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Go inside the most expensive home in San Francisco, on the market for $28 million

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2250 Vallejo

What does the most expensive house in one of America's most expensive cities look like?

According to Curbed SF, 2250 Vallejo, a circa-1901 mansion-turned-contemporary dream home built on one of San Francisco's highest streets, just became the most expensive listing in the city.

Meticulously refurbished on the outside and completely recreated on the inside, the 9,095-square-foot home is a rare mix of modern luxury and historical character. It has seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms spread out over three floors of space.

Neal Ward of Neal Ward Properties has the listing.

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Welcome to 2250 Vallejo Street, the most expensive home for sale in the city of San Francisco.



The building was originally built in 1901 for wealthy fish-packing mogul James Madison (no, not the president). Its outdoor facade was completely restored to its original Beaux-Arts beauty.



The top-to-bottom restoration of the property took two years to complete.



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Drone footage will make you want to book a trip to the Scottish Highlands

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Yes, that's Scotland you're looking at right now. The UK's northernmost country has it all.

The footage, shot mainly with a drone by John Duncan, takes you on a tour through the sparsely populated yet striking Scottish Highlands up to the rocky coast. The only real evidence of human life here are the ruins of castles scattered throughout. No wonder movies like "Trainspotting" and "Skyfall" chose to shoot in Scotland.

Story by Ian Phillips and editing by Stephen Parkhurst

 

 

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I attended the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade with two young children for the first time, and here's what happened

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Waking up at 5 a.m. to attend a parade with two children under the age of four sounds a little bit crazy to me. Yet despite my hesitation that is exactly what I did for the 2015 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

After moving to New York in August of this year, my wife and I decided we would embrace the full extent of New York City culture. 

Before we headed out to parade I read a lot of tips about how to make the most out of the annual event.

The two biggest pieces of advice I received was to arrive early and find a spot near the start of the parade at 77th street. 

We arrived in New York City at 5:45 a.m. The closest parking lot we could find was at 100th street. We took a brisk 25-block walk before the sun was even considering its daily appearance. 

My wife carried our 1-year-old in a Boba baby carrier while I placed my 3-year-old daughter in my hiking carrier, a backpack designed to carry a small child in a fixed seat. 

By 6:30 a.m. we were waiting for the parade to start, alongside hundreds of other parents who also decided to beat the crowds to the festivities.

Even with our early arrival we were two to three rows from the front of the line. By 7:00 a.m. I estimate that there were more than 1,000 people standing behind us. 

Here's what we experienced — both expected and unexpected. 

 

SEE ALSO: Here's what happens to the giant Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons during the other 364 days a year

A good place to stand requires arriving hours before the parade begins.



Hundreds of people gathered by 7:00 a.m.



By 8:00 a.m. there were easily 1,000 people standing dozens of rows back.



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5 scary things scientists and economists think could happen by 2050

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Great innovations and progress are coming for humanity, but so too are threats of unprecedented magnitude.

Climate change. Cyber terror. Hunger.

Though such terms frequently appear in discussions about the future, the reality of these problems is often lost on us. Unfortunately, scientists and economists agree that we cannot keep distancing ourselves forever. If left unchecked, many of these problems will become global catastrophes by the year 2050. 

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Why you should run a mile instead of a marathon

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So you swore you'd run a marathon this year.

Good news: You can stop feeling guilty about not starting to train for it yet.

As it turns out, you can get some of the same benefits of long-distance running and other types of endurance training without ever passing the five-mile mark.

That's right. Running fast and hard for just five to 10 minutes a day can add years to your life, just as running for hours can. In fact, people who run for less than an hour a week — so long as they get in their few minutes of daily running — get similar benefits in terms of heart health compared with people who run more than three hours a week.

That finding squares with recent research showing that short bursts of intense exercise can provide some of the same health benefits as long, endurance-style workouts.

