After announcing Apple's new products, CEO Tim Cook was milling about with the media in the product demo area.
One reporter who was in the demo area tweeted that he overheard Tim Cook say the following, "I wouldn't call it a relief. I'd say it feels victorious."
OH Tim Cook: I wouldn't call it a relief. Id say it feels victorious.
— Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) September 9, 2014
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Floyd Mayweather Jr., the highest-earning athlete in the world, criticized the NFL for lengthening its suspension of Ray Rice at a press conference on Tuesday.
Mayweather spent 30 days in jail in 2012 after pleading guilty to a reduced battery domestic violence charge. In 2002, he received a six-month suspended sentence for a domestic violence charge in a plea bargain.
Speaking at a promotional event for his Saturday night fight with Marcos Maidana, Mayweather said that the NFL was wrong to make Rice's two-game suspension indefinite after the video of him knocking his wife unconscious surfaced. The press conference was recorded by FightHub (full video below).
The worst part of the press conference comes when Mayweather is asked whether he saw the Rice elevator video. He said he did, and responded, "I think there's a lot worse things that go on in other people's households, also. It's just not caught on video."
Here's what he had to say about the situation.
On the NFL:
"They had said that they had suspended him for two games. Whether they seen the tape or not, I truly believe a person should stick to their word. If you tell me you're going to do something, do what you say you're going to do. But once again, I'm not in the NFL, so I can't really speak on the situation. But I wish everybody nothing but the best."
On the videotape:
"Oh yeah I seen the video. ... I think there's a lot worse things that go on in other people's households, also. It's just not caught on video. That's safe to say. I wish Ray Rice nothing but the best."
On what Rice is going through:
"I know he's probably going through a lot right now because football is his passion, football is his love. It's no different than with me being in the fight game, if they told me, 'Floyd, you've got the biggest deal in sports history,' and then a couple months later, they say, 'You know what, your deal is taken away from you. Oh man. It's not really just the money, it's just the love of the sport, the passion."
On his own history of domestic violence:
"Like I've said in the past, no bumps, no bruises, no nothing. With O.J. and Nicole, you seen pictures. With Chris Brown and Rihanna, you seen pictures. With Ochocinco and Evelyn, you seen pictures. You guys have yet to see any pictures of a battered woman, a woman who claims she was kicked and beaten [by Floyd Mayweather]. So I just live my life and try to stay positive, and try to become a better person each and every day."
Here's the video from FightHub:
In a 2013 interview with Yahoo, Harris said that Mayweather purposely hit her in the back of the head to conceal any visible injuries:
"Did he beat me to a pulp? No, but I had bruises on my body and contusions and [a] concussion because the hits were to the back of my head. I believe it was planned to do that … because the bruises don't show …"
A year after his domestic violence conviction, he signed a six-fight deal with Showtime worth more than $250 million, which is believed to be the biggest in boxing history.
Be it due to a language barrier or just bad planning on the company's part, many people go around mispronouncing high-profile brand names.
Produced by Matthew Stuart and Alana Kakoyiannis.
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A user of a Russian cryptocurrency forum has published a list of nearly 5 million email accounts and their passwords.
The Daily Dot reports that a forum poster known as "tvskit"posted a list of 4,930,000 email addresses and passwords on Russian Bitcoin forum BTCsec. It was claimed that around 60% of the passwords were valid, although forum administrators quickly removed the file and redacted the passwords.
Some forum users who viewed the unredacted list claimed that the passwords shown were around 10 years out of date. Other accounts shown have been suspended or deactivated for years.
Along with Gmail accounts, the list also included email addresses for Yandex, the Russian search engine. The affected Gmail accounts are reported to come from English, Russian and Spanish-speaking nations.
Representatives from Google and Yandex explained to CNews that the list of email addresses was created by combining lists of compromised email addresses from previous years, and that no new accounts had been compromised.
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The Texans suffered an early blow to their season when no. 1 draft pick Jadeveon Clowney underwent arthroscopic knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.
