From his speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004 that made him a household name to his farewell address on Tuesday, President Barack Obama has captivated the world with his words.

Hailed as one of the greatest presidential orators in modern history (although the title is quitecontentious), Obama has a knack for public speaking even his political opponents can recognize.

As Obama prepares to leave office, we've compiled 17 of his most memorable inspirational quotes. Enjoy:

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Yes, first and foremost, auto shows are about cars.

At the 2017 Detroit auto show — officially known as the North American International Auto Show — I saw plenty of those. Concept cars. New cars. Old cars. Plus SUVs and pickups.

But that wasn't all I saw.

Have a closer look — the Detroit auto show runs through Jan. 22 at Cobo Hall in downtown Motown:

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The mighty Cobo Hall in downtown Detroit, the show's home.

This is where you go for Motown's finest shoe shine.

There's a huge statue of legendary Detroit Joe Louis, the Heavyweight Champion of the World.

The best things in life may be free, but that doesn't mean they won't take time, sweat, and perseverance to acquire.

That's especially the case when it comes to learning important life skills.

To ascertain which talents are worth the investment, one Quora reader posed the question: "What are the hardest and most useful skills to learn?"

We've highlighted our favorite takeaways, as well as a few other skills we thought were important.

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Empathy

"You can be the most disciplined, brilliant, and even wealthy individual in the world, but if you don't care for or empathize with other people, then you are basically nothing but a sociopath," writes Kamia Taylor.

Empathy, as business owner Jane Wurdwand explains, is a fundamental human ability that has too readily been forsworn by modern business.

"Empathy — the ability to feel what others feel — is what makes good sales and service people truly great. Empathy as in team spirit — esprit de corps— motivates people to try harder. Empathy drives employees to push beyond their own apathy, to go bigger, because they feel something bigger than just a paycheck," she writes.

Time management

Effective time management is one of the most highly valued skills by employers. While there is no one right way, it's important to find a system that works for you and stick to it, Alina Grzegorzewska explains. 

"The hardest thing to learn for me was how to plan," she writes. "Not to execute what I have planned, but to make so epic a to-do list and to schedule it so thoroughly that I'm really capable of completing all the tasks on the scheduled date."

Mastering your sleep

There are so many prescribed sleep hacks out there it's often hard to keep track. But regardless of what you choose, establishing a ritual can help ensure you have restful nights.

Numerous studies show that being consistent with your sleep schedule makes it easier to fall asleep and wake up, and it helps promote better sleep in general.

Hindsight is 20/20, as they say, and it can often lead to regret.

Some people have the philosophy that everything happens for a reason, and there is no point in having regrets.

But for many of us, looking back on our lives can lead to lingering on one poignant moment or period when we wish we had done things differently That nagging question, "What if ...?," plays on repeat in our heads.

"This may sound a little melodramatic, but no matter how happy you are, at my age your regrets are countless,"writes Quora user Gary Teal. "You have made decades' worth of little miscalculations you can't completely erase from your memory, as well as a number of big mistakes that made life permanently harder."

Vaughn Bell at Mind Hacks notes that there are two ways people frame their regrets: The things they did that they wish they hadn't, and the things they wish they had done but didn't.

"The difference between the two is often a psychological one, because we can frame the same regret either way — as regret about an action: 'If only I had not dropped out of school;' or as a regret about an inaction: 'If only I had stayed in school.'

"Despite the fact that they are practically equivalent, regrets framed as laments about actions were more common and more intense than regrets about inactions, although inaction regrets tended to be longer lasting," Bell writes.

Quora user Bradley Voytek points to a national survey about the regrets of a typical American, which found 13 common sources for regret. They are, in order: romance, family, education, career, finance, parenting, health, "other,"friends, spirituality, community, leisure, and self.

Here are some of the most common regrets as chronicled by Quora users (answers have been edited for clarity): 

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Romance

"I regret that I never fell in love with someone who was in love with me, when that would have been easy for me to do.

"I regret being like an old song sung by Buffy Sainte-Marie: 'Must I go bound and you so free, Must I love one who doesn't love me, Must I be born with so little art, As to love the one who would break my heart?'"—David Kahana

Family — Children

"For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to have kids. But in my younger years, I foolishly assumed that unlike certain accomplishments like a career, the marriage and kids thing would just happen.

