This week "NBC Nightly News" debuted the first of Kate Snow’s series on transgender children.

The segment, titled "Jacob's Journey," was a hit with viewers. Nearly 8 million people tuned in to watch the story of 5-year-old Jacob Lemay, who was born a girl but has identified as a boy since birth.

Since the six-minute segment was posted to NBC News' Facebook page, it has received 10 million views and counting.

The "NBC Nightly News" reports on transitioning children are airing the same week that Bruce Jenner will sit down with Diane Sawyer for a "20/20" special, in which the Olympian turned reality-TV star will reportedly discuss his transition to becoming a woman.

In anticipation of Jenner's interview, NBC is taking a look into the lives of families raising transgender children. Here's the story of how the Lemay family knew their daughter "Mia" was transgender — and how Mia transitioned into "Jacob."

"Jacob is your typical, energetic little boy," says his mom, Mimi.

"He loves to run around and play in the dirt. He's a youthful, energetic little boy."

"He's the funnest kid and a great buddy," says his dad, Joe. "He was also born in a girl's body."

Multimillionaire Dan Bilzerian, the 34-year-old poker star who is known as the "King of Instagram," lives a crazy, lavish life.

Bilzerian's house parties, held at his luxury Los Angeles mansion, are no exception.

Maani Safa, vice president of creative and innovation at the mobile marketing and technology agency Somo, was lucky enough to get an invite to one of these legendary parties and was kind enough to share his photos with us.

The party was thrown in aid of electro-house musician Steve Aoki's charity fund.

Let's get this out of the way early on. There was a real GIRAFFE at the event. Here Safa is posing with it.

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The giraffe was the main attraction of the party. Here's Aoki feeding it some milk, as Bilzerian and a throng of ladies look on.

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When it comes to finding a job you love or a job that pays well, most people think you have to choose one or the other. But if you're working for the right company, you don't.

Business Insider teamed up with the employer-information website PayScale to find US companies that stand out in pay, happiness, and more.

Tech companies came out ahead this year, with Facebook and Google taking the two top spots, respectively. Last year's No. 1, biopharmaceutical company Celgene, tumbled to No. 6.

To create this list, companies in the 2014 Fortune 500 list were ranked using PayScale's salary and survey database. Final scores were determined by multiplying six criteria: high job satisfaction, low job stress, ability to telecommute, high job meaning, experienced median pay, and salary delta. Because we think pay is a very important factor, it had double the weight in our calculations. Read the full methodology here.

50. Merck & Co.

Headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey, the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. employs about 70,000 people.

Merck goes the extra mile to keep employees happy, with benefits such as paid vacation and on-site daycare.

And it pays off — 67% of employees report high job satisfaction, and 74% report high job meaning. The median salary is $103,000 after five years.

49. TIAA-CREF

TIAA-CREF, which stands for Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association — College Retirement Equities Fund, employs about 10,500 people, who earn a median salary of $100,000 after five years.

Thirty-nine percent of employees at the New York City-based company have the flexibility of working remotely.

48. Union Pacific

After five years, employees at Union Pacific earn a median salary of $81,600.

A newcomer to our list, the railroad company, based in Omaha, Nebraska, sponsors regional family-oriented clubs that do everything from community service to providing support.

Eighty-six percent of employees are highly satisfied with their jobs.

The city of San Francisco's largest tech employer, Salesforce, is a hot place to work right now.

Between its sky-high stock price, the giant new Salesforce Tower it's building, its outspoken CEO who is not afraid to take on issues ranging from discrimination against the LGBT community to equal pay for women, this company is happening.

Salesforce, which offers business software as a cloud service, frequently lands on Best Places to Work lists, with perks ranging from doggy daycare to free yoga classes. It employs about 16,000 people but is growing fast mad, with 1,100 job listings on its site right now.

Using data from Glassdoor, we compiled a list of some of the highest salaries you can earn while working at Salesforce, ranked from lowest to highest. We also tossed in some salaries of some less senior but still well-paying jobs.

