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These 8 new fall TV shows are probably going to get canceled

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It's that time of year. Not the holiday season, although that's coming up.

Right now, it's the time of year when we learn which freshman TV shows will survive, and which are destined to die. 

This year the pickings were weak, which means only a few will survive. So we rounded up the shows with the highest risk of getting canceled. And you might be watching some of them. 

If you're in love with one of the shows on this list, tune in while it's live on the air. Maybe you'll be the one to save it from cancellation! 

Here the new fall TV shows that will probably get canceled:

SEE ALSO: 6 new fall TV shows that critics hate, but normal people love

8. "The Mayor"— ABC

Unfortunately, "The Mayor" debuted with mediocre ratings, which have gotten even worse since. A season two order is a long shot, but we're rooting for it, since it's an absolute delight, and one of the best new shows of the season. 



7. “Ten Days in the Valley” — ABC

As a limited series, ABC probably wasn't planning on ordering a second season for this series anyway, but it's one of the lowest rated new shows, and struggled so much in its Sunday night time slot that it was moved to Saturday nights (aka TV wasteland). Not even the amazing Kyra Sedgwick can save this show from getting the ax, which is sad because she's very good in it. 



6. "Kevin (Probably) Saves the World"— ABC

"Kevin (Probably) Saves the World" didn't have good ratings from the start, and they have dropped since the premiere. Kevin (probably) won't be saving the world much longer. 



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Inside the rapid rise and unprecedented power grab of Saudi Arabia's millennial crown prince

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is rapidly becoming the driving force behind his Middle East kingdom and one of the most powerful people in the world.

The 32-year-old royal has influenced Saudi Arabia's military, foreign policy, economy, and even day-to-day religious and cultural life.

Crown Prince Mohammed — or MbS, as he's widely known — is also widely seen to be the muscle behind Saudi Arabia's recent anti-corruption purge. The heir to the throne, Crown Prince Mohammed is consolidating power in a way Saudi Arabia hasn't seen in decades.

Meet the powerful prince who could reshape the Middle East:

SEE ALSO: An unprecedented power grab by Saudi Arabia's crown prince could remake the Middle Eastern kingdom

Not much is known about Crown Prince Mohammed's early life. He is the eldest son of King Salman’s third wife, and reportedly spent much of his time shadowing his father.



A 2015 New York Times article details how unexpected his rise has been, noting that his three older half-brothers "all have distinguished résumés and were once considered contenders for top government roles."

Source:The New York Times



Crown Prince Mohammed holds a bachelor’s degree in law from King Saud University in Riyadh and served in various advisor roles for his father.



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5 reasons why it's the perfect time to buy a 4K TV

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The time is finally right to buy a 4K/HDR television — the next step up after HD.

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I just bought one, which is saying something — I despise buying electronics, and that goes doubly so for TVs.

I'm not a videophile, and I don't buy bleeding-edge tech. I only considered the concept of buying a 4K/HDR TV because I had to review the newest Xbox One, which exists solely to provide 4K/HDR visuals.

After spending an inordinate amount of time digging in, I was convinced: It finally makes sense for the average person to consider buying a 4K/HDR TV. Here's why!

REVIEW: The new $500 Xbox One is incredibly powerful and far too expensive

DON'T MISS: I tried a $4,000 TV for a month – here's what it's like

1. The prices are finally reasonable.

I started looking for a new TV with a price in mind: I wouldn't spend over $1,000. If I couldn't buy a good 4K/HDR TV for $1,000 or under, then I would wait another year.

Turns out that was no problem whatsoever — I actually ended up spending well below $1,000.

I started by reading up on TVs at my favorite review-focused publications: CNET and The Wirecutter. I spoke with colleagues who know more about displays than I do. (Thanks, Tony and Jeff!) I went back and forth over whether to wait for OLED TV prices to come down. I watched a bunch of videos on YouTube.

In the end, I went with the TCL P-series you see above. It's Wirecutter's highest-rated TV, period.

"It's the best value we have ever seen in a TV," Wirecutter's Chris Heinonen said. "It produces images with more detail, brightness, and color than most TVs that cost hundreds more. Even when viewed side-by-side with TVs that cost 250 percent more, our viewing panel picked the TCL."

I've had the TCL set for nearly a month, and I love it so far. It cost $599.99 plus tax — significantly under the budget I set for a TV that's received universal praise from critics and buyers alike.

 



2. From Apple TV to Roku to Fire TV, the newest version of every set-top box comes with support for 4K and/or HDR.

If you're buying one of the newest set-top boxes, like the Apple TV, you've already got a device that's capable of powering a 4K/HDR television. You can download films and TV, and then watch them in 4K/HDR on your new TV. 

