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Right after the tornado wiped out his town, 11-year-old J.D. Colclazier heard screams over his father's emergency radio. It was another father yelling into his emergency radio: "My kids are pinned! I need help now!"
When the screaming stopped, J.D. asked, "Does that mean they're dead?"
"No, that means there's help on the way," John Colclazier said, partly to reassure his son.
John doesn't know whether J.D. suffered psychological trauma when he heard the cries for help, but he is certain his son will never forget it.
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Five weeks after the tornado hit, the psychological fallout has only reached the early stages. It will take several months or longer for the most severe cases -- including post-traumatic stress disorder -- to manifest themselves, mental health officials say.
One official expects that the number of PTSD cases could be higher than normal because the tornado uprooted a community whose residents were so deeply rooted.
Around Greensburg, tornado stress is showing, residents and health professionals say.
There's the 3-year-old, so terrified that it took three hours of coaxing to get her to leave her sanctuary under a bed when a storm blew through days after the tornado.
There's the elderly, vibrant woman whose short-term memory is so diminished, she wonders whether she is now suffering from Alzheimer's.
There's the 32-year-old sheriff's deputy who helped save lives but now feels survivor guilt.
There's the woman who worries because her husband is drinking more than ever.
There's the dispatcher -- who stayed so calm as she handled emergency communications the night of the tornado -- who has had three anxiety attacks at home, triggered by storms.
And there's 6-year-old Bailey Burns, son of Kiowa County Undersheriff Tom Burns, who won't let go of two donated toys because he fears they will blow away, as all of his other toys did the night of tornado.
In the short term, some people have taken advantage of free crisis counseling, provided through state and federal agencies.
But some health officials and professionals worry that months from now there might not be enough government assistance, insurance coverage or money in tornado victims' bank accounts to treat the most severe cases, which could require costly inpatient treatment and years of therapy. As with many small towns, incomes are limited, and even a $75 co-payment for outpatient care can be an obstacle.
In a recent interview, an Eagle reporter asked Greensburg's new mayor, John Janssen, what kind of assistance the town still needs.
"I think some of them need counseling, and that's not a popular thing in a small, rural community," Janssen said. "They don't want to share their feelings.
"It's post-traumatic stress... that's what it is for a lot of these folks."
Survivor's guilt
The night of May 4, Bill Odle, a Kiowa County deputy sheriff and storm-spotter, used his fire radio frequency to call in one of the first warnings, which helped lead to tornado sirens being set off in Greensburg.
After the storm hit, Odle felt desperate to get to his children and check on them. He would later learn they were OK. But before he could reach them, he had to stop and assist others. He heard people screaming and saw dazed people creeping out of the rubble.
"It was just like a zombie movie," he said. "People didn't know what to do. They were lost."
He saw a puddle of blood.
He saw a body.
During the house-to-house search-and-rescue, he heard a rumor that a 2-year-old was missing. As he spotted children's toys scattered and soaked, he wanted to cry.
Although he had helped warn people, he felt what experts call survivor guilt. He second-guessed himself.
"What more did I need to do to protect these people?" he asked himself.
He went 36 hours without sleep.
He tried to prepare people at the shelter in Haviland for what they would see when they drove back into town the first time after being evacuated.
"Prepare yourself for the worst you can ever imagine," he told them.
Later, he went to shop in Pratt but felt out of place.
The abnormal state in Greensburg had started to seem normal to him.
For two weeks after the storm, his memory was shot. He would see people he had known for years, but he couldn't remember their names.
One night he bolted awake, thinking he was hearing a tornado siren.
But it was only the whine of an oscillating fan.
Help close to home
Greensburg is fortunate because one of the state's community mental health centers -- Iroquois Center for Human Development -- is located in town, and the four-year-old building is one of the few that survived the tornado.
Still, the center suffered heavy losses: Three of the 10 people killed by the storm were center clients, and 30 staff members lost homes.
Partly because the center is still recovering, community mental health counselors from around the state have been sent to Greensburg. Residents can contact them at a tent outside the damaged courthouse.
In coming months, Iroquois Center expects to see patients with serious mental health problems, said executive director Sheldon Carpenter.
"There's going to be plenty of PTSD... and you're not going to see that for three to six months," he said. "For some, it's going to be later than that."
Although with some disasters only 2 to 3 percent of the victims develop full-blown PTSD, Carpenter expects double that rate -- 4 to 6 percent, or 60 to 90 people from Greensburg or surrounding farms. He expects the incidence to be higher because so many affected by the tornado have deep ties to their community, ties that have been severed by the destruction.
Part of the challenge for mental health professionals is getting people to realize that they are not crazy or weak because they feel stressed, Carpenter said.
"Mental health services are no different than going to the doctor because... you have a heart condition," he said.
"You need to treat it just like you have any physical condition." And the sooner, the better, he said.
Even people whose job it is to manage stressful situations are having a tough time. Alicia Daniels, a Kiowa County dispatcher who handled the urgent emergency communications the night of the tornado, who activated warning sirens that saved lives, said she has had three anxiety attacks at her home in Mullinville.
"Just a little bit of wind scares me now," said Daniels, 22.
"I seriously thought I would have no problem with it."
When she feels anxious, she tries to calm herself. "I tell myself it will get better the next day."
The cost of care
Treating people's mental health conditions won't be cheap.
Some victims could end up with dual diagnoses of PTSD and substance abuse that are triggered by the tornado, Carpenter said. Those kinds of cases could involve inpatient treatment costing roughly $20,000 a person, he said.
Although Medicaid and other government assistance will help, it likely won't cover the full cost. Some of the victims can expect to pay for their treatment based on a sliding scale. Relatively few residents have job benefits covering extensive treatment, Carpenter said.
The state sought an intermediate mental health grant of $237,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Abbie Hodgson, spokeswoman with the state Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. The state agency expects the federal government to provide about $200,000.
Although the expected funding will be less than requested, she said, "I think we feel at the present time that's a workable number.... I think we feel strongly that FEMA has been available and responsive to our needs and requests."
A long-term grant proposal, not yet submitted, would seek free counseling for up to nine months. After that, the state could seek extended federal aid.
Hodgson didn't think that federal aid would cover intensive care like long-term therapy or inpatient care. State programs could cover some substance-abuse treatment or inpatient care, depending on the person's income, she said.
Early signs of stress
Some signs of tornado stress are appearing at a tent hospital in Greensburg providing temporary quarters for Kiowa County Memorial Hospital; the tornado destroyed the building.
"We're seeing people who haven't slept in a number of days," said Nancy Kisner, a physician assistant who works at the hospital.
Some patients feel angry or anxious but aren't sure why, Kisner said.
Even those who have good insurance coverage and feel fortunate in many ways "still feel insecure in general," she said.
The hospital has dispensed sleep aids and anti-depressants and steered people to counseling, although some patients "want to think they can cope without any help," Kisner said.
She's concerned that some people could be abusing narcotics or alcohol as they try to cope. She heard from a woman who said her husband is drinking "a lot more than he ever has."
"I'm also hearing of a lot of people who are going to counselors, who have never been to a counselor before in their lives," Kisner said.
But she worries that there might not be enough assistance to treat mental health in the long term. She's hoping some psychologists might volunteer their services.
The hospital staff tries to check on people's medical health with subtle questions like, "How are you sleeping?" and, "How's your appetite?"
Some children have become hypersensitive to storm activity. One patient told her that her daughter crawled under a bed during a recent storm. The girl was crying, shaking.
"They couldn't rationalize with her," Kisner said. "She was terrified."
Although children can be resilient, Kisner said, "the people least equipped to cope... are the children."
Before the storm hit Greensburg, about 250 children lived there.
How parents respond to the stress will determine how their children fare mentally, said Briana Nelson Goff, an associate professor of marriage and family therapy at Kansas State University who directs a program providing counselors for major disasters, including the Greensburg tornado.
