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BERLIN -- The parent company of T-Mobile USA says it is merging its cell phone business with MetroPCS Communications.
Deutsche Telekom AG says its board of directors and the supervisory board have approved the merger Wednesday. It says the board of MetroPCS has also accepted the deal.
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Love Enough
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1. Wise enough to seek the Light
Strong enough to stand for right,
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Christ has love enough for me,
Love enough eternally.
2. Changed enough to choose the Lord,
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Full of faith from what I've learned,
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And receive the Holy Ghost,
Gift of God I need the most
Christ has love enough for me,
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3. Blessed enough to bear Christ's name,
Loved enough to feel the shame
When I slip and break my word.
I'll repent, by sorrow stirred.
Then renew my covenant
As I take the Sacrament.
Christ has love enough for me,
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BrockBrock (Jp. Name: Takeshi)
Hometown: Pewter City, Kanto
Brock, the eldest child in his family, started off looking after all of his younger siblings while being the Pewter City Gym Leader, a tough job indeed. However after meeting up with Ash, Brock met his father who ran off long ago and thus decided to travel with Ash on his journey while his father, Flint, took over the responsibilities of the gym and the family. Brock's main Pokémon ambition is to become a Pokémon Breeder and during his travels he has learned a lot about Pokémon and their habits, especially during his tenure assisting Professor Ivy in the Orange Islands. Brock is a very flirtatious person and acts as a father figure to Ash & May, giving them advice and hints while in battle. He is also a good cook.
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In the tradition of success dating back to 2004, the 2018 World Nutrition Forum will bring the knowledge of BIOMIN and experts from across the world to the African continent in order to address some of the most important issues facing the industry.
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Missouri Highway Patrol plans St. Pat's weekend DWI saturation
Those planning to party on and around St. Patrick's Day in Missouri should plan ahead for a designated driver or face the risk of an arrest for driving while intoxicated.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Thursday that it and other police agencies in the state are joining forces to crack down on drunken driving March 14 through March 17. St. Patrick's Day is March 17, a Sunday.
Patrol officers plan to saturate some areas and be especially vigilant for those who have been drinking.
The patrol says 205 people were killed and more than 3,500 seriously hurt in Missouri last year in crashes involving impaired drivers.


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So another year of fantasy football ended last Sunday without too much drama. A solid final week meant I held on to my league lead and won it for the first time in the four seasons we've played.
It was an entertaining season and at one stage looked to be a four-way title race. That said I don't think I let go of the lead since about week 19 so without gloating too much victory is deserved. I was kind of limping to the finish line for the last few weeks and dropped from a position of 7,264 as late as gameweek 31 down to a final ranking of 24,501 out of 2.3m+. Not my highest ever position but still very good and just outside the top 1%.
Sportboy P came a worthy second while longtime leader Amer came third. Too many transfers and dodgy captain choices cost him and he couldn't pick it back up. Three time winner the Football Guy had his worst ever season in fifth. I expect him to bounce back next year.
On to some awards.
Player of the season:
Frank Lampard wins this for the second straight season. I learnt from my lesson last year and made sure he was in my team when in mattered, not least for the run in. Top scoring player by 42 points and his total of 284 is quite incredible. I only realised while writing this that it's the highest ever score in a fantasy season, edging out Ronaldo's 283 points in 2007/08.
I think it was Chelsea's sheer volume of goals that did it, as although he 'only' scored 22 (compared to C-Ron's 31) he weighed in with a season high 17 assists (only 8 for CR). If you factor in that he wasn't even the highest recipient of bonus points, or that he played neither game vs Wolves, you start to wonder whether a 300 point season is possible.
An honourable mention too for Cesc Fabregas who matched Lampard for points per game and got the second most bonus points this season but due to his various injuries missed eleven games thus ended up with 214.
Best value player:
Thomas Sorensen is the clear winner here, gaining 164 points for his measly £4m initial price tag. He even saved three penalties this season. Joe Hart was also a big plus here, with a lower score but higher price rise over the course of the season.
However I think the best bargain to be had this season was Darren Bent. Costing just £7m to start with, he banged in 24 goals for a frankly average Sunderland side. He was quieter in the second half of the season when Sunderland went on a long winless run and Drogba/Rooney/Tevez was the way to go but picked it up again in the final few games.
Best sub:
Birmingham defenders were this year's Fulham, providing regular clean sheets at a bargain basement price. Though they faded somewhat once they hit 40 points, they were a great option.
Fantasy bike:
There wasn't one single player I kept bringing in this season, but looking back it seems Drogba, Lampard and Tevez were all transferred in on three occasions. With expensive players all generally performing this season, you could usually mix and match as fitness and suspension dictated and not have to worry about losing money.
Biggest flop:
Many of last season's flops bounced back, not least Fabregas, Tevez and Drogba. For his price tag Steven Gerrard has to be up there. A victim of Liverpool's poor season; he was generally pretty useless until about gameweek 32, before an end of season points binge.
Elsewhere big things were expected of Andrey Arshavin after last year's four-month cameo but I thought 135 points was poor while Dirk Kuyt has gone back to being a plodder. You could argue Van Persie and Torres were disappointing but everyone knows they're injury prone. When they played they both had a high points per game average – 5th and 6th overall.
Best improvement:
The way of looking at this is rise in value over the season. Here Richard Dunne and Didier Drogba are the winners, just edging out James Milner. All three had terrific seasons and the former two rose by £1.8m in price.
I would say Dunne was the most unexpected, and he picked up Martin Laursen's tendency for being a bonus point machine while captaining Aston Villa at centre back. That said, clever old me came up with this gem of a prediction about Drogba in one of my previews.
