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Drivers of hybrid vehicles with the required clean fuel license plates will continue to be able to use the Interstate 95, 395, 66 and Dulles Toll Road High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes until June 30, 2012.
However, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) says there's an important change on I-66 come July 1 of this year.
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The new law states that only hybrid vehicles with clean fuel plates issued prior to July 1, 2011, will be permitted to use the I-66 HOV lanes during rush hours. Police will ticket any hybrid vehicle that does not have a clean fuel plate issued before July 1, 2011.
A similar law took effect on I-95 and I-395 five years ago — only hybrids with clean fuel plates issued before July 1, 2006 are permitted to use the I-95/395 HOV lanes during rush hours.
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Beginning July 1, 2011, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will issue a clean fuel license plate with a different design so that police can easily spot violators in the HOV lanes.
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The Changing Situation of Survivalism
Posted by The Situationist Staff on April 10, 2008
Alex Williams of the New York Times has a fascinating piece on the increasing number of Americans who have embraced survivalist-related activities. What had previously been viewed as paranoid endeavors are now becoming more mainstream. We excerpt portions of his article below.
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Faced with a confluence of diverse threats — a tanking economy, a housing crisis, looming environmental disasters, and a sharp spike in oil prices — people who do not consider themselves extremists are starting to discuss doomsday measures once associated with the social fringes.
They stockpile or grow food in case of a supply breakdown, or buy precious metals in case of economic collapse. Some try to take their houses off the electricity grid, or plan safe houses far away. The point is not to drop out of society, but to be prepared in case the future turns out like something out of "An Inconvenient Truth," if not "Mad Max."
"I'm not a gun-nut, camo-wearing skinhead. I don't even hunt or fish," said Bill Marcom, 53, a construction executive in Dallas.
Still, motivated by a belief that the credit crunch and a bursting housing bubble might spark widespread economic chaos — "the Greater Depression," as he put it — Mr. Marcom began to take measures to prepare for the unknown over the last few years: buying old silver coins to use as currency; buying G.P.S. units, a satellite telephone and a hydroponic kit; and building a simple cabin in a remote West Texas desert.
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Interest in survivalism — in either its traditional hard-core version or a middle-class "lite" variation — functions as a leading economic indicator of social anxiety, preparedness experts said: It spikes at times of peril real (the post-Sept. 11 period) or imagined (the chaos that was supposed to follow the so-called Y2K computer bug in 2000).
At times, a degree of paranoia is officially sanctioned. In the 1950s, civil defense authorities encouraged people to build personal bomb shelters because of the nuclear threat. In 2003, the Department of Homeland Security encouraged Americans to stock up on plastic sheeting and duct tape to seal windows in case of biological or chemical attacks.
Now, however, the government, while still conducting business under a yellow terrorism alert, is no longer taking a lead role in encouraging preparedness. For some, this leaves a vacuum of reassurance, and plenty to worry about.
Esteemed economists debate whether the credit crisis could result in a complete meltdown of the financial system. A former vice president of the United States informs us that global warming could result in mass flooding, disease and starvation, perhaps even a new Ice Age.
"You just can't help wonder if there's a train wreck coming," said David Anderson, 50, a database administrator in Colorado Springs who said he was moved by economic uncertainties and high energy prices, among other factors, to stockpile months' worth of canned goods in his basement for his wife, his two young children and himself.
Popular culture also provides reinforcement, in books like "The Road," Cormac McCarthy's novel about a father and son journeying through a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and films like "I Am Legend," which stars Will Smith as a survivor of a man-made virus wandering the barren streets of New York.
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Preparedness activity is difficult to track statistically, since people who take measures are usually highly circumspect by nature, said Jim Rawles, the editor of www.survivalblog.com, a preparedness Web site. Nevertheless, interest in the survivalist movement "is experiencing its largest growth since the late 1970s," Mr. Rawles said in an e-mail, adding that traffic at his blog has more than doubled in the past 11 months, with more than 67,000 unique visitors per week. And its base is growing.
"Our core readership is still solidly conservative," he said. "But in recent months I've noticed an increasing number of stridently green and left-of-center readers."
One left-of-center environmentalist who is taking action is Alex Steffen, the executive editor of www.wWorldchanging.com, a Web site devoted to sustainability. With only slight irony, Mr. Steffen, 40, said he and his girlfriend could serve as "poster children for the well-adjusted, urban liberal survivalist," given that they keep a six-week cache of food and supplies in his basement in Seattle (although they polished off their bottle of doomsday whiskey at a party).
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A blend of newcomers and old hands are part of head coach Bill Taylor's big plans for the 2011 track and field season as they head into the teeth of the schedule with this weekend's Ed Temple Classic, at TSU's Gentry Center beginning at 8 a.m., Saturday.
Joining Lipscomb and the host Tigers at this event will be Alabama A&M, Austin Peay, Chattahoochee Tech, Florida A&M, Jackson State, MTSU, Savannah State and Western Kentucky.
"We are very excited about the men's program this year," Taylor said. "It's a balanced squad with representation in all events and strength in all events.
"We are a little disappointed to lose two of our top incoming freshmen to grades and another to injury. However, it is a much stronger men's team than last year. They are excited and motivated for the season and want to put together the best season yet."
Leading the men into this event is sophomore Tucker Peabody, an A-Sun all-conference selection and U.S. Junior National qualifier in the 100m and 200m dash. Peabody owns Lipscomb records in the 200m dash (indoor and outdoor) and the 55m dash (indoor) and ran a leg on the 4x200m relay team that broke the school record last season as well. He set two of those in December's MTSU Christmas Invite (Indoor 200m: 21.77s, 55m: 6.48s) and found the podium at last season's Ed Temple with a runner-up 200m dash of 22.48s.
"Tucker is definitely the first one you think of as our stand-out guy," Taylor said. "He looks stronger than ever this year. He has matured a ton mentally and physically and he should just build on what he started last year."
Another stand-out returner is junior Dillon Seigenthaler, a multi-event specialist who earned all-conference honors in his first season with the Bison in both the heptathlon (indoor) and decathlon (outdoor). He set school records in both events, along with the 55m hurdles, 60m hurdles and 110m hurdles.
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DEAR ABBY: In a few months, my husband's 10-year-old twin grandchildren are coming to live with us while their mother serves her time for felony DUI. My husband and I are in our 60s and have never met them before.
We have tried to avoid contact with their mother because the encounters were generally unpleasant. She alternated between being bitter and hateful, and desperately calling for financial help because she's a single mother with four children. She alienated her own mother and it looked like the younger children would wind up with child protective services if we didn't step up and offer a temporary home with us.
The new circumstances will require the four of us to make some big adjustments, but we believe it will enrich our lives, too. My dilemma is what do we tell the kids when they inevitably ask why we have been absent in their lives? I can't bring myself to tell them the truth about the way we feel. -- CAUGHT OFF GUARD GRANDMA
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DEAR ABBY: I'm 43 and have been hosting Thanksgiving for 19 years. My mother turned it over to me when I bought my first house because she was tired of doing it.
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DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, my husband and I decided that when our nieces and nephews turned 18 we would stop giving Christmas gifts. That decision has worked out fine -- until my husband's nieces and nephews began turning 18. Now it has become an issue with his side of the family, particularly his mother. She has made it clear through emails that we "have" to buy them gifts.
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It was barely a week ago that I was recalled the original Sokal Hoax and noting its recent sequel out of Eastern Europe. You'd think humanities journals would be on to this kind of stunt, but surely science journals wouldn't fall for this. Would they?
The Economist reports this week that a complete hoax has indeed happened in scientific publishing. But not just in one journal; rather, the potential hoax passed muster at potentially dozens of supposedly reputable and peer-reviewed science journals:
John Bohannon, a biologist at Harvard with a side gig as a science journalist, wrote his own Sokalesque paper describing how a chemical extracted from lichen apparently slowed the growth of cancer cells. He then submitted the study, under a made-up name from a fictitious academic institution, to 304 peer-reviewed journals around the world.
Despite bursting with clangers in experimental design, analysis and interpretation of results, the study passed muster at 157 of them. Only 98 rejected it. (The remaining 49 had either not responded or had not reviewed the paper by the time Science went to press.) Just 36 came back with comments implying that they had cottoned on to the paper's sundry deficiencies, though Dr Bohannon says that 16 of those eventually accepted it anyway.
I'm working on a theorem right now, and hoping perhaps eventually to attach some real numbers to back it up, that holds that if we abolished half of all academic journals—it wouldn't matter which half—not only would no one notice, but that there would be a net improvement in the quality of academic thought. Maybe I'll just make it all up and get it published in the Journal of Irreproducible Results.


