is a well-coached team," Taylor said. "They came out ready to play and caught us in a little hiccup to put a touchdown on the board. It actually woke our guys up a little bit and after that they played pretty strong."
Madonna set the tone early stopping Toronto for a net loss of six yards in three plays to force a punt.
The Blue Dons put the ball in play at the Red Knight 46 and scored four plays later with Comis snaking his way over left tackle from nine yards out. Madonna lined up to have sophomore Matt Green kick the extra point, but Anthony Antinone, the holder, had trouble with the snap and rolled to his left finding Grant Retton in the end zone for a 2-point conversion.
Toronto came right back with its next possession and marched from its own 35 to the Madonna 40 where Glenn picked his way through the Madonna defense and found daylight around the left end for the 40-yard score. The Red Knights attempted to tie the game with a 2-point conversion but a Blaze Glenn pass fell incomplete.
The Blue Dons took command for good on the next possession as junior Marcello Biondillo ran back the Red Knight kickoff 52 yards from his own 17 to the Toronto 31. Four plays later, Comis found Nero open on a swing pass and the speedy junior outraced the Toronto defenders to the end zone. The play covered 15 yards. Green's kick made the score 15-6.
"Madonna is a lot bigger than us and better than us," said Toronto coach Eric Meek, whose team finished the season with a record of 3-7. "I hope they do well with their big game next week and hopefully in the playoffs.
"We're a young team. This was about our seniors (Toronto has just five seniors on the roster) we wanted to kind of focus on them. We got a lot of kids back and we want to focus in the offseason to get bigger and stronger and just keep plugging away."
The Blue Dons scored three times in the second period.
Ossman took a pitch and raced left to the end zone from the 3-yard line and burst straight up the middle from eight yards out.
Then, Comis capped the first half scoring with a 21-yard keeper through the right side of his line.
Those scores gave the Blue Dons a 35-6 advantage at the intermission.
Madonna had the opening possession of the second half and Comis ended a Blue Dons drive with a 20-yard touchdown toss to Bowser to increase the score to 41-6.
The Madonna reserves played the rest of the way.
Antinone, who replaced Comis at quarterback, scored on the first play of the fourth quarter with a 27-yard keeper up the middle.


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GOP lawmakers see automatic cuts as leverage
WASHINGTON There's a growing sense of resignation that the country's political leaders will be unable or unwilling to find a way around looming automatic spending cuts despite fresh signs the cuts would threaten the recovering economy.
On one side are conservative Republicans, outnumbered and frustrated, who see the painfully large cuts as leverage in their battle to force Democrats into concessions on the budget. On the other side are President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies, who are pressing to replace some of the cuts with new tax revenues.
The predictable deadlock - and looming cuts of $85 billion this budget year alone - has the potential to slam the economy, produce sweeping furloughs and layoffs at federal agencies and threatens hundreds of thousands of private sector jobs.
The cuts would shrink the Pentagon budget by 7 percent and force most domestic agencies to absorb a 5 percent cut concentrated in the last half of the budget year.
Just last year, GOP leaders were among the loudest voices warning of dire consequences for the military and the economy if more than $100 billion in cuts across the board went into effect. Now, even as defense hawks fume, Republicans see the strategy as their best chance of wringing cuts from costly government benefit programs like Medicare that Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress have been reluctant to touch.
The move is fraught with risk. Some $43 billion would be cut from the Pentagon budget between March and October if battling Democrats and Republicans can't agree on an alternative. Equal cuts would hit domestic programs, although the health care programs that are major drivers of future deficits are largely exempt.
"Talk about letting the sequester kick in, as though that were an acceptable thing, belies where Republicans were on this issue not that long ago," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday. "This is sort of political brinksmanship of the kind that results in one primary victim, and that's American taxpayers - the American middle class."
The automatic cuts, known as a "sequester" in Washington-speak, are the penalty for the failures of the 2011 deficit "supercommittee" and subsequent rounds of budget talks to produce an agreement.
Along with the threatened expiration of Bush-era tax cuts, the spending cuts were a major element of the so-called fiscal cliff crisis that gripped the country at the new year. While most of the tax cuts - except for upper-bracket income - were made permanent, negotiators could only agree on a two-month reprieve to the sequester after finding $24 billion in replacement money that reduced this year's round of cuts from $109 billion to $85 billion. Eight more years of cuts, totaling almost $1 trillion, still remain.