Perhaps you prefer Amazon's Fire TV stick, or Roku's various devices? There are 4K/HDR options from every set-top box maker at this point, and plenty of content to boot.



3. Streaming services are all there already.

Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video all offer streaming video in 4K, with HDR support, right now. Netflix charges a bit more for the ability to watch the higher quality stream, which is unfortunate, but it offers a ton of content for streaming in 4K/HDR. Even YouTube has 4K content.

HBO Now/Go, unfortunately, does not — it's one of the few big streaming video services that still lacks support.



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How to play 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' — the most popular game of 2017 — on a Mac

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"PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" ("PUBG") is the most popular game of 2017 by a mile, despite the fact it can only be played on PCs running Windows 10, and that it's not even a fully finished game.

That's right, "PUBG" is still in beta at the time of writing, and it became the most-played game on the Steam gaming platform, beating "Dota 2" for most concurrent gamers playing on Steam for the first time in years.  

"PUBG" is soon coming to Xbox One on December 30, leaving PlayStation 4 users in the cold, at least for now. And because "PUBG" is only available on PC, Mac owners are also out of luck... until now. 

My colleague Dave Smith recently tried an app called GeForce Now from Nvidia to play "Destiny 2" on a Mac, and he had overly positive remarks about his experience. And it turns out that one of the games you can play on GeForce Now is "PUBG." The rest is history.

Here's how you can play "PUBG" on a Mac, and what it's like:

SEE ALSO: Two of tech's biggest rivals are working together to make powerful laptops thinner than the MacBook Air

Haven't heard of "PUBG?" Here's what it's all about.

If you haven't heard of "PUBG," the most popular game of 2017, it's a battle royale-style game where you and 100 other online players try to survive to become the last person standing. You need to pick up weapons and gear and fight against other players, but there's also a virtual barrier than slowly encouraches on you and the map you're playing in, restricting the playable area until the game concludes. You can choose to be active and shoot your way through the game, or be stealthy and keep the shooting for the very last minute when only a few players are left. 

"PUBG" is currently only available to play on PC, and players interested in playing "PUBG" need a PC that's powerful enough to run the game smoothly. It's not a particularly lightweight game.

This is where Nvidia's GeForce Now comes into play. It'll let you play "PUBG" on your Mac if you don't have a PC that's powerful enough to play "PUBG," or an Xbox for when the game is released. 



All you have to do is install the GeForce Now app on your Mac, and sign in to your Steam account – or create a Steam account if you don't have one.

You can find the link to download GeForce Now beta on your Mac here. It's free for now, and creating a Steam account is also free. You'll just have to buy "PUBG," which costs $30.



The GeForce Now app is basically like owning a high-performance gaming PC without actually owning one.

The way GeForce Now works is that you connect to an Nvidia gaming PC somewhere in "the cloud"– most often a specialized warehouse full of web servers and computers – from your own computer. This gaming PC in the cloud runs the game itself, and the visuals for the game are streamed over the internet to your computer screen at home (or at work!), much like a YouTube of Netflix video. 

That means you can run available games at their highest graphical settings because your own computer isn't doing any of the work towards running the game. All your computer is doing is streaming the video and relaying your keyboard strokes and mouse movements to the Nvidia gaming PC in the cloud. It'll even work if you have an old, underpowered computer, just as long as it can reliably stream video over the internet. 



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What it's REALLY like to work at one of America's favorite chains

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Wawa is a popular East Coast convenience store chain.

• Business Insider visited a Wawa in Williamsburg, Virginia, to get a sense of what it's like to work there.

• Area manager Amanda Holman said the chain looks for employees with "goose blood."




Wawa isn't just another gas station. For many people up and down the East Coast, it's an experience.

With locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Florida, Wawa is a convenience store chain with a wide reach. It's also the greatest store of its kind in America, according to Business Insider's Kate Taylor and Hollis Johnson.

I attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, which is conveniently located right next to a brightly-lit, 24/7 Wawa. I spent a lot of time there in college, making great decisions like buying large quantities of mac and cheese at 2 a.m.

Last month, I traveled back down to Williamsburg and took a tour of that same Wawa, to get a sense of what it's like to work there.

Here's what I saw:

SEE ALSO: I tried one of the most infamous gas station sandwiches in America — here's the verdict

I arrived at the store on a sunny morning in October. Inside, I met with Wawa area manager Amanda Holman. She oversees 13 Wawas in the area.



Holman said she started her career with Wawa 14 years ago working in a store as a part-time customer service associate. She didn't expect to stick around this long in the beginning, but she said the company's values and benefits couldn't be beat.



