Новости за 22.11.2016

Seph Lawless

Chicago's Lincoln Mall shut its doors in January of last year, joining hundreds of now defunct malls in the graveyard of American shopping centers.

In the nearly two years since it closed, the mall has transformed from a vibrant shopping center into an eerie, deserted wasteland.

Photographer Seph Lawless, who became famous documenting the decline of abandoned malls, theme parks, and other buildings, recently visited the location to capture images of what remains. Читать дальше...

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A judge ruled on Monday that Koch Industries can keep $21.5 million in profits from the biggest Ponzi scheme in US history.

Bloomberg's Erik Larson reported that a US Bankruptcy court in New York ruled against a trustee working to retrieve money for victims of Bernie Madoff's fraudulent activities. The conglomerate owned by Charles and David Koch was an early investor with Madoff, according to court records reviewed by Bloomberg. 

In 2009, Madoff was sentenced... Читать дальше...

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The "Star Wars" franchise will have its first ever standalone movie when "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" opens in theaters on December 16, as another focusing on Han Solo is in production.

But standalone movies within the saga aren't a new idea that came together when Disney bought the franchise along with Lucasfilm in 2012 for $4 billion. 

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy revealed to Entertainment Weekly that "Star Wars" creator George Lucas... Читать дальше...

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Two years ago, oil prices plummeted after OPEC voted to not cut production.

Fast forward to 2016, and it looks like the cartel could be gearing up for a production cut.

As members prep themselves for the November 30 meeting, we took a look at how they have fared over the last few months in terms of economic, geopolitical, and security issues.

RBC Capital Markets' commodities research team led by Helima Croft ranked all 14 members from least to highest risk... Читать дальше...

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In an essay for Project Syndicate, Nobel Prize winning economist Robert Shiller nailed why the 'Make America Great Again' slogan resonated with so many Donald Trump supporters.

From his essay:

Trump’s victory clearly appears to stem from a sense of economic powerlessness, or a fear of losing power, among his supporters. To them, his simple slogan, “make America great again,” sounds like “make you great again.” Economic power will be given to the multitudes... Читать дальше...

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Digging into people's inner lives is tricky business.

You can't make blanket statements, like "All people who cut up their food into tiny pieces are neurotic."

You also can't make definitive statements about individual people, like "You talked about yourself this entire conversation, so you're obviously a narcissist."

What you can do is look into the research and see what certain behaviors might say about some people. In other words, a correlation... Читать дальше...

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President-elect Donald Trump responded to renewed controversy surrounding his business ties in a Tuesday interview with The New York Times, insisting "the president can't have a conflict of interest" as he faces scrutiny over a series of questionable interactions.

Tweets from Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Mike Grynbaum from the meeting showed that Trump understood how his business ties could be perceived.

"The law's totally on my side. The president... Читать дальше...

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The 2016 presidential election has caused enormous strains on relationships of all sorts, from friendships to families to marriages.

According to a Monmouth University poll, 7% of voters report having lost or ended a friendship because of this year's divisive presidential race. Despite party affiliations, one thing most voters could agree on was that this election brought out the worst in people.

As The New York Times and The Atlantic both reported... Читать дальше...

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Amazon is the greatest shopping website in the world. But there's one feature I didn't notice at first: the prices change.

Changing prices can be a good thing. If you pre-order a book and the price fluctuates, Amazon will give you the best possible figure. But more often, I have the nagging feeling that I could be spending a lot less on something, if only I was purchasing it at the right time.

That's where camelcamelcamel comes in. It's a website that tracks the price history of everything on Amazon. Читать дальше...

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A new website is asking students and others to “expose and document” professors who “discriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom.”

The site, called Professor Watchlist, is not without precedent -- predecessors include the now-defunct NoIndoctrination.org, which logged accounts of alleged bias in the classroom. There's also David Horowitz's 2006 book, The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America. Читать дальше...

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US banks may no longer be cheap, according to Macquarie Research, after the post-election rally in their share prices. While the S&P 500 is up 2.8% since the election, Super Regionals, or mid-sized banks active in multiple states, and the KBW Nasdaq Regional Banking Index are up 14.5% and 18.4% respectively.

"Banks have continued to lead the market in the wake of a surprise November Republican sweep," Macquarie Research's John Moran and his team observed in a note on Tuesday. Читать дальше...

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President-elect Donald Trump hasn't yet finalized his decision for who he'll tap to lead the Pentagon next year, but plenty of signs are pointing to retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as the top choice.

First and foremost among them are Trump's comments during an interview with New York Times reporters on Tuesday, in which he said he was "seriously considering" Mattis for Defense Secretary. 

The comments came just a day after an off-the-record meeting the President-elect... Читать дальше...

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New York University (NYU), a private university located in Manhattan, has unveiled a pilot program plan to save college students on housing. 

