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Spirited Away (edition 2007)
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Our hero Knight Tristan de Barre and his men were murdered in 1292. They are cursed to be ghosts and haunt Dreadmoor Castle forever. As a girl Andi Monroe visited the castle and thought she saw a knight. Years later she is a Forensic archeologist. Andi is excavating the site and studying the legend of a medieval knight who disappeared. But although she's usually rational, Andi could swear she's met the handsome knight's ghost. Only a few people have been able to see Tristan and his men over the many years since they where murdered, Tristan and Andi have to fall in in love and find a way to break the curse. It's a great story.
Until she finds a way to lift the curse, though, love doesn't stand a ghost of a chance.
This story of a centuries old ghost lord and his knights cursed by a deranged and vengeful man and who are discovered by an archeologist is probably one of the sweetest romances I've read in a while. My only complaint is that the author did such a good job of making Tristan and his men likeable it was hard to believe that they could have ever been hardened warriors who had killed hundreds of enemies in battle. Well, that and a couple of the secondary characters were interesting enough to make one very curious as to what may have happened to them also, but it is something we'll never discover.
I even liked the heroine, archeologist Andrea Monroe, which was a pleasant surprise. She was spunky without being overbearing or overly self-conscious. A nice blend for a perky part. Tristan seemed very innocent for who he was supposed to be but I think that was part of his appeal.
This is certainly not one for lovers of the more risqué romances, but a great one for those who enjoy cute, romantic stories of falling in love against impossible odds. I'd certainly recommend it!
It's about a young woman, Andrea Monroe, who is a forensic archeologist who is assigned to look at some bones found on Dreadmore Castle grounds. As she is doing research she finds some interesting things about Lord Dreadmore's state of "existance". This later leads to them falling in love and some other interesting adventures.
The main character is Andrea Monroe. She is a young successful woman of science and is not so lucky when it comes to romance. She changes throught the book emotionally and romantically.
I related to Andrea because at first when she meets people she is shy, like me, but once she gets to know people she opens up.
I loved this book so much. I couldn't put it down.
I would recommend this book to teen's and older. Also to people who like romance and mystery.
Twelve years ago, Andrea "Andi" Monroe's over active imagination made her think she saw the appartition of a medieval knight and she's dreamed of him ever since. Now Dr. Monroe, a highly respected forensic archeologist, she is given the opportunity to excavate a site located in that same location, knowing full well that ghosts don't exist. Always fascinated by castle Dreadmoor and the legend of the mighty Dragonhawk who - with fourteen of his best knights -disappeared without a trace right out of medieval history, Andi jumps at the chance to investigate a body found under an ancient oak and the cache of weapons buried with it. But things get a bit more complicated when the ghosts of said legend show up.
Tristan de Barre, the infamous and cursed Dragonhawk, Lord of Dreadmore didn't mean to let Andrea find out that he was a ghost, but being incorporeal has its disadvantages. He certainly didn't mean to fall in love with her. But after seven centuries of loneliness with only his fellow ghostly knights and his mortal stewards to keep him company….well any man would be tempted. As would any woman who meets the knight of her dreams - literally. But one of them being dead is not the worst of this couple's problems when a malevolent spirit tries to keep them apart.
This was a very cute story that I enjoyed immensely. A nice debut novel from Cindy Miles, I expect good things from her - supposedly she going to be writing ghost romances. This one was not of the incredibly steamy sort, but you'd be surprised by how sensual a ghostly touch can be.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0451221451, Mass Market Paperback)Knight Tristan de Barre and his men were murdered in 1292, their souls cursed to roam Dreadmoor Castle forever.
Forensic archeologist Andi Monroe is excavating the site and studying the legend of a medieval knight who disappeared. But although she's usually rational, Andi could swear she's met the handsome knight's ghost.
Until she finds a way to lift the curse, though, love doesn't stand a ghost of a chance.
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Bill Creed Debuts With Horror Fiction
Durand, Mich.
Sometimes, some things do not always turn out to be quite what they seem. Once in a while, peace is hopelessly used to cover up a story so dreadful that they are condemned to obliteration. But what happens when the secrets are stirred to revival? In "Ghost in the Mountains" (published by Xlibris), author Bill Creed takes readers into a chilling horror story in the silent mountain tops of Tennessee.
Mountain Top is a serene and peaceful town, yet despite the silence, there is an implacable air of mystery about the place. When Joe's mother died, her dying wish motivates him to visit his aunt in Tennessee. He convinces his wife, Jill, that the crisp mountain air will do them both some good. Little do they know, his aunt's sleepy little town harbors several deep, dark secrets - secrets of conspiracy, murder, betrayal, and corruption. However, the worst is yet to come as Joe and Jill accidentally awaken a vengeful spirit that terrorized the town for years. Now, their lives and the town of Mountain Top will never be the same.


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Taking the Canisius College hockey team to new heights during his career, Dave Smith is in his 12th season as head coach of the Golden Griffin program.
Smith has enjoyed a number of memorable moments during his coaching tenure and has continued to raise the bar while leading the Canisius program. Most recently, Smith has led the Griffs to three-straight trips to Atlantic Hockey Championship weekend for the first time in school history, including consecutive appearances in the title game and the team's first crown in 2013. The program has also received national attention with its graduates having unprecedented success at the professional level.
During the 2012-13 campaign, Smith guided Canisius to the program's first conference title with a 7-2 victory in the Atlantic Hockey Championship against Mercyhurst and the team's first appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament. The Griffs also finished the campaign ranked 19th in the final USCHO.com national poll, marking the program's highest finish in the national rankings.
Canisius nearly duplicated the remarkable feat the following two seasons, advancing to the 2014 Atlantic Hockey title game after again eliminating the top two seeds in the conference tournament before earning a second-place finish in 2015 – matching the program's best regular-season finish – and making a third-straight trip to the semifinals.
Away from campus, 2011 graduate Cory Conacher continued to make news at the highest level. Named one of the top 30 players at the Division I level in the last 10 seasons, Conacher became the first Griff to play in the National Hockey League and has enjoyed stints with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators, Buffalo Sabres and New York Islanders. Conacher also became just the fourth player in AHL history to garner Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year accolades in the same season, helping lead the Norfolk Admirals to the 2012 Calder Cup just one year after graduating from Canisius and excelling under Smith's leadership.
The achievements under Smith are not limited to just the past four years. In his first 11 seasons leading the Golden Griffin program, he has guided numerous student-athletes to success both on and off the ice. The Griffs have collected athletic and academic honors as well as enjoying successful careers after graduation. The highlights include:
• A total of 33 Griffs have signed professional contracts after playing under Smith at Canisius, highlighted by Conacher and defender Carl Hudson inking NHL deals. Hudson became the first Griff to join an NHL franchise when he signed with the Florida Panthers after graduating in 2010.