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Earlier this month, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens was celebrated in an event held at his burial site in London's Westminster Abbey.
In attendance were many writers, academics, and other enthusiasts of the man considered to be England's greatest novelist. Nearly 200 of the author's descendants were also present.
Prince Charles laid a wreath on Dickens' grave. Actor Ralph Fiennes, who will be starring in a new film version of "Great Expectations," gave a dramatic reading from "Bleak House." A similar service was also held in Portsmouth, where Dickens was born.
On this side of the Atlantic, the Morgan Library and Museum in New York is presenting "Dickens at 200," an exhibition of the largest collection of Dickens manuscripts and letters in the United States. Festivities were also held in cities such as Philadelphia and Lowell, Mass.
At a recent antiquarian book festival in Pasadena, a rare first edition of "David Copperfield" was one of the star attractions. Even Google tipped its hat to the author with a celebratory doodle on its search page that depicted many of his best known fictional characters.
Around the globe, the British Council, an organization dedicated to furthering cultural relations abroad, sponsored an international 24-hour Dickens Readathon. The event began in Australia with a public reading from "Dombey and Son" and concluded in Iraq with an extract from "Hard Times."
Fans of Dickens will want to take note of the following newly-released titles, which were timed to coincide with the bicentennial of his birthday. All are available to cardholders of the Newport Beach Public Library:
Claire Tomalin, in "Charles Dickens: A Life," has given us what might become his quintessential biography. Tomalin praises him for his success as a writer and for his efforts in the area of social reform, but she does not gloss over his personal failings, particularly in regard to his relationships with friends and family. The resulting portrait is of an extraordinarily complicated man whose virtues and vices were inseparable from his art.
In "Becoming Dickens," Robert Douglas-Fairhurst focuses on Dickens' formative years, including his rise from penurious circumstances, his brief dalliances with careers in law and journalism, and his eventual development as the writer of such early works as the "Pickwick Papers" and "Oliver Twist," which placed him in the first rank of English authors. Douglas-Fairhurst suggests that Dickens succeeded in reinventing both his own life and the novel itself.
Edited by British scholar Jenny Hartley, the "Selected Letters of Charles Dickens" includes more than 450 examples of the author's correspondence, most of which were written at the height of his professional life. Among the famous recipients are Thomas Carlyle, George Eliot, Washington Irving, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Taken together, they vividly illustrate the fullness of Dickens' life and enhance our understanding of his work.
"Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius" by Sylvia Nasar, author of "A Beautiful Mind," is an intellectual history of modern economic thought. In a lengthy prologue, Nasar credits the novels of Charles Dickens for drawing attention to the plight of the poor in Victorian England. She argues that his work led to a gradual shift in thinking about economics not as moral philosophy but instead as an applied science, which could be a means toward increased prosperity for all.
CHECK IT OUT is written by the staff of the Newport Beach Public Library. All titles may be reserved from home or office computers by accessing the catalog at http://www.newportbeachlibrary.org. For more information on the Central Library or any of the branches, please contact the Newport Beach Public Library at (949) 717-3800, option 2.


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Roggenbauer (German Farmer's Rye)
Well, just to prove that my mind can get a bit fuzzy after long hours and stressful situations, for the life of me, i thought the title of this was simply "Farmer's Bread" - but it wasn't.
Some people expressed interest in some formulas, I am posting here. These do come from a German baker's manual (I had to fire up the German translation skills...and get some help...) and I did bake at least one of them (no pictures - I'm back to my old habit of no pictures.)
First the method:
Final Mix desired dough temperature - 82-84F (yep. no typo)
Bulk Ferment - 5-10 mins (Again, no typo)
Loaf size - 1150g (oh, the horror! I'm now using at least some metric!) Shape round proof in floured brotforms. Dock prior to baking which is not poking holes in it with a fork - it is using a dough docker or other blunt instrument to make dents in the surface of the dough.)
Mix time:
Spiral Mixer 1-2mins
Planetary mixer - 6 mins
Diving arm mixer - 10 mins (if you have such a thing, I'm looking at you, Phil!)
(First speeds all)
Final proof
Temp 86-95F
Humidity - 70-75%
Time - 50 - 60 minutes
Bake with normal steam (Pre steam, load, steam, vent after 2 mins)
Temperature - start at 536 F (might have to just be 500F for most home ovens) let fall slowly to 410F
Time 60 mins.
I will give the formula for a 3 build and a 2 build formula
3 Build (Called Detmolder 3 phase)
Freshening Build
0.040 kg rye starter
0.080 kg Whole rye flour
0.120 l water
Ripening temperature: 77-79F
Ripening Time 5-6 hours
After ripening, remove 0.040kg to perpetuate the rye starter
2nd build
All of the freshening sour
1.000 kg whole rye flour
0.600 l water
Ripening Temperature - 75-80F
Ripening Time 15-25 hours
3rd build
All of the second build
2.700 kg Whole Rye
2.700 l water
Ripening temperature - 86F
Ripening time 3 hours
Final Dough
All of the sour
5.2200 kg Whole Rye flour
1.000 kg white flour (The German manual calls out T1050 - but use any white flout that is suitable for bread)
0.080 kg fresh yeast (optional)
0.180 kg Salt
3.589 l water
Two stage rye (called Detmolder two stage)
First Sour
0.100 kg rye starter
1.600 kg Whole Rye
0.800 l water
Ripening Temperature - 75-80F
Ripening time - 15-24 hours (remove 0.100 of the sour to perpertuate the starter)
Second sour
All of the first sour
2.400 kg Whole rye
2.400 l water
Ripening temperature 84-87F
Ripening time 3 hours
Final Dough
All of the sour
5.000 kg whole rye flour
1.000 kg white flour (again T1050 is called out, but use any white (wheat flour) good for bread making)
0.130 kg fresh yeast (and you probably should add the yeast on this bread)
0.180 kg salt
3.800 l water
So, the quantities are pretty large - use your calculator or your spreadsheets to reduse sizes to something more suitable.
And there you are. I'm posting this with a sincere belief that I have violated no copyrights, but if I have done, I'll be told soon enough. I'm not a big rye bread baker or eater, although this formula is begining to change my mind. Turns out, the carroway so many people are fond of in rye causes me shooting headaches - so this may be why I avoided rye. This particular bread is lovely and quite tasty - although not exactly a fluffy sandwich loaf! It still is a bit like putty to handle, but wasn't as bad as I remembered the stuff to be (maybe the shooting headaches from the carroway...)
As for the video that the OP references that inspired this posting, I've got to say that I will never understand the urge that people have to make videos of themselves as a "how to" - without any assurance that they should be doing it. I always have a certain hesitance to put myself in front of folks as a teacher, becasue I think that I should at least be an expert - but the individual in the video - he didn't have those qualms.