"Well, they didn't. I dated plenty of people but never even thought about making family a priority. Then, in my late 30s, a bout with ovarian cancer left me permanently infertile.

"I think about the kids I never had every day, several times a day. I have a great relationship with my nieces and nephews, and volunteer at a children's hospital on a regular basis, but it's just not the same to be around other people's kids. I would love to adopt or be a foster mother, and hopefully be in a financial and domestic situation that would make this feasible one day.

"But again, not the same. And it pisses me off when people say, "You're lucky you don't have kids, they're so much work, blah blah blah." Yes, but a lot of things in life that are worthwhile are also so much work.

"I think the mothering instinct is so strong in some women that the knowledge that one will never get a chance to give birth and raise their own child goes beyond regret. One that a bar chart cannot capture. I can deal with most of my other regrets in life but am having a hard time dealing with this one."— Caroline Zelonka

Family — Parents

"I regret not choosing to spend more time with my parents in my 20s. I lost my mother in 2000, and I feel the loss of the friendship we never had.

"She was very demanding, very strict, and from the perspective of a young man, very unreasonable. It turned out, as I live through middle age, that most of the ideals I have today ended up being the ones she put on me.

"Sometimes, after a setback, I feel the impulse to call her, and in the second or so that it takes for me to realize she isn't alive to speak to any longer, I realize how much I still need her.

"You cannot negotiate with death. It is final, often sudden, and personal. The last night I had with her, at a hospice in Chicago, I was exhausted and asked her if she minded if I went home. She immediately whispered that absolutely, I should rest, and to be careful driving home. I curled her fingers around the nurses call button, and kissed her on the forehead. I remember I felt some relief that I was leaving.

"I know it didn't make a difference, leaving at that time, or leaving a few hours later. She was going to die either way. But reflecting on that moment today I know then that I didn't understand how precious those minutes were, and how a door was being closed that would never open again."— Jim Wagner

Every year, Post Office Travel Money compares the cost of travel items in destinations around the world to find the cheapest places to holiday based on current exchange rates.

This year's ranking looked at destinations in 44 countries around the world, calculating the total average spend for one day in each location.

The total is measured by the average cost of 10 holiday items, including a cup of coffee, a pint of beer, a bottle of water, suncream, insect repellent, and a three-course dinner for two with a bottle of wine.

From Cancun to Cape Town, here are the cheapest long-haul holiday destinations to travel to in 2017.

Note: some of the costs cited have been excluded for the sake of brevity.

17. China Town, Singapore

Meal for two:£59.56

Beer:£5.93

Wine:£7.15

Filter coffee:£3.57

Coca-Cola:£2.68

Suncream:£9.23

16. Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Meal for two:£62.02

Beer:£2.51

Wine:£5.87

Filter coffee:£1.68

Coca-Cola:£1.84

Suncream:£9.22

15. Vancouver, Canada

Meal for two:£66.38

Beer:£3.79

Wine:£5.06

Filter coffee:£1.58

Coca-Cola:£1.19

Suncream:£6.32

Food delivery apps like Deliveroo can save you the hassle of cooking by bringing your favourite restaurant food to your doorstep with the click of a button.

However, they can also save you a trip to the shop to pick up a bottle of wine to accompany your meal.

British online food delivery company Deliveroo launched its wine delivery service last year, and has since got a number of well-known wine merchants on board.

We teamed up with Deliveroo and Matt Day, chief wine officer and in-house sommelier at wine and food pairing app Corkscrew, in order to determine which bottle to order with your next delivery.

See the 10 most-ordered bottles on Deliveroo below, ranked from worst to best: 

10. 2015 TERRAPURA Pinot Noir Viña Terrapura, Chile from Lea & Sandeman Wine Merchants — £11.50

The lowest rated of Deliveroo's top wines by Day, he says it is “sweet-fruited and soft" and "could suit chargrilled tuna or wild mushroom dishes.”

