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11 signs someone is lying to you

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tiger woods steve williamsAre you bad at spotting a lie?

New research by Dr. Leanne ten Brinke, a forensic psychologist at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and her collaborators, suggests that our instincts for judging liars are actually fairly strong — but our conscious minds sometimes fail us.

Luckily, there are signs we can look for when trying to detect a lie.

Dr. Lillian Glass, a behavioral analyst and body language expert who has worked with the FBI on unmasking signals of deception, says when trying to figure out if someone is lying, you first need to understand how the person normally acts. Then you'll want to pay careful attention to their facial expressions, body language, and speech patterns, she writes in her book "The Body Language of Liars."

1. They change their head position quickly.

If you see someone suddenly make a head movement when you ask them a direct question, they may be lying to you about something.

"The head will be retracted or jerked back, bowed down, or cocked or tilted to the side," writes Glass. This will often happen right before the person is expected to respond to a question.



2. Their breathing changes.

When someone is lying to you, they may begin to breathe heavily, Glass says. "It's a reflex action." 

When their breathing changes, their shoulders will rise and their voice may get shallow, she adds. “In essence, they are out of breath because their heart rate and blood flow change. Your body experiences these types of changes when you’re nervous and feeling tense — when you lie.” 



3. They stand very still.

It's common knowledge that people fidget when they get nervous, but Glass says that you should also watch out for people who are not moving at all.

"This may be a sign of the primitive neurological 'fight,' rather than the 'flight,' response, as the body positions and readies itself for possible confrontation," says Glass. "When you speak and engage in normal conversation, it is natural to move your body around in subtle, relaxed, and, for the most part, unconscious movements. So if you observe a rigid, catatonic stance devoid of movement, it is often a huge warning sign that something is off."



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13 YouTube stars who should be on your radar

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YouTube creators are the kings and queens of the digital world.

They're attracting hordes of screaming teens, signing book deals, and even getting their own primetime TV shows

A survey done by Variety last summer showed that that today's teens like YouTube stars even more than they like traditional Hollywood celebrities.

We've rounded up 13 creators whose YouTube follower counts are exploding.

You'll want to pay attention.

21-year-old Lauren is a style guru in the making.

Lauren (LaurDIY on YouTube) is a "lover of all things glittery" and makes helpful fashion and decor how-to videos. She has already worked with a number of big brands, including Target, CoverGirl, Tampax, and Pantene.

Subscribers: 1,365,024

Views: 60,361,434

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On Sorted Food, four friends make cooking fun.

Sorted Food, which regularly ranks near the top of YouTube's most popular cooking channels, features four friends who break down recipes in a fun and simple way. The crew recently launched an iOS app that lets users create profiles and upload their own recipes and videos.

Subscribers: 1,103,064

Views: 107,792,339

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Brooklyn and Bailey are second-generation YouTube stars.

The teens are the identical twin daughters of Mindy McKnight, the woman behind the wildly successful Cute Girls Hairstyles YouTube channel. Brooklyn and Bailey make fun videos where they share fashion and makeup tips, spell out DIY tutorials, and recommend activities the whole family can enjoy.

Subscribers: 1,080,622

Views: 89,047,448

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How 16 of the oldest companies on Earth have been making money for centuries

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Most companies live between 40 and 50 years

So there must be something about the businesses that have persisted for 300, 500, or 1,300 years.

When we doveinto the data on the world's oldest companies, a few themes became clear — like that people have wanted to eat food, get drunk, learn things, and maybe kill each other once in a while for a really long time. 

Here's a list of companies with timelines that dwarf that of the U.S. itself, because startups have lots to learn from their elders.

705 — Nisiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Yamanashi, Japan

The hot spring hotel has been in operation since 705, making it the oldest running hotel in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

The inn has been run by the same family for 52 generations, according to Japan Page, the English-language expat site. The secret to its success is a sense of inter-generational pride, the report says

... There are even some staff whose families have held the same post for generations, passing it from parent to child to grandchild. All the same, the staff are committed and courteous, earning wages for themselves and their families. They put their all into offering a spirit of service that stems from a shared desire to protect the inn. This unflagging commitment and hospitality is drawing attention from the hotel industries worldwide.

