A pool used to be a status symbol; something that told your peers and neighbors that you'd made it.

But no longer — now you need to install gigantic waterfalls and useless reflecting pools to send that same message. These types of water features are increasingly prevalent in real estate listings that crest the $10 million mark, because, in that price range, a Jacuzzi isn't even worth mentioning (since just about all mansions at that level have Jacuzzis).

With the help of  Zillow, the largest real estate network on the web, we've found some of the most enormous and extravagant water features in homes across the US. 

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The first thing to know here is that a "water feature" is not always a pool — even though they may look alike. This water feature in a Bradbury, California house looks like an infinity-edge pool, but the fountains jumping over it give it away. The residence is now on the market for $48 million.

Check out more photos and the full listing here. 

At this Naples, Florida property (listed for $58 million) a reflecting pool with a decorative floor abuts the one you can actually swim in and is complemented by fountains.

Check out more photos and the full listing here.  

Don't mistake this for a pool, either. This home in Westlake Village, California has a "tropical lagoon"— complete with cascading waterfall. It's listed at $14.9 million.

Check out more photos and the full listing here. 

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A lot of people feel guilty when they spend a weekend binge-watching a favorite TV show instead of, say, reading a novel or watching TED talks.

But one of the great things about modern television is that it can be simultaneously entertaining and instructive — especially about business.

We picked out nine television series that could make you a better businessperson, whether you're interested in learning more about effective leadership, integrating your work and home lives, or managing office politics.

Best of all, you'll be so enthralled by the crime, love affairs, and fantasy warfare that you won't even realize you're getting educated.

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'House of Lies'

This Showtime series is based on a book by the same name, written by a former consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. The show features a group of corrupt management consultants who will do seemingly anything to close a deal.

While the episodes aren't perfect reflections of reality, real-life consultants say they do highlight some important truths of modern consulting, like the relationship between the CEO and his "number-two," who's usually a smart individual the CEO doesn't really listen to. The fifth season begins in 2016.

'Game of Thrones'

Based on George R.R. Martin's book series, "A Song of Ice and Fire," this HBO fantasy television series features multiple plotlines, one of which involves a fierce battle for the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms.

Management experts say the show teaches some important lessons about leadership and power dynamics, like the idea that being different (which in the show, means being a dwarf or an illegitimate child) can make you a stronger leader. The sixth season begins in 2016.

'House of Cards'

Frank Underwood is one of the more Machiavellian characters on television today, or in this case, on Netflix. He starts out as a Democratic congressman from South Carolina and spends the series trying to weasel his way into positions of greater political power.

Underwood's dealings are instructive for any current or aspiring business leader, since they show the importance of treating your subordinates with respect (which Frank doesn't) and bouncing back from setbacks (which Frank does).

It's also a lesson in how to manipulate people and trade favors to get what you want. As writer and creator Beau Willimon told US News: "To be effective leaders, you often have to do things that are morally abhorrent to the rest of us."

The fourth season begins in 2016.

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Microsoft on Tuesday announced a mixed bag forth-quarter earnings and the stock price has been jumping up and down ever since in heavy trading.

It's currently down about 4%.

One big problem: Microsoft lowered its guidance for revenue for its next quarter (and implied a lowered guidance for profits too) — again.

This is the fourth consecutive quarter of lowered guidance, points out analyst Kevin Buttigieg from MKM Partners.

Microsoft's CFO Amy Hood expects Q1 of fiscal 2016 to come at $20.7-$21.3 billion when the street was looking for, on average, $22.7 billion.

There was the expected weakness in sales from a shrinking PC market, and some unexpected weak sales in commercial products to businesses.

The good news: Microsoft reported solid progress in the hot growth area of cloud computing. This contributed to an all-time high of $24.5 billion for off-balance-sheet revenues under contract but not yet billed, a spokesperson told Business Insider.

This morning, some analysts are believers, others are not convinced ... 

