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Inside the Tolstoy Family Reunion

Mental Floss 

While most of us spend family reunions eating potato salad and trying to recall the name of our third cousin once removed, Leo Tolstoy's descendants listen to Chopin and have marathon War and Peace reading sessions.

5 fixable job-search mistakes that are keeping you from getting interviews

BusinessInsider.com 

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Searching for a new job is a tedious process. But one of the worst parts is learning a position you wanted was filled — before you ever even got a chance to interview.

If you find yourself in that situation over and over again, you want to figure out whatever's holding you back so you can address it ASAP. But, the truth is:

There's no "one size fits all" solution to guarantee you'll get an interview. Sometimes a pretty minor change (like proofreading) will make the difference. Читать дальше...

The idea that some people don't respond to exercise might just be a myth

BusinessInsider.com 

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Everyone responds to exercise differently — if you take ten people and put them on the same workout routine for three weeks, some will improve dramatically, but others may not appear to have changed physiologically at all. In some cases, a few people may even appear less fit.

Previously, this led researchers to think that some people are "non-responders," meaning exercise just doesn't work for them.

But more and more research is starting to indicate... Читать дальше...



A 30-something real estate investor with 13 years of experience shares his 3-word strategy for achieving financial independence

BusinessInsider.com 

Courtesy of Chad Carson

Chad Carson has worked in real estate since 2003, strategically building up a portfolio of 90 rental properties mostly in and around his hometown in Clemson, South Carolina.

After spending his first year out of college scouting properties for seasoned investors to buy and flip, he started using "house-hacking" and "live-and-flips" to increase savings and maximize earnings, he said on a recent episode of the Mad Fientist podcast.

By 2007, Carson and his business partner owned 50 rental properties. Читать дальше...

Mosul residents outraged by IS 'hole fee'

Yahoo Autos 

Cash-strapped jihadists punching holes in people's homes to move across west Mosul undetected are now asking victims to pay for the labour, several residents said Sunday. The fee is a modest 7,000 Iraqi dinars (around five US dollars) but adds insult to injury, said residents of Mosul's west bank, where the Islamic State group is digging in for a planned offensive by the Iraqi security forces. "Daesh is smashing holes in the walls of our homes without giving us a choice," said a resident of... Читать дальше...

Tight budgets spark talks of unionizing university faculty

McClatchy DC Bureau 

Faculty members are talking about setting up a union at New Mexico State University as budget issues persist and departments prepare to reorganize. Emails provided to the Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/2kCdd4i) … Click to Continue »

Are MBAs Still Hungry For Startups?

Forbes.com 

The top 100 MBA startups attracted $2.9bn, down from $5.2bn last year and $4.9bn in 2015. But the Poets & Quants MBA Startup ranking 2017 shows that business school graduates are using an MBA from a top school to open doors and secure solid funding.

CBS Radio-Entercom Merger Good For Radio

Forbes.com 

iHeart Media's Chairman and CEO Bob Pittman praised the CBS-Entercom deal by saying, “Radio is now the biggest reach medium -- and this merger is another important validation of the value of radio and audio.





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