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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2006
Location: Northern Adirondacks, N.Y.
Oddometer: 1,043
Three Bike Monte
Wasn't sure where to put this, as it asks questions about two Roadies and a Thumper. Mods move it if need be.
It is like comparing apples, oranges, and peaches. One thing for sure, they're all sweet.
I currently ride a Super Tenere. A 2014 nicely fluffed with Yamaha Factory bags and other goodies. It works well enough. But I am thinking about a bike that is a tad lower to the ground. And, well, different. The Tenere has 7,000 miles and has done nothing wrong. In fact it does a lot right. But a 5'6"" with an almost none existent inseam, I am at the point where I want to touch more of the ground. Or have a somewhat lighter bike, or some combination of both.
I have drank the "Adventure Bike Kool-Aid" for a long time. Truthfully, it is starting to wear off. Not adventure riding, just today's current marketed version of what an adventure bike has to be. I'm not going to Morocco.
The three that are currently at the top of my list are;
1. Honda CB1100
2. Triumph Tiger 800 XRX
3. Kawasaki KLR 650
My problem is two fold. One I want a new bike. Two, I may be moving from the Adirondacks of New York to the plains of eastern Wyoming (Casper). I understand New York riding, and the Northeast riding in general.
Wyoming not so much. I have ridden through it many times. But I haven't lived there. I remember a MOA rally some years ago when about 70% of the tents were destroyed by wind and storms. Not better or worse than New York just different.
If I was totally satisfied with staying on the road. I wouldn't be typing this. Just snagging the CB1100.
But I have a desire to wander down fire roads and such so I thought I would like open it up a bit. As I have said elsewhere, I had an old Seca 750 that I took many places it should have never been. Many times with gear and a girl on the back. There were no real focused categories back then. Like "Adventure Bikes" or "Super Motards" we just rode what we had. I yearn for that simpler approach more and more.
Enter the new Tiger 800 XRX. Being the Road version it is a tad lower than the XC. And having sat upon last years version. It it has a lower center of gravity than the Tenere also. Seems like an aweful well balanced piece of kit. But the closest dealer to Casper is just north of Denver. No a big deal if things go well. But a ways If you start having issues.
Finally the wild card. The KLR, the go anywhere, do anything bike. Admittedly no closer to the ground. But enough difference in weight that I doubt it would matter. Sitting on the New Edition had me on my toes, but it felt light compared to my Tenere.
1. The CB1100 - All the road bike I would ever need. Enough juice for factory grips and a jacket. Beautiful. ABS as an option. Decent range, Enough spirit to keep me from losing interest. The Belgian folks in Ride Reports have shown me it looks real nice with aluminum panniers. Smooth in line four, tubless tires, standard looks and personality. Easy maintenance. Great scoot.
2. The Tiger 800 XRX. Looking like maybe the sweet spot. The '15 model has cruise control, tubless tires, grips are an option. Plenty of extre jiuce to run things. Decent range, Looks like Triumph paired with Givi and will be offering some nice factory aluminum case options. Just looks like a nicely speced bike for what I seek.
3. The KLR 650 - it needs no introduction. It has hauled folks all over the world. Higher off the ground than the other two. But probably workable. I like the looks of the New Edition version. Grips can be done. No ABS, tubed tires. More dirt capable than the other two. Not a dirt bike, but I'm not looking for a full on dirt bike. Lower tech than the other two. But simple can be good. aftermarket support like few others. Way Cheaper.
As for me, I'm not getting any younger. At 55, I still have a lot of years on a bike left. Been riding since '71 and riding on the road since '78. But speed, competition, and other adrenaline filled activities take an ever decreasing role. I don't want to be found next season by some unsuspecting hunters. I still go everywhere I want to go, just not as fast. I actually use a Spot. So I can signal those who care about me that I am ok. I don't have or use a cell phone. So the Spot serves me well.
I just like to go places. Don't really care where, just like to go. I will ride 150 miles to get breakfast. I camp, so I'll need to stow some gear. I have ridden from coast to coast solo, and most likely will again. I need to get groceries. I use my bike almost exclusively from snow to snow. So it needs to do all the everyday stuff as well as the fun stuff.
Mostly one up, almost always alone. I need a bike that will go for coffee on Saturday to the local diner. Fetch groceries during the week, be ready for a jaunt through the twisties. Or a camping trip on the following weekend. And ocassionally take off for an extended trip ranging anywhere from 1,000 to 12,000 miles.
I know folks will chime in with ideas of other bikes. But I am really focused on these three. I have owned the Big GS, a Quota, the 800 GS, a 950, a Scrambler, the FJR, RT, ST3 and a batch of others. So if at all possible let's try and stick to these three. Because I have probably already tried the others.
I have always said my Seca 750 with heated grips and hard bags would be the "Cat's Nuts" so after reading about Seb and his wife. It reinforces that somewhat. The air cooled CB is very similar to my Seca. And I believe it would serve me well. Plus it is very pretty.
I bopped on over to the Aussie Tiger Thread. And had a look at the 800. Those guys can wring out a bike. If it has short comings they seem to find them. Overall very positive reviews. For the most part the Tiger like the KLR seems well sorted with known issues that are easily remedied.
The KLR has a well deserved reputation. I believe in the bike whole heartedly. I am just not sure it will keep me happy long term. I will most likely never travel anywhere outside the U.S. and Canada. I can find more than enough real estate in those two countries, and enough new people to meet to keep me happy for my remaining years.
So that's kind of it in a nut shell. Price while always a factor, is not 'the" factor. I want one bike at the moment. Perhaps down the road, it will get a stablemate. A KLR and a CB1100 could be the ticket. But for now, as it has been for the last five or six years, "One guy, One bike"
I usually don't ask this type of question because it can be such a can of worms and rhe threads seem to deteriorate quickly. But given the new location of Wyoming and a new bike, I thought I would risk it.
This was after leaving the MOA rally in Gillette a few years back,
Grabbing a Tag for the Catskill TOR,
11,000 mile Bucket List trip to put my wheels in the Pacific.