Parents can't effectively help their children, Goff said, unless they keep themselves mentally healthy and seek help if they need it.
The scope of the mental stress shouldn't be underestimated, Goff said. Some victims could be dealing with the mental trauma for the rest of their lives, but in many cases it won't be debilitating.
Still, she said, "It's going to be a memory forever."
And the tornado affects many more people indirectly. Relatives and friends who have taken in displaced residents and aid workers dispatched to Greensburg also can be affected by the stress, Goff said. She calls it "compassion fatigue or secondary trauma."
A child's perspective
John Colclazier, the 57-year-old Greensburg volunteer firefighter and former emergency medical technician, agreed to let his children talk with a reporter about their experiences after the tornado so people would understand what the children of Greensburg are enduring.
At a picnic table, with his father listening, J.D., the 11-year-old, said he still has a hard time fathoming what happened.
"I'm thinking, 'How could a tornado that big hit Greensburg?' "
When he peered at the smashed remains of his school, he looked for the hallway where he might have gone during a drill, or during the real thing. The hall was full of debris.
"It kind of spooked me," J.D. said.
"If school was in session, I can't even imagine how many kids would have died."
He has a hard time accepting that he can't return to his house, a ranch-style built in the early 1960s. It sustained so much damage it can't be salvaged.
"I've been living in that house my entire life -- that's where I grew up," J.D. said.
Part of his security now is his half-beagle, half-pug puppy named Sophie.
His parents will seek counseling for J.D. if they think it's necessary.
"There should be no stigma to counseling," his father said.
From family lore, J.D. knows that his ties to Greensburg run deep. His great-great-grandfather, another John Colclazier, settled in Kiowa County and on Christmas Day 1885 plowed a "fire guard" to protect his sod house from prairie fires. That same ancestor used mules to haul rock that would line the Big Well, Greensburg's tourist attraction.
Separated from friends
The night the tornado hit, J.D.' s 15-year-old sister, Maci, was in Salina with her school's forensics team, staying at a hotel for the state tournament. She's a straight-A student who plays the clarinet.
She called her father at 9:47 p.m., but he couldn't talk long. He was busy taking shelter.
In the next few hours, she and the other students learned much about the tornado from TV news reports. She remembers seeing three words running across the bottom of the TV screen: "Greensburg" and "direct hit."
Early that morning, she heard that 60 percent of the town was damaged. The destruction would later be put at 95 percent.
As the teens found out, long-distance, how wide the damage was, they began to cry and hug one another. It didn't matter that some of them had fought with each other in the past.
Maci fell asleep about 5 a.m. and slept only two hours. That night and morning is "kind of a big blur," she said.
"It was kind of overwhelming being there at the hotel, knowing that might be the last time everybody's together," she said, choking up.
She again tried to suppress tears as she explained how her friends are now scattered to temporary homes in Mullinville, Kinsley, Bucklin, Pratt and Coldwater. She's staying near Mullinville.
She maintains contact with friends through text-messaging.
This summer before her sophomore year, she worries that some of her friends might attend other schools next fall.
She's not sure whether she will seek professional counseling. In many ways, she said, her friends are her counselors because they can relate to one another.
"People just need to be around people," Maci said.


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STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI)-Some kids dream of having their toy trucks come to life and some finally got their wish.
The first Touch-a-Truck event was hosted in the Sportsplex parking lot in Starkville where kids and parents had a chance to explore a variety of over 20 vehicles such as fire engines, police cars, construction trucks, and big rigs. The children also learned about the different jobs each driver does while on duty. All proceeds will benefit Volunteer Starkville, a nonprofit organization that strives to connect volunteers with local nonprofits throughout the community.


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Honda Pilot 2007 - 2008
I am getting ready to buy a 07 EXL with Navigation. I believe the garage door opener is standard equipment on the EXL. However, the dealer informed me that the door opener is missing.
Where can I get a replacement garage door opener? I have called the local Honda dealers parts department but they put me on hold and could not answer my question. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!
auto33bot Posts: 6I just purchased my AWDHONDA PILOT '08 SE last November and i do love it but the FACT that it doesn't come with AUX-INPUT for I-POD or MP3 is MISERABLE on my part. Is anybody know what is the best OPTIONS out there. I have an I-POD cradle but the quality sounds sucks since u have to find a better frequency on FM's. Then there is NEO ION KIT for $199.00......I heard there is an AUXILLIARY behind PILOTS STEREO where u can hook ur I-PODS, Is it TRUE? THANKS IN ADVANCED
bigdadi118 Posts: 1,207Check with www.crutchfield.com for all available to your Pilot model / trim
tpham000 Posts: 1I've got a '07 Pilot and I want to add a hitch for a bike rack. The bike store said the hitch shouldn't cost to much to add since I don't need to worry about wires. Is that true and if so, how much should I expect to spend to get the hitch added? Is it relatively straight forward enough that I could do it myself? I'm no a mechanic but can work with tools and read instructions. Thanks.
- Tuan
blackjack7 Posts: 2a minute to do....wish i came to edmunds first before wasting my time outside
gator79 Posts: 1The rear license plate bolts on my Pilot each snapped off, one right after the other. My wife and I noticed this on a Saturday evening. The left side of the license plate was dangling. Thinking the bolt was loose, I went to tighten it by hand, and the bolt broke free from the rear of the vehicle. I went to tighten the other side and it also broke off.
No part of the metal is pulled or twisted, so it does not appear that someone tried to pry it off. I showed the plate, the bolts, and the rear of the vehicle to the dealer, and no one had seen this before on this age of vehicle - a 2007. The dealer has indicated that Honda will not repair under any warranty - vehicle has 53,000 miles on it.
I have never had this happen to a vehicle in 36 years of driving. Has anyone else had this happen? I am very disappointed that Honda will not stand behind the vehicle.
I've done some online research and I guess it's a somewhat common issue that the rear license plate bolts on the 2007 Pilots will snap clean off, leaving the license plate laying somewhere on a country road or busy interstate highway.
As of today, my left bolt/nut is completely gone, and my right one is half-rotted through and is ready to fall off too. I've contacted my dealer twice about this, and they've basically blown me off (claimed it happened because I "over tightened" the bolts). I then raised such a ruckus that they put me in touch with Corporate, but Corporate says it's not their problem because the car is out of warrantee.
I'm furious - a 2007 vehicle has body rot to such a degree that parts are falling off it. I don't know if it's poor sheetmetal, a bad weld, or what, but Honda has an quality issue on their hands if you ask me. My brother-in-law knows welding, and he says that the materials were not properly clean in the factory before the weld was applied, and this resulted in a bad weld. He also noted (due to the fact that I have a gaping hole where the nut used to be) that the sheetmetal is VERY thin in the tailgate area. I am very disappointed that Honda will not stand behind the vehicle, especially given that it's only a 2007 and relatively new. Honda's actions (or inaction is more like it) will go a long way towards helping to decide which brand I will purchase the next time I'm buying a new car.
THAT BEING SAID, I was wondering what other people have done to fix this problem? I've heard a lot of good sounding ideas from friends and family, but I was wondering if anyone has any tried and true success stories. As long as it firmly holds the license plate in place and looks relatively normal (for resale purposes) I'm game for any type of solution. It doesn't have to be exactly the same set-up as it was when it came from the factory (since that's a failed engineering/design solution anyway). I'm fairly handy by the way, so I'd like to do this myself.
bisquit5 Posts: 1We are seeing the same problem with our 09 Honda Pilot, silver in color. A one year old vehicle and the paint is chipping on the back tailgate in nearly 20 spots and now is beginning to rust. The manufacturer and dealer are saying this is a "environmental" problem that will not be covered. Funny cuz we have had lots of vehicles in this "environment" that have not begun chipping after just one year. Thinking that Honda needs to take accountability for this but what is the next step?