Credit Suisse: Microsoft's cloud will become the No. 2 leader behind Amazon

Bullish

Rating: Outperform

Price target: $55

"We believe that Outperform-rated Microsoft can return to double-digit EPS growth by (1) continued rationalization of its cost structure, (2) further divestitures/exits of non-core businesses, (3) optimization of its capital structure, (4) stabilization in Windows pricing, and (5) an accelerated shift to Office 365 (i.e., "pull a full Adobe").

"Furthermore, we believe that Microsoft Azure will emerge as the clear #2 market share player in public IaaS and will arise as the leader in public PaaS. We reiterate our Outperform rating and $55 target price."

Pacific Crest Securities: Microsoft is demonstrating financial discipline and growing its core businesses

Bullish

Rating: Overweight

Price target: $55

"Microsoft has started to deliver on the changes it announced last year. The company is demonstrating a renewed financial discipline, and we expect accelerating growth in the core businesses. Our price target of $55 is based on 13.3x estimated C2017 FCF plus $7.42 per share in net cash.

"At $55, MSFT would trade at a discount to the current market multiple and have a dividend yield of roughly 2.4%. We believe this multiple reflects the current headwinds to the PC business."

Deutsche Bank: The quarter 'wasn't pretty' but 'growth outlook is solid'

Bullish

Rating: Buy

Price target: $55

"While investors were already bracing for a mixed print [i.e. earnings report] given the weak PC market and disappointing results from ORCL, SAP and IBM, we conclude that MSFT’s 4QF15 results still fell short on the back of weak enterprise/server numbers, gross margin pressure from the out-performance in lower-margin Surface/Xbox, an EPS beat that came largely from non-recurring gains and light 1QF16 non-GAAP revs guidance (of $21.0b, $900m below our estimate).

"While the quarter wasn’t pretty, this growth outlook is solid in light of the PC market pressures (which should stabilize in the coming quarters), emerging markets weakness and the tough enterprise IT spending backdrop."

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Over the years costumed fans have become a staple of the Tour de France. Every day you'll see people dressed as bananas, musketeers, and various farm animals on the side of the road.

It's one of the strangest quirks of one of the world's greatest sporting event, but it's also totally unique to the Tour.

Reuters photographers have captured some fantastic shots of these fans, and we picked out our favorites.

Didi Sentf, better known as "The Devil" or "El Diablo," has been a fixture at the Tour de France since 1993, despite being 63 years old.

Source: Didi Sentf's website

Some spectators don't want to be just spectators, they prefer to run side-by-side the competing cyclists.

Some watch while riding in place.

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To prove that his net worth is more than double the $4 billion figure touted by Forbes, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently submitted a 92-page personal-financial-disclosure report to the Federal Election Commission. 

The report — alleging that his net worth is in excess of $10 billion — was made public after a June document released by the real estate magnate's campaign described his net worth as being approximately $8.7 billion. 

One thing is for certain, though: regardless of how many billions Trump has, he knows how to spread his fortune around. 

Aside from running some of the best-known apartment buildings in the country, he also owns a personal portfolio of homes from Manhattan to Palm Beach, all of which are drenched in gold. 

Keep scrolling to check out Trump's collection of homes, cars, aircrafts, and more.  

Julie Zeveloff and Meredith Galante contributed to an earlier version of this post.

Donald Trump calls Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue "home" the majority of the time. Trump Tower is a 68-story skyscraper, and Trump sleeps in the penthouse.

Source: Trump

Trump's penthouse has a gold- and diamond-covered door, an indoor fountain, a painted ceiling, and an ornate chandelier.

When Trump gets tired of his cosseted New York abode, he hops on his $100 million Boeing 757 and jets to one of his other mansions.

When asked if he'd rather live in a mansion or a small, windowless space, photographer Won Kim openly admits he would choose a tight, "womb-like" space over a mansion any day. Small spaces "give me a feeling of security and coziness," Kim tells Business Insider.

So when Kim stayed at a Tokyo hostel that provides its visitors with only a tight, one-person space made with untreated plywood, he felt right at home. Somewhere between a hotel and hostel, Kim describes this nontraditional space as a "guesthouse for backpackers in Tokyo" that is unlike other lodges in the city. 