Chasing mud with the new TKCs,
Camping with the Tenere,
That is kind of what I do. If it helps
"Sailing hard for Vigrid Plain"
LostViking screwed with this post 12-28-2014 at 12:08 PM
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Nov 2011
Location: Concord, CA
Oddometer: 2,048
Remember that outside of Casper can be a long, LONG way to gas.
Make sure whatever you choose has some range on it or you will be limited in your explorations.
Only time I've run out of gas was leaving Casper and went over 260 miles on my HD before running out. Was another 20-25 miles to gas. GPS lied and said I was passing 4 stations that never existed. No cell service either... or cars... or people, buildings, etc..
Lots of unpaved roads too... groomed dirt or gravel but unpaved. I don't know these bikes you've listed beyond pictures but remember that metal fenders will get nasty dents from gravel kicked up by the tires.
Great country up there. Enjoy!
2007 BMW GS Adventure / 2000 Ducati 900ss / 2010 Harley Ultra Limited / 1975 BMW R90/6 / 2006 DRZ400S
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marginal adventurer
Joined: Feb 2006
Location: Minnyhappiness
Oddometer: 27,167
I have said for years that if my bike was totaled, the tiger 800 roadie / now xrx would be the replacement.
I haven't seen anything to change that opinion, though the Yamaha FJ-09 (850 triple) comes very close.
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2006
Location: Northern Adirondacks, N.Y.
Oddometer: 1,043
You speak the Truth! I actually ran out of gas in Wyoming with the Quota. I left Gillette after the Rally and was headed towards Montana. GPS and interstate signs said gas at an exit. I pulled in, there was a station there. But it was all boarded up. Not enough to get back, not enough to get to the next one. So I pressed on until it died. Thankfully, a guy and his wife stopped on a big GS and offered up some gas. That quota ate gas in a headwind.
Now, I always carry extra gas and one of those K-1 hand pumps just in case. just in case I need to help someone else or myself.
Your points are well noted, thanks for the advice.
"Sailing hard for Vigrid Plain"
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2006
Location: Northern Adirondacks, N.Y.
Oddometer: 1,043
The Roadie looks to be a good fit for the type of riding I do. It may not fit what other folks want out of a bike. But I like what I see.
It was a strong contender in '14 the new ones are just icing on the cake!
"Sailing hard for Vigrid Plain"
Bikie Scum.
Joined: Dec 2005
Location: Methane Central..(Sth Gippsland)
Oddometer: 4,448
Tell me about your little affair with the XR1200... Just thinking about one at the moment....
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2006
Location: Northern Adirondacks, N.Y.
Oddometer: 1,043
Only Harley I have owned and it left a good taste in my mouth for them. I bought it used with about 1,000 miles on it. Added the screen and the tank bag. Both Harley parts. Both worked really well. I put roughly another 6,000 on it. No issues what so ever. Only bike I know of that can still look sexy in front of an outhouse.
It did nothing wrong. It just got caught in my downsizing spree. You know, that day when you wake up and realize that while your friends have cigarette, alcohol, drug, or other addictions. You have a motorcycle addiction. You realize, it is running your life. You are flying to other states and riding them home faster than your wife can register them. You have to have a seperate file box just for bike paperwork.
Things I liked.
It was a Harley without out being a Harley. It handled well and I was riding a VFR a lot when I bought it. It had enough power. I thought it look cool a s hell. Buell innerds. Hydraulic lifters, no maintenance belt drive. The small explosion it made everytime I hit the start button. After many BMWs, a Sportster engine is quite enjoyable to listen to. Torque everywhere. Vibrated at idle, very smooth everywhere else. Easy on and off for both the screen and the tank bag. Buying used and selling used, almost no financial hit. And I could touch the ground.
Things I didn't like,
Small tank, limited range. Seat sucked, well after about 150 miles anyways. Stay below 100 miles and it was fine. No good passenger options, but I knew that going in. Heard about inner tanks swelling up. Never had any issues. Tje suspension was not great, but the next year they upgraded it.
Overall, I liked it a lot more than I disliked it. I even found myself staring at it today when I posted the picture and wondering if I should just look for another one and set it up better for me. An "Adventure XR" if you will.
It just got caught at a bad time in my life. Other bikes that met a similar fate were a R65, R100GS, R1150R, Triumph Steamer, the Quota, a KTM 640, and a a few others. I would buy them used, tinker on them a bit. Then put them up for sale after riding them for a while. I had a business with a lot of traffic through it, so they didn't usually last too long.
It just got to be too much for me. I truly am a one, or maybe two bike guy. I am much happier with simplicity built into my life. Not just bikes but all aspects of my life. I downsized everything, business, house,mtoys you name it. I shrank it down.
Much happier in my 960 square foot house with my one motorcycle. Than I ever was with all that crap.
I definitely would not wave you off on one. There is a good forum for them type in XR1200 Forum and it will get you there. Personally, I thought losing Eric Buell was a huge loss for Harley.
Any other questions just ask. If I can remember, I will tell you.
It was a great back road bomber.
"Sailing hard for Vigrid Plain"
LostViking screwed with this post 12-28-2014 at 05:50 PM
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Mar 2011
Location: Florida
Oddometer: 249
Reading your original post, it seems overwhelmingly clear/obvious to me that you've answered your own question even as you asked it: the CB1100. You said you took your Seca all kinds of places it "shouldn't" have gone; absolutely no reason why the CB can't do the same--and that seems to be your sole knock/hesitation when considering it.
FWIW, I'm right behind you in age and, while I still enjoy a spirited Sunday ride, I know exactly what you're saying when it comes to enjoying a more mellow motorcycling experience overall. As for the KLR, mine never fails to put a smile on my face--and it's set up for road duty with taller gearing and Michelin Anakees--but I'll be the first to say it's really not the machine for traversing the wide open spaces as you 've done/plan to do; it's best left for secondary roads/highways.
Get the CB and just ride the thing wherever you want to go; there's a really clean red one on my local Craigslist that doesn't seem to be moving at $6K. I'm forcing myself to not go look at it.
Studly Adventurer
Joined: Aug 2009
Location: SW N. Dakota
Oddometer: 583
I live in North Dakota and own a CB1100; it's more of an occasional play bike for me as I ride a Super Tenere on long trips. My CB has no windshield at all and I've ridden it in the high winds common to the northern prairie states. Without any wind protection your knees will be forced apart by the wind to the point that you feel like you might tear a groin muscle, no kidding. It's a great bike and I love it for what it is, but be prepared to ugly it up a bit to make it tolerable in high winds.