Clowney injured his knee during the second quarter of Houston's season-opener against the Washington Redskins and didn't return in the second half.
He will miss 4-6 weeks, a major loss to a Texans team that was already likely to struggle this season.
The Texans now have a decision to make about how to approach the rest of the season, and they could seriously consider tanking. The Texans weren't likely to make the playoffs, anyway, but their chances are even slimmer with Clowney's injury. Many people feel that if a team isn't going to make the playoffs, it's better to lose as many games as possible to get a top draft pick.
Though tanking isn't as prevalent in the NFL as it is in leagues like the NBA, it may be the road the Texans travel. They have a solid core, with the makings of a top defense, and two borderline elite offensive players in running back Arian Foster and wide receiver Andre Johnson. However, Clowney's injury will be a setback to the defense, and the offense will struggle without a top-tier quarterback (sorry, Ryan Fitzpatrick).
Tanking would afford them a chance at another top-pick in next year's draft, and if the team can bear another losing season, they could really jumpstart the rebuilding process, particularly if the Texans can draft a good, young quarterback. Historically, teams with the #1 overall pick recover pretty well, like the 2012 Indianapolis Colts and the 2013 Kansas City Chiefs, who both made the playoffs the following years.
The less appealing side of tanking, of course, is that a top draft pick doesn't always pan out. Willingly tanking through a season hurts players' psyche and turns fans away. Clowney is far from a bust this early in his career, but he's slated to miss half of the team's games this season, and a similar fate is possible for any other future pick, too.
The Texans may ultimately wave off Clowney's injury and continue to pursue as many wins as possible, but the idea of tanking and continuing the rebuilding process may be something the team discusses in the coming weeks.
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"I'm almost certain that Janet Yellen doesn't want to raise interest rates."
On Tuesday, DoubleLine's Jeff Gundlach held his latest webcast presentation giving an overview of his views on the markets and the economy, and among his key points was his belief that the Fed is not going to raise rates as much — or as quickly — as some might expect.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has long said she remains focused on the health of the labor market, and in her most recent public comments at Jackson Hole, said that given the current state of the labor market, "There is no simple recipe for appropriate policy in this context."
And for Gundlach, one chart makes clear why Yellen's desire to raise interest rates is likely far less than many assume.
Wages as a percent of GDP remain near multi-decade lows, and until this trend shows any sign of improvement, Gundlach doesn't think that Yellen will want to do anything with interest rates.
Gundlach also noted that real wages for the bottom seven deciles of earners have fallen between 2007 and 2014, to which Gundlach said, "It seems tough that with so many workers losing purchasing power on a year-over-year basis, you could raise short-term interest rates."
Many in the market seem to believe that after the Fed concludes in quantitative easing program in October, the Fed will be pressed to raise rates in the face of a growing economy and improving labor market.
But without any meaningful wage gains, which would require the reversal of a generational trend, Gundlach's view is clear: "This is why Janet Yellen doesn't want to raise rates."
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Pretoria (AFP) - Where others might see a house of horror, Louwtjie Louwrens -- the man who bought Oscar Pistorius's home -- thinks he got the deal of a lifetime and a secure residence, even if his wife isn't so sure.
Louwrens bought the Paralympic Gold medallist's villa where Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead in the bathroom for a bargain $420,000 (4.5 million rand).
In 2011 Pistorius had tried to sell the house, tucked away in a prestigious gated community in the capital Pretoria, for nearly double that amount.
"I would say at the end of the day it will be a good buy," Louwrens told AFP. "I'm sure the property value will increase going forward."
Despite the bargain price, his idea to purchase the property met resistance from his family, who balked at the idea of living at the now world famous scene of Steenkamp's alleged murder at the hands of Pistorius.
"For starters my wife wasn't that happy," Louwrens said.
Pistorius admits having shot and killed his girlfriend Steenkamp in the house on February 14, 2013, but says he mistook her for an intruder.
