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With a combustion engine, there are only so many ways to feed the powerplant. Normally-aspirated engines reign in the majority, as the engine gasps in its intake charge by means of its naturally produced vacuum and gravity. Originally tunneled in through a carburetor where fuel is sprayed into the intake charge, normal aspiration (for the most part) evolved into fuel injection, a method where the ingested air flows through a throttle body, meeting up with the fuel in the intake runners or directly in the combustion chamber as with direct-injection engines. Either way, the intake charge was susceptible to a litany of variants that could hinder the vehicle's performance. Higher altitudes starved the engine for the necessary air, altering the combustion's fuel-to-air mixture. Certain engine speeds and rpms limited the conventional carburetor's usefulness, often floating the throttle or maxing it out.
But it wasn't long after the original patents on the internal-combustion engine were filed that new innovations in advanced performance were made. Rudolf Diesel's 1898 design for a supercharger drastically improved the output of his compression-ignition engine-the first diesel engine as we know it today. Utilizing centrifugal fan blades either spun by the crankshaft via a belt, chain, or directly mounted, superchargers offer on-demand power; while turbos are propelled by exiting exhaust, requiring a build-up of pressure to force additional air into the induction. Superchargers and turbos evolved step-for-step with the internal-combustion engine, making their cross application almost second nature. The advent of the "power-adder" to domestic production vehicles during the '70s and '80s offered on-tap power without sacrificing streetability during the nation's tight economy, and through the '90s and the new century as a performance enhancer, most notably on four-cylinders and diesel trucks.
So was it any wonder when it came time for Vint Fantin to squeeze out some extra ponies he opted for a supercharger? We didn't think so.
The magic number advertised in 2002 was 405 for the Z06's horsepower output. Drawing from its historical nomenclature, the Corvette brandished the famed, but short-lived, moniker for the 21st century made famous by the white-on-blue '63 entries for LeMans. The performance-bred hardtop was the fastest, most potent Corvette since the swan-song '95 ZR-1, matching it pony for pony. But this time, the special-bred Corvette was wider, longer, and lighter than its C4 predecessor. The following '03 model of the Z06 remained nearly unchanged, and it showed in the nearly identical final sales for both Z06 production years.
It was these attributes that drew performance-hungry Vint to the '03 Z06. He was already a connoisseur of fine GM horsepower with his triad of muscle: a '68 Camaro, and '73 and '84 Vettes. Since his other Corvettes were all dressed in black, he thought it would be appropriate to order his Z06 in a matching hue. Vint ran the idea past his wife, Katrina, who raised a skeptical eyebrow. So he took her to the local showroom where she saw a fetching Electron Blue Z06 sitting among the Cavaliers and Malibus. She said, "This is the only color to have; black doesn't compare!" And the decision was made. Vint would get his Z06, but in blue, not black; yet it was a Z06. Not one to leave well enough alone, he pushed for chromed wheels, a slight modification that would hint at many more to come in the future. Knowing her husband well, Katrina warned, "Ok, but nothing else for at least a year."
True to his word, Vint waited one year to the day and then took the C5 to the masterminds at Lingenfelter Performance Engineering for some unique fabrication. Keeping the epidermis of the Corvette the same, a LPE prefabricated mini-tub kit was installed, opening up the rear wheelwells considerably.
Once the Z06 returned home, a set of HRE wheels allowed for massive meats in the rear and a more aggressive stance, setting the Electron Blue coupe apart from the crowd. Wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sports 275/30/18s in front and 345/30/19s in the rear, Vint had Baer Eradispeed two-piece rotors slipped on with the factory Z06 ceramic brakes to handle the stopping. The ride height was lowered both front and back, dropping the Corvette into the weeds.
With the outside tweaked only slightly, Vint opted for some custom highlights in the interior. Lloyd's embroidered Z06 floor mats, a custom-crafted dual gauge pod featuring Auto meter Cobalt fuel pressure and boost gauges adorn the driver's A-pillar, as well as a FJO wideband O2 meter that keeps tabs on the engine's many vitals. Blue LED lighting illuminates the cabin as well as the lighted stainless door sill guards with the Corvette logo. Vint shelled out extra bucks for the XM radio option from the factory. The remainder of the factory interior was left alone, as the original black leather seats and panels were tastefully done the first time. The manual M6 six-speed transmission didn't require any reworking, so he installed a Breathless Performance Products shifter marked by a shorter throw and topped with a Momo contoured knob.
When it came time to make this Vette a bona fide street screamer, Vint wanted to do it all himself. Pulling the Corvette into the garage, he began pulling apart the top end of the LS6. He had already acquired a pair of signature Lingenfelter valve covers when he had the mini-tubs installed, but it was a newly ordered Magnuson intercooled supercharger that would now reside betwixt the new rocker covers. The factory intake was extracted and shelved and replaced with the beautifully polished blow-dryer. Following the factory instructions word-for-word, he secured the intercooler to the core support, plumbed it to the intake, attached the new wire looming, and connected the aforementioned gauge pod to the newly reborn powerplant.
Some of the more meticulous fine-tuning had to be done by professionals, so Vint took the Z06 to a nearby tuner shop, where the final result rendered an additional 140 hp to the rear wheels with the boost only turned up mildly.
Now there was only one problem: the hood wouldn't close over the roots-style supercharger. Jim Bayne of Killer Ridez in Seagoville, Texas, was contacted for help in giving the blown-LS6 some more headroom. A new hood was crafted, painted to match the factory paint, and bolted to the clam-shell hinges.
The stylish marriage of classic Sting Ray and new-generation Corvette is seamless on Vint and Katrina's Electron Blue Z06. but it's not the aesthetics that turns so many heads, it's the roar of the big exhaust and the big fat tires hazing sticky trails down the boulevard.


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Geoffrey Edelsten's bid to sell off his luxury Gold Coast penthouse just days after declaring bankruptcy has been blocked at the last minute by a US court.
The disgraced former doctor was due to put his multi-million dollar Palazzo Versace condo under the hammer on Sunday morning, amid claims the ostentatious pad was now "surplus to his needs".
It has been a tumultuous few months for Edelsten, 70, who split from reality TV star wife Brynne, 30, before Christmas and then filed for bankruptcy in America in early January.
But Edelsten's attempt to raise cash with the sale of the exclusive pad has floundered after a US court issued an order to cancel the sale on Friday (US time).
The emergency motion was brought by Edelsten's former US business partners, the Mawardi family, who have been battling with the flambouyant entrepreneur for control of an investment portfolio that includes a private jet, two slum housing complexes, fashion label and casino in the Dominican Republic.
"The proposed sale of the penthouse identified in the motion shall be cancelled forthwith by Edelsten," bankruptcy judge Lawrence Walter ordered.
Edelsten has also been blocked from selling or borrowing against any other assets he holds in Australia or overseas, and could face contempt charges for violating or ignoring the order.
Estate agency Lucy Cole Prestige said the auction had since been called off.
The double-storey, two-bedroom penthouse overlooking Main Beach was bedecked in marble in a $1.5 million refurbishment and a buyer would also have received the apartment's high-end Versace furnishings. Mr Edelsten also owns a luxury penthouse in Melbourne's CBD.
The ruling could also effect his ability to finance a divorce settlement with Brynne, legal experts say.
Edelsten's Australian solicitors declined to comment. Last week, legal firm Webb Korfiatis said their client would not sell any of his Australian assets.
The reporters are listed on Mr Edelsten's Australia's Worst Journalist website.
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Submission + - Sensor Listens to Drug Molecules' Vibrations
LilaG writes: Drugmakers rely on many analytical instruments when they screen for potential drug candidates. Now they may want to invest in headphones, Chemical & Engineering News reports. Researchers at Australia's University of Queensland have developed a sensor that uses the sound generated by a vibrating crystal to measure properties of common drugs (abstract). The sensor's quartz crystal microbalance can measure candidate drugs' pKa, or acid dissociation constant, and partition coefficient, or affinity for fats. Since these characteristics help predict how well the body absorbs molecules, the acoustic sensor may offer a new way for drug developers to quickly assess candidate molecules.


