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Former Lumber Liquidators CEO Thomas Sullivan is selling a Miami home that was once owned by a Saudi prince

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16 Palm Ave Miami Beach FL

Built in the 1930s, this Mediterranean-style villa in Miami — now on the market for $25 million — is filled with quirky design details. It also has an unusual history of owners. 

The six-bedroom, 9,000-square-foot home on the artificial Palm Island has views over Biscayne Bay and an impressive 225 feet of private waterfront.

The current owner is Thomas Sullivan, founder and former CEO of Lumber Liquidators, the embattled wooden-flooring company.

Sullivan is also an investor in clean-energy technology and a Democratic supporter. He is known to have hosted President Obama for an event at this property in 2013, reports the South Florida Business Journal.

"When you are this close to the water you have to be concerned about climate change and rising sea level,” Sullivan has said.

Previously, the villa was the property of Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Faisal Bin Turki Bin Abdulaziz, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Besides its stunning oceanside pool, you'll also find a putting green, bocce court, and home theater inside. It's now listed with Dora Puig of Luxe Living Realty.

SEE ALSO: The world's billionaires are flocking to Miami's luxurious Porsche Design Tower, where they can use an elevator for their cars

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The six-bedroom home occupies an enviable waterfront lot on man-made Palm Island.



It's fronted by plenty of greenery and has custom-made Italian marble fountains.



The Olympic-size negative-edge pool is covered in dark blue mosaic tiles.



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7 things rich people never say, according to a nearly 20-year-old personal-finance classic

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One big difference between rich people and average people is what happens between the ears.

"Being a product of two strong dads allowed me the luxury of observing the effects different thoughts have on one's life," Robert Kiyosaki writes in the personal finance classic, "Rich Dad Poor Dad."

The two dads he refers to are his real father — his "poor dad," who struggled financially his whole life and died with bills to pay — and the father of his best friend — his "rich dad," who started with little before becoming one of the richest men in Hawaii.

"I noticed that my poor dad was poor, not because of the amount of money he earned, which was significant, but because of his thoughts and actions." 

Even the way he spoke was tremendously different from Kiyosaki's rich dad. Here are seven things the author heard his poor dad say often — but rich dad never did. 

SEE ALSO: A self-made millionaire says a single choice could be part of the reason you aren't getting rich

"I can't afford it."

Rich dad would say, "How can I afford it?"

"One is a statement, and the other is a question. One lets you off the hook, and the other forces you to think," Kiyosaki writes. "By automatically saying the words 'I can't afford it,' your brain stops working. By asking the question 'How can I afford it?' your brain is put to work."

This doesn't mean you should buy everything, he emphasizes. The point is that you should constantly exercise your mind, because the stronger your brain gets, the more money you'll make.



"I work for my money."

Rich dad would say, "My money works for me."

There is a difference between how rich people and average people choose to get paid. Average people choose to get paid based on time — on a steady salary or hourly rate — while rich people generally own their own businesses, work on commission, or choose stock options and profit sharing over higher salaries.

"If you work for money, you give the power to your employer," Kiyosaki writes. "If money works for you, you keep the power and control it."



"When it comes to money, play it safe. Don't take risks."

Rich dad would say, "Learn to manage risk."

Rich people play to win, which requires an element of risk-taking and a level of comfort with uncertainty.

As important as it is to take risks to accumulate wealth, it's equally important to be smart about risk-taking, which is why rich dad emphasizes "managing" risk. Blind risk won't get you anywhere, but intelligent risk — in which education and experience play a key role — is the mother of reward.



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Photos of Yellowstone National Park taken in 1871 and today look incredibly similar

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In the summer of 1871, photographer William Henry Jackson set out on two private expeditions to document the untamed, other-worldly beauty of a region that would become the country's first national park. At the time, Congress was reviewing legislation to establish Yellowstone National Park, but it needed convincing.

"Accounts of the wonders [explorers] had seen — spouting geysers, towering waterfalls and a huge, pristine mountain lake — seemed too extraordinary and were often dismissed as campfire tales," photojournalist Bradly J. Boner tells Tech Insider. "Written description and art could be embellished, but pictures couldn't lie."