9. Tinto Negro Malbec, Mendoza (Argentina) from Cellar.sw4 — £15.45

While this wine is one of the most popular in the UK, Day warns that it is "very alcoholic and therefore overpowers even rich meat dishes."

8. 2015 De Chansac Sauvignon Blanc Cotes de Gascogne from Jeroboams — £9.95

"Clean and fresh but a bit light for most dishes," Day said. "Try with creamy goat cheese or salads." And a bargain at £9.95.

The US presidential inauguration has been a major stage for popular music acts. Performers for recent Republican and Democratic presidential inaugural events have included Barbra Streisand, Ricky Martin, Beyoncé, and Kelly Clarkson.

Donald Trump's inaugural committee, however, has reportedly faced some difficulties booking A-list musicians for the president-elect's big day.

Elton John, Kiss, and Garth Brooks are among those who have refused offers to play the inauguration, according to various sources.

Currently, 3 Doors Down and Toby Keith are set to headline the pre-inauguration concert for Trump at the Lincoln Memorial on January 19.

Here are the artists who have reportedly turned down performing at the Trump inauguration:

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Elton John

A member of Trump's transition team said Elton John, who's said to be a favorite of Trump's, was set to perform at the inauguration, but John's own team made clear he will have nothing to do with the big day.

(Source)

Céline Dion

TheWrap reported that Las Vegas hotelier Steve Wynn had tried to deliver the Canadian superstar singer for the inauguration, but she refused.

A spokesperson for Wynn said, however, that he was "not asked to book specific performers for the inauguration, nor did he ever a make a commitment to find specific performers."

Garth Brooks

As with Dion, a source told TheWrap that Wynn tried to wrangle Brooks for the inauguration, but the country star declined.

The iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch make for a great team, as they work with each other to streamline common tasks and make them easier to do.

However, there are several reasons you might want to explore other options, like Android phones and Windows computers.

Whatever your reason might be, leaving the Apple ecosystem can be a tough thing to do, and you might not find some of the useful features from the Apple ecosystem anywhere else.

To make the transition easier, though, here are a few tips to start with: 

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1. First, you'll need new, non-Apple devices.

The computer.

If you use software that isn't your web browser, your best bet is going to be a Windows 10 laptop. There are several Windows 10 laptops out there you might like at different price ranges. Here are five Windows 10 laptops that outprice the new MacBooks Pros, as well as out-speccing them. 

Those laptops I suggest in the link above are pretty powerful, but while they're also pricey, they're still less expensive than the new MacBook Pros. There are a bunch of great Windows 10 laptops in the $700 range that aren't as powerful; those could fit your needs, too. 

If 99% of the things you do on your Mac are based in a web browser, you could consider Chromebooks. They run Chrome OS, which is essentially the Chrome web browser, and they can cost a lot less than a Windows 10 laptop.

The phone.

There are a bunch of great Android phones, but if I had to pick one, it would be Google's own Pixel or Pixel XL.

It's the purest expression of what Google thinks a smartphone should be, and you'll get the latest Android and security updates directly from Google as they're released, not several months later like the majority of Android smartphones.

Air Force boneyards appeal to the child in us. The rows of rusted out planes look like old, forgotten toys, which a child could reach out and grab and lift into the air again.

The feeling is even stronger for airmen.

In an excellent article in Airman Magazine, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew Bates describes retired Col. Bill Hosmer admiring a derelict F-86 Sabre:

To retired Col. Bill Hosmer, it’s still beautiful. He walks around the old fighter and stares in admiration. He slides a hand over the warped metal fuselage and a flood of memories rush over him.

“I haven’t been this close to one of these in years,” he says. “Of course, that one was in a lot better shape.”

So was Hosmer. Time has weathered and aged them both, the plane’s faded paint and creased body match Hosmer’s own worn and wrinkled skin. Even the plane’s discarded wings stand as a metaphor for Hosmer’s own life now – a fighter pilot who can’t fly, standing next to a fighter jet with no wings.

An earlier version of this post was written by Geoffrey Ingersoll.

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Aircraft from all military services cover the desert landscape of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.

An old, weathered flight manual sits inside the remains of a CH-3E Jolly Green Giant. After years of standing in the desert sun of the boneyard, aircraft and equipment slowly age and erode.

The Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed, (formerly Airborne Laser) weapons system now sits decommissioned in the boneyard. The YAL-1 was primarily designed as a missile defense system to destroy tactical ballistic missiles with an airborne laser system.

As a born and bred New Englander, I'm woefully inexperienced when it comes to some regional restaurant chains.

In-N-Out remains a mystery to me, and the wonders of Chick-fil-A have only recently entered my life, thanks to its aggressive national expansion.

Whataburger has been an enigma for some time now — nearly every Texan I meet extols its many virtues, yet I've never set foot in one.

With over 790 locations across 10 states, Whataburger is a Southern fast-food powerhouse.

It has been family-owned since the first humble burger stand in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1950.

The chains ranks seventh on QSR Magazine's Top 50 Burger roundup, raking in $1.8 billion in system-wide sales in 2014, and it's expanding rapidly.

So when I found myself heading down to the Lone Star State, I decided a visit to the celebrated burger joint was a mandatory stop on my itinerary.

SEE ALSO: I tried In-N-Out and Whataburger side by side — and it's obvious which one is better

This location in Port Lavaca is one of a whopping 655 Whataburgers in Texas. It's built in the classic A-frame design that Whataburger is known for — one of the founders had a fondness for aviation and subsequently worked it into the chain's design.

On the windows, decals proudly proclaim their burgers to be 100% beef, ordered just the way you like it. Also, a dash of patriotism for good measure, apparently — what's more American than a burger?

No line at the register — I must have beat the lunchtime rush. Of course, most Whataburgers are open 24/7, so a late-night burger is always an option.

"Mutant foods" from the cronut to the ramen burger come and go, disappearing from social media as quickly as they blow up. But San Francisco's passion for the sushi burrito refuses to die.

When we first laid eyes on the mythical sushirrito" on Reddit in 2013, it seemed too good to be true: a sushi roll swollen to the size of a burrito, stuffed with veggies, sauces, rice, and raw fish, and eaten with your hands. Fast-forward four years, and people are still forming lines outside Sushirrito, a Bay Area restaurant chain that claims to be the birthplace of this beastly food.

I stopped by Sushirrito's location in SoMa to see if the sushi burrito meets the hype.

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Sushirrito founder Peter Yen created the sushi burrito based on a craving.

Today, the restaurant chain has six locations in the Bay Area and one in New York's Flatiron neighborhood. There's usually a line out the door.

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Ropes barricade the door, as if hungry patrons are clamoring to get into a club.

From when to say "please" and "thank you" to how to drive a car, we learn a lot from our parents. 

Oftentimes, that includes picking up on their money habits as well. 

And while some of that financial wisdom consists of worthwhile advice that we'll turn around and pass along to our own kids, other habits are better off forgotten. 

Business Insider asked parents with children of all ages to weigh in on the financial side of having kids, and several respondents shared the habits and beliefs they learned from their own parents that they don't plan to pass down. 

Below, we've anonymously included nine money lessons real parents don't plan to instill in the next generation. (Note: Responses have been edited for length and clarity.)

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"My parents had more kids than they could afford and had a 'trust it will all work out' attitude. I would like to teach my kids to be more practical about their life decisions and weigh the financial side of everything, including becoming a parent and choosing to grow their families."

From a purely financial perspective, fast food is deceptively expensive. Not exactly a smart way to feed a family on the cheap, health concerns aside.

"My parents didn't emphasize investing at all. I didn't learn about it until I was well into my 20s. My son already has an IRA (funded with earnings from work he does for my home business) and he follows its performance."

As the semester resumes for college seniors around the US, the next important decision many will make is where they should move after graduation.

A ranking of the best major metropolitan areas from the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) may help students having trouble making the call.

AIER calculated its list using nine economic, demographic, and quality-of-life factors. AIER defines major metropolitan cities as having over 2.5 million residents.

The report states that the most important factor in determining where recent graduates should relocate is the prevalence of other young recent grads.

"The location you choose to go to college determines where you will likely spend the next four years of your life, and possibly where you will start your career," Amanda Knarr, program coordinator at AIER, said in a press release. "Our ranking reflects the characteristics that make cities attractive to the average college student."

