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Rose Kemp took fifth in the Friday's 5-km Classical race on Friday at the New Mexico Invitational, which was her third top-five effort this season.
Feb. 1, 2013
New Mexico Invitational 5/5-km Classical Race Results
RED RIVER, N.M. - Senior Miles Havlick earned his eighth career win, and his second already this season, to help the University of Utah ski team to first place after Friday's 5-km Classical race during the first day of the New Mexico Invitational at the Red River Resort.
Utah leads the way in the team standings with 228 points, which is 11 ahead of runner-up Colorado. The Utes were in first place with 135 points in the men's 5-km Classical, while Utah totaled 93 points in the women's 5-km Classical event.
"Overall, I am extremely pleased with how the team performed today," Utah Director of Skiing Kevin Sweeney said. "The men's team is clearly having a great run this season, posting outstanding results with four in the top seven. We missed the kick wax a bit for the women so they were not able to race to their full potential. They started first and the conditions changed more quickly than we anticipated. We just did not have 100% competitive skis today, otherwise they executed very well. That being said, the women's team did an outstanding job relying more on strength and technique to post excellent results. We were able to adjust the wax for the men's race and they capitalized on it. It was a good opening day of the UNM Invite for us and UNM put on a good race. Spirits are up and we are resting for the 10-km tomorrow."
The Utes took three of the top four spots in the men's 5-km Classical competition and also had all four of its athletes among the top seven of the race.
Havlick has won two races early this season and has eight career victories and the Boulder, Colo., native has placed third or better three times in 2013 and 22 times over his career.
"Going into today's race, we all knew it would be tough adapting to the high elevation of Red River at 9,800 feet of elevation," Havlick said. "For me, I grew up training at this altitude so it felt like my home resort of Eldora today. It is pretty humbling how fast every good feeling in your body can be sapped away in just five kilometers, but our entire team should be very proud of today's exceptional performance. We are all focusing on recovering from today's effort for another good day tomorrow. Hopefully, we can lay down some strong points and set a high standard for our Alpine team next weekend."
First-year Utah skier Einar Ulsund turned in his fourth straight podium finish to start this season and has been among the top four in all five of his races as a Ute.
Freshman Noe Bellet came up with his best finish to this point this season with a fourth-place effort, his highest finish of his career. Bellet has been among the top 10 in all five of his competitions in 2013.
Niklas Persson turned in his second straight top-10 effort with a seventh-place finish, which was also his third top-10 performance of the year.
"This was another solid effort for the Utes today," Utah Head Nordic coach Abi Holt said. "Somehow the men just keep managing to improve every week. Today, all four of our starters in the men's race finished in the top seven, which it pretty incredible. These guys are really feeding off one another, and it is fun to watch them all jockey for position in these races. This week, Miles led the Ute pack and found his way back to the top of the podium. He skied strong for the entire race, and I think he really benefited from last week's rest. He looked to be back on form. On the women's side, Rose continues to be a dominant force in the RMISA. Her fifth place finish today reaffirms Rose's consistent presence among the top women in this field this year. Maybe our biggest surprise of the day was Sloan. She just returned from the World Junior Championships in Europe on Monday, so I was just hoping for her to get in a start. Seeing Sloan place in the top ten was a real bonus today."
The women's Nordic posted two top-10 performances in the 5-km Classical race, led by Rose Kemp, who posted her third top-five effort of the year and the seventh of her career. The Boise, Idaho native has had 13 top-10 finishes over her career.
"We had another successful day as a team today," Kemp said. "Everyone is working hard to survive at this high of an altitude and our hard work showed in our results. Our men's team performed outstandingly once again and the women were not far behind, though we ran into some trouble with waxing due to rapidly changing snow conditions. But, overall the women raced as well as we could and though we were not totally satisfied with our results, we were satisfied with our effort and our teammates' accomplishments. We are excited for tomorrow's skate race."
Freshman Sloan Storey posted her second consecutive top-10 effort with a ninth-place finish. The Hailey, Idaho native has placed 12th or better in all three of her races this season.
Junior Anna Svendsen followed in 22nd place, while senior Parker Tyler came in 26th place, respectively.
The 10/10-km Freestyle events of the New Mexico Invitational will be held tomorrow at Red River, N.M., while the Alpine portion will consist of slalom races at the Red River Ski Area on Saturday, Feb. 9 and Sunday, Feb. 10.


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SIZE: One Size About 15 x 15 in. [38 x 38 cm] after felting, not including handles
CORRECTIONS: (applied Mar 15, 2008)
12 stitches = 4 in. [10 cm] in Stockinette stitch (knit on right side, purl on wrong side) before felting. EXACT GAUGE IS NOT ESSENTIAL FOR THIS PROJECT. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size
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With A, cast on 54 stitches. Work in Stockinette stitch (knit on right side, purl on wrong side) with A for 16 rows. Continuing in Stockinette stitch, work in stripe pattern as follows:
**4 rows B
6 rows C
2 rows A
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4 rows B
6 rows A
2 rows C
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6 rows A
4 rows C
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10 rows A
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With A, work 16 rows. Bind off.
HANDLES (make 2)
With A, cast on 10 stitches. Work in Stockinette stitch for 140 rows. Bind off.
Fold Bag in half and sew side seams. Sew one Handle to front of Bag, one to back, with ends of Handles at side seams. Weave in ends.
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South Main Street in Elkhart reopened for traffic Wednesday.
ELKHART — South Main Street in Elkhart reopened for traffic Wednesday.
Contractors with Niblock Excavating finishing final paving work on the street at Starr Avenue and Canary Boulevard intersections Wednesday afternoon.
The road has been closed for more than a month for sewer work.