In management-speak, we call that alignment. Generations of it. 



803 — Stiftskeller St. Peter in Salzburg, Austria

This restaurant inside St. Peter's Abbey in Salzburg, Austria, may be the oldest continuously running restaurant in Europe, and perhaps the world. 

Its reputation precedes it. The classy dining spot was written about by Alcuin, a follower of the world-conquering emperor Charlemagne back in 803. According to Atlas Obscura, "the restaurant has also been host to countless dignitaries over its 1,200-year history, including cardinals, kings, and in more modern times Bill Clinton and Clint Eastwood."



900 — Sean's Bar in Athlone, Ireland

Sean's Bar is one of the oldest bars in Ireland and also in Europe. Fun fact: Excavations have revealed mugs and coins from centuries of carousing

The secret of its success? Location, location, location From the bar's site

... Sean's Bar is located in the very heart of Ireland, on the banks of the beautiful River Shannon at its intersection with the Esker Riada - the ancient route carved by glaciers that allowed travelers safe passage across the bog for thousands of years. You can find us just next to Athlone Castle, a 12th century Norman Castle whose residents may have frequented the pub!



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THE $10 BILLION CLUB: Meet the 9 most valuable startups in the world

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Drew HoustonThere used to be a time when a $1 billion valuation was considered a massive success for tech startups. Then it was $5 billion.

But in recent months, there have been so many huge rounds raised that these numbers almost seem routine.

So we've raised the bar yet again. Looking at recent media reports and the WSJ’s “The Billion-Dollar Startup Club” list, we've created a list of tech startups that are worth more than $10 billion — or will be very soon.

#9 Dropbox: $10 billion

CEO: Drew Houston

Founded: 2007

What it does: Dropbox allows users to easily store and share files on the web. It has over 200 million users worldwide.

Total funding:$1.1 billion

Notable investors: Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, Greylock Ventures



#8 Airbnb: $10 billion

CEO: Brian Chesky

Founded: 2008

What it does: Airbnb offers a marketplace for people to rent out their homes to temporary residents. It’s currently available in 190 countries.

Total funding:$794.8 million

Notable investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners



#7 Pinterest: $11 billion (seeking)

Valuation: The company was valued at $5 billion in its last round in May 2014, but is reportedly seeking a new round at a valuation of $11 billion.

CEO: Ben Silbermann

Founded: 2008

What it does: Pinterest allows users to share/store stuff online by “pinning” images and content.

Total funding:$762.5 million

Notable investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Rakuten



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Inside a $22.9 million equestrian estate that is being sold by the former CEO of FedEx

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Former FedEx President and CEO Ted Weise is selling his gigantic 50-acre equestrian ranch in South Florida for $22.9 million, according to the Wall Street Journal

The massive home spreads out in Jupiter, Florida, roughly half an hour from Palm Beach. Weise and his wife bought the land back in 2004 for $2.7 million, four years after he had retired from FedEx.

The gated ranch comes with horseback riding trails, a guest house, a four-acre lake, eight hours paddocks as well as a 12,000-square-foot mansion. 

Inside the mansion — which Weise and his wife had custom built — is a 1,000 bottle wine cellar, five bedrooms, and a vault that doubles as a panic room.  

Todd Peter of Sotheby’s International Realty has the listing.

Welcome to gorgeous 50-acre equestrian ranch near Palm Beach, Florida.



The mansion sits on a sprawling amount of land with horse paddocks, a four-acre lake, and plenty of horse-riding trails.



Weise and his wife bought the land for $2.7 million in 2004, according to the WSJ.



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The best productivity apps for getting things done

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Apps are more powerful than ever.

From fan favorites to cutting-edge newcomers, it's never been easier to sketch out an idea, take detailed notes, or stay in touch with your team.

There's even an app that acts like your digital butler.

Whatever your day consists of, these apps will help you get more done, faster.

Letterspace is our new favorite note-taking app.

Letterspace is a beautiful note-taking app that uses hashtags to organize your thoughts. It also has a handy swipe bar that lets you move your on-screen cursor without moving your hands from the keyboard, which makes editing your notes much easier.

Price:Free



Humin acts like your digital butler.

