Artist Bobby Neel Adams became famous for his clever photos of aging. His latest series focuses on death.

"In a strange way I think that it is a natural progression of my world view and my place in it," Adams writes in an email.

The new series, called "Memento Mori," shows road kill and other dead bugs, plants, and animals in haunting arrangements. One image features a pig head floating underwater with flowers in its mouth. Another is a dead quail surrounded by petals.

The series is showing through October 30 at Smack Mellon gallery in Brooklyn. Adams shared a selection of the images below.

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"Pig Bouquet"

"Possum"

"American Anahinga Gecko"

On November 8, millions of Americans will flock to their local polling stations to cast their vote in one of the most controversial presidential elections to date. 

Yet the physical machines on which people will be casting their vote is not so uniform. In fact, when it comes to voting machines, it is often left to the state or local level to decide what kind of voting machines the various jurisdictions will use. 

After the 2000 election, however, the federal government passed the 2002 Help America Vote Act (HAVA), which helped bring funding to states to improve the voting systems.

Moving into this election, which has seen much scrutiny about whether the machines can be hacked, it is important to understand the kind of voting machines that are available to you, and those that are not.

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Hand-counted paper ballot

This type of voting system requires little more than paper and pen and it works just as you would think. The voter marks his or her preferred candidate on a paper ballot, the ballot is then given to an election official who manually counts the ballot. 

While only a small percentage of voters use hand-counted paper ballots (according to ProCon.org, that number is around 4%), it is a popular option for tallying absentee votes. 

Many organizations that are worried about the security of the voting process advocate for hand-counted paper ballots. 

Paper ballot with optical scan

The hand-counted paper ballot was upgraded with the optical scan alternative. The optical scan allows voters to fill in a sheet by hand, but then it is tallied using a machine. 

"The optical scan systems is where voters are filling in bubbles, much like they do when they take a standardized test. It gives people flashbacks probably to when they were in school," said Michael McDonald, of the University of Florida's Political Science department.

According to ProCon.org, over half of voters completed their ballot on an optical scanning machine in the 2012 election.

It is also a popular vote-counting option for states like Washington, Oregon and Colorado, which all have mail-in ballots. 

There is little threat to using the optical scanning machines: "The threat is that marks on ballots can sometimes be inconclusive to a machine," McDonald said. However, this issue is usually solved a few days after the election when officials are verifying the results. "Usually that's just random errors and you don't usually see a big change in the numbers." 

Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting machines

These are perhaps the systems that receive the most scrutiny. Using these machines, a voter casts their vote with either a touchscreen, button or dial. The vote is immediately cast into an electronic storage medium.

DREs became a popular option as they made both casting and counting votes easier. However, voters started to become concerned because they have "no way of verifying that the voting system is recording his or her votes correctly. The machine could be displaying one candidate’s name on the screen while mistakenly or maliciously storing another candidate’s name on the official electronic record as the voter’s choice," said a Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project study. 

In order to account for this, many DREs now have a voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT). It prints a piece of paper allowing the voter to verify their vote, helping to cut down on errors on election day. 

As Seth Godin says, "The average knowledge worker reads fewer than one business book a year. On the other hand, the above-average knowledge worker probably reads ten. Show me your bookshelf, or the courses you take, or the questions you ask, and I'll have a hint as to how much you care about leveling up."

That's why I've asked a number of successful people to share the books they love.

The next installment comes from Randy Garutti, the CEO of Shake Shack, a fast-casual restaurant chain that started as a hot dog cart in New York's Madison Square Park.

(If you haven't heard of Shake Shack... where have you been?)

Here are his selections:

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1. 'The Originals' by Adam Grant

I loved reading and considering what makes people different, and original. An incredible study on leaders, what makes kids different based on birth order (with three kids I love digging into the debate on nature vs. nurture), and what sets great companies apart.

2. 'Creativity, Inc.' by Ed Catmull

The amazing story of the creation and culture of creativity and boundless innovation that happens at Pixar. This book reminds us of all the things we let get in the way of innovation, and how crucial it is for leaders to create a space where challenge and innovation can occur... while surrounding ourselves with the best people who make it happen every day.

All time favorites:

3. 'Setting the Table' by Danny Meyer

Of course! No one has ever put into words what so many of us have intuitively felt for so long in the hospitality business.