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Amount the Texas-based oil giant paid that year in federal income taxes: $0
Amount Exxon got back from the IRS as a rebate: $156 million
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Profits earned by the Charlotte-based company that same year: $4.4 billion
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Rank of General Electric among the largest U.S. corporations: 1
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Amount it paid in taxes: $0
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Puro hotel
With a stay at Puro Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Palma de Mallorca, steps from Lonja de Palma de Mallorca and minutes from Parc de La Mar. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Plaza del Rey Juan Carlos I and Mallorca Cathedral. Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy body treatments and facials. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find a nightclub, a spa tub, and a sauna. Additional amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access, wedding services, and tour/ticket assistance. Featured amenities include a business center, a computer station, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center, conference space, and meeting rooms. Make yourself at home in one of the 51 individually furnished guestrooms, featuring iPod docking stations and minibars. LCD televisions with digital programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and in-room massages.
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Standard Room Services
- Air Conditioning
- Safe
- Minibar
- Satellite TV
- Telephone
Accommodation facilities
- Lift
- Bar/Café
- Business Centre
- Meetings Room
- Internet Centre
- Garden/Terrace
- Laundry
- People with reduced mobility access
- Non-smoker Rooms
- Parking
- Restaurant
- 24 hr Room Service
Leisure facilities
- Sauna
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Puro Oasis
Location : Puro hotel
This hotel is situated in the heart of the old town, just behind the historic building of La Lonja - the medieval fish market and now a cultural centre. The hotel is mere footsteps away from the city centre and the harbour. Many restaurants, cafés, galleries, and boutiques surround the hotel in a quaint and historic district with century-old buildings and narrow stone-paved streets. Puro beach is 12 km away, but the sea is only 1 km from the hotel.
Taxi: Most taxi drivers know the hotel. Ask the taxi driver to take you to 'Calle Apuntadores'. This street has restricted access, but taxis can go through. The hotel is on the second street on the right and the hotel entrance can be seen from 'Calle Apuntadores'. The hotel staff are ready to assist guests with their luggage. By Car: From the airport follow directions to Palma. Follow the motorway until you reach the end of it at the traffic lights. You will see Palma bay on your left hand side. Continue straight, passing the cathedral on your right. Turn right at the traffic lights and follow the street to the small roundabout, make a U turn and take the little street to your right ('Calle Apuntadores'). This is a limited access street, press the button and tell the controller that you are going to the hotel. The hotel is in the second street on your right. Let our staff know that you are there. We will take care of your luggage and show you where you can park your car.
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3 Parks near Nampa, Idaho
Meridian, Idaho 10.11 miles NE
Caldwell, Idaho 11.21 miles NW
Gowen Army National Guard Post, Idaho 17.28 miles E
Nampa, Idaho (map) | (208) 442-9000
Sites: 88 | Latest Rate: $25.00 | 29 Reviews
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Jun 2015 - $25.00
we rang and originally booked for 3 nights. The office was closed when we arrived and we noticed the local Sheriff parked at the gate (incidentally he was parked there the entire time we were in the park)
The Park is mostly long term , questionable tenants and run down trailers RV's with rubbish all over the place.
The pull through site was VERY tight for our RV and we required assistance to get it in. The park manager and his partner were very helpful (thus the 3 star for service)
We did not feel safe in this RV park and decided at 5 am to leave and find another park more to our taste and comfort level.
The office didn't open until 11 am, so we left our credit card number for the one night payment - we should have received the Good Sam discount, however upon looking at our credit card this morning, we see it was processed for the full nightly amount.
We would definitely not stay here again. - Keez
Jun 2015 - $20.00
We stayed here last year and tolerated the barking dogs and questionable long-term residents, but when we returned this year things had deteriorated. Dog poo in our tiny yard meant we had to step carefully every time we went from our rig to toad and back. A neighbor's dog barking woke us from a sound sleep, then a loud conversation kept us from falling back asleep. A neighbor rear-ended his own fifth wheel with his car, knocking it off its jacks, so we worried it could teeter over onto our rig. We also worried about him missing his rig one night and hitting ours, so we moved. We'd prepaid three more days but weren't offered a refund. Wifi wasn't working the few days we were there and the manager (owner?) didn't seem interested in getting it back up and running. This location is mostly a long-term RV park for local workers -- not a place I'd recommend for active travelers. - ellenbenr
Jun 2015 - $25.00
We stayed here a few years ago and it was OK but now I would rate it as the worst RV park we have stayed at in our 6 years of full timing. There is no quiet time at all as the park is full of permanent residents who do not understand what quiet means. There is dog excrement all over and dog noise constantly. One resident actually ran into the back of his 5th wheel, knocking it off the front pegs and he was very inebriated. I would never stay here again. - Roger W
Nampa, Idaho (map) | (208) 867-7393
Sites: 90 | Latest Rate: $34.00 | 4 Reviews
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Jul 2015 - $34.00
Very noisy from interstate traffic, with air conditioner on not so much. The sites were spacious and level. Salt water swimming pool fantastic. Enjoyed the free pop corn. - alimen
Jun 2015 - $12.00
The rate shown was the result of staying one month.
Pros: Management was great, always willing to help; level sites with good utilities; lots of beautiful grass.
Cons: Aroma from sugar beet factory was terrible, traffic noise from Interstate, have to pass thru industrial area to get to park, wifi worked most of the time.
Other: Mostly permanent residents, we use satellite so don't have any idea about cable, didn't use any facilities except washer and dryer which is located in club house and worked fine, needed more than 25' power cable which we had. - DennisD
Aug 2013 - $27.00
The rate is based on a weekly rate. This is a very nice park, lots of grass and very well maintained. However, it's about 2 blocks from the Interstate and just on the other side of the Interstate is the sugar beet factory. We knew, of course, that the freeway is there, but did not know the sugar beet factory would be "cooking" quite this early in the year. We've literally had to keep the MH closed up because that odor is almost as bad as a skunk! We have stayed in this area for many years visiting family and haven't had that experience this early in the year before. When I called for a reservation, I was told that the Wi-Fi was great. They'd just had new repeaters put in and everyone was getting a signal. Don't know where the repeaters are, but the signal is spotty and at times very slow. I've tried many times during the day and even in the middle of the night and it doesn't change. Will possibly stay here again and if we recommend it to anyone will be sure to tell them about the Wi-Fi and sugar beets!! - lckcmk
Nampa, Idaho (map) | (208) 465-7199
Sites: 78 | Latest Rate: $26.00 | 14 Reviews
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Sep 2012 - $26.00
When we pulled in the office was closed for the long weekend so it was self check in. We drove through the site which was dirt roads and dirt sites. The park was almost full of permanent residents and really unappealing. We left and really would not recommend it. - Terry G
Aug 2012 - $25.00
This RV Park is dominated by the rudest manager I have ever come across. Non professional, lacks people skills downright mean lady. She locks down the bathrooms and told me, "Too bad. You live in a RV use the damn thing!" She lies and says she is the owner of the park, not allowing anyone to complain to higher ups. The park is dirty. Its a park that people use to live at, with all their corresponding junk and cars. I would not stay here again if it was the last spot on God's green earth. - mrsnoose
Mar 2012 - $18.00
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at this park. The Manager was very nice and the restrooms, showers and laundry were updated as well as always clean and tidy! We'll stay there anytime we are anywhere near Nampa, Idaho. - RV On The Move


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Kokura keeps magisterial district judicial race on track
For the average citizen, a magisterial district court is the most likely venue for interaction with the judicial system.