Aside from the overall ranking, we included cities' individual scores for noteworthy metrics including rent, earnings, and bars and restaurants. Of the nine metrics cities were rated based upon, we chose the one for which they scored highest.

Scroll through to find out the 15 best American cities for young college grads.

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15. Miami, Florida

Population: 5,930,416

College student population in the metro area: 445,865

#4 Bars and Restaurants

14. St. Louis, Missouri

Population: 2,801,285

College student population in the metro area: 193,985

#1 Rent

13. Atlanta, Georgia

Population: 5,580,601

College student population in the metro area: 407,257

#1 Bars and Restaurants

Aaron Rodgers isn't the most outspoken quarterback in the NFL, but he might just be the most competitive. 

The Packers QB has called himself "obsessively competitive," claims to remember every interception he's ever thrown, will sometimes go days without talking to his teammates because of locker-room card-game disputes, and once dropped an f-bomb on "Celebrity Jeopardy!" after missing a question. (He went on to win, of course.)

This sort of competitiveness is what helped an undersized high schooler with no Division 1 scholarship offers go from playing junior-college football to winning two regular season MVPs and a Super Bowl MVP. It's what makes the Packers a Super Bowl contender year in and year out, and what makes Rodgers arguably the best quarterback on the planet.

This year, after a 4-6 start, Rodgers said his team could run the table. They won their last six game, and on Sunday play the Cowboys for a spot in the NFC Championship.

Here are 24 anecdotes to illustrate just how competitive the Green Bay quarterback really is.

Rodgers claims to remember every single interception and touchdown he's ever thrown — even from as far back as eighth grade. He also remembers specific high-school plays, down to the defensive formation.

Source: MMQB

When he was 9, Rodgers' family moved from Oregon to California. To be accepted to his new school, Rodgers needed to do an interview, and when asked what he would contribute to school, he said football. When he was 15, he would show up every morning in his coach's office before class to pick his brain about offensive and defensive schemes.

Source: E:60

As a senior in high school, he decided to play baseball after getting no Division 1 football offers. Once, he threw at a pitcher's head after the pitcher threw a 94-mile fastball at him while he was at bat. The two were separated moments before the benches cleared.

Source: JS Online

Maybe the most surprising storyline of the 2016 NFL season has been the emergence of Dak Prescott. The young quarterback went from a third-string rookie taken in the fourth round to the starter on arguably the best team in the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys.

Prescott was not even the Cowboys' first choice in the draft as Jerry Jones twice tried to trade up for other quarterbacks but was unable to get the deals done.

In all, seven quarterbacks were taken in the 2016 NFL Draft before Prescott's name was called with the 135th pick. Here is how those other QBs performed in their rookie seasons.

Jared Goff, Los Angeles Rams — First round (No. 1 overall)

Games started: 7

Key stats: The Rams went 0-7 in games started by Goff. He completed just 54.6% of his passes with 5 touchdowns and 7 interceptions. His 5.3 yards per attempt ranked last among the 32 quarterbacks who started at least seven games.

Pro Football Focus grade: 39.7 (35th)

Total Quarterback Rating (QBR): 22.1 (would have ranked last among the 30 qualified quarterbacks)

What draft experts said at the time: "Goff took Cal football to a different level, and the Rams hope he does the same in L.A. He's a little bit like Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco, who both started from Day 1. Goff can do the same with the run game and defense the Rams possess." — Mike Mayock of NFL.com.

Where he is now: Goff did not even dress to start the season. He eventually served as a backup to Case Keenum before taking over as starter in Week 11. Initially the Rams appeared to be intent on letting Goff sit his entire rookie season, however, ownership eventually forced Jeff Fisher's hand leading to the change.

Carson Wentz, Philadelphia Eagles — First round (No. 2 overall)

Games started: 16

Key stats: 62.4% completions (18th in NFL), 16 touchdowns (tied-25th), 14 interceptions (tied-9th), 6.23 yards per attempts (29th)

Pro Football Focus grade: 76.8 (No. 22 overall)

Total Quarterback Rating (QBR): 53.3 (No. 25 overall)

What draft experts said at the time: "Wentz comes with great intangibles and is a naturally accurate thrower. Pairing him with QB guru Doug Pederson would aid Wentz's steep learning curve as he transitions from the FCS." — Todd McShay of ESPN.com.

