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Thursday, June 28, 2012

tutorial - spiked hairband

Hey guys! Go check out this week's DIY on the Chictopia Blog! Today we tackled the amazing spiked hair band look & it's possibly the easiest tutorial yet! There's no sewing or gluing involved, so anyone can do this :) Click on the photos below to check it out:

Monday, June 25, 2012

sunset nails tutorial

Hey guys! Are you in the mood for summer? I basically live for the warm weather, so I've been loving the heat waves & sunshine here :) Today we combine a couple of techniques, like ombre nails & nail art pens to make an adorable tropical sunset mani on the LuLu*s Blog! Check out the step-by-step by clicking on the pic:

Thursday, June 21, 2012

diy floral sunglasses

The other week, Chictopia posted one of our photos on their facebook page. There's something about a popular page posting a photo of a person-- the fans never hold back their harsh opinions. I'm a big girl. I can take it. But some dude was like "her sunglasses are too much" ... and I thought to myself, WHAT THE HELL. I'LL SHOW YOU TOO MUCH!

So here's this week's tutorial. A "flower crown for your eyes" as I like to call them. Definite summer festival glam :) Click on any of the photos below to go to the step-by-step, oooh baby.

diy floral sunglasses, H&M lace dress

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

lace nails tutorial

Hey guys,

This is a day late, but our latest manicure tutorial went up on the LuLu*s Blog yesterday! We did another Konad tutorial & this time we went with a lace look. Check it out on the blog by clicking on the photo below & if you're a pinner, keep tabs on it on pinterest HERE. :)

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Happy 2nd Birthday!

Earlier today, I decided to look back on some old posts. I'm not sure what made me do it & why I went all the way to the first posts in this blog, but I suddenly realized that our first post went up on June 14th, 2010. That was exactly TWO years ago! that's when we realized that it's our blog's second birthday & we weren't even keeping track :)

So we decided to be nerds & bake up some rainbow chip cupcakes to celebrate.

This year was our biggest year yet! We grew so much as a blog and as of yesterday, we have 1000+ subscribers via google friend connect, bloglovin, and email subscribtions!

blog by the numbers:
from june 14th 2011 to june 14th 2012
- 90,513 unique visitors
- 30 #manicuremonday tutorials
- 21 #fashiondiy tutorials
- 8 giveaways
- 1 trip to NYC for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week c/o Chictopia

most visited posts this year:
1. Tutorials Page
2. Bjork's Swan Dress
3. Tutorial - Galaxy Purse
4. Tutorial - Ombre Nails
5. Shop Page
6. Tutorial - Dry Water Marble Nails
7. Tutorial - Bandaged Leggings
8. Tutorial - Inspired by Glitter Litas
9. Tutorial - Cupcake Nails

Do you have any favourites from this past year?

Thank you ALL for reading our blog and continuing to support us by tweeting, pinning and liking our posts! It means so much to us that we have such loyal readers that help us share our ideas with others!

diy scarf shorts

With both the rise of all-over-prints and the trend of pyjamas as outerwear, it's a perfect time to make yourself some silky shorts from a designer inspired scarf! This tutorial is SUPER easy and these huge satin scarves are about a dime a dozen these days, so follow along! Click on any of the photos to check out the full tutorial on the Chictopia Blog :)

Scarf prints all over the runway at the D&G Spring 2012 Ready to Wear show! photos from

H&M necklace, vintage bustier, DIY scarf shorts, jeffrey campbell benatar boots

my new Jeffrey Campbell Benatar Booties c/o LuLu*s, Similar here :)

Sunday, June 10, 2012

growing greens

Every year we've been growing herbs, fruits & veggies in our backyard. It's transformed from a little hobby into a big part of our lives. We usually buy little starter plants in May and we transplant them into our garden or into larger pots. This year we decided to take things a step further; we started our entire garden from seeds! Back in April, Matt built a "grow box". He built a rectangular box with a light inside that is mounted on a chain-- as the seeds grew to little sprouts, we could raise up the lamp. It was super cool to grow these little guys indoors & get to watch them everyday as they sprouted little leaves. :)

We started in individual biodegradable pots

These tomato seeds were dyed so you could tell which were which heirloom variety!

our planted seeds in the grow box

baby spring greens

baby beets

spring greens growing lots more!

baby kale! Yum :P

jewel toned beets (you can call us beet farmers now)

heirloom tomatoes

Since these photos, we've transplanted all of our plants outside! We'll post more photos of our garden soon ♥

Monday, June 4, 2012

diy studded nails

So this week is "Stud Week" on the LuLu*s blog, so we were asked to come up with a stud inspired manicure! We decided to go with another microbead technique & this is what we came up with! Click on the picture below to head over to the blog & see the step-by-step instructions :)

Friday, June 1, 2012

Lime Coconut Cake

I've been really food-focused lately & I think it's obvious if you check out our pinterest account. I always seem to forget to take photos of the process of cooking and baking though because I'm usually rushing to make everything as quickly as possible... so that I can eat as quickly as possible. I had a bit of a day off, so I took my time and snapped some pics in between steps.

Lime Coconut Cake Recipe
Gourmet, March 2009. via Honey and Jam
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 tablespoon grated Key lime zest
2 large eggs
1 3/4 cups self-rising flour (or just add 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt to all purpose.)
3/4 cup whole milk
1/4 cup fresh Key lime juice, divided
1 cup confectioners sugar
1 tablespoon rum (optional)

Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Generously butter an 8- by 8-inch square or 9- by 2-inch round cake pan and line bottom with a round of parchment paper.

Toast coconut in a small baking pan in oven, stirring once or twice, until golden, 8 to 12 minutes. Cool. Leave oven on.

Beat together butter, granulated sugar, and zest with an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir together flour and 1/2 cup coconut (reserve remainder for topping). Stir together milk and 2 tablespoons lime juice. At low speed, mix flour and milk mixtures into egg mixture alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour.

Spoon batter into pan and smooth top. Bake until golden and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool to warm, then turn out of pan and discard parchment.

Whisk together confectioners sugar, remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice, and rum (if using, if not use milk) and pour over cake. Sprinkle with remaining coconut.

*note*: I replaced the milk with coconut milk because it was just in the fridge & seemed like it'd work. I also ended up omitting the glaze entirely and just baking the cake with the toasted coconut sprinkled on top. :) This cake was amaaaaazing.

Happy Friday!
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Google updates Play Store with material design

Android's app haven gets an aesthetic overhaul ahead of Lollipop...

Dying to check out Google's fresh app aesthetic? Grab a sneak peek of Android L right here...

Google has just pushed out its latest Play Store update, bringing with it a host of design changes.

The new Play Store 5.0.31 touts a material design aesthetic for the first time, signalling the approach of Android L.

Google announced 'material design' at its I/O conference earlier this year.

It's the firm's new software design language that looks to keep things simple and flat, amongst other points.

Material design is set to feature heavily in, and debut on, Android L, the next big update for the Android OS.

While we don't have all the details for Android L yet, it's expected to land sometime this month and might sport the moniker 'Lollipop'.

If you're using a stock Android device, you'll likely get the Android L update tout de suite, however skinned devices like the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the Sony Xperia Z3 might take a little longer to upgrade as their respective OEMs frantically code new software.

The new Play Store update is a glimpse into what to expect from Android L.

For starters, the logo is much flatter than previous iterations, although it still sports the 'bag-and-arrow' design we've seen before.

The innards have changed too somewhat, with icons appearing much flatter and minimalistic.

What's New is now highlighted and has moved up from the bottom for installed apps.

There's also new widget icons for the homescreen Play Store widget, as well as new app update icons for your notification bar and panel.

We're not sure whether Google is actively beaming the update to devices just yet, but you can snag it early by downloading a Google-certified .apk file from here.

It's got the thumbs-up from the big G, meaning it's completely safe and good to go for your device.

Word of warning - if you're using the Android L preview OS on your device already, then this update will cause the Play Store to crash.


