Over the course of the next five years, De Bruyn Joubert is attempting to cycle coast to coast through all 7 continents and 70 countries. The 29-year-old South African started last August, and he's already made it through Australia and much of Europe.

"At the beginning of 2013 I didn't have any big commitments, so it was the perfect time to pursue something that would make me happy," he told Business Insider. "I was doing some travel research and couldn't find anyone who had ever tried to cycle all seven of the continents before."

Joubert had held jobs in manufacturing and distribution before. He didn't consider himself a cycling enthusiast, but he had a simple goal for this trip: "to cycle coast to coast through all the continents." 

So he sold his "basically everything [he] had back home," and started planning. He budgeted for food and water, accommodations, visas, medical insurance and set aside a small marketing budget. His budget is currently $15,000 per year, but varies from continent to continent.

So far on the journey, two things have really stood out for him: the Nullarbor Plain, a flat arid region in southern Australia, and the charming towns in the Netherlands. He says that he's most looking forward to cycling through Antarctica.

Joubert shared some photos of his journey. We've included them here, along with his original captions. To learn more about the undertaking, follow Around 7 Continents on Facebook and Twitter.

Have an amazing travel story and photos to share? Send an email to travel@businessinsider.com and we could feature your adventure next.

Australia was up first. By the third day, I already needed a quick nap on the side of the road before tackling Macquarie Pass. Not exercising much before I left made it difficult for the first two months, but I got into cycling long distances very quickly. I always believed that you have to be stronger mentally than physically.

The first part of Australia from Sydney to Adelaide was beautiful and filled with rivers. The sceneries surprised me everyday.

The small village of Jugiong in Australia had a population of only 234 people. They had one coffee shop and a small grocery store where you can buy some basics.

For native New Yorkers, transplants, and tourists alike, NYC Pride is an annual event that truly represents the colorful melting pot of New York City, as well as its historical significance in the fight for civil rights.

This weekend, the Stonewall Riots of 1969 are commemorated by a series of rallies, parties, and not-for-profit events, all culminating in Sunday's iconic Pride March.

We've rounded up the best events celebrating pride, so grab your friends and get ready to party!

WYTHE HOTEL PRIDE CELEBRATION

Williamsburg's Wythe Hotel will be hosting a four day pride celebration, including their first annual Pride Ball, film screenings, tea parties, and wedding specials.

When: June 26-29

Where: Wythe Hotel, 80 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn

Go HERE for more information.

NYC PRIDE RALLY

Join Rupaul's Drag Race alumni, Michelle Visage and Sharon Needles at the official NYC Pride kick-off rally.

Hosted for the 2nd year in a row at Tribeca's Pier 26, the event commemorates the very first New York pride rally in June 1969, and will feature tons of special performances. The best part? It's free and open to the public!

When: June 27, 6 pm-9:30 pm

Where: Hudson River Park: Pier 26

Go HERE for more information.

SUSANNE BARTSCH + DREAMHOUSE PRESENT PRIDE + KUNST

NYC nightlife legend Susanne Bartsch celebrates Pride this weekend at Verboten with what's sure to be a very special edition of her weekly bash, KUNST!

Known for the, shall we say, colorful crowds that have been flocking to her parties for over three decades, Ms. Bartsch will most likely expect her guests to go all out—so don't be afraid to get crazy!

When: June 28, 10 pm

Where: Verboten, 54 N 11th St, Brooklyn

Go HERE for tickets.

Photographer Benedict Fernandez made a career by documenting nearly every major protest and social movement of the 1960s, following the anti-war, women’s rights, and gay pride movements from their infancy.

Fernandez made his mark with a combination of modesty and charisma, becoming friends with famous figures in the New York art world, as well as political leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr.

Fernandez's iconic work is on display in a retrospective at the Bronx Documentary Center until July 20. We recently spoke with Fernandez about his time on the frontlines of America's most turbulent decade.

Fernandez, 78, has a wry sense of humor. When I asked how he found his way into photography, he answered with a joke: “When I got out of the cave, I was startled with all the light and I found a black box.”