Humin is an app that remembers all the tiny details about how and where you met someone, so you can focus on the moment instead of remembering. All you need is someone's number, and Humin will do the rest. You'll then be able to search through your contact using familiar phrases like "met last week" or "lives in Brooklyn."

Price: Free (iOS)



Workflow is a powerful way to save time.

Workflow lets you customize your phone so that you can skip time-wasting tasks. By telling your phone what to do when it notices a certain action, you can instruct your phone to call an Uber before your next calendar appointment, upload your latest photo to Twitter, and virtually any other string of actions you can think of.

Price$2.99



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Chegg changes its business model and hopes the market will value it like an internet company (CHGG)

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On Monday, textbook company Chegg announced a partnership with Ingram Content Group that the company thinks will "fundamentally reshape" its business model. 

Chegg will now earn a commission on each book rented, not the full rental price, though the company will no longer invest in inventory going forward.

A Chegg spokesman told Business Insider:

This deal fundamentally reshapes Chegg’s business model, from a company that from 2011-2014 has averaged 20% growth, 30% gross margin, and EBITDA margin of -6% to a company with 25+% growth, 60+% gross margins and 25+% EBITDA margin by 2017. 

Chegg also told Business Insider that the company's transition, "is going to be difficult for some investors to grok, as our total revenue will actually decline in 2015 before re-accelerating in 2016."

Over the last year, Chegg shares haven't done much, rising about 1.5%. According to Chegg, about 33% of its outstanding shares are being held short, or bet that the price will go lower. 

Along with this announcement, Chegg also released a slide presentation updating its outlook to accompany a conference call with investors set for 5:00 pm ET. 







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Sports Illustrated and Victoria's Secret models dominated the Vanity Fair Oscars party

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After the 87th annual Academy Awards concluded Sunday night, stars did a costume change and headed to the super exclusive Vanity Fair Oscar after party in Beverly Hills.  

Editor-in-Chief Graydon Carter’s annual bash brings out the most A-list guests, who are all able to let loose and celebrate after the big show.  

This year's attendees included the night's winners like Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne, but Victoria's Secret and Sports Illustrated swimsuit models seemed to have the largest presence.

Model-of-the-moment Gigi Hadid arrived to the Vanity Fair Oscars after party with her boyfriend, singer Cody Simpson. She also appeared in this month's Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.



Victoria's Secret model Karlie Kloss walked the red carpet like a pro.



8-time Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Irina Shayk left little to the imagination.



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GOLDMAN: Here are the 18 stocks that hedge funds love the most (CHTR, MU, TWC, DTV, DAL, C, YHOO, MSFT, GM, AIG, LBTYK, VRX, MDT, FB, AAL, AGN, ACT, AAPL)

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Hedge funds can't live without Apple.

"As the most popular hedge fund long holding and largest US stock, Apple is a key driver of hedge fund performance as well as US equity earnings growth and returns," wrote Goldman Sachs' Ben Snider in the latest Hedge Fund Trend Monitor.

The list is based on Goldman's analysis of 688 hedge funds, who hold $882 billion in equity assets that own between 10 and 200 individual stock positions.

The stocks are ranked by the number of hedge funds that hold the stock among their top 10 holdings, from least to most widely held. 

Charter Communications

Ticker: CHTR

Sub-sector: Cable & Satellite

No. of funds with stock as top 10 holding: 27

% of equity cap owned by hedge funds: 36%

Comment: Video added the most to the cable company's revenue in 2014, increasing 8.1% to $1.13 billion year-over-year.

Source: Goldman Sachs



Micron Technology

Ticker: MU

Sub-sector: Semiconductors

No. of funds with stock as top 10 holding: 28

% of equity cap owned by hedge funds: 18%

Comment: Micron entered a partnership with Seagate to use each other's expertise to build storage devices that are faster and cheaper, as hard drive sales decline industry-wide.

Source: Goldman Sachs



Time Warner Cable

Ticker: TWC

Sub-sector: Cable & Satellite

No. of funds with stock as top 10 holding: 29

% of equity cap owned by hedge funds: 17%

Comment: The $45-billion purchase of Time Warner Cable by Comcast cleared a hurdle February 13, after an administrative law judge in San Francisco recommended that the Public Utilities Commission endorse the deal.

