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One of the first big releases of the year lands this week as Firewatch is launched on PlayStation 4 and PC.
You play Henry, a fire lookout at the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming in the late 80s.
The first-person adventure is one of the most atmospheric games I've seen and just watching a gameplay run-through on YouTube you find yourself fully immersed and unable to take your eyes off it.
Firewatch takes place in the Wyoming wilderness in 1989 and follows Henry's story in the aftermath of the Yellowstone fires of 1988.
Through exploration of the surrounding area, Henry uncovers clues about mysterious occurrences in the vicinity that are related to the ransacking of his tower while out on a routine patrol and a shadowy figure that occasionally appears watching him from afar.
Your only form of communication is a walkie-talkie on which you speak to your supervisor, Delilah. Players may choose from a number of dialog options to interact with her, or even choose not to respond at all and those choices will influence your relationship with her.
Developed by Campo Santo and published by Panic for PlayStation 4 and Linux, Microsoft Windows, and OS X operating systems, Firewatch will be the debut video game by both companies.
And it looks to be shaping up as quite some debut too.
If you liked Everybody's Gone To The Rapture then you will love Firewatch.
The premise is smack-you-in-the-face fresh and the artwork is wonderful which is a nod to its origins as a single painting which inspired its creators.
The game launched on Tuesday and is said to take around six hours to complete although there are lot of "off the beaten path" areas in the game that players won't have to visit.
It has been compared in length to a trilogy of movies or mini-TV series.


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Celebrate in the most elegant style with this exquisite concert of carols and seasonal classics staged in full 18th Century costume in an evocative candle-lit style setting. HANDEL Zadok the Priest, Christmas Sequence from Messiah CORELLI Allegro and Pastorale from Christmas Concerto BACH Air on the G String, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring MOZART Laudate Dominum VIVALDI Gloria (first movement) ... and carols for all, including: The First Nowell ⢠O Little Town of Bethlehem ⢠O Come, O Come Emmanuel ⢠O come, All Ye Faithful ⢠Good King Wenceslas ⢠While Shepherds Watched ⢠God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen ⢠Hark! the Herald Angels Sing With readings from Dickens and the Scriptures by special guest Christopher Timothy Mozart Festival Chorus Mozart Festival Orchestra in full period costume Natasha Jouhl soprano Steven Devine conductor Fine Dining hospitality packages are available for this event Learn more Â
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This Mediterranean herb has a strong, fragrant flavor that's a particularly good complement to roasted or grilled chicken, lamb and fish. The dried leaves also enhance homemade breads and herb butters.
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Someone clearly didn't think that through.
Your point brilliantly proves just how stupid people who make rules often are. Now they need a law that prohibits anyone from ever commenting about National Security Letters whether or not they have received one.
So set up with an "accomplice" (to make this sound suitably shady and nasty and whatnot) or accomplices to exchange emails regularly once a week/month/whenever, asking "have you been served with an NSL?", and agree to always answer "no" if you have not. If you either answer "I cannot say" or don't answer at all, your accomplice knows you've been served.
They really need a law prohibiting anyone from ever asking the question. I think by that point, free speech will have been sufficiently trampled to declare this a Police State.
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Jenn Boohers of Quercus Design joins us today for an email-interview we shared. We love Jenn's meticulous arrangements, stark white backgrounds and turning the artifacts of the ocean and woodlands in Maine in to contemporary art!
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The predictable surprise: The unraveling of the U.S. retirement system
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Sylvester J. Schieber, Former Chairman of the Social Security Advisory Board
Social Security will be insolvent by the early 2030s, and many Americans have saved too little on their own to make up the difference. In "The Predictable Surprise: The Unraveling of the U.S. Retirement System," Sylvester J. Schieber, former head of the Social Security Advisory Board and one of the nation's leading experts on private-sector pensions, shows that policymakers should have seen and heeded the signs of trouble decades ago.
In this AEI book forum, AEI resident scholar Andrew Biggs, a former principal deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration, will speak with Schieber about his book, including where things went wrong and ideas for how to put American retirement systems, public and private, back on track.
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Yes, ladies and gents, it is that time again! As well all know, we ALL only have room for one more tank, and I am no different! A friend here at work is selling a 75 with stand and lights for $200. She kept Rocky the bearded dragon in there and Rocky, at the tender age of 11 has passed. A moment of silence for Rocky....
Okay! I've been eager to make an effort to consolidate some tanks, and this is an excellent opportunity. I currently have these tanks running: 125, 55 x2, 37 tall, 29, 20 x3, 10 x3. Eleven tanks is not much at all, but what is killing me is the time it takes to do the water changes for the various sizes. The 55s and 125 are easy - even the 29 and 37 are easy, but the 20s and 10s are wearing me out. Time to consolidate a few (and make space for one more tank!).
One of the first decisions I am working over about the new 75 is filtration. I really do like hang on back (HOB) filters, but I missed the sale at Petsmart and I don't like getting different makes of filters - I like buying bulk filters on eBay to be used in all my bigger tanks (except the 125). I found 24 of the Tetra Whisper Large economy filters online for $26, including shipping. Suh-weet!
Getting off topic here....so, I'm looking at a Fluval 406 right now. It is rated for 100 gallons so that will make for a great turnover rate and good water quality. I have an FX-5 on the 125 and think it is a great filter, so I'm going to stick with Fluval.
I'm going to reuse the substrate in two of my 20 gallon tanks to be consolidated (natural tan color) in addition to the plants, caves, and decorations. I also thought about reusing most/all of the water from these tanks, I have a 44 gallon trash can that I use for my water changes. I don't think cycling the tank will be an issue, boy, I sure hope not!
However, the one thing I think I need to think through is who all gets to live in the new 75. Right now as it stands, here are the occupants of my 2 20-gallon tanks:
1 male ram
1 unknown sex loach
1 zebra danio
1 pair of Apisto Jim (A. boreli) apistos
1 presumably male geophagus "red head tapajo"
2 SAE (siamese algae eaters)
~6 corydoras of different species
That's it! I also have a 10 gallon with some Cryptoheros "kanna" (about 5) from the last auction that could probably survive the above list. I also have a single ram in the 37 tall with about 5 gourami in there. I was thinking I would move that ram into the 75 and see if the other ram will get along and maybe even have babies. For that, I thought I'd move the apistos into the 37 with the gouramis.
