Новости за 29.07.2016

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The following story contains a major spoiler for "Suicide Squad." Read at your own risk.

We've known from almost the very beginning that Batman would be making his second DC movie appearance in "Suicide Squad.” However, we now know that he's not the only hero who will be featured in the film. After recent rumors began to swirl about that "Suicide Squad" would see an additional superhero cameo, the official credits have been released by Warner Bros., and right there... Читать дальше...

You may have curtains that slide using rotating handles in your apartment, but you probably don't have moving walls. The facade of the Kiefer Technic Showroom is made of panels that can move automatically, controlling temperature and sunlight. The facade is designed by Ernst Giselbrecht + Partner.

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There's a whole crop of high-growth Silicon Valley startups itching to become public companies and trying to read the tea leaves to gauge how well received their still unprofitable companies will be.

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Online meal delivery services Grubhub and Seamless, both owned by Grubhub Inc., continue to dominate the on-demand meal delivery market. In fact, the combined company reported record revenue during the second quarter of this year, its financials reinforcing both Grubhub and Seamless as top players in the industry.

• Grubhub Inc. reported a record... Читать дальше...

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What could be more terrifying than talking to someone you're attracted to? 

Luckily, social science has figured out what makes flirting work — or not.

Below, we've rounded up some of the most intriguing findings on the art of flirtation, so you can saunter over to the object of your affection with confidence.

This is an update of an article originally posted by Drake Baer.

People flirt for six different reasons

In a 2004 review of the literature on flirting... Читать дальше...

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As soon as I got the email, I knew.

Call it intuition, call it years of experience — but it was bad. I could feel it.

"Hey Hill," my client wrote. "Can you talk on Tuesday?"

My heart plunged to the wheels of my desk chair.

This particular client wasn't just anyone, either. They were a favorite of mine. Not only did they bring in one of my biggest paychecks, they were also an awesome team to work with. The project manager and I were buddies. We had a seamless system. Читать дальше...

If you haven't yet seen it, you really need to watch Thursday night's Democratic convention speech by Khizr Khan, the father of Army Cpt. Humayun Khan, a Muslim immigrant who was killed in action in Iraq in 2004 while protecting his unit from a car bomb.

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Two top U.S. diplomats working to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine have accused Russia of continuing to supply separatist fighters with fuel and weapons and creating a "deteriorating security situation" in the region that is as bad as it was a year ago.

Ambassador Daniel Baer, head of the U.S. mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt made the statements during a July 29 telephonic press briefing from Vienna. Читать дальше...

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Apple CEO Tim Cook will host a fundraiser for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton next month.

He'll have help, though. Apple vice president Lisa Jackson, who heads up the company's environmental policy, will join him, according to an invitation obtained by Buzzfeed News. 

Jackson is a political figure. Before she joined Apple, she was appointed by President Barack Obama as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her and Cook attended a White House state dinner together last year. Читать дальше...

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Deutsche Bank's head of US rates sales, Bryan North-Clauss, has left the firm, according to two people familiar with the matter.

North-Clauss joined the firm last September from Morgan Stanley.

He was based in New York and originally reported to Chris Yoshida, who was global head of rates sale before also leaving the firm in March.

Deutsche Bank's rates-trading business, which had targeted ambitious revenue growth in 2016, suffered from a tough start to the year. Читать дальше...

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There's a difference between being organized and living tidy.

The former is a good quality to have, the latter is a lifestyle choice called minimalism, a practice that extols living with less possessions. I'm an organizer and always have been — but I'm also a pack rat, which is a minimalist's foil.

Minimalism is a visually-appealing — albeit mentally-perplexing — trend. While it feels good to have possessions and own things, minimalists say it feels even better to own very few things... Читать дальше...

Warning: There are spoilers ahead if you're not caught up with "The Walking Dead."

