7 Apps That Prove You Don’t Need Adobe Creative Suite on Linux

7 Apps That Prove You Don’t Need Adobe Creative Suite on Linux

People have been asking Adobe to make Creative Suite available on Linux for several years now, but Adobe has been adamant about its answer: no. Why not? Most likely because the market share is too small to be worth the effort.
But the demographic is there. The overlap between �Linux users� and �creative users� is larger than many of us would expect, and many of them have been dying for a Linux Creative Suite for years.
The good news is that now, in 2016, viable options do exist.
Between all of the Adobe Creative products currently available, most of them have usable Linux alternatives. And while you won�t be able to use the Creative Cloud mobile apps with them, they�re still worth checking.

For Photoshop: GIMP or Krita

�Photoshop alternatives for Linux� is unsurprisingly one of the most common search queries among first-time Linux users. And while GIMP was the go-to answer for many years, that�s kind of changing now.





Not that there�s anything wrong with GIMP. In fact, as far as needing a �Photoshop clone� on Linux, there�s nothing better. GIMP is powerful and feature-rich straight out of the box, and can be improved with third-party plugins.
So yes, even though GIMP has its flaws � such as the fact that it isn�t as intuitive or polished � it�s definitely the closest thing to Photoshop right now.





But there�s another program out there that�s been turning heads over the past few years. It�s called Krita and users are slowly abandoning GIMP and flocking over to it instead.
Krita is primarily a tool for digital painters and artists, so it�s only a good alternative to Photoshop if that�s the kind of work you do. But for things like logos, drawings, and artwork, Krita is more user-friendly.

For Lightroom: Darktable or RawTherapee

If you�re a photographer, Photoshop may not actually be the best application for your needs � you might want to use Lightroom instead. Unfortunately, neither are available for Linux, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
There are two free alternatives to Lightroom that are actually quite good. Neither is objectively better than the other, so we�ll recommend both and leave it up to you to decide which one you like more.





The first is Darktable, which is the most oft-recommended program among Linux photographers. The interface is complex but it turns out good results. It�s also relatively light on resource usage, so better for older computers and weaker hardware.





The second is RawTherapee. The interface is simpler to learn and navigate, but lacks some features that you may need (such as selective editing with masks). RawTherapee is also slightly worse at managing large libraries with lots of photos.
Compare the feature set for Darktable with the feature set for RawTherapee to help make your decision a bit easier.

For Illustrator: Inkscape

Not many free applications can be considered as good as their paid counterparts, but Inkscape is one of them. In fact, it�s one of the best free alternatives to paid software out there. No need to spend money here.





Inkscape is what you should use if you want to create or edit vector graphics. Vector graphics are mathematical rather than pixel-based, so they can be printed at any resolution. They�re great for creating infographics, for example.
Although Inkscape suffers from a sub-par interface and lack of professional polish, it�s feature complete and certainly usable in a professional environment if needed.

For Premiere Pro: Lightworks or Kdenlive

Professional video editing has often been seen as an activity best suited for Macs, and only in the past decade have viable options come to light on Windows. But for Linux? Video editing can be a pain.





So if you can, we recommend paying for quality Linux software. Lightworks is very good � it was used to edit The Wolf of Wall Street, Pulp Fiction, Hugo, and more � but it�s also a bit costly at $438 (or $25 per month). However, you do get what you pay for.
Sure, Lightworks can be used for free, but there are restrictions. You can only export up to 720p and you lose a lot of quality-of-life features, such as timeline rendering, advanced project management, and Boris FX packages.
The paid version unlocks everything and can export up to 4K.





If you want a video editor that�s completely free but still as professional as possible, Kdenlive is your best option. It�s open source, actively developed, and packed full of advanced features.

For Animate: Synfig

Animate is the program formerly known as Flash Pro, the vector animation program that was used in the past to create Flash animations. Now that the web has moved from Flash to HTML5, Adobe rebranded as Animate.





Synfig has been the open source alternative to Adobe�s program since 2005, and is still the best choice for those who want to pursue 2D vector animation without handing over cash to Adobe. It�s free and in active development.
Synfig uses its own animation file format, but can export to AVI, MPG, GIF, SVG, PNG, and more. Despite the learning curve, you�ll be able to pick up the ropes quickly enough thanks to the user-contributed documentation and tutorials.

For Audition: Ardour or LMMS

Audition doesn�t get as much time in the limelight as Photoshop or Premiere Pro, but it�s a nifty piece of software that�s worthy of recognition. Formerly known as Cool Edit Pro, Audition is what you�d use to edit digital audio.
Audition is a digital audio workstation in the same line as Logic Pro on OS X. From what I know, Audition is used mainly by professional podcasters, but can be used for so much more, like recording and mixing your own music.





Audacity is the go-to audio editor for most Linux users, but when Audacity isn�t enough, you should think about either Ardour or LMMS.
Ardour is the best DAW available on Linux right now. Not only does it have a clean and usable interface, but it�s packed full of advanced features. Very good and highly recommended.
It�s available for free but only produces audio up to 10 minutes long. You can unlock the full feature set by buying the full version, which has a �pay what you want� price tag. Seriously, you can buy it for as low as $1.





LMMS, formerly known as Linux MultiMedia Studio, is another good option. This one is completely free but slightly inferior to Ardour. The interface is a bit harder to grasp and the learning curve is a bit steeper, but it�s still useful.
Check out the LMMS Showcase to see examples of tracks that have been made with LMMS.

For InDesign: Scribus

I don�t know of many people who do desktop publishing on Linux, but if you need an alternative to Adobe InDesign, rest assured that such an alternative does exist. It�s called Scribus.
Scribus can be used to create brochures, newsletters, posters, and even book layouts. It can also be used to create animated and interactive PDFs � the kind of stuff you�d expect from any desktop publishing program worth its salt.
It does have a few downsides though, such as the fact it can�t import or export InDesign files. Also, it�s not entirely polished and free of bugs, which can prove frustrating for heavy users. Fortunately, the Scribus documentation is pretty good.

The Ultimate Linux Creative Suite

If you absolutely need programs that are on par with Adobe, then save yourself the headache. Run a copy of Windows alongside Linux (either in a virtual machine or in a dual-boot setup) and get the Creative Cloud applications.
But if you�re okay with a bit of sacrifice here and there, these programs make for a passable Linux Creative Suite:

• GIMP
• Darktable
• Inkscape
• Lightworks
• Synfig
• Ardour
• Scribus

Source: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-apps-prove-dont-need-adobe-creative-suite-linux/

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8 Gifts you can get the computer enthusiasts in your life that theyll appreciate

8 Gifts you can get the computer enthusiasts in your life that theyll appreciate

If you have someone in your life whose life revolves around their computer and you don�t know what to give them�this is Uncle Tom�s list of 8 non-computer items a computer enthusiast will find helpful.�

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I�ve used computers personally for close to 30 years now. This is what I�d find useful as a gift:

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1. Brother P-Touch labeler and extra batteries and label tape. The enthusiast will have lots of items that look identical and they�ll need to know which one is which. Your gift helps distinguish them at a glance.