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Top Ten Reasons You Should Attend the 2007 Oklahoma Wildlife Expo
September 28-30 @ the Lazy E Arena
1. It's 100% free--even the parking.
2. You're never too old or too young to try something for the first time. You could ride a four-wheeler, shoot a bow and arrow, cast a fly rod...maybe even saddle a mule.
3. You might learn how to keep that rowdy dog of yours under control at the dog training area.
4. You can rub elbows with country music star Blake Shelton on Sunday.
5. Two words: fried catfish. If you have a hankering for fried catfish or venison jerky - you can try them for free at the Taste of the Wild booth.
6. After your rambunctious kids climb a rock wall, ride a mountain bike, paddle a kayak, catch a fish and generally run wild around the Expo, you're sure to get some peace and quiet because they will be tired and ready to hit the pillow when you get home.
8. If you are going to attend only one official centennial event, the Wildlife Expo is the one you don't want to miss. Plus, the Expo has been moved to the last weekend in September (Sept. 28-30) so it shouldn't be as hot this year.
9. You can win a bunch of prizes from hats to an ATV to outdoor merchandise.
10. It is the biggest display of outdoor-related activities and conservation groups you will ever see in your lifetime.
Written by Micah Holmes. Micah is an information supervisor and his favorite activity at the Expo is the dog training.
Red Slough WMA
Birding in southeast Oklahoma is a one-of-a-kind experience.
Written by David Arbour. Image by Berlin Heck. David is a biologist aide at Red Slough and he is an avid birder in southeast Oklahoma. Berlin is a very talented wildlife photographer.
Save the Date: 2007 Wildlife Expo, September 28--30, Lazy E Arena
It's All About Cleanliness in the Summer Months!
Birds will travel great distances for a reliable, clean water source, particularly during the hot months of summer. By maintaining a clean water source for birds you will likely attract more bird species than with seed feeders not to mention the enjoyment of watching bathing behaviors. Successful birdbaths are located in shady areas, approximately 10 feet from protective cover.
The secret to attracting lots of birds is to keep your birdbath full at all times. Change the water every couple of days to keep it fresh and avoid the growth of algae. Most important, clean the birdbath regularly to get rid of spoiled food particles and droppings which may spread bird diseases by using a solution of nine parts water to one part bleach. For more bird bath information click here.
Written by Melynda Hickman. Melynda is a natural resources biologist and enjoys feeding birds in her backyard at home.
The WILDLIFE DIVERSITY PROGRAM monitors and manages the state's wildlife and fish species that are not hunted or fished.


