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What the 2016 Presidential Candidates Think About Immigration

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This election year, the news cycle has prominently featured two events which have shaped American public discourse about immigration. Those worried about increased immigration, especially immigration from pre-dominantly Muslim regions, point to the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris as evidence that lax immigration laws could expose the country to the threat of radical religious terrorism. After all, the thinking goes, there’s no way to really be sure the people we’re letting into the country aren’t affiliated with one of the dozens of rogue terrorist groups that plague large swaths of the Middle East. [Read more…]

Originally posted on February 5, 2016 @ 4:44 am

Why You Shouldn’t Blog About Legal Issues

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If you have a blog solely for personal use, it makes sense to use it as a platform of venting and sharing with friends and family. Even if your blog is public, you probably only communicate with a few people. However, this can get you in trouble if there are legal issues looming. It’s best to avoid any discussion at all of accidents or allegedly illegal activities you’re a victim of, since it may come back to bite you.

For example, it’s perfectly logical that you’d want to blog about a birthing injury your child endured in order to get support. Online groups can be very comforting, and you might even be able to connect with a parent who faced a similar situation. However, if you’d ever consider suing a doctor or hospital for causing that injury, your blog may be used by the defense. A great lawyer will steer you away from public, written descriptions of the incident. [Read more…]

Originally posted on October 2, 2014 @ 3:52 am

Headway For WordPress – The Power of Grid Mode

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Customizing WordPress themes has always been a chore for newbie to intermediate WordPress users. Headway is a very dynamic WordPress theme that allows you to mimic any website you want to customize to your liking. Meaning, that you can easily draw out exactly how you want your website to look, and then fully customize any page or post without having to modify the functions.php file, or any other template files. There are number of different features with this DIY framework. According to the reviews on tbwhs.com this framework does get a lot of positive feedback from webmasters that have used this framework in the past. We are going to show you exactly how you can use Headway, using “grid mode” to create your WordPress site.

First, once you install this theme you’re going to want to activate it. This theme does come with a number of different premade child themes that you can customize to your liking. But, in this tutorial we are going to show you the ends and outs of Headways “grid mode” editor. [Read more…]

Originally posted on May 20, 2015 @ 4:10 am

4 Mobile Tools Every Blogger Needs

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Whether you blog professionally or as a past time, you’ll often find yourself writing in unique remote locations. Bloggers often have to be flexible, working from a variety of locations as they get the latest scoop on a story. You’ll never know when you’ll need to jump online to make edits to a blog post or release a new article. Here are four mobile utilities that every blogger should keep on hand. [Read more…]

Originally posted on July 15, 2014 @ 5:01 am

Influencing Social Change as a Blogger

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Your words have the power to significantly impact the world. Bloggers can rely on viral media, sharing platforms, social networks, and publication mentions to get pressing news out to immense audiences. Bloggers have the ability to inspire social change from their keyboards at home or at the office. You can rally individuals and organizations in your local neighborhoods to address community issues or even tackle larger, international concerns. Here are a few ways to leverage your influence as a blogger for positive social change. [Read more…]

Originally posted on July 31, 2014 @ 3:42 am

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