Fernandez got into protest photography after befriending Alexey Brodovitch, a legendary figure in the New York art and design world. As art director at Harper's Bazaar from 1938 to 1958, Brodovitch invented the modern fashion magazine and mentored photography icons. Brodovitch gave him work as his assistant, opening many doors for Fernandez.

“Everyone assumed that if I was involved with Brodovitch, I must be this fabulous photographer. No one ever thought that I could know nothing about photography,” Fernandez said. In truth, Fernandez says Brodovitch originally kept him around because Fernandez’s wife Siiri, who is Estonian, made Brodovitch Estonian pancakes, a favorite dish of his. Brodovitch’s instruction was priceless, however, in developing Fernandez as an artist.

“He was tough as nails,” Siiri says of Brodovitch. “‘Good enough’ was never good enough for him … The people who survived him and could see the advice he was trying to deliver were successful.

Fernandez credits his success under Brodovitch to his ignorance of the New York art world and his fearlessness at approaching photography.

“I wasn’t successful because I was brilliant and insightful. I was a kid from Harlem. I just didn’t know who Brodovitch was,” Fernandez said.During one of their first meetings, Brodovitch encouraged Fernandez to go out and shoot May Day protests in Union Square. Fernandez quickly realized the energy and commotion that surrounded protests perfectly fit his style.

As a half-Italian, half-Puerto Rican kid, Fernandez also loved photographing the protests because they helped bring attention to the causes his multi-ethnic friends championed.

“[My friends] inspired in me the fact that here were people that had no choice and were being taken advantage of and they did not accept that,” he told the New York Times.



Fernandez’s fascination with protests grew into an obsession with documenting any type of cause, whether he supported it or not. He soon began attending every single protest he could find, regardless of its size.

“He kept saying ‘I have a feeling. We are witnessing a huge chunk of American history being made. This is going to be as important as a second American Revolution,’” Siiri said. “I had no idea what the hell he was talking about.”Fernandez dedicated himself to his photography, spending all his free time at protests. The day of the 1967 Newark riots, he had plans to take his wife and kids to the movies. He dropped them off, saying he was sick, according to his wife. Then he headed to photograph the riots.

“If I knew where he was going," Siiri said, "I would have tied him to a chair.”

SEE ALSO: A Visual History Of How The March On Washington Became One Of The Biggest Protests Ever

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When it comes to sports passion nothing brings out the crazy in fans more than international competitions.

Now mix that with the biggest tournament for the world's most popular sport and we end up with a show in the stands at the World Cup that is nearly as entertaining as the matches being played.

Let's take a look at some of the fans with the craziest costumes and attire from the first six days of the World Cup.

Is that the invisible man?

Nobody will ever be as patriotic as this American fan.

This fan was very popular during the Ivory Coast matches.

“We are going to patent it all,” Apple co-founder Steve Jobs reportedly told his team in 2006, according to Fred Vogelstein’s book “Dogfight.”

Since then, Apple’s policy on intellectual property has been exactly that: Patent everything, even if it doesn’t make it to a final product.

Apple is constantly filing patents — and defending them, too— but since many of Apple’s patented ideas don’t see the light of day, we thought it’d be fun to take a look at some of the company’s unique innovations — particularly the ones we’d like to see in a future product or two.

Big shout-out to PatentlyApple and the U.S. Patent And Trademark Office for letting us use the patent images in this story.

Tactile Display Technology

Imagine you could use your device without looking at it. That’s the idea behind Apple’s advanced tactile display technology, which the company patented back in May 2012.

Using an OLED screen and several sensors and actuators working simultaneously, Apple’s sophisticated multi-tiered system relies on several layers of elastic screens layered on top of each other that can create 3D buttons or objects, or give images like topographical maps a textural feel, whenever a program or application calls for it. This system can also react to one’s physical touch and distinguish between light and heavy contact with the screen’s surface.

Crack-Proof Glass

People drop their phones all the time — now if only Apple followed through on this patent. 

Granted in November 2011, Apple's patent for crack-resistant glass involves chemically treating the same alumino silicate glass solution used in the iPhone 4 and 4S with potassium and sodium ions, which helps the glass achieve greater compression thresholds on its surface and edges, thus making it less susceptible to cracking.

