March 19, 2016

Sesame Workshop is looking for startups that help kids

Big Bird (L) and other Sesame Street puppet characters pose next to temporary street sign November 9, 2009 at West 64th Street and Broadway in New York on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the broadcast of the children's television show. The sign is located across the street from Sesame Workshop's corporate headquarters which will launch the 40th season of Sesame Street on PBS on November 10. AFP PHOTO/Stan Honda Sesame Workshop, the organization that brought to life the beloved "Sesame Street" and countless other programs, has announced a new venture arm to invest in apps that help children develop. Working jointly with venture capital firm Collaborative Fund (which has funded companies like Lyft and AltSchool), Sesame Workshop has formed a new organization called Collab+Sesame. Read More

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Update: Prosecutor Says That Suspect Backed Out of Being Paris Suicide Bomber

"…Abdeslam told Belgian officials that he had 'wanted to blow himself up at the Stade de France' on Nov. 13 but that he backed out at the last minute."

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Hundreds protest Republican presidential hopeful Trump in NY

NEW YORK (AP) - Several hundred demonstrators gathered on Saturday to protest Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, marching from one skyscraper that bears his name to another.

The protesters, a loosely organized group that included immigrants' rights activists, students and socialists, gathered in Manhattan's Columbus Circle, at the base of ...

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Australian Government Comes Under Fire for Its 'Koala Cuddling' Expenditures

"Government spending is not in itself bad, but it must be remembered at all times its taxpayers' money, not politicians' money being spent."

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Man Shoots Home Intruder After Burglar Breaks Down Two Doors to Get to Him

"I'm in your house, I'm coming to get you."

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Algorithmic feeds force us to compete

Russell Crowe with sword in a scene from the film 'Gladiator', 2000. (Photo by Universal/Getty Images) Is that photo pretty enough? Is that tweet funny enough? If not, they might not be seen now that Instagram and Twitter are moving to algorithmically sorted feeds. That could spell big problems for marketers and cause our social media lives to be more stressful. To make their apps more consistently interesting, especially for people who don't check them non-stop, Instagram and Titter… Read More

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Video: What Is a Contested Convention?

With no clear consensus forming among establishment contenders, the longshot chance of a contested convention remains a possibility.

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Trump to Meet With Top Republicans Ahead of AIPAC Speech: Wpt

Donald Trump will host a group of nearly two dozen top Republicans March 21 at the offices of legal firm Jones Day, Washington Post said, citing people familiar. Said to be Trump's first major meeting with lawmakers and key Republican figures since last fall Several members of the House and Senate are expected to participate Consultants and "power brokers" also set to attend Meeting organized by Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Trump campaign counsel Donald F. McGahn of Jones Day

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Judge orders ex-US Rep. Aaron Schock to provide records

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A federal judge has ordered former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock to provide some records to prosecutors as part of a grand jury probe into the Illinois Republican's spending.

U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough's ruling, issued Feb. 12 and unsealed Wednesday, followed months of legal wrangling over ...

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Here's Why The 'Establishment' World Should Support Donald Trump

Mass low wage immigration combined with the modern welfare state doesn't work.

Via: The Daily Caller

Why unicorns falter

unicorn-jet In early February 2016, a study of financing deals reported by The Wall Street Journal found that investors are increasingly protecting themselves from IPOs that don't perform as expected. This fallout is a continuation of the demise of the so-called "unicorn," a tech startup with a pre-IPO valuation of over one billion dollars. Read More

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Watch Live: Trump Rally in Arizona

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Trump by the Script

(Steven Hayward) There's been a lot of talk about how Donald Trump's public appearances feature a stream-of-consciousness ramble punctuated with his main theme of "Make America Great Again!" and "Winning!—so much Winning!" Has Trump ever given a recognizably thematic speech from a prepared text? I decided to look, and lo and behold, in some of his speeches before CPAC over the last few years Trump worked from a text. Below is his

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Protesters block road to Trump rally in Arizona

Protesters were blocking a main highway leading to a Phoenix suburb where GOP front runner Donald rump was scheduled set to hold a campaign rally Saturday. 

Protesters parked their cars in the middle of the road and held banners with anti-Trump slogans and chanted "Trump is hate," according to the ...

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NASA is sending a 3D printer to space that you can use

Made in Space zerog 2 NASA is preparing to send its first commercial manufacturing facility to the International Space Station (ISS). The 3D printing company Made in Space has partnered with NASA to send their Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) to the space station on a launch scheduled to take place next Tuesday. Users on Earth can pay to use AMF, a 3D printer specially designed to operate in a microgravity… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Trump Protestors Shut Down Major AZ Boulevards an Hour Before Phoenix Rally

"We don't want you here in Arizona. We don't want your hate."

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Cops Baffled After Discovering Real Contents of Stained Box Labeled 'Human Remains'

When police had the box, labeled "human remains," tested for bodily fluids, they were not expecting this result.