2. Power strip. You can never have enough outlets. Get one with a long cord, too.

3. A shredder that can handle DVDs and CDs.�

4. A $50 Amazon gift card. They�ll need to order something after the holidays.

5. Stand alone physical kitchen timer with a loud annoying bell. This is for when they�re engrossed on-line, yet doing laundry or cooking at the same time.

6. Ream of copy paper. Occasionally they�ll need to print something. Sometimes they�ll even need to print it on nice paper for someone else to look at.

7. A box of Zip-Loc style bags and a box of snap-top containers. This goes well with Present #1.The enthusiast will have lots of small items they need to keep separate from each other.�

8. A box of personalized Post-It or Sticky type notes. The P-Touch is for permanent labeling situations. Your enthusiasts will need to make quick temporary notes on many occasions.��

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Feel free to add your suggestions in the comments.

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Tom Briant

Editor, MacValley Blog

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50 Sites that Pay You to Blog

50 Sites that Pay You to Blog

Do you want to earn money? Is your job is not sufficient to fulfill your dreams or you have the hobby of writing? Well in any case, blogging would help you. Blogging has been increasing day by day. A lot of people are earning a good amount of money be contributing articles to different blogs. If you don�t have enough time to start the blog, still blogging gives you an opportunity to earn a handsome amount of money by contributing articles.

It is not like writing books, newspaper or magazine but blogging is prevalent on the Internet because it is all about sharing, reading new experiences. You don�t have to manage the whole blog to actually make money. You can write as per your priority even at your home. This also helps you in improving writing skills.

TRICKY TECH providing you the list of 50 websites that will pay you for your content. This would surely help you to earn good money. Let�s have a look at the websites

50 Sites that pay you to blog for them.

1. Income Diary

Income Diary is one of the largest website with almost 100,000 visitors per month. Here you can write articles and get them published by your own name and bio that will be sent to thousands of readers via mailing list and social media accounts.

You can easily earn $50 � $200 per post by the PayPal payment method. Income Diary accepts articles related to making online money or building an online business. You can write about social media, getting traffic, web design, conversion optimization or anything related to it.

2. Funny Times

Funny Times is blessed with more than 65,000 loyal subscribers. It is 100% independent and not controlled by any corporation. You can submit articles about the topics which pokes fun at many major topics as long as it is humor including articles on business, religion or politics. You can easily earn $60 for each post submitted.

3. Bird Channel.com

Bird Channel is one of the top website for bird lovers. It is one of the largest bird�s websites. Bird Channel has hundreds of thousands visitors every month. This is just the best place to get the information about latest fashion, news, information about birds.

This website accepts submission of post from freelance writers. You can easily earn $100 -$400 for each post.

4. A Fine Parent

A Fine Parent is an online community for parents which pays around $100 � $300 for each post. The payment method is PayPal. You can write articles about parenting and earn $100. If your article gains popularity  then you will get a bonus of around $200.

5. YourOnline.biz

This is one of the most websites that allow you to contribute articles on business related topics. You will get the payment via PayPal at the end of month. You can earn up to $100 for each article once they accept it for their publiction YourOnline.biz

6. InstantShift

InstantShift allows you to write articles associated to programming and design. The amount of money for each article is decided by the quality and volume of your content. You can earn handsome amount of money for a top-quality article.

7. iWriter

iWriter is one of the best websites that invites thousands of writer for content writing. This website allows you to select the topics that you want to write and number of articles that you are able to write on daily basis. This website allows you to write as per your schedule. You can easily earn up to $16 for each article.

8. HubPages

HubPages is a quiet popular website that gains a lot of traffic.  You can write articles in order to get the audience attention. You can write articles with words 700+. Your article must be well written and free from grammatical and spelling errors in order to get approved by HubPages.

9. International Living

International Living is one of the most popular websites that uncovers the most desirable and cheapest retirement heavens on earth. You can earn $400 for each post on the living and saving when retiring in a country except U.S.A. You will get paid upon publication.

10. American College of Health Care Sciences Blog

This blog allows you to write articles regarding healthcare. You can earn $50 per post by contributing 600 to 1000 words article on different health care topics. This blog also gives full credit to your posts.

11. Back to College

Back to College is one of the best news and informative resource for adult re-entry students pursuing professional development or advanced degree. You can write articles for older students about education.

You can earn $65 � $125 for article approximately 1,000 � 1,500 in words. You will get the payment after 30 days via PayPal or Check.

12. Developer Tutorials

Developer Tutorials is one of the most popular programming and web design blog. You can make $30 � $50 for each article and $50 � $100 for each tutorial. This website gives you a chance to expose your work to thousands of people by building your portfolio. You can write anything related to programming and web design.

13. WritersWeekly

WritersWeekly is an online publication that pays you around $40 � $60 for each article. You must submit article of word length 600. This is all about how to make money online by doing things that you love. This is distributed to paying subscribers.

14. Be a Freelance Blogger

This is one of the most popular blogs that share useful resources, valuable tips and guests posting opportunities for bloggers in order to earn a high living from writing. You can submit article with word limit 500 words and you will be paid $50 for each post. This website also allows you to have a link about your bio.

A contest is held six times in a year that gives a chance to guest blogger to win $100 for their post. This contest is judged on outlines.

15. Travel + Leisure

Travel + Leisure accepts articles from freelance writers. It is one of the most visited websites with a huge amount of traffic. You can write articles about travelling. You can earn up to $1000 per article. Payment will be agreed only after assigning of an article.

16. Transition Abroad

Transition Abroad is one of the top ranked websites. Transition Abroad allows you to write articles about travel, living, study and work. You can earn $50 � $ 150 per article depending on the quality of content of your submitted article. Payment is done via PayPal or Check. After the acceptance of your article, you will get paid.

17. Budget Travel

Budget Travel is one of the best websites that pay you to write articles for them. It is one of the ultimate resources of world�s sawiest travellers. Budget Travels allows submission from freelance writers. You can write anything related to travelling. You can earn good money for $0.50 � $1 per word. It depends upon the length of your article.

18. Crazy Leaf

Crazy Leaf is one of the best websites which helps you to show your skills among thousands of people. This website accepts articles on design including Tutorials, graphic design, web design, print design, programming, vectorial photography, design inspiration. Once your article is published, you will get paid through PayPal.

19. Metro Parent

Metro Parent is a parent magazine that allows you to contribute article related to parenting. You can earn up to $30 � $50 for short articles and up to $350 for the accepted and published article. The payment will be made via Check upon publication.