His trial on charges of premeditated murder began in March this year and will climax Thursday when Judge Thokozile Masipa begins her verdict.
The 27-year-old star sprinter, who is free on bail, has not lived in the house since the killing.
Louwrens, a mining consultant, said the house caught his attention when he was watching the Pistorius trial on his television.
"I saw a photo of this house on TV," said the 57-year-old, "it was a nice looking house."
Since then it has been cleaned and Louwrens said his wife was warming up to the move, which will take place in a couple of years when he retires.
"Now that they've started working, I could sense that she's feeling a bit better about the place," he said.
Ironically, Louwrens, a resident of Boksburg, a city an hour's drive outside Johannesburg, said he bought the Pistorius house in the pursuit of safety.
South Africa is plagued by sky-high rates of crime, including hijackings and burglaries.
"I've been around there, you see the kids playing in the streets, some of the people mentioned to me that when they go out they don't even lock," he said, adding "you know my family is very important to me."
Silver Woods Estate is "enclosed with a solid, electrified security wall" and regards safety as a "high priority," according to the developers.
- Exceptional security -
"I remember the day that we came to look at stands (plots), I wanted to just come in here and look at the estate, they just flatly refused to let me in," said Tracy, a 38-year-old woman who lives on Pistorius's former street.
"I said 'geez I just want to have a drive,' they were friendly about it, but they refused," said Tracy, who declined to give her last name.
Tracy said she bought her house in the estate because it offered such exceptional security services.
"They do patrols on foot, they do patrols in a vehicle," she said, "there's an electric fence, there's a big wall."
"Everyone has an opinion," said Tracy, "but I don't feel scared."
Khalil Goga, a researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, an independent policy think tank in South Africa, said that South Africans continue to shield themselves behind walls and fences even as their safety improves.
"In terms of crime, we've seen a reduction over the years since the highs in the early 2000's," said Goga.
He added that gated communities like the one Pistorius lived in are the choice for people with the means.
"In South Africa gated communities are becoming more commonplace with security measures becoming more strict and more sophisticated," he said.
Still, the situation is not ideal, said Goga.
"If your neighbour can see your yard and it's well lit, and people are walking on the streets, it's actually a safer neighbourhood than in one that you can't see behind the walls."
Some of the highest-paying, fastest-growing, most rewarding jobs in America are underrated.
Why?
Perhaps it's because they're not the mostglamorous professions or they don't seem exciting. Or maybe it's because they haven't always been associated with fat paychecks and phenomenal growth opportunities. But, if you're looking to change careers, you could be doing yourself a huge disservice by failing to consider these jobs.
To identify which professions are most underrated in the U.S., CareerCast.com researchers analyzed BLS data and used their own judgment to determine high-paying, low-stress jobs with strong employment outlooks that are also undervalued.
"Underrated jobs often share certain traits, such as high growth potential, low stress, and the opportunity to make a difference," says Tony Lee, publisher of CareerCast, in a press release. "While these jobs may not attract as much attention, they can be more fulfilling than a high-stress, high-profile career."
Most of the underrated jobs are in the STEM sector, which is consistent with widespread research showing that careers in science, engineering, technology, and math will provide healthy careers for years to come, Lee tells Business Insider. "They tend to be seen as boring and not glamorous, yet having a long-term career in a great field should be seen as pretty exciting."
CareerCast also rounded up the most overrated jobs in America, which includes attorneys, event coordinators, and surgeons. (See the complete list here.)
What they do: Accountants examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or audit and evaluate statements prepared by others, according to the BLS.
Average Annual Salary: $63,550
Projected Hiring Outlook (between 2012 and 2022): 13%
What they do: The BLS says civil engineers perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures, and facilities, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels, dams, irrigation projects, pipelines, power plants, and water and sewage systems.
Average Annual Salary: $79,340
Projected Hiring Outlook (between 2012 and 2022): 20%
What they do: According to the BLS, these professionals analyze science, engineering, business, and other data processing problems to implement and improve computer systems.