Danny is the greatest at leading by constantly reminding all of us what's important to him, in this book and every day after.

This presidential election may have the most lopsided batch of newspaper endorsements the US has ever seen.

While Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has garnered the support of a long list of editorial boards, her Republican rival Donald Trump hasn't received any. LibertariancandidateGaryJohnsonhassix.

A number of conservative-leaning papers have even cautioned voters against putting Trump in office, and said they too are "with her."

Trump did receive the endorsement of four major newspapers in the Republican primaries, but they have yet to double down on their support for the general election on November 8.

Clinton received over 80 newspaper endorsements during the Democratic primaries, and dozens of editorial boards have since reiterated their conviction that she should be the next president, not Trump, now that they know those are the two major-party options.

Some of the papers, including The Desert Sun and The Houston Chronicle, rarely endorse Democrats — but 2016 is no regular election cycle. 

There are bound to be more endorsements as Election Day nears, but here's what she has so far:

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The New York Times: "Our endorsement is rooted in respect for her intellect, experience, toughness and courage over a career of almost continuous public service, often as the first or only woman in the arena."

Source: The New York Times

Los Angeles Times: "Perhaps her greatest strength is her pragmatism — her ability to build consensus and solve problems. As president, she would be flexible enough and experienced enough to cut across party lines and work productively with her political opponents."

Source: Los Angeles Times

The Baltimore Sun: "One candidate stands in the broad tradition of American leadership that has made this the greatest, most powerful and most prosperous nation in history. The other would have us trade that legacy for a cult of personality. The choice is clear."

Source: The Baltimore Sun

Ask any couple in the throes of wedding planning and they will most likely tell you the thing they’re looking forward to the most (an eternity of marital bliss aside) is the honeymoon.

According to a 2013 study by wedding and lifestyle website TheKnot.com, couples are spending more time researching, planning, and actually traveling for their honeymoons than ever before.

“There are a couple factors contributing to this,” Executive Editor of XO Group Kristen Maxwell Cooper told T+L. “But this is especially true of the new crop of millennials getting married a bit later in life.”

Comprising part of a nearly $12 billion a year industry, Cooper described the shift from the standard “surf, sand and sun,” honeymoons to more exotic and elaborate locations including Asia, Africa, and even Antarctica.

Antarctica doesn’t come cheap, though. For couples looking to collect experiences and not casserole dishes, one trend that’s been picking up traction recently is incorporating a honeymoon fund into their wedding registry.

“As couples are getting married later, many times they’re already living together, so the things that they would traditionally register for they already have. The value of gaining an enriching experience over material things is far more prevalent.”

Offering some of the most unique tailor-made travel experiences around the world, London based luxury travel company Black Tomato is an expert when it comes to planning the perfect honeymoon.

“Our first recommendation is to drop every preconceived notion of what a honeymoon should be,” Black Tomato co-founder Tom Marchant wrote in an email to T+L. “We recommend couples to think first and foremost about what they want to get out of this experience to really reflect and look at the emotional side of an experience before picking the destination.”

With so many bucket-list worthy places to choose from around the world, narrowing a list down is no easy task—but that’s exactly what we did here. From a luxury safari lodge to a 15th-century peninsula to a bungalow on your own private Island in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, there’s something for everyone—and every kind of honeymoon.

Check out T+L’s complete guide to the honeymoon experience of a lifetime.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Thailand has long been a honeymoon destination thanks to the country’s beaches, food and friendly people. The Dhara Dhevi, in particularly picturesque Chiang Mai, is great for couples, who can opt to stay in one of the five residences-style villas, each with private swimming pools. At 3,100 square feet and modeled after a 19th-century Mandalay palace, these villas are made for romantic getaways. Romance can be found off-property, too, including dinner along the Ping River aboard Riverside Restaurant’s nightly cruise, which includes shopping at the night market and taking time to explore the dozens of temples in the area.

Yao Noi, Thailand

Located between popular tourist spots Phuket and Krabi, The Six Senses Yao Noi consists of 56 stilted, thatch-roofed villas strung along the beach. Honeymooners looking for a little more privacy can opt for the Hilltop Pool Villa, completely shrouded in jungle but with spectacular views overlooking the resort and Phang Nga Bay.