The patent also includes a nifty feature that calls for a shock mount placed between the glass and the device’s metal housing, which instantly inflates and sucks in the cover glass if the device’s internal accelerometer senses it’s falling, thus protecting it from damage.

The iWallet

Though Apple is currently expanding its Touch ID technology to allow for easy purchases on your iPhone 5S (and beyond), Apple actually designed a complete digital system that allows users to control their financial accounts and transactions directly on their iPhones.

The patent for the “iWallet,” which was granted to Apple back in March 2012, can also let users easily see their entire credit card profiles and view statements and messages from their banks. And if a child owns an iPhone, Apple created parental controls so they can set spending limits on their children and even request authorization from the parent via their own device.

Just because video games are fun doesn't mean they can't mean serious business.

People are willing to pay a hefty price for nostalgia and one-of-a-kind releases, and thanks to retro gaming website RacketBoy, you now see just how much.

From golden Nintendo cartridges to games that let you play as an 8-bit Moses crossing the Red Sea, we've tabulated the rarest and most expensive games of all time.

Spoiler alert: People love rare Atari games.

15. "Elemental Gearbolt" Assassin’s Case (PS1): $1,400-$1,750

"Elemental Gearbolt" is a Japanese sci-fi shooter released for the original Playstation in 1997.

The Assassin's Case was awarded during a 1998 E3 tournament, and only 40 of these limited-edition bundles were produced. The case includes the "Elemental Gearbolt" game and a golden "GunCon" and memory card.

14. "Eli’s Ladder" (Atari 2600): $1,500-$1,700

"Eli's Ladder" is the rarest educational video game in existence.

Players answer simple math questions to move Eli up the ladder and into his spaceship, all so he can fly to the moon. The game even includes a wall chart and motivational stickers, according to RacketBoy.

13. "Karate" (Atari 2600, Ultravision release): $2,500-$4,000

"Karate" for the Atari 2600 was designed by black belt Joseph Amelio. The game was actually released by two publishers, Ultravision and Froggo.

The Ultravision version, released first in 1982, is far more valuable than the Froggo release, though the games are exactly the same.

With a net worth of approximately $78.9 billion, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates is the wealthiest man in the world. 

Gates has been a public fixture ever since he and Paul Allen started a computer revolution in the 1980s. He has all of the toys you would expect from the world's richest man, from a private jet to a 66,000-square-foot home he nicknamed Xanadu 2.0. 

Yet as his wealth has grown, Gates has done more and more philanthropy work, donating billions of dollars to charity projects through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 

Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. Son of a lawyer and a schoolteacher, he was an argumentative but brilliant child. As a teenager, his appetite for knowledge was so great that he read the entire World Book Encyclopedia series from start to finish.

Source: Wall Street Journal

His parents enrolled him at the Lakeside School, a rigorous Seattle private high school that future Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen also attended. Gates often credits his discovery of computers to the tools he gained at Lakeside. "The experience and insight Paul Allen and I gained here gave us the confidence to start a company based on this wild idea that nobody else agreed with—that computer chips were going to become so powerful that computers and software would become a tool that would be on every desk and in every home," he said in a 2005 speech at the school.

Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

After graduating from Lakeside in 1973, Gates headed to Harvard. Though he entered as a pre-law major, he soon changed course and quickly worked his way through the university's upper-level math and computer science classes.

Source: NPR

It took 15 years after finishing college for Reid Hoffman to figure out what he wanted to be when he grew up. 

"When I graduated from Stanford my plan was to become a professor and public intellectual,"he once said. "That is not about quoting Kant. It's about holding up a lens to society and asking 'who are we?' and 'who should we be, as individuals and a society?' But I realized academics write books that 50 or 60 people read, and I wanted more impact."

He sought out that impact by founding companies — including SocialNet, arguably the first social network — and joining PayPal early on. In December 2002, he cofounded LinkedIn, now a $20 billion-plus company. The rest is Silicon Valley history. 

But how did he get there? And what lessons can today's young professionals learn from his incredible success? 

To answer those questions Hoffman and Ben Casnocha coauthored a book called "The Start-Up of You."

Then, expanding on ideas from that book, they created a slideshow presentation for college grads called "The 3 Secrets Of Highly Successful Graduates," which they've allowed us to republish here. 

