Last Saturday, the city of Los Angeles officially embraced "Meatless Mondays," an initiative designed to encourage residents to go vegetarian one day each week. It is the largest city in the country yet to vote the measure through.

But just because the city unanimously adopted the resolution doesn't mean Californians will be at a loss for dining options. In its 2013 LA and Southern California Restaurant Survey, Zagat listed the top 10 vegetarian restaurants in the city.

All of these eateries are not only highly-rated, but some even have a few menu items for the carnivores, too.

#10 Vegan Glory

8393 Beverly Boulevard

Food: 22

Decor: 14

Service: 20

Cost: $18

Vegan Glory is a Thai restaurant that offers strictly vegan and organic options. It has over 100 dishes to choose from, including burgers and burritos, plus desserts like vegan carrot cake and deep fried banana spring rolls.

#9 Urth Caffé

Multiple Locations

Food: 22

Decor: 18

Service: 18

Cost: $20

Urth Caffé was America's first exclusively organic coffee company. They work with sustainable coffee growers and even have their own tea garden to produce the freshest blends.

#8 Follow Your Heart

21825 Sherman Way

Food: 22

Decor: 14

Service: 19

Cost: $18

For over 40 years, Follow Your Heart has been serving Californians delicious lacto-vegetarian fare (meaning they serve some dairy products). The restaurant is tucked away in the back of the health food market serving up homestyle, organic comfort food.

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Walmart just reported its Q3 financial results, and sales came in short of expectations.

This could mean trouble for some of Walmart's major suppliers, who include some of the biggest companies in the world.

Business Insider recently analyzed the annual filings of firms who report Walmart as an important client, limiting ourselves to those stocks with a market cap of more than $250 million.

What we found: more than a dozen firms rely on Walmart for more than a fifth of their business, making them vulnerable to the giant's moves.

#22: Helen of Troy

Annual Sales To Walmart:

$236.3 million

Percent of Helen of Troy's Sales:

20.00 percent

Percent of Walmart's Costs:

0.07 percent

Products: Helen of Troy designs and distributes consumer products across three main segments: personal care, housewares and healthcare. Goods sold include appliance, hair dryers, a skin care line, combs, and other accessories. Helen of Troy also owns the OXO brand name.

Source: Helen of Troy 2012 Annual Filing

#21: Hasbro Inc.

Annual Sales To Walmart:

$857.1 million

Percent of Hasbro's Sales:

20.00 percent

Percent of Walmart's Costs:

0.26 percent

Products: Hasbro sells children and family leisure products. Brands under the Hasbro name include Transformers, G.I. Joe, Parker Brothers, Milton Bradley, and Nerf, among others.

Source: Hasbro 2011 Annual Filing

#20: Jarden Corp.

Annual Sales To Walmart:

$1.34 billion

Percent of Jarden's Sales:

20.00 percent

Percent of Walmart's Costs:

0.40 percent

Products: Jarden sells a variety of outdoor and indoor goods. Its outdoor solutions segment sells air beds, camping stoves, coolers, gas grills, lanterns, and sleeping bags. Jarden's consumer focused group sells Mr. Coffee coffee products, as well as indoor heaters, toasters, irons, and fans.

Source: Jarden 2011 Annual Filing

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It is now possible to see the conquest of drug cartels over Mexico.

Viridiana Rios and Michele Coscia of Harvard University created a program called MOGO that searches specialized blogs, local newspapers and Google News for references to the different cartels, their locations and their influence between 1999 and 2011.

The results show how since 2006—when Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared an all-out war against drug traffickers in the country— the cartels have only gotten stronger. Meanwhile, more than 100,000 Mexicans have been killed.

Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado and Washington may radically change the drug debate in Latin America, but for now the cartels control Mexico.

1992: The Tijuana cartel began with a sole corridor into the U.S.

2000: Over the next decade several cartels fought for Tijuana

2006: The Tijuana cartel had established control of the corridor and began expanding

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It's no surprise Channing Tatum was announced People's Sexiest Man Alive this year. 

Every one of his big movies of 2012 from "21 Jump Street" to "Magic Mike" earned well over $100 million at the worldwide box office.