"I no longer think the Ivorian has the ability to get 20 goals a season."
Good thing I realised the error of my ways!
Biggest surprise:
The under performance of Gerrard – previously a lock for 200 points. Gareth Bale post January (116 points) compared to pre January (2 points).
Best performance:
Last season's high was 21 points from Arshavin. I think this score got beaten six times this year. In reverse order:
Joint 3rd: Benayoun and Kalou – 24 points
2nd: Defoe – 25 points
1st: Lampard – 28 points versus Aston Villa through four goals, an assist and three bonus. Needless to say that was one of the few weeks he wasn't in my team, let alone in my team as captain.
Credit to Fabregas for getting 22 twice and Rooney for getting 32 in a double gameweek.
And Arshavin's high score this season? 11…
Cesc Fabregas award for cheap bonus points:
Wayne Rooney with 46 (matching Lampard last year). Cesc was second with 41.
Biggest fall from grace value wise:
Biggest price drop was Diamanti of West Ham and surprisingly Nicolas Anelka. Both went down £1.2m. I assume the latter was a victim of people going with the three highest scoring strikers and just sticking with them. Of the other renowned players Carrick fell by £1m while Arshavin again plays a part here, falling £0.9m.
Biggest fall from grace performance wise:
Aaron Lennon was fantastic until December, then got injured and only returned for the last few games. Perhaps it's a little harsh to include him here. Jermain Defoe on the other hand had 14 goals before January and just four afterwards. Antonio Valencia was also pretty poor in 2010 with just four assists and no goals.
Best impact:
Gareth Bale was immense after the turn of the year, scoring well over 100 points. I didn't bring him in though due to his price.
From a personal point of view I was pleased with the transfers of Martin Olsson and Adam Johnson. The former was listed as a £3.8m defender yet played in an advanced midfield role, while the latter made a big impact after joining Man City in the January transfer window. Both were nice differentials who scored steady points in the run in.
I mentioned the Drogba one earlier and how I fancied Anelka over him this season. Other specials included tipping the likes of Ebanks-Blake, Zhirkov, Scotland and Robinho while being negative on players like Bellamy, Lennon and Valencia. In my defence, I had Milner, Bent plus more expensive guys like Fabregas and Rooney to have good seasons.
Finally lets take a look my team in August:
and the team I ended the season with:
Pretty different as you can see. I think Sorensen was the only player to make it through the season without being transferred out, surviving even the wildcard. I played a three-man defence for much of the season and given how well strikers did it was usually three up front.


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- A power outage knocked out cable in parts of Connecticut
- Police issue warning after residents of the town of Fairfield call 911 to complain
- On Facebook, police say it's not an emergency, urge them to call their cable company
- "Misuse of the 911 system may result in an arrest," post says
People have called 911 to complain about lousy hamburgers and cold french fries, but what happened Sunday night in a Connecticut town may have set a new standard for misuse of emergency calls.
The cause of the crisis? Viewers couldn't watch their cable TV programs. And if Facebook posts are any indication, "Breaking Bad" was what the viewers wanted most.
A power outage knocked out cable service Sunday evening in parts of Connecticut, leaving Cablevision customers unable to watch television, including the hit show now in its final season.
While most viewers chose to wait for service to be restored, others opted for a far less rational course of action: calling 911.
The Fairfield Police Department was not amused and took to its Facebook page to post a refresher course on using its emergency system. The message read:
"We are receiving numerous 911 calls regarding the Cablevison outage. This is neither an emergency or a police related concern. Please direct your inquiries to Cablevision. 911 should only be called for Life Threatening Emergencies ONLY. Incidents that are not of an emergency nature may be reported to the Fairfield Police Department. ... Misuse of the 911 system may result in an arrest."
Cablevision said it had restored service by 11 p.m. Sunday. But judging by the comments on the Fairfield Police Facebook page, the fallout was far from over.
Among the many comments about being unable to watch "Breaking Bad": "Yes, this was a huge misuse of 911," one comment read, "but privately, I think it was kind. Of. Awesome. Tonight's breaking bad was super intense and Very riveting by every second. Obviously these folks were not thinking rationally when reaching for the phone."
When a lack of cable TV is a reason to call 911, "I have to wonder what this world is coming to and if people truly understand the definition of emergency," read another comment.
A resident named Ben Gott may have had the best solution. "When my Internet went out an hour ago," he wrote on Facebook, "I took a hint, put one of my dad's old jazz records on the turntable, and pulled out a good book. That, plus the crickets and peepers, has turned this into a very good night indeed."


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Custom Willys Mud Rigs - Big & Lil' JackPosted in Features on June 3, 2014
Every time we make our way up to the wicked north, Nasty Nate Scott out of Windsor, Maine, is one dude I always keep an eye out for. Throughout our travels nationwide via 4x4cross and the Yukon Gear sponsored Throttle King Series, we see a lotof different badass rigs. When it comes to Jeeps though, there are maybe three in the whole country that I can name right off the bat. I want to see these rigs in action whenever I get a chance, and If Nasty Nate is behind the wheel of Big Jack (or anything for that matter) you can't keep me away.
Nate is one of my favorite drivers for two reasons. One, he is an everyday dude who doesn't have ridiculously deep pockets. He's not a big wig at some corporate company making bank, and he doesn't own a company writing off his hobby as "business costs." Don't get me wrong; I'm not talking junk to the dudes who are well of. I'm just saying Nate is someone regular people can totally relate to. Working to pay the bills and sometimes skipping payments to get the rig ready is not uncommon in this industry. These guys are known for throwing everything together at the last minute and stayin' up to all hours of the night with help from friends to make it happen. Although being able to run such a sick rig with a furious disregard for anything resembling "taking it easy" has its advantages. This is the second and probably foremost reason why watching Nate drive is almost always one of the highlights at any event. He's never interested in taking home prize money or anything like that either. Nate just wants to put on the craziest show possible for the crowd, and he always delivers.