• Smith has mentored three student-athletes who have earned individual postseason awards. Conacher highlights the honorees by being named the 2009-10 Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year, while David Kasch earned the league's Best Defensive Forward following the 2007-08 season and Dave Kostuch collected Rookie of the Year accolades in 2008-09. Conacher and Kyle Gibbons were also selected to the Senior CLASS Award All-America First Team in 2011 and 2014, respectively, while Conacher was named to the All-Atlantic Hockey 10th Anniversary First Team in 2013.
• Overall, 10 Griffs earned all-conference accolades in the past eight seasons a total of 13 times, nine more than Canisius' first 10 seasons at the Division I level combined. During the 2014-15 campaign, a school-record three Griffs earned All-Atlantic Hockey honors when Chris Rumble collected first-team accolades, while Keegan Asmundson and Ralph Cuddemi were named to the second team. Cuddemi repeated the honor during the 2015-16 season to become the third Griff to earn All-Atlantic Hockey accolades twice during his career, while Shane Conacher was named to the first team.
• Canisius student-athletes have consistently ranked among the best in the country under Smith's leadership. Goaltender Tony Capobianco led all players in Division I with 1,256 saves during the 2012-13 campaign, which also ranks as the 12th-best total in NCAA history and the most since the 1988-89 season. Conacher ranked second nationally in points per game during the 2009-10 campaign after recording a program-record 53 points.
• The Griffs have enjoyed unparalleled success against some of the nation's top competition under Smith's watch. During the 2008-09 season, Canisius swept a pair of games against eventual NCAA quarterfinalist and 15th-ranked Air Force, marking the first victories for the Griffs against a nationally-ranked opponent. Canisius has continued the trend in recent years with six wins against nationally-ranked schools, most recently against perennial-power Denver during the 2013-14 campaign.
• In his first 11 seasons, 186 Griffs have earned Atlantic Hockey All-Academic accolades, including a school-record 23 following the 2013-14 campaign. In addition, Max Buetow (2005-06), Dave Cianfrini (2009-10), Ryan Bohrer (2011-12 & 2013-14), Stephen Miller (2012-13 & 2013-14) and Geoff Fortman (2014-15 & 2015-16) were named the Atlantic Hockey Top Scholar Athlete for owning the top GPA in the league. The hockey program consistently owns the top GPA of any team at Canisius with a 3.31 cumulative mark following the 2015-16 academic year.
• Canisius has also enjoyed a long history of success at the professional level outside of playing the game, highlighted most recently by two-time Griff captain Peter MacDougall '10 being named an NHL referee in 2016.
Smith became the program's third head coach on April 15, 2005 after serving the previous three seasons as the associate coach and recruiting coordinator at fellow Atlantic Hockey member Mercyhurst College. He also spent time as an assistant coach with Bowling Green and Miami. During his tenure as an assistant coach, Smith coached or recruited:
• Two Hobey Baker Award Finalists
• Four Players of the Year
• Two Rookies of the Year
• 22 all-league award winners
• Three Terry Flanagan Award Winners for Perseverance
The Arthur, Ontario, native was also instrumental in guiding Mercyhurst to two league championships and two NCAA Division I Tournament appearances in his three seasons with the Lakers.
Smith graduated from The Ohio State University in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in journalism/public relations and was a four-year letterwinner for the Buckeyes. Smith finished his career at Ohio State with 140 points, ranking 14th all-time. He was selected as team captain as a junior and chosen as the team's MVP as a senior, while leading the Buckeyes with 41 assists and 63 points.
After graduating from Ohio State, Smith spent six seasons in professional hockey, including five full seasons in the American Hockey League (AHL) and the International Hockey League (IHL) and a brief period in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). He was under contract with the New York Rangers in 1994-95. Smith has spent his summers coaching young players and adults as a director and head instructor at numerous camps across the United States and Canada.
In addition to his responsibilities at Canisius, Smith serves on the board of directors at College Hockey Inc.
Smith and his wife, Susan, have two daughters, Ellis and Kylie. Susan is the Director for Interdisciplinary Degree Programs at the University at Buffalo, while Ellis is a member of the hockey program at Manhattanville College and Kylie plays softball for Nazareth College.
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From the ITU-T Newslog: A new standard from ITU-T's Study Group 15 gives network operators the ability to deploy multi-vendor dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) systems in a metro environment. Defining specifications for interoperability in this field is seen as a ground-breaking achievement, where previously there has been domination by proprietary systems.
WDM technology is used by the owners of optical fibres to maximise their capacity. The technology achieves this by simultaneously operating an optical fibre pair at more than one wavelength. Since operators wish to maximize their cable plant investments and deploy increasingly bandwidth hungry services in a multi-vendor environment, standards development in this field is seen as crucial.
Until now DWDM systems, which have the capability of carrying a high number of channels (up to 80) on a single optical fibre pair, have been deployed in core fibre networks that cover great distances. A different WDM technology CWDM (the C stands for coarse) was the first standardised solution for metropolitan areas, but CWDM systems only have the capability of carrying a limited number of channels (up to 12 now, but in the future 16).
This standard (ITU-T Recommendation G.698.1) has been driven by operators and allows them to benefit from the greater capacity of DWDM systems in metropolitan environments while being able to deploy system elements from multiple vendors. The current version of this Recommendation covers distances in the range of 30 - 80 km.
These new specifications have been made possible by the use of a fundamentally different methodology to that used previously according to the experts who developed it. The so-called 'black-link'-approach is seen as a new direction in the standardization of WDM systems, providing a powerful tool to enable agreement on multi-vendor interoperability in a previously proprietary environment.
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Super-spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired from active duty to trains new IMF agents. But he is called back into action to confront the toughest villain he's ever faced - Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Hunt assembles his team - his old friend Luther Strickell (Ving Rhames), transportation expert Declan (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), background operative Zhen (Maggie Q), and fresh recruit Lindsey (Keri Russell) - to travel the globe pursuing Davian and rescue Hunt's love, Julia (Michelle Monaghan).
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Atlantic Yards, for Better or Worse
Atlantic Yards is looking like a worse and worse deal for the city treasury, according to the Independent Budget Office. Back in 2005, the nonpartisan IBO said the new Nets arena would bring the city $28.5 million more in tax revenue than it would cost in subsidies, over the next 30 years (PDF). But the city has since decided to pitch in about twice the amount of money it said it would spend back then. And as the costs of the arena have grown, the city stands to lose more money because of an agreement that it would not collect mortgage recording taxes and sales taxes.
The IBO didn't come up with a new estimate, but numbers outlined at a state legislative hearing Friday suggest that the city would see a net loss of about $76 million (PDF).