Tatum's been in the spotlight for much of the last decade most known for his dancing moves in the "Step Up" franchise. 

However, before he took over the Hollywood screen, he performed on a few different stages.

From college drop out to dancing alongside Ricky Martin, see how Tatum broke out in the biz.

Tatum went from college drop out to stripper and model.

Tatum dropped out of college despite receiving a full scholarship to Glenville State College in West Virginia to play football.

He then took on a multitude of jobs including construction work, mortgage broking, and a Dillard's cologne salesman. Tatum even spent time as a stripper before he began modeling.

2000: Tatum says he was paid $400 to perform as a backup dancer in Ricky Martin's "She Bangs."

At the time, Tatum told Jimmy Fallon he didn't realize dancers made little money.

"I had no idea that video dancers make like no money," said Tatum. "I made like $400 for five days of work."

It's kind of tough to find him in the video. He pops up near the end with decorative face paint.

Early 2000s: Tatum has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, Armani, Dolce & Gabana, and Vogue magazine.

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Many American consumers have begun to recover from the Great Recession.

And for the first time since 2008 U.S. household finances have emerged from financial distress for two quarters in a row, according to the latest consumer distress index by CredAbility.

Overall, American households households scored a 70.5 in the third quarter. A score below 70 percent indicates a state of financial distress.

The index did however show small deterioration in measures of employment, housing, household budget and net worth.

We pulled the 20 American cities the still remain in the distressed category.

Note: The report measures financial distress in households in metro areas with a population of over 2 million. CredAbility's consumer distress index tracks the financial conditions of American household by measuring five categories: employment, housing, credit, household budgets and net worth.

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

Total: 66.40%

Employment: 42.99%

Housing: 65.22%

Credit: 82.93%

Net worth: 66.17%

A score below 70% indicates distress, according toCredAbility.

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania

Total: 66.32%

Employment: 53.56%

Housing: 68.74%

Credit: 84.31%

Net worth: 58.62%

A score below 70% indicates distress, according to CredAbility.

Tucson, Arizona

Total: 66.17%

Employment: 57.40%

Housing: 60.75%

Credit: 82.29%

Net worth: 61.29%

A score below 70% indicates distress, according toCredAbility.

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Robert Greene is the bestselling author of The 48 Laws Of Power, The 50th Law (with 50 Cent), The Art Of Seduction, and most recently, Mastery.

He recently took to Reddit to answer reader's questions on the site's "Ask Me Anything" section. 

The questions touched on some eclectic topics, from the strategic legacy of Karl Rove, to whether sociopaths could misinterpret the more ruthless advice pieces of advice in his books.  

We've picked out some of the best nuggets from the session. Questions have been edited for length and clarity.

What is your opinion of Karl Rove as a strategist?

How important is college today?

What was working with 50 Cent like?

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Some companies find their niche and stick to it. Others, though, have to adapt to changing markets in order to thrive. Here’s a look at some companies that switched industries at some point in their histories, usually for the better.

Avon once sold books.

David H. McConnell started Avon in 1886 without really meaning to. McConnell sold books door-to-door, but to lure in female customers he offered little gifts of perfume. Before long, the perfume McConnell was giving away had become more popular than the books he was selling, so he shifted focus and founded the California Perfume Company, which later became Avon.

Nokia once sold paper.

The telecom giant got its start in Finland in 1865, when Fredrik Idestam opened a pulp mill and started making paper on the banks of Tammerkoski. The company later bounced around a number of industries before getting serious about phones in the 1960s.

3M once sold minerals.

When the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company’s founders opened their business in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1902, they weren’t selling Post-It Notes. The partners originally planned to sell the mineral corundum, an important ingredient in building grinding wheels, directly to manufacturers.

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LearnVest is a New York startup that has grown up fast in a few short years.

Starting as a site designed to teach women about financial planning, it's become a subscription-based financial planning service that's now worth more than $100 million. 

The company's founder, Alexa von Tobel, is one of New York's most impressive entrepreneurs.

Their old office was pretty swanky. But as we predicted, they quickly ran out of room. So we decided to stop by their new digs for a visit.

LearnVest is on University Place, just south of Union Square. Fitting: The company is kind of like a university for planning your personal finances.