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TLALMANALCO, MEXICO—Mexican authorities said Thursday that they have found a mass grave east of Mexico City and are testing to determine if it holds some of the 12 people who vanished from a bar in an upscale area of the capital nearly three months ago.
At least five corpses have been recovered so far from the grave in Tlalmanalco, Mexico City prosecutor Rodolfo Rios told Radio 88.9, and he said officials would run DNA tests to determine their identities. "There are more bodies, but it's a difficult recovery operation because of the terrain," he added.
Authorities say they found the bodies in an area near Rancho La Mesa Ecological Park in the state of Mexico.
"The prosecutor called me and said that nothing is confirmed yet," said Leticia Ponce, whose son, Jerzy Ortiz, is among the missing and at one time was considered the target of the kidnapping. "We're just waiting."
Officials have spent almost three months searching for the young bar-goers who vanished from the after-hours Heaven club at midday on May 26, just a block from Mexico's leafy Paseo de Reforma, the city's equivalent of the Champs-Elysees.
Prosecutors say the abductions are linked to a dispute between two rival drug gangs, one in Mexico City's dangerous Tepito neighbourhood, home to most of the abducted. The families of the disappeared, however, say they were not involved in drug trafficking.
Surveillance cameras showed several cars pulling up to Bar Heaven and taking the victims away. A witness who escaped the kidnapping told authorities that a bar manager had ordered the music turned off, told patrons that authorities were about to raid the establishment and ordered those inside to leave.
The cameras showed most of the 12 getting into cars outside and being taken away.
They have not been heard from since.
So far, six people have been arrested in the Heaven case, including club owner Ernesto Espinosa Lobo, known as "The Wolf," who has been charged with kidnapping. Among the arrested are another bar owner, a driver and security guard.
One suspect is still a fugitive.
The bizarre disappearance resonated across the city of 9 million because many had come to believe it was an oasis from Mexico's cartels and drug violence.
A mass abduction of 12 mirrors crimes in drug-trafficking hot spots such as the western state of Michoacan, where 21 tourists disappeared, only to be found in a mass grave, or in Monterrey, where 17 kidnapped musicians were found dead in the bottom of a well.
City officials have insisted since the Heaven kidnapping that large drug cartels do not operate in the city. But the case has been a political liability, with local polls showing the public overwhelmingly opposed to how Mexico City Mayor Miguel Mancera has handled the case.
In another element of the case that is reminiscent of cartel warfare, one of the owners of the Heaven bar, Dax Rodriguez Ledezma, fled authorities only to turn up dead, his body dumped and burned in a rural area with that of his girlfriend and another friend.
Ricardo Martinez, an attorney for relatives of the missing, told The Associated Press earlier that state and federal officials had informed him that 13 bodies had been found on a ranch east of Mexico City. He said officials suspected they belonged to those who disappeared from the bar.
Martinez said a suspect in the Heaven case led officials to two graves containing the bodies.
Martinez said he was told there are 13 bodies because the family of one of the disappeared never reported the person missing.


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Each month, KLRU chooses a program for your family to enjoy together. This month's Family Choice program is: Lidia Celebrates America where Celebrity Chef Lidia Bastianich Encourages Viewers to Cook Together, Eat Together, Be Together.
Lidia Celebrates America "Holiday Tables and Traditions"
Tuesday, Dec. 20th at 7:00 pm
Wednesday, December 21, 1 & 3 am
Thursday, December 22, 3 am
Saturday, December 24, 3 am
Sunday, December 25, 5 pm
An Italian Christmas Eve. A Mexican-American Christmas Day. A Chinese New Year. A Passover Seder. Four holidays, four different tables and traditions. Join celebrity chef and culinary author Lidia Bastianich as she travels across America in a celebration of culture through food in LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA "Holiday Tables and Traditions."
At the heart of LIDIA CELEBRATES is my own immigrant experience," says Lidia. "When I came to this country at the age of 12, I had already spent two years in a political refugee camp. Whenever I meet American families with roots in other countries, I know immediately that we have something in common."
An Italian Christmas Eve
This delicious holiday adventure begins in New York City, where Lidia prepares a traditional Italian Christmas Eve La Vigilia — feast of the seven fishes — with actor Stanley Tucci (Julie and Julia, Big Night). But first, actor Mo Rocca ("Wait, Wait…Don't Tell Me!") accompanies Lidia on an unforgettable shopping trip to a fish market on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. "Cooking and food is about more than sustenance," says Rocca. "The sacredness of family and friends eating together is something that crosses all lines. It may be the only thing that crosses all lines." Back in her kitchen with Stanley Tucci, Lidia prepares a feast that includes octopus salad, linguine and clam sauce, whipped baccala, insalata di mare, mozzarella with peppers, broccoli rapini, stuffed lobster and monkfish.
"The idea of taking those recipes that have been around for centuries … it's a way of passing on family history, emotions — it's a way of connecting with somebody," says Tucci. "It's a way of expressing love … and that's the thing for me that makes food so interesting."
A Mexican-American Christmas Day
As Christmas Eve turns to Christmas Day, Lidia travels to San Antonio, Texas, to celebrate the holiday Mexican-style with the Cortez family, owners of the famed Mi Tierra restaurant. "America has a lot to offer to anyone who is willing to work hard," says Michael Cortez, current owner of the restaurant. "My grandfather would often say he was an American by choice, not by chance."
What started as a small counter operation has expanded to fill an entire city block, employing four generations of the Cortez family. Here, Christmas is all about making the traditional Mexican-American tamales — and some decadent desserts. Traditional pecan pralines, peanut patties, macadamia pralines — there's even a candy the color of the Mexican flag, a long-held family tradition! Here, Lidia learns how to make Mexican bunuelos, a fried dough topped with cinnamon and sugar that the children gobble up as fast as it's made.
A Chinese New Year
From San Antonio, Lidia heads to San Francisco to celebrate a colorful and plentiful Chinese New Year, the most important holiday of the year for Chinese Americans. With the late Shirley Fong-Torres, renowned travel writer and chef as her guide, Lidia visits Chinatown for tea and dim sum before returning to Fong-Torres' kitchen to make Chinese dumplings, also known as pot stickers. "My granddaughters and I love to make pot stickers together," Fong-Torres explains. "Dumplings are very significant in the New Year. It's like enveloping the fillings, and enveloping love."
The Chinese New Year symbolizes the beginning of a new season and a hope for a better year. Much of the symbolism has to do with prosperity and rebirth. "This is what America is all about … this great exchange of culture," Lidia says. "The more I discover about new cultures, the more I notice how close they are to each other. They are all about the family, staying together, and being good to each other."
A Passover Seder
Finally, Lidia returns to New York City to celebrate a Passover seder with food author Ruth Reichl and the fourth-generation owners of the specialty food shop Russ & Daughters. On the menu: smoked salmon, charoset, chicken soup with matzo balls, and, of course, beef brisket and horseradish. Reichl, former editor of Gourmet and a longtime Russ & Daughters customer, joins Lidia in the kitchen. "As you know, my mother was the world's worst cook," says Reichl. "So this is maybe the only recipe of hers that I would ever dare to share. She loved showing up at seder with her brisket and everyone would gasp and say I've never seen anything like that before!"
As viewers participate in the various ethnic and religious celebrations across the country, it's clear food is the common denominator that ties all human beings. "No matter what your religion, or your ethnicity," Lidia says, "we have the opportunity to celebrate whatever we worship, whoever our families are, and this is something to celebrate: America is something to celebrate."


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Afghanistan is braced for "high-profile" attacks and assassination attempts by Taliban militants as the country's summer fighting season begins and western armies withdraw thousands of troops, according to General Joseph Dunford, commander of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force.
Underlining the relevance of his warning, nine suicide bombers and gunmen stormed a courthouse in Farah, western Afghanistan, on Wednesday, in an apparent attempt to free Taliban prisoners that left themselves and 44 others dead. It was the deadliest single attack since 2011.
Thirty-four of the dead were civilians, the rest Afghan security forces, Reuters quoted a government spokesman as saying.
Gen. Dunford said in an interview that the coming battles would be as much psychological and political as military, with the US and its allies seeking to convince Afghans of their commitment to support the country even after the bulk of the remaining 100,000 foreign troops have left at the end of 2014.
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National Public Health Week
April 6, 2010
One Community at a Time
It's National Public Health Week, and this year's goal is "A Healthier America: One Community at a Time."
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Check back into the blog this week for stories from the H1N1 vaccination campaign. Follow the conversation about public health initiatives across the country on NACCHO''s Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages.
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UK government prepares to cope with a nation of cyborgs
Wide-ranging report on identity throws up some interesting challenges for law makers
The British government has started to plan how it will cope a population of cyborgs within the next decade as our notion of identify is radically transformed by technology.
A new report, The Future of Identify, published by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills lays down the challenge for UK law makers that the huge change technology will create in society.
For the most part, the report is a fairly sensible and comprehensive look at the challenges that the emergence of net natives – those young adults that have grown up with the internet, and regard their virtual identities as every bit as important as their physical ones – will place on society and government.
It examines the impact that a hyper-connected society, awash with persistent data on people's behaviour, will have on crime prevention, healthcare, employment, education.
But there are is also consideration of some of the more esoteric problems that technology will bring.
"Interventions to slow the effects of ageing and improve quality of life for the elderly, drugs to improve memory and cognition, developments in reproductive technologies, cloning, animal/human organ transplants, and genetic modification are also likely to have implications for identities.
"Some of these developments may challenge notions of what it is to be human, as interfaces between humans and machines are also being explored in new ways."
As medical technology improves, it could even be possible to monitor people's brain activity and understand something about what they are thinking.
"If these technologies become more reliable and accepted in courts as evidence, there are implications for personal identities as thoughts and intentions may no longer be private," the report notes.
So the government wants to be able to read our minds as evidence in courts. That's a cheery thought for a Monday morning.
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Hey everyone,
First of all: Thank you for reading this.
I actually have a quite urgent request, and so far haven't had any luck anywhere else to find someone who is willing to help. I'll try to explain this quickly:
1.) About me:
I am a graphic designer, and certainly have no issue helping with the web design. http://talina-yldrania.com/
2.) About the job:
I need a web developer to do the coding for the following things:
- Global Login / Member Area
- Online Shop
- Own Forum Software
Yes, I do realize how much work that is because I myself have failed to create these things after trying for weeks.
3.) About the project it is for:
We are creating a medieval ranch, most likely in Germany, where we focus on mainly horses, dogs and cats. We will take as many animals as possible from shelters all around the world. A number of employees will be chosen among homeless people who otherwise would have a minimum chance of getting back into a humane life. Some orphans from developing countries might hopefully find a home at the ranch and get the opportunity to go to German schools, while otherwise they would have lived a life in poverty and drugs.
There are many services provided by the ranch for public, such as the opportunity to spend medieval holidays there, medieval events, riding lessons (normal and special medieval riding classes), boxes to rent for people with horses, therapy for and with horses, and much more. All of the money not needed for the upkeep of the ranch itself will be donated to other charity projects.
4.) About the reward for the job:
Even though I can't offer much money to pay the developer with, I have managed to figure out a way to give a good reward to the person willing to help this unusual charity project.
The developer will, after successful completion of the homepage with the required features receive a package with the following things (shipment costs are paid by me):
- Gift Card for a 2-week holiday on the medieval ranch after it is completed for yourself and one additional person of your choice. You may choose your residence (as long as it is free at the time you wish to come), and take any from the cheapest to the most expensive one. All food, water, and other living costs for that amount of time are included in the coupon. Up to a value of 10.000€. (Travel expenses are not included.) (There is NO expiration date on the gift card, you can use it any time you wish after the ranch is established.)
- T-Shirt of the medieval ranch. Value = 25€
- T-Shirt of the company. Value = 25€
- Poster of the medieval ranch. Value = 10€
- Credit for the website on the homepage itself, and on the list of donators/sponsors. Value = More customers.
5.) About the rights for the codes:
- The codes and homepage must be done for the company only. We do not want anyone else to use these codes, which is the reason we will pay with things of a value of over 10.000€. That is especially important for the forum software.
6.) Contact me:
- Email: email@example.com
- Reply here
- Send me a PM
For any questions, or if you're interested in the job itself, please let me know.
Best regards, and thank you to the kind soul who is going to help us with this,
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kiwistech;1317755 wrote:Are you looking for Freelancers?
The problem with freelancers like that is that they require a certain amount of money. I can't pay with money, but with other services as stated in the "reward" section of my first post. Due to that, I am posting it on this forum.


