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12-04-2011 9:15 - last edited on 12-04-2011 10:51 by vandelay
Hi all,
as promised I will keep you up to date on the latest software update developments.
Today, on April 12, Nokia launched the Nokia E6 and the Nokia X7, two new smartphones aimed at business users and entertainment enthusiasts respectively. Both devices run on the newest version of Symbian, which has been nick-named Symbian Anna as part of a newly agreed naming strategy for Symbian (formerly known as PR2.0). Symbian Anna includes fresh, new icons and usability enhancements such as improved text input, a faster browser and refreshed Ovi Maps. In the coming months Symbian Anna will also be available as standard on newly shipping Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia C6-01 and Nokia C7 devices, as well as available to download on previously purchased models of those same smartphones. We will communicate more on this closer to the time.
New software features in Symbian Anna:
o Instant messaging and presence with Microsoft Communicator Mobile
o E-mail enhancements including full meeting request support
o True business grade security with HW accelerated encryption
o Easy and secure intranet access (IPSEC and SSL VPN enablers, intranet application –necessary features for all business users who want to access their company intranet)
BR, yvonne
12-04-2011 9:35
When it will be available for N8 to update?
12-04-2011 9:41
Symbian Anna? Interesting.
Just wondering why Ovi maps is being tweaked as I find it excellent to use already.
The web browser does need a serious overhaul in terms of speed of connection and general usability though.
Also, with the new update, should you not want to use a "split screen portrait qwerty", will you have the option to use portrait T9 as it is?
And the new Icons - Just a theme or is it a complete UI change?
12-04-2011 10:26
I was half expecting the announcement Pr2.0 to be scrapped until Pr3 so good news today,
Does Anna have a new voice for text message reading ?
Will we ever see videos not appearing in the photo gallery?
There is already a video gallery and a separated photo gallery and I would love to keep them separated.
Also photo gallery organization/folders would be nice rather than all the photo's clumped at random on one screen, or will that possibly happen in Pr3 or whatever name it is bestowed.
So far things are looking good but the videos in the photo gallery (and the lack of organization)has always bugged me, cannot wait until I get Anna on my phone though.
Looking forward to May/June/July/August ... well the release date anyhoo
(Not really a dig as I'd rather wait for a bug free well tested release rather than a rushed buggy one).
Cheers for the current info.
12-04-2011 10:38
hey dude...then when will nokia n8 users get update...
it was told that on 12th pr 2.0 will be available..
today is tuesday n 12th april so where pr2.0 for ma n8 is??
please dont ignore and rply....
12-04-2011 10:47
12-04-2011 11:14 - edited 12-04-2011 11:15
First; I am happy to read that something is happening with update 2.0 when potensial buyers are moving away from Symbian phones; but:
If Nokia will do righet to established customers they have to realease the update immediately in order to compensate for all frustrations they have suffered lately.
12-04-2011 11:16
Hi all,
just as a very brief comment again on "when is the update available for my "N8/C7/E7/C6" - here's again what was posted above:
In the coming months Symbian Anna will also be available as standard on newly shipping Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia C6-01 and Nokia C7 devices, as well as available to download on previously purchased models of those same smartphones. We will communicate more on this closer to the time.
That means we can't and don't announce an exact date at the moment, but as I said, I'll keep you updated.
12-04-2011 11:23
12-04-2011 11:25
12-04-2011 11:48 - edited 12-04-2011 11:50
The response from Nokia and Yvonne is sad; very sad indeed. I can't believe their thinking when the base of Nokia Symbian users is decreasing for every day passing by.
I have bought the N8 and can very well use it even though I am changing platform. I am tired of Nokia fooling us around.
My world when it comes to updates is that updates should be passed to everyone at the same time and not the stacato manner used by Nokia. This type of management will strike back on to the provider and that is what is happening with Nokia these days.
Again; I am sorre on behalf of the N8 community.
12-04-2011 11:55
12-04-2011 12:27
psychomania wrote:
The new browser and keyboard, along with improved homescreen scrolling are already on the C7 Astound yet existing S^3 owners are forced to wait for a patchy summer release date for the full "anna" update.
This is unacceptable in today's fast paced market. This along with Nokia's product code lottery has forced me to ditch symbian as i'm well and truly sick of the mess. I do hope for Nokia's sake that when they do switch to windows they put an end to the ridiculous mess that surrounds product codes and updates!
Hey Psycho, is that a goodbye from you?
12-04-2011 12:33
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psychomania wrote:
The new browser and keyboard, along with improved homescreen scrolling are already on the C7 Astound yet existing S^3 owners are forced to wait for a patchy summer release date for the full "anna" update.
This is unacceptable in today's fast paced market. This along with Nokia's product code lottery has forced me to ditch symbian as i'm well and truly sick of the mess. I do hope for Nokia's sake that when they do switch to windows they put an end to the ridiculous mess that surrounds product codes and updates!
Hey Psycho, is that a goodbye from you?
Not a complete goodbye as I look after other people's phones too but my personal phone is now an Android device (Xperia Arc). I'll be participating less on the forums for a while.
12-04-2011 15:24
really sad thing that ppl once so much dedicated like psychomania have to pack up their bags :'( the reason is obvious though... NOK's update policy being so erratic and fragmented.
12-04-2011 15:38
It feels so sad when each one of you is departing. I suppose symbian is dying although i still think that my N8 outperforms the Android 1Ghz monsters
12-04-2011 15:48 - edited 12-04-2011 16:02
PR2.0 video leaks have been floating from december '10/january '11, now its april and yet you manage to pull another pulic
pr1.2 fiasco by publishing anna and delivering only 100% sure delay for the firmware update?
I mean, What on earth your press team thinks?
Do they think that we love empty promises and delays? like pr1.2 and before that N8 publishing? and yet this one.
