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Catch up for Sunday: What every character was up to on the last episode of 'Game of Thrones'

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Remembering the gargantuan number of character plotlines on "Game of Thrones" isn't always easy.

Hopefully this comprehensive list of last week's character plotlines will be able to refresh even the foggiest of memories.

Here's what every character was up to on the last week's episode of "Game of Thrones":

 

 

 

 

 

Arya Stark

After poisoning all of Walder Frey's sons, Arya crosses paths with Lannister soldiers in Riverrun and announces her intentions to kill Cersei. 



Cersei Lannister

As she finally takes her place on the Iron Throne, Cersei begins to plot her domination over the seven kingdoms.

Euron Greyjoy, the newest king of the Iron Islands, asks for Cersei's hand in marriage, which she declines. Euron promises to return with a gift to change Cersei's mind.



Bran Stark

Bran and Meera convince the men of the Night's Watch to bring them to Castle Black when they reach the Wall by impressing them with their White Walker knowledge. 



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A day in the life of Sheryl Sandberg, who uses an old-school notebook, likes 'bad TV,' and goes to bed before 10

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Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook

Since joining Facebook in 2008, COO Sheryl Sandberg has widely been credited with helping the company soar.

The former Googler also already written two books — "Lean In" and "Option B"— on her experiences balancing her high-powered job with her personal life, along with the insight she's gleaned along the way.

Here's a look into the productive daily schedule of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg:

SEE ALSO: A look inside the daily life of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a former chemist who hosts international diplomats and can get by on only 4 hours of sleep

DON'T MISS: A typical day in the life of Mark Zuckerberg, who wears the same thing every day and tucks his daughter in every night

Sandberg is an early riser who plans her morning around dropping her two children off at school. She often arrives at work around 7 a.m., according to Fast Company.

Source: Fast Company, Quora 



While she may work at a tech company, Sandberg keeps track of her day with a "decidedly un-digital spiral-bound notebook," according to Fortune's Miguel Helft.

Source: Fortune



The notebook is where she keeps various to-do lists. "Once every item on a page is checked, she rips the page off and moves to the next," writes Helft.

Source: Fortune



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I drove the new $500,000 Lamborghini Aventador S supercar on a racetrack — here's what it was like

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When you think loud, flashy, V12 exotica, you think Lamborghini. End of story.

Over the past five decades, Lamborghini and its V12-engined supercars have become pop culture icons. Although the brand has actually released a wide variety of cars ranging from stylish GT cars to a 12-cylinder rival for the Hummer, only five models — the Miura, the Countach, the Diablo, the Murcielago, and the Aventador — have been deemed worthy of being one of Sant'Agata's flagship supercars. 

Lamborghini's current flagship, the Aventador, has been on sale for more than half a decade. 

For 2017, Lamborghini reworked the supercar to create the new Aventador S with revamped aerodynamics, upgraded suspension, new electronics, and a more powerful engine.

"This is the next generation Aventador as well as the expression of new technological and performance milestones in super sports car development," Automobili Lamborghini chairman and CEO Stefano Domenicali said in a statement.

"The Aventador S is visionary design, cutting-edge technology and driving dynamics in pure harmony, and elevates the concept of super sports cars to a new level."

Recently, Lamborghini gave Business Insider the opportunity to experience to the Aventador S on the infield road course of Pennsylvania's Pocono Raceway.

Here's how it went.

(Business Insider paid for airfare associated with the trip.)

SEE ALSO: Here's everything we know about Aston Martin's $3 million Valkyrie hypercar

The day started with an early morning helicopter ride from the west side of Manhattan to Pocono Raceway in northeastern Pennsylvania.



I stepped off the chopper to find...



... the Lamborghini team and a lineup of brand new Aventadors.



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5 health benefits of being single

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Bella DePaulo is 63 years old and she's been single her entire life.

"I never wanted to get married. Living single was my happily ever after," DePaulo, a psychologist at the University of California Santa Barbara and a pioneer for the single life, said at a TEDx Talk this spring.

DePaulo has studied singles like herself for more than a decade, and her findings suggest that being single has a range of benefits, from the psychological to the physical.