20. Change Agent

The Change Agent is a popular Adult Education publication which pays $50 for each contributed article. Your article must have word limit from 250 to 1000 words and you will earn the same amount as long as your article is accepted.

21. Dollar Stretcher

The Dollar Stretcher will pay you $0.10 for each word of your submitted article after acceptance. You can write anything including interviews and reviews. The payment will be made via check in US dollar.

22. Drop Zone

Drop Zone is one of the most visited skydiving blogs with the millions of visitors per month. You will get $50 for each accepted article and $100 for each featured article. You can write with minimum word count of 720 with no maximum word limit.

23. eCommerce Insiders

This website accepts articles on retail and online commerce. You can submit article with high quality, original content and you can earn $75 for each article from 400-600 words and $125 for each article from more than 600 words. Your bio will also be show at the end of article submitted by you.

24. Matador

Matador Network provides topics that you need to submit articles on. It includes environment, gear, events, music, food, drink, language, sports, adventure, writing and many more. You will get $40 for each article depending on the type of article and its length. Payment will be made via PayPal in the first week of every month.

25. Vector Diary

Vector Diary is one of the best websites that allow you to contribute articles related to vector design. You will get $150 for each accepted tutorials via the payment mode PayPal. You can also add bio and link to website in your article.

26. Write Naked

Write Naked is interested in posting blog posts like interviews, publishing trends, writing essentials, freelance writing success stories and self-publishing tips. You can earn $50 � $ 200 for each accepted articles that must be in range of 450-650 words.

27. Digital Ocean

Digital Ocean is all about articles on Linux. You can publish your own tech tutorials based on Linux and FreeBSD cloud computing. If you have the technical knowledge and knack of explaining thinks then you are most welcomed here.  You can make up to $200 per article after it has been accepted. You will get the payment via PayPal or Digital Ocean credit.

28. Global Comment

Global Comment is one of the leading websites that allow you to contribute articles of your own choice. You can earn $50 for each article.

29. Sitepoint

Sitepoint is looking for articles about HTML, CSS, SASS and other related topics on web development. You can earn $150 for articles and $200 for tutorials. You can also get $300 for those articles which would do well as traffic wise.

30. Listverse

Listverse is not looking for any expert writer. If you are good in English and have great sense of humor and love for unusual things, you are most welcomed here. You can choose any topic you like. You will get paid $100 for each article with 1,500 words. You will get the payment via PayPal.

31. IntenseBlog

You can contribute blogging articles and tutorials on IntenseBlog and can earn up to $50 for each article via payment method PayPal.

32. LabMice.net

LabMice gives definitive guide to online resources for IT Professionals who deploy, manage and support Microsoft products and services. You can write articles about technology and can earn $60 � $100 for each submitted article.

33. ThemeForest

ThemeForest is one of the most leading authorities in the field of web design and web development. You can easily earn up to $150 for each accepted article. You will get the payment via PayPal or Moneybookers.

34. Funds for Writers

Funds for Writers is one of the top ranked blog with more than 40,000 subscribers. It focuses on writing, articles on success stories that are aimed to help writers to get paid for their writing. You can submit the article with length 500 � 600 words. You will get the payment via PayPal or Check.

35. Audio Tuts+

Audio Tuts+ is one of the best blogs that provides writing opportunities to people. You can easily earn $50 for Quick Tip which is around 500 words or any screencast of less than 5 minutes in length. Once your article is published, you will get the payment through PayPal or Moneybookers. You can easily earn good money by writing small articles.

36. PSD Tuts+

PSD Tuts+ is all about Photoshop. If you are good and Photoshop and have some tips or tricks that you can explain through tutorials that people would like, then you can contribute an article here. Whether you are an expert in code, design, illustration, photography, web design or any other related subject, you would be paid around $50 � $150 for sharing your idea and experience and payment method is PayPal or Moneybookers.

37. WorldStart

WorldStart is one of the best blogs for tech tips and daily deals newsletter on the Internet. This site has more than 300,000 readers. You can submit the article about computer tips and all other aspects of computing.

Payment varies depending on the usefulness of topic, length and quality of submission. You can easily earn $25 for 250 words, $40 for 400 words, $45 for 600 words and $50 for 800 words. The mode of payment is PayPal and check for writers who live in USA.

38. Make A Living Writing

This website focuses on how to make money by writing. You can make $50 for each submitted articles after it gets published. The aim of this site is to provide the practical help to hungry writers. The payment method is PayPal.

39. The TechLabs

The TechLabs looks for tutorials of on Adobe flash, Adobe Air, Adobe Flex, Adobe Flash Lite and ActionScript3. You can submit a complete practical tutorial $50 � $70 per article submitted. The payment method is PayPal.

40. Photoshop Tutorials

Photoshop Tutorials is one of the leading websites on Photoshop. You can write articles related to Photoshop like the quick review or complete tutorial. You can earn $50 � $300 per article that you submit after acceptance via PayPal.

41. Smithsonian

This website invites you to write articles on general topics including innovation, science, art, culture, travel history and more. You can earn $0.50 � $0.60 per word in your article that has been accepted.

42. Krazy Coupon Lady

The Krazy Coupon Lady talks about finance and you can contribute by submitting articles on topics like style, fashion, home, family, finance and more.  Once you submit the article, you will get the response in 7 days. Upon acceptance of your article, you will get up to $50 via PayPal. The post must be in between 200-800 words.

43. Belt Magazine

You can write article related to Rust Belt region and your article can be of any form like long essay, long form reporting and you will get paid $50 � $500 depending on the quality of your content.

Click here to visit Belt Magazine.

44. Cracked

Cracked allows you to contribute articles of your own choice. You can take ideas from the discussion on the website. You will be paid from $50 � $200 for each submitted article. You will get the payment via PayPal.

45. Consumer Search

This website focuses on reviews of all products that consumers would love to buy. You can write review on anything related to cell phones, LCD TVs, laptops, exercise bikes, fitness trackers and many more. You can easily make up to $350 for per submitted article.

46. iWorkwell

iWorkwell allows you to contribute article on any subject as a subject matter expert. These topics include social media, staffing, employees� relationship, HR admin, labor relations and more. You can earn $200 for each post.

47. Writers.ph

This website offers great writing opportunities on the daily basis. You can earn well by using your writing skills. You will get the payment via PayPal after the acceptance of your submitted article.

48. Freelancer Career

You can easily find writing jobs as per your interest at Freelancer Writer. You can earn $7 � $31 per page of your article depending on the quality of content. This website will provide you a constant work flow.

49. The Progressive

The Progressive majorly focuses on politics. It is a politics magazine that accepts articles from freelance writers only. If any one of your articles accepted by this, you will get $50 � $1,300 per post depending on the quality and length of the content.

