John Vincent took over as CEO of the fast-food chain Leon five years ago. He saw himself as a general, leading his staff into battle. All that did was to increase his stress levels and those of everyone around him. Then he discovered the martial art of wing tsun. It transformed his understanding of how […]
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In the 1960s, conservationists began fighting to prevent the Queensland government from allowing mining and oil drilling on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. It was declared a marine park by the Australian government in 1975. Eddie Hegerl has spent his life trying to protect the coral reef from destruction and says every time he dives there
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Twitter says it mistakenly used the phone numbers and email addresses people provided for security purposes to show advertisements to its users. The company said Tuesday that it “inadvertently” used the emails and phone numbers to let advertisers match people to their own marketing lists. Twitter is not saying how many users were affected. The
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Stephen Strasburg’s 2012 shutdown is a distant memory by now. This sort of setting and stakes — Game 5 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the outcome of the NL Division Series on the line — is exactly why the Washington Nationals protected the pitcher they drafted No. 1 overall all those years ago. Strasburg
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In a Democratic primary where the three leading candidates are in their 70s, Mr. Sanders’s health issue has intensified the scrutiny on age as a factor in running for president. Many Democratic voters have said they worried about nominating a septuagenarian candidate. Mr. Sanders returned to Burlington over the weekend after being hospitalized in Las
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HuffPost may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. HuffPostWe’ve rounded up 20 Halloween costumes that will fit dogs of all sizes, from tiny Terriers to Great Danes. We can think of over 1,000 Halloween costume ideas for humans, but it gets a little trickier when it comes finding the perfect Halloween
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This is the forgotten footage of The Beatles that survived for 50 years after being stored in a bread tin. It was found during a house clearance in Cardiff and shows the Fab Four joking around during an interview in 1965. John Lennon tells an interviewer that Paul McCartney has five children in Swansea and
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Image copyright Getty Images One sweltering afternoon in July 1785, officials, dignitaries and a few infuriated gunsmiths gathered at the Château de Vincennes, a splendid castle to the east of Paris. They were there to see the demonstration of a new type of flintlock musket designed by Honoré Blanc, a gunsmith from Avignon so despised
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WASHINGTON — As President Trump amplifies unsubstantiated claims of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election, the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee reaffirmed on Tuesday that Russian operatives engaged in a widespread social media campaign to improve his chances in the race. In a report, the committee backed up the conclusions of the intelligence community, the special
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The nickname Conference of Quarterbacks has taken on a new meaning as injuries have led to a revolving door between starters and backups for many Pac-12 teams. From USC reaching down into its depth chart, to the absences of established veterans K.J. Costello at Stanford and Khalil Tate at Arizona, this has been a rough
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