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One of the best Netflix original series is one of the least-known: It's called "Chef's Table," and it's incredible. 

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A few years ago, I was watching an interview with Seth Godin, one of my heroes of the business world.

He was explaining the core differences between entrepreneurship and freelancing. I was getting heated just listening to him.

Here's how Seth explains it:

Freelancers get paid for their work. If you're a freelance copywriter, you get paid when you work. Entrepreneurs use other people's money to build a business bigger than themselves so that they can get paid when they sleep. Читать дальше...

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We'll be straight with you: If you tell someone at the last minute that you can't make it to their event, they'll probably be disappointed.

They'll also probably get over it — especially if you do it in a way that's polite and honest.

The first step is figuring out whether a phone call is in order, as opposed to an email or a text message. 

According to Rosalinda Oropeza Randall, an etiquette and civility expert and the author of "Don't Burp in the... Читать дальше...

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was poised for a debut flight on Saturday from a NASA launchpad that has idled since the end of the space shuttle program nearly six years ago.

However, a device that has caused SpaceX headaches and delays both in 2015 and 2014 — called a thrust vector control (TVC) — spurred mission managers to delay just seconds before liftoff. The device helps maintain the rocket's speed and direction.

The rocket was originally scheduled... Читать дальше...

Hollis Johnson

Let's cut right to the chase.

I was never a fan of the first-generation Acura NSX. In fact, I could rightly be called a critic of the car, introduced in 1990 and produced until 2005. I thought it was boring. A guy who lived down the street from me in Los Angeles owned one and parked it on front of his house. I never once paused to look at it.

Yes, I know the car was a designed by the legendary Pininfarnia. Didn't matter. I didn't care.

But the NSX had its fans, and plenty of them. Читать дальше...

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It's hard to believe that Rio de Janeiro hosted the Summer Olympics just six months ago.

Today, the Olympic Village has turned into a ghost town, and many of the venues have fallen into disrepair.

At the Maracana Stadium, the power has been turned off because there is nobody to pay the energy bill. Water in one practice pool is orange. Turf has turned brown and, along with countless stadium seats, inexplicably removed from the field.

And that... Читать дальше...

Volkswagen

Concept cars are only getting crazier.

Automakers use concept cars as a way to showcase their vision for future production models. Sometimes, the cars are tame, though innovative, offering a realistic example of features to come. But more often than not, car makers pack concept cars with features you'll probably never see — at least not within the next decade.

Either way, concept cars offer a fun way to look at automakers' more creative side. Scroll down for the ones we've seen so far:

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When last we checked in on President Trump and his assorted emoluments issues, a lawsuit had been filed and there was some question of whether the plaintiffs had any standing to proceed. There is now reason to believe the standing issue will be resolved and that there is a relatively easy way forward.

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Donald Trump's presidency is likely to be the second shortest ever, a leading historian and author has claimed. 

Professor Ronald L Feinman predicted that the former reality TV star will stay in the top job "between the 31 days of William Henry Harrison in 1841," who died pneumonia and the "199 days of James A. Garfield in 1881," who died 79 days after he was shot by an assassin "after terrible suffering and medical malpractice." 

Even if his time in... Читать дальше...

Epic Foundation

• Alexandre Mars is a serial entrepreneur who has been dubbed the "French Bill Gates."
• Since he started his first company at the age of 17, he says his goal has been to create a movement around charitable giving.
• Mars now runs Epic Foundation, a non-profit that aims to ensure 100% of philanthropists' money reaches their charity of choice. Now it wants to encourage businesses to donate 1% of their profits to charity and launch a new platform to encourage non-wealthy donors to give to good causes. Читать дальше...

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Since Ancient times, gold has served a very unique function in society.

Gold is extremely rare, impossible to create out of “thin air”, easily identifiable, malleable, and it does not tarnish. By nature of these properties, gold has been highly valued throughout history for every tiny ounce of weight. That’s why it’s been used by people for centuries as a monetary metal, a symbol of wealth, and a store of value.

Visualizing Gold’s Value... Читать дальше...

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Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, was one of the first foreign leaders to visit US President Donald Trump after his election in November and his inauguration in January for a simple reason — the US and Israel have one of the strongest military to military alliances in the world. 