Traffic tickets, small claims and minor offenses fill the dockets of these courts. But that does not diminish their importance. They are the first line of defense in a system designed to ensure our liberties, protect our lives and property and peacefully resolve our differences
On Tuesday, voters in District 11-1-04, which covers Avoca, Dupont, Duryea, Hughestown, Pittston City, Yatesville, Jenkins Township and Pittston Township, will choose a successor to Fred Pierantoni, who moved up the legal ladder to become a county judge.
In last May's primary, two attorneys, Alexandra Kokura and Girard Mecadon, emerged from a crowded field of eight Democrats with Kokura capturing the coveted Democratic nomination and Mecadon winning the nod from Republicans, who are a decided minority in the district.
Kokura, 31, of Dupont, is a family court master in Lackawanna County, presiding over child support and custody cases and making rulings that are subject to approval by a county judge.
Mecadon, 48, of Jenkins Township, is in private practice and serves as an assistant public defender in Luzerne County.
The issue of experience has figured large in the race, with Kokura arguing her job has prepared her to be a decider of cases and Mecadon countering his much longer and more varied career has prepared him to handle the mixed bag of civil and criminal cases heard in magisterial district courts.
In truth, each candidate is more than qualified to serve in a post that, under state law, does not require a law degree. One must merely attend a month-long course and pass a state-administered test before taking office. Only two of the 16 magisterial district justices in Luzerne County hold law degrees.
Regrettably, this race between two evenly matched opponents for a position that requires dispassionate and even-handed judgment has veered negative in its last days, with the campaigns trading classic attack ads.
In the candidates' interviews with The Citizens' Voice Editorial Board, Kokura presented a purely positive message, relying on her own qualifications while Mecadon, probably perceiving himself as the underdog, was more likely to go on the attack.
And it was Mecadon who struck the first blow with a negative ad this week.
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Industry Terms
Aggressivity: Energy transferred during a vehicle crash.
AHA! : The defining moment when a driver or passenger experiences the performance and safety features of their aluminum intensive vehicle while saving money on fuel.
Alloy: A substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal and a non-metal, intimately united usually by fusion and dissolving in each other when molten.
Aluminum anodizing: A type of finishing that is classified as an electrochemical process producing a clear oxide nonporous layer on the surface of the metal.
Aluminum-intensive: Any product, such as a vehicle, containing high-levels of aluminum components within its core structure.
A-pillars: The vertical pillar on both sides of a vehicle windshield.
ASF: Aluminum Space Frame.
Automotive applications: Individual components or structural elements in a vehicle.
Axial collapse: Energy absorption in automotive structural components that are a direct result of front and rear end crashes.
Bending mode collapse: A common mode of energy absorption in automotive structural components.
BIW: Body-In-White. The main body structure excluding closure components.
Brazing: Thermally joining two pieces of metal through a filler metal that is melted without melting the pieces being joined.
Bumper-to-frame rail attachments: Designed to transfer the impact force from a vehicle crash directly to the lower front rails.
Castability: Combined factors contributing to how well aluminum molds including fluidity, shrinkage characteristics, alloy segregation, hot cracking or hot tears.
Cast alloys: Comprised of four main families of brasses:
- Copper-tin-zinc alloys (red, semi-red and yellow brasses)
- Leaded "manganese bronze" alloys (high strength yellow brasses)
- Leaded "manganese bronze" alloys (leaded high strength yellow brasses)
- Copper-zinc-silicon alloys (silicon brasses and bronzes)
Casting: The most widely used method of forming. The process of pouring molten aluminum into a mold to duplicate a desired pattern. The three most important methods are die casting, permanent mold casting and sand casting.
Control arms: The mechanism that holds the wheels on a vehicle, while also improving ride, impact and handling performance.
Crash pulse: The deceleration-time response.
Crashworthy: A vehicle designed to deform according to a deceleration-time response or crash pulse which is defined as the deceleration-time response.
Cross-contamination: When the same tools are used on different metals resulting in problems with welding, finishing and potential bimetallic corrosion.
Crush zones: Structural zones that absorb crash energy outside the passenger compartment.
Downweighting: The act of decreasing the weight of a vehicle by using lighter materials such as aluminum components.
Extrusion/extruded products: The process of forming aluminum shapes by forcing the metal through a die. Applications include: space frames, suspension, bumpers, seat frames and rails, sun roofs, window and door frames.
Finishing: Processes of polishing, plating, painting or coating aluminum.
Forging: The process of hammering, upsetting, pressing or rolling metal, either hot or cold, or by a combination of several of the following processes: drop forging in which the metal shape is formed by repeated blows from a drop or steam hammer onto a bar or billet placed between a pair of dies; upset forging; press forging accomplished by hydraulic presses with the deforming pressure applied for longer intervals giving opportunity for plastic flow to take place; or roll forging produced by two rotating rolls.
G force: Equal to the force of gravity.
GMA: Gas Metal Arc. A welding method used to join common metals together.