The daily grind for Nasty Nate includes masonry work as a primary career. During his free time he owns and operates Hardcore 4x4 while helping friends part time out of his garage. He loves racing at his home track, The Barnyard All Terrain, in Livermoore, Maine. He can be seen there tearin' it up at least twice a year as well as at Vermonster 4x4 and a few other places around the state. We've even seen him at the Throttle King Finale in S.C. and at Twitty's piloting Jamie Bird's mega truck while he was recovering from back surgery and couldn't drive.
Nasty Nate's reputation got him a spot behind the wheel of the crazy rig, and he even got a Second Place finish in the Freestyle portion. That's impressive to accomplish in a rig he had never even driven before that weekend. Nate says, "My crazy driving skills have cost me some money in the past, but you can't win if you're scared of the throttle. Wide-open racing, baby! Happy Jeeps come from Hardcore 4x4!"
Nate's uncle Skip was a big part of his life until a tragic accident took him from the family in 2012. Nate credits his uncle for being the one who got him into lifting vehicles and taught him all he knows about mud racing. When Nate turned 18 they started the build on
Big Jack, and it's still an ongoing project to this day as most mud trucks are. Nate says it's the one thing that really makes him feel close to his uncle.
After his uncle passed, Lil' Jack was built in memory of him by the guys at SM Fabrication out of Weeksmills, Maine. They built it completely from scratch with a four-link suspension and 14-inch Fox float shocks in front. Honda CR-250 shocks fitt perfectly in the back, allowing it to clear the 29.5-inch Outlaw tires. A 350ci Big Bear motor with high and low range give him more than enough power for this Jeep. Nate says, "Don't let it fool you. Lil' Jack is not just for show. It will take a beating and keep on racin'."
Big Jack, on the other hand, is also rocking a ton of custom fabrication work. It has a handbuilt aluminum body with a '46 Willys nose replicated by Steve Mayo from SM Fabrication. A custom four-link suspension riding on Fox shocks and powered by a 383ci small-block stroker motor is the setup, and it does the job perfectly. The engine is pushing about 650 hp while sitting up on 44-inch cut American Farmers tractor tires. A Corporate 14-bolt rear axle is paired with a Dana 60 high-pinion front stuffed with Yukon Gear & Axle 5.38 ring and pinions. Chromoly 35-spline axles replaced the factory shafts for a nearly unbreakable setup. The guts of this Jeep include a Turbo 400 auto transmission and a solid cast iron NP205 transfer case. Nate says the thing will wheelie straight off the line every launch, and trust me, I've seen it plenty of times. Nate is planning on making a lot of changes this year, particularly in hydraulic steering and some new shocks for the rear—if it's in the budget, of course.
Nate couldn't have finished these builds without the help of Yukon Gear & Axle and the Bad Apple crew. Friends and family supported Nate a lot, making Big Jack what it is today. Make sure you're watching when he pulls up to the line if you get a chance to see him in action, and have your cameras ready because you never know whats coming.


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Review: 'Big Pounding Heart,' Bubba Hernandez
"Big Pounding Heart"
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It would probably be easier to list the styles of music San Antonio-bred, Denton-based bassist, singer and songwriter Bubba Hernandez doesn't play well than to list the styles he does. With his third CD as a leader, the former Brave Combo bass man, aided and abetted by producer and guitarist Scrote, steps out on the musical tightrope. Though they don't exactly go nuts, Hernandez, Scrote and a cadre of accomplished players, most of them from Hernandez's neighborhood, take plenty of chances musically and lyrically.
Though Hernandez edges to the outside on a couple tracks, including the near-rant "Testosterone," he's been playing for dancers and for listeners long enough to know that chances can be taken if they're driven by deep grooves. So he offers up Latin rhythms ("Si Se Puede," "Tu Me Das Vida"), reggae-meets-Latin ("Naturally"), rocking fun ("Happy Holiday"), rollicking polka and word play ("I'm a Liar") and even a ballad, the disc-closing "At the End of My Road."
It takes heart, and skill, to move up and down several musical paths. Hernandez has lots of both.
Bubba Hernandez and Los Super Vatos will celebrate the release of "Big Pounding Heart" on Saturday at Sam's Burger Joint. Vitera will open.
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Water Wars
It is a marker of developed countries that nearly everyone has access to clean water. But roughly 1.1 billion people around the world have no such reliable access, according to the United Nations. The result is both grim and predictable: the lack of clean water leads directly to a higher incidence of preventable waterborne diseases such as cholera and dysentery, which kill 2.2 million a year.
Because water is so critical, cultures worldwide share a belief that it belongs to everyone and that access is a basic human right. This idea has been enshrined legally at least as far back as an ancient Roman precedent called the public trust doctrine. But in recent years, following a worldwide trend toward privatization across sectors, private companies (often European multinationals) have started assuming management of municipal water systems in countries around the world. Western models of capitalism argue that private firms are more efficient and effective than government-run entities, and this rationale can be compelling to local governments in developed countries. However, in developing countries it is often less a matter of choice; rather, pressure to privatize comes from conditions put on loans by the Western-run World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Inter-American Development Bank. This broad trend toward privatization has begun to raise concerns in many quarters, although so far only 14 percent of water works in the United States have been privatized, and 10 percent worldwide. Some people resist on principle, believing that water should be in the public domain. Others turn against privatization when prices rise or water quality decreases.


