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...Reel:1. On Christie's chief auctioneer, Christopher Burge: "Many would die to get their hands on Burge's highly confidential 'book.' It's a sort of script for the sale. Tonight's contains sixty-four pages, one for each lot of art. A single page contains an annotated chart of where everyone is sitting, marked with who is expected to bid and whether that person is an aggressive buyer or a 'bottom-feeder' looking for a bargain. On each page Burge has also recorded the amounts left by absentee bidders, the seller's reserve (the price under which...
After the original propositions were made (and some shot down), 10 contestants were left to battle it out in the second round—hit for hit, jab for jab, flow chart for flow chart. The audience became actively involved, voting on note cards for their favorite innovator...
...final whistle, 10 different players had carried the ball for the Crimson, including sophomore quarterback Matt Simpson and senior running back Randy Ojuwku, the No. 4 guys on the depth chart at their respective position...
...particular, Johnson plans to use his math background to spot trends and further improve the league's already sophisticated data analysis and video-feedback systems. "I've got this chart sitting in front of my desk comparing preseason travels, offensive three-second calls and defensive three-second calls for the past two years," he says. "I can sit here and determine if there's a statistically significant difference." If a certain type of violation is being called with more or less frequency, Johnson plans to figure out what's driving the change. His two biggest priorities are lowering the number...
...academics in the room tried to provide some historical perspective. Robert Engle, a finance professor at New York University, put up a chart showing how volatility has played out over the past 80 years. Two bulges were large enough to rival the amount of volatility we're seeing today, representing the stock market crashes of 1929 and 1987. The difference between the two: while the market quickly calmed down after 1987, it took years to regain a sense of normalcy after 1929. "We don't know if this is a '29 or '87 type of spike," Engle said...