Why dont your team adapt to rolling updates instead of when it's done model? and for your own mental health, adapt to move faster and make things in small chunks instead of huge parts...
BTW i am hoping that this time dev team makes sure that every localisations is builded before releasing and not like pr 1.2 hazzle/shuffle/forward/backward moves??
This image describes the feeling after reading that update is coming in few months.....
And when web-tv side of symbian is getting something video renting services or atleast voddler? nokia invested into voddler so i am waiting for voddler to symbian.
Would be damn awesome to plug my phone into tv and watch rented movie instead of dragging my laptop around apartment with all those cables etc...
12-04-2011 16:39 - edited 12-04-2011 16:59
It would sounded better if Nokia announce
"Along with the releasing of E6 & X7 we're also rolling out the Symbian Anna aka PR 2.0 as part of our commitment to Symbian developments & to all loyal Nokia customers. You would be receiving the update notification as we speaks & update all your S^3 devices starting with C6 & N8 via OTA or Ovi Suites."
Thats what most Nokians are waiting for... Anyway Yvonne, good job on the initiative of updating the updates progress for PR 1.1/1.2 & 2.0.
Another thing is, why doesn't use the new beautiful Nokia Pure fonts ?
12-04-2011 16:41
12-04-2011 17:20 - edited 12-04-2011 17:24
Promised to not post here again but feel sad for all N8 owner out there..according to Nokia Sweden the new 2 handset will be available by June and know that Nokia almost everytime delay releases...after that N8 and other symbian 3 phone will get "symbian anna"..so don´t expect any new firmvare until late June or july..Do really Nokia think they can just rename Pr2.0 and call it "Anna" and everybody is happy to now that at least now they confirm It exist..So happy that I switched to android and have a LG2X that works as expected from the beginning and don´t need to hear about updates from Nokia that are being delayed over and over again,what about the webbrowser that should arrive in december and 50+ update early 2011...LOL...you cannot get anything right Nokia that´s why your market share is getting smaller every day...bye again..thanks yvonne for your info..


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Product DescriptionPanaracer Rampage 29er Kevlar Tire: Deep traction 29er tire works well in hardpack and loose conditions. Zero Slip Grip natural rubber performs on wet or dry surfaces. Ramped center knobs with X-siping, double block reinforced cornering knobs.
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Date Reviewed: September 16, 2012
Strengths: grip, inspires confidence, gives an XC bike AM bike manners
Weaknesses: none
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Date Reviewed: July 31, 2012
Strengths: Wide (2.35")
One of the lighter tires in its category
Weaknesses: None that I've experienced.
Bottom Line:
I'm not sensitive enough and/or experienced enough to notice a big difference in something like tire tread, but I do notice if they suck a lot. These don't suck at all.
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Price Paid: $45.00
Purchased At: JensonUSA
Similar Products Used: Maxxis Ignitor
Bike Setup: 2010 Kona Unit Rigid SS 29er
Flow rims / Chris King SS hub
Date Reviewed: June 23, 2012
Strengths: big air volume, good traction, great reliability
Weaknesses: nothing notable
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Date Reviewed: January 7, 2012
Strengths: Hooks up on everthing. wears extremely well. Converts to tubeless well.
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Date Reviewed: December 30, 2011
Strengths: Grippy, comfortable, durable, reliable, affordable
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $70.00
Purchased At: performance bike
Similar Products Used: Exiwolf, weirwolf, ardent, small block 8, nevegal
Bike Setup: Gt sensor 9r expert
Date Reviewed: November 13, 2011
Strengths: Grip/Traction, wears great, confident and predictable on the front. OK mudder.
Weaknesses: May not tuck away between some chain stays. It's all of 2.35 and maybe a smidge more. Weight...but heck, you can make up with a faster descent.
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I run the Rampages on the Front and Rear on my 26" SC Blur LT2 and may never change away from them. The Kendas can't hold a torch to these hoop covers.
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $59.00
Purchased At: Biketiresdirect.com
Similar Products Used: Bontrager Jones ACX 29, Racing Ralphs, Conti Mountain King
Bike Setup: Orbea Alma World Cup 29er, Reba 100, XTR on Spinergy Xyclones.
Rampage front, Slant six or SM 8 rear.
Date Reviewed: September 18, 2011
Strengths: I've using these tires for three seasons now, and still lots of tread remaining.
They work well in all conditions, mud, sand, rocks, roots, dry trails, etc.
Weaknesses: None. Some users say they are heavy, but I weigh over 210 lbs, so what's a few grams.
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid: $40.00
Purchased At: Dirty Harry's
Similar Products Used: These were my first set of 29er tires.
Bike Setup: Turner Sultan, Reba, XT.
Date Reviewed: July 6, 2011
Strengths: Grippy as hell
Weaknesses: a little heavy
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Bike Setup: Fisher X-Cal with race face riser bar, odi lock ons, Fox F29
Date Reviewed: June 29, 2011
Strengths: Durable, easy set up tubeless, long lasting tread, good traction front or rear in all northest conditions.
Weaknesses: Could be considered heavy by some. Will slip on wet roots if you're not careful.
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $40.00
Purchased At: Bike29
Similar Products Used: Conti RaceKing 2.2, WTB Wolverine
Bike Setup: Cannondale 29er.
Date Reviewed: June 7, 2011
Strengths: good strong side wall .can run low psi with no problems ,awesome in the rocks wet or dry = set up tube less no problem
Weaknesses: slow rolling
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $38.00
Purchased At: Briarcliff bike work
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Bike Setup: voodoo Aizan ,Stans wheels with king hubs,xtr drive train ,Rampage in the front and a racing Ralph or Raven in the rear
Date Reviewed: May 17, 2011
Strengths: grip, grip, grip, strong sidewalls
Weaknesses: weight
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Price Paid: $33.00
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Bike Setup: xxIX+g 2011
Date Reviewed: November 5, 2010
Strengths: Grips superb in corners, big and cushy, works well on everything from dry hardpack to loam
Weaknesses: heavy and slow roller
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $42.00
Purchased At: Jenson
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Bike Setup: Niner Rip9 set up as allaround trailbike
Date Reviewed: October 21, 2010
Strengths: Great traction
Weaknesses: none
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It is nice to dive through a creek crossing and power up the other side in the mud and it just hooks up.