David Lombino, spokesman for the Economic Development Corporation, said the IBO report is incomplete since it only considers the economic impact of the arena, and not the housing and office space.
Then again, most of the Bloomberg administration's subsidies applied specifically to the arena, since at the time, officials thought the arena was the best part of the deal. It would bring highly paid basketball players from New Jersey to New York, each of whom would pay hefty city income taxes.
Lombino says the Economic Development Corporation will release an updated economic analysis soon, reflecting the changes to the project since the last one in June 2005. President Seth Pinsky said at Friday's hearing that the project as a whole will produce benefits 'likely exceeding half-a-billion dollars in net, incremental returns to the city.'
If so, the Atlantic Yards project will turn out to have become an even better deal even though the arena cost has increased and the amount of office space has been reduced by 80 percent. Back then, the EDC estimated the gross impact to be $524 million without deducting the cost of indirect and direct subsidies.


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After four neck surgeries in the span of a few years, Peyton Manning doesn't know if he will ever be the player he was in Indianapolis. Which I'm sure is fine with the Broncos since he was pretty darn good for them last year. Manning also said he is still in "get-stronger rehab mode," according to the Broncos' official website. But arm strength doesn't seem to be a problem for him right now, according to wide receiver Eric Decker , who said Manning "definitely" had more zip on his throws when the two worked out earlier this spring.
"I think some of those throws that he fits in the holes, you feel a little more zip on it, and he is getting it to you quicker," Decker said.
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Chalk another one up to Manning feeling more comfortable heading into this second season in Denver. He says he is still rehabbing, still recovering, still working to get reach his previous form -- and the man was spectacular last season. It's hard to believe, but all arrows are pointing up for Manning at the age of 37.


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Britain's Got Talent finalist Lettice Rowbotham shocked the audience tonight by singing during her performance.
Lettice - the electric violinist who decided she wanted to play the violin at the age of three - burst into song during her final gig in front of the judges on the ITV talent show.
Presenter Jameela Jamil said: "Go on Lettice!!!! I'm so proud I could just motorboat her. In a straight, supportive way. Amazing, talented, breath of fresh air."
One user posted: "LETTICE SINGS!!!!!"
One user said: "Lettice to win #BGT she's just fascinating & entertaining!"
Another posted: "#BGT2014 dear viewer Please do not vote for Bars and Melody they will make money anyway from Syco whatever happens #lettice 2 win Grt talent"
Lettice has gone on to become a full time musician since her youth.
Her flawless audition stunned the judges and the audience, as she confidently performed a mix of contemporary tracks, using her electric violin.
The judges also praised her cheerful, warm personality along with her unquestionable musicality. Amanda said Lettice "had me at hello" and Simon told her "I will remember you, coming away from this".
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New York • Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke owned 2013 in music.
Nielsen Entertainment announced late Tuesday that Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" was the top-selling album with 2.4 million units sold. Thicke's ubiquitous "Blurred Lines" was the best-selling song with 6.4 million tracks sold.
Albums sales were down. Only 289.4 million albums were sold in 2013, compared with 316 million a year before. Single tracks also saw a decrease, by 6 percent. Streaming, however, was up 32 percent with 118.1 million streams. The sales figures include data from YouTube, Spotify and other digital outlets. Baauer's "Harlem Shake" topped the year with 489,674,000 streams.


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I have a catless invidia dp on a stock turbo now. It is running great w/out an check engine light problems...I am looking to match the dp with the invidia type r exhaust. Will this cause any problems w/ my check engine lights or emissions? I dont think it will but I want to make sure before buy it. Also, the wagon is my daily driver...is this exhaust a waste? Should I go with the standard invidia catback? Thanks!
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The first boss was really hard for me because I suck at aiming. I didn't think the second one was bad though - one death to figure out what to do, two deaths trying to do it, success on the fourth try. Haven't gotten to the third one yet. Haven't even gotten the third dungeon weapon yet. But I did just get the greatest horse ever. <3<3<3
"I've got a horse made of black death. It fights dragon's like a boss..."
Seriously though, the first boss is awful. It's not about being able to aim well or not, it's about the game's systems tripping over themselves. Locking on to the boss with L2, marking your targets with L1, switching to aim mode with R3, trying to get a bead on the boss with the right stick, then hoping you have enough time to actually shoot the boomerang...ugh. I recently made a video about Jet Set Radio how that game came out in a time where people didn't quite know how control schemes work. But now we do, and there's no excuse for that.
The second boss is just terrible because it's so easy. It's blitheringly simple to figure out what you need to do because there's only 1 or two things there to interact, then it's just repeating it over and over and over with no fear of death because the boss can't hit you if you're where you need to be, and the little guys it spawns give you health if you 1 shot them.
Plus the game locked up on me 3 times during the first boss fight while I was going into the pause menu.
::Shakes fist:: Game...
Probably the most interesting thing about that game is the fact that Mark Hamil is doing the voice of your Navi-style character, but he sounds more like Steve Blum doing StarScream.
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You should stop playing FF13 and go straight to Lost Odyssey.
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The conference office announced on Monday the fifth weekly men's basketball award for games played Dec.7-14. Northwestern freshman Drew Crawford earned his first weekly laurel after helping the Wildcats improve to 7-1 in consecutive seasons for the first time in school history with a convincing win over North Carolina A&T last week.
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Whenever I'm feeling a little blah or beat, I treat myself to lunch at Patisserie Poupon. I never waiver on menu choices. I have have-to-haves. At one of the tiny corner tables in the rear of the attractive bakery/cafe, past the gleaming showcases of fancy French pastries, next to the specialty coffee bar, I rejuvenate with a healthful crudités salad composed of a variety of select fresh vegetables and a sandwich of yummy country pâté with cornichons on buttery brioche. A perfect pairing. In minutes, any troubles fade away.
The owners are husband-and-wife team Joe and Ruth Poupon, pastry chefs who met at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. Joe is a native of Brittany in France and Ruth hails from College Park, Md. After working in restaurants for several years in Washington and New York, together they opened their flagship Patiserrie Poupon take-away bakery in Baltimore in 1986. The Georgetown location opened in 1998. In late March, a third location – Cafe Poupon – opened as a 30-seat eatery and bakery four blocks from the Inner Harbor on Baltimore's historic Charles Street.
"The new place, it's just gorgeous," says Ruth Poupon at an impromptu pastry tasting in her second-level office above the Georgetown location. "The building is a former Masonic Temple, built in 1866, with lots of French and Italian Renaissance-inspired detail."
At all Poupon locations, there is something sweet for everyone. The shop's many French-born customers order a wide variety of favorites, including breads, cakes and pastries. "In particular, they like our Paris-Brest," she says. The doughnut-shaped, almond-topped pastry is split and filled with a praline-flavored buttercream. American-born customers are less adventurous and "tend to go for just a few things," like the luscious strawberry cake, cream-filled and chocolate-covered éclairs and the classic, crisp, layered Napoleon.