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I haven't had the opportunity to see the episode 5 yet, but if there is a penalty involved (note - there was), the team that incurred it would be starting far later than other teams. If leg 6 is linear, then there could be little chance for them to catch up.
Prediction: Gallipoli. Didn't we have a bus spoiler in Turkey?
Quote from: tarflyonthewall on June 25, 2012, 09:45:30 PMPrediction: Gallipoli. Didn't we have a bus spoiler in Turkey?You've already asked this question before. I already have given you the answer. NO, we do not have a bus spoiler in Turkey. But even if we did have a spoiler and you weren't sure, it probably wouldn't hurt to check the timeline thread, yeah?
I am pretty sure from the promos that there will be a yield this leg
Quote from: BayBay on June 29, 2012, 06:42:06 AMI am pretty sure from the promos that there will be a yield this leg me too and pretty sure too that Michelle/Jo are yielded by Paul/Steve and BTW i'm now sure because i saw yield sign 0:03
When Michelle & Jo say "Game on" they are just standing around what looks like to be where the yield is. You don't see it in the shot, but the background looks to be the same in comparison of when they were running up to the yield at :03.
100% sure Michelle & Jo were Yielded. Same trees, light posts, and floor. The shadows are in the same direction. Plus, when they are standing there, their arms are crossed. Typically when you approach and U-Turn/Yield board, you aren't as "relaxed." Here's the screenshot.
As much as I dislike Paul & Steve, it would be a smart move Yielding the twins, as they are definitely the dark horses of the race I love them!
Quote from: supah3ro on June 30, 2012, 05:39:52 AMAs much as I dislike Paul & Steve, it would be a smart move Yielding the twins, as they are definitely the dark horses of the race I love them! My thought: Why would Paul & Steve Yield Michelle and Jo instead of Joseph and Grace after the conflicts of last episode?
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In northern Syria, rebels now control many towns and villages
It's been two months since anyone has seen a police officer in this central Syrian city.
Though the Syrian military occupies an ancient citadel overlooking Qalaat al Mudiq, it's reached a truce with the Free Syrian Army rebel groups that control the city below. Residents and rebel leaders say the last time military forces attempted to enter the city was in March, but a pair of successful ambushes pushed them back to their base. The military doesn't enter, shoot at or shell the town anymore, even though a rebel sniper recently killed a soldier who'd stood exposed too long in the citadel.
The Free Syrian Army, the moniker taken by most of the loosely organized militias that have taken up arms against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, kicked the police out of the city in September. The army tried to install a pair of police officers in the local station later, but the officers were promptly abducted by the rebels when the army withdrew. They were later released to their families after their families paid a ransom.
Amid a torrent of news coverage focused on massacres and sanctions, a major change in the Syrian political landscape has gone largely unremarked: All across northern and central Syria, in an area known as the Al Ghab Plain, a growing number of villages and towns effectively are outside government control.
In an area that stretches from the mountains around Jisr al Shughour in the north to the town of Salhab in the south, and east to the highway that links the cities of Hama and Idlib, rebels administer justice and provide local services, including the distribution of cooking gas and food. A United Nations cease-fire that was supposed to begin in April has never really taken effect, but in these safe havens, rebel fighters and sympathizers live largely outside Syrian military intervention. Syrian troops who patrol nearby do so in armored vehicles because of the threat of roadside bombs and ambushes.
The safe space has allowed rebels to stockpile and manufacture weapons and hold prisoners. It also provides a base from which the rebels move into other parts of the country that until now have been relatively quiet.
That dynamic was on display as recently as Tuesday, when fighting broke out in Al Haffa, a town near the city of Latakia on the Mediterranean Coast. Latakia remains a government stronghold, but rebels have pushed out of their areas to challenge the government in villages around the city. Twenty-two government soldiers were reported killed in the Al Haffa fighting, and rebels who fought there before withdrawing to the Al Ghab area said they had freed prisoners, abducted police officers and bulldozed the local police station and secret police offices before withdrawing under an intense attack from helicopter gunships.
"The army only controls the area directly under their tanks," said Mohanned al Masri, a member of Ahrar al Sham, one of the groups based in the Al Ghab Plain and the primary supplier of rebel fighters at Al Haffa. "Here, the regime has already fallen."
Ahrar al Sham also is manufacturing rockets in the area. "We are perfecting the accuracy now," said Khalid al Amin, the leader of Ahrar al Sham in Qalaat al Mudiq.
In this town, the array of rebel forces is on display – as are the differences among them.
Ahrar al Sham draws its members from followers of a conservative strain of Islam known as Salafism; its followers see themselves as fighting in part for the right to preach their doctrine and the fall of a government that jailed them for doing so.
Another group, Suqor al Ghab, the largest in Qalaat al Mudiq, claims to be aligned with the largely secular Free Syrian Army leadership in Turkey. On Monday, its forces here were overseeing the distribution of cooking gas, which is in short supply across the country because of sanctions against Assad's government.
The ironies of the ongoing war are also on display.
"I am still drawing my government check as a teacher," said Mousab Al Hamadee, an anti-government activist here, smiling. The Syrian government continues to provide services such as electricity and water without interruption.
"Things are going on as usual, except that it became hard for Alawites to come to work," said Amin, the Ahrar al Sham leader, referring to members of the Shiite Muslim sect that also includes Assad. Ahrar al Sham members, as Salafis, follow Sunni Islam. Amind said Alawites now fear retaliation from Sunnis for the support in Alawite villages for pro-government militiamen known locally as Shabiha.