Where he is now: The Rams traded Sam Bradford just before the season started, elevating Wentz to starter a lot sooner than many expected. He rewarded the Eagles early by putting on an impressive display in the first four games with 7 touchdowns and just 1 interception. However, an easy early-season schedule may have masked some issues. Over the last 12 games of the season, Wentz threw 9 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.

Paxton Lynch, Denver Broncos — First round (No. 26 overall)

Games started: 2

Key stats: 59.0% completions, 2 touchdowns, 1 interception, 6.0 yards per attempts

Pro Football Focus grade: 40.5 (unranked)

Total Quarterback Rating (QBR): 28.6 (would have ranked last among the 30 qualified quarterbacks)

What draft experts said at the time: "Lynch is a lot like Joe Flacco, but is more athletic. Lynch can be special."— Mike Mayock of NFL.com.

Where he is now: Lynch impressed in the preseason, enough to justify the use of a late-first-round pick. While there was a call to make Lynch a starter right away, the Broncos seemed content to let Lynch backup Trevor Siemian for the season. Lynch did get rushed into action in Week 4 and started the Broncos' Week 5 loss and Week 13 win when Siemian went down with injuries.

A lot of us feel guilty when we think we're not being productive.

There are a few ways you could alleviate these pangs of guilt: For one thing, stop tying your productivity to your self-worth. For another, adjust your mindset about how much time you really have to accomplish things.

But perhaps the most simple step, if you are in fact less productive than you hoped, is to up your productivity game.

Being that I work in a fast-paced newsroom where deadlines constantly loom and part of your success is measured by your output, I decided to ask my colleagues to share their favorite methods for getting it all done.

Here are their favorite tips for being more productive:

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Blacklist your time-suck websites

"I make a list of what I want to accomplish every day. It's a pretty basic strategy, but it's definitely an effective way of tracking my productivity. Nothing feels better than crossing items off the list.

"I'm also a huge procrastinator, so I use the SelfControl app to lock myself out of time-sink websites like Twitter for hours at a time. When I'm using the app, my Web browser says 'This site can't be reached' and it won't let me on sites on my blacklist for a designated time up to 24 hours — even if you delete the app and reboot your computer, you're just stuck."

—Aine Cain, reporter

Get it done first — make it perfect later

"When I work in a packed newsroom or in some busy and populated place and I have an important task that I need to get done ASAP, I try to eliminate as many distractions as possible. I put in earplugs and wear noise-cancelling headphones, or I put on headphones and listen to a site like Noisli. Ideally, I also take my laptop and find a space where I can be alone or around just a few people.

"I turn off the internet and work straight through without stopping until the project is done, or at least one significant part of the project is done. I don't aim for perfection, but simply to get the project done. Later, I can go back and make the work as good as I can. This has worked well for me."

—Daniel McMahon, copy chief

Sleep more

"Get more sleep! Everything is easier when you do."

—Gus Lubin, senior correspondent

The World Economic Forum just released its ranking of 109 countries in its "Inclusive Development Index."

It measures 109 countries for inclusive development and the results are derived by looking at 12 key performance indicators of inclusive development under three pillars:

• Growth and Development;
• Inclusion;
• Intergenerational Equity and Sustainability.

Within these pillars, WEF gets a score from looking at each country's ranking in:

• GDP growth, labour force participation and productivity, and healthy life expectancy;
• Median household income, poverty and two inequality measures
• Adjusted net saving (including natural capital depletion and human capital investment), demographic dependency ratio, public debt and carbon intensity.

Out of the 109 countries measured, 30 are considered "advanced economies." The UK and US ranked 21 and 23, respectively. 

We took a look at the top 9 most advanced economies:

9. New Zealand —Education and ease of doing business are the jewels in the nation's crown, however its overall score slipped under employment and productivity.

8. Australia — Australia achieved some of the highest scores in real economy investment, entrepreneurship, education, and health services. However its scores suffered in the work productivity and wages category.

