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Throughout the tumultuous 2016 presidential campaign, voters have been seething with frustration over the state of American politics.

Sorgente: An Early Result of Election 2016: Angry Voters – WSJ

Suicide rates for U.S. middle school students have been steadily rising — doubling from 2007-14, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Sorgente: Middle School Suicides Reach An All-Time High : NPR Ed : NPR

Let’s do away with the old-school age limit on presidents.

Much has changed since the Constitution was written in 1787. America has witnessed the advent of steam engines and microchips, the abolition of slavery and a doubling of life expectancy — which in the late-18th century tapped out at around age 40.

Here’s something that hasn’t changed: our adherence to the constitutional clause that requires presidents to be 35 or older. When we look to the leading parties’ nominees, we don’t just see a misogynistic lunatic and a Democrat. We see a 70-year-old and a 69-year-old with a demonstrated ability to maneuver in (and around) a democracy that many voters no longer trust. Article II, Section 1, Clause 5: You’ve let us down.

Read More: Why Can’t a Millennial Be President? | Immodest proposal | OZY

This presidential election race has been one for the record books — including for Pinocchios.

Learn more about the biggest Pinocchios from both candidates. (elyse samuels/The Washington Post)This presidential election race has been one for the record books — including for Pinocchios.In many ways, it was an unbalanced race. Donald Trump has amassed such a collection of Four-Pinocchio ratings — 59 in all — that by himself he’s earned as many in this campaign as all other Republicans (or Democrats) combined in the past three years. His average Pinocchio rating was 3.4. (By contrast, the worst Pinocchio rating in 2012 was earned by Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota — an average of 3.08 Pinocchios.)Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, ended up with an average Pinocchio rating of 2.2. That put her in about the same range as President Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in 2012. (She had a total of seven Four-Pinocchio ratings.) If not for her statements about the email controversy, which earned her lots of Pinocchios, her average rating would have been much lower.Here are some of the lowlights of the 2016 campaign.

Per saperne di più: The biggest Pinocchios of Election 2016 – The Washington Post

With three full days left in the campaign, Donald Trump’s pathway to the presidency is narrow, defined and unforgiving.It begins by the Republican nominee, who continues to trail Hillary Clinton in most national polls, sweeping three must-win electorally rich battleground states: Ohio (18 electoral votes), Florida (29) and North Carolina (15)

Read more: Three paths that deliver Trump the win – POLITICO

Read more: Early voting update: Battlegrounds tight with 30 million ballots cast – CNNPolitics.com

“The Simpsons” has been renewed for Season 29 and Season 30, an unprecedented feat, becoming the longest-running scripted TV show of all time.

With the double renewal, the animated sitcom will hit 669 episodes during its 30th season, breaking the record for most episodes of any scripted show, among both animated and live-action series. Previously, that record was held by “Gunsmoke,” the Western drama that aired from 1955 to 1975, hitting 635 episodes.

Sorgente: Fox Renews ‘The Simpsons’ For Seasons 29 and 30, Making TV History | Variety

Sta suscitando molto scalpore negli Usa un corposo documento dell’American academy of pediatrics (Aap) che propone una rivisitazione totale dell’approccio all’educazione infantile nei confronti dei media. Per anni, specialisti, educatori e pediatri hanno sostenuto la necessità di limitare il tempo che i nostri figli passano davanti allo schermo. Una limitazione proposta in modo orizzontale e con un approccio acritico, indipendente dalla qualità dei contenuti. Con l’evoluzione delle abitudini dei “millennials” (i ragazzi nati nel 2000) che passano intere giornate con gli occhi incollati sui loro smartphone ma che non sanno più usare i computer, i pediatri americani hanno capito di dover affrontare il problema con una nuova serietà di analisi e con una più approfondita capacità di ricerca. Sono passati quindici anni dalla prima presentazione dell’Ipod, il contenitore digitale di centinaia di ore di musica che non solo ha rottamato dischi e audionastri ma che ha lanciato quella che poi

Sorgente: Bambini e media digitali: i pediatri americani ci ripensano e alzano l’asticella | AgenSIR

‘Doctor Strange’ isn’t about the Avengers or their battles. And that’s a good thing.

Sorgente: Review: Doctor Strange Might Just Be the Future of Marvel Movies | WIRED

Si erge alla periferia di Santiago del Cile, è stato costruito con soluzioni architettoniche sperimentali, è stato attrezzato con sistemi antisismici modernissimi, e dovrebbe resistere all’usura del tempo almeno per i prossimi 400 anni. Si tratta di un progetto ambizioso anche e soprattutto alla luce dell’obiettivo religioso: essere un luogo aperto a tutti le fedi monoteiste. E’ un tempio che è stato costruito per il movimento bahá’í, una religione abramitica nata in Iran durante la metà del XIX secolo. Nelle intenzioni degli architetti, il nuovo tempio dovrebbe risultare accogliente e adeguato a tutte le religioni. Gli ingressi sono situati sull’intero perimetro circolare della struttura. Un tempio bahá’í infatti deve rispondere solo ad alcuni criteri: essere “una struttura a cupola con nove lati e con nove ingressi per accogliere simbolicamente da tutte le direzioni della terra le persone che vogliano pregare o meditare”. L’architetto Siamak Hariri che ha disegnato e realizzato il

Sorgente: A Santiago del Cile il primo luogo di culto buono per tutte le religioni (o per nessuna) | AgenSIR

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services hanger November 4, 2016 in Wilmington, Ohio. With less than a week before Election Day in the United States, Trump and his opponent, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, are campaigning in key battleground states that each must win to take the White House.

Sorgente: Album fotografico The Final Week of the Campaign | Getty Images

All those great movies you’ve been hearing about since the fall film festivals? They’re finally arriving. Here’s a top 10 list of films you’ll need to need to see if you want to be up on the Oscars this year.

Sorgente: The 10 holiday movies you need to see before the Oscars – LA Times

Sorgente: Mosul fight: Has the US prepared for the day after victory? – CNNPolitics.com