50. Review Me

This site pays you to review products and services and you will be paid around $20 � $200 for each completed review that you will post on the website. You can begin by creating a free account.

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A new app Mapnificent get where you need to go in alloted time Travel just got simpler Try demo

A new app Mapnificent get where you need to go in alloted time Travel just got simpler Try demo

Find everywhere you can go in 15 minutes or less

Concerned more about how long it takes to get there than how far away it is?  Or...limited on time to eat and need to find someplace to meet your time constraints?

 Mapnificent is the solution. A new app. Just place the pin on the map, and see where you can get in a specified amount of time via public transportation or bicycle.

Imagine how great this app could become once everyone starts to feed their tried and true routes into it!

Cant wait for it to work in Amsterdam. 

Via FlowingData - try the demo:

http://flowingdata.com/2011/06/01/find-everywhere-you-can-go-in-15-minutes-or-less/

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5 Best Fitness Gadgets To Make You Healthy And Fit

5 Best Fitness Gadgets To Make You Healthy And Fit

Creative ideas, cool inventions and brilliant gadgets for better and healthier life are now around the corner. In the last few years lot of improvement and innovation has been made in the field of health and fitness gadgets. Today we have find out some of the best available health related gadgets to improve your fitness and body performance.

Health and fitness related industry has gone too far and now you can purchase gadgets of every kind that can best fit your everyday need. Now a day there are numerous apps available online that can work together with your smartphone to make you stay healthy and fit. Let us check out this list below to find out a perfect one for you.

1. Koto Air Pollution Monitor

The first gadget in our list is Koto Air pollution monitor, a very useful device that informs you about the air quality of your office or home. It gives you alerts about air pollution, dust, extra moisture etc. you can purchase it for $139.

2. FOODSniffer Chemical Detector

FOODSniffer is yet another impressive device that tells you about the food you gonna eat either it is safe to eat or not by detecting chemicals in it. You can also use FOODSniffer app for Android and iPhone along with this device for detail metrics. FOODSniffer is available for purchase at $150.

3. Skulpt Aim Fitness Tracker

Skulpt Aim ($149) is really an amazing device that will replace all traditional tools like tape measures, mirrors, and weighing scales that people use to measure fitness. This small device boosts 12 different sensors and when you place it against your abdominals, biceps and triceps it will instantly inform you about the percentage of your body fat and quality of muscles. 

4. Sportiiiis Sports Feedback

The Sportiiiis ($150) is a revolutionary device that gives you real-time feedback on your current speed, heart rate and energy output. Sportiiiis uses colored LEDs to note and inform about fitness activity of a sportsman. You can attach the device to a pair of glass and can set targets using mobile app.

5. Kolibree Smart Toothbrush

Kolibree Smart Toothbrush ($149) is yet another exciting device that can transform your brushing time into interesting 3D game. This device uses sensor and when combined with mobile app you can choose from a selection of games that are controlled with the movement of toothbrush. This app also tracks your brushing habits and tells you how often you brush your teeth.

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8 Reasons You Need Online Project Management Software

8 Reasons You Need Online Project Management Software

Running a successful business means juggling dozens of projects, tasks, teams and deadlines. Priorities are constantly shifting along with customer demands, and just keeping up seems to take all your time and energy. Online software for project management gives you a leg up, helping you organize and coordinate all your work in a flexible workspace that keeps your entire team on the same page.

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6 Best Multiplayer Android Games you can play with your Friends

6 Best Multiplayer Android Games you can play with your Friends

Here you find some mind blowing Android Multiplayer games that change your mind , feel free while playing this games.You interact with your friends through the facebook,the iPhone and from other platform where the game exists.This games are specialy designed for the Android Devices.The cross platform capability interect you game with your friends on the android device.

Pocket legends is a groundbreaking 3D Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing game.It i s offically designed for Android users.It is vast online game that will join you with millions of players around the world on wild adventures in creepy dungeouns,rigid mountain.
Pocket Legends is free to play game where players may progress through the majority of content and acheive the power level at no cost.Purchasing in game "Platinum" offers you the ability to generally save time on your progress or own unique items or equipment.


Dungeon Defenders:Join the Battle .Dungeon Defenders is a online Action-Role Playing Game meets Tower Defense.It is free to play game including Competitive Player-Verus -Payer mode available in Android Market.
New added content for Tegra 2 Powered Devices.The deluxe HD content includes new Tegra-exclusive missions, enemies, bosses, pets, and weapons --- for the ultimate mobile Dungeon Defenders experience!


Reckless Racing is the most impessive Dirt Road racer multiplayer game.It is intensive game speciall recommended for Android devices.This game all about escaping the police in Style.Speed down in the highway,cross the zig-zag your way against oncoming traffic, wreck pursuing police cars and earn points.


Words With Friends is the widely popular iOS game liked by everyones,millions of players are adddicted of this game.This is a multiplayer game. so you can connect with friends through facebook,the iPhone and from evry other platform the game exists.Now discuss some features:

1.Simple and familiar crossword gameplay you know and love.
2.Turn-based design lets you play up to 20 games simultaneously
3.Play with your friends or match-make instantly with a random opponent
4.Notifications tell you when it�s your turn.




Guerrila Bob is an awesome multiplayer shooter style game released in the Android Market.It offers you strikly attractive visuals,Multiplayer cross platform, an arsenal of kick ass weaponry,Unique enemies,explosive ammunition and non stop humor.You can select the features of multiplayer using your local Wi-Fi.
Bob can collect money from the enemies and use it in the shop to unlock a huge variety of weapons, each with their own upgrades:
- Machine gun
-Timed Bombs
- Molotov Cocktail
- Shotgun
-Rocket Launcher
- Grenade Launcher
- Sticky Bow
- Chain Gun
- Double Uzis
- Flamethrower



Modern Combat 2 Just finished what you started.Modern Combat 2 play this game to complete the mission enveiled in the first opus of one of the most acclaimed FPS games on Android.You need not apply for a World of Warcraft subscription or own a PC to get your game on. This is available for :
HTC 001HT Desire HD
HTC Desire HD (Ace)
HTC Desire S
HTC Desire Z (G2, Vision)
HTC Evo 4G
HTC Incredible S
HTC Inspire 4G
HTC Thunderbolt 4G
LG P990 Optimus 2X (Star)
LG P999 (Star, G2x)
Motorola A955 (Droid 2)
Motorola A956 Droid II World Edition
Motorola Atrix 4G (MB860)
Motorola Cliq 2
Motorola Defy
Motorola Milestone 2
NEC N-04C
Samsung Google Nexus S and for more devices.

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6 iPhone multiplayer Games you should try with your Friends

6 iPhone multiplayer Games you should try with your Friends

When one wonder about multiplayer gaming everyone mind turn to iPhone device.No doubt that iPhone currently has one of the best gaming libraries available on any mobile. And we also know that there are lots of multiplayer games for iPhone available at Apple app store, which make a good use of the platform� WiFi, 3G and Bluetooth functions. So I decided to gather some of the best games under hood so that you people can also enjoy these multiplayer games on your iPhone.