The space takes up a whole floor.

It is bright and bustling.

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For cruising around Florida, there's no better way to go than a yacht. And as far as luxury sailing is concerned, the D'Natalin is an especially classy mode of transportation.

The yacht, built by Delta Design Group, is 151 feet long. Its two Caterpillar engines are good for a cruising speed of 13 knots (15 mph).

The D'Natalin is on sale for $12.9 million, on International Yacht Collection.

Built in 1996, the D'Natalin has room for ten guests and a crew of ten.

There's room for all the guests on board at the table in the dining room.

Seating in the main salon is centered around a round coffee table.

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With every holiday season, the retail industry boosts hiring in order to keep up with crowds. 

According to Indeed.com, retail job postings have increased by 15 percent since January 2012.

But that doesn't necessarily mean employees are enjoying the work. 

Based on employee reviews at more than 280 retailers in the past year, Glassdoor identified the companies with the most satisfied workers. 

10. DSW

Company rating: 3.3

CEO: Mike MacDonald

CEO approval rating: 77 percent

Recent employee commentary: 

“There is so many reasons why I love working at DSW, the people, the product, the challenge, the customers, Everything!” – DSW Store Manager (Sterling Heights, MI)

Source: Glassdoor

9. H&M

Company rating: 3.3

CEO: Karl-Johan Persson

CEO approval rating: 83 percent

Recent employee commentary: 

“There are so many opportunities for growth in the company, you can start off as a regular sales advisor & then become the highest management in the store.” – H&M Part-time Sales Advisor (San Francisco, CA) 

Source: Glassdoor

8. Anthropologie

Company rating: 3.4

CEO: David W. McCreight

CEO approval rating: n/a

Recent employee commentary: 

“AMAZING employee discount, great stepping stone into the creative selling area of the industry, creative work environment, wonderful co-workers, colorful customers.” – Anthropologie Sales Associate (Los Angeles, CA) 

Source: Glassdoor

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The gruesome aftermath of a boxing match can be seen primarily on the boxers' faces.

Photographer Howard Schatz, who is also a trained ophthalmologist, has taken photos of boxers before and after their fights for his new book "At the Fights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing," which was released this week.

Schatz spent six years entrenching himself in the boxing industry, photographing and interviewing the game's biggest stars and newest players as well as managers, trainers, promoters, club fighters and many others.

We are featuring a selection of the before and after photos of boxers' faces, courtesy of Howard Schatz and Beverly Ornstein.

Cecilio Santos, Super Featherweight

Dimitry Kirilov, Super Flyweight

Orlando Lora, Welterweight

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When we read Krislyn Placide's piece on Lincoln's modernization of war technology in Popular Science, we were fascinated.

It's no secret that Lincoln went with General Grant to lead the war because the officer understood the numbers. Grant would flood the battlefield with troops under tragic conditions, knowing that his losses didn't matter. The President and Grant knew there would be more troops to fill the Union ranks, and the South didn't have that luxury. Every man counted.

What Placide points out is that the log cabin president was a famous tinkerer who nudged the Union into attaining 16,000 patents during his term, and that many of those were for weapon advancements. The South issued a paltry 266.

Lincoln understood the numbers as well, and the more Confederate troops he could kill per battle, the better chance he stood of saving the nation.

This model, now in the Smithsonian, shows the lift Lincoln received Patent No. 6469 for after a boat taking him home to Illinois from Washington got stuck. The device was never manufactured

In 1861, Lincoln tested breech-loading rifles in the White House lawn. Unlike muzzle-loaders, the breech-loaders didn't require soldiers to stand-up, opening themselves to fire, to re-load

Despite Col. James Wolfe Ripley, the Army Ordnance Chief, telling the president the breech-loaders couldn't be produced in time, Lincoln told him to order them

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One of the hardest parts of starting out on your own is furnishing an apartment.

And if you don't have a roommate, things like the couch, TV, and decor can start to add up.

We gave ourselves a $2,500 budget to completely outfit a typical one-bedroom apartment. Our picks come from Amazon, Target, Etsy, and Overstock.com, among other online retailers.

Don't sleep on a mattress on the floor. A simple bed frame is just $99 at Ikea. A full mattress costs $379.