On the outskirts of Qalaat al Mudiq, fighters from Ahrar al Sham lazily manned a checkpoint on the main road north to the city of Jisr al Shughour, whose outskirts are also outside of government control. Rebels who'd crossed the Turkish border en route to Jisr Al Shughour last week said that the army is entirely absent from the area. The army holds the center of Idlib, the largest city in northwestern Syria, but the edges of the city and the surrounding areas belong to the rebels.
To the west of the checkpoint, nestled in the foothills of Latakia Mountain, the Free Syrian Army's control becomes more tenuous, as the Sunni-dominated area gives way to a string of villages populated largely by Alawites. Al Ramleh, a Sunni village to the west of here, had been largely emptied after the killings of a woman and four of her children by pro-government militiamen two weeks ago. Some months before, the nearby village of Tamana had suffered a similar fate, after a raid by the military and pro-government militiamen.
Nonetheless, the rebels here feel the momentum is strongly in their favor. They say they are getting better weapons, including armor-piercing rocket-propelled grenade rounds, as the volume of arms being smuggled into Syria from Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey appears to have grown. Groups of fighters in the area are also building bombs and stockpiling small mortar rounds.
Amin said that Ahrar al Sham and the other rebel groups are making plans soon to rid the city of the army's presence. The cease-fire with the army would end in mid-June, he said, when the wheat crop had been harvested.
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Currituck ends the Vikings� football season with 28-21 win Friday
BARCO � In Kinston�s last crack at saving their playoff bid, the Vikings just ran out of time.
�If we would have had 15 seconds on the clock,� said senior quarterback Tiquan Canady, �we would have scored.�
Kinston trailed 21-7 entering the fourth quarter against Currituck County in the second round of NCHSAA 2AA state playoffs Friday. The Vikings managed two touchdowns in the final period, but it wasn�t enough.
The Knights ended Kinston�s football season with a 28-21 victory, as they advanced to the semi-finals.
Neither team scored in the second or third quarters, as they traded interceptions in the second. In Currituck�s second possession before halftime, Raheem Freelandpicked off a Tyler Schuster pass with 5:48 on the clock. Dakwon Foreman answered by intercepting Canady�s pass three plays later.
Kinston (7-6) quenched the scoring drought when Canady scored on a three-yard run four minutes into the last quarter; the score was 21-14 until 6:26 read on the board. While Kinston�s defense was responsible for the Knights� negative yardage on their previous four drives (-13), Currituck snapped back with a 69-yard TD.
Schuster found Foreman as CC went up 28-14.
�Dakwon Foreman made an incredible play on the ball,� said Currituck coach John Wheeler, �and we had a big block on the edge that allowed him to get to the outside. � We had some big plays from a lot of guys tonight.�
Foreman finished with 95 receiving yards, while Schuster went 13-of-22 for 214 yards and two interceptions.
As the clock winded down from about five minutes, Kinston�s offense sped up tremendously.
After Kinston converted a third-and-9 on its own 32, the Vikings wound up scoring once more to reduce its deficit by a single TD. From the 20, Canady linked up with Anthony Berry for a scoring pass.
Kinston�s defense made a big stop, as they forced the Knights to turn the ball over on downs with 2:03 left in the game. Taking over at the Currituck 27, Kinston�s final 48-yard drive expired when the clock did.
�Your seniors are down and it�s tough,� Kinston coach Ryan Gieselman said. �They left it on the field tonight, exactly what I wanted them to do. After the first quarter, we kind of dug our heels in and played a good two and a half quarters of football.�
Kinston had 14 first downs in the second half.
Herns led the Vikings in rushing with 120 yards, as Canady followed him with 62 yards on the ground. Canady finished his passing with 190 yards on a 16-of-23 effort with two interceptions.
Anthony Pitts started at QB and completed two passes for 13 yards. He led Vikings receivers with 78 yards.
Currituck hosts Washington next week.
�They�re an incredible program,� Wheeler said of Kinston. �They have a great, athletic, explosive program every season. It�s a privilege to have them here in Barco.�
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First Quarter
K: Tavon Herns 15 run (Will Deters kick), 10:34
C: Tyler Schuster 2 run (River Gwaltney kick), 8:30
C: Dakwon Foreman 5 pass from Schuster (Gwaltney kick), 5:15
C: Schuster 34 run (Gwaltney kick), 0:26
Fourth Quarter
K: Tiquan Canady 3 run (Deters kick), 8:00
C: Foreman 69 pass from Schuster (Gwaltney kick), 6:26
K: Anthony Berry 20 pass from Canady (Deters kick), 3:18
First downs 8 21
Rushes-yards 24-104 40-201
Passing 5-3-2 10-2-1
Passing yards 214 202
Total yards 318 403
Fumbles-lost 0-0 4-1
RUSHING � K: Herns 22-120, Canady 14-62, Anthony Pitts 1-5, Qwarri Ham 3-13, Raheem Freeland 1-1. C: Schuster 15-85, Charles Nicols 4-16, Fred Huff 1-2, Josh Garrett 2-1, Chris Stefenack 1-0.
PASSING � K: Canady 16-23-2 190 yards, Pitts 2-6-0 13 yards. C: Schuster 13-22-2 214 yards
RECEIVING � K: Pitts 8-78, Berry 5-66, Shemar Adams 3-44. C: Foreman 6-95, Gwaltney 2-54, Huff 2-38, Dylan Abrams 3-21, Kanyon Cole 1-6.


