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Netflix is already well-known for streaming some of TV’s most popular, iconic shows. Over the past few years, Netflix has been creating its own original series, which has only made it more popular. It’s a strong competitor against other streaming websites, like Amazon and Hulu, but it appears that it is also aiming to start competing against cable networks and other streaming channels, like HBO and Showtime. However, Netflix is not known for streaming popular movies, as its movie selection is limited to some blockbuster films and a variety of other relatively unknown films. With the addition of the incredibly popular Disney, Marvel and Star Wars movies to its already successful original series, Netflix will surely be on the top in terms of viewership.
It’s obvious that this deal will benefit Netflix, but it could be detrimental to film companies and the movie fans. With these movies exclusive to Netflix, movie fans will have few options to view them: subscribe to Netflix, rent the movies for a high price or watch them illegally. For those who are short on money but dying to see these movies, they might have to resort to watching them illegally. Illegal streaming has had a big economic impact on the film industry, and if film companies are limiting the watching options for potential customers, illegal streaming could rise. However, the government has increased its efforts to shutting down these illegal websites. Netflix has also paid a lot of money for the streaming rights, about six billion dollars, which could compensate for however much money Disney loses to illegal streaming.
These big film companies have the right to license all of their films to one streaming company, but it makes it awfully inconvenient for potential customers to watch those films if they do not have access to that particular streaming company. Disney, Pixar, Lucasfilm and Marvel have been producing huge blockbuster films that moviegoers will certainly want to watch again in the comfort of their own homes. Unfortunately, if these moviegoers don’t have Netflix, they probably can’t watch these movies again.
This deal might not seem like a major issue because most people can live their lives comfortably without seeing Frozen 2 a second time at home. But most people in this era can’t live their lives without seeing their favorite shows and movies on television. If this Disney-Netflix deal becomes a trend, there is a possibility that streaming websites will be the dominant way of watching shows. The millions of people that still pay for cable just might start paying for Netflix subscriptions if that’s where all the good movies and shows are at.
For now, I’ll settle for the old movies they show on cable channels. As cable becomes obsolete I just might start saving money for a Netflix subscription.
The news that NATO units apparently ignored the cries for help of 72 passengers on a boat from Tripoli should dispel any doubts about the depth of the alliance’s commitment to civilian protection in Libya. The Western leaders who sold military intervention to their electorates and UN colleagues as the moral response to the plight of Libya’s people are shown, once again, to have a highly selective sense of ethical responsibility.
This is just the latest example of the ruthlessness of realpolitik in shaping responses to international conflict and human suffering. Despite a brief flurry of interest by UK politicians in the late nineties, any commitment to systematically relating ethics to foreign policy is long gone. The hideous events of September 2001 encouraged some Western political leaders to adopt a posture of moral superiority which, paradoxically, they think relieves them of all further need to conform to existing legal and moral norms of international conduct, let alone any more exacting standards. The spurious reasons adduced for the shameful wars on Afghanistan and Iraq signalled a new phase of the arbitrary exercise of military power by those best placed to use it and, unsurprisingly, have not made the world a safer place but fuelled further violence.
The irony of events in the Middle East and North Africa this spring is that they began with an inspiring display of the power of unarmed, courageous and determined people to stand up to the violence of tyranny. It is worth noting that the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, which remained to a remarkable degree nonviolent, were the most successful in winning over those who might have been expected to mete out violence against them. It is equally remarkable and ironic that it was in the case where people-power quickly took a violent form, and morphed into a civil war, that the West decided to ‘intervene’ militarily to ‘protect civilians’.
Despite frequent references, by politicians as well as journalists, to the triumphs of nonviolence in the former Soviet empire, and the use of the term people power that became current at the time of President Marcos’s removal from power in the Philippines, it seems that nonviolent power is quickly forgotten when the tried, tested and endlessly catastrophic option of violence re-presents itself to Western powers. Nonviolence is what we applaud. Violence is what we do.