"The beliefs that single people are miserable, lonely, and loveless, and want nothing more than to become unsingle are just myths," DePaulo wrote on the blog PsychCentral in 2013.

In 2016, she combed through more than 800 studies of single and married people and found that her own work isn't the only research to suggest that being single could have some tangible health benefits — from stronger social networks to a healthier body. Read on to find out about the other advantages you might reap from singledom.

SEE ALSO: How to tell if you're going to break up, according to a psychologist who's studied couples for decades

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Singles have a stronger social network than their married counterparts.

Think married people have more friends? Think again.

In 2015, social scientists Natalia Sarkisian and Naomi Gerstel set out to explore how ties to relatives, neighbors, and friends varied among single and married American adults. They found that singles were not only more likely to frequently reach out to their social networks, but also tended to provide and receive help from these people than their married peers. Their results held steady even when they took into account factors like race, gender, and income levels.

Put simply, "being single increases the social connections of both women and men," Sarkisian and Gerstel wrote in their paper.

 



Singles may be more physically fit.

There may be some truth to the idea that people who "settle down" ease into unhealthier habits, at least when it comes to some measures of physical fitness.

After surveying more than 13,000 men and women between ages 18 and 64, researchers found that those who were single and had never been married worked out more frequently each week compared with their married or divorced peers.

And a 2015 study in the journal Social Science and Medicine that compared body mass indexes for about 4,500 people across nine European countries found that single men and women had slightly lower BMIs, on average, than men and women who were married. Overall, the married couples also weighed about five more pounds, on average, than the singles.

 



Single people could be more likely to develop as individuals.

An analysis of data from the National Survey of Families and Households that compared more than 1,000 people who had always been single with about 3,000 people who had been continuously married in 1998 found that the single people in the sample were more likely to experience personal growth than the married people — at least when it came to how they answered the following two questions. 

As compared to the married people in the sample, the singles were far more likely to say they agreed with the statements:

  • For me, life has been a continuous process of learning, changing, and growth.
  • I think it is important to have new experiences that challenge how you think about yourself and the world.

 

 



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Here are the real best things to do in San Francisco, according to locals

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San Francisco offers visitors more than tourist traps like Fisherman's Wharf and trolley cars. 

To help you experience the best of the city, we surveyed Business Insider employees based in San Francisco on their favorite local spots. From the nature trails at Lands End to happy hour at the Tonga Room, these off-the-beaten path destinations showcase the best the city has to offer.

SEE ALSO: San Francisco is so expensive, this couple decided to live on a boat — here's what it's like 10 years later

On Thursday nights, the California Academy of Sciences stays open late for adults-only special events. Take a yoga class in the aquarium, see the stars at the planetarium, or grab a cocktail and mingle with the nearly 46 million scientific specimens on site.

Address:55 Music Concourse Drive

Cost: $15



Church of 8 Wheels is a roller disco like no other. On Friday and Saturday nights, skaters (many in costume) fill the rink located inside a 120-year-old former Catholic church.

Address:554 Fillmore Street

Cost: $10 for admission and $5 for skate rental



GameVibes at the Folsom Street Foundry is a gamer's paradise. Thursday and Friday nights, players flock to the bar for video games, board games, and everything in between.

Address:1425 Folsom Street

Cost: $5



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16 US cities where incomes can't keep up with housing costs

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One-third of Americans overpay for housing, spending more than the recommended 30% of their income on rent or homeownership expenses.

While that group likely includes residents of the country's most expensive housing markets— looking at you, San Francisco — it's not just them.

In fact, according to a new ranking from SmartAsset, the least affordable housing markets in the US aren't necessarily the places with the most expensive homes. Rather, they're the cities where incomes haven't kept up with housing costs, rendering it even more difficult for residents to find affordable living.

To determine the list, SmartAsset gathered three data points — rent as a percentage of income, cost of homeownership as a percentage of income, and home value to income ratio — from the US Census Bureau for more than 580 cities. SmartAsset then ranked each city in each metric and calculated the average to determine a final score out of 100.

Three states — California, New Jersey, and Florida — are home to 15 of the top 16 cities in the ranking. Passaic, New Jersey, takes the No. 1 spot on the list. Renters there pay only $500 less than San Francisco renters, but households earn almost $70,000 less per year than they do in San Francisco, according to SmartAsset.