Jackson returned to Capitol Hill with an exhibition of photos that diminished all doubts. Yellowstone National Park was born, much to his credit.

Fast-forward 145 years, and Boner returned to the Great American West to recapture Jackon's iconic images. Take a look at what he found.

Boner spent three years researching surveyors' diaries and hiking unmapped terrain in search of the locations where Jackson stood.



There have been some change of scenery since the inclusion of roads, bridges, and parking lots, which allow millions of people to experience Yellowstone annually.



But more or less, "the landscape has remained virtually untouched over almost a century and a half, save for changes wrought by the forces of nature," Boner says.



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19 brilliant ways to hack Ikea furniture

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Ikea furniture is notoriously ordinary.

But with a few extra tools and a creative mind, even the most basic furniture can be transformed into something unique.

We compiled some of our favorite Ikea hacks from IkeaHackers.net, a blog updated hourly with clever furniture "hacks" from Ikea users all over the world.

Here are 19 brilliant ways to make your Ikea furniture look like it doesn't come from Ikea.

Mandi Woodruff contributed to an earlier version of this article.

SEE ALSO: 16 ways to get more from household basics

This Blanda Matt salad bowl doesn't usually get much further than kitchen tables.

Cost of one, 5-inch serving bowl: $7.99



Hacker Robert had bigger plans than tossing salads. He used them to create speaker enclosures.

See his full hack here.



These Melltorp tables are pretty bland as is.

Cost of one table: $65



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The 34 oddest names for groups of animals

The world in photos this week

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A selection of photos from some of this week's biggest news that you might have missed.

SEE ALSO: Photos take us inside ISIS' underground lair

Migrants stand near a burning makeshift shelter set ablaze in protest against the partial dismantlement of the camp for migrants called the "Jungle", in Calais, France, March 3, 2016.



Stranded refugees and migrants try to bring down part of the border fence during a protest at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the Greek village of Idomeni, February 29, 2016.



A man walks on the rubble of damaged buildings in the rebel-controlled area of Jobar, a suburb of Damascus, Syria March 2, 2016.



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Tourists reveal their biggest travel horror stories from 14 different countries

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Traveling is one of the best things you can do to expand your world view, but that doesn't mean every experience will be enjoyable.

In a recent /r/AskReddit thread, world travelers were asked "What did you choose not to say about a country you visited to keep the story positive?" The entire thread is filled with stories ranging from the bizarre to the harrowing.

Keep reading to see some of the responses from people who traveled everywhere from Paris, France, to Waikiki, Hawaii.

"I was scammed at a nightclub in Istanbul."

"I met some other travellers and I joined their private table for most of the night. At the end, I was left with a $4,000 USD bill. In reality, the cost should have been in the $400 USD range.

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"When the bill came, the place cleared out and I was escorted to the ATM machine. My life threatened along the way. The ATM denied me so I was forced to call my credit card company. They denied raising my credit limit to pay the club.

"At the end of the day, I convinced them I had another credit card at my hotel. They escorted me to the hotel, I told the front desk what was up and they locked the doors and called the cops. Turns out the group that had me was recently busted with large amounts of money, drugs, and weapons." - HereIsYourBankersBox



"I got pick-pocketed in Barcelona. My first day there, lost nearly half my money."

- messrmo



"There's a lot of stray dogs in Peru."

"I've heard that stray dogs are kind of the norm in Latin American countries, and most of the ones I encountered didn't want anything to do with anyone passing by.

"However, there was one stray that I passed frequently while walking to a project I was working at and he was extremely aggressive, to the point that I started carrying rocks in my bag in case he chased me. He would follow me for blocks, remaining hidden in a yard until I passed by. He'd bare his teeth and growl, he also slobbered a lot.

"I didn't think it was rabies, but I'm also not 100% convinced it's not rabies." - honeynut-queerios



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18 awesome career choices most college kids would never think of

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For many students, a college degree puts you on the direct path to a certain career, such as a doctor, teacher, or journalist. 