Wawa's benefits include a 401k plan and an employee discount. Employees rate the company 3.9 out of 5 stars on Glassdoor.

Source: Glassdoor



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15 incredibly successful people who never graduated college

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You're likely to earn significantly more if you go to college and get your bachelor's degree, or make it even further, according to government statistics. But for the richest of the rich, the normal rules don't seem to apply.

Whether through innate ambition and skill or sheer luck, a number of extremely wealthy leaders like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Richard Branson made it to where they are without the traditional educational credentials. In fact, research firm Wealth-X found in 2016 that nearly a third of the world's billionaires didn't have a bachelor's degree.

Here's 15 insanely successful people that you may not realize never went to college, or abandoned higher education once they got there.

SEE ALSO: Forget practice — Edison, Zuckerberg, and Bezos all show the secret to success is experimentation

Ellen DeGeneres

Net worth: $400 million

DeGeneres is one of the most successful comedians and hosts in Hollywood history, but she had to work her way there over time. She enrolled in the University of New Orleans, but dropped out after only one semester. She worked odd jobs from house painter to vacuum salesperson to oyster shucker (yes, really). In the '80s, she was doing standup at comedy clubs and finally got a national spotlight on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show. By the '90s, she had her own sitcom, and of course, now she's the queen of daytime TV with her talk show Ellen.



Ted Turner

Net worth: $2.2 billion

Turner didn't actually drop out of college. Instead, he was kicked out of Brown University for having a woman in his dorm room. Luckily, he was able to work for his father's successful advertising company, which he later turned into the Turner Broadcasting Company, launching the first 24-hour cable news network, CNN.



Anna Wintour

Net worth: $35 million

Fashion designers the world over seek the capricious approval of Anna Wintour, who has been editor in chief of American Vogue since 1988. The Brit attended the all-girls school North London Collegiate School, but never pursued higher education. The daughter of a newspaper editor, she quickly rose through the ranks of fashion publications. "I think my father really decided for me that I should work in fashion," she said in the documentary The September Issue.



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The Internet of Everything — $12.6 trillion ROI expected over the next decade [SLIDE DECK]

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Everything around us is becoming connected. As a result, we are seeing shifts in investments and returns. There is already a great demand for network expansion, cyber security and insurance. And generally, the prices of hardware will fall as IoT becomes less of a novelty.

All of this opens up a huge opportunity for everyone to make and save a lot of money. We will invest $6 trillion in IoT between 2015 and 2020, which will yield $12.6 trillion ROI over the next decade. Enterprise will make up the majority of the investment dollars, followed by government and consumer.

BI Intelligence has created a slide deck exploring the most disruptive trends in IoT. To get a more detailed view of the progression, landscape and projections of the Internet of Everything, access the complete slide deck by clicking here.

Some of the topics covered include:

  • The market drivers for the IoT.
  • Forecasts for the IoT market.
  • A breakdown of how many industries are utilizing IoT devices.
  • A look at how governments are using the IoT to revolutionize their cities and defense.
  • An examination of the smart home and connected car market.
  • And much more.

Below are 8 sample slides from the 60-page deck. Want the full deck? Access it here for FREE >>

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10 of the most extravagant hotel rooms in the world

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You go to hotels to get away and to be pampered, but some hotels offer special rooms with a whole other level of pampering.

These exclusive suites and penthouses located around the world are for those guests willing to spend the highest prices to get the most luxurious treatment. We researched the most extravagant hotel rooms, which offer everything from unparalleled views to butler service and even your own helicopter.

SEE ALSO: 20 of the most beautiful libraries in the world

Royal Penthouse Suite, Hotel President Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland

The most expensive hotel room in the world starts at $80,000 per night, which is quite a bit higher than the median American annual income. Visiting the Swiss Alps might seem dreamy enough, but the ultra-premium way to do it gets you the entire top floor of the hotel, including 12 bedrooms, 12 marble bathrooms, and a terrace with a sweeping look at the AlpsGuests have included Bill Clinton and Bill Gates.



Grand Penthouse, The Mark Hotel, New York City

Central Park is classic New York, and at the best room in The Mark Hotel, you get your own 2,500-square-foot terrace with expansive views of the park. The inside isn't shabby either: At 12,000 square feet and $75,000 per nightit's one of Manhattan's most kingly living spaces. You also get famous chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten's exclusive room service, so you don't even have to step out for a high-end dinner.



Ty Warner Penthouse, Four Seasons, New York City

Just a bit pricier than The Mark Hotel penthouse, the Ty Warner room (starting at $50,000 per night) doesn't offer the same amount of space, but the Four Seasons does give its most exclusive guests 360-degree views of Manhattan from four cantilevered glass balconies. That makes the Empire State Building observation deck look downright pedestrian.