Although Kim requested the hostel's exact location and name to remain anonymous, it became clear to him that the real story was the temporary set-ups within the business' walls. He began documenting residents of the hostel, noticing the diversity of the travelers, and seeing how they utilized the little space provided to make it their own, even as temporary residents.

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According to Kim, the hostel's residents are a diverse crowd, from backpackers to recent job-hunting grads, to regular workers stationed in Tokyo.

While Kim doesn't have exact dimensions, he notes the spaces are only big enough to hold a single mattress and a large suitcase, with just enough room left over for small personal belongings.

A person of average height cannot stand upright in these confined spaces, but at about $12 USD a night, this hostel's competitive prices keep travelers coming through.

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It's the third week of July, and that can only mean one thing: The annual British Swan Upping!

Today, the Swan Upping is conducted as part of a yearly census of swan populations on the River Thames in an effort to conserve their numbers and check up on their health.    

But the traditional ceremony stretches more than 800 years, when swans were treated as a status symbol as well as a delicacy. 

The first thing you need to know about British swans: The Queen owns all of them. It's one of her many "prerogative" powers, a hangover from when the monarchy was in a position of real power in Britain.

However, she only chooses to exercise this ownership on "certain stretches of the Thames and its surrounding tributaries," according to the Royal Family's official website.

Source.

The Queen is joined in her ownership of swans by the Ilchester family, as well as the Worshipful Company of Dyers, and the Worshipful Company of Vintners. They were "granted the privilege of ownership" in the 15th century.

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Hundreds of Wall Streeters filled Gotham Hall in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday night for the annual "Take 'Em To School" charity poker tournament. 

The sold-out event raised around $850,000 for Education Reform Now, an advocacy organization that's committed to making sure all kids can access high-quality public education.

The event was cochaired by Michael Sabat, who works in equity-derivatives sales and trading at Sanford Bernstein, John Sabat, a quantitative-portfolio manager with Cubist Systematic Strategies, and Whitney Tilson, the founder of Kase Capital.

Those in attendance included David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital, Boaz Weinstein of Saba Capital, Paul Britton of Capstone, and John Petry of Sessa Capital. Pro-poker players in attendance included Andy Frankenberger, Erik Seidel, Layne Flack, and Vanessa Selbst. Former NBA stars Allan Houston, Charles Smith, and John Starks were all there too. "American Pie" actress Shannon Elizabeth came close to winning the tournament.

A lot of hedge fund folks love poker. One fund manager said the game relates to investing: You have to be patient and know when to fold when you're dealt a bad hand.

In case you missed it, we've included photo highlights.

Poker pro Phil Hellmuth (aka the 'Poker Brat') was the emcee for the night. He just got finished with the World Series of Poker. He dedicated his latest WSOP finish to his friend, the late David Goldberg. He gave Sheryl Sandberg his WSOP bracelet.

Hellmuth started off the night by teasing hedge fund manager David Einhorn about his T-shirt choice.

Here's Whitney Tilson (Kase Capital), Osman Hussein (Tiger Global), and Gary Vura (Tullett Prebon Financial Services).

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We've written before about the incredible sums of money you can make as a salesperson in the enterprise-tech industry. We've talked to top salespeople who routinely pull in over $400,000 a year between base pay and commission.

There's a reason, however, for the high pay. It's a tough life, where you can be on the road a lot and your job is only as secure as your last quarter.

But for those who have the knack for it, it's a great living, even if you aren't among that vaunted top 10% of sellers, according to job-hunting site Glassdoor. The site compiled a list of the Top 10 best tech companies for salespeople based on recent salary reports from 50 or more employees at each company.