But if you feel that the games mentioned in this list are the one which you use to play on your iPhone, don�t forget to share with us. Lets we start with:

1. Words with Friends

This is one of the best multiplayer game which everyone love to play with his/her friends. If you love to play scrabble, then you will surely love to play Words with friends, its same game with different name. Only difference you will find is different board and lexicon, just to avoid copyright issues.

Price: 2.99 USD

2. Asphalt 7: Heat


Its another cool racing game with which will surely provides you amazing multiplayer gaming experience. Game is the newest, fastest, most visually stunning edition of the famed Asphalt series. Asphalt 7 featuring challenge the world, amazing cars, cool graphics and more.

Price: 0.99 USD

3. FIFA Soccer 12


Every football game fan is aware of this game, this is one of the best football game available over web by EA Sports. If you are playing this game on iPhone means you are playing this game in  your PC because graphics of this game are awesome. This game featuring manager mode, multiplayer gaming, real players, real teams and real league, daily challenge, nice footwork and realistic music.

Price: 1.99 USD

4. Street Fighter IV volt


Street fighter is one of the best street fight game which I played on my iPhone device. And guess what Volt version enables online play which will make this game cool, now you can fight with other users online. Game featuring new battle mode, wifi match, amazing new character, training match, touchpad and more.

Price: 4.99 USD

5. Chess


We all know that everyone loves to play Chess game on their Smartphone whether is Android, Symbians and iOS. In this game you can play and learn chess anywhere, also game featuring lots of amazing boards and Grandmaster Training . You can also play this game online with other user and more.

Price: Free

6.Homerun Battle 3D



Oh man what a game it is, If you are real baseball fan and want to show something, Go online for head-to-head match up against the Baseball Sluggers in the world. Over 300 million players playing this game online with other users. Game featuring

• 4 Extra Modes : Online Match up, Arcade, Training, and Classic
• Over 100 Items : Uniforms, hats, equipment and other customizable features
• Exclusive Baseball Wear : Includes the official DeMarini CF4, Voodoo and other M2M bat equipment.

Price: 0.99 USD

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5 reasons why you should blog especially during economy recession time

5 reasons why you should blog especially during economy recession time

Recently I visited my swiss roll blog and found that one of the blogger become unemploy due to recession. His company close down and all the employees there need to and find other job in order to carry on their life. So he is quite sad and feel down but luckily he said he still own a blog and is not totally jobless. He still got something to cheer with and it is his blog.

After visited his blog entry it inspired me to think about 5 reasons why we should keep on blogging especially during recession. Here is the 5 reasons why you should blog when recession come.

1. For people who made investment in share, unit trust, minibond and so on you will definitely feel down during recession so you can release your stress and shout out loud in your blog.

2. Find another opportunity in your blog while you are jobless or unemploy. Example through your blog entry people might offer you another new job which is suitable for you.

3. Found that there are several blog from experienced stock broker that teach you how to handle your investment during recession through their personal blog, therefore during this recession time you will notice your blog traffic will boost up because people searching for solution in the Internet. And more people will concentrate on the topic you write which is related to recession.

4. After you speak out your difficulties or problem that you face in your blog entry, other people that come to visit your blog might face the same problem like you thus they might provide you with the solution that you want in your comment.

5. You can share your experience on handling the investment problem that majority investor facing through your blog entry. For example the lehman minibond problem. People might interested in to read your solution and a lot of people affected by it too. It might help you to gain more loyal reader.

For those who affected in the stock market investment, work in finance sector, government and production line(factory) Im here to give my condolence.
For those become jobless or unemploy due to the recession you can try out these online job search website to find another new job for yourself from this link -> click HERE

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5 Tweaks You Can Use to Speed Up Ubuntu Today

5 Tweaks You Can Use to Speed Up Ubuntu Today

You�ve installed Ubuntu on your PC. Perhaps you�re a long-term Linux user, or you�ve just swapped from Windows. Either way, you�ve noticed that things could be faster.
Don�t worry � here are five ways you can tweak Ubuntu to speed things up!

Show Hidden Startup Applications

Software that is configured to run at system startup can slow things down incredibly, whether you�re using Linux, Windows or OS X. Or even Android.
Ubuntu users can fix slow startups by opening the Startup Applications screen, but on first glance you�ll notice that things are a little sparse. To prevent mistakes, the majority of startup applications are hidden, but you can tweak this by opening the Terminal and entering:

sudo sed -i s/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g� /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop

You should then see a refreshed list of startup apps. Take care with apps you reconfigure here, however, as changing some items can result in system stability issues.

The best thing to do is stay away from system items or anything that was preinstalled, and only adjust those that you have installed and don�t want to slow down your system startup. We previously looked at Startup Applications when Danny gave you four ways to speed up Linux � worth a read for some additional ideas.

Fix Bugs That Slow You Down

This might seem both vague and obvious, but if you stay up to date with conversations online about the latest releases, you�ll be able to spot problems that other users are having. If these chime with issues you�ve also experienced, you�ll be able to take action.
For instance, the File Browser Panel can slow things down, so it is worth toggling its status to see if disabling will improve performance.

Do this by opening gedit, then open Edit > Preferences and switch to the Plugins tab. Here, you should scroll through to find File Browser Panel and uncheck it, clicking Close to finish.

Install Adaptive Readahead (Preload) Daemon

Another great way to speed things up is to teach Ubuntu what you use often, so that the operating system loads apps in advance. You can do this using the Adaptive Readahead Daemon, which will identify the apps you use the most.

Just open the Software Manager (one of several ways of finding new apps on Linux), search for �preload� and install the app.
One obvious beneficiary of preloading will be your browser. If you�re not convinced by how much of a change preloading will make, check how long it takes to open the browser after booting your PC, then install the daemon, and load the browser again. It should open 50-75% quicker.
(Note that this tool may not work in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.)

Change Swappiness Value

Huh?!
Okay, if you installed Ubuntu with a swap partition, this is intended to help your system manage memory, which is especially useful if your PC doesn�t have much RAM installed.
The swappiness value determines how much data is written to the virtual memory on the hard disk drive, which can slow your system down. Begin by opening a Terminal and entering:

cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

The default swappiness value in Ubuntu is 60.
Next, open the /etc/sysctl.conf file in a text editor:

gedit /etc/sysctl.conf

Scroll to the bottom and add the following parameter (and the associated note as a reminder):

# Decrease swappiness value

vm.swappiness=10

With this done, save the file. Unusually for Linux, you�ll also need to restart the computer. Once booted up again, confirm the swappiness value has changed. Less data will now be written to the virtual drive, but keep in mind that this is a tweak that is really only intended for older computers.