After going up the corporate food chain trying to get help with my problem, I got shot down at every turn because my Pilot is out of warantee. It's only 3 years old and has corroded so badly that the license plate fell off...but it's not Honda's problem as far as they're concerned. When I was given the final word by corporate that they wouldn't help me, I let them know that I will never ever purchase another Honda product again, and I will now find an independent mechanic so my money doesn't go to the dealership service department either (Courtney Honda, Milford, CT). At this point I cannot wait to dump this POS Pilot.
I just bought a 07 Pilot EX FWD and was surprised to see that the bolts on the rear suspension + other bolts on the side were rusty. Rusty here means 100% rust - totally brown.
The local Honda dealer informed me I would have to pay $347 to replace these bolts. (Total number of bolts 7)
This vehicle has under 23,000 miles and is still under warranty. Plus it was sold as "Honda certified".
What should I do so that Honda pays to replace these bolts replaced?
I feel this is a safety issue since these bolts can crumble and fall off in the near future. Thanks!
ddombrowski1 Posts: 5Just bought an 07 Honda Pilot EX-L CPO car. 29k miles, grey/grey in Florida. Sticker price was 24,600 with 650 dealer fee. The magical internet price (non-negotiable) was 23,656 + dealer fee. Paid 21,600 + tax and tag, no dealer fee . I think I got a pretty fair deal.
Now, am I correct in assuming that once I leave the dealership I cannot purchase the extended warranty from Honda? We drive a ton of highway miles, so I wasn't all that interested in the warranty to begin with, but if I was, I'd want to shop around dealerships for it.
Overall, wife loves the car. It was pretty decently serviced for the CPO certification and the leather is in nice shape (not always the case).
Next stop - trailer hitch and roof racks for my surfboards.
afsquid Posts: 1I plugged an adaptor in the car receptacle the other day and my radio shut down and I can't get it to come on again. I checked the fuse under the hood for the radio and it's all good then I checked the other two fuse boxes inside the car but I don't see any labeled "radio".
merrill94952 Posts: 1We are experiencing the same faulty rear license plate weld. Did you ever find a fix, other than paying the dealer to repair?
I ended up taking my case to Corporate because my dealer (Courtney Honda, Milford CT) did nothing for me. The Regional Parts and Service Manager came out, took a look at it, took photos and told me that Honda would be in touch. About 2 weeks later I got the call from Corporate telling me they won't do anything for me either, not a dime. I think this is a case of if your dealer doesn't offer to help out on it, then you're SOL. I ended up jury-rigging a solution - my brother-in-law works for a major defense contractor, and he got some industrial-grade velcro for me to try. So far it's working great.
This will be my last Honda though, I've had it with them.
For the last one month, I have been getting this message on my odometer: "Check Fuel Cap"
I have opened and closed the fuel cap 3 or 4 different times, filled the gas tank a few times, however the message still flashes on my odometer.
Does this mean I have to replace my fuel cap? Also, my vehicle is due for Safety inspection this month. Is this a safety issue and will I fail the Inspection?


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While today you have free reign to squeal over furry little puppies, Gothamist points out that it's also Chip & Dip Day. What better way to celebrate than with another installment of Food Tube, where I find TV shows that reference the food of the moment, with handy recipes. It's surprising how many series had episodes referencing this handy snack; I tried to make the recipes match up as much as possible while still giving you enough variety of the "chips + dip" equation. (Thanks to my Facebook friends who helped brainstorm these episodes!)


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A week of horror hopefully is over. A nation rallied around our region until an international fugitive was brought to justice. Massachusetts law enforcement authorities did a fantastic job in capturing him and taking him alive. But Rhode Island State Police played a major role in ensuring everyone's safety around the region so that Massachusetts police could do their job.
It was a hero's exodus Friday night in Watertown as law enforcement officials left the scene of a standoff that led to the capture of 19 year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
However the herculean police efforts were not just concentrated on Watertown, neighboring communities were also shut down. There were arrests were made in New Bedford, and the campus of U-Mass Dartmouth was evacuated and secured.
The crime scene spread into the suburbs as the investigation continued. By Thursday investigators that suspect number two was a UMass-Dartmouth student.
With the great majority of its manpower involved in a massive manhunt, Massachusetts Police called on Rhode Island's finest to help with their investigation in Dartmouth.
The call for help was immediately answered by police agencies throughout the state who were ready to help in any way that they could
And that's the code among police brethren, in times of need everyone comes together for the greater good.


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NEW YORK — Sue Johnson refuses to give New York City any more money.
She preferred to shell out for the change fee to move her flight home to Pittsburgh up by 24 hours – leaving on the day she was supposed to run the New York City Marathon.
Many of the runners who had descended on the city from all over the globe worked out their frustrations with a jog Saturday through Central Park, site of a finish line that will never be crossed. Some scrambled to rebook return flights. Others made sightseeing plans for the unexpected free time.
Whether from Europe, South America or elsewhere, their sentiment was the same. Sympathy for the victims of Superstorm Sandy. Understanding of why city officials canceled today's race. But bitterness that the decision was made Friday instead of earlier in the week, before they boarded planes.
And some, like Johnson, voiced suspicions that the last-minute announcement was a ploy by city officials to lure entrants to New York so they would still spend money at local businesses.
"They get the best of both worlds," she said after wrapping up a run Saturday.
The runners had dragged their bodies through months of training, often making preparations years in advance and saving money for what costs thousands of dollars for many international entrants.
Diego Pellegrino and his wife kept their plans to stay in New York through Friday. But he had imagined biking around, shopping and eating well all week with the sense of accomplishment of completing his first marathon.
"The illusion is broken," he said.
Pellegrino will still take part in a sporting event today: With no race to run, he'll make his first visit to Madison Square Garden for an NBA game, cheering on fellow Argentine Pablo Prigioni, of the Knicks, against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Susan Bourque was in the car, halfway between Boston and New York, when her father called Friday evening to say the race was canceled. Still on the road, Bourque started researching whether she could enter a different marathon in the next couple weeks so as not to waste her training. Sure enough, Sunday's race in Manchester, N.H., had extended its registration deadline to attract jilted New York runners.
Bourque and her husband kept on driving because their two children had never been to the Big Apple.
They arrived at 9:30 p.m. and squeezed in visits to the Empire State Building and Times Square before heading back to New England at midday Saturday, pleasantly surprised their hotel refunded the rate with their early departure.
Francesco Caielli, Mario Di Sabato and Luciano Sala were two hours from landing in New York on Friday when they saw the news on the plane's video screens. At least their trip was smooth: A friend whose initial flight was canceled flew from their native Italy to Hong Kong then New York, determined to make the marathon.
And now there's no race.
Di Sabato scoffed that if the same thing happened in his home country, outsiders would accuse the Italians of stereotypical disorganization. But this fiasco took place under the watch of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
In his first comments since canceling the race, Bloomberg told WCBS-TV on Saturday his message to out-of-town runners was: "I'm sorry. I fought the battle, and sometimes things don't work out."
Some runners vowed to never again enter the New York race. Pia Nielsen, who flew in from Copenhagen, said city and race officials would have to regain her trust.
But Lucy Marquez said she would come back, even as tears filled her eyes at the thought of the three young children she left at home in Mexico to race what would have been her first marathon.
"Shock. Denial. Rage," is how Marquez described the stages of digesting the news that the race had been scrapped. Twelve years ago, she watched her father run the course.
"I love New York City," she said. "This is the marathon I want to run."


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Follow the directions to the Independence Lakes trailhead listed on the main page for Mount Independence.