Read on for the top 16 least affordable housing markets in the US.

SEE ALSO: Here's how much you need to earn to rent a 2-bedroom apartment in 15 of America's biggest cities

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16. Santa Ana, California

Income spent on rent: 38.1%

Income spent on homeownership costs: 31.1%

Home value to income ratio: 8.0



14 (TIE). Newark, New Jersey

Income spent on rent: 36.6%

Income spent on homeownership costs: 40.5%

Home value to income ratio: 7.6



14 (TIE). Bloomington, Indiana

Income spent on rent: 42.5%

Income spent on homeownership costs: 33.3%

Home value to income ratio: 6.4



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Every Christopher Nolan movie, ranked from worst to best

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Christopher Nolan has done everything from making imaginatively complex dramas about the heights people will go after losing a loved one ("Memento" and "The Prestige"), to resurrecting a comic book franchise for the big screen with sophistication ("The Dark Knight" movies).

Now with his latest movie, "Dunkirk," he takes on his first-ever war epic.

To celebrate his best movie in years opening on Friday, we look back on the incredible feature film work of Nolan, and in the process, go through the agonizing process of trying to rank them.

Here are all the Christopher Nolan movies, ranked from worst to best: 

SEE ALSO: Christopher Nolan explains the biggest challenge in making his latest movie "Dunkirk" into an "intimate epic"

10. “Insomnia” (2002)

Following the success of his breakthrough hit, "Memento," Nolan was quickly snatched up by Hollywood. Steven Soderbergh pulled him into Warner Bros. and that led to Nolan directing this thriller, starring Al Pacino and Robin Williams. Seeing Williams in the rare bad-guy role was intriguing. But Pacino looking super tired the entire movie, while playing a cop trying to solve a murder in an Alaska town with perpetual daylight, didn't help an already slow-burn story. But we highly recommend the original Norwegian movie it's based on. 



9. "Following" (1998)

Nolan's feature debut is unique right out of the gate: A writer who gets his material by following strangers around. Of course, things get more complex, like when he is put under the wing of a thief. This black-and-white movie shows hints of Nolan's greatness from the surprise reveals in the story, to the use of music. 



8. "Interstellar" (2014)

Perhaps Nolan's most ambitious movie to date, his "2001"-like epic look into space even confused the most hardcore of Nolan fans. Perhaps too smart for its own good, it's certainly a movie that will gain more acclaim as new generations come across it.



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The 18 countries with the most millionaires

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Minting a million-dollar fortune isn't the remarkable feat it used to be.

It remains a marker of immense wealth, but the club is growing ever more crowded, with nearly 33 million people across the globe now laying claim to fortunes in excess of $1 million, according to estimates by Credit Suisse in its most recent Global Wealth Databook

The US alone claims 13.6 million adults with a net worth above $1 million — that's 41% of all the world's millionaires and more than the next eight countries combined. 

Switzerland, however, has the most millionaires per capita: Nearly 12% of the adults in the country are millionaires, or one out of every 8.6. 

The millionaire population isn't necessarily a indicator of broad wealth within a country. Despite having the most millionaires by a gaping margin, the median wealth for adults in the US is only $44,977. Of the 18 countries with more than 200,000 millionaires, that's a lower median wealth figure than all but Germany ($42,833), Sweden ($39,692), and China ($4,885). 

Below, Business Insider has ranked the 18 countries with the most millionaires — that's all fortunes above $1 million, including the billionaires — based on Credit Suisse's annual wealth report (you can read the full report here). We've also included the country's population and median wealth for comparison purposes. 

SEE ALSO: The 30 richest people on earth

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18. Austria

Number of millionaires: 217,000

Adult population: 6.84 million

Median wealth per adult: $52,519



17. Denmark

Number of millionaires: 240,000

Adult population: 4.24 million

Median wealth per adult: $52,279



16. Sweden

Number of millionaires: 285,000

Adult population: 7.41 million

Median wealth per adult: $39,692



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The rise of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Trump administration star who just became the new White House press secretary

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House deputy press secretary, has gained prominence in recent months as she's taken on more public-facing duties on President Donald Trump's communications team.