Average Annual Salary: $79,680
Projected Hiring Outlook (between 2012 and 2022): 25%
President Barack Obama's former top spokesman is joining CNN as a political commentator.
Jay Carney, who announced his resignation as White House press secretary in May, is expected to start the new gig quickly. He will be on hand Wednesday night to help the network cover Obama's big prime time foreign policy speech, according to Politico.
Many had previously speculated Carney could join Apple.
"I'm thrilled to be joining CNN at a time when there is so much happening in the nation and the world," Carney said in a statement.
Sam Feist, CNN's Washington bureau chief, similarly showered Carney with praise.
"Jay's unique experience as both a journalist and a White House press secretary make him an invaluable voice for the network as we cover the final two years of the Obama Administration and look ahead to the coming campaigns," Feist said. "We're fortunate to have Jay on our air tonight to provide analysis and insight surrounding the President's address to the nation."
Apple's product launch event on Tuesday was filled with celebrities and high profile attendees. U2 closed out the product announcement with a performance, while celebs including Will.i.am and Dr. Oz were spotted in the crowd.
Singer Gwen Stefani also made her presence at the event, too.
Stefani posted this image to Instagram and Twitter, showing her with Dr. Dre on his swanky private plane, on their way to the Apple product launch event. Cue the insane jealousy.
On my way to apple launch w dr dre ⚡️🎉🎈👏👏👏 gx http://t.co/V6YxjICBrSpic.twitter.com/PyKQgD7kD3
— Gwen Stefani (@gwenstefani) September 9, 2014The only problem though? Stefani has actually been a spokesperson for Microsoft's Windows Phone.
She starred in a campaign for the Windows Phone 8 in late 2012, along with Jessica Alba. Interestingly enough, Alba was also spotted using an iPhone during Fashion Week last year.
Here's a look at one of Stefani's spots for the Windows Phone:
If you boot up Netflix today, don't be surprised if you see a big buffering wheel spinning away.
The buffering animation, which appears at both Netflix's login and home screen, won't actually affect your streaming speed, but it is there for a purpose.
The spinning wheel switches between saying "If there were internet slow lanes, you'd still be waiting" and "Protect internet freedom, defend net neutrality," which is eye-catching — and that's the point.
It's all a part of a protest against a recent proposal from the Federal Communications Commission that would open the door for internet service providers to charge consumers more for "prioritized" data.
In theory, the new FCC proposal would enable companies like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon to charge a fee to highly frequented websites (like Netflix) to ensure they were part of an internet "fast lane." If a website chooses not to pay up, internet providers could then deliberately slow down internet speeds to that website, prioritizing those that pay.
That's why Netflix, Twitter, Kickstarter, Reddit, Mozilla, Wordpress, and a host of other websites are protesting the FCC's proposal, rallying instead for an open internet where all websites are treated equally.
When you click on the pop-up buffering wheel, you're brought to the homepage for "Battle For The Net," an activist website that invites users to "Join the battle for net neutrality" and shows users how to send a letter lawmakers in protest.
The internet slowdown protest is scheduled to last until tomorrow, so if you're annoyed by the spinning pop-up, you won't have to wait for long until Netflix is back to normal.
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New York City is a magical place in the fall.
There are crisp days perfect for walks in the park, hot apple cider from local farmer's markets, and football.
There's also plenty of events and festivals, from the New York City Marathon to the Wine & Food Festival.
Autumn officially starts on September 22nd, so get ready for the new season with our ultimate guide on what every New Yorker should do this fall.
For a map and event schedule, click here >
Some good options near New York City include Applewood Orchards & Winery, Barton Orchards, Dr. Davies Farm, and Greig Farm.
For more suggestions, click here >
You can find a street map of vendors here >
They call it "shockvertising" — ads made to shock their way into your memory by way of gruesome violence, over-the-top sexuality, or other taboo-shredding imagery.
Ad agencies around the world have adopted the audacious method, with activist organizations like PETA specializing in scandalous imagery.