Of course, once the kanna grow up, I will have to make some decisions about tank mates for sure!
Stay tuned for the next installment of "Setting up a 75 Gallon Tank" whereby I actually pick up the tank and bring it home (Friday, November 29).
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Liberty University students got a candid look at the life of psychologist, speaker, and best-selling author Dr. Kevin Leman during Monday's Convocation in the Vines Center.
Leman — who graduated near the bottom of his high school class in Upstate New York but was later added to its "Wall of Fame" — is a living testimonial of how God can turn around a life that is obedient to His Word. He based Monday's speech on his latest book, "The Way of the Wise," which outlines Proverbs 3:1-6.
Before Leman turned his life over to God, one of the greatest witnesses for Christ in his life — besides his mom — was Sande, now his wife of 46 years.
They met in a men's restroom at a hospital in Arizona, where he was a 19-year-old janitor after dropping out of college in New York and she was a nurse taking an elderly patient to use the facility.
He asked her out to lunch on the spot. She didn't look down on him for his vocation or the fact that he smoked, but accepted him for who he was, as Jesus does.
"Three and a half months into the relationship, she pops the question, 'Would you like to go to church with me?'" Leman said.
When she asked him to accompany her to an evening service — which he agreed to do out of love for her — Leman finally fell in love with the Lord, Jesus Christ, accepting Him as his personal savior.
He went on to earn a doctorate degree in psychology at the University of Arizona, where he served as an assistant dean of students in the 1970s, and has since written 46 books. He is also a radio and television personality who has entertained and edified audiences worldwide with his wit and practical teaching.
Looking back, Leman is eternally thankful that Sande showed him a picture of God's grace through her kindness and compassion, leading him to repentance.
"She exemplified a great truth and a great virtue," he said. "She was able to meet me where I was and she let God do the cleaning up of Kevin Leman. That's why He (Jesus) came to this earth. He's in the life-changing business and He does it one at a time. I take refuge in the fact that I don't have to be perfect."
|Dr. Kevin Leman greets Liberty University students following Monday morning's Convocation in the Vines Center.
Leman challenged students to walk with the wise and listen to the Word of God speaking into their lives.
"Do not forget my teaching, but keep my commandments in your heart," Leman said, reciting Proverbs 3:1. "God is capable of transforming your lives."
Those whose lives have been changed by the Lord and who are now walking by faith have fellow believers to thank for it.
"Somebody believed in you and somebody believed in Christ that made an impact on your life," Leman said. "I hope you can say that this morning, that you're living that life and you're trusting God for all things because guess what, folks, God is who He says He is."
Leman told the students that he wasn't able to become the man God called him to be until he completely surrendered his life. He encouraged them to do more than give lip service to God — he challenged them to connect with people and meet them where they are.
"God's a jealous God," Leman said. "He wants it off the top, and He wants all of us. He wants us to get in there and do the right thing. And doing the right thing isn't always easy."


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Well Manan slags-off ODIs in his own inimitably biased way, so I thought I'd return the compliment.
I've never seen Manan say so much as a single positive word about one-day cricket, even the 60-over stuff.
So I like to ape him when Twenty20 is the subject between us.
It generated a lot of attention, got a lot of people who've never watched cricket, watching, and turned out to have some of the most exciting matches in a long time.
So, obviously, this format was the best for this particular competition, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
All teams playing each other and the two with the most wins playing the final, still does it for me as to determining the champion.
FTR I am a she.
I think in Twenty20 you could possibly stretch to two groups of 5/6 before the semis and final. But that would then complicate the earlier stage.
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Well it depends with the money, it would sort of assure you'd get the top 8 through to the next stage, but you'd get more dead games and more games involving teams like Kenya, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe etc. which wouldn't be as attractive as other games obviously.
For the first stage:
If you had 10 teams make it through you'd have to have 5 groups of 3+
If you had 12 teams make it through you'd have to have 4 groups of 4+ or 3 groups of 5+
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This special issue of the eLearning Papers is based on the contributions made to the EMOOCS 2014 conference jointly organized by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and P.A.U. Education. The success of this conference with more than 450 participants demonstrates that MOOCs are at the beginning of a wave and a first step towards opening up education.
Why are MOOCs innovative? They provide alternative ways for students to gain new knowledge according to a given curriculum. MOOCs can also enhance learners' ability to think creatively to select and adapt a paradigm to solve the problem at hand. These are the main findings of a case study on the Discrete Optimization MOOC on Coursera.
Many higher education institutions are asking their staff to run high quality MOOCs in a race to gain visibility in an education market that is increasingly abundant with choice. Nevertheless, designing and running a MOOC from scratch is not an easy task and requires a high workload. Professors from Universidad Carlos III in Madrid offer a set of recommendations that will be useful to inexperienced professors. An MIT study also gives key findings on optimizing video consumption across courses.
What are the defining characteristics of a MOOC? Can we categorically differentiate a MOOC from other types of online courses? This is one of the central questions of the debate on the future of MOOCs. An UNED study proposes a quality model based on both course structure and certification process. Most of the debate around the future of MOOCs focuses on learners' attitudes such as attrition or a lack of satisfaction that leads to disengagement or dropout. A Stanford study shows how educational interventions targeting such risk factors can help reduce dropout rates, as long as the dropouts are predicted early and accurately enough. A French researcher shows that learners who interact on the forums and assess peer assignments are more likely to complete the course. Another Stanford study tested different approaches to measure the extent to which online learners experience a sense of community in current implementations of online courses. In a similar context, a German team of researchers studied the collaborative endeavour of planning and implementing a cMOOC.
One of the key elements of the discussion around MOOCs is their relevance to students in their respective cultural settings. A Leicester University researcher contemplates whether activities, tasks, assignments and/or projects can be applicable to students' own settings; for example, giving students the freedom to choose the setting of their projects and the people with whom they work. These questions are central to making MOOCs truly accessible to all.