I'm running it with tubes at about 30psi(I weigh 150)
Great tire.
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $39.00
Bike Setup: 2011 Stumpjumper HT 29er
Date Reviewed: October 15, 2010
Strengths: Good traction on sandy, dry or wet compacted singletrack. Sheds mud well. Good traction on dry rock.
Weaknesses: Slippery on wet rocks. And not just a little.
Bottom Line:
If riding lots of wet rocks and you can fit a Kodiak take that in stead.
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Purchased At: LT Cycles
Similar Products Used: Rocket Ron, Jones AXR (?), Kodiaks
Date Reviewed: September 1, 2010
Strengths: Reasonably light weight. Amazing cornering grip on the front. Very compliant on my rigid SS. Reasonably priced.
Weaknesses: None so far.
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Similar Products Used: Weirwolf 2.55 Race, Racing Ralph 2.4, Maxxis Ignitor
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Senior forward Will Felder led Miami with 12 points, while senior guard Quinten Rollins tallied 11 points and five steals. Rollins accounted for half of the RedHawks' 10 steals on the afternoon.
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A junior guard Will Sullivan triple at 4:01 extended the RedHawk lead to seven points, 27-20, but the Bulls came back with an 8-0 run to take a 28-27 lead with 45 seconds to play. Freshman guard Jaryd Eustace drained a big 3-pointer with three seconds to play to halt the Buffalo scoring run and lift Miami to a 30-28 lead going into the intermission.
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Date Reviewed: June 8, 2010
Strengths: cheap and grippy
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $7.00
Similar Products Used: gazolodi. intense fro. maxxis high roller/ minnion
Bike Setup: bouncy and big
Date Reviewed: January 5, 2009
Strengths: Grippy! Knobby! Deep sidewalls
Weaknesses: Umm...kinda fat for my bike...but its ok. A little bit of rub when the frame flexes. Obviously, not good for road...but you already knew that...or else you wouldn't have DH on the side of your tire.
Bottom Line:
Ride it on the road and you'll wear it down in no time. Simple.
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $30.00
Purchased At: PricePoint
Similar Products Used: WTB Moto raptor. Continental Gravity (bad!!!)
Bike Setup: Trek Fuel..free ride set up
Date Reviewed: November 22, 2007
Strengths: It is extremely puncture resistant never had a flat not once. lasted me well over a year. it is also good in sand, dry conditions, NOT GOOD FOR STREET USE!!! hum and knobby. over all is a good tire especially for down hill striat doesnt corer as good as a like
Weaknesses: slides out when cornering in sand, or dirt powder, really heavy suck for ridiing up hill
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Purchased At: 40
Bike Setup: haro shift 5 2008
Date Reviewed: January 14, 2006
Strengths: Fat, beefy, cheap, soft, fairly durable.
Weaknesses: A tad porcine.
Bottom Line:
What I like best about these tires is that they are so cushy. They seem to be made of a rubber that is softer than most, yet they wear fairly well. I also use them for commuting *gasp!*, so they get a lot of mileage. When you can find them for $20 or less, they are a supreme deal.
My thinking from the get-go was, yeah, they're heavy. But maybe I'll run these until I race (ha!) or go on a ride where I'll be struggling to keep up, and THEN I'll put on a lighter weight shoe. But either that occasion has never arisen, or I just like them too much to change (or I'm just too damn lazy to put something else on).
I'm riding all sorts of terrain. Rocky gardens to soft, pine-cushioned trails. They hook up everywhere.
I'm hoping that Tioga keeps making these. If not, I need to stock up. Keep me posted, Tioga. :^P
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $20.00
Purchased At: Online
Similar Products Used: Panaracer Fire FR 2.4 on the front.
Bike Setup: Special ed Enduro, a Fox Vanilla R up front, with a bar, a couple of pedals and some other stuff.
Date Reviewed: October 28, 2005
Strengths: cheap good quality tyres
very grippy they are only slippy on wet mossy wood
Weaknesses: quite heavy
they are quite slow on tarmac
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $36.00
Purchased At: woolly hat shop
Similar Products Used: 2.0 specialized adrenaline
1.95 michelin xc
Bike Setup: 2005 specialized rockhopper disc
Date Reviewed: July 21, 2005
Strengths: nice, thick sidewalls.....2.3 sits like a 2.6 on my rims.....Can last forever, depending on how you use them.
Weaknesses: The only time this tire works extremely well is in medium to dry conditions when its being used as a rear tire on a hardtail. I know this isnt saying much for the tire, but This is usually the conditions i rode in, so it worked great most of the time.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $18.00
Purchased At: lbs
Similar Products Used: Gazzi Jr. 2.6(ultimate front tire), Intense 909 2.5(excellent back tire), Maxxis highroller 2.5(good)
Bike Setup: Started with an oryx dd66 hardtail where it served very well as a back tire, then moved onto a Balfa bb7, where it doesnt seem to like to grip very well....weird.....
Date Reviewed: April 2, 2005
Strengths: Solid tread, holds nicely on rough terrain and on nasty sidehills...Very nice over techy spots and smooth over easier lines.
Weaknesses: Rolls kind of slow on pavement/urban riding.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $20.00
Purchased At: Mountain Equipment Co-op
Similar Products Used: Maxxis Highroller, Minion, Swampthing
Bike Setup: Enduro w/ sun mamooth rims, Tioga Factory 2.3 DH front tire, Maxxis Swampthing 2.5 rear.