Marathoners, meet interval training

One of the most popular forms of the quick workout — and the one that has been studied the most — is interval training. Basically, you work yourself as hard and fast as you can for a few minutes, rest, then do it again. The best part? It typically lasts only between five and 10 minutes total. (There's even a New York Times workout app based on the idea, called the 7-Minute Workout. More on that here.)

Despite consuming far less time than a marathon training session, an interval workout may actually be healthier in the long run (pun intended), according to some research done in the past decade.

A 2012 study comparing a group of runners who did traditional, continuous runs with a group of runners who did interval training found that both groups achieved nearly the same results. There was one small difference, though. The interval trainers had better peak oxygen uptake, an important measure of endurance.

And a recent study in the journal Diabetologia found that doing walking interval training — an hour of alternating between three minutes of brisk walking and three minutes of stopping — helped people with diabetes control their blood-sugar levels far better than simply walking at the same pace continuously.

Still not convinced?

Consider this: Distance running could actually be bad for you.

There's some evidence to suggest that prolonged, intense exercise — such as the type necessary in the weeks and months before a marathon and in the race itself — can have some unhealthy side effects, from reduced immune function to digestive issues.

Working the body to its maximum, some research shows, can reduce the body's natural ability to fend off upper-respiratory infections including colds and the flu. Short bouts of activity, on the other hand, improve immune function. Quick workouts appear to not only reduce your chances of getting sick, but to reduce the severity of an illness when you do come down with something.

Up to 71% of long-distance runners also experience abdominal cramping and diarrhea (the latter being so frequent that runners have a term for it: "Runner's Trots," aka "runner's diarrhea"). Many runners (even those without a history of it), experience acid reflux, a condition with effects like heartburn, indigestion, coughing, hoarseness, and asthma during and immediately after a long run.

Here's what it all comes down to: Whether you stick to a long-distance routine or opt for a quicker, daily exercise plan, it's important to keep in mind that more is not always better.

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I spent 2 weeks researching restaurants at every price point before my mom came to visit NYC, and here's where we went

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About a month ago, my food-loving mom flew in from North Carolina to spend a weekend in New York City with me.

She was in charge of picking activities; I was in charge of picking food. 

I wanted her to experience a variety of cuisines and see different neighborhoods of Manhattan. I also had to account for one "splurge" night — to celebrate her new job — but wanted to balance that out with affordable spots.

Most importantly, I wanted these places to have really good food

There were a lot of factors to consider, but after two weeks of indecision and second-guessing, here's what I came up with, from $4 oats at a tiny oatmeal bar to $14 guacamole at Richard Sandoval's elegant Mexican restaurant, Pampano.

The itinerary

After several days of Googling, Yelping, polling people, and making — then canceling and remaking — reservations, I came up with a (tentative) agenda, hence the pencil. 

We didn't make it everywhere, but we did a did a pretty good job following through on this aggressively scheduled itinerary. 

 



Friday breakfast — Frisson Espresso

By the time my mom arrived on Friday, I was already at work, but that was no reason for her to miss out on a cup of NYC joe and a fattening pastry. 

I decided to leave my apartment keys for her at the coffee shop a few doors down from my place in Hell's Kitchen: Frisson Espresso. The relatively new shop is charming, with just as charming of a staff who agreed to deliver my keys to the suitcase-lugging-lady arriving at 10:30am. 

They also let me pre-pay for a coffee and scone to greet the traveler.

Price: $7.25 for a medium coffee and scone (I left tip for their hospitality)

$ out of $$$$ on Yelp



Friday lunch — Sagaponack

A coworker recommended this lunch spot tucked away on W 22nd street in the Flatiron District. It's one of those places where you enter and immediately forget you're in the middle of bustling New York City; its nautical inspired decor gives it the feel of its namesake town Sagaponack, in the Hamptons.

We ordered on the lighter side, trying to pace ourselves for the caloric marathon we were about to embark on over the next few days, and went with their East End salad and hummus platter. Had we not been pacing, we would have explored other parts of the menu, which offers burgers, tacos, lobster rolls, hot and cold sandwiches, and pasta. 