Source: Goldman Sachs



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Tiny apartments are technically illegal in New York City, but thousands of them exist

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My Micro NY adAPT City-approved micro apartments are coming to New York this spring in Manhattan’s Kips Bay. 

Known as My Micro NY, the apartments won a design competition back in 2013 and are currently being built in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, according to The New York Times.

The units range from 260 to 360 square feet and have some amazing amenities such as big windows, storage space, Juliet balconies, public areas, a café, a rooftop garden, and more. 

My Micro NY adAPT Then-mayor Michael Bloomberg allowed the My Micro NY units as an exception to the 1987 zoning laws, which state that “a dwelling unit shall have an area of at least 400 square feet of floor area.”

Yet even though by law New York apartments should be bigger than 400 square feet, thousands of New Yorkers live in apartments much tinier than that since the law did not penalize homes built prior to 1987.

My Micro NY adAPT In fact, Jonathan J. Miller, president of real estate appraisal and consulting firm Miller Samuel, told The Times that there are an estimated 3,000 apartments in the city that are below the zoning-mandated square footage.

But some New Yorkers think that the trade off for less square space and greater savings in rent is worth it.

“Sure there are some compromises, but it’s worth it,” author and artist Felice Cohen said to FairCompanies.com in 2010. Cohen lived in a 90-square-foot apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side.  

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Her apartment didn't even have a kitchen or a bedroom, but she paid only $700 for rent and lived quite comfortably. The FairCompanies.com video of her apartment went viral and has been viewed by over 6.5 million people.

And she’s not alone. Luke Clark Tyler told SPACEStv in 2012 that he found his 78-square-foot New York apartment on Craigslist. “I think it called it a studio, which I don’t know if it qualifies as a studio,” he laughed.

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Almost 1.5 million people have watched the video to see how he lives in such a small space by hiding his bed and sharing a bathroom dorm-style.

Many New Yorkers are willing to live in tiny apartments, a fact proven by the city’s waitlist for the My Micro NY units. Hopefully as the trend catches on and more small apartments are built across New York, the real estate market will become more affordable.

“Coming home to a tiny apartment, I mean, this is what I’ve been doing for at least five years now,” Tyler told SPACEtv. We adapt very easily as people.”

Read more about New York’s coming micro-apartments here.

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More than 600,000 rounds of fireworks are exploded for this ancient Chinese New Year celebration

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Every year, the Chinese New Year is celebrated for more than two weeks in January or February, with many festivals and celebrations commemorating the occasion. On the first day of the New Year, the festival kicks off with the Firecracker Ceremony, during which locals light nearly 600,000 rounds of fireworks.

Last Thursday, we headed down to New York City’s Chinatown to see the community’s 16th annual Firecracker Ceremony. The community was celebrating the beginning of the Year of the Goat.

It is a tradition for Chinese people to light bamboo sticks filled with gunpowder on the first day of the year to create as large as commotion as possible. The practice is thought to ward off evil spirits. In more recent years, the tradition is carried on with firecrackers and fireworks. Thousands of firecrackers are strung up with red ribbon on the rope in the background.

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The community performs the elaborate Firecracker Ceremony because fireworks are illegal in New York City. There were plenty of police on hand to make sure everything went smoothly.

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The ceremony began with a speech by a community leader, who wished spectators "Gong Xi Fa Cai," or Happy New Year in Mandarin.

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There was a huge crowd for the ceremony despite the temperatures. It was a frigid 20 degrees Fahrenheit at the time of the ceremony.

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After the opening speech, the emcee introduced the Brooklyn United Drumline marching band. They provided an energetic performance to start off the festivities.

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Next came the traditional Chinese ribbon dance. Dancers perform by whirling long strips of silk attached to short sticks through the air.

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The woman on the right was keeping time for the dancers with her cymbals.

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The dance dates to China's Han Dynasty in 206 BCE. It is thought that the dance originates from a man who saved an emperor from assassination by blocking a sword with the silk on his sleeve.

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Next came the dragon dance. While not as elaborate or large as the dragons displayed during the Chinese New Year's parade, these two were very acrobatic.

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The two dragons dueled for a long time. It was an impressive dance.