Date Reviewed: December 8, 2004
Strengths: cheap
Weaknesses: cornering on road
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Similar Products Used: tioga red pheonix, contis galore
Date Reviewed: November 18, 2004
Strengths: great grip reasonable durability seen i ride my bike nearly every day. grips in everything from dry dust to soggy mud to hard compacted surfaces
Weaknesses: really only on is that it gets a little clogged up in the mud and price is pretty step here in oz
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $60.00
Purchased At: bike shop
Similar Products Used: kenda kinetics(about the same quality and a lil cheaper here in oz)
Bike Setup: 2004 haro extreme x2
Date Reviewed: November 1, 2004
Strengths: good grip on everything; rock, mud, sand, wet grass, and even wet logs. nice in corners and helps soak up what my shox dont. great traction at speed. seem to be holding up good even riding on the road.good side walls that have prevented pinch flats so far. and i ride on some fast trails with sharp rocks hidding under leaves
Weaknesses: none so far
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $26.00
Purchased At: marks bike shop
Similar Products Used: wtb weirwolf (hated)
Date Reviewed: July 6, 2004
Strengths: Very good traction on steep, loose grinds.
Weaknesses: Extremely poor durability. Sketchy cornering.
Bottom Line:
Take my experiance however you like, but I now question this tire's integrity and would never pay money for another one.
P.S. To Mad Dog's credit, they took it back no questions asked.
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Price Paid: $40.00
Purchased At: Mad Dog Cycles
Similar Products Used: WTB motoraptors 2.4, other thinner tires.
Bike Setup: Foes Weasel, more downhill specific.
Date Reviewed: June 4, 2004
Strengths: last long on the east coast, great all around grip, corners great, no pich flats, look pretty cool, rips through berms
Weaknesses: seem to wear a little quicker in a more western, dry, not-as-eroded environment
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $40.00
Purchased At: pricepoint, performance
Similar Products Used: lots o' WTBs
Bike Setup: bike that uses Tioga DHs
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2004
Strengths: Cheap, grippy, good looking, great for dh, freeride, and xc, ok for street as long as it aint wet, s**t for skateparks.
Weaknesses: should last longer, but there cheap so why complain.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $30.00
Purchased At: Roy Jervis.
Similar Products Used: Tioga 2.1 dh, Tioga 3.0 dh.
Bike Setup: 02 Saracen Dirtrax with, 4" bombers, wingbars, v8's, Tioga dh seat, ea50 seatpost, Easton vice stem, mavic x139 xc rims.
Date Reviewed: April 21, 2004
Strengths: Tacky,Hooks up well on off cambers.Remindes me of old Dunlop 752(great tire).
Weaknesses: They are not edible
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $38.00
Purchased At: East Coasters
Similar Products Used: All
Bike Setup: Fisher Sugar,Haro MX3,Cannondale.
Date Reviewed: April 10, 2004
Strengths: good grip in all conditions. theyre usually on sale. last long
Weaknesses: a little slippery on rocks, i think they have a hard compound. probably why they last so long
Bottom Line:
theyre are not that heavy for the size.
im about 180 and run these at 25psi front 30psi back with no problems. of course, it is my freeride bike so i run downhill tubes.
highly recommended for hard core trail riding.
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $40.00
Purchased At: online
Similar Products Used: too many to list
Bike Setup: these are on my gemini
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RICHLANDS — Free throws are by definition free, but when you miss them like Richlands did Wednesday night it can prove costly, which it did for the Wildcats.
Richlands clanged in the new year by hitting just 8 of 21 foul shots — a staggeringly low 38.1 percent — in falling to South Lenoir 45-37 in an East Central 2-A Conference game.
Earlier, South Lenoir beat Richlands 41-28 in the girls' game.
"I don't know, ask these kids. I don't know," Richlands first-year coach Glenn Kellum said when asked why the Wildcats struggled at the foul line. "We had a great practice yesterday. We started out the first three or four games this year shooting 70 percent from the line.
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The Wildcats (5-6, 0-2), who were 3 of 12 from the foul line in the first half and trailed 23-18 at intermission, committed 20 turnovers while also hitting just 13 of 45 shots from the field (28.9 percent).
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South Lenoir was led by Ishmael Baldwin, who scored his team's first 12 points and finished with 23 points and 7 rebounds before fouling out with 1:40 left. No one else had more than 6 points for the Blue Devils, who hit 19 of 49 field goals (38.8 percent).
"The big boy (Baldwin) is good. He gets around the rim, that cat's really a good player and he doesn't miss," Kellum said. "He makes his shots."
Leading Richlands was Tyree Best, who after going scoreless in the opening quarter finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Best was one of only three players to score for the Wildcats, who got a double-double from Kadarius McQueen (10 points, 12 rebounds) along with 7 points from Keith Thomas.
South Lenoir led by as many as 7 points in the opening half and stretched its lead to 33-24 on a follow by Jaquan Wooten with 2:38 left in the third quarter. But the Wildcats closed within 33-29 40 seconds into the final quarter on a three-pointer and two foul shots by Best.
But that was close as the Wildcats got. The Blue Devils went on a 9-2 run capped when Luke Whaley threw a long inbounds pass to a wide open Wooten, who slammed home a dunk with 1:33 left for a 42-31 lead — the biggest of the night for South Lenoir.
"We just weren't putting the ball in the basket. It just didn't look like the same team tonight," Kellum said. "I just don't understand it. I wish I knew the answer because if I did, I'd sure done something different.
"The game was ours to win. I told them we would win this game. I knew sooner or later we were going to make our shots. (But 37 points) is not going to win games, not in the East Central, no sir; we'll just come back tomorrow and start again."
