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· +44 (0)7936 515415, tourparty.com. With hotel (£575pp) or lessons only (£375pp).
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Sponsored by the surf label Roxy, Girlie Camps provide pro female riders to teach different ability groups of girls - from beginners to experts - in this top Swiss resort. Goodie bags are included.
· girliecamps.com. From £409 per week including lift pass and accommodation. Four camps, in February and March.
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"Not for the faint-hearted" reads the blurb for this advanced backcountry course. Lots of powder and steep descents will enlighten you as to why experts love this French resort.
· +44 (0)141-416 3828, mcnabsnowsports.com. Six days' guided riding, lift pass and half-board accommodation costs £1,165; three trips, in February and March.
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Chalet Snowboard's relaxed camps focus on playing in the pipe, park and powder in Morzine-Avoriaz, France.
· step-on.co.uk. A week's full board in February or April from £350pp with three hours' coaching per day.
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This Canadian resort has epic snowfalls, so is perfect for improving powder riding, tree runs and park skills on this intense camp. There's group analysis over beers each night.
· 0845 365 1525, nonstopsnowboard.com. Two-week course, March 1-15, costs £2,300, including flights and half board at the new Nonstop Lodge.


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Services running 4G technology will begin in a month's time. Airtel will be the first to launch these services in India.
Using the 4G one can obtain speeds greater than 100 Mbps. Currently the speed offered by 3G is 21Mbps. The cost for the services obtained under the new technology will be high.
Airtel is going to expand its 4G services to other cities as soon as the technology is unveiled in Kolkata. Various other companies like Reliance Infotel, BSNL, Tikona, Aircel. Qualcomm, MTNL are also eagerly awaiting to start their respective 4G services. These services are expected to start by July this year.
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Never change a running system is what you often hear, and it may, in particular, apply to already successful communities. I am sure many of you were confronted with similar questions like, why should you switch from vBulletin 3.8 if most of your members are happy with it? As an admin you may try to explain all the details, how vBulletin 3.8 was the last version of vBulletin that was up to your standards, that it didn't receive any feature upgrades in many years, that it's incompatible with modern software such as PHP 5.4, and so on. It sounds all reasonable; yet, at least in my experience, regular members usually have a different opinion about the need to migrate to another forum software.
When migrating to xF, one common "mistake" I have noted in various communities is that admins took an existing community with an established set of features (whether built-in or due to add-ons) and blindly upgraded it to a more or less plain xF installation. The result shouldn't come at a surprise: members complaining about suddenly missing features which they had learned to use and love over the years. No matter how much you focus on the benefits of xF, your members (in particular established ones) are likely to point out how the previous system was "better" because it had this or that feature that is now missing and that was, of course, most important to them.
So what to to do? For my own community, which still runs a heavily modified vB 3.8, I made a list of 60 or so features, some vB built-in and many custom, ranked from 1 to 5 (least to most important), that are presently not available in xF. Before I do the actual migration (which I hope will be around the time xF 1.2 is released), I am working through that list and complement the most important missing features with my own xF add-ons or with add-ons provided by the excellent xF community.
I am interested in hearing how you dealt with the migration process. How did you explain the need to migrate to xF to your community? Did you take time to prepare for the migration and explain it carefully to your members? How did you react to those members who don't like any kind of change and who focus on continuously expressing their personal disappointment rather than on the benefits that the new software brings?


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Apple iPad mini Review
0. phoneArena posted on 05 Nov 2012, 04:56
By now, we're fairly familiar with what entails the iPad mini, but upon looking at its $330 starting price point, it's still somewhat rather difficult to swallow after quickly peeking at its specs sheet. Still, beauty as we all know is more than simply skin deep – so let's explore everything and see if there's something more grand beneath it all...
This is a discussion for a review. To read the whole review, click here
25. MorePhonesThanNeeded (Posts: 645; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
"Factoring in its hardware specs and all, it would lead anyone to believe that this latest iPad is rather over-bloated at $330, which is still seen as a considerable investment over other highly prized tablets. Despite the less-than-stellar hardware in tow with this one, its unbelievable construction is proof enough to make us believe that its price point is every bit warranted. Looking at it, there's no doubt that plenty of love was placed into the design of the Pad mini!"
Lol, now all of a sudden construction of the device warrants the bloated price? You sir are an enabler, basically telling people it's great to indulge in this stupid farce. Lowest resolution of the best 7" pads out there, old CPU and half the amount of RAM. Yet you marvel at how it can run and do so much, with a dimunitive OS which is basically an app launcher what the hell, the processor isn't actually doing anything else so it can afford to run games. But you praise the iPhone for retina display, this things display is comical at best. You biased and ridiculous reporters are terrible, you turn a con into something less than. Typing on the screen is a bit hard, but oh in landscape mode we find ourselves typing faster as our hand could easily reach across the entire screen...wtf? Logic dictates this is a give you malcontents. The system stutters when playing games, the lack of support for the popular codecs yet they go on to say the video played smooth enough and kept our attention. Speakers have minimal distortion, means it distorts don't crank it to max.
This review reads like a sales pitch, every con is met with oh it's not that bad and then comes the kicker, you justify the price tag with build of the device? You guys are the worst, a bunch of cons and I see one on the review score of 8.5. The reviewer buffed out all those other cons and was left with one he couldn't buff out. Disgusting writing if you ask me, deceptive tactic used to sell products. Can't wait to see the comparison reviews, that should be a hoot.
28. twashington4 (Posts: 81; Member since: 24 May 2010)
Anyone think it's interesting that the IPad Mini supports Siri and you can't even get it on the IPad 2 and it's basically the same stinking hardware. Apple is full of it with that one.
33. nwright94 (unregistered)
I think it's because the iPad mini has audience noise canceling technology and the iPad 2 doesn't meaning Siri would listen on for forever.