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I visited Zara's cheaper sister store that just opened in the US — and it was the shopping experience of my dreams

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Bershka, Zara's sister brand, is huge in Europe. After launching its US website in April, Bershka's first physical store landed in New York City in October.

The fast-fashion store is geared toward teens and sells distinctly trendy pieces like fuzzy jackets and mom jeans. After taking a look at the trendy clothes on Bershka's website, I knew I had to visit the store in-person — and I didn't regret it.

Keep scrolling to take an inside look at Bershka's pop-up shop in New York City's SoHo neighborhood.

In October, the Bershka pop-up shop landed in SoHo, New York City. It will be open until the end of the year.



Inside, it looks like just about any fast-fashion store. The two-floor store is spacious and packed with colorful, on-trend clothing.



With European dance music blaring and electronic disco balls flickering in sync with the music, Bershka feels more like a club than a fast-fashion store.



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The best value plays in your DraftKings lineup for Week 10 of the NFL season

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We had a solid lineup of picks last Sunday in our weekly roundup of daily fantasy value plays!

Carson Wentz was a top-five quarterback play, throwing for four touchdowns in the Eagles blowout win over the Broncos, and Jack Doyle was another elite play at the tight end position.

This week, we're back at it, trying to identify the best, affordable players for your DraftKings lineup. Everyone wants to load their teams with studs sure to light up the box score, but it's finding the undervalued players that allows you to max out your budget on the likes of A.J. Green and Le'Veon Bell this week.

Below we've picked some of our best value plays for daily fantasy this week. Consider them when trying to find a few extra dollars to upgrade elsewhere in your lineup.

QB: Tyrod Taylor, $6,300

Tyrod Taylor has quietly been a top-ten starter in fantasy football from week to week, in large part due to his ability to rack up points with both his legs and his arm. Against the Saints this week, there's going to be a good amount of points scored — the game has the second highest total of the weekend — and Tyrod is a full $1,000 cheaper than the top quarterback on the board.



RB: Alfred Morris, $5,500

With Ezekiel Elliott's suspension finally due to start, Alfred Morris is a bit undervalued this week. That said, it will likely be a running back-by-committee in Dallas on Sunday, so if you're a big fan of Darren McFadden there's nothing wrong with picking him in this spot instead.



RB: Bilal Powell, $4,000

Bilal Powell broke out a 51-yard run last week in the Jets surprising win over the Bills. He's still got something in the tank, and could make a man miss this Sunday against the Dolphins as well.



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Target is having a huge sale on kitchen items right now — here are the best things to buy

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Target has already released its Black Friday sale items, including a large selection of home and tech goods. But the store is offering even more deals before Thanksgiving.

The retailer's Weekend Deals have arrived this Saturday and Sunday, and will be running every weekend over the holidays.

This weekend, shoppers can get some major discounts on kitchen products, with 25% off kitchen appliances, whether they're purchased in-store or online.

If you're shopping online, any items you add to your cart will have the discount applied at checkout. But, if you're shopping in-store, you do need a coupon to take advantage of the offer; you can get one by downloading the Target app or by texting KITCHEN to TARGET (827438).

Here's our selection of the best kitchen deals to buy:

Keurig K-Select Single-Serve K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker

Cost: $97.49 (reduced from $129.99)

Find out more about Keurig K-Select Single-Serve K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker here >



Crock-Pot Manual Slow Cooker

Cost: $14.99 (for the 4.5-quart version, reduced from $19.99)

Find out more about Crock-Pot Manual Slow Cooker here >



KitchenAid Ultra Power Tilt-Head Stand Mixer

Cost: $262.49 (reduced from $349.99)

Find out more about KitchenAid Ultra Power Tilt-Head Stand Mixer here >



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Meet 9 of tech's newest billionaires

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You've almost certainly heard of Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk. 

But have you heard of Patrick Collison, David Zalik, or Lucy Peng?

As I'm sure you know, the first group of men were startup founders who went on to become tech billionaires. What you may not know is the second group of people have also joined the tech billionaires club.

We're taking a look at some of that club's new members. To compile this list, we pulled from Forbes wealth rankings and the Bloomberg Billionaires index. To narrow it down, we limited it to people who have made the bulk of their wealth in the past three years.

