Новости за 21.12.2015

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Odell Beckham Jr. reportedly felt threatened by members of the Carolina Panthers during warm-ups before Sunday's game, and a new report claims that the New York Giants believe that members of the Panthers not only threatened Beckham physically with baseball bats, but they also shouted homophobic slurs at him.

From CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora:

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Being able to retire early is the pinnacle of financial planning.

It brings together years of hard work, discipline and compromises to a joyful celebration.

Just thinking about the days when I won't need to work gets me excited.

But not everything will be rosy with an early exit.

Here are some of the challenges of early retirement:

Finances will continue to be a worry.

Many retirees end up spending much less than they originally... Читать дальше...

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Hillary Clinton's Republican opponents are slamming her for saying at the Democratic debate on Saturday night that the US is "finally where we need to be" in the fight against the terrorist group ISIS.

The Democratic presidential front-runner asserted that the US is on the right track with its strategy, even as the world is on high alert after multiple ISIS-linked terror attacks hit Western countries in recent months.

Clinton touted the strategy to "go... Читать дальше...

A bafflingly graded third-grade math quiz caused a firestorm on Reddit last week and has spread across the internet, causing several people to question Common Core math standards and the teacher's implementation of them.

Clark Moffatt

Clark Moffatt, 35, says he dreamed of a career in criminal justice when he graduated from San Diego's Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2006.

But since graduating, he says he's never held a job in the legal profession, or earned more than $25,000 a year. He lives in a rented mobile home and receives food stamps to provide for his wife and two children, he says.

"It's both frustrating and, to a degree, humiliating," Moffatt told Business Insider in a recent phone interview. Читать дальше...

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Editorial note: Last week, Business Insider named its 2015 Car of the Year, the Volvo XC90. We also revisited our reviews of the five runners-up. As a bonus, the transportation team is recalling the cars that they enjoyed, individually, the most in the year that's almost past.

Do not deny the pickup.

That's sage advice for anyone who intends to drive, and to drive in America. Sure, this nation is large and its highways and byways contain multitudes of vehicles, everything... Читать дальше...

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From the weather to movie reviews, we turned to Google a lot in 2015 to find answers to our questions. 

But there was one "what is" question that people asked the search engine more than any other: What is 0 divided by 0? 

And here's the answer, courtesy of Wolfram MathWorld:

Division by zero is the operation of taking the quotient of any number x and 0, i.e., x/0. The uniqueness of division breaks down when dividing by zero, since the product 0 • y = 0 is the same for any y... Читать дальше...

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After another rash of injuries in Week 15 of the NFL season, Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback Marcus Mariota is done for the season.

Mariota sprained his right MCL during Week 15 against the Patriots, and ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports his season is over.

Mariota had previously sprained his left MCL earlier in the season. 

With only two more weeks left in the season, it's not worth risking Mariota's long-term development to trot him out with a bad knee on a 3-11 team. Читать дальше...

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If you love Paris in the springtime, then you’ll adore Quebec City in the wintertime, where, for 17 days, the party never stops. Quebec’s Winter Carnival is the largest in the world, attracting more than one million people.

I was one of those fortunate people to arrive in this fortified city on the first day of the 2015 Winter Carnival. I spent the morning sledding down an ice chute, viewing the impressive ice castle, made from 1600 blocks of ice, eating maple syrup on snow... Читать дальше...

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Facebook is continuing its push to become the market leader in short-form digital video with the release of two new video features: a trial for a "Click for More" call-to-action button for desktop users, and the launch of live streaming for brands on their verified Pages. By building out its portfolio of digital media offerings, Facebook is moving itself into a more competitive position against online video platform, YouTube.

'Click for More' on desktop:

• Facebook... Читать дальше...

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Apple's new headquarters will feature the largest piece of curved glass in the world, claims chief designer Jony Ive.

The new campus was unveiled during a "60 Minutes" interview on Sunday night by Apple CEO Tim Cook and Ive. The building, set to be completed next year, is being worked on by 3,500 people.

But one of the coolest innovations of the new headquarters is its curved glass. More than 3,000 sheets of it will wrap around the entire building. All the panes were shipped from Southern Germany... Читать дальше...