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While the 2015 season is far from over, the play of the 6-3 Atlanta Falcons over the past month or so has me far less enthusiastic about how they will finish this year. With each passing week of listless play, hopes of things being less than a multi-year fix decrease.
That is by no means indicative that I or anybody else should "give up" on this current season. The Falcons still have plenty of opportunities to finish the 2015 season strong and make a deep run in the playoffs. It's only that through the team's past several games a few more chinks in the team's armor have been exposed, prompting the sideways glance ahead to 2016 when the team might be able to fill those holes. Given that the team is facing a bye this week, it's probably as good a time as ever to examine those issues.
Let's break this down position-by-position, starting with the offense.
Starter Matt Ryan has been facing increasing amount of criticism this year despite the fact that he's on pace to throw for a career-high in passing yards. But the numbers don't always tell the whole truth as Ryan hasn't played poorly, but he's been far from inspiring. Yet despite the sentiment of some of his harshest critics, Ryan is in no danger of losing his job at any point before the 2018 season, which also marks the final year of the six-year extension he signed two years ago. However should the Falcons fail to make the playoffs or win a game in the postseason, it's unavoidable that much of the scrutiny will be placed on Ryan's ability to win the so-called "big games." Ryan will only have to look towards Tony Romo to know how that song and dance plays out. Unfortunately until the Falcons start to win more consistently in January, this will always be a driving force of the narrative behind Ryan.
Despite the increasing scrutiny on the team's starter, the Falcons only real concern heading into next year at quarterback is the backup spot. This is nothing new in Atlanta as the team has had a revolving door at the position since 2012 when long-time reserve Chris Redman was let go. Sean Renfree played relatively well this summer, but whether the Falcons believe him to a be a long-term solution or just the best of what limited options they already had on the roster remains to be seen. Their late-summer addition of Rex Grossman suggests that the team doesn't have complete faith in Renfree moving forward. Assuming offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan is back in Atlanta in 2016, there's the potential that the team could sign former proteges in Kirk Cousins, Matt Schaub or Dan Orlovsky in free agency to push or replace Renfree. Using a draft pick on another developmental option is unlikely given a limited supply of picks and a wealth of more pressing needs elsewhere on the roster.
Running Back
Despite a 12-yard effort against the San Francisco 49ers last week, the Falcons are fairly confident that starter Devonta Freeman should close out the season on a high note. Regardless of whether Freeman reaches the 2,028 yards from scrimmage he's on pace to hit this year, the Falcons are pretty strong at this position. Rookie Tevin Coleman has flashed potential and should he make a comparable jump that Freeman did from his first to second year, the Falcons could reasonably expect to sport the league's top pair of running backs in 2016.
If there is any concern at this position, it's the third option on the depth chart behind them. But the team has shown a great deal of confidence in undrafted rookie Terron Ward and it's unlikely that will change over the next two months, making it likely that he'll be penciled in for the third spot again next year. Given the wealth of young talent already on the roster, the Falcons most likely will put any running back concerns on the back burner and just look to bolster Ward's competition next summer in training camp with a bunch of undrafted options rather than any significant offseason pickups.
Starter Patrick DiMarco was uncomfortably close to losing his hold on a roster spot this summer to Collin Mooney before the latter suffered a ruptured biceps in the final preseason game. But since then, DiMarco has been a big reason why the Falcons running game has been so effective this year. Both fullbacks are signed through the 2016 season and thus the Falcons should feel confident that there should be limited concerns at this spot heading into the next year.
Wide Receiver
Of all the positions on offense, this one might see the biggest overhaul in the upcoming offseason. Of the players currently on the roster, only Julio Jones and Justin Hardy are guaranteed to return in 2016. Leonard Hankerson is the only one that will hit free agency next offseason but despite having multiple years left on their contracts, Roddy White, Devin Hester, Nick Williams and Eric Weems are by no means guaranteed roster spots heading into next season.
Hankerson's return is likely be tied to his market and Shanahan's status with the team. As mentioned earlier there isn't much cause to think Shanahan will be gone at this point, but one never knows about these things. If the right head-coaching opportunity or other extenuating circumstances come along, then it's possible that the Falcons will have a new offensive coordinator. After all, I doubt that the Cleveland Browns expected to part ways with Shanahan after one year when they hired him before the 2014 season.
How Hankerson finishes 2015 will determine his potential market. Right now he's the team's de facto No. 2 receiver opposite Jones. He probably won't command a huge sum of money, but may not settle for another one-year, $1 million deal next March.
White's age (34) and high cap hit ($6.14 million) all work against him returning to the Falcons next year. His production (or lack there of) just doesn't meet the cost. He could always restructure his deal but given that he's unlikely to be counted as a starter in 2016 and could limit opportunities for Hardy's development, all likely prompts his release. Right now what is more up in the air is whether the 11-year veteran will decide to retire after this year or try catching on with another team. Given the frustration he expressed earlier this year about his usage, it doesn't sound like he's quite ready to hang up the cleats just yet.
Hester's status is also up in the air given his age (33) and 2016 price tag ($3.83 million cap hit). He has yet to play in 2015 and won't until Week 13 at the earliest. That gives him up to five games to make his case why he should be kept next year. While it's highly unlikely that the Falcons will find a better option at returning kicks than Hester, the question is whether the Dan Quinn-led staff feel that having a good return specialist is worth close to $4 million. Should Hester finish 2015 with a bang, then the answer is likelier to lean towards yes.
Both Williams and Weems are under contract next year and probably will be brought back to training camp to compete for jobs. But neither will be guaranteed to win one, especially if the Falcons choose to invest significantly in this position next offseason. Hester's potential departure probably increases the chances that they return in 2016 given that both are competent return specialists. Williams has greater potential on offense however and it probably gives him an edge in any competition. Weems will count nearly double what Williams will against the 2016 cap, meaning that the Falcons will need to put a significant premium on the former's special teams prowess to get him to stick.
The Falcons are very likely to make at least one significant addition next offseason at wide receiver. Whether it comes via free agency or the draft remains to be seen. Getting younger would be ideal, but given that the team is already down two late-round draft picks coupled with the fact that there is no proven starter opposite Jones should White be cut, likely means that the Falcons may settle for upgrading via free agency. Free agents like Miles Austin and Travis Benjamin played under Shanahan in Cleveland last year, and the situation in Washington with veterans DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon is also worth monitoring if the Falcons plan to look at veteran options.
Tight End
Jacob Tamme has been a welcome addition this year and alongside Hankerson has alternated as Ryan's favorite target not named Quintorris. While Tamme is by no means a long-term solution, his production in 2015 likely means that he'll be penciled in as the team's starter in 2016, which is the final year of the two-year contract he signed this past offseason.
Ideally the Falcons would like to add a long-term solution next offseason via the draft that can be immediately plugged into the starting lineup in 2017 if/when Tamme exist. It's clear that Levine Toilolo is not that player, although he can still be counted as a competent reserve moving forward. Tony Moeaki will hit free agency next spring and the fact that he's already been cut once by the Falcons this year suggests that barring a very strong finish in 2015, he'll become expendable.
The Falcons could potentially find young options in free agency, especially if players like Dwayne Allen, Coby Fleener, Ladarius Green, Andrew Quarless and Clay Harbor hit the open market. All five have flashed potential in their starting opportunities over the past few years. But the ideal is always finding solutions in the draft.
Offensive Line
Like the receiver position, nothing should be written in stone with this group especially over the second half of the 2015 season since any number of current starters are far from proven. Only left tackle Jake Matthews is guaranteed to be in the team's long-term plans, which is what is afford to a 2014 first-round pick through his first three seasons. Matthews has played at a high enough level through the first nine games of 2015 to believe that he'll be handling the left tackle position again in 2016.
The same might be said of Ryan Schraeder at the right tackle position but to a certain degree, Schraeder's fate isn't truly resolved. He's played well over his first 17 starts at the position dating back to 2014, but the Falcons may still be looking to hedge their bets moving forward. The level of competition is set to increase in 2016 for the third-year tackle as he'll likely face top-level pass-rushers like Von Miller, Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril, Khalil Mack and Justin Houston on the Falcons schedule. It's a murderer's row of pass rushers that won't make Schraeder's job any easier.
Since Schraeder is only set to be a restricted free agent after this season, he'll almost certainly be back next year as the starter. But given the demands that the opposing competition may bring in 2016, there's no guarantee he'll carry that same status in 2017 when he presumably hits unrestricted free agency. Because of that, the Falcons may seek to get an insurance policy this upcoming offseason. That could potentially come in the form of re-signing free agents Jake Long or Lamar Holmes, but given durability concerns surrounding both players, they may be seen as less than ideal options. Fellow backup tackle Bryce Harris is also a free agent and his status is up in the air as well. It remains to be seen if any return, but it's likely that the team will opt to keep one for depth purposes.
The Falcons interior line is likely to be the part of the unit that is most likely to be re-shuffled next offseason. Starting right guard Chris Chester is a free agent after this season and his return is also iffy. Shanahan's continued presence likely will increase the chance he's re-signed, but Chester does turn 33 in January. Even if kept for another year, the Falcons need to start making definitive plans to replace him.
The same somewhat applies to left guard Andy Levitre, who will count about $5.375 million against the team's 2016 cap. That isn't quite high enough to put Levitre's job in jeopardy, assuming there is no major drop off in his play between now and the end of the year. But as is the case with Schraeder, he's likely to be re-assessed after 2016 regardless.
Given it's likely that the Falcons can only be guaranteed to keep both starting guards for just one more year, it's imperative that the team starts to acquire long-term options. That likely means drafting a guard that can either be plugged into the starting lineup immediately in 2016 or no later than 2017 will be a fairly high priority come next spring. The team could also seek an option in free agency, although the pickings aren't overwhelming. Seattle Seahawks right guard J.R. Sweezy could make sense given the coaching staff's familiarity with him.
At the center position the play of Mike Person hasn't been ideal, but worst-case scenario for him is that he returns in 2016 as the team's utility reserve. He could also be moved to replace either starter at one of the guard spots if the team finds itself in a pinch, although the likeliest plan is to have him remain at center and compete for the job. That will be likely come from James Stone, who moonlighted as a starting guard for a short time this past summer. Neither Person nor Stone have yet shown themselves to be long-term options, but given the potential of more immediate concerns at guard, both have the potential to be decent short-term stopgaps. Gino Gradkowski is a free agent and has yet to see the field this year. He may also be able to throw his hat into the ring at center should he make any appearances the rest of the year and perform well.
Of the five starting spots, the Falcons are currently weakest at center which makes it an obvious choice to be upgraded in the offseason. Should he opt out of his contract, Cleveland's Alex Mack could be a significant upgrade at the spot in free agency.
Veteran Jon Asamoah was already being pushed out the door this past summer and after he misses all of 2015 with a hip injury, it's likely that will be finalized after the season. His 2016 cap hit of $5.3 million is nearly the same as Levitre, which contrastingly is too high for a reserve. Unless the team is newly prepared to guarantee him the starting spot that they were so unwilling to give a few months ago, then it's likely they'll take the modest $1.4 million savings from cutting him and move on. His only saving grace may be the departure of Shanahan and a shift in blocking scheme, which as noted above seems unlikely as things stand today.
Overall, one can expect the Falcons to definitely try and shore up their depth along the offensive line next offseason. Whether the team is also looking for new starters at up to two of the interior spots will be determined by how the rest of 2015 plays out. But it's doubtful that given the aggressiveness at the start of the season to shore up this position, the team will be no less complacent to address any concerns after the year ends.
I will break down the defense tomorrow. But in the mean time, please leave a comment and give your thoughts on what areas you feel should be addressed on offense when 2016 rolls around…