Bed frame: IKEA

Mattress: IKEA

That new bed needs a trendy comforter. For $93.99 buy this unisex comforter from Overstock.com. Yes, it may bring to mind "50 Shades of Gray," but that's great for a bedroom.

Comforter: Overstock

Get a dresser to match your bed. You can grab this six-drawer dresser for $149 at Ikea, but the catch is you'll have to build it yourself.

Dresser: IKEA

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No league recycles coaches more than the NBA. We saw a perfect example of that recently when the finalists for the Lakers' head job were Phil Jackson and Mike D'Antoni.

Obviously some of these coaches have been more successful and more dominant and on the next few pages we'll take a look at the most dominant coaches of the last 25 years (or so).

To qualify, a coach must have spent the majority of his coaching career in the last 25 years and coached at least 400 games (5 seasons). Then the coaches were ranked based on their regular season record, playoff record, and NBA championships.

Here are the best, including a few names that may surprise you.

#15 Jeff Van Gundy

Teams: Knicks, Rockets

Seasons: 11

Regular Season Record: 430-318 (.575)

Playoff Record: 44-44 (.500)

NBA Finals Record: 0-1

#14 Doc Rivers

Teams: Magic, Celtics

Seasons: 14

Regular Season Record: 551-437 (.558)

Playoff Record: 62-53 (.539)

NBA Finals Record: 1-1

#13 Rudy Tomjanovich

Teams: Rockets, Lakers

Seasons: 13

Regular Season Record: 527-416 (.559)

Playoff Record: 51-39 (.567)

NBA Finals Record: 2-0

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You have a lot of choices with the tech you use. Some are better than others. 

Some are really, really bad. 

And some are just downright embarrassing and worth avoiding at all cost. 

BlackBerry phones are about to become even more irrelevant

Not only is your BlackBerry under-featured and under-powered compared to other top-tier smartphones out there, but it's also about to become completely irrelevant once RIM unveils its new mobile operating system, BlackBerry 10, early next year. 

If you're a real BlackBerry believer, wait another two or three months.

BlackBerry PlayBook is and has always been a dud

One of the most-hyped consumer gadgets of all time is also one of the biggest duds. BlackBerry's PlayBook was slammed by reviewers for not having basic functions like calendar and email when it shipped. It took RIM nearly a year to add that functionality. But it was too little, too late. 

Google Talk trumps AIM

Somehow, AIM is still around. We're not sure how or why, but it is. The cool kids use Google Talk (otherwise known as "Gchat"). You should too.

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If you haven't touched your LinkedIn profile in months or years, it's time to take action.

Think of it like a makeover for your professional image.

The site has steadily transformed its profile pages from simple resumes to a smorgasbord of n interactive tools for job seeking and networking.

It's no longer enough to just list your past jobs and schooling.

But you have to log onto the site and use these tools.

Ready?

Update your photo

Nothing says fresh like a new photo. This isn't Facebook, but that's no reason to stick with a stiff, boring head shot. Pick a photo that shows you off well, in a professional light.

Think: not blurry, not a group shot, not a pic with your girlfriend/boyfriend, or you wearing something you can't wear to work ... you get the idea.

Freshen up your summary

What's the biggest accomplishment you had in 2012? The Summary section is the place to tell folks about it.

If you haven't filled out a summary yet, write one. If you wrote one last year, update it.

Kill the 2012 and 2011 buzzwords

Is your profile filled with old buzzwords? They make you sound old, out of touch.

So kill them, kill them dead.

According to LinkedIn they are: creative, organizational, effective, extensive experience, track record, motivated, innovative, problem solving, communication skills, dynamic.

Other buzzwords to avoid include: results oriented, team player, self-starter, multitasking.

Most of them are adjectives trying to describe you. Instead use action words—preferably verbs—that show your accomplishments. Here's a good list of them from Money Zine.

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We've been publishing some of Google's old (now banned) interview questions this week.

The first set: 15 Google Interview Questions That Made Geniuses Feel Dumb

The second set: 15 MORE Google Interview Questions That Made Geniuses Feel Dumb

Here are the answers to the second set.