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Radiohead's Thom Yorke and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea are playing hooky from their bands this year to throw some strange little dance parties. On Wednesday, the band they share with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco -- Atoms for Peace – threw down at the UIC Pavilion.
At one point, the quintet dipped into the deep corners of Radiohead's catalog to play "Paperbag Writer." With its queasy strings and pronounced bass line, the studio version is a bittersweet commentary on paranoid warmongers. "Take your armor off, you're not under attack," Yorke crooned. But Atoms for Peace didn't hew closely to the Radiohead blueprint.
Keyboards swerved in and out, as if bending around the relentless beats. Flea's bass bubbled higher in the mix and then stopped altogether, leaving even more space for Waronker and Refosco to thunder away on their armada of percussion instruments. The space also gave the bassist room to dance, throwing his knees up from under his kilt while his shoulders shook. Like Flea's bass, Yorke's chilling vocals were no match for the waves of rhythm.
It was one of many moments during the 17-song, nearly two-hour set when the band made its studio recordings feel like mere sketches. This show was about the possibilities in all those electronic glitches and shadowy textures culled from the Atoms for Peace debut album, "Amok," and Yorke's 2006 solo recording, "The Eraser."
A 2010 tour with the Atoms for Peace lineup demonstrated how the insular laptop compositions on "The Eraser" could be transformed by five musicians playing together in real time. On Wednesday, the group pushed the sound toward the cradle of rhythm music in Africa, accenting it with their own avant-garde flourishes – the sound of cutlery smashing against a steel tabletop, cicadas serenading the dusk, pebbles pounding a windowpane.
The opening "Before Your Very Eyes …" set the tone, with parallel streams of percussion that raced side by side, then merged. Yorke's voice floated serenely above the flood, as if watching the carnage below from the safety of a cloud. The singer embodied the physicality of "Default," shadow-boxing with the ping-pong beats while a Godrich synthesizer line belched. Refosco sawed away at a one-string violin to enhance the all-enveloping drone of "The Clock," and still the drums wouldn't let up.
In some ways, the band was almost too revved up. The tempos started fast and kept surging. Counterpoint rhythms shifted in and out, but there wasn't a lot of room to gulp for air. Occasionally Yorke sat at a keyboard to begin what might've been a sad aria in his high, fragile tenor. On "Unless," he channeled the ululations of Pakistani sacred music. But inevitably the band would break him out of his reverie and send him off to jitterbug again.
If the song titled "Stuck Together Pieces" suggested how the tracks came together in the studio – a collage of sound edited until it found a shape – the live performance illuminated how these artificial constructions were transfigured into something visceral in performance. Flea's bass built a spine and the beats accumulated strength. Then Waronker and Refosco dropped their sticks and started clapping their hands overhead until the audience joined in and hijacked the tune.
As the band prepared to jump into the final song, "Black Swan," the house lights came on. "I can see every one of you mothers," Yorke said with a grin. "You better dance to this." Then he played the song's snaky guitar riff and the drums continued their relentless roll.
Atoms for Peace set list Wednesday at UIC Pavilion
1. Before Your Very Eyes...
2. Default
3. The Clock
4. Ingenue
5. Stuck Together Pieces
6. Unless
7. And It Rained All Night
8. Harrowdown Hill
9. Dropped
10. Cymbal Rush
11. Skip Divided
12. Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses
13. Rabbit in Your Headlights (UNKLE cover)
14. Paperbag Writer (Radiohead cover)
15. Amok
Encore 2:
16. Atoms for Peace
17. Black Swan


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Thatcher Drive, a neat line of bungalows overlooking the Liberation Monument, encapsulates much of what Falklanders want to tell the world. In one window, a sign reads: "Falkland Islands – British to the core". Next door, another sign says: "No need to knock. Door open. Come in. Give me a shout".
On the adjoining main road through Port Stanley a cavalcade of Land Rovers – the vehicle of choice for the islands' gritty roads – trundled past with Union Flags flying from their aerials and posters in the window reading: "Your country wants you to vote 'yes'".
This swirl of friendly patriotic pride, which will also include a display this evening of 50 4x4s arranged on a hillside opposite Stanley with their headlights spelling out "YES!", will climax on Sunday morning when the 1,672 islanders eligible to vote begin to cast their ballots in the two-day referendum on British sovereignty.
After suffering a bellicose campaign from the Argentine government to cripple the Falklands economy and force negotiations on the ownership of "Las Malvinas" – the Argentine name for the islands – onto the international agenda (talks in which Buenos Aires has bluntly insisted the Falklanders would be irrelevant), this is the opportunity for these 3,000 hardy South Atlantic souls to make their voice heard on the world stage.


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Four road.cc guys armed each with biro and camera covered the Madison iceBike show over two days and we're still finding good stuff as we match up incomprehensible notebook scribble with the images uploaded. There sure was a lot of shiny new kit in Milton Keynes for the press to look at; this is what we'll be seeing in our local bike shops this Spring.
Even though we've been looking at '2012' products since Eurobike in September and we've visited the Cycle Show in Birmingham in October and the London Bike Show in January there's till apparently no end to the new kit coming for the new season which may just have kicked off with the first sign of snowdrops this weekend. Having said that, we're also just starting to see the first signs of next winter season's warm clothing and lighting. There's certainly no end when you're a bike industry Product Manager.
Two new Blackburn front lights coming in time for Autumn 2012
In addition to the imminent bags, racks and computers we mentioned in our post on Friday, Blackburn also had two new front lights that will be coming on stream a bit later, ready for the Autumn dark commutes.