The bakery's large Middle Eastern following "loves our croquembouche for any kind of celebration," she shares. French for "crisp in the mouth," the decorative dessert (order in advance) is made with bite-size custard-filled cream puffs, coated in caramel and stacked into a tower shape. For a theme party, the sugary puffs may also be fashioned into the form of, for example, a baby stroller, train or teddy bear.
The preparation must be exacting. "There can be no air in the filling and the caramel cannot be dark and bitter," she says. The weather also comes into play. "On a humid Washington summer day, the caramel can get sticky and melt. I say, this time of year, get a cake. We are pastry people who believe in what we do and want to do it well."
For a "perfect day" on the 1600 block of Wisconsin, she suggests dropping the car off at Detailz Fine Auto Cleaning for the works, inside and out, followed by an appointment at the beauty destination IPSA For Hair. "They are the very best," she says. "Then you have time for a little clothes and antiques shopping nearby. Then, have lunch with us."
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Ingredients for the pâte à choux:
1/2 cup water
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8 ounces butter (one stick)
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1 cup all-purpose flour
4 large eggs, plus 1 for brushing
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line two baking trays with parchment paper. Combine the water, milk, butter and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and add flour all at once, stirring with a wooden spoon until the dough forms a ball. Remove from heat and beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing thoroughly between each addition. Use a pastry bag or spoon to transfer the dough onto the baking trays in balls approximately 1 1/2 inches wide. Beat the extra egg and brush the tops of the dough balls with a soft brush. Score the tops gently with a fork. Bake until golden brown all over and under, approximately 20 to 25 minutes.
Ingredients for the diplomat cream 1 1/4 cups whole milk 3 egg yolks 1/8 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons cornstarch 1 vanilla bean 1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped 2 pints fresh raspberries
Directions Split the vanilla bean and scrape the seeds into the milk along with the pod. Bring to a boil. Meanwhile, beat the yolks and sugar until thick and fluffy, then beat in sifted flour and cornstarch. Temper into hot milk by adding a ladle of hot milk to yolk mixture. Whisk and add to pan, stirring constantly over medium heat. Bring to a boil, simmer for a minute, pour into heatproof bowl and cool. Once cool, refrigerate (can be made a day in advance). To serve, stir and smooth the cold pastry cream and gently fold in the whipped cream. With a sharp knife, remove the tops of the pâte à choux. Fill each pastry with the diplomat cream. Top with fresh raspberries and dust with powdered sugar.
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On the 8th of July 2017 we will be hosting our 7th annual Ngwenya Mountain Bike Challenge, last year we hosted over 300 hardy cyclists, and hope fully this year they will be back to savour the trails of Swaziland's highest altitude one day Mountain Bike Challenge.
Swaziland is a mountain bikers dream, with the most amazing scenery and diverse array of possible routes at many different altitudes. Due to our race being at high altitude it is great for high altitude training for other longer events and races. So get training!
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70km Marathon – Start Time 8am
70 km's of flowing trails consisting of jeep tracks, forest roads, cattle paths (single track) and unused railway lines, with a balance of undulating hills, steep climbs and wicked down-hills.
With altitude variances from 1350m to 1600m – the route was not for the faint-hearted or weak legged, a couple of cyclists from flatter parts of the country learnt a lesson or two about climbing and pacing themselves. These routes are open to you to come and enjoy throughout the year, give us a shout if you need directions.
We will be scouting for those single track sections to sweeten the route even more.
43km Classic – Start Time 9am
43km of enjoyable riding on jeep tracks, cattle paths (single track) and meandering forest roads. Ideal for the seasoned rider.
The route traversed the Motshane / Sicgangeni valley, heading into the hills towards Mhlabanyatsi some climbing was required.
Funds raised by the race have been used to purchase blankets and water projects for the local community through which we ride.
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There are a number of other races during the year that we would recommend. These start with
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What are some physical concepts of being pro war (meaning I'm against global peace) besides economics & religion
Lots of dead and wounded soldiers.
What do YOU THINK?
So Far I have used being pro-war diminishes population, increases economic well being creates benefical technology advancements, and religion. I need two more physical concepts of being pro-war (and we are against global peace)
All those wounded troops will need lots of medical care, usually for the rest of their lives. Lots of jobs could be created to take care of all these issues -- doctors, nurses, physical therapists, etc.
I have that already under my economic advancements
Good God. How do you figure that war is an economic advantage. Much infrastructure is destroyed, sometimes entire countries...buildings, houses, bridges, schools, churches, orchards, farm livestock and so on. Both sides incur great amounts of debt which supported the war, and will have to repay that debt. In several notable instances in history, the debt has brought down countries.
Now your point on diminishing population. Geepers, so killing your family is a plus? What about jews? And blacks? Old people? This "postive" point of war is beyond me.


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With the UK launch of its webOS-powered TouchPad only two weeks away, HP has confirmed that the OS could soon be seen on non-HP devices.
Earlier this month we reported on a bit of mis-communication between HP's head man Léo Apotheker, who claimed the company was open to licencing webOS to other manufacturers, and webOS chief Jon Rubenstein, who said the company didn't want to talk to any company already producing handsets running rival OSes.
Now it seems the two have got their stories straight and HP are indeed in talks with a number of companies regarding the possibility of licensing webOS. "We are talking to a number of companies," Apotheker said in an interview in Beijing yesterday. "I can share with you that a number of companies have expressed interest. We are continuing our conversations." He would not be drawn on who these companies were and when questioned about a time frame, he replied: "There is no time pressure to do this."
Reports suggested that Samsung was among the companies in talks with HP, with Bloomberg quoting three people with knowledge of the discussions. Neither HP nor Samsung would comment on the matter. The reason given for Samsung looking at another OS besides Android, is that it fears Google could lock down its OS preventing manufacturers like Samsung from tweaking the interface as it currently does. However both Google and Samsung are denying this line of speculation with a spokesman for Samsung saying: "Samsung will continue to strengthen its relationship with Google to provide ultimate values to customers."
Rubenstein has also been speaking on this matter, saying: "If someone wants to really invest, and potentially help develop webOS, we're interested in talking to them." He told This Is My Next that partnering with companies like HTC – who already have Android and WP7 handsets – would only work if they made webOS as their primary software partner and added value to the platform. A partnership like the one forged between Microsoft and Nokia, may be one possible outcome of the current talks.
Having seen webOS run on the Pre 3 and TouchPad recently, we have no doubt that it has the ability to stand up to Android, iOS and Windows Phone and making it more widely available can only be a good thing, in our humble opinion.