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Hi guys. Is there any verification of 1°C of CAT reduction will result in 5% energy saving of chiller. Please let me know whether this is true. Thank you guys.
what machine we talking about ??? you need a point of departure here in your question is not very clear , but let me say this , the aproach help you to know if the unit is working properly as the design indicate , now if you have a unit that is working now with fouling problems we are talking of something diferent.
your question need to be more specifyc
Thank Ess Chill Water. Actually i working with a company promoting automatic tube cleaning system using sponge ball to ensure condenser tubes of water-cooled chiller always free from fouling. So we focus on the condenser side only. some of my client ask me to study how much can they save by implementing this auto tube cleaning system. my calculation is based on how much we can reduce the CAT readings after the system installation.
Based on a study, this system can save about 18% from the chiller electricity consumption. So i need to verify the percentage saving for 1 degree C reduction of CAT. it is applicable to any water-cooled chiller, TRANE, YORK. and any type, centrifugal, rotary etc.. Tq.
sounds like ball tech technology i just use with york also we use the brush from pensecola technology, Please put your email address in your profile, they are not allowed to be in post, thank you. please send me the information of your product , i will give you some tips for how to justify the equipment with calculate the fouling factor and ROI where you guys located
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oh no, not the balls again! had enough of them in the eighties. the old backflush system used to force the balls past the cages, and out into the system, right up until they clogged the condenser water strainers
how are the balls going to lower design approach? all they will do is keep tubes clean for a while. any way, keeping the approach at design will keep costs down. Any reduction in cleanliness will effect energy consumed, but it varies per chiller. not nearly enough info.
Hey ESS CHILL WATER, your not supposed to put your email address on the forum. There are automated computer programs that will seek out email addresses and overload the server if the email address is in the forum. I'm sure the moderators will be deleting it soon.
thanks for the warning R123 i will take in consideration
Please put your email address in your profile, they are not allowed to be in post, thank you.
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Can you advise me about this case
Thx in advance sir.
The approach temperature affects the overall pressure differential that the compressor has to handle. Every design behaves a bit differently. Screw and scroll compressors are positive displacement and do not have as large of an efficiency impact on additional head pressure. That is why we can use medium and high pressure refrigerants in those compressors. The pressure increase for every 1 degree on high pressure is much greater than low pressure. Centrifs are dynamic compression and a degree higher approach will have a larger affect than screw or scroll. Again it also depends on the refrigerant. for one degree increase on low pressure refrigerants, the pressure increase is much less than on a medium pressure units. For r123, every 1°F of approach increase is around 2% efficiency loss (this also depends on if there is a VFD or not). A unit with a VFD will see even greater efficiency savings when you reduce the pressure. The machine that would see the greatest benefit of reduced head pressure (lowering approach temperature) would be a centrifugal chiller using r134a that has a VFD installed.
How can a foam ball going through a enhance tube clean it without spiralling?
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How can a foam ball going through a enhance tube clean it without spiralling?
IMO, those balls are only effective in cleaning the chiller owner's wallet...
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Thousands of Publicly Accessible Printers Searchable On Google 192
Jeremiah Cornelius writes "Blogger Adam Howard at Port3000 has a post about Google's exposure of thousands of publicly accessible printers. 'A quick, well crafted Google search returns "About 86,800 results" for publicly accessible HP printers.' He continues, 'There's something interesting about being able to print to a random location around the world, with no idea of the consequence.' He also warns about these printers as a possible beachhead for deeper network intrusion and exploitation. With many of the HP printers in question containing a web listener and a highly vulnerable and unpatched JVM, I agree that this is not an exotic idea. In the meanwhile? I have an important memo for all Starbucks employees."


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New Front Opens in Voter-Law Battles
Operatives in Both Parties Step Up Efforts to Elect Secretaries of State, Who Supervise Election Rules
The battle over voting rights is taking on a new dimension as operatives allied with both political parties are wading into races for secretaries of state.
In most states, these officials enforce election law and supervise the mechanics of the voting process. The office was viewed as a political backwater until Republican Katherine Harris became a household name during Florida's recount in the 2000 presidential election.