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Mannequin Challenge: Cops Bust Gun-Wielding Bad Guys from Viral Video

Mannequin Challenge: Cops Bust Gun-Wielding Bad Guys from Viral Video

This mannequin challenge video in Huntsville, Alabama went viral, just not the way the people who filmed it intended it to.

The mannequin challenge may be all the rage these days, but a group of armed men are rueing the day they decided to get in on the latest internet craze, which involves videos of people frozen in mid-action like mannequins while music blares in the background.

One mannequin challenge video, recorded in Huntsville, Ala., shows 22 men holding at least 19 different guns and has been shared more than 85,000 times since it was posted to Facebook on Nov. 9.

The clip naturally caught the attention of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office.

“You have a lot of people with firearms at one address,” Madison County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Mike Salomonsky told WHNT 19 News. “And you have to ask yourself the question, ‘Why?’ and the second question you have to ask yourself: is it a public safety issue?”

Eventually, a search warrant was obtained for the house.

“At 5:02 this morning,” Capt. Mike Salomonsky said in a press conference Tuesday, “The Madison County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team, the City of Huntsville Police Department SWAT team, and also ATF were present when we executed the search warrant at that residence.”

Inside, the authorities found two handguns, one rifle and one single-barrel shotgun, as well as a tactical vest, multiple rounds of ammo and magazines. They also discovered several marijuana bags and a grinder for the drug.

Police arrested 49-year-old Kenneth Fennell White and charged him with first-degree possession of marijuana and possession of a firearm by a violent felon. His bond has been set at $30,000.

Another suspect, 23-year-old Terry Brown, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and loitering. When police took him to jail, they found marijuana in his possession and tacked on a charge of promoting prison contraband. His bond is set at $3,800.

There’s more where that came from. Police said more arrests stemming from the ill-advised mannequin challenge video are likely.

“There are several persons in the video who may be convicted felons,” Salomonsky said. “So, we’re going to try to do some identification, work with the ATF and see if we can generate any charges out of that.”

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November 22, 1919 - October 10, 2013

Graveside funeral services will be held in the West Side District Cemetery on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 3:00 P.M. for longtime Taft resident Neal Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell was born in Licking, Missouri on November 22, 1919 and passed peacefully at his home on October 10, 2013 while being cared for by his wife and children. His father Harry, like many men from that area, had secured employment in the oil fields, enabling his family to join him when Neal was two. Neal was raised and educated in Taft. When World War II approached, Neal and his close friends enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1941, though they served in different theatres. Neal often reminisced about his high regard for the Samoan people. He especially loved their harmonies while they worked together. He continued on to serve in the South Pacific and participated in the action on Guadalcanal.  Gratefully, Neal's friends survived to continue their lives in Taft, and he was employed by Standard Oil/Chevron.

Neal and Bob Hook were Boy Scout Leaders, with the troop being made up mostly of a group of his son's pals. The same group continued on to create a Sea Explorer Post with Lee Talbert and Neal as post leaders. Mr. Mitchell and his family enjoyed camping and boating at Huntington Lake with the Stouts, Hooks, Halls, Helms and Hitchcock families.

Neal was quiet and unassuming and possessed a quick wit. It was a pleasure to sit around a table or a campfire with family and friends when Neal and others would recall humorous aspects of war, work and life. He was a craftsman who could build or repair just about anything and especially enjoyed woodworking. His family assisted Neal in many of these endeavors thereby learning the tools and process of building or repairing such things as furniture, stereo equipment, boats or soap box cars. If you could describe what you needed, he could put it together.

Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife of 67 years, Mable; his son and his wife, Neal and Ronda Mitchell; his daughter Leslie Annette Mitchell; his sister and her husband, Rosalie and George Hickernell; sister-in-law, Mary McGuire; his grandchildren, Tamara Koury, David Mitchell and Kathryn Gilbert; and four great grand children. Neal had so many caring nieces and nephews.

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 Hamilton wants Six Nations title - Taipei Times
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Hamilton wants Six Nations title

Scotland’s Jim Hamilton, top, wins his line-out ball during their Six Nations International rugby union match against France at Murrayfield stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Saturday.

Photo: AFP

Scotland lock Jim Hamilton wants to end his career having won a Six Nations title and believes that is a realistic prospect.

The Scots have won just one of their four Six Nations matches so far this season — and that a last gasp success over bottom of the table Italy.

Earlier in the Championship they suffered a humiliating 20-0 loss to England in Edinburgh.

They were just some 80 seconds away from beating title contenders France at Murrayfield on Sunday only for Jean-Marc Doussain to convert a somewhat fortunately-awarded penalty to give Les Bleus a lucky 19-17 win.

Scotland have not won the tournament since claiming the final edition of the then-Five Nations in 1999 and 31-year-old Hamilton, who plays his club rugby for French side Montpellier, knows he may not have many more chances to lift the Championship trophy.

“We’ve had to go to some dark places, especially after that England game,” Hamilton said. “We know we didn’t play well. It was a shocking day at the office. We have had to believe in what we are doing to come out of those places and the coaches certainly believe in where we are going.”

“We’ve isolated ourselves in the squad so that we can stick together and make sure we keep everything in-house, pulling in the same direction,” he said. “You can see in certain aspects of the France game that we are definitely going in the right direction.”

“Maybe a lot of supporters are getting sick of hearing that but as players we want that consistency and we want to win games,” Hamilton said. “Me personally, I am getting on a bit now and my ambition before I finish playing is to win a Championship.”

“I wouldn’t keep coming back, leaving my two kids and wife at home in France, if I didn’t believe in this squad that we have,” Hamilton added. “I genuinely believe that we are getting closer to that point where we can challenge. I know it’s all if, buts and maybes and that people have heard it all before.”

“But if we keep putting in performances like we did against France and keep believing in what we are doing, there are a lot of young players in this squad who can take us there,” Hamilton said.

Meanwhile Hamilton refused to blame New Zealand referee Chris Pollock for Sunday’s loss.

“No-one ever agrees with the ref if you lose. If you win, you say he’s done an alright job,” he said. “We have got to adapt to that. It’s the same for both sides and I’m not going to say the ref is the reason for us not winning.”

“We were comfortable against France at times and we have only got ourselves to blame,” Hamilton said.

Scotland conclude the tournament away to Wales, beaten 29-18 by England last weekend, in Cardiff on Saturday.

Hamilton says his side can shake off Saturday’s disappointment to win in Cardiff.

“Going down to Wales will be tough,” Hamilton said. “They are the reigning champions, a fantastic team. “The Millennium Stadium is an unbelievable place to play in.”

“But we are going down there with the mindset of winning the game. That’s all we can do. We are disappointed with result on Saturday but will go to Wales and give it our best shot,” Hamilton added.

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Gannett’s nears completion of new app and website efforts for its local newspaper properties

New iPad, iPhone and Android apps replicate the content of the paper’s websites, while the new websites fail to reproduce well on mobile devices

The announcement earlier this month that Gannett would spin off its newspapers is probably a good thing for the papers as far as its digital strategy goes. During the summer the newspaper chain has been launching new apps for its newspapers, but the chain still feels four years behind more progressive digital publishers.

LSJ-iPadGannett has 185 different iPad apps and the same number of apps for the iPhone. Some of these apps are for broadcast properties and so will be the responsibility of the newly created broadcast company. But most are for community newspapers (USA Today apps appear under a separate developer account).

Starting in May, Gannett has been launching new apps for its newspapers and also relaunching the local newspaper websites. As you would expect from such a large chain, all the apps and all the websites look identical.

The strategy behind the new apps is what one might have expected four years ago – something that is not unique to Gannett (see this post on the Chicago Sun-Times). The new apps are your standard news apps, replicating the content that can be found on the newspaper’s website. This is the same strategy the NYT has pursued from the beginning, seeing the iPad as another vehicle for their web content, rather than either either another way to distribute their print newspaper, or as a brand new digital platform (the NYT does not have a replica app for its print newspaper).

LSJ-iPad-webThe apps are, to their credit, a step above some of the news apps that a company like Digital First Media has produced – they at least make sure that the same stories that are deemed important enough to lead the website also lead the app’s first page. They do not, like the outsourced apps from DFM, simply take the RSS feeds and dump the stories into news holes.