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Palm's official webOS app store has come a long way. With only 30 apps available> at the App Catalog's launch last June, there wasn't much for early Palm Pre owners to get excited about. Today, however, the App Catalog sports well over a thousand titles. That's a far cry from the iPhone's 150,000 applications, but there are plenty of apps for users of the Palm Pre and Pixi and the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus to choose from, and many of the best ones are free.
Note: Unlike Apple, Palm encourages the development of "unofficial" apps, which means there are a lot more webOS apps available through channels other than the official store. Installing these apps and dealing with them after an OS upgrade can be a little complicated, so we've focused on apps that are available via Palm's App Catalog for this story.
Here are 10 great free apps that should be running on every webOS phone.
Longtime Palm users were disappointed that the new webOS contact manager didn't include any way to categorize contacts -- they're just dumped into one long alphabetical list. Super Contacts allows you to create multiple contact groups, categorized however you like, and contact people in each group either individually or all at once.
Customizable gestures can be assigned to each contact so that flicking an icon to the left opens, say, an e-mail, while flicking it to the right opens an SMS instead. To add to the mix, each group can be assigned the color of your choice.
The free version of Super Contacts allows you only three groups and only 12 contacts per group, which is plenty for everyday use; a $1.99 upgrade to Super Contacts Plus removes those limits and also eliminates the ads at the bottom of the screen.
Outline Tracker Free brings professional-quality project management to the Palm Pre and Pixi lines. As a personal project tracker, Outline Tracker Free implements David Allen's Getting Things Done methodology, letting you add multiple tasks to a project. When a task is completed, the next task pops up, walking you step-by-step through the project to its completion. Each upcoming task is placed into your Palm's calendar so you know what to do each day.
And because Outline Tracker Free also integrates with the online project manager Basecamp, its capabilities go far beyond just personal productivity. Using Basecamp, you can easily collaborate with clients, vendors or team members; changes are synced both ways at regular intervals (one hour by default) so that actions added or marked "done" on the Web are reflected in the Palm app and vice versa.
Outline Tracker Free is limited to 50 entries, enough for personal use or for small projects. There's also an unlimited paid version for larger collaborative projects available for $23.50.
Keep track of just about any kind of data you can think of with this deceptively simple database application. My DataBank allows you to create simple list databases (which it calls "Categories") that include text fields, numeric fields and "bit" fields (check boxes).
Lists and list items can be cloned and modified on the fly, so you can easily create new lists based on existing ones -- for instance, modifying a "Books" list to track "Albums" instead. The app comes preloaded with several lists, and you can download new ones by selecting "Share Categories" from the drop-down menu (where you can also upload your lists, without the data, for use by other people).
My DataBank can send data to several built-in webOS apps, including the browser, e-mail and text messaging, which means you can set up lists of e-mail contacts to "blast" e-mail to all at once, or lists of Web sites to open in separate cards (the webOS term for an open application window) with one click. Instructions are available from the app's Help screen or can be accessed online.
Like many free webOS apps, My DataBank is ad-supported; a $3.99 premium version removes the ads, enables landscape mode and increases the allowed number of records from 128 to as many as will fit in 500KB.
Evernote is a fantastic system for storing and organizing all sorts of information -- Web pages, e-mails, documents, photos, screenshots, videos, text notes and more. As you add items, they're cataloged so you can search for them later. You can also add tags to any note to aid in searching.
Evernote's webOS app lets you scroll backward through your notes, starting from your most recent, and read or edit them. But its real strength lies in letting you add and tag new notes from wherever you happen to be; the app syncs with your main Evernote account automatically in the background, subject to Internet connectivity.
Just click the "+" sign and you can write a text note, or take or import a photo, which will be analyzed for any text it contains when your notes are synced to the main site.
Evernote's apps on other smartphone platforms also allow voice notes to be added, a feature that's not available in the webOS app. Palm did not expose the microphone to third-party app developers for its webOS devices; here's hoping that the company will eventually do so and that voice notes will come to Evernote on the Pre and Pixi as well.
Although the Palm Pre and Pixi integrate seamlessly with Google's online calendar, the calendar is not integrated with Palm's Universal Search function, so there is no way to search for particular events in the calendar.
Google Calendar Search from VivaLV Software allows webOS users to search their Google or Google Apps calendar and go directly to that event's "Day" view in the Palm calendar. Searches can be set to look for upcoming events, past events or both, and to find both event titles and descriptions.
The streaming music service Pandora has become the darling of music fans everywhere for its ability to create custom music channels on the fly based on listener preferences. Seed it with the names of a few bands you like, and it starts playing music from those and similar musicians, making it ideal for discovering new music.
The Pandora webOS app puts the service in the palm of your hand, allowing you to import your saved channels from Pandora's Web site or create new ones. For immediate gratification, a "Buy this song" button links directly to the Amazon MP3 Store app that's built into webOS.
The audio output from Palm's Pre and Pixi phones is phenomenal and makes Pandora sound great (provided the Wi-Fi or 3G signal is strong). Plus, you can listen in the background while working in other applications; Pandora puts music controls (play/pause, thumbs up/down) in the phone's notification area so they remain accessible while you're using other apps.
There are several Twitter clients available for the webOS platform, but few of them are free. Of them, the best is Delicious Morsel's TweeFree, which offers the usual timeline, @ mentions, direct messages, favorites and search in a clean, elegant and intuitive interface.
Users can select one of two themes, white on black or blue on light blue, as well as which photo service (TwitPic, TwitGoo, YFrog or Img.ly) to use and what kind of retweet style they prefer. A "Twitter Trends" view allows you to see what the top topics are on Twitter, with explanations drawn from What the Trend to cut through the noise and tell you what everyone is really tweeting about.
A $2.99 upgrade offers a location-based "Nearby" stream, as well as the ability to read and add to Twitter lists.
Keep on top of the weather with this slick little app. AccuWeather presents just the information you need in a clear and attractive way, plus a few bells and whistles.