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By Meaghan Jones - With most of a magical season locked down, and that all-important first week playoff bye secured after a close victory over the Falcons, the Saints Super Bowl anthems aren't just inevitable anymore. It's getting to the point where they might be - dare I say it? - necessary.
Drew Brees said in a recent interview that, should the Saints happen to leave their car windows down when they're driving away from a game, fans will throw all kinds of trinkets into their cars. Pralines, free t-shirts, hand-knit things, and, of course, CDs make their way onto the car seats of the players.
Everyone in the city - music experience optional, it seems - wants to get in on the halftime act, and a new Saints tribute song pops up on YouTube as often as we get a win. Ahem, every weekend. Anyway, these are my personal favorites, including a throwback to 2006 or two, and they're sure to make any game-watching party you have a success.
And if you're lucky enough to be in the Dome, these will all be more than familiar to you. Also, we're not speaking. I'm much too jealous.
Meghan's Top Five 2009 Saints' Songs:
5. K. Gates - "Black and Gold (Who Dat)"
K. Gates is so right, this ain't your Daddy's Saints. Plus, the opening of the video features that oh-so-controversial clip of Bobby Hebert in the press box, cheering and gesturing wildly after a Saints touchdown in the early season Jets game.
4. Shamarr Allen and Dee-1 - "Bring 'Em to the Dome"
Baby, we're the Saints fans, that's why we say, "Who dat?" This song is a little different than all the rest on the list, because it's got a little bit more rock and roll than the others. If this doesn't make you proud to call the Dome home, you're a lost cause.
3. U2 and Green Day - "The Saints Are Coming"
Someone sure knew what he was doing when he called in Bono to do the pre-game show on that fateful day in 2006 when the Saints finally came home to the Dome. I still get goosebumps when they play this song on the radio. You'll have to scroll to about 3:35 in this video to get to our song, but the buildup and intensity of the live performance makes it so worth it. If there's a song in the world that can symbolize what a beloved football team can do for a wounded city, this is it.
2. Baby Boy da Prince - "The Way We Live (2010 Saints version)"
This song is full of gems like, "Who dat boy? What dat boy name? Jeremy Shockeeeeeey," and, "We got Robert Meachem. Yeah, it's hard to reach him." 'Nuff said. P.S. - Take that, Bears.
1. Yin Yang Twins - "Stand Up & Get Crunk"
Well, my favorite one obviously shares some characteristics of the K. Gates song, but that's just fine with me. The gruff voices and growls of the Yin Yang Twins are so perfect for a halftime song in the Dome. As everyone knows after all, we totally own the second half; they're just getting us ready for it. I would really like to know how many Saints fans have this set as their ringtone right now; I bet it's a lot.
Christmas bonus! One more Saints song, compliments of Kermit Ruffins, whose got to be one of the biggest Saints fan in the city.
Kermit Ruffins - "Saints Christmas"
Mr. Ruffins, it sounds like our Christmas lists this year are identical. Can you hear us, Santa?!
Linkback: NewOrleans.com
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I've got another one for ya,13 and 1 version coming soon.Thank you, Panthers...GO SAINTS!!!!!...1 more win,and we're hostin'....WHO!!!DAT!!!!
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I had not heard The Way We Live, not bad.
My favorite of the this year's crop is "Bring 'em to the Dome." And yeah, the U2/Green Day from MNF in 2006 is awesome. Best MNF game ever!
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Bruce Museum
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Lecturer: Professor Kathryn Schab of Fairfield University, Fairfield.
The six Caryatids of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis in Athens wear unusual and elaborate hairstyles. In 2009 Dr. Schwab, Professor of Art History at Fairfield, collaborated with professional hair stylist Milexy Torres and six students to find out if the elaborate Caryatid hairstyles could be replicated. The results include a short film tha that will be shown during the lecture and new information about these complex hairstyles and their meaning.
Takes place at the Bruce Museum lecture Hall, Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT. AAG and Bruce Museum members no charge. Walk-ins $15. Students with ID free.
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"Last spring while I was at Keeneland, I saw this adorable bull-dog puppy looking out a car window," Ffitch-Heyes said. "I once had a bull-dog who I absolutely adored so I went over to find out who the owner was. It was Lindsey, and she introduced me to Jeffrey. I didn't know who he was, or even that he was a jockey, so I kind of ignored him and went on playing with the dog.
However, at that point their mutual how-we-ended-up-at-Arlington story changes briefly. Sanchez says girlfriend Molina told him to come to Arlington. She says she told him no such thing, only that she suggested he talk to agent Ffitch-Heyes about taking his book. Then the three of them agree to blame the whole thing on the dog. Sanchez and Molina had returned to Chicago at 1 o'clock in the morning following a one-day trip to Kentucky Downs the previous day. There he had ridden Team Block's Stars and Stripes winner Ioya Bigtime to a half-length victory over Robert Courtney Jr.'s Arlington Handicap hero Rahystrada in the Grade III Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes but had been back to work horses at the beginning of training hours.
"I was tired this morning, but I have to keep going to work," Sanchez said while sporting an ear-to-ear grin. "My girlfriend makes me.
"When I found out that Penny had handled J. Z. Santana's book at Arlington last year and that he had finished second in the standings, that was good enough for me," the 26-year-old native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, said. "Coming up here to Arlington has turned out to be a very good move. I'm happy I came. I'm doing well here. I have consistently ridden some very good horses all summer long.
"I very much appreciate trainers like (Arlington's leading conditioner) Wayne Catalano, (Ioya Bigtime's trainer) Chris Block and (Arlington's 2-year-old guru) Jimmy DiVito," Sanchez said. "They have all given me good horses to ride."
With a father and an uncle who were both former jockeys, Sanchez entered Puerto Rico's jockey school at 17, and following completion of that program he rode at Puerto Rico's El Comandante for three months before transferring his tack to South Florida's Calder Race Course.
He won his first race in the continental United States at Calder that summer, and by the time the 2006 Calder season came to a close, Sanchez had won two graded stakes there before finishing that session as the North Miami oval's second leading rider.
In 2009, he piloted Robert LaPenta and Fred Brei's Jackson Bend to a sweep of Calder's Florida Stallion Series, and repeated a Stallion Stakes sweep in 2010 with Stronach Stables' Awesome Feather.
Awesome Feather's Stallion Stakes sweep allowed her connections to entertain thoughts of that season's Grade I Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, and the Florida-bred daughter of Awesome of Course rewarded their confidence. After prompting the early pace, Awesome Feather challenged for command at the furlong grounds under right-handed urging and then drew off for a 2 1/4-length tally after Sanchez switched his stick to the left hand in the final sixteenth.
"The Breeders' Cup win made me want to try the New York circuit," Sanchez said, "and I was fortunate to do very well there because I had a very good agent. But with that circuit getting more competitive during the summer months, I decided I needed to try somewhere else.
"I'm very glad I was able to do as well as I did during my first summer riding at Arlington," concluded Sanchez, who has been among Arlington's top five riders all season. "After the Arlington season ends (September 30) I will go to Keeneland, on to Gulfstream for the winter, back to Keeneland next spring and then back to Arlington next summer. Maybe next summer I will have even more luck here. Maybe next year I'll be leading rider here. You never know."
His Highness the Aga Khan's French-bred Bayrir, hero of Arlington's Grade I Secretariat Stakes Aug. 18, ran finished second in France's Group II Qatar Prix Niel at Longchamp Sunday.


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FreeForth is a small and fast interactive compiler composed of an extensible set of macros generating inline compact i386 native code, including floating-point instructions, and an easy interface to Linux and Windows dynamic libraries. It uses two stacks to pass subroutines arguments and results separately from return addresses, like other Forth dialects, but unlike them, it is a simpler pure compiler (without an interpreter) offering interactivity through "anonymous" subroutines which are executed by their closing ";" macro. FreeForth is fully documented by 100K of interactive online help. Since its first release in 2006, it has been used every day for cross-development of realtime industrial applications embedded in microcontrollers, and for PC-controlled manufacturing test benches. The FreeForth distribution includes an interactive incremental assembler for the MSP430 microcontroller family.
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pulseaudio-mixer-cli is an interactive ncurses UI to control the volume of PulseAudio streams. It is somewhat like alsamixer, but focused not on sink volume levels (which can actually be controlled via alsamixer, with the alsa-pulse plugin), but rather on the volume of individual streams from applications, allowing the user to balance sound levels between them. Interaction with pulseaudio is done through the DBus interface, and the UI is designed to be as simple as possible, without heavy DE dependencies like GNOME libs or KDE/QT.
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The National Corvette Museum (NCM) is known for many things, one of them being their unique raffle opportunities. For just a fraction of what it would cost you to buy a brand new Corvette, you can win anything from a brand new ZR1 to a "Build Your Own" Corvette prize. While we wouldn't understand why anyone wouldn't want the opportunity to win a brand new Corvette, the NCM is giving those of you who are bigger Camaro fans an equal chance at walking away with a stellar prize. As we found out from Camaro5, the NCM will be raffling off a 2012 Imperial Blue Camaro ZL1 come September.
Now, for those of you who haven't been paying attention, the new Camaro ZL1 is not offered in Imperial Blue. In fact, only four ZL1s were painted in the color. These cars were produced specifically as one-off vehicles for GM to use at shows, and now that at least one of the Imperial Blue ZL1s has been retired from duty on the show circuit, it could be yours with the purchase of a single $25 raffle ticket.
Just like its counterparts, the Imperial Blue ZL1 comes with a 580 HP supercharged 6.2L engine. This powerful beast is sure to turn heads with the classic rumble of a muscle car, power to put you back in your seat, and a rare color finish that will guarantee this car has collector value.
If you want to have a chance at winning this rare color-option ZL1, tickets can be purchased through the NCM for just $25. The raffle will take place on September 20th with unlimited tickets being offered before hand. So grab up as many tickets as you can and cross your fingers for a win like no other.


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Michigan-born Barbara Lewis joins other headliners Lou Christie, The Happenings and The Shades of Blue when "'60s Jukebox Memories" comes to the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts on July 27.
Shows are scheduled at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Lewis, who was born in Salem near Ann Arbor, started writing and recording in her teens. Her first song, "My Heart Went Do Dat Da" was released in 1962. Lewis wrote all the songs on her debut album, including the hit "Hello Stranger," which reached No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Other moderate hits followed, then "Hello Stranger" returned to the top 20 in 1977 when Yvonne Elliman's version reached No. 15 on U.S. record charts.
Lou Christie headed to New York City and found work as a session vocalist after his graduation from a Pennsylvania high school. With local success, he hit the national charts at No. 24 wih his million-seller "The Gypsy Cried." His change of singing style within the same song into his falsetto on the choruses became his signature. In March 1963, Christie's follow-up single, "Two Faces Have I," peaked at No. 6 and also sold more than a million copies. "Lightnin' Strikes," his first release after a tour in the United States Army, was a worldwide hit in 1966. Christie's controversial "Rhapsody In The Rain" reached No. 16 on U.S. record charts.
Pop music group The Happenings' major hit "See You In September" came in 1966, followed by a cover version of the George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin song "I Got Rhythm" in 1967, and "Hare Krishna" from the musical "Hair" in 1969. Those first two songs were on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles charts for 14 weeks in 1966 and 13 weeks in 1967, with sales for both exceeding 1 million copies. Bob Miranda still leads the New Jersey-based group today.
American blue-eyed soul vocal group The Shades of Blue from Livonia had its biggest hit "Oh How Happy" in 1966. The song, based on the German national anthem, reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That same year, the song "Lonely Summer" ranked in the top 100.
Tickets for the "'60s Jukebox Memories" shows at the MCPA, Garfield and Hall roads in Clinton Township, are available at the box office there or by calling 586-296-2222 or visiting www.MacombCenter.com.


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Amer Jackson Beals (1818-1862) was the son of Daniel and Catherine (Jackson) Beals. His marriage on October 16, 1842 in Randolph County, Indiana to Harriett Higginbotham was found in the database. Harriett's surname is spelled both Higginbotham and Hickingbothum in the same document. Prior to this find, I had the date of their wedding incorrectly as October 12th.
|"Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V5P7-8KQ : accessed 14 Oct 2013), Amer J Beals and Harriet Hickingbothum, 1842.
|"Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V5PQ-G5T : accessed 14 Oct 2013), Amer J Beals and Matilda H Nolins, 1857.
Amer was my maternal fourth cousin six times removed. Our common ancestors were John Beals and Mary Clayton. Amer died April 16, 1862 in Nashville, Tennessee. Not sure at this point if he was a Civil War casualty.