But the apps are merely replicating the websites. Generally, more digitally progressive companies would make sure they designed responsive websites that look as attractive on a tablet as they do on a desktop or laptop. But the new Gannett websites are a pop-up advertiser’s dream, and don’t translate well to tablets. (Honestly, I’m not thrilled with them on any device.)

So each newspaper, to compensate, now gets new iPhone and iPad apps that display the news in an acceptable manner. The new Android apps are similar to the iPhone apps (apparently Gannett did not consider it important to build for all those Android tablets being sold).

All the new apps, like USA Today, are stand-alone, as Gannett has eschewed the Apple Newsstand with the exception of two newspaper magazine apps, one of which hasn’t been updated with new issues since September of 2012.

GreenBay-replicaThat goes, too, for the other newspaper apps that were launched long ago to provide replica editions of the print newspapers. These apps open and force the reader to log into their existing print newspaper account. Alternatively, the reader can, in theory, log into a Facebook account. I say ‘in theory’ because my attempt to log in only resulted in an error message.

Gannett’s digital app efforts kind of remind me of a trip to the dentist: no one looks forward to it, and one hopes to avoid going back too many times. There are a lot of papers that need to be serviced, so the idea is to make it as painless as possible.

If Gannett’s current digital strategy is so bad, what should they be doing? Well, first, I would free up some of the newspapers to explore more creative approaches. With so many newspaper properties, spread across the country, centralizing digital publishing efforts works for producing vast numbers of apps and websites, but really stifles innovation. Second, I would insist that any new website launched be tested across devices. Why have each newspaper have three apps (one news app for the iPhone, one news app for the iPad, and a universal app for the replica editions of the print newspaper)?

There Gannett newspapers have a new lease on life, albeit one that comes with the old corporation stealing the interesting digital properties and forcing the papers to sign agreements to use those properties into the future. Congratulations Gannett newspapers, you are no long slaves to the corporation, you are now sharecroppers.

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Canthan New Year!!

Not a week after the end of Wintersday 2009 Redux, the good folk of Guild Wars have a whole new holiday to celebrate and farm.

I’ll be live streaming some of the events, specially sunday, so keep tuned in for some behind the scenes action over there ——————>

Not so loosely based off of the Chinese New Year, this celebration of the Year of the Tiger (rawwwrrr) is open to all characters with access to the Factions campaign. The weekend is chuck full of fun festivities including AFK title grinding, rollerbeetle racing, Dragon Arena tom-foolery, and item farming to appease the Great Tiger during the finale.

A comprehensive guide to the holiday can be found here.

Furthermore, some random guild will be hosting the Finale in select districts all day Sunday, starting at 12am PST (3am EST, OH JOY.) til 12am the next day, providing a fun and easy way to get your special gifts every time the Tiger comes down to terrorize the innocents. They’ll basically be doing all the hard work.
Like Wintersday, the Tiger will bestow upon us his glory every 3 hours starting at 12.Be sure to reserve your spot in hosted districts early as they’re sure to fill up by the Waited Hour.

GL, HF, Get Drunk!

Finally have it…

I spent an obnoxious ammount of time today, and the past week, trying to blitzkrieg my way through Nightfall.
But by the gods, I have my fucking armor.

I got her a destroyer sword and iridescent aegis to complement.

Wintersday 2009 Collectors Items

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

Yes boys and girls, it’s Wintersday in guild wars. What that means is tons of cheer, presents, weird hats, Divine rivalrly, and GOLD, GOLD, GOLD.

This is the best time for farmers / VQ to make use of all those collector items that drop while out doing your thing in the wild digital yonder, driving up the prices of otherwise vendor trash. Special NPC’s appear during the holiday and will trade highly coveted items for some of these common drops.

For a full list of what items are tradable, check out the guildwars wiki page.

EZ Moad Farming:
Decayed Orr Emblems
-55 monks who farm the hot springs should be hoarding these!

-Juvenile Termite Legs
-Copper Shillings
-Silver Bullion Coins
-Sentient Roots
All can be farmed easily by clearing newbie island (Istan) a few times. Simple to solo in normal mode, worth soloing in HM as well.

More hardcore holiday presents can be traded for valued collector items like destroyer cores. Whether or not you wanna do this is up to you. I personally don’t think it’s worth it, but to each his own.

So if you find yourself having some downtime between throwing snowballs and enjoying the decorations, take an hour or two to add some extra income to your pocket.

Happy Holidays~!

Guild Wars: Tale of the Rainbow Chicken

For anybody who’s a ranger/completionist/charmable pet collector in Guild Wars, the holy grail takes the form of the Rainbow Pheonix.

The Rainbow Phoenix, as depicted by Arenanet and Zbrush

This feathery ball of shiny is arguably the rarest / hardest pet to obtain, although some may say the coveted Moss Spider is a close contender. It’s also considered one of the best looking (and it had better be, considering what you have to go through to get it.) Of course, I’m one of the above mentioned people so I decided to do the (rough) math and figure out what would be the best / easiest / fastest way to get it. Or, in the words of Kellus Anasûrimbor, “What is the shortest path?”

There are three main ways to get this guy, all of which are a righteous pain in the behind. I shall cover them and other tips on obtaining this beaut in order of plausible ridiculousness:

The pet shall be mine, for I am the right hand of Balthazar himself!
The Rainbow Phoenix, as depicted by Color by Numbers

Firstly, he can be unlocked in the Zaishen menagerie for 80,000 Balthazar faction. That’s a big number. But the hard part isn’t farming the points, but rather, farming the titles to be able to hold that much at one time. Let’s face it: you can’t put down monthly payments on the bird like you could on your Honda Civic. The Majority of all GW players can hold a max of 10,000 Balth faction at once. In order to up that cap, you need the “equivalent of 14 ranks in the Gladiator, Hero, Champion or Commander title tracks.”
And that, my friends, is no easy feat.

Of course, i’m going on the assumtion that the majority of GW players haven’t even stepped foot into Heroes Ascent. And let me tell you, unless you’ve got a good guild/alliance backing you up, getting your foot in the door in this highly competitive PvP arena is nearly impossible as a pug, let alone WIN anything.

For the .0045% of GW who are/were lucky enough to already have the capacity, though, getting 80,000 faction is just a matter of having the patience to spend a week or two farming it, and with ranks that high, I’m going to assume they’re half decent at PvP and can win enough.

The pet shall be mine, for I am a glutton for punishment and  masochistic tendencies.
The Rainbow Phoenix, as depicted by Vikings after a night of pillage and destruction.

The second, and more traditional means, is by meeting a set of requirements that will cause the Phoenix to spawn in your hall of monuments. The straightforward requirement is having rank 2 of the “Big Deal” title, which is obtained by having at least 10 maxed out titles. This can be a bit difficult to achieve, but many regular or semi-regular players of the game will probably find that they already have a few, or are close to obtaining them.

Furthermore, discussion amongst several communities are showing that with rank 1 of the Big Deal title (5 maxed titles), and a certain amount of filled monuments are also spawning the phoenix, which could mean it’s a lot easier to get him than previously thought. The exact math of it is still hotly debated but the consensus seems to be that having each monument filled to display capacity along with Rank 1 of GWAMM could be another way of getting him. That’s about 5 achievement statues, 5 heroes/pets, 5 sets of elite gear and something like ~5-8 of the destroyer weapons and ~15-20 dedicated minipets. It’s been claimed by a handful of people that they do not have minipets/destroyer weapons maxed by are somehow spawning the turkey.

Depending on each player’s individual progress, which way is easier varies.
For me, personally, i’m already close to filling my displays, so i’m eager to test out whether or not I can get him earlier than I had planned. The destroyer weapons will be the hardest to obtain, but I’ve got some gold to blow, so we’ll see.