The austerity, economists say, would slow down the economy. Under a formula by the Congressional Budget Office, a $43 billion cut in defense spending could cost 300,000 jobs this year.
"In terms of the political dynamic here, defense spending is only 20 percent of the federal budget, but it's taking 50 percent of the cuts, which means it's going to be hitting the Republicans a lot harder than the Democrats," said defense analyst Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute think tank.
On Wednesday, the government reported that the economy shrank by 0.1 percent in the last quarter of 2012 and said a slowdown in defense spending and uncertainty over the automatic spending cuts could have kicked in at the start of the year.
Last year, Republicans issued dire warnings of the impact the cuts would have. Defense hawks like Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., made campaign tours in political swing states like Virginia and Florida lambasting the cuts, warning that the reductions would hollow out the Pentagon and cost many thousands of jobs. They reminded voters that the sequester was an idea developed by Democrats during 2011 negotiations on increasing the government's borrowing cap.


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(Le Mars) -- The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors offered the local media an outside tour of the courthouse to illustrate how the exterior walls are crumbling and flaking away and showing signs of wear over the years. The courthouse was constructed in 1901 and Supervisor Mark Loutsch says the supervisors want to preserve the courthouse, and he says it is time to conduct some restoration to the building.
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A comment I'm hearing more and more often nowadays on social media forums from ignorant and racist people is, "Those bloody Japanese/Chinese are killing the oceans. There'll be nothing left for future generations!" Well this certainly isn't the case - we are ALL killing the oceans, and sadly we're doing a pretty good job of it. We just find it convenient to point the finger and blame towards someone else so that we can sleep at night. It's time to look in the mirror and take a long good look at what we are doing, and then formulate an immediate global action plan to get us out of this mess.
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DUMFRIES, Va. (WUSA) - A person who was fatally struck by VRE train #311 on Monday night has been identified.
Prince William County police say that 44-year-old James Michael Gullo of Woodbridge, Va. was hit in the area of the 1500 block of Cherry Hill Rd. Police say the medical examiner's office identified the man as Gullo on Thursday.
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It's the same ol' song for Jelena Jankovic.
The Serb, who has a chance to take the top ranking from compatriot Ana Ivanovic after LA next week, is still rehabbing the balky knee she tweaked at Wimbledon according to her blog:
The last time I wrote you, I informed you about my knee injury. Since I came back from London, I had to cancel my vacation plans in order to get daily treatments on my knee so I could be ready for everything that awaits me in the next couple of months. The specific problem is with the meniscus which is recuperating bit by bit. I only practiced one hour a day at the beginning of last week, and last night I arrived to the United States where I will start my more intensive preparation for Los Angeles and Montreal.
But apparently that's the least of JJ's worries. The camera-loving baller is worried that her inactivity has caused her to put on a few noticeable pounds:
One of the things you will be able to notice is that I have eaten too much chocolate, candies and breads, hahahaha. When you do not play for two weeks, muscles start relaxing too much which definitely I do not like so I am glad to start practicing again and bringing my body back to the great physical condition. I need to burn some of that additional fat gathered from this time while I was not playing.Uh-oh. It seems like someone has serious body image issues because I can't see where the "fat" is living on her very fit body.
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WO Easy Touch / Orion Sky View questions
Posted 13 June 2009 - 09:53 AM
i have compaired specs and photos of the SkyView tripod to the tripod that comes with the scope side by side... both have 1.75" legs, both describe the tray the same, and both look identical in photos, with the exception of white for the Omni, and black for the SkyView.
first question, are these tripods the same?
if so, i am now thinking i could just get the WO Easy-Touch head only (cheaper in price overall) and put it on the Omni tripod.
second question... will this fit? it looks like it will.
so then i come to the differences in ratings between the WO and Orion mounts. Orion rates theirs at 25lbs load, WO at 20lbs. The 150r OTA is 19lbs, not sure if that means with the 1.25" diag and finder... both of which i would remove and go with a very light weight Rigel finder, and a 2" diag. my heaviest ep is a 17T4, coming in under 2lbs... so my total load will be about 22lbs. also, i have read the Orion has metal knobs vs the WO plastic - yet the WO website now says they are metal.
