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Constantly searching for love and trying to find your soulmate is actually bad news
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These companies encourage their employees to get high at the office
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BY: SAMANTHA TAPP It looks like 2017 may be the year that the term “gateway drug” is finally gone forever when talking about weed. Good riddance. Farewell. See ya. As more and more people …

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Someone mapped out the history of America’s unemployment rate- and it’s a complete shitshow
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Beautiful wildlife sanctuary could be yours for free – as long as you’re willing to care for the animals
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BY: JESSICA BEUKER  In what could only be one of the greatest and most rewarding jobs ever, Harry Kunz has spent the last 30 years working with animals and building a thriving wildlife oasis – E…

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These female Japanese warriors are seriously badass
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BY: CHARLOTTE LEFAVE The Onna-Bugeisha were women who knew how to kick ass and take names. Beautiful, powerful and terrifying, they stood heroes among men, commanding armies and striking fear in the h…

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Tales of migration: Chasing after the North American dream
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BY: AISHA ILYAD Toronto, a city with a population of more than 2 million people and home to 6 million people in The Greater Toronto Area, is one of the most multicultural cities in the world and is ra…

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By: JACK M. Go to college or university for four years, work your ass off for a subsistence wage for another four years, and those of us lucky enough to actually land a decent career are expected to p…

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‘The Flexibility Stigma’ shows there are also downsides to working from home
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  BY: Adrian Smith You’d think working from home would lighten up the hours and stress that usually comes from the office—or at least make workers feel comfortable enough that it seems this way, …

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Hawaii will pay you $50,000 to work in paradise
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BY: CAROLINE ROLF It’s easy to tell why Hawaii is considered one of America’s happiest states. It boasts sun, sand and surfing. Recently however, a fierce competition has broke out across the islands.…

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Why Psychopaths Are Great “CEO Material”
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The world’s most isolated island paradise wants to pay you to live there
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If you feel your passion wrinkling like a grape under the sun, this will reinvigorate your life (video)
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BY: DANIEL WATERBORNE We have all felt the sudden onset of bleakness that settles behind our eyes and clouds everything that stands before them. But understand that perspective is a choice. There are …

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Why your first job should be in a developing country
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BY: IVAN DAMNJOVIC  All images below by Ivan Damnjanovic Follow Ivan online: Twitter & Instagram April 25, 2015 at 11:56 a.m., an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 strikes Nepal, impacting tens of thous…

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This study found that colleges have more earning power than universities
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BY: ALEX BROWN As many high-school teachers are keen to point out to the shocked faces of the classroom, the immediate employment rates of university graduates are lower than those of college graduate…

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Here’s what happened when I decided to collect people’s stories, instead of things.
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BY: ANGIE PICCIRILLO Two years ago, I worked in a very corporate environment where it literally took twenty minutes every morning to get into the office. I had to go through valet workers, front desk …

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So apparently the 40-hour work week isn’t just soul-eating, it’s literally bad for business
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BY: SAREEMA HUSAIN John likes what he does. He wakes up at six daily, takes a shower, shaves, puts on his suit, and if it’s a Monday, he might shine his shoes before he leaves the house. John doesn’t …

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This start-up allows you to quit your job and become a working nomad
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BY: MATTHEW CHIN In a job market with global unemployment feared to increase from the current 201 million unemployed by 11 million by 2019, the opportunity to work while travelling can feel far out of…

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