7. The Netherlands —Dutch people can expect the highest quality of education, infrastructure, and healthcare but the country does lack, compared to its counterparts, in the real economy investment area.

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — ManpowerGroup, one of the world's largest jobs companies, released a report detailing how the technological revolution is going to change the employment market forever.

The company released the report, entitled "The Skills Revolution," on conjunction with the World Economic Forum's meeting of the most powerful political and business leaders across the globe in Davos, Switzerland.

It surveyed more than 18,000 employers across 43 countries and six industry sectors.

While technological developments will cause greater automation, a decrease in headcount or slow growth in hiring in some areas, it will actually create a lot of jobs too, according to Manpower.

But the key to this is to make sure the world's workforce "upskills" to be qualified enough to take on new positions. Companies need to invest in their workers to make sure they are not being left behind.

"We are seeing the emergence of a Skills Revolution — where helping people upskill and adapt to a fast-changing world of work will be the defining challenge of our time. Those with the right skills will increasingly call the shots, create opportunities and choose how, where and when they work," said Jonas Prising, Chairman & CEO at ManpowerGroup.

We cannot slow the rate of technological advance or globalization, but we can invest in employees’ skills to increase the resilience of our people and organisations.

"Those without will look to the future and not be able to see how their circumstances will improve. This polarization of the population that is playing out in front of our eyes is no good for society or for business. We need aggressive workforce development to address the widening gap between the Haves and the Have Nots.

"Now is the time for leaders to be responsive and responsible: we cannot slow the rate of technological advance or globalisation, but we can invest in employees’ skills to increase the resilience of our people and organisations. Individuals also need to nurture their learnability: their desire and ability to learn new skills to stay relevant and remain employable."

Here are the key ways in which the jobs market is predicted to change, according to ManpowerGroup:

Despite fears that great tech developments will destroy jobs, ManpowerGroup's survey suggests that for most companies, things won't change and actually more firms are looking to increase positions rather than cutting headcount.

This heatmap shows where in the world workers are most likely to be hit — namely India. "Employers are anticipating change. Three out of four business leaders believe automation will require new skills over the next couple of years," said ManpowerGroup in the report, citing Deloitte figures.

ManpowerGroup points out that "skills cycles are shorter than ever and 65% of the jobs Gen Z will perform do not even exist yet." It says it is essential that employees keep up with new skills that need to be developed.

Business school INSEAD has released its annual "Global Talent Competiveness Index" (GTCI), an annual benchmarking report that measures the ability of countries to compete for talent.

High ranking countries share key traits, including educational systems that meet the needs of the economy, employment policies that favour flexibility, mobility and entrepreneurship.

In a list dominated by European countries, Nordic states perform particularly well, taking three of the 9 top spots.

Take a look at the countries which made the top of the ranking.

9. Finland — The northern European state comes first overall for formal education, ranking highly in its ability to home-grow business talent as a result. Its business environment also ranks highly (6th overall), led by a very strong regulatory landscape.

8. Denmark — The Scandinavian country comes 3rd overall both for its business environment and ability to home-grow talent. Its formal education system is also among the best in the world, coming 6th overall.

7. Luxembourg — The landlocked Western European country has slipped from 3rd place in 2016 to 7th this year, but remains a top country for its ability to attract global talent. Luxembourg also excels at retaining its domestic talent (3rd overall) thanks to its international reputation as a hub of industry and finance.

Larry Ellison, founder and chairman of international mega-giant Oracle, is one of the most interesting figures in tech.

From yacht racing to buying whole Hawaiian islands to trash-talking competitors, it's always a wonder to see what Ellison is going to do next.

Here's how he went from two-time college dropout all the way to international playboy:

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Lawrence Joseph Ellison was born in the Bronx on August 17, 1944, the son of a single mother named Florence Spellman.

When he was 9 months old, baby Larry came down with pneumonia. His mom sent him to Chicago to live with his aunt and uncle, Lillian and Louis Ellison.

Louis, his adoptive father, was a Russian immigrant who took the name "Ellison" in tribute to the place in which he entered the US: Ellis Island.