But for many others, the future isn't as clear-cut.

Maybe you want to go to med school, but don't necessarily want to be a doctor. Maybe you love maps, but aren't sure how to incorporate that passion into a career. Or perhaps you just haven't found anything that sounds appealing yet. 

Luckily, there are tons of great career options out there that many college kids have no idea even exist. In this helpful thread, Reddit users shared some of these under-the-radar occupations that most students probably haven't heard of. And they pay fairly well, too.

Here are 18 of our favorites, including salary data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, for those who need some inspiration finding their dream job.

SEE ALSO: 15 of the toughest interview questions you'll hear on Wall Street

Air traffic controller

Average annual salary: $118,780

"After school and training it pays an average of 100k a year, but there is an age limit to get accepted."— Kate1320

"My father is an ATC at Pearson. 200k a year with brilliant benefits. He provided a great quality of life for my family."— 1stOnRT1



Court stenographer

Average annual salary: $55,000

"It's a three-year program (on average — took me four to finish), but if you're proficient in grammar, have strong language skills, have solid finger dexterity from playing an instrument or video games, and are able to work independently, it's an incredible career.

"You work from home most of the time, lawyers very rarely schedule depositions before 10:00 am, you can make your own schedule, and the pay is great. Your pay reflects how hard you want to work and the jobs you're getting, but I made 65k my first year and nearly 80k my second."— Bad_Karma21



Dental hygienist

Average annual salary: $71,970

"I'm starting dental hygiene school in the fall and I would have never looked into it while in college. It's only after I graduated and realized that I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do that I started seriously doing some research. Most dental hygiene programs only require a certain amount of prerequisite courses and a standardized test score for admission. Most are also bachelors degree programs as well, so mom and dad are pleased and you're spending the minimal amount of time you would earning a traditional university/college degree. Plus, salary starts at 50-60k a year with ridiculous benefits, at least in my area. Dentists treat their hygienists well!"— WinnifredBurkle

 



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15 things you should always try to get for free

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There are few things more thrilling for a deal shopper than getting something for free. In fact, freebie deals are often the most popular offers on our site.

From smartphones to restaurant food, there are certain categories that are regularly flush with free-of-charge promotions.

But while we see some of these items regularly for free, the obvious caveat is that they might not be exactly what you want, when you want them.

However, deal hunting becomes sublime (yes, we said sublime!) when you encounter a glorious freebie exactly when you need it. And if you get free stuff along the way, who are we to complain?

And so, without further ado, here are the top 15 categories where you can almost always find free stuff available, in some shape or form.

SEE ALSO: 1 in 7 Americans unwilling to go more than a day without using credit cards

1. Android Smartphones

If you're a fan of phones with Google's operating system, then you're in luck; so many new Android smartphones are released these days that the market has become saturated — and as a result, most models quickly fall to $0 (with new 2-year contracts) after a few months. Even trendy models with lots of media hype do eventually follow the same deal path; in fact, based on patterns we've seen thus far, we're predicting that the Samsung Galaxy S5 could become free with a contract as soon as this summer.



2. Anti-Virus Software

We regularly see both Newegg and Fry's Electronics offer free anti-virus software, to the extent that you could get away without ever paying for it. The caveat is that you must buy it, and then redeem a rebate to make it free. But paperwork is a small price to pay in the pursuit of a good deal. If you're adverse to rebates, there are also always-free options like Avast.



3. MP3 Downloads

Getting a full album for free can be difficult, but with the number of music credit freebies we see bundled with Amazon deals, you should be able to amass a stockpile of credits to purchase a number of MP3 downloads that tempt you. Moreover, Amazon currently has more than 50,000 free songs available for download. Plus, iTunes, Starbucks, and other vendors tend to distribute free songs on a weekly basis. Check out our complete guide for places to find free music downloads for a full set of options.



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5 things we want to see in Tesla's first affordable car

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Tesla is set to unveil its first mass market car, the Model 3, this month. 

The company began sending out invites to the event this week; the event itself happens March 31 in Los Angeles.

