December 14, 2015

You're In Trouble If This Pee-Powered Energy System Leaks

105162_web Professor Ioannis Ieropoulos of the Bristol BioEnergy Centre at the University of the West of England has created a bioenergy system that uses urine circulated by your footsteps to power wearable electronics. The system uses energy generators called a microbial fuel cells. They use microbe growth in waste fluids to power small devices like cellphones and lights. A mechanical pump moves urine… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Hogan Gidley Replacing Alice Stewart on Huckabee Campaign

Hogan Gidley, former executive director of HuckPac, will handle media operations for Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, following resignation of communications director Alice Stewart, according to e-mail statement from campaign. Earlier: Huckabee's Communications Director Resigns From Campaign: Fox

Source: Bloomberg.com news

Asia Times: Access vs. Anti-Access: China, US Posture in Anti-Ship Missile Face Off

The People's Liberation Army last month disclosed new details about its new intermediate-range anti-ship ballistic missile known as the DF-26.

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Trump supporters shrug off the fuss, say he gets it

GREER, S.C. (AP) - The fuss over Donald Trump seems largely lost on many of those who support him. Where his critics see bigotry, they see common sense.

At Rosie's Hotdogs in upstate South Carolina, Tracy Hooker isn't interested in debating the merits of Trump's proposal to temporarily block Muslims ...

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Fox Business Network Is The Fastest Growing Cable Channel In 2015

Every program saw year-to-year growth

Via: The Daily Caller

Man Says His Uncle Offered 'Broke' Panhandlers a Job. When They Said 'No,' He Did This.

"Wow…"

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Obama's Message to Islamic State Leaders: You're Next

President Obama spoke at the Pentagon on Monday after a meeting with his national security team. He discussed the intensification of U.S. actions in the war against Islamic State's core in Iraq and Syria. The president said that coalition forces are hitting Islamic State "harder than ever."

Source: Bloomberg.com news

Families Get Screwed Sending Dollars To Mexico. TransferWise Does It 4X Cheaper

birthdaybot1 (1) Money transfers are a crooked racket. They're designed to hide just how much cash they steal from immigrant workers sending funds to family back home. Western Union, Moneygram, even PayPal's Xoom trumpet that they only charge around $5, but quietly pocket people's money by setting their own unfair exchange rate. TransferWise wants to put an end to all this bullsh*t. Today the… Read More

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Turkish President Says Normalization of Relations with Israel Possible

JERUSALEM—After years of condemning Israel at every opportunity, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly raised the possibility Monday of normalization of relations with the Jewish state.

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The Latest: Ex-New Mexico official told to go to jail Friday

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The latest on the sentencing of New Mexico's former secretary of state on embezzlement charges (all times local).

11:45 a.m.

A judge says former New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran would have to report to jail Friday if she decides not to withdraw her ...

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Top NFL Draft Prospect Hit With Drug Charges [VIDEO]

NFL scouts won't like this.

Via: The Daily Caller

Trump's Doctor Says Billionaire Will Be the 'Healthiest Individual Ever Elected to the Presidency'

He "has suffered no form of cancer"

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Glenn Beck Shares Major Announcement for TheBlaze TV Network: 'I Can't Thank You Enough'

"Millions of people are going to be able to watch TheBlaze now."

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Russia, U.S. Still Far Apart on Syria as Kerry to Meet Putin

Russia and the U.S. are struggling to narrow differences over Syria as Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to meet President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday amid continuing friction in relations between the former Cold War enemies.

Source: Bloomberg.com news

6 Predictions On Enterprise Software From Scale Venture Partners

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Obama's Crazy Visa Policy Makes Trump Look Like a Prophet

(John Hinderaker) Today on Good Morning America, John Cohen, a former acting under-secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and now a national security consultant for ABC News, dropped a bombshell: over the objections of security-minded DHS personnel, the Obama administration secretly barred DHS from looking at postings on social media by visa applicants like Tashfeen Malik: Fearing a civil liberties backlash and "bad public relations" for the Obama administration, Homeland Security

Source: Power Line

Nigeria: Ex-adviser charged in $2.1 billion arms scandal

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's former national security adviser pleaded innocent Monday to embezzling $2.1 billion meant to purchase arms to fight Boko Haram, and said some of the money was diverted on the then-president's order to try to get himself re-elected.

The former senior security official, Sambo Dasuki, said ...