(Note: Some positions listed on Glassdoor were excluded because there weren't enough shared salaries. Each average salary included in this roundup has at least six reported salaries.)

Salesforce QA Engineer: $112,451

Salary: $105,478

Total compensation including bonuses, stock, etc.: $112,451

A quality assurance engineer is responsible for testing products and services to make sure they work like they are supposed to.

Associate Member of Technical Staff: $112,887

Salary: $104,949

Total compensation including bonuses, stock, etc.: $112,887

An associate member of technical staff is a catch-all title for a junior employee working in some sort of engineering/tech capacity. It is a common entry-level title.

Sales Representative $114,024

Salary: $65,593

Total compensation including bonuses, stock, etc.: $114,024

A sales rep is the rank-and-file salesperson who meets with customers to determine their requirements and sign deals.

Too long for a short story and too short for a novel, novellas often don’t get the recognition they deserve.

To bring these hard-hitting, read-in-one-sitting books back into your radar, here’s a collection of some of our favorites, both classic and contemporary, notorious and unsung.

Start now and you could definitely finish by, say, tomorrow.

1. "O Fallen Angel" by Kate Zambreno

Mommy, a midwestern Stepford-wife-type and her tormented and self-destructive daughter Maggie blow their way through this twisted and shocking meditation on the female archetype. As usual, the young Zambreno disturbs and delights at once.

2. "Miss Lonelyhearts" by Nathanael West

A Depression-era newspaper reporter is assigned to write the fluffy advice column Miss Lonelyhearts and becomes spiritually ailed by the parade of misery heaped on his desk daily. Pitch black funny and completely tragic, the reporter’s saga is fittingly told in West’s spare style.

3. "John the Posthumous" by Jason Schwartz

Through three related narratives of infidelity Schwartz’s dark and unsettling book tells the oldest story of them all, one of betrayal, family, and home.

4. "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

Cliches are often true, and one could say Hemingway saved his best work for last. A classic tale of man versus nature.

5. "Lucinella" by Lore Segal

Lore Segal affectionately satirizes the New York literati with Lucinella, a pampered poet who can’t seem to put her life in order, whether at a Yaddo-esque writers colony or back in the city among her desperate friends. A cult classic since 1970. Because who doesn’t like to read gossip about the people they pretend to love?

6. "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

The story of how Buddha became Buddha. A reflective and mystical book everyone should read at least once.

7. "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" by Muriel Spark

Miss Brodie is a progressive school teacher who chooses six of her female students to influence and mentor. As the girls come of age, the relationship turns sinister, sexual, and autocratic. Personally, we like it for the Mussolini references.

8. "Passing" by Nella Larsen

Set in 1920s New York, Passing is about two black women—one with a cultured life in Harlem, and one who has left that life to pass for white—and their struggles with racism and bigotry.

9. "Chess Story" by Stefan Zweig

A haunting allegory of Nazi Germany where human lives are like the wooden pieces on a chessboard, moved and obliterated by a cool, detached player. Read it for a surprising twist at the end.

10. "The Aspern Papers" by Henry James

A literary scholar who is writing a book about the fictional poet Jeffrey Aspern says there is “no baseness he wouldn’t commit” to get his hands on the poet’s love letters. A powerful illustration of what can happen when one intrudes dangerously far into the life of their subject.

11. "Pafko at the Wall" by Don Delillo

A fictionalized account of the 1951 playoff between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants, and Bobby Thomson’s infamous walk-off home run. Told through the imagined points of view of J. Edgar Hoover, Frank Sinatra, Jackie Gleason, and others, it’s the ultimate read for baseball fans and New Yorkers alike.

12. "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

There is perhaps no stronger image in all of feminist literature than Edna Pontellier walking resolutely into the ocean, releasing herself of the binds of Victorian marriage and family.

13. "Walks with Men" by Anne Beattie

A young woman enters a manipulative and abusive relationship with an older, accomplished writer. It’s like rereading your five-year-diary starting at age 20.