Either way, you need at least 5 max titles, so what should you be going for? Protector of Elona/Tyria/Cantha (which is successfully completely all missions and bonus objectives from each campaign) on normal mode is simple enough, especially with guildies/friends. That’s 3 titles right there. Guardian  is the hard-mode equivalent (and considerably more difficult) and completing all six will yield a 7th title, Legendary Guardian.

Legendary survivor is simple but time consuming.

For farmers, reputation titles for Kurzick/Luxon, Sunspears, Lightbringer, Asura, Norn, Vangaurd, etc. can be easy to get, especially with the introduction of the Dungeon Master books that keep track of your progress (these can be turned in for ridiculous amounts of rep). More often than not you can double farming rep with vanquishing.
All the other crap is much more elusive/annoying but it’s best to check what progress you have already and aim to completing those first.

The pet shall be mine, for I find comfort in repetitive actions.
The Rainbow Phoenix, bringer of the End of Days, as depicted by ancient Mayans

Lastly, and what I’ve decided is the easiest/most casual friendly method is by unlocking him via Zaishen coins.
The Zaishen challenges are essentially dailies that you can do on your PvE characters. There’s a Mission, Bounty, and Combat challenge each day, and they all vary in difficulty, and the rewards scale with that.

So, here come the numbers.

Completing all 3 objectives (including the bonus’ which are in hard-mode) will yield an average of 450 copper coins per day. The phoenix requires 15 gold zaishen coins, which boils down to 7,500 copper coins, plus some pocket change. With my trusty Windows Calculator, one can conclude it would take about 15-18 days of completing each objective to get the coins to unlock him, which is under a month consecutively. *see note

But don’t get TOO excited, there are a few, likely account-wide requirements that you as a player/person have to have before being able to successfully do these.

~Owning the appropriate campaigns: You can’t do the missions/bounties in games you don’t own. You need to have Factions in order to do a good chunk of the PvP challenges, as well.
~Progressed though PvE. Obviously, you can’t do Bounties/Missions in areas you’ve yet to visit.
~Furthermore, hard-mode can only be unlocked once successfully beating a game in normal mode, and only for THAT campaign. And it’s the hard-mode bonus’ for each challenge that yields the most coins.
~Time/Patience to deal with it. Cause let me tell you, the harder missions/bounties can be a pain to do in hard-mode.

Logically speaking, most of us can’t or simply can’t be arsed to do this.

But, before you cry emo tears of sadness, there are even more factors to consider before committing digital suicide.

~Coins are account-wide. So assuming you have at least ONE character who’s beaten every game, you can do hard-mode on any other of your characters as well. Obvious answer, to up your daily copper intake, complete the challenges on as many toons as you can.
~You can hold up to 3 quests at a time, so if you can’t do them every day, don’t fret. Collect them over time and save them all for one idle Tuesday.
~PvP quests are repeatable, which is good news for anybody who enjoys a good face pounding. It’s also helpful to turn it in once, and then grab it agai
n to wor
k on the bonus (which will usually be something like winning 9 games overall) and work on it over time.
~PvP quests from the Battle Isles are available to any PvE character you have, and the faction missions (AB/JQ/FA) are open to PvE characters who have advanced that far, making them highly worth getting even ANY of your toons and do them over time.

Final Thoughts:

The pet shall be mine, for I… whoa.
The Rainbow Phoenix, as depicted by a night of photoshop filter abuse and portobellos.

So while I did rank these in order of ‘difficulty”, if you do want to eventually get this pet, which method you choose is really up to you. You have to consider what you enjoy most and what you already have completed so far. That will likely have a huge impact on what direction to go.

I’ll leave this off with a “quick guide” of sorts to figure out which meathod is best for you.

If you solely/mostly PvP…
…the best option would be to work on your hero titles and grind out the 80,000 balth faction.

If you solely/mostly PvE …
…with one advanced character, you’re best bet is to go for the five titles and fill your monument, or go for the ten max titles. Chances are you’re close to getting there.
…with several characters, none of which have progressed too far, you might do well by unlocking hard-mode on at least one and working on collecting zaishen coins accross your account.

*As of the March 3, 2011 update, the addition of the Zaishen vanquish and 7-hero teams makes grinding out Zaishen coins about 3,000 times easier. The math is now off (likely an underestimation) and I’ll get around to updating the number once there’s been enough time to come up with averages.

April Fools!!

So last year on guild wars, we got a funny April Fools trick where all our characters were turned into stickfigures:

This year, we got the honor of being Chibi Gwen (based off of Gwen-Chan from the Japanese website for the game).
Very cute.

And of course, the internet being the internet…

Screens. And Jera

Talk about ADD. Me and this Rit were quite taken by the cat in the middle of a quest, much to the dismay of the rest of our party.

I rarely talk about my ranger , which is sad since she was my first PVE char. Drea! For a while she and my monk were both at the same level, but eventually I just wound up getting through most of the game with the monk since there’s no shortage of need for heals. Fail. Anyway, here she is with Luxon armor! And end-game weapon. After I splurged on my monk, I felt bad so …
AND I WENT WITH PINK of all things.

The face on that thing is a little racist.

Old pic, but yeah. Who doesn’t love red-heads?

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Texas A&M International University's Academic Enrichment Center will offer a free TASP Math Workshop on Saturday, June 13 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. in Bullock Hall room 220.

The free workshop is designed to help students succeed on the math portion of the TASP (Texas Academic Skills Program). It will help participants become familiar with the contents of the test, the format of the test items, and the best strategies for working through the test.

The Official TASP Study Guide will be used. The Study Guide includes detailed suggestions, examples, and explanations.

TASP is a statewide program required by Texas law to ensure that students entering Texas public colleges and universities have the basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills needed to be successful in college-level work.

All full- or part-time students enrolled at Texas public colleges and universities and those entering any educator preparation program in Texas must take the TASP, unless qualified for TASP exemption.

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Artist of the day: Variety Workshop

Oldsmar's Variety Workshop have an eclectic sound that's not quite jam, not quite reggae, not quite ska -- but it's definitely a whole lotta fun.

Bassist Ryan Reilly, singer Evan Brenner, guitarist Robbie Pereira and drummer Brad Whitsett are skate fiends who have produced videos and even have their own art and video production company. They've also played on the Warped Tour (see if you can spot Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy in the photo above.)

In January, the band released their debut self-titled CD, which Brenner says "was the culmination of close to two years of dedication and devotion creating music that not only is diverse, but still has an element of mass appeal." The band would get off work at 10 p.m., drive to Polysound Studios in Brandon and record until 3or 4 a.m. "We wanted to make sure we didn't overlook any details, so we took our time crafting the album."

Variety Workshop is in talks to go on a 54-city summer extreme sports tour, and they've got a few gigs around Tampa Bay this summer. But this afternoon, the band is playing a huge Memorial Day party at Big Shots, 2461 McMullen Booth Rd., Clearwater, with Rise of Saturn, Gladiator and more. Doors open at 1:30 p.m.; tickets are $7. All ages.

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Will Power, Scott Dixon have no fear if rain hits St. Petersburg

Helio Castroneves, left, gives fellow driver Dario Franchitti a pat on the back while exiting the track after morning practice.

Helio Castroneves, left, gives fellow driver Dario Franchitti a pat on the back while exiting the track after morning practice.

ST. PETERSBURG — Two weeks ago in Brazil, Will Power won the IRL IndyCar opener with a little help from rainy weather, and with apologies to fans hoping for sunny skies Sunday, he wouldn't mind a little more precipitation during the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

"It just makes racing better, actually," Power said. "You can pass. The poor guy on pole position is not that good, because he was hoping for a good clean race. But it mixes things up always when it rains. It's survival of the fittest in the rain."

There's a chance the 29-year-old Australian could be on the pole Sunday, as he had the fastest time in Friday's afternoon practice session with an average speed of 103.979 mph, more than 1 mph faster than the second-fastest driver, Scott Dixon.

And there's a good chance Sunday's race could be wet, as was the case for part of the 2008 race. is calling for a 70 percent chance of rain Sunday, with afternoon showers and thunderstorms.

Count Dixon as another driver who wouldn't have a problem with that.