Italian clothing retailer Benetton pioneered the style in the 1980s. Its now-iconic campaigns have received mixed reviews, like an award-winning AIDS awareness ad from 1991 that showed a father holding the lifeless body of his son in a hospital bed.
The style is powerful, but it can backfire, like when the World Wildlife Fund drew ire for comparing the 2004 Tsunami disaster to the World Trade Center attack.
We took print images from the past few decades to give you a look into the global shockvertising scene. It's up to you to decide if they're brilliant, offensive, or both.
Kim Bhasin contributed research to this article.
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In 2008, friends Paul Trible and Paul Watson were graduating from Oxford University's Saïd Business School. Their careers in finance looked bright — until Lehman Brothers collapsed. Panic rippled through the financial world, and jobs vanished.
Trible and Watson had to come up with another way to make a living. They decided to follow through on their collective dream and start Ledbury, a luxury men's clothier. "We said to each other, we've been talking about this thing for a year, why don't we see if it's something we can actually do," Trible says.
First, they had to do some research. Trible apprenticed with esteemed Jermyn Street tailor Robert Emmett, while Watson learned everything he could about the clothing business. At night, the two would meet up in a London pub and go over their business plan.
Today, Ledbury is doing extremely well. Paul Trible is the CEO, and he designs the shirts. Paul Watson is the COO. About 96% of Ledbury's business is online, but there's also a store in Richmond, Virginia, where the Ledbury headquarters are located. "We've doubled for every year we've been in business," Trible says. "We've got about 25 employees and about 25,000 customers."
We interviewed "the Pauls" as part of our Fast Track Q&A series in which we're asking various small business owners 11 questions about their professional and personal inspirations. "The Pauls" shared stories of their days selling used golf balls and how indecision can lead to failure. Read more in the series »
Interview conducted by Business Insider Studios and edited for clarity and length.
BI Studios: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Paul Watson: I wanted to be a marine biologist. I grew up on the water in the New Orleans area, and the aquarium was my favorite place to go when I was little. I asked the people there, "How do I work here?" They were like, "Be a marine biologist."
Paul Trible: I wanted to be a professional football player [both Pauls laugh]. It's funny, because I'm a very small, small person. I was a large kid, though. When I stopped growing, I realized that I should look into other professions.
How did you get the idea for your business?
Trible: We were studying in England, and we really liked how they often did one thing really well there. You can go Jermyn Street to get your shirts. Or go to High Street, to the cheesemonger to get your cheese. We really liked the idea that the rise of online shopping was bringing that idea back to the forefront of commerce.
How did you pick the name for your business?
Trible: It's the name of the road where one of our favorite pubs in London was. It's where we spent many evenings drafting and redrafting the business plan for the business of Ledbury.
What's the biggest risk you've taken in your career?
Trible: Starting a luxury clothing business in the worst economic climate since the Great Depression. That's probably up there.
Watson: Way up there. It might have seemed like a bad idea to some.
What’s the strangest request you’ve ever gotten from a customer?
Trible: Every summer a handful of women come into the store and buy a dozen of our shirts to use as beach cover-ups. They buy these beautiful, Italian cloth, luxury men's dress shirts. Then they just use them as bikini cover-ups. They often request that we do more florals. You can use these shirts for anything, but sometimes we forget that they get used as bikini cover-ups.
What is your greatest talent, professional or otherwise?
Watson: Patience. [both Pauls laugh]
Trible: Paul is definitely patient with me. I would say I'm a generalist. I'm average-to-good at a handful of things and not spectacular or terrible at other things.
What's the first job you ever had?
Trible: I worked at McDonald's. Working on your feet for six- to seven-hour shifts, helping people through a drive-through will definitely teach you something about customer service.
Watson: My first job, I was a used-golf-ball salesman. I lived in a neighborhood that had a golf course in it. And I used to collect the balls out of the ponds. I'd go swimming in the ponds, clean up the balls, and sell them back to the golfers.
