3DS XL caught on video, looks great ? Video Games Reviews ...

With a little under two months until the 3DS XL sees a launch in the US, and a month until it arrives in Japan and across Europe, Nintendo has to have final units ready to start distributing. Lucky for us French gaming site Puissance Nintendo got some hands-on time with the new handheld and managed to capture video of it playing Mario Kart 7.

The feedback about the revised hardware seems to be very positive for the most part. Even though the unit has increased in size significantly to cater for the 90% bigger displays, the weight ends up being around about the same as the original 3DS. Weight distribution is also even and the rounded corners make for a comfortable grip, meaning the XL is going to be nice to hold for extended periods of time.

One of the biggest concerns when screen size is increased, but game resolution remains the same, is how good the games will look. Apparently Nintendo has managed to improve upon the 3D effect and also made 2D graphics look better than they did on 3DS. Puissance believe this is due to some sort of anti-aliasing light filter being added to the screen, but it could just as easily be Nintendo using higher quality displays that hide any detail loss. And as the video clearly demonstrates, viewing angles are great.

Another question that has arisen since the announcement is what the casing is like. It seems Nintendo has gone for a ?plastic imitating metal? effect, meaning it isn?t shiny plastic and won?t be a magnet for fingerprints.

So unless you need a smaller piece of hardware in your bag, it looks as though the 3DS XL might be the version to get. I for one will be picking one up come release as I definitely enjoyed playing games on my DSi XL more than the smaller, original hardware.

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"Walking Dead" showrunner reveals how it doesn't end

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - (Spoiler alert: Don't read this if you don't want to know anything about what's coming up on "The Walking Dead.")

"Walking Dead" showrunner Glen Mazzara doesn't want to reveal too much about the upcoming third season of the show - but he will say, emphatically, how the entire series won't end.

The Wrap talked with Mazzara during a crucial day of filming of the third season - which is set largely in a prison and features a vicious new villain called the Governor. We noted during the interview that there are generally three types of endings for zombie stories. One involves the survivors finding a safe haven, perhaps by taking a boat -

"No," Mazzara interjected, seeing where we were going. "There is no safe haven in this world. I want to make that clear. At the end of our season 2 finale that farm is overtaken and that farm was that last safe haven, and there's no safe haven in that world. I want to be very clear about that. No one is safe. There is no safe haven."

So Rick Grimes and the other survivors can't just catch a boat to France and -

"Nope. Nope. Nope," Mazzara said. "That's against our internal rules here."

So that settles that.

Mazzara and his cast will provide an extended look at the third season of the hit AMC drama at Comic-Con next month. In the meantime, he told us how closely season 3 will follow the comic books that inspired the show (written by "Walking Dead" executive producer Robert Kirkman), and what it was like to take over the series from original showrunner Frank Darabont.

He also explained why the prison where much of season 3 is set won't feel at all like a safe haven.

Q: Without giving anything away, can you give us a taste of what you're shooting today?

A: "We're actually shooting on a major scene for the entire season, and we're shooting on one of my favorite sets on any show ever."

Q: Would that set be a prison?

A: "Yeah. It's part of the prison set."

Q: You've said that this season you'll be getting into the real meat of the series - Michonne, the Governor, the prison. How closely are you sticking with the comics?

A: "We're taking the major tentpole characters and storylines from the comics and adapting them to our alternate universe of the TV shows. So it will be just as surprising to comic-book fans as to non-comic-book fans as to how all of it lays out."

Q: I loved how you stretched out and heightened the comics' Shane storyline. You really got every little bit of drama out of it that you could.

A: "That's a great template for how we intend to use the comic-book's source material. We need to make it our own."

Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of shooting inside the prison for so much of the upcoming season?

A: "The prison itself will be a threatening, malevolent character. It is a challenge to live in the prison. And I think we've really been able to get a lot of story out of it. So it will not feel like a safe corner keeping our characters away from central action. It will really play that they are in a shark cage. Life in a prison is life in a shark cage."