A multitude of interesting films miss out on getting made every year for a variety of reasons, but there are some that stand out from the rest because the thought of “what if” is simply too fascinating to dismiss.

But in many cases, the studios’ decisions to pass on a project can’t be entirely criticized — some of the following projects are flat out bizarre and could just as easily be a financial disaster as a hit.

Still, it would be amazing to see any of the following seven projects realized even if they sound pretty crazy. 

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"Gladiator 2," directed by Ridley Scott and written by Nick Cave

Of all the “what ifs” on this list, "Gladiator 2" is probably the craziest of the bunch and likely never had a chance of actually being made. To start with, how do you make a sequel for a film whose protagonist died at the end? No, this wasn’t an origin story or a film about a different character. Screenwriter Nick Cave explains it best.

“[Crowe] rang me up and asked if I wanted to write 'Gladiator 2,'” Cave explained. “For someone who had only written one film script, it was quite an ask. ‘Hey, Russell, didn’t you die in "Gladiator 1"?’ ‘Yeah, you sort that out.’”

From there, it appears that Cave held nothing back in crafting a reason for Crowe’s character Maximus to return to the screen while writing one of the most insane stories that only a rocker could think up. “So, [Maximus] goes down to purgatory and is sent down by the gods, who are dying in heaven because there’s this one god, there’s this Christ character, down on Earth who is gaining popularity and so the many gods are dying, so they send Gladiator back to kill Christ and his followers,” Cave explained.

“I wanted to call it 'Christ Killer,'” he continued. “In the end you find out that the main guy was his son so he has to kill his son and he was tricked by the gods. He becomes this eternal warrior and it ends with this 20-minute war scene which follows all the wars in history, right up to Vietnam and all that sort of stuff and it was wild.”

Cave is probably embellishing this story at least a little at this point, but the script did reach the studio with Ridley Scott and Crowe in tow and the basic plot he describes is true according to reports. “It was a stone-cold masterpiece,” he said. “I enjoyed writing it very much because I knew on every level that it was never going to get made. Let’s call it a popcorn dropper.”

"Return of the Jedi," directed by David Cronenberg or David Lynch

When George Lucas was looking for directors for the last film in the "Star Wars" trilogy, "Return of the Jedi" (or "Revenge of the Jedi" as it was then called), he approached two young directors known for their uncompromising visions: David Cronenberg and David Lynch. But Lynch declined Lucas’ offer in order to direct "Dune, "and Cronenberg would later do the same, directing "Videodrome" and "The Dead Zone" shortly after.

Many years later, Cronenberg would explain why he turned down the offer. “You’re really restricted by the format that’s been established,” he said. “So for a really inventive or innovative director, that’s being put in a straitjacket.” There little doubt that Lynch felt the same way and while he moved on to a similar sci-fi project, he was afforded much more creative influence that Lucas was surely offering.

So while neither Cronenberg nor Lynch were truly close to directing "Return of the Jedi," it’s still a fascinating “what if” for a film that could have benefitted from either director’s strong vision. While it’s hard to picture exactly what a Lynch "Star Wars" film might have been, there’s no doubt that a Cronenberg version would been significantly darker, even if he played within Lucas’ terms.

"Batman: Year One," directed by Darren Aronofsky

For a director who has frequently leaned toward art-house style filmmaking (before this year’s box office hit Noah), it’s interesting that Darren Aronofsky has often been attached to big-budget commercial films throughout his career.

He was once attached to the "RoboCop" reboot, the "Watchmen" adaptation, and last year’s "The Wolverine"— all films you wouldn’t normally associate with the talented director. But by far the strangest of the films he worked on was a Batman reboot entitled "Batman: Year One," which would later pave the way for Christopher Nolan’s "Dark Knight" trilogy.

Following the "Batman and Robin" disaster, Warner Bros. was looking to inject some fresh blood into the property and hired Aronofsky following the success of his second feature, "Requiem for a Dream." Aronofsky then brought in comic writer Frank Miller, who had worked with the director on an unproduced script for "Ronin," and the pair got to work crafting what is one of the most fascinating depictions of the iconic character.