third question, will the WO head hold this load and still work well?
and my final question, the WO doesn't have the captive screws that the Orion does... yet all Vixen dovetails (that i have seen) all have those 4 bolts, 2 top, 2 bottom, that extend out the bottom of the dovetail, which would stop any sliding, and if i play with the balance of the scope, i could even rest the dovetail on these bolts for added security.
oh... sorry, one more question! - counter balance... if needed, this adds to the overall load of the head, how does this come into play... and can someone point me in the direction of any counter balance solutions (maybe even ones that would let me use the counter wieghts that come with the scope)?
thank you all for any help,
Posted 14 June 2009 - 03:27 AM
The WO looks less well built to me. Less payload and plastic knobs. Also has one blank end which means more cost for double scope option. I am sure both will fit the tripod you mention. Standard HEQ5. The EQ6 is the 2" leg version with different head flange size. Adapters are available.
You will love this scope mount combo
Posted 14 June 2009 - 08:15 AM
Posted 14 June 2009 - 08:28 AM
With two telescopes, 6" and 8", both set at different powers, I don't change EP's very much.
Just by another Omni and you get perfect balance and two different Mags at the same time!
Posted 14 June 2009 - 09:09 AM
I'd still keep the Easy Touch in contention if you want to add on DSC's and it's also compatible with the SVP extension. I think the plastic vs metal knobs is a non-issue. I've been quite satisfied with the well built"plastic" knobs on my GIRO III.
Good luck and congrats on the new ST-150!
Posted 14 June 2009 - 09:23 AM
as for the counter balance issues, any way to use the weights that come with the scope on some kind of bar attached to the other side of the mount?
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Posted 14 June 2009 - 10:39 AM
as for the counter balance issues, any way to use the weights that come with the scope on some kind of bar attached to the other side of the mount?
I quickly attached a Synta 7.5lb cw to a vixen saddle with parts I had laying around. Though I used a short dovetail bar with open back, a typical vixen/synta dovetail bar has 1/4" threaded hole in middle for bolt,washers and nuts to fasten to.
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The read that the new Giro 3 is rated for a whopping 22kg, 50lb either side!
Posted 16 June 2009 - 04:02 PM
I put the WO EZ-Touch head on a Vixen Sphinx HAL 110 tripod and it fit like a glove. That was luck however, and I would check with WO or a dealer to see it you could put WO EZ-T head on the tripod for a Celestron C G-4 mount, and failing expert opinion get accurate dimensions.
The legs on the Celestron CG-4 are far superior to the more spindly legs on Orion's equivalent mount-the AstroView (EQ-3, so it could wind up being more stable the the Astroview eq-3, even though its mount heads are similarly rated.
The 6"f/5 refractor is a great scope for wider field dso viewing and surprisingly, no slouch on lunar and planetary observing either, provided you are not too sensitive to false color, and realizing that this scope is not designed as a lunar/planetary scope.
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oh, and it looks like the newer version of the Easy Touch is what's for sale out there, the one with the metal knobs, and the same color as in the picture Downward Bound posted.
Posted 17 June 2009 - 01:00 AM
oh, and it looks like the newer version of the Easy Touch is what's for sale out there, the one with the metal knobs, and the same color as in the picture Downward Bound posted.
Actually, that pictures shows the earlier version of the EZ Touch with the metal knobs and silver finish that was made in Switzerland. The new version has the plastic knobs (but with metal shafts) and a black finish, and is made in Taiwan.
I had one of the newer ones and it was very sturdy: no problem at all handling my 8" Vixen VMC200L f/10 modified Cassegrain that is close to 16 lbs. with accessories. The head will mount with either a M10 metric thread or a 3/8x16 English thread so you can use it on a lot of different tripods. The WO wood surveyor tripod is pretty study, but the fit and finish is a notch below the quality of the head. The head is rated at 22 lbs. per side and is very well made.
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My refractor is about the same length and my Mak is heavier than your scope so there's no question it will carry fine, this mount is exceptionally steady if you are used to a budget equatorial.
For a quick "grab & go" or general viewing where you can't be bothered setting up an equatorial, this is a great mount.
