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A person waking up in a forest, a group stranded and alone, chaotic mangled screams and a pilot trapped in a plane. J.J. Abrams, did you see this?

How was “Grey’s Anatomy” going to top shooters, sinkholes, and Kyle Chandler getting blown up in its season six finale (Oops, spoiler … but you’re not reading unless you’re a Grey‘s fan, right?).

If you were feeling déjà vu Thursday night, you weren’t alone. Many couldn’t help but feel it was a giant rewind to 2001′s “Lost” pilot. 

It didn’t seem real when a plane crash was announced at the end of last week’s “Grey’s Anatomy” episode. We could handle that, but we didn’t expect it to look and feel like a straight-up episode of “Lost.”

Don’t take out word for it. Let’s take a look at the evidence.

Granted, we know Grey’s spent half of the episode in the hospital, oblivious to the fatal plane crash. Despite this, everything else was a direct correlation to “Lost.” The only thing missing was Labrador Retriever, Vincent. 

Oh, and if you haven’t seen Thursday’s episode, we suggest you refrain from going through the slides. You’ve been warned.

Meredith wakes up in a forest …

… just like Jack.

There’s a terrible plane crash …

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Rachel Jonat spent most of her young adult life dreaming of Olympic medals and crossing finish lines. 

But the games came and went and she began a new chapter as a wife and mother. Both roles forced her to take a hard look at the debt she and her husband were facing: $82,000 in total. 

They clawed their way out one step at a time, attributing most of their success to the practice of minimalism.

“I’ve always lived with debt.”

Since opening her first line of credit at 17, Jonat says she’s been in a constant state of debt. 

The bills only piled higher as she did everything possible to fund her dream of rowing professionally in the Olympics. She eventually qualified in 2003 – with some collateral damage along the way. 

“I had financed my Olympic dream with credit cards,” she says. “My mom stepped in and took out a second mortgage on her home to help me with that. I’ve always lived with debt. It just seemed normal.”

The newlyweds kept the debt cycle going

The couple married in 2007. 

Their wedding expenses went straight to plastic, but it was when they started renovating their new home in 2009 that things started to get scary.

“That’s when we really hit the big numbers,” she recalls. “We decided to tally up our debt and start paying it off. That was our scary moment. It was a huge number but we decided to do whatever we could.”

Then they discovered Minimalism

At the time, her husband’s income was erratic at best and she was on maternity leave from work at a bank. 

Then her sister started sending along links to articles on Minimalism.

From what Jonat could tell, it looked like nothing but 20-somethings backpacking across some developing nation or another – not exactly the ideal lifestyle for a couple with a newborn. 

But something about the idea grabbed her. ”It was definitely very new to me, this idea that your stuff ‘owned’ you,” she says.

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In her book 301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions, Vicky Oliver says jobseekers need to treat interviews like a final exam, because it’s ”rigorous” and “psychologically draining.”

“Make no mistake: in order to prevail, you are going to need to trounce your competition. You could be competing against someone with three times your experience, or conversely, against someone who can do the job at half your salary level,” Oliver says. 

We compiled some of the toughest questions from her book accompanied with smart answers that will help you survive the elimination round. 

Q: Will you be out to take my job?

A: Maybe in about twenty years, but by then, I suspect you’ll be running the entire company and will need a good, loyal lieutenant to help you manage this department!  

Source: 301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions

Q: What if you work here for five years and don’t get promoted? Many of our employees don’t. Won’t you find it frustrating?

A: I consider myself ambitious, but I’m also practical. As long as I am continuing to learn and grow within my position, I’ll be a happy camper. Different companies promote people at different rates, and I’m pretty confident that working for you will keep my motivated and mentally stimulated for several years to come.

Source: 301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions

Q: What is your biggest weakness that’s really a weakness, and not a secret strength?

A: I am extremely impatient. I expect my employees to prove themselves on the very first assignment. If they fail, my tendency is to stop delegating to them and start doing everything myself.

To compensate for my own weakness, however, I have started to really prep my people on exactly what will be expected of them. 

Source: 301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions

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A home that overlooks a bird sanctuary sits on 118 feet of lakefront property in the Estate section of Palm Beach, FL is on sale for $14.25 million. 

The home has five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and two half-baths. There’s even a staff bedroom and bath.

Welcome to the Estate Section of Palm Beach. The Estate Section is defined as all homes south of Worth Avenue.

Most of the homes here are large and built before the 1920s.

But this home was built in 1959.

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Foreclosure activity declined 5 percent in April from the previous month, and 14 percent year-over-year. 

But rising foreclosure activity in many states and cities was overshadowed by a significant decrease in hard-hit foreclosure states like California, Arizona, and Nevada according to the latest foreclosure report from Realty Trac.

We drew on RealtyTrac data to put together the 20 metropolitan areas where foreclosure activity is remains high.

Note: All data is for the 20 largest metros. Data for properties with foreclosure filings is for April 2012.

New York

1 in every 2,677 homes received a foreclosure filing in Q1 2012

Properties with foreclosure filings:
2,812

Change from March 2012:
-7.62%

Change from April 2011:
+7.25%

Source: RealtyTrac

Baltimore

1 in every 1,777 homes received a foreclosure filing in April 2012

Properties with foreclosure filings:
637

Change from March 2012:
+9.64%

Change from April 2011:
+20.42%

Source: RealtyTrac

Washington D.C.

1 in every 1,447 homes received a foreclosure filing in April 2012

Properties with foreclosure filings:
1,530

Change from March 2012:
-7.89%

Change from April 2011:
-30.23%

Source: RealtyTrac

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