Route Description
From the trailhead, the trail follows an old road east then south east for about two miles. You will gain only about 200 feet on this section (7800' to 8000') as you traverse below the northeast slopes of Mt. Independence. The trail then turns sharply west (right) toward the lowest of the Independence Lakes and climbs for about 800 feet. Follow the trail on the left (west) banks of the lower two lakes. Above the large second lake (9041'), cross the drainage of the third lake to the right bank (east side). At this point you are above timber and the Cache-Independence (Mount Independence is on the right; Cache on the left) Col is visible directly ahead. Climb either directly to the Col's low point or navigate inbetween the steep rock outcroppings aiming for the ridgetop to the right of the Col. Once at the col or on the ridge to the right of it, keep traversing the ridge to the right (northeast) until the highpoint is attained on a spacious, rolling summit.
Descend by either retracing your steps back down to the Independence Lakes or continue on the ridge northeast from the summit until the terrain to your right eases in steepness to where you can comfortably scramble down (scree) toward the lower Independence Lakes (obviously this route can also be taken on the way up).
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How to install Android OS on PC
Today we will be talking about installing Android operating system on your computer. Before we begin this tutorial, we should mention the software you need to have in order to successfully install Android on your computer. The first software is VirtualBox by Oracle and the other is the .ISO file of Android Live CD. You can download VirtualBox for free from www.virtualbox.org. Simply choose your computer's configuration and select the version of the program for download. The second file needed for this tutorial is available at http://code.google.com/p/live-android/ where you can click on the download link and select the type of download which suits you the best.
How to install Android OS on PC
Once you have both files downloaded on your computer, we can start. Open the VirtualBox and choose the name for your virtual machine and the type of the guest operating system you plan to install onto the virtual machine. Choose whichever name of the virtual machine you see fit, but make sure you select Linux under OS Type (under Version choose "Other Linux") because the Android OS has Linux kernel in it. Next, confirm the recommended base memory size of 256 MB.
Now you are going to need to have a new hard disk to be used as the boot hard disk – you can either create a new one or use an existing. We recommend creating a new one. It is done by clicking on "Create new hard disk">Next>"Hard disk storage type" where you should choose "fixed-size storage". You can safely enter the size of 2 GB which should be more than enough and click on next in order to create the new hard disk. After the hard disk has been created, press next to see the summary of the virtual machine you are about to create. If everything displayed is correct, press the finish button.
Now you will have to mount the .iso file on the newly created virtual machine. You can do this in the VirtualBox when you click on Settings>Storage and under "Storage tree" choose the icon called "Empty". Then, under "Attributes" click the icon right next to the slot CD/DVD Device which will ask you to choose a CD/DVD image. Click "Add" and find the location where you saved your liveandroid .iso file and double-click it. Now it will appear in your CD/DVD Images in the Virtual Media Manager where you will be able to select. When you are back in the Settings of your virtual machine, go to "System" and, under "Motherboard", uncheck "Enable absolute pointing device". When you disable this category, only a standard PS/2 mouse will be emulated. Once you have done it, press "OK" to return to the program's main window.
Now you can click on Start to get the VirtualBox up and running. When you see a message saying that the Virtual machine does not support mouse pointer integration in the current video mode, just click OK and continue until you see the home screen of the Android Live. When another message pops up, click on Capture in order for the Virtual Machine to capture the host mouse pointer and the keyboard which will make them unavailable to other applications running on your host machine.
You can now try the Android OS on your computer, browse the web, play videos, and listen to music and everything you like on your Android device. When you are done and want to exit the program, simply click on the escape key on your keyboard and close the program (press the right Ctrl key to get your original computer mouse pointer back). That is it, enjoy the Android OS on your PC.
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Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture, Keen's 2007 bestseller that's since been translated into 15 different languages, begins with Keen's epiphany at O'Reilly's FOO Camp, in 2004, while listening to a bunch of wealthy Silicon Valley types talk incessantly and religiously about "democratization." Media, entertainment, business, government—nearly everything, went the rallying cry, would be "democratized" by what O'Reilly had famously christened Web 2.0.
"The more that was said that weekend, the less I wanted to express myself," Keen writes in the book's introduction. "As the din of narcissism swelled, I became increasingly silent. And thus began my rebellion against Silicon Valley." (O'Reilly declined comment when contacted for this story.)
Current targets of Keen's scorn and ridicule run the gamut from Sean Parker and his lavish wedding ceremony in Big Sur ("I'm interested in this idea of Silicon Valley trying to engineer serendipity") to Google Glass, which Keen sees as the beginning of an inevitable migration of personal computing off of our desktops and out of our pockets and onto—and eventually into—our bodies.
Sitting near the television at Keen's house is a DVD, rented from the video store down the street, of Minority Report. Steven Spielberg's 2002 film foresaw graphical user interfaces, gesture-based navigation and ultra-thin transparent screens, technological advances now part of modern life. But one prediction in the film eerily rings far truer than the others: when Tom Cruise walks through the city, retinal scans pick up his individual information, and targeted advertising suddenly appears, keyed to his personal data.
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This seemed intrusive and insidious just 11 years ago. In Keen's view, it's something in which we now willingly participate. Except it's not called a retinal scan—it's called a "status update."
"We go on the internet and we use these services, and we're not willing to pay for them. We use Google and Facebook without really understanding that their business model is acquiring our data so that they can sell more and more advertising," says Keen. "If you're not paying for your content, check your pockets, because you're being taken advantage of."
Keen's sentiment echoes that of his friend Nicholas Carr (author of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains), who argues that Facebook and its ilk represents a form of "digital sharecropping."
"One of the fundamental economic characteristics of Web 2.0 is the distribution of production into the hands of the many and the concentration of the economic rewards into the hands of the few," wrote Carr all the way back in 2006. "It's a sharecropping system, but the sharecroppers are generally happy, because their interest lies in self-expression or socializing, not in making money."
Keen concurs. "We're all back in the antebellum South here in terms of working in the fields, guaranteeing massive profit for a small group of people who are laughing all the way to the bank."
What is the cultural mechanism that brought us to this place of full disclosures, and what pan-global personality tick is it exploiting?
"We're all desperate to express ourselves. We all think we have something interesting to say about ourselves, so we feel we have almost a moral or aesthetic obligation to go on Facebook and tell the world what we're having for breakfast, what we're wearing or, all too often, what we're not wearing," says Keen.
"I don't think we can blame the social networks; we have to blame ourselves," adds Keen. "We've fallen in love with ourselves, we think that our narrative is interesting, and actually, it's incredibly boring to everyone except ourselves and the advertisers who are profiting from us," he continues.


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The Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women is taking judges in Labrador to task over sentencing practices.
Council president Linda Ross said violence against women, especially in small Labrador communities, needs to be addressed.
Ross said judges should think twice about releasing someone who is being charged and has had a history of domestic violence.
"Well certainly, for us, one of the issues is they shouldn't be released," Ross told CBC News, "I mean if they're such a risk to re-offend, because they have a history of this, don't put them back in the community."
"They can't be free to walk around and do it again.At issue for us is the judiciary and the judges' sentencing."
She believes once a person has been convicted, they should spend enough time in jail so that they can avail of treatment programs.
Ross said that is often not the case.
"Try to have programs where they're rehabilitated and try to change their ways. Is it always going to be successful? No, but we have to try," Ross said.
One solution, Ross said is for judges to hand out stiffer sentences to deter violence against women.
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2013 Cadillac CTS Coupe (Base, Performance, Premium) review, specs, photos, features
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Cadillac CTS Coupe is a dramatic, 2+2 rear-drive sports coupe with a design transferred virtually unchanged from the concept vehicle that inspired it. Offered in Base, Performance and Premium Collections, all models feature a powerful and efficient 3.6L engine, rated at 318 horsepower (237 kW) and delivering an EPA-estimated 27 mpg on the highway.