While the food was flavorful, fresh, and exactly what we wanted, the service was a bit slow. I'm all for leisurely meals, but a weekday lunch that drags for over an hour can be stressful.

Price: $31.67 for two courses and two Diet Cokes

$$ out of $$$$ on Yelp



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Because its website crashed on Black Friday, Neiman Marcus is doing Black Saturday

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US shoppers took to their smartphones, tablets and PCs in record numbers on Black Friday, spending $2.72 billion shopping online, according to Adobe.

And one major retailer, Neiman Marcus, largely missed out, because its website kept crashing. The retailer says that the intermittent outage on Friday occurred over about 12 hours. It's not revealing the cause of the outage.

But the retailer is trying to get back into the Black Friday game by extending all of its Black Friday online promotions until 6 PM central on Saturday.

So there's still time to grab a Black Friday deal or two.

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The 20 most powerful people in tech

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Business Insider recently released its list of the most powerful people in the world, and 12 of our top 50 were innovators, CEOs, and influencers from the tech world.  

To determine the ranking, we considered more than 100 of the most influential players in business, politics, and entertainment, and evaluated their influence using metrics in four major areas: economic power, command, newsworthiness, and impact— a subjective measure that captures how important they are in their respective spheres.

We then narrowed down the list to just those in the tech industry, adding eight tech stars that narrowly missed our top 50. (You can read the full methodology here.)

Read on to see the 20 most powerful people in tech.

Editing by Alex Morrell with additional research by Andy Kiersz.

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20. Reed Hastings

Title: Cofounder and CEO, Netflix

Country: US

Age: 55

As the founder and CEO of Netflix— the streaming media service that’s made over 100 million hours of movies and TV available to users and has produced a slew of award-winning original television series— Hastings has redefined what it means to watch and create TV in 2015.

Although Netflix's stock has been a roller coaster since going public in 2002, its shares hit a record high of $126.45 in August — a more than eight-fold increase from its IPO — and the company today is worth more than $50 billion. 

Hastings, who has a net worth of more than $1.25 billion, isn’t only changing the experience for viewers, he’s also enhancing the lives of his employees. This summer, the company, which already offers unlimited vacation, instituted up to a year of paid maternity and paternity leave for its employees, paving the way for other forward-thinking companies to follow suit.



19. Reid Hoffman

Title: Cofounder and chairman, LinkedIn

Country: US

Age: 48

Reid Hoffman has been involved with several of the world's most prominent tech firms. Hoffman started his career in 1994 as a product manager at Apple and later served on the board and as executive vice president for PayPal. In 2003 he cofounded LinkedIn, the professional networking service that has more than 400 million members in over 200 countries and is worth $32 billion.  

Today, Hoffman's a partner at storied VC firm Greylock Partners, where he has advised and worked with tech stalwarts like Facebook and Airbnb. He's become one of the most well-connected and experienced investors in tech, and young entrepreneurs and executives hang on his every word, whether he's offering management advice or sharing lessons he's learned from early career failures.

Last year, the self-made billionaire — whose net worth is at least $5 billion, according to Wealth-X — coauthored the best-selling book “The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age,” and this fall, between his work at Greylock and LinkedIn, he’s teaching a class on startup success at Stanford with Silicon Valley fixtures John Lilly, Allen Blue, and Chris Yeh.



18. Peter Thiel

Title: Cofounder and chairman, Palantir

Country: US

Age: 48

PayPal cofounder, early Facebook investor, and bestselling author of “Zero to One” Peter Thiel has a fortune of over $2.3 billion and is one of the tech industry's most revered investors. Though he sold most of his Facebook stock following the social media company’s IPO in 2012, the billionaire still has his hand in several projects across Silicon Valley. Most notably, his secretive big-data company Palantir, which was valued at $20.2 billion after raising a $100 million round of funding in October.

Thanks to Thiel and investments from his venture capital firm Founders Fund, several other startups have come to fruition since 2005 as well, including home rental site Airbnb, ride hailing service Lyft, and music streaming app Spotify.