Upgrade Your Hardware

As with Windows, adding hardware to your Linux computer will improve performance.

This might mean swapping your HDD for a newer model (or for a solid state drive) or adding RAM to your system. On a modern system, additional RAM will usually have a great impact than a new CPU, and is usually cheaper than a new HDD, so explore this option first. When it comes to a HDD, it�s worth considering an SSD as a faster replacement.
While a new CPU can also have a strong impact, also consider upgrading your graphics card, ensuring you select a replacement that will run happily under Linux.
Of course, if you�re using a laptop, all of the above (including RAM, increasingly) will remain out of reach, leaving upgrades therefore unavailable.

Source: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-tweaks-can-use-speed-ubuntu-today/

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5 Habits That Will Badly Fail You as a Businessman

5 Habits That Will Badly Fail You as a Businessman

Business is all around us. With the world getting over populated, ideas are flooding around everywhere. Every new idea gives birth to a new earning plan. The most difficult process for any type of earning strategy is taking the first initiative to turn an idea into a practical plan. Rest all those profit and loss sinusoidal waves follow naturally by themselves. 

Note: For bloggers and freelancers who are looking to expand their career goals, the habits below are a must read.

The success of a real time earning mechanism is based on strong principles and set out rules and unless you know them then you are really just riding your business on a knife edge. I am sharing below some significant habits in a businessmans life that unless rectified could lead to a terrible end that leads no where.

1. No Clarity + No Purpose = No Results

Most of the business decisions that often fail are because of no clear rules, aims and financial plans. Statistics from U.S Small Business administration reveal that approximately about half of all new small business launched in USA will fail in coming 10 years. Reason? Poor financial management and set out goals.

Unless you clearly know what you need to do, how can you lead the cavalry following you at your back. Make your goals clear and write them in paper and pin it on your notice board to keep yourself focused and determined. Now to achieved these well defined goals, you need to be clear with every move you make. The best advise in this case is to look at your competitor and track all his moves. Only then you know what can turn into profit and what can cause loss. Keeping an upper hand is also the Market Samurais style.  Clarity and Purpose will surely give fruitful result at the end of the day.

2. Abusing The Freedom

The above picture defines it all. Its every entrepreneurs dream to work late and sleep late. Having the freedom to work when you want and do what you want is awesome but this will drag you down to floor! Yes you are the sole boss of your business but you need to be much more disciplined when you are not working under someone. There is competition all around you and your competitor is well focused and his eyes are on all your activities. A slightest slumber can ruin all your empire. Being lazy will certainly fail you but hard work would undoubtedly rise you high.

To be honest being lazy at work is my biggest weakness. With increasing readership I should rather be thankful and should work even more, but the physical laziness has pushed me several miles away. The readers often find it uncomfortable to receive late replies to emails and comments but being late at their call is badly ruining the blogs growth. This something we need to work on it seriously.

3. Acting Like a Rabbit Rather a Wise Turtle

People often switch from one idea to another. Anything that seems more attracting, distracts your attention you jump to that discarding the project you were working on. Have patience  and give your plans a space to grow. Act wisely and never postpone or abandon a business target unless you are too sure.  Consistency and strong determination are key requirements for a risky career like entrepreneurship. Dont run like a attention seeking rabbit with distractions all around him, walk like a focused turtle who knows what his target is and how long will it take to finish.  

4. Early Demands

Small business owners often attach huge expectations before the Business has not even groomed properly. Keeping short term goals is the biggest mistake you can commit. Keep your demands high and expect them once the time is right. give a space for the business exposure. Let the market know and publicize your services as far as you can. Once you become the next Giant whale fish, you can take at a gallop all the small fishes.

5. Keeping Two Coins and  Investing One

The great billionaire and one of worlds richest investors: Warren buffett gives great emphasis on investment. To grow a company no matter small or big, you will need to sacrifice a bigger share of your cake piece.  You need to keep the stomach half empty else too full a tummy could turn you clumsy and let your competitor win the applause. You must learn to invest more and store less for a bigger and faster Boom.

What are your views?

What do you think about the habits explained above and what habits do you know that has always given you the lower edge when it comes to performance. How far do you agree or disagree, please let me know your valuable views on this important topic. We will be publishing such posts more apart from coding and web designing stuff in order to keep you updated with all spices of online business requirements.  I just hope you find it helpful. Peace and blessings pals. :>

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A Day That You Forget

A Day That You Forget

Seorang kepala pelayan berseragam rapi dengan jas hitam dan kemeja putihnya, Alfred, bertanya kepada tuannya, �Apa Anda yakin hanya akan pergi berempat saja, Tuan Ryuki?�

�Tentu saja, Alfred,� jawab ayah dari dua orang anak dan suami dari seorang istri keluarga bangsawan itu. �Kau tidak perlu cemas. Mungkin caraku ini tidak biasa bagi keluarga Alastor, tapi aku sendiri sadar kalau aku tidak punya banyak waktu untuk kedua anakku selama aku bekerja di luar.� Ia pun berjalan mendekati sebuah kursi marbel, lalu mengajak Alfred duduk di kursi sebelahnya. Setelah Alfred duduk, ia pun melanjutkan perkataanya, �Aku tidak anak-anakku tidak dekat dengan kedua orang tuanya. Kalau mereka terus tinggal di dalam mansion ini, aku takut mereka akan merasakan jarak dengan orang tuanya. Saat aku pertama kali berjumpa dengan orang tua Rune, istriku tercinta, aku merasa mereka tidak sedekat aku dengan orang tuaku. Dan Rune sendiri tidak menyangkal dugaanku. Karena itulah, aku merasa liburan tanpa pelayan sangat perlu bagi kami.�

�Baiklah, jika itu memang keputusan Tuan.�

�Kau tahu, Alfred, aku tidak pernah menyangka akan tinggal di dalam mansion sebesar ini. Apalagi ini adalah peninggalan mertuaku, bukan kekayaan yang kudapat dengan usaha dagangku sendiri.�

�Sudah sepuluh tahun Anda tinggal di mansion ini, namun baru sekarang Anda mengatakan hal tersebut.�

�Hahaha, kau benar, Alfred. Mungkin aku terlalu banyak bekerja dan baru menyadari beberapa hal di saat aku berhenti.� Ryuki menarik napas dan menatap langit-langit ruangan itu, lukisan awan di langit biru  membentang indah. �Dibandingkan dengan perjuanganku di Jepang dulu, berjualan ikan, buah, dan sayur, hingga bisa sampai ke sini rasanya sulit dipercaya. Aku sangat bersyukur bertemu dengan Rune pada waktu itu.�

Alfred berdiri dan menghadap Ryuki, dengan sedikit merendahkan bahunya ia pun berkata, �Meskipun Anda bukan berasal dari keluarga bangsawan Inggris, namun saya dan seluruh keturunan saya akan tetap menghormati Anda dan seluruh keturunan Anda sebagai wujud loyalitas saya kepada keluarga Alastor.�

�Terima kasih Alfred,� kata Ryuki sambil tersenyum.