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TEENAGERS James Roberts and Josh Ashby were on target to get Oxford United off to a winning start in pre-season.
After a sleepy first half at Farnborough, the game burst into life in the final 20 minutes after Roberts opened the scoring.
Ashby curled in a free-kick to double the advantage, but the lead was immediately cut when Lucas Enrique spectacularly scored from long range at the kick-off.
With the exception of Ashby, who played the full 90 minutes, the visitors fielded different sides in each half.
Several first-team players, including new signing Danny Hylton, David Hunt and Josh Ruffels sat out the trip with minor niggles.
Triallist Gozie Ugwu, released from Reading at the end of last season, led the line, but clear chances were at a premium before the break.
United's best moment came just after the half hour mark, when a neat move saw Tyrone Marsh whip in a low cross.
Ugwu just failed to make contact and was in just the wrong place to block Danny Rose's volley when Freddie Grant turned the ball back into the area.
United's second half team had more joy going forward and Ashby had already hit the post with a free-kick when they broke the deadlock 19 minutes from time.
Miles Welch-Hayes got in down the right and crossed for the striker, who punched the air after finding the back of the net with a firm, first-time finish.
Ashby made it 2-0 with a set piece, but United were stung within seconds as Brazilian Enrique beat triallist goalkeeper Liam Roberts from within his own half.
- Watch highlights of United's win at Farnborough - including the stunning goal by the hosts. Courtesy of Farnborough's YouTube channel.
United had chances to make the game safe late on, but were happy to claim a slender victory on an afternoon when they did not pick up any new injuries.
Oxford Utd 1st half: Crocombe, Bevans, Raynes, Wright, Grant, Hawtin, Ashby, Rose, Ugwu, Shama, Marsh.
Oxford Utd 2nd half: L Roberts, Welch-Hayes, Mullins, Long, Newey, Hayden, Ashby, Potter, Kitson, Humphreys, J Roberts.
Farnborough: Granger, Rodgers, Treacher, Fearn, Siaw, Ferrell, Shaw, Ball, Benjamin, Taylor, Webb.
Subs: Page, Enrique, Ferniola, Debayo, O'Hara, Walden, Brown, Williams, Nelson, Lucas.
Attendance: 278.


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Telegan Sprint V Flue Gas Analyser Range for Heating Engineers
Five instruments in one small handheld unit
Designed to assist heating engineers in the safe installation, commissioning and servicing of boilers and combustion systems, Telegan's Sprint V range provides five instruments in one small, convenient handheld unit: a flue gas analyser, a differential thermometer, a differential manometer, a gas escape detector and a carbon monoxide room safety monitor. The Sprint V is manufactured and distributed by Telegan Gas Monitoring, a division of Crowcon Detection Instruments, and is distributed in the UK through Telegan's exclusive industry partner, Anton Industrial Services.
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Significant successes for the Sprint V have included the delivery of over 7,000 units to British Gas; the product was also recently named 'Gas Safety Product of the Year' at the UK's annual gas industry awards ceremony.
The range includes the basic Sprint V2 unit with the features mentioned above; the Sprint V3, which has all the functions of the V2 but is also Bluetooth™-enabled for rapid data transfer; the Sprint V4, which is like the V2 but has additional Nitric Oxides (NO and NOx) capability; and finally the Sprint V5, which has all the functions of the V4 and is also Bluetooth™-enabled.
An important feature of the entire Sprint V range is 'Smart Purge' technology which clears potentially acidic gases from the unit. This helps save battery, pump and filter life, enables intelligent purging for switch-on and switch-off, and allows the purging of gas while other tests are being carried out.


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Lady Gaga to Be Joined by Oprah Winfrey at Born This Way Foundation Launch
Two of the most powerful women in show biz, Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey, are teaming up at Harvard and on leap year, no less. Winfrey will join Gaga and her mother Cynthia Germanotta at the official launch of Mother Monster's Born This Way Foundation, which takes places on Wednesday, Feb. 29.
According to a press release issued by Gaga's team, Oprah will appear alongside Gaga as she formally unveils BTWF before a crowd of policy makers, non-profit organizations, foundation leaders, students and youth at the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Askwith Forum. If there is anyone you want on your side at an event such as this, it's the great philanthropist known as Oprah. She offers immediate legitimacy, given her tireless and well-documented efforts to help others.
Gaga is pulling out other big guns, as spiritual speaker Deepak Chopra will also joint her at the event, which will be co-hosted by the Born This Way Foundation, Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the California Endowment. The launch event is shaping up to be a pretty big deal for Gaga.
Little monsters that are not in attendance will still be able to watch the happenings since the event will be filmed and then featured during an upcoming episode of 'Oprah's Next Chapter' on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.
More details regarding Gaga's Born This Way Foundation launch will be announced as the event nears.


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Last July, on the eve of Independence Day, Sarah Palin announced her intention to resign as governor of Alaska in the same abrupt manner that had come to epitomize her overnight appearance on the national political scene and subsequent rollout as John McCain's VP pick for the 2008 presidential election. Knee deep in financial troubles, embroiled in ethics complaints and in the middle of a nasty, public he-said-she-said fallout with team McCain, the Thrilla from Wasilla traded in a modestly paid government spot for the chance to "fight for what's right" without any fancy title. One year later, Palin finds herself $12 million richer, the "Mama Grizzly" of America's Tea Party movement, a buzzed-about 2012 presidential hopeful and front and center in the nation's political stage.
On the anniversary of her resignation, Time.com looks back at notable moments in Palin's busy year.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Luke Martinez made five three-point baskets and scored 17 points and Larry Nance, Jr., scored 12 points to help Wyoming remain undefeated with a 68-40 win at UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday night.
The Cowboys improve to 7-0 while the Gauchos fall to 2-4 on the season.
The Cowboys scored the first six points of the game before the Gauchos went on a 7-0 run to take their only lead of the game, 7-6. Freshman Michael Bryson completed the run with a three-point basket.
But Martinez and Nance seemed to have the answer every time UCSB tried to claw into Wyoming's lead. Nance ended the Gauchos' 7-0 run with a lay-up, a slam dunk and a pair of free throws and Martinez made the first of his three-pointers to push the lead back to eight, 15-7. Santa Barbara would pull within 16-13 with 9:43 left in the half, but never got closer.
Martinez made three of his three-pointers in the first half as his team built a 34-21 advantage. The Gauchos never got closer than 10 points in the second half and the largest lead was the final 28-point margin.
UCSB was led by Alan Williams who finished with 11 points and nine rebounds. Williams, however, picked-up his fourth foul just three minutes into the second half and was forced to the bench until there was just 9:09 remaining in the game. He lasted less than two minutes before committing his fifth foul and leaving for good. Kyle Boswell added 10 points.
"I'm not sure I can remember a game at home when we shot worse than that," said Gaucho head coach Bob Williams. "For the most part, I thought we got open looks, but it just wouldn't fall. I was also disappointed at our turnovers again. I thought, if anything, there were worse turnovers than the last game (at Boise State), and that's not good. We need to get better, and we will."
The Gauchos struggled offensively all night and finished with their lowest point total of the season. They made just 16-of-56 shots from the field overall, 28.6%, and 6-of-24 from outside the three-point arc, 25.0%. UCSB also committed 18 turnovers that led to 22 Wyoming points.
The Gauchos will play their next two games on the road, traveling to Santa Clara on Saturday, Dec. 1 and San Diego State on Thursday, Dec. 6. Both games can be heard live on KZSB AM 1290 in Santa Barbara on online at UCSBgauchos.com.
UCSB returns home on Dec. 15 to host San Diego Christian at 7:00 p.m. in the Thunderdome. Tickets are available from the ticket office in the Intercollegiate Athletics Building on campus, by calling 805-893-UCSB (8272) or online by clicking here.


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Drunk Underage Boys Visit ER Twice As Much 4th Of July Weekend
Alcohol poisoning is the predominant reason boys visit the Emergency Room twice as much during the 4th Of July Weekend. It appears to be a high risk period for them. The statistics were pretty striking for the holiday weekend period studied.