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No Chinese holiday would be complete without food. Volunteers gave out copious amounts of Chinese food to those willing to wait in line.

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Many prominent community members were wearing red sashes. Red symbolizes good fortune and joy in Chinese culture. It is seen everywhere during New Year's celebrations.

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Many city politicians were in attendance to celebrate the New Year. On the left is a man dressed as Cai Shen, the Chinese god of wealth and prosperity.

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A group of schoolchildren took turns singing the American national anthem and the Chinese national anthem.

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A lion dance troupe performed a symbolic ritual next to celebrate the new year.

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During the "cai qing," or plucking the greens, ritual, the lions attempt to eat lettuce hung on a pole in front of them. The custom comes from the similar sounds of the words pluck (cǎi), vegetable (cài ), and fortune (cái). The lion "eats" the lettuce and spits it out in favor of the red envelope attached. During New Year's celebrations, red envelopes are filled with money.

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At the same time, the crowd shoots off large amounts of confetti in celebration.

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There was a lot of confetti on the ground after the dance.

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Finally, it was time for the actual firecrackers. The team in charge used this pyrotechnic firing system to start the festivities from a safe distance.

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This is what it looked like when it started. The ribbons and ornaments at the top were lined with firecrackers.

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The sound was deafening for those who were closest.

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And here's what it looked like near the end.

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The 50 most violent cities in the world

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There is a brand new ranking of the world's most violent cities from Mexico's Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice.

A full one-third of global homicides occur in Latin America even though the region has just 8% of the world's population, according to United Nations data.

Drug trafficking, gang wars, political instability, corruption, and poverty combine to cause the region's elevated violence.

The council's ranking includes cities with a population of more than 300,000 and doesn't count deaths in combat zones or cities with unavailable data, so some dangerous cities might not be represented on the list.

50. Cuernavaca, Mexico, had 25.45 homicides per 100,000 residents.



49. Medellín, Colombia, had 26.91 homicides per 100,000 residents.



48. Torreón, Mexico, had 27.81 homicides per 100,000 residents.



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The UK's best tech jobs in 2015

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The UK tech scene is booming. London has already seen the creation of two "unicorns"— startups with $1 billion-plus valuations — in the last two months. And unprecedented cash is pouring into the FinTech space. It's a great time for the industry, and those who work in it.

But of all of those currently employed in the UK technology industry, who has it the best? Job site Glassdoor has put together a listing of the 25 best jobs for 2015 in the UK — of which 6 are tech jobs.

To produce its ranking, it examined three factors: salary, opportunities for advancement, and open job listings. These are then combined into one "Job Score."

No. 6: UX Designer: £47,437

Career score: 3.5

Number of Job Openings: 260

Average Base Salary:£47,437

Career Opportunities Rating: 3.2

A UX designer builds the user interface of an app or software products — they're responsible for what ordinary people see when they use an app. 

There's currently an opening in UX design at IBM in London.



No. 5: Network Engineer: £40,023

Career score: 4.1

Number of Current Job Openings: 1,807

Average Base Salary:£40,023

Career Opportunities Rating: 3.4

A network engineer designs, builds, and maintains corporate networks. 

Phone network Vodafone is hiring.



No. 4: Solutions Architect: £66,349

Job Score: 4.1

Number of Job Openings: 957

Average Base Salary:£66,349

Career Opportunities Rating: 3.3

A solutions architect designs complicated tech projects like a big new software application, or the rollout of a new corporate IT system.

Amazon is currently hiring for a Solutions Architect.



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17 things you should never put on your résumé

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resume, mistakesHiring managers receive dozens — sometimes hundreds — of résumés for any given opening.

They don't have the time or resources to review each one closely, so they spend approximately six seconds on their initial "fit/no fit" decision

You may be perfect for the job, but if your résumé has just one typo, if it's formatted poorly, or you use the wrong font, it could easily end up in the "no" pile.

Vivian Giang contributed to an earlier version of this article.

1. An objective.

If you applied, it's already obvious you want the job.

The exception: If you're in a unique situation, such as changing industries completely, it may be useful to include a brief summary. 