*

Di ruangan lainnya, seorang anak perempuan usia empat tahun memanggil pelayannya yang masih berusia enam tahun, �Anfraaaa, where is Mr. Willy? I can�t go without Mr. Willy.�

�Di sini sudah saya bawa, Rifatila, tadi kamu sendiri yang meninggalkannya di ruang makan,� ujar Anfra yang berdiri dengan napas terengah-engah. Keringat di tubuhnya terlihat mengalir di lehernya, namun tertutupi ketika diserap kemeja yang bersembunyi dalam jas hitamnya, sama seperti seragam yang dikenakan Alfred. Ia baru saja berlari dari ruang makan membawa sebuah boneka beruang berwarna coklat kesayangan Rifatila. Ia tahu kalau Rifatila pasti akan marah jika ia sampai kehilangan boneka kesayangannya.

�Oh iya, hehe,� Rifatila kecil hanya tersenyum malu dengan kesalahannya sendiri. Ia pun mengambi boneka itu dari Anfra dan memeluknya, �Jangan bersembunyi lagi Mr. Willy, apalagi besok. By the way, Anfra, kenapa kamu besok tidak ikut saja? Jadi kamu bisa membantuku kalau aku kehilangan Mr. Willy.�

Memang sekilas perkataannya terdengar angkuh, tapi Anfra kecil sudah terbiasa. Saat ia berusia dua tahun, di situlah Rifatila lahir. Dan di saat itu pula ia langsung diberikan tugas oleh Alfred, ayah angkatnya, sebagai pelayan khusus Rifatila karena umur mereka tidak jauh berbeda. Awalnya Anfra tidak mau menerimanya, ia tidak percaya dia harus melayani keluarga Muha sepanjang hidupnya. Karena sikapnya yang usil dan membangkang itulah ia sering dihina anak keranjang oleh para pelayan lainnya. Memang benar, dia adalah anak yang ditemukan oleh Alfred dalam sebuah keranjang buah di depan pintu belakang mansion saat Alfred hendak berbelanja. Namun itu semua kisah lama, kini dia sudah semakin mengerti posisinya, bahkan dia sangat senang menjadi pelayan khusus Rifatila yang manis walaupun angkuh.

�Tidak bisa, Rifatila,� kata Anfra, �Liburan ini hanya untuk kalian berempat. India, Bali, dan Australia, pasti menyenangkan sekali.�

�Hmmm,� gumam Rifatila dengan kepala menunduk.

�Oh ya,� ujar Anfra dengan nada ceria, �Aku baca di buku, di Australia ada kanguru. Do you know what a kangaroo is?�

�What is it?� tanya Rifatila dengan wajah penasaran.

Melihat raut wajah Rifatila yang berubah, Anfra pun dengan semangat bercerita kepadanya. �Kanguru itu hewan yang jalan melompat-lompat, terus�.�

Keesokan harinya, semuanya pun sudah bersiap untuk berangkat. Mereka semua pun sudah bersiap untuk berangkat. Berdiri di hadapan para pelayan mansion yang selalu menemani mereka. Alfred berserta keluarganya memberikan ucapan perpisahan kepada Ryuki dan keluarganya. �Have a safe trip, Sir.�

�Thank you, Alfred.�

Mereka pun berangkat dengan sebuah pesawat kecil. Pilotnya adalah Ryuki sendiri. Perjalan mereka akan sangat panjang dan memakan waktu sebulan lebih keseluruhannya. Seluruh urusan bisnis dan rumah besar diserahkan seluruhnya kepada Alfred dan keluarganya. Tidak ada yang perlu dicemaskan hingga mereka berangkat dari India menuju Indonesia. Terjadi sebuah gangguan di mesin pesawat tepat saat mereka melintasi pulau Sumatera. Padahal sewaktu di India pesawat telah diperiksa oleh teknisi mereka. Ryuki dan istrinya pun memilih untuk menyelamatkan kedua anak mereka.

*

Di suatu pinggiran kota di pulau Sumatera terdapat sebuah lapangan hijau dekat sebuah ladang jagung warga setempat. Sebelum jalan setapak dari rumah warga menuju ladang jagung dan lapangan hijau yang biasanya digunakan untuk bermain bola ataupun tempat anak-anak bermain layangan itu, terdapat semak belukar dan beberapa pohon petai yang tidak begitu tinggi. Di situlah tiga orang anak bermain. Mereka bermain petualangan dalam semak dan memanjat pohon. Mereka menyebut daerah itu �markas� mereka.

Ketiga anak itu bernama Pahmi, Arep, dan Aan. Pahmi adalah yang paling tua di antara mereka bertiga. Aan adalah yang paling muda, dia setahun lebih muda dari Pahmi, makanya dia memanggilnya Bang Pah. Sementara Arep berada di usia di antara mereka berdua. Dia tidak memanggil abang ke Pahmi dan tidak pula dipanggil abang oleh Aan.

Ketika mereka bertiga sedang asyik memanjat pohon petai di markas mereka, melewatlah sebuah pesawat kecil dengan asap hitam keluar dari bagian tengahnya. Pesawat itu terjatuh tepat di pinggir lapangan hijau yang tidak jauh dari mereka. Menyeret beberapa tanaman jagung yang tadinya berdiri tegak kini tumbang. Mereka bertiga bergegas turun dari pohon. Aan terlihat sangat takut dan ingin pulang, tapi melihat kedua temannya berlari menuju tempat pesawat itu, ia pun ikut berlari menuju tempat jatuh pesawat itu.

Langkah mereka bertiga terhenti ketika di hadapan mereka berdiri seorang anak laki-laki berambut coklat bermata hitam dan seorang anak perempuan kecil berambut hitam dengan mata terpejam karena darah di kepalanya. Mereka berdua penuh luka. Namun si anak laki-laki yang berbadan lebih besar, terlihat jelas memaksakan dirinya menjauh dari pesawat itu.

�Help!� ucapnya gemetar.

Tidak mengerti apa yang diucapkannya, tidak membuat mereka kebingungan. Satu hal yang pasti, mereka harus menolong kedua anak itu. Pahmi dan Arep menggotong anak laki-laki yang berbadan lebih besar dari mereka itu dengan membentangkan tangannya di bahu mereka. Anak laki-laki itu meskipun penuh luka, ia masih bisa berjalan. Sementara anak perempuan yang lebih kecil itu digendong di punggung Aan. Anak perempuan itu ringan sekali dan badannya sama lemas. Napasnya yang terengah-engah terdengar di telinga Aan.