Thiel also runs the Thiel Foundation, which awards a annual crop of 20 young entrepreneurs $100,000 each to chase their business ideas. Ever unconventional — he notoriously hates suits and doesn’t hire MBAs— one of Thiel's requirements for his fellows is that they forego or drop out of college for two years to pursue the program.



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RANKED: the best fast food in America

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French fries, cheeseburgers, pizzas, and Tex-Mex burritos have become ambassadors of American cuisine.

And there are countless options across the country, from the Golden Arches to Chipotle. 

But with so many choices, one wonders: where is the best burger? Where are the finest fries? Who has the choicest chicken nuggets? And where can you get the best breakfast, fast?

Over the past few months, we've diligently tried and tested all of the finest mainstream options.

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First up, the cheeseburgers. Between Burger King, McDonald's, and Wendy's 1/4 lb equivalents ...



McDonald's Quarter Pounder looks the best, and it's a classic and safe bet.



But if you're looking for pure beefy burger taste, Wendy's might actually be best. The patty is thick and flavorful — always freshly grilled. Plus, red onions add sharpness and tang.



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33 books everyone should read before turning 30

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Your 20s are a time for figuring out who you are and what you want from life.

While the only way to learn is to survive the inevitable cycle of successes and failures, it is always useful to have some guidance along the way.

To help you out, we've selected some of our favorite books that likely never made your high-school or college reading lists.

It's an eclectic selection that focuses on topics like understanding your identity, shaping your worldview, and laying the foundation for a fulfilling career.

Here's what we think you should read before you turn 30.

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'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius

As you become an adult, you realize that there will never be a time in your life where everything is just as you hoped it would be.

"Meditations" is a collection of personal writings on maintaining mental toughness from the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who ruled from 161 to 180 and became remembered as one of the great "philosopher kings."

As Gregory Hays notes in the introduction to his translation, Aurelius wrote his musings on resilience and leadership in a "dark and stressful period" in the last decade of his life.

The emperor's version of Stoic philosophy has remained relevant for 1,800 years because it offers timeless advice for gaining control of one's emotions and progressing past all obstacles in one's path.

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'The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays' by Albert Camus

We all have a reason to get out of bed in the morning, and we start to question that reason after entering the real world.

As "The Stranger" author Albert Camus sees it, all people find themselves in an irrational world struggling to find meaning for their lives where there is none.

His main message, however, is that just as the legend of Sisyphus tells of a god who was eternally punished by having to push a rock up a hill, only to have it fall down each time he reached the peak, we should embrace the drive for meaning and lead happy, fulfilling lives with a clear-eyed view of the world.

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'Crime and Punishment' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Regardless of your personal philosophy, there will be times when the world pushes against you and you wonder why it's worth trying to better yourself and help others.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel is not only a gripping story, but it's an argument against the nihilism that was popular among Russian intellectual circles in his time.

"Crime and Punishment" is the tale of a 23-year-old man named Raskolnikov who, acting on a nagging urge, murders two old women and then struggles with processing the act.

Dostoyevsky argues that rationalism taken to its extreme ignores the powerful bonds that connect humanity and give us responsibility over each other.

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Hawaii's breathtaking but illegal 'Stairway To Heaven' is in danger of closing — so now locals want to charge $100 to climb it

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Would you pay $100 just to take a hike? In an attempt to save a beloved landmark, Oahu, Hawaii, residents are proposing to charge the tourists who come to climb the famed "Haiku stairs" in their state's capital.

The "Stairway To Heaven," as it has been nicknamed by locals, has nearly 4,000 steps that lead to the summit of Puu Keahi a Kahoe. It has been officially closed for nearly 30 years now, but the laws haven't stopped massive amounts of tourists and locals from making the trek.

It's definitely not easy — those who dare to pass have to avoid guards and make their way around guarded fences.

Earlier this year, the stairs were damaged during a storm, and now a decision must be made about what to do with them. The Hawaiian government has proposed tearing them down, but they're facing heavy opposition. A counter plan proposes charging tourists $100 to hike the stairs, with a much more modest fee of between $5 and $20 for locals.