Super Flea is obviously a 'Super' upgrade on their existing tiny Flea light, their man Jeff Titone explaining that the new light will be more of a proper front light than merely an emergency marker. Output is boosted to an extraordinary - for such a small unit - 105 lumens from the present 40 and will run on a Lithium-polymer battery resulting in 1.5, 2.5 or 3.5 hours of life depending on the mode setting and we particularly like the highly visible 'fuel gauge' which warns when you need to be plugging back into a USB socket for recharge. The aluminium case apart from imparting a quality engineered feel also acts as a heat-sink for the fierce little LED light. Price £40.
Also encased in a nice aluminium housing is the all-new Blackburn Scorch front light - see main pic above - which has an appearance more like an LED torch mounted on a handlebar bracket. In fact, the Scorch unmounts to perform precisely that function, the cylindrical knurled case forming a chunky, grippy little hand-torch with a mighty 180 lumen output running off a Lithium-Ion battery. Run times will be the same as the Super Flea and it also charges off a USB port using an ingenious magnetic mount that techie geeks like us will enjoy playing with for hours. Price £45.
The Blackburn Super Flea; that aluminium top functions as a heat sink.
Giro expanding shoe range with multi-purpose Sage model
Helmet maker Giro has now offered a couple of hard-core road shoe models for a couple of seasons with sales and reviews like our's here for the Factor model sufficiently good to give them confidence in expanding the range into much more populated territory with correspondingly lower prices. The new Sage model is clearly designed for walking about a bit as well as clipping in for cycling via Shimano SPD-style cleats recessed into the soles. The upper is made of synthetic nubuck which will please vegans and suggests also that hearty scrubbing is an option if they get muddy. According to Giro's own blurb, "a supportive EVA footbed enhances fit and comfort, while a unique dual-injected shank helps transfer power to the pedals efficiently without compromising the forefoot flex needed for walking and hiking." Traditional lacing rather than space-age Velcro straps or a ratcheting filament closure system will help to make them appear more 'normal' compared to other sports shoes which will help the Lycra-averse integrate them into a wide range of clothing styles. There are a couple of colour options (see the gallery) plus a women's-fit option in black and teal for £79.99.
Three new 'bars from Profile Design
You can always count on Profile Design to come up with interesting tweaks on the never-ending quest for perfection in those mutually incompatible areas of comfort and aerodynamics. The new 285-gram Largo drop bar above is a 6061-aluminium 'ergonomic' bar with multiple hand positions and a fashionably shallow drop. The big secret though is that unlike the recent trend to 'shorten' the reach, bringing the brake lever hoods closer for comfort, this one lengthens it by 2-3cm which in effect allows a shorter stem.
When used that way in accompaniment with the Profile ZBS DL aerobar - the whole shebang shown above comes together as a kit for £129.99 - the arm rests are bought closer for comfort while still allowing fully-aero and semi-aero positions on the drops and the tops of the hoods. A good setup for triathletes who don't want to commit to a pure 'tri' bike, we'd have thought, as the 'clip-ons' can be easily removed for road racing where they would be illegal. Profile even suggest you could think of the setup for touring, which is a thought if you'll be ploughing along for hours into the wind.
Also new from Profile is a completely flat version of the UCI-legal superlight Svet carbon base bar called Svet Zero, the idea being that the extra 2cm of height helps to compensate for a frame front end that is perhaps a tad low for low-speed manouvres. Finally, the 540 gram T3+ Carbon is a clip-on aero bar with convoluted shaping that takes full advantage of the mouldability of the carbon material to make them comfortable to grip for extended Ironman-type periods.
Profile Design's new T3+ Carbon: they claim cutting-edge ergonomics. £169.99.
Profile Svet base bar with a bit of drop or this new Svet Zero with no drop. £199.99
All your home storage needs from Gear-Up
Josh Ogden from Gear-Up in Kansas explained that they've made their long-standing specialist bike storage company something of a one-stop-shop for all kinds of products as long as they're focussed on hiding, tidying and racking bicycles in the home and workshop. Some designs are their own and made in the USA, others are licensed from smaller specialists from all over the world. We admired the Bikes Up and Away units above that hold up to four bikes off the ground for £169.99 and are nicely enough made in oak or aluminium that architects approve of them to turn your bikes into artworks.
Cheaper and simpler are the £14.99 free standing Grandstands that you just move around as you need them to support the bike by its rear wheel. Very popular with bike shops apparently as they're tough as old boots and can be adjusted for tyres fat, thin or in-between. Finally, the Steadyrack needs wall mounting but once in place, holds the bike off the ground by its front wheel and then pivots almost flat to one side, opening up possibilities to store multiple bikes in narrow spaces.
Gear-Up Steadyrack pivoting bike rack: saves space. £69.99.
Gear-Up Grandstand single bike adjustable floor stand £14.99
Respro launch The Hump Vegas, revamp anti-pollution mask
According to founder Harry Cole, Respro asked themselves the question what could be done to make The Hump back pack cover we reviewed in these pages back in the Autumn even more visible and back came the answer "Lighting." And not just lights but "Lights!" as in Las Vegas-style blinking, flashing, techno-style LEDs that will make it pretty inexcusable for drivers not to notice you. They've also designed a new print for their well-established anti-pollution mask called CinQ® which has a lot of reflective ink for safety.
Respro mask in 'CinQ®' design, reflective, too.
White Lightning Chain Johnny + new Crystal grease
Now here's a good idea. It's simply a cover for your drivetrain; the Chain Johnny that attaches with Velcro and makes sure all the greasy bits are well covered. It's a two-ply construction with a rubberised inner and a tough nylon outer, and should ensure that you don't leave grease marks all over your walls/car interior/trousers/work colleagues when you store or transport your bike. Good job. Price £19.99.