Koh Kood, Thailand

Speaking of island getaways, Soneva Kiri Resort, on Koh Kood is only an hour’s flight from Bangkok and easily accessible by plane. Here, you can watch classic films under the stars at the resorts very own outdoor screening area. And for dinner, one of the most unique features of the resort is Treepod, a zip-line accessible table where you can take your meal high amongst the natural beauty of the surrounding rainforest.

Despite bearing the moniker of another country, most Americans would argue that French fries are one of the United States’ most iconic — and popular — dishes. 

However, we’re just another country that has put its own spin on a classic Belgian plate. That’s right: Our beloved fries were most likely first invented in Belgium, where they’re called “frites,” in the 1600s.

Many countries in every corner of the globe — from Canada to Japan — have their own way of eating this beloved dish.

Read on to learn more about how fries are served around the world; you may find your new favorite way to eat them.

1. Poutine

Originally invented in Quebec, poutine may just be one of Canada’s most signature dishes—and, of course, it features fries front and center. In this dish, French fries are first cooked to medium-thick perfection—ideally, the fries should be crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. From there, they’re plated and topped with cheese curds and gravy. It may be a bit of an acquired taste, but poutine-lovers swear by this regional fry delicacy. 

2. Gyros

Pita gyros are pretty much the go-to in Greece—but it’s not all about the meat, falafel, and veggies. Many shops in Greece offer an option to add fries, with additional condiments available on the side.

3. Slap Chips

While other countries may serve their fries alongside other foods, South Africa stays a purist with its slap chips, where the recipe is all about the preparation and cooking method. This secret to this dish is soaking the cut raw potatoes in vinegar before frying up the batch—twice. These fries, which should be notably crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, are available at fast food restaurants across the country.

While most of us want to be employed in a full-time job, for many people part-time employment — to allow time for study, childcare, and other activities — is not only necessary, but also desirable.

But which part-time jobs pay their employees the most?

Glassdoor, the jobs and recruitment website has compiled data on the jobs with the best salaries for part-time workers by looking at total median, annual base salary for UK employees working part-time.

Not all jobs on the list are part-time only, but Glassdoor only used data on part-time workers. Employment opportunities range from lecturer, all the way to beauticians, and warehouse workers.

Speaking about its research, Diarmuid Russell, Glassdoor's Head of International said: “Part-time work can be a great way to give people the ability to combine work with time to enjoy other interests, whether it's to improve work-life balance, create more time for family or earn extra money whilst studying."

Check out the best-paid part-time jobs in the UK below.

11. Store Manager

Median salary:£14,400

What they do: Store managers are tasked with looking after the shop floor of retailers on the high street. Along with the day-to-day running of their stores, managers can be responsible for interviewing staff, taking stock, and organising staff rotas and holidays.

10. Front Desk Manager

Median salary:£14,520

What they do: Front desk managers work in hotels, bed and breakfasts, and are tasked with ensuring that guests can get into their rooms speedily, as well as dealing with any general queries they may have. Front desk managers are the first and last impression that a guest gets of an establishment, so good people skills are a must.

9. Office Assistant

Median salary:£14,560

What they do: The office assistant's job duties vary, but usually include tasks like typing, filing, taking inventory, keeping records and sorting checks. They may also prepare documents, process mail, and answer telephones.

If you're an amateur in the kitchen, meal preparation can be a slow process. But there are plenty of hacks that can make the process faster and more efficient.

Business Insider consulted America's Test Kitchen, a professional culinary organization that's home to 50 food experts and also produces the popular cooking show of the same name.

Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison, culinary scientists at America's Test Kitchen and the hosts of the TV show's 2017 season, gave us a few cooking tips that they say can help anyone save time and avoid mess.

Check them out.

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Hold tomatoes in place to slice a bunch at once.

Cutting grape or cherry tomatoes in half is a pretty slow task. Instead, try putting a bunch of them between two small plastic container lids, and then slicing horizontally through the opening, Lancaster says. Of course, this trick requires ripe (unmushy) tomatoes and a very sharp knife. 

Wash and dry herbs with a salad spinner.

Instead of rinsing off a few parsley sprigs at a time, wash the bunch in a salad spinner, Lancaster says. After the water drains, spin the whole bunch again to dry them.

Par-freeze slippery raw chicken.