South Lenoir 41, Richlands 28: Richlands was outscored 14-0 in the opening quarter and didn't score in the final 5:57 in falling to South Lenoir. The Wildcats (4-7, 0-2) also had 29 turnovers, 7 in their scoreless finish that saw them go 0-5 from the field.
"It seems like anytime we get close to 30 points we shut down," coach Mike Kelly said. "How many shots did we take in the last six minutes, good shots? Not many, 0-5 and 7 turnovers in the last six minutes of the game."
South Lenoir (7-3, 1-1), which had 10 fewer turnovers than the Wildcats, hit 16 of 29 foul shots while Richlands was just 3 of 7 from the line.
"It's frustrating," Kelly said. "There's a lot of ticky-tack fouls on us and we're standing right there and they're going through our arms and there's nothing called. … But South Lenoir did a good job. They went after the ball."
After trailing by as many as 14, the Wildcats rallied within 20-16 early in the third quarter on a layup by Caliyah Toudle and then within 32-26 on a 3-pointer by Kalina Taylor with 7:37 left in the game.
But Richlands managed only 2 more points the rest of the game — on a third shot by Tamaiya Thompson with 5:57 left — as the Blue Devils finished on a 9-2 run to win behind Carolina Jones, who had 13 points, and Demeyia Adams, who had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
S. Lenoir 14 6 12 9 — 41
Richlands 0 12 11 5 — 28
Jones 13, Adams10, West 8, Franklin5, Meready 3, Combs 2. Totals— 12 16-29 41
Thompson 8, White 4, Toudle 4, Kornegay 4, Taylor 3, Washington 2, Batchelor 2, Meisberger 1. Totals— 12 3-7 28
3-Point Goals— SL 1 (Jones 1). R 1 (Taylor1). Rebounds— SL 25 (Adams12). R 33 ( Thompson 12, Taylor 5). RECORDS— SL 7-3, 1-1, at Topsail on Friday. R 4-7, 0-2, hosts East Duplinon Friday.
S. Lenoir 15 8 10 12 — 45
Richlands 10 8 9 10 — 37
Baldwin 23, Midgette 6, Wooten 6, Garner 4, Jones 4, Smth 1, Whaley 1. Totals— 19 7-13 45
Best 20, McQueen 10, Thomas 7. Totals— 14 8-21 37
3-Point Goals— SL 0. R 1 (Thomas 1). Rebounds— SL 30 (Baldwin 7, Wooten 6, Jones 5, Midgette 5). R 34 (McQueen 12, Best 10). RECORDS— SL 6-4, 2-0, at Topsail on Friday. R 5-6, 0-2, hosts East Duplinon Friday.


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After almost 10 years together, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt finally became husband and wife this past August, but Angie says in a new interview that life as a married couple is not always easy and bright. Quote, "Maintaining a marriage and raising kids is hard work. Brad and I work really hard at nurturing our family to make sure that everybody is alright and everyone stays connected."
Casey Kasem has finally been laid to rest. But this hardly means the end of the controversy over the care that Kasem received in the final months of his life. TMZ reports that Casey was buried last Tuesday in one of Norway's largest cemeteries. Not only weren't the children of his first marriage there -- there's no word that his widow Jean was, either. This comes amidst a Los Angeles police investigation into elder abuse charges against Jean Kasem. The older Kasem children contend that Jean let Casey's body deteriorate, which would make it harder to prove she abused her husband. There is also suspicion that with remains buried in Norway, U.S. officials will have a tougher time exhuming his body and obtaining physical evidence needed if charges again Jean are to be prosecuted.
I guess no one on Keeping Up With the Kardashians claims to be a genius...because they wouldn't get by with it very long. On Friday, Kris Jenner shared an email that she got from her not-quite-valedictorian daughter, Kim Kardashian about terrible fashion choices her momager was trying to pull off. So RadarOnline decided to plug the email into a Readability analyzer, which calculated that Kim may be all woman on the outside, but on the inside has the brain of a fourth-grade elementary school student.
12/20/14 Amanda Bynes Getting Degree
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Apparently, Amanda Bynes is setting her sights on a psychology degree from the University of Southern California. I guess anything is possible. Amanda recently got a V.I.P. tour of the USC campus and fell in love with it. She reportedly told people there that she wants to enroll as a psychology major, and why not? She'd be going in with a lot of knowledge and experience in the field. Meanwhile, many students say they saw her being driven around the campus on a golf cart belting out Katy Perry's "Roar."
Chris Hemsworth was named People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2014, but there's a new sexy celeb in town…and this time…it's a woman. People has named Kate Upton their "Sexiest Woman Alive". This marks the first time People has given out the award.
Celebrities are all up in arms after Instagram scrubbed millions of spam accounts over the weekend. The crackdown has been called the "Instagram Rapture" or "Instagram Purge". Celebrities accounts dropped thousands, and even millions, of followers overnight. Justin Bieber lost a whopping 3.5 million followers, while Kim Kardashian lost 1.5 million. Apparently, they were paying for the phony followers for endorsement purposes.
12/19/14 Britney Spears Getting Married?
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If you believe the National Enquirer... Cameron Diaz is engaged to rocker Benji Madden. 42-year-old Diaz and 35-year-old Madden have been dating for about seven months.
Kendall Jenner, who went on a few dates with Justin Bieber this fall, may have dived a little deeper into the bad-boy pool -- by hooking up with Chris Brown. According to OK! magazine, the two have been spending a lot of time together, and Chris Instagrammed a photo of Kendall sitting on his lap. A friend of Kendall's tells the magazine that "Chris is totally smitten, and she's eating it up."
Things are really moving along for Britney Spears and boyfriend Charlie Ebersol -- who's supposedly hoping to surprise her by popping the question on Christmas Day. According to the National Enquirer, the happy couple will be spending the holidays with her family at a Costa Rica estate, and Charlie is looking to take advantage of the romantic surroundings by asking for Brit's hand in marriage.