Q: How soon before we meet the Governor?

A: "He makes a surprising appearance. I don't want to give anything away as to the exact episode, but the audience will certainly be ready for his appearance - and they won't have to wait too long."

Q: "The Rise of the Governor," the novel last year by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga, made him a somewhat more sympathetic character than he is in the comics. Do you see him as a person who's not necessarily forgivable, but understandable?

A: "We do. I haven't read the novel because I didn't want it to influence my concept of the TV show's version. But we're interested in having a very complex, nuanced, multi-layered character. This will not be simply an arch villain who is committing an evil act in every scene. That's too cartoonish for what we do here. We want that character to feel as real and human and fully developed as possible."

Q: If you stick with what happens in the comics between him and Michonne, it's going to be the most brutal thing on a show that doesn't hold out on violence. Do you feel like you have to temper what's in the comics? Or do you expand on it? Does TV allow you to be more or less graphic?

A: Certainly there's challenging material in the comic book, and I would say there's equally challenging material on our TV show. I think at the end of season 2 we showed that we don't pull punches ... We're not going to get soft now. However, we'll do things on our own time, or when it makes sense for the show. And we're definitely looking at this Governor-Michonne-Woodbury-prison storyline as a longterm arc."

Q: You took over the show from Frank Darabont last season, and in my opinion, the show kept getting better and had some of its best moments. Did you have a sense of where Darabont wanted it to go? And do you ever keep in touch with him through back channels?

A: "We were really focused on breaking season 2. So I think the material that we're using from the comic book, this is our design. I did not know of a longterm plan, so I've used the comic book as something to lean on. I think Robert's done great work there, and we're excited about getting to what I consider the heart of the matter. This Michonne-Governor-prison-Woodbury storyline to me is what equals ?The Walking Dead.'"

Q: There are some serial shows like "Lost," where you think, well, what I ultimately think of this show depends on how they resolve it. Does "The Walking Dead" feel to you like a show that needs a big answer at the end?

A: "That's something that I think about obsessively. There's a component of this show where the audience wants to know, ?What happens next? What happens next?' However, this is not a show that is based on revelation. This is a show that is based on character action. And I think as long as we stay true to our characters - and the show rests on Rick's shoulders right now - as long as we're true to the spirit of those characters and true to the spirit of Robert Kirkman's original work, I think that's how we should be judged."

"It's not about necessarily having an answer that sums it all up with a pretty bow. This show is more about how these people survive in this apocalypse."

Q: I know walkers aren't exactly zombies, but it seems like in zombie movies there are three ways to go: Everyone dies, you find out what caused the outbreak, or they get to some safe haven. You've already said you don't know what created the zombies. It sounds like something you don't worry about very much.

A: Robert is not interested in proposing a theory of what caused this apocalypse in his work, and that's something that I think is important for us. It's about surviving in this world. We're lucky in the sense that we're able to draw on a lot of great zombie films. And one of the things we really pride ourselves on is adding to that literature, adding original bits with zombies that no one has ever seen."

"When you look at possible endings, I really am interested in finding new territory and a new type of ending, a surprising ending for this series that no one's ever done before, that no one's ever thought of."

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Annan to convene Syria talks in Geneva on Saturday

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Mobi Products Desktop Cradle for HTC One X [Accessory Review]

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Every good smartphone nowadays deserves to have a good docking solution available. It shouldn't be too hard to create either. As a functional item, they're pretty basic, but also incredibly useful at work, and at home.

The Mobi Products Desktop Cradle, is a third party charging dock for the HTC One X. As such, the charging contacts on the back aren't utilised, instead opting for a microUSB based charging solution. If you're the type of person that is forever docking and un-docking your One X throughout the day, this may not be for you. If, however, you go to work, and sit your phone besides your PC all day, then this could be for you.