Put chicken in the freezer for about 15 minutes to firm up the meat before you start working with it. This will make it much easier to cut it into thin slices, Lancaster says.

Auston Matthews announced his presence with authority on Wednesday night when he scored four goals in his NHL debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

There is a lot of pressure on the 19-year-old wunderkind, who is not only tasked with being the savior of a storied hockey franchise that hasn't won the Stanley Cup since 1967, but he is also tasked with the challenge of being the next great American hockey player.

But how Matthews got here is a fascinating story, starting with the Winnipeg Jets and ending with his name being called by the Maple Leafs at the NHL Draft in June.

Below we take a closer look at who Auston Matthews is and where he came from.

In 1996, the Winnipeg Jets moved to Phoenix and became the Coyotes. The move was lamented at the time because it was a sign that owners viewed the U.S. as a place where they could make more money and it cost Canada another team. But it also may have produced at least one hockey star.

A year later, Matthews was born and shortly after that his family moved to Arizona. As a toddler, Matthews went to Coyotes games with an uncle who was a season-ticket holder and fell in love with the sport.

SOURCE: New York Times

Ironically, the reborn Winnipeg Jets would have the second pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, just missing out on a chance to draft Matthews.

A hunter's paradise is having a hard time finding a buyer.

It's called the Granot Loma, and according to the listing, it may be the largest log-cabin lodge in America.

With a private marina and 5,000 acres of surrounding woodlands, the 26,000-square-foot house was listed for a staggering $40 million last year making it the most expensive house in Michigan.

Bob Sullivan of Northern Michigan Land Brokers formerly had the listing. It is now for sale by its owner for $19.5 million — a discount of more than 50%.

Keep scrolling for a tour of its taxidermy-filled interiors.

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Called Granot Loma, this gigantic log cabin sits on the shores of Lake Superior, north of Marquette, Michigan.

It was built and named in 1923 by its original owner, financier Louis G. Kaufman.

Kaufman played a pivotal role in the founding of General Motors, where he was on the board for 20 years.

BMW is placing a bigger focus on tech in its all-new BMW 5-Series.

In addition to semi-autonomous features, the 2017 BMW 5-series comes with smart display systems and Amazon's digital assistant Alexa.

Scroll down for a closer look.

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BMW made a few design changes to the overall appearance of the car. It's 1.2 inches longer to increase legroom in the back, and the headlights now flow into the kidney grille.

The new BMW 5-series also offers increase trunk capacity at 18.7 cubic feet. The car comes in 13 different colors.

All of the seats in the new 5-Series have eight different massage programs, each with three different intensity modes.

Somehow a three-minute recording made 11 years ago is now the cause of the biggest scandal of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential run and the potential end of Billy Bush's TV hosting career.

A lot can be said in three minutes.

On the leaked tape, Trump, who was newly married to Melania Trump at the time, could be heard boasting of trying to sleep with a married woman. Trump made the comments while riding on a bus with Bush, who could be heard egging him on.

"Access Hollywood" identified the woman Trump said he had tried to sleep with as Nancy O'Dell, a current "Entertainment Tonight" host. She and Bush hosted "Access Hollywood" at the time the tape was made.

Trump also bragged that he could grope women and kiss them without consent because of his celebrity status. All the while, Bush was right there affirming Trump's statements.

So it looked particularly bad for Bush when the two arrived at the "Days of Our Lives" studio, where Trump was set to do a cameo on the soap opera, and were greeted by actress Arianne Zucker. Not only did Trump and Bush ogle her through the window, but Bush insisted that she hug Trump and then him.

How did the tape escape years of being hidden away to becoming a bombshell of the election year? Here's a look at how it went down:

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August 2016: The New York Post reported that Billy Bush, while covering the Rio Olympics, bragged about having a "tape of Trump being a real dog." NBC staffers overheard, and that's reportedly how the search for the tape started.

Source: New York Post

Monday, October 3: NBC News says this is the day it first heard of the tape. It and "Access Hollywood" began working on separate stories about the recording.

Source: CNN

Tuesday, October 4: NBC News reportedly forwarded the video to its legal department for review, where it remained for two to three days.

Source: Politico

Toyota Motors took what looks like your basic, run-of-the-mill minivan and turned it into a high-performance concept car.