29. yingcong6 (Posts: 22; Member since: 09 Feb 2012)
There is one more con:"price", so it's at most 8 points
32. nwright94 (unregistered)
I have an iPad 3 and love it but for $300 I'm getting the nexus 7 32gb with hspa+ while saving $30. Get NFC and a higher resolution display. I'm positive the iPad mini will give a great user experience, but for $30 cheaper you can get much more. The main downside to picking the nexus 7 though is the tablet app selection is severely lacking but hopefully that will change.
35. steveedojob (Posts: 1; Member since: 06 Nov 2012)
8.5 for the smaller Ipad 2???? Sure this reviewer from Phonearena is the Apple fans like Eldar Murtazin from Mobile-review. Nice design??? All apple design look the same nothing special...You all know why all Apple product for example cannot directly transfer photo etc via bluetooth to PC or other product other than Apple product??? Because Steve Jobs want a monopoly, buy Apple product don't buy other product so you can transfer file easyly. Wakaka.
36. bensch (Posts: 7; Member since: 06 Nov 2012)
It is highly interesting when people comment on Apple products, specifically this year. Some claim they are extremely good, innovative, others say they are nothing special compared to Android devices. The truth about Apple devices, and in this case the iPad mini, is that Apple has a market on its own, which is what makes them so successful. Their success is not completely fan-base; they do in fact offer very good products with an outstanding build quality and a very user-friendly UI/OS. This applies to their computers as well as mobile devices. When buying an apple product you get two things: build quality and reliability. Of course this comes at a very high price (in this specific case, an unreasonably high price). Android devices should not be compared with Apple's. There are tens of brands running Android, and that is where comparisons should be made, between those devices. Apple's devices should not compete in the same league, thus we should not get so upset. Apple and Android based devices are not competing for the same market. If you are a geek and enjoy customization go for android, if you are a show off who simply enjoys browsing the internet, checking stocks and become part of the Apple community, buy Apple.
The iPad mini, though, is slightly different. With the iPad mini Apple decided to enter a market which Apple has not yet set a standard upon with previous models. Whereas in the case of the iPad and the iPhone, previous models have set a certain standard in the mobile world. The iPad mini attempts to challenge the 7 inch market, which is a market completely owned by Android so far. Apple is stepping out of its territory, and that is something I do not approve. The advantages of the iPads have always been the screen size/colour reproduction, the GPU and the usability. Prices have always been very high compared to the "competition". With the iPad mini Apple is offering nothing special in terms of specs. They don't offer a good screen, and in terms of prices they have truly exaggerated. The build quality cannot serve as an excuse because Android devices in the 7 inch reign have already shown off some very good aluminium bodies and gorilla glass surfaces paired with HD screens.
Bottom line: there is a reason Jobs did not want to enter the 7 inch market, and that is because he believed Apple had no chance of entering such market successfully.
37. FranksGT (Posts: 167; Member since: 29 Aug 2012)
Overall performance. You guys didnt test the damn thing whatsoever then. Just playing with the Ipad Mini at my Local walmart steered me away from it. Downloaded a Racing game and it was just as slow as my old HTC Inspire. Only thing it performs normal in is low resolution games, and browsing the internet. I wanted a Ipad so bad for a tablet and the Mini would of done so fine, but I was drawn back by horrible display, the walmart lighting had that thing hard to stare at. Horrible proccessing power, High price point. Turned to the Nexus 7 and will never look back!
42. soshi (Posts: 154; Member since: 08 Mar 2012)
iPad mini is sell to testing loyality to apple's costumer
43. cristianer (Posts: 42; Member since: 20 Aug 2010)
Waiting iPad Mini 2 with Retina Dislpay. :-)
46. robocopvn (Posts: 448; Member since: 10 Mar 2010)
Cons need more:
-Old hardware (not for furture)
-No micro SD
-High price for the performance
so it cannot be 8.5 point
47. hamid50 (Posts: 3; Member since: 11 Nov 2012)
just have good price and i like it
48. cnice (Posts: 2; Member since: 09 Dec 2012)
I found a great website that shows great tips tricks, hacks and updates for android, apple, and gaming consoles at, electronicshacked.yolasite.com/
49. ljade.abadinas (Posts: 21; Member since: 30 Nov 2012)
For me, I will give it a 6 rating... Sorry Apple! :P


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When American Playhouse presented the teleplay Judgment at Nuremberg, in 1959, the sponsoring American Gas Company insisted the word "gas" be bleeped out in all references to concentration-camp deaths. Things have improved since then, but from the silence of the 1950s to the "Holocaust fatigue" of the past decade, things have also grown more complex.
There's no doubt that Holocaust films have become progressively more prominent with distance from the actual events. In the first edition of Annette Insdorf's authoritative Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust, published in 1983, she counted about 80 Holocaust-related films in the postwar period, by her second edition (1989) there were 272 , with another 170 added to the filmography by 2003.
Do popular Holocaust dramas really ensure that people never forget the extermination of Jews in World War Two, or do they cloud history with sentimental distortions? Is it even appropriate to consider Holocaust films a genre? And if they are a genre, what is its future in a world with ever-fewer living survivors?
1950s-1970s: Hiding and exposing
In the post-war years, European dramas and documentaries ( Distant Journey, Passenger, Night and Fog) dealt directly with the deportation and extermination of Jews and French-Nazi collaboration ( The Sorrow and the Pity). In contrast, Hollywood films tended to focus on individual's dramas, such as The Diary of Anne Frank (nominated for an Oscar in 1959) or The Pawnbroker (1964). Exposing war criminals was both the subject of legal dramas (1961's Judgment at Nuremberg) and thrillers starring Laurence Oliver, including Marathon Man (1976) and The Boys from Brazil (1978)
1978-1990: The Holocaust in Popular Culture
The controversial NBC series Holocaust brought the facts of the Final Solution into popular consciousness, including to a generation of German students. Survivors began recording testimony at Yale University. President Jimmy Carter appoints the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. From melodramas like Sophie's Choice (1982) to exhaustive documentary in Claude Lanzmann's Shoah (1985), the Holocaust became mainstream. Jewish film festivals began in major cities around the world.