"It's fun for the drivers," Dixon said. "It opens up a lot more differences for strategy. People starting in the back to come up with something crazy and jump up. I think it's good for the fans because it creates really good racing. Some people adapt to changing conditions a lot quicker than others. That might be someone who's in the pack and can fight their way up."

Damage: Dario Franchitti damaged his No. 10 car during afternoon practice, sustaining moderate damage to his left front after hitting the outside retaining wall in Turn 4.

Franchitti climbed out of the car without assistance, and after 10 minutes under a yellow flag, normal practice resumed. Franchitti's car should be fine for today's qualifying.

Downside of geography: As much as Dan Wheldon loves racing in St. Petersburg — he can roll out of bed and get to the track in about 20 minutes — it does bring a bit more pressure.

"I've generated a lot of home support, which I really enjoy," he said. "You never want to let the fans down."

New deal for Hunter-Reay?: Ryan Hunter-Reay, second in last year's Grand Prix in St. Petersburg, has a five-race deal with Andretti Autosport, but that figures to change soon.

Michael Andretti, the team's chairman, president and CEO, said he hoped to have "something by the end of the weekend" to announce. Hunter-Reay was second in the opener in Brazil.

Changes for the fans: Veteran racegoers might notice some subtle changes around the course. The yachts along the waterfront are from the St. Petersburg Yacht Club rather than in a special group in formation to watch the race. A concession contract wasn't renewed, eliminating the yacht arrangement and the need for a pedestrian bridge from the track to the water. There is one fewer section of grandstand at the end of Turn 1 to accommodate a slightly larger paddock. And a beer garden near the pit entrance is new.

Taking the first step: Zach Veach, 15, from Stockdale, Ohio, was introduced as the second entry for Andretti Autosport in the USF2000 National Championship — a rung on the ladder toward developing future IndyCar drivers.

He joins Sage Karam, also 15, who is racing today and Sunday.

"It's an extreme honor to sign with a great team and a great series," Veach said. "I feel one step closer (to my dream)."

The precocious teenager heads a safe driving campaign for his peer group and is working on a book, 99 Things You Wish You Knew Before Getting Your Driver's License, between working out, traveling for races, homework and Xbox with friends.

He would like to be racing in IndyCar by the time he's 18.

THIS AND THAT: Bucs RBs Cadillac Williams and Clifton Smith were among the riders in Thursday's Indy Racing Experience and are expected to attend Sunday's race. … St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster will wave the green flag to start the Grand Prix.

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Maa Tara in Tarapith

This Temple of "Goddess Tara in her manifestation of Ugra Tara" is situated in Chandipur village, block Rampurhat of Birbhum District, in West Bengal State, India. This is among one of the fifty-two Shakti Peetha's of Sati (incarnation of Adhya-Shakti and 16th daughter of Prajapati Daksha or King Daksha

who is the son of lord Brahma and ruler of the earth). According to legendary Hindu mythology “Sati” was the first wife of Lord Shiva, who is the lord of Destruction. "Sati" sacrificed herself in the fire of the Yajna (Spiritual Practice of fire-offering to God), held at the home of Sati’s father Prajapati-Daksha, after she had heard disrespectful speeches about her husband Lord Shiva. Sati's father Prajapati-Daksha did not like Shiva (because of his activities related to destruction, his residing in Shamshan Cremation Ground and his being poor, apply pyre ash on her body and once a head of his father Brahma, was cut by him). He had also not invited Lord Shiva his family and followers, to this Yajna ceremony, even though he had invited each and every one from the entire Universe. When Lord Shiva came to know about the fact that Sati had sacrificed herself in the Yajna, with utter resentment he destroyed the Yajna of Prajapati-Daksha with her incarnation as Maha-Kali and Birbhadra with his millions of followers. After destroying everything, Shiva carried Sati’s dead body over his shoulder and started the “Tandav Nritya” (Dance Macabre) or the dance of destruction, as a result of which destruction of the world had begun. Prajapati (who nourish his people) or Lord Brahma with all Gods, pray to lord Vishnu to protect the earth from Shiva's dance of destruction.
When Lord Vishnu (The sustain-er of three worlds, earth, heaven and hades) saw the dance of Lord Shiva, he felt that if Lord Shiva would not stop his process of destruction, everything in this universe would be destroyed. So, he tore the dead body of Sati into pieces using his Sudarshan Chakra (A weapon which is round with cutting teeth and it spins around at a very high speed) . Each piece of her dead body fell at different places, scattered in Indian Sub-Continent, where a "Shakti-Peeth" (Shakti is a feminine term and represents female power in Hinduism) has come into being. Then Lord Shiva calmed down and went to practice strict meditation in his home in Kailash Mountain. It is said that here at Chandipur Village or Tarapith, on the bank of "Dwarka" river, which is north faced, the third eye of Sati had fallen, which symbolized the anger with destruction.

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From early childhood Charndra McKay, 39, has battled obesity. Yet every meal wages a war within her. She reached higher for a deeper answer, which was vulnerability.

From early childhood Charndra McKay, 39, has battled obesity, but her two young daughters give her reason to change. Yet every meal wages a war within her. She reached higher for a deeper answer, which was vulnerability.

When her church in Randolph asked her to share something about her walk with God, Charndra decided to strip away shame and secrets, the emotional weight at the heart of her physical weight. She took a deep breath and dove into the murky waters of her past.

In front of 500 people Charndra said: “My childhood was tainted by sexual abuse, violence and alcoholism. I learned at an early age that food meant comfort, it was something to look forward to, an escape from the things going on around me.

Without really understanding it at the time, I started using food to build layers of protection around myself to hide from unwanted attention and deal with emotions that I could not understand or express. I learned early how to hide away the most fragile parts of myself from others and keep up appearances.”

Even her closest friends were held at a comfortable distance, and she admitted, “This is also true of my relationship with God. Though intellectually I understand that nothing is hidden from God, at times I have struggled to pray, stay connected with and trust him.”

However, a scripture holds there are no secrets or false fronts with God, and there remains only to take responsibility. Charndra shared Hebrews 4:13: “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.”

Love from her husband, Madison, and their daughters Aziza, 3, and Eliana, 1, helps her to break free of a lifelong cycle.

“Being a mom of daughters, I am often faced with unresolved issues from my past and doubts about whether I can be the mom my girls need me to be. I want to be a better example for them in my walk with God, my health and relationships.”

Last October Charndra weighed 265 lbs. This past June she weighed 224, and said, “I removed inflammatory foods from my diet (wheat, sugar, legumes, soy dairy and grains) and my meals consist of lots of vegetables, lean protein and limited fruits.” To overcome hurts from her past, she surrenders inner transformation to God.

“Without a change in my heart and deeper convictions I will end up right back where I started. The food may change but the heart and habits remain the same without his help.”

She counts on what God promised in Ezekiel 36:26, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”

Charndra said, “When we feel like we cannot or we don’t want to be vulnerable, we are too afraid to trust God. We can remind ourselves that God became completely vulnerable to us, he died naked, abandoned and alone on the cross.”

And then the stay-at-home mom stepped down to thunderous applause.

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What you need to know when selling a business

What you need to know when selling a business.Selling a business, like other corporate finance transactions, is a big deal. But for many entrepreneurs, relief at the successful conclusion to years of hard work can be tempered by the reality of a substantial tax bill.

Effective tax planning can use Entrepreneurs’ relief, roll-over relief or hold-over relief to minimise or defer capital gains tax liabilities. In addition, you may be able to structure a sale in a way that minimises overall tax liabilities.

Entrepreneurs' relief

Entrepreneurs’ relief can allow you to pay a lower rate of capital gains tax (CGT) when you sell your business. If Entrepreneurs’ relief applies, the rate of CGT is reduced to 10%. Individuals have a lifetime limit of £10 million of gains for which Entrepreneurs’ relief can be claimed.

Entrepreneurs’ relief can apply to sales of unincorporated businesses or personal trading companies — provided qualifying conditions are met. Given the substantial tax savings involved, it is vital that you organise your business and its sale so that you qualify for Entrepreneurs’ relief.

