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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...
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Gaga fans showing how dedicated they are on Monsters Only Twitter Trend

Crdit: ladygaga.com All the little monsters are at it again on Twitter. The Twitter Trend 'Monsters Only' is now trending worldwide at the number 4 spot. The TT is a simple one with all the Lady Gaga fans shouting out what they are monsters are capable of doing because of their love and devotion towards Mother Monster. Here are some of the things are fans are saying. MONSTERS ONLY can feel the pain @ladygaga has went through & appreciate everything she has sacrificed in giving us! MONSTERS ONLY know, that if everyone on this planet would think and act just like us and @ladygaga, we would live on a better place! Ugh! I wish Twitter was MONSTERS ONLY! Monsters only love the fact that we were born this way!!!!!!!!!!! xD An original post by Sociolatte
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Blogger and Picasa to be rebranded under Google+

image credit: thechromesource The popular blogging platform 'Blogger' and the photo site 'Picasa' both of which belong to Google after being acquired from their founders are to be rebranded. Google+ is still in private invite mode but should go public on the 31st of July according to many reliable sources on the internet. Picasa the photo sharing website was acquired by Google in 2004 and Blogger was acquired by Google in 2003. Both websites are very popular and Blogger is the premium blogging destination on the web. So, instead of renaming their products to fit in with the release of Google+, Google has simply chosen to rebrand it with their own name. They are a highly respected company and these two very important sites will now carry the Google name. Picasa will be rebranded at 'Google Photos' and Blogger will be renamed 'Google Blogs'. This is significant because it looks like Google is going to go all out social with the release of Google+. All impo...
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Facebook Video Calling use it now

Facebook has announced their latest feature 'Video Calling', you can now talk to all your Facebook friends from around the world right from Facebook. Facebook have announced this new feature saying that they have tied-up with Skype to bring video calling to Facebook. The feature will be available in 70 languages and is slowly being rolled out to all 750 million + Fb users. This announcement comes close on the heals of the same feature being offered by Google's newest social project Google+. The competition is now heating up and Facebook have lost no time in launching the feature. It will be rolled out to all users over the coming weeks but if you do no have it as yet and can't really wait, click here to get started.  Bring your conversations to life on Facebook. With face-to-face video calling, now you can watch your friends smile, wink and LOL. If your friend is not available you can also leave a video message. There is no software to download and works fine with any ...
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Monsters and Beliebers war on Twitter

All of a sudden there is this twitter between who owns twitter is it going to be lady Gaga or Justin Bieber. Each fan base are tweeting their hearts to promote their Idols. The Trending Topics where you can follow the battle are #monstersowntwitter, #beliebersarewinning and #justinbieberloveswinning. Currently #beliebersarewinning is the number one TT on Twitter. Which clearly shows how much his fans love him. It all started when one Lady Gaga fans started the trending topics #monstersown Twitter and if you did not know Monsters are what Lady gaga's followers call themselves, it's little monsters actually and she is the mother monster. There is also the fourth trend that is getting a lot of action 'Justin Likes Curves' and this is being Tweeted because the logic is that he is dating Selena Gomez and therefore he likes curves. Now all his fans who were on those crazy diets will start binge eating and get those curves going. Twitter can sure add a smile to your face, espe...
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FarmVille Trading Post Guide

This guide comes to you as a part of the official guides released by FarmVille. The Trading Post is now available in FarmVille! With the new crop orders from the Trading Post you will be able to master your crops faster and help your friends master theirs! If you are working toward mastery of a Limited Edition crop that is about to expire, the Trading Post can give you those last few points you need to get a Mastery Sign! Placing the Trading Post The next time you play FarmVille, you will receive the opportunity to place a Trading Post on your farm. After you see the Trading Post announcement, the Trading Post will be on your mouse pointer and you can place it on your farm by clicking in an open space. If you don’t see this, don’t quite have enough room on your farm, or just want to wait until later, don’t worry! You can return to your normal cursor and find the Trading Post in your Gift box or the Market for placement later. Please keep in mind that while you can place a Trading Post ...
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What are the Resources in Empires & Allies and how do they work

This guide is part of the official guides released by Empires and Allies. There are four resources in Empires & Allies: Coins, Wood, Oil, and Ore. How much of each a player has is displayed at the top of the screen: Coins are the most important resource in Empires & Allies. You can Coins to buy anything that does not cost Empire Points to purchase. You can earn Coins during combat, from Farms and Houses, through Daily Bonuses, and from performing tasks for your Friends. Wood allows you to build all buildings and decorations. You can obtain wood for your Empire by clearing trees on your island (10 Wood for trees and 1 Wood for bushes), through the Gifting Menu, or purchased through a friend’s Market. You can generate Wood from a Lumbermill with Coins. There are three types of Lumbermills. More advanced versions are unlocked by increasing your Empire’s population and producing more Wood. Oil allows you to build all Advanced Ground, Air, and Navy Units. Oil is produced by Oil Well...
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