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Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993), about German businessman Oskar Schindler who saved the lives of more than 1,000 mostly Polish-Jewish refugees by employing them in his factories, won seven Oscars and was seen by 25 million people in U.S. and Canadian theatres and another 30 million on U.S. television. Spielberg establishes the Shoah Foundation in 1994 to videotape Holocaust survivors. Four years later, in 1997, Roberto Benigni's Holocaust fable Life Is Beautiful wins best actor, best score and best foreign-language film. The best feature-length documentary Oscar goes to Anne Frank Remembered (1995), The Long Way Home (1997), The Last Days (1998), Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000). In 2002, Roman Polanski's The Pianist won the Oscars for best director and best actor.
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AI will be making a volcano cake with dry ice, I will be using the mini wonder pan mold for the volcano. As most decorators like to take pictures before the cake leave the building, once the dry ice is activated (smoke take affect) could a picture be taken at the facility and then the customer could activate it again at the party venue?
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The Obama administration seems to be open to a movement known as "progressive federalism," in which governors and activist state attorneys general have been trying to lead the way on environmental initiatives, consumer protection and other issues, several constitutional experts say.
A recent decision by President Obama that could open the way for California and other states to set their own limits on greenhouse gases from cars and trucks represents a shift in the delicate and often acrimonious relationship between the federal government and the states, legal experts say, possibly signaling a new view of federalism.
"I think it's quite significant," said Samuel Issacharoff, a professor of constitutional law at New York University law school. "It shows the Obama administration's more benign view of government intervention," Professor Issacharoff said, and "may indicate a spirit of cooperative federalism" in which Washington will look to the states for new ideas and even a measure of guidance.
Tom Miller, the attorney general of Iowa, who met with the transition team in December to discuss federalism and other issues, said he believed the Obama administration would "usher in a new era in federal-state relations." Members of the new administration, Mr. Miller said, "are open to what we're talking about, what we're thinking." They also appreciate, he said, the fact that state attorneys general often achieve a level of bipartisan cooperation when they band together to pursue lawsuits.
The general trend under previous administrations had favored federal pre-emption, the belief that the best law comes from Washington, a concept still favored by business leaders.Continue reading the main story
William L. Kovacs, a vice president for environmental and regulatory issues at the United States Chamber of Commerce, said free-for-all federalism was bad for business and would lead to a "patchwork of laws impacting a troubled industry." Detroit, Mr. Kovacs said, would have to produce different cars for different parts of the country, and the environmental protection agency would grow tremendously to meet the new regulatory burden.
Many liberal thinkers skeptical of states' rights and state actions since the days of segregation have begun to see that the states, to use Justice Louis Brandeis's words from the 1930s, can "serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country."
Professor Issacharoff said states were often quicker than Washington to spot a problem when it emerged, and so "it may be the states that have the best initial take on it, and try different regulatory methods until we fasten on a single national solution."
States have taken up the challenge of consumer protection, addressing issues like predatory lending well before the federal government took action, and often achieving reforms by suing the federal government to force it to enforce its laws and through legal settlements with industry. In October, 11 states reached an $8.4 billion settlement with Countrywide Financial in which it agreed to modify home loans to help people at risk of foreclosure. And in 2006, 49 states and the District of Columbia reached a $325 million settlement with the Ameriquest Mortgage company to change its policies.
Attorneys general also pressured major universities to adopt a code of conduct regarding their relationships with student lending companies. Eliot Spitzer, the former New York attorney general, achieved a settlement with the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline in 2004 in which it agreed to release more information about the risks to patients that had come out in clinical trials.
The Obama administration, then, is embracing a states' rights movement that a liberal could love. "The pro-regulatory folks realized in the last eight years that the old line on federal power being the only good power wasn't correct," said William Marshall, a law professor at the University of North Carolina who was deputy White House counsel in the Clinton administration and a former solicitor general of Ohio.
"It doesn't mean you abandon the federal regulatory process — you don't, of course," Mr. Marshall said. "But you treat it as a floor and not a ceiling."
He added, "The Obama administration is signaling that state regulations may very well complement federal regulations, and they can both work together to achieve important goals."
Still, James E. Tierney, the director of the National State Attorneys General Program at Columbia University Law School, cautioned against reading too much into a single presidential directive. "I don't think we have a hallmark, sweeping view of states' rights here," Mr. Tierney said. He said "the Obama administration is going to take these one at a time" and "will be with the states as long as the states fit in with his view of the national interest."
And Walter Dellinger, a solicitor general in the Clinton administration, said that the economic rise of the United States, compared with Europe's, in the 1950s could be attributed in large part to the unified American market. Now Europe's markets have unified, Mr. Dellinger noted. "There is a serious risk that if we decentralize regulations too much, we will, ironically, switch places with Europe," he said.
Mr. Tierney, who is a former Maine attorney general, said that while he was an advocate for state power, there were areas where federal power should nonetheless hold sway. "What the federal government ought to do," he said, "is open the door to the states, and let the states enforce the law that the federal government promulgates."
He added, "This is the opportunity to have the attorneys general join their own government instead of suing their own government."Continue reading the main story


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Langston, Wyatt, Ascension (new guy needs to be added) and Paige would be good.
Yeah they cannot move to many guys up at once. I'd like to see Ohno up there but I can also wait.
Yes Paige is ready, she will help the Divas division alot....
Ohna would also be a great addition along with Wyatt and Big E.
So much this, he should have replaced Reigns... imagine Ambrose, Rollins and Ohno in one stable.
Paige is amazing and plus I have a massive crush in her. So I hope she gets called up!
When Seabs quotes me he makes weird coding errors
I sort of like the big muscle stature of Reigns though.
Don't get me wrong he looks like a star but I'd rather see him come in later if that makes sense, he doesn't really fit with the two others IMO as an initial rebel. Plus as good as NXT is Ohno is too good not to be on the main show.
