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The Trump-Xi Beijing Summit: What the Smiling Handshakes Won't Tell You

On Thursday, Donald Trump will walk into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, shake Xi Jinping's hand, and declare it a great meeting. There will be announcements. There will be numbers — billions of dollars in Chinese purchase commitments, a new bilateral mechanism with an important-sounding name, possibly a joint statement on Iran. Trump will post on Truth Social. Markets will rally briefly. Pundits will argue about who won. None of that will tell you what actually happened. What is actually happening in Beijing this week is something more consequential and more uncomfortable than the summit theatre will reveal: two leaders of two deeply mutually dependent superpowers, both of whom need this meeting to succeed for entirely different reasons, sitting across a table in a world that has already moved past the assumptions that defined their last nine months of negotiations. The Iran war changed the equations. The rare earth gambit changed the power balance. Taiwan is sitting in...

How to phone in your WordPress Blog posts

WordPress has a new feature in addition to being able to update your blog using the iPhone, iPad and Android, email and desktop you can now phone in your posts. It's called post by voice. To get started is fairy simple.  1.  Login to WordPress 2. Enable 'Post By Voice' on your dashboard. 3. You receive a phone number with a code. Use this number and code to get started and post updated to your blog using voice. You can now post up to 1 hour of audio at a time.  The feature has not been implemented in the open-source version of WordPress. An original post by Sociolatte

YoVille Lakefront Home Guide

The Lakefront Home has been released in the Realtor's Office for 39 YoCash. The floor plan includes 2 levels. On the first level, Living Room, Game Room, Bathroom, Kitchen, Deck, Dock, and Porch. On the second level there are 2 Bedrooms, Bathroom, Landing, and 2 Decks. This New Home has a serene and exotic view of the Lake and Valley and also access to the Lake. The Lakefront home is a wonderful place to celebrate this holiday! Take a tour of the highlights of this home after the jump. . This article originally appeared on   YoVille Lounge . An original post by Sociolatte

Vampire Wars Hellhounds

Release the hounds! HELLHOUND Familiars have arrived in Vampire Wars. Will you be able to tame your vicious HELLHOUND? Chase them down now!. These dogs will help you in your fights. There is no other info available now about the Hellhounds. If you have been able to get a Hellhound please let us know in the comments section of this post. As seen from the image below the Hellhounds come in amazing colors and have three heads. Sure is a scary proposition and definitely help you in your Wars.  " It's a type of demon foot soldier, bred during the Mahkash wars. Trained solely to kill, they feed on the brains of their foes. " ―Rupert Giles Hell Hounds , also spelled  Hellhounds , are a species of canid-like  demon. They are employed as footsoldiers and feed exclusively on brains. In 1999, Tucker Wells raised four Hell Hounds in order to massacre Sunnydale High's Class of '99 after he was rejected by a girl he asked to the Prom. He brainwashed them into going berserk at ...

Cafe World Never have to clean again with the No Clean Fairy

Cafe World has released the No Clean Fairy to amke sure you never have to clean your cafe again. Each time your stove gets dirty it will automatically clean itself. In addition you also get Cafe Points for cleaning. You can also stop this magical power whenever you want by sending the fairy to storage.  How to get the No Clear Fairy in Cafe World. You can find these new magical decor items with special powers in the store next to the stoves.  The Fairy costs 95 Cafe Cash, and if you don't have a single Cafe dollar on you, you can buy a set of  120 Cafe Cash for $16 USD in the game . Granted, that's not cheap, and if you plan to be a long-term, real money spender in the game, the 780 Cafe Cash for $50 USD is the best deal. You can find the No Clean Fairy hiding in the newest section of the Cafe World in-game store by clicking on "Functional Items", then "Special Items" (it's got an icon of a big blue jewel). This is what Cafe World has to say about the...

Video: 'Apple Of My Eye' Movie short entirely on the iPhone 4

Majek Pictures have produced a small movie called the "Apple of my eye". This movie has been short entirely on the Apple iPhone 4. When Steve Jobs said that the iPhone 4 comes with HD quality video. There is also the iMovie App that has been used for editing.  The short film took only 14 hours to film and if you check out the behind the scenes footage you get to see how the folks at Majek Pictures got the whole thing done. Apparatus used to hold the iPhone steady is really cool and this is a fantastic production. watch it now to believe it.  This is truly an iStory. An original post by Sociolatte

FarmVille Topiaries

Topiaries have arrived to FarmVille and are available for coins. There are a total of 13 Topiaries available and only three of these are available for Farm Cash the rest are all available for coins. This is good news. List of Topiaries 1. Horse 2. Cow 3. Goat 4. Pig 5. Bunny 6. Duck 7. Elephant 8. Goose 9. Ostrich 10. Buffalo 11. Sheep 12. Llama 13. Flamingo.  All other Topiaries can be gifted and can be re-soled for 15 coins. So if you would like to decorate your farm with these cool Topiaries, head on down to the market place and check under decorations.  An original post by Sociolatte

FarmVille Shiba Inu Puppy

FarmVille today released the new Shiba Inu Puppy available for 65 farm Cash. The puppy cames in brown, black and white and will help you fetch things when fully grown. Shiba Inu puppies are small and agile dogs that look very much like an Akita; but only smaller in structure. These puppies are the smallest of six original dog breeds from Japan, and were originally bred for hunting. However now, they can very well cope with mountainous terrains. The meaning of Inu is dog in Japanese; however the origin of 'Shiba' is not so clear. The word refers to a red shrub; so it could be used in the name Shiba Inu puppies because these dogs used to hunt in wild shrubs or because their red color is similar to that of shrubs. So a literal translation of Shiba Inu puppies would be Little Brushwood puppies. Breed Description An original post by Sociolatte