It's called the Sienna R-Tuned Concept. Though it looks pretty cool, unfortunately you won't be seeing this in dealer showrooms anytime soon. A rep for Toyota told Business Insider that it's just a fun concept car for shows and events, which is why we spotted it at the OC Auto Show last week.

Still, if you're looking to upgrade grandma's minivan, maybe Toyota can inspire you.

Here's what it looks like, inside and out.

SEE ALSO: Here’s what we saw at the OC auto show

Toyota's Technical Center partnered with the performance shop DG-Spec in Long Beach, California to come up with the Sienna R-Tuned.

The minivan got a completely overhauled performance suspension and body modifications that put it lower to the ground.

Along with 18-inch Enkei wheels —in front of upgraded brakes.

We’re two months away from the newest Star Wars movie, Rogue One, but before we can get to see Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and her band of Rebels try to steal the plans for the Death Star we get to see the final trailer: and there are a lot of new Easter eggs and previously unseen tidbits. Here’s a shot-by-shot breakdown of everything we spotted.

Thankfully, the trailer isn’t a rehash of what came before it. It’s loaded with new tidbits that would get even the slightest Star Wars fan pumped for this don’t-call-it-a-prequel entry into the newly christened cinematic universe.

Here's what we saw.

1. Is that the planet Eadu?

It seems the Imperials have tracked Galen Erso and his family to the remote planet where they’re hiding out. This sequence will be part of the flashbacks that will feature a young Jyn and her mother Lyra (Valene Kane).

We suspected that this planet was called Eadu, but there’s no confirmation on that. It’s possible that Jyn and Cassian return to this planet later on, but this scene is obviously the flashbacks that show Krennic rounding up Galen Erso and forcing him away from his family.

2. We see Jyn in prison.

After getting torn away from her family, Jyn becomes bad news and gets thrown in Imperial prison. Based on the editing of the trailer it sort fo implies she’s in the clink on Jedha, and is busted out by the Rebels and joins them that way after being hauled off to their hidden base.

3. Obi-Wan, is that you?

Probably not. This gorgeous detail looks to be immense and destroyed ruins of a Jedi statue from the holy Force-sensitive planet of Jedha. We’re getting Lord of the Rings vibes from this one.

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej died on Thursday at age 88, after holding the throne for 70 years.

He became king in 1946 and was honored as a demigod in the Southeast Asian country. However, he withdrew from public life over the last 10 years due to his deteriorating health, living at a Bangkok hospital.

With his death, the title of longest-reigning monarch will pass to Queen Elizabeth II. Below, you can see other rulers who've held their thrones for the longest.

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Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom — 64 years

Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the British throne in 1952 following the death of her father George VI, making her the longest-reigning monarch in the world. 

Last year, the 90-year-old surpassed the reign of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, which lasted from 1837 to 1901. Queen Elizabeth is the 45th longest-reigning monarch of all time.

As head of the Commonwealth, she is officially the queen of 16 countries, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Jamaica. Between these countries, Queen Elizabeth has seen more than 160 different prime ministers take power during her reign.

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei — 49 years

Hassanal Bolkiah has ruled the tiny nation of Brunei since 1967, after his father abdicated the throne.

The sultan has reaped the benefits of Brunei's extensive petroleum and natural gas reserves. According to Forbes, he boasts a net worth of $20 billion, making him one of the wealthiest people in the world.

A testament to his fortune, Hassanal lives in a palace with nearly 1,800 rooms and more than 250 bathrooms. Tales of his extravagance abound.

As sultan, Hassanal has full executive authority over Brunei, which borders Malaysia and Indonesia on the island of Borneo. He's the only ruler Brunei has ever known since gaining independence from the UK in 1984.

Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said of Oman — 46 years

Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said, 75, became ruler of Oman when he launched a successful coup against his father in 1970. 

Since taking the throne, Qaboos has pursued reforms in the small sultanate, according to AFP.

Oman sits across the Strait of Hormuz from Iran, and the sultan helped arrangesecret US-Iran meetings that started in Muscat in 2012. Those meetings led to the first formal talks between the US and Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, helping to pave the way for the 2015 nuclear deal.

In return for facilitating those meetings, however, the US reportedly overlooked Oman's worsening record on forced labor and human trafficking.

Qaboos' health has been failing in recent years, and since 2014 he has been hospitalized in Germany on several occasions. He has no designated heir.