Agreed, he doesn't look like a rebel. Though I'm not sure three vanilla midgets taking out Ryback is believable. They could have made it a 4-man stabler with Wyatt, not sure if that's pushing it though.
Ohno will have his time though we can be patient. We had to wait a lot longer for Ambrose so yeah.
That's true and I liked his spear as Ryback was about to powerbomb Punk, I suppose he's the Skip Sheffield of this group.... ironic really.
I'd probably just combust if Kaitlyn faced Paige..
Seriously just Paige!
We need some divas! Plus she's from the UK!
Yeah, we waited two years for Ambrose and three years for Rollins. We can wait a little over six months for Ohno.
Skip Sheffield? Who? :vince:
Who would she face that's entertaining at all? Beth Phoenix is gone, Natayla isn't used, Kharma was fired, I really wouldn't even shed one single ounce of care if it was Paige vs Layla or Paige vs Kaitlyn etc, that would just bore me.
Heel Paige vs Face AJ could be cool however.
The divas division is in turmoil.
This for sure.
Also it's time to bring Natalya into the game for sure. Such a waste.
I think the way the Shield ended up was OK. Seeing Wyatt, Ohno and Paige on the main roster can't hurt but I can wait.


text: I'm a season ticket holder, love it, and try my best to never ever take it for granted. But I've got to admit, I'm conflicted about it at times. Yes, going to the games is super cool, but there have been Sundays when I kinda wanted to stay home, even though I can get from my house to my seat in less than 45 minutes, and home from the stadium in equal time. Conflicted not so much because of the high number of opposing jerseys that attend the games - which can be nauseating, especially for the lowest-common-denominator teams like the Saints, Reskins, Eagles, Raiders, etc - and not because of the high prices on concessions, which I don't really partake in outside of a diet coke and an occassional chicken cheesy flauta (mmmm, good!). All in all, it's a first class experience, made better by the fact that I share it each Sunday with my aging father. These are times never to be forgotten. So why? What could possibly be conflicting about getting to go to Cowboys games and see first-hand my lifelong favorite team? And why is it taking me five, going on six, paragraphs to get to the point? (Read your mind.) It's because of the brilliance of the NFL telecast. Monster televisions with razor sharp definition, multiple replay angles, pause and rewind....and now one of the true wonders of the civilized world, The Red Zone Channel. If you don't got it, get it, and thank me later. It's intoxicating to sit there and literally watch every game at the same time without so much as touching your remote control. No commercials. No trouble following along whatsoever. Not a minute of boredom. The only downside is having to get up to go pee during the commercial, because again, there aren't any. Sitting at a Cowboys game, you're in a bit of bubble, locked into this one game, with nothing but league scores occassionally trickling across the scoreboard from time to time. Yes, you get a Red Zone channel update on the big screen, but the highlight is typically an hour old, so it serves little purpose. Jacksonville might be on to something. They're talking about putting the Red Zone Channel on their stadium screens during home games for their fans. Granted, that's some bad football they're rolling out there, but the result might be worth looking at by Jerry. No, I wouldn't want it as a constant (unless other screens could be installed, and that might be a bad idea, too). However, there's a LOT of downtime during the game during commercials and halftime, and that would really make the game more fun to be able to watch football when the game is in a holding pattern. Frankly, at these prices, we shouldn't be "sacrificing" our football experience by going ot the game. Teams should reward its paying patrons with a more visceral experience at the game then what they can get at home, which happens in Cowboys Stadium except for this one important area. Most importantly, it would relieve my confliction. I can feel your sympathy. Don't judge me.


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iPod nano 5G: Shoots video, FM tuner with Live Pause, Pedometer (with videos!)
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The iPod nano got a very welcome upgrade today, with Apple integrating a camera into the device, making it the first (and only - sorry iPod touch) iPod with a built-in camera. On the lower left on back of the iPod nano sits the camera, along with speaker and microphone. The iPod nano only records video, so it doesn't take still images, and those videos are recorded at 640x480 in H.264 up to 30fps with AAC audio. There are also 15 video effects you can apply, like Black and White, Film Grain, Thermal, X-Ray, and more.
Also making the iPod nano unique is the addition of an FM tuner, again, a first for the iPod line. Apple has even included a feature they call Live Pause, which lets you pause radio, and continue listening later. It holds a buffer of up to 15 minutes. You'll also find a pedometer in the new nano, which works together with the built-in Nike+ integration, and a new, larger 2.2-inch screen - up from 2-inch on the previous model. We've got videos after the break that show off the iPod nano video camera, Genius Mix, and FM radio features.
The fifth generation iPod nano is available now at $149 for the 8GB model, and $179 for the 16GB version, and they come in nine new colors.
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Meet Stan Lee at Pittsburgh Comicon
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Comic book god Stan Lee is joining forces with Hero Initiative, agreeing to meet and greet six winners at the Pittsburgh Comicon.
In order to nab one of the coveted six slots, you've got to sharpen your eBay skills and bid on them at the Hero Initiative's account. Currently at $157 a pop, the 2 days that you have left will most likely see an exponential increase in price; however, what does money matter when you get to meet Stan Lee?
If you get past that hurdle, the event will take place on Saturday, September 12; once there, you will be escorted to the VIP room by personnel and receive pictures with Stan and two autographs on items of your choice, on top of gracing his presence.
All proceeds of the auction benefit Hero Initiative, a non-profit dedicated to aiding comic book creators in financial and medical support. In other words, you'll be doing charity while meeting The Man!
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iPhone MMS officially launches September 25, misses "late summer" target
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Cell Phones
It's official, MMS is coming to the iPhone 3G and 3GS on September 25th, according to AT&T. For those keeping track, that pushes the promise of "late summer" back to "early fall" since technically, summer ends on September 22nd. On the surface, it seems like not such a big deal, but it is just another straw that is being added to the camel's back as it pertains to AT&T. Many suspected that MMS would go live on September 9th, alongside the Apple iPod event scheduled for that day. Hey, better late than never, right?