Combined, these nine men and women have a net worth in the trillions of dollars, come from different countries and continents, and have companies in a range of tech industry sectors. Here are nine of the newest tech billionaires: 

SEE ALSO: The 9 richest people in tech

Rishi Shah, CEO of Outcome Health

Age: 31

Net worth: $3.6 billion 

Company: Health technology firm Outcome Health

Position: CEO, Founder 

The son of a doctor, Shah dropped out of Northwestern to launch Outcome Health with Shradha Agarwal, now the company's president. Outcome Health sells tablets and large touchscreen devices to doctor's offices and other healthcare providers and provides software for them that's designed to help them communicate with patients about health conditions, treatments, and other matters. The devices can also display advertising. 

Outcome Health was valued at $5.6 billion in May 2017. Shah owns 80% of the company.

Source: Forbes



Frank Wang, CEO of DJI Technology

Age: 37

Net Worth: $3.2 Billion 

Company: Chinese drone maker DJI Technology 

Position: Founder, CEO 

Wang's company, DJI Technology, has been selling drones since before they were cool. Now, though, they're big business. Between 2016 and 2020, the total amount spent on the robotic aircraft will total $100 billion, Goldman Sachs has estimated. DJI's sales accounted for some 70% of the consumer and commercial portions of the drone market last year, according to Goldman Sachs. 

Wang started DJI in 2006 out of his dorm room at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and his company was one of the first to market a ready-to-fly drone that actually flew. He's been riding the industry's wave ever since and became Asia's youngest tech billionaire in 2017.

Sources: Forbes, Reuters, and Mashable 



Jan Koum, CEO of WhatsApp

Age: 41

Net Worth: $9.7 billion 

Company: Messaging app developer WhatsApp 

Position: CEO, Cofounder

Koum moved from Ukraine to Mountain View, California, with his mother when he was 16 and  taught himself computer technology in high school. He grew up poor, living off food stamps, before landing a job as an engineer at Yahoo. After leaving Yahoo and spending time in South America, he applied for a job at Facebook but was rejected.

Koum and his cofounder Brian Acton then launched WhatsApp. The app started as a service that allowed users to share their status updates with friends but soon morphed into the messaging service it is today. 

In 2014, WhatsApp caught the attention of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Koum and Zuckerberg talked shop for two years before Facebook offered to buy WhatsApp in 2014 for $22 billion in cash and stock. As Facebook's stock value rose, so did Koum's net worth. 

Sources: Forbes and Business Insider

 



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I'm a financial planner — here are the best 7 pieces of advice I can give you about money in your 30s

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 Eric Roberge

  • Many life transitions happen in your 30's, from moving up in your career to buying a home.
  • Making smart moves with your money during your 30's can help you achieve future financial success.
  • Eric Roberge, a certified financial planner and founder of Beyond Your Hammock, shares his seven best piece of advice about money.

 

Life can get complicated when you hit 30. You might be in the middle of countless transitions, like moving up in your career, starting a business, buying a home, getting married, growing your family — and a whole lot more.

I help my clients with these transitions and other concerns on a daily basis, and the most important thing I’ve learned is that life is complicated enough. Your money doesn’t have to be equally as hard to figure out.

By focusing on a few key tenants, you can gain control of your finances. This is my best advice, pulled from both my professional background and real-world experience, to help you do more with your money (while stressing less about it).

SEE ALSO: After 10 years as a financial planner, all of my richest clients still ask the same surprising question

SEE ALSO: I'm a financial planner — here's how I help clients save an extra $36,000 a year for retirement

1. Live well below your means

You've probably heard the advice to live below your means. This is a good place to start, but it's not enough if you want to grow real wealth.

If you earn $5,000 per month and spend $4,999 of it, technically, you are living below your means. You're not overspending in the sense that you're not spending more than you earn. As a result, you're probably not racking up debt and you're doing okay.

But "doing okay" and "being wealthy" are two very, very different things. If you're after the latter, then you need to live as far below your means as possible.

The bigger you can make the gap between what you earn and what you spend — meaning, your actual spending is far below the amount of money you take home each month — the faster you'll reach your financial goals (if you save and invest the surplus from your cash flow).

Which leads me to my next piece of advice that you should act on if you want to reach financial success.



2. Focus on percentage of income saved, not the dollar amount

Let's say you earn $5,000 per month and you save and invest $1,500 of that money. That's a big chunk of your earnings and an impressive amount to put away every month.

But what happens when you start earning more money? What if you started earning $6,500 per month — but you didn't change how much you saved?

If you spent the extra instead, you became a victim of lifestyle creep, or lifestyle inflation. Lifestyle creep will kill your dreams of financial success faster than almost anything else.

Over the long term, it's not as much about the dollar amount you save, but the percentage of your income that you dedicate to saving and investing.

By focusing on percentages, you can ensure you're always saving more as you earn more. It’s also great way to compare your savings habits to people at different income levels.