Hard-coat anodizing: A type of finish that penetrates aluminum while building up its surface. This process is ideal for parts that need extra protection under extreme conditions.
HAZ: Heat Affected Zone. The material adjacent to a fusion weld that may experience some reduction in mechanical properties. When laser welding, the process leaves a very narrow weld bead and heat affected zone.
Heat-shrinking: A technique used to repair dents in aluminum panel.
HIC: Head Injury Criteria.
HSS: Hollow Structural Sections. A tube used for welded or bolted constructions of various types of structures.
Hydroforming: A metal forming process that uses water as a forming medium.
IP beams: Essential structural components modern vehicles that support the instrument panel, airbags, steering column and pedal box as well as a variety of heaters, electrical modules and other ancillary equipment.
Joining: The process of joining aluminum through processes such as welding, bonding, riviting.
Laser welding: The process of joining two or more pieces of metal together by using a laser beam leaving a very narrow weld and heat affected zone (HAZ).
Life cycle analysis: The long-term measurement and value of aluminum products and the renewable nature of aluminum.
Local heating: A heating technique that temporarily softens an aluminum part so that the damaged area can be corrected.
Lowered agressivity: Less energy transferred in a vehicle crash.
Machining: The broad term used to describe removal of material from a work piece in the form of chips by covering several different processes such as; cutting, grinding, milling, drilling, tuning.
MIG welding: Metal Inert Gas welding uses an aluminum alloy wire as a combined electrode and filler material. The filler metal is added continuously.
MSW: Municipal Solid Waste.
Nodes: Points where several frame members join together.
NHV: Noise, Harshness and Vibration. Characteristic standards that engineers desire to be as minimum as possible, key indicators of the vehicle's performance outcome.
PNGV: Partnership for New Generation Vehicles. A combined government/industry program to investigate materials and technologies for future vehicles. The task is to triple fuel economy in cars without sacrificing performance, affordability or safety.
Product forms: Includes all aluminum products that are either rolled, extruded, cast or forged.
Recyclability: The ability for a metal such as auto aluminum to be remelted and reused in the same or another application.
Rolled products: Aluminum products including sheet, plate and foil used to create automotive applications including closure sheet and structural sheet for complete body assemblies as well as heat exchangers, heat shields and bumper stock.
Rolling: The process of passing metal between high-pressured rolls in order to reduce its thickness, resulting in either sheet, plate or foil.
Stamping /blanking: The production of semi-finished body panels from sheet metal "blanks" by forming under pressure.
Surface pre-treatment: A chemical surface conversion process that improves adhesive bonding of vehicle assemblies.
UBC: Used Beverage Containers. Can also be used to reference Unburned Carbon.
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VRP: Vehicle Recycling Partnership.
VVA: Versatile Vehicle Architecture. A vehicle platform constructed almost entirely from aluminum subcomponents.
Welding: Permanently joining metal parts. In this process, heat is applied to metal pieces, melting and fusing them to form a permanent bond.
Work-hardened: The strengthening of a metal through plastic deformation (also known as cold working).
Wrought products: Products such as sheet, rod, bar, tube, plate and wire that are produced by rolling and extrusion mills as well as forging. These products start off with metal that has been cast into a form or shape that is suitable for further processing into a specific product.
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Dacotaco updates this homebrew app for Wii
Priiloader is a modded version of Preloader that places itself in boot sequence before the system menu allowing you to charge on boot whatever you want.
The Priiloader 0.8 beta 3 is now available for all of those Wii hackers.
Here are the main features:
-Bootmii IOS booting option to menu and autoboot (handy for restoring and/or sneek)
-Support for all HBC title Id's
-Removed need for ES_DIVerify
-Killed the DVD spin bug (crediar forgot to close the dvd drive in ios)
-Re-added online updating
-Added our own installer (phpgeek's)
-Re-added the old black theme
-Added a check on boot so some apps can reboot/launch system menu and force priiloader to show up or start system menu
-Added start of Wiiware/VC titles
& much much more
Here's the changelog:
v0.8 : Beta 3
* fixed random small bugs
* new libogc -> new wiimotes supported
v0.8 : Beta 2
* fixed loading compressed dols
* fixed title menu crash
* fixed installer some more
* Dropped language mods.
* set black background as default
* added argument + ahbprot support for dols
* all dols use IOS 58,61 or 38(with ahbprot)
* EasterEgg removed
* Gecko output will now be dumped to fat:/prii.log
Direct download link below.
Official Download Link: http://www.dacotaco.com/priiloader/Priiloader_Beta.dol
NEWS SOURCE: http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Preloader/Priiloader
Our thanks to 'Kaos2K' for this news story!
Is this legit? I checked Wiibrew and the google code site and it only lists 0.7 as the latest.
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Well, the Jazz went into Milwaukee looking to put a positive end to the road trip. It ended up being anything but. Not only did they lose 94-86 in ugly fashion, they also saw yet another injury or two. The doghouse expanded. A certain played played 26:37… 26:37 more than he should ever see in a game, and 4th most minutes on the team. And we could go on.
Why the Jazz lost…
- Deron Williams went 5-16 for 17 points. He also had 8 boards & 8 assists. That doesn't seem too bad (save for the shooting). But then you look a bit closer. 5 fouls. 7 turnovers. A night from downtown (1-6) that would make Chris Paul look like Reggie Miller. Yeah. Highly ineffective… and that's after having 2 nights off. And late in the game, when the Jazz needed a 3… he was not the guy you wanted shooting it. Maybe CJ (not in), maybe Almond (not in), maybe AK or Korver… anyone but Deron. His shot was not falling, and yet he kept shooting. And it killed us.
- Mehmet Okur missed the game with an injury. 'Sap played the 2nd most minutes on the team, but still missed time with the injury. Fesenko & Koufos really didn't impress…
Sloan also wasn't too happy with Kyrylo Fesenko, whom he described as not being ready to play, and Kosta Koufos, who went 3-for-10 and left Sloan with the impression he was more interested in shooting than anything else.
To note… Fesenko started, but only played 3:45 before hitting the bench for good. Koufos took 10 shots (hitting only 3) in 17 minutes. The big man rotation is horribly weak, and could be getting weaker for the next game or more. Yikes.