As far as docks go, this one is pretty minimal in styling. The USB charging cable is fixed to the rear of the dock, and aside from the microUSB charger there is a simple blue LED on the top that indicates the dock is powered. This sits behind the phone too, so it isn't constantly catching your eye.

The One X sits really nicely in it too. It has the slightest of angles to it, so the phone isn't quite bolt upright, but isn't at an un-natural viewing angle either. All that is visible of the dock is the black front portion, everything else is hidden behind the phone. It works really nicely combined with a full screen clock application on the nightstand at home too. It sits at just the right angle for those blurry-eyed mornings when you roll over and just need to see the time.

Construction is solid, although bear in mind that as the phone is sat on a microUSB charger, if you knock the phone it is going to move about. The microUSB itself though is solidly fixed to the base of the charger.

So what about the not so good points? Well, if your One X is in a case, theres a higher than likely chance you're going to need to take that case off before docking your phone. 

And thats about that. If you're in the market for a reasonably priced, basic charging dock for your HTC One X, then definitely take a look at the Mobi Products Desktop Cradle.

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CareCrunch Answers ? Answers Archive ? Enjoyed A Hard Lifestyle ...

Personal development is actually a highly personal procedure. Everyone functions diversely, which means that your self improvement objectives and programs needs to be custom-made to match your character and needs. Any personal development program needs to be carried out with considerable forethought, because this procedure demands substantial operate and vigilance. This post will outline some pointers that can make self improvement a little less elusive.

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What happened while we were on vacation (abiraterone acetate ...

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After a careful review of the (hundreds of) e-mails that accumulated in the several in-boxes?used by?the Sitemaster while he was on vacation, we are pleased to see that we appear to have missed?just one really?important new piece of??news? about prostate cancer while we were off line.

On July 15, Johnson & Johnson announced that two of its operating companies had filed supplementary applications with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and with the European Medicines Agency (EMEA)?seeking approval for?the?company to market abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) ? in combination with prednisone or prednisolone ? for the treatment of men with asymptomatic or mildly sympromatic, chemotherapy-naive, metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer, based on the results of the so-called ?302 trial? ??data from which was recently presented at the annual meeting of ASCO.

Here is the link to the media release issued by Johnson & Johnson?s relevant operating companies.

Assuming that these applications are ?clean? and do not raise major questions for either the FDA or EMEA, one could reasonably expect to see approvals of abiraterone acetate for these indications in the USA and in Europe by the end of 2012. However, such approvals may take longer if either regulatory agency expresses concerns about the quality of the applications. As we have mentioned in prior commentary, there?is the potential for such concerns on the part of the regulatory agencies.

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Colorado town evacuated as fire grows

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) ? A wildfire near Colorado Springs erupted and grew out of control to more than 3 square miles over the weekend, prompting the evacuation of a popular vacation town and the closure of nearby highways Sunday.

At least 11,000 residents of the town of Manitou Springs and nearby communities of Cascade, Chipita Park and Green Mountain Falls were ordered to leave Saturday or early Sunday. The fire quickly grew to more than 2,000 acres amid tinder dry conditions, gusty winds and temperatures that reached into the 90s.

Officials didn't immediately have a count on those evacuated from campgrounds, inns, rental cabins and other vacation properties that were emptied, but an evacuation center set up at a high school housed mostly tourists.

They included Mark Stein of Morristown, N.J., whose family arrived after midnight Sunday at their Manitou Springs hotel for a week of whitewater rafting and sightseeing.

"We were sleeping for 15 minutes when they started knocking on the door ? a day from hell," Stein said of the day of travel. With his wife and 12-year-old son, Stein spent the first night of his vacation setting up cots for more than 100 evacuees who slept at the school.

"I think it's the best vacation ever. This is what the real world is about. There's a lot of people that need help," Stein said.

The fire also prompted evacuations for the west side of Colorado Springs and in the towns of Cascade and Ute Pass, but no structures have been destroyed and no buildings were under immediate threat.