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"We want him to touch the ball," said Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. "He touching the ball has got to be one of the big things we do. He is an outstanding player."
His work on the glass will be key as well. Plumlee's 14 rebounds marked the 31st time in his career that he had grabbed 10 or more rebounds in a game. The Blue Devils, though, were outrebounded 33-31 by
Tonight's game is the first matchup of the season between two teams in the Top 10.
In 14 of the 19 games against each other, at least one school was ranked in the top 10. In 12 of those, one of the schools was ranked in the top three.
Furthermore, 12 of the 19 matchups came down to the final minutes before the game was decided.
And, a number of those came down to last-second shots, none more memorable than Christian Laettner's 17-foot buzzer beater on Grant Hill's 75-foot inbounds pass in the final 2.1 seconds of a 104-103 overtime victory 20½ years ago.
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VILLAGE OF ALAMANCE — The town is picturesque and the people are friendly enough, but something is wrong inside the house at 4377 N.C. 62 South.
The Thomas family has come home to Cedar Rock Falls and — like a Norman Rockwell painting on a bad acid trip — things are getting truly strange. In the set-up for "Nevermore," set for a 2014 release, all the children have vanished and left behind some dark secrets.
"Their little boy starts seeing 'pretend' friends. It just goes downhill from there," executive producer Liliana Kligman, of Café Oscuro Films said, grinning.
"Nevermore" aims for the supernatural sweet spot between popcorn-spilling thrills and character-driven suspense. The 50-member cast and crew will continue filming in the house for the next 10 days and in various Alamance County locations through March 6.
The movie stars Lance Henriksen, best known for roles in "Aliens" and the TV series "Millennium," actress Valerie Azlynn, of "Tropic Thunder," and Jason Cook of "Days of Our Lives." Lauren Sesselmann, a member of Canada's 2012 Olympic Medal-winning women's soccer team, also plays a key role.
Local actors fill out the remaining cast, said writer and director Dean C. Jones and producer Starr Jones.
The Joneses are Graham natives who founded Snow Camp's Original Hollywood Horror Show. They've spent 30 years in makeup and effects in Hollywood but recently moved toward making their own films.
They wanted to shoot in Alamance County to help the local economy and to prove North Carolina has what it takes to make successful films, they said. Local ties helped secure shooting space inside Holly Hill Mall, Graham Soda Shop and other local businesses.
"It's kind of amazing to Dean and me," Starr Jones said. "We came from a small town like this and ended up working in L.A. on big films. It's good to come back, to pay back the hands up we got."
The setup inside the village home is impressive. It's currently for sale and was "pristine" when they found it, Starr Jones said.
By Saturday, crews covered all the walls with photos, framed artwork and religious implements. In the basement, they were aging the brick walls with paint and building props and set pieces. A dirt floor will be added next week.
Most of Saturday's filming was on the ground floor. The crew blocked several dialogue-heavy scenes between Henriksen's character, "Father Donovan," and Azlynn's "Jennifer Thomas."
Henriksen plays a concerned priest who "gets caught up … and tries to help this family but just ends up making it worse," he said. The character's responsibility and depth make for an interesting role, he said.
"To play a priest is a dangerous role for an actor. They spend a lifetime studying for it," Henriksen said. "I was in a Catholic orphanage at 5 years old … I have appreciation for that level of discipline. It wasn't too hard to realize that self as a grown man."
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Product DescriptionDeus is the lightest aluminum crank ever made by Race Face. It's machined from 7050 aluminum in Race Face's British Columbia manufacturing facility and designed just for Race Face X-Type bottom brackets.
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Date Reviewed: January 12, 2013
Strengths: Lightweight, smooth pedal, effortless crank, attractive
Weaknesses: None
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Duration Product Used: Not long enough
Price Paid: $119.00
Purchased At: Blue Sky Cycling onl
Bike Setup: 2013 Giant Revel 1 29er
Date Reviewed: February 2, 2012
Strengths: When they worked, they were great!
Weaknesses: BB bearings. Splined interface
Bottom Line:
The BB - dont even bother putting it on your rig! Garbage!
Giving Overall Rating of 2 chili's because of great customer service
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Purchased At: oem
Similar Products Used: RF Turbine & Atlas, Saint, XT, XTR, Profile, ect...
Date Reviewed: July 18, 2011
Strengths: solid, stiff, light, easy to maintain. Can't comment on the BB; this is only for the cranks...
Weaknesses: the crank puller cap has gotten very hard to find for the 05-07 years...more on this below...
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But back to the cranks; they've been rock solid despite countless hits on the logs and rocks that make up our northern New England trail substrate. Chain rings are still totally solid; new chain last year and didn't skip a beat.
Now, as I mentioned the crank puller cap has gotten more or less impossible to find, which makes it hard to replace the bb. So after being sent the wrong one by the one site that has had them in the past, I emailed RF on their site with the situation. The replied within hours with a request for my mailing address so they could pop a replacement they had there off a warrantied crank, no charge. Since it was posted from Canada it took a little longer, but in about 10 days or so the part showed up with a handwritten note and a sticker.
So big props for the cranks, bigger props for the service, and even bigger props for the service to a product that technically was made by a different company. If this is what the new Race Face is about, I'm a customer for life.
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Similar Products Used: XTR
Bike Setup: horst 5 spot loaded with goodies
Date Reviewed: May 14, 2011
Strengths: Race Face rings
Easy install, removal
Weaknesses: BB does suck
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Date Reviewed: September 21, 2010
Strengths: Light, stiff, excellent shifting (ie good chainrings)
Weaknesses: BB bearings are junk (but easy to have a decent set swapped in)
Bottom Line:
If I had filled them up with some Phil wood grease to begin with, they'd probably still be perfect. Unfortunately it looks like they barely put any grease in the X-type (green sealed) bearing.