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WAYNE "Trombone" HENDERSON
From his formative years in the Lone Star Republic (Texas) to his present international recording artist status, multi-instrumentalist and producer/composer Wayne Henderson is identified by his ebullient persona and scintillating trombone style. Without sounding rhapsodic, we're also compelled to emphasize that Henderson's effervescence, combined with the legendary Jazz Crusaders many smash hit-recordings, is in large part responsible for the cosmic success of these musical icons since the group's inception in 1961.
More than forty-years ago, Wayne Henderson, along with childhood buddies Wilton Felder, Joe Sample, and Nesbert "Stix"� Hooper, formed the nucleus of the Jazz Crusaders/Crusaders. As a fledgling, attending Houston's Phyllis Wheatley Jr. High School, the precocious Henderson took the lead in sculpting the group's dazzling style into one that was ground breaking, with considerable eclectic overtones. By fusing elements of jazz, funk, soul, R&B, rock, Latin, and gospel, an iridescent sound emerged with such impact that a musical revolution was unearthed. As the quartet's cornerstone, Henderson's objective was to accentuate the straight-ahead (often restrained) jazz sound with other musical styles that, ironically, are the offspring of generic, or classic jazz. As a result of exposure to all of the above-mentioned forms while growing up, Henderson's transcendent appreciation for all musical elements compels him to subconsciously or otherwise express those nuances in live performances and on recordings.
Back in the day, when Henderson first conceived of the name Jazz Crusaders and the idea of forming a band, the group filtered through a number of musicians, including the first pianist for the group, James "Sonny� Reason, followed by keyboardist Alvis Harvey, Flutist Hubert Laws, and La La Wilson on bass. Along with saxophonist Felder and drummer Hooper, Sample was later added to the mix as pianist. The group eventually became known as the Black Board Jungle Kids, Swingsters, Modern Jazz Sextet, and Nite Hawks; then came the designation invented by Henderson and the name of choice, Jazz Crusaders - under which they proceeded to record a number of projects for World Pacific Jazz (their first label), including their first and the ever popular Freedom Sound album. Their second album, which enjoyed widespread success, is uniquely titled Looking Ahead. The group went on to record for Blue Thumb, ABC, and GRP labels in the 60s and 70s.
It was in 1975 that Wayne ("Big Daddy�) as he is sometimes called) Henderson went on hiatus from the group and augmented his career by producing and recording with other notable acts: Patti Austin, Jean Carne, Bill Withers, Ronnie Laws, Ramsey Lewis, Steely Dan, Bobby Lyle, Everette Harp, Phillip Ingram, Nathan East, Lenny Williams, Rebbie Jackson, Marvin Gaye, B.B. King, the Jackson Five, Hiroshima, Hugh Masekela, Joni Mitchell, Wilton Felder, and Tina Turner, to mention a few. Some of these artists appear on Wayne's newest album, which we will talk about in a minute. Most of Henderson's independent projects were produced under his own LA based labels, At Home Productions and Angel City Records. A side point: Rebbie Jackson's Centipede project, which Henderson co-produced with Michael Jackson, went nearly platinum with more than 900,000 records sold.
Wayne Henderson has never opted for self-promotion; however, he is responsible for the careers of many name acts. It is important to mention that artists like Ronnie Laws have enjoyed productive careers as a result of the business support provided by Henderson. For instance, Henderson secured Laws' first record deal; the same can be said of Hiroshima and Rebbie Jackson. Henderson has modestly taken the rear seat and has been content to captain the ship behind the scenes.
Listed are a few notable acts Wayne Henderson has produced or worked with: Dionne Warwick, Barry White, Nancy Wilson, Jimmie Smith, Pancho Sanchez, Side Effect, Stanley Turentine, Bobby Womack, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Esther Phillips, Miki Howard, King Curtis, Hugh Masakela, George Benson, Diana Ross, Pleasure, Four Tops, Willie Bobo, Vanessa Rubin, Letta M'Bulu, Dramatics, Joe Cocker, Michael Jackson, Eloise Laws, Roy Ayers and Sergio Mendez.
During this period, Henderson's passion to experiment acquired even more momentum. With funk and R&B as popular as ever in the 70s, an opportunity arose for Henderson to experiment further and to stretch the limits of his progressive creative instincts. The result? The first ever vocal groove by Jazz Crusaders/Crusaders: "Keep That Same Old Feeling," an epoch-making track on Those Southern Nights, an album that manifests choice elements of soul, funk, R&B, and the pulse of it all, jazz. When Henderson exhibited his writing and vocal prowess on this song, it signaled the beginning of vocal inclusions into the sound of America's premier jazz-fusion band. To this day "Keep That Same Old Feeling" can be heard almost every month on some radio stations around the country. Soon thereafter, at Henderson's urging, "Street Life" and other slamming tracks featured vocalists on recordings and in performance.
It also became apparent in the 70s that times were quickly changing and that the direction of music would alter. The result was a focus on expanding their fan base, Henderson's clever recommendation to discontinue using Jazz in the groups name, and that they go by the single designation, Crusaders. With great reluctance, the members acquiesced to the name adjustment, thus freeing them from the shackles of identification as strictly a jazz group. As their horizons widened, their transitional jazz appeal accelerated to the degree that they were invited to share the limelight with major acts from diverse genres, including top rock legends, Rolling Stones. As if joined at the hips, Henderson style jazz and pure funk grew like Siamese twins. This fusion phenomenon has caught on the world over, with not just a few top artists citing as one of their inspirations the Wayne Henderson led Crusaders/Jazz Crusaders. From Wilton and Branford Marsalis to Carlos Santana, a striking cross-section of marquee artists direct deserving accolades to Henderson and company.
When the 80s arrived, a new ingredient was added to the Crusaders musical potpourri - the hip-hop brigade. Henderson (co-creator of funk-fusion and jazziphop) could see the handwriting on the wall. These epic productions would revolutionize the recording industry on every continent and urban music culture would never be the same. This experimental undertaking has produced some of the more interesting artists and innovative sounds in recent memory. At last tracking, Jazz Crusaders/Crusaders were one of the most sampled jazz-fusion entities in this hemisphere. Henderson believes that rap is basically "poetry put to a hip-hop beat; not all bad,
and it's not all good." "Depending on the message it conveys," say's Henderson, "rap can be fun to listen to and perform. The spoken word can sometimes, because of its serious nature, be more effective than words that are sung." Henderson is not swift to dismiss new innovations, and is willing to travel new paths because a new direction is what spurred the initial success of Jazz Crusaders. Although the be-bop of Dizzy and the classic jazz of Blakey served as influences, Henderson and company formed their own identity by creating styles in different eras and genres.
Eventually, the direction that the group pursued required a guitarist to be a part of the equation. The inimitable Larry Carlton was the obvious choice to accentuate the Crusaders sound in the 70s.
As members of the group opted for solo outings, Henderson chose to resurrect the original label, Jazz Crusaders, in order to establish a clear identity from other members who might be pursuing solo careers. On his latest project, two of the four original members participate with other select musicians.
Wayne Henderson's latest production is a spine tingling collaborative that will leave you, for the most part, spellbound. Different from the rigid, unyielding, watered down concoctions of much of today's smooth jazz, Henderson's objective is to preserve the style that reflects the enthusiasm of funk-fusion while interspersing light, smooth and traditional jazz. This expression Henderson uses to convey his feelings about the songs on his evocative CD, "Kick The Jazz", the newest project from Jazz Crusaders featuring Wayne Henderson on D.Y.M.E, Ltd, distributed by WMGW, Ltd. The contents of "Kick The Jazz" though slightly altered from previous projects, retain the same kind of vitality that characterizes a Wayne Henderson production. Songs such as "Younger Rabbit" (a up-dated rendition of the hit single "Young Rabbit", "Keep That Same Old Feeling", and "Scratch" are just a few that keeps the new school in line with the old school. From the smooth feel of "Reflections" to the funk-R&B flavor of "I Want A New Man" and "Welcome to the New Year", coupled with the unique, melodic structure of "Streetwize" and "Brighter Day" to the energy of "Dance Floor" and "World Tour" are a new, but varied, compositions that you will savor on this CD. On this album, you will find ripe samplings of standards done in a manner that you have never before heard, coupled with the Jazz in the Hip-Hop Generation...This project represents Wayne's milestone of 50 Years in Music.
A prolific lyricist, Henderson composed and performed "The Young Rabbits," the title song featured in Muhammad Ali's Academy Award-winning documentary When We Were Kings. His performance in Zaire opened the musical segment of Ali/Foreman's Rumble In The Jungle. He also played drums on Hugh Masakela's double platinum "Grazing in the Grass."
Henderson, a TSU (Houston) alumnus who presently resides in Los Angeles, has always focused on the new generation of musicians and singers. He feels that to keep pace with progressive music styles requires a stretching of the boundaries of traditional sounds, just as it was for Miles, Coltrane, Parker, Blakey, and Ellington. Their innovations were updated versions of previous musical forms, but with their own 'twists' and flavor.