With views like these, it's clear why people are fighting to keep it.

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Originally wooden, the stairs were built as an access path during World War II, leading up 2,000 feet to a naval antenna that was one of the largest of its kind at the time.

Steel replaced wood in the 1950s, and a US Coast Guard navigation station was established at the top where the stairs would lead to. The station closed in 1987, and the stairs were officially marked off-limits.



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The city reportedly invested nearly $1 million in the early 2000s to revamp the trail so that it could legally open up to the public. Unfortunately, the city never followed through on their promise, and the grounds remained private.

It has been a hotly contested issue in the community, involving both city and government institutions.  



 

To tear it down now could cost the city of Honolulu up to $5 million. 



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The $60-billion cosmetic industry is shockingly unregulated

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Face wash, lipstick, makeup, and nail polish often carry labels like "tested" and "clinically-proven." Cosmetics like these are big business in the US, constituting about a $60 billion market.

But how does the cosmetics industry regulate the safety of its products?

In the US, the FDA oversees cosmetics. But unlike drugs (which must get approval before they can be sold), cosmetics do not. As a result, companies that use or sell unsafe ingredients usually only get in trouble if they get caught.

According to the FDA's website, it's up to individual companies, rather than the FDA, to ensure their products are safe. Compared to Canada and the European Union, both of whom have pretty strict oversight over cosmetics, the FDA has very few hard-and-fast rules.

Here's what is still lurking in our cosmetics:

Lipstick

power pose sitting red lipstickThe makeup brand Lime Crime came under fire from the FDA in July for having color additives, the single ingredient the FDA does require approval for in cosmetics, in some of its products.

"Color is something that the FDA takes very seriously," said Robert Lochhead, a polymer science professor at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Lochhead told Business Insider the reason the FDA is so concerned with color additives relative to other chemicals is part of the agency's history: In the 1950s, some of the color additives in food and other materials caused some serious health complications, namely FD&C Orange No. 1, which made many children sick after it was used in Halloween candy.

There have also been problems with leads found in lipstick, which is troubling considering how easily ingestible lipstick is.

Nail polish

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In recent years, one of the most controversial chemicals in the cosmetic industry has been a chemical called phthalates. They're found in nail polish — that's what gives them that strechy, plastic-y feeling — and perfumes.

According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, phthalates are a known environmental contaminant that could have an impact on human health, though they don't yet have enough conclusive evidence to say exactly how.

Face wash

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Some harmful substances in cosmetics aren't so much causing bodily harm as hurting the environment.

Such is the case with plastic microbeads, which are found in a number of face washes and toothpastes. Microbeads were originally used because they're are a good way to exfoliate that don't generally cause rashes. Substituting the microbeads for nut shells, for example, would put a large portion of the population at risk for an allergic reaction.

Eye makeup

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Some eye shadows may contain certain heavy metals, which can pose a problem if the metals are water soluble, meaning they could absorbed into the body through sweat.

In a good spot, but still a ways to go

Although they only "prohibit or restrict,"the use of 11 chemicals, the FDA still faces a lot of pressure to get things right, Karl Bygrave, the Director of Regulatory Affairs for cosmetics company Lush told Business Insider.

"It doesn't feel unregulated," he said.

Bygrave said for its part, his company does its best to cater to consumer concerns about any potentially harmful chemicals in its products. While he says they only use compounds in their cosmetics that have been proven safe for people in tests, they will sometimes change the ingredients in their products based on consumer preference. In light of a study which suggested a link between preservatives called parabens and cancer (though ultimately no link was actually found), for example, the company opted to swap them out for different ingredients.

That's just one company though — and others may not be as careful. As a way to combat the problems in the beauty industry, there seems to be an increased interest in organic beauty products over the last several years, especially in Europe and the US. Sales were projected to reach $15 billion globally in 2015, still just a fraction of the US market.