But why?

The US supports Israel in diplomatic and military matters not because of the strength of pro-Israel lobbies like the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee... Читать дальше...

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• President Trump has begun the process to roll back parts of the Dodd-Frank Act, which helped dig the American economy out of the Great Recession by putting strict limitations on banks.

• Consumers would feel the affects the roll back in three key ways: relaxed lending standards, fewer regulations on small banks and businesses, and a more robust economy.

• Though consumers are hesitant to remove restraints on banks, another recession isn't likely.

With holidays and cold weather arriving at the same time, it's the perfect time of year to curl up on the couch and lose yourself in a good movie.

Ivyrevel

With help from Google, a new app is blending the world of a custom fashion and personal data. 

Called Coded Couture, the app was built by Ivyrevel — an online fashion house backed by H&M — in partnership with Google. Coded Couture's first product is the Data Dress, a personalized dress that's created by tracking the user's lifestyle for a week. 

One of Ivyrevel's founders, Kenza Zouiten, created the first data dress by letting the app log a week of her activities. Читать дальше...

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Even die-hard iPhone fans have to admit that the AMOLED displays on other phones, particularly those from Samsung, look better than the LCD screens on iPhones.

But if the rumors are true, iPhone fans may no longer need to make that admission, as Apple is reportedly looking to use a form of OLED display on the next iPhone. Just prepare your wallet, because OLED isn't cheap.

But that's just one of the rumors we're hearing. Check out all the latest scuttlebutt surrounding Apple's next iPhone. Читать дальше...

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The slow drip of revelations about communication between Russia and associates of President Donald Trump has created the kind of "unbelievable turmoil" in Washington that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been known to revel in.

"The whole environment is one of dysfunction in the Trump administration," Sen. John McCain told reporters on Tuesday, one day after National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was forced to resign following revelations he had discussed... Читать дальше...

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Food fraud is a $50 billion annual industry — and you're probably eating some of the evidence.

From Kobe beef to Parmesan cheese, restaurants and grocery stores are packed with foods that aren't quite what they seem.

Food makers and retailers cutting corners and hiking up prices can result in feeding consumers some less-than-truthful marketing. 

Now transparency is more important in the world of food than ever before. Consumers want to know what they're eating ... Читать дальше...

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Grant Langston has learned a lot over his 16-year tenure at eHarmony, the popular dating site launched in 2000.

But only in his six months as the company's new CEO has an important lesson become clear: Love conquers all — except when other dating apps are much easier to use.

"Whatever the onboarding time is for us," Langston recently told Business Insider, raising a flattened hand to about eye-level, "Tinder is here," he said, lowering his hand about two feet. Читать дальше...

Reuters

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Vatican authorities froze more than two million euros in cases of suspected money laundering in 2016 as part of Pope Francis' drive to clean up the finances of the Holy See, its chief magistrate said on Saturday.

Gian Pietro Milano, whose official title is Promoter of Justice, made the disclosure during his annual address on the state of the Vatican's criminal justice system.

Milano gave no details in his speech but added that the total amount... Читать дальше...

For the last 11 years or so, Spark Capital has found success by investing in some of the hottest consumer technology startups around: Yahoo's Tumblr, Facebook's Oculus, Twitter, and Warby Parker are all Spark investments.

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Americans prefer to flock to the South when they want a change of scenery. 

The truck-rental company Penske found that Atlanta was again the top city that people moved to in 2016. Florida and Texas were the only two states that had multiple cities on the list.  

While some of the moves would have been to rented properties, new home sales in the South have outpaced the rest of the country since 2010, as land is cheaper. 

Penske compiled the list based on one-way rental reservations. Читать дальше...

United Airlines

Two weeks after he found himself running an airline in crisis, and two weeks before he would end up lying unconscious in a hospital bed, Oscar Munoz already had a lot on his mind.

He had to clean up the mess his predecessor's bribery scandal had left. Negotiations with the flight attendants' union had broken down. And five years after a merger with Continental, United still felt like two airlines.

But on this day he was thinking about his unhappy workers, and he could not stop thinking about coffee cups. Читать дальше...