2. Irrelevant work experiences.

Yes, you might have been the "king of making milkshakes" at the restaurant you worked for in high school. But, unless you are planning on redeeming that title, it is time to get rid of all that clutter.



3. Personal stuff.

Don't include your marital status, religious preference, or social security number.

This might have been the standard in the past, but all of this information is now illegal for your employer to ask you, so there's no need to include it.



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9 science-backed signs you're smarter than average

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What makes someone smart?

Scientists have been investigating that question for decades, and the research suggests that everything from your mother's breast milk to the size of your waistline can influence your intelligence. 

Additional reporting by Chelsea Harvey.

You don't smoke.

A 2010 Israeli study compared the IQ and smoking status of 20,000 young men. 

As the Daily Mail reported, the results were stark: 

• The average 18- to 21-year smoker had an IQ of 94, and the non-smoker had an IQ of 101.

• Those who smoked more than a pack a day had an average IQ of 90.

• In sibling sets, nonsmoking brothers were smarter than smokers. 



You took music lessons.

Research suggests that music helps kids' minds develop in a few ways: 

• A 2011 study found that the verbal intelligence of 4- to 6-year-olds rose after only a month of music lessons

• A 2004 study found that 6-year-olds who took nine months of piano lessons had an IQ boost compared with kids who took drama lessons or no classes at all.

But the researchers may be getting it backward: A 2013 study suggested high-achieving kids were the ones most likely to take music lessons



You're the oldest child.

Oldest siblings are usually smarter, but it's not because of genetics.

The New York Times reports, "The new findings, from a landmark study published [in June 2007], showed that eldest children had a slight but significant edge in IQ — an average of three points over the closest sibling. And it found that the difference was not because of biological factors but the psychological interplay of parents and children."

For this and other reasons, firstborns tend to be more successful than their siblings.



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The 40 best new real estate developments

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The 2015 MIPIM Awards finalists are out, naming what an international group of architects, developers, and real estate insiders see as the top 40 new developments of the past year.

The 40 developments were nominated across 10 catagories, as well as a special jury prize. One winner from each category will be chosen at the ceremony the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festival in Cannes, France on March 12.

Though the contest has an international scope, developments in Europe and Asia dominated the shortlist.

Center Parcs Woburn Forest (Nominated for Best Hotel And Tourism Resort)

Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Architect: Holder Mathias

Developer: Center Parcs

Other: WTI, Schletterer, Edmond Shipway, PBA

Description:"These feature Center Parcs’ largest and most sophisticated 'sub tropical swimming paradise' (STSP), a state of the art spa, sports facilities, and conference venue together with a wide range of restaurants, retail offers and leisure activities. The whole complex is designed to be invisible from outside the site and this was instrumental in securing planning consent at a public inquiry."



Delta Toronto (Nominated for Best Hotel And Tourism Resort)

Toronto, Canada

Architect: Page + Steele / IBI Group Architects

Developer: GWL Realty Advisors

Other: Delta Hotels and Resorts

Description: "The recently opened flagship Delta Toronto hotel at Toronto’s Southcore Financial Centre is the largest and tallest hotel built in Toronto’s downtown core in two decades. The 46-story tower accommodates 567 guest rooms, 17,000 square feet of banquet and conference space, a 150-seat restaurant and 80-seat patio, along with many other amenities."



Raffles İstanbul Zorlu Center (Nominated for Best Hotel And Tourism Resort)

Istanbul, Turkey

Architect: EAA / HBA

Developer: Zorlu Yapi Yatirim

Description: "At the heart of the cutting-edge Zorlu Center, a modern-day bazaar where fashion, fine food and the arts converge on the European shore in Beşiktaş, Raffles is an exhilarating fusion of virtuoso architecture, dazzling interiors, inspired food and deep luxury. The hotel overlooks the Bosphorus, the Prince Islands and the historic peninsula – a stunning vantage point above the city."



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24 books you've probably never heard of that will change your life

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Even the most well-read people have a tendency to read the same books as everyone else.

"Classics" are classic for a reason, of course, and are certainly worth reading, but there's a wealth of knowledge to be gained from the titles that rarely appear on school reading lists.

Ryan Holiday, the author of "The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph," is a voracious reader. He's recommended over 1,000 books since launching his reading list newsletter in 2009.