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2013 Honda CB1100
2008 Yamaha WR250R
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Harden the phuck up
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: God's country, Western North Carolina
Oddometer: 943
Takes one to know one! Couple years older and same only different riding and bike history and I also try very hard to control my lifetime addiction to motorcycling.
I am not a brand snob and have such a long list of "someday I will have one of those" motorcycles that I can very much appreciate trying to decide "what now" while being in your, downsizing while still enjoying, place in life's timeline.
I am drawn to the Triumph as it does what the Tenere does for you while providing "better" ergonomics with all the gadgets you may want along with the lovely triple to amuse you. If I went for two bikes I would go after the KLR and the Honda and enjoy their differences while still being able to dabble in the others primary area of intended use. Many miles of smiles on any of them, so be comfy and a bit smitten with the girl you take home. The worse choice will still be great and there will be another one of these conversations in the future ya phooking addict!!
Cheers and Good Luck with the move!
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Oddometer: 39
As my Dad always says, "Beware the man with one gun."
Or one motorcycle.
Be interested in your final choice.
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2006
Location: The Wilds of Western Wisconsin
Oddometer: 1,098
alright, let's keep it to your list, an in reverse order:
KLR- 'love them, owned two, 30-40,000 miles maybe, from firetrails to I80. That said, I'm 6'2" and the thing is tall for me, 'might be very tall for you. Also, it will do distance just fine but irs not what it does best, 150 miles to the next trail yes, 1,500 miles to the other coast not so much. Next.
Tiger- 'lovely bike, midweight ADV bike but really, you've had a bunch of adventure bikes it seems, what is going to make this one so different? Next.
CB1100- this is the bike you want and a lovely thing it is. If it were a little bit bigger I'd likely have one now. Buy it, add a detachable screen and bags and go, 'plenty of power, smooth, typical Honda build quality and support levels. It's the bike you need now. If you wind up moving out west then pick up a used dual-sport, say a DR650 or 400 or whatnot. At risk of offending the full ADV world, 800cc+ euro bikes are not what you really want on western BLM roads, much less firetrails. Monkeyshit thumpers with soft plastic fenders and strap on aux tanks are, a bike that when you drop it (and you will) just gets pissed off.
many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased- Steinbeck
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2007
Location: Tennessee
Oddometer: 9,069
It sounds to me like the bike you WANT is the the CB1100, and I think with the parameters you mentioned, it would be a great choice. You're also smart enough to carry some extra gas, and you have some Wyoming experience already. Boarded up gas stations - yeah, I passed a few of those. Thankfully the DL1000 got me to an open station just before it closed for the night.
I think the CB1100 with the aluminum panniers and top box is just freaking awesome. I may have to do some number crunching on that myself.
Back when I lived in Colorado (Ft Carson), I had a Suzuki GS650G. I rode lots of gravel with that thing. I went everywhere I wanted to go, often with a girl on the back. I never wanted anything more "dirt worthy".
I think the KLR would be a terrible choice. Too tall, and you would get bored with it quickly.
I have visited the Triumph Dealer you mentioned in Colorado. It's a nice place. they do great service. I highly recommend them. They replaced my punctured tire when the Suzuki dealer in Rawlins (or was it Caspar?) couldn't be bothered.
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2006
Location: The Bluegrass
Oddometer: 5,968
No need to stress about picking up a KLR. Any year will do, the dubious "improvements" of the New Gen bikes don't make enough difference to temp me. You gain a better front brake and stouter fork tubes , while losing an inch of ground clearance. The swoopy ,slick fairing isn't flexible and won't look so sweet when it cracks open on contact with the ground.
Low mileage first gen bikes are still around and you can find them for about the equivilent of your tax burden on the new Tiger. All aspects of the bike can then be tailored to fit you.
The bike in the video is mine. I loaned to Outland Moto for the weekend and am well pleased at how the vid came out. My goal for the bike is to keep on doing everything with it until it turns over 100,000 miles.
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Sep 2005
Location: Eastern Washington, USA
Oddometer: 2,351
Sounds like you have experience riding around the West but it is so different than New York. Trips for breakfast will be more like 250 miles, the roads are wide open, and speed limits high. http://m.truckinginfo.com/news/18869...oming-roadways
Whatever you choose I would suggest taking wind management into consideration. Riding at 80-85 mph into a 30 mph headwind without a good windscreen is not fun. Plodding along at 65 mph when others are driving over 85 mph is just asking to be run over.
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I was looking on xbox.com, reading through some stuff, and noticed something. At their conference, it sounded like they were kind of throwing in against the free games that come with PSN Plus, but it clearly says on their site:
"As a gesture of thanks to the millions of Xbox fans around the world for their passion and loyalty, Xbox announced that every Xbox Live Gold subscriber will receive two free Xbox 360 games per month until the release of Xbox One"
So it would seem to indicate this is not a permanent feature, but just something leading up to the new console release. I'll have to go back and watch that part of the conference, but I don't think that was made clear at the time.

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January 30th, 2011 #1
Jon's Daily sketches updated... not so daily.
New School, new sketchbook!
I have multiple classes that require me to draw daily in my (real) sketchbook so I thought I'd post them here as well. Crits and comments welcome of course, so here we go!
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More sketches and doodles from imagination, reference and observation.
February 1st, 2011 #3
I really like how you do your shading, its very...angular? I don't know the word I'm looking for.
^you should check out my sketchbook^
February 3rd, 2011 #4
I agree with amaranthblossom, your sketching is very angular but that's what i love about it. Great to see you made a new sketch book, dont forget the old one though its great to look back and see progress.
Also keep posting your notes, they're great to read. Just make sure we can read them!
More colours needed!
February 3rd, 2011 #5
Jaunay: Thanks. Heres some color not much though.
amaranthblossom: haha thanks.
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June 7th, 2012 #6
nice sketchbook, I especially like the first face you drew, she has impact !
I agree with Jaunay, it's interesting to see your notes.