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Dead Space Extraction Interview and Footage
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The Dead Space franchise is headed to the Nintendo Wii with Dead Space Extraction. earlier today, Visceral Studio announced that the game, which launches in the US on September 29, has gone gold. They've released a boss trailer, along with interview snippets with the developers of the game, detailing what we should expect from the Wii version of Dead Space. Hit the video for the full scoop, but here's a hint: just because this is a Wii title, don't expect the horror elements to be any less impressive than they were in the original. We're excited.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Review (with video!)
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Mac owners, the time for upgrading is upon as, as Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is now available on a worldwide basis. If you didn't know that there was a new operating system from Apple today, we wouldn't blame you, because it's kind of been released without much fanfare. You see, Snow Leopard is all about fine tuning, refining, and improving upon OS X 10.5 Leopard. It's a makeover that, at first glance, seems underwhelming because the majority of the changes occur "under the hood" so to speak.
So, what can you expect? Well, if you've used an iPhone 3G and an iPhone 3GS, think of it in those terms. They are really pretty much the same product, but the 3GS is much snappier, and has a couple of new features that the 3G doesn't have, namely a better camera and a compass. Comparing Snow Leopard to Leopard is similar - you get speed, things feel faster, and potential is unlocked for the future, because there are some cool things that third-parties can tap into now.
Not everything is under the hood, though. You will see a few UI tweaks, like Dock Expose, right-click dock menus, Finder icons, and the like. We will cover all of those in more detail, but again, that isn't the focus here. If you are underwhelmed right now, read on, because there is a lot to be excited about. At the very least, though, understand that upgrading to Snow Leopard will cost you just $29. Now that we have your attention, let's move on. We've got videos for you, after the break.
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Disney Buys Marvel for $4 Billion
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As if Disney didn't own much of our childhood already, the media conglomerate has now spent an estimated $4 billion to acquire Marvel Entertainment, marking the deal as its largest since attaining Pixar in 2006.
Of the whopping $4 billion the company shelled out to obtain the comic book powerhouse, Chief Financial Officer Tom Staggs points out that any great venture is worth the price tag: "You can't expect to pay a bargain price for premium assets. Marvel is worth more inside Disney than outside Disney."
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Sony announces Reader Daily Edition: Touchscreen, free library ebook checkouts
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Earlier this morning, Sony announced their Reader Daily Edition, which sits at the top of the line of the Sony Reader ebook reader family. The Sony Reader Daily Edition boasts a seven-inch touchscreen with 16 shades of gray, and like the Amazon Kindle, it has 3G access built-in for purchasing books from the Sony eBook Store. The 3G connection is provided by AT&T.
You'll be able to get your hands on the Sony Reader Daily Edition this December for $400, and it'll be compatible with the new eBook Library 3.0 software, which now supports Macs. Even better though, and what sets this apart, is that there is a built in library finder services, and it lets you check out ebooks from local public libraries, at no cost. You just need a library card, find the books you want, and go to the library to get them loaded onto the Reader Daily Edition. The New York Public Library is one of the big launch partners, but "thousands more" will be available as well. When you check out a book, you get between 2-4 weeks to read it before it expires on the device. A huge advantage over what the Kindle offers, which is 100% paid content.
I don't know about you, but we are fairly excited about this one.
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Sony announces slimmed down PS3: $300, available September
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One of the worst-kept secrets in the past few months has finally been confirmed, as Sony has finally announced their newer, slimmer PS3. Affectionately known as the PS3 Slim to gamers, the new PS3 is smaller, lighter, and has "all the same features" as the current PS3, according to Sony. Of course, after some digging, we did find that the PS3 Slim won't support installing Linux on the system like its larger brethren does…but we're guessing that not too many of you will cry over that. The PS3 Slim will also use 34% less power, and takes up 32% less space than the existing PS3. All this goodness will be available this September for $299. If you want to pick up one of the larger PS3s, those will be available in stores at a new low price, with the 80GB model selling for $299, and the 160GB model selling for $399. The PS3 Slim will pack in a 120GB hard drive.
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Bleeding Edge TV 315: Zune HD hands-on Interface Preview
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We were able to spend some quality time with the Zune HD a couple of days ago, and we put together this video walkthrough of the interface on the device. Unfortunately, we weren't connected to Wi-Fi, so we weren;t able to show web browsing, downloading from the Marketplace, or Social, but this gives you a really good idea of what to expect when you get pick up your Zune HD (available for pre-order now) come September 15th.
Our favorite feature? I'll probably be using the pinned items on the side quite a bit, especially for the recently synched stuff. Quick access to things like that have been much needed on touch devices. A runner up would have to be the quick scroll in the music browser. Again, it saves you on just quickly swiping a bunch of times, hoping to get to the right spot.
All in all, we're impressed. Of course, we will have a full Zune HD review when we get our own device. For now, be sure to read up on everything we know about the Zune HD.
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The 2012 Lincoln MKX has a raft of well-conceived luxury and entertainment touches, everything from leather to panoramic sunroof to HD radio, but wary buyers will want to spend some time with MyLincoln Touch before they're sold on the complex voice-controlled system.
MyLincoln Touch is Ford's way of tying together navigation, phone, climate and entertainment features with voice control--though steering-wheel controls and a touchscreen LCD also get in on the action. MyLincoln Touch, and its sister in gigabytes, MyFord Touch, have drawn complaints over their information-packed displays, and in the confusing depth of control they deliver without a spray of buttons and levers.
A few examples show the system's breathtaking reach and the potential for frustration. To set a destination, the driver can either press a steering-wheel button and speak the destination; MyLincoln Touch searches and returns results, which the driver chooses or discards if they're not relevant. Enjoying a song on the MKX's radio? A tap on the LCD touchscreen cues MyLincoln Touch to bookmark the track on a portable music player for downloading later, at a desktop. Want to change the height of the power-opening tailgate in cargo-loading mode? That's also driven by the screen, though it's also possible to cycle through those same screens with the steering-wheel buttons. Whew.
