Новости за 22.04.2016

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Ted Cruz is continuing to hammer Donald Trump over his Thursday remarks on so-called bathroom laws in states such as North Carolina that prevent transgender people from using the restrooms of their choice.

"How many of y'all here are tired of politicians lying to us?" Cruz rhetorically asked a crowd at a Friday rally in Pennsylvania.

Then Cruz brought up Trump's Thursday comments to the "Today" show asserting that transgender people should be able to... Читать дальше...

Using a cotton swab, food coloring, and dish soap, you can create a crazy color experiment with milk.

Illma Gore is the artist behind the infamous naked Trump painting. A photo of her piece, "Make America Great Again" went viral within an hour of posting it online. But the point of the project wasn't to poke fun at the candidate's physique.

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for all of "Game of Thrones," including speculation of future events. 

"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." 

Those sobering words were spoken in the third season of "Game of Thrones" by Ramsay Bolton, and it felt like he was breaking the fourth wall, warning viewers not to hope for the fantasy outcome they may desperately want. 

Just three episodes later, Ramsay's father Roose Bolton played... Читать дальше...

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When the trailer for the upcoming 'Jason Bourne' movie dropped, it came with a simple, stark poster.

Star Matt Damon's face is front and center with the tagline "You Know His Name" over it. Unlike previous films in the series, "The Bourne Identity" or "The Bournce Supremacy," the fifth film is simply the super spy's name:  "Jason Bourne."

It seemed a reasonable, straight forward design until Tom Butler, deputy editor of Yahoo UK, made a very astute observation about the Damon's movie posters... Читать дальше...

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Behavioral economists have pointed out dozens of ways in which human behavior deviates from standard economic theory.

As it turns out, our decisions and behavior aren't always rational, but are instead heavily influenced by emotions and cognitive blind spots.

One of the most well-known examples is the endowment effect, which describes our tendency to value things more highly when we already own them. If I'm trying to sell you my car, I might think it's worth $10,000... Читать дальше...

Yik Yak

After nearly two years, Yik Yak's cofounders Stephen Brooks Buffington and Tyler Steven Droll have settled a lawsuit with their former Furman University fraternity brother, Douglas Warstler.

Warstler claimed to be the forgotten founder of the anonymous gossip app and said he was cheated out of one-third of the company by Droll and Buffington.

The terms of the settlement have not been disclosed but Yik Yak's founders gave the following statement in a press release:

Neel Sethi was plucked out of obscurity to play Mowgli in "The Jungle Book." His feature film debut posed a unique challenge: he acted alongside characters that were mostly created in post-production. 

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In celebration of the new season of "Game of Thrones" airing this weekend, Spotify has a brand new website that can analyze your music tastes and tell you which character you are from the hit HBO show.

Here's how it works.

First, visit this website. Then log into your Spotify account.

Uh, sure.

Prepare yourself emotionally and click continue.

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When I graduated with a B.A. in English in 2010, I had big dreams ... and absolutely nothing on my resume.

I wanted to be a writer, but didn't have a single published clip to call my own. 

As you can imagine, the next few years weren't very fun. Since 2010, I've:

• been unemployed three times, for a total of 13 months.
• failed to hold a "full-time job" longer than a year.
• quit three jobs, been let go once and gotten myself fired once. Читать дальше...

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Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, is in New York on a three-day visit to sign the Paris climate treaty and promote Canada's climate agenda.

Work aside, he found some time to sneak in a little boxing, one of his favorite sports.

He sparred with Yuri Foreman, a professional boxer, at the famous Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, shortly after giving a talk on climate change at NYU, according to The Daily Mail. 

Trudeau made headlines last week for... Читать дальше...

Jerome Buting and Dean Strang, the defense attorneys featured in "Making a Murderer," respond to criticism from Steven Avery's new attorney. 

Antigravity aerial yoga is the latest fitness craze taking over the world, with participants hanging from hammocks and doing traditional yoga poses — in the air. The yoga is practiced at AntiGravity Fitness, which has locations all across the globe.