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Number crunching: January 2013
The Honolulu Board of Realtors (HBR) released their resale statistics for January 2013 today, indicating that the median sales price for single-family home sales dropped slightly in compared to January 2012. Does this mean prices are going down? Not necessarily.
According to HBR President Kevin Miyama, the median sales price for single-family homes decreased because there was higher volume of sales in the lower price ranges last month. He explained that a high number of first-time homebuyers were getting into the market, like the Pachecos. This means that fewer high-priced homes sold by comparison, which bumped the median price down.
"Overall, January's numbers are good, with sales of single-family homes and condominiums continuing to be strong," Miyama says. "There is a lot of activity in the market, and we're optimistic low interest rates and reasonable prices will continue to fuel the positive trend we've been seeing these past few months."
January's resale statistics, gathered from HBR's Multiple Listing Service, were as follows:
- Single-family home sales increased 29.7 percent, with 227 units sold compared to 175 in January 2012. Condo sales increased 5.9 percent—286 units sold, compared to 270 last January.
- The median price for single-family homes dipped 3.9 percent to $595,000, whereas it was $618,900 during the same time last year.
- The median condo price for January 2013 was $315,000, a 3.3 percent increase over last January's $305,000 median.
- According to the Days on Market indicator, sales of both single-family homes and condominiums were accepted at a faster pace last month compared to a year ago, with single-family properties listing for 23 days and condominiums listing for 36 days.
This report reflects information about resales of existing properties only and does not include new home sales. All of the MLS information is compiled from sales reported during the cited months; this data is known only after closing of escrow. The time delay between the signing of a sales contract and the closing of escrow is usually between one and three months. For more information, visit www.HiCentral.com.


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Hello Framers,
Hope you are well. We are back after a break! This is the next post in the series, we are doing to provide accurate and complete information to our user base. Today, we will be discussing a very important topic, one which has been discussed several times in the FrameMaker user community. The topic is how do you run FrameMaker on Macintosh platform?
Today, we will be going over ways in which you can run FrameMaker on a Mac machine. Although the support of FrameMaker on Mac was discontinued some time back, we do realize that many of our users continue to use Mac and would like to run the latest version of FrameMaker on their Mac computers. So, let's see what options there are to run FrameMaker on Mac..
Options for running FrameMaker on Mac
From our conversation with users, we have found the following ways in which they are running FrameMaker on Mac.
- Parallels for Mac: Parallels Desktop for Mac, is a software providing hardware virtualization for Macintosh computers with Intel processors. Each virtual machine operates identically to a standalone computer, with virtually all the resources of a physical computer.
- VMWare Fusion: VMware Fusion is a virtual machine software developed by VMware for Macintosh computers with Intel processors. Fusion allows Intel-based Macs to run x86 and x86-64 Microsoft Windows operating systems.
- Boot Camp for Apple: Boot Camp allows owners of Intel-based Apple Macintosh computers to install Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 on their Macs. It lets you install Windows on a Mac computer in its own partition, so you can use either Windows or Mac OS X on your Mac computer.
- CrossOver: CrossOver, is an emulator that allows you to install many popular Windows applications on your Mac computer. CrossOver includes an easy to use, single click interface, which makes installing Windows software simple and fast.
So, how good is the experience really of running FrameMaker on Mac?
We wanted to try it ourselves and so, we decided to run FrameMaker through one of these options. We chose Parallels because it is a popular choice among our users. Since, we also wanted to compare the experience of running FrameMaker in a virtual environment to that of running it natively on Windows, we decided to set up 2 environments on 2 separate machines. The first machine was a Windows Desktop and the other was a Mac Desktop running Parallels. The hardware configurations of these 2 machines was similar and as follows.
|iMac Details
|Dell Optiplex 780 PC
|3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
|3.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
|Mac OS X 10.6.8
|Win7 Enterprise 64 bit OS
In particular, we wanted to closely look at performance differences (if any) between the two. This is because performance could be an area of concern or a question mark for some of our users. So, as part of this test, we executed some common workflows in FrameMaker on the two setups and compared the performance for each. We also ran the steps multiple times and the times mentioned below are averages across these multiple runs.
So, here are the results:
|Test file details
|Time (on PC)
|Time (on Mac)
|Slowdown in performance
|Brittanica Encyclopedia ditamap with about ~450 topics
|DITAMap Save as Composite document
|6 mins
|6 mins
|0 %
|Brittanica Encyclopedia ditamap with about ~450 topics
|DITAMap Save as Book with FM documents
|14 mins
|14.2 mins
|1.4 %
|DITA XML having more than 50 Cross-References to other DITA topics and concept XMLs. The XML also had more than ten 3D objects.
|File Open time for an XML heavily loaded with external links and objects.
|22 secs
|23 secs
|4.5 %
|A .fm document loaded with embedded images, text insets and text content spanning 50 pages, roughly 20 MB in size.
|FM file open time
|1 sec
|1 sec
|0 %
|A 1,000 page FM book (created in Item 2) with 450 chapters components
|Save book as PDF
|2 mins
|2.1 mins
|5 %
Based on these test results, we observe that there exists no significant difference in performance between running FrameMaker on a Windows and in a virtual environment on a Mac. In many cases, there was no performance degradation at all and in others, there was minimal performance hit. The worst degradation we saw was with a large ditamap and saving it as a FrameMaker book (This operation took 12 secs more than it did on Windows, a degradation of 1.4%)
In summary, we did not see any significant performance issues while performing various operations on different kind of files in the two environments.
But, we would like to learn about your experience.
Although we feel pretty satisfied with our experience of running FrameMaker virtually on a Mac, we are closely watching the need for providing native Mac support for Framemaker. We are continuously monitoring the adoption of Mac in the community and talking to users who have this requirement.
On these lines, we would like to understand your requirements on this particular topic and your experience, if you currently run FrameMaker in a similar virtual environment on Mac. To gather these inputs, we have created a short survey. We would really appreciate if you can take this survey, as this information would help us with our product strategy decisions. Click here to take the survey. Thank you in advance for your time and look forward to your inputs.
Link to a helpful Webinar by Tom Aldous (Director – Global TechComm Business Development) on a similar topic:
Until the next blog post.
Nakshatra Bhardwaj – Lead Software Engineer, FrameMaker Team
Kapil Verma – Sr. Product Manager, FrameMaker and FrameMaker Server


