Lawyers, students, drug dealers, prostitutes, pregnant women on their way to the hospital — a vast array of people living in or visiting Neath, Wales, have gotten into Mike Harvey's cab, not knowing what would happen at the end of the ride.

In 2010, Harvey, a photographer, worked as a taxi driver in the small town to save up funds for his world travels. At the end of the ride, he would ask his passengers if he could take their photo.

His passengers' candor surprised him. People share a lot when they never expect to see you again.

Harvey has shared a selection of photos from his "Taxi" series with us. You can see more on his website or on exhibit at MONKEY in Swansea, Wales.

Five years ago, photographer Mike Harvey returned home to Neath, a traditional Welsh market town, located at the base of the valleys, with strong historical links to the coal and steel industry. There, he started working as a taxi driver to save up money for his world travels.

Fascinated by the cross-section of society that stepped into his cab — people from all walks of life, rich, poor, old, and young — he set out to document their journeys.

Storing his camera in the glovebox, he would take it out at the end of a ride, after he'd built up a rapport with the passengers, and ask if he could take their photo. In exchange, he'd waive their taxi fare.

Plenty of schools aren't worth the hype, while others don't get the recognition they deserve.

To uncover the most underrated colleges in America, we compared US News' rankings of the best universities and national liberal arts colleges in the country with PayScale's 2013-2014 College Salary Report, which ranks colleges and universities based on their graduates' mid-career salaries.

We specifically looked for schools that had relatively low rankings on the US News list but high mid-career salaries.

The school that topped this list is the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where most grads are employed immediately after graduation and earn an average salary of $98,000 after 10 years of employment.

Read our full methodology here.

50. Virginia Tech

US News rank: 71

PayScale rank: 87

Virginia Tech is home to one of the top engineering graduate programs in the country. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, the school is widely recognized for its research efforts, with seven research institutes and two university research centers. Both undergraduate and graduate students are able to participate in research, and VT grads go on to earn an average mid-career salary of $94,200.

49. DePaul University

US News rank: 121

PayScale rank: 206

Students are entrenched in both college and city life at DePaul, which has five campuses all over Chicago. Graduates earn an average mid-career salary of $84,500, and the most popular fields of study for current students are business and digital media. Also, the school reports that nearly 85% of 2013 grads were employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation.

48. Drexel University

US News rank: 95

PayScale rank: 142

In the heart of Philadelphia, Drexel University students gain real-world experience through the school's co-op program, in which students spend six months working a professional job in place of their normal class schedule. Students also take advantage of Drexel's urban location — it's only a 10-minute walk to Center City, Philly's hub of activity. By mid-career, graduates earn an average salary of $88,600.

Your 20s are a time for figuring out your place in the world.

Mistakes are unavoidable, but the truly successful learn from these setbacks and move on all the wiser.

We asked entrepreneurs, including billionaire "Shark Tank" investor Mark Cuban and the cofounders of popular retailer Warby Parker, to share the most important lesson they learned in their 20s.

Mark Cuban, "Shark Tank" investor and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, learned that any limitations on personal growth are self-imposed.

The billionaire investor made the biggest deal of his life when he sold his company Broadcast.com to Yahoo for $5.7 billion in Yahoo stock in 1999.

In his 20s, Cuban developed the all-encompassing self-confidence that's made him successful. He learned that, if he stopped making excuses and got to work, "with time and effort I could learn any new technology that was released."

Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa, co-CEOs of Warby Parker, learned that you should never cut corners.

Blumenthal and Gilboa cofounded hip, affordable eyeglasses retailer Warby Parker with Andrew Hunt and Jeffrey Raider in 2010. Last June, the company sold its millionth pair of glasses and is now expanding its brick-and-mortar business in addition to the ecommerce model that made it famous.

Blumenthal and Gilboa agree that part of the reason their young business has become so popular is because they learned every decision matters at every stage of your career.

"No matter what you're doing, you should always try your best, especially early in your career," they say. "How you do anything is how you do everything. No matter what task you're faced with — large or small — always seek excellence."

Jessie Goldenberg, founder of Nomad, says she learned that huge risks are sometimes worth taking.

Goldenberg graduated from NYU's prestigious film program in 2010 and got a job working at CBS. It seemed as if her career path was set, but she considered the dream she had of opening her own fashion boutique. Lacking the funds or credit history to make such an investment, she instead raised money to start her own fashion truck, a mobile fashion retailer she named Nomad.

