Author: Eric Brooks

Web & Graphic Designer, Blogger, Musician, Evil Clown. I also code websites and promote people for a living. Still kind of a jerk, though. Approach with food.

Top Headlines for January 18, 2018

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Headline News from the Associated Press
  • Haitians face hurdles after protected status renewal delays

    BOSTON (AP) — Thousands of Haitian immigrants living in the U.S. legally will face employment and travel hurdles because President Donald Trump's administration delayed the process of re-registering those with temporary protected status, Haitian community leaders and immigrant activists say….
  • Trump to Pennsylvania, but don’t call it a campaign trip

    President Donald Trump is tiptoeing around the first congressional election of the new year as he heads to southwestern Pennsylvania on Thursday to hail the Republican tax cuts he signed last year….
  • 10 Things to Know for Today

    Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:…
  • Grandparents shocked by reports of 13 starved grandchildren

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The grandparents of 13 starved and tortured children say their son's family looked happy and healthy when they last visited California six years ago….
  • Pence visit showcases dilemma facing Egypt, Jordan leaders

    CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's upcoming visit to the Middle East comes at a time of intensely publicized friction between his administration and the Palestinian leadership, posing a dilemma for his Arab hosts – Egypt's president and Jordan's king – on how to safeguard their vital ties with Washington without appearing to ignore Palestinian misgivings….
  • Federal responsibility in nuclear attack alerts is unclear

    HONOLULU (AP) — A timeline shows Hawaii officials botched efforts to immediately correct a false missile alert over the weekend, taking more than 20 minutes to contact federal authorities for approval they didn't need and then taking another 15 minutes to cancel the alert that was sent to mobile devices statewide….
  • Russia probes come up against claims of executive privilege

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's White House is relying on a sweeping interpretation of executive privilege that is rankling members of Congress on both sides of the aisle as current and former advisers parade to Capitol Hill for questioning about possible connections with Russia….
  • Slow-moving winter storm leaves lingering effect in South

    DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Several Southern states will be dealing with the lingering effects of a slow-moving winter storm that dumped a half-foot (15 centimeters) of snow on North Carolina's largest cities, dusted the Deep South and killed at least 10 people….
  • Aziz Ansari story sparks heated debate over #MeToo Movement

    The #MeToo movement has been embraced by legions of women as a vital step toward countering widespread sexual abuse and misconduct. This week, more so than at any point in the movement's brief history, there's visceral discussion about its potential for causing harm….
  • APNewsBreak: GoDaddy to sponsor Patrick in ‘Danica Double’

    Danica Patrick is going back to green….

[#Webdesign #Coding] Become a WordPress Developer: Unlocking Power with Code

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Become a WordPress Developer: Unlocking Power with Code

By LearnWebCode
Published: Jan 17, 2018

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LearnWebCode Join full 26hr course: https://www.udemy.com/become-a-wordpress-developer-php-javascript/?couponCode=YOUTUBEFULLCOURSE

Timestamps:
0:0:14 Quick Overview
0:2:06 Detailed Overview
0:12:05 Installing WordPress Locally
0:25:35 First Taste of PHP
0:41:55 Create Theme
0:54:20 Functions
1:09:14 Arrays
1:21:43 The Loop
1:36:10 Header & Footer
1:54:44 Convert HTML/CSS Into Theme
2:14:42 Interior Page Tem… [READ MORE]

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[#Surf #Picks] 54 Cryptocurrency Revolutions – From Cash-Free Cafes to Crypto-Based Pop Groups (TrendHunter.com)

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From TrendHunter.com – Cool Websites and Internet Culture –54 Cryptocurrency Revolutions – From Cash-Free Cafes to Crypto-Based Pop Groups (TrendHunter.com):

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54 Cryptocurrency Revolutions - From Cash-Free Cafes to Crypto-Based Pop Groups (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Cryptocurrency has been around since the late 2000's, but has recently seen a huge spike in price, interest and cryptocurrency revolutions. While new forms of cryptocurrency seem to be popping…