- CJ & Brewer both continued their ineffective play (at least offensively), and ended with 16 & 21 minutes played respectively. Brewer was just 1-6 from the field.
- 23 turnovers (12 more than the Bucks) killed too. Deron had the 7 mentioned. So did AK, which ruined an otherwise good game. That stat includes 11 steals for the Bucks… 6 by Luke Ridnour himself. Hold onto the dang ball!
- 'Sap's double-double streak came to an end, as he finished with 11 & 9. And he says he played the 2nd half as if he only had 1 leg. Yikes.
- No Knees played 26 minutes. Yep… 26! He was 3-6 from the field, and had 4 fouls & 2 TOs. On the other hand, Korver played fewer minutes but was just 3-8 from the field, while Almond was 2-2 (1-1 from long range) in 12 minutes. Playing No Knees that much is almost like waiving a white flag.
- The Jazz fouled away… picking up 31 to the Bucks' 25.
Why it was so close…
- The Bucks shot just 38.8% from the field. While it's better than the Jazz mark (38%), it's not very good.
- The Jazz controlled the boards, 49-43.
- Andrew Bogut didn't repeat his last performance, finishing with 9 & 11.
- While Michael Redd did his scoring (27 points), he was 9-25 from the field and a pathetic 1-9 from long range (yep, he somehow made Deron look good, which brings to question who exactly he makes Chris Paul look like). The teams were a combined 4-30 from long range… 1-16 from the Bucks, and 3-14 for the Jazz. Horrible, horrible mess there.
- Richard Jefferson had himself a bad shooting night as well (didn't everyone though?), finishing 3-14.
Now the Jazz are off until tomorrow, when they host the Dallas Mavericks. Unlike the Jazz, who are a
running walking (you can't be running when No Knees is on the team) train-wreck, the Mavs are injury free, and are 5 games above .500. That's not really news (the Jazz are 4 games above), until you realize that just a bit back, they were 5 games under .500. Talk about a turnaround. I guess that's what happens when you're relatively healthy.


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Ok, well we are migrating all the shared mailboxes to shared folders, and there is just too many to do manually. The only (major) issue I have, is i cant seem to do the whole sharing aspect from the command line, giving certain users the ability to administer their new shared folder. Can someone give me a valid solution to this clearly incorrect command?
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As if the release of the Jordan III '88 retro with 'Nike Air' on the heel wasn't already huge for Jordan Brand, this month another historic original model returns, the "Royal" Jordan I retro. A long-time favorite of sneakerheads, the Royal Is have blown up in popularity due to the typical celebrity endorsements from stars like Kanye West and Frank Ocean. In a little more than a week these will release and we expect mayhem thanks to the original colorway and the addition of 'Nike Air' branding on the tongue. If these are on your radar, be ready to make moves to grab your pair.
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A new push by authorities is in effect throughout Butte to stop graffiti in the Mining City.
Officers are searching for vandals after someone went on a spray painting spree. NBC Montana is told the suspect even went so far as to leave racial slurs on an African American's residence.
Police explained to NBC Montana that taggers hit the northwest part of town the hardest. That's where officers say someone spray painted the racial slurs.
Prosecutors charged 19-year-old Christian Karha with criminal mischief; Karha has pleaded not guilty.
Authorities confirmed the crime spree Karha is accused of is separate from another one in another part of town, and that people should take steps to protect themselves.
"The best thing business owners or the public in general can do is give us a call, we'll go out and photograph it and talk to the neighbors and see if they've seen anything," said Butte Silver-Bow Undersheriff George Skuletich.
"Once our investigation is done at the house their best response would be to either wash it off, clean it up if they can, or paint over the vandalism," added Skuletich.
We spoke to one of the only Butte companies that deals with graffiti cleanup and they say it can be costly.
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UCSB Fans are crazy drunk yo! Coach Callero addresses those concerns with us and tells us what we need to know in order to get prepared for the Big West Tournament
according to Airpnp you will have to drive at least three hours in order to use a bathroom you could rent. Looks like there is a niche that is not being fulfillled here on the Central Coast.
AirPnP seems dumb but the need seems to be there. Especially if you live near a Concert House
Why deal with this if you don't have to.
According to Wiki How. You should have enjoyed a Hot Pocket yesterday instead of eating that healthy sandwich or Salad!
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DM 158w Monocrystalline Solar Panel (2 Pack)
This solar panel set consists of two panels @ 158 watts each made of German-made mono cells designed to charge a 12volt battery and small electric devices. This solar panel set is meant to provide power for boats, RVs and small pumps, and to operate led lights.
To give you an idea if this solar panel pair is what you need, we asked three respondents from our favored online forum for their opinion as to qualities and features of this product and will rate it accordingly. Jim, Tom and Roland are users of this DM monocrystalline solar panel pack, so they're more than qualified to review it. We also have the results of an independent survey we conducted for this pack and we will give you an overall rating based on the combination of respondent's reviews and our findings.
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South Dakota Rodeo Association in town: Huron Roundup to showcase big names
Posted: Friday, Jul 19th, 2013
Huron's Heartland 4-H Rodeo Arena on the east edge of Huron will play host to rodeo action like that pictured. The South Dakota Rodeo Association's Huron Roundup performances will take place at 7 p.m. both Friday and Saturday. PHOTO BY MIKE CARROLL/PLAINSMAN
HURON — A year after the inaugural event, the Huron Roundup is poised to be bigger and better.
"It's going to be kind of exciting. I am really looking forward to it," said Kirk Ford, who along with his wife Wendy, orchestrated the return of professional rodeo to Huron a year ago. "I think everybody was really pleased last year with how it went. It's a nice facility and they love coming here. Word of mouth has made a big difference and it is nice to showcase Huron."
In addition to being sanctioned by the South Dakota Rodeo Association, this year's two-performance rodeo will be sanctioned NRCA, M-SRA and the MRA. The opening performance is slated for 7 p.m. on Friday, with the second scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at the Heartland 4-H Rodeo Arena on the east edge of Huron.