And with White House press secretary Sean Spicer's resignation on Friday, she could be next in line for his job.

Unlike many of the president's top aides, Sanders was bred in politics. She's the daughter of former Arkansas governor and two-time presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, and she served as field director for her father's 2002 gubernatorial reelection campaign, was the national political director for his 2008 presidential campaign, and headed his 2016 presidential bid. 

“I always say that when most kids are seven or eight years old out jumping rope, she was sitting at the kitchen table listening to [political commentators] analyze poll results,” Mike Huckabee told Fox News in May.

Her work on several Republican politicians' campaigns landed her on Time's 40 Under 40 list in 2010, alongside other top political minds, including Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin and Nick Ayers, who was selected this week to be Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff. In her Time interview, Sanders called her father her political "inspiration," and praised President Barack Obama for addressing what she said was the most overlooked issue facing the nation: kids who are "victims of broken families." 

Following Huckabee's withdrawal from the 2016 Republican primary race in February 2016, Sanders signed on as a senior adviser to the Trump campaign, later becoming a frequent spokesperson. Since January, she's served as the principal deputy press secretary at the White House and, more recently, has shared press briefing responsibilities with Spicer. 

SEE ALSO: Sean Spicer has resigned as White House press secretary

Sanders followed in her dad's footsteps from a young age, attending college at his alma mater, Ouachita Baptist University, a private liberal arts school in Arkansas. After college, she worked for the Department of Education under President George W. Bush, worked on Bush's reelection campaign in 2004, and staffed a couple of Senate campaigns before joining her dad's 2008 presidential campaign. She has called the former governor a "hero."

Source: Fox News and TIME



On the Trump campaign, Sanders was tasked with developing communications targeting faith leaders, gun rights supporters, and military groups. She frequented cable news networks as a surrogate, defending Trump's actions and explaining his policy positions.



Sanders is married to a Republican political strategist, Bryan Sanders, whom she hired to work on her father's 2008 campaign. The two married in 2010, co-founded a political consulting firm, Second Street Strategies in Little Rock, Arkansas, and have two daughters and a son all under the age of 5.



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14 sleeping habits of unsuccessful people

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Get some rest.

It's advice we've all heard before — for a good reason.

The more quality shut eye you get, the more refreshed you'll be in the morning. In turn, that'll set you up to effectively tackle the challenges of your day.

On the opposite end, as Arianna Huffington told Business Insider, there's a direct correlation between sleep deprivation and an increase in stress and negative health effects.

That's why it's important to adopt some positive bedtime rituals to ensure you're making the most of your sleep.

People who've gotten mired in unhealthy sleep habits are basically sabotaging their future. In fact, Business Insider reported that a recent study found that a lack of sleep is linked with Alzheimer's.

Here are some disastrous sleep-related habits that you should avoid:

SEE ALSO: 18 people who prove you don't have to wake up incredibly early to be successful

SEE ALSO: 7 bedtime rituals that are hard to adopt, but will pay off forever

1. Forgetting to plan out the next day

By creating a game plan for the next day, you're ensuring that you'll have a smoother morning. Unsuccessful people waste the night away without thinking of tomorrow at all. This disorganization will likely carry into the next day.

It's fine to plan things out on the fly every once in a while. However, if you really want to make the most of your time, sticking to a routine is a good idea.



2. Not reflecting before going to bed

Unsuccessful people may not see the need to reflect, or they might simply feel that their lives are too hectic to squeeze a few minutes of silence in.

Of course, you probably don't have a ton of time during the day to sit down and contemplate you're life. That's why establishing a time for reflection, prayer, or meditation right before bed is a great idea. This practice will help you become a more mindful, grateful person.

Plus, it'll help you get a good night's rest. Rhett Power writes in Inc. that"time spent in silence before bed helps you relax so you sleep deep."



3. Bringing technology into the bedroom

Unsuccessful people wreak havoc on their own sleep cycles by refusing to put away their phones before bed.

The Huffington Post cofounder advises everyone to turn off their screens before bed. The bright blue lights mess with your head and make it harder to fall asleep, according to Erin Brodwin writing for Business Insider. This also means switching over to paper books for any late-night reading.