MyLincoln Touch will be revised in the 2013 model year, but Ford is promising those updates will also be available to all users as a firmware download. Until then, it's simply having to spend more time teaching dealers and customers how to use the system--a big leap of faith for a brand that's facing the newly connected car in a completely different way than established luxury players, most of which have their own aggravating solutions in place (COMAND, iDrive, MMI, and Remote Touch).Above and beyond a dizzying array of services, the MKX also sports a media hub with two USB ports, a set of composite jacks and an SD card slot. Instead of fitting a CD changer, Ford thinks this module will let it stay ahead of in-car electronics and user needs. Unfortunately, in this case, the media hub is slotted behind the shifter and it's hard to plug in your USB cable. There's also a plastic lip that makes putting anything flat—like an SD card—in that bin a very difficult exercise in extraction.
There's so much more technology bundled in, like THX II audio, MyKey and Intelligent Access, it's difficult to picture any luxury crossover leaping ahead of the MKX's state of the art tech features. Those features alone are enough to put the MKX on the radar for anyone thinking of Touaregs, FX50s or X5s. The 2011 MKX isn't quite as advanced as these vehicle in every way, but it might just have the single feature every driver really wants, if you asked them in a weak moment: a way to play music and talk while sitting in traffic, without getting in trouble with the law.


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Google's hardware unit Motorola has dropped out of the specs race. That's the big takeaway from the Moto X announcement as a smartphone with decidedly "mid-range" specs hopes to take on the Galaxy S4s, the HTC Ones and the iPhones of the world. So we don't have the highest resolution display nor the fastest processor on the planet. Despite this, the Moto X's hardware is supposedly good enough to deliver the best Android experience currently and is optimised to a point where the UI is reportedly lag-free. Will this be the way forward for smartphone makers or is the Moto X a minor anomaly in an age of quad-core, 1080p phablets?
2012 specs for a high-end 2013 phone. Will it work?
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I'm completely sold on the Moto X and and it is on the top of my list to replace my ageing Galaxy Nexus. I loved the fact that Motorola didn't go crazy with the screen size of resolution. Don't get me wrong, we all salivate over a full HD smartphone display, but in reality, it's not really needed and there's no discernible difference between that and a 720p display as long as the pixel count is high. Another feature that I'm really kicked about is the unique way in which notifications are displayed, illuminating just parts of the AMOLED display. It's high time OEMs start taking advantage of the way AMOLEDs function and use it to their advantage. The two things that I'm a little disappointed about is the fact that there's no expandable memory and despite having such a close tie-in with Google, you still won't get the latest version of Android like the Nexus devices.
I completely agree with Motorola's philosophy that specs aren't everything and it is the user experience that really matters at the end of the day. Motorola seems to have a very good offering that defies today's trend of super-sized screens and crazy number of cores under the hood. While I am patiently waiting for the Moto X to hit our markets, I'm also keeping an eye out for the Nexus 5.
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Ever since Google acquired Motorola at that whopping $12.5 billion price tag, tech enthusiasts have been waiting for the day when they would see this collaboration come out with something worthy of that heavy asking price. With the Moto X, Google finally has a device where it not only controls the software, but also the hardware (at least the internal components). It was a welcome change to read a phone launch, which did not talk much about pixels per inch, large screen size, 1080p displays, higher megapixel cameras – something which has become a norm with flagship phone launches these days. Moto X, at first glance, looks all about customising the look of your phone, what with numbers being thrown around – 18 back plate covers, 504 potential combinations to choose from (based on different customisations using Moto Maker, the online tool) and so on. It claims to have an octa-core processor, but technically speaking, there is a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro along with a four-core Adreno 320 GPU and two dedicated processors for natural language processing (NLP) and contextual processing respectively.
I feel the Moto X is quite an interesting proposition. Some of you may crib about the older SoC having a dual-core processor, but honestly, how many of us use apps that completely exploit the four cores of a quad-core device (and we don't mean benchmarking apps). With a dedicated always-on low-power NLP processor and Google Now, there are tremendous possibilities to further evolve personal assistance. Think of a future where Moto X is constantly monitoring your speech (even when you aren't actively using your Moto X, it's a phrase away from becoming active) and throws up relevant results using Google Now, just like currently it uses our online activities, emails and location to throw up results.
I like the idea Google has used to compartmentalise tasks to relevant processors, thereby not really needing a quad-core processor housing SoC. Sure we have had low power processors bundled with more powerful processors in a mobile device before, but never so specific.
Whether this innovation, or rather tweaking, will bring about real life performance improvements, only time will tell. But I am excited to see Google and Motorola attempting to do something different from competition.
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Moto X has got my heart racing. I won't fault you for asking why. After all, it doesn't have a full HD display, nor is there the latest quad-core processor, a norm in most high-end phones these days. Indeed, it can be called the complete opposite of a regular Android high-end smartphone. But that's the allure of the Moto X. It's simple, has manageable dimensions (this thing is smaller than the Nexus 4 and even the 4.3-inch HTC One Mini) and there's a bunch of innovations without there being Motorola-branded bloatware. If the performance of the phone holds up over time, colour me sold (if there's ever an international model). The Moto X's need-based innovation trumps the want-based cramming in of high-end components. The Moto X could be the blueprint for the Android smartphone industry, which is likely to see the market for high-end phones peak out in the next couple of years.
Google has shown the way to other manufacturers by focusing on experience rather than hardware. Sure, advances in hardware development have given us insanely-spec'd phones such as the Galaxy S4 and the HTC One, but it's still a great accomplishment to match the real-world performance of those phones in a smaller, less powerful package. Motorola and Google have had a lot of time to optimise the software for Moto X's hardware and early reports indicate that the phone runs just as smoothly as any current Android flagship. So in a way, this is the closest that Google has come to Apple's way of doing things – have just about enough horsepower and make it tick like clockwork.