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Court Rules Oregon Attorney General Must Not Distort Language In Immigration Control Initiative

'The ballot language written and certified by the attorney general hid the true purpose and effect of the initiative'

Via: The Daily Caller

Gillmor Gang: Botily Fluids

Gillmor Gang Artcard The Gillmor Gang — John Taschek, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, March 18, 2016. The Gang predicts an Echological intersection between bots and voice command, while binge viewers plan a surreal TV show in Cleveland. Plus, the latest G3 with Halley Suitt Tucker, Elisa Camahort Page, Rebecca Woodcock, Francine Hardaway, and Tina Chase Gillmor. Read More

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U.S. Service Member Killed by Enemy Fire in Iraq

The last U.S. service member killed in Iraq was in October 2015.

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Editorials from around New England

Excerpts of recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New England newspapers:

The Kennebec Journal (Maine), March 17, 2016

The Lifeline program was established in 1985 under the premise that telephone service is integral to American life, and that it shouldn't be denied to very low-income Americans.

Now that ...

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University Of New Mexico Seal Denounced As Racist For Not Having Indians On It

A simple seal celebrates 'deep colonial violence'

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Family Defends Disturbing Photo Posted to Social Media as a 'Joke'

"That's wrong. That's no joke. It's nothing to play with."

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The Duke lacrosse case revisited

(Scott Johnson) Stuart Taylor, Jr. and KC Johnson wrote the definitive book on the Duke lacrosse case with the apt title Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case. The case continues to resonate; it represents a sort of reductio ad absurdum for the wretched disgrace of political correctness on campus. As such, it proved both a harbinger and a template. Ten years after the

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A Long-Distance Dedication To Nick Denton And All The Other Losers At Gawker

One hundred and fifteen million dollars?

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What will a driverless future actually look like?

driverless There is a growing consensus that autonomous vehicles (AVs) will soon be a reality. The debate today centers not on whether, but how soon, AVs will be commonplace on our roads. But for all the buzz surrounding AVs, many details about what a driverless future will look like remain unclear. Which business models will work best for the commercialization of AVs? Which AV usage models will be… Read More

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Video: What is a Superdelegate?

"Ironically, the Democratic Party have an undemocratic consequence in the overall choice."

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'Leave Megyn Kelly ALONE.' — Beck Defends Megyn Kelly in Ruthless Open Letter to Trump

I will gladly take a stand against bullies and men who abuse women.

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This 63 Year Old Iraqi Sniper Has Taken Out 174 ISIS Killers In Under A Year [VIDEO]

'I swear, I guarantee by God when he falls, this pushes him back a metre before putting him down.'

Via: The Daily Caller

COMMENTARY: FAT PEOPLE REALLY HATE DONALD TRUMP

chubbies2Is there a correlation?

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March 18, 2016

'Who's Mad as Hell?': Focus Group Finds Voters Are More Angry With Other Voters Than Trump, Clinton

"It's truly time to start a third party. This election is gone."

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Obama Calls French, Belgium Leaders to Congratulate Them on Arrest of Paris Attacks Fugitive

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Romney Urges Republicans to Back Cruz Against Trump

The 2012 nominee's suggestion that Kasich is a spoiler has been a common refrain for establishment Republicans.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Another Epic Greenfail

(Steven Hayward) The number of people in the world who can be said in "energy poverty," that is, with little or no modern energy available, is around 3 billion. About 1.5 billion people, according to some estimates, have no electricity at all, and most of the three billion rely on extremely low-tech or non-tech sources of energy for basic needs of cooking and warmth, meaning they burn, wood, straw, or dried animal

Source: Power Line

Bernie Sanders Walks Off Interview

The post Bernie Sanders Walks Off Interview appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

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Capture Of Paris Attack Mastermind Caught On Camera [VIDEO]

'This evening is a huge success in the battle against terrorism'

Via: The Daily Caller

Meter Feeder lets you ditch coins and codes, pay for parking with GPS

No More Parking Meters Parking tickets actually earn cities less money than when people pay the meters like they should. The problem is that even new meters that let you pay by phone or credit are such a hassle that people don't use them and hope they don't get caught. But Y Combinator startup Meter Feeder has built a way to pay for parking that easier for citizens, cheaper for cities, and works with… Read More

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After AP Analysis Finds Record Secrecy by Obama Administration, White House Says It's 'More Transparent Than Any Other' Administration

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Mitt Romney Reveals Who He Will Vote for in Utah: 'I Encourage Others to do so As Well'

"This week, in the Utah nominating caucus…"

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Romney Says He Will Vote for Cruz in Utah Caucus

Mitt Romney writes in Facebook post he will vote for Sen. Ted Cruz in Utah's Republican presidential caucuses on March 22. "The only path that remains to nominate a Republican rather than Mr. Trump is to have an open convention" Says Cruz's success in many remaining nominating contest is only way to reach open convention Vote for Ohio Gov. John Kasich in future contests makes it extremely likely "Trumpism" would prevail,'' he says "I like Governor John Kasich, I have campaigned with him" Says he

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Congress Calls for Full Funding of U.S.-Israel Missile Defense Programs

A bipartisan coalition of 30 senators is calling on top appropriators to fully fund several joint U.S.-Israeli missile defense systems that help protect the Jewish state from terrorist rocket attacks, according to a letter sent by the lawmakers to the Senate's Appropriations Defense Subcommittee and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

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Marco Rubio Accomplished Something That Hasn't Been Done In Nearly A Century

Almost unprecedented

Via: The Daily Caller