Checking Twitter one last time isn't worth wrecking your Circadian rhythm.



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For 10 years NASA has been Photoshopping its astronauts into posters for everything from 'Star Wars' to 'Reservoir Dogs'

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Astronauts tend to be a straight-laced bunch. 

It makes sense, given the extreme discipline required of their job. But they like to lighten things up now and then just like anyone else, and that's on full display in the elaborately nerdy posters for International Space Station (ISS) missions.

The ISS is a space station where astronauts from the United States, Russia, Europe, Canada, and Japan cooperate on experiments for the benefit of future deep space explorations. International crews assemble for four-to six-month-long expeditions.

Since the first ISS expedition in 2000, NASA has been making expedition posters featuring the crew, first through its Office of Communications and then is Space Flight Awareness team. In 2007, NASA thought it would be fun to switch from standard group photos to something more fun — heavily Photoshopped posters based on some of the crew's shared favorite pieces of pop culture.

Over the past 10 years, this has included references to "Star Wars," The Beatles, and "Reservoir Dogs."

Dr. Alotta Taylor, NASA's head of the Space Flight Awareness program, told Business Insider that the posters serve both an external and internal purpose. They advertise the expeditions to the public and are hung within NASA facilities and the offices of other US government organizations. And the charming kitschiness of the posters give the ISS crews, who train together before living in close proximity, a chance to participate in something fun and goofy when they work with the graphic designers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

You can see all of the posters on NASA's website, and we've included some of our favorites below.

SEE ALSO: Jock, nerd, or class president — how popular you were in high school still affects you today

The poster for Expedition 16 (2007) was the first time the crew went with a pop culture homage, inspired by 'The Matrix.'



Expedition 45's (2015) poster was inspired by "Star Wars."



The crew made a music reference for Expedition 26 (2010), alluding to the Beatles album 'Abbey Road.'



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18 people who accomplished incredible things at a shockingly young age

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Picture a wunderkind.

The names of tech giants like Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegel, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates tend to come to mind when we're thinking about people who achieved extraordinary success at a young age.

However, the idea of the young prodigy is by no means a modern phenomenon.

From Alexander the Great to Alexander Hamilton, here are 18 individuals throughout history who accomplished incredible things early in life:

SEE ALSO: 7 rich and famous people who started out living in their cars

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Alexander the Great conquered countries at 18

Hellenistic conqueror Alexander the Great accomplished extraordinary things during his short time on earth.

After the assassination of his father, Philip II of Macedon, Alexander ascended to the throne. Two years later, at the age of 18, he began expanding his domain. He spent most of his reign conquering lands from Greece to India. The result was one of the largest ancient empires and the spread of Hellenistic culture throughout the Mediterranean world.

Alexander never lost a battle. In the end, he simply burned out, succumbing to a fever at the age of 32.



Augustus Caesar (Octavian) became a Roman Senator at 20

Today, Augustus is remembered as the first emperor of Rome.

However, his career began long before securing this unprecedented role in 27 B.C.E.

In 44 BCE, Augustus was still known as Octavian. He was Julius Caesar's 19-year-old grand nephew, adopted son, and heir.

On the Ides of March, Caesar was assassinated while the teenage Octavian was undergoing military training. Instead of fleeing in the aftermath of the murder, Caesar's heir returned to Rome and threw himself into the simmering political intrigue.

For years, he navigated multiple shifting alliances, mass killings, and all-out war. Octavian finally prevailed in 31 B.C.E. when his forces defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, according to Roman-Empire.net.



Joan of Arc turned a war around at 17

The bloody Hundred Years' War devastated medieval France.

However, in 1429, a teenage peasant girl helped turn things around for the country.

Backed by a small coterie of supporters, Joan of Arc managed to convince her country's leadership to give her a commanding role in the army. She was 17 years old when she chopped off her hair, donned men's clothes, and rode off to battle, according to History.com.

Nine days after she arrived at the besieged city of Orléans, Joan beat back the English forces and became a national hero.

Unfortunately, she was eventually captured, given a sham trial, and burned at the stake by the English. She was only 19 when she was executed. The charges were debunked and she was declared a martyr several decades too late. Centuries later, Joan of Arc was canonized as a saint in 1920.