It was presented as a moral imperative that we should protect the Libyan people against the monster Gaddafi who had renounced his nuclear weapons programme and been rewarded by the physical and metaphorical embrace of Western leaders. The idea of a no fly zone was used to sell the idea domestically and internationally. And who could object to that? But the legacy of two months of relentless bombing – sometimes involving more than 150 bombing missions a day – suggests that this is not a believable or effective means of protection for anyone. While the people of Benghazi may have escaped the brunt of Gaddafi´s firepower, the people of Misrata continue to endure the daily horror of life on the frontline. Presumably the argument goes that those who appear to support Gaddafi do so out of fear. Pity the poor souls who drove the tanks, or lived in or near the buildings so satisfactorily flattened by NATO bombs.
If the object was really to save lives and even to achieve some measure of democracy, the most constructive role that could have been offered from outside (not necessarily by the West) would have been that of intermediary, to broker a ceasefire and talks between ‘rebels’ and regime. The Gaddafi regime´s recent decision to accept the presence of UN mission, which withdrew for security reasons following the reactions to NATO´s killing of members of Gaddafi´s family, suggests that it may not have been inconceivable to negotiate the presence of an international observer mission, or possibly even a peacekeeping mission, which could have a substantial impact on the use of violence by both sides. But once airstrikes took precedence as the dominant form of intervention, the conflict has escalated in ways that make all of these options much harder to realise. Diplomatic initiatives by the African Union and Turkey have been undermined by Western insistence on dictating the terms of any settlement. UK Foreign Secretary William Hague´s declaration in a BBC interview “we will know a ceasefire when we see one”, suggests either that he has no appreciation of the requirements of monitoring such a development, or, perhaps more worryingly, that the West will only accept a ceasefire when it judges that its strategic interests have been militarily secured.
In the case of the UK’s role in the Libyan campaign, it is also hard to avoid the conclusion that one key reason for the leading role taken by Britain in pushing through the UN resolution was our leaders’ need to recover from the earlier embarrassment caused by our Prime Minister’s visit to the Middle East with an entourage of arms dealers, drawing attention to our real role in arming the region’s despots. Moreover, David Cameron is a relatively new Prime Minister with very limited foreign policy experience, and our political leaders have long regarded taking the country into war as the best way of showing they have made the grade.
As philosopher Bruno Bettelheim has been paraphrased: “Violence is the behaviour of someone incapable of imagining other solutions to the problem at hand”. Tragically, it seems that our political leaders suffer that incapacity. With overwhelming parliamentary support for British military action in Libya, it seems that war is our preferred method of operation.
The question that is almost too obvious to ask is why in a world of human rights violations, some on a massive scale, why Libya was singled out for this form of ‘humanitarian intervention’. For instance, the killings in Cote d’Ivoire were at their height as the raids were getting underway, and in Zimbabwe the suffering of the people goes relentlessly on. It seems that in those cases the lure of military involvement – or indeed investing genuine effort in any other strategy to protect civilians – has proved resistible. But those countries do not have the vast oil reserves and consequent strategic importance that are the affliction of the peoples of the Middle East. So also the government of oil-rich Azerbaijan continues to escape the international opprobrium it deserves for its dismal record of human rights violations.
The last month has seen two further dramatic examples of the Western policy of “do as we say but not as we do”. On Saturday April 29th NATO killed Gaddafi’s son and three of his grandchildren in the latest attempt to assassinate him under the rubric of civilian protection. No words of compassion escaped the lips of any politician in the West. Then on Monday May 2nd the news of Osama bin Laden’s killing was trumpeted to the world. He was unarmed but gunned down. Others, including his wife and another woman, were wounded or killed. President Obama is seen to have triumphed. The honour of the US has been restored.
It is understandable that those close to the people who died in the September 11th atrocities are glad that bin Laden is dead, but that does not make these actions lawful or right. And it will not make us safe from terrorism, any more than the countries we choose to assault are safe from the West’s easy recourse to bombs and drones - the means of distance assassination that is growing in popularity, regardless of its record of ‘collateral damage’.