Every man in a village of 100 married couples has cheated on his wife…

Every wife in the village instantly knows when a man other than her husband has cheated, but does not know when her own husband has. The village has a law that does not allow for adultery. Any wife who can prove that her husband is unfaithful must kill him that very day. The women of the village would never disobey this law. One day, the queen of the village visits and announces that at least one husband has been unfaithful. What happens?

Answer, from reader Olivier Coudert:

The cheating husband problem is a classic recursion pb.

Once all the wives know there are at least 1 cheating husband, we can understand the process recursively. Let's assume that there is only 1 cheating husband. Then his wife doesn't see anybody cheating, so she knows he cheats, and she will kill him that very day. If there are 2 cheating husband, their wives know of one cheating husband, and must wait one day before concluding that their own husbands cheat (since no husband got killed the day of the announcement).

So with 100 cheating husbands, all life is good until 99 days later, when the 100 wives wives kill their unfaithful husband all on the same day.

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If the probability of observing a car in 30 minutes on a highway is 0.95, what is the probability of observing a car in 10 minutes (assuming constant default probability)?

Reader ru offers this answer:

The trick here is that .95 is the probability for 1 or more cars, not the probability of seeing just one car.
The prob. of NO cars in 30 minutes is 0.05, so the prob of no cars in 10 minutes is the cube root of that, so the prob of seeing a car in 10 minutes is one minus *that*, or ~63%

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Four people need to cross a rickety rope bridge to get back to their camp at night…

Unfortunately, they only have one flashlight and it only has enough light left for seventeen minutes. The bridge is too dangerous to cross without a flashlight, and it's only strong enough to support two people at any given time. Each of the campers walks at a different speed. One can cross the bridge in 1 minute, another in 2 minutes, the third in 5 minutes, and the slow poke takes 10 minutes to cross. How do the campers make it across in 17 minutes?

Answer, from an anonymous reader:

1 and 2 across (2 minutes)
1 goes back (3 minutes)
5 and 10 go across (13 minutes)
2 goes back (15 minutes)
1 and 2 cross (17 minutes) - and everyone safe and sound

Job: Product Manager

Photo: Jule_Berlin

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When the U-2 "Dragon Lady" debuted in 1957 it was an astonishing piece of technological achievement.

Able to fly reconnaissance from more than 13-miles above the earth, gather data through all weather conditions any time of day or night, while staying beyond the reach of Soviet military — it was an unbelievable achievement.

The U-2 was so advanced for its time that it's still in service today, performing missions under the Air Force's 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale AFB in California, filling the gaps where the most advanced long range drones fall short.

With the Cold War raging, the military desperately wanted a powerful reconnaissance aircraft

Lockheed Skunk Works, the top-secret wing of the aircraft manufacturer, tried to jump into the competition

The military didn't want Lockheed's design, a stripped down version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter with glider-like long wings

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Israel and Gaza have been trading blows for a few days now, and there have been many reports of air raid sirens in Tel Aviv.

What we at Business Insider here learned, is that many modern Israeli buildings have bomb shelters built into them.

Curious, we took to our network to see if we could get some photos of these shelters.

The following captions are from the Israeli behind the camera, Sara Schratz, who's been in Tel Aviv since the start of the conflict.

This shelter is for our entire building - 7 apartments total, about 15 people. It is kept locked regularly and one person in the building holds the key.

Only when the government moves the security level higher and an order is given to open the municipal shelters (located in parks, movie theater, public buildings) does this person unlock it (my husband had to knock on his door on Thursday and remind him)

I have yet to be in ours. We've had 2 sirens so far - the first was Thurs @ 640pm when I was still at my office. So everyone went into the stairwells (which are all concrete) and then down into the basement/parking garage under the building.

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Philadelphia 76ers center Andrew Bynum grasped control of the NBA style wars this past week when he showcased one of the most unique hairdos in NBA history.

It got us thinking, what are some of the most legendary NBA hair styles this season and of all-time.

Some cut their hair in a specific way to make a fashion statement, others seem like they just need to visit a barber.

We've collected some of the best of from the NBA's past and today.

Chris Andersen's mohawk

Joakim Noah's long curly locks

Andrew Bynum's slicked forward afro

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