I'm looking forward to see more


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An essay structure is very basic – Introduction, Body and Conclusion. But this can be broken down further – every single point to be in a bulleted list and then content is created around each bullet point so everything is broken down and then easier to format when it comes to putting the essay together.
The most daunting prospect of writing a 10,000 word report is actually writing 10,000 words. The psychological effect of this can be daunting and adding on unnecessary pressure. One way around this is to break everything up into separate sections so each section is a much simpler 1-3,000 word sections which are a lot easier to manage. When it comes to formatting you can add in all the sections in the right order and like magic you 10,000 report has been written in smaller sections.
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Slice the berries and place them in a large bowl. Toss with 2 tablespoons sugar and set aside.
In a large bowl or the food processor combine both flours with the salt, baking powder, and 1/4 cup of the sugar and mix well. Add the butter and process or cut into the flour until it is ranges in size from coarse cornmeal to the size of a pea.
Add the 2 cups of heavy cream all at once and mix until the dough gathers together but doesn't completely adhere. Turn it out onto a well-floured surface, dust it lightly with flour and press it down with a rolling pin until it is rectangular in shape and about 1/2-inch thick. Fold it in thirds like a business letter and turn it one quarter turn. Lightly flour and gently press it out again until it is an even rectangle about 1/2-inch thick, fold it in thirds and turn it another quarter turn.
Cut the dough in half, horizontally. Lightly flour half and roll it into a very even rectangle measuring about 6 x 12 inches. Cut it in half, crosswise, then cut an x through each half to give 8 triangular pieces. Repeat with the remaining dough. Place the triangles on the prepared baking sheet, leaving 1/4-inch between them, and sprinkle them with the remaining sugar. Bake in the center of the oven until the shortcakes are pale golden and puffed, about 15 minutes. Slide the shortcakes off the baking sheets and cool on wire racks.
Whisk the vanilla into the creme fraiche.
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Nothing is ever 100%: no one person is always happy, always composed, always an intellect, always an artist. I think that's pretty great.
So...here goes! I'm a very easy-going, fun guy, who likes to smile - a lot. You'll be hard-pressed to find someone who cares about those nearest him more than I do...I am loyal. Sometimes I find myself thinking wayyy too much, and it gets me into trouble; my mind never stops. I think there is nothing more important in the world than love. I'm a Midwestern boy with Midwestern values, which means my family and friends are the most important things in my life...and that I grew up with a cornfield in my backyard. I love meeting new people. I love to talk. I love to eat. Music and food are two of my passions. Good food can make for a good mood. I love to make people laugh, especially on their worst days. So, you may be wondering about what I'm looking for? Well, as I'm a Pisces, and a very understanding and open person, I tend to get along with most people. But when it comes to finding that someone, I want that someone to be compassionate, understanding, caring, and to click with me. Someone who is willing to care enough about someone else to have him by his side through life. Pure and simple. I want someone who's not afraid: to take a leap, to call, to just have a great time. Life is too short.
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HENDERSON, Ky. - The board of the Henderson Water Utility is looking hard at recycling sewage sludge, motivated not so much by warm, fuzzy feelings about the environment but more because it appears to be the best deal from an economic standpoint.
HWU currently has two sewage treatment plants, one off of Drury Lane that produces about 28,000 tons of wet sludge annually and one near the Webster County line, serving primarily Tyson Foods, which produces about 7,000 tons.
The cost to landfill sludge from those plants had been expected to rise 100 percent this year. Local officials breathed a sigh of relief when the increase was less than half the expected amount. Obviously, that was a key consideration when HWU commissioned an in-depth study of what course to take. But another consideration was that the current belt filter presses in the sewage treatment plants are nearing the end of their useful life.
Terrence K. Boyer, the man who did the study, is vice president of Champaign, Ill., engineers Clark Dietz Inc. He walked the
board through the process he had taken in forming his recommendation. The end result? A process with the jaw-breaking name autothermal aerobic digestion, which is usually shortened to ATAD.
"You close it in a reactor and insulate it," Boyer explained. "The bugs themselves when they are eating up the organic waste there's an exothermic reaction, so they're creating heat. And by enclosing the reactor you let it get up to about 70 degrees Celsius (about 158 degrees Fahrenheit), so that pasteurizes the sludge."
The end product is what is known as a Class A biosolid, which means it poses absolutely no risk of harm to anyone. "It feels like a dry dirt, like potting soil," Boyer said. "Literally, you can use it as potting soil."
Other advantages of the ATAD process, Boyer explained, are "exceptional odor control" and a substantial reduction in the amount of sludge produced. "We're destroying a lot of the solids."
The ATAD end product has the ability to become a revenue generator, Boyer said, but "we weren't comfortable promising an income stream." However, HWU's operating costs could be reduced from about $1 million annually to somewhere between $550,000 and $600,00 annually.
In fact, in just about every category the ATAD system beat competing systems in terms of costs — in capital costs, operational costs, and disposal costs.
And board member George Jones noted HWU could also get ahead of the federal Environmental Protection Agency. "Regulations are getting tighter and tighter and tighter," said Jones. "As soon as we get Class A sludge we're ahead of the regulations."
General Manager Bruce Shipley noted that the federal government may begin requiring the removal of nutrients such as nitrogen from sewage. The recommended process would clear that bar.
HWU Director of Engineering Tom Williams pointed out a possible down side is the public reaction to the Class A sludge. "You may be able to give it away and you may not," he said. "That's the big unknown. You could still end up hauling Class A biosolids to the landfill.
"I certainly hope we never have to do that," said Shipley. "We have to take a long-term view to this."
Williams noted, however, that farmers may not be quite so squeamish as the average Joe on the street. "It's a lot better fertilizer product" than commercially produced fertilizer because it naturally contains phosphorus, which farmers normally would be paying for.
And the cost? Boyer estimated a plant of the type he described would cost about $8.4 million in current dollars, but he suggested $10 million for planning purposes. If the process were to begin immediately it could be operational by late 2016.
"We were shocked at the way this turned out," Shipley said noting HWU could save more than $500,000 a year right now by adopting ATAD, and that the decision to build such a facility could become very easy should sludge disposal costs continue to rise as rapidly as they have recently.