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Threeway: Man, woman-- and a shark
A good filmmaker doesn't need much to keep an audience involved for 79 minutes. A man, a woman, and a shark will do quite nicely, thank you.
Actually Chris Kentis, a good filmmaker, has several sharks in Open Water, but all of them combined wouldn't make much of a snack for our friend Bruce from Jaws. Illustrating the difference between independent and studio films, you remember the shark from Jaws, but you'll remember the people from Open Water.
Susan Watkins (Blanchard Ryan) and Daniel Kintner (Daniel Travis) are a yuppie couple whose workaholism is taking a toll on their relationship. They take a much-needed island vacation that includes scuba diving in deep water.
The point is that the boat leaves them behind in the open ocean, so it's not important how we get there. It had better not be, because the plot is very shaky on details. The guide's count gets thrown off because one obnoxious passenger (Saul Stein) forgot to bring a mask. When he finds one to borrow, he's not allowed to dive without a "buddy." Who was going to be his buddy if he had brought a mask, and how did the other 19 passengers pair off without him?
The guide is so conscientious about counting heads at the beginning of the trip it's not believable he wouldn't check again on the ride back or as the people disembark; or that two missing oxygen tanks wouldn't be noticed until the next day, especially when the others are lined up in racks with two obvious empty slots.
But once we're in the water with Susan and Daniel, it doesn't matter how we got there, only whether we're going to survive until help comes– if it comes. Aside from the danger from sharks and other aquatic life, we have to worry about hunger, exposure, cold, and dehydration– ironic when we're up to our necks in water– not to mention the possibility of freak accidents like being struck by a passing boat, especially at night, or lightning.
On the way out, the guide says there are sharks in the water but they're "not very aggressive toward human beings." This appears to be true, both during the official dive and afterward. But there are also jellyfish, which do tend to be aggressive, and unseen creatures and objects that do some exploratory poking and nibbling.
Despite the peril, it takes skillful writing and direction and good acting to hold our interest in this situation for nearly an hour. Open Water has all that and more. The stars could be Charlize Theron and George Clooney without the Hollywood polish. They progress believably as the minutes and hours go by, from casual to annoyed to angry to worried. Susan starts going to pieces first but proves to be the stronger one over the long haul.
At one point they have a typically silly argument which seems even sillier under the circumstances but gives them a chance to vent. Later, they start exchanging periodic "I love you's," in case it's the last thing they get to say to each other.
Kentis varies the pace and tone expertly, taking us back to shore occasionally to relieve the monotony but not leaving us there long enough to break the tension.
Open Water has been compared to The Blair Witch Project because it's a low-budget sleeper, but there's really no comparison. This one has a plot, production values, and actors you'll want to see again. Speaking of low budgets, the original Jaws cost $12 million to make, 30 years ago, almost ten times the cost of Open Water.
It's said that Open Water is "Based on true events." Whether it is or not, this film is a true event.


text: We believe that strong families form the basis of a strong society, which is why we seek the protection of the family in the way God intended. The Alliance's advocacy teams across the nations are busy lobbying parliament and speaking out on behalf of evangelical Christians on a range of issues, which often affect marriage and the family. Here you'll find a range of articles on topics including child welfare, marriage reform, and the effect of economic policy on family life.


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Apple began airing an ad called "Plastic Perfected" for the iPhone 5C last night.
The ad itself is fine. You can watch it below if you haven't seen it. The colors sort of twist and form into shape. The song is by Sleigh Bells, and its called, Rill Rill. It's an excellent song. It samples a Funkadelic song.
The ad is the least interesting thing about this, though.
Apple is pushing the iPhone 5C instead of the iPhone 5S. The 5S has all the best, most interesting features in it. The 5S has a fingerprint scanner, a killer camera, and new uber-fast chip.
The 5C is the exact same thing as the iPhone 5, just with a new plastic case. It's just a little cheaper.
We're not sure why Apple is advertising the 5C instead of the 5S. Maybe Apple is just really excited about the new colors? Maybe it thinks consumers are going to flock to the 5C ahead of the 5S?
If Apple's instincts are right, and the 5C is a big hit, it's good news for Apple's margins.


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Hillary Rosner, a Colorado-based freelance journalist, tweets about her search for a post-Affordable Care Act health insurance plan:
Applied for new non-ACA health plan (ACA plans way too $ in CO). Insurer charging me 20% above quote bc I had a c-section. So fucked up. — Hillary Rosner (@hillaryrosner) December 5, 2013
Here's the thing. You can have it one way on "rate shock" but you can't have it both ways.
There are, broadly, two ways that individual market health insurance could work. One is the situation we have now in most states, where it works more or less like homeowners' insurance: The insurer evaluates how many claims you're likely to make and sets your premium at expected claims plus a profit margin. If you have diabetes, you'll pay more, just like you'd pay more for homeowner's insurance if you lived on the beach.
Rosner is seeing a mild form of that problem. She's pricing out a policy that would start in 2013, meaning it's not subject to ACA rate-setting rules. The insurer thinks her prior Caesarian section makes her likely to make somewhat more claims so it's adding 20% to her premium. Rosner thinks that's "so f---ed up," and a lot of people agree.
Which brings us to the other way you can price health insurance: mandate that insurers charge the same price to everyone, regardless of health risk. The ACA does this, with the caveat that insurers are allowed a limited degree of age-based premium variation. Under ACA rules, the insurer wouldn't be allowed to raise Rosner's premium over a c-section.
But because insurers know they'll have to write a lot of policies to sick people at a loss, they're going to raise premiums across the board to make up the difference.
That's why ACA-compliant health plans are "way too $" in Colorado, as Rosner puts it. The pricing structure doesn't just protect people with modest claim-increasing conditions like a prior c-section, but people with very expensive pre-existing conditions like diabetes or cancer or HIV/AIDS.
That protection costs money. What Rosner is getting in exchange for a higher premium on an ACA-compliant plan is reassurance that insurance will be available to her, regardless of her future health condition.
That said, it's likely that Rosner has been personally made worse off by health plan switches induced by the ACA. Even before the ACA, federal law barred insurers from dropping their existing members for developing a new health condition, or raising their premiums as a result of that condition. This is a policy called "guaranteed renewal."
If Rosner had been able to stay on her old plan, she wouldn't face either a 20% c-section-related premium hike or the need to pay to cross-subsidize people with more costly medical conditions. But that narrow protection for pre-existing conditions, often cited by conservatives as a reason to think the existing individual market is working, hasn't been working very well for very many people.
First, the value of the protection is limited. You can't change plans or insurers without subjecting yourself to a large premium increase or a coverage exclusion. The insurer can't raise your premium because of your personal health condition, but it can raise premiums based on the average claims filed by all the participants in your plan. To this end, the insurer can close your plan to new participants; over time, the healthier participants will tend to leave, driving up premiums for those who remain. And you're out of luck if you move to another state.
Second, this protection only works if you maintain continuous coverage in the individual market from the same insurer, and very few people are doing that. Over 80% of people who lack coverage from an employer or the government go uninsured rather than buying coverage through the individual market. Those who do carry individual coverage often do so for only a short time, such as during a gap between jobs that provide coverage.
Michael Cannon has noted that guaranteed renewal was a common feature of individual health insurance plans even before it was mandated by federal law, and it doesn't raise premiums nearly as much as the ACA's rules do. But that's actually a demonstration of how guaranteed renewal doesn't work: It's not very expensive for health insurers to offer because few insureds actually figure out how to turn it into effective coverage for expensive health conditions they develop.
This is a key difference in how liberals and conservatives view the health insurance market. Conservatives see a market that is working so long as you're responsible enough to keep yourself covered at all times so guaranteed renewal protects you from pre-existing condition exclusions. Liberals see a market that is stacked against people's efforts to access such protections.
Given how few people are making the protections of the existing system work, liberals have the better of this argument. They've found a way to make insurance available to the chronically sick that will actually work for most of the public. But they haven't been upfront about the fact that their fix will be paid for with higher premiums for lots of healthy people, including Rosner.