Nomad hit the streets of New York City in 2013 and Goldenberg says she broke even by the end of the year. She's been successfully working on growing Nomad's exposure and profits since.

"One thing I've learned is that your 20s are a time to take and embrace risks," she says. "I'm living proof that it's possible to be 'livin' the dream' and be successful. With no family to feed and no dependents counting on you, your 20s are without a doubt the years to take a leap and pursue your passion!"

Morgan Stanley is out with its latest "Best Ideas" list for North America.

Apple, which reported monster quarterly earnings on Tuesday with 74.4 million iPhones sold in the fourth quarter, is one of the nine on this list.

The analysts identified stocks that required out-of-consensus analysis, offered a favorable risk-reward profile, and displayed a clear path to growth.

Amazon

Ticker: AMZN

2015 EPS: $3.52

2015 Price to Earnings: 88.2

Price Target: $420

Comment:"Near term, the recent earnings reset and related pullback in investments – along with low institutional ownership – provide an attractive set-up with AMZN at 52-week lows,” wrote Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty.

Apple

Ticker: AAPL

2015 EPS: $7.89

2015 Price to Earnings: 14.2

Price Target: $126

Comment:"Apple shares do not price in upcoming hardware, software, and services innovations, in our view," wrote Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty. "We expect iPhone share gains and growth re-acceleration driven by larger-screen iPhones based on our AlphaWise surveys and supply chain checks."

Canadian Pacific Railway

Ticker: CP

2015 EPS: $11.15

2015 Price to Earnings: 20.3

Price Target: C$278

Comment:"As cost cutting comes to an end, low costs / high service can accelerate rev. growth toward 10%," Morgan Stanley's William Greene wrote. "There are plenty of examples of low-cost, high-service transportation providers that consistently outgrow peers, and we believe CP will be another."

Everyone has a favorite kind of cheese: There’s stinky cheese, yellow cheese, soft cheese, and goat cheese to name just a few.

But what about the lesser-known cheeses that you're too afraid to buy at the grocery store? 

We spoke with Sydney Willcox, formerly the head cheese monger at Murray's Cheese in the Greenwich Village. She helped us come up with delicious alternatives to the most common and well-known cheese we all rely on.

Instead of brie or triple-crème cheese, try the famous Vacherin Mont d’Or.

The bloomy rind family (which both triple-crème and brie belong to) is delicious and creamy. But Willcox says to branch out beyond these two well-known options because there are so many others to try.  

“My favorites are the small format, bark-wrapped, scoop-able discs such as Cellars at Jasper Hill's Harbison or the famous Vacherin Mont D'Or,” Willcox said. 

The Vacherin is a soft Swiss cheese made from cow’s milk that is only sold from September to May. Instead of cutting it, you scoop it out and spread on crackers or bread.

Instead of fresh goat cheese, try an aged goat cheese. 

Goat cheese is another kind of cheese in the bloomy rind family. Most people go for fresh goat cheese (also known as “chèvre” or goat in French), but Willcox said that you should give slightly aged goat cheese a chance. 

The aging develops a mold on the rind, which can look a little scary, but it’s worth it since it enhances the cheese.

“A little aging adds depth, texture, and a flavorful and toothsome rind,” Willcox told us. “My favorites come from either the Loire Valley or Vermont Butter and Cheese Company.”

Instead of Parmesan, try nutty, dense cheese like Podda Classico or Piave Vecchio.

If you like the taste of Parmesan, then Willcox said to “try a Sardanian classic” cheese like Podda Classico or an “Italian masterpiece” like Piave Vecchio.

Podda Classico is made from a mix of sheeps' or cows' milk that has been aged for 6 months to a year and compressed to firm up the paste. This makes the cheese crumbly, and it can have a sweet and nutty flavor.

Piave Vecchio comes from pasteurized cows' milk. It is also nutty and dense from being pressed repeatedly while it ages.

Instead of the classic Stilton blue cheese, try Fourme D’Ambert.

Stilton seems to be everyone’s go-to when it comes to blue cheese, but Willcox said we all need to branch out and embrace other blue cheeses.

Fourme D’Ambert is a rare, 28-day-old French cheese made with pasteurized cow’s milk in Auvergne. It dates all the way back to Roman times and has an earthy, mild taste for a blue cheese.

Willcox also said for those who don't like blue cheese (or think they don't), try a milder, buttery blue like Cambozola Black Label.