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I've owned 4 BMW's over the years. Worked as a motorcycle instructor at the BMW PC for 2 years and got to ride everything they had. I think BMW makes great bikes. Very well made, very dependable.
The 990 isn't nearly as nice in fit and finish. The damn glove compartment lid comes off my bike a lot when I ride. When I was re-attaching the left gas tank (after changing the oil), I had to get a 2x4 to help me line up the bolt holes.
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Theme overview link on the homepage links to a 404 page just FYI. Looks great though, GLWS!
Thanks for the heads up Refaktor! I was just tinkering with that section while we put up the new entry page – the URL is correct now
Can I get full screenshots of the admin panel?
Also curious how much we can customize the elegant builder styles in the admin? I like elegant builder but I can tell almost immediately when a site is using it which is why I don't use it. I see that the styles are different which is cool but it still has that elegant themes look (which isn't a bad thing, just limiting for uniqueness).
Will the theme visual shortcodes works within elegant builder?
Any plans to add buddypress or bbpress compatibility?
Killer theme guys! Nice to finally have something we can build with instead of fighting with a bunch of styling we don't like! I'm not a coder and this theme seems to solve alot of problems while simultaneously looks amazing for developers.
Heya Nomadic!
Sure – I'll post the admin screenshots in a moment here, but for answer your questions:
1. Can we adjust the elegant builder styles? I'm not certain what you mean specifically on this one, so I'll answer a bit generally and then show screencaps in a followup: You can adjust the content of the actual modules and to some extent the styling – ie: selecting the "tabs" module allows you to also change the style of the tabs module in the sense that you can pick the "top tabs", "side tabs" "image slider", etc. as well as the effect of the transition and the content, but the actual styling is naturally all done from a stylesheet. There is a Custom CSS panel on each page & post though, so anyone who wants to mess around with that is naturally able to quite easily. I'll post some screencaps in my followup to help clarify!
In another for instance though – all of the buttons allow you to pick your colors right there in the visual editor… it really just depends on what module you are referring to when it comes down to how much of the style you can effect.
2. The visual shortcodes are already integrated with the elegant builder (aka the Layout Builder or the Drag and Drop Builder). You basically get to pick if you want to use the standard content editor (the WP Visual/Text field that all WP installs have), OR the layout builder. Both use the Visual Shortcodes and you can get creative if you want… ie: build custom shortcodes (via the Visual SCs or any other plugin you have) in the default content builder, then drop them into a Text module to display them as part of the Layout Builder… Again, screenshots might help here
3. Yes? Hah! Right now we're working on the WooCommerce and Events Calendar Pro integrations… what happens after that largely has to do with user feedback. As long as there's interest, we'll continue extending this framework as far as you guys want us to So far it's been a blast to build and extend, so naturally this something we'll keep on doing if we have the chance.
And thanks for the other comments – the long and short of it that we built this theme for two different sorts of people in mind – First there is the big audience – the people that don't ever want to touch code and frankly don't want to refine styling to the point where they have control over literally everything… they just want it to work and work-well. This theme is perfect for them because it builds in tons of content modules and other little tricks that make this sort of workflow a lot easier…
The next group of people is a bit more refined – the fellow developers and web designers out there that want a theme that does all the stuff explained above (because they'll likely hand the site off to a client who is part of this group), but is also relatively easy and painfree to customize via actual template changes and CSS additions. This theme is also for them because we've done everything in our power to strip down the "junk" in this theme to pure HTML elements, as few CSS selectors as possible, and well commented code. Just as a reference, our last theme "Swift" had nearly 4000 lines of CSS. It was great and customers love it, but I personally thought it was total overkill in the style department… this theme is about stepping backwards to a more clear, pure vision of what a WP theme can/should be.
Ok so I've written a novel… hehe – hope that helps clarify our more philosophical points of view on this theme though!
Followup with screencaps http://makedesign.wpengine.com/reactor/admin-screencaps.zip – I'll find a better way to share this stuff via a video, image gallery or something this week – but I figure this is a quick and dirty way to give you an idea of how the theme works.
Last – here's an actual gallery set up using the new "Mosiac" feature – http://good-bones.mdnw.net/theme-overview/raw-admin-screencaps/ – I know admin screencaps aren't really meant to be beautiful, but I've gotta say it was fun to be able to toss up a gallery that does this just a few minutes.
WOW! Thanks for detailed response! Your response about the direction and goal of this theme are the huge market gap in this industry and it looks like you guys may have nailed that. The gap between WP hobbyists/internet marketing entrepreneurs, coders, and know nothings.
I agree events and woocommerce should come first especially since you already have compatibility for form builders as well which is needed for those 2 integrations as a complimentary feature, the 3 together will be very powerful.
I keep telling my wife that the perfect theme (kind of a framework hybrid) to bridge the gap would be a super well coded, fast, responsive, seo optimized, works out of the box with top plugins, MINIMALLY STYLED with awesome content composing features (which can accept 3rd party shortcodes and building layouts) so we have the freedom to place elements and style them ourselves (because she can't understand why I'm constantly "theme hunting", it's become an addiction I think…).
I've even told her that I thought you may be the author to finally do that since skeleton is such a rock solid framework and you definitely lean towards minimalist design.
OK just out of curiousity and the chance to maybe learn something new:
1. What made you choose elegant builder over 2 other widely known and supported content composing plugins for WP like Visiual composer (most widely known and used from what i have seen) and Ether Builder? I realize elegant themes is one of the most well known WP theme houses, it's just that we don't see much at all of developers integrating elegant builder into their premium themes.
You are obviously one of the top dev's in the WP community and an innovator in this space so I'm sure there was a very good reason especially knowing that once you chose one of these you'd be committed forever, kind of (scary, LOL…). So just curious what the thought process or roadmap looked like to finally choose it? I'll stop cluttering your thread now and thanks for the screenshots, going to look now.
Thanks for the kind words! What you said basically described my goal with this one… I'll be the first to admit that it's not perfect (I really don't like the word "perfect" used anywhere other than as fluffy marketing lingo) – it's what I feel is a really great solution, but I'll naturally be taking any and all feedback for how to improve it as well.