CEO Elon Musk has already said that the car will cost $35,000, have a range of about 200 miles, and be smaller than the Model S. Other details, however, have yet to be revealed. 

Musk has said a few times now that the Model 3 won't have as many bells and whistles as previous cars, which isn't surprising considering it's a lot more affordable than the Model S and the Model X — literally tens of thousands of dollars less.

But that doesn't mean it'll be less innovative than other Tesla cars. 

Tesla's chief technology officer JB Straubel recently said that he thinks people will be surprised at the number of features it includes. He also said that the car would have Tesla's "next generation" technology. 

Here's a few things we hope Tesla decides to include in the Model 3.

Tesla's signature 17-inch display

Given Straubel's comments, we may end up seeing Tesla's large display in the Model 3 — or at least something very similar. 

Electrek's Seth Weintraub also points out that the cost of designing a newer, less expensive middle stack could actually end up costing Tesla more money than going with the design they already use.



Autopilot hardware

During a Tesla event in October 2014, Musk said that all Model S cars going forward would be equipped with Autopilot hardware, which enables the company's semi-autonomous system.

Musk has also made it clear that Autopilot is a big focus  for Tesla right now and that self-driving cars are the future. 

All to say: it makes a lot of sense for the company to include Autopilot hardware in the Model 3. However, consumers will still have to shell out a few thousand dollars to turn the function on.



A range of 250 miles per charge

There's a good chance that the Model 3 will get a range closer that of the Model S 70, which is 240 miles per charge. 

During a Tesla press conference in March 2015, Musk was asked about the range of the Model 3 and he hinted that it would be more than 200 miles per charge. 

"Two-hundred miles is minimum threshold for an electric car. But it does need to be a true 200 miles," Musk said. "It's got to be 200 miles you can count on. And that is kind of a passing grade and anything below that is not a passing grade. But ideally, people are looking for a bit more than that, I'd say at least 20% to 30% more than that. So that is why we tend to favor a range of closer to 250 miles to 300 miles."

 

 



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The 5 best new songs you can stream right now

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kendrick lamar grammysNow that music comes out on Fridays, and not always on every streaming service, it can be hard to know where to find the next great song. So Business Insider is helping you with this rundown of the best of what's new in the music world that you can listen to right now — including Kendrick Lamar's surprise album of unreleased material that's full of riches.

SEE ALSO: Here are Hollywood's biggest donors in the 2016 election and how much they're spending

Kendrick Lamar - "untitled 07 | 2014-2016"

Kendrick Lamar dropped an album out of nowhere Friday called "untitled unmastered." Critics immediately raved about it, and "untitled 07" is what many consider to be the best track. Swizz Beatz posted an Instagram claiming his five-year-old son produced the song. If so, this kid is a prodigy.

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The Boxer Rebellion - "Big Ideas"

The Boxer Rebellion released the first single from their newest album in three years, “Ocean By Ocean" (April 29), and it’s addictive thanks to a captivating rhythm and Nathan Nicholson’s recognizable, affecting vocals.

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The Knocks - "Best for Last" (feat. Walk the Moon)

Pairing electronic duo The Knocks with Walk the Moon creates a song that, though not a total club jam, still makes you want to move.

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3 times humans have sued their robot impostors — and won

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Robots are amazing. They're machines, they work for us. But they also resemble us, threatening to replace us the moment we build them well enough.

That's an anxiety from science fiction, but it's also an increasingly real threat.

Carmakers have spent decades finding ways to kick people off their assembly lines in favor of the cold speed and effiency of specialized robot arms. Stephen Hawking recently warned that human brains may be just as nearly obsolete.

But what do you do if a robot actually replaces you? Not just your job, or even your role as a thinker. What do you do when a robot shows up that walks, talks, and looks just like you, the individual reading this article? Can you fight back? Or is waving a white flag the best thing to do, accepting the supremacy of a robot's cold, whirring flesh?

It turns out that several people have found themselves in that situation over the years. University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo explores how they handled their dilemmas in the first section of his paper, "Robots in American Law."

Here's how people have fought their robotic doppelgangers in court. 

