November 13, 2015

Let's Have A Chat About Virtual Reality

4668833794_919627ddd3_b "Virtual reality" according to Wikipedia: Virtual reality (VR), which can be referred to as immersive multimedia or computer-simulated life, replicates an environment that simulates physical presence in places in the real world or imagined worlds and lets the user interact in that world. Virtual realities artificially creates sensory experiences, which can include sight, hearing… Read More

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Former Ambassador Crocker: ISIS Not Defeated or Degraded, Maybe Not Even Contained

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Venezuela drug scandal reverberates as elections kick off

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The arrest of two nephews of the Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores on U.S. drug trafficking charges is being used by the opposition to blast the government during the launch of the campaign season for crucial Dec. 6 congressional elections.

The men related by marriage to ...

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Wasserman Schultz Attacks MSNBC Host For Asking About Clinton's Marine Corps Story [VIDEO]

'I just find it really unreasonable, Andrea'

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'Pray for Him': Ben Carson Responds to Donald Trump's Excoriating Comments

"I feel so sorry for him."

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'Truly Stunning': Ted Cruz Says He 'Laughed Out Loud' When He Heard Marco Rubio's 'Blazingly, On-Its-Face False' Statement

"That's like the Ayatollah Khamenei saying my position is the same as his on the Iranian nuclear deal."

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Rubio: Cruz Bragged About Not Blocking Path to Legalization

Sen. Ted Cruz "bragged about the fact that he did not undermine the pathway to legalization for people that were in this country illegally," Sen. Marco Rubio tells reporters in Orlando on Friday after speaking at the Sunshine Summit. NOTE: As both seek Republican presidential nomination, Cruz has criticized Rubio as favoring amnesty for undocumented immigrants; Rubio suggested this week Cruz was insincere NOTE: Rubio has spotlighted amendment Cruz offered to 2013 Senate immigration bill that aim

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The Spreading Virus, Part 5 [With Mascot Commentary by John]

(Steven Hayward) Now playing at Amherst College. Something called "Amherst Soul," which describes itself as an "uprising," has posted the following demand manifesto. It includes a deadline of next week for compliance, or—what? (Special attention to the most fascistic demands in bold. Also—does Amherst have a football team?) Submitted by Amherst Uprising  – a collective of students on campus who came together as a result of the sit-In organized in Frost Library on 11/12/15.

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Megyn Kelly, Alan Dershowitz Rip Liberal Campus Fascism: 'These Students Are Book Burners'

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Army 3-Star: Mass Resignations If Trump 'Bombs The S***' Out Of ISIS [VIDEO]

Trump's strategy is 'not only immoral but illegal'

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Delivery Drama: They Hit Every Red Light on Way to Hospital to Give Birth, Then the Dad Was Pulled Over

"Welcome to the world little one."

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Ben Carson Claims His 'Sources' on Syria Are 'Better' Than the White House — and Promises to Release the Proof

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Clinton Pledges No New Taxes on Households Under $250k

"In paying for her proposals, she fundamentally rejects the idea that we should be willing to raise taxes on middle-class households," Brian Fallon, spokesman for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, says in e-mail. Link to related story: Clinton and Sanders Are Divided Over a Big Obama Promise: Not Raising Taxes on the Middle Class: Post

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Instructure Up 8% From IPO, CEO Sees "Huge Renaissance" in EdTech

Image (1) learn-about-the-canvas-lms-the-new-open-learning-management-system-instructure.jpg for post 294454 Instructure, the Utah-based educational technology company, went public on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. After pricing at $16, shares were up 8% by early afternoon trading. Instructure builds educational software for both K-12 education and corporate learning. The Blackboard competitor says it has over 10 million users of its products in over 25 countries. We are seeing a… Read More

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Tammy Duckworth Endorses $15 Minimum Wage After McDonald's Forgot Her Cheeseburger

Rep. Tammy Duckworth endorsed a union attack on McDonald's after the chain restaurant forgot to give her a cheeseburger.

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Democrats, advocacy groups unveil alternative finance bill

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Democratic state lawmakers are proposing an alternative campaign finance bill that would require more disclosure and donations and prohibits coordination with issue advocacy groups.

The approach from Democratic state Rep. Terese Berceau of Madison unveiled Friday runs counter to a Republican-backed bill up for a final ...