Deemed the "home stay" program, students would live in the spare bedrooms of local senior citizens and would cut their roughly $14,000-per-year housing bill in half, The New York Post reported.

The plan seems to be a common-sense solution to living in the most expensive city in the world in terms of student accommodation. Читать дальше...

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When Tina Nicolai began working as a recruiter for Walt Disney World in the late 1990s, she noticed that many job seekers were submitting flawed résumés.

"I realized people simply did not know how to market themselves or their achievements," Nicolai tells Business Insider. "And that's how I knew there was a market to educate job candidates at all levels and in all industries."

So in 2010, she founded Résumé Writers' Ink.

"Since launching my company, I've read over 40,000 résumés," she says. Читать дальше...

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It's a question that can throw you an instant curveball during a job interview or on an application: What's your salary history?

But if some state and federal lawmakers get their way, you won't have to encounter it again: There's growing momentum across the country to make it illegal for employers to ask about your previous pay.

The reason why this question is so contentious is because hiring managers typically use the number you give them to come up... Читать дальше...

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The number of homicide victims registered in Mexico in October was down slightly from the month before, with last month's 2,090 killings coming in below September's 2,189 and ending a three-month streak of record highs.

But that 4.52% decline from September to October doesn't obscure a larger and more worrying trend in Mexico's deadly violence — the country has seen a significant and sustained increase in homicides since last year.

Through October 2015, Mexico had 15,466 homicide victims... Читать дальше...

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The INSIDER Summary:

• From Season One to Season Seven, here are the must-see 'Gilmore Girls' episodes to watch before the Netflix revival.
• The dance marathon episode is a must-watch. Relive the (second) end of Dean and Rory and the official start of Jess and Rory.

As much as I'm sure we'd all love it, the fact of the matter is that no one really has the spare time with which to commit to re-watching every episode of Gilmore Girls prior to the release of A Year In The Life. Читать дальше...

These are a few freebies you can grab to easily improve your flying experience. It's simply a matter of asking for what you want.

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"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" will be the first ever standalone "Star Wars" movie when it's released in December. And to show just how different this movie will be from the seven-film (and counting) saga we've seen so far, look no further than how "Rogue One" will begin.

Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy told Entertainment Weekly that there will "more than likely" not be an opening crawl in the beginning of the movie. 

“We feel that that is proprietary with the saga films," Kennedy said. Читать дальше...

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This post from Ron Rule, CEO of As Seen on TV, originally appeared on Quora as an answer to the question, "What knowledge does the wealthy 10% understand that the other 90% are missing?"

1. That big money is served in small increments.

Whether that's ROI on investments, profits, margins on products you're selling, whatever. People who don’t understand this are always trying to double or quintuple their money in as few transactions as possible... Читать дальше...

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TOKYO/SYDNEY, Nov 22 (Reuters) - An Asia-Pacific trade deal stands almost no chance of working now that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has pulled the plug on it, proponents of the pact said on Tuesday, opening the way for China to assume the leadership mantle on trade.

Japan and Australia expressed their commitment to the pact on Tuesday, hours after Trump vowed to withdraw from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership on his first day in office, calling the deal "a potential... Читать дальше...

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President-elect Donald Trump appears ready to mold the future of the Federal Reserve.

According to a report from Bloomberg, citing two transition team sources, Trump plans to fill the two open seats on the Fed's Board of Governors within the first three months of his presidency.

These seats have remained open throughout much of President Barack Obama's administration due to political wrangling between the president and Congress.

Members of the... Читать дальше...

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Michelle Rhee, former head of Washington, DC's public schools, and Betsy DeVos, chairwoman of the American Federation for Children, met with President-elect Trump at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey over the weekend. The meeting fueled speculation that one of the education stalwarts may become the next secretary of education.

The meeting with DeVos, a former chairman of the Michigan Republican Party and staunch school choice advocate, was likely unsurprising to education experts... Читать дальше...

Foldscope

The hidden world that microscopes reveal, one of cells, larvae and bacteria, has traditionally only been available to those who have access to a lab or can afford to buy expensive equipment.

A new kind of foldable microscope grants that access to anyone who has $1 to spare and is willing to do a bit of origami.

The Foldscope, designed by Stanford bioengineers Manu Prakash and Jim Cybulski, is printed in separate pieces on a sheet of perforated waterproof paper. The kit comes with a ball lens... Читать дальше...

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Microsoft's dream of making Windows a major player in smartphones is all but dead, with 1% overall market share.

Even top executives are signaling that the company is treating Windows 10 Mobile as more of an academic exercise than a serious product.

And yet a new report from ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley indicates that Microsoft could have something up its sleeve.

Microsoft is said to be working on a project, to be finished by late 2017, that would... Читать дальше...