Trible: And fight gators! He was in Louisiana.
Watson: No, no gator fighting, fortunately. The ponds were filled with chemicals, though, from the golf course.
What's the weirdest job you've ever had?
Watson: Fighting gators.
Trible: I spent the summer reading court depositions. I'd have to go into court and read insurance depositions for the courtroom. I loved it when I could use an accent.
Which entrepreneur or business personality do you most admire?
Trible:Remo Ruffini, the CEO of ski-jacket company Moncler. Moncler just does ski jackets. Ruffini bought the business less than 10 years ago and built it into a $4 billion enterprise. We talk about him a lot at Ledbury and how he does such a good job with ski jackets and how we can learn a thing or two from him with shirts.
Watson: One entrepreneur I've always liked is the founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard. In his book "Let My People Go Surfing," he tells the story of how he built a company on his beliefs and values. And he's done a great job of being the standard-bearer of Patagonia for over 40 years.
If you had a superpower, what would it be?
Trible: I'd fly. It would get me to the beach quicker.
Watson: He took mine.
Trible: You could look into the future. That would be good for business.
Watson: That's a superpower? OK, but I'd rather fly.
What advice would you give to an aspiring small business owner?
Watson: Go for it. Don't hesitate.
Trible: One of our board members gave this advice to us when we first started: More often than not, it's not the wrong decision that leads to business failure, but indecision. If we sit there and ponder too long, then we're not making progress. Indecision is the business killer. Always move forward.
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More and more brand advertising dollars are being spent on digital video — which means that unfortunately, dishonest groups are starting to capitalize on the change as an opportunity to commit fraud.
Because those out to commit fraud are highly sophisticated, and because video itself is a multi-dimensional medium, it takes a multi-dimensional approach to prevent high-risk traffic.
Publishers and media aggregators have a shared responsibility to clean up the digital ecosystem. They need to ensure that the advertisers are reaching their actual audience: humans.
To combat fraud, YuMe has a Traffic Quality Lab that constantly gathers intelligence on bots and malicious traffic. Staffed by specialists, the Traffic Quality Lab even offers a representational map on its site that marks the bad traffic they're blocking, in real time, all over the world.
As YuMe explains in its free downloadable white paper, the Traffic Quality Lab uses complex analysis to monitor hundreds of data signals. When invalid traffic is detected, models are built to prevent future instances. And to further protect advertisers, the Traffic Lab reviews every site on its network for reputation and quality. That's necessary, because well-designed websites can blind many ad networks to the fact that they've been created solely to drive bot traffic to view video ads.
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After a Week 2 loss to the Baltimore Ravens last year, the Cleveland Browns traded former No. 3-overall pick Trent Richardson to the Indianapolis Colts for a first-round draft pick.
At the time the Browns were accused of tanking. Fans ripped them for giving up on one of the most highly-drafted running backs in years after just 17 professional games.
A year later, it's clear that all those criticisms were wrong.
While the Colts may still sit above the Browns on the NFL totem pole, the Richardson trade has been an unqualified success for Cleveland and an unmitigated disaster for Indy.
The Browns managed to do two things in the trade: 1) offload a draft bust right before his value plummeted, and 2) acquire an asset that gave them extreme flexibility on draft night.
First, let's take a closer look at what the Browns did with the first-round pick they got from Indianapolis.
That pick turned out to be No. 26 overall. It wasn't as high as Cleveland hoped, but they were able to parlay the extra pick into even more draft value. Here's what they did on draft night:
Cleveland turned two first-round picks (No. 4, No. 26) into three first-round picks (No. 9, No. 22, and Buffalo's 2015 pick) and still managed to get Johnny Manziel. They pulled this off because they were willing to trade down from No. 4 to No. 9. And they were willing to trade down because they had the luxury of an extra first-round pick from Indianapolis.
The Browns could afford to make that Buffalo deal because of the Richardson trade. They knew they were going to come out of the first round with two good players no matter what.