When new, the axes in mine were fairly stiff however they have loosened up with use - it's now as smooth as butter at magnifications up to about 100X. There is a little stiction in the bearings and at higher powers it becomes more difficult to use if you want to say watch Saturn at 200X - but then that is probably true of every altaz mount except the HalfHitch.
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i plan on only wide field, low magn, DSOs only, so it soulds like i should be fine!
Posted 17 June 2009 - 08:28 AM
Same will probably be true on yours.
My Mak is both short and heavy, allowing the much heavier LVW eyepieces without it moving when one of these is lifted out.
Posted 17 June 2009 - 09:55 AM
jim7728 & Garyml... how did you decide how much weight to use as a counterweight?
No set rule, just use something at least half the weight or more of the ota. In your case 7.5lb cw good, 11lb cw better. Also, the further away the cw is in relation to the ota, the less weight needed for balance on the azimuth axis.
BTW, maybe possible to use your Celestron mount in a alt/az configuration for easier star hopping. Seen other folks do it with the old CG-4 and I've done it with old Meade equatorial.
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jim7728 & Garyml... how did you decide how much weight to use as a counterweight?
When I first bought the EZTouch I was using it with a 100mm refractor that was about 10-11 lbs. with accessories. That balanced fine, but it seems to be about the limit before the tripod felt lopsided. On soft or uneven ground, the tripod would tip just a slight amount due to the weight.
When I went with the 15-16 lbs. telescope, I wanted to counter-balance the weight to keep the tripod evenly loaded. I could not find the counterweight shaft to fit the M12 thread on the EZMount, so I had to bolt the weight directly to the mount. I noticed that the 10 lb. Meade counterweight was cheap and fairly compact so I gave it a try. I mounted it with an M12x70mm stainless bolt and two brass bushings from the super-hardware store in my area, which was a very secure attachment. This gave a very well balanced setup with the 15 lb. tube. The counter-weight also acted as a convenient handle for aiming the telescope, especially in altitude. The only issue was that the counter-weight was not removable without an allen wrench so I left it on while moving the mount/tripod. If you turned it the wrong way when moving the setup, then the off-balance CW would swing around with considerable force. I almost got whacked in the head with it a couple of times.
Performance was great, but it is very sensitive to weight distribution front to rear. When switching eyepieces, I found it best to never leave it without an eyepiece while switching. I would keep the new eyepiece in one hand and do the switch immediately without letting go of the telescope. If you have the tension set low (for easy panning) and leave it with no eyepiece, then the telescope can take a nose dive.
I recently replaced the EZTouch with a Celestron CG5-ASGT sinced I wanted goto. I actually miss the EZTouch and I'm thinking buying another one. The goto is nice but I miss the convenience of the EZTouch. And the Celestron goto malfunctioned three weeks after I bought the mount, so it is now sitting at the Celestron repair depot waiting for them to get around to repairing it. I might just get an EZTouch head and use it on the Celestron tripod, as I think the Celestron head attaches with an M10 bolt. That should be a very stable setup, as the CG5-ASGT tripod has the big 2" legs and is very stable.


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It's official. Crazy cat ladies (and men) can now get even closer to their favorite felines!
Introducing... YOU VS CAT on your iPad or smartphone! You read that right - you can now download an app from Purina that allows you to play games with your cat. Pit your skills against kitty's in this riveting game to see who's quicker at catching the little electronic fishies! If you guessed humans still have the upper hand... you'd be wrong. According to the website, currently we're trailing our feline friends 5,475,820 points to 4,718,510.
Shame, humans.
So, what's the consensus? Have we gone a little too crazy with our pets? I don't think so. Then again, I took a Christmas card photoshoot of my bunny wearing a Santa hat. So........
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A more than 100-year-old forest ranger station south of Silt has been largely restored; now efforts have begun on how to develop it into an interpretive and educational attraction.
The Cayton Ranger Station, the nation's second oldest Forest Service ranger station, 15 miles south of Silt along Divide Creek, was built in 1910 by Forest Ranger James Cayton and his wife, Birdie. The Caytons and subsequent forest rangers lived in the cabin until the mid-1940s. After that, it was used only occasionally by seasonal Forest Service workers and for local picnics. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
At a Feb. 20 meeting at Colorado Mountain College in Rifle, David Cayton, the grandnephew of James and Birdie Cayton, said the project is "around third base."