“My pitch was 'Death Wish' or 'The French Connection' meets Batman. In 'Year One,' Gordon was kind of like Serpico, and Batman was kind of like Travis Bickle (the protagonist of 'Taxi Driver'),” Aronofsky explains in an excerpt from the book "Tales From Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made" written by David Hughes.

In Hughes’ book, the synopsis for the film is described as follows:

Young Bruce Wayne is found in the street after his parents’ murder, and taken in by ‘Big Al,’ who runs an auto repair shop with his son, ‘Little Al.’ Driven by a desire for vengeance toward a manifest destiny of which he is only dimly aware, young Bruce (of deliberately indeterminate age) toils day and night in the shop, watching the comings and goings of hookers, johns, pimps, and corrupt cops at a sleazy East End cathouse across the street, while chain-smoking detective James Gordon struggles with the corruption he finds endemic among Gotham City police officers of all ranks.

It isn’t hard to see why Warner Bros’ balked at the idea of departing so radically from the comics and opted for the more conventional Batman story Nolan would later pursue. But there’s no denying that it would have been extremely interesting to see Aronofsky and Miller do what they wanted with the character, even if it didn’t really feel all that much like an actual Batman story.

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Each state has its iconic tourist attractions, but there are also many interesting locations that fly under the radar.

Everyone has heard of the Empire State Building in New York, but do you know about Upstate New York's Letchworth State Park, unofficially dubbed the Grand Canyon of the East? How about the Lost Sea in Tennessee, which is the country's largest underground lake?

We've put together a list of the lesser-known tourist attraction in every state. While some of these places have a significant amount of visitors each year, they are hidden gems to many out-of-state travelers.

ALABAMA: Mobile Bay bills itself as "secretly awesome," and its many tourist attractions prove this to be true. Attend the world's oldest Mardi Gras celebration, eat some fresh seafood, go kayaking and fishing, and take in the beautiful views of the Gulf of Mexico.

Learn more about Mobile Bay >

ALASKA: The ocean, ice, and mountains all meet at Kenai Fjords National Park in Seward, Alaska. Enjoy the park by foot or take a boat cruise along the coast in the summer.

Learn more about Kenai Fjords National Park >

ARIZONA: It's very easy to take a great photograph of The Wave, but not so easy to get there. In order to visit this landmark, you must apply for a daily permit. Even if you receive the permit, you'll have a rigorous hike to this hidden gem. However, we think the view is worth the journey.

Learn more about The Wave >

I may be biased as a Minnesota native, but I believe that the Minnesota State Fair is the best state fair in the U.S.

The "Great Minnesota Get-Together" has the largest average per-day attendance of any state fair in the country, and attracts nearly 1.8 million visitors annually. And that’s probably because of all the ridiculously delicious Sate Fair food.

Every August, people from all over the state flock to the St. Paul area for the rides, concerts, and games — and of course, calorific snacks like freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies or humongous bacon-wrapped turkey legs.

The Minnesota State Fair has just released a spate of new foods that fair-goers can look forward to in 2014. From beer gelato to a ton of culinary delicacies on a stick, here’s what I wish I was home to sample.

Deep-Fried Lobster On-A-Stick: Who wouldn't want lobster from one of the most land-locked states in the U.S.? This treat is described as "Canadian lobster pieces poached in butter, dipped in a corn batter, deep-fried and served with a spiced dipping sauce."

Order it at the new LuLu’s Public House located next to Schilling Amphitheater at West End Market.Beer Gelato:“Made fresh daily on-site, this rich, smooth and creamy gelato is blended with local craft beer."

You can find it at Mancini’s Al Fresco located on Carnes Ave. near Nelson St.Breakfast Juicy LuLu: A take on the classic Jucy Lucy, this is "An English muffin with two American cheese-stuffed sausage patties."

It's served until 11 AM at the new LuLu’s Public House located next to Schilling Amphitheater at West End Market.Shrimp Dog: “Baby shrimp and cream cheese are combined, then batter-dipped, deep-fried, and served on-a-stick." You can feel your arteries closing just reading that description.

Find it at The Shrimp Shack located on Underwood St. at Carnes Ave.Chicken in the Waffle:"This southern classic is crispy chicken nestled in a crunchy waffle cone, then smothered with a creamy sausage gravy." Yum.