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Evolution Hoax
He will fill Earth with justice and well-being. The earth gives forth its fruits, and the sky rains. My community will be blessed in a hitherto unseen way. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 35)
[In Hazrat Mahdi (as)'s time] the sky will begrudge none of its rain and will cause rain to fall generously. The earth will hold back none of its plants and will give them forth to perfection… (Al-Sharani, Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 437)
During his [Hazrat Mahdi's (as)] time, both the community's good and wicked people will be blessed with a blessing, the like of which they have never seen before. Despite the abundance of rain, not a drop will go to waste. The land will grow fruitful and fertile, without demanding a single seed... (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 20-21)


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laurent/bella The leader introduces them all and you smile: her name is Bella, and her mate's name is Edward. The name fits her perfectly, you think, and you notice the jealousy that flares in Edward's eyes.
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She is so damn beautiful.
That's the first thing you think when you see her. There's just something about her - how natural she looks, how unbelievably unique - that captivates you. And even though you see she's already chosen a mate, you don't stop from thinking that maybe she would come to you, instead. Maybe, just maybe, she'd choose a monster over a weakling...
The bronze haired male growls, and you look suspiciously at him. The short one taps her temple and then points back at the bronze haired man. You realize it then, that he can read your thoughts, and you send him a series of tantalizing images of you with his mate. You, kissing her, you making love to her, you, draining her of her life...
You see him take a lunge toward you and then correct himself, moving to stand directly in front of his mate. He blocks your view and you growl softly, trying to tilt your head just slightly so you can see her delicate form. He moves again and continues to stare you down until you turn back towards what is obviously the leader.
While he talks, you listen, but don't quite absorb what he's saiyng. Your thoughts are too absorbed with the frail human standing a few mere feet from you. Your instincts are screaming though you've just fed, but your heart is screaming even louder. There's something different about this one, and you know you wouldn't kill her. You couldn't.
The leader introduces them all and you smile: her name is Bella, and her mate's name is Edward. The name fits her perfectly, you think, and you notice the jealousy that flares in Edward's eyes. The wind blows, stirring her scent mercilessly around the small field. Something catches Edward's attention and he turns towards your inconspicuous leader, narrowing his eyes. Realization clicks in your head as you see the way James sniffs the air and grins, delight filling his eyes. It's time for another game. Only this time, your lover is the pawn.
You play the nice guy, trying to bid time for the girl. You wish she would just move but you know that since you've thought it, Edward will do the exact opposite. It is only his instinct to protect this weaker being that he thinks he loves.
You know he really doesn't.
You see him almost lunge towards you again but the short pixie-like one stops him with a single stare and you wonder what silent communication passes between them. For a brief second you think of how it would hurt the girl if they really did fight and her mate turned up dead. You couldn't do that to her, and neither could he. A look of understanding passes his eyes and though the anger is still there, you notice that he can tell you mean no harm.
James is the leader, you warn him. He nods his head ever so slightly, but keeps his eyes on the leader of your coven. And he's going after Bella. He's a tracker.
Edward's eyes tighten and it takes him a minute to nod again, but when he does it's stiff; angry. You almost wish you hadn't told him because now you know he's just going to wisk your beautiful love off quicker. A bigger part of you, though, recognizes that you probably just saved her life.
You can only hope it's not too late.


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After a recent hardware upgrade (that lost me 7+ years of photo's, unfortunately ) I have a need for a new SATA optical drive. Given the (fairly) recent headway Linux has made in using Blu-Ray devices, and their massive storage capacity compared to a DVD, I'm inclined to go for a BR drive. How are users experiences with BR drives and blank media, does it require a working BR setup for playing a DVD (or would the drive react as a DVD drive when inserting a DVD) or any other quirks and pitfalls using a BR device on Linux (in particular Debian)?
I have no interest in playing HD video, nor movies on/from BR disks. I do have a number of movies on DVD that may or may not need libdvdcss to play. BR players have more stringent DRM measures then DVD had, would I still be able to view these disks?


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Norwich manager Chris Hughton insists England goalkeeper John Ruddy remains very much in his plans for next season, despite reports of interest from Chelsea.
New Blues boss Jose Mourinho is said to be an admirer of the 26-year-old, as he looks to provide cover for veteran Peter Cech, with suggestions a £5million bid had already been lodged with the Norfolk club.
"We see very much John's future here and we look forward to him being here," said Hughton. "John would be no different to any player we have here. Any interest in any of our players is just a mark and a testament to how well those individuals have done."
He added: "We start back training on Thursday. John is very much part of our plans and will be here.
"Then we go away to Austria next week and of course John is very much part of that. Any interest shown in any of our players is just a mark of how well they have done."
Norwich have officially unveiled club record signing Ricky van Wolfswinkel, captured for £8.5million from Sporting Lisbon, and are also interested in bringing in England under-21 winger Nathan Redmond from Birmingham, Hughton's former club.
Club captain Grant Holt has been linked with a move to Premier League newcomers Crystal Palace, while the Canaries are also said to be tracking Sweden international Ola Toivonen at PSV Eindhoven.
Hughton, however, refused to be drawn on any transfer specifics.
"We are working very hard behind the scenes," he said.
"We are a club which wants to make progress, that means any areas of the squad we can improve, we will do."
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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO) have been halted ahead of the company's announcement of fiscal Q3 results this afternoon.
The company is reporting revenue in the three months ended in December rose 76%, year over year, to $416 million in revenue and 67 cents a share, beating the consensus $367 million and 56 cents.
For the current quarter, Take-Two sees revenue in a range of $235 million to $285 million, and EPS in a range of 10 cents to 25 cents. That is below Street consensus for $305 million and 34 cents.
The company also said its board of directors approved a repurchase of 7.5 million shares of its stock. The company had 91.6 million shares outstanding as of February 1st, it said.
Take-Two, makers of the "Grand Theft Auto" series of video games, fell sharply last Thursday when the company announced a delay in the next installment of the franchise, which had been expected this spring, until September of this year.
Take-Two shares are indicated to resume trading at 4:25 pm, Eastern time.
Update: Latest trade price indicated at the moment is up $1.34, or almost 11%, at $14, although it's not clear the shares are actually trading freely at this point. Most quotes seem to be frozen still for the moment.
Update 2: The shares now have settled into an after-hours trading gain of 84 cents, or almost 7%, at $13.50.


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Despite the LPGA having the week off, amateur sensation Lydia Ko moved up a spot to No. 4 in this week's women's world rankings.
The 16-year-old, who won the Canadian Women's Open among her six top-10 finishes this season, inched up a spot from fifth last week.
The top three players remained the same ahead of Ko, with Inbee Park maintaining the top spot and again being followed by Suzann Pettersen and Stacy Lewis.
So Yeon Ryu also moved up a place to fifth, while Na Yeon Choi dropped a pair of slots to sixth. Karrie Webb held firm in seventh.
I.K. Kim and Catriona Matthew both jumped up a spot to sit in eighth and ninth, causing Shanshan Feng to fall two places to round out the top 10.
Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr and Jiyai Shin stayed put from 11th to 13th ahead of Ai Miyazato and Lizette Salas, who swapped places to sit in 14th and 15th, respectively.
Angela Stanford, Hee Young Park and Beatriz Recari were again placed 16th through 18th. Ai Miyazato moved up a place to 19th, resulting in former world No. 1 Yani Tseng dropping a place to round out the top 20.


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Press Release: Tallahassee Police Department
The Tallahassee Police Department responded to a call for assistance at 4495 Shelfer Road at approximately 4:30pm on September 5th, 2013. Upon arrival, TPD Patrol Officers located a male who was bleeding from an apparent gunshot wound near the 500 building. TFD and EMS also arrived on scene and the victim was transported to a local hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
TPD's Criminal Investigation Division, along with Forensic Technicians responded to the scene and assumed the primary role in the homicide investigation. TPD's investigators have no indication there is a threat to the community at this time.
TPD's Criminal Investigation Division is pursuing all leads and asks community members with information about this case to call TPD at 891-4200 or the Big Bend Crime Stoppers at 574-TIPS. Crime Stoppers does not want your name, just your information and you may be eligible for a cash reward.
Richard K. Kitchen Black Male DOB: 01/28/75
By: Bailey Myers
September 5th, 2013
Tallahassee FL- After a shooting in Briarwood Apartment complex in Tallahassee. It happened at 4495 Shelfer Road. The Tallahassee Police Department is still investigating.
The Uncle of the victim, "I don't know what happened all I know is he's dead. That's all I know." Family members react to a death in Tallahassee. TPD was called around 4:45 Thursday afternoon to respond to a man bleeding in the Briarwood apartment complex.
Tallahassee Police Department Public Information Officer, Officer David Northway explained, "Officers responded from TPD along with TFD and EMS and located a male who was suffering from an apparent gun shot wound." The man was then taken to a local hospital where he died from his injuries. Family members tell Eyewitness News the deceased was 38-year-old Richard Kitchen Junior.
Uncle of Victim, Ronald Kitchen, "Well he was a good kid he would give you the coat off his back. He didn't bother nobody. He was a person that you would want to meet. Always smiling everything he was a good person."
TPD has not confirmed Kitchen Junior was the victim, who else was involved, or the circumstances that led to the shooting-- only saying the case remains under investigation. There's also no word on if anyone else was injured in this incident. We'll pass along any information as soon as it becomes available.
By: Bailey Myers
September 5, 2013
Tallahassee, FL - According to family members, the victim was Richard Kitchen Jr., 38 years old.
WCTV will bring you more tonight on WCTV Eyewitness News at 11.
By: Bailey Myers
September 5, 2013
Tallahassee, FL - Police report that the victim was a male, and reportedly died at the hospital. Investigators are still on scene gathering information and say there is no reason to believe there is any public threat at this time.
By: Bailey Myers
September 5, 2013
6:47 pm
Tallahassee, FL - A homicide investigation is underway at Briarwood Apaprtments off Shelfer Rd. in the southside of Tallahassee.
WCTV has a reporter on scene and will bring you more information as it becomes available.