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No. 10 IBM: $150,000

Median Total Pay: $150,000
Median Base Salary: $100,000
Median Commission: $45,000

“Salary is great. Company provides a lot of benefits. Great training and incentives. First job out of college and it couldn't be better.” — IBM Software Sales Representative

No. 9 Avaya: $160,000

Median Total Pay: $160,000
Median Base Salary: $95,000
Median Commission: $60,000

“Freedom to learn, develop and succeed. Minimal micromanagement. Opportunities to relocate and experiment. Excellent products and technologies. Fun working environment.” — Avaya Territory Account Manager

No. 8 Adobe: $162,500

Median Total Pay: $162,500
Median Base Salary: $90,000
Median Commission: $50,000 

“Great company with great products! Adobe tends to pay well and has wonderful benefits. They are the market leader in most of what they do, I was always proud to tell people I worked at Adobe.” — Adobe Channel Account Manager

Today is National Hot Dog Day, so we decided to honor the best hot dogs around the US.

Foursquare created a list of the best hot dog joints in America by digging through millions of user ratings.

Since Foursquare users can now save and favorite the restaurants they love, the site was able to find out which hot dog joints are worth a visit.

From rattlesnack and rabbit dogs in LA to a bacon-wrapped dog with chili coleslaw in NYC, here are the dogs you need to try across America.

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40. Hillbilly Hot Dogs — Lesage, West Virginia

6951 Ohio River Road

Started by a "West Virginia hillbilly and a California city girl," Hillbilly Hot Dogs is housed in two old school buses that sit along the banks of the Ohio River, making for an unusual but fun location. Those with an especially large appetite should try the "Homewrecker," a 15 inch, one pound all beef hot dog with everything from cheese to chili to peppers.

39. The Red Hot — Tacoma, Washington

2914 6th Avenue

Diners say the beer selection at The Red Hot is unbeatable and so are the hot dogs. The beer all comes from microbreweries — most in Washington — and the hot dogs are described as "gourmet."

38. Fab Hot Dogs — Tarzana, California

19417 Victory Boulevard

Fab Hot Dogs brings hot dogs traditionally found on the East Coast to the West Coast. The restaurant's specialty is the ripper — a New Jersey hot dog that's deep fried in oil.

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While there is no question that what you say matters, studies suggest the words you use make up just 7% of the impact you have.

The remaining 93% is split between your body language and tone.

That's why it's imperative to master the nonverbal cues you send. And since a presenter has only about 60 seconds to hook the audience, it's important to get them right from the start.

We spoke with Darlene Price, president of Well Said, Inc., and author of "Well Said!," about mastering the art of nonverbal communication. Scroll down to see her tips. 

SEE ALSO: The 3 communication skills every leader needs to master

Control your facial expressions.

Oftentimes, we have no idea what our faces are communicating. "Because our facial expressions are closely tied to emotion, they are often involuntary and unconscious," Price says.

Letting our emotions get the best of us can negatively affect the impression we give, whether it's a presentation or a one-on-one conversation. To avoid a misunderstanding, hold a slight smile, nod occasionally, and make sure you show interest, she advises.

Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.

"Make sure 'business casual' is not 'business careless,'" Price says.

Professional attire, such as suits or jackets, should be worn to important meetings and presentations, especially with senior leaders and customers, she says. It's also important to avoid showy accessories, busy patterns, and tight or revealing garments.

Concentrate on the tone of your voice.

Price cites the common phrase: "It's not what you said; it's how you said it." If someone has ever said this to you, they are referring to your paralanguage, or tone, she says. 

"Separate from the actual words used, these nonverbal elements of your voice include voice tone, pacing, pausing, volume, inflection, pitch, and articulation," Price says. Recording a few of your conversations can be a good way to identify the emotions your tone communicates, she says.

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John McAfee is an enigma.

He built one of the biggest antivirus companies to date, and yet it's what happened after this chapter of his life that made him a legend.

McAfee once lived in Belize and allegedly got caught up with drugs and other illegal activities, but that's half the story.

Here's a look into who the man once was, what he became, and where he is now.

Trust us, it's a wild ride.

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John McAfee was born in the UK in the mid-1940s. His parents moved to Roanoke, Virginia, when he was young.

His early life was likely tough for the young man. His father, who worked as a road surveyor, was an alcoholic. When McAfee was 15, his father committed suicide, a fact McAfee says he wakes up with every day.