Setelah berjalan cukup jauh, sebuah ledakan terdengar. Ladang jagung itu pun perlahan mulai terbakar. Pahmi dan Arep melihat ea pi anak laki-laki yang mereka gotong. Anak laki-laki itu menangis deras. Orang-orang dewasa berdatangan termasuk masing-masing orang tua mereka bertiga. Orang-orang dewasa jelas mengerjakan hal yang lebih bisa dilakukan dibandingkan mereka bertiga yang masih anak-anak. Mereka segera bergegas memadamkan api dengan berbagai cara. Untung dibalik ladang jagung itu ada sungai besar, orang-orang dewasa pun bergotong royong mengoper ember berisi air dan menyiramkannya ke api yang menjalar.

Para orang dewasa menggendong kedua anak penuh luka ke rumah Arep karena rumahnya adalah rumah yang terdekat dari lokasi itu. Di permukaan teras itu luka mereka dibersihkan. Beberapa orang dewasa menanyakan mereka berbagai pertanyaan, namun si anak laki-laki itu terlihat kebingungan. Setelah bekas darah dibersihkan dari tubuh mereka, ternyata tubuh mereka tidak terluka sama sekali. Darah yang tadinya menempel di tubuh mereka bukan dari tubuh mereka. Tapi hal yang lebih mengejutkan bagi Aan adalah saat anak perempuan yang tadi digendongnya membuka matanya. Meskipun rambut mereka sama-sama hitam, anak perempuan itu bermata biru seperti langit pagi.

�You� okay?� terdengar sebuah pertanyaan dari antara para orang dewasa. Ternyata pertanyaan itu dari ibu si Aan.

�Our parents�.� jawab si anak perempuan dengan pelan dan gemetar, lalu ia pun menangis. Si anak laki-laki berambut coklat itu pun memeluknya lalu ikut menangis. Keduanya terus menangis meskipun kepala mereka dielus dengan lembut, mereka menangis hingga berbaring kemudian tertidur.

Keduanya d bawa ke rumah Aan karena ibunya mampu berbicara dengan mereka. Orang-orang dewasa lainnya berbincang tentang bagaimana menghubungi pihak keluarga kedua anak itu. Apalagi setelah mereka menemukan dua mayat terbakar bersama pesawat yang jatuh itu. Beberapa orang-orang dewasa lainnya bercerita sedang apa mereka saat pesawat itu jatuh. Di hari Minggu itu, banyak orang yang berada di rumah saat kejadian berlangsung. Para anak-anak juga tidak mau kalah bertukar cerita sedang apa mereka saat kejadian berlangsung.

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�Darren, Rifatila, listen to me,� ujar Ryuki kepada anak laki-laki sulungnya, �I am sorry.�

�No, Dear, you have done nothing wrong,� kata Rune tersenyum namun penuh air mata. Mereka berdua sedang memeluk kedua anak mereka erat-erat. Bangku pilot sudah ditinggalkan, pesawat sudah mendarat dengan kecepatan penuh. Mereka berempat duduk di lantai pesawat.

Ryuki tersenyum mendengar perkataan istrinya. �Kita tidak akan mencapai tujuan kita, tapi kami akan tetap menjaga kalian agar kalian selamat.�

�I love you, all of you, always,� ucap Rune pelan sambil mencium suami dan kedua anaknya.

Sesaat setelah itu terjadi goncangan berat, seperti gempa. Mata Darren terpejam dan detik berikutnya ia melihat kedua orang tuanya menahan beberapa pecahan besi dan kaca pesawat dengan tubuh mereka. Seluruh keadaan begitu kacau di hadapannya. Ia berhasil berdiri, tubuhnya bebercak darah dari orang tuanya.

�Pergilah Darren, bawa adikmu. Larilah, jangan kembali. Jadilah kuat dan lindungi adikmu,� ucap Ryuki pelan dengan mulut berdarah.

�Daaad!� teriak Darren saat berdiri.

�Go!� teriak Ryuki dalam keadaan telungkup.

Darren tersentak pada saat itu. Dia langsung menggendong adiknya yang pingsan, Rifatila, yang berusia empat tahun lebih muda darinya. Dia pun berlari tanpa melihat kebelakang. Meninggalkan kedua orang tuanya dan segala barang-barang mereka yang ada di pesawat, termasuk Mr. Willy, boneka beruang berwarna coklat kesanyangan adiknya. Ryuki tersenyum puas melihat anak sulungnya mau mendengar permintaan terakhirnya.

�Rune, I always love you too,� kata Ryuki sambil menggerakan tangannya pelan dan akhirnya berhasil meraih tangan istrinya yang sudah lebih dulu memejamkan mata. Tak lama, napas terakhirnya pun berhembus.

*

�Haaah!� Darren terbangun dari mimpinya. Ia terbangun di dalam sebuah kamar yang belum pernah ia kunjungi. Ia melihat sekeliling, lampu kamar itu menyala, dan sebuah jam dinding terpaku dengan jarum besar menunjuk ke angka sembilan.

�Mom, Dad�.� terdengar suara rintihan menangis di sampingnya. Suara itu berasa dari adik perempuannya, Rifatila.

Darren menggenggam tangan mungil adiknya. �It�s okay, I am here. I am sure it will be okay. Hold my hand. I have promised to our father. I will be strong. I will protect you from now on. We will be always together. Always.�

Mendengar perkataan kakak laki-lakinya itu, si adik pun memeluknya erat. Mereka pun kembali tertidur lelap. Tanpa mereka sadari, Aan mengintip mereka lalu kembali lagi ke kamarnya. Tidur bersama seorang kakak perempuan dan seorang adik laki-lakinya.

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Keesokan malamnya, Alfred tiba di rumah Aan. Rifatila dan Darren kembali menangis saat memeluk Alfred. Alfred mengucapkan terima kasih kepada kedua orang tua Aan. Alfred membawa seorang penerjemah sehingga mereka berbincang lebih jauh. Alfred sangat senang saat mengetahui kedua bersaudara itu masih mau makan seperti biasa selama tinggal di rumah itu. Sekitar sepuluh menit berlalu, Alfred pun berpamitan dan membawa kedua bersaudara itu pulang. Tapi sebelum itu Rifatila berlari menuju Aan dan berbisik di telinganya, �Thank you for carrying me.�

Bagi satu keluarga hari itu adalah hari yang tak akan mereka lupakan. Mereka kehilangan dua orang yang sangat mereka cintai. Namun sayang, saat itu seorang anak yang terlibat di sana dan tidak mengerti banyak hal masih berusia empat tahun. Dan berbagai hal terjadi kepadanya setelah itu. Bagi anak itu, hari itu adalah sama seperti hari-hari lain dalam masa kecilnya yang ia lupakan.

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