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Tony Robbins, bestselling author of "Money: Master The Game," tells us the keys to making a relationship last. He also tells us how focusing on ourselves can destroy everything. 

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Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah on Monday vowed to respond to the killing in a suspected Israeli air strike near Damascus of one of its top militants, Samir Kantar.

The movement's chief, Hassan Nasrallah, said after the controversial militant's funeral in Beirut that Hezbollah reserves "the right to respond to this assassination at the time and place of our choosing.

"We in Hezbollah will exercise that right," he said in a televised address.

"For us... Читать дальше...

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The thought of hosting a large dinner can be overwhelming, but there are plenty of things you can do to make it less stressful. 

Learning a few cooking tricks can help turn your preparation from dreadful to fun. 

Whether you're hosting a holiday dinner party or happen to have a large crowd throughout the year, here are 15 tips that will help save you time and stress. 

Go for a buffet setup instead of individual plates.

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R. Kelly sat down for an interview with HuffPost Live on Monday, and after being asked about lawsuits and allegations accusing him of sexual abuse, he walked off the set.

"This is about trying to interrogate me and disrespect," R. Kelly said as host Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani asked the singer about his lyrics and how they relate to allegations that he sexually abused underage women.

R. Kelly has been dogged by such allegations for over a decade, allegations that involve several women. Читать дальше...

StarTalk Radio host Neil deGrasse Tyson took to Twitter on Monday, December 21, to deliver his first impressions of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."

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However you feel about his politics, Pirate Bay cofounder Peter Sunde certainly sticks by his beliefs.

The Swedish provocateur spent time in prison last year for his role in facilitating copyright infringement, but he refuses to give up publicly proclaiming his ideology, which revolves around people being able to copy and distribute any work.

His latest endeavor is a computer called "Kopimashin." Sunde built it out of a Raspberry Pi and an LCD display.

What does it do? Читать дальше...

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As we draw to the close of another year, it’s common for investors to ask themselves, “Am I invested the right way for the long term?” Unfortunately, too often we lack access to the data that could help answer that question.

Fortunately, Wealthfront is in a unique position. We have seen what thousands of people’s portfolios looked like before they were transferred to us and reinvested in tax-efficient, low-cost, globally-diversified portfolios.

Being a data-driven company... Читать дальше...

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Odell Beckham Jr. is likely to be suspended for a nasty helmet-to-helmet hit on Josh Norman during the third quarter of the New York Giants' game against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, and now numerous NFL Insiders are reporting that Beckham may have felt threatened by a curious Panthers pre-game ritual involving black baseball bats that he thought were being pointed threateningly at him from the sidelines.

From ESPN's Adam Schefter:

In pregame warm-ups, at least one Panthers official... Читать дальше...

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This was the year when tech companies turned their backs on the initial-public-offering market.

Investment bankers are expecting 2016 to be the year they come back.

Presented with an abundance of funding in the private markets and a volatile stock market that made closing IPOs much harder, many companies that would otherwise have hit the stock market chose not to this year.

CB Insights, which tracks private-market financing, says 190 tech companies... Читать дальше...

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I’ve never considered myself a credit card rewards master. I don’t do any of the “hacks” that can help you earn more rewards. I don’t apply for a bunch of new credit cards every year to game the sign-up bonus system. And I don’t strategize and analyze every purchase to make sure I’m getting the most cash back possible.

But this year, I made close to $500 in pure profit from my rewards credit cards ($497.70, to be exact.) Here’s how I did it.

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What happens when someone claims to have proved a famous conjecture?

Well, it depends. When a paper is submitted, the journal editor will pass it off to a respected expert for examination.

That referee will then scan the paper looking for a significant new idea. If there isn’t one, then the whole argument is unlikely to get much more scrutiny.

But if there is a kernel of a new approach, it will be checked carefully. Additional experts may be consulted. Eventually... Читать дальше...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating an outbreak of E. coli that appears linked to Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants.

"5 ill people have been identified in Kansas (1), North Dakota (1), and Oklahoma (3)," the CDC said in a statement. "The illnesses started on dates ranging from November 18, 2015 to November 26, 2015. All five (100%) reported eating at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in the week before illness started."

Shares of Chipotle are down 3% following the news. Читать дальше...