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $219.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: Campy stuff, shimano stuff . . . including frigin' octaspline (way to make it obsolete nation of the rising planned obsolescence). I've tried most types of BB's over the past 25 years and still miss the ease of working on old school races and square taper spindles, but I do appreciate the stiffness and lightweight of the new stuff.
Bike Setup: 2005 fsr 100 comp disc, mostly stock.
Date Reviewed: August 28, 2010
Strengths: Stiff. Lightweight. Great price. Graphics. Shifting. Inexpensive chain rings.
Weaknesses: Stock bottom bracket was a bit of a problem. Since then I have been using XTs and have no more problems.
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Bike Setup: Full rigid.
Date Reviewed: June 30, 2010
Strengths: Light, strong, cheap
Weaknesses: None that I can think of
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $200.00
Purchased At: Online
Similar Products Used: XT, Stylo
Bike Setup: Hardtail 29er and FS 29er
Date Reviewed: June 5, 2010
Strengths: Relatively light, strong, shift well and look great.
Weaknesses: Occasional chain suck
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Price Paid: $200.00
Purchased At: Beyond Bikes
Similar Products Used: Shimano of all kinds since 1990 except XTR.
Bike Setup: 2007 Specialized Epic Expert. Spinergy Xyclone wheels, XO drivetrain, XT cassette.
Date Reviewed: April 13, 2010
Weaknesses: Chain suck is horrible, and no amount of adjustment could solve the problem.
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Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: Shimono XT, Deore
Date Reviewed: February 24, 2010
Strengths: Cranks are stiff. Fairly lightweight
Weaknesses: Bottom bracket lasted 6 rides, seized and damaged the axle.
Polished version corroded after 3 months - finish now looks like ####
Bottom Line:
Crank finish should be Anodised silver to prevent corrosion, like other reputable companies do (eg Chris King)
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $200.00
Purchased At: wheel and sprockets
Similar Products Used: Race Face Turbine LP
Bike Setup: S-Works Epic 2007, Fox F100 RLC Sram X0, Chris King Wheels
Date Reviewed: February 9, 2010
Strengths: Light and strong. Shifts very well
Weaknesses: none
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $230.00
Purchased At: online
Similar Products Used: Shimano square taper stuff
Bike Setup: 09' Hardrock disk
Date Reviewed: February 8, 2010
Strengths: Stiff, light, strong
Weaknesses: None for me
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid: $250.00
Purchased At: Ancaster Cycle
Similar Products Used: Shimano XTR
Bike Setup: Giant Trance 1
Date Reviewed: December 9, 2009
Strengths: Looks smart, shifts as good as Shimano XT, chain rings don't wear out. No problems with B/B. Straight forward to fit
Weaknesses: Aluminium allen bolt not very strong
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Purchased At: CRC
Similar Products Used: Shimano XT
Bike Setup: Kona Kula Delux
Date Reviewed: October 17, 2009
Strengths: Super light, easy to install, external bearings.
Weaknesses: rubber coated spacers
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid: $220.00
Purchased At: Pricepoint
Similar Products Used: RaceFace Evolve XC X-type, built hell-for-stout also, no problems.
Bike Setup: '06 Reign, all the sh*t.
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2009
Strengths: Light weight. Strong. Slick look.
Weaknesses: Chain suck. Chain suck. And more chain suck.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $260.00
Similar Products Used: Truvativ. Bontrager. Shimano.
Bike Setup: Niner Air 9. Rockshox reba fork. Race Face Deus cranks. Chris King headset. Ritchey stem/bars. Thompson post. Mavic C29SSMAX wheelset.
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Is there a way I can 'ease in' to programming. Like learning to use/modify CGI scripts to add some functions to a basic html site? Even if it's the only thing I learn it's still useful, right?. Unlike starting on page one of an O'reilly Python book, it might be a year before I'm useful or I find out it's not for me.
I'm a designer by trade (not a programmer) but more and more I build sites on php driven apps like wordpress and joomla. Or sometimes I have a basic html site and I want to add a form or some small app.
I've simultaneously become more and more interested in interactive functions and the 'gears' of processing so I am considering dabbling in some scripting languages (php, javascript, cgi) or even some high-level languages like perl, python or ruby. But there is part of me that's saying "what the hell are you doing here? There is a world of programmers in a universe of syntax. You'll get lost before you are useful so just hire a programmer and go learn piano, do some volunteer work or something else useful." But there is another side of me that say's "hey wouldn't it be great if I could just plug in a simple process here an get this little job done."
Can anyone recommend an insightful approach or should turn back now and just pretend programming never existed?
Is Python a suitable starting point?


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Villagio Inglese: English Language Immersion in the Rolling Hills of Tuscany
The English language took center stage for a full week in November, 2005, with more than 1.5 million phrases in English being spoken in one of the great bastions of Italian culture: Tuscany. Sixteen English speakers came from all over the globe, some from as far away as Australia and Alaska, to converse in English with six Italians and nine Spaniards for twelve-plus hours a day over the course of seven days in a village/residence known as Il Borgo San Luigi, which is just outside of Siena.
This program in Italy is known as Villaggio Inglese, which is Italian for "English Village." It basically follows the same format as the Pueblo Ingles programs in Spain. Because the program in Italy had just been created, Spaniards were also invited to be a part of the Tuscan village experience.
Since 2001, this unique volunteer program has been an important part of my life, though my previous times as a participant took place in remote areas of Spain. Pueblo Ingles and Villaggio Inglese have been two venues on the globe that I can go to and just be my unique, quirky self. By doing so, I am helping people who want to become more fluent in the English language accomplish their goal.