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July 6, 2012
During a move awhile back, I crated up several fish mounts that I've had for years and put them in storage. Yesterday, after a year of not seeing them, I carefully opened the crates one by one....
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I am in the process of refinishing one of the dining room's floor. Low and behold it appears to be made from several kinds of wood.
Can anyone help me identify them?
I'd say mostly pine and maple with maybe some ash thrown in. Mark's the expert here.
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Doesn't appear to be pine. To light to be maple. I would say either hickory or pecan due to the coloring. The photo isn't enough to make a good guess. Needs to be closer to the floor.
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I am leaning towards David's guess but would need to see close up photos.
Often times hardwood flooring will look like different woods but is usually all one type wood.
The different colors and grain patterns are usually just variations from different logs or portions of the log.
Example some heartwood, some sapwood (different colors).
Some cut flat, some rift, some quarter sawn (different grain patterns).
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Salty how old is that floor? I wonder if that's hemlock.
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Marshall Memos
The Alzheimer's Association Marshall County Support Group will meet on the second Thursday, March 8, 2007 at 12:00 p.m. at the Marshall Co. Senior Citizens Center located at 230 College St. in Lewisburg. Light refreshments will be provided.
The Marshall County Soil Conservation District will hold its annual tree giveaway this spring. If you are interested in receiving free Southern Red Oak and Loblolly Pine trees, call 359-6268.
The Belfast Lions Club is hosting a barbecue dinner March 10, 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Belfast Lions Club Building. The cost of plates will be $8.00 each. Whole Boston Butts will be available for $25.00.
The GED Class Practice Test will be given Saturday March 10, 8:30 a.m. at the Marshall County Adult Learning Center. For more information call 359-7609.
Marshall County Moms on a Mission will be having a bake sale Saturday March 10 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at NAPA Auto Parts on West Commerce, to raise money to send Easter care packages and cards to deployed soldiers. Donations may be made by calling Barb Blackmore 359-2135, Leslie Beavers 637-7771, or Sandy Wakham 359-1845.
Cornersville Police Chief Todd Bone will be conducting a safety program at Cornersville Elementary School Wednesday March 14, 2007 8:30 a.m.
There will be gospel singing at Central Park (Old Connley School) Saturday March 17, 2007 3:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. featuring eight groups.
The Marshall County Community Theater will be holding auditions for adults for the Rogers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma" March 19-20 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at the Dixie Theater. Those auditioning will be asked to sing and do a cold reading. Directed by Will Lambert, the play will open June 22. For more information e-mail Lambert at email@example.com.\