"Your livestock and your judges all have to be approved by all these associations.," Ford said of the addition sanctioning which speaks volumes to the quality of the event. "We've had judges and contractors say we'll come because we've heard it was a good rodeo."
Included in this year's rodeo bareback, calf roping, barrel racing, bull riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc, senior men's breakaway, ladies breakaway, team penning, goat tying and mixed team roping.
"We have all the events. There are nine mandatory and three optional," Ford said. "Last year we didn't have all the optional events and this year we do. That includes team penning, goat tying and mixed team roping."
In addition to the number of events, the number of participants is also on the rise for the 2013 rodeo. More than 400 contestants are registered to compete, with nearly 530 entries when you figure the contestants that compete in multiple events.
"Our rough stock numbers are way up this year - 19 bull riders and 18 bronc riders," Ford said. "It's a pretty good run for the rough stock riders and our timed events are up considerably, also."
This year's rodeo will have more than 150 entries compared to the inaugural event.
Several of the South Dakota Rodeo Association's top cowboys and cowgirls will be on hand for the rodeo, along with those from surrounding states and beyond.
"We get those involved with 4-H and college rodeo all the way up to world champion guys coming out here," Ford said of the caliber of competition. "There will be some local people and state-wide competition."
This year's event has also attracted a few contestants who have become well-known for their accomplishments at the PRCA level.
"We have quite a few more contestants coming in and one of the big names out of Huntsville, Texas, is Joe Beaver," Ford said. "That's kind of exciting."
Beaver is an 8-time World Champion, with career earnings of $2,976,661, and has qualified to compete at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo 22 times. He has won the tie-down calf roping world title five times (1985, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993) and the all-around title on three occasions (1995, 1996, 2000).
Another of the more well-known names scheduled to compete in the Huron Roundup is Jill Moody of Letcher.
Moody has qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo four times (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) and won the average at the NFR twice (2008, 2010). She has career earnings of $851,225.
Once again this year's rodeo will feature Lance Lesmeister bucking horses, Al Weischedel bull and Bubel cattle for the timed events.
"Those contractors all bring good stock in for this rodeo, so it does draw all the better cowboys and cowgirls because they know that they have good stock," Ford said.
Although Ford serves as the director for the Huron Roundup, he is quick to point out that none of it would be possible without the help of numerous volunteers who provide their time and talent to making the rodeo a success.
"We have very good facilities, along with a good crew of knowledgeable volunteers that come out and great sponsors," he said.
For the complete article see the 07-18-2013 issue.
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Sony and LG.Philips, two of the world's biggest flat-panel display makers, unveiled flexible full-colour screens at a display industry show in California this week.
Sony took the wraps off its prototype and released an impressive video showing the display being bent to form a semi-circle while still displaying a moving video image. The 2.5in display has a resolution of 160 pixels by 120 pixels making it a little larger than the typical mobile phone screen with a slightly lower resolution.
The screen from LG is larger at 4in in diagonal width and has a higher resolution of 320 pixels by 240 pixels. In contrast to Sony's video, LG.Philips released only a photo that showed the display curved at a slight angle.
Typically, flat-panel displays are built onto thin sheets of glass but the Sony and LG.Philips screens are made on thin sheets of plastic and metal respectively. That allows them to be bent but also introduces a range of other problems such as keeping everything aligned and working while the panel is flexed. Indeed, the video of Sony's prototype showed several bad pixels and other problems.
Neither company has said when it thinks the displays will be ready to go on sale but early customers might be attracted to them for reasons other than their flexibility, said Paul Semenza, an analyst with iSuppli, who attended the Society for Information Display conference where they were announced.
"What tends to get forgotten is that these displays are also rugged and lightweight," he said. "Those are valuable properties."
Sony sees Oled technology as important for its future products and is putting a lot of research and development resources behind screens like that unveiled this week.
The screens are different from today's LCD and PDP (plasma display panel) screens in that Oled pixels use an organic material that emits its own light, so no backlight is needed. That means the screens consume less power and can be made thinner. Oleds also handle fast-moving images better and offer good colour reproduction.
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January Sony showed off prototype televisions based on larger, non-flexible 11in and 27-inch OLED panels. Thanks to the lack of a backlight the 11in prototype was just 11mm thick but displayed a vibrant, colourful image. Sony plans to have its first Oled TVs on sale in Japan this year.
Last week in Tokyo Sony unveiled its latest Oled TV prototypes, which appeared to be close to commercialisation. The sets had an integrated digital TV tuner and could also accept a high-definition input via an HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface) connector.


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How many flight deck crews are required on long haul flights? Some has 4, some has 3. When I picked up my dad from SFO one time, the Japan Airlines cockpit crew emerged at the arrival hall, and I only saw a captain and a FO! However, taking my friend to SFO for a flight to MNL...I saw the Philippine Airlines cockpit crew...one captain, one FO, and 2 Second officers (2 stripes). Then, the SQ plane that crashed in Taipei had only 3 flight deck crews...1 capt. and 2 FOs (which was supposedly a TPE-LAX flight) from the passenger manifest on the newspaper. so does this depend on the airline? and how do they break down flying duties?
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In a March 13 analyst presentation, John Gibson, president of Convergys' employee care business, announced that the two companies had mutually agreed to terminate the contract because of "Starbucks' shifting priorities to focus on short-term initiatives unrelated to HR management."
Gibson's presentation cites a quote attributed to Starbucks saying, "The decision to discontinue the contract was made based on the changing needs of the business and in no way reflects on the quality of the work Convergys has done for Starbucks."
Starbucks had signed the multi-year HRO agreement with Convergys in July. Under the deal, the Cincinnati-based HRO provider was to handle HR administration and payroll for all of Starbucks' employees in Canada and the U.S. and take over benefits administration for the company's Canadian workforce. While terms of the deal were not disclosed, analysts estimated it to be valued at $350 million to $400 million.
But since July, Starbucks has focused its efforts on reviving the company, which saw its stock plummet 50 percent during 2007. In January, chairman Howard Schultz took back his former role as CEO, replacing Jim Donald, to lead the company's turnaround.