Order one at the new Blue Barn located west of the Skyride at West End Market.Chocolate Dessert Salami: It may look weird, but this is “Chocolate, butter, almonds, and walnuts all blended and rolled into a distinctive salami shape, dusted with powdered sugar, then sliced and served on specialty crackers for a unique Italian dessert."

Find it at Sausage Sisters located inside the Food Building.Deep-Fried Breakfast On-A-Stick:"American and Swiss cheeses, a sausage patty, one egg, and Canadian bacon all sandwiched between two pancakes, then dipped in a light, sweet batter and deep-fried on-a-stick." All the hallmarks of a State Fair classic.

Try one at The Sandwich Stop located on Clough St. on the east side of the Poultry Barn.SnoRibbons: What are SnoRibbons? According to this food stand, it's a cross between “cotton candy, flaky shaved ice, and creamy layered snow." The gluten-free snack will also have a bunch of flavors, including strawberry pretzel cream cheese, coffee and donuts, grasshopper pie, red hot velvet, green tea black sesame, horchata vanilla, salted caramel corn crunch, and more.

Find it at Blue Moon Dine-In Theater located on the corner of Chambers St. and Carnes Ave.PB&J French Toast:“The ever-popular peanut butter & jelly sandwich is fused with French toast, then sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with your choice of ham, bacon or sausage."

Find it at Robbinsdale OES Dining Hall located on Underwood St. next to FAN Central.You can see all the new 2014 Minnesota State Fair Foods here.

SEE ALSO: 29 Reasons That The Minnesota State Fair Is The Best State Fair

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The GoPro camera has revolutionized the way that people capture the world around them.

The ultralight and portable device provides an easy way to record amazing, high-definition images, and has become the standard for many video producers as a cheap alternative to buying or renting expensive camera equipment. 

The company IPO'd this week, and its stocks were exploding the next day. 

The reason the company is so successful, of course, is because of the awesome footage that its cameras capture.

In honor of the World Cup, here's a video of Davis Paul playing office soccer with his buddies.

Video by Davis Paul

This is what it looks like plummeting to Earth as the first human to reach supersonic speed. From Felix Baumgartner's point of view:

Video by redbull

You can achieve some pretty amazing effects for cheap.

Video by jeremiahjw

Check out how to create the "'Matrix' effect"

Let's face it — smartphones don't come cheap. Even with  a carrier subsidy, a good phone will still cost around $200.

However, that price sounds like nothing compared to what some luxury designers charge for their high-end smartphones.

Forget hundreds of dollars — some some extremely high-end devices will cost you millions.

Here's a look at some of the most expensive smartphones on the planet. 

Stuart Hughes' Black Diamond iPhone 5 - $15.3 million

Designer Stuart Hughes' diamond-encrusted iPhone took nearly 9 weeks to create by hand, according to his website. Hughes re-created the iPhone 5's chassis with solid gold and included a single deep-cut  black diamond. The phone's sides and home buttons are also trimmed with diamonds. It costs an unbelievable $15.3 million. 

Stuart Hughes' iPhone 4 Diamond Rose - About $8.5 Million

With the iPhone 4, Hughes instead decided to re-create the iPhone 4 with pure rose. It also includes about 500 diamonds and costs about $8.5 million. 

Peter Alloisin's iPhone 3G Kings Button - $2.41 Million

In 2009, Jeweler Peter Alloison created a version of the iPhone 3G that costs $2.41 million. The home button is encrusted with a 6.6-karat diamond and the phone is covered in 18-karat yellow gold, according to Unwired View. Alloison has since taken his website offline. 

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Summer is the season for pool parties, beach time, and of course, barbecues. 

But no barbecue is complete with all of the necessary equipment.

Our friends at Food52 recently launched a brand-new collections feature, which allows users to save their favorite recipes, products, and articles about food. The feature allows you to share your collections with friends, making it into a kind of social network for foodies. 

Food52 cofounder and editor-in-chief Merrill Stubbs shared what's in her "summer barbecue essentials" collection. 

From flag-shaped spatulas to the perfect burger recipe, her collection's got you covered. 

These starter pucks will help you get your BBQ's fire started, while coconut shell briquettes are designed to hold a more consistent heat.