3. Spend time tracking and reviewing your money

The biggest mistake I see people make with their money? Being reactive instead of proactive.

Most people spend their lives reacting to their finances. It's easy to just ignore your money as long as nothing is going seriously wrong. If you have enough to buy what you want, why worry?

The problem with that approach is that you rely on chance to have enough money in the bank when you actually need it — like when you want to travel, or buy a home, or quit your job, or retire.

Money tends to leave when we fail to pay attention to it.

Be intentional about your money and spend time reviewing and evaluating it. If you don't, you'll never know if you're moving in the right direction or not. It's like going on a hike without a compass.

Book time in your calendar every month to review your finances. When you take the time to look over all your spending, your accounts, and your net worth, it forces you to think about your actions. You can then become more mindful of your habits and behaviors.



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Here's how to use Facebook Local, the company's newly relaunched Events app (FB)

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Facebook relaunched and renamed its Events app — potentially creating a more potent competitor to local event and business listing services such as Yelp. 

The social networking giant on Friday unveiled Local from Facebook, its newly revamped Events app. Also known as Facebook Local, the updated app is a combination of Yelp, Foursquare, and the previous version of the Events app. Available in the US for both Apple iOS and Android devices, it mashes together information about events, local businesses, and places your friends have checked in. You can browse through lists of local bars, check out reviews of local restaurants, search for local businesses, and see what nearby friends are up to.

The app is a bit complicated with lots of filter and search options. Here's how Facebook Local works:

 

 

SEE ALSO: We compared Facebook vs. Google to find which company is better to work for — and the winner is clear

Local from Facebook automatically syncs with your account on the social network.

If you already have the Facebook app installed on your phone, Local will connect with it. Once it's synced with your Facebook account, it will know where you are, who your friends are, and what kind of things you're typically interested in. 



Local's home screen is pretty overwhelming.

There are plenty of options and lots of information on the home screen. It shows you the weather, and you can view events that are trending in your area. If you're traveling, you have the option of changing your location to discover what's happening nearby.

Scrolling down, in the "For you" section, you'll see a rolling list of events your Facebook friends have liked or RSVP'd to.

 

 



From the homepage, you can navigate to the map feature.



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13 Netflix original shows that critics really hate, but normal people love

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Netflix has won over critics with a number of its original series, but the company has had its share of critical flops, too.

But critical reception can often mean next to nothing to the everyday viewer, who will flock to shows that critics have condemned, like the Netflix original comedy "Friends From College."

To find out which critically panned Netflix series are still beloved by audiences, we turned to the reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes to see which shows had significant discrepancies between their "critic" and "audience" scores.

We then ranked the shows by their audience scores, and we used the larger discrepancies to break any ties.

Here are 13 Netflix original shows that critics really hate, but audiences love:

SEE ALSO: All 54 of Netflix's notable original shows, ranked from worst to best

13. "Hemlock Grove"

Critic score: 38%

Audience score: 70%

Difference: 32%

Netflix description: "Secrets are just a part of daily life in the small Pennsylvania town of Hemlock Grove, where the darkest evils hide in plain sight."



12. "Girlboss"

Critic score: 32%

Audience score: 70%

Difference: 38%

Netflix description: "Rebellious and broke, Sophia stumbles into creating an online business and learns how to be the boss. A comedy inspired by the best-selling memoir."



11. "Between"

Critic score: 22%

Audience score: 71%

Difference: 49% 

Netflix description: "After a mysterious disease kills every resident over 22 years old, survivors of a town must fend for themselves when the government quarantines them."



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We tried pizza from some of the hottest fast-casual chains — and the winner was clear

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About one in eight Americans eats pizza on any given day. And an increasing number of them are ditching legacy brands like Domino's and Pizza Hut for innovative fast-casual chains.

Fast-casual pizza is one of the fastest-growing categories in food, according to a 2016 report from Technomic. Chains like Blaze Pizza, MOD Pizza, and Pieology create made-to-order personal pies on an assembly line, much like Chipotle, and bake them on an open flame.

We taste-tested pizzas from all three major chains — and the winner was clear.

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Fast-casual pizza should terrify legacy brands like Domino's, Pizza Hut, and Papa John's.

Three out of the five fastest-growing restaurant chains in 2016 were fast-casual pizza concepts, according to Technomic. Their sales accounted for 37% of US fast-casual business last year.



Not all fast-casual pizza is created alike. We stopped into the three fastest-growing chains.



Our test had two categories: the classic cheese pizza and a meat-lover's rendition.



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Saudi Arabia is building a $10 billion city on the sand — here's what it will look like

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For over 50 years, Saudi Arabia has depended on oil to power its economy. But in recent years, the kingdom has looked for new ways to diversify away from petroleum and create jobs.