Instead of Gruyère, branch out and try the rest of the Alpine-style cheese family.

Gruyère is a classic. It’s sweet but a little salty and is one of those cheeses that only gets better with age. Plus, it’s probably the best cheese for baking and is a good melting cheese for fondues, ham and cheese sandwiches, and French onion soup.

But Willcox said that there are so many other cheeses in the Alpine-style family, such as the famous French Comté cheese or other Swiss mountain cheeses such as Challerhocker or Scharfe Maxx. All of these cheeses are hard, flexible, and yellow with a strong flavor.

There are also the American spins on the old world classics from creameries such as Consider Bardwell Farm, Spring Brook Farm, and Uplands Cheese Company.

Instead of the famous Manchego cheese, try a similar-style firm sheep cheese. 

“So many people love this cheese, and they should,” Willcox said. “However, there are so many amazing cheeses made in a similar style that are worth more than a mention: Ossau Iraty Vieille from the Pyrnees of France and Roncal or Idiazabal from Spain.”

Ossau Iraty Vieille was one of the first cheeses ever produced, this cheese is white with a granular texture. It’s easy to pair with anything and melts down well, too.

Roncal and Idiazabal are two other pressed sheeps' milk cheese from Spain. When they’re both aged, they can smell a little musty and have a similar texture to Manchego, but often a more full and complex taste. 

Instead of Pecorino Romano, try a different kind of Percorini or a Tommes.

“Many people do not realize that Pecorino Romano is just one out of hundreds or thousands of Pecorini (sheeps’ milk cheeses from Italy),”  Willcox explained. “You can find many with much more nuance and much less salt-impact.”

In addition, Willcox suggested trying Tommes cheeses from France, which are also natural rinded cheeses, though these are usually made with cows’ milk and are a bit smaller.

Because these cheeses are made from the skimmed milk leftover from butter making, Tommes are also low in fat.

Instead of Taleggio, try a different stinky cheese like Epoisses.

This semi-soft, washed rind Italian cheese has a very strong aroma (“stinky cheese”) with a mild flavor and fruity tang.

“There are so many stinky cheeses out there in the world, its so hard to generalize this family,” Willcox told us. “For a more mild taste try Morbier, for a serious kick go for Epoisses.”

Morbier is a rich, semi-soft cows’ milk cheese from France with a single black line separating the top and bottom. This used to be from when farmer’s had leftover curd and would have a morning layer and an evening layer separated by ash, but now vegetable dye is used.

Epoisses de Bourgogne is another pungent cheese from unpasteurized cows’ milk. It’s ripened in a similar way as Taleggio, but it's served in a wooden box with a spoon due to its soft texture. It has a distinctive orange/red exterior thanks to the way it’s rinsed and tastes deliciously custardy.

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Every year, there are hundreds of movies released that are pretty terrible from conception to execution to final product. At no point do they have any chance of working. 

Every year, there are a dozen or so movies that could conceivably work. They have large budgets, talented actors and people who could potentially care, but for whatever reason, they’re not very fun to watch. Something about the project just doesn’t quite come together, and they end up as big disappointments. 

These 11 movies probably aren't worth your time >

The following list is our guess at which movies released this year will fall into that latter category. It’s our chance to come clean and admit certain things kind of look like a mess. Whether it’s because of bad buzz, a questionable concept or bad chemistry between the leads, these movies have giant red flags.

We hope they work. We’ll jump in and give them a chance, but from where we’re sitting, they look terrible. 

"The Fantastic Four"

When The Fantastic Four reboot was first announced, I was so in. The first round of movies with Jessica Alba & company didn’t really come together, and I wanted to see someone do them correctly. Director Josh Trank seemed like the man to do it, but here we are, in mid-January, and we haven’t seen a piece of footage. (Update: the first teaser trailer is here.)

Even more troubling, rumors are swirling that Trank destroyed the production house. Now we’re getting an untold amount of reshoots. 

I desperately want this movie to work. I really, really do. But at this point, we all need to admit things look pretty bad. 

"Jupiter Ascending"

I’m a total sucker for space epics and was pretty positive Jupiter Ascending would be incredible when it was first announced, but yanking it out of its Summer 2014 was alarming.

Slotting it in February is downright disheartening.