KOKO Charcoal (4.5 pounds) and Starter Pucks (6 pack), $26

For burgers, Merrill recommends this pork-based recipe from award-winning chef Suzanne Goin. It's not your typical burger — unexpected ingredients like minced bacon and fresh chorizo are surprises on the inside.

Suzanne Goin's Grilled Pork Burgers

This patriotic spatula is perfect for 4th of July celebrations.

Star-Spangled Spatula, $75

How many times have you applied for a job and never heard back? 

You tell yourself, “They probably never saw it,” or, “Maybe I just wasn’t a good fit,” and you move on.

But, more likely, your resume just didn’t impress.

Hiring managers receive dozens — sometimes hundreds — of resumes for any given opening. They don’t have the time or resources to review each one closely, so they spend approximately six seconds on their initial “fit/no fit” decision. 

You may be perfect for the job, but if your resume has just one typo, if it’s formatted poorly, or you use the wrong font, it could easily end up in the “no fit” pile.

“Think of the resume as a wedding invitation or other important announcement,” says Tina Nicolai, executive career coach and founder of Resume Writers' Ink. “You wouldn’t send out a wedding invitation with typos or false information, or one that includes too much information. So, why would you send out a resume with any of those things?”

Nicolai and other experts share tips for making sure your resume steers clear of the trash pile.

Get rid of the objective.

If you applied, it's already obvious you want the job.

However, if you're in a unique situation, like you're changing industries completely, it may be useful to include a brief summary. 

Cut out all the irrelevant work experiences.

Yes, you might've been the "king of making milkshakes" at the restaurant you worked for in high school. But, unless you're planning on redeeming that title, it's time to get rid of all that clutter.

Take a pass on the personal stuff.

Don't include your marital status, religious preference, or social security number.

This might've been the standard in the past, but all of this information is now illegal for your employer to ask you, so there's no need to include it.

I've been Business Insider's managing editor for almost four years now. Since we're a fast-growing company, we're constantly looking for new talent, from interns to site leads.

Between career fairs, coffees, and in-office interviews, I've interviewed hundreds of people.

Most candidates come prepared — but many don't.

Each one of these warnings comes from real life experiences I've had while conducting interviews at Business Insider.

Don’t come a half an hour early. It makes the interviewer feel pressure to finish what they're doing. Five minutes early is more than enough.

However, that doesn't mean you should be late, either. Sending an email 30 minutes after a scheduled interview to say that you haven't even left Long Island yet is not the best idea. If you are running a few minutes late, apologize when you arrive.

Don't bring your own cup of coffee or smoothie to the interview. It's not professional, and it might make the interviewer jealous they don't have one.

Founding a company isn't for the faint of heart.

Every entrepreneur — no matter the size of their company — faces tough decisions and seemingly insurmountable struggles at some point in the process of getting their idea off the ground.

Think you have what it takes?

Rejoiner's Joseph Putnam teamed up with Grasshopper to ask more than two dozen founders for the advice and wisdom they wish they'd had before starting their first company. He gave us permission to share those insights. 

India is one of the world's largest economies, and it has the second largest population.

This means things in India tend to be fairly large-scaled — consider its network of roads, consumer spending, or its youth population.

But it also experiences some problems on a large scale like suicides and road accidents.

We pulled together some staggering statistics from the sub-continent.

India's road network is long enough to loop around Earth over 117 times.

India's road network totals 4.7 million kilometers and is the second largest in the world. Earth has a circumference of 40,075 kms.

Source: CIA World FactBook

New Delhi's air is the most polluted in the world.

The World Health Organization found that New Delhi's PM 2.5 — particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers or less and that is dangerous for lungs — mean was 152 micrograms per cubic meter. This was nearly three times that of Beijing which has an annual mean of 59.

Source: The New York Times

The wettest place in the world is in India, and it averages about 40 feet of rain a year.

While Cherrapunji, India, likes to advertise itself as the wettest place in the world, it is argued that a neighboring town, Mawsynram, could in fact top it. On average, Mawsynram gets about 467.35 inches of rain per year, while Cherrapunji gets up 463.66 inches. Hawaii's Mount Waialeale receives about 450 inches of rain each year. 

Source: Weather.com