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July 2015: In recent weeks, people walking in the forest areas have become concerned by the sight of dead and dying trees, and wondered about the cause. Most recently, serious damage has been reported between Arna and Giatrissa. One concerned local resident contacted the GreekForestry Research Institute. to find out more. He was thanked for his interest, and received information from Dimitris Avtzis.
According to Dimitris Avtzis of the Forest Research Institute in Thessaloniki, the damage is the result of infestation by the larvae of the fir tree pest Epinotia subsequana** that has severely weakened many fir trees in the Vassiliki Forest, as it causes drying of the needles.
A report late last year in agronews, said that the infestation had spread rapidly during the last two years and now symptoms extend across the Vassiliki forest area and beyond, to the monastery of Panagia Giatrissa. Of particular concern is the fact that there are also reports of similar symptoms on the eastern side of Taygetos.
Although the pest is past the damaging larval stage for this year, a serious problem could emerge later in the year, as these forest trees will be unable to defend themselves, and are likely to die, if they are infested by bark and wood boring insects (mainly beetles) or suffer climate stress.
The institute has submitted a research project that aims at controlling the infestation. Unfortunately, they cannot be 100% sure that they will get the funding, but will continue their efforts, hoping that they will find the support to protect this valuable forest.
'Greece, as part of the Southern Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, is projected to be among the most vulnerable countries to climate change and in need of adaptation measures, according to the 2007 EC Green Paper on adaptation to climate change [10]. It is therefore quite urgent to adapt forest management in the changing climate..........' adapttoclimate
**The bug that is causing the extensive damage to fir trees(Abies cephalonica) has been identified as mikrolepidoptero Epinotia subsequana (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), which currently shows a big population increase in Greece.
Epinotia subsequana are small ochre coloured butterflies. The females lay, about 20-25 eggs on the face of the pine needles At birth, the caterpillar is yellowish brown, turning to green with increasing size. It reaches about 8mm in its final stages, when it is a deep green color. This insect was detected in Spain for the first time in 1994, and is relatively common in central and northern Europe.
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Hi all! I'm hoping some of you will be able to help me out with ideas, or at least point me in the right direction!
I've been sort of put in charge of planning a 'reunion' of cousins on my mom's side of the family---I'm the oldest cousin, so the honor fell to me!
Anyway, there are only going to be approximately 20 of us (that includes kids), so it's not a a huge endevour, but I am wondering if anyone has thoughts on locations. Most of us live up and down the east coast, with the exception of my family (OH) and my cousin in CO. I'm trying to think of areas maybe in TN, NC, SC, or possibly GA that would have A) lodging for a group B) variety of stuff to do ranging from children to mid-thirties and C) cost-effectiveness.
I actually even looked up 3 to 4 night cruises, but since I must not have been born with the tech-savvy gene , I'm having a little trouble even searching for stuff!
We're thinking of doing this get-together in summer 2010, so I've got a little time, but would love to get some thoughts together to present to the rest of the fam.
Any thoughts at all would be apprecitated!
What about camping?? My family and I love it and it's great for bonding. It allows you to spend loads of time with eachother, but at the same time most campgrounds have fishing, swimming, bingo, playgrounds for kids, and other activities going on. How does your family feel about camping?? Depending on your needs you could even rent a camper, otherwise tents are inexpensive. could be fun!
You know, I thought about camping, I know OH has some great State Parks with nice facilities...here's the thing: there would have to be cabins. I have two cousins who are not really the camping type. I love them to death, but they are definitely a lttle more high maintenance, if you know what I mean! I know there is a state park here in OH (Lake Hope State Park) that has really nice cabins and they're relatively inexpensive, but I think that I'm really looking for a more central location to everyone. Hmmm, I wonder if there is a national directory with state park listings and lodging info? Thanks for the thought!
The NC Outer Banks are a good bargain the week of Memorial Day.
Summer in Orlando is also a good price if you don't mind the heat. I've done family reunions in both places with huge houses and pools. HTH
there are huge cabins in gatlinburg and pigeon forge TN, groups of 20 or more can sleep in one cabin or get individual smaller cabins if you prefer .. there is stuff for EVERYONE to do in that area of TN!
I was going to say the same thing the cakerator said"pigeon forge and Gatlinburg." There is also tons to do in the area. Dollywood and all kinds of stuff just google "cabins in ___" and all kinds of stuff will pop up. You can also google something like "things to do in_____" and it will give you a list. We used to have our family reunion at a state park, it was only a one day thing though because b/c everyone lived within a couple hours. Ive also heard of ppl having family reunions at Disney world, but thats probably out of your way, and way more than you'd want to spend. Well good luck, like you said, you have plenty of time still. I forgot to mention some of the places that rent cabins let you put a downpayment and then pay monthly until its paid for, thats pretty convenient.
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I also thought Pigeon Forge would be great. Here is a cabin I had bookmarked that you may like...
Thanks for all your replies...seems like Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area is a good place to concentrate on. Actually, that would work out well as far a being close to middle ground for everyone.
maryjsgirl: Wow That is some cabin!!! It's beautiful..
Thanks ladies- at least now I am pointed in a direction!
A number of the Florida state parks have built cabins that sleep a dozen people and they are next to each other in the specific parks. It is probably too far for some of your family. Can't ou pick a spot in the middle. Many national forests have group guest accomodations in lodges and such. Check into state/national parks group accomodations. My mother always arranges for us to go to Chincoteague or Outer Banks and rents guests houses.


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A good rest was all I needed. Now with my back stretched and my head on straight, I can tell another tale for you. It's a tale I'll need vigour for. Vigour and strength are required because of my obligation to punch anyone who calls me liar or questions the true events of this story – doesn't matter who speaks out, a pirate, a prince, a pauper or a poet – be it man, woman, or child I'll wallop them. Especially the children! They'll need to hear and learn from the journey of the Great Gnesher, that is if they want a chance at surviving the jaws of this vicious life which we have all been involuntarily spawned into.