For your followup Qs:
We tested a lot of these… I personally just like how Elegant was coded and how it "feels" when you use it – that it's GPL/GNU (hey, licensing is serious business when you have plans to roll out 20-30 themes over a year). I also am just a big fan of their work, but I want to see it pushed into crazier designs (that's coming next), so it's a good fit.
That said, you can still use the other builder plugins if you want to swap EL out – I added no more than about 50-60 lines of code to tweak Elegant to our needs after some careful thought, but it wasn't rocket science when we got down to it. I just linked up their columns with out Skeleton.css columns so everything plays nicely on mobile phones and stuff. Then I adjusted the usual stuff – margins, padding, sizing, etc. and tested the crap out of it for quality.
We also made a decision to not include it in our new "Skeleton Grid" template… the reason why is pretty simple – We might switch from one builder to another based on specific theme situations as well – so again, this is all meant to be very flexible, module code that you can swap out as need be (like a good sandbox).
Smart answer, smart decision. Sounds like you are feeling this one out based on future updates, requests, bugs, etc. I like it. I agree that "perfect" should probably never be used especially in theme development but I think we're finally at a point where the general masses need a core set of functionality that play nice together.
Agreed – and that's more or less why we built to WP 3.6 standards instead of another 3.5 theme – 3.6 changes a bunch of stuff for the better (at least from the blogger's perspective) and we wanted a theme that'd show that new stuff off.
Excellent work. The Flat style is awesome.
1. Could you clarify "Build your own header layout design." Does that mean we could change the background of the header? Is there any other customization to it.Edit: Found the custom header page. http://good-bones.mdnw.net/front-page-layout-builder/alternate-headers/
Still curious about if the header background is changeable. If the "full color" header style can support a background image with the text on top of it?
Edit 2: The theme is incredible, are you guys looking to do a mega menu for it or infinite scrolling for the blog?
Thanks much
Sure! Check out the following page for some admin panel screencaps if you get really curious – http://good-bones.mdnw.net/theme-overview/raw-admin-screencaps/ – but in short, you get the pick the alignment of the header elements, as well as the color, background image (if you want one), the font style, as well as a highlight color on each page of the theme
Thanks for the fast response! I added a edit a bit late, but is it possible to do a background image for the "full color" header option one? With the introduction text on top of it?
Heya Andy!
I'm at dinner but ill send over some details on that when I can that basically came out of the final beta process – right now it's an easy to copy/paste css snippet that went in the custom css panel on that page – in 1.1 later this week it'll actually be a new set of header options for each page.
Back from dinner and a movie – here's that CSS snippet we used – http://snippi.com/s/tdr094y – It's just three lines and it's not terribly difficult to use (just change the color value) and copy/paste it to the page's custom CSS panel, but naturally we'll be making it into an actual theme option since we've gotten a couple requests for it here and at the forum
Great! Looking forward and thanks for the fast response too!
I read where you said this theme was super fast but it gets a 67 on GTmetrix.comWhich you can see here: http://gtmetrix.com/reports/good-bones.mdnw.net/BZe6Hwak
Is there any way you can fix that? The theme is awesome by the way!
Sure! Ill be glad to check it out – keep in mind that WP themes and plugins can throw those measurement tools for a loop (and we load in some extras on the demo that won't show up in usual sites) – long story short, it's added to my 1.1 list to look into for ya
I promised I wouldn't comment again but couldn't help myself!
I'm only 1 screenshot in on the admin panel and so far this thing is Jam packed with everything I've been looking for for over 3 years in a theme and this is only 1.0! Finally a theme that we can fully customize, and if we can't, code is excellent to hand off to a developer without them pulling their hair out (if they still have any).
Great job guys I think you have a real winner that could be somewhat of a theme framework hybrid, just enough for beginners & intermediates that know their way around wp and the top plugins, not attractive yet to "know nothings" (I would consider that a good thing as a developer and a buyer as it will ensure you don't get requests for things that will just over bloat the theme, and overwhelm your support desk with features many do not want…), very powerful for developers.
Looks like simplicity & complex technology finally hooked up with the right developer…
Beautiful work!!!! Very clean theme!!!
Wish you many sales my friend!!!
Thanks! B
Very cool theme! I've actually been considering buying your Swift theme cause I like the header & other design aspect. But this one seems to have more solid framework. Will look into it further.
Heya Funk!
It's a tough call because you're basically dealing with the best theme from the last gen framework (which is still awesome for the record), and the first theme in the next gen framework. Long story short, I'm undecided on whether we'll be porting back the SS2 stuff to the SS1 themes or if we'll just move forward with new themes and let the old ones be… considerations include factoring in what moving SS2 back to SS1 themes does to existing buyers, and naturally, how long it'll take to accomplish the port versus the benefit (which is relatively slim as everyone was happy on the first framework… I just saw improvements that could be made). That doesn't really help your decision at all, I know! Just know that both are solid themes. This one is great for lots of reasons explained in the demo – Swift is awesome because of it's design, unique header space, and the fact that it was still the result of tons of hours of hard work based on a previously VERY successful theme framework. It's still better than the vast majority of themes that I pick up to try out… and I'm proud of that kind of stuff. It's just not as intuitive to use as Good Bones is. Either one you pick, just let me know on the forums and I'll be glad to get your back if you want to swap themes after the fact
This could be exactly what I'm looking for. I hope you don't mind if I ask a couple of questions- I am a bit of a wp newbie, although I've been building html/css/(a little php) sites for over 12 years, but really I'm focused on design. I'm returning to the industry post baby and WP seems like the best move, especially as a client side cms. So excuse me if I ask a really silly question… Am I able to create a child theme from this and then edit the css? – do I need to? I have been looking for a theme that was well written, because so many seem to have too much bling and are terribly slow. I'm hoping this will be a good theme to work with as I work mainly with artists and galleries, so will also be working heavily with your grid system. If you could convince me this is the right one I'll be a very happy customer! Thanks, and please excuse any comments that sound ridiculous.., i'm like a grandma!
Heya Karlering!
Questions are easy, but I charge for the answers… so… I'll start a tab? Kidding!