14. "The Subterraneans" by Jack Kerouac

A fictional account of Kerouac’s taboo affair with the young black woman, Alene Lee. Enter into the habitat of 1950s bohemian San Francisco, and get lost in the narrator’s carnal self.

15. "The Ponder Heart" by Eudora Welty

A southern comedy Mark Twain would be proud of, Welty’s story centers around Daniel Potter, an overly generous older man accused of murdering his seventeen-year-old wife.

16. "Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton

An intense love triangle involving a farmer, his difficult wife, and her vibrant cousin. Jealousy, conflict, and a tragic ending make this Wharton’s most read work.

17. "The Train Was On Time" by Heinrich Boll

Böll’s first novel tells the story of a young German soldier and his five-day train ride to the Hitler’s soon-to-be-lost front, where he is sure to meet his inexorable death. As written in Time magazine, “Böll has feelingly symbolized a guilty Germany doing penance for its sins.”

18. "Candide" by Voltaire

Candide is a young man raised in luxury, and when he finally travels to the outside world, is bewildered by disaster, sickness, and the reality of suffering. If you’ve ever been disgusted by people who say “everything happens for a reason,” this book is for you.

19. "Sexing the Cherry" by Jeanette Winterson

Reminiscent of a Brother’s Grimm fairy tale in its darkness, Winterson tells a story about an alternate world where Dog Woman finds a baby floating in the Themes and raises him as her own. A beautiful and strange rumination on time, identity, gender, and myth.

20. "Three Blind Mice" by Agatha Christie

A small group of friends trapped by a snowstorm in a newly opened guest house find out that one of the tenants is a murderer. Soon, everyone is a suspect. Read to find out why this became the longest-running play in history.

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When I was younger, my family moved to Zurich, Switzerland for five years because of my dad's job.

Not only was Switzerland a great place to be an American expat, it was also a great home base for all the traveling my family did both in Europe and in other continents.

Out of all the amazing trips we took, there is one that really sticks out in my mind: our two-week trip to South Africa.

This is one of the only trips my family ever planned with the help of a travel agent. It was an investment, but a worthwhile one, because the trip left me with countless memories that I'll hold onto forever.

South Africa is a diverse country with so much to offer. There are larger cities to visit such as Johannesburg, Capetown, and the capital, Pretoria. Then there's Kruger National Park, which is a must for adventurous travelers hoping to experience a safari. There are beaches for surfers or sunbathers, and vineyards for wine aficionados. 

Here are the highlights from my family's visit.

Johannesburg

We started our trip with two days in Johannesburg. Because we were short on time, we didn't see a whole lot of the city.

We did go to one of Johannesburg's many flea markets though, where you can find all kinds of unique arts and crafts that are handmade by South Africans. Bargaining is a must at these markets. I walked away with a beautiful painting that is still hanging in my room today — for a fraction of its original price. Besides artwork, you can find everything from jewelry to clothing to fresh produce from local farmers. They're a great place to look for a gift for someone back home or a souvenir for yourself.

Some of Johannesburg's best markets include the Rooftop Market in Rosebank, the Bryanston Organic & Natural Market in Bryanston, and the Hillfox Market in Weltevreden Park. Click here for a full list.

Kruger National Park

We then took a short flight to Kruger National Park, a large game reserve in South Africa's northeastern Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces.

After a seemingly endless bumpy ride in a van along a dirt road we arrived at the Motswari Private Game Reserve, the resort we stayed at during our five days in Kruger National Park. We slept in private bungalows that were fully equipped with a large bed and bathroom. A bungalow for two runs around $670 per night; if you book three nights, you'll get a discounted rate of $570 per night.

Resorts like Motswari are built right into the wilderness, which is why you shouldn't be surprised if you run into a family of warthogs on your way back to your bungalow from breakfast (yes, that happened to me). Watching the sunset is breathtaking, as is the unobstructed view of the stars at night.