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This Is How The Duggar Family Reacted When They Found Out Josh Cheated On His Wife

He reportedly slept with a porn star twice

Via: The Daily Caller

Obama: Islamic State 'Thugs' Are Dug in, but 'They Cannot Hide'

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Raven-Symone Said That All Religions Are About 'Being Good.' But Her 'The View' Co-Hosts Quickly Stepped in With a Major Caveat.

"What's God's standard of goodness?"

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'For the Record': National Security Expert Warns Not Much Preventing Next Islamic State Attack

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Will Ferrell As George W. Bush Mocks GOP Field On 'Saturday Night Live'

wComedian Will Ferrell dusted off his famous impression of former president George W. Bush on Saturday Night Live over the weekend and announced in the show's opening that he's entering the 2016 presidential race. "This is an important day. I've made a big decision. I'm entering the race for President of the United States of America," Ferrell, as Bush, ...More

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Clinton Increases Iowa Lead Over Sanders

A new Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows the former secretary of state with a nine-point advantage over the Vermont senator.

Source: Bloomberg.com news

Doctena, The European Medical Booking Platform, Scores €4.5M Funding

Doctena Brussels-based Doctena, founded in 2013, represents a familiar European startup story. It sells a medical booking platform that lets doctors offer online booking to their patients and has successfully launched in three European countries — Luxembourg, Netherlands and Belgium — juggling regulatory differences in each country and doing it all with modest funding. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Ted Cruz Poised to Steal Iowa from Donald Trump

The crosstabs of the latest Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll reveal some encouraging findings for the Texas senator.

Source: Bloomberg.com news

Combat Veteran Jon Keyser Considers Senate Bid in Colorado

Republicans may find the candidate they are looking for to take on Democratic incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet in Colorado: combat veteran and state representative Jon Keyser.

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Korea's Yello Mobile Raises $47M More At A $4B Valuation Led By Formation 8

YELLOW ROOM (1)-jpg Korea's Yello Mobile has made a name for itself raising $100 million and using it to hoover up more than 60 startups to build a mobile apps business, which now serves 18 million users. Now, the startup is raising again: Yello Mobile has racked up another $47.2 million in funding, led by existing investor Formation 8 — financing that is being done as convertible debt at a… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

California congressional hearing aims to avert gun violence

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Less than two weeks after 14 people were fatally shot in San Bernardino, a California congressman is hosting a hearing Monday aimed at finding ways to reduce gun violence.

It's the latest step by proponents of stricter gun laws who say Congress must do more after ...

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Love Home Swap Buys HomeForExchange In Home Sharing Consolidation Play

Costa Rica On the back of Airbnb raising yet more billions to fuel its private home accommodation business, Love Home Swap — a marketplace for people to exchange homes for short stays — is on a consolidation tear of its own. The UK-based company has acquired Holland's HomeForExchange, which LHS founder and CEO Debbie Wosskow tells TechCrunch will help her company build up its stock… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Diversity: Seven notes

(Paul Mirengoff) Scott's six notes on "mismatch" add a much needed clarity to the discussion of race-based preferential admissions to college. I want to add seven notes on the concept of diversity, which Scott discussed. Note 1: The ideology of diversity is, as Scott says, relatively new. The concept of diversity, however, has been around for quite a while. Decades ago, it was common for elite eastern colleges to strive for geographic

Source: Power Line

Imagine If Donald Trump Ran As A Democrat — It's Not Too Hard To Do

It's not too hard to do

Via: The Daily Caller

Obama to Launch Pre-Christmas PR Campaign to Lessen Concerns About Terror-Fighting Strategy

Another goal is to draw a contrast with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his inflammatory remarks about Muslims.

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Alibaba Confirms It Is Buying The South China Morning Post For $262M

scmp Alibaba has jumped into the news business after the Chinese company confirmed on Friday that it has agreed to acquire the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The Hong Kong-based newspaper and SCMP Group's other assets, which includes local editions of Esquire and Elle, will cost Alibaba a little over HK$2 billion — around US$262 million — according to a regulatory filing. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Sikhs feel vulnerable, join with Muslims to combat backlash

CHICAGO (AP) - Pardeep Kaleka spent several days after 9/11 at his father's South Milwaukee gas station, fearing that his family would be targeted by people who assumed they were Muslim. No, Kaleka explained on behalf of his father, who wore a turban and beard and spoke only in broken ...

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Diversity Is Not Making College Students Brighter

Recent campus insanity undermines the argument that affirmative action leads to a higher quality education

Via: The Daily Caller

Florida DMV Workers Call State Trooper to Remove Arguing Woman. Trooper Orders Her to Leave, but She Refuses. What Happens Next Is Insane.

"You can't even fight!"

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