That’s not to say great movies can’t come out in February, but if you have an expensive event film with A-list stars, February isn’t exactly prime real estate. It’s certainly possible the whole thing is an issue of special effects not being completed and tracking numbers looking particularly bad, which wouldn’t affect the overall quality, but the larger whispers are alarming. 

If this movie gets higher than 50% on Rotten Tomatoes, I’ll jump back in the pool and get re-excited. If it gets hammered by critics, I’ll quietly watch it on Starz sometime in 2016. 

"Minions"

I’m sorry. I know this is an unpopular choice. Get out all your hate.

Hell, chuck bananas at me if you want, but before you do, just hear out my reasoning.

I love the Minions like everyone else. They’re a barrel of laughs. I would watch them as hilarious comedic fodder in almost anything, but I just don’t understand how their shtick is going to work for an entire movie.

They’re the silly alternative. What happens when they’re not background? For example: Eeyore is my favorite Winnie The Pooh character, but I’m not sure I could handle an Eeyore movie. 

This movie is going to make a fortune. I really, really hope it works, but for the life of me, I can’t figure out how this won’t get old after twenty minutes. Here’s to hoping I’m proven wrong. 

The largest penal colony in the world, Rikers Island, is home to 11,000 inmates, 10 on-site jails, and one food garden.

Five years ago, the NYC Department of Correction and the 113-year-old Horticultural Society of New York partnered to offer a restorative justice program there.

"GreenHouse" teaches inmates about the development of a plant, from seed to fruition, while preparing them for employment in landscaping or other green jobs after their sentence ends.

Developing a green thumb can make all the difference.

In 2013, sisters Carrington Morris and Lindsay Morris visited Rikers Island for a story in Edible Manhattan magazine. We've republished their comments and photos with permission. You can find the original article here.

Approximately 11,000 inmates call Rikers Island home. The island jail complex, situated in New York's East River, serves as a waiting station for men, women, and adolescents doing time for low-level, nonviolent crimes or awaiting a verdict or sentence at trial.

There, down a dirt pathway and inside the razor-wire-topped cyclone fences, is a garden and greenhouse where inmates tend to seedlings, plant Cherokee tomatoes, peppers, string beans, thyme, basil, and rosemary, and soak in the sunshine.

Some 230 inmates volunteer their time with GreenHouse, a restorative justice program run by the Horticulture Society of New York ("the Hort") in conjunction with the NYC Department of Correction. In 2013, photographer Lindsay Morris and Edible Manhattan magazine writer Carrington Morris had the chance to visit Rikers and see how it works.

Now that the iPhone 6 is out, we can only wait and wonder what Apple will do with the next model.

If Apple releases an iPhone 6S it will probably look a lot like the current iPhone, with a couple of new features.

The iPhone 7, however, could be quite different. Designer Yasser Farahi of OvalPicture has taken a shot at imagining how it might look. 

Farahi imagined the iPhone 7 in five muted colors and with an even thinner profile.

Apple might add a sapphire display, a fast new processor, and a camera that only sticks out when it's being used.

This concept has the volume buttons on the right side for better access and an extra speaker on top of the phone.

Facebook released its fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday, beating expectations on both the top and the bottom lines.

The stock was down as much as 2.8% after hours, though, in part because Facebook predicted its expenses would grow between 55% and 70% in 2015.

Here are the important numbers (analyst estimates via Bloomberg):

• Revenue: $3.85 billion, versus analyst expectations of $3.77 billion. That's an increase of 49% year over year. 
• EPS: $0.54, versus expectations of $0.48.
• Monthly active users: 1.39 billion — analysts were expecting 1.38 billion (up from 1.35 billion Q3).

Revenue for the full year was $12.47 billion, an increase of 58% year over year. Facebook's Q4 revenue increased 49% year over year, but the company reported that it would have risen by 53% were it not for the effects of foreign exchange rates — namely, a strong US dollar. CFO David Wehner warned that if the exchange rate remains as is, revenues could be affected as much as 5% in 2015. 

Of Q4's $3.85 billion in revenue, $3.59 billion came from advertising. Nearly 70% of that advertising revenue came from mobile, up 16% year over year. Revenue from payments and other fees was $257 million, a 7% increase year over year. 

Here's a look at the company's revenue growth:

Last quarter, the company warned that expenses could grow between 50% and 70% this year. For Q4, Facebook's GAAP costs and expenses were $2.72 billion, an increase of 87% from the fourth quarter of 2013. The increased-expenses warning spooked investors last quarter, sending the stock plunging, and the apparent confirmation this quarter could be why the stock is down almost 3% after hours. 

