In his recent State of the Union address, president Barack Obama asked, “will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well? Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who makes the effort?”
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — Brandeis University President Frederick Lawrence will step down at the end of the current school year and take a job at Yale.
Lawrence made the announcement Friday. He said in a letter to the university community in Waltham, Massachusetts, that he looked forward to returning to full-time teaching and scholarship as a senior research scholar at Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut.
Lawrence has served as the eighth president of Brandeis since January 2011.
Provost Lisa Lynch will become interim president in July as the university searches for a successor to Lawrence.
Brandeis bills itself as a private research and liberal arts school as well as the only nonsectarian, Jewish-sponsored college or university in the country. The university 9 miles west of Boston has about 3,600 undergraduate students.
Kendall Jenner is one lucky girl!
Wearing a black and burgundy beaded cut-out top, red pants, and headphones around her neck, the 19-year-old model and “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star cozied up to “The Fault in Our Stars” and “Divergent” star and regulation hottie Ansel Elgort, looking sharp in a black suit and tie, for a photo shoot in Venice, CA, on Friday.
If you believe our country’s psychics, the New England Patriots are about to win Super Bowl XLIX.
The Huffington Post reached out to psychics across the nation with an “odd Super Bowl request” — we wanted to know who they thought would win Sunday’s game. Although it must be stressed that this is outside the normal purview of their job, 25 psychics got back to us to give a prediction for fun. As Beth Bennet of Georgia aptly put it: “Psychic abilities just don’t work like this, but that’s not what you want to know…”
Many of the psychics who wrote back with predictions expressed that they like to have a sense of humor about the job — so even though it’s not what they usually use their abilities for, they were willing to try to figure out who will win the game. Marcel Cairo of Ohio wrote in an email, “I’ll ask the ghost of Walter Peyton to tell me the outcome (joke). :-)”
Of course some psychics may end up predicting the wrong score, a fact that a few pointed out. “If I’m wrong, please try to make my name as small as possible. 3 point font. Har har,” wrote Jessica McKay form New Jersey.
Some of the psychics circumnavigated the question a bit by bringing in outside teams. When psychic Tristan Rimbaud of Kentucky tuned in, he said he saw the New England Patriots beating the Minnesota Vikings, a team that didn’t even make the playoffs this year. Others expressed how they know borderline nothing about sports and had to look up who was playing and how points are scored.
In any case, all these psychic predictions mean the information below should probably be considered a definitive source of knowledge for how the upcoming game will turn out. Gathering all the psychic data, here are a few main things to note…
Key Takeaways:
Note: Two of the psychics gave multiple score possibilities. We used the first score they listed for the map below.
The map of predictions:
Here are the psychics we interviewed:
Alabama: Judi Lynch, Arkansas: Gabbie Chase, California: Anthony Teresi, Connecticut: Jeff McBride, Delaware: Deanna Fitzpatrick, Florida: Joseph LoBrutto, Georgia: Beth Bennett, Idaho: Kerry Ryan, Indiana: Jeffrey Poe, Iowa: Jessica Climer, Kentucky: Tristan Rimbaud, Maryland: Tanisia Smith, Minnesota: Alison James, Missouri: LA Martin, Nebraska: Kelli Miller, Nevada: Terri Jay, New Hampshire: Gwen Houghton, New Jersey: Jessica McKay, New Mexico: Karen Tallkat Conley, Ohio: Marcel Cairo, Oklahoma: Terry L. Blackshire, Pennsylvania: Bob Kenney, Washington: Marc Lainhart, West Virginia: Aeson Knight, Wyoming: Amy Woods
“Law & Order: SVU” will air an episode inspired by GamerGate. As first pointed out by The Mary Sue, the show’s Feb. 11 installment, “The Intimidation Game,” will explore the dangerous side of being a woman in the gaming community.
The episode, according to TV Guide, focuses on a woman who “launches a video game amid death threats in the male-dominated gaming community, but a crime scene unfurls at a big video-game convention when one of her female employees is assaulted.”
GamerGate is a movement that rose to public attention in 2014. It claims to call for better ethics in gaming journalism, but in practice carries out gender-specific abuse.
The “Law & Order: SVU” episode is but one of the show’s many that have been inspired by real-life events. This past fall, the show made headlines for penning an episode based on the story of Belle Knox, the Duke University freshman outed as a porn star by a fellow classmate.
H/T The Mary Sue.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker surged past a crowded field of rivals to take the lead in a Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll of prospective Republican candidates for president.
In the poll, released on Saturday night, Walker was the first choice of 15 percent of respondents in the poll, up from 4 percent when the poll was conducted in October. Walker bested Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who was at 14 percent. Mitt Romney was in third at 13 percent; the poll was taken from Monday to Thursday, before he announced his withdrawal from the race. Ex-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was in fourth with ten percent of voters’ support.
Walker surging as Bush struggles – @bpolitics/@DMRegister Iowa poll http://t.co/btjRbUYQWl pic.twitter.com/EmjxoFvNnF
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) January 31, 2015
Jeb Bush, who is viewed as the GOP’s establishment choice, was only preferred by eight percent of voters. The results held even more bad news for Bush, receiving a favorability rating of 46 percent, not far from the 43 percent who view him unfavorably.
Walker, who made his name fighting unions, raised his national profile last weekend with a forceful speech at the Iowa Freedom Summit, a high-profile conservative gathering. His appeal as a potential candidate has been increasing, as he has sought to win members of both the GOP establishment and its more conservative ranks. Though the evangelical Christian’s touts conservative agendas and and rhetoric, his record and temperament could win the Republican establishment, the New York Times’ Nate Cohn argued. He recently formed a president exploratory committee, a major sign that he is preparing to run.
There’s a new reason to be happy and feeling glad.
Gorillaz artist Jamie Hewlett has reportedly confirmed the animated band’s return. After posting new artwork of band members Noodle and Murdoc, Revolt reports Hewlett responded to a fan’s comment asking about the band coming back by saying, “Yes. Gorillaz Returns.”
Check out the new artwork here:
Musician Damon Albarn has hinted at “reactivating” Gorillaz in previous interviews, but now it appears both of the creators are on board. News of a comeback is great for fans, especially since Albarn previously told The Guardian more music from the band was “unlikely.”
A new album would mean the first since 2011’s “The Fall.” Despite not making new music together, the band hasn’t been total strangers. Albarn performed with Gorillaz alums at last year’s South By Southwest.
Albarn’s representatives declined The Huffington Post’s request for comment, while Hewlett did not immediately respond.
For more, head to Revolt.
When winter hits, it can get bitterly cold for sure in selected areas of the world. However, this does not mean that you need to skimp on your comfort – and keeping warm should be right at the top of your agenda, too. Apart from wearing stuff like down jackets when you are outside, how about during those moments when you are at home? Snuggling up to someone else is definitely a nice feeling, but if you so happen to be single that particular night, check out this $56 USB Heated Air Hug Pillow.
Thanko’s warm inflatable dakimakura is the answer to the question which will involve being comfortable as well as well heated up when the mercury drops. All you need to do is to wrap yourself around this uniquely shaped hug pillow, and you can then feel the USB-powered warmth of up to 36°C (96.8°F) – which is more or less close to the average temperature of a human body. It will arrive with a plain cover, but this does not mean you cannot expand on its design with an anime or other character cover. When not in use, it can be folded away for easy storage. Far more useful than an aromatherapy pillow, don’t you think so?
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When it comes to action figures, these collectibles are worth picking up – only if you are a fan of the movie or particular franchise (cartoon, comics or otherwise), of course. The children will definitely love you for it, and you can also interact with them during their play time. The thing is, most of these action figures tend to be made out of plastic, with a simple paint job slapped on them, and you will need to make extra use of your imagination when it comes to lights and sounds. Not so with the $99.99 Pacific Rim 18″ Cherno Alpha Deluxe Figure though.
This old timer Cherno Alpha stands more than ready to defend your toys from Kaiju attack, where it boasts of having more than 20 points of articulation, including them deadly sliding X-14 Tesla Fists. Not only that, they come chock full of LED lights, and was specially created straight from the digital files used by ILM in the making of Pacific Rim, before obtaining additional detailing by top sculptors and fabricators so that it looks like the classic beauty that it was on the silver screen. The movable Z-14 Tesla Fists will boast of fingers, thumb, and extending action, and it is not nuclear powered, but runs on half a dozen LR44 batteries.
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Marriott wants you to know that it’s completely done trying to block guests’ personal WiFi connections — it has even given up convincing the FCC to give it permission to do so, a spokesperson told Engadget. The company already announced that it won’…
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