If we wish to add to human security we must begin to play by the rules we lay down for others. Turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to the plight of civilians stranded at sea is not an option. But more than that, in view of the challenges that confront humanity we must learn to deal with each other nonviolently and to cooperate, or humanity will be overwhelmed by the threats that confront it. Is it too much to hope that recognition of our common existential crisis will be the necessary catalyst for a radically different understanding of what it is to be human?
Warner Bros. has set a Dec. 25 limited release date for Ben Affleck’s “Live by Night” — placing the period crime drama in possible awards contention.
“Live by Night,” Affleck’s first directorial effort since “Argo,” will expand into wide release on Jan. 13 as previously announced.
The film is based on Dennis Lehane’s Prohibition-era crime novel and stars Affleck, Sienna Miller, Chris Messina, Zoe Saldana, Chris Cooper, and Elle Fanning. Affleck directed from his own adapted script.
Shooting began in October in Georgia.
Affleck plays the son of a Boston police captain who becomes a bootlegger and rum-runner in Florida during the ’20s. Affleck is producing through his Pearl Street banner along with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson through their Appian Way company. Jennifer Todd is also producing.
Warner Bros. originally acquired the rights to Lehane’s novel in 2012 with the intention of DiCaprio starring.
The original release date was to be Dec. 25, 2015, with Warner pushing back the opening twice.
Whether Indiana’s backcourt can reach full strength in time by Friday is questionable, according to coach Tom Crean.
BLOOMINGTON — Whether Indiana’s backcourt can reach full strength in time for Friday’s Sweet 16 game against North Carolina is questionable, according to coach Tom Crean.
Sophomore guard Robert Johnson’s high ankle sprain, which caused him to miss four games and then drove him out of last weekend’s round-of-32 win over Kentucky, has left him a game-time decision.
The No. 5 seed Hoosiers will hope Johnson can win his race to health in time for Friday’s late tipoff, against No. 1-seeded North Carolina.
Coach Roy Williams’ team boasts impressive depth, led by All-American forward Brice Johnson and four-year point guard Marcus Paige in the backcourt. One of the country’s fastest teams, the Tar Heels feed off of opponents’ turnovers to score quickly, and in bunches.
That is Indiana’s reward for getting past Kentucky, a chic pick to reach the Final Four out of the East Regional.
Freshman forward Thomas Bryant’s 19 points against the Wildcats paced IU past its old rival, in the most-watched game of the NCAA tournament’s first weekend.
Only two current Hoosiers — senior point guard Yogi Ferrell and grad transfer forward Max Bielfeldt — have ever played this deep into the postseason. Ferrell was a freshman on the last IU team to reach the Sweet 16, in 2013.
Despite that lack of experience on this stage, and despite the attention an Indiana-North Carolina matchup is likely to pull, Crean said his team’s focus hasn’t wavered.
Johnson isn’t the only Hoosier fighting a fitness battle ahead of the trip to Philadelphia.
Freshman forward Juwan Morgan re-injured the same shoulder against Kentucky that took him out of the end of IU’s wins against Iowa and Maryland late in the regular season.
Facing Brice Johnson, Kennedy Meeks, Isaiah Hicks and the Tar Heels’ deep frontcourt, Indiana will need as much from Morgan as it can pull out of the freshman, whose toughness Crean said is exemplified not just by the injuries he has overcome, but the ones he continues to suffer.
Injured or healthy, the Hoosiers will have to deal with a lengthy wait for basketball Friday — their game isn’t set to tip until nearly 10 p.m. Eastern.
Crean said he thought it would help his team to watch some Sweet 16 games first, before playing in its own. Junior forward Troy Williams joked that he and his teammates would have time to “get a few extra meals” before the game. Mostly, no one seemed bothered by their latest start time of the season.
He calls himself Yeezus, and now he wants fiancée Kim Kardashian on the cover of New York's fashion bible.
Kanye West preached his love for his betrothed baby mama during a radio show Tuesday, arguing she's more influential than Michelle Obama and deserves a turn on the cover of Vogue magazine.
"There's no way Kim Kardashian shouldn't be on the cover of Vogue. She's like the most intriguing woman right now. She's got Barbara Walters calling her like everyday," he told Ryan Seacrest Tuesday morning.