The main page gives the current temperature, wind speed, and humidity based on either your ZIP code or GPS coordinates, along with a 5-day forecast. (There are several other free weather apps available for the webOS platform, but I find that AccuWeather provides the most useful information right on the home screen.)
Other views give an hour-by-hour forecast for the next 24 hours, a satellite radar view of your current location, and a list of the prospects for people with various conditions (arthritis, allergies, sinus problems) and for various events (running, holding a barbecue, flying kites). It's like being a meteorologist without going to weather school.
Fairly unobtrusive ads slide open across the bottom whenever you change views. A $1.29 premium version removes the ads if you find them too annoying, but chances are you don't spend enough time obsessing over the weather for that to be an issue.
Got an important business dinner coming up? OpenTable lets you make instant reservations at participating restaurants without ever having to call (and hoping the maître d' can hear you over the restaurant's din).
Using your GPS location (or a location you enter manually) and the mealtime and party size, OpenTable finds nearby restaurants that are taking reservations for that time. Pricing information, menus and customer reviews from OpenTable's Web site help you choose a restaurant, and a map helps you get there.
Your GPS is good for more than just finding the nearest Starbucks. SmartRunner turns your webOS smartphone into a geo-tracking app to record your jaunts into the deepest wilderness, or simply monitor how far your daily run took you.
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After Microsoft was found guilty of antitrust violations in the European Union earlier this year, one of the remedies was that the software maker unbundle Windows Media Player from Windows XP. In June, Microsoft received a 90-day stay on the enforcement of that particular sanction. That 90-day period is over today, and Microsoft has indicated that they are ready to comply with the order if the injunction against enforcement is not renewed. This means that Microsoft would begin shipping a version of Windows XP without Windows Media Player installed.
The EU Court of First Instance will hold hearings later this week on whether to suspend the judgment against Microsoft for the two-to-five-year duration of the appeal. The EU will argue that if implementation of the antitrust remedies is delayed until the appeals process is exhausted, they will become irrelevant and pointless by the time a final judgment is rendered. For its part, the software giant will argue that it will suffer irrepairable harm if they are forced to separate Windows Media Player from the OS and disclose certain server software protocols to other companies. The EU has pointed out that Microsoft is already sharing similar information with Sun as part of their agreement to end years of litigation.
Expect the EU to hold a hard line in this case. While Microsoft will argue (rightfully so) that competition in the media player (and format) market is increasing due to the proliferation of music stores, the EU has proven itself to be more willing to aggressively take on Microsoft than the US. Microsoft Chief Counsel Brad Smith has reiterated Microsoft's willingness to seek a negotiated solution with the European Commission to the current case, but so far the two sides have found little common ground. The Court of First Instance is expected to issue a decision on staying the judgment sometime in the next two months.


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Radius makes software tools to help marketers reach small businesses. It has Fortune 500 customers and just raised $12.4 million from a group of investors including American Express.
Founder Darian Shirazi, who started the company as Fwix a few years ago, was Facebook's first intern and worked for the social network for a year and a half.
So you'd think American Express would give his company a corporate card, right?
Not so, Shirazi told us. He had to personally guarantee the account to get a card.
American Express doesn't comment on individual clients, but this is a pretty common story we hear from startup founders. Because startups generally lack a financial history and lose money in their early years, it's hard for them to establish the kind of credit history that lenders like to see.
Still, surely they must have changed their mind after deciding to invest in Radius, right?
"We are impressed by Radius' dedication to understanding what makes small businesses successful," American Express executive Harshul Sanghi said in a statement announcing the investment. "As Radius continues to build its comprehensive index of information on small businesses, we believe they offer a fantastic opportunity to efficiently understand the needs of the small business owner."
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A man in Mesa believes a new law jeopardizes the safety and security of hundreds of communities across the state.
"This is a catastrophic disaster for (homeowners' associations)," said Dave Russell, the community manager for Circle Tree Condominiums in Mesa.
Senate Bill 1454 passed last month is considered a big win for homeowners against overbearing associations.
A man in Mesa believes a new law jeopardizes the safety and security of hundreds of communities across the state.
"This is a catastrophic disaster for (homeowners' associations)," said Dave Russell, the community manager for Circle Tree Condominiums in Mesa.
Senate Bill 1454 passed last month is considered a big win for homeowners against overbearing associations.
However, others like Russell claim special interest groups have slipped in something that steals a homeowner's right to know who's living next door. He's blown away by the new law.
"They've taken away the safety and the security of every HOA in the state of Arizona," Russell said.
Many homeowners' associations belong to crime-free programs, which partner with local law enforcement to ban convicted felons, sex offenders and drug dealers from renting in their communities.
Russell said Senate Bill 1454 throws that safety measure for families, who thought they were moving into a safe community, out the window.
"They won't know who's living next to them. Now they do. After this, they won't. That's the scary part," Russell said.
HOAs will no longer be able to ask homeowners to conduct background checks on their renters and hand over personal information.
Associations will only be given the renter's name and their license plate number.
"Basically any property manager, investor, private or other, can simply move in anybody to our community despite our rules and regulations that prohibit sex offenders, drug dealers, felons," Russell said.
Rep. Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, is the bill's sponsor.
"You as a property owner have that right to rent your property out, and nobody can stop you," Petersen said.
The lawmaker said HOAs have gotten out of control. He said his bill stops discrimination toward property owners.
"Homeowners' associations were literally prohibiting people from being able to rent out their property because they didn't like their tenant," Petersen said.
When asked if he knew those restrictions were keeping out a specific type of tenant, the freshman lawmaker struggled to answer. He said he was unaware convicted felons were the ones being turned away.
When confronted with that information, Petersen said, "I think you're using an extreme hypothetical here."
While Petersen called it hypothetical, CBS found it is happening.
The law doesn't take effect until September, but homeowners have already started breaking the crime-free agreements and renting to those previously not allowed, like Daniel Thresher, a registered sex offender who just moved into a designated crime-free property in Mesa.
"When I moved here and was flyered, the homeowners' association threatened to kick me out," Thresher said.
Now under SB 1454, they can't.
According to the language of the law, the association can no longer impose a requirement on a rental property any differently than an owner-occupied one.