The adventures of the Great Gnesher and her fearsome crew have been argued about for the past two decades, from sailor inns to princely halls across the globe. I am sure many a merry fist fight has been fought over the facts and events of her journey, I am sure because many of them I have started myself. Decidedly I am getting long in the tooth now and my fists merely bruise fools rather than break the hinge off their jaws. It is time to set down what I saw as a crew member on her maiden journey – though not a very maiden like – and the fate of her crew. Hopefully, when I pass onto the next life there is room at the Great Feast for a writer because I fight today with pen and paper rather than sword and axe.
You know how I was found by the Great Gnesher, in few words, a mess. I felt as if I had melted away with the iceberg I arrived on and that this strange hammock I was strung up in was a manger, I was a babe once again. The delusion that I had been reborn or reincarnated wasn't much an err from the truth, in that the day I was rescued was the start of a new life for a young Leif Erickson.
I woke up in a room under the deck. Compared icy ocean I had lived in the past week this was heaven, an oaken cocoon oozing comfort. I spent my days here illuminated by soft lantern light and my hammock rocked by the gentle swaying of the ship. I was so intoxicated by this comfort that I felt a shock of guilt when I realised I had forgotten about all those that I had left behind.
Apart from a filled bookshelf left by the previous occupant, the last pilot of the ship, all I had for entertainment was stories told by my carer, the young lad William Kidd. He was barely older than me, on the brink of becoming a man, he was sprouting a thin blonde moustache that could only be seen in candlelight. He told me stories of the crew and the places they had travelled.
I listened passively, not having the energy to ask many questions.
"Today the Captain came out of his cabin for once, everybody ducked their heads thinking someone was about to get the lash… but it was only to grab a leg of turkey from the kitchen…" Kidd was a natural born storyteller and maybe that made him a natural born leader as well in the years to come, he knew exactly who he was, where he came from, and where he was going.
"Oh Tahiti was heaven on Earth, the land of milk and honey, no miserable snow and no rain, no offence to Iceland Leif…"
"No offence taken, it only snows 10 months of the year anyway."
I laugh remembering those times but not for long, the memory is tinged with what was to come.
It was a peaceful and comfortable experience but in that soft womb, I felt guilty that I forgot about my mother, my father and of course the puffin. The puffin was being kept by Cohen, the First Mate. I met him only briefly while recovering — when I saw the way his spindly fingers reached round the door I already knew what sort of man he was.
"I am taking care of your little birdie, he is too tired to come see you though…" he spoke lazily, letting his bottom lip droop down. He was a lazy liar too, every time he lied he simply pointed his droopy eyes at the wall behind me, unable to make the sheer effort to make eye contact.
"Thanks," was all I could mutter, feeling greasy having just talked to him.
"And don't get too comfortable," he prodded me in the chest with a bony finger that he used to comb back his greased black hair, "You'll be earning your keep up on the high ropes soon enough. I hope you're not afraid of heights!"
He left laughing with such a lack of enthusiasm that he didn't seem to even convince himself. Cohen was the type of man that thinks he's clever for taking advantage of the sick and helpless, which was the exact state the puffin was in. I needed a plan to get back the bird.
However, that wasn't Cohen's only sin to speak of, Kidd told me many tales of his singular brand of functional insanity — which I have never witnessed in another man before or since.


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TalixCon is the first ever announcement event for TalixArts that will showcase several new ideas and reveal upgradeas to previous games. There will be two reveals once a month until the offical Mega Reveal--nearly 10 reveals on June 1, 2012 and will end on June 2, 2012.
March 2012
- Platinum Editions of previous games released. These games will include new levels and new muliplayer action; Super Mario Underwater, Maven the Lynx, and Need For Speed: Unleashed! are the first three.
- Pokemon Arena will have a sequel and will feature a new mode where you can customize your own trainer and pokemon and other new modes. Pokemon Arena 2 will be out in January 2013.
April 2012
- A new Sonic game is announced, Sonic 720° sequel of Sonic 360°. Available for December 2012.
- A new Maven game is announced, Maven: Silver Tail will be available for early 2013.
May 2012
- A new game revealed, Probe, starting one of the two new series. Probe will be TalixArt's first RPG game with other elements of action and adventure. It will be out on Novemeber 2012.
- Mario Wrestling Evolution 3 is revealed. It is coming out on March 2013 and will feature Fantendo known stars and introduce a new mode, Timeback
June 1-2, 2012 (Mega Reveal)
Here is the first five of the reveals:
- TalixArts will introduce three new areas: TalixWorld, TalixToons, and TalixJr.
- Sonic vs. Maven, sequel to Sonic & Maven: Crossfire is announced.
- A reboot to SpyHunter will be out in May 2013.
- Pokémon Alpha and Omega versions will be out sometime in late 2013.
- The Legend of Zelda: Pandora's Quest, the third and final entry to the Mystic saga, will conclude in 2014.
Here are the other reveals of whats to come:
- Need For Speed: RPM is announced.
- StarFox Revolt is annoucned.
- The Watcher Part II is announced.
- Maven the Lynx 3DS is announced.
- Super Mario Underwater 3DS is announced.
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How to cheat Coins in Into the Dead – Windows phone cheats
In this manual, we will tell you how to cheat coins in the game Into the Dead for Windows Phone. Then you can buy all the weapons and zombie packs.
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1. Download Game here Into the Dead for Windows Phone 8 from our site.
2. Install a utility Windows Phone Power Tools . In this SDK must be pre-installed.
3. Go to the program tab "Isolated Storage" , get there Into the Dead or, if not, 68c48bee-64f4-420c-b34a-504a5faab67b . Expand the list.
4. Locate the file UnityPlayer.upp click "Get" and save it wherever you want.
5. Open it in Notepad (or better in the program Notepad + + , mk notebook can break it).
6. Locate the PERK_TOKENS_ENCRYPTED , erase and write its value back 0 .
7. Tick the Windows Phone Power Tools "Overwrite Existing" .
8. Click "Put File" , locate the file that you edited.
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