The CTS Coupe has the same wheelbase as the CTS Sedan, but an overall height that is approximately two inches (51 mm) lower and an overall length that is two inches (51 mm) shorter. While it is based on the same architecture, the CTS Coupe shares only the instrument panel, console, headlamps, front fenders and grille with its Sedan sibling. Its distinctive features include:
Classic hardtop styling, with no conventional B-pillar
Touch-pad operation for the doors removes the need for conventional door handles, creating a technical, clean profile
A windshield laid at a faster angle (62.3 degrees) and a long, nearly horizontal backglass area combine to create a dramatic profile
Sculpted lower front fascia with unique brake-cooling vents
Rear fascia with mesh lower grilles
Center-outlet exhaust with twin dihedral-shaped tips that pass through the rear fascia
Signature vertical lighting, highlighted with LED light pipes
Rear spoiler integrated into the signature center high-mounted stop lamp
Sculpted roof-mounted antenna for OnStar and SiriusXM Satellite Radio.
The CTS Coupe complements a range of models and body styles that includes CTS Sedan, Wagon and the high-performance V-Series. All-wheel drive is available, along with Touring and Performance packages that enhance the appearance and sporting driving feel.
Continuous improvements have helped keep the CTS family at the top of customer consideration lists and earn critical praise. That legacy continues in 2013, as the CTS Coupe receives a new grille finish, new exterior color choices – Glacier Blue Metallic, Silver Coast Metallic and Summer Gold Metallic – and the adaptive remote vehicle starting system is now standard on all models.
CTS Touring Package and Performance Package
The CTS Touring Package edition is available on the Premium Collection. Highlights include:
Nineteen-inch polished aluminum wheels
Microfiber suede-trimmed steering wheel rim and shift knob
Sport alloy pedals
Sport grille and V-Series center brake light
Midnight Sapele wood trim package
Recaro performance seats
Available microfiber suede seat inserts in Ebony or Light Titanium.
The Performance Package is offered on the Performance Collection and is included with the Touring Package on the Premium Collection. It features:
Nineteen-inch polished aluminum wheels and summer performance tires
Steering wheel-mounted paddle shift controls for the automatic transmission
Performance cooling system
Performance suspension
Performance brake system.
CTS Coupe exterior features
The CTS's distinctive shield-shaped front grille was redesigned in 2012 and is updated again for 2013 with a bright appearance on the vertical and horizontal bars that compose the grille's frame. Models equipped with the CTS Touring Package feature a grille with dark vertical and horizontal bars.
Additional standard and available exterior features include:
High-intensity discharge headlamps with Adaptive Forward Lighting System are standard on Performance and Premium Collections
Halogen headlamps with windshield wiper-activated Twilight Sentinel feature are standard on the Base model
Heated and power-adjustable outside mirrors are standard on all models
Rainsense automatic windshield wipers are standard on Premium and available on Performance
Eighteen-inch aluminum wheels with multi-coat painted finish are standard on the Base model
Eighteen-inch aluminum high-polish wheels are standard on Premium and available on Performance
Nineteen-inch polished aluminum wheels are available on Performance and Premium RWD models
Exterior colors: Radiant Silver Metallic, Black Raven, Black Diamond Tricoat, Crystal Red Tintcoat, White Diamond Tricoat, Thunder Gray ChromaFlair, Opulent Blue Metallic, Glacier Blue Metallic, Silver Coast Metallic and Summer Gold Metallic.
CTS Coupe interior
The interior of the CTS Coupe emphasizes technical precision with hand-crafted details. An integrated center stack design – with a satin metallic finish – blends into the lower instrument panel that sweeps forward and away from front-seat occupants.
Available heated and ventilated seats incorporate "thin-seat" technology for maximum occupant comfort and enhanced rear-seat leg, knee and foot room. French stitching is used throughout the interior, including the upper instrument panel, door inserts, seats and the shifter boot.
Standard and available features include:
Audio system with navigation, including AM/FM stereo, CD/DVD player, MP3 playback, Bose Surround Sound with 10 speakers, 40-gig hard drive and USB with audio connectivity is standard on Premium and available on Performance
SiriusXM Satellite Radio with three-month trial service is standard on all models
Bluetooth phone connectivity is standard on all models
Adaptive remote vehicle start is standard on all models
Ambient lighting package is standard on Premium and available on Performance.
Ultrasonic rear park assist is standard on all models
Rearview camera system is standard Performance and Premium
Side blind zone alert is standard on Performance and Premium
Front bucket seats with power eight-way driver and passenger adjustment and articulating head restraints are standard on all models
Heated and cooled front seats are standard on Premium and available on Performance
Recaro performance seats are included with Premium when equipped with the Touring Package
Leather-trimmed steering wheel with wood trim is standard on Premium and available on Performance
Heated steering wheel is standard on Premium and available on Performance.
Power sunroof is available on Performance and Premium
Wood trim packages with Sapele wood accents are standard on Premium and available on Performance
Interior color and trim: Ebony seats with Ebony trim, Light Titanium seats with Ebony trim, Cashmere seats with Ebony trim, Ebony seats with Ebony microfiber suede inserts (Touring Package only) and Light Titanium seats with Light Titanium microfiber suede inserts (Touring Package only).
CTS Coupe powertrain
The CTS Coupe's 3.6L direct-injected V-6 delivers an SAE-certified 318 horsepower (237 kW). Lightweight features help reduce overall weight for greater efficiency and a more favorable front-to-rear weight balance. Examples include a composite intake manifold that saves approximately 5.5 pounds (2.5 kg) over the weight of a comparable aluminum intake and an integrated cylinder head/exhaust manifold design that saves approximately 13 pounds (6 kg) per engine.
The Hydra-Matic 6L45 six-speed automatic transmission is standard on all CTS Coupe RWD models. The Hydra-Matic 6L50 is used with AWD models.
CTS Coupe chassis and suspension
The CTS chassis enables a great balance of performance and luxury. The hardware includes structural enhancements via a tower-to-tower brace; large, four-wheel disc brakes and a ZF steering rack. Two suspension tuning packages are available: Sport and Performance.
The Sport suspension is standard on all models and the Performance suspension is available on Performance and Premium trim levels with RWD. Its contents include 19-inch aluminum wheels and summer tires, rear load leveling and speed-sensitive variable-assist steering.
Suspension tuning for the CTS Coupe is different from Sedan and Wagon models, with specific stabilizer bar diameters and spring rates. Additional features and details include:
An independent short/long arm (SLA) front suspension system, featuring low-mass aluminum for the upper and lower control arms, as well as the knuckles
A multi-link rear suspension with a fully isolated subframe
StabiliTrak electronic chassis control system is standard. It is integrated with the car's standard four-channel ABS with the full-function traction control, as well as the hydraulic brake assist and engine control systems
A power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering system
Four-wheel disc brakes with four-channel ABS.
CTS Coupe safety and crash-avoidance features
CTS Coupe is designed to enhance Cadillac's reputation for providing safe occupant environments in luxury vehicles. Standard and available features include:
Dual-stage driver front air bag
Segment-first dual depth front passenger air bag
Driver and front passenger side seat-mounted pelvic/thorax side air bags
Roof-rail side curtain air bags with rollover protection technology that cover front and rear seating rows
Front safety belt pretensioners
Tire pressure monitoring system
Body structure with strategically placed high-strength steel
Active head restraints for front seat occupants
Ultrasonic rear parking assist
Side blind zone alert
Rearview camera system.
CTS and OnStar
One year of OnStar Directions and Connections service is standard on CTS Coupe. OnStar is the global leading provider of connected safety, security and mobility solutions and advanced information technology.
OnStar's RemoteLink Mobile App allows smartphone users to control vehicle functions, access vehicle information and send directions directly to the vehicle. A new, opt-in service called FamilyLink allows subscribers to stay connected to loved ones by checking the location of their vehicle online or by signing up for vehicle location alerts.