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20 books on college summer reading lists across the US

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Many colleges develop summer reading programs with one or more books for the campus community or their incoming freshmen. These books, chosen by a panel of professors, students, or administrators, are meant to be the common point of reference used to spark discussion and conversation among members of campus.

A freshman taking her first step into the imposing halls of higher education and the intimidating, anonymous crowds of fellow students can take solace in knowing that she has at least one conversation starter up her sleeve. In a school where people from all walks of life are studying different fields and engaged in different interests, a book can be the bridge to understanding these differences or pushing against assumptions. 

The books that colleges have chosen this year tell the stories of growing up as an immigrant, a broken justice system, the plight of poverty, and race in America. They also expose us to hidden struggles and triumphs, the secret to leading a happy life, and the significance of trash.

You don't need to be a college student to enjoy, ponder, question, or debate the ideas of these 20 books. 

Captions provided by Amazon Editorial Reviews. 

"Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of a Global Citizen" by Firoozeh Dumas

Texas Christian University

In this series of poignant, insightful, and often hilarious anecdotes, Dumas explores the unique challenges and rewards of blending many cultures together as an Iranian American growing up in southern California, from the complexities of multi-family holidays, to the awkwardness of dating in college, to the joys of food.

Buy it here >>



"The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

12 schools, including Albany State University, Florida A&M, and University of Massachusetts Amherst

Two boys with the same name lived in the same decaying city. One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two young men and the journey of a generation.

Buy it here >>



"Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption" by Bryan Stevenson

50+ schools, including Auburn, Duke, Northeastern, Ohio State, and UNC Chapel Hill

A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice — from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.

Buy it here >>



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15 photos of Malabar 2017: US, India, and Japan's war games held amid China's growing influence

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The US, India, and Japan kicked off the Malabar 2017 naval exercises earlier this month in the Bay of Bengal.

Malabar 2017 is the latest in a series of exercises that have grown over the years to address shared threats to maritime security in the Indian Ocean and Asia-Pacific and to build interoperability between participants.

While Malabar 2017 is not the series' largest exercise, it is the first to involve carriers from each navy: India's Vikramaditya, the US's Nimitz, and Japan's Izumo, which Tokyo classifies as a "helicopter destroyer."

This year, Malabar has both land and sea portions. The former was based in Chennai and focused on information exchanges, while the sea portion of the drills, taking place from July 14 to 17, had anti-submarine warfare as one of its main components.

While not present, China loomed large over the exercises. Beijing and New Delhi have been eyeing each other warily in the Indian Ocean for the last several years, and the two countries are currently involved in one of their most intense border incidents in decades.

Below, you can see photos of Malabar 2017, taking place in what appears to be ground zero for "a new Cold War" in the Indian Ocean.

SEE ALSO: China has sent troops to its first overseas base, which poses 'very significant operational security concerns' for the US

Malabar was long a US-India bilateral exercise, but it has become India's first permanent trilateral exercise after Japan's addition in 2015. Other countries have participated in the past, at times sparking protest from China. India and Australia had bilateral exercises earlier this year, as did Australia and the US.

Source: Lowy Institute, The Diplomat



Malabar 2017 covered a variety of operations, but anti-submarine warfare was a particular focus (as it has been in the past). Expanded Chinese submarine activity in the area, as well as Beijing's increased cooperation with Pakistan, has aroused Indian concern for several years.

Source: Lowy Institute, Business Insider



While India's navy is smaller than China's, New Delhi's control of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands give it advantageous position relative to the Malacca Strait, which connects East and Southeast Asia to the Indian Ocean. In June, Indian warships were assigned 24/7 patrols at the western edge of the Malacca Strait to monitor maritime movement in the area.

Source: The New York Times, The Tribune of India



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An explanation of everything in the new 'Justice League' trailer

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Warner Bros. unveiled a new trailer for its big "Justice League" movie coming in November at San Diego Comic-Con Saturday. 

The over four-minute trailer shows a good look at the new villain, Steppenwolf, and our new heroes Aquaman, Cyborg, and The Flash, who Diana Prince and Bruce Wayne will recruit to help take him and his minions down.