Source: Wired

McAfee went to Roanoke College, where he also took up drinking. But the younger McAfee was a shrewd entrepreneur at a young age. His first business sold magazines door to door, which he says made him a small fortune.

Source: Wired

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Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the latest updates to the company's ground breaking Model S. In addition to a new 90 kWh battery pack, Tesla also introduced the car's new high-performance "Ludicrous Mode." With Ludicrous Model engaged, Tesla claims that dual motor P90D will be able to accelerate to 60 mph in a supercar-shaming 2.8 seconds. That's an improvement of 0.3 seconds over the company's current P85D in "Insane Mode."

The Ludicrous Mode Model S's ability to accelerate puts it in some truly elite company. There is only handful of high-priced exotics that can out run Tesla's $118,000 electric sedan. 

Here are 10 of the cars that can beat Tesla's Ludicrous Mode Model S P90D to 60 mph.

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Ferrari LaFerrari: 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, reached by Car and Driver. Price: $1.4 million.

Car and Driver

Porsche 918 Spyder: Car and Driver testing showed 0-60 mph reached in 2.2 seconds. Price: $845,000

Car and Driver

McLaren P1: Car and Driver achieved a 0-60 mph time in 2.7 seconds. Price: $1.2 million.

Car and Driver

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Before Silicon Valley was ever known as such, there were plenty of billionaires and multi-millionaires building extravagant, hill-top homes.

One such mansion was built by the de Guignés, a family of French nobility who emigrated in the 19th century and enmeshed themselves with San Francisco's elite.

Seventy-eight-year-old heir Christian de Guigné IV is now trying to sell his family's Gilded Age estate — called de Guigné Court — which hasn't changed hands in 150 years. This will be his second attempt at offloading the property, which has been cut from $100 million to $40 million and no longer includes a condition that granted de Guigné "lifelong use" of the home. 

Keep scrolling to take a tour of the house and learn more about its strange terms of sale. 

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Nestled at the top of the hills overlooking the Santa Clara Valley sits a 47-acre estate with a fascinating history.

The estate has spent 150 years in the de Guigné family, who are descended from French nobility and rose to prominence in the early 20th century after a number of successful business ventures.

The grandson of Christian II, who built the mansion, Christian de Guigné IV is now seemingly desperate to sell his family home.

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For some, working at Facebook is a career peak. For others, it's just the beginning.

These 25 Facebook alumni (a number of whom were integral members of the site's original team) have gone on to invest in and found some of the biggest companies and buzziest startups to date. 

Check out what they've been up to since leaving their positions at the world's largest social network.

Adam D'Angelo started the wildly successful Q&A site Quora.

Position at Facebook: June 2004 - December 2005; CTO, November 2006 - June 2008 

D'Angelo was Zuckerberg's high school friend who, according to D'Angelo's LinkedIn page, was in charge of "random stuff" during his first year and a half at Facebook. He became CTO in late 2006, leading new product development and managing the site's rapidly growing engineering team.

In 2009, D'Angelo founded the Q&A site Quora. D'Angelo's idea of success for Quora? "...If we could double the amount of knowledge available to people on the internet, that would be a really good outcome to me."

Aditya Agarwal cofounded Cove, which was acquired by Dropbox.

Position at Facebook: Engineer, director of product engineering, September 2005 - December 2010

After leaving Facebook, Agarwal and fellow Facebook alum and wife Ruchi Sanghvi cofounded Cove, which was acquired by Dropbox in early 2012. Agarwal is now VP of engineering at Dropbox where he oversees the company's engineering groups including new product development, infrastructure, platform, and operations. He is also a board member of the Indian e-commerce site, Flipkart.

Andrew McCollum runs next-generation TV streaming platform Philo.

Position at Facebook: Cofounder and engineer, February 2004 - September 2006

The guy who designed Facebook's first logo was also the site's cofounder and engineer. McCollum has admitted to intentionally flying under the radar as one of Facebook's founders.