With preservation and restoration work mostly finished, work is beginning on the interior furnishings of the cabin.
"That'll really tell a story," Cayton continued. "'Cause when you're there in the building and see the old stove and the chinked walls and grooved floors, you kind of get a feeling of history. But it will make it seem like, yes, it was a home and, yes, it was a ranger's office."
Restoration work so far has included a new roof and floor and a cement foundation, which included removing the porches so the building could be jacked up to put in the foundation. The original Majestic wood stove is inside, where it resided for almost 100 years.
"When you look inside that cabin and see how they lived, with washtubs and the like, there's an aura to it," Cayton said. "It's hard to put into words. It's something you experience."
Cayton helped form the nonprofit Cayton Ranger Station Foundation to help restore and preserve the building and its history.
Jim Cayton retired from the Forest Service in 1939 and became a justice of the peace in Rifle. The couple lived in the building that formerly housed Karylett's Country Store on East Avenue until Jim died in 1956.
Plan to guide station's future use
The White River National Forest is in the process of developing an interpretive master plan for the station to help visitors learn about the Caytons, the area and its history, said Pat Thrasher, a former White River staffer and consultant for this project.
"We hope that participating in an interpretive program at the station causes you to understand the significance of the place and want to get involved in its protection and stewardship," Thrasher said. "We want to give a complete picture of the person, the place, the environment."
The document will address both the interpretation and conservation of the site, potential partners and funding recommendations.
"A part of this funding recommendation will be what do we do in the first few years," Thrasher said. "Then what do we do in years three through five and so on in terms of specific project recommendations and how is it to be funded?"
Money could come from the Forest Service and other sources, such as grants and user fees, he added.
Thrasher said the plan's central theme is "Ranger Cayton - A compass showing a path to our special lands that sustain us."
Subthemes could focus on Divide Creek's geology, history, ecosystems and people, Thrasher said. Others identified were life on Divide Creek, including Native Americans, settlement, a day in the life of an early ranger and his wife, Thrasher continued.
Using Divide Creek as an example of today's conservation ethic could be another subtheme, he said.
"We want out of all this to motivate people to be stewards of the land and stewards of the Cayton Ranger Station," Thrasher noted.
Area's history, rich resources noted
Meeting participants identified 24 sites in the Divide Creek area that could help tell a story of resource use, Thrasher said. Included were timber harvests on Coal Ridge and around Uncle Bob Mountain, spruce trees planted on Flagpole Mountain, prescribed fire activity around Mosquito Lake, gas wells that were drilled as early as 1937, the introduction of moose into the Muddy Gulch and East Fork area, along with inholdings owned by private owners.
Historic roads and trails, a schoolhouse were Teddy Roosevelt spoke and a hunting camp used by Roosevelt were others, along with the role the Civilian Conservation Corps played in the area, he added.
Thrasher said use of the station by the public would likely start slowly and grow as word spreads.
"Say one Scout troop camps there this summer," he added. "They're going to spread the word around and that will grow. At least in the first three to five years, you should plan on a doubling [of usage] every year."
Meeting participants also brainstormed a long list of promotional ideas and methods, ranging from using online social media to displays in area libraries to presentations in Colorado history classes at Colorado Mountain College.
Cayton suggested an anniversary party or event be held at the station, so the foundation could talk about the station and the area.
The foundation is accepting donations to help complete the project and provide matching funds for grants. Donations can be sent to: Cayton Ranger Station Foundation, P.O. Box 1898, Rifle, CO, 81650.


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TEMPLE HILLS, Md. (WUSA) -- Prince George's County Police is hosting a three-day 'active shooter' course.
It's a timely hands-on training preparing for situations such as the ex-LAPD cop Christopher Dorner at Big Bear Lake, in California.
Officers from across Prince George's County, Montgomery County, Charles County, State Police and military personnel are getting the know-how in overcoming a major threat.
The training is happening at Green Valley Academy in Temple Hills, Maryland.
In the video, you hear gunfire and see officers moving in.
Most likely those officers went through similar training as what was going on in Wednesday's training in Prince George's County.