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Retired General: Bombing ISIS Without Ground Troops Like 'Casual Sex' [VIDEO]

'Sign me up for that'

Via: The Daily Caller

Why an Obama Executive Action Closing Gitmo Might Be Tough to Stop

"Obama gets away with a lot because…"

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Another Top College Official Resigns for Failing to 'Create a Safe Space on Campus for Students From Marginalized Backgrounds'

A week after the resignations of two top officials at the University of Missouri.

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Google Crowdsources Business Listing Corrections, Map Edits With Expanded Local Guides Program

google-local-guides Google today is expanding its Local Guides program – the company's answer to Yelp's Elites, which encourages and rewards users for providing information on area businesses, including reviews, photos, and other details. That program has now received a significant update involving a new points system that allows guides to also earn points by correcting business information… Read More

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After Iowa Rally, Trump Again Has Onlookers Asking If He's Gone Too Far

After Donald Trump's insults toward Mexican immigrants, John McCain, and pretty much all of his presidential rivals, it's clear the normal rules of politics don't quite apply to the Republican front-runner.

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Jennifer Lawrence Trashes Christians: Their Crucifixes 'May As Well Be Pitchforks'

jennifer-lawrenceActress Jennifer Lawrence says she's "embarrassed" that she grew up in the same state as Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. "Don't even say her name in this house," Lawrence recently told Vogue magazine. "All those people holding their crucifixes, which may as well ...More

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Report: Democracy Alliance Members Looking to Fund Black Lives Matter

The shadowy liberal donor group Democracy Alliance is recommending to its members that they fund the Black Lives Matter movement, Politico reported Friday.

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Rick Santorum: Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz back 'amnesty'

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is looking to gain some momentum in the 2016 nomination battle by arguing that Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas are weak on immigration.

In a fundraising email blasted our Friday, Mr. Santorum said "my friends" Mr. Rubio and Mr. Cruz ...

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LeBron James Sends Heartwarming Letter To Terminally Ill Teenage Fan

'My bucket list is to meet LeBron'

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Are Belief in God and Christianity Really Dying in America?

"Among the 'nones' there has been a nine-point drop in the share who believe in God with absolute certainty…"

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'I'm Not Resisting Arrest,' Man Screams at Officers — but Watch the Entire Video

"If it's an illegal arrest, you fight that later." 

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Trump's Book Fails to Out-Sell Carson's in First Week

Donald Trump's book "Crippled America" sold 28k in its first week vs. 38k by Ben Carson's "A More Perfect Union," according to data from Nielsen. NOTE: Trump's book premiered Nov. 1, Carson's Oct. 1 Carson's book has sold 153k through Nov. 8 and sold 27k in the week that ended that day. NOTE: BuzzFeed reported yesterday that Trump's new book debuted behind Carson's five-week old book on the New York Times bestseller list.

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The spreading virus, part 4

(Scott Johnson) A recent Dartmouth alum provides this summary of events on campus yesterday based on reports from one of her closest friends still on campus: My friend is texting me about a Black Lives Matter protest that happened at Dartmouth last night. Apparently it started as a standard march and chant across campus and devolved into black students screaming at individuals in the library and calling them out by name for

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The Biggest Cybersecurity Risk Is Not Identity Theft

6811976052_b82daecc7d_o What would happen if a hacker edited a major news website to falsely report an anthrax attack in Times Square? Even if the site removed the story within minutes, it already would have been reposted and retweeted thousands of times. The misinformation likely would lead to crowded sidewalks, traffic accidents, overflowing hospitals, a plummeting stock market and other chaos. Read More

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Ash Carter Fires Top Military Aide Over Alleged Misconduct

Defense Secretary Ash Carter fired his top military aide, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ron Lewis, Thursday over allegations of misconduct.

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New legislator admits to committing voter fraud

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The district attorney in Bernalillo County is reviewing an admission by a newly appointed state legislator that she committed voter fraud.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/1iZ0Av3 ) that Rep. Idalia Lechuga-Tena, who was born in Mexico and became a U.S. citizen in 2007, ...

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What's Wrong With College? Follow The Money

Lord Acton warned us that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely... So does "free" money.