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Wendell Lira, a Brazilian soccer player who once beat Lionel Messi for a Goal of the Year Award, has announced he will retire in order to pursue a passion of his: becoming the world's best FIFA video game player.

Lira beat Messi and AS Roma's Alessandro Florenzi for the famed Ferenc Puskas Award in 2015, which is awarded every year to the scorer of the year's best goal. Here's a video of Lira's winning goal:

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It's no lie that college is the best four years of your life.

But it goes by fast, so you should take advantage of every second of your undergrad years. Yes, college is about preparing you for the future. But mostly, it's about trying new things.

Here are 34 things you have to do before graduating college.

Travel to a new country. This is one of the few times in your life where you’ll have the flexibility to travel this much.

And if you want to see some new places... Читать дальше...

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With all of the hype and media coverage surrounding both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, many Americans who could not attend themselves may be wondering about the chanting, flag-waving, and occasionally booing crowds they saw on T.V. 

Who are those people? What makes the population at the DNC so different from that of the RNC?

In a telling study, Yelp compiled some interesting data about what the people at each convention were looking up on its search engine. Читать дальше...

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Bullying isn't just for school kids on the playground.

Andrew Faas, a former senior executive with Canada's two largest retail organizations, found this out the hard way when he blew the whistle on a corrupt colleague, and subsequently had his phone and email hacked and even received an anonymous death threat.

To help others, Faas says in his new book, " The Bully's Trap," any worker being hired or promoted in a supervisory position should be required to take a psychological test. Читать дальше...

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A local Black Lives Matter chapter decided to endorse the Republican candidate for Senate in Ohio, Politico reported.

Rob Portman, the Republican incumbent in the state, landed the endorsement of the Black Lives Matter group in Cuyahoga County — the state's most populous and home to Cleveland, host city of last week's GOP convention.

The endorsement is highly unusual, given that the movement has been much more closely tied to Democratic politicians. Читать дальше...

Scientists didn’t think a white dwarf and a red dwarf star system could have such a violent relationship.

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Amnesty International says a new decree in Venezuela that says the government can make any of its citizens farm the country's fields in order to combat its current, punishing food crisis "effectively amounts to forced labour."

"The decree, officially published earlier this week, establishes that people working in public and private companies can be called upon to join state-sponsored organizations specialized in the production of food," Amnesty International reported.

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

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BEIJING (Reuters) - The risk of Zika virus infections at the Olympic Games is both low and manageable, the chief of the World Health Organization said on Friday, a week before the event kicks off in the Brazilian capital.

Nearly half a million people are expected to visit for the Games, many from the United States. Worries about security, the Zika virus and an economic crisis could deter travelers, with just under a third of event tickets as yet unsold.

Brazil... Читать дальше...

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Where in the world companies should source, assemble, formulate, produce, or distribute their goods is a topic of much debate. From offshoring to nearshoring to rightshoring, and even so-called nextshoring, today’s leaders are scratching their collective heads.

These are clearly confusing times. Global transportation networks have erased borders and brought companies closer to untapped demand and affordable labor. At the same time, shifting global forces make it difficult ... Читать дальше...

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Wendell Lira, a 27-year-old player for the Brazilian soccer club Goianésia, is retiring to play the "FIFA" video game full-time, according to Brazilian soccer news site GloboEsporte.com.

Many of us would also like to announce our retirements to focus on playing "FIFA." But unless you're really, really good at it, it's probably a terrible idea.

Good thing, then, that Lira is really, really good at "FIFA."

On November 6, 2015, Lira took on the "FIFA" world champion at the time... Читать дальше...

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TOULON, France (Reuters) - Two people suspected of links to terrorism were arrested on Friday by armed police officers on a high-speed train in Toulon, in the south of France, and the train was searched, a train conductor announced to passengers, according to a Reuters witness.

The TGV train was traveling from Nice to Paris.

"There were two people suspected of planning an attack and they were removed from the train," the conductor announced over the public address system. Читать дальше...