The thing that really makes the trade look good for Cleveland 12 months later, though, is just how bad Richardson has looked in Indy. There's zero chance an NFL team would trade a high pick for Richardson right now, much less a first rounder.
He averaged 2.9 yards per rush last year with the Colts. That ranked 46th out of 48 eligible running backs. Only eight of his 126 carries went for 10 yards or longer. His longest run was 22 yards. By December Richardson was benched.
In Indianapolis' Week 1 loss to Denver to begin the 2014 season, you saw just how big of an issue their running game continues to be. Richardson had a team-high six carries for 20 yards. Indy ran 53 pass plays and just 14 runs. They gave up a first-round pick to fix this problem last year, and it's still broken.
Time will tell if the Browns made smart picks in Manziel and Gilbert. But in terms of pure value, the trade looks startingly lopsided a year later.
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If you don't want your kids to grow up to be jerks, make sure that "Harry Potter" is a part of their lives.
New research from an Italian university suggests that J.K. Rowling's wizardly world helps kids to be more empathic. It's all in the study's title: "The greatest magic of Harry Potter: Reducing prejudice."
There are two bodies of research intersecting here.
• Research is starting to show that reading literary fiction can train you in social perception and understanding other peoples' experience of the world.
• Other research shows that you can get people to be less prejudiced if they interact with people who they don't identify with — psychologists call it "inter-group contact."
This can happen by way of written word, reports Bret Stetka at Scientific American, since kids have better attitudes toward "stigmatized groups" if they read stories about friendship between characters from different sides of the tracks.
Beyond the dragons and wands, "Harry Potter" has lots of those group dynamics: there's the "muggles," derided for their magiclessness; the "mudbloods," scoffed at for being muggle-born (such as Harry's friend Hermione); and the curious case of Lord Voldemort, "who believes that power should only be held by 'pure-blood' wizards," Stetka says. "He's Hitler in a cloak."
It's in these group dynamics that the hidden magic of Potter lies.
In the study, lead author Loris Vezzali of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy gave 34 elementary school children a questionnaire regarding their feelings about immigrants. Their attitudes toward them changed, by way of Harry Potter.
Stetka sketches the experiment:
One group read passages relating to prejudice, like the scene where Draco Malfoy, a shockingly blond pure-blood wizard, calls Harry's friend Hermione a "filthy little Mudblood." The control group read excerpts unrelated to prejudice, including the scene where Harry buys his first magic wand.
A week after the last session, the children's attitudes towards out-groups were assessed again. Among those who identified with the Harry Potter character, attitudes toward immigrants were found to be significantly improved in children who'd read passages dealing with prejudice. The attitudes of those who'd read neutral passages hadn't changed.
After being exposed to Malfoy's unsavory intolerance, the students showed more tolerance.
Follow-up experiments showed similar tolerance-inducing results. In one experiment, Italian high schoolers had better attitudes toward gay people after spending some time with Harry and the gang, while another found that British college students felt more compassionate toward refugees after hanging out in Hogwarts.
The key might be the genre itself. Vezzali, the lead author of the study, says that fantasy is great for opening up people's minds because you get to sidestep political defensiveness since you're usually dealing with goblins and orcs rather than groups of people.
"Unfortunately the news we read on a daily basis tells us we have so much work to do [around tolerance]," Vezzali says. "But based on our work, fantasy books such as Harry Potter may be of great help to educators and parents in teaching tolerance."
This post was updated to reflect the fact that the term "mudblood" indicates Muggle-born witches and wizards such as Hermione, not Harry.
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A group of 16 female U.S. senators wrote a letter to National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday, urging the NFL to implement a "real zero-tolerance policy for domestic abuse" in the wake of the release of a shocking video showing former Ravens running back Ray Rice knocking out his soon-to-be wife.
"We were shocked and disgusted by the images we saw this week of one of your players violently assaulting his now-wife and knocking her unconscious, and at new reports that the NFL may have received this video months ago. Tragically, this is not the only case of an NFL player allegedly assaulting a woman even within the last year," the group of bipartisan senators wrote.