1. First. WP is an awesome move and you're doing it at a pretty fun time with WP 3.6 coming out next week – a lot of the more unique features that other frameworks have had in the past are being added to 3.6, so it's gonna be a lot of fun to dive in… plus, you don't need to learn any of the old methodologies that us veterans had to deal with to make up with WP's shortcomings. In short, welcome!
2. Yes. All of our themes are tested out for child theme creation. There are tons of articles on how to do this… but I'm usually hesitant to suggest child themes to everyone because they tend to be used as a sort of panacea for theme customizations and can introduce more problems than they solve for the would-be theme users. The quick rule of thumb is this: If you can make your child-theme work using just CSS, then do that. We include tons of ways to do this – from per-page CSS insertion to the top-level CSS inserter in our theme options panel – and if you really want to get crazy, you can overwrite our isolated "theme.css" file or add your own quite easily.
Child themes are really for bigger changes where you want to change the raw HTML markup… which in most cases is great, but if you do too much of that, you end up losing the benefit of the child theme (which is the ability to update it's parent without hurting the child). Long story short, child themes seem awesome in theory (and they really are if you use them the right way!), but it's worth some careful thought beforehand in regards to whether that's the right way or if you can get away with a heavy CSS overhaul, which is a lot easier to maintain.
So ya, that's a long answer that basically says, "Yes, this theme does child themes – just be sure that what you want is a child theme and not just some added CSS".
On the note of the Grid/Portfolio templates… I hear ya. We looked at, bought, and tried out lots of different ones… some looked really pretty on the backend (and frontend), but were buggy as $&%^ because they were "overloaded" with features and trying out the wrong combination of settings made smoke come out of the engine so-to-speak. Others required tons of knowledge of crazy information that ordinary users don't need to know. I like our system (and you can check the admin panels to see how it works) because after using it once, you'll know exactly what you're going to get each time… and we'll be expanding it to include more "skins" in the weeks to come
Sorry for the long answer – hope it helps though!
Cheers! B
You are great. Thank you so much. I remember you guys from the early days. Keep up the love. I'll be buying this as soon as I'm back at my desk. Thank you.
Why are so many Contact Pages unable to render errors neatly, including yours?
Well shoot, all ya need to do is ask! I just added a style patch so it looks a lot friendlier. Not so bad now right?
And the answer to the question "why" is pretty simple – lack of testing – most devs test their forms pretty late in the game when it comes to WP themes and when they test them, they test them for success, not failure. Since most of us use outside plugins to do the heavy lifting of the actual form building and sending/receiving/etc., we make faulty assumptions that the styling is done properly by the form itself, which is rarely the case. Hope that helps explain it! For me, I love getting style stuff like that reported back so that I can fix it up for you guys
Still as-cue: good-bones.mdnw.net/contact-us/ ? The errors render right and outside ( i did refresh ) ie chrome same result
Oh! Hang on a few mins – I forgot to refresh the page cache on my side for the demo! Ill reset it in a min for ya
Nice theme
Awesome, looks great, contact form letting it down a little, get that improved and I'll happily add this to my collection. Good job!!
EDIT – Changed my mind, it's nice, hopefully it'll improve as well. Bought it regardless, will try it later down the road!
Thanks Julian!
The feedback on the contact form is useful and ill gladly make some styling tweaks as a few other folks have requested, but ill note that it's purposefully been left as untouched as possible because that's what all of the big contact form makers want in a theme – a clean slate that they can work with (so they don't need to wrestle against theme CSS in their own support tickets)... What I'll likely do is add some specific tweaks for our own form (that's pretty easy stuff), and then still leave the form elements relatively untouched for other plugins.
Keep in mind again that this is billed as a sandbox theme – it's part of its very design to keep things simple and functional so users don't need to wrestle with too many layers of theme CSS if they want to do something else with the forms. Again, Ill balance that against the overall beauty of the form itself and try to find a better balance of something more pleasing vs utilitarian.
Thanks for the feedback!!
Agree with Julian on the contact form being a letdown. Another area where the theme could use some help is with better calls to action. Hopefully these will be addressed in future versions.
Sure thing! Keep in mind that lots of this stuff on the periphery of the theme's core functions are left in their vanilla state for a reason – we'll no doubt have themes come after this that layer on extra plugin CSS, additional modules (like CTAs), and other stuff; this first theme on the new system is more about keeping things pure, functional, and customizable from a users perspective. Layers of additional CMS and CSS are impressive, but can often clog up and complicate an otherwise beautiful thing but yeah, I hear you guys on the contact form so ill add a few additional lines of CSS to make it prettier to balance things out.
Cheers! B
I would like to purchase this gorgeous theme but I'm sorry your site does not pass the mustard in IE8 as you've listed in "Compatible Browsers". I checked it on two computers and its a hot mess.
Unfortunately their are a lot of people still using IE8, can't get around that.
Checking into it for ya it tests out nicely in my IE8, but it wouldn't be the first time that I've found that using another machine with IE8 changes the rendering. Ill address it with an ie8 patch this morning. Thanks!
Hi any update on this? Thank you.
Heya! Yep – I've packaged some of the IE8 updates into the 1.1 patch that's going up today for you guys
Actually – the version number will officially be 3.0.2 – I have it logged as 1.1 on my private dev log, but I forgot we're using the 3.0.x prefix on the live version
So…you just copied the elegant theme shortcodes and their layout builder? Alrighty! Nice theme nevertheless.
Hehe – The short answer is that there's a whole lot going on behind the scenes that's not covered by the drag and drop builder… We've integrated one of the best systems out there for that particular sort of thing, but I would say that made up about 5% of the total dev time – is it a feature we want to advertise? Sure! It's one of those things like the Revolution Slider that theme makers will inevitably use as marketing points despite the fact that building a plugin and integrating it are two very different things… And that there are "integrations" where a plugin is just slapped on and there are "Integrations" where plugins are treated with the same amount of care and attention as other core parts of the theme… but alas, that perhaps says something more about the theme ecosystem as a whole Still, I cringe a bit when I see someone talk about something thoughtful and throw the word "just" in front of a sentence to undercut it. I get it. I do! Watch – "all you did to lose weight was 'just' exercise and diet?!" – see, we've taken a thing that lots of folks struggle with and made it seem silly with slight of tongue. But it's a little inaccurate in this particular case as it brushes aside the bulk of the theme's value to focus on one piece that we're proud to be using.