CTS Coupe features new OnStar button icons. Drivers will notice an updated look for the Hands-Free Calling button, blue OnStar button and red Emergency button.
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Last year, GOG tried a new approach with its sales and launched a Fall Insomnia Sale. A selection of games were put on sale, in limited quanities, for brief amounts of time and insanity ensued. It was so popular that now, a GOG Spring Insomnia Sale has begun.
Like the Fall Insomnia Sale of 2013, the Spring Insomnia Sale of 2014 follows the same general rules. Games will appear on sale on the GOG homepage. They will be up to 90% off, and the informative box will say how much a game is and how many copies are left. 100 games will be reduced, and the sale goes on until all of the reduced copies run out.
Now, last time there were some problems. Like Jack Keane, for instance, remained on the sale page for far too long because nobody wanted to buy it. (This resulted in false 5 stars reviews, in an attempt to trick people into buying the game so a new one would appear.) Apparently, GOG is doing something to ensure that won't happen again.
The other issue was with free games. Every once in a while, the box will offer a game for free, with the fastest clickers getting a copy. with the Fall Insomnia Sale, it was near impossible to score a freebie. This time, however, GOG is guaranteeing that free games will be much easier to grab when they do appear.
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CHICAGO -- Six employees at a seafood restaurant in Houston were fired this week after skipping work to take part in a proimmigration march. In Detroit, 21 immigrants lost their jobs as meat cutters after attending a similar protest last month.
And several students at a high school near Tampa were suspended this week for walking out of class to go to a demonstration.
Across the country, workers and students have paid a price for attending the immigration rallies that have recently swept the nation. They have lost jobs or been cited for truancy for joining the hundreds of thousands who have protested proposed federal legislation that would crack down on illegal immigrants.
Now, some rally organizers are telling people not to risk their jobs or education to attend the rallies.
''This is a concern because this is a demographic of people who have historically not come out into the streets to raise an issue," said Germonique Jones, a spokeswoman for the Washington-based Center for Community Change, an umbrella group behind the rallies. ''Obviously businesses have to be run, and it's only right for people to tell their employers that they will be out beforehand. . . . We don't want people losing their jobs."
In some cases, fired workers have been offered their jobs back after advocacy groups have gotten involved, including the 21 Detroit meatpacking company workers. The company said yesterday that it would rehire them, but only if the staffing company they were hired through can confirm they are legal immigrants.


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Marketing on Google: It's Not Just Text Anymore — Just as Madison Avenue once helped convince consumers that orange juice is "not just for breakfast anymore," Google is turning to Madison Avenue to help convince marketers that Google is not just for text advertisements in tiny type …
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Cynthia Brumfield / IP Democracy: Google Pushes the Edge with New Ads
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Apple updates strengthen wireless security — Apple on Thursday released a Security and AirPort update for Mac OS X that fixes vulnerabilities found in the company's wireless drivers. Apple said the issues found were the result of an internal audit of the software drivers …
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New Apple patch plugs Wi-Fi hijack flaws — update A trio of security flaws in Apple Computer software that runs wireless-networking hardware could allow Macs to be hijacked over Wi-Fi, Apple said Thursday. — The Cupertino, Calif.-based company released security updates to repair the problems …
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MTV Will Acquire Maker of Music-Oriented Games — MTV, the cable TV channel some critics have accused of straying too far from its musical roots, is to acquire Harmonix Music Systems, a maker of music-oriented video games, for $175 million in cash. — Harmonix's main product, Guitar Hero …
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Geez, it's not like we had anyone killed. ... We didn't, did we? — "Go far, keep your secrets close." That's the message of Hewlett-Packard's ad campaign for its business notebooks, but it might make a better company slogan. With new disclosures each day about HP's ill-starred leak investigation …
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Charlie Demerjian / Inquirer:
Microsoft Media Player shreds your rights — Comment No more backups, or Tivo — THINK DRM WAS bad already? Think I was joking when I said the plan was to start with barely tolerable incursions on your rights, then turn the thumbscrews? Welcome to Windows Media Player 11, and the rights get chipped away a lot more.
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Microsoft mulls free Web-based business software — SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it may offer a free, advertising-supported version of its basic word processing and spreadsheet software, in an apparent bid to fend off a nascent challenge from Google Inc. in the business software market.
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The Art of Distribution — One of the important insights that the Startups 2006 panel hammered home was the importance of distribution for consumer-facing startups. (By the way, an astounding 13,000 people watched this video during the first week.) Many people use the word "distribution" …
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Socialtext 2.0 — Today I gave a keynote at Networld/Interop on Enterprise 2.0 alongside Andrew McAfee — and launched Socialtext 2.0 — the most simple to adopt, use and extend wiki. Techcrunch has the details. — Two big changes come with Socialtext2.0.
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Flash In The VoIP Pan — Adobe Systems, the San Jose, California-based software giant, has been the real catalyst for the ongoing online video boom, thanks to the near ubiquitous Flash software that plays back everything from stupid pet tricks to the amazing theatrics of LonelyGirl15.
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Intelligent wheelchair helps you avoid hazards — Late last month, we regaled you with a story about Toyota's advanced collision detection technology that uses sensory data to trigger an automatic slowdown in cars. Clearly, one of the research teams at Japan's National Institute …
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Researchers create a 1,000 page-per-minute printer — If you're like us, the few times a year that you do have to print things out often involve stressful moments — like when you're running late for your flight and the 30 seconds that it takes to print out your boarding pass feel like a lifetime.
Radicaldementia / digg: A Printer that Delivers 1,000 Pages a Minute
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New channels page, new ad format — This week we bring you two key improvements to AdSense that came about directly from publisher feedback. — First off, you'll be happy to hear that we've completely revamped the Channels page under your AdSense Setup tab.
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Logitech's FreePulse Bluetooth headset leaked — The FCC's handed us yet another tasty morsel today: the new Logitech FreePulse Wireless headset, and what a headset she is. The minuscule looking device features Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR with A2DP (huzzah!) to control your iPod (via a dongle …
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AdSense adds a new 200x200 ad unit size — Google AdSense has just added a brand new 200x200 "Small Square" ad unit size to their regular ad unit line up. So new, in fact, that AdSense hasn't announced it yet, and it hasn't yet made it into their ad format page yet. — Here is an example of the ad unit:
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Darren Rowse / ProBlogger Blog Tips: AdSense adds 200×200 Ad Unit
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The mission of the Pride Center of the Capital Region is to promote the well-being of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified people and those affected by discrimination based on gender identity and expression. Based in Albany, the Pride Center has been meeting the diverse needs of LGBTQ people in a ten county region since 1970. Our programs, both at the Center (332 Hudson Ave in Albany) as well as held throughout the region, meet the health and human service needs of the LGBTQ community as well as educate and advocate for those needs in the broader Capital Region.
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After falling to Killeen for eight straight years, the Shoemaker Grey Wolves thwarted the Kangaroos on Friday night, as they posted 27 unanswered points and shut out the Killeen offense in the second half.
Friday night also marked the Grey Wolves' first win over the Roos since Shoemaker opened in 2000.
The Grey Wolves (3-3, 1-2 District 8-5A) already have more victories this season than all others since 2008, and only need one more to tie 2008's four-win campaign.
"We're always the underdog at Shoemaker High School," said Shoemaker coach Channon Hall before the game. "We're used to that. Nobody in the paper's going to pick us to win. Nobody in the media is going to pick us to win, and that's fine. But we have a good football team, and we're going to keep getting better and we're going to surprise some people."
Multiple Grey Wolves have filled the shoes of Class of 2012 standout running back Johnny Jefferson, who now plays for Baylor.
To name a few: Senior quarterback Ziere Banner, senior running back Rayshun Spearman, senior receiver Qwoy Blunt and junior receiver Nahome Anderson have all filled Jefferson's big shoes.