During our stay we went on multiple safaris and were lucky enough to see four out of South Africa's "Big Five:" a lion, a leopard, an elephant, and a rhino (the only one we didn't see was a cape buffalo). Besides those four we also saw zebra, giraffe, a hippopotamus, and an impala.

Our safari guide took us through the park in an open jeep. The guide sits in the jeep, and then there's also a patroler who sits in a seat up front built outside of the car with a gun, just in case. This isn't your average trip to the zoo. You're seeing these animals in their natural habitat and you're getting close enough to actually touch them.

On our first trip, our guide instructed us to always keep all limbs in the vehicle, and to not make any sudden movements or loud noises. You're never permitted to leave the vehicle – although my dad did lean pretty far out once to snap a picture of an elephant. The goal is to avoid scaring off any animals, or worse, frightening them, which depending on the animal, can cause them to charge the vehicle (hence the patroler with the gun).

It's hard to describe the adrenaline rush you feel when a rhino jumps out of the bush directly behind your vehicle, or when your eyes meet those of a lion mother laying with her cubs. It's just something you have to experience for yourself.

The Wine Route

With a unique climate that's like the Mediterranean, South Africa has multiple wine routes that weave through its scenic wine lands and vineyards. The wine routes are all pretty much within an hour of Cape Town, and the vineyards along them not only offer beautiful scenery, but sophisticated wine and delicious food. The country's signature variety is known as pinotage, a red wine grape that was bred as a cross between Pinot noir and Cinsaut. Some of South Africa's best wines include the Sadie Family Columella, the Mullineux Wines Granite Syrah, and the Kanonkop Paul Sauer.

My family drove what's known as the Garden Route. We started in Oudtshoorn, made our way down south to Plettenberg Bay and the Cape Agulhas, then drove north to Gansbaai, continued to Stellenbosch, and ended our route in Cape Town. It took us a total of five days. During our drive we stayed at some beautiful guest houses, and made multiple stops for activities.

One of my favorite guest houses that we stayed in was the Rosenhof Country House in Oudtshoorn. The rooms were luxurious and elegant, and they looked out onto the Rosenhof's impeccably maintained garden and pool. With only 12 rooms and 2 executive suites, the hotel is small. A luxury double room for two people is around $190 per night.

My family visited an ostrich farm while we were in Oudtshoorn, which gave my sister and me the opportunity to actually ride an ostrich. I can't remember the particular farm we went to, but the Safari Ostrich Show Farm and the Highgate Ostrich Show Farm are both good options.

It was a thrilling experience — they're a lot faster than you would think! Even though they're not particularly friendly, I thought the ostriches were adorable, so I was more than upset when my dad ordered ostrich for dinner that night. I refused to try it, but he said it was delicious, and it's a common dish in South African cuisine.

We also stopped at the Cango Wildlife Ranch, which is basically South Africa's version of a zoo complete with cheetahs, lemurs, tigers, crocodiles, and snakes. During our visit, my dad suggested we take a family photo all holding a huge boa constrictor. My dad and I thoroughly enjoyed it, my sister was petrified, and my mom basically stopped talking to my dad for the rest of the day because she was so mad at him for suggesting it.

We took a look at the world's highest bungee jump (Bloukrans Bridge) — unfortunately we didn't actually try it — and saw the Cape Agulhas, which is South Africa's southernmost tip and the dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

Just before we made it to Cape Town, we stayed at Grootbos Private Nature Reserve in Gansbaai. The luxury eco-lodge describes itself as a "floral and marine eco-paradise." At Grootbos, guests can do anything from a nature walk to horseback riding to whale watching to shark cage diving. There's also a spa.

My mom and sister opted for the nature walk, while my dad and I went whale watching and horseback riding. We saw both whales and seals, and witnessed some shark cage divers. We only stayed there for a few days, but we probably could have stayed there for our whole trip and not run out of things to do. Grootbos' room rates are seasonal; in the high season — September through April (when my family was there) — a one bedroom luxury suite goes for $428 per night.