Holiday shared his presentation on 24 great books spanning ancient philosophy, literary nonfiction, and forgotten literature that offer unique and valuable perspectives on life.







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Steve Jobs would have turned 60 today. Here are 15 of his most inspiring quotes (AAPL)

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Today would have been Steve Jobs' 60th birthday. 

To commemorate, we've put together a collection of some of his most thought-provoking or inspiring words. 

(Dylan Love and Karyne Levy contributed to a previous version of this article.)

"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."

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"It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them."

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"That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex; you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple."



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Here are the Air Force's most wanted fugitives

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Air Force Fugitive

The US military has more than 2.2 million personnel across all branches. Despite the US military's best attempts at instilling discipline and training a professional force, it has its share of bad apples, just like any other large enough group of people. 

Like the Army, the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations keeps a running list of the fugitives from within its ranks that it is currently pursuing. They're are wanted for a wide variety of alleged crimes ranging from sexual abuse to desertion while holding a top-level security clearance. 

The Air Force requests that any information pertaining to these individuals be passed along to the Office of Special Investigations

Anthony Michael Flackus

Anthony Michael Flackus is wanted by the Air Force for the wrongful use of controlled substances, abusive sexual contact, and flight to avoid prosecution. 

Flackus is small in build and frame, coming in at 5'4" and 125 pounds. He is 26 years old.



Danreddy Jalos

Danreddy Jalos, a native of the Philippines, is wanted for deserting the service while holding top-secret clearance. 

Jalos is 5'6" and 160 pounds. He is 35 years old.



Moises Figueredo

Moises Figueredo, who is originally from Venezeula, is wanted for desertion in conjunction with flight to avoid prosecution for the charges of rape, forcible sodomy, and brandishing a pistol. He has been on the run since January 20, 1999. 

Figueredo is 5'9" and 136 pounds. He is 58 years old. The Air Force warns that Figueredo should be approached with caution.



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On this 60th birthday, 9 books that helped turn Steve Jobs into an icon

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Steve Jobs Commencement HD

Why did Apple think different? 

Because, Steve Jobs said while introducing the iPad, the Mac maker was never just a tech company. 

"The reason that Apple is able to create products like the iPad is because we've always tried to be at the intersection of technology and the liberal arts," he said.

Jobs' lifelong interest in the humanities gave Apple a human touch.

By combining tech and the liberal arts, Jobs said that Apple was able to "to make extremely advanced products from a technology point of view, but also have them be intuitive, easy-to-use, fun-to-use, so that they really fit the users." 

Jobs arrived at that perspective through a lifetime of reading, as reviewed in Walter Isaacson's biography and other places. We've put together a list of the books that most affected him. 

'King Lear' by William Shakespeare

Jobs really began his literary bent in the last two years of high school. 

"I started to listen to music a whole lot,"he tells Isaacson, "and I started to read more outside of just science and technology — Shakespeare, Plato. I loved 'King Lear.'" 

The tragedy may have provided a cautionary tale to a young Jobs, since it's the story of an aged monarch going crazy trying to divide up his kingdom. 

"'King Lear' offers a vivid depiction of what can go wrong if you lose your grip on your empire, a story surely fascinating to any aspiring CEO," says Daniel Smith, author of "How to Think Like Steve Jobs." 

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'Moby Dick' by Herman Melville

Another epic story colored Jobs' outlook in his adolescence: "Moby Dick," the deeply American novel by Herman Melville. 

Isaacson draws a connection between Captain Ahab, who's one of the most driven and willful characters in literature, and Jobs. 

Ahab, like Jobs, did lots of his learning from direct experience, rather than relying on institutions. 

"I prospectively ascribe all the honour and the glory to whaling,"the captain writes early in the story, "for a whale-ship was my Yale College and my Harvard."

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'The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas' by Dylan Thomas

But the intellectual flowering that Jobs had in late high school wasn't confined to hard-charging megalomaniacs — he also discovered a love for verse, particularly Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. 

"How To Think Like Steve Jobs" author Daniel Smith says that Thomas' poems "drew him in with its striking new forms and unerringly popular touch."

"Do not go gentle" became a reported favorite:  

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

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