"We want them to have a plan. Training and preparation. That's what this is all about. When they come in, they identify the threat. There is no hesitation, no panic or fear. They should be confident in their skills," Sgt. Bill Gleason said, the officer in charge of specialized training with Prince George's County Police.
At Big Bear Lake, a sheriff's deputy was killed. Dorner had extensive tactical training.
Officers don't always know what they're up against, in some cases, shooters have had on body armor.
"Our department has been supportive in providing the right equipment. Some agencies have ballistic shields," Sgt. Gleason said.
Officers in today's training will return to their jurisdiction and train in their department. This is the fourth 'Active Shooter' training school the county has hosted.


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Testimony :: Ylber Bajraktari
Student from Kosovo -
Kosova's Displaced and Imprisoned
Testimony by Ylber Bajraktari
Monday, February 28, 2000
Room B-318, Rayburn House office Building
Mr. Chairmen,
Distinguished Congressmen,
I would like to thank you and the Helsinki Committee for the opportunity to testify on the ongoing
crisis of Albanian prisoners, considered to be one of the most serious threats to the peace process
in Kosova.
-I would like to focus today on some specific cases of the Kosovars who are held hostage in Serbia,
-What the prisoners' issue means to the Kosovars and, especially,
-How this issue impacts Kosova's future.
The latest report of International Committee of Red Cross, that came out on February 24, confirms
frightening figures of 4.400 missing persons from Kosova. According to The Red Cross only 1,400
are known to be held as prisoners in Serbia, while the destiny of the rest of 3,000 remains unknown.
But who are in fact these prisoners?
I would like to focus on some specific names and individuals, and hopefully you can have a better
understanding of the importance and the urgency of their release.
I would like to start with Albin Kurti, a 24 year old Kosovar who was abducted during the NATO
bombing campaign. Mr. Kurti was a former leader of the nonviolent student movement in October
1997; one of the most prominent political activists in Kosova; and most recently a spokesperson for
the political representative of the KLA in Prishtina;
Mr.Kurti was criminally involved and a terrorist as much as I am, testifying here in front of you today.
There is no official confirmation by Belgrade that he is alive, but human rights organizations have
traced him and have determined that he is being held in the prison in Nish, in Serbia. According to
some reports, he has been savagely beaten, and as a result of the beatings has suffered extremely
serious damage to his kidneys.
The second case that I would like to emphasize is the case of Flora Brovina; a prominent
pediatrician and a human rights activist. Mrs. Brovina was actively involved in organizing
Nongovernmental Organizations aimed on offering medical assistant to the displaced Kosovars
during the conflict in 1998. She was also actively involved in helping Kosovars who were denied of
rights to health care because of the discriminatory laws adopted by the Belgrade regime. Mrs.
Brovina, who has a heart condition, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison, under charges of
terrorism. The case of Mrs. Brovina shows that Serbia remains the only country in Europe that
considers doctors to be terrorists and helping children as a threat to national security.
The third case is equally important as the first two.
Mr. Ukshin Hoti, one of the most prominent Albanian intellectuals, a Harvard graduate, was arrested
in 1994 and sentenced to five years imprisonment on fabricated charges of conspiring against the
state. Although he was supposed to be released last summer his whereabouts remain unknown. Mr.
Hoti is well respected in Kosova and he enjoys a great support among the Kosovar Albanians, [and
was considered as a possible future leader of Kosova].
The last case that I would like to present to you today distinguished Congressmen, from the endless
list of the Kosovar hostages kept in Serbia, includes Mr. Bardhyl Caushi, the dean of the School of
Law at the University of Prishtina. There have been no reports confirming that Mr.Caushi is still alive,
but his family has reported him being abducted by the Serbian troops during the bombing
campaign. Mr. Caushi has been an active participant of the negotiation training program organized
by the U.S. Institute of Peace.
This case is also important because of the fact that Mr.Caushi has been abducted in the town of
Gjakova, in western Kosova, an area that has been one of the main targets of the abduction
campaign conducted by Mr. Milosevic's troops.
Gjakova is a town with a 95 percent Albanian population and is home to a considerable number of
Kosovar intellectuals and professionals.
This clearly shows that the apprehension of Albanians in Kosova was not random or unplanned; this
was a well-prepared operation and was done as a matter of policy.