"Johnny Jefferson is one of those special D1 athletes that is hard to replace by one person," Hall said. "But we're doing it by committee, and I think all my guys are up to the challenge."
Banner completed 12 of 21 passes for 263 yards, and carried 31 times for 172 yards.
He involved himself in all five Shoemaker touchdowns, including a 15-yard touchdown run, 49- and 42-yard passes to Blunt and 25- and 22-yard passes to Anderson.
With 5:18 left in the third quarter, Shoemaker found itself on Killeen's 25 after a defensive hands-to-the-face penalty and a Banner 5-yard run. On the ensuing play, Anderson blazed down the right side of the field. As the pass cascaded into the end zone, he laid out, outstretched one arm, tapped the ball twice, and hauled it in as he hit the grass.
"He's a beast," Hall said. "We expect him to do that. ... We've been preaching that since June."
"It was crazy," Anderson said. "I just looked at the ball and I wanted to hold on to it, and pulled it in."
The defense stepped up big for the Wolves, who intercepted four passes, recovered a fumble and blocked a field goal.
While defensive back Dwyane Williams came into the game with a whopping district-high seven interceptions, his teammates closed the stat gap Friday.
Linebacker Diamon Cannon picked off two throws, and recovered a fumble at the end of the fourth quarter, sealing the win.
Troy Afono and Anfernee Hawkins added interceptions in the first half.
Cannon's fourth-quarter interception and a 32-yard Williams field-goal block return resulted in Grey Wolves touchdowns.
Cove offense up and down in loss to Waco Midway
Manny Harris and the Copperas Cove offense hummed right along at first. The Bulldawgs capped their first drives of each half against Waco Midway with touchdowns, but in between they were outscored 25-3 and put into a hole they nearly couldn't climb out of in their 42-39 overtime loss on Friday.
"This kind of offense, you might go two or three times and not (score), and then two or three times, you might score right in a row. That's just part of clicking, making things happen," Copperas Cove coach Jack Welch said.
Harris completed his first seven passes — breaking Robert Griffin III's school single-season passing record in the process — and then led the Bulldawgs to a touchdown on their first drive of the game against Midway. Jayson Stanley kicked a 27-yard field goal five minutes before halftime, but Cove still trailed Midway 32-10 at halftime. The Bulldawgs were forced to punt on their other three possessions of the first half while the Panthers pulled away, scoring on all but one of their first-half drives.
The second half was a complete reversal as the Bulldawgs outscored Midway 22-7 in the third and 7-0 in the fourth, but that only tied the game at the end of regulation, where Cove didn't pick up a single yard and missed a long field goal.
— Kevin Posival
Heights overcomes adversity in win against Ellison
For a moment — just a moment — Harker Heights appeared to be in a precarious position late in the first half against Ellison on Friday.
Not only did the Knights suddenly find themselves trailing the Eagles after a 75-yard reverse pass from Hayward Clay to Reggie Jackson, but Ellison recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff and set up at the Heights 19 after an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against the Knights.
Worse, perhaps, Heights running back Marcus Anderson II — who entered the contest having rushed for 336 yards in two District 8-5A games — was hobbled on the Knights' previous drive by an apparent lower leg injury.
But in the game's next two series, Heights showed why it'd be just fine on both sides of the ball in an eventual 38-20 victory at Leo Buckley Stadium.
First the Knight defense stiffened, as the ensuing Eagles drive lasted four plays — an incompletion, a sack, a screen that was snuffed out for no gain and a second sack to force a turnover on downs.
Heights then took over and went 62 yards in 13 plays, thanks largely to running back Damaria Moon, who had five carries for 34 yards on the drive, and a drive-saving 12-yard run by quarterback Troy Smith on fourth-and-7 at the Ellison 45.
Anderson was limited the rest of the game, but Moon continued to step up, scoring on the Knights' next two drives to help Heights run away with the game.
For Ellison, it was the second game in a row that it saw a slim lead turn into a two-score deficit as Heights held the Eagles to just one score the rest of the way despite a big effort from Jackson, who had eight catches for 159 yards and three touchdowns in the game.
Yet thanks to its ability to overcome adversity, Heights now finds itself trending up after its second win in a row puts it in a tie for second in 8-5A, while Ellison is still looking for its first win in 26 games.
— Jordan Mason
Temple overwhelms rival Belton on the road
After erasing second-half leads in its previous two victories to start District 8-5A play, Belton wasn't able to escape the tidal wave of momentum by rival Temple on Friday.
The Wildcats rolled to a 34-point halftime lead en route to a 54-20 victory to knock off Belton for the third straight season and hand the Tigers their first district loss.
Temple not only shut down the potent Belton running game, holding the Tigers to just 143 rushing yards, but also ran for a whopping 452, with running backs Marques Hatcher and Stephen Carr and quarterback Chase Truelove all topping 100 yards on the ground.
Belton was also undone by turnovers, as the Tigers fumbled the ball five times and lost three.
Running back Brandon Rhoads tallied 138 total yards for Belton, but it was hardly enough to prevent the Wildcats' victory.
Now, there is no rest for the weary as Belton will hit the road for its next game against Copperas Cove, which erased a 22-point deficit to take district unbeaten Waco Midway to overtime before falling on a field goal.
— Jordan Mason
- Belton (2-4, 2-1 8-5A) at Copperas Cove (3-3, 1-2): The Bulldawgs' playoff chances could take a damaging blow if they lose at home to the Tigers, who stunned Cove 35-31 last year in Belton.
- Ellison (0-6, 0-3 8-5A) at Temple (3-3, 2-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday: Ellison is still looking for its first win of the season and will visit a Temple team fresh off a 34-point stomping of rival Belton.
- Harker Heights (2-4, 2-1 8-5A) at Shoemaker (3-3, 1-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday (Buckley Stadium): After losing its first four, Heights has won two in a row and takes on a Shoemaker team that offensively and defensively dominated Killeen on Friday.
- Midway (5-1, 3-0 8-5A) at Killeen (1-5, 1-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday (Hood Stadium): Coming off a big overtime win against Copperas Cove, Midway visits a Killeen team that has lost two straight district games since upsetting Copperas Cove.
- 28 — Unanswered points by Heights after Ellison took a 14-10 lead in the first half.
- 95 — Yards passing by Ellison receiver Hayward Clay — on two reverse passes for touchdowns in the first half Friday.
- 3 — 100-yard rushers for Temple in a 54-20 win over Belton.
- 77 — Percentage of Shoemaker plays in which quarterback Ziere Banner either rushed or passed.
- 0 — Penalties in the first half of the Killeen-Shoemaker game.
- 61 — Passes thrown by Cove quarterback Manny Harris on Friday — all without an interception.


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Its revenue declined 37% to $349.9 million.
Trina Solar shares closed at $5.33 yesterday.
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Flowers may not have a soul, but they definitely have a way touching our souls. Hear the word 'flowers' and a spectacular world of colors materializes. Each flower color signifies a deeper meaning and expresses a feeling. Just wonder how easy it will be to convey our thoughts if we know what flower colors mean and what these flower color meanings represent. So, just enter the world of flowers and let the flower colors guide you!
"Flowers are the sweetest things
Flowers are the most generous gift of Mother Nature to the human race. Flowers have been embellishing our surroundings since time immemorial. Every flower has its own personality, traits and characteristics and like many other things man has also ascribed meaning to flowers. Flowers speak a language all their own and which not the ear but only a heart can listen to. Just like many types of flowers, the flower colors also have symbolic meaning.
Red flowers symbolize love & romance. A dozen long-stemmed red roses have been the classic romantic gift from ages. The lighter shade of red flowers is pink flowers. Think pink and you think of grace, gentility, and happiness. Pink flowers are for that special sweet and romantic part of your life. On the other hand, purple flowers represent dignity, pride and success and are presented for accomplishments or just for admiration. While yellow flowers evoke joy and are a symbol of friendship, white flowers convey a sense of peace, innocence, purity and perfection. Blue flowers are very rare and have a calming effect on people. Blue Flowers are a symbol of valued friendship. Energetic and natural, green flowers, reflect self-respect and order. Green flowers are comforting and represent good health and youth.