Vanna White vs. Samsung

The first tale Calo tackles comes from the early 90s. Its young hero is Vanna White. You may know her as the Wheel of Fortune co-host charged with flipping over letters and wearing baller gowns all the time — but she's also a defender of human identity.

In 1988, Samsung ran a funny campaign in American magazines that imagined what the future would look like. One of their ads pictured a C-3PO-looking gold robot in a blonde wig and shapeless dress flipping over letters above the text "Longest-running game show. 2012 A.D." Har har.

Well, White didn't find it so funny to see herself replaced by a robot. So she did something about it, filing a federal lawsuit arguing that Samsung's ad violated her right of publicity and falsely implied an endorsement.

A trial court rejected her claim, but the Ninth Circuit took it up — and found in her favor, using what can only be described as the argument from Michael Jordan's unmistakable awesomeness. Here's an exerpt Calo pulls from the majority opinion:

Consider a hypothetical advertisement which depicts a mechanical robot with male features, an African-American complexion, and a bald head. … The ad depicts the robot dunking a basketball one-handed, stiff-armed, legs extended like open scissors, and tongue hanging out. Now envision that this ad is running on television during professional basketball games. Considered individually, the robot’s physical appearance, its dress, and its stance tell us little. Taken together, they lead to the only conclusion any sports viewer who has registered a discernable pulse in the past five years would reach: the ad is about Michael Jordan.

Just like an ad depicting a robot dunk so awesome only Jordan could have pulled it off would violate his right to publicity, a picture of a blond robot turning over letters on a wall violated Vanna's. She ultimately won $403,000 in damages.

Some jurists on the Ninth Circuit disagreed with the ruling. Judge Arthur Lawrence Alarcón had the simplest but hottest of takes in his dissent.

“One is Vanna White," he wrote. "The other is a robot. No one could reasonably confuse the two.”



Cliff and Norm from "Cheers" vs. Hank and Bob the robots

Vanna White's robot doppelganger just showed up in the wild imagination of a Samsung advertiser. Cliff and Norm from "Cheers" (or rather, the actors who played them) had to face down actual animatronic robots that showed up in the real world to imitate them.

In 1993, "Cheers" faced its last season after one of the most successful and memorable runs a comedy would ever have on network television. George Wendt and John Ratzenberger, who played the schlubby bar patrons Cliff and Norm, were getting ready to retire their classic characters and move on.

But then, a company that ran bars in airports called Host tried to preserve Cliff and Norm in the form of robot bar patrons "Hank" and "Bob" in airports from Kansas City to Christchurch, New Zealand. Host had the rights to build "Cheers"-themed bars, but hadn't cleared the likenesses with George or John.

"The robots differed from the clearly metal robot in White in that they were embodied, human-looking, and had specific names (Hank and Bob) that differed from those of the plaintiffs," Caro writes.

Like Cliff and Norm, Hank and Bob moved around and bantered with one another. As in White's case, the first court to peer into this weird mirror decided the robots were "totally different" and ruled for Host.

But again the Ninth Circuit took the humans' side. They took a look at the robots and decided that the machines violated the actors' rights to their own likenessess — "in part because people would come up to the plaintiffs and say things like, 'Hey George, I just had a drink with you in Kansas City.'”



Walter Ego loses his head (and torso)

The final case Calo covers is also the oldest and craziest.

In 1975, two companies built robots: Elnicky Enterprises' "Rodney" came first, and Spotlight Inc.'s "Walter Ego" was his carbon copy. Both companies used their machines to advertise at trade shows. So, of course, Elnnicky sued Spotlight in 1981.

The case is different from the previous two in that the robot in question isn't a human's doppleganger, but rather the doppleganger of another robot. But what really makes it special is the solution the US District Court of Manhattan came up with.

Due to Spotlight Inc's "deceit and contrivance," Judge Charles Brieant ruled "the dismantling of Water Ego's head and torso will be required." In other words, because his makers lied, Walter Ego would have to die.

Calo says the most interesting part of the case isn't its conclusion, but the human terms in which the court described the machines.