Other CGT reliefs

Roll-over relief allows CGT to be deferred if the gains are reinvested in new business assets. Provided roll-over relief applies, CGT will only become payable when these new assets are sold. A similar relief is available if gains are invested in unquoted shares that qualify under the Enterprise Investment Scheme.

Hold-over relief can be used to defer CGT if you are giving away your business rather than selling it — for example, handing your business on to your children. CGT is generally automatically deferred on any transfer of assets to your spouse or civil partner.

If you need to incorporate your business as part of the sale process — for example, if you are going to float on AIM or the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange — any capital gains made at the time of forming the company will normally be deferred automatically by incorporation relief. You become liable for CGT when you sell your shares.

Corporation tax and business sales

If you trade as a company, additional tax planning complications can arise on any business sale. While you might simply sell your shares — and claim Entrepreneurs’ relief if available — there are other options.

For example, the company might sell assets, using the gains to fund additional pension contributions or dividends for your benefit. Chargeable gains from the asset sale are likely to be liable to corporation tax (though any amounts reinvested in other assets may qualify for roll-over relief).

If you are selling only part of a business, you’ll need to consider whether to structure the sale as a transfer of assets or of shares. Special corporation tax treatment applies if a trading company sells shares in another trading company in which it holds a substantial shareholding.

Business sale tax planning

Long-term planning in advance can be an important element of any eventual business sale. Along with tax planning opportunities, you’ll also want to look at how you ‘groom’ the business for sale, maximising its likely sale value.

Some of the more substantial options to reduce tax liabilities are only available if you plan well in advance: for example, if you are considering emigrating to avoid UK capital gains tax.

Nearer the time, you’ll also need to take into consideration any purchaser’s preferences and tax position. For example, a purchaser may prefer to acquire assets rather than buying a company and taking on its liabilities. The structuring of any corporate finance transaction should aim to optimise the overall tax treatment, with the relative tax benefits to seller and purchaser reflected in the price.

You should take advice to help ensure that Entrepreneurs’ relief is available to you and that any business sale is as tax effective as possible.

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Mixed Signals mix it up after St. Patty’s Day

By Alexandra Samuely

The Mixed Signals’ post-St. Patrick’s Day show incorporated interactive games for new and old members as well as the audience. (Tim Lee / Staff Photographer)

The College’s improvisational comedy troupe the Mixed Signals held their post-St. Patrick’s Day show on Sunday, March 18.

The troupe  incorporated new games amongst new members while keeping their tradition of audience participation alive and well.

Performing to a full crowd, the troupe played old favorites like “Half-Life”— a game in which a two minute scene is performed and then reenacted in one-minute, 30-second, 15-second and one-second increments.

The night kicked off with a round of “Press Conference.”

This game called for the audience to decide on a world-changing event to take place while Mixed Signals member and senior women’s and gender studies major Liz So fielded questions from other members that gave subtle hints about the fictitious tragedy, which consisted of pants being abolished from the world.

Senior psychology major John Eldis received one of the biggest laughs of the night with his comment: “Being a Scotsman, I don’t really get what everyone’s complaining about!”

The game “Five Letter Word” between junior biology major Dan Loverro and sophomore history and secondary education major Jonathan Dowler escalated into a hilarious shouting match, while “First Line, Last Line” with sophomore nursing major Nina Shulgach and senior communications studies major Sam Paternostro instructed them to perform a scene beginning with the phrase “look at the moon” and ending with “Oh no, it’s the Terminator!”

New games included the well-received “Dating Game,” which entailed a bachelorette trying to figure out her three contestants’ quirks — decided on by the audience — and also “Crazy Prov,” which incorporated all previous games and jokes while allowing the members of the troupe to challenge and one-up each other.

The Mixed Signals practice twice a week to experiment with characters and games, according to Shulgach.

“I love that I can be whoever I want to be,” said Shulgach, who cites the chemistry and camaraderie between the members as a favorite aspect of being in the troupe. “The audience does feel it if you have good chemistry”.

Dowler credits the show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” as an inspiration for his performances and enjoys that he gets, “really immersed in scenes.”

The energetic environment is what brings people to the shows.

Sophomore sociology major Biju Egwuonwu said, “I kind of have to (attend)because my buddy Jon Dowler is in it, but it’s also really funny and a great way to spend Sunday nights.”

Whether students attend simply to support a friend or enjoy an evening of laughs before the start of the week, a Mixed Signals improv show is a way to de-stress from homework and appreciate some comedic talent.


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Lallana credits Klopp and medics after late winner

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Adam Lallana: Scored Liverpool's winning goal at Norwich City

Adam Lallana: Scored Liverpool's winning goal at Norwich City

Adam Lallana credited Jurgen Klopp and the Liverpool medical team for allowing him to be the Reds’ match winner at Norwich City.

Lallana picked up a knock in the defeat to Manchester United last weekend but came off the substitutes’ bench at Carrow Road to net the decisive strike in the Reds’ 5-4 win.

The England midfielder was grateful to make the intervention, rather than remain on Merseyside in anticipation of Tuesday’s Capital One Cup semi-final second leg with Stoke City. Liverpool hold a 1-0 lead from the first leg.

“I had a bit of a knock after the United game,” Lallana told Liverpool’s official website.

“Not just credit to the manager, but credit to the medical team as well.

“They could easily have said to stay at Melwood and recover for Tuesday, especially with the amount of injuries we’ve got at the minute.

“Sometimes in football the risks pay off; plenty don’t, but plenty do. I think that risk possibly won us the game.”

Sebastien Bassong thought he had earned Norwich a point, but Liverpool, who had come from 3-1 down to lead 4-3, responded through Lallana to take all three.

The former Southampton captain, who broke manager Jurgen Klopp’s glasses in celebrating the strike, said: “It was a great feeling. I’m sure the celebrations summed it up.

“I think the whole squad, everyone involved, was on the pitch. I’ll take a booking for that one.

“(After) their goal in the 94th minute I remember asking the ref ‘how long left?’ and he said ‘one minute’.

“The next thing I knew the whistle had gone and we had all three points.

“It was a great game to be involved in and one you won’t forget too quickly.”