On the earnings call, Facebook reiterated that it would be investing in new employees, ad tech, infrastructure, and potential acquisitions in 2015. 

Facebook reported 890 million daily active users in December, up 18% year over year, and 745 million mobile daily active users, an increase of 34% year over year. There were 1.19 billion mobile monthly active users, an increase of 26% year over year. 

Here's a look at Facebook's monthly active users:

Facebook said last quarter that it would start monetizing products like Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp once each hit 1 billion active users. In the earnings call, Facebook reported that Messenger has 500 million monthly active users, Instagram has 300 million monthly active users, and WhatsApp has 700 million monthly active users.

"We got a lot done in 2014," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in the company's press release. "Our community continues to grow and we're making progress towards connecting the world."

Here are the highlights:

• Revenue for the full year 2014 was $12.47 billion, an increase of 58% year over year.
• Income from operations for the full year 2014 was $4.99 billion.
• Net income for the full year 2014 was $2.94 billion.
• Free cash flow for the full year 2014 was $3.63 billion.
• Daily active users (DAUs) were 890 million on average for December 2014, an increase of 18% year over year.
• Mobile DAUs were 745 million on average for December 2014, an increase of 34% year over year.
• Monthly active users (MAUs) were 1.39 billion as of Dec. 31, 2014, an increase of 13% year-over-year.
• Mobile MAUs were 1.19 billion as of Dec. 31, 2014, an increase of 26% year over year.

You can read the report here.

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Last week officially kicked off the Windows 10 era at Microsoft. And it's promising to be a very interesting time.

Microsoft is doing more exciting things than it's done in years. After years of scoffing, the tech press, Wall Street, and even Silicon Valley are paying attention again. 

So what do we have to look forward to over the next couple years? Quite a lot...

OK, HoloLens was cool. So when can we buy one?

Microsoft wowed reporters with a demonstration of its augmented reality headset, HoloLens, last week. But the test device we tried was far from finished — it was two glass lenses, a bunch of straps, and a five-pound CPU we had to hang around our necks.

The demo units that Microsoft execs showed on stage look a little bit slicker, like big ski goggles. But it's going to be a challenge to pack all that hardware into such a small package, then manufacture it in volume at a price normal people can afford.

Right now, all Microsoft is saying is that HoloLens will be ready in the "Windows 10 time frame." That could mean around when Windows 10 is first released...or could mean at some point before Windows 11 (or whatever it's called) comes out, a few years down the road. 

A Windows 10 release date.

Windows 10 looks like it'll solve a lot of the problems users had with Windows 8. But for all the features Microsoft showed last week, we didn't hear when it would actually come out.

Late 2015 is our best guess, but it could be staggered so enterprise customers get it first, before it shows up on new consumer PCs.

Microsoft's new smartphone plan.

Most of Microsoft's Windows 10 presentation focused on PC and tablet features, like a new web browser.

But we barely heard anything about Windows 10 on phones, and what we saw looked a lot like the same old Windows Phone we've been seeing for more than four years now.

Microsoft did show off a couple "Universal" apps, which look and work the same across the PC and phone, and learned about how Skype will integrate so you can start using it easily when you're in WiFi range. But we're not sure that's enough to revive Microsoft's fortunes in mobile.

Harvard Business School grads Cheryl Han and Eleanor Mak wanted to make personal styling more convenient for women who don't have time to shop.

In January 2013, Han and Mak founded Keaton Row, an online platform that pairs women who are too busy to shop with stylists who can pick out clothes for them. 

The styling services are free, and you can shop from retailers like Nordstrom and Shopbop with just the click of a button. 

Keaton Row just announced a Series A funding round led by Time Inc. Returning investors Menlo Ventures, Rho Capital, and Grape Arbor also contributed to the round, which sources say was valued at $6 million. 

I got paired with a Keaton Row stylist to learn a little bit more about the service.

When you sign up for Keaton Row, the site asks you a series of questions so that it can have a good understanding of your personal style.

An algorithm takes the answers you supply and uses them to match you with a Keaton Row stylist.

It even takes preferred color palettes and patterns into account.

With Box's successful IPO last week, there are now 25 public companies in the cloud computing market worth more than $1 billion, according to Bessemer Venture Partners' Cloud Index.