It seems that Starbucks wants to focus its HR staff on Schultz's initiatives to transform the company, rather than have them busy with implementing the HRO contract, says Phil Fersht, the research director who covers HRO at AMR Research.
"Given that the deal was just announced eight months ago, not enough time had passed for something to have failed," he says.
According to the Convergys presentation, the HRO provider had completed the blueprint on time and on budget for the deal, but it was unclear how much in penalties Starbucks paid to get out of the contract.
That phase of the work "was completed on time, and Convergys was paid for the work," says Jeff Hazel, a spokesman for Convergys. Starbucks will remain as a client for Convergys' customer management services, he added.
Convergys is not restating its profit guidance for 2008 and 2009. Calls to Starbucks were not immediately returned.
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It's been about a year and a half since I've posted a story, so I submitted the continuing adventures of Amberle and Nichole today. It's called, "Love, the Second Time Around". I'd look for it sometime mid-week. I'm also thinking about finally(!) finishing up a Christmas story contest entry that I've been kicking around for couple of years, go so let's see if my inspiration holds while I get it done.
03/02/2013 update
A new story posted in my Tapestry series. It's not a direct sequel to either of the previous tapestry stories and it features some new characters as well as a couple of secondary characters from my Spring Break/Weekend Getaway/Foursomes & Moresomes and McKayla's Miracle stories.
I'm working on a couple of other stories that will start to wrap things up and transition my writings from some of my older characters to their children.
02/04/2013 update
For my first story of the year, I just submitted a period piece set in France during World War II. It's about a young French girl who falls in love with a German officer and the fallout from their affair. It's very light on sex, but I hope people enjoy it anyway. I'd look for it to post later this week.
I'm still working on a couple of other stories, including two more in the Tapestry series, but I don't know when they'll see the light of day.
09/10/2012 update
After an extended hiatus, I submitted the second in the Tapestry series, so I'd look for it later this week.
Just be warned: it's NOT a direct sequel to the first Tapestry story, but in combination with a couple other stories I have in the works, there is a grand (albeit, fluid) design to bring all of the stories together at some point.
Please be patient with me and see how the story develops!
03/27/2012 update
I just submitted two new stories.
This first is "Forgiveness" that takes place in the same continuity as the "Spring Break", "Weekend Getaway" and "Foursomes & Moresomes" series. It's in the "non-erotic" category, so please don't leave a comment lamenting the absence of sex scenes.
The second is "Tapestry: A New Love" and it picked up immediately after "McKayla's Miracle Revisited" ended. I'm going to try something new with this series. Instead of being one continuous series, each will be a self-contained story that features some of my past characters and some new friends as we get to know them.
I'm taking some liberties with the characters' ages and the timeline of some events so I can bring all of the people together in a way that makes some sense. I'm already working on chapters two and three, so I hope you check back to see how everyone is doing.
12/08/2011 update
Howdy, all! I sent in a new submission, which is a continuation of the McKayla's Miracle story. Not to give any spoilers away, but we catch up with Amberle and Maureen about six years after McKayla's death. It should post soon. I hope you enjoy!
11/25/2009 update
Sorry to be away for so long, but I just posted the first two parts of a story that continues the adventures of the foursome that appear in "Spring Break" and "Weekend Getaway".
It's called "Foursomes and Moresomes" and should post by this weekend. It will eventually be five parts.
Look for it and send me an email when you get the chance.
01/20/2009 update
Last Friday, 01/16/2009, a very good friend of my family named Karen died after a long struggle with Huntington's Disease. She is survived by her husband, two sisters, two sons and one grandson. Most of my characters are composites of people I know in real life, and Karen was partly the inspiration for the title character of "McKayla's Miracle".
If you would like to learn more about this condition that affects tens of thousands of Americans and their families, please visit the Huntington's Disease Society of America at www.hdsa.com
We'll miss you, Karen!
In my latest story, "Some Things Are Meant to Be", I left you guys with something of a cliffhanger. Some readers have asked and yes, I have written a sequel. It was submitted to Literotica this past Sunday and should post in the next couple of days. It's called "I Want to Be in Love".
I appreciate all the comments folks have made and the feedback people have sent. I hope that you guys have come to enjoy reading my stories and my characters as much as I have enjoyed writing them.
Authors live and die by the way their audience responds, so please, please, please! let me know if you like my work.
Thanks again and I hope you'll come back and see what I'm up to in the future.
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Hollywood hung up on adapting strips
In 1998, only two of America's 50 highest-grossing films were based on a comic book. Last year, there were none, in a list dominated by remakes, sequels and book-based properties. The most successful comic-inspired creation: "From Hell" at No. 78.No such shutout will happen this year. "Spider-Man" ($370 million) and "Blade 2" ($81 million) are already comic-based hits, "Men in Black 2" and "Road to Perdition" are coming, with "Bulletproof Monk" arriving this winter. Nor is it likely to be a one-year blip. Next year's schedule already features "The Hulk," "Daredevil," two sequels to "The Matrix" and "X-Men 2." And Hollywood is scouring comic publishers' vaults for more movie-worthy characters. It's not quite a comic-book wonderland, though trends point that way. An analysis of 1998's top-grossing pics shows that 20 of the top 50 grossers came from spec scripts or pitches, another 14 were based on books, and seven more were sequels or remakes. Only "Blade" and "Mask of Zorro" had comics pedigrees. Last year, books again comprised 14 of the top 50, sequels and remakes another 11. Twenty-three major movies came from spec scripts and pitches. But this year, clearly, Hollywood has found a strong new source for blockbusters:
- The long-gestating "Spider-Man" debuted with an historic $114 million opening weekend, and is already the No. 5 all-time grosser. The "Blade" franchise already has bagged $151 million on its way to a third installment.
- Marvel — with "Spider-Man 2," "X-Men 2," "The Hulk" and "Daredevil" underway — is mining its 4,700 characters for more. And the company's licensing, merchandise, publishing, vidgame and other operations are enjoying spinoff success.