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Top Headlines for January 17, 2018

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Headline News from the Associated Press
  • Mueller team would hardly be first lawyers to question Trump

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was in a roomful of lawyers, venting about unfair treatment in the media that he said had understated his net worth and damaged his brand….
  • House panel subpoenas Bannon in Russia probe showdown

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Tuesday refused to answer a broad array of queries from the House Intelligence Committee about his time working for President Donald Trump, provoking a subpoena from the panel's Republican chairman….
  • North Korea to send cheering squad in Olympics delegation

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea plans to send a 230-member cheering squad to South Korea as part of its delegation to next month's Winter Olympics, Seoul officials said Wednesday, the latest in a series of conciliatory gestures the North has abruptly taken recently following a year of heightened nuclear tension….
  • Pope heads to Chile indigenous area after churches burned

    SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Looking to put Chile's sex abuse scandal behind him, Pope Francis dives Wednesday into another divisive issue roiling the South American nation: the plight of the indigenous Mapuche and their long-running conflicts with government authorities….
  • Girl’s escape exposes horror of 13 siblings kept captive

    PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — A 17-year-old girl who looked closer to 10 jumped out a window, called 911, and showed the world the strange and secret horror she and her 12 brothers and sisters had been living through….
  • Conservatives balk at GOP plan to avert government shutdown

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Hard-line conservatives are threatening to scuttle Republican leaders' plans to prevent a weekend government shutdown and saying GOP leaders lack the votes to push their proposal through the House….
  • GOP still struggling with Trump’s remarks on Africa

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans struggled to get their stories straight Tuesday as President Donald Trump's Homeland Security secretary became the latest GOP official to offer an inconclusive version of a meeting in which Trump is said to have used vulgar remarks that have been criticized as racist….
  • ‘Mama warrior’ in Miami aids children of deported migrants

    MIAMI (AP) — The 29-year-old Mexican farmworker was stressed and afraid. Her husband had just been detained by immigration authorities as he left a South Florida construction site and was about to be deported. She feared the same would soon happen to her. What would become of her two kids?…
  • Myanmar army enjoys popularity surge amid Rohingya crackdown

    BANGKOK (AP) — Activist Nyo Tun spent 10 years as a political prisoner locked away by Myanmar's military in the notorious Insein prison, where he endured beatings and other cruelty for his efforts to bring democracy….
  • More actors expressing regret about working with Woody Allen

    NEW YORK (AP) — A growing number of actors are distancing themselves from Woody Allen and his next film, heightening questions about the future of the prolific 82-year-old filmmaker in a Hollywood newly sensitive to allegations of sexual misconduct….

[#Viral #Humor] AI Art Doppelganger Apps – Google Arts & Culture's Latest Update Reads Faces to Find Lookalikes (TrendHunter.com)

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From TrendHunter.com – Viral Humor and Comedy –AI Art Doppelganger Apps – Google Arts & Culture's Latest Update Reads Faces to Find Lookalikes (TrendHunter.com):

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AI Art Doppelganger Apps - Google Arts & Culture's Latest Update Reads Faces to Find Lookalikes (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) The latest update to Google Arts & Culture allows users to find their fine art doppelganger using Google facial recognition. The new software uses a selfie, taken by the user, and analyzes it…

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Top Headlines for January 16, 2018

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Headline News from the Associated Press
  • Trump accuses Democrat of undermining trust on immigration

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump turned his Twitter torment on the Democrat in the room where immigration talks with lawmakers took a famously coarse turn, saying Sen. Dick Durbin misrepresented what he had said about African nations and Haiti and, in the process, undermined the trust needed to make a deal….
  • Kids chained in Calif. house of horrors; parents arrested

    PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — A 17-year-old girl called police after escaping from her family's home where she and her 12 brothers and sisters were locked up in filthy conditions, some so malnourished officers at first believed all were children even though seven are adults….
  • US allies from Korean War meet on North Korean nuke threat

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson huddles Tuesday with nations that fought on America's side in the Korean War, looking to tighten the economic noose around North Korea over its nuclear weapons even as hopes rise for diplomacy….
  • North Korea scoffs at Trump’s ‘nuclear button’ tweet

    TOKYO (AP) — North Korea's state-run media say U.S. President Donald Trump's tweet about having a bigger nuclear button than leader Kim Jong Un's is the "spasm of a lunatic."…
  • Pope Francis under pressure to confront sex abuse in Chile

    SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Pope Francis will be under pressure Tuesday to confront a priest sex abuse scandal during his first full day in Chile, an Andean nation where the majority identifies as Roman Catholic but strong currents of skepticism and even contempt for the church are increasingly present….
  • Panama Hotel votes to drop Trump _ but his company won’t go

    WASHINGTON (AP) — An attempt to oust President Donald Trump's hotel business from managing a luxury hotel in Panama has turned bitter, with accusations of financial misconduct….
  • AP News Guide: Big decisions await Congress on immigration

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Before a potential government shutdown at midnight Friday night, a host of leftover Washington business is bottled up in Congress, waiting on a deal to prevent the deportation of young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children and an agreement on other immigration-related issues, including President Donald Trump's long-sought U.S.-Mexico border wall….
  • House panel interviewing Bannon after his fall from power

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Intelligence Committee is poised to question Steve Bannon, the onetime confidant to President Donald Trump, following his spectacular fall from power after accusing the president's son and others of "treasonous" behavior for taking a meeting with Russians during the 2016 campaign….
  • DuVernay, ‘black-ish,’ ‘Power’ win at NAACP Image Awards

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jubilant Ava DuVernay was named entertainer of the year at an NAACP Image Awards ceremony that focused on the black community's power to create change….
  • Bad blood between Rockets, Clippers carries over after game

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The hot tempers that flared up during the Los Angeles Clippers' victory over the Houston Rockets have carried over after the game….

[#Cool #Toys] Stackable Wireless Smartphone Batteries – The Avido WiBa Offers Portable Wireless Charging (TrendHunter.com)

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From TrendHunter.com – Cool Gadgets and Gifts –Stackable Wireless Smartphone Batteries – The Avido WiBa Offers Portable Wireless Charging (TrendHunter.com):

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Stackable Wireless Smartphone Batteries - The Avido WiBa Offers Portable Wireless Charging (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Wireless charging for devices, though still very much in the nascent stages, will likely be the system of the future, and the Avido WiBa battery is an auger for that cord-free eventuality. The…

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Top Headlines for January 15, 2018

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Headline News from the Associated Press

[#Video #Editing] Bruno Mars – Finesse (Remix) Production Breakdown

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Bruno Mars – Finesse (Remix) Production Breakdown

By Olufemii Tutorials
Published: Jan 14, 2018

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Olufemii Tutorials The Bruno Mars Finesse Remix music video was a dope nostalgic trip. Check out a couple production notes that I noticed.

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In addition to that check out even more digital projects with my friends at Envato! Links below:

Need music for your projects or client work? Get the best royalty fr… [READ MORE]

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[#Marketing #Strategy] Ridesharing Brand Beers – Lyft and Baderbrau Brewing Collaborated on a Craft Lager (TrendHunter.com)

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From TrendHunter.com – Marketing Strategy –Ridesharing Brand Beers – Lyft and Baderbrau Brewing Collaborated on a Craft Lager (TrendHunter.com):

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Ridesharing Brand Beers - Lyft and Baderbrau Brewing Collaborated on a Craft Lager (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Lyft has partnered with a range of companies across different industries as a means of enticing consumers to use its ride-hailing service, and its newest venture takes the form of a craft lager…

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