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Chunks giving the reader the chance to finish them on their commute to work or while waiting in line at the grocery store. jennifer is a co-founder of the rooster app and also a former "the new york times" reporter and liel is also co-founder. welcome to you both. is this where we are now? we cant just read a book? we need somebody to chunk it up for us? >> well, some of us can read a book but we find thats we are too busy to fit reading into our life. thats what we were finding. were all avid r...

Although we are in 2014, when it comes to race, we are reminded all too frequently that its an area where we will still need lots of work. a new report published in the journal of personality and social psychology and called "the essence of innocence, consequences of dehumanizing black children" reminded me of this very fact. last year i wrote about the hate generated simply by my writing about trayvon martin. at that time, the hateful rhetoric that trayvon martin was a thug who deserved to die ...

Turned 17 when he was shot and killed, the only tattoos on his body as revealed bit medical examiner were on his right arm and left wrist. needless to say, instead of ledding jesus take the wheel, i let the reader have it. one would have thought that that was that. then the read r responded with this. the photo was sent from someone who i believe is a trustworthy source. if that photo is not of trayvon martin, i apologize. if? seriously? this is a term for the assumption this reader made about t...

Month toddler, if you dont speak sentences, say orange, apple, rather than say, oh, look this is beautiful fruit and nice in orange color, well put it in the bowl, eat this later, human brain needs interaction. you have to communicate the dots. you have to reconnect the neurons. that is exactly what language is. so parents that start speaking very early, almost in, what i like to call the predelivery stage, put the music on. let baby listen to music. talk to the bellly. as soon as baby is born, ...

>> where would you run? in new jersey. >> for what? >> senate, congress. what else do they have there? governors. >> dogcatchers. >> debating the question. have it shown in the record. andrea, whats your favorite movie of all time? and leave out the xs. >> i dont know. "legally blond." >> really? thats a good movie. excellent film. i liked her better in "election." >> thats awesome. i cant make up my mind. >> i like silence of the lams. >> we never knew that, bob, because you like movies about f...

>> where would you run? in new jersey. >> for what? >> senate, congress. what else do they have there? governors. >> dogcatchers. >> debating the question. have it shown in the record. andrea, whats your favorite movie of all time? and leave out the xs. >> i dont know. "legally blond." >> really? thats a good movie. excellent film. i liked her better in "election." >> thats awesome. i cant make up my mind. >> i like silence of the lams. >> we never knew that, bob, because you like movies about f...

Rio 2016. welcome to whats next. comcast nbcuniversal. imagine if you could read your favorite novel in less than 90 minutes. a new app promises to help you do just that. take a look at this. its called the spritz speed reader. the app uses technology called rapid serial visual presentation. the technique highlights certain letters of a word forcing your eyes to focus on one spot. experts say this method can speed up the way you process

>> where would you run? in new jersey. >> for what? >> senate, congress. what else do they have there? governors. >> dogcatchers. >> debating the question. have it shown in the record. andrea, whats your favorite movie of all time? and leave out the xs. >> i dont know. "legally blond." >> really? thats a good movie. excellent film. i liked her better in "election." >> thats awesome. i cant make up my mind. >> i like silence of the lams. >> we never knew that, bob, because you like movies about f...

And throw him off the golf course for profanity. i think were very, very close, george and i because we did a lot of things together as young mothers. we went through some very tough times, too. he was my hero. still is. that hurts when people criticize george w. and dont ever dare do it in front of me, or behind me. >> you have been in this business of politics and public service for many -- your whole life. how do you explain what kind of a business it is? >> i think it brings you closer toget...

>> pauly bleaker?goes on the le. >> whos the father, juno? >> um its pauly bleaker? >> pauly bleaker? >> what? >> i didnt think he had it in him. >> i know, right? [ laughter ] >> and she said, i wrote it in the mcdonalds section of a target on my 15-minute breaks from my job at an advertising agency. >> the key thing in adapting it was treating it as if it were a mystery. in the book, really on page 2 or 3, shoeless joe shows up. and the farmer says to him, my father used to play ball. could he...