And the market cap of the top 30 cloud tracked by the BVP Cloud index hit more than $155 billion last week, too. (The index tracks 41 public companies.)

That's grown by a lot. In 2013, when the index was new, the top 30 companies were worth about $100 billion and only 15 of them were worth over $1 billion.

Here's another shocker:

No. 25 Hubspot: $1.08 billion

Ticker: HUBS
Stock price: ~$34
Market cap: ~$1.08 billion

Hubspot offers a cloud service for marketing and sales software.

No. 24 Cvent: $1.11 billion

Ticker: CVT
Stock price: ~$27
Market cap: ~$1.11 billion

Cvent offers cloud-based event management software.

No. 23 LogMeIn: $1.18 billion

Ticker: LOGM
Stock price: ~$48
Market cap: ~$1.18 billion

LogMeIn allows you to remotely log-in and access your computers from anywhere and helps enterprises manage remote computers.

The future of mobile is being redefined. The smartphone and tablet markets are nearing saturation. The days of heady hardware growth are long gone.

Mobile growth is moving into media, advertising, software, and services. Meanwhile, new devices are expanding the meaning of "mobile."

BI Intelligence has created a slideshow that highlights the new markets growing up around the multiscreen consumer.  

1. Mobile Commerce

2. Mobile Advertising

3. Mobile Apps

4. Emerging Devices And Platforms

5. Mobile Payments And Banking

6. Mobile Health 

Only BI Intelligence subscribers can download the individual charts and datasets in Excel, along with the PowerPoint and PDF versions of this deck. Please sign up for a membership here. BI Intelligence is a research and analysis service focused on mobile computing, digital media, payments, e-commerce, and the Internet of Things. 

It's pretty cold in parts of Turkey right now.

But the Turkish special forces has made the most of the winter weather by setting up a special military training camp for fighting in the snow. 

Photographer Mehmet Emin Gurbuz was given special access to the five-day training camp in Bolu, located in the north of the country. 

Training was held in Bolu, 200 kilometres north of Turkey's capital Ankara.

The training lasted five days, from Jan 22-27.

The average temperature in January is around 0 degrees C, but at nights it can go as low as -10 degrees C.

Throughout history, trees have withstood the test of time, quite literally. People are born and people die, civilizations rise and fall, but many trees, trees that you see every day, stay where they are, growing and staying firm.

Photographer Beth Moon is fascinated by trees, especially those that have been around the longest and grown the largest. This fascination led her to travel the globe to photograph the world's most impressive and historic trees.

She is interested in documenting such trees in order to preserve their memory and pay homage to their significance.

Standing as the earth’s largest and oldest living monuments, these symbolic trees will take on a greater significance, Moon says in her artist statement, especially when our focus is directed at finding better ways to live with the environment and celebrating the wonders of nature that have survived throughout the centuries.

Her photos have recently been compiled in a book, "Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time," available through Abbeville Press. She shared some of her photos and stories with us.

One of the most popular tourist attractions in Madagascar, the Avenue of the Baobabs, is a dirt road flanked by about 25 Baobab trees, which are only found on the island and which grow to be almost 100 feet tall. The trees along the avenue are thought to be as old as 800 years.

These two Yew Trees, which flank the door to the Church of St. Edward in Stow-on-the-Wold, England, planted sometime in the 18th century, were probably survivors of an avenue of trees that led to the door of the church. They now appear to grow from the building itself.

This tree, known as Rilke's Banyon, grow around a Buddhist temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The trees can grow 150 feet or taller, and their roots can work to tear up the ancient stone work of the building as they search for soil.

Even though it’s one of the most classic cuts, most of us know next to nothing about standing rib roast AKA prime rib.

The New York Times recently wrote about a resurgence in the cut and how more and more restaurants are putting it back on menus. Perhaps it was time to learn a thing or two.

So we spoke with experts in the industry from both Old Homestead Steakhouse and BLT Steak. These are the 10 things you need to know about prime rib.

Prime rib is technically a roast, not a steak. That is, unless you slice the ribs into steaks before cooking, in which case it becomes a rib eye steak.

To buy prime rib from the butcher, ask for the dry-aged prime rib and specify that you want the meat to be “prime” (not "choice") and have a lot of marbling. The more marbling, the more flavorful it will be. 

A full prime rib is cut from the 6th through 12th ribs of the cow, so seven ribs in total. 

