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President Obama and Bill Simmons: The GQ Interview The leader of the free world sits down with the free agent of the year—HBO’s Bill Simmons—to discuss the Obama era and beyond. The exclusive White House Q&A There's the president of the United States, and then there’s the person who happens to be the President of the United States. Bill Clinton served for eight years, but we were always more intrigued by Bill Clinton the Person—a magnetic charmer once described by Chris Rock as “a cool guy, like the president of a record company.” Clinton’s charisma defined his presidency, for better and for worse. He couldn’t always harness it. He couldn’t stop trying to win everyone over, whether it was a 60 Minutes correspondent, 500 powerful donors in a crowded banquet hall, or a fetching woman on a rope line. If Clinton acted like someone who ran Capitol Records, Obama—both the person and the president—carries himself like Roger Federer, a merciless competitor who keeps coming ...

1. The Earth Is Round (1210-1230) This illumination by the prolific medieval visionary writer, composer, and proto-feminist Hildegard von Bingen depicts the four seasons of a spherical Earth. Although this particular version was produced after her death in 1179, the illustration is thought to follow her original design. Knowledge of the spherical Earth dates back to the Greek philosophers of about the sixth century B.C., with Pythagoras said to have been among the first to describe it. By the eighth century A.D. and the early medieval period, the shape of the planet was well established. This is one of the most dramatic early representations of a spherical Earth, from Hildegard's last masterpiece, Liber divinorum operum (Book of Divine Works). STATE LIBRARY OF LUCCA; COURTESY THE U. LIBRARY, GHENT 2. City Earth (1410-1500) This unusual 15th century depiction of the Earth as a weightless sphere studded with city spires possesses a proto-sci-fi quality. It was take...

           Every year Apple revamps their operating system and this year the Cupertino giant has officially released iOS 11. It looks similar to iOS 10 but there are some features and functions that are different. There are some hidden features you might want to check out as well. I've been playing around with all the BETA builds and the final version has a few changes that you need to check out. Some of these features and hidden tricks have proven to be useful in improving my productivity. If you own an iPhone or the new iPad, here are some features you should know about:        1. Customizable Control Center The control centre on iOS 10 looks very bland and is kind of annoying as you could not customise the placement of certain features. The coolest feature on iOS 11 is the ability to customise and re-arrange things in the Control Centre app. If you go to Settings  Control Center, you can decide which controls you want to...