The Garden of the Gods park, which has dramatic red rock formations, was also closed. Pikes Peak, the most-visited high-altitude peak in the nation that inspired the song "America The Beautiful," was completely obscured by gray smoke.

Officials closed traffic into Manitou Springs, a vacation town at the base of Pikes Peak, and shut down the Pikes Peak Highway, which goes to the top of the mountain.

Hundreds of other residents were under voluntary evacuation orders and were packing up, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported Saturday.

About 350 firefighters were dispatched to the blaze, with more in the way, said Rob Deyerberg of the Fairmount Fire Protection District. But the fire was still zero percent contained. A plume of smoke from the foothills near Pikes Peak thickened and turned from light gray to brown.

Conditions remained dry and windy Sunday, and the National Weather Service said temperatures were forecast to be close to 100 degrees throughout much of the state.

Gov. John Hickenlooper said two C-130 military transport planes from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs would assist fighting the fire on Monday. With eight separate wildfire burning across Colorado, Hickenlooper said half the nation's firefighting resources were in the state but that it will take time to put out the blazes.

"People recognize this going to take a big push," Hickenlooper said.

Colorado and other parts of the Southwest have become a tinderbox for wildfires as the region faces extremely dry or prolonged drought conditions. At least seven were burning across the state, where officials have been challenged by one of the most severe fire seasons in recent memory.

The weather also helped fuel another blaze that sparked Saturday and destroyed 21 structures near the mountain community of Estes Park. Investigators were determining whether it started in a cabin or as a wildfire before moving toward the homes, according to the Denver Post.

"Even though we lost 21 (structures), which is a huge tragedy, we saved many homes because of firefighters' efforts," Estes Park Fire Chief Scott Dorman told evacuees.

A separate fire continued burning near Fort Collins, scorching more than 118 square miles and destroying at least 191 homes.

Elsewhere in the West, firefighters made progress against wildfires in Utah, New Mexico and California.

? In Utah, about 2,300 residents were allowed to return to their homes Saturday after officials determined a wildfire no longer posed a threat to homes near Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain. Officials believe that fire was started Thursday by target shooters. A second major fire has burned 16,500-acres of high desert near the central Utah town of Delta.

? In California, a wildfire about 60 miles north of Los Angeles triggered evacuations of campgrounds around an off-road recreation area on Saturday. Ventura County fire officials said the fire has blackened at least 400 acres in the Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area, along the Interstate 5 corridor in Gorman.

? In New Mexico, a lightning-caused wildfire that destroyed 242 homes and businesses is 90 percent contained after heavy rain helped crews Friday. The 69-square-mile fire near Ruidoso began June 4. Meanwhile, the largest wildfire in state history was 87 percent contained. It has burned more than 464 square miles after two blazes merged on May 16.

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China astronauts mark first manual space docking

SHANGHAI | Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:30am EDT

SHANGHAI

(Reuters) - China completed its first-ever manual docking between a manned spacecraft and an orbiting lab module on Sunday, putting it a step closer in an ambitious campaign to build a space station.

The Shenzhou 9 and its three-person crew, including the country's first woman in Space Liu Yang, separated about 400 meters from the Tiangong (Heavenly Palace) 1 module for about two minutes before re-connecting under the manual control of the astronauts, with state television covering the event live.

Rendezvous and docking exercises between the two vessels are an important hurdle in China's efforts to acquire the technological and logistical skills to run a full space lab that can house astronauts for long periods.

The Shenzhou 9 had already conducted an automated docking with Tiangong 1, on June 18, a day after it blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Compared with an automated docking, manual docking is more challenging in terms of orbit control, said Xie Jianfeng, a space scientist with the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, told China's official Xinhua news agency on Saturday.