"And collectively, we're the most influential with clothing. No one is looking at what [President Barack Obama] is wearing," he said. "Michelle Obama cannot Instagram a pic like what my girl Instagrammed the other day."
He was referring to a photo Kardashian posted to social media a couple weeks ago that showcased her prominent posterior in a revealing white swimsuit after giving birth in June to daughter North.
West, 36, said reality TV stars shouldn't be overlooked by mainstream fashion magazines and that Carine Roitfeld got it right when the former French Vogue editor put Kardashian, 33, on the cover of her eponymous CR Fashion Book.
"Carine Roitfeld supports my girl. That's a breakthrough," he said during the "On Air With Ryan Seacrest" radio interview.
"There's a wall of classism that we are breaking through," he said.
The rapper said he doesn't care if some people find his comments controversial.
"That's not my concern," he said. "My concern is doing God's work, and he'll work everything else out."
But West confessed he had butterflies before popping the question to his "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star girlfriend inside San Francisco's AT&T Park last week.
"I was nervous. I was talking to her cousin. I was like, 'I don't know, what do you think she's going to say?' I'm not arrogant about love and feelings at all. I'm confident in the work I put so much work into, but this is someone else's feelings. You never know what someone else may feel at the time," he told Seacrest.
"I just knew I wanted her to be my girl for a long time," he said. "I remember I saw a picture of her and Paris Hilton, and I remember telling my boy, 'Have you seen that girl Kim Kar-dijon?'"
It is over a year now since the removal of Zimbabwe's architect of the economic mess we are in,and the entry of his Siamese twin.Munangagwa and the army took advantage of ,"Mugabe must go "people's sentiments to further entrench themselves in power at the expense of those people they asked to come in thousands to protest against Mugabe.
In November,2017 people obliged,thousands joined the protests all over Zimbabwe.The whole world was watching as never - before scenes were the protesters posed for selfies with soldiers .This was a dawn of a new era so it seemed to Zimbabweans scattered in foreign lands as well as all those who have seen how a country became a basket case under the rule of a brutal dictator and his henchmen.Munangagwa put on his mask which he now needs to take off and just show the world he is no different from Mugabe.
This was a new era,things would change to a democratic society that tolerated views from across the political divide.Elections...a key process in any democratic country would be free and fair sang the junta frontman.
At this moment Zimbabweans temporarily lost it, they sympathized with Munangagwa as he narrated how he had escaped in the process gaining sympathy as he shed crocodile tears .
He promised and promised and we were all eating from the palm of his hand .
Mega deals,job creation,investors jostling to enter Zimbabwe was the impression given by Munangagwa as his PR team tried hard to sell their man .
Events in Zimbabwe prior to elections in 2018 and afterwards just show all along Munangagwa was putting on a mask .
It is time he takes off that mask and show his true self .The Zimbabwe Constitution section 59 clarifies on freedom to protest .Why is it a big deal that when the MDC or any other organizations deemed anti-Zanu pf want to demonstrate they seek police clearance ?Why is it in November 2017 people needed no police clearance to protest against a leader they were tired of?
Each time a protest is looming the police give chilly warnings that they will deal with protesters heavily .This is no example of a democratic society but further proof that Munangagwa is even worse than Mugabe .The government allows a crackdown on opposition showing typical symptoms of dictatorship .
For the police to promise to deal with protesters with a heavy hand shows it is all coming from the top .Why is Munangagwa afraid of protests when he promised to be different from Mugabe .
It only shows that he is no different from his predecessor but has been wearing a mask since the day he assumed Presidency.His true colours are showing bit by bit .His party claims they were voted into power ,do numbers lie yes they do if misrepresented.
THE United Nations recently proclaimed March 28 as the International Day of Happiness. In various ways and means, people all over the world will celebrate the podium day whoever they are and wherever they may be, regardless of race, religion, and political ideocencracy or status in life. To millions of believer like me, this is a God – given day! Why Not?