The Saudi Arabian government has been working in recent years to transform hundreds of square miles of desert into new cities.

One of the developments under construction is the King Abdullah Financial District.

Below, take a look at the plans.

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Saudi Arabia is building the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) north of Riyadh.

Source: Henning Larsen



Designed by architecture firm Henning Larsen, the 17.2 million-square-foot master plan calls for over 60 residential, office, and retail towers, several schools and parking garages, a medical clinic, civic buildings, and three hotels.



It will be able to house 50,000 residents when complete.



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The inside story of how Trump united a city of activists to elect the most progressive district attorney in a generation

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  • Civil-rights attorney Larry Krasner won the race for Philadelphia's district attorney on in a blowout.
  • Krasner's big victory can be traced to massive canvassing and get-out-the-vote operations by local activists and organizers.
  • Many of Philadelphia's progressive organizations formed a coalition after the election of President Donald Trump to maximize their impact on local politics.

 

By the time Larry Krasner entered the William Way LGBT Center in Philadelphia Tuesday night, his victory party had already become something like a family reunion.

The ballroom was packed, sweaty with supporters. Dotted around the room were the local activists who led canvassing efforts that helped drive the civil-rights attorney to a landslide victory in the Philadelphia district attorney’s race.

Todd Wolfson, a veteran local organizer, looked around the room and shared glances with many of the city’s community leaders. Each one seemed to say, "Look what we accomplished. We made this happen." Moments later, Krasner stepped to the podium for his victory speech.

"This is not another story about kings and queens. This is a story about a movement," Krasner told the ecstatic crowd. "This is what a movement looks like."

Talking with activists in the city, there is a clear sense that his victory is theirs. And the path to that victory began with the election of President Donald Trump last November.

SEE ALSO: The most progressive candidate in a generation sued police 75 times — now, he’s poised to run law enforcement in one of the US's biggest cities

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‘I can’t sit on the sidelines anymore.'

Like it was for most liberal cities in America, the day after last year’s presidential election was dispiriting in Philadelphia.

Rick Krajewski, a software developer, woke up every day with a sense of dread. 

"I remember the days after the election feeling very alienated. I was thinking, this is what it must've been like to be a black person in the 1960s," Krajewski told Business Insider. "I just felt like my presence shouldn't be here. And I'd never felt that before."

In the days that followed, he began looking for a place to channel his fear and anger. He heard about a community group called Reclaim Philadelphia that was having a meeting at the Teamsters Hall a few days later.

Its members, led by Lev Hirschhorn, a former Bernie Sanders regional field director, talked about economic inequality and its relationship to racial issues. They talked about wanting to get money out of politics and seeing a fundamental change in the system. Krajewski liked what he heard.

Reclaim Philadelphia had started only months earlier, in the wake of the Sanders campaign, with 20 former Sanders staffers and volunteers. In the months that came after, Reclaim’s membership jumped to 300 dues-paying members. Krajewski was one of them. 

"I thought to myself, I can’t sit on the sidelines anymore," Krajewski said.

He wasn’t the only one.



Philadelphia's activists and organizers create 'a united front'

Days before Trump's inauguration, Rev. Gregory Holston called 25 of the city’s progressive leaders to meet at St. Malachy’s Church, the headquarters of POWER, an interfaith justice organization that he runs.

The group piled into a converted classroom the organization uses for conferences, and Holston began lamenting the danger the incoming Trump administration posed to Philly’s most vulnerable communities, as well as the persistent poverty in the city.

But he had an idea: If the faith-based, community, progressive, and labor organizations assembled there were able to become a "united front," the group would become a formidable vehicle for pushing back at a time when most felt powerless.

Having worked with most of the groups before, he had seen how change became possible with greater numbers. POWER had supported the Service Employees International Union and UNITE HERE! efforts to unionize airport workers and raise their wages in 2011. And Holston and his fellow pastors had worked with more than a dozen groups, including the teachers’ union, the Media Mobilizing Project, and 215 People's Alliance, on a long-running campaign to raise school funding and retake control of the city’s school system. (It has been under state control since 2001.)

Holston didn’t have to do a lot of selling — everyone was ready to talk about working together.

"A lot of folks were like we can't do business as usual any more. We need to build a process with folks who have the same vision of the world," said Wolfson, who helped found 215PA and was at the meeting. "We're representing the same kind of folks and we need to build together."

Holston called the new coalition the Martin Luther King DARE Table, named after a landmark 2015 post-Ferguson march led by POWER that many consider "the birth of the city’s modern justice movement."