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text: One other stock that should be on the list is Altria Group Altria ( MO). It frequently does not show up on charts like this because the 2008 spinoff 2008 spinoff of Philip Morris ( PM) distorts the picture, requiring a little more analysis. Basically, if you owned the stock in 2002 and you still hold it, you've done very well in income as well as capital appreciation. With respect to income, when the spinoff of Philip Morris International was completed in March 2008, MO shareholders received one new share of PMI for every MO share they had. In 2002, MO was paying a dividend of $2.44 annually. Today the two companies combined are paying $5.16, for a picture perfect double. Although there is no way to guarantee these companies will continue to raise their dividends. There are good reasons to believe that they will. Given all of the companies shown above have plenty of cash on their balance sheet, there are no fiscal hurdles to prevent them from raising dividends in the near term. Moreover, even during the financial crisis, the companies above continued to pay and increase their dividends. At the time of publication the author held no positions in any of the stocks mentioned. This article is commentary by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.


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3D Vision Without The Glasses: The Mystery Unveiled [Video]
The "revolutionary" 3D system is, in fact, a very creative joke.
The mystery about this awkward video that intrigued many people last month is finally over, as the guys at Jonathan Post, a small post production company based in São Paulo, reveal that it was all just a joke.
" Three months ago, while I was studying visual FX for 3D (stereoscopy), I realized that I have a big genetic problem. Whenever I try to blink only one eye at a time, I can only blink the left one. It doesn't matter how hard I try, I have no individual control of my right eyelid. But Daniel was born with it. He has great control of his eyelid movements.
We also know that everybody hates 3D glasses, so we came up with this joke/solution.
Francois was doing a film with us at Jonathan Post. His accent and Personality were perfect for the film, We shot everything in 4K resolution, with the sharpest image we could get with the RED camera, with a big help from the photographer Alexandre Ermel.
To make the FX we came up with a simple solution. We created a 3D face, based on image photometry. We used the 3D face to track all his movements. We projected the film on the face, so we ended up with a steady image of the face. It didn't matter the face was moving, we always had a steady image. After that, Rafa had a painful editing job to loop all of Francois' eye-blinking. The final step was the addition of a subtle muscle movement, something between a normal blink and a normal wink."
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Foria Relief is a tampon-like product that contains organic cocoa butter, THC oil, and CBD (another active ingredient in marijuana). These cannabinoids help with pain relief and prompt muscle relaxation—without any foggy-headedness or sudden interest in eating an entire buffalo chicken pizza. According to Foria, "Users have reported a significant decrease in the pain and discomfort often associated with menstruation."
These little cramp-relievers are currently only available in California and Colorado (where pot has been legalized), and before you up and move to one of these states for the sake of your period pain—well, don't.
"I have two questions I ask before recommending a product to patients: Is it safe? And, does it work?" says Lauren Streicher, M.D., associate clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University and author of Sex Rx. "There simply aren't any studies that show this product does what it claims to do." And given that, Streicher would not advise anyone put marijuana in their vaginas.
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Besides that stop at Geno's or Pat's, Zach Ertz had much to digest this past weekend.
At one moment, his former coach Jim Harbaugh had a chance to pick him again, this time to the 49ers (that story would have written itself, considering San Francisco legend Brent Jones has been Ertz's longtime mentor). But one blink later, the Quack Attack's own Chip Kelly -- of all coaches -- selected him instead. Fast forward a few hours, and Ertz found himself three time zones away, munching on his first Philly cheese steak sandwich in the City of Brotherly Love. Yet another snap of the finger brought the former Stanford tight end 2,500 miles back across country, where he celebrated his Eagles selection with fellow Farm Boys like nothing had happened except for possibly the greatest 48-hour whirlwind of his life.
"I couldn't be happier to be going to play for Coach Kelly and the Eagles," Ertz said. "My mom and dad were both born in Pennsylvania, so it feels like this very cool circle of life. I can't stop thinking about how the Pac-12 gave me my start, and now I will be able to keep playing for a coach that I respected since I started at Stanford."
The frenzied cross-country bounce has since settled down, but it's still difficult to fathom that we now live in a world where Kelly coaches Ertz while Jim Harbaugh coaches LaMichael James and Pete Carroll instructs Richard Sherman. Those players all ripped the hearts out of their current coaches' bodies at different college football points in the past. Now, they've become some of their most cherished assets.
Embrace the beautiful dichotomy of college football and the NFL, one that serves as breeding grounds for several surreal combinations. The NFL Draft is the definite moment at which these two gridiron worlds intersect, so it's sure to foster fireworks that overload the senses: How about David Shaw interviewing Jim Harbaugh on national television?
The Thomas Take
A good amount was tough to process this past weekend, but not much was more surprising than Stanford linebacker Chase Thomas' omission from all seven rounds of picks. The Cardinal stalwart signed as an undrafted free agent with the New Orleans Saints shortly after the conclusion of Saturday's proceedings, and one has to believe that he's bringing a heck of a bargain to the Big Easy.
After forgoing last season's NFL Draft to return to school for his fifth year, Thomas was even more productive than he was in his Sporting News All-America 2011 campaign. He racked up 71 total tackles -- 19 more than his previous year's total -- and held relatively steady at 14.5 TFL and 7.5 sacks despite Stanford's marked improvement in defensive depth, a potential stat-killer. Perhaps more significantly, Thomas layered about 10 more pounds of muscle onto his sturdy frame before the season, and that commitment further entrenched him as one of the premiere physical rocks of perhaps the nation's best defense.
The fact that 224 selections came and passed without mention of Thomas this past weekend is perplexing. The 4.91 40-yard dash time he posted at the NFL Combine was the slowest of all outside linebackers at the event, but, then again, the 40-yard dash has little to do with Thomas' style of play on the football field.
"He plays faster than his 40 time," Shaw said about another one of his players this weekend, and those words apply to Thomas as well. "And that's all that matters."
If Thomas ever gets into a situation on the gridiron during which he has to sprint 40 yards on a line, in fact, it's safe to say something has already gone horribly wrong for the defense. He has separated himself not by his Usain Bolt impression, but rather with his superior instincts and fundamentally excellent physicality. Thomas possesses an uncommon skillset, and it's surprising that professional teams didn't value it more considering the fact they're selecting players for such an inherently violent game.
Big-time NFL Draft emphasis is placed on how well players work out off the field. In the context of teams' desire to select players with maximum potential, there is some legitimacy to that mentality. But Stanford strength and conditioning guru Shannon Turley would be the first to tell you that many of the NFL Combine's most popular metrics don't come close to gauging the rigors and demands of actual game play. In a sport that requires unnatural, courageous tendencies to succeed in and around the trenches -- a hunger for physical contact -- there's a spot for rugged warriors like Chase Thomas.