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Butternut squash with sour cream, smoked paprika, a dash of cinnamon for good luck and chives.
Just like a twice baked potato, the squash is roasted first, then the flesh is removed and beaten with sour cream and seasonings. It goes back into the squash shells with a sprinkling of bread crumbs for a second baking.
The squash turns out super creamy, a little tangy and kind of sweet and spicy from the cinnamon and paprika.
I'm a natural born squash lover! I can happily eat a roasted squash totally plain and be happy. With that said I think this recipe could use some improvement. It's good but it's not "wow" the way I want it to be. It does have a ton of potential and can easily be improved upon. Bacon, caramelized onions, roasted garlic, butter instead of sour cream, sage, chipotles, cheese. . . okay maybe that's too many ideas. I'll stop while I'm ahead.
This is my entry for Side Dish Saturdays, a weekly event I started to bring more attention to side dishes and give them the respect and love they deserve.
I would love it if you linked up your side dishes! I only have two guidelines for linking to the event.
Your link must be a side dish; no soups or recipes with meat/poultry. Old posts are ok but. . .
The post must have a link back to my site. All other links will be deleted; every link will be checked.
The linky will be open until Monday at midnight eastern time. If you get here late – no worries – just link up next week.
Butternut squash with sour cream, smoked paprika, a dash of cinnamon for good luck and chives.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Halve the squash lengthwise (or the other way if you like, slice off ends if needed to make it stand up evenly), sprinkle squash with salt and fresh black pepper. Fill a roasting pan with 1/4 inch water. Place squash in a roasting pan flesh side up and fill with about 1/4 inch of water. Cover with aluminum foil, and bake until squash is tender when pierced with the tip of a knife, 35 to 45 minutes. Allow squash to cool until it can be handled.
- Scoop out the seeds and fibers from the middle and discard. Scoop out the squash flesh into a large bowl leaving a 1/4 inch border around the edges to help retain their shape.
- Add the sour cream, paprika, cinnamon, chives, and season with salt and pepper. Use an electric mixer or potato masher to mix until smooth and well combined. Fill the squash halves and sprinkle tops with bread crumbs.
- Bake until golden brown and warm throughout about 20-25 minutes. Serve over salad greens if desired.
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...kindof post-mortem...
The upcoming version won't work on Windows XP - which is still very very popular.
Its like they're not even trying...
Windows XP is coming up to a decade old itself - its been replaced twice over, there is no commercial reason why Microsoft should continue to support it with new features.
Perhaps not, but most people are still using XP, hardly anybody has moved to Vista or Windows 7. Not having new versions of IE isn't going to stop people from using XP, they'll just use FIrefox or IE6 instead.
Perhaps not, but most people are still using XP, hardly anybody has moved to Vista or Windows 7.
I would agree that "hardly anyone" might apply to Vista, but it most certainly does not apply to Windows 7.
The only reason I bought Windows 7 Pro 64-bit was to feed my gaming addiction with support over 4GB of RAM and presumably being the next majorly supported platform. It was the least amount I could give to Microsoft to legally continue my habit (the XBox is over twice as much, and they get licensing fees, etc.) I only use it for a game PC and all the rest of my life is in Debian. I wish they'd sell a Windows, Gamer Edition that doesn't have the movie maker and all the other crap I'll never use. I'm still
It was included in my Professional edition... either via the disk or a covert update (because I didn't see anything about the DVD maker in the update summaries.)
Which brings me to another issue I have with Win7... I removed the Libraries and Favorites links from Explorer and they keep pushing them back in during updates. I wish there was a layer of user settings that even Microsoft has to abide by.
I would agree that "hardly anyone" might apply to Vista, but it most certainly does not apply to Windows 7.
Why not? Windows 7 users are still a definite minority.
IE8 works fine on XP. Why would people continue to use IE6? In fact, the last time I used Windows, I had to admit that IE8 was almost a decent browser. It has tabs, and all sorts of things that all the other browsers have had forever. In fact, IE7 isn't terrible.
To be perfectly honest, I HATE IE, but I don't let my personal preferences blind me to the fact that IE has been improving for about - oh - is it three years now?
Why would people continue to use IE6?
In a large number of cases, because its a corporate machine where the corporation has a critical webapp that breaks when you try to run it on anything other than IE6. There's a LOT corporations out there like that.
In a large number of cases, because its a corporate machine where the corporation has a critical webapp that breaks when you try to run it on anything other than IE6. There's a LOT corporations out there like that.
Yup; however, IE8 gives you "compatibility mode" for that. So basically you can run the IE6 web apps that no one wants to replace in what amounts to IE6 and use something more modern for everything else.
Of course, I've already worked at one company since where their web devs were using that as a
The problem is that with the advent of netbooks (and now tablets?) its less about having a lot of power, and a lot about portability. So for many people its more worth it to use the 'more lightweight' XP instead of Windows 7. Speaking about myself, I dual boot XP with Ubuntu - I have a copy of Windows 7 but I am not even considering installing it.
So I think by moving off XP and attempting to extinguish it - microsoft is losing on the 'netbook' market.
On an Atom 330 with nVidia's ION, Windows 7 is more than usable.
On an Atom 330 with nVidia's ION, Windows 7 is more than usable.
Sure, if you keep upping the specs of what a "netbook" is, anything will run on it. Point is, the major OEMs stopped making netbooks a long time ago.
So is a smartphone no longer a smartphone because they up the specs? Personal computers are several orders of magnitude faster than they were in 1981, have they stopped being personal computers?
Really big netbook==laptop.
Oh, and you are talking about two different things and trying to draw a direct parallel. It usually doesn't work that way.
Is this a netbook by your "standards"?
http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=sZ0sI6WqjnCHGFta [asus.com]
Here's my take on the whole netbook spec creep question. The original vision of what a netbook was was a miniature laptop that had just enough capability to get you on the web and do a few other basic things. They were small, light and very portable compared to regular laptops. Continuing that vision today would involve not adding bulk, size, and consequently price but by actually reducing those things. Instead of an "an Atom 330 with nVidia's ION", how about a Snapdragon and a PowerVR? No active cooli
I think you'll find that most people's definition of what a "netbook" is revolves around price/size, not specs.
It does not matter when the first copy of XP was sold, it matters when the last copy was sold. You cannot drop support for something that you sold a few months ago just because it has been on sale for 8 years and there are two newer versions.
It's called listening to your customers and not dictating to them what they want. Now I don't use it, but XP is still widely used, because it got "good enough" for companies and individuals to use and rely on. Same with upgrading hardware. If what you have is good enough, not broken, and does the job, there is no overwhelming need to upgrade, even if the hardware guys want you to.
Comes a time that corporations and stockholders, etc should put the fork down, push back from the table, and realize they have ea
Windows XP is coming up to a decade old itself - its been replaced twice over
'Replaced' implies that Windows XP was removed. It wasn't. Vista and Windows 7 just bolted on new horrors to an already terrible OS.
The good thing about the 'terrible OS' that is XP is that it's been out for 10 years--so all the geeks know the 'ins' and 'outs' and all the quirks.
And, did you notice that ext4 wont work with old Linux kernels either? It's like Linus isn't even trying either. [/sarcasm]
Get over yourself. XP was a great system, and it ran a long long race. It's time to lay it aside now. Upgrade to Ubuntu or something. If you're still in love with Bill Gate's version of bling, upgrade to Win7. It's a decent operating system, after all.
I don't have any major problems with Windows 7, well other than the UI changes from XP, but I also see no point in formatting a drive with a working OS on it that is still good enough for me and installing a different OS, and then reinstalling all of my programs, some of which may not work with the new OS. And all of that for what? Pretty graphics (Aero) that will be turned off right after Autorun?
Fair enough - if your OS works, don't upgrade. But, I'm a masochist, I guess. I upgrade and downgrade all the time. Or, maybe I'm just 'tarded, and I enjoy watching the progress counters telling me how soon my new (or old) OS will be ready to run.
I used to be like that some time ago. Then I started reinstalling Windows only if I absolutely could not get the old installation to work, because reinstalling all of the programs takes a long time and makes the PC semi-unusable (oh, I know, I'll just use program X here, wait, last time I used it was a year ago, before the reinstall, now where is that setup file...).
I can play with different OSs on virtual machines and an unused PC that I have (now it has Windows 98 installed, because I wanted to play Syste
it's improved quite a bit recently..
It may have improved quite a bit, but it's still one big steaming pile.
IE8 still lacks in so many ways as its older siblings did and adds new problems to the mix. I do not want it and especially do not want to develop for it.
I wonder if this version will get past 12/100 on the Acid3 test [acidtests.org].
...kindof post-mortem...
"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." -- Internet Explorer... er... Mark Twain
Pretty accurate - and that's from a long-term Opera user.
Shame that Opera sees such little take-up. It has 99% of the functionality of the common addons for Firefox already built-in (and has for years), it is a damn sight faster on low-end machines than Firefox, it's cross-platform, it's got a built-in mail client that is more than good enough for the average joe (with super-fast searching for EVERYTHING), and it's normally first with any innovation (WebM, Acid-compliance, HTML5, etc.) - hell, for the last
Actually, my freind, I read an article today that suggests Opera should NOT be used on low-end machines. It's a memory hog, without decent memory management. Lemme find that link - - - - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/opera-chrome-firefox,2689.html [tomshardware.com]
Opera has a lot of good things going for it, but compatibility with low end machines and low memory isn't one of them.
Er... yeah, if you leave the default memory cache enabled - Opera does its own in-memory caching where some other browsers rely on the underlying filesystem to cache for them, and Opera loads QT which counts as "memory used" on Windows but not under the vast amount of Linux distros that already have it in memory to be shared. There are a million and one ways to tweak Opera, which is another plus for it, including disabling quite a lot of functionality that you wouldn't want active on low-memory machines.
Elvis didn't die on this date either
He was also much older and much thinner than IE...
Even after 15 years, illegally tying MSIE to Windows [europa.eu] is still happening. This anti-competitive [justice.gov] activity has hurt standards, hurt competition, hurt the economy and held back the net.
There is even a form to report ongoing anti-trust violations [europa.eu], there are so many.
If M$ executives and employees would have ditched MSIE if security or performance were an issue. Opera [opera.com] and even Safari [apple.com] are far and above superior, if closed source is an obligation. Keeping MSIE in place AND keeping pieces of it throughout the
Despite your countless security holes, bad implementations of web standards and all these bad browser-dependent HTML codes caused by you, you really gave all these laymen in the world a simple way to explore the Internet. And glad to see that you're improving...
Whatever. We all know that Netscape Navigator was king back in the mid-90s.
I'll have you young whippersnappers with your newfangled browsers know that I'm posting this with
Now get off my lawn!!
Heh, I still use those text-based e-mail readers. I went to Mutt. I used to use Pine in the mid 1990s/90s. What about the rest of you?
A startup that I worked for hired a new CFO, apparently based on the fact that he had been CFO of Spyglass. Apparently, noone had heard this story yet....
At one point, just before we went under, he was being paid some ludicrous amount of money to drive his company car to CostCo to pick up cases of soda for our "free soda" fridge, as a cost-cutting measure.
that there was a time when people actually fled in droves to IE the way they are switching to Firefox and Chrome.
Anyone who wonders why IE 6 became the de facto standard just needs to find a download of Netscape Communicator.
The problem with IE6 is not that it was bad but that people wrote ActiveX applications for it and those applications are still needed.
The problem now is that many organizations have clueless IT departments that do not know how to deploy those old applications via Terminal Services and instead insist that desktop machines stick with IE6.
The problem with IE6 is that it doesn't render CSS properly, has ugly javascript quirks, and is STILL FUCKING USED BY 30% OF THE DAMN INTERNET.
And yes, I am a web developer.
Your problem is not that it is bad. Netscape 4 was just as bad. Your problem is that it is still widely used.
What browser did in 2002? Answer: none.
CSS btw was Microsoft's recommendation to the W3C in the first place.
I stand by my original statement - the fly in the ointment is the browser's longevity (though Active X was a stupid idea I'll agree. Never used it myself)
I don't get it. IE became the defacto standard because it was pre-installed on MS Windows. And MS Windows became the defactor standard because it comes with every computer pre-installed.
Ah no:
1) Netscape came pre-installed by some (most?) OEMs at that time. I don't have numbers on this but it was hard to find a computer that didn't have it.
2) Netscape was out first; a lot of people were settled into using Netscape before there even really was an IE. Netscape started with the dominant market position.
3) While Netscape for a while was superior, later versions of Netscape were terrible -- as in, not as good as the previous versions of Netscape. Eventually even people who hated IE of that era (including me) started using it just because they were so damn tired of how buggy Netscape had become.
I don't deny that Microsoft had a big and unfairly used advantage in having the dominant operating system, but in the grand scheme of things, that amounts to Microsoft trying to slip Netscape roofies while Netscape was busy firing a shotgun at itself as fast as it could.
I'm sure I'll get flamed for quoting him, but I've always loved Joel Spolsky's description of Netscape's "testing methodology" [joelonsoftware.com]:
This poor company did an almost supernatural amount of damage to its reputation through their "testing" methodology:
1) when the programmers are about halfway done, release the software on the web without any testing.
2) when the programmers say they are done, release the software on the web without any testing.
3) repeat six or seven times.
4) call one of those versions the "final vers
Not just find a copy, not just install it, but run it.
And try to get more than 5 minutes before "Netscape. This program performed an illegal operation and will be shut down"
IE crashed maybe a tenth as much. And most of the time you could move the illegal operation error to the side and keep going. All browsers are rock solid today in comparison. Of course the fact that that was back in the Win9X days didn't help anything.
I still have the 'I downloaded Internet Explorer" Tshirt that MS sent me for being one of the first 10,000 people to download IE 3, on Oct 31, 1996, IIRC.
1990's called, they want IE's find dialog back.
Does that mean we can charge it as an adult now?
No, but it probably explains why IE still acts like a smartassed teenager....
Is it just me, or does "software giant" sound like a monster that should be in Kingdom of Loathing [kingdomofloathing.com] ?
Have you ever noticed that the people who are always trying to tell you `there's a time for work and a time for play' never find the time for play?


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Dayton boy lights himself on fire while burning ant hills
Updated 4:16 pm, Sunday, February 17, 2013
A 12-year-old Dayton boy accidently lit himself on fire while trying to burn ant hills at his house, authorities said.
The boy was pouring gasoline onto ant hills at his house in the 4700 block of County Road 4704 around 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning, said Cpt. Ken DeFoor with the Liberty County Sheriff's Office.
The flame from the ant hill hit a five-gallon plastic container of gasoline the boy was using and set him on fire. The boy, whose name has not yet been released, appeared to have second and third degree burns over 80 percent of his body, DeFoor said.
He was Life Flighted to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
The incident is current under investigation.


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A few times a year, I have the honor of teaching a personal finance seminar at my alma mater, Barnard College, in Manhattan.
The class is called "Preparing for Life After College," and it's aimed at juniors and seniors. When I walk into the classroom, I'm facing some of the brightest young women in America.
They are beautiful, shiny, funny, eager and they make me want to cry.
Yet despite all their brainpower—which is impressive, let me tell you—these young women still lack financial confidence. (Hey, that's why Barnard created this course, right? And P.S. the college offers basic money classes, open to anyone.)
During two seminars recently, I asked the students something new—not about money facts and figures, but something more fundamental:
"What does the word wealth mean to you?"
In both classes, nearly every young woman said that she either didn't relate to "wealth" or that "wealth was for other people, not me."
My gut reaction was to scream, NOOOOOOOO! But then I thought, If these whip-smart young women, who voluntarily signed up for this money class don't identify with wealth, we have a problem.
So I said: You all want financial security (they nodded); you want to be good money managers (they nodded); you want peace of mind (lots of nodding).
That's wealth, I said.
Maybe it's time for us to take back the word wealth.
Everyone was quiet for a few moments. Then I resumed the class.
Choose your words. What does wealth mean to you? Do women need to couch "wealth" in different terms in order to get there?