Throughout the case, the judges used the pronoun "he" to refer to both Rodney and Walter Ego, and were keenly interested in their mutual senses of fashion:

According to the court, “Rodney was casually attired and presented a rakish appearance,” whereas “Walter Ego is clean shaven, and has a grin reminiscent of Mortimer Snerd.”

The public found the whole case shocking, which Calo says shows just how hard it is for our imaginations, or our courts, to deal with robots. It's hard not to look at a thing with arms, legs, and head, which can walk and talk and appear to think, and not see it as at least a little human:

The public is reacting to a remedy that feels odd or even wrong given the anthropomorphic qualities of the disputed object, but which would fail even to raise an eyebrow were the artifact a toaster.

However, this case also proves that when the robots do rise up against us, we're not afraid to resort to beheading.



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The incredible rise of billionaire Donald Bren, the richest real estate developer in America

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California native Donald Bren is the wealthiest real estate developer in America, according to our list of the 50 richest people on earth, produced in collaboration with Wealth-X.

The mogul has an estimated net worth of $17 billion that comes primarily from his development and property investments in Southern California.

Bren's privately-held real estate investment company, Irvine Company, has aportfolio of properties that exceeds 110 million square feet and includes office buildings, apartments, marinas, and hotels, most of which is located in picturesque Orange County.

At 83 years old, the former US Marine is still running the show as chairman of Irvine Company — here's the story behind his success.

SEE ALSO: The 29 richest people in America

AND: How IKEA creator Ingvar Kamprad built the world's largest furniture retailer — and a $39 billion fortune

Donald Bren was born in Los Angeles in 1932. His father, a movie producer, and his mother, a patron of the performing arts, divorced when he was 10. His father remarried to an actress and his mother to a well-off industrialist.

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Bren and his brother attended Beverly Hills High School and spent their summers working as carpenters for their dad's real estate development business. A key lesson he learned from his father: "When you hold property over the long term, you’re able to create better values and you have something tangible to show for it," Bren told the Los Angeles Times in 2011.

Sources: Fortune, Los Angeles Times

 



Bren earned a partial athletic scholarship to the University of Washington for skiing. He was reportedly a stylish skier and an avid competitor who was set to go to the 1956 Olympics but couldn't participate because of a broken ankle.

Source: Fortune



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Here are 13 photos of Hillary Clinton in high school

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hasn't always been in the public sphere.

Before she was locked in her second race for president, a Secretary of State, a senator from New York, a First Lady, a lawyer, or a Yale or Wellesley student, then-Hillary Rodham was a Chicago-area teen and part of the first graduating class at Maine South High School.

She was also a Republican who supported ultra-conservative Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona in the 1964 election.

"At the time, believe it or not, I was a Republican, like my father," she wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times in 2008. "My ninth-grade history teacher, Paul Carlson, had encouraged me to read Sen. Barry Goldwater's book, 'The Conscience of a Conservative.' I even wrote a term paper about it."

The school held a mock presidential debate that year, and Clinton was assigned to play former US President Lyndon Johnson.

She wasn't thrilled.

"I was a Goldwater girl through and through," she said. "That's why I protested when a young government teacher, Jerry Baker, assigned me to play President Johnson in the debate. Mr. Baker said he wanted us to explore another perspective. He wouldn't back down."

Clinton wrote that, after falling for some of Johnson's policies, her "days as a Republican were numbered!" 

Thanks to Classmates.com, we found photos of Clinton from her high school days in Park Ridge, Illinois.

SEE ALSO: Here are 8 photos of Donald Trump in high school

Clinton graduated from Maine South High School in 1965.

"High school was an eye-opening time for me," she wrote in 2008, before saying that she sometimes refused to wear the "thick glasses" she needed for her "terrible eyesight."

"My friend Betsy had to lead me around town like a seeing-eye dog," she wrote.

Clinton wears those thick glasses in one of the following photos.

 



Nearly unrecognizable, see if you can pick out Clinton in this photo from her freshman-year homeroom.

 

 

Hint: She's wearing those thick glasses.



A young Hillary sits at the center of the second row as a member of her freshman-year class council.