Teams may have been hoping for Tom Brady-like revelations late in this year's Draft while they surpassed Stanford's No. 44, but he'll bring a solid football player's approach, one that is more rare than it seems, to the next level.
Elsewhere: Tight End U
Besides Ertz, tight end Levine Toilolo and running back Stepfan Taylor were the only other two Stanford players drafted. Toilolo's selection in the fourth round to the Atlanta Falcons (where the legendary Tony Gonzalez is likely entering his final season before retirement) ensured that the 2013 season will feature seven Stanford products as tight ends in the NFL. No other school boasts more than five. The Cardinal, meanwhile, will parade Toilolo, Ertz, Coby Fleener, Jim Dray, Konrad Reuland, Evan Moore, and Alex Smith around on Sundays next year.
Of course, the Falcons love Toilolo's size, and there's no question they're intrigued by his in-line blocking ability. Harbaugh once considered using the 6-foot-8 behemoth as an offensive tackle, and any development Toilolo sees in the context of his catching abilities down the road has the potential to create a lethal red zone weapon in the Georgia Dome.
Meanwhile, Taylor will bring his versatile skill-set to the Desert, where Arizona is in desperate need of a running game revamp. The Cardinals chose Taylor in the fifth round to help rehaul a dismal ground attack that averaged only 3.4 yards per carry (75.3 yards per game) last season. University of Phoenix Stadium may be the perfect proving grounds for Stepfan Taylor: Adrian Peterson has gobbled up his predecessor Toby Gerhart's playing time in Minnesota, and we know that certainly won't happen in Arizona.
Other UDFAs
Former linebacker Alex Debniak will move to fullback after signing with Harbaugh's San Francisco 49ers, while cornerback Terrence Brown -- the only Cardinal player who passed up remaining eligibility to enter the Draft and went unselected -- signed with the Cincinnati Bengals. Wide receiver/punt returner Drew Terrell reported that he's headed to a Kansas City Chiefs rookie minicamp on Twitter. Fellow receiver Jamal-Rashad Patterson is headed to the Indianapolis Colts, where he'll join Andrew Luck, Coby Fleener, Griff Whalen, and Pep Hamilton. Defensive tackle Terrence Stephens will participate in a Jacksonville Jaguars rookie minicamp this coming weekend.
Padric Scott, a defensive tackle in Stanford's 2008 recruiting class that transferred to Florida A&M, has ended up a Cardinal anyway. He signed as an undrafted free agent with Arizona after powering up 39 bench press repetitions at his pro day.
Remember: Stanford led all colleges with nine rookies on NFL rosters at the end of 2012. The 2013 count likely won't be as high, but several surprises may still loom.
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Will and Jaden Smith Promote "After Earth" in Russia
Spending the holiday weekend promoting their new film, Will and Jaden Smith attended a photo call for "After Earth" in Russia on Monday (May 27).
The "Men in Black" star wore a black suit and navy dress shirt as he posed with his son and costar, who donned a white button-down shirt, black blazer, and black pants.
Earlier this weekend, the father-son duo were in London, England, where they had a chance to check out the UEFA Champions Festival.
While participating in a penalty shootout, the 44-year-old actor failed to hit the net against the two goalies, but after Dad jokingly tackling one of them, Jaden managed to score a goal.


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The Lazarus Pit: Cirith Ungol's King of the Dead/
Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don't get nearly enough love, stuff that's essential listening for students of extreme metal that you may not have ever heard of. Stuff that we're too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for. First off, we have one of my all-time favorites: Cirith Ungol's King of the Dead. I was introduced to this band a decade ago by a guy I used to role-play online with. He sent me the MP3 of "Master of the Pit," saying it was the heaviest thing ever. He wasn't wrong. And he should know -- he was an Alan Moore look-alike who claimed he lived in a commune somewhere in Washington (and may be a Wolves in the Throne Room roadie at this point, who knows).
Cirith Ungol were a Ventura, California-based group that started off in the early 70s doing psychedelic rock, but by the time they actually got around to recording albums they were full-on heavy metal. Their first proper full-length, Frost and Fire (released on their own label, Liquid Flame, in 1980), featured an intriguing blend of first-two-albums Iron Maiden with fuzz-laden 60s-70s rockers like UFO, Grand Funk Railroad, and Iron Butterfly. And it's a great record, don't get me wrong, but it only hinted at what was to come. Frost and Fire was still a little too derivative for them to truly carve out a name for themselves. No, they didn't craft their all-time classic until their next record: 1984's King of the Dead (Enigma).
I don't know what happened in the preceding four years (other than the departure of second guitarist Greg Lindstrom), but the resulting album is one of the flat-out heaviest unsung classics of the 80s. And a big part of its charm lies in its lack thereof: this noise ain't pretty to look at. Tim Baker shrieks so raw it'll skin your ears, and that's the only instrument not giving off feedback. I'm pretty sure they used a table saw as the guitar amp, the bass pops into your face like a snapped rubber band, and my best guess is that the drum kit was made out of actual human skulls. Unlike contemporaries like Hellhammer, though, Cirith Ungol weren't primitivists -- they went for Baroque, crafting melodic and complex compositions (even tackling Bach's "Toccata in D. Minor"). The group brought their psychedelic origins fully to bear on the New Wave of Brutish Heavy Metal, then slammed it between the hammer and the Anvil.
The first sound you hear is rumbling, the last sound their theme song, but the rumble might as well be the theme song. The words were inspired by Michael Moorcock, Harlan Ellison, Robert E. Howard. "Atom Smasher" and "Black Machine" roar towards oblivion, "Finger of Scorn" is the same one Iron Maiden's Wicker Man points at you, and I wouldn't want to encounter the "King of the Dead" in his crumbling underground dominion. They built their true monument, though, with "Master of the Pit," a seven-minute stunner that flows seamlessly between steel anthem and some of the most soul-destroying jamming ever recorded.
You can hear the legacy of King of the Dead today, in groups like The Gates of Slumber, Hammers of Misfortune, and even Boris (although I can't think of anyone who screeches quite like Baker). And while Cirith Ungol never found the success they deserved (or even replicated the quality of this record), King of the Dead remains a perfect little diamond in the rough, waiting to be discovered. BY YOU.


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This should have been called Crysis 2: New York jungle expansion pack instead of Crysis 3.
I'm not really seeing anything groundbreaking here.
Did they really have to use the Crysis 2 hud?
is this a movie or a game
So far they haven't surprised me yet.
I'm predicting the same thing basically except with a bow (which they're treating like their only selling point) and that the game will be basically forgotten after a couple months like the last one.
Anyone else think the music sounded a lot like mass effect's? They even made a reaper noise, what's up with that?