Flower color meanings have a lot more to say; Flower colors have a significant impact on us and our reactions. Flower colors affect our behavior and grant others an insight into our own feelings and emotions. So, be it Red flowers, Purple flowers, Blue flowers, White flowers, Yellow flowers, Green flowers or Pink flowers, flower colors convey a lot more than what we usually see.
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Google can be pretty cool, let's just admit that. Today, in the spirit of all things spooky, the search giant has produced a haunted house doodle.
This cool interactive doodle allows users to explore a haunted house and its cast of characters. You know the standard stuff: black cats, ravens, skeletons, ghosts and monsters.
The company has been putting together a few of these cool and interactive doodles lately, some of them highly intricate and adventure-driven.
It's quite nice to see that it didn't do the usual pumpkin adorned logo or a candy stripped creation. It's all about the spooks.
The doodle is unfortunately only available in the United States and United Kingdom. Pity.
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San Diego State picked up a commitment over the weekend from offensive lineman Nico Siragusa (San Diego/Mater Dei).
Siragusa was expected to visit New Mexico State this past weekend and had a trip lined up for Nevada next weekend. He decided he was ready to end the process and canceled all trips.
"I committed on Sunday," Siragusa said. "The more I thought about it, the more I realized what a perfect fit San Diego State was for me. I took my visit in December but I've been up there a few other times and always get a great vibe and feel very comfortable there.
"I liked the idea of staying close to home and playing in front of my friends and family. The program is on the rise, I like the coaching staff a lot and I'm close with a lot of the commitments. Some of the guys have been recruiting me and it always feels good to feel wanted. I thought about taking my visits just for the heck of it but I was ready to get this over with."
Siragusa also visited Fresno State and turned down offers from Colorado, Fresno State, San Jose State, SMU and Washington State.


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Before the draw for the finals was made, Hodgson was asked about the possibility of playing in the city.
He said ideally it would be "a place to avoid" because it is hot and humid and is a four-hour flight from the England team's base in Rio de Janeiro - remarks which left Brazilian officials feeling he had been rude.
The mayor of Manaus, Arthur Virgilio Neto, called him uneducated and said England were "not welcome".
Since then the Football Association has mounted a charm offensive.
Hodgson wrote to the mayor, saying: "We are extremely happy to be visiting your city as part of our World Cup experience; I know the city of Manaus will be a fine location for our team to be based ahead of the Group Stage match against Italy.
"I would like to put on record that I am looking forward to experiencing your city, learning about the culture and history and of course meeting the people!
"It promises to be one of the highlights of the tournament."
It seems to have worked.
The mayor told Sky News: "The misunderstanding was just that. A very simple misunderstanding.
"We respect England. We respect the English team. Personally I admire Rooney a lot."
And just for good measure he tipped England to be among the teams most likely to win the tournament.
In case some extra diplomacy is required Britain's ambassador to Brazil will be accompanying the FA party, and Foreign Secretary William Hague is stopping off in Manaus on his way to a meeting in Brasilia.
The Arena Amazonia is not quite finished. Officials say it is 97% ready.
But it has come at a cost. Three construction workers died while building it - the most recent death was earlier this month.
Fifa General Secretary Jerome Valcke had no concerns about the stadium during a visit to Manaus on Sunday.
He was, however, tackled by reporters about the climate.
He told them: "We are not stupid people. If the referee has the feeling that it (the temperature) is too high, he would make sure that the players are not in danger and make sure they can stop playing and they can drink.
"We played, in Beijing at the Olympic Games, the final at noon time. It was very, very hot in the stadium and the game took place and they played for 90 minutes."
Fifa has already agreed to delay the kick off until 6pm local time when it should be slightly less hot and humid.
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MONDAY, MAR. 5: Dandy Stars showed why you play right to the end in Saturday's Women's Futsal League play at Bermuda College.
Dandy Stars One were down 2-1 at the half to PHC as Aaliyah Nolan and Kali Lespere put the Lady Zebras in position to win.
Stars came out firing on all cylinders in the second half as they scored three times to win the match 4 to 2.
K'sheala Burch-Waldron led the charge with two goals while teammates Rayni Maybury and Tia Sampson also scored.
Dandy Stars' stablemate DS2 did not fare as well as they had to forfeit to North Village.
Hamilton Parish has demonstrated that being young is not a disadvantage. The youthful Hot Peppers slipped four goals past Social Club to win this match 4-1.
Kiseantar Grant had the lone reply for YMSC.
Jadae Steede-Hill had a brace while LeiLannia Nesbeth and Keis ha Hollis both scored single tallies for the winners.
The Hot Peppers are the youngest team in the league and have shown great potential.
Robin Hood 2, SCC 2
While Robin Hood have dominated most of their games this season, Somerset proved they were equal to the task last Saturday night.
Tasia Trott and Sharri Weldon gave Somerset a 2-1 halftime lead.
The Trojans then had to withstand a fierce counter-attack by girls from the Hood. SCC goalkeeper Chelsea Harvey made a number of incredible saves that helped her side earn a share of the spoils.
Cheyra Bell and Precious Smith scored for Robin Hood.
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The suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA's armed cells and three other alleged members of the organization were arrested in France, Spanish and French officials said Friday.
The arrests came in a joint raid Thursday night by French and Spanish police in Willencourt in northern France's Pas-de-Calais region, officials said. Spain-based ETA members often hide out in France, which cooperates closely with Madrid in hunting down suspects.
ETA declared a cease-fire in September and went further in January by calling it permanent, raising hopes for an end to Europe's last armed political militancy. But the Spanish government is insisting ETA dissolve outright and ruling out talks. It says it will not let up against ETA and continues to make arrests regularly.
One of the four nabbed Thursday night is Alejandro Zobaran Arriola, 29, who an Interior Ministry statement described as the head of ETA's "military apparatus." Another is the alleged logistics chief, Mikel Oroz Torrea, 31, the statement said.
Many ETA-watchers in Spain say the group is divided between a hard core that does not want to give up violence as a way to press for Basque independence and other members more willing to abandon the armed struggle and work peacefully toward that goal.
Government spokesman Ramon Jauregui dodged the question Friday when asked at a news conference if the new arrests including two key suspects meant the hardliners were now all in custody and that ETA might come out with a new, conciliatory communique.
He praised French-Spanish cooperation in the fight against ETA and said "these arrests weaken ETA even more and bring us closer to the end of the violence."
ETA has been decimated by arrests in recent years and dwindling support at the grass roots levels.
Over the past two and half years, no fewer than five ETA leaders have been arrested. It was not immediately clear if the Spanish government considers Zobaran Arriola to have been the group's overall chief or just very senior within the organization.
The group has killed more than 825 people since launching its campaign for an independent Basque homeland in northern Spain and southwest France in the late 1960s.


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NASHVILLE, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Guard Eric McClellan, the leading scorer for Vanderbilt this season, has been kicked off the Commodores' basketball team after a violation of academic policy.
McClellan, a redshirt sophomore, was suspended from the team Wednesday for the spring semester for reportedly violating academic policies. Friday, Vanderbilt Coach Kevin Stallings said the suspension was to be permanent.
A statement from the school said the action was taken "based upon newly discovered information that came to light Wednesday evening."
McClellan had transferred to Vanderbilt from Tulsa. He was averaging 14.3 points in 12 games this season for the 8-5 Commodores. The team has three other players, including Rod Odom who averages 13.8 points a game, with scoring averages in double figures.
Vanderbilt hosts No. 16 Kentucky in an SEC game Saturday.