McCollum is an entrepreneur-in-residence at New Enterprise Associates and Flybridge Capital Partners. In the fall of 2014 he was named CEO of next-generation IPTV platform Philo. McCollum was one of the startup's first investors and mentors.

Outside of a few behind-the-scenes photos tweeted out by director Bryan Singer and a teaser shown off at San Diego Comic-Con,  very little of "X-Men: Apocalypse" has been shown to the general public. However, details are finally starting to trickle out.

Thursday, 20th Century Fox finally released a small bundle of high-resolution images of the film's cast, focusing mostly on the new heroes we'll be meeting when the movie comes out next summer. 

Given that they're teens in the '80s, it's not a big surprise that a bunch of these photos are at the mall. 

"X-Men: Apocalypse" is scheduled to release on May 27, 2016.

Let's take a look at the cast!

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Tye Sheridan will step in as a younger Scott Summers aka Cyclops.

Picking up  James Marsden's ruby quartz sunglasses is Tye Sheridan, a young actor who previously worked on critically acclaimed films like "The Tree of Life" and "Mud".

If you need a refresher, Scott Summers has the mutant power to project uncontrollable concussive red energy from his eyes whenever they're open. Those red shades are the only thing keeping them in check. 

"Game of Thrones" star Sophie Turner will play Jean Grey.

The actress famous for playing Sansa Stark makes the leap to comic-book blockbusters as telepath Jean Grey, one of the original comic book team members previously portrayed by Famke Janssen in the first "X-Men" trilogy.

Alexandra Shipp plays Ororo Munroe, aka Storm.

Previously portrayed by Halle Berry, Ororo Munroe/Storm is a mutant with the power to control the weather. While the previous movies didn't do much with her character, the Storm of the comics is one of the series' most important characters, serving as the team's leader for a number of years. However, in "Apocalypse", it looks like she starts out on the titular bad guy's team.

The greatest thing about this photo? Storm is rocking her famous mohawk from the comics. Mohawked Storm is the best Storm. 

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Female characters in video games like Lara Croft from "Tomb Raider" have historically had body types that were far from "average."

Even beyond the impossibly proportioned women of early console fighting games, most iconic female characters are, in various ways, stylized in an unrealistic way.

Now Bulimia.com, a collective dedicated to empowering those with eating disorders, has asked the question: “What would video game characters look like with average American bodies?”

The organization questions why — with games now featuring technical wonders such as natural cloud movements — they still don’t usually portray the female body accurately and free from exaggerated proportions.

Though it's also true that video games certainly don’t portray the average male body — with games like "Gears of War" featuring hulking body types that are practically unobtainable — it’s still useful to be reminded of just how far our fantastical representations can sometimes take us from reality. And that this could potentially have consequences.

Here is a series of graphics, created by Bulimia.com, that shows what different iconic female video game characters would look like with average American body proportions.

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If you don't completely comply with the Chinese government's regulations in censoring politically sensitive information, there's a good chance the Great Firewall of China will shut you down.

In 2010, China shut down 1.3 million Web sites, allowing access to 41 percent fewer than the previous year.

China has since let some sites like LinkedIn come back online, but here's nine popular websites that are still blocked from regular access in the country.

Vivian Giang contributed to an earlier version of this story. 

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Google, including Gmail

It's the quintessential on-again, off-again relationship: Analysts believe the first time Google was blocked in the mainland was in 2002.

When the company agreed to China's censorship rules in 2006, a Chinese version was launched but issues quickly emerged between the two players.

It's not just Google search that's blocked. Gmail, Google Maps, Google Drive, Google Cloud, Google Plus and Google Photos are included in the long list of Google-related sites that are inaccessible.

YouTube

"Network Timeout. The server at youtube.com is taking too long to respond" is the message users receive if they try to access YouTube in China. 

The first time the video-sharing Web site was blocked was in 2008 during riots in Tibet.

"China is not afraid of the Internet," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang was quoted saying. "We manage the Internet according to law ... to prevent the spread of harmful information."