Since those with a criminal past aren't prohibited from buying a property in an HOA, they can't be shut out from renting.
Petersen didn't seem to understand the potential fallout from his bill.
"The legislation doesn't say anything about sex offenders," he laughed.
When told he might not see the full ramifications of the bill he sponsored, Petersen only saw the positives.
"I saw this as a great bill to protect property rights," he said.
He was silent when it was pointed out the legislation opens up a whole new rental market for convicted felons, those previously shut out of certain communities.
The Arizona Association of Realtors has been working on the same issue for awhile.
Last year, House Bill 2513 contained similar HOA restrictions and was authored by then-Rep. Steve Urie, a real-estate agent.
It was vetoed by Gov. Jan Brewer.
However, the language in that bill kept popping up.
The AAR asked Petersen to revive the legislation this year in HB 2337. When that didn't work, they tried again with HB 2371, and when that didn't pass, it showed up in HB 2518, where it also failed.
The HOA language ultimately slipped through on the last day of session in a hodgepodge of amendments to SB 1454.
Every one of the sponsoring lawmakers happens to be a real-estate agent.
"I think that they are doing what's in the best interest for their groups and organizations and definitely what's not in the best interest for the citizens of Arizona who live in homeowner's associations," Russell said.
Russell said he believes the real-estate industry pressured lawmakers because of large investors who bought up thousands of homes and now need to rent them, regardless of the impact to the community.
He said he knows what happens to a property when tenants aren't screened.
In 2007, 19-year-old Amanda McElroy was seven months pregnant when she was shot and killed at the Circle Tree Condominiums. Police suspect her boyfriend was the target in a suspected drug deal gone wrong.
Since then, the association cleaned up the property and worked with police to turn things around.
"We did everything right. We did exactly what they told us to: Have a crime prevention program. Tighten up your rules. Be diligent," Russell said.
But to Petersen, that's not necessarily a good thing.
"That's clearly a discriminatory practice that they were engaged in, but this legislation completely pre-empts that from happening in the future," Petersen said.
HOAs and community managers have asked Brewer to seek a declaratory judgment from the courts, declaring the HOA amendments as invalid and unlawful.
That's because Senate Bill 1454 is a campaign finance bill.
The HOA provisions have nothing to do with the title of the bill, which makes them unconstitutional under Arizona state law.
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Following performances at the Young Vic, the West End and an extensive international tour, multi-award-winning theatre company 1927's Golem returns, continuing to challenge and satirise our misuse of technology with a tour of the UK, Europe & Asia
Mixing live performance and music with film and animation, Golem follows the life of extraordinarily ordinary Robert Robertson, whose life is irrevocably disrupted when he buys a golem – a creature who will improve the efficiency of his daily affairs. But when Robert upgrades to Golem 2.0, the show asks what happens when man is no longer in control of machine.
Eerily relevant to our tech-obsessed world, Golem is directed and written by Suzanne Andrade, with film, animation and design by Paul Barritt – who jointly won Best Designer at the 2015 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards for the production.
Seamlessly synchronising live music, performance and storytelling with stunning films and animation, Golem is the fourth show from 1927 and had its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in August 2014. Following a two-month sold-out and extended season at the Young Vic, followed by West End transfer it has since toured extensively, visiting Taiwan, France, China, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Australia and the United States. In 2015, Golem won a Critics Circle Award for its design and a Knights of Illumination Award.


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The NFL Scouting Combine runs Feb. 22-25 in Indianapolis, and it brings together 335 of the nation's most draftable players and numerous front-office representatives and scouts from each NFL team.
A big portion of the combine is the individual events, such as the 40-yard dash, the bench press and the vertical jump.
This is Part 6 of our position-by-position look at the combine, spotlighting tight ends. We look at six prospects who will be scrutinized this year and also look at noteworthy event performances in the past five combines. We'll also look at how notable current players performed at their combine events.
Six to watch this year
Rob Blanchflower, Massachusetts: Blanchflower (6-foot-4, 260 pounds) is one of the best senior prospects at the position despite playing for one of the worst FBS programs in the nation. He also missed eight games over the past two seasons, including six as a senior, and his injury issues caused him to miss the Reese's Senior Bowl. He has good size but needs to show he's healthy at the combine.
C.J. Fiedorowicz, Iowa: Fiedorowicz (6-5, 262) has excellent size and good athleticism but was inconsistent and sometimes unproductive with the Hawkeyes. Was he underutilized for a legitimate reason? He is the No. 1 senior prospect at the position but needs to show well in the combine events.
Xavier Grimble, USC: Grimble probably would have been best served returning for his senior season. He is athletic and will test well, but will that trump his lackluster career at USC?
A.C. Leonard, Tennessee State: Leonard, who turned pro a year early, began his career at Florida before transferring; he also played at two high schools and has had maturity issues. That said, he is a big-time athlete who should open some eyes in the combine events. Leonard (6-4, 245) isn't much of a blocker, but he can run and has the speed to be a legitimate deep threat.
Troy Niklas, Notre Dame: Niklas surprised some by turning pro early, but he should be among the first five or so tight ends off the board despite not seeing much playing time until the 2013 season. He was a touted offensive tackle in high school and might be the best blocker among the tight ends. Niklas (6-7, 270) was nicknamed "Hercules" by his Irish teammates. How will he test at the combine?
Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Washington: Seferian-Jenkins (6-6, 276) is a big-time athlete whose production dropped way off in his junior season after a strong sophomore season. But he surprised no one when he turned pro early. His combine performance should be excellent, and if you like Seferian-Jenkins, that will strengthen those feelings. But will that combine performance win over any detractors?