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Scott denies Poulter in Australia
Ian Poulter
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Adam Scott edged out playing partner Ian Poulter in a final day shootout to break a 15-month tournament drought and claim his first gold jacket at the Australian Masters in Melbourne.
Scott took on one of the fiercest competitors in world golf and beat him at Kingston Heath, with the World Number Five overturning a one shot deficit on the final day to win by four strokes at 17 under par.
The Australian's final round score of 67 was five shots better than Poulter's, with the pair finishing well clear of the rest of the field.
New Zealanders Gareth Paddison and Mark Brown had a close battle for third place, but had to settle for a share of the spoils some eight shots behind Scott.
Scott and Poulter went shot for shot over the first 11 holes, but the Englishman made bad mistakes on the two par fives on the way home that ultimately led to his downfall.
Poulter opted for a hybrid out of a fairway bunker at the 12th and could only move the ball forward 20 metres into more sand, before finding a greenside trap with his approach shot and settling for a bogey.
That put him two behind Scott and when he shot over the back and failed to get up-and-down at the 14th, the Australian's advantage was out to three.
Scott only had to make pars over the concluding stages to hold on and he did so with relative ease, before holing a birdie putt on the last to hammer the final nail into Poulter's coffin.
He did receive a minor scare when his playing partner birdied the tough par four 16th to get back within two, but Poulter inexplicably missed a simple two foot putt on the 17th green to give that shot back and put the result beyond doubt.
Such an anti-climatic finish seemed nigh-on impossible earlier in the day as the duo battled back and forth for supremacy over the front nine in a final-round pairing that felt more like a matchplay event.
Scott made a brilliant birdie-birdie start to go from one behind Poulter to one in front, but the Englishman fought straight back.
His approach at the third was stone-dead as he tapped in for birdie to tie it up, before edging one clear yet again when Scott failed to get up-and-down from a tough bunker at the fourth.
Scott then made three consecutive birdies starting at the sixth, with the pick of those coming at the par four seventh when he rolled in a long putt for three to match Poulter's tap-in birdie and then cheekily mocked the Englishman's reaction from yesterday when he did the same thing to the Australian.
The pair shared birdies at the short par three eighth and, as the wind increased later in the day, so did their scores.
However, Scott remained steady on the way home, with Poulter's meltdown on the two longest holes on the course proving the difference between the two players.
Queenslander Adam Crawford shot the best round of the day, with his 65 catapulting him up the leaderboard to finish in fifth at six under, while Peter Senior and Michael Hendry were a further two shots back in a share of sixth.
There were no final-round heroics from Graeme McDowell, as the Northern Irishman and third-highest ranked player in the field could only close with a 71.
That was good enough for him to share eighth spot with David Bransdon at two under.


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Monday, April 01, 2013 1:00 am
Astros strong in AL debut, top Texas in MLB opener
By KRISTIE RIEKENAP Sports Writer
This veteran-laden team certainly isn't pushing the panic button after one lackluster game, though.
Rick Ankiel and the Houston Astros made an impressive debut in the AL, trouncing the Rangers 8-2 on Sunday night in the major league opener and giving Bo Porter a win in his first game as manager.
"They played good baseball over there," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "That's all you can say. They pitched. They hit. They did everything."
As Houston began a new era with the move to the AL, the Rangers were embarking on a new chapter without Hamilton, the 2010 AL MVP. Along with Hamilton's departure to the Angels, Texas also lost catcher Mike Napoli and infielder Michael Young.
The loss snapped a streak of four straight opening day victories by the Rangers. Former Astros star Lance Berkman had two hits in his first game as Texas' designated hitter.
"I think there have been some people who have been disparaging in their analysis of their talent level, but this is the major leagues, and any team is capable of beating any other team on a given night," Berkman said.
He isn't worried about their offense coming around.
"If you look at the back of our baseball cards, I think we're pretty stinking good," he said.
The Rangers averaged an MLB-best 4.99 runs a game last season. The Astros? They were last in the league, scoring just 3.6 runs a contest.
On Sunday, Ankiel launched a pinch-hit three-run shot for the majors' first homer this season, Bud Norris pitched well for the win and Erik Bedard threw 3 1-3 scoreless innings for his first career save.
Having switched from the National League to the AL in the offseason, the Astros earned their first opening day victory since 2006 and the 4,000th regular-season win in franchise history.
The Astros are coming off consecutive 100-loss seasons and has the lowest payroll in the majors, prompting many to predict they will be the worst team in the majors. But Houston opened in style wearing uniforms that brought back the orange and blue of old-school Astros teams.
Justin Maxwell added a pair of triples and made a nifty catch in center field.
Norris (1-0) allowed five hits and two runs with five strikeouts in 5 2-3 innings. He was one of five Astros making their first opening day start on baseball's second-youngest team.
Bedard shut down the Rangers on one hit the rest of the way for his first save in a 10-season career.
Porter, who at 40 is baseball's youngest manager, insisted all spring that this team would be much better than last season.
Matt Harrison (0-1), who signed a $55 million contract this offseason, yielded six hits and five runs and tied a career high with nine strikeouts in 5 2-3 innings.
Maxwell's two-out triple in the fourth inning broke a scoreless tie and gave Houston a 2-0 lead. The ball bounced off the wall in left field and scored Brett Wallace and Carlos Pena, who both got on with singles. Umpires reviewed the play to make sure it wasn't a home run, and upheld the call.
An error by right fielder Nelson Cruz let Houston score a run in the fifth, and Jose Altuve singled home another.
"They got some runs and then added on, and we were just never able to keep up," Texas catcher A.J. Pierzynski said.
Harrison put runners at first and second with walks in the sixth and was replaced by Derek Lowe with two outs. Ankiel, the one-time pitcher with St. Louis, connected on his fifth career pinch-hit homer, a full-count shot to right field that made it 7-2.
"This is an organization that's probably been as successful as any in baseball over the last three years in terms of wins and losses in the regular season and the postseason," Berkman said of the Rangers. "Obviously, we are built to win now, and the expectation is that we will."
Norris had a tough second inning and had to use 26 pitches to escape, striking out Mitch Moreland. Norris got on a roll from there, retiring nine of the next 10 batters.
Norris ran into trouble in the sixth when Ian Kinsler drew a walk and Berkman hit a one-out single. Murphy's two-out single sent Kinsler home to make it 4-1. Cruz followed with a groundball single that rolled just out of reach of diving shortstop Ronny Cedeno to score Berkman and chase Norris.
Chants of "Cruuuuuuuz" filled the stadium, indicating the large number of Rangers fans who made the 250-mile trip from Dallas. Norris was replaced by Bedard, who is Houston's fifth starter, but won't be needed for a while in the rotation because of off-days.
NOTES: Altuve got the first hit of the season. ... These teams have a day off Monday before resuming the series Tuesday when the Rangers' Yu Darvish opposes Lucas Harrell. ... Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, the NFL's defensive player of the year, threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Watt, who said he threw a bullpen session to prepare for the task, threw a strike. ... Texans star receiver Andre Johnson was also in the sold-out crowd of 41,307. ... Lyle Lovett performed the national anthem.


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Yet American minimalism, isolationism, realism, mind-our-own-business-ism—whatever you want to call it—is cyclical.
So how does he end up with the leader of American isolationism?
Cheney tacitly bashed Paul last month, saying an "increasing strain of isolationism" is taking over their party.
Paul, by talking up his isolationism, would goad Romney into sounding like Dick Cheney.
The cold war lasted half a century, but isolationism never left the conservative DNA.
The answer lies in the intersection of isolationism and war.
We have made it equally dear that we will not retreat to isolationism.
Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace.
This is a fact: Strength in the pursuit of peace is no vice; isolationism in the pursuit of security is no virtue.
isolationism would not only tie our hands in fighting enemies, it would keep us from helping our friends in desperate need.
The doctrine that a nation should stay out of the disputes and affairs of other nations. The United States practiced a policy of isolationism until World War I and did not pursue an active international policy until after World War II. (See "entangling alliances with none.")


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Use the quote box at left to price Pacific Mexico hotels.
Huatulco is located on the Pacific coast of Mexico in the southwestern state of Oaxaca. Just over a decade ago, the area was merely a row of sleepy fishing towns. Transformed into the newest of Mexico's resort locales by government developers, the eco-friendly city enjoys excellent scuba diving, snorkeling and fishing. Nine bays provide beautiful vistas of the tropical coastline. Visitors will enjoy fine handicraft and glass shopping in the area, and because Huatulco is new to the resort scene, the shops are relatively free from the mass-produced souvenir items you'd find in more established resort areas.
The hotels and resorts on this page have been divided into two groups. Immediately below are the all-inclusive Huatulco resorts, where lodging, meals, activities and more are rolled into one price. Farther down on this page, traditional hotels and resorts are listed.
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48 Hour Film Project Austin from KLRU Collective on Vimeo.
Our friends at The 48 Hour Film Project are hosting a best of screening on Monday, Sept. 24, at the Long Center at 7 pm. At this screening they will announce the winners of the 48 Hour Film Project which has filmmaking teams create a short film in just 48 hours. They've given us a few pair of tickets to give to our fans, just post a comment by noon Friday, Sept. 21. Or you can buy tickets online
About the 48 Hour Film Project:
The 48 Hour Film Project's mission is to advance filmmaking and promote filmmakers. Through its festival/competition, the Project encourages filmmakers and would-be filmmakers to get out there and make movies. The tight deadline of 48 hours puts the focus squarely on the filmmakers—emphasizing creativity and teamwork skills. While the time limit places an unusual restriction on the filmmakers, it is also liberating by putting an emphasis on "doing" instead of "talking."