Cape Town

Cape Town was the last stop on my family's South Africa trip. We were only there for a couple days, so we didn't get to see all that much. One of the city's most popular attractions is Table Mountain, which overlooks Cape Town and provides great views. Unfortunately it was extremely foggy when we were there, so it wasn't worth taking a trip to the top. You can take a cable car up the mountain, or take a helicopter ride which provides stunning views of both the mountain and city itself.

Instead, my family explored the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront. Besides the waterfront, Cape Town is home to many visitor attractions. You can take a trip to Robben's Island to see the maximum security prison where Nelson Mandela served 18 years, lounge on Beta Beach or Oudekraal (both just 10 minutes from Cape Town's center), see endangered penguins at the Boulders Penguin Colony, and of course sample some mouthwatering seafood at restaurants all over the city.

I made the decision to get my whole head braided, which in retrospect, was not my best idea. After four very painful hours at a local salon, my family headed back to our hotel and flew back home the next day. Let's just say the flight was anything but comfortable.

SEE ALSO: I lived in Europe for 5 years — these are the places I tell all my friends to visit

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Nick Woodman, founder and CEO of sports camera company GoPro, was the highest paid U.S. chief executive of 2014, Bloomberg recently reported.

Woodman's financial success is more than a decade in the making. He founded GoPro in 2004, initially just making wrist straps for small cameras and then eventually branching out into building the hardware itself. 

Woodman's life hasn't slowed down since — he's an adrenaline junkie, Red Bull addict, snowboarder, mountain biker, race-car driver, and an avid surfer. 

Woodman's high school classmates remember him as being immensely passionate, waking up at five in the morning to go surfing before classes. "Now professional content is inspiring kids around the world to pursue their passions, just like I was inspired by those Surfer magazine tear outs on the wall," he told UCSD's alumni magazine.

Source: CNBC, UCSD Alumni

After building his first startup, a web marketing company that eventually flopped during the dot-com crash of the early 2000s, Woodman decided to fund his next venture himself. He moved back in with his parents and traveled up and down the California coast in a Volkswagen Westfalia van called "The Biscuit," where he worked on the first GoPro wrist straps and cameras.

Source: GoPro, YouTube

Woodman sold his first GoPro cameras in surf shops and even on QVC, which he appeared on several times in GoPro's early days. Here he is on the home shopping network in 2005, three years after creating the first GoPro. "It was very humble beginnings for GoPro, but I think it's the right kind of beginning," he told Outside.

Source: YouTube

In the wake of Saturday's devastating earthquake in Nepal, which has killed more than 3,600 people, hundreds of thousands of survivors escaped the rubble and set up camp on open grounds.

Sleeping in makeshift tents and rationing food and water, the Nepalese continue to suffer harsh conditions. Still, many fear returning home in case of future aftershocks.

The photos of these "tent cities," sprawled across the region, are unbelievable. 

Additional reporting by The Associated Press and Pamela Engel.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Nepal have made camp away from the rubble following a devastating earthquake over the weekend.

Many Nepalese find themselves in communities of makeshift shelters, called tent cities, that are springing up across the country. Local parks, army bases, and old parade grounds have been completely transformed.

Saturday's magnitude-7.8 earthquake was the worst the country had seen in 80 years. It swept through the capital region and killed more than 3,600. The following day, a 6.7-magnitude tremor, just 40 miles east of Kathmandu, sent people sprinting to open ground.

Luxury hotels can cost thousands of dollars a night, but they don't have to. 

Insiders know where to book a luxe hotel on the cheap. Of course there are the major online travel agencies like Priceline, Orbitz, and Hotels.com, but those are just a starting point for in-the-know travelers.

Here are eight websites that let you book luxury hotels for less.

Jetsetter

Jetsetter.com began as an offshoot of Gilt Groupe, but was acquired by TripAdvisor in 2013.