Last Thursday afternoon, I received a phone call from ABONG staff member that I had in their office for delivery a letter of invitation to attend a welcome reception program in honor of His Excellency Toshinao Urabe, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines set at the Filipino – Japanese Foundation of Northern Luzon, Inc. Social Hall at ABONG. Because of my inability to pick-up the letter, I requested FPFFNL Officer-in-Charge Maria Edita Escano Babanisas to pleased just read the letter over the phone. And she did. Edita, momentarily took over the office responsibilities of her late father Engr. Leopoldo Escano who served the foundation as Executive Director for many long years until his untimely departure recently. The current chairman of the foundation is Hon. Carlos Teraoka, former Honorary Consul of the Japanese Embassy in the Philippines located in Metro Manila. He is a Baguio boy. In fact, he was my boyhood mate. We were neighbors along Avelino Street in Guisad Valley before and after the Japanese occupation in the country.
The reception program for Ambassador Urabe has been scheduled starting at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon of Friday(March 28). Ranking government officials from the city led by Mayor Mauricio Domogan, Cong. Nicasio Aliping Jr., Vice Mayor Daniel Fariñas and members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod were invited to the occasion. Cong. Ronald Cosalan, Gov. Nestor Fongwan and La Trinidad Mayor head the Benguet provincial guests. OIC Cabanisas said other VIP personalities in the guest list include executives from the DOT, City Social Welfare and Development Office and from the regional offices of the government and a select group of business leaders. Said OIC Cabanisas: “The focus of the get together is on “Bicameral Relations.” The City of Baguio has several ongoing economic, infrastructure, tourism and educational undertakings with Japan primarily to promote peace, growth and development, closer friendship and understanding.
Personally, I would like to believe that my humble invitation to the historic gathering on Friday is in recognition of my modest leadership as former president of the Baguio Elderly Association and as president of the National Correspondents Club of Baguio. With pardonable pride and distinction, both organizations initiated, prepared the program and coordinated the observance of the first Filipino-Japanese Friendship Day episode in year 2009, as a special feature of the Centennial year celebration of our Magandang Baguio. The celebration was held in partnership with the Baguio Centennial Commission, Filipino – Japanese Foundation NL, the Baguio Japanese Residents Association in cooperation with the local city administration. The special event, held in the month of October was approved by the Japanese embassy, in 2011, and annually up to 2013, the Japanese Association of Northern Luzon took over the co-sponsorship of the city wide Philippine – Japan Friendship Day celebration from the Baguio – Japanese Resident Association. But the original and main organizer-implementers of the laudable international endeavor remained. Yours truly stayed on the challenging position as the project executive officer and program coordinator.
Please note, that the invaluable concerted and active participation of the Baguio City National High School, Phases Learning Center, Senior Citizens from the Baguio elderly Assembly, Boys and Girls Scouts, Mama Mary Devotees of the Shrine of the Brown Madonna, the cultural groups of the National Institute of Information Technology and the efforts extended by the sponsoring organizations including the CSWDO and the OSCA contributed immensely to the successful conduct of the commemorative, religious, civic, and cultural “Tomodachi Day” celebration.
Mabuhay and a hearty welcome to Ambassador Urabe and his party!
Tomorrow, Sunday, will be a very special day at the Shrine of the Brown Madonna along Asin road, Tuba, Benguet. Our NCCB Spiritual and Shrine adviser Rev. Fr. Domingo “German” Ledesma will celebrate the Thanksgiving Mass dedicated to the benefactor-devotees who gave the place of worship inside the rock cave new look. The Holy Mass will start at 8:15in the morning with a floral and candle light ceremony to be led by our new found friends and shrine patrons led by Ms. Helen Aquino and Ms. Marina Pante, president and vice president of the prestigious Maximum Service and Security Corporation based in metro Manila, couples Wilfredo and Brenda Layson from Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, Directress Cita Bernal of Phases Learning Center and Jaime and Gladys Tamsi from Barangay Nangalisan , Tuba.
The Holy Eucharist is also dedicated to the Phases senior high school graduating class of 2014, NCCB’s partner in several civic community activities.