(Reporting by Gabriel Wildau; Editing by Ed Lane)

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Last rescued climber leaves Mount Rainier

SEATTLE (AP) ? The last of four Texas climbers rescued on Mount Rainier in an effort that cost a ranger his life walked down off the Washington peak Friday while blizzard conditions high on the mountain delayed efforts to retrieve the body.

The final climber, Stacy Wren, descended the mountain with Mount Rainier National Park rangers and was whisked away by car Friday evening. Three other climbers were plucked off the mountain by helicopter Thursday after the group fell and two of them ended up in a crevasse.

Eight other rangers trying to retrieve the body of climbing ranger Nick Hall, 33, from the 11,200-foot level of the 14,411-foot mountain were pinned down in a ground blizzard. They planned to spend the night at Camp Schurman at the 9,500-foot level and hope for a weather window on Saturday, park spokeswoman Fawn Bauer said.

Hall slid more than 2,600 feet to his death as he was helping evacuate the Texas climbers.

His family both grieved and celebrated his life Friday.

Hall, a four-year veteran of the park's climbing program, came from a family of EMTs who aided soldiers in Iraq and car crash victims in his small hometown of Patten, Maine. He was not married and had no children.

His father, Carter Hall, recalled his son as a loner when he was a child, but flourished in high school through a shared love of the wilderness.

"For good and bad, it was my influence of the outdoors," Hall told The Associated Press in a call from his Maine home, his voice breaking.

A Chinook helicopter from Joint Base Lewis-McChord removed three of the four climbers and rangers stayed on the mountain Thursday night with Wren.

The climbers from Waco, Texas, had reached the summit and were on their way down, roped together, when two women fell into a crevasse on Emmons Glacier. Two men were able to stop the group, and one called for help by cellphone.

Rangers and the helicopter responded to the site at the 13,700-foot level. A helicopter airlifted the three to Madigan Army Medical Center at the military base near Tacoma, where they were hospitalized in fair condition Friday, said spokesman Jay Ebbeson.

The climbers were bruised with possible broken bones, park spokesman Kevin Bacher said earlier.

Park spokeswoman Patti Wold identified the climbers as Stuart Smith, Noelle Smith, Ross Vandyke and Wren.

Hall had helped put three climbers into the helicopter when he fell. The park is investigating exactly how he fell, Bacher said.

"We don't want what happened to Nick to happen again," he said. "There's no urgency today; nobody's life is at risk today. Let's take it slow and make sure nobody else is hurt."

"We're a very small team and particularly the climbing team ? basically 15 people under the climbing foreman," said Bacher, who also is a ranger. "And they work very close together and train close together and depend on each other for their lives and become very close."

The last time a climbing ranger was killed was 1995, when two rangers died after falling 1,200 feet during a glacier rescue.

Hall's family said they were proud of his involvement in mountain rescues, and hoped that his death will draw attention to the profession's dangers.

Hall's father is a volunteer firefighter and EMT in Patten, and his older brother, Aaron, served in the National Guard as an EMT in Iraq. Aaron Hall celebrated his birthday on the day his brother died on the mountain.

Nick Hall had worked as an avalanche forecaster at Yellowstone National Park and as an emergency medical responder for the ski patrol at Washington's Stevens Pass Ski Area, his father said.

When he spoke to him about risks, Carter Hall said, his son responded that dying by heart attack "was also a risk in life."

Hall was the second Mount Rainier National Park ranger to die this year. Margaret Anderson was fatally shot on New Year's Day as she tried to stop a suspect in a Seattle shooting who drove through a tire-chain checkpoint. Benjamin Colton Barnes, 24, was found dead the next day in the snow.

Rescuers are still looking for four other people ? two climbers and two campers ? who disappeared on the mountain in January. "We're keeping our eyes out for them as the snow melts out," Bacher said.

About 10,000 climbers attempt to reach the summit of the volcano about 85 miles southeast of Seattle each year and about half make it, he said.

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Dininny contributed to this story from Yakima, Wash.

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