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Ted Cruz Again Displays His 'Audiographic' Memory With a Nearly Perfect Re-enactment of a Scene From 'The Princess Bride'

"What is it you have that is so worth living for?"

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Seven Records World Records Set by Harlem Globetrotters in One Video

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Beats Music To Shut Down On November 30

beatsmusic-shutterstock_132921989 (1) It was bound to happen. Now that Apple Music is available on Android, Apple is going to shut down its other music streaming service, Beats Music. The company will automatically cancel all subscriptions on November 30, and remaining users should move to Apple Music. Read More

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The Steam Filled Room: That's Hot! [PHOTOS]

An e-cig review for the ages

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Little Girl Claims She Visited Heaven and Met Jesus During Freak Accident — and Her Harrowing Ordeal Is About to Get a Lot More Attention

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Kentucky's First Black Statewide Official Describes How Watching Her Mom Live on Gov't Assistance Turned Her Into a Conservative

"I just didn't see how they were helping her." 

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Trump: Carson Said He Has A 'Pathological Disease,' 'There Is No Cure For That'

trump 1Donald Trump declared Thursday night at a rally in Fort Dodge, Iowa that "the gloves are a little bit off" now in the presidential race and railed against his Republican presidential rivals . The real estate magnate told the jam-packed crowd that he's hopeful that "the guys on the end" will get out of the race. "Why are these ...More

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Obama Says Trump's Deportation Plan Is Un-American

"Imagine the images on the screen flashed around the world as we were dragging parents away from their children and putting them in, what, detention centers and then systematically sending them out," President Barack Obama says of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's deportation plan for undocumented immigrants. "Nobody thinks that that's realistic, but more importantly, that's not who we are as Americans," Obama says "The name of the operation tells you some of the dangers of looking backw

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Ben Carson adviser: 'Sad to watch' Donald Trump 'imploding before our very eyes'

The longtime business partner of 2016 GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson says it's "sad to watch" billionaire businessman Donald Trump "imploding before our very eyes" in the race for the GOP nomination.

"It's so sad watching and listening to him," Armstrong Williams said on CNN's "New Day." "I mean, a ...

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Jihadi John Down Thanks To US Predator UAV

Jihadi meets death from a Hellfire missle

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Teen Accused Man of Molestation After He Confronted Him for Reckless Driving in Viral Video — But Police Have Gotten to the Bottom of It

"You molested me, fool."

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Writer Noticed Shocking Church Sign 'So Scandalous' That He Had a 'Hard Time Believing It Was Not Photoshopped'. Then, He Took Action.

"As soon as I learned of this sign, I took immediate action to have it removed."

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White Star Capital Closes $70M For Its First Institutional Transatlantic Fund

White Star Capital, which bides its time between London, New York and Montreal, has been active in the market for a couple of years, but until now has not 'opened the kimono' much on its backing. Today that changes with the news of the close of its first institutional fund with $70 million in LP commitments. This first institutional fund is mainly backed by sovereign and… Read More

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Clinton Has Clear Lead Among Democratic 'Superdelegates': AP

Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton has early lead for nomination among party delegates, according to AP survey of all 712 individuals known as "superdelegates," with >80% responding. Clinton has endorsements from 359, rival Sen. Bernie Sanders backed by 8; 2 superdelegates support former Md. Gov. Martin O'Malley; rest are uncommitted Separately, ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that Clinton leads Sanders in popularity among Democrats The former senator and first lady is viewed f

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Donald Trump questions Ben Carson's 'pathological temper,' faith

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, brushing aside any recent claims of civility, has equated Ben Carson's childhood "pathological temper" to the illness of a child molester, questioned his religious awakening and berated voters who support him.

"How stupid are the people of Iowa?" declared Trump ...

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Smugglers Tried to Bring 48,000 Cans of Heineken Disguised as Pepsi Into Saudi Arabia

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If It Ain't Baroque…

Around the turn of the fifth century B.C. the followers of Parmenides and Heraclitus got into a rather lively debate about whether the universe was characterized by static being or constant flux—but those guys have been dead for a long time now, and no one much cares anymore what they had to say. The issue has, however, proved to be stubborn. In just the last century, physicists had to confront the puzzling fact that certain tests revealed light to be composed of discrete particles, while others showed it to constitute a wave: a controversy as yet unresolved.

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