Flickr

In 2007, users became unable to views pictures on Yahoo's photo sharing site. Access was restored for awhile, but then was blocked again in 2014. A test shows it remains blocked to this day. It is not known why Flickr was blocked in the first place but speculation deems the Chinese government is not a big supporter of photos being shared of uprisings.

Your 20s are a time for figuring out what you want from life.

Mistakes are unavoidable, but the truly successful learn from these setbacks and move on all the wiser.

We asked entrepreneurs, including a few "Shark Tank" investors and the cofounders of popular retailer Warby Parker, to share the most important lesson they learned in their 20s.

Here's what they said.

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Mark Cuban, a "Shark Tank" investor and the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, learned that any limitations on personal growth are self-imposed.

The billionaire investor made the biggest deal of his life when he sold his company Broadcast.com to Yahoo for $5.7 billion in Yahoo stock in 1999.

In his 20s, Cuban developed the all-encompassing self-confidence that's made him successful. He learned that if he stopped making excuses and got to work, "with time and effort I could learn any new technology that was released."

Kevin O'Leary, a "Shark Tank" investor, learned the importance of asking yourself the hard questions.

O'Leary's second business, the software company Softkey, acquired The Learning Company in 1995 and then adopted its name. Four years later, "Mr. Wonderful" and his business partner Michael Perik sold the company to Mattel for $4.2 billion.

But even today, O'Leary says his true passion has always been photography.

As a young man, he spoke with his stepdad George about what he was going to do with his life. He realized that the key question for people starting out is, "What are you willing to do in order to be what you want to be?"

"It's not enough to say you want to be a photographer, or an actress, or a writer," he says. "You have to want to do all the necessary difficult things that are required to support that goal."

He concluded that he wasn't going to spend his 20s struggling to support himself as a full-time photographer. Now, supported by a career in business, he says, he has the luxury of being able to build a photo portfolio without financial concerns.

Jessie Goldenberg, the founder of Nomad, learned that big risks are sometimes worth taking.

Goldenberg graduated from NYU's prestigious film program in 2010 and got a job working at CBS. It seemed as if her career path was set, but she considered the dream she had of opening her own fashion boutique. Lacking the funds or credit history to make such an investment, she instead raised money to start her own fashion truck, a mobile fashion retailer she named Nomad.

Nomad hit the streets of New York City in 2013 and Goldenberg says she broke even by the end of the year. She's been successfully working on growing Nomad's exposure and profits since.

"One thing I've learned is that your 20s are a time to take and embrace risks," she says. "I'm living proof that it's possible to be 'livin' the dream' and be successful. With no family to feed and no dependents counting on you, your 20s are without a doubt the years to take a leap and pursue your passion!"

Trying to make some extra cash? Have free time you don't know what to do with? Trying to develop or hone a new skill? You should consider getting a side job.

Brie Reynolds, the director of online content for FlexJobs, an online service specializing in telecommuting and remote work, says "side jobs" are defined as anything part-time, including freelance, temporary, short- or long-term, work-from-home, or in-person flexible gigs.

To qualify for the list, each job had to be considered flexible (and not full time), and had to pay at least double the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.

Here's FlexJobs' list of 10 high-paying side jobs you might want to consider:

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Sign language interpreter

Pay: $36.50 an hour

Type of flexibility: Part-time

Description: For those with sign language skills and an Interpreter's License (which are usually state-sponsored), part-time and freelance contracts are often available. Depending on the employer, you'll help different populations with hearing impairments communicate with interpretation.

Software developer

Pay: Up to $30 an hour

Type of flexibility: flexible schedule, part-time hours, telecommuting

Description: Software development jobs are one of the most in-demand positions available today, and many offer part-time and project-based work. Depending on the gig, you might be updating existing websites, creating new templates, helping to develop new websites and apps, and other related tasks.    

Online communications associate

Pay: Up to $25 an hour

Type of flexibility: Telecommute, part-time

Description: Online community management positions are a growing area for part-time work. Responsibilities typically include updating web content, managing social media, providing system administration, writing content, and creating reports.

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