Because every Villaggio Inglese/Pueblo Ingles program brings in a different mix of personalities, each volunteer experience for me personally has been unique indeed! And this time, I was eating good Italian meals, especially the pasta, while nestled in Tuscany. I had the privilege to do my two daily jogs in a region of the world that contains so many rolling hills, pathways, and proudly-standing Cypress trees: It was like being lost in a perfect picture that I never wanted to get out of!
On the volunteer side, Villaggio Inglese included only those who had at least one prior volunteer experience via the programs in Spain. I asked one very colorful Aussie volunteer by the name of Kisane why she had repeated, to the tune of her "third time lucky," as she put it. She remarked, "I love meeting people, learning about cultures and a different way of life. I live to give and be open... I like to be reminded that all of us are searching for the same things… to better ourselves."
By engaging with Italians, Spaniards, and other Anglos, the program can even foster life improvements for the volunteers themselves. For Larry (who hails from Dublin, and like Kisane, is a three-time veteran of the program), the experiences have given him the confidence to be more outgoing within his own community.
Larry, like Kisane and I, was instantly drawn to participating in this English language talk-a-thon upon first hearing about it via the written/broadcast media or word of mouth from other participants who have spread the word about the English programs in Spain. This is a common theme among many repeating veterans of Villaggio Inglese/Pueblo Ingles.
By the end of the week, every Italian and Spaniard was exposed to more than 105,000 English phrases, both heard and spoken, in a variety of different English accents, from the Liverpool dialect to the Wyoming style, in as peaceful a setting as could be asked for. The temperatures were mild, with only one day of rain; thus, the great Tuscan outdoors during the autumn season was fully experienced!
More Than Just Language Comprehension
The creative side of the volunteers was strongly encouraged at Villaggio Inglese, just as with the past 160-plus programs in Spain. Skits ranging from a "mild" Jerry Springer-like parody, which brought down the house, to a presentation on the state of Oklahoma were among the creative bits featured in the meeting house during the evening.
For the Italians and Spaniards alike, the Villaggio Inglese experience became more than just conversing in English for seven full days. Gumersindo, one of the more animated Spaniards who made the trek all the way from Cadiz, took part in his fourth such program to improve his English speaking and comprehension skills. He has benefited in many ways:
For both Anglos and English learners alike, Tuscany has fostered new miracles in bridging the gaps we humans have created for ourselves, language and otherwise!
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For complete information on Villaggio Inglese, go to www.puebloingles.com. You may also want to check out the sixty-plus programs scheduled in Spain at Valdelavilla (Soria), La Alberca (Salamanca), and Cazorla (Andulucia), including some that are scheduled exclusively for teenagers during the summer.
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After this season's oyster roast, area residents can give those shucked shells a new life.
The N.C. Oyster Shell Recycling Program is downsizing a bit as far as number of collection sites but still hopes to maintain the approximately 25,000 bushels it has collected each of the past several years.
Each bushel collected goes back into
"Even with the downsizing of the N.C. Oyster Shell Recycling Program, the Division of Marine Fisheries hopes to collect as many shells as it has in the past, averaging 25,000 bushels per year," she said.
Varnam said the public continues to consume plenty of oysters but the program doesn't have the staffing to service all the restaurants and public collection sites. Some smaller volume locations have been closed and work continues with solid waste departments, hauling companies and others to make the program as efficient as possible.
"We're trying to move in a more efficient direction with the program," she said.
In Onslow County, the five public collection sites remain in place.
But 11 sites were closed Nov. 15 across Carteret County, leaving 5 public recycling sites open in the county, including locations at three county convenient sites, the Division of Marine Fisheries office in Morehead City and the Western Regional Ocean Beach Access in Emerald Isle.
Carteret County Engineer Bill Zaist said the reduction in locations won't necessarily reduce volume.
The three county convenient sites with oyster shell recycling are centrally located throughout the county and are the most used locations, including the Otway site Down East, the Hibbs Road site in Newport and the N.C. 58 site in the Peletier area.
And the sites can be used by restaurants as well as residents. Previously, the sites only allowed residential collection.
"We're limiting it to the three central locations, but are taking commercial as well as individual," Zaist said.
Yellow 20-yard roll-off containers labeled with the program's logo will soon be located at the three county convenient sites.
Varnam said the large containers require less maintenance and are already used at the
Sturgeon City Education Center in Jacksonville is one of the five public sites in Onslow County and encourages residents to stop by with their oyster shells following their next oyster roast of holiday oyster dish.
"Sturgeon City continues to be a location and we invite people to utilize the site, especially as we enter into (the peak) of the oyster season," said Rebecca Honeycutt, program coordinator for Sturgeon City.
The N.C. Oyster Shell Recycling Program has expanded significantly over the past 10 years. Statewide, the number of bushels collected has grown from 711 in 2003 to 26,727 in 2011. The average over the past three years was 24,493 bushels.
In 2011, there were more than 230 bushels of oyster shells collected through the program in Onslow County. There were more than 5,000 bushels collected.
According to the program information, restaurants contributed 56.2 percent of the oyster shells collected, 36.5 percent came from donations from the public and 7.3 percent from festivals.
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The N.C. Oyster Recycling Program provides locations throughout the area where residents can drop off shucked oyster shells for recycling. Following is a list of public sites available in Onslow and Carteret counties.
Sturgeon City Education Center, Jacksonville
Onslow County Landfill, Jacksonville
Morris Landing Preserve, Holly Ridge
Onslow County Learning Center, Hubert
Hammocks Beach State Park, Swansboro
Carteret County
Division of Marine Fisheries, Morehead City
Western Regional Beach Access, Emerald Isle
County Convenience Site, N.C. 58, Peletier
County Convenience Site, Hibbs Road, Newport
County Convenience Site, Otway
Source: NC Division of Marine Fisheries