It is no secret that big-time college sports is a big-money business, and last year no school made more money from its athletics program than Texas A&M University.

In all, there are now 24 schools that make at least $100 million annually from their athletic department, according to data collected from USA Today and the U.S. Department of Education. That is up from 20 a year ago and 13 in 2014.

Here are the 25 schools that make the most revenue off of college sports and where most of the money comes from, including football, men's basketball, and women's basketball revenue, the three sports that typically generate the most money.

25. UCLA — $96.9 million

1-year change: +12.1%

5-year change: +56.6%

Donations: $16.8 million

Licensing/Rights fees: $42.5 million

3-year avg. football revenue: $36.9 million

3-year avg. men's basketball revenue: $12.3 million

3-year avg. women's basketball revenue: $1.8 million

24. Nebraska — $102.2 million

1-year change: +7.8%

5-year change: +39.0%

Donations: $19.7 million

Licensing/Rights fees: $40.7 million

3-year avg. football revenue: $58.9 million

3-year avg. men's basketball revenue: $8.4 million

3-year avg. women's basketball revenue: $1.3 million

23. Washington — $103.5 million

1-year change: +3.3%

5-year change: +61.7%

Donations: $22.8 million

Licensing/Rights fees: $45.9 million

3-year avg. football revenue: $63.7 million

3-year avg. men's basketball revenue: $9.8 million

3-year avg. women's basketball revenue: $1.2 million

The INSIDER Summary:

• Disney has announced a target release for November 2018. 
• They have launched a global casting campaign for a Chinese actress to play the lead. 
• The classic film is getting a live-action spin. 

Disney is moving full speed ahead with their efforts to remake their classic animated musical canon in full-scale live action epics. In case you missed the announcement from last week, their much anticipated Mulan remake now has a target release date for November 2018. They also said they were launching a global casting campaign to find a Chinese actress to play the title role.

Many fans were nervous that the live action Mulan might fall prey to Hollywood “white-washing” or “interchangeable Asian” trends. It’s arguable that Disney shouldn’t have to make a point of casting a Chinese actress to play a part inspired by a quintessentially Chinese figure of legend. On the other hand, while these problematic trends exist, Disney making a deliberate public effort to avoid them is commendable and encouraging.

So, with profound respect to Rinko Kikuchi and Jamie Chung and their fans, Screen Rant has put together a list of Chinese actresses each of whom we could see as a young woman who takes her father’s place in ancient China’s imperial army. Here are 15 Actresses Who Could Play Disney’s Live Action Mulan.

15. Fan Bingbing

American moviegoers probably recognize Fan Bingbing as the actress who played Blink in X-men Days of Future Past. Blink was one of several mutants with really cool powers who ended up being relegated to supporting character cannon fodder in the bleak sentinel future world. Fan Bingbing’s fame actually extends much wider and much farther back. In 1998, Fan starred in the Chinese television series May Fair Princess, which made her a household name in Hong Kong and other South East Asian regions.

In the 2000s, Fan received many Chinese Cinema awards nominations for films like Feng Xiaogang’s Cell Phone, A Battle of Wits and Lost in Beijing. She even started her own studio in 2007. She’s also taken on Chinese martial arts films like Shaolinand The Founding of a Party and much heavier dramatic fair in Double Xposure. If Disney wanted to really capture international moviegoers’ attention with their live action Mulan, casting Fan Bingbing in the title role would be a great choice.

14. Katie Leung

Katie Leung made quite a high profile acting debut as Cho Chang in the Harry Potter Films. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire she caught Harry’s eye repeatedly and Harry even asked her to be his date for the Yule Ball. Alas, she had already said she would go with the other Hogwarts Tri-Wizard Champion, Hufflepuff pretty boy Cedric Digory. Cho Chang did give Harry his first kiss in the Room of Requirement in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Nothing like first loves when you’re part of a banned school club.

Katie Leung has stuck to stage and smaller screen roles since the Potter Movies wrapped, while also continuing her education in art and design. If she were inclined to take another high profile role, a live action Disney Mulan would certainly qualify. Leung was spotted filming scenes for an upcoming action thriller The Foreigner, which also stars Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan. We’ll have to see what her action chops look like whenever the film is released.