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On Twitter Acquiring Bagcheck...  Very proud to let you all know that Twitter has acquired Bagcheck.  As co-founder & CPO, I wanted to offer my personal thanks to everyone that was part of our journey, and share some of the technology and design lessons we learned over the past year in the hopes …
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Silicon Valley VC Tim Draper: “U.S. just dropped a notch”  —  The biggest question on every mind in Silicon Valley relates to our collective worst nightmare: Could a macroeconomic collapse trigger another dotcom-esque bust?  —  For at least one VC, Draper Fisher Jurvetson partner Tim Draper …
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Sued over Fast Booting in OS X with a Patent linked to LG Electronics  —  A Floridian Company by the name Operating Systems Solutions, LCC, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple for OS X's fast booting operation.  The interesting twist to this lawsuit is that the patent was originally owned by LG Electronics.
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Is a patent war between Apple and LG brewing?
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Greg Sandoval / Media Maverick:
Apple's rumored ‘Replay’ service a ways off  —  Warner Bros.' is one of at least four top film studios that Apple has yet to obtain streaming-movie licenses from, sources say.  —  The rumors from last week about Apple being “on the edge” of launching a cloud-movie service that would enable iTunes users …
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Network effects: Social media's role in the London riots  —  In the wake of a controversial police shooting, Britain's capital city has been rocked by two straight days of widespread rioting and looting.  As with previous riots — such as those in Vancouver, British Columbia following …
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
London riots: BlackBerry to help police probe Messenger looting ‘role’
Discussion: IntoMobile
Tim Carmody / Epicenter:
Amazon's New(ish) Social Network — Now Lifting Even More Info From Facebook, Twitter  —  Screenshot of my Public Notes profile at  —  Amazon's “Public Notes” feature for Kindle has been available for months.  So why did my following and follower counts rocket up overnight to five times what they had been?
Discussion: @dannysullivan
John Biggs / TechCrunch:
I Am Jonathan's Starbucks Card: A Social Payment Experiment (With Free Coffee)  —  Jonathan's Starbucks card lives in Jonathan Stark's wallet.  You can download a copy of the card (shown here) and, when there is money on it, scan it at any Starbucks to buy coffee and, as far as anyone can tell, Jonathan doesn't care.
Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
Apple Launches $999 iMac for Educational Institutions  —  Apple has quietly launched a lower cost $999 iMac for educational institutions this morning.  The new low-end model is labeled “Education only” and is not available for individuals.  The new iMac appeared on Apple's Higher Educational online store early this morning.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
200,000 BitTorrent Users Sued In The United States  —  Mass file-sharing lawsuits have been filed all across the United States in recent months, almost exclusively targeting BitTorrent users.  Copyright holders have embraced this new revenue stream by the dozen and new lawsuits are being filed every week.
Josh Constine / Inside Facebook:
Facebook's News Feed Links Status Updates to Pages Even If Users Don't  —  Facebook is now showing a special type of news feed story that links to a Page when multiple friends post updates that mention the Page's name, even if they don't explicitly tag it.  The story reads “[Friend's name] …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
How Your Social Data Will Power Walmart's E-Commerce Revolution  —  Walmart is planning to launch several new projects this holiday season based on the technology it acquired from the social media startup Kosmix back in April.  Kosmix's platform previously powered several services …
Mat Honan / Gizmodo:
Please Stop Calling Gadgets Sexy  —  Dear technology journalists of the world: You know how you called that gadget you just reviewed sexy?  Tell me, do you intend to f**k it, or do you simply plan to shove it up your ass?  —  “Sexy.”  You see it applied to non-human objects all the time, but especially electronics.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple releases tool to create an OS X Lion recovery/installation external drive  —  For those who are unable to use the web-based recovery tool for OS X Lion, Apple has released a new Mac application that allows users to create their own OS X Lion recovery/installation external drives.
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Syrian hackers retaliate, deface Anonymous' social network  —  Counters Anonymous' earlier sabotage of nation's Ministry of Defense site  —  Computerworld - After the hacking gang Anonymous took credit for defacing Syria's Ministry of Defense website, a Syrian group today retaliated …
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Judge does not allow Google to outmaneuver Oracle with untimely invalidity contentions  —  Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has just denied, for the largest part, a Google motion for leave to supplement its invalidity contentions, i.e. …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
MobileMe users who migrate to iCloud get 25GB of storage in transition  —  Since opening the tool for developers to migrate from MobileMe to iCloud, Apple has revealed to MobileMe users that they will retain their MobileMe storage when their account becomes an iCloud account.
Dan Rowinski / ReadWriteWeb:
Facebook Adds Two New Security Features to Its Mobile Platform  —  Facebook announced two new safety features for its mobile platforms today intended to make interacting with the platform easier and more secure.  Facebook is bringing its “social reporting” feature to mobile browsers as well as mobile password reset.
Discussion: Facebook, All Facebook and Ubergizmo
Xu Wei / CHINAdaily:
Unauthorized Apple retailers face logo ban  —  BEIJING - Unauthorized sellers of Apple products in Zhongguancun have been told to cover up the Apple logo as the city's quality watchdog attempts to tighten control over the nation's top center for the distribution of electronic products.
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Dan Wineman / venomous porridge:
The Unprecedented Audacity of the iBooks Author EULA  —  Apple just released iBooks Author, a free Mac app for creating digital books for the new version of iBooks.  I haven't played with it much, but so far it looks like a very good tool.  However, a curious thing happens when you go to export your work in iBooks format:
Tom Neumayr / Apple:
Apple Unveils All-New iTunes U App for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch  —  Entire Courses from Top Universities Now Available in One App  —  Apple® today announced an all-new iTunes® U app, giving educators and students everything they need on their iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch® to teach and take entire courses.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Apple's New Math.  Or: Why A $15 E-Book Equals a $75 Paper Book.  —  McGraw-Hill normally sells high-school textbooks for $75 a pop. Now it says it will sell electronic versions of the same books, via Apple, for $15 apiece.  How can the publisher make that work?
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Kno CEO Osman Rashid To Apple: “Now We Will Fight On Who Has The Better Product”  —  Apple's latest foray into digital textbooks today raises a lot of questions about the future of the textbook publishing industry and digital textbook startups who now find themselves going up against Apple.
Megan Garber / The Atlantic Online:
A Brief History of Textbooks, or, Why Apple's ‘New Textbook Experience’ Is Actually Revolutionary
Discussion: CNET and AnandTech
Darrell Etherington / GigaOM:
Apple announces new iPad textbook experience with iBooks 2
Google Investor Relations:
Google Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2011 Results  —  Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter and the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.  —  “Google had a really strong quarter ending a great year.  Full year revenue was up 29% …
Eric Eldon / TechCrunch:
Larry Page Is Super Excited To Announce That Google+ Has 90M Users [Update: Engagement+?]  —  The official numbers are in for Google's new social network, Google+.  Beating out most previous third-party estimates that we've seen, the company said today that it now has 90 million users worldwide.
Dan Gallagher / MarketWatch:
Google earnings rise 6%, but miss targets
Discussion: Bloomberg
Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy  —  WASHINGTON—The Federal Bureau of Investigation moved against a group of suspected online pirates Thursday, targeting the popular file-sharing website a day after Washington lawmakers were besieged by complaints about legislation designed …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Justice Department calls MegaUpload an ‘international organized criminal enterprise,’ founder Kim Dotcom arrested in New Zealand  —  The United States Justice Department filed charges against MegaUpload today, calling the file-sharing service an “international organized criminal enterprise …
Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
Anonymous claims DOJ and record label site takedowns in response to MegaUpload suit  —  By all appearances, Anonymous isn't too happy with the Department of Justice's move to take down file sharing site MegaUpload today, because it's now claiming that it's knocked the DOJ's site off the internet …
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Why the feds smashed Megaupload
Discussion: TeleRead
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Before shutdown, Megaupload ate up more corporate bandwidth than Dropbox
Summify Joins The Flock At Twitter!  —  You've probably noticed we've been quiet lately.  Well, we're extremely excited to announce that Summify has been acquired by Twitter!  I know, right?  We can hardly believe it ourselves!  —  Roughly 2 years ago, we moved from Romania to Vancouver …
Mike Davidson /   Twitter Buys Summify, Gives Everyone a Reason to Use It
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Reports Record Revenue: Up 5% To $20.9B, Earnings At $0.78 Per Share  —  Microsoft just reported its second quarter 2012 earnings with revenues of $20.9 billion, an 5% increase from the same period of the prior year.  Microsoft's operating income, net income, and diluted earnings per share …
Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:
Bing Maps to get Nokia branding on all devices - including rivals'  —  Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop, has told Pocket-lint that we shall soon be seeing the Nokia brand name within other devices and not just the company's own phones.  —  “You'll starting seeing the word ‘Nokia’ on a map …
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Amazon Makes More Than $100 Off Each Kindle Fire  —  The hardware and manufacturing costs of the Kindle Fire may exceed the device's retail price, but Amazon is not losing any money on it.  Every Kindle sold is another annuity revenue stream for the company, strengthening its core retail business.
Eric Savitz / The Tech Trade:
Amazon Kindle Fire: More Profitable Than Expected?
David Goldman / CNN Money:
At $400 billion, Apple is worth more than Greece  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Apple's value on the stock market briefly rose to $400 billion on Thursday, a record high for what was already the world's most valuable technology company.  —  The company's market cap slipped below the $400 billion mark …
Discussion: 9to5Mac, AllThingsD and
Antonio Rodriguez / The Grain:
How iOS can lose: the independent developer as a canary in the coal mine  —  Try as I might to find objective data in their financials to show the slow of the platform, I found it difficult to observe any cracks in the iOS money-making machine.  Apple is continuing to spend fewer dollars …
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple introduces us to Siri, the Killer Patent  —  On October 4, 2011Apple launched the iPhone 4S with Siri, just one day prior to Steve Jobs passing.  Today, the first killer patent application behind Siri was published by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Discussion: AppleInsider, BGR and CNET
Adam Lashinsky / Fortune:
Larry Page: Google should be like a family  —  In an exclusive Q&A, Google's co-founder and CEO explains how he built a No. 1 workplace — and why it matters.  —  Google also claimed the top spot on our list in 2007 and 2008 - making it the only three-time champion.
Krystal Peak / VatorNews:
Nike announces FitBit, JawboneUP competition ‘FuelBand’  —  As consumers demand more from mobile health, Nike pours fuel on the fire  —  With everyone trying to uphold their New Year's resolutions — or resuscitate them — Nike took some time out on Thursday to announce a new tool to track …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Pages With Too Many Ads “Above The Fold” Now Penalized By Google's “Page Layout” Algorithm  —  Do you shove lots of ads at the top of your web pages?  Think again.  Tired of doing a Google search and landing on these types of pages?  Rejoice.  Google has announced that it will penalize sites with pages that are top-heavy with ads.
Matt Lynley / Business Insider:
Path Is Raising A Big Funding Round To Go With Its Shiny New App  —  Find out more out the future of disruptive technology and companies like Facebook, Google, Zynga, Disney, NBC and more at IGNITION West!  —  Path is in the beginning stages of raising a new funding round, Business Insider has learned.
Nancy Messieh / The Next Web:
Death sentence for Iranian programmer accused of developing software used by porn sites  —  Iran's stranglehold on Internet use in the country is no secret.  From monitoring its users to blocking sites quicker than you can say Ahmadinejad, Iranian authorities will stop at nothing to ensure …
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LG Officially Slates G2 Smartphone for Android 4.4 KitKat Update in Late Q1 2014

