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Photography is hard. And all the advice out there can get confusing.

But here's one thing you can do today to step up your photo game: Pay attention to your background.

It's counter-intuitive. The most important part of an image is the subject, right? But I'll show you how a bit of attention to your background can make your subjects much more interesting and exciting.

Here's how I shot before I learned to care about backgrounds

I'd focus... Читать дальше...

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"Deadpool" is out in theaters this weekend. While Ryan Reynold's self-aware, often inappropriate antihero is definitely the star of the film, there are a few other X-Men characters who steal the spotlight.

One of those characters is Colossus, a seven-foot-tall gentle giant made out of metal who repeatedly badgers Deadpool to join the X-Men.

You've probably seen him in trailers:

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While you may think Colossus is just one actor doing a motion capture performance... Читать дальше...

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is known for building awesome Mars-exploring robots and spacecraft that sends back data from billions of miles away, but you don't necessarily need to go inside the restricted labs to see something cool.

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Dialogues with college seniors in the midst of trying to figure out "what comes next" often reveal a disconnect between student life and launching a successful career.

It's easy to empathize with the cry, "I can get an A in my senior seminar but I don't have a clue about how to get a job."

Ideally, colleges and universities would fund career services departments with a full complement of savvy professionals. However, more often than not, budgets are cramped... Читать дальше...

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If you've ever made fried chicken, you know how hard it can be to replicate the satisfying, crunchy crust perfected by KFC or Popeyes Chicken.

But, according to a food scientist, one surprising ingredient could do the trick — vodka.

That's what J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, managing culinary director of seriouseats.com, found after hundreds of experiments in the kitchen.

The reason vodka is the ideal ingredient for a fried chicken marinade mixture is rooted in science, Lopez-Alt said. Читать дальше...

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The next decade will be lousy for investors.

Jonathan Wilmot, head of macroeconomic research at Credit Suisse Asset Management, compared today's environment to the aftermath of the Latin America debt crisis, the 1930s Great Depression, and the 2008 Great Recession.

Here's the upshot: After an initial multiyear recovery in stock and bond prices after a crisis (the rally we saw through last year) comes a long stretch of lousy returns.

Wilmot said that would be "disastrous"... Читать дальше...

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Perhaps you've worked for a micromanager, the kind who screen-peeps from two seats away as you're typing out a memo.

Or maybe you've worked for an extreme delegator, someone who seems content to let you make the calls on super-important issues, even when you'd like a little more guidance.

Neither situation is favorable, but it turns out there's a third managerial path that only the very best leaders, so called superbosses, take: Be a micromanager and an extreme delegator. Читать дальше...

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Pope Francis arrived in Havana on Friday to meet the head of the Russian Orthodox Church nearly 1,000 years after Eastern Orthodoxy split with Rome, marking the first encounter in history between a Roman Catholic pope and a Russian Orthodox patriarch.

The two religious leaders, guests of a Communist government, will address the millennium-long rift between the Western and Eastern branches of Christianity, which arose out of differences in practices and political orientation during the first millenia AD... Читать дальше...

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I went to two CFO events last fall: a panel for hyper-growth companies in Silicon Valley and a breakfast in Dallas for Fortune 500 CFOs.

Each event had a different theme, but the conversation at both ended up being the same: how the role of CFO is changing with the proliferation of technology and big data.

In fact, the conversation was so much the same that I found my mind wandering halfway through the second event. That’s when it hit me: Most... Читать дальше...

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It might seem like becoming a tech entrepreneur is an expedient path to wealth.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Snapchat's Evan Spiegel, Oracle's Larry Ellison, and Amazon's Jeff Bezos became billionaires through the companies they founded.

So if you create a successful, popular website, web service, or app, you're bound to get rich, right?

Charles Adler disagrees.

Adler is the cofounder of crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, which reached 100,000 campaigns funded through the site. Читать дальше...

Tortoise, a 115-foot, eco-friendly superyacht built in 2015 by Arcadia Yachts, is essentially a fiberglass floating fortress—and it is currently available for charter in the Mediterranean.

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's military said on Friday it was mobilizing troops to prepare for an offensive the government has pledged to launch this year to retake the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State.

Hundreds of forces from the army's 15th division reached Makhmour base, 70 km (45 miles) south of Mosul, and more forces, including Sunni Muslim tribal fighters, were expected to arrive in coming days, said Brigadier-General Yahya Rasool, spokesman for the joint operations command. Читать дальше...

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Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump just threatened to sue US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over his eligibility to be president.