In addition to full prime rib, you can get a loin-end rib roast, which is also known as "first cut." It's a smaller cut with less fat and is a leaner, more expensive purchase. There's also the chuck-end rib roast or "second cut" which is cheaper, bigger, and has more layers of fat.

Also, ask the butcher to leave the fat cap on the prime rib. It’s a layer of fat on top of the meat that protects it while cooking and adds tremendous flavor.

Cook your prime rib on the bones without the meat touching the pan. BLT Steak's Corporate Executive Chef Cliff Crooks says to keep the preparation simple with salt and pepper on the outside and roast it slow and evenly at 325 degrees for 30 minutes before testing the internal temperature. Once done, let it sit for 20 minutes to retain its juices.

To see if your prime rib is done, test with a meat thermometer. Rare will be 115 degrees, medium-rare is 120 degrees, and medium is 130 degrees.

Prime rib is called a “standing” roast because of the way you cook it. 

Both the teams at Old Homestead Steakhouse and BLT Steak say to order your prime rib medium-rare. “It retains all of the juices, making it more rich and flavorful,” Old Homestead Steakhouse co-owner Greg Sherry explained. Get it with a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon and never, ever order it well-done.

Prime rib isn’t at most steakhouses because it’s too expensive. Restaurants around the country have quietly eliminated prime rib from their menus because of rising wholesale beef prices. Because restaurants prepare the entire seven-rib roast, anything not served is lost revenue.

However, many classic steakhouses like Old Homestead Steakhouse still serve prime rib.

Now go forth and eat prime rib like a pro.

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Netscape cofounder Jim Clark has just purchased a gorgeous townhouse on New York's Upper East Side, the New York Post reports.

The billionaire reportedly paid $37 million for the 11,100-square-foot townhouse. The home previously belonged to the late Rachel "Bunny" Mellon, heiress to the Listerine fortune and wife of banking legend Paul Mellon.

Clark has been on a bit of a buying spree lately. According to the Post, the Netscape billionaire was the mystery buyer of Ron Howard's Armonk, N.Y. home, which he paid $37.5 million for last July.

Clark's new Upper East side home is truly a sight to behold.

Welcome to 125 East 70th Street, Jim Clark's new home on the Upper East Side.

Let's step inside the home. The townhouse has 11,100 square feet and a total of 14 rooms.

It was designed in a French neoclassical style, and is basically decorated like a palace.

Photographer Michelle Frankfurter had traveled to Mexico, the US-Mexico border, and Central America for years, working first as a photojournalist and then as a human-rights worker. During her travels, she heard about a particular route that hopeful migrants take to reach the United States. In 2009, she set out to follow it.

Following the path described in Sonia Nazario's award-winning book "Enrique's Journey," Frankfurter headed to southern Mexico and followed the path north. In six journeys, she rode the treacherous El Tren de la Muerte (The Train of Death), came into contact with the drug cartels, and befriended numerous migrant families, many of whom never made it to the US.

Frankfurter has shared some of her photos with us here, but you can check out the rest at her website or in her book "Destino," available now.

The first step of the journey for Frankfurter and thousands of migrants is crossing the Suchiate River between the Guatemalan border town of Tecún Umán and the Mexican town of Hidalgo in the southern state of Chiapas. Migrants ride rafts made of tractor tires across the water.

After crossing the river, migrants hike 150 miles on foot to avoid Mexican migration checkpoints and reach Arriaga, a city in Chiapas. Here, a Salvadoran woman feeds her 18-month-old son at a migrant shelter in Chiapas after making the trek.

Frankfurter began the most significant part of her journey in Arriaga. Here, most migrants catch a freight train illegally to start their trek north.

Life in the city can wear on anyone, especially when you throw in cold nights, fleets of snow and biting wind.

And while you can't always easily escape the winter weather, you can at least leave behind the endless hustle of the city for a couple of days. 

Whether it's skiing, gaming or relaxation that you want, we've put together a list of New York City getaways within driving distance from the city. We only included luxurious properties that are within a 5-hour drive of NYC. 

1. Whiteface Lodge

Located in the Adirondacks, this Lake Placid resort offers winter activities and sports followed by luxurious relaxation. With 86 trails spanning 22 miles, Whiteface Lodge is a great place to take advantage of the snow and hit the slopes on nearby Whiteface Mountain. It's also a fun location for Winter Olympics enthusiasts, with the Olympic Museum and a team of coaches to assist you in ice-climbing, bobsledding, tubing and other winter sports.