13. Malese Jow

Malese Jow has made herself known in the realm of Geek fandom in the recurring role of Linda Park on CW’s The Flash. In season 2 she also played the Earth-2 evil Metahuman counter park of Linda Park, Doctor Light. As an episodic villain, she was dispatched to Earth-1 by Zoom to kill the Flash.

Jow has already had a considerable career in TV even before being cast inThe Flash. She stared in the Nickelodeon sitcom Unfabulous as Geena Fabiano, the middle school best friend of the protagonist Emma Robert’s Addie Singer. She’s had several guest star appearances in Nickelodeon and other non-kids network shows like Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place, Leverage and Castle. She also appeared in the first season of CW’sThe vampire Diaries as a teenage vampire. She’s got experience in TV level action at least and might be more recognizable to millennial Disney fans who also grew up watching Nickelodeon.

The INSIDER Summary:

• Photography site Photocrowd held a contest for pictures of hidden places around the world.
• There are pictures of everything from abandoned buildings to underground caves.

For the Hidden Worlds photo contest, the photography social network Photocrowd asked its users to "look at architecture from a different perspective and reveal places where we can escape or let our imagination run free, whether it’s a personal refuge from the daily grind or an unexplored bit of city infrastructure."

Submissions poured in. The site's users, a mixture of professional and hobbyist photographers, voted on pictures that featured abandoned villages, underground caverns, and hidden nooks.

Here are the top 10 photos.

10. "Alley at Birr Castle" by Vladimir Polivanov. Polivanov captured a statue on the grounds on the castle in Ireland, surrounded by fall-colored leaves.

9. "A Place to Work" by Redmere Photography. The photographer captured antique tools and rusted parts on a workbench in a barn in Nelson, Nevada. It's like someone just stopped in the middle of working and never came back.

8. "Trees take over the temples at Angkor Wat" by Kira Morris. Cambodia's famous temples were first built in the 800s and are slowly being enveloped by the jungle.

Military jobs all seem pretty similar from the outside. Everyone shoots at the range, everyone gets compensated according to the same pay tables, and everyone gets yelled at by the people with fancier symbols on their uniforms.

But some military jobs have hidden perks that just come with the territory. For example, if the mission requires that a soldier have access to the internet, then that soldier can usually use the internet for other stuff as long as they don’t abuse the privilege. So here are six jobs with hidden perks that help make life a little more bearable:

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Corpsmen/medics usually have fridge access for medicines.

There are only a few groups of people who regularly had access to refrigeration during a deployment to the burning hot desert. The cooks (more on them later) and the medical folks — at smaller bases, this means Navy corpsmen and Army and Air Force medics.

The medical personnel need refrigeration to keep certain medicines from going bad. But whatever area of the fridge that’s left over is usually divvied up by the medics to keep drinks cold, a rare luxury on some bases.

The cooks also have refrigerators … and spare food.

The cooks have even greater access to fridges than the medics, and they can sometimes grab extra food and energy drinks to trade or share. Most forward operating bases with dining facilities feed hundreds of soldiers and Army recipes are usually written for batches of 100 servings.

It’s basically impossible to make and order the exact amount of food needed for any meal, so there’s always some spare servings of something left over — sometimes cooked and sometimes waiting to be cooked. Cooks will trade away those unused 15 servings of ribs or chicken to others for special favors.

Public Affairs has usually has Facebook access even when the rest of the base is on blackout.

The gatekeepers of the unit Facebook page, meanwhile, have their own great perk. When the rest of the base is put on communications blackout, public affairs troops are still required to keep the unit’s social media pages going to reassure family members back home and to keep up normal appearances.

This requires that the PA shop always has access to Facebook and Twitter, meaning its soldiers can exchange messages with family and update their own pages even when the base was otherwise blacked out.

Over the last couple of years, some of the best analysis on the future of TV and digital video has been published at a site called REDEF.

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REDEF analysts Matthew Ball (@ballmatthew), Jason Hirschhorn (@jasonhirschhorn), and Tal Shachar (@tweettal) have recently created an updated slide deck that they are presenting at industry conferences and events. They have kindly allowed us to publish it below.

The bottom line?

The traditional TV business has passed its peak and entered a period of long-term decline. The production and consumption of video, however, is going through the roof.  Over the next decade or two, the traditional TV business will crumble and be replaced by a new generation of producers, distributors, and packagers.

Enjoy!

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