White Lightning also had a new Crystal grease that's Aluminium-based and entirely waterproof and non-toxic. They made big play of licking the grease to show just how non-toxic it was, but you're probably better off smearing it on your bearings and not your crumpets. Price 9.99 for a big one-pound - 453 gram - pot.
White Lighting's new Crystal grease: good enough to eat.
Elite: new titanium spring in the Sior bottle cage
We now know how a Grand Tour is won and lost: it's all down to which bottle cage you choose. That's what Elite would have you believe anyway. To be fair, they did manage a clean sweep of basically everything in 2011 with the likes of Mark Cavendish, Cadel Evans and Sammy Sanchez all using the £64.99 28-gram Sior bottle cage which has now had a bit of a tweak. Riders found that when the going got gritty the band could hold the bottle just a bit too tightly, so they've redesigned it with a Titanium wire spring in the middle of the band that allows the bottle to disengage more easily but still holds it nice and snug.
Elite also had a new cage-mounted storage system, the Byasi. It's nothing fancy but it's nicely designed to look like a standard Elite bottle, and it features a removable tray at the top to keep your valuables separate from your greasy inner tube.
Elite Byasi looks like a bottle but it's luxury storage for all your stuff. £7.99.
New Ogio line redefines 'Luggage Porn' category
The Ogio brand is a new addition for Madison dealerships but back in the USA the range has been sold to athletes, golfers, students, hydration slurpers, laptop schleppers; basically, anyone who has to carry anything, anywhere. Although for the purposes of UK bike shops we're just concerned with the cyclists and triathletes that have to carry their helmets, shoes, clothing, nutrition products, sunglasses, chamois cream, race licence and and...have we forgotten anything? The four different sizes of the Ogio Endurance bag - numbered 5.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 and priced £69.99 to £129.99 - really do cover all the options including ventilated but waterproof compartments for - potentially wet - shoes and everything else you could possibly think of including straps to carry the bag as a back pack.
'Pro' branded overshoes and gloves renamed 'Shimano' for next Autumn
The overshoes and winter gloves that have been branded as 'Pro' for some time as of next September will be shipped to bike shops with the Shimano name thereon which has been a good excuse to cheer up the range in various weights to suit the climates where the Japanese company's products are sold. Since launching the 'Pro' name some years ago as a neutral alternative where 'Shimano' is synonymous with 'Japanese components' the brand has crystalised a peerless reputation for handlebars, stems and seatposts but looked a little anachronistic on overshoes and gloves where Shimano has also been developing parallel 'Shimano' branded clothing. Anyway, whatever the Machiavellian motivation of the marketing folks, the important thing is that the three different gauges of overshoes and two winter gloves seem well made and prices reasonable if the early prototypes we've seen at iceBike are anything to go by. Don't forget there were also the new Shimano bags we posted about on Friday.
New Windstopper 'thin' gloves for £36.99 and now branded Shimano from next Autumn.
Meanwhile, there are also iceBike 2012 stories on:
Thule's new Sliderack car roof rack
Electron's Terra 3 and Terra Mini front lights
Mat's roundup of Cervelo, Pro, Bell, San Marco, Blackburn, Pearl Izumi and Madison clothing
The new Genesis titanium Equilibrium, 853 steel Fugio crosser and alloy Volant roadie; there's a nice video, too


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Boustany expected to win La. runoff
The final tea party vs. establishment electoral showdown of 2012 is coming Saturday to a congressional district in rural southwestern Louisiana.
The race pits two incumbent GOP congressmen forced into battle by redistricting: Front-runner Charles Boustany, an ally of Speaker John Boehner who sits on the powerful, tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, and Jeff Landry, a tea party favorite who swept into office in the 2010 conservative wave.
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Neither won a majority in the Nov. 6 open primary — Boustany received 45 percent of the vote to Landry's 30 percent — sending them to a runoff that the state scheduled for Saturday.
After a November that has left Republicans debating their future direction, the election reflects the GOP's split between its establishment and tea party wings.
Boustany has support from a long line of local officials and many of his House colleagues. Landry boasts endorsements from conservative groups like FreedomWorks and the National Taxpayers Union as well as South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, a tea party hero.
The freshman Landry, a former trial lawyer, has accused Boustany of not being sufficiently conservative and adopting positions at odds with the conservative district. He has pointed to the more senior congressman's support for some earmarks and his absence from the Tea Party Caucus.
Boustany, a four-term congressman and former surgeon, has cast Landry as an ineffective pol, highlighting his missed votes during his two years in the House.
The two were thrust into the same district when the state's delegation shrunk from seven seats to six.
The race has gotten nasty at times. Boustany has called Landry a "typical good ol' boy politician who will say anything to get elected." Landry has charged that Boustany's record in Congress amounts to "zero" and said his opponent "evidently has got some issues."
Boustany has the clear upper hand — largely because he's playing on his home turf. Boustany previously represented nearly 80 percent of the new district while Landry occupies just about a fifth. That has forced Landry, a political newcomer with much lower name identification, to have to introduce himself to a vast new swath of voters.
"It's a district that has been represented by Boustany for a long time before, so he has a lot more relationships," said Timmy Teepell, a former chief of staff to GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal. "It's an uphill fight for Jeff because Boustany is well-known there."
Landry's challenge is also financial. Still learning the ropes of Washington, he has found himself at a severe fundraising disadvantage against Boustany, who serves on the Ways and Means Committee, a plum assignment that promises big fundraising returns. Through Nov. 18, Landry raised just $2.1 million to Boustany's $3.8 million.


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