- MGM and Cheyenne Enterprises recently signed a deal with Stan Lee's new company, POW! Entertainment. Lee, the original creator of Spider-Man, X-Men and many others, has infused his first three projects with six decades of comics experience.
- Smaller publishers –Platinum Entertainment, Todd McFarlane Entertainment and Fantagraphics Books among others — also are basking in Hollywood's eye, with resurgent interest in their characters and languishing development projects.
- The modest moneymaker "Ghost World" showed studios don't need superheroes to score. Now creator Dan Clowes is finishing another script.


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A Stunning Season Finale for Matchmaker Coming Up
February 29, 2008 08:53 AM by Jennifer_Brown
Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger isn't into the romance-connection business for the TV show. Nor is she in it for the money.
"I love my business," she claims. "If I were a millionaire and I won the lottery tomorrow, I would literally go around the world doing this for people for free. Like a "Mother Theresa" of matchmaking."
On this week's season finale of Millionaire Matchmaker, Patti will be helping two millionaires find Mrs. Right. One, Paul, is a Las Vegas real estate developer with a tendency to interrogate his dates. The other, Heinz, is the owner of L.A. Models and is used to being surrounded by supermodels (no pressure there).
Finally, Stanger, who loves receiving wedding invitations from former clients, receives a shocking proposal that will leave her stunned.
Catch the season finale of Millionaire Matchmaker on Tuesday, March 4 at 10:00 PM (ET) on Bravo.
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1x Nokia N70
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1x Charging Unit
1x 64mb RS-MMC Card
1x User Manual
1x Data CD
1x USB cable
The build quality on the N90 was high class and the N70 is no different.
We had a few teething problems with the video calling and close-ups with the camera but nothing major.
The N70 is the Rolls Royce version of the 6680. How can it fail?
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The second installment of the Nokia Nseries to hit our shores, the N70, is probably the more sedate offering of the premium trio.That isn't a criticism, but when you're sandwiched between the photographic hot shot N90 and next year's N91 music maestro, this more straightforward Symbian 3G smartphone will always be scrapping for attention.
The N90 has already scooped our Camera Phone of the Year gong. Its Carl Zeiss lens produces cracking stills, but we were also impressed with its meticulous construction. Its size is a worry though and realistically, the N90 still has limited appeal.
The N70, however, takes the Nseries into the mainstream. Essentially, it's a trumped up version of the popular 6680, closely imitating its design. Anyone who has just purchased a 6680 might want to look away now because the N70 is far superior despite being just a slight upgrade in terms of specs.
Of course you may have to pay a little extra for the N70's services but then Nokia's Nseries is all about raising your mobile game.
Place the N70 next to the 6680 and you immediately spot the difference in craftsmanship. While the two handsets' dimensions are identical, the N70 appears more streamlined due to wonderful design definition and high-grade materials. The N70's keypad also looks reduced and cramped but in practice remains convenient to operate. One addition to the controls is a multimedia key that can be customised to activate any function. Our review sample also flaunted a fetching 'ivory pearl and auberg' colour scheme (that's cream and brown to you and I), a pleasant change to the obligatory silver coat (although this is available).
The Symbian Series 60 OS remains simple to negotiate for the uninitiated, but take time to explore the different applications available, especially if it's your business handset. Otherwise Symbian Series 60 dabblers will find nothing new to contend with. The OS runs quite smoothly but sometimes the transition between screens does stutter. Useful apps include an Adobe Reader to view PDFs (these are rendered quite clearly on the N70's 2.2-inch screen), the complete document viewer and editing suite – Quicksheet, Quickword and Quickpoint – and the mighty Setting Wizard that automatically configures your GPRS, email, MMS and streaming settings according to your network. Of course, like all Symbian-based smartphones the OS is ripe for adding third-party apps and software.
Nokia has also raised its musical game for all its recent Symbian smartphones. This bodes well for its XpressMusic range because past sound quality through its built-in MP3 player tended to be too harsh and synthetic. This can sometimes be attributed to the headphones, but the fidelity on the N70 is vastly improved. We downloaded a variety of MPEG4s from the Vodafone Live! portal, plus a selection of MP3s from our PC library via Bluetooth (you can also use a USB connection). The supplied in-ear headphones aren't the greatest (disappointingly, there's no way to plug in your own 3.5mm jack headphones) but the N70 still manages to pump out a balanced sound that's very generous in the low-end bass areas.
If you use the N70 for business purposes, the 3G speeds for sending emails with attachments will be a boon; for those wanting to exploit the entertainment strand of 3G, the N70 is equally adept. Video steaming through the built-in Real Player is smooth, tackling the breakneck Premiership highlights and rapid cuts of music videos with poise. You do experience blips of digital noise and lag but really this is to be expected. For a more consistent image quality it's best to download the videos to your handset and play back at your leisure.
A VGA camera lens is perched at the front in the top right-hand corner of the handset, ready for 3G video calling. We tested this with our 3G Phone of the Year, the Sony Ericsson V800, and the results were mixed. Our mug shot on the V800's display was a little too blurred and pixelated for our liking. Audio quality is suspect over the loudspeakers, so use the headphones to digest the conversation.
The N70 is geared heavily towards imaging, with a two megapixel lens and embedded photography software. Unlike the N90, this Nseries member doesn't pack a Carl Zeiss lens and we have to say the difference in quality is apparent. While the pictures aren't unsatisfactory by any means, they can on occasion lack clarity, especially on close-ups, where the absence of a macro setting is evident. Its strongest suite is its true colour depiction. The N70 does let you play with the scene, colour tone, white balance and flash settings so you can adapt the camera to your surroundings and, like the 6680, it has a broad protective slider shutter cover that when opened, automatically fires up the camera. You can also use the N70 like a standalone digital camera with a shutter button residing on the side of the phone.
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Nseries handsets are designed for people serious about their mobile phones
but the N70 can realistically reach a wider audience. It's a classy
smartphone with a strong set of features – the 6680 with distinction,
if you will.
This review covers the above mobile phone only and does not address the performance of any 3G Network. The score is based on a 3G mobile phone checklist.
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