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Samsung TVs, Apple Watches, iPads, Xbox Ones sell like crazy to Black Friday online shoppers

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Increasingly, consumers are opting to do Black Friday from the comfort of their their phones, tablets and PCs. Online sales for Black Friday were up 21.5% over last year, according to IBM. 

Between Black Friday and Thanksgiving, online shoppers spent about $4.5 billion, with 60% – $2.72 billion– spent on Black Friday itself, according to Adobe. 

As you might expect, ecommerce giant Amazon was a big winner. Traffic to Amazon grew nearly 21% for this year's Black Friday compared to 2014, according to ChannelAdvisor.  And traffic to eBay grew 1.5% on Black Friday.

Price comparison tool Google Shopping was another huge winner, with traffic growth about 40% year over year, ChannelAdvisor says, while other online stores (which include sites like Best Buy, Sears, Rakuten.com, and Shopping.com, but excludes Amazon and eBay) claimed their fair share, collectively seeing a 77% increase in visitors.

More than half of shoppers — 57% — used their phones and tablets to browse ecommerce sites. And a large percentage, 35%, made the actual purchase on their phones or tablets, instead of switching to their PCs to do that, IBM says. 

As to what people bought online: Electronics, electronics, electronics.

According to Adobe, the most popular Black Friday electronics were:

  • Samsung 4K TVs
  • Apple iPad Air 2
  • Microsoft Xbox One
  • Apple iPad Mini
  • Sony PS4

Adobe says the five most popular toys were:

  • Lego Dimensions
  • Shopkin dolls
  • Lego Star Wars
  • Barbie Dream House
  • Lego Friends

According to IBM, the most popular Black Friday products were: 

  • Samsung TVs
  • Apple Watch
  • Sony TVs
  • Beats by Dre
  • LG TVs
  • Jordan Shoes
  • Nintendo Super Smash Bros
  • MeccaNoid Personal Robots (a robot kit that kids build themselves)

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The 17 best icebreakers to use at awkward social events

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If you listen closely after someone asks, "So what do you do?" you can almost hear the other person's eyes roll as they recite their 30-second elevator pitch.

But talking to new people doesn't have to be such a drag.

There are ways to get the conversation going without resorting to irritating clichés.

Check out these 17 icebreakers that will help ease you into an engaging conversation with people you've never met before.

SEE ALSO: How to talk to anyone at a networking event

"What kind of volunteer work do you do?"

Asking people about their volunteer work will open up "a world of wonderful conversation," writes strategy consultant Alice Korngold on Fast Company

Korngold says she especially enjoys meeting people who work on nonprofit boards because she gets to learn about how an organization was founded, how the person got involved with it, and about the "fascinating group dynamics of boards." 



"Are you originally from [wherever the event is], or did your business bring you here?"

This question will help you jumpstart an engaging conversation with ease because "it doesn't feel like you are asking for a stiff elevator speech," Diane Gottsman, national etiquette expert and owner of The Protocol School of Texas, tells U.S. News & World Report

The conversation will allow both parties to talk about themselves, which is the ultimate goal of career-savvy people attending a networking event, Gottsman says.  



"Man, these networking events can be so crazy. Mind if I join you over here where it’s a little quieter?"

Find someone on the outskirts of the ongoing conversations and introduce yourself, says Ariella Coombs, content manager for Careerealism.com. 

Since they are alone and possibly looking miserable, they are probably uncomfortable with the social situation, Coombs says. By initiating the interaction, you can help to put them at ease and get them in the flow of a conversation. 



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The top 15 cities for American college students

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If you're a prospective college student looking for a great city to spend the next four years, look no further than San Francisco.

"The city by the bay" — with its prime access to some of the country's best bars and restaurants, its diverse population, and its wealth of cultural activities — is the top major metropolitan area for college students, according to a new ranking from American Institute for Economic Research (AIER).

The rankings are calculated using 11 criteria that included economic vitality, availability of entertainment, and rent. AIER defines major metropolitan cities as having over 2.5 million residents.

Scroll through to find out the 15 best major cities for college students.

15. Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida



14. St. Louis, Missouri



13. Atlanta, Georgia



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