Combine bests over past five years
Time: 4.40 in 2010
Draft status: 7th round, Houston 2. James Hanna, Oklahoma
Time: 4.49 in 2012
Draft status: 6th round, Dallas 3. Jared Cook, South Carolina
Time: 4.50 in 2009
Draft status: 3rd round, Tennessee 3. Chris Gragg, Arkansas
Time: 4.50 in 2013
Draft status: 7th round, Buffalo 5. Ladarius Green, Louisiana-Lafayette
Time: 4.53 in 2012
Draft status: 4th round, San Diego
Notable playersJordan Cameron, USC: 4.59 seconds in 2011
Vernon Davis, Maryland: 4.38 seconds in 2006
Jimmy Graham, Miami: 4.56 seconds in 2010
Greg Olsen, Miami: 4.51 seconds in 2007
Julius Thomas, Portland State: 4.64 seconds in 2011
VERTICAL JUMP1. Dorin Dickerson, Pitt
Jump: 43.5 inches in 2010
Draft status: 7th round, Houston 2. Virgil Green, Nevada
Jump: 42.5 inches in 2011
Draft status: 7th round, Denver 3. Jared Cook, South Carolina
Jump: 41.0 inches in 2009
Draft status: 3rd round, Tennessee 4. Clay Harbor, Missouri State
Jump: 40.0 inches in 2010
Draft status: 4th round, Philadelphia
Jump: 38.5 inches in 2010
Draft status: 3rd round, New Orleans
Notable playersDallas Clark, Iowa: 37.5 inches in 2003
Vernon Davis, Maryland: 42 inches in 2006
Jermaine Gresham, Oklahoma: 35 inches in 2010
Julius Thomas, Portland State: 35.5 inches in 2011
Jason Witten, Tennessee: 31 inches in 2003
BROAD JUMP1. Michael Egnew, Missouri
Numbers: 10 feet, 11 inches in 2012
Draft status: 3rd round, Miami 2. Virgil Green, Nevada
Numbers: 10 feet, 10 inches in 2011
Draft status: 7th round, Denver 3. Dorin Dickerson, Pitt
Numbers: 10 feet, 5 inches in 2010
Draft status: 7th round, Houston 3. Chris Gragg, Arkansas
Numbers: 10 feet, 5 inches in 2013
Draft status: 7th round, Buffalo 5. Ladarius Green, Louisiana-Lafayette
Numbers: 10 feet, 4 inches in 2012
Draft status: 4th round, San Diego
Notable playersJordan Cameron, USC: 9 feet, 11 inches in 2011
Vernon Davis, Maryland: 10 feet, 8 inches in 2006
Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame: 9 feet, 11 inches in 2013
Jimmy Graham, Miami: 10 feet in 2010
Dennis Pitta, BYU: 9 feet, 4 inches in 2010
BENCH PRESS1. Orson Charles, Georgia
Numbers: 35 reps in 2012
Draft status: 4th round, Cincinnati 2. Vance McDonald, Rice
Numbers: 31 reps in 2013
Draft status: 2nd round, San Francisco 3. Clay Harbor, Missoui State
Numbers: 30 reps in 2010
Draft status: 4th round, Philadelphia 4. Travis Beckum, Wisconsin
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Draft status: 3rd round, New York Giants 4. James Casey, Rice
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Draft status: 5th round, Houston
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Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame: 22 reps in 2013
Jimmy Graham, Miami: Did not lift in 2010
Rob Gronkowski, Arizona: 23 reps in 2010
Jason Witten, Tennessee: 25 reps in 2003
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Speaker John Boehner said President Barack Obama's desire to negotiate after the debt ceiling is lifted and government is funded amounts to "unconditional surrender by Republicans."
The message, delivered outside the speaker's office on Tuesday afternoon as a response to Obama's earlier press conference, does not bode well for solving the government shutdown or debt default this week.
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Boehner called on Democrats — either in the Senate or White House — to begin negotiations today. Democrats said government must be funded and the debt ceiling must be hiked before talks start.
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"The long and short of it is: There's going to be a negotiation," Boehner said. "The only way this is going to happen is to in fact have a conversation. … The conversation ought to start today."
The dueling statements from Obama and Boehner came on a day when there was little progress toward solving the standoff, but the rhetoric between the president and the speaker escalated.
Boehner's office said Obama called the speaker on Tuesday around 10:45 a.m. to reiterate that he won't negotiate on legislation to reopen the government or lift the debt ceiling. The White House said Obama is happy to negotiate "after the threat of government shutdown and default have been removed." On Monday evening Senate Democrats introduced a bill to raise the debt ceiling though Dec. 31, 2014. A vote on the bill is expected Saturday.
( POLITICO reports: Shutdown week two: Who to watch)
House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said he was surprised by Boehner's remarks after Obama's speech that suggested the speaker would continue to fight on the debt limit.
"The only thing you can draw from that statement is they don't want to extend the debt limit," Hoyer said.
He took issue with Boehner's remarks that he wouldn't agree to an "unconditional surrender."
"Surrendering?" Hoyer said. "To being responsible? Heaven forbid that any of us would surrender to being responsible Americans and wanting our countries to pay our debts."
After more than a month of screaming across the Capitol, Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday morning said there are "no boundaries" — if only Democrats would talk to him. Asked if he would lift the debt ceiling and fund the government before those talks start, Boehner said he would not engage in speculation.
"All we're asking for is to sit down and have a conversation," Boehner said. "There's no reason to make it more difficult to bring people to the table. There's no boundaries here, there's nothing on the table, there's nothing off the table. I'm trying to do everything I can to bring people together and have a conversation."
It was a tone shift from last week, when Boehner bellowed that the government shut down wasn't a "damn game." It was an attempt to look like someone who is open-minded and willing to negotiate to head off the massive economic consequences that could come from a prolonged shutdown and debt default. But Boehner's tone is unlikely to change the fundamental dynamics of this standoff: Democrats say Republicans must reopen government before negotiations start.
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In an unusual move, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) summoned all senators to the floor Tuesday to debate the government shutdown and looming debt ceiling deadline.
"It's time for us, members of this august body, to stand before the American people," Reid said.
It was an unprecedented use of the live quorum call the ability to make all members report to the chamber in order to discuss important topics. Senators then voted to retrieve the missing lawmakers — it passed 84 to 14.
The point of the full Senate meeting was clear as Reid launched into a lecture about the problems with the shutdown — now in its eighth day — telling members that it was "disgraceful" the shutdown led to the families of troops killed in the line of duty to not receive death benefits. And influential senators like Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) each said it's time to stop waiting for the House to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling.