One of the original flash sale vacation sites, Jetsetter offers discounted rates at top hotels around the world. Their sales usually only last a week or so though, so if you see a hotel you're interested in, book a room before the sale expires. The site also allows users to book rooms at their curated hotels year-round — though not at the same discount you'd find in a flash sale.

Luxury Link

In addition to offering discounted rates to top hotels around the world, Luxury Link makes sure its users get other perks, like resort credit or complimentary breakfast and Wi-Fi. 

The site also offers the option of bidding on getaways at some properties for discounted rates through an auction.

Luxury Link works with Gilt Travel. 

Secret Escapes

Secret Escapes is a members-only hotel booking site that negotiates rates with luxury hotels that are up to 70% off.

There's no fee to become a member. Simply enter your email address and you'll have access to the sales.

In 2010, Gabriella and Andrew Morrison had just moved into what they thought was their dream home in a coveted neighborhood in Southern Oregon. 

But six months later, they were already regretting their decision. 

“We began to feel like our dream was actually a nightmare,” Gabriella told Business Insider. “The amount of stress that was involved with having to work more to pay for it compounded with feeling like slaves to it begged the question, ‘Was it really worth it?’”

Soon after, the couple learned of the tiny house movement by way of Jay Shafer’s “The Small House Book” and realized that they wanted to live with less. So they got rid of 90% of their possessions, sold the house, and moved to Baja Mexico for five months, where they resided in a pop-up tent trailer.

“From that experience, we saw that we were happiest with the least and we committed to designing and building a tiny house for ourselves,” Gabriella told us.

When the couple moved back to Oregon, they began designing and building their own tiny home. 

“At first, friends and family were skeptical of what we were doing,” Gabriella said. “Hardly anyone had heard of the tiny house movement at that point and I think they thought we were being unrealistic.”

But four months later, their new 221-square-foot tiny home was complete. The couple spent $22,744 building the home, plus another $10,345 on cabinetry from IKEA and appliances. Gabriella and Andrew were so inspired by the experience that they started TinyHouseBuild.com to teach people how to make their own tiny homes.

They now live on five acres of rural land that they bought in Oregon, and share the space with their daughter, cat and dog. Neither of the Morrisons can imagine moving anywhere else.

“We designed it to be a forever home,” Gabriella told Business Insider. “We also plan on spending six months out of each year down on the beaches of Baja again so we will split the time between two places.”

Gabriella and Andrew Morrison built their 221-square-foot tiny home on five acres in Southern Oregon. It took them four months and cost $33,089.72.

They call it a "hOMe" with the emphasis on "om" (a mystic symbol — think yoga and meditation).

Because the weather can get cold, the family stays warm with two 100-gallon propane tanks they refill every six or eight months.

Attraction relies on much more than your physical appearance. 

It's in the way you carry yourself, the people you hang out with, and how you talk to people — plus a whole lot more.

Be funny.

Multiplestudiesindicate that women are more attracted to men who can make them laugh. 

In one study, a psychologist asked men to tell a joke to their friends at a bar while a woman sat at a nearby table — and the guys who told jokes were three times as likely to get her number as the people who didn't.

"The effect of a great sense of humor on women's attractions might be partially explained by the fact that funny people are considered to be more social and more intelligent, things that women seek in a mate,"anthropologist Gil Greengross writes.

Surround yourself with friends.

A 2014 study from the University of California at San Diego found that people looked better when they were in a group. 

It's because our brains take the faces of a group of people in aggregate, making each face look more "average"— and attractive — as a result. 

"Having a few wingmen or wingwomen may indeed be a good dating strategy, particularly if their facial features complement and average out one's unattractive idiosyncrasies," authors Drew Walker and Edward Vul write.

Skip the small talk.

In a 1997 study, State University of New York psychologist Arthur Aron separated two groups of people and paired them off, giving each duo 45 minutes to answer a set of questions. 

One question set was small talk, and the other was increasingly probing. The people who asked deeper questions felt more connected — and one couple fell in love.

According to Harvard research, talking about yourself stimulates the same brain regions as