In Osaka, Japan, a man nicknamed "Uncle Rikuro" has been making these jiggly cheesecakes for 27 years. The cakes are so popular that there are always lines around the block. The cakes are best served hot, fluffy and jiggling.

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Social media may still only drive a small share of total online retail sales, but its impact is becoming impossible to ignore. Social-driven retail sales and referral traffic are rising at a faster pace than all other online channels. 

The top 500 retailers earned $3.3 billion from social shopping in 2014, up 26% from 2013, according to the Internet Retailer's Social Media 500. That is well ahead of the roughly 16% growth rate for the overall e-commerce market in the US. Читать дальше...

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Stocks went nowhere on Friday, capping what was a busy week for corporate earnings but a quiet week for the economy. 

First, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 18,003.75, +21.23, (0.12%)
• S&P 500: 2,091.58, +0.10, (0.00%)
• Nasdaq: 4,906.23, -39.66, (-0.80%)
• WTI crude oil: $43.73, +$0.55, (1.3%)

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Americans just hate the stock market.

In a note to clients on Friday, Fundstrat's Tom Lee noted that since 2007... Читать дальше...

Paratroopers make a big deal about jumping out of planes from 800 feet, but U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Alan Magee fell out of a plane at 22,000 feet without a parachute while the plane was on fire.

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As the premiere of "Silicon Valley" got ready to start in San Francisco, Zach Woods got out of his seat and left the room.

It wasn't just a poorly timed bathroom break. Despite starring the hit HBO show as Jared, Woods says he's never watched the show. 

In a Q&A session after the premiere, Woods explained that he doesn't watch to avoid being too critical of himself. He's watched himself in some clips when the actors have to re-voice a line, and he starts questioning everything about his acting. Читать дальше...

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Take note: For better or worse, Earth Day 2016 is going down in history.

On April 22, at least 170 heads of state and diplomats from around the globe signed the world's first international climate change accords, known as the Paris Agreement.

The pact was agreed upon by 195 countries (that's almost all of them) in December 2015, after two weeks of tough negotiations. 

According to Reuters, the agreement will have the highest number of signatories in history for any treaty's opening day. Читать дальше...

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If you travel regularly — whether that's for work or for play — getting the best-quality hotel and flight for the best possible price is probably a priority for you. 

That's the idea behind Marchay, a private travel club that counts noted event planner Bronson van Wyck, hedge fund director Boykin Curry, and interior designer Delphine Krakoff among its hundreds of members. 

"No matter how much money you have, everyone cares about rates,"... Читать дальше...

Matt Gibson

When Matt Gibson left his native British Columbia in 2004, he wasn't looking for adventure.

He was looking for a way to pay off his student loans.

Over ten years later, 37-year-old Gibson has long been loan-free and is still on the move, working as an adventure travel writer and photographer. In 2009, he started the first iteration of his current website, Xpat Matt.

Today, he earns $3,000-$5,000 a month writing and blogging, both for his own site and others. Читать дальше...

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Shares of Advanced Micro Devices jumped more than 40% Friday after the company announced a notable IP licensing agreement along with better-than-expected first-quarter 2016 results.

Quarterly revenue fell 19.2% year over year, to $832 million, and, based on generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), translated to a net loss of $109 million, or $0.14 per share. On an adjusted basis, AMD's net loss was a more modest $96 million, or $0.12 per share... Читать дальше...

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Oslo (AFP) - Quick-thinking medical staff in Norway saved a patient's life by calling in an F-16 fighter jet to whisk life-saving medical equipment from one hospital to another, media reports said Friday.  

The patient was fighting for his life and without a special lung and heart procedure called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) he would die. 

But the hospital in the town of Bodo in central Norway, where he was being treated... Читать дальше...

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According to Jonathan and Drew Scott, stars of the HGTV show "Property Brothers," you'll want to be careful how you renovate or remodel your home.

"Just as there are features you want in a house, and that also increase the value of the space, there are changes you should not make to a house," they write in their book, "Dream Home: The Property Brothers' Ultimate Guide to Finding & Fixing Your Perfect House." "These are features that can bite... Читать дальше...