The NFL has received intense criticism following the release of the new video evidence. It led the Ravens to cut Rice and the league to suspend him indefinitely. But before TMZ released the video and the NFL took action, Rice was set to be reinstated this week by the league. He could have played in the Ravens' Week 3 contest.
The senators said unequivocally that violent domestic assault should lead to a lifetime ban from the NFL.
"We are deeply concerned that the NFL's new policy, announced last month, would allow a player to commit a violent act against a woman and return after a short suspension," they wrote. "If you violently assault a woman, you shouldn't get a second chance to play football in the NFL."
Goodell came under more direct fire late Wednesday afternoon, when The Associated Press reported that, in April, the league had been sent the full tape of Rice punching his then-fiancee in an elevator. Goodell has claimed the video is new evidence and "no one in the NFL" had seen it before this week.
The senators who signed the letter were: Barbara Boxer (D-California), Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Patty Murray (D-Washington), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Dianne Feinstein (D-California), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Washington).
Here's the full text of the senators' letter:
Dear Commissioner Goodell:
As we mark the 20th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, we call on the NFL to institute a real zero-tolerance policy for domestic violence that will ensure that this type of violence and abuse has no place in the NFL.
We were shocked and disgusted by the images we saw this week of one of your players violently assaulting his now-wife and knocking her unconscious, and at new reports that the NFL may have received this video months ago. Tragically, this is not the only case of an NFL player allegedly assaulting a woman even within the last year.
We are deeply concerned that the NFL's new policy, announced last month, would allow a player to commit a violent act against a woman and return after a short suspension. If you violently assault a woman, you shouldn't get a second chance to play football in the NFL.
The NFL's current policy sends a terrible message to players, fans and all Americans that even after committing a horrific act of violence, you can quickly be back on the field.
It is long past time for the NFL to institute a real zero-tolerance policy and send a strong message that the league will not tolerate violence against women by its players, who are role models for children across America. We hope the NFL will seize this opportunity to lead by example and demonstrate its commitment to the safety of women and families.
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The National Federation of the Blind is suing taxi service Uber, saying that some of its drivers discriminate against blind people and service dogs, according to the Washington Post.
The lawsuit, which was filed in Northern California District Court on Tuesday, alleged that a California UberX driver put a blind customer's service dog in the trunk and refused to pull over when the passenger realised where the dog was.
The lawsuit alleged that Uber had refused blind travelers and guide animals on at least 30 occasions. One blind woman was allegedly denied a ride from UberX drivers on 12 separate occasions.
Blind customers were also alleged to be left in bad weather conditions and charged cancellation fees.
The lawsuit also cited another example involving a blind passenger who tried to explain to an UberX driver that his dog was not simply a pet, but a service animal. However, when he attempted to do this, the driver allegedly shouted him down and accelerated suddenly — nearly injuring the blind person's friend, who was also blind, and his dog.
The lawsuit urges Uber to implement policies that don't discriminate against the blind. Uber did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
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It's been well over a year since JJ Abrams' "Star Trek Into Darkness" opened in theaters, but a new Blu-Ray release has brought the film back into the spotlight.
Star Trek: The Compendium, a set that includes "Star Trek" (2009), "Star Trek Into Darkness" and tons of new bonus features, hit shelves earlier this week, and this hilarious never-before-seen gag reel proves the cast and crew had a great time on set.
After some hilarious flubs and blunders, the reel comes to an end with a glorious mash-up of various members of the Starship Enterprise crew gettin' jiggy with it.
Here's Simon Pegg (Scotty) gettin' down on set.
John Cho (Sulu) and Alive Eve (Carol) having some fun.
Zachary Quinto (Spock), Benedict Cumberbatch (Kahn), and Zoe Saldana (Uhura) stage a peculiar fight scene.
Benedict Cumberbatch again with the big finish while the crew worker in front of him appears oblivious.
Watch the full gag reel below:
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