From 1961-1964, she attended Maine East High School and was redistricted when Maine South first opened.

Just a year before she started high school at Maine East, the school's second-most famous graduate left its campus: Movie star Harrison Ford.



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8 mind-boggling numbers about Scott Kelly's epic time in space

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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly

On March 1, astronaut and Instagram star Scott Kelly returned to Earth after spending 340 days in space, a record for a NASA astronaut.

Kelly's nearly year in space has been a critical mission for NASA, helping to reveal details that will be key to future missions to Mars.

For example, understanding how the human body reacts to long-term stays in zero gravity will be crucial.

During his time in space, Kelly drank nearly 200 gallons of recycled urine and sweat and traveled over 140 million miles, according to The New York Times. Here are some more extreme numbers from The Times about Kelly's historic time in space:

READ MORE: The fascinating and terrible things that would happen to you if you tried to fly on Jupiter — and other planets

SEE ALSO: The 12 most compelling scientific findings that suggest aliens are real

713 photos posted to Instagram — that's two posts a day on average.

#Water #YearInSpace #spacestation #iss #space

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915,000 Twitter followers, which he interacted with more than 2,000 times. Here's his Twitter profile picture:



5,440 orbits around Earth, while traveling at over 17,000 mph.



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A Goldman Sachs partner sent a memo to the bank's junior staff, and every young person on Wall Street should read it

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It is a tough time to work on Wall Street.

It has been a terrible start to 2016, and it follows a brutal 2015.

It seems barely a week goes by without fresh news of job cuts at a top investment bank.

Morale is low, and junior bankers and traders who have just started in finance are asking themselves about the industry's long-term prospects.

Early Wednesday morning, London-based Goldman Sachs partner Joseph Mauro, head of fixed income, currencies, and commodities European hedge fund sales and cohead of European macro rates sales, sent a memo to associates at the firm addressing some of these concerns.

The fixed-income business at Goldman Sachs has seen job cuts. Goldman CFO Harvey Schwartz said in November that the bank had quietly been making cuts to the division, laying off more than 10% of staff since 2013.

The memo from Mauro addresses some of the recent departures from Goldman Sachs, and looks to put some of the industry's current travails in perspective.

Mauro, who started at Goldman Sachs in 1998 and rejoined the bank after cofounding a broadband internet company, also shares some of the advice he has received over his career.

We're told that the associates love it and they're passing it around internally. We've obtained a copy and included it below. All the images below are from the memo.

Goldman Sachs declined to comment.







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This is how Bugatti built the Veyron — the insanely fast hypercar that's now been succeeded by the new Chiron

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Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport

It had 16 cylinders, 1,001 horsepower, went from 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, had a top speed of 253 miles per hour — and a starting price of well over $1 million.

The Bugatti Veyron was made of incredible numbers. What began as a mere idea deep within the Volkswagen Group grew to become the equivalent of the Concorde for the road.

But it's now officially retired — but succeeded by an even more insanely fast and powerful Bugatti, the Chiron, which was just unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. 

In the early 20th century, the Bugatti name was synonymous with performance. Frenchman Ettore Bugatti founded the company in 1909 and built some of the most legendary performance and touring cars ever. However, misfortunes and changes in markets forced them to shut down in 1952.

But the company has been resurrected twice. In the late 1980s, Italian businessman Romano Artoli purchased the rights to the name and built the EB110 supercar. But the company shut down in 1995.

In 1998, Volkswagen bought the name, and unleashed a slew of concept cars on the show circuit. Starting in 2001, they decided to make the fastest car in the world in a bespoke factory in Molsheim, France.

But how the Veyron was made is unlike the process for any other other car in the world. Its story is one of creating a car that in many respects redefined what we thought a car could be. It's not surprising that auto enthusiasts — notably the chaps at the British motoring TV show "Top Gear"— have called the Veyron the greatest car ever created by human hands on planet Earth.

This is how it was put together and tested. We can assume the Chiron went through the same process.

[An earlier version of this post was written by Travis Okulski.]

The 16-cylinder engine is the heart of the Veyron.