The 1.5 seconds of bow gameplay looked crap
gameplay trailer = 2 quick real gameplay scenes and the rest in-game cinematic
I don't know why, But this reminds me of Turok Evolutions... I need to go find that disc.
Surprise, it looks boring as batshit.
Doesn't look like a sequel to me and those aliens from C2 are back is meh. Aliens in C1 were so much better and more unique that regular footsoldiers.
Nice uppercut there.
C1 aliens were lesser of two evils, but they both suck major balls.
While in the Crysis 3 thread, this trailer has received nothing but praise, while here it received nothing but shame, that's interesting.
Personally I thought it wasn't so bad, could even think of enjoying it if I knew the multiplayer was going to be more like Crysis Wars, you know, not shit and actually fun?
I like to point out at the end of Crysis 2, We we promise a new location. Probably be in Germany or Japan as the next Ceph invasion but instead we are send back to New York. I thought all the Ceph were kill at the end of C2 and New York was purge of all the virus outbreak.
Meah, I must wait for a later build to decide, all this could easily be placeholders for something much more appealing.
and they wonder why valve are afraid of the number 3
Eh, i probably wont buy it, looks like they're not using Crysis 1 suit modes and instead opting for the retarded as fuck C2 modes, along with that i can't trust crytek after Crysis 2.
Oh man, who actually played Crysis 2's multiplayer for a decent amount of time, i still see people on Crysis's servers today, shame i can't play it because they never bothered to remove the DRM on the steam version so i need to use a crack.News posted:
I think they announced/showed too much, too soon. A slight extend on the original teaser trailer (to make it like 30 - 40 seconds long) would have been fine for the time being and then leave it at that for a couple of months.
Showing gameplay a year or so after it started development doesn't really create a good initial first impression with the reused sounds, hud and models. You should really wait until you have all the changes and features you want into the game first before showing off the "final" design.
I hope to god that the whole game isn't "hunting down all the ceph to take the city back" that sounds shallow as all hell.
Can't wait to not buy this.
Man I am getting tired of seeing New York
Crysis 1: Alright. It wasn't my kind of game, but it was still pretty awesome.
Crysis 2: Err...bland without flowgraph potential and can't play it due to EA's stupid Origin Manager screwing up.
Crysis 3: Same as above, but with MOAR forest and bow.
Well it's out in fucking 2013 so they have plenty of time to make it not suck.
Who am I kidding, they have nowhere near enough to start over.
These games whet from looking photo-realistic to Michael Bay videogame.
Why is he even using a bow?
It doesn't look very promising.
Meh, I remember when Ceph (Alien species) lived in cold atmospherics. (They turned the entire Island in Crysis 1 into ice)
And now they live in jungles. I really don't get this shit.
Crysis 2 with Crysis 1's jungle and bow.
Totally worth 50 dollars.
Stealth with press button to assassinate. Revolutionary.
Crysis 2.5
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poly on engineered hardwood floor?
My new to me house has 3/8 engineered hardwood throughout. From a ways back it looks a little dirty and scratched in the sun then once you get close there are a number of spots that are really ugly looking and have hair and dirt and crap stuck in the finish.
Turns out the guy that moved out lived next door, and told us that he coated the floor with polyurethane to brighten it up. He said he has done this on a number of solid hardwood floors in the past, and it worked great just this time it doesnt seem to be working out. It seems like he applied the poly without cleaning up the dog hair and dirt very well.
Does anybody know a way to strip this stuff off the original finish and work from there? Seems like a floor guy told me that most pre-finished floors are silver oxide finished or something like that and that poly wouldnt help them? Is there a product that will strip the poly off and leave the original finish?
Also, the high traffic spots are just really dirty looking I dont know if it is because of the poly he put down, or what I tried scrubbing it with a Bona hardwood system, but it didnt help much.
I would appreciate any advice anyone might have.
You will have no luck with standard floor refinishing methods. The laminate and the finish are too thin. You could attempt to fix the bad spots with Mohawk M720-1365 (pint) Wool-Lube Rubbing Lubricant and 0000 steel wool to "rub down" the sheen in areas that are not too bad. Dilute the Wool Lube with water to a 5:1 ratio (5 parts water to 1 part wool lube) and wet your wool liberally and then rub the finish with the grain to impart a fine scratch pattern. Using a higher quality steel wool will help ensure that no random coarse fibers will spoil your finish. Also, turn the pad so that the strands are perpendicular to the grain so that you're using the edges of the strands to do the cutting as you work with the grain. If this technique takes too much effort or isn't
dropping low enough you might first wet sand the finish using P800 or P1000 grit wet/dry sand paper and wool lube prior to rubbing with the wool. Use
care not to use a sand paper too coarse that your wool won't replace the scratch. A coarser sandpaper with an orbital sander may be needed for the really bad areas. So as you can see, your time to repair is probably worth more that the flooring is worth. Best to replace it.
Bob, Thanks for the reply.
We do eventually want to put down a better quality hardwood on top of it, but thats not in the budget quite yet.
Will the method you described require re-applying some kind of finish? or is the objective to only take off the polyurithane/hair/dirt concoction, and leave the original finish?
I think I will try what you described in the really bad spots...
To patch only. The original finish is very hard. And if you get into it, you will be into the laminate in no time. You ma need to apply another coat of poly to even thinks out. On the areas with dog hair use a cabinet scraper. This can also be used for any rough spots with "dust bunnies" in the surface
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Record: 10-4-0 (W-L-D)
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- Team Name: OAMA/Team Renzo Gracie
- Nationality: Canadian
- Age: 26
- Height: 6'0"
- Weight: 155lbs
- Total Fights: 14
- Record: 10-4-0 (W-L-D)
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The Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is part of a new breed of phones. Or is it a new breed of tablet? Anyhow these are phones so big that they bulge out of any pocket. Phones so massive that holding them is a tendon exercise by itself.
The Samsung Galaxy Mega doesn't have the high-grade specs of the Galaxy S4 either. At £450 or so it's pretty pricy. The Galaxy Mega is likely to please giant phone obsessives only, and even then there may be more attractive options.
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Just like the rest of the Galaxy series, the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 it runs the Android OS.
It looks like an Galaxy S4 on growth hormones - just as plasticky but much larger. The Galaxy Mega has a 6.3-inch screen. Samsung also makes a slightly smaller 5.8-inch version of the Mega, which sells for around £100 less.
The display is much larger than the Galaxy Note 2's screen, and that smaller device already had us discussing whether it was a phone or a tablet. The Galaxy Mega's size issue is something that will put off a lot of buyers, but it is the entire reason for phone to exist. It's the Godzilla of phones – although the Sony Xperia Z Ultra with its 6.4-inch screen looks like it might be Mechagodzilla.
The Galaxy Mega is 167mm long and 88mm wide. That's almost two centimetres wider than a Galaxy S4. For the vast majority of people this is a handful and a half, and it has pretty significant practical knock-on effects.