"If @TedCruz doesn't clean up his act, stop cheating, & doing negative ads, I have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen," Trump warned Friday on Twitter.

Cruz was born in Canada to an American mother, and most legal experts believe that he meets the constitutional requirement that presidents are "natural-born" citizens. Читать дальше...

Crude oil just had its biggest day in seven years.

On Friday, West Texas Intermediate crude futures in New York surged 12% to $29.44 per barrel, its biggest intraday percentage gain since February 2009.

On Thursday, WTI fell to a 12-year low of $26.21. Prices had been declining earlier in the week after the International Energy Agency warned that the excess of supply over demand was set to worsen.

But prices started rebounding Thursday after a Wall Street Journal reporter... Читать дальше...

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Giant tech companies are going to go after "unbelievable acquisition opportunities," according to Goldman Sachs' president, Gary Cohn.

In a recent Q&A with The Information's Jessica Lessin, Cohn said that "anything under $10 billion" could become an acquisition target.

He said that when firms' multiples are based on eyeballs or users, they can't be acquired by those whose multiples are based on earnings because "it's too dilutive."

That's changing. Читать дальше...

Splacer

A vacant church isn't just a church anymore.

Thanks to Splacer, a new startup that promises to do for events what Airbnb did for overnight stays, an otherwise unusable place of worship — like the one Splacer user Kaitlyn C. rents for $575 an hour — can (and does) transform into a music video shoot, conference center, and concert hall.

While intriguing in its own right — who wouldn't want a brief, voyeuristic glimpse into someone else's life? — the service also serves a crucial need. Читать дальше...

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Unregistered broker used client money to pay gambling debts (Financial Advisor)

Gregory Ruehle, an unregistered broker based in Oceanside, California, was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with "fraudulently selling purported stock in a medical device company and pocketing investors’ money," according to Financial Advisor. Читать дальше...

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Have you ever wondered how to get in to the hottest nightclubs?

Outside, you see long lines of lithe young partiers. Inside, you know hip revelers are guzzling magnum-sized bottles of Dom Perignon and dancing the night away.

But that pesky velvet rope can be a daunting barrier between you and the blasting music, beautiful people, and blurred-lines debauchery within.

Enter Tablelist, the app for getting in to nightclubs.

"People have a fear of going out," Julian Jung... Читать дальше...

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The band OK Go is known for pulling off some impressive feats in their music videos.

Their first big hit came in 2009 with the music video for "Here It Goes Again." In that video, they ran on treadmills while belting out the lyrics. For their song "This Too Shall Pass," they set up an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine. 

Now the band has topped its previous efforts. On Thursday, OK Go released a music video for their single "Upside Down & Inside... Читать дальше...

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The NBA may still be behind the NFL and Major League Baseball in terms of generating money, but thanks to rising TV revenue and smaller rosters, an NBA career can be lucrative.

This is especially true for the athletes who played a large chunk of their careers between the late 1990s and the 2011 lockout.

While many of the all-time greats of the past 20 years are among the highest paid of all time, these years also led to some large contracts for some otherwise mediocre players. Читать дальше...

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Invest for the long haul.

If you're like most investors, you'd probably rather spend your free time with family, friends, watching football, shopping or taking the kids to the park.

The financial markets are complex, and there is a lot of information that can be confusing to someone who's simply trying to save for retirement, sock money away for their kid's college education and build a nest egg.

Here are eight rookie investing traps to avoid while you map out your investment plan. Читать дальше...

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Europe just gave Greece a big ultimatum.

On Friday, EU member states told Greece that it has three months to remedy the "deficiencies" in controlling the influx of migrants, or else "effectively face suspension from the Schengen passport-free zone," reported the AFP.

The Schengen Agreement allows for passport-free movement across a wide swathe of Europe, and is a big deal for trade and tourism in Europe.

This ultimatum comes at a time when Europe is dealing with a massive refugee crisis... Читать дальше...

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Finding the right job can be difficult when you’re younger. Family expectations, choosing the right degree, and that first step into adulthood are all added pressures.

It’s journey Showpo founder Jane Lu knows all too well.

“[At school] I got a 99+ UAI [a high percentile rank used for college admissions], I studied commerce at UNSW, I got a job even before I graduated. I was definitely ticking the right boxes for being a good Chinese daughter,” laughs... Читать дальше...

In an ode to all of Kanye West's most recent accomplishments, the rapper-turned-fashion designer held a big event at Madison Square Garden during New York Fashion Week to celebrate his newest fashion collection and his latest album, which after multiple name changes is called "The Life of Pablo."