Amenities include a spa, pool and hot tubs, movie theater, game room, bowling alley and fitness center. 

Drive from NYC: 4.5 hours

2. Killington Grand Resort Hotel

Killington Grand Resort is another option for those who want to embrace the winter weather, with activities such as skiing, tubing, show shoeing, scenic gondola rides, and snowcat-drawn sleigh rides. The Vermont ski town has 212 trails and 92 miles of trails between it and its sister resort Pico Mountain, which is a five mile shuttle ride away.

After coming back from the slopes, visitors can relax at the Killington Grand Spa or explore local and resort dining options.

Drive from NYC: 4.5 hours

3. Mohonk Mountain House

This resort near the Catskills features an extensive relaxing spa, with 16 treatment rooms, an outdoor heated mineral pool and a solarium. Mohonk Mountain House also offers meditation classes, fitness classes and winter theme programs for guests. For other athletic options, Mohonk has a 9,375 -square-foot ice skating rink and offers ice climbing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, tubing, broomball, curling and disc golf on snowshoes for a winter spin.

Drive from NYC: 1.5 - 2 hours

4. Gurney's Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa

Despite the winter cold and snow, you can still enjoy the beach at Gurney's Montauk Resort and Seawater Spa, formerly known as Gurney's Inn. Book a room overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Montauk, and take a swim in Gurney's new sand-filtered, heated, seawater indoor swimming pool. The spa also includes salon services, seawater Roman baths, Finnish rock saunas, Russian steam rooms, Swiss showers and a fitness center.

Drive from NYC: 2.5 hours

5. The Mayflower Grace

Guests at The Mayflower Grace, located in Washington, Connecticut, can enjoy the 20,000-square-foot New England spa, which includes a thermal sanctuary, dome ceiling whirlpool, indoor pool and eight spa treatment rooms. When they aren't relaxing, visitors can take fitness classes as the resort or venture out into the snow for snowshoeing, cross-country skiing or hiking.

Local activities include antiquing in Woodbury, a wine trail to see local wineries or visiting the small towns around the resort.

Drive from NYC: 1.75 hours

6. Borgata Hotel

Atlantic City is a good option if you're looking for an exciting gaming experience indoors. The Borgata Hotel offers 3,400 slot machines, 180 game tables and a Racebook room with 100 seats. For nightlife, guests can also hit up nightclubs and bars in the area with DJs and live music. To unwind, The Borgata has two spas, five pools, two fitness centers and a variety of dining options.

Drive from NYC: 2.5 hours

7. Foxwoods Resort Casino 

Foxwoods' casino in Ledyard, Connecticut, spans 350,000 square feet, with 5,773 slot machines, 342 game tables, 95 poker tables, high stakes Bingo and Racebook. The resort is made up of four hotels with a total of 2,230 rooms. Amenities include two theaters, two spas, a luxury bowling alley and plenty of nightlife and dining options. A 300,000-square-foot outlet mall is also set to open at the resort in March 2015, for any visitors who want more nearby retail options.

Drive from NYC: 2.5 hours

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Although fewer young people are getting married today than ever before, research suggests that getting and staying married is one of the best things you can do for yourself.

As the New York Times recently concluded, "being married makes people happier and more satisfied with their lives than those who remain single — particularly during the most stressful periods, like midlife crises."

If you wait until you're 23 to commit, you're less likely to get divorced.

A 2014 University of Pennsylvania study found that Americans who cohabitate or get married at age 18 have a 60% divorce rage. 

But people who waited until 23 to make either of those commitments had a divorce rate around 30%.

"All of the literature explained that the reason people who married younger were more likely to divorce was because they were not mature enough to pick appropriate partners," the Atlantic reports.

The 'in love' phase lasts about a year.

The honeymoon phase with its "high levels of passionate love" and "intense feelings of attraction and ecstasy, as well as an idealization of one's partner," doesn't last forever. 

According to a 2005 study by the University of Pavia in Italy, it lasts about a year. 

Eventually you realize that you're not one person.

Once you start living together, you realize that you have different priorities and tolerances — like, for instance, what does or doesn't consitute a mess. 

"People have to come to terms with the reality that 'we really are different people,'"says couples therapist Ellyn Bader. "'You are different from who I thought you were or wanted you to be. We have different ideas, different feelings, different interests.'"

It's a stressful — and necessary — evolution.