Using the phone in one hand tends to feel a little clumsy, awkward and precarious. Your thumb has to stretch to reach most of the screen, and much of it is simply too far away to reach at all. This not only makes the phone harder to wield, but also a bit easier to drop.
The large size has negative effects on the feel of the phone too. Like its Galaxy brothers, the rear of the Galaxy Mega is covered by a removable plastic battery plate. It's a super-slim piece of plastic that helps the phone to stay a super slim 8mm thick. It appears to be about as thick as the cover used in the Galaxy S4, but as it's even larger, its flex is all the more apparent.
Looks-wise, the Mega is pure Samsung Galaxy. It's thin, has a fairly slim screen bezel and a pair of innocuous light-up soft keys that surround the bottom select key.
Thanks to its plastic construction, the Samsung Galaxy Mega is not a phone that feels super high-end. However, there are some practical benefits to its design, and the dotty texture on both the front and rear stop it looking like a basic glossy plastic phone.
Its removable rear gives you access to the chunky battery unit and a memory card slot. As a phone that we can envision many people using as a portable movie player, having expandable storage is an important extra.
The Samsung Galaxy Mega does have a decent chunk of internal memory of its own – 16/32/64GB editions are out there, but in the UK most retailers are stocking the lowest-end 16GB edition.
Its screen makes the phone quite difficult to use, but does the quality of the Samsung Galaxy Mega display make up for it?
The Galaxy Mega's screen makes less of an impact in this respect than the Galaxy S4's. It's huge, yes, but in quality terms it's not quite up there with the very best.
It has a 720p-resolution panel, where smaller phones are starting to use 1080p screens. Its display is not a blocky mess – it's reasonably sharp - but far removed from the pristine smoothness of an ultra-high pixel density display.
Confirmed: larger than The Shard
The S-LCD panel doesn't have quite the black depth and contrast of the Galaxy S4's OLED screen either, and at high brightness settings colours can look slightly washed out.
When not assessed among top-end peers, though, it fares better. The Galaxy Mega screen may be a slight case of quantity over quality, but it is still good.
As with the Galaxy S4, you can change the tone of the screen within settings for a more saturated or cool look – however as the phone uses an LCD screen rather than the OLED type, there's much less need for this feature.
There's an ambient light sensor that lets the phone manage both contrast and brightness depending on the light conditions. Thanks to this and the fingerprint-resistant layer of the screen, outdoor visibility is reasonably good – although not on-par with the Galaxy S4.
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Looks like they dropped the ball with this one. If it had the latest specs it could have fulfilled my phone and tablet needs.
I own this phone coming from the Galaxy Note as i wanted 1 device rather than a phone and tablet, Its an amazing device, fast with no lag, great screen (who needs 1080p at this size) the camera is great the speaker is the loudest ive heard, and overall its a great phone. People need to stop following what marketing departments force feed you, with Pc's it was the ghz war then the cores war (Amd oct core anyone??) then with cameras it was megapixel war then optical zooms (tried using 40x optical zoom...blurry mess) Now with phones we are combining both these wars and putting spin on it. For most users does a quad core offer any benefit? Nope, does a 1080p screen really benefit on a small device...nope well apart from taxing the cpu and battery. And as a staunch user of samsung phones this lcd panel offeres a more natural colour pallette with none of the issues faced on the amoled screens, Just do a google for black crush amoled on xda and see how badly Samsung mucked up the amoled drivers, yet this panel offers an amazingly sharp colour neutral and extremely bright image.
Yes its too large for most people but then they would not buy it anyway, however its the phone thats impressed me the most overall.
I will prefer Ascend mate over it as it is much lower in price still the display is much better and gives a smooth experience.
The Galaxy Note 3 looks even better to me.
Awesome display. I want mine now
Buggy review, improper and without technical competence. Who defines
the "State of the Art" ? The reviewer suggests that anything not new and
with big numbers in the specs is awfully outdated....i think, imho, the
reviewer itself is kinda outdated.
I own this device since
only a day, but it´s for me, in the short using time, the best device of
it´s kind i ever had. No need to tell what and how many i owned in the
past (or actually own). Just my 2 cents....and u can take it or leave it :P
For $150 this "phone" is amazing. Expensive? Really?
Just got it... and for what I use a phone/tablet for its perfect... Of course if you are a gamer or are doing something else that would actually use 4 cores... its probably not for you.
Leave the Opinions to yourself. Just because you don't like the size don't rate it bad. The sheer size of the screen is the reason I'd even want to buy it. I would love if they up-ed it to 7inches. Currently I have the Note 2. but if the Mega had flagship specs I'd upgrade to this in a heart beat.
Got this phone the other week and love it,love the size,mainly use for watching sky go,bt sport in my taxi while bored on the rank,to me the size is a plus if you mainly watch tv videos etc in fact 7 or 8 inches would have been better,i use Bluetooth for calls so i dont have to hold it.
sky go compatible is a big bonus for me as not many phones this size at this price work with sky go.
Paid £268 off Amazon,bargain.and 4g ready what more do you want
Thank god I never bought any "skinny" jeans. Its large but as a bluetooth headset user this solution works perfect for me. Full size web pages are easily workable. Wish the camera had 120 fps on the video recorder. Wish the battery was larger since at this size a little thickness would not be noticeable. First 2 days it was large but picked up my HTC Sensation to remove the SD card and it is just tiny. I could never go back. Onward to 7" please.
I bought this phone 3 weeks ago . So far soo good . I think its a great deal you wont regret about. Its so fast never been laggy with very nice colors on lcd . Batery is fair good for such huge screen size . And the camira is very clear with good video shooting.
I think this phone should have been rated much much higher. 8/10 easly
Honestly i am crazy about phones and i like phones with good spec and big screen as well and that why i like this Samsung mega 6.3 how i wish the phone has quad core processor!
above all, i wld love the phone... bcos i want to buy one.
But my only problem is that the 6.3" is not available in Nigeria **sad face** and getting it from Ebay or Amazon is another problem bcos im here in Nigeria.
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If you want an unscientific analysis of this weekend's Derby prep races, there's this: the 9 horse field Arkansas Derby has 5 horses on our top 12 (and a 6th Ride On Curlin is just off the list); while the 15 horse Blue Grass Stakes has none. That may or may not mean anything. Oh, here's the ballots.
The WirePlayers blog is powered by Liege waffles, Caol Ila, and 50 cent Pick 4s. But it's these fine individuals who provide the true horsepower behind the Derby Dozen:
Brian Zipse from Horse Racing Nation
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Geno from EquiSpace
The Turk
Tony Bada Bing from Horse Racing Nation
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Dylan Jarmulowicz
Andrew Mangini
Melissa Nolan