The Enlightenment gave us many foundational ideas: Gravity! Democracy! Infographics! Wait, what? Yep. One of the age's lesser-known byproducts was the niche field of "graphical statistics," aka data visualization. And it's made more of an impact on our world that you might imagine.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/these-250-year-old-charts-and-graphs-were-the-very-firs-1445388576Shares of Netflix surged 8 percent Monday after reports surfaced that cable operators were considering embedding the video streamer's service into set-top boxes.
The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the discussions, said Netflix is talking to Comcast and Suddenlink Communications. Bloomberg later reported talks are underway with Charter Communications and Cox Communications as well.
Netflix stock Tuesday rose $23.51 a share to $324.36 on volume that was more than twice the average.
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Presumably, a deal in the U.S. would be similar to those Netflix recently struck with Virgin Media in the U.K. and Com Hem in Sweden. With those two -- at least initially -- only subscribers who use TiVo set-top boxes will be able to access a Netflix app.
Netflix's goal, though, is more likely that the app be made available on cable boxes in general, making the on-demand streamer more of a partner to multi-systems operators and less a competitor.
"We would love to reduce the friction to the end consumer and be available via the existing device in the home," Netflix CFO David Wells said this year at an investor conference.
Then read about director Nicolas Winding Refn's thoughts on great movies and why violence is like sex.
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Theta Alpha Kappa honor society recently inducted 15 students into the Alpha Epsilon Iota chapter. The organization recognizes excellence in the fields of religion and theology at both the baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate levels of higher education.
The Rhodes chapter was created in 2000, and candidates for admission must have an overall GPA of at least 3.0, at least 12 credit hours in religious studies (including Humanities "Search" courses) and at least a 3.5 GPA in those classes.
New student members are:
Gabrielle Bailey
Catherine Boone
Jessica Brown
Taylor Conrad
Alex Finkelson
Virginia Goss
Lauren Hales
Emily Heine
Chelsea Prince
Nathan Redman
Kevin Shum
Jenna Sullivan
Megan Thursby
Amelia Yeomelakis
Tyler Young
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Source: http://stupidcelebrities.net/2013/10/columbus-day-scoop-2/Ahead of an expected — and repeatedly delayed — news conference, an Afghan worker leaves the area where Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai were expected to speak Saturday in Kabul.
Ahead of an expected — and repeatedly delayed — news conference, an Afghan worker leaves the area where Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai were expected to speak Saturday in Kabul.
The U.S. desire to maintain a military presence in Afghanistan is the subject of talks today in Kabul, where Secretary of State John Kerry is in prolonged discussions with President Hamid Karzai. Most of the U.S. troops would continue training Afghan forces, while another contingent works against terrorist groups.
As for how many Americans would be posted to Afghanistan, NPR's Sean Carberry says a precise number hasn't emerged, but he adds that "through conversations and comments by military officials, the range is about 5,000 to 10,000."
From Kabul, Sean tells our Newscast unit that two main points seem to stand in the way of an agreement.
One is Afghanistan's request for "a firm security guarantee," he says, in which the U.S. would pledge to act if the country is attacked. But for the U.S., such an agreement would require a treaty and Senate confirmation.
And American officials want "to be able to conduct counterterrorism operations here against al-Qaida remnants," Sean reports — something Afghanistan opposes because it would mean foreign troops would act unilaterally.
As the talks continued Saturday, they expanded well beyond their initial schedule, Sean says. A planned afternoon news conference was repeatedly pushed back; Kerry's departure from Kabul for dinner and meetings in Paris was also postponed.
The U.S. has said it wants to finalize a deal on the issue by the end of October.
Press conference now over. If you missed it, you missed one of the most demeaning, pejorative performances I’ve ever seen by any President. I say “one of” because it’s possible there’s a more snide performance I’ve forgotten.
But today was memorable.
(Obama press conf. 10-8-2013 accusing Republican extremists of extortion and demanding ransom)
Just more of the eliminationist rhetoric about ransoms and extortion and so on. And with one exception, all of the questions were completely soft-ball.
Obama Presser analysis in one Tweet:
Nile Gardner got the headline right (via Fuzzy):
These were my feelings during the press conference as well:
Updates in reverse chron:
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Before the start:
In a hastily called press conference, Obama is expected to reiterate that he will not negotiate with Republicans unless and until a “clean” Continuing Resolution is passed and the debt ceiling raised without condition.
That’s the message The White House sent out this morning, with Obama calling John Boehner to tell him that there will be no negotiation:
It is not surprising that Obama is seeking press coverage explaining why he will not negotiate, as Obama’s no-negotiation posture is hurting him, as even Jonathan Chait at New York Magazine recognizes:
… House Republicans may have a better sound-bite message. Last night I listened to a short radio news report, and it summarized the position of the two parties as follows: Republicans want to negotiate, and Democrats refuse…. Obama’s message is currently complicated — negotiate this, not that — while Boehner’s is simple….
Obama has a problem going simple because he and Democrats have so demonized Republicans and the Tea Party as terrorists that Obama has left himself on a ledge where he either jumps and takes the country with him, or he negotiates with terrorists.
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