"Waiting for the House of Representatives to save us is beneath the United States Senate," Durbin said.
"Sooner or later, the government will resume its function. Sooner or later we will raise the debt limit. The question is how we get there," McCain said. "Why don't we do this sooner rather than later? Why doesn't the Senate lead?"


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1) Put your iTunes on shuffle. Give me the first 6 songs that pop up.
2) If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
3) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.
5) What does your latest text message from someone else say?
6) Do you sleep with or without clothes on?
7) What's your strangest talent?
9) Ever had a poem or song written about you?
10) When is the last time you played the air guitar?
11) Do you have any strange phobias?
12) Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose?
13) What's your religion?
14) If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?
15) Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?
16) Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?
18) Do you believe in karma?
19) What does your URL mean?
20) What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?
21) Who is your celebrity crush?
22) Have you ever gone skinny dipping?
23) How do you vent your anger?
24) Do you have a collection of anything?
25) Do you perfer talking on the phone or video chatting online?
26) Are you happy with the person you've become?
27) What's a sound you hate; sound you love?
28) What's your biggest "what if"?
29) Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?
30) Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.
31) Smell the air. What do you smell?
32) What's the worst place you have ever been to?
33) Choose: East Coast or West Coast?
34) Most attractive singer of your opposite gender?
35) To you, what is the meaning of life?
36) Define: Art.
37) Do you believe in luck?
38) What's the weather like right now?
39) What time is it?
40) Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?
41) What was the last book you read?
42) Do you like the smell of gasoline?
43) Do you have any nicknames?
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Hardly a day goes by when there isn't a good reason for us to rant about the major wireless carriers in the US. Their plans are incredibly expensive and get more confusing every day; they lock you into two-year contracts every time you want to upgrade your phone; they won't let you tether without doubling your data cost; and all four of them — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon — seem to constantly come up with new ways to gain more control and pull more dollar bills from your pocket each month. They even develop services and marketing campaigns designed to scare you away from switching providers. A task that should be easy is complex and confusing.
If any of that rings true, you may want to check out Ting. You probably won't see any flashy billboards advertising it anytime soon, but it might already be our favorite new carrier. It's developed by Tucows, the same company that's responsible for Hover.com, which offers domain registration without all the annoying upsells that sites like GoDaddy push on you. The other day I spoke with Michael Goldstein, a marketing manager at Tucows, who enlightened me on Ting, which quietly launched on Feb. 2, 2012.
Being honest: a novel idea
So here's the big idea. Instead of charging a minimum of $40 for minutes, $20 for texting, and $30 for data, as some carriers do, Ting lets you pay only for the minutes and texts you use. Want 500 minutes a month? That will cost $9. 1000 texts? Add $5 to the bill. 1GB of data bandwidth? That's $24. (A little high, I know. I'll get to that.) Add up all these amounts and you get your monthly bill. There's even a handy Savings Calculator and planning chart on the site that will let you mix and match plans to your heart's content.
If none of this sounds too revolutionary, how about this: Ting actually gives you a refund each month for the minutes, texts, and data that you don't use. Oh, and if you go over the allotment you set, it simply moves you up to the next bracket, so you're not stuck with huge overage charges. This feature might be especially good for someone like your parents, who may only use their phone a few times a month, but still get stuck with $50-$100 bills on other carriers. Michael Goldstein said he was surprised Ting is the first wireless carrier to ever try being honest with customers.
When it comes to wireless phone bills, "there's just always this feeling that it's an elaborate game that people feel like they are fated to lose," said Goldstein. "Am I on the wrong plan? Am I missing out on something? Even when new competitors come in, they end up falling into the same long-term contracts in exchange for subsidizing phones and all those other tricks…We think of [Ting] as a utility. You pay for minutes, you pay for message, and you pay for data. You pay for what you use and the price adjusts accordingly."
Features like tethering, mobile hotspots are also included and you can add as many lines as you want ($6 per line) and pool your minutes, texts, and megabytes without having to switch to a different kind of plan (family plan) or anything like that. There is no contract or termination fee either. You can leave at any time. And if you have trouble, Tucow takes customer service pretty seriously. It claims to have "no wait customer service" meaning they will not put you on hold.
A few downsides
There are still a few downsides. For starters, since Ting runs off Sprint's network (it is a MVNO or Mobile Virtual Network Operator like Virgin Mobile and Boost), it is subject to Sprint's current limitations. This means no 4G LTE (yet), though Sprint does have a 4G WiMax network in some cities and regions. The prices Sprint charges Ting for data is also a bit high, something that Goldstein says they are trying to lower. Currently, they're charging as little as they can for data and devices.
Since there is no contract, you also have to pay almost full price for your phone as well, which means a $500 or so charge, though this practice is common in most countries around the world. The handsets you can use are also limited to select devices that are available on the great yellow carrier. There are some good phones available like the Samsung Galaxy S II and Motorola Photon, but because of silly (evil?) restrictions by carriers, including Sprint, only phones sold by Ting will work on the Ting network. That means that even though Sprint has the iPhone, Ting doesn't yet have it — something that Goldstein isn't happy about, though he's hoping the community will figure out how to get it to work on his network.
"Currently, we don't have the iPhone," said Goldstein. "We'd love to change that. We'd like to look the other way and have our users hack that or come up with a solution ourselves. We want people to be able to use their current phones, or take their phone with them [if they leave Ting]. We think that people will figure out how to hack it."
Goldstein also admitted that they will continue to tinker with plans to make them easier to understand and more fair for users, as they figure out what works and what doesn't.
Made for geeks
Ting loves geeks and hackers. In our talk, Goldstein said that even caring about your usage or phone bill is a bit geeky, and Ting is totally fine if it's service is associated with the tech savvy crowd.
"There's sort of an inherent geekiness to it," he said. "The whole effort of trying to figure out your usage. Figuring out how much you use. It's kind of a hacker's mentality."
For instance, geeks using Ting will quickly figure out that you can easily set every setting to 0 and pay nothing each month except the data that you use. The only reason there are plans at all, I was told, is to help users create a stable monthly budget. Getting a refund each month, it turns out, is more fun than getting a bill that's too large.
