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Steven Lim acknowledges two major worries in his job: Trying to avoid putting on an extra 20 pounds or so, and trying not to become a total restaurant snob.

"This is going to ruin me," he said.

This, in this case, is "Worth It," a BuzzFeed original series Lim helped create and stars in. "Worth It," features Lim and co-star Andrew Ilnyckyj comparing high end menu items like $70 cheesecakes with $4 variations. 

That means suffering through multiple variations of high-end and low-end burgers... Читать дальше...

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Watch the Army test upgraded armor vehicles meant to counter increased Russian firepower

Australian shares closed lower to start the week.

Today’s scoreboard:

ASX 200: 5,725.90 -21.21 (-0.37%)
All Ordinaries: 5,780.00 -18.51 (-0.32%)
AUD/USD: 0.7923 -0.0008 (-0.10%)

The local market started the week lower as banks fell, with the ASX200 financials index down by 0.3%.

All four of the major banks finished lower, led by CBA which closed down more than 1%.

Both BHP (+0.9%) and Rio Tinto (+1.4%) finished higher, while Fortescue closed up by 6.55%... Читать дальше...

Domestic airfares in Australia are falling again, according to new analysis from Commsec.

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The Los Angeles Times' editorial board published a scathing column on Sunday that targeted President Donald Trump and the GOP in the wake of last week's tragedy in Charlottesville.

"These are not normal times," the editorial began. "The man in the White House is reckless and unmanageable, a danger to the Constitution, a threat to our democratic institutions." 

The board specifically singled out Trump's refusal to clearly condemn neo-Nazis... Читать дальше...

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All across the southern United States, sometimes in the dead of night, statues are falling.

In the days since the violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend, over the fate of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, activists in Durham, North Carolina, have used ropes to tear down a statue of a Confederate soldier outside the city’s former courthouse; authorities in Baltimore moved in the early hours to take down the city’s Confederate monuments; and the mayor of Birmingham... Читать дальше...

The next version of Microsoft's long running Xbox line of video game consoles is named Xbox One X. It costs $500, and launches November 7. You can pre-order one starting on Sunday.

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This article was co-written by Adeline Lacroix, who works with Fabienne Cazalis and was recently diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. A second year master’s student in psychology, she is working on a scientific literature review about the characteristics of high-functioning autistic women.

Let’s call her Sophie. The description we’ll give could be that of any woman who is on the autistic spectrum without knowing it. Because they’re intelligent and used to compensating for communication... Читать дальше...

If you're thinking about betting against Alibaba's stock, you might first consider simply lighting your money on fire.

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When most people think of Scrabble, they think of a leisurely game night in grandma's living room.

But for a few thousand people, the iconic board game is a competitive, adrenaline-filled, highly cerebral discipline, worthy of hundreds of hours of study and a lifetime of obsession.

I'm one of those few, and last month, I flew to New Orleans to compete in the North American Scrabble Championship with 400 fellow word nerds.

The tournament was a marathon ... Читать дальше...

Reporting season on the ASX200 is about halfway through, and results have been steady if not spectacular.

Jeffrey Immelt, the former CEO of GE, is now the top candidate to become the new CEO of Uber, Recode reported on Saturday, citing "numerous" unnamed sources.

The rum brand Sailor Jerry sold a million cases for the first time this year, second only to longtime category leader Captain Morgan. The company credits its revamped marketing strategy, centered on Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins — the renowned American tattoo artist that it is named after. Sailor Jerry has also ditched TV and multiplied its fans through strategic partnerships with influencers like celebrity tattoo artists Jonathan Valena, musicians like Alabama Shakes and brands like Harley-Davidson. Читать дальше...

Say what you like about Donald Trump, but it's clear that he continues to have a large sway over financial markets.

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• Being competent and seeming competent to others are not always the same thing
• There are steps you can take to seem more competent, from speaking more quickly to telling appropriate jokes
• However, don't alter your behavior or appearance seeking competence in any way that makes you uncomfortable or doesn't feel genuine

We trust that you're a highly competent person. But it's normal to sometimes feel inadequate, especially... Читать дальше...

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Tehran (AFP) - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday the top foreign policy priority for his new government was to protect the nuclear deal from being torn up by the United States.

"The most important job of our foreign minister is first to stand behind the JCPOA, and not to allow the US and other enemies to succeed," Rouhani told parliament, using the technical name for the 2015 deal that eased sanctions in exchange for curbs to Iran's nuclear programme. Читать дальше...

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I think most of you reading this right now are aware that gold is unlike any other metal, certainly any other element.

It doesn’t play by the same rules as iron or tin or aluminum, and its value has nothing to do with its utility—or lack thereof. People valued the yellow metal for its beauty and malleability eons before they knew of its usefulness in conducting electricity or its chemical inertness.

That gold is so chemically “boring,” though... Читать дальше...

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Andy Rubin has a different take on how a startup incubator should operate.

After leaving Google in 2014, Rubin, the reputed father of the Android operating system, launched his own incubator, dubbed Playground Global.

This past week, while showing off the new Essential Phone, which a Playground company designed, Rubin talked about the philosophy behind the organization.

"Playground has a unique structure," he said. "We're a venture capital firm mashed up with a design studio."

He added... Читать дальше...

Entertainment company Village Roadshow will reportedly pursue legal action against "hundreds" of Australians the company believes illegally downloaded its films.

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When it comes to renewable energy, Minnesota isn’t typically a headline-grabber: in 2016 it got about 18 percent of its energy from wind, good enough to rank in the top 10 states.

But it’s just 28th in terms of installed solar capacity, and its relatively small size means projects within its borders rarely garner the attention that giants like California and Texas routinely get.

A new report on the future of energy in the state should turn some heads (PDF). Читать дальше...

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• BuzzFeed says some of its original shows like "Worth It" pull in audiences as big as top TV shows.
• The company is ready to tell that story to advertisers in an attempt to get a slice of TV ad budgets.
• BuzzFeed's focus on original shows comes as Facebook rolls out its Watch video hub.

Like many digital-media companies, BuzzFeed would like to steal a piece of the $72 billion US TV ad market. Increasingly, BuzzFeed believes its... Читать дальше...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as the tireless, teary host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethons, has died. He was 91.

Publicist Candi Cazau says Lewis died Sunday morning of natural causes at age 91 in Las Vegas with his family by his side.

Lewis' career spanned... Читать дальше...

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Madrid (AFP) - Traces of the easy-to-make but deadly explosive TATP — known as the "mother of Satan" — have been found in a house where the alleged attackers in the twin assaults in Spain were believed to be building bombs, police said Sunday.

Used by jihadists everywhere from Paris and Brussels to the battlefields of Syria and Iraq, the dangerously unstable TATP has become the explosive of choice for the Islamic State group, which claimed the attacks in Barcelona and the seaside resort of Cambrils. Читать дальше...

Unless sentiment towards the US dollar starts to turn, or commodity prices begin to weaken, the Australian dollar is likely to remain well supported for the remainder of the year. And that means previous expectations for significant broad-based weakness are unlikely to eventuate.