If you haven't seen it, check it out here first. All good? Now, let's go through what you may have missed in the trailer.

The trailer opens with Jim Gordon showing off the Bat signal.



We see a bank robbery in process, but it's not clear who is leading the pack since the face is never shown.

We have a feeling this will be early on in the movie before Wonder Woman and Batman team up to bring together the League.



Wonder Woman shows up and gets shot at by a security guard. Obviously, that's a mistake.

It doesn't seem like this will be some big DC villain. Wonder Woman has no problem taking the bad guy out and none of the men on the ground look recognizable. We're happy to see Wonder Woman getting some more screen time alone, though.



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The 10 most affordable places to buy a beach home in the US

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The sun is shining, the days are longer, and it's finally warm enough that the bold among us are starting to bust out those cargo shorts. That can only mean one thing: Beach season is coming. 

But as fun as excursions to the Hamptons and Nantucket can be, these ritzy summer enclaves can also sap your entire vacation fund in a hot minute if you're not careful. 

And perhaps you're looking for a permanent fix for your ocean-air addiction? If you're not palling around with millionaires and billionaires, you might as well forget about buying property in those exclusive destinations.

But if you look beyond the traditional summer hot spots, your dream of owning a sun-drenched cottage within spitting distance of the ocean spray may not be so far-fetched. 

Realtor.com dug through its database to find some scenic beachfront locales that are far more affordable for the average American and that won't have you ruing the fact that you never amassed a fortune on Wall Street.

They limited their scope to beach cities with populations between 1,000 to 100,000 and that had at least 30 properties on the market. And to ensure some geographic diversity, Realtor.com capped its list to two towns per state separated by at least 30 miles. 

Read on for the 10 most affordable beach towns to buy a home in — each of which has a median home price below $250,000.

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10. North Bend, Oregon

Population: 9,543

Median home price: $239,000



9. Ocean Shores, Washington

Population: 5,628

Median home price: $232,500



8. Daytona Beach, Florida

Population: 63,011

Median home price: $199,900



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The best album of every year since 2000, according to critics

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Each year in music, one album stands out from the crowd as the most critically acclaimed work of the year.

Since the turn of the new century, review aggregator Metacritic has compiled an annual list of the years' most well-received albums, by assigning scores based on their composite critical reception.

We selected the top album from each year, starting with 2000 (and including the best album of 2017 so far). The resulting list includes appearances from great artists like Kendrick Lamar, Bob Dylan, and Kanye West, as well as a few lesser-known but incredible LPs. 

Check out the best album of each year in the new century so far:

SEE ALSO: The 25 best songs of 2017 so far, ranked

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2000: Outkast — "Stankonia"

Critic score: 95/100

User score: 8.9/10

What critics said: "Stankonia reeks of artful ambition rendered with impeccable skill — or as one song title so concisely has it, 'So Fresh, So Clean.'"— Entertainment Weekly

Notable songs:"So Fresh, So Clean,""Ms. Jackson,""B.O.B."

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2001: Bob Dylan — "Love and Theft"

Critic score: 93/100

User score: 8.8/10

What critics said: "The remarkable achievement of 'Love and Theft' is that Dylan makes the past sound as strange, haunted and alluring as the future."— Rolling Stone

Notable songs:"Mississippi,""Bye and Bye,""High Water (For Charley Patton)"

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2002: The Streets — "Original Pirate Material"

Critic score: 90/100

User score: 8.9/10

What critics said: "'Original Pirate Material' is England's first great hip-hop record mostly because it isn't a hip-hop record. It's hard to say exactly what it is."— Village Voice

Notable songs:"Has It Come To This?,""Let's Push Things Forward,""Weak Become Heros"

Buy it here >>



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Every PlayStation 4 game I own — RANKED

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I own a lot of PlayStation 4 games.

Some I've played to completion, collecting every trophy and relishing every moment along the way; other games I'd started and stopped, for one reason or another. Honestly though, I wish I had time to play them all — even some of the ones I didn't spend much time with initially.

Many people may not consider video games to be "works of art," but many of the titles on this list truly deserve that recognition.

If you own a PlayStation 4 — and you should, since it's an excellent media center (think: Netflix and Amazon Video) in addition to a game console — consider this list if you're looking for games to buy.