The latest version of the Shazam iPhone app will recognize music, TV and advertisements "in as little as a second," according to its creators. Shazam lets users hold their iPhone Shazam up to the sound from a music speaker or TV and find out app what they're listening to — perfect for those "oh, who sings this?" moments.
Shazam 5.0 hit the Apple store on Tuesday. The popular free iOS music identifying app claims to be faster than another other app of its kind.
“With the release of Shazam 5.0 for iPhone and iPod touch, Shazam fans will be able to get the information they’re looking for almost instantaneously, giving them lightning-fast access to content and a deeper experience surrounding the song, TV show or TV advertisement they have just tagged," said Alex Musil, executive vice president of product for Shazam.
Mashable tested Shazam's claims. The Shazam app was able to identify a Rihanna song in three seconds. The older version of Shazam took about 10 seconds.
In addition to kicking up the app's speed, Shazam's developers redesigned the user interface and improved the ways users can share Shazam activity on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. Users can also now add a personal comment when they tag a song. Essentially, Shazam wants to be the new music player for listeners — its social sharing makes the app closer to Spotify.
The app will still have features such as LyricPlay (which provides the lyrics in time with the music), purchasing information, social sharing options, music videos, tour info, album reviews and more.
In addition, Shazam rolled out additional language support for Brazilian Portuguese, Korean and Spanish for South America. Altogether, the app is now available in 33 languages.
Kourtney Kardashian‘s only daughter, Penelope Disick, is definitely taking after her momma!
In a new interview with ITV‘s This Morning on Monday, the 37-year-old revealed how both her four-year-old and Kim Kardashian West‘s daughter North West are already experimenting with makeup!
And while most tots their age only dream of playing with their mom’s stash, these two already have their own vanities filled with the stuff thanks to the ever gracious Kris Jenner!
We can’t imagine the momma of three wouldn’t let them play around with Kylie Jenner‘s makeup line either!
The envy is so real.
We wonder if North and Penelope will pick that up, too. LOLz!
But if anything, maybe the two will learn from her regrets!
Well, hindsight is always 20/20!
Mr Singh said yesterday that he had ordered Indian soldiers not to fire at their Pakistani counterparts first, but give them a fitting reply by "firing countless bullets" if Pakistan dared to open fire.
Bengaluru: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said that Indian soldiers have been neutralising at least five to six terrorists every day, and that he has asked them to give a fitting reply if Pakistan opened fire on them.
Speaking about the Dokalam issue, Mr Singh said India was not a weak country anymore, but a strong one, and was in a position to resolve the contentious matter with its neighbour China.
"India is no more a weak nation, but a strong country. You ought to know how India resolved the Dokalam issue with China, especially when most people across the world were anticipating an India-China conflict," the home minister said.
"If India was a weak country, it could not have been in a position to resolve the Doklam issue with China," he added.
Indian and Chinese soldiers were engaged in a standoff in Doklam in Sikkim sector for more than two months earlier this year after Chinese troops tried to build a road in the disputed area claimed by India's ally Bhutan.
The standoff was lated resolved through diplomatic negotiations.
Nine European press agencies, including AFP, called Wednesday on internet giants to be forced to pay copyright for using news content on which they make vast profits.
The call comes as the EU is debating a directive to make Facebook, Google, Twitter and other major players pay for the millions of news articles they use or link to.
"Facebook has become the biggest media in the world," the agencies said in a plea published in the French daily Le Monde.
"Yet neither Facebook nor Google have a newsroom... They do not have journalists in Syria risking their lives, nor a bureau in Zimbabwe investigating Mugabe's departure, nor editors to check and verify information sent in by reporters on the ground."
"Access to free information is supposedly one of the great victories of the internet. But it is a myth," the agencies argued.
"At the end of the chain, informing the public costs a lot of money."
News, the declaration added, is the second reason after catching up on family and friends for people to log onto Facebook, which tripled its profits to $10 billion (8.5 billion) last year.
Yet it is the giants of the net who are reaping vast profits "from other people's work" by soaking up between 60 and 70 percent of advertising revenue, with Google's jumping by a fifth in a year.