Top Headlines for August 20, 2017

Headline News from the Associated Press
  • PM: Iraqi forces begin operation to retake Tal Afar from IS

    BAGHDAD (AP) — The operation to retake the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, from the Islamic State group began Sunday morning, Iraq's prime minister said….
  • Comedian, civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Gregory, the comedian and activist and who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutritional health, has died. He was 84….
  • Massive counterprotest upstages Boston 'free speech rally'

    BOSTON (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans in a public rejection of white nationalism upstaged a small group in Boston that planned a "free speech rally" a week after a violent clash rocked Virginia and reverberated across the U.S….
  • Duke University removes damaged Robert E. Lee statue

    DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke University removed a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee early Saturday after it was vandalized amid a national debate about monuments to the Confederacy….
  • Spanish police hunt for suspected Barcelona van driver

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish police put up scores of roadblocks across the northeast as the manhunt continued Sunday for the suspected driver of the van that plowed into pedestrians in Barcelona….
  • From age 3 to 80, Barcelona victims represent a wide world

    PARIS (AP) — An Italian father who saved his children's lives but lost his own. An American celebrating his first wedding anniversary. A Portuguese woman celebrating her birthday with her granddaughter….
  • Grace Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe despite assault claim

    HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe returned home from South Africa on Sunday despite calls that she be prosecuted for allegedly assaulting a young model at a luxury hotel in Johannesburg….
  • Researchers find wreckage of WWII-era USS Indianapolis

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Civilian researchers say they have located the wreck of the USS Indianapolis, the World War II heavy cruiser that played a critical role in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima before being struck by Japanese torpedoes….
  • Colleges grappling with balancing free speech, campus safety

    CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — When Carl Valentine dropped off his daughter at the University of Virginia, he had some important advice for the college freshman: Don't forget that you are a minority….
  • Trump to skip Kennedy Center Honors awards program

    BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Acknowledging that he has become a "political distraction," President Donald Trump has decided to skip the festivities surrounding the annual Kennedy Center Honors arts awards later this year, the White House announced Saturday amid the continuing fallout over Trump's stance on last weekend's white supremacist demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia….
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[#Video #Editing] 5000 ISO on an Sony A7S Mark II?!

5000 ISO on an Sony A7S Mark II?!

By Olufemii Tutorials
Published: Apr 19, 2017


Olufemii Tutorials Last year I went to Australia for the first time. It was also the first time I ever used a Sony A7s mark ii. I was shooting a pre-roll video for Lifeplace Church Brisbane. And it was the best vacation I ever had.

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Senior Pastors Ben and Cindi Windle

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[#Design #Trends] Customizable Takeout Packaging – Born2Be's Vibrant Takeout Boxes Encourage Play (TrendHunter.com)

From TrendHunter.com – Design TrendsCustomizable Takeout Packaging – Born2Be's Vibrant Takeout Boxes Encourage Play (TrendHunter.com):


Customizable Takeout Packaging - Born2Be's Vibrant Takeout Boxes Encourage Play (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Endika Gómez de Balugera, Estela Vela and Pablo Berges collaborated on the development of a restaurant concept called ‘Born2Be' and the vibrant takeout boxes they imagine it would be…



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Top Headlines for August 19, 2017

Headline News from the Associated Press
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[#AfterEffects #Video] How To Make a Sliding Text Reveal | Easy After Effects Tutorial

How To Make a Sliding Text Reveal | Easy After Effects Tutorial

By Learnin5
Published: Mar 29, 2017


Learnin5 How to make sleek sliding text reveal in After Effects CC that appears. Goes great with classy animation or flat design. Enjoy the tutorial!

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[#Cool #Toys] Augmented Reality Implements – These Mixed Reality Tools Draw the Gap Between Physical and Virtual (TrendHunter.com)

From TrendHunter.com – Cool Gadgets and GiftsAugmented Reality Implements – These Mixed Reality Tools Draw the Gap Between Physical and Virtual (TrendHunter.com):


Augmented Reality Implements - These Mixed Reality Tools Draw the Gap Between Physical and Virtual (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) It's interesting when you consider that most of our desktop utensils are either digital or analogue, and how we haven't yet seen many mixed reality tools such as these. SLIMDESIGN out of…



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Top Headlines for August 18, 2017

Headline News from the Associated Press
  • Spanish police kill 5 in resort hours after Barcelona attack

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police on Friday shot and killed five people wearing fake bomb belts who staged a car attack in a seaside resort in Spain's Catalonia region hours after a van plowed into pedestrians on a busy Barcelona promenade, killing at least 13 people and injuring over 100 others….
  • The Latest: At least 13 Germans hurt in Barcelona attacks

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on the Spain attacks (all times local):…
  • Trump defends Confederate statues, berates his critics

    BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — With prominent Republicans openly questioning his competence and moral leadership, President Donald Trump burrowed deeper into the racially charged debate over Confederate memorials and lashed out at members of his own party in the latest controversy to engulf his presidency….
  • Colleges brace for more violence amid rash of hate on campus

    BOSTON (AP) — Nicholas Fuentes is dropping out of Boston University and heading south, pressing ahead with his right-wing politics despite receiving online death threats….
  • Why hate came to the progressive island of Charlottesville

    CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The white nationalists behind last weekend's violent rally found an appealing target in the historic town where Thomas Jefferson founded a university and an outspoken, progressive mayor declared his city the "capital of the resistance" to President Donald Trump….
  • The real revolution in NKorea is rise of consumer culture

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Like all North Korean adults, Song Un Pyol wears the faces of leader Kim Jong Un's father and grandfather pinned neatly to her left lapel, above her heart. But on her right glitters a diamond-and-gold brooch….
  • Estimates of North Korea’s nuclear weapons hard to nail down

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. intelligence agencies' assessments of the size of North Korea's nuclear arsenal have a wide gap between high and low estimates. Size matters and not knowing makes it harder for the United States to develop a policy for deterrence and defend itself and allies in the region….
  • Warship captain in collision that killed 7 to lose command

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Poor seamanship and flaws in keeping watch contributed to a collision between a Navy destroyer and a commercial container ship that killed seven sailors, Navy officials said, announcing that the warship captain will be relieved of command and more than a dozen other sailors will be punished….
  • Mattis says a decision is closer on strategy for Afghanistan

    WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of sometimes heated internal debate, the Trump administration has almost reached a decision on a new approach for fighting the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday. He gave no hint of what the strategy would look like….
  • Clearing Iraqi cities of explosives may take decades

    BAGHDAD (AP) — The wires protruding from the small, misshapen stuffed animal revealed the deadly booby-trap tucked inside….
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[#Adobe #Design] How to Use Adobe Photoshop CC #3: Selections

How to Use Adobe Photoshop CC #3: Selections

By AdobeMasters
Published: Jun 16, 2017


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[#Marketing #Strategy] Cheesy Pop-Up Restaurants – The Spotted Cheetah is a Cheetos-Based Restaurant in New York (TrendHunter.com)

From TrendHunter.com – Marketing StrategyCheesy Pop-Up Restaurants – The Spotted Cheetah is a Cheetos-Based Restaurant in New York (TrendHunter.com):


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Top Headlines for August 17, 2017

Headline News from the Associated Press
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