The service will be around for a while too. Since Tucows already has a built-up infrastructure to handle Ting's platform and customer service, thanks to its Hover domain service and its other business selling domain registration software to companies, it's already making money from the service. Even if it only has 10,000 subscribers, it would not have to shut the service down. Tucows has been in business since 1993.
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If this article sounds overly positive, it's only because to all wireless carriers and MVNOs we've encountered, honesty and transparency seem to be foreign concepts. To most, it's all about the Benjamins (quite literally, with today's prices).
Like me, Facebook user Peter Cole has doubts. He recently hit up the Ting Facebook page with his own question: "I am pretty well convinced that the telecommunications industry is not just evil, but is also proof that Satan exists and hates us all. But I've talked to your support staff and read everything on your website, Twitter and Facebook pages and you seem to be legit. I think I'm going to sign up, but first do you promise that you're not evil and/or the spawn of all that is unholy?"
Ting responded to, plainly confirming that is neither "evil and/or the spawn of all that is unholy." Ting might be alone there.
(Full disclosure: I recently switched to Hover from GoDaddy due to GoDaddy's SOPA stance. I have no other connection with the site, but this is how I heard about Ting.)
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HOUSTON -- By acquiring outfielder Dexter Fowler from the Rockies on Tuesday, the Astros took a major leap forward in their rebuilding process.
After years of dealing away established Major League players in exchange for prospects -- Lance Berkman and Roy Oswalt in 2010; Hunter Pence and Michael Bourn in 2011; and Carlos Lee, Wandy Rodriguez, Chris Johnson and Brett Myers in 2012 -- Houston traded for a proven Major League commodity in Fowler.
HOUSTON -- By acquiring outfielder Dexter Fowler from the Rockies on Tuesday, the Astros took a major leap forward in their rebuilding process.
After years of dealing away established Major League players in exchange for prospects -- Lance Berkman and Roy Oswalt in 2010; Hunter Pence and Michael Bourn in 2011; and Carlos Lee, Wandy Rodriguez, Chris Johnson and Brett Myers in 2012 -- Houston traded for a proven Major League commodity in Fowler.
The trade, which sent starter Jordan Lyles and outfielder Brandon Barnes to the Rockies in exchange for Fowler and a player to be named later, was a clear signal the Astros are eager to start moving forward and put three consecutive 100-loss seasons in their rearview mirror. Times have changed.
Of course, to acquire a player like Fowler -- a switch-hitter who could be the club's best offensive weapon -- Houston also had to spend some money after years of shedding payroll. Fowler will make $7.35 million next season, which is about half of what Houston's payroll was at the end of 2013.
The Astros, who lost 111 games last season, are at the point where they need to start moving forward and winning more games. They recognize that, and Fowler's arrival is the first step towards respectability on the field. What's more, general manager Jeff Luhnow said he expected to land a couple of more players within the next week or so.
"We're going to continue to look at both avenues [trades and free agency], but we've been talking to a lot of different players and their representatives," Luhnow said. "We'd like to bring in a couple of players."
The Astros are in the market for bullpen help and a veteran starting pitcher, but don't expect them to give up any players from their suddenly stocked farm system to make a trade. Former general manager Ed Wade and Luhnow spent the past four years acquiring young talent, which will soon hit Houston with monster-truck force.
Houston liked what it saw last year from youngsters like third baseman Matt Dominguez, outfielder Robbie Grossman and pitchers Brad Peacock, Jarred Cosart, Dallas Keuchel, Brett Oberholtzer, Josh Zeid, Chia-Jen Lo, Kevin Chapman and Josh Fields. Then there's outfielder George Springer and first baseman Jon Singleton, both of whom could make their debuts next year.
The challenge for the Astros now is to acquire a few more veteran players to go with the kids and put a more competitive product on the field in their second year in the rugged American League West.
"There's definitely challenges [coming to a rebuilding team], but at the same time you have to look at the positives, and the positive is you have the young guys and they're eager to win and they're eager to put their imprint into the game," Fowler said. "That's awesome. Anything I can do to help, I'm going to go out and play hard every day, and I'm sure we'll see the tides turn."
Fowler, 27, hit .263 with 18 doubles, 12 home runs, 42 RBIs, 19 stolen bases, 65 walks and a .369 on-base percentage in 119 games with Colorado last season, starting 106 games in center field. In 2012, he hit .300 in 143 games with a .389 on-base percentage.
Fowler is pegged as Houston's starting center fielder and likely its leadoff hitter, allowing Jose Altuve to hit in the No. 2 hole. Grossman, who could start in left field, hit leadoff a team-high 55 times last season, with Jonathan Villar (36) and Altuve (33) also seeing significant time at the top of the lineup.
Altuve was in the No. 2 hole a team-high 85 games last season, hitting .282 with a .312 on-base percentage. He batted .326 with a .376 on-base percentage as the leadoff hitter, but he doesn't ideally walk enough to bat first.
Coming off his solid 2012 season, Fowler started last season with a bang by hitting .284 with a .381 on-base percentage in the first half of the season, including hitting .305 with a .411 on-base percentage in April. In the second half, he slumped to .221 with a .347 on-base percentage while battling various ailments, as injuries to his right index finger, right wrist and left knee limited him to 119 games.
"Fortunately, it was nothing too serious, and I get a fresh start out here," Fowler said.
Luhnow said Tuesday the arrival of Fowler won't impact Springer, who hit .311 with 18 homers, 22 steals and 53 RBIs in two months as the starting center fielder at Triple-A Oklahoma City last season. Luhnow said Springer has the skills to play all three outfield positions.
"It's one of those things [in which] we'll cross that bridge when we get to it," Luhnow said.
Fowler has only played center field in his Major League career, so it's unlikely the Astros would ask him to move to one of the corners at this point, especially with Grossman showing the ability to handle left field and Springer perhaps moving to right. L.J. Hoes will still be in the mix as well, giving Houston what could be a solid outfield.
"That's home for me, and that's where I feel most comfortable," Fowler said of center field.
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter.