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Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Kamala Harris Once Again Interrupted By Male Colleagues During Senate Hearing
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) was cut off by two of her male colleagues while questioning Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday, just one week after they interrupted her during a different hearing.
During Sessions’ testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Harris asked him to explain what Justice Department policy prevented him from answering some questions from the committee’s members, and whether he had discussed that policy with his staff prior to the hearing.
But as Harris, a former prosecutor, pressed the attorney general to answer her questions, she was interrupted by the committee’s chairman, Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
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“Sir, I’m not asking you about the principle. I’m asking when you knew you would be asked these questions and you would rely on that policy, did you not ask your staff to show you policy that would be the basis for your refusing to answer the majority of questions that have been asked of you?” Harris, who is one of three women on the Senate committee, asked Sessions after he avoided directly answering her line of questioning.
“Chairman, the witness should be allowed to answer the question,” McCain said.
“Senators will allow the chairs to control the hearing,” Burr said to McCain. “Senator Harris, let him answer.”
Harris later tweeted about the exchange:
It was a simple question. Can Sessions point to the policy, in writing, that allows him to not answer a whole host of our questions today.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 13, 2017
Neither Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) nor Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), who were fairly aggressive in their questioning, was cut off by their colleagues.
Burr and McCain also cut off Harris while she questioned Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last week.
“As a career prosecutor and former attorney general, Senator Harris has run countless investigations, and will follow the facts wherever they may lead to get the truth for the American people,” Harris spokesman Tyrone Gayle said last week. “That can only happen when witnesses answer questions.”
Read more on Sessions’ testimony here.
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June 14, 2017 at 02:49AM
from Mollie Reilly
This Is What Superheroes Would Look Like With Realistic Bodies
What’s one thing almost every superhero has in common? A “perfect” body made up of toned muscles and zero fat.
Recovery.org, an organization that offers resources for people with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, is making those “perfect” bodies a little more realistic by “reverse photoshopping” illustrations of some of the most iconic superheroes. According to Recovery.org, “reverse photoshop” simply means reimagining what superheroes would look like “if their bodies matched the body of the average viewer” in the U.S.
The project features 10 illustrations of comic book superheroes such as Superman, Spiderman, Gamora, the Black Widow, Aquaman and the Black Panther. Each illustration includes a before and after of the character. The image on the left is what the superhero usually looks like: for male superheroes that means six-pack abs and massive biceps; and for women that means an illogically tiny waist, perfectly-feminine muscles and, of course, huge breasts. The image on the right looks similar to the original character, but a bit more realistic.
A spokesperson for Recovery.org told HuffPost that the organization focused on superheroes because they are role models for so many young kids.
“With new releases every summer, we can see how these films positively affect their younger audiences. But, it’s hard to have such positive takeaways when the bodies represented on film don’t mirror what a typical body looks like,” the spokesperson told HuffPost. “This especially rings true for a younger audience considering research has found that some children are struggling with body image by the time they reach kindergarten. We conducted this project to see how our favorite heroes might change if their bodies were a bit more realistic, and hopefully more relatable.”
Scroll below to see 10 superheroes who look a little more like, well, normal people.
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June 14, 2017 at 02:49AM
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5 ‘Wonder Woman’ Amazons On The Power Of Their All-Woman Army
For many viewers, the recently released box-office hit “Wonder Woman” could have ― and should have ― been set entirely on the women-only Amazon warrior paradise of Themyscira.
In fact, I would have contentedly traded Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor for more time with Artemis, Antiope or Hippolyta at any given point in the film’s 141 minutes. It felt profoundly satisfying to watch women of all colors, sizes, shapes and ages wield so much physical power on a humongous screen, and as the story went from Themyscira to World War I-era Western Europe, I found myself missing the women warriors and wanting to know more about them.
Turns out, the real women beneath the armor are just as fierce as their characters.
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Ann Wolfe, Artemis
Ann Wolfe is considered by many to be the best female boxer in history, known in particular for her strong and unforgiving punches ― in fact, her 2007 knockout of Vonda Ward has more than a million views on YouTube.
Wolfe told HuffPost a bit about how, after her storied boxing career, she came to be in the blockbuster hit.
“Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins had approached her for the role because of her knowledge of Wolfe’s background in boxing. Jenkins’ husband, Sam Sheridan, a former professional fighter himself, had long been following her career. As other women were auditioning for the role of Artemis, Jenkins kept going back to Wolfe. She eventually got the part, and was flown out to London to meet everyone before starting filming in Italy.
“I had never been on a set,” she told HuffPost. “Patty got out of the director’s chat and said, ‘Sit down!’ And then Gal [Gadot] came over and looked at me and said, ‘Yep, that’s Artemis.’”
The rest, according to Wolfe, was magic. She told HuffPost that working with so many other athletic women was a gift, especially after spending so much of her boxing career being trained by and working with men.
“It felt like we were truly Amazons,” she said. “I have never been around that many strong women at one time. It was like a puzzle, and we all fit in it together. It felt like we were real, true Amazons.”
Madeleine Vall Beijner, Egeria
Like Wolfe, Madeleine Vall Beijner came to “Wonder Woman” from the world of professional fighting. For over 10 years, she was a world-ranked Thai boxer. After an injury took her away from her plans to transfer into MMA, she instead took her skills to stunt roles and film. The intense physical demands that she and the other Amazons went through on set were pretty standard for her skill level.
“I’m used to training two to three times a day,” Beijner told HuffPost. “The difference was in the techniques and choreography, but since I’m used to constantly learning new moves, pro-fighting translated itself pretty easily into stunt acting. I feel like I have a great base to build on from all my years taking punches and knocking people out.”
What was new for the Swedish fighter, though, was getting to do so much heavy lifting with other women.
“It wasn’t actually until ‘Wonder Woman’ I got to be in a girl-power world. Being a female Thai and kickboxer, I’ve been in a man’s world for the last decade, so being around this many women was completely new to me,” she said.
“I was a little nervous at first,” she added, “but as soon as I arrived I just felt this … surge of power and unity.”
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Both Beijner and Wolfe talked about that bond on set, and the environment that Jenkins created to nurture it.
“I give a lot of credit to Patty Jenkins for creating this vibe, it truly went top-down,” Beijner said. “This movie is about a lot of things, but female power, wisdom and badassery is what’s at the core. And Patty managed to get that out of each and every one of us, as well as a team, or troops. Us Amazons challenged each other while training, only to push each other further and to become stronger. Beyond that, we used our fighting spirit to support each other. There were days we were so tired we could sleep standing up, but we went at it, again and again and again.”
Doutzen Kroes, Venelia
Doutzen Kroes may best be known as a Victoria’s Secret Angel and supermodel, but she’s also trained in horseback riding ― and showed off these skills in her role as Amazon warrior Venelia.
Kroes told HuffPost that having an equestrian background made the training a bit more natural, but it was still outrageously intense.
“I’ve loved riding horses my entire life,” she said. “But riding at full gallop with a weapon was challenging, but empowering and so much fun.”
She too was quick to credit Jenkins for steering the ship and allowing women to be their baddest warrior selves.
“She is like a real-life Queen Hippolyta ― Patty set a mood that was welcoming, warm and supportive,” Kroes said.
She was also grateful for that tough-yet-maternal culture among the other Amazons. “Many of the other Amazons are also mothers, so we were all able to have our families with us during filming,” she said. “It was just a very special moment — to be in this gorgeous Italian paradise, shooting this historic film and iconic story and then having the opportunity to share it with so many cool women and their children … The experience of working on Wonder Woman was something I’ve never had before.”
Brooke Ence, Penthesilea
Like some of the other Amazons, Brooke Ence caught the attention of the director as a professional athlete ― she’s a competitive CrossFit athlete, and was scouted by film producers just before the 2015 games.
“I got a call from Warner Bros. asking me if I would come in and read,” she told HuffPost. “I had no idea what it was for.”
Ence told HuffPost that she initially felt conflicted about accepting the role because the filming would clash with her training schedule for the 2016 CrossFit Games.
“I was really hesitant to [accept the role] … But it just seemed like a really great opportunity that people audition for all the time and never get,” she said. “And it literally just fell in my lap. I just couldn’t say no.”
Because Ence was training for the CrossFit Games during filming, she felt right at home among the other athletes. In fact, she was the last Amazon that they flew out to train ― most of her training was pretty much already done, and she was already in Amazon shape. But that didn’t mean she didn’t have more to learn.
“Everyone that was an Amazon [had] so much mental strength,” she said. “Everyone just walked with more power. They walked with this Amazonian vibe.”
“It was a great realization of all the different types of strength. Strength for me is physical and super, super mental,” she continued. “And there, not only did I get to see and feel strength in a physical sense, but a lot of it was in attitude, and determination … It was very empowering to be around so many different types of women with the common goal. Everyone came together as this army.”
Samantha Jo, Euboea
Many have already seen Samantha Jo on film before without even knowing it. She’s worked as a body double for major Hollywood blockbusters like “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn ― Part 2,” and “300: Rise of an Empire.”
Jo also told HuffPost how much she loved being on set with so many ripped women who were there to play the role of warriors, especially in contrast to her experience in “300,” when she was the only woman on set with dozens of men.
“It was really interesting to contrast the experience of working with 40 men, where I was the only woman,” she said.
“Females just have a different kind of energy. There was this bonding that happened. I think it was probably through the suffering [from training],” she added.
She told HuffPost how, on the first week of shooting, part of the training for the women playing Amazons was to stack weights on top of a sled and push it back and forth.
“It was my first week, and my muscles weren’t quite developed, and I wasn’t as strong as everyone else yet,” she said.
At one point, after about 20 seconds, she began to feel dizzy and felt herself fading.
“All of the women in the gym ran up behind me and started yelling and cheering for me. I don’t think I would have made it had they not given me that extra push. I almost started crying [at] the love that I felt,” she said. “And that was only day three.”
What’s abundantly clear, from Jo and the rest of the Amazons, is that “Wonder Woman” being led by Jenkins was what made the experience ― and the film itself ― so damn special.
“The whole vibe of the set really starts from the top down,” she said. “It was interesting to get a female perspective.” Jo said that the story itself was that much better because it was told and directed by a woman.
“Yeah, there’s a lot of action and cool moments. But at the heart of it, it’s about love and compassion and unity,” she said. “It translated so well coming from a woman’s voice. We all knew that we were going to be a part of something really special.”
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Monday, June 12, 2017
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Sunday, June 11, 2017
Quadcopter Navigation in the Forest using Deep Neural Networks
If a piece of AI (AGI or super intelligent) was created in the near future with the goal of “saving the environment”, do you think it would wipe out the human race?
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June 11, 2017 at 02:51AM
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Friday, June 9, 2017
Exit poll: Corbyn’s shock result pushes Britain towards a hung parliament
LONDON — Britain is heading for a hung parliament with Prime Minister Theresa May set to surrender a significant number of seats to Labour in the general election, according to a nationwide exit poll for the BBC, ITV, and Sky News.
In what would be an astonishing turnaround for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, the number of seats separating the Conservatives from Labour is set to be slashed, with the Tories winning 314 seats and Labour capturing 266.
This would leave the Tories 12 short of an overall majority, if accurate. Labour is up 34 seats on its result in the 2015 election, according to poll, while the Conservatives are down 16. The SNP, meanwhile, are predicted to lose 22 seats.
It’s a shock result that few saw coming, and if borne out seems certain to cause very serious problems for Prime Minister Theresa May’s leadership. She called the snap election from a position of relative strength to try and reinforce the Tories’ lead ahead of Brexit. Instead, she has potentially kneecapped her party.
Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn may have defied the critics both inside and outside of the party to grow Labour’s share of the seats compared to 2015.
The pound also dropped sharply upon the publication of the exit poll.
Here are the results of the exit poll:
- Conservatives: 314
- Labour: 266
- SNP: 34
- Liberal Democrats: 14
- Plaid Cymru: 3
- Greens: 1
- UKIP: 0
- SNP: 34
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon played down the result of the poll. He told the BBC: “Let’s see some actual results. These exit polls have been wrong in the past. In 2015 they underestimated our vote, a couple of elections before that they overestimated our vote.”
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell was also cautious, but suggested it could be a triumph for “positive politics.” Talking about the Tory campaign, he told the BBC: “It was pretty nasty, it was very nasty. It dragged us into the gutter at times. Let’s put that to one side. If the result is anywhere near like this, it means that positive politics has actually succeeded.”
The exit poll — conducted by Ipsos MORI and GfK — was published at 10 p.m. BST (5 p.m. ET), immediately after voting closed across the country.
Counting is now underway at polling stations nationwide, with an overall result expected to become clear in the early hours of Friday morning.
Follow Business Insider’s live General Election blog for the latest developments.
This is a developing story…
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June 09, 2017 at 02:48AM
from Adam Payne and Rob Price
The House quietly voted to destroy post-financial-crisis Wall Street regulations
While across Capitol Hill the Senate was drawing attention for its hearing with James Comey, the fired FBI director, the House passed a bill to roll back some of the strongest Wall Street regulations from the financial crisis.
The Financial CHOICE Act, a massive bill from Rep. Jeb Hensarling, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, would do away with many of the protections in the landmark Dodd-Frank Act.
The bill passed 233 to 186 with 11 abstaining. The vote was along party lines except for one Republican, Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina, going against the bill.
Republican leaders have suggested that the deregulation bill solves many of the worries about the financial system stemming from the crisis while at the same time allowing banks to more freely lend to invigorate the economy.
“The CHOICE Act reins in Dodd-Frank and delivers the regulatory relief these banks so desperately need,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan during a speech on the House floor Thursday. “This will change our communities because these small banks are the lifeblood of our Main Streets.”
On the other side, Democrats argue that the bill removes some of the most vital protections that were included in the Dodd-Frank Act to prevent something like the financial crisis from happening again.
“Today, House Republicans are pushing a dangerous Wall Street-first — Wall Street-first, that’s who they are — bill that would drag us back to the days of the Great Recession,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said at a press conference on Wednesday.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a fierce critic of Wall Street, has called the bill a “handout to Wall Street.”
The bill would eliminate parts of Dodd-Frank such as the orderly liquidation authority, which allows the federal government to step in if a bank is near collapse to provide a backstop to ensure that the institution’s failure does not spread to the rest of financial system.
(Read a full rundown of the provisions of the Financial CHOICE Act»)
Despite the bill passing the House, the prospects for the bill to become law are dim.
“Today a bill to rollback #DoddFrank will take the final step in never being approved by the Senate,” tweeted Sean Tuffy, an expert on financial regulation at Brown Brothers Harriman.
Issac Boltansky from political research firm Compass Point had a similar sentiment in a note to clients.
“The House should easily clear the nearly 600-page package, but its fate is already sealed as the Senate is expected to focus on crafting its own package of reforms that can clear a 60-vote threshold.” wrote Boltansky.
SEE ALSO: Here’s a breakdown of the Republican plan to tear up Wall Street regulations
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NOW WATCH: A Harvard business professor explains a legal form of ‘insider trading’ in America
June 09, 2017 at 02:48AM
from Bob Bryan
What is Random Walk in finance? – The Hindu
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What is Random Walk in finance?
The Hindu A theory that explains movements in the prices of stocks as random and unpredictable by anyone. It implies that, since stock prices do not track any particular variable or trend, price movements of the past cannot be used to predict future price movements. |
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Britain’s vote catches out the markets—again
SO AN election that was called to give Theresa May a mandate to negotiate Brexit looks like it has done anything but. The exit poll suggested that the Conservatives would have the most seats, but short of a majority with 314. Add in the Ulster Unionists and allow for the fact that Sinn Fein MPs don’t take their seats and Parliament would be a virtual tie.
This would lead to enormous uncertainty. Just before the polls closed, the pound was trading at $1.9950, while the euro was worth £0.866. Within minutes of the exit poll, the pound had dropped nearly two cents to $1.2768, while the euro was up to £0.8791.
If this poll is borne out by the results (and it was pretty close to the mark in 2015), there will be turmoil in the markets in the morning. The FTSE 100 index closed on Thursday down 0.3% at 7,449.98. Ten-year gilt yields rose three basis points to 1.03%. That left share prices close to a record high, and gilt yields close to a record low. That leaves plenty of scope for disappointment.
On the plus side, this might lead to a softer Brexit than the markets feared. But another election, and more uncertainty, could follow. the blog will be updated during the night.
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MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Bring Financial Empowerment Initiative to Families in Kumamoto
MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, introduced “Dream, Save, Do: Financial Empowerment for Everyone” to Kumamoto children and their families at the Hiroyasu Nishi Elementary School on June 2-3. The two-day events included workshops providing families with “Dream, Save, Do” materials featuring the Sesame Street Muppets, as well as content to promote discussion and effective strategies for planning and saving.
On June 2, “Dream, Save, Do” workshops were conducted for 6th grade school children, along with teacher training for teachers. On June 3, the local community was invited to the workshops. In attendance were special guests Ikuo Kabashima, Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture, and Hironori Nishimura, the mayor of Mashiki town, both of whom remarked on the importance of partnerships and resources that invest in the future of children. Also on-hand to greet students were Sesame Street’s Elmo and Kumamoto’s mascot, Kumamon, and The Mashikids Players, a local children’s theater group, who performed an original play based on “Dream, Save, Do”.
About 310 local children and family members, educators and volunteers joined the two-day events. In addition, over 90 MetLife Japan associates helped facilitate the activities as volunteers.
“We debuted ‘Dream, Save, Do’ in Japan nine months ago, and response from schools, regional education committees, and families has been incredibly positive,” said Hiroyuki Morita, Executive Officer and Senior Vice President of MetLife Japan, who delivered remarks at the event. “The lessons of this initiative—identifying dreams, setting goals, making plans, and realizing that even small choices matter—can be applied to everyday life.”
“We are proud to work with Kumamoto’s families, Hiroyasu Nishi Elementary School and government to reach children during their elementary years to help building awareness of financial health and a strong foundation for positive, lifelong habits,” said Manabu Nagaoka, Executive Producer for “Dream, Save, Do” Japan, Sesame Workshop.
In November 2013, MetLife Foundation announced its commitment over five years to Sesame Workshop to address financial empowerment among families with young children throughout the world. “Dream, Save, Do” is also underway in Brazil, India, Mexico, China, Chile, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt, and is expected to reach close to 75 million people worldwide.
Reference: Photos from the June 3 event
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About MetLife Foundation
MetLife Foundation was created in 1976 to continue MetLife’s long tradition of corporate contributions and community involvement. Since its founding through the end of 2016, MetLife Foundation has provided more than $744 million in grants and $70 million in program-related investments to organizations addressing issues that have a positive impact in their communities. Today, the Foundation is dedicated to advancing financial inclusion, committing $200 million to help build a secure future for individuals and communities around the world. To learn more about MetLife Foundation, visit www.metlife.org.
About MetLife Insurance K.K.
MetLife started operations in 1973 as the first foreign life insurance company in Japan. Since then, it has provided an innovative and broad range of products through diverse distribution channels to individual and institutional customers. It currently operates as a Japanese corporation, MetLife Insurance K.K. MetLife is committed to providing trusted navigation to help people become more self-reliant and able to pursue more from life. For more information, visit http://ift.tt/1AxDEbu.
About Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit media and educational organization behind Sesame Street, the pioneering television show that has been reaching and teaching children since 1969. Today, Sesame Workshop is an innovative force for change, with a mission to help kids everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. We’re active in more than 150 countries, serving vulnerable children through a wide range of media, formal education, and philanthropically-funded social impact programs, each grounded in rigorous research and tailored to the needs and cultures of the communities we serve. For more information, please visit sesameworkshop.org.
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