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LG G2It’s official, LG’s biggest (figuratively speaking), baddest, proudest smartphone ever, the G2, is circling an Android 4.4 KitKat update. Only the OTA will not be rolled out as early as one particular French retailer suggested earlier this month.

Not in Canada, where company officials have confirmed the G2 will “have a break, have a Kit Kat” in late Q1 2014, meaning towards the end of March. Not quite an impressive turnaround time, since Motorola’s Moto X for instance has scored the upgrade already on three out of four American carriers.

However, LG doesn’t have Moto’s close ties with Google. Also, just because Canadians will be left hanging until March, that doesn’t mean Europeans won’t get a taste of the chocolaty treat earlier. Historically speaking, North America has almost always followed the old continent’s suit in software bumps, so in theory, next month could still bring Android 4.4 to some G2 users.

Turning our attention back north, it’s worth mentioning the KitKat update should land on all Canadian carriers at around the same time, which is probably the day’s best news. Well, that and the ongoing Black Friday deals, but I digress. The bottom line is the G2 is shaping up to be quite the splendid Christmas present, what with Android 4.4 bound to make it even zippier in no time.

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Today's Palm computers face practical restrictions when playing complex games. This article deals with both the functional as well as the hardware limitations of a Palm computer and their impact on game design. It is observed that the designers of complex games refuse to take sufficiently into account the imposed limitations. Seven design problems are identified and examples of these problems in actual games are given, including ways of solving them. Consequently the paper proposes a list of five design rules which may alleviate the problems. Finally, it concludes that now the time is ripe for one-person Palm game businesses.

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I have an underlying fear that I will end up being taken away in one of two directions, to the loony bin, or to a place out in space internally and then to the loony bin. However after having this understanding, I feel it is a great deal more simplistic, and those concerns are really unnecessary.
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More ISPs increase prices in response to new Internet tax

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Last week we wrote that Liquid Telecom had increased its internet prices following a new 5% tax on the internet by the government.

Other providers have started to announce price increases. One of the 3 largest internet providers in the country, Dandemutande, advised its customers in a letter this week. Here:

Dear Valued Customers

Please be advised on the 24th of March 2017, the Minister Finance amended the Finance Act (No.2) 2017, Section 312 (49) to levy an additional 5% (Five Percent) special excise duty, which has been designated as a Health Fund Levy. This is to be leivied and credited to the Health Fundy Levy established under section 18 of the Public Finance Management Act [Chapter 22:19] (11/2009) which is in addition to the 5% excise duty which is currently being charged on your statement.

We therefore advise that consistent with this new legislative requirement, we will be applying a 10% excise duty for all our data services with immediate effect. This will reflect on your monthly invoices going forward.

Kindly note that the gazetted effective date of this new requirement has been set to apply retrospectively to 1 January 2017. We have engaged the authorities to request a waiver of the first 3 (three) months and proposed an effective start date of 1 April 2017 in a bid to cushion our clients. We will keep you informed on the development of these engagements.

Yours Faithfully,

The Dandemutande Team

With Dandemutande prices adjusted, it’s now 2 out of the 3 major fixed internet companies that have responded to the new tax. To the best of our knowledge, only TelOne has not increased its prices, yet.

Update: Just to be clear, Liquid Telecom is the parent company of ZOL. ZOL itself hasn’t announced any price increases yet. We sent them some questions earlier and will update once we have a position from them.

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Dandemutande is one of the leading Broadband Internet Service Providers in Zimbabwe. It offers internet connectivity through fibre, wireless and data centre services. The company has 4 major internet services brands int he market: Utande, iWayAfrica, Africa Online and YoAfrica. Dandemutande holds an IAP Class A license issued to it by the Zimbabwean telecoms sector regulator POTRAZ. Read More

Liquid Telecom is one of the fastest growing internet service providers in Zimbabwe in particular and Africa in general. It provides state of the art fibre internet which links Zimbabwe and the Southern African region to the outside world. The company is a subsidiary of Econet Wireless Group and has branches in most parts of Southern and East Africa. Read More

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  1. Let us eat cake says:

    And so continues the datapocalypse in prep for the electapocalypse.

  2. Rog one says:

    What a shame to my country , they have killed the industry and now they are looking for other ways to raise money as seriously what does data have to do with the health industry ,mari yabva ku internet hainga shande here to better ku industry kwayabva….

  3. Sagitarr says:

    This is what happens when the “herd boy mentality” seeps into boardrooms, ministries and executive levels. Dystopia beckons.

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What is it about pop stars shaving/cutting/changing their hair lately? First it was Miley Cyrus who debuted a very, um, different blond pixie cut, then Kellie Pickler shaved off her hair in solidarity for a BFF who has cancer (which is so nice we can’t take it), and now, it’s Lady Gaga doing the deed, shaving off a part of her hair in honor of her friend slash photographer Terry Richardson, whose mother recently passed away from cancer.

Gaga tweeted out this last night:

With this pic along with it:

It’s definitely an edgy look, but we woudln’t expect anything less from Lady G. The good news, though? She can easily cover it up with one of her many wigs (or maybe borrow one from Nicki Minaj) if she gets bored.

And of course, we can’t forget Kellie Pickler‘s recently-shorn strands, too. She’s taking a stand against cancer in honor of her best friend who’s currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer, and taking to her Twitter to spread the word. So admirable, Kel! Check out the video of it actually happening right here.

And speaking of Twitter, Miley Cyrus has been quite active on it lately, showing off her new short hair via Twit pics. Granted she’s not as bald as Gaga and Kellie, but she is certainly bold:

Are you on board with the new short hair trend? Which singer rocks the look the best? Vote and make sure to tell us how you really feel in the comments!

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  • khalaryah

    I think miley is winning votes because her hair looks the best she is always on point

  • Hannah

    I voted Kellie. I dont know exactly why Mileys winning the votes. She just did it to do it. Kel and Gaga did it for cancer. I just think its really cool that Kellie shaved her entire head!

  • mary udunma kalu

    lady gaga is something else.. Very funny to have her hair cut. Loi i can’t stop laughing.. Well.. That’s her way.

  • khalaryah

    sooo everybody is cutting their hair what to say what to say……. its super sweet kellie and gaga cut their hair for a friend but i wouldnt do it i mean my hair is like a part of me(seriously:) if gaga wants to show her love do something like idk WALK!!!!!!!!