But what does all of this mean for the future of Kosova?
The issue of the Albanian prisoners in Serbia continues to keep tensions high in Kosova and to
maintain a high level of radicalization. No Kosovar family can work on building a peaceful and
democratic future while their family members are being held hostage in Serbia.
Therefore, this ongoing crisis is one of the most serious threats to the stability of Kosova.
It seriously undermines the process of democratic institution-building and makes the reconciliation
between Albanians and Serbs practically impossible.
On the other hand, by keeping thousands of Albanians as prisoners, Mr. Milosevic retains another
instrument that he can use to increase tensions. Mr. Milosevic should not be allowed to have in his
hands another weapon with which he can destabilize the region.
In summary, the issue of Albanian prisoners held in Serbia is likely to jeopardize the mission of the
international community in Kosova. It makes lasting peace impossible and shuts the door to any exit
strategy for NATO allies.
This situation makes it extremely necessary for the international community, and the United States
in particular, to take specific measures that will help resolve this issue.
There are several things that can be done.
-Although Serbia is facing international isolation, the United States should put pressure on
Belgrade, by making the case of Albanian prisoners a precondition for any lifting of sanctions.
-The United States should lead the initiative in forming an International Commission for Missing
Persons in Kosova, authorized by the UN Security Council, to conduct a thorough investigation of
Albanian prisoners in Serbia.
-Some of the prisoners are being held in districts that are administered by the Serbian opposition,
especially Nis municipality that is a recipient of the "Energy for Democracy" program. The Serbian
opposition must be pressured to clearly state its position on the issue of Albanian political prisoners
and denounce the Serb regime's policy of holding Albanians captive in Serbia.
-This policy should also be firmly denounced by the leaders of Kosova's Serbs.
This would be a first and important step towards confidence building, a crucial ingredient of
In the end, please let me emphasize that this crisis needs serious attention and should be a part of
any future dealings with Belgrade. Albanians want their fathers, mothers, brothers, and prominent
figures back, so they could move on with the reconciliation process, a critical element for Kosova's
multiethnic future. A positive step in resolving this issue would also give momentum to the
international presence in Kosova, and would make its long-term success more likely.
Thank You.


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I have trouble verifying my selfsigned certificat via openssl on another server that is using the smtp server to send out emails.
Can someone help.
I tried to verify it with this help:
Verify: SSL Certificate Under OpenSSL
at first i got error :
20 X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY: unable to get local issuer certificate
the issuer certificate could not be found: this occurs if the issuer certificate of an untrusted certificate cannot be found.
i copied the ca file in /opt/zimbra/conf/ca/ca.pem onto the server and tried to verify with openssl verify -CAfile file cerificat.pem
now i get the error:
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Dainel is the leader of this group of teachers. Dainel is 52. He is married and has two children who are attending primary and secondary schools. Dainel has been in the teaching profession for 30 years now. He has requested this loan in order to buy house-building materials like corrugated iron zinc, cement, nails, etc. for the completion of a family house he began building with his first Kiva loan.
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About Salone Microfinance Trust (SMT)Salone Microfinance Trust (SMT) is Kiva's oldest field partner in Sierra Leone. SMT began operations in 2002 as a microcredit program of the NGO Child Fund Sierra Leone under a USAID program to assist the reintegration of ex combatants back into their communities. Today, SMT offers group, agricultural, individual and salary loans to micro-entrepreneurs through six branches and one sub-branch in rural, urban, and peri-urban areas. By providing small loans and other financial services, SMT empowers poor clients to generate more income to help their families, improve their wellbeing, and create a more vibrant private small-business sector in Sierra Leone.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
About Housing Loans
Many poor families cannot afford housing that meets their needs. When you make a housing loan on Kiva, you give people access to flexible capital to obtain or improve their homes. Better housing means better health, sanitation, and even educational outcomes for children. A house can also be much more for entrepreneurs who run businesses out of their homes. In this way, housing and small business loans on Kiva share a common purpose: to alleviate poverty and enable families to enjoy more stable lives.
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- Repayment Term
- 12 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
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- Listed
- Oct 4, 2012
- Currency Exchange Loss:
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- Nov 3, 2012


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