Cheers! B
OK I like your perspective, keep that contact page sleek, just fix the spacing a bit maybe…
In regards to IE, I just tested with my PC and IE9, layout seems OK but the skeleton builder throws a JQuery error on both the blog and the skeleton page. That could be what's causing webpagemine's issues if she hasn't got errors showing.
Heya Julian!
Checking into it now for ya – can I get you to post a screencap of the errors over to http://makedesign.ticksy.com/ – I just added the new product so you can file tickets to it, upload screencaps, etc
I've bought your themes before, and I'll continue to do so.
For one, best support in the game, you guys take the cake. Looking at the responses to the above comments, the quality of your work shines through and I really hope you keep it up.
So essentially this is a thank you – JUST TAKE MY MONEY! (In this case, the term just is used appropriated, to demonstrate how easily myself and my money are parted when you release a theme)
I am going to do my best to use BuddyPress with this theme – wish me luck
Thanks! Let me know how the BP integration goes – I have that planned for later on down the line, but I'll be hitting WooCommerce and Events Calendar first
Awesome theme as always!
Q: Is there an alternate logo on the header for retina display? Thanks!
Heya Eddy!
Good catch – I'll add that as an option for that in 1.1 – I actually did all of the testing using plain text for the header (ie: not an image), which is how that section was originally designed as you might notice from some of the screencaps in the alt-headers page – You could also just upload a large image and it'll do the work for you since all of those images scale responsively and automatically fit the width of the area on mobile devices – I didn't really even consider this during the demo yesterday, but rather than try to explain the proper size ratios and all that stuff, I'll probably just add a separate upload field for a @2x image so it's plain as nails Thanks for the heads up!
Sweet! Looking forward for the upcoming updates! WooCommerce yeah!
Just a thought. I noticed your Header Menu Mast is moveable anywhere. Wondering if your theme can support a full width slider with the menu mast and logo in it.
Hi, I am completely new to WP and Themes, never built a site before etc. However, after hours of viewing, I really like this theme, looks fantastic. i am looking to start a blog, with podcasting, and also a job board. If i use this theme, (and the main reason apart from its stunning design and features, is the drag and drop – the only code i know is Armani code aftershave), I am going to use WP Job Board plug in – will this be a simple exercise and will it work well and take on the theme i put together – just want to check prior to getting all this. – appreciate your time and look forward to the answer – Simon


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Here's an idea: let's try courage and inspiration
- From: The Daily Telegraph
- February 12, 2013
FORGIVE me for my sins, but I couldn't help feeling a little sorry for Tony Abbott last week when he was forced to kill stone-dead a debate on the development of northern Australia just hours after the policy appeared on the front page of this newspaper.
The man who has rightly been accused of turning negativity into a political artform dipped his toe in the tub of positive ideas and immediately got burnt.
The discussion paper set forward ideas to stimulate growth outside capital cites, including relocating government departments, defence facilities and investment in agriculture. It also flagged tax incentives to attract investment and people.
Within hours of publication it was being pulled apart by prominent economists and dismissed as the crazed wish-list of mining moguls and neo-conservative think-tanks.
By lunch the Opposition Leader was walking away from the paper and assuring media it was not Coalition policy. The "discussion" had not even lasted a news cycle.
I'm no demographer and maybe the paper was absolute madness and the idea of pushing population north of the Tropic of Capricorn is a folly of Whitlam-esque proportions. I suppose Barnaby Joyce's support is an indication it has one or two holes in it.
But I also know that whenever I hear people describe their attitudes to population growth in focus groups, they want to know why the suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne always bear the brunt.
They want to know how the economic theory that we need hundreds of thousands of people each year to maintain our standard of living will actually impact on their streets, schools and their neighbourhoods. Because they feel they are already full.
And guess what? They warm to the idea of new centres like Karrartha becoming engine rooms of economic activity that will not place an extra burden on their community. Some even consider moving up there to get a slice of the action.
The growth of northern Australia is just one of a number of big debates I sense the public wants to have. Others include how will my kids ever afford to buy a home? What sort of jobs will we have if we allow everything to be sent offshore? And can we really afford a health system whose main objective is to prolong long lives?
All of these questions require complex policy discussions, which start with the airing of all available options and a clear explanation of their implications.
But it seems as soon as either side of politics attempts to open debate on these issues they attract bushfires that need to be put out immediately - think about the furore whenever capital gains tax is floated, or protectionism, or palliative therapies.
When a complex debate is reduced to a headline, or worse, a cartoon, our leaders swing into damage control. They lock themselves into a narrow debate about surpluses and taxes, being tough on bludgers or queue jumpers and playing around with government funding for core services. All legitimate enough topics but only part of the job of providing national leadership. Is it too much to ask that this year a few areas of public interest should be declared off limits to politicking until we have had a look at them? If so, I nominate population growth - at the heart of our economic interest and social cohesiveness - be given this special dispensation. I want to know how Australia looks with the 30 million people that both sides of politics concede we will have by 2050. I want to know where they will liveand work and how this will contribute to the nation's prosperity.
I think a lot of Australians want to hear the arguments.
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Originally written on Win My Fantasy League | Last updated 11/22/12
Week Twelve Fantasy Football Rankings Ray Rice is a top three option overall this week as the Ravens square off against a Chargers team that has been struggling as of late. We expect the Ravens to be protecting a lead in this one and thus giving Ray a lot of work. Jimmy Graham is finally showing returns on the early pick his fantasy owners had to spend to get him on their roster. Graham is finally healthy and is virtually uncoverable in the slot. CJ Spiller is a top option this week and is locked in as an RB1 despite the return of Fred Jackson. Spiller will start this one and should get the majority of the carries as long as he does not struggle early. JJ Watt remains one of the premier IDP options overall and is a weekly must-start. Aldon Smith turned a lot of heads on Monday Night Football and is a decent IDP2 option and is an elite LB2 option. Fantasy Football Rankings powered by FantasyPros Written by Win My Fantasy League Senior Sports Writer/Fantasy Sports Analyst Raju Byfield (Rizzla).
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