And its journey started here: VW's Salzgitter engine plant.



This is, without a doubt, one of the largest engine factories in the world.



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These stunning before-and-after photos are helping an Instagram star launch a fitness empire

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Have you heard of Kayla Itsines?

The Instagram star and trainer has built a massive empire with over 4.6 million followers.

The 24-year-old Australian has become Instagram-famous with her Bikini Body Guides. She also recently launched an app that essentially puts her training in her fans' pockets.

The star has cultivated an online community that calls itself "Kayla's Army," largely by sharing impressive progress photos — or "transformations"— of the women who are committed to her program. It serves as visible inspiration.

These are some of the photos Itsines has shared:

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The Bikini Body Guides are relatively simple.

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Itsines provides her clients with three days of circuit-training routines that change every week. She encourages women to do sessions of "LISS" (low-intensity steady-state cardio) and later incorporate "HIIT" (high-intensity interval training) into their training regimen.



The "HELP"— Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Plan — guide features two weeks of diet plans.

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Itsines doesn't appear to encourage restrictive diets — in fact, she sent a promotional email that discussed "why diets don't work."



It's a 12-week program, and many women appear to repeat it. Itsines also offers a "2.0" version for people who finish the first guide and want more of a challenge.

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It's $119.97 AUD to
purchase the workout guide and the eating plan together. That's expensive, but it's cheaper than regular SoulCycle classes.



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This is Boeing's newest airliner: the 737 Max (BA)

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Boeing 737 Max 8

Late last year, Boeing rolled out the first completed 737 Max 8 airliner at its assembly facility in Renton, Washington. The company's next-generation single-aisle plane was presented at a ceremony in front of several thousand Boeing employees.

Over the years, the 737 family has become the best-selling airliner in the history of commercial aviation, with more than 13,000 aircraft sold since 1965. It is arguably Boeing's bread-and-butter model.

"Today marks another in a long series of milestones that our team has achieved on time, per plan, together," Boeing Vice President Keith Leverkuhn said in a statement. "With the rollout of the new 737 Max — the first new airplane of Boeing's second century — our team is upholding an incredible legacy while taking the 737 to the next level of performance."

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Since its introduction in 1967, Boeing's 737 has helped revolutionize short- to medium-range air travel. Upon its debut, the original 737 was dubbed the "baby Boeing."



The 737 offered airlines a capable and reliable aircraft at a much lower price than Boeing's larger and more expensive 707 and 727 models — perfect for short routes between cities.



In the late 1970s, Boeing developed a generation of 737 jets called the "Classic Series." They offered more range and seating capacity. In addition, the Classic Series was offered with the new CFM56 turbofan engines, which provided greatly improved fuel economy and power.



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The 20 cities where Americans work the hardest

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Jersey City New Jersey

Americans work a lot.

According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Americans logged on average 1,789 hours of work in 2014. That's at least 100 more hours a year than workers in European countries like the UK, France, Germany, or Denmark.

And when looking at US census data, that number could be higher, since the average working American logs about 39 hours a week.

So where do people work the hardest?

To find out, personal-finance site WalletHub recently analyzed and ranked 116 of the most populated cities based on six metrics related directly or indirectly to work, including average workweek hours, labor-force participation, and commute time. To read more about the study's methodology, check out the full report here.

Here's where some of the hardest-working Americans live:

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No. 20: Houston, Texas

Average hours worked per week: 39.7

Labor-force participation rate: 74.58%

Minutes spent commuting on an average day: 26.1

Percentage of workers with multiple jobs: 3.90%

Minutes of leisure time spent on an average day: 326.92



No. 19: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Average hours worked per week: 39.6

Labor-force participation rate: 74.96%

Minutes spent commuting on an average day: 20.5

Percentage of workers with multiple jobs: 4.50%

Minutes of leisure time spent on an average day: 347.01



No. 18: Garland, Texas

Average hours worked per week: 39.3

Labor-force participation rate: 78.11%

Minutes spent commuting on an average day: 27.6

Percentage of workers with multiple jobs: 3.90%

Minutes of leisure time spent on an average day: 326.92



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