"If the president wants to take credit for a victory, he can take take credit for bringing all of us together," Mark Tyler, a pastor at Philadelphia’s Mother Bethel AME Church and a founding member of POWER, told Business Insider.



A surprise turned an “accountability campaign” into a wide-open race

While they was committed to working together, it became a challenge to find an objective that the Table’s diverse organizations — from single issue immigrants’ rights advocates to public sector unions — could agree to.

As the US convulsed over the implementation of Trump's travel ban, the electorally-minded members of the Table zeroed in on the district attorney's election.

Months before, another collection of local progressive groups, some associated with members at the Table, had united with ACLU Pennsylvania, MMP, and Color of Change, a national civil rights advocacy organization, to sketch out a plan for the upcoming DA’s race.

Over the last several years, the push for criminal justice reform has centered around electing progressive DAs. It's an acknowledgement that DAs make the day-to-day decisions of what cases to pursue, what charges to press, and who gets a second chance.

Seth Williams, the incumbent, was widely expected to win the race, but challengers had begun emerging for the Democratic primary. The coalition, which became known as the Coalition For A Just DA, had been planning to run an "accountability campaign" to push Williams to center communities impacted by DA policies and embrace the reform that he had turned his back on since his first electoral victory in 2009.

Then a corruption scandal erupted involving Williams. The "accountability campaign" suddenly became a wide-open opportunity to elect a progressive committed to the coalition's goal of "decarceration," or reducing the number of people imprisoned in the city.

The coalition, and members at the Table like 215PA, Reclaim, and the Working Families Party, a minor progressive political party, picked up the search for their "true progressive." Krasner, the civil rights attorney who had spent his pro-bono work springing most of them from jail after one protest or another, fit the bill. 

Krasner had been toying with a run after seeing the field of, in his words, "faux-progressive" assistant district attorneys emerge. When the Working Families Party told him they could help align a coalition of not only progressive organizations, but community and labor leaders, the 56-year-old attorney says he knew it was time to run for the first time in his life. The key was a shared commitment towards ending "mass incarceration," the constellation of state and federal policies that have put more than 2 million Americans behind bars.

Krasner announced his candidacy surrounded by local activists in February. Two days later, Williams dropped out of the race.

When the MLK DARE Table met for its monthly meeting after Krasner's announcement, the groups found found that most already had been working on their own toward either electing Krasner or educating their communities about the issues, like cash bail reform, which became important in the race.

It had found the campaign to unite around.



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You could make a Pro Bowl team out of injured NFL players this season

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The NFL's regular season is only halfway done, but we've already seen a surprising number of star players go down due to injury.

Football fans have been left with enough big names to still be entertained — Russell Wilson and Tom Brady are the league's leading passers, for example, while Ezekiel Elliott and Le'Veon Bell rank among the best on the ground. But between Aaron Rodgers, David Johnson, J.J. Watt, and all the others who are sidelined, it feels like there's something missing about this season.

Take a look at all 32 injury reports, and you may be shocked at just how many prominent players are injured. Below, read up on 20 of the biggest names.

Richard Sherman, CB

Team: Seattle Seahawks

Injured since: Week 10

How it happened: Sherman suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon while going for an interception on Thursday night. That was less than a year after he wrote a Players' Tribune post entitled "Why I Hate Thursday Night Football." He has never missed a game since he was drafted in 2011, but that streak will end next week.



Aaron Rodgers, QB

Team: Green Bay Packers

Injured since: Week 6

How it happened: Rodgers' season may have ended with a big hit from Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr; soon after, the Packers announced that their franchise quarterback had suffered a broken collarbone and placed him on injured reserve. They haven't won a game since. There is some hope that he could return late in the season, but that seems unlikely.



Deshaun Watson, QB

Team: Houston Texans

Injured since: Week 9

How it happened: Watson tore his ACL during a practice, just seven games into one of the most memorable starts to a career in the history of the league. The Clemson product still leads the league in yards per pass attempt with 8.3.



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Bartenders share 13 things they'd love to tell customers but can't

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bartenderWhile you may have the liquid courage to say whatever you want in a bar, there are some things that bartenders just won't tell you, even if it's to everyone's benefit.

So Business Insider asked more than 30 bartenders to weigh in on what they'd love to tell customers but can't.

We've anonymously included some of the more constructive insights here:

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'Please don't order vodka'

"You're nice when you stick with beer, but a demon on spirits."



'Use cash to pay for a single drink'

"Running credit cards is more time consuming than a cash transaction, and the tiny tip from one drink is not worth my extra time."



Proceed ordering mixed drinks with caution

"Almost no restaurants or bars clean their ice machines as regularly as they're supposed to. "



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