SEE ALSO: The top 50 video games of all time — RANKED

46. Mass Effect Andromeda

My two cents: I so badly wanted this game to be good, and it was so, so terrible. I forced myself to play it.

My verdict: Hard pass. If you can find a way to play the original "Mass Effect" trilogy, do that instead.



45. Star Wars Battlefront

My two cents: The visuals were incredible but the game felt frustratingly limited in terms of scope. The game is only multiplayer modes, with a frustrating progression system. 

My verdict: Pass. The sequel actually does sound much more promising, for what it's worth.



44. Street Fighter V

My two cents: If I hadn't gotten a free copy of this game, I wouldn't have played it at all. My instincts were right: The game was simply not fun or at all satisfying.

My verdict: Pass.



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The 50 most dominant athletes alive

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How do you define dominance? How do you compare the achievements of athletes all around the world, in different leagues, in different sports?

There's no exact formula, but we're once again giving it a shot by ranking the most dominant athletes in the world.

Every aspect counts — athletes who crush opponents with power, speed, or technique, athletes who win individual accolades, athletes who reach the pinnacles of their sports, both individually or with a team.

Our list skews toward recent performance: while longevity and history counts, we favored athletes who have had successful years or stretches since our last edition in 2016

The result is a wide variety of competitors in a wide variety of sports — football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, golf, tennis, swimming, gymnastics, track and field, ice skating, and more.

Take a look below.

Cork Gaines contributed to this report.

50. Gwen Jorgensen

American triathlete

Age: 31

Jorgensen dominated at the 2016 Rio Olympics, winning the triathlon by 40 seconds to bring home the U.S. its first-ever gold in the event. Currently pregnant, Jorgensen hasn't competed in 2017, but prior to the Olympics, she won five of seven international events in 2016 and had won 15 of 17 events dating back to July 2014.



49. Justin Tucker

Baltimore Ravens kicker

Age: 27

Justin Tucker went 24/24 on kicks from 40+ yards last year, including an absolutely astonishing 10/10 from 50+. That's as good as any kicker has ever been from that distance, and effectively extended the Ravens' scoring range ten yards further than any other team in the NFL. Kickers don't get enough love for their value — no play more commonly decides a game in its final seconds than a field goal attempt from less-than-ideal field position. In that situation there's no player you'd rather have than Justin Tucker.

 



48. Marta

Orlando Pride forward

Age: 31

Time hasn't slowed down Marta. The 31-year-old forward was a finalist for Ballon D'Or in 2016, making her a top-three nominee for the prestigious award in 12 of the last 13 years, including a five-year stretch of winning it. Back in the NWSL this year, she leads the Orlando Pride in goals and assists.



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10 ways Uber drivers can get kicked off the app

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For anyone who's ever had a bad Uber experience, the company makes it easy enough to report it — and sometimes you can get a refund. But there are plenty of more minor infractions that you may not have realized are against the company's policies and can get drivers deactivated. 

Have a driver cancel on you because you're just going around the block? That's grounds for deactivation. Did a driver refuse you a ride because you have a service animal? That's bad too.  

According to Harry Campbell, creator of a blog and podcast for ride-share drivers called The Rideshare Guy, even drivers are surprised by the rules, since they can sometimes vary from state to state and city to city.

Since Uber drivers aren't classified as full-time or part-time employees, Uber can't provide job training. So he created a list of all the infractions he's seen get drivers in trouble. 

Here's what can get your Uber driver kicked off the app:

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1. Promoting a competitor

After Uber settled two class-action lawsuits in April 2016 about how to classify its workers, the company has backed off on this issue, since it can't ban its employees from driving for competitors. Campbell says posting stickers for both Uber and Lyft is OK now, but passing out Lyft referral cards is a no-go. 



2. Failing a background check

Background-check laws vary from state to state, but in municipalities that are imposing stricter regulations, drivers need to have a clean record — like no arrests or DUIs — in order to drive. Campbell says he recently had to submit to an updated background check from Uber. 



3. An average rating lower than 4.6

A driver with a rating of lower than 4.6 could get deactivated — so passenger ratings actually do count for something. 



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