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 November 17, 2017

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Headline News from the Associated Press
  • Selective outrage: Trump criticizes Franken, silent on Moore

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is displaying selective outrage over allegations of sexual harassment against prominent men in politics, as his own tortured past lingers over his response….
  • Franken apologizes after woman says he kissed, groped her

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Al Franken faced a storm of criticism and a likely ethics investigation after a Los Angeles radio anchor accused him of forcibly kissing her and groping her during a 2006 USO tour. He was the first member of Congress caught up in the recent wave of allegations of sexual abuse and inappropriate behavior….
  • Iraqi forces retake the country’s last IS-held town

    BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces backed by the U.S.-led coalition retook on Friday the last town in the country that was held by the Islamic State group, more than three years after the militants stormed nearly a third of Iraqi territory, the Defense Ministry's spokesman said….
  • Moore targets female accusers as critics decry intimidation

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Ever defiant, Republican Roy Moore's campaign lashed out at the women accusing him of sexual misconduct, declaring "let the battle begin." Women's advocates decried the talk as worn intimidation tactics in a desperate attempt to keep his imperiled Senate bid alive….
  • Mugabe makes 1st public appearance amid talks on departure

    HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe made his first public appearance since the military put him under house arrest this week, attending a graduation ceremony to applause, even as the military announced "significant progress" on talks for his departure and arrested some of his allies….
  • GOP closer to big win with House tax vote; Senate unclear

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have stretched closer to delivering the first big legislative victory for President Donald Trump and their party, whisking a $1.5 trillion overhaul of business and personal income taxes through the House. Thorny problems await in the Senate, though….
  • Notorious Mafia ‘boss of bosses’ Toto Riina dead at 87

    MILAN (AP) — Mafia 'boss of bosses' Salvatore 'Toto' Riina died early Friday in a hospital while serving multiple life sentences as the mastermind of a bloody strategy to assassinate Italian prosecutors and law enforcement trying to bring down the Cosa Nostra, Italian media reported Friday. He was 87….
  • Senior Chinese envoy in North Korea amid chill in ties

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The highest-level Chinese envoy to North Korea in two years arrived in the country's capital on Friday to try to improve relations that have soured over Beijing's tightening of sanctions and expressions of support for U.S. President Donald Trump's calls for more pressure on the North to abandon its nuclear weapons program….
  • Can France’s Macron bring Lebanon back from the brink?

    PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is trying on a new mantle: Mideast peacemaker. He's trying to defuse Lebanon's political crisis and preserve regional stability, by leveraging France's trade relations with rival players in the region and historical ties to its former protectorate….
  • Rival US and Russian resolutions defeated on Syria weapons

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Rival U.S. and Russian resolutions to extend the mandate of experts trying to determine who was responsible for chemical attacks in Syria were defeated Thursday at a heated Security Council meeting that reflected the deteriorating relations between Washington and Moscow….

[#AfterEffects #Video] After Effects Tutorial: Old Film Effect

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After Effects Tutorial: Old Film Effect

By After Effects Series Tutorials
Published: Nov 06, 2017

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[#Marketing #Strategy] Non-Model Clothing Catalogs – The 'Cast Me J. Crew' Campaign Wants to Highlight “Real People” (TrendHunter.com)

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From TrendHunter.com – Marketing Strategy –Non-Model Clothing Catalogs – The 'Cast Me J. Crew' Campaign Wants to Highlight “Real People” (TrendHunter.com):

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Non-Model Clothing Catalogs - The 'Cast Me J. Crew' Campaign Wants to Highlight (TrendHunter.com) Clothing brand J. Crew is inviting the general public to join the ranks of its elite models with a new campaign titled ‘Cast Me J. Crew,' which enables non-models to be featured in its…

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Top Headlines for November 16, 2017

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Headline News from the Associated Press
  • GOP braces for extended clash in Alabama

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — With President Donald Trump standing on the sidelines, Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore and his allies on the ground in Alabama are bracing for an extended conflict – not with Democrats, but with their own party in Washington….
  • GOP muscling tax bill through House; hits senator roadblock

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are muscling their massive tax bill through the House, with President Donald Trump urging them on to a critically needed legislative victory and GOP House leaders exuding confidence they have the votes….
  • Zimbabwe calm as Mugabe is urged to go peacefully

    HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabweans faced another day of uncertainty amid quiet talks to resolve the country's political turmoil and the likely end of President Robert Mugabe's decades-long rule….
  • Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe seemed invincible but era ends

    JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe seemed almost untouchable for much of his nearly four-decade rule. Shrewd and ruthless, he stayed in power despite advancing age, growing opposition, international sanctions and the dissolving economy of a once-prosperous nation….
  • AP Exclusive: 17 escapes from Hawaii hospital since 2010

    HONOLULU (AP) — More than a dozen escapes have occurred over the past eight years at a Hawaii psychiatric hospital where a patient described as dangerous walked off the grounds and made it to California before he was captured this week….
  • France says Hariri accepts invitation, will come within days

    PARIS (AP) — Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has accepted an invitation to come to France after his surprise resignation from Saudi Arabia nearly two weeks ago that stunned Lebanon and rattled the region, the French president's office announced Thursday….
  • Cambodia’s top court orders opposition party dissolved

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia's Supreme Court ordered the main opposition party to be dissolved on Thursday, dealing a crushing blow to democratic aspirations in the increasingly oppressive Southeast Asian state. The decision clears the way for the nation's authoritarian leader to remain in power for years to come….
  • Neighbor shot by California gunman lived in fear of him

    RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — One of the first victims of a Northern California gunman told a judge earlier this year that she and her family lived in fear of him because he was violent and unpredictable, firing off guns at all hours and threatening her with "all kinds of perverted things."…
  • Taxpayer-funded farm program no match for algae plague

    MONROE, Mich. (AP) — Competing in a bass fishing tournament two years ago, Todd Steele cast his rod from his 21-foot motorboat – unaware that he was being poisoned….
  • Museum of the Bible, built by Hobby Lobby owner, opens in DC

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight years ago, Hobby Lobby president Steve Green found a new way to express his Christian faith. His family's $4 billion arts and craft chain was already known for closing stores on Sundays, waging a Supreme Court fight over birth control and donating tens of millions of dollars to religious groups….

[#Adobe #Design] Further Exploring Highlight Effects in Premiere Pro CC 2018

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Further Exploring Highlight Effects in Premiere Pro CC 2018

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Published: Nov 10, 2017

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[#Marketing #Strategy] Airline Poutine Pop-Ups – The Poutinerie by Air Canada Entices Londoners to Travel to North America (TrendHunter.com)

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From TrendHunter.com – Marketing Strategy –Airline Poutine Pop-Ups – The Poutinerie by Air Canada Entices Londoners to Travel to North America (TrendHunter.com):

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Airline Poutine Pop-Ups - The Poutinerie by Air Canada Entices Londoners to Travel to North America (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) The Poutinerie is a new pop-up from Air Canada that's been set up in London to inspire those in the UK to make the voyage to North America.Air Canada's Poutinerie serves 10 dishes that…

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Top Headlines for November 15, 2017

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Headline News from the Associated Press
  • Zimbabwe army has Mugabe, wife in custody, controls capital

    HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's army said Wednesday it has President Robert Mugabe and his wife in custody and is securing government offices and patrolling the capital's streets following a night of unrest that included a military takeover of the state broadcaster….
  • Trump returns, faces Alabama Senate scandal

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump spent five days in Asia largely keeping the Alabama Senate scandal at bay. He won't be so lucky on U.S. soil….
  • Analysis: Sessions seeks balance in pondering Clinton probe

    WASHINGTON (AP) — In asking senior federal prosecutors to examine a number of Republican grievances, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to strike a balance….
  • Northern California gunman kills 4, wounds 10 in rampage

    RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — The gunman behind a rampage in Northern California was out on bail for a charge of stabbing a neighbor, had been the object of complaints from neighbors who said he had been firing off hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and had been the subject of a domestic violence call the day before the attack….
  • China sending envoy to North Korea following Trump visit

    BEIJING (AP) — Following President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing, China said Wednesday that it would send a high-level special envoy to North Korea amid an extended chill in relations between the neighbors over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and missile programs….
  • AP Exclusive: US scientists try 1st gene editing in the body

    OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Scientists for the first time have tried editing a gene inside the body in a bold attempt to permanently change a person's DNA to try to cure a disease….
  • Obama health mandate now target of GOP in big tax bill

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama health care law's requirement that Americans get insurance coverage is now pinned as a target of Republican lawmakers, as they look to end the individual mandate to help pay for deep cuts in their tax legislation….
  • Australians endorse gay marriage, ensuring Parliament bill

    CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of Australians supported gay marriage in a postal survey that ensures Parliament will consider legalizing same-sex weddings this year, although the form any law would take and its allowances for religious objections sparked immediate debate….
  • Papa John’s apologizes for criticizing NFL anthem protests

    Papa John's apologized Tuesday night for comments made by CEO John Schnatter blaming sluggish pizza sales on NFL players kneeling during the national anthem….
  • Airbus to sell 430 planes to Indigo for $49.5 billion

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Airbus signed a $49.5 billion deal on Wednesday to sell 430 airplanes to the Phoenix-based private equity firm that owns Frontier Airlines, striking the European aerospace company's biggest deal ever at the Dubai Air Show….

[#Adobe #Design] How to Create a Two Tone Gradient in Adobe Premiere Pro CC (2017)

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How to Create a Two Tone Gradient in Adobe Premiere Pro CC (2017)

By AdobeMasters
Published: Aug 01, 2017

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[#Cool #Toys] Food-Inspired Hard Drives – The 'Dimsum' Hard Drive is Compact, Soft and Portable (TrendHunter.com)

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From TrendHunter.com – Cool Gadgets and Gifts –Food-Inspired Hard Drives – The 'Dimsum' Hard Drive is Compact, Soft and Portable (TrendHunter.com):

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Food-Inspired Hard Drives - The 'Dimsum' Hard Drive is Compact, Soft and Portable (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) The ‘Dimsum' hard drive has been designed as a cute piece of equipment for your computer that will enable you to store files externally, while also offering a cute aesthetic that is…

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Top Headlines for November 14, 2017

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Headline News from the Associated Press
  • Trump Jr. messaged with WikiLeaks during 2016 campaign

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's oldest son released a series of private Twitter exchanges between himself and WikiLeaks during and after the 2016 election, including pleas from the website to publicize its leaks….
  • Sessions facing Congress amid new Russia probe details

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions returns to Capitol Hill on Tuesday amid growing evidence of contacts between Russians and associates of President Donald Trump. And he will be bracing for an onslaught of lawmakers' questions about how much he knew of that outreach during last year's White House campaign….
  • Rescuers search debris after Iran-Iraq quake killing 430

    SARPOL-E-ZAHAB, Iran (AP) — Rescuers on Tuesday used backhoes and heavy equipment to dig through the debris of buildings toppled by a powerful earthquake on the border between Iran and Iraq, with weeping women crying out to God as aid workers found new bodies….
  • Trump heads home after ‘tremendously successful’ Asia trip

    MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Donald Trump headed for home Tuesday following an extensive tour of Asia that he said had been "tremendously successful" and had put the world on notice that the "rules have changed" for countries that want to trade with the U.S….
  • Republicans continue abandoning Moore after new accusations

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Roy Moore's support from fellow Republicans is hemorrhaging after a second woman accused the Alabaman of groping her when she was a teenager in the late 1970s, the latest setback to his effort to win an open Senate seat that suddenly seems up for grabs….
  • ‘Weinstein Effect’ goes global as powerful men confronted

    The sexual harassment and assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein that rocked Hollywood and sparked a flurry of allegations in other American industries, as well as the political arena, are reaching far beyond U.S. borders. Emboldened by the women, and men, who have spoken up, the "Weinstein Effect" is rippling across the globe….
  • Sessions open to idea of Clinton Foundation special counsel

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is leaving open the possibility that a special counsel could be appointed to look into Clinton Foundation dealings and an Obama-era uranium deal, the Justice Department said Monday in responding to concerns from Republican lawmakers….
  • Rise in teen suicide, social media coincide; is there link?

    CHICAGO (AP) — An increase in suicide rates among U.S. teens occurred at the same time social media use surged and a new analysis suggests there may be a link….
  • FDA approves first digital ingestion tracking system med

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug in the United States with a digital ingestion tracking system, in an unprecedented move to ensure that patients with mental illness take the medicine prescribed for them….
  • ‘A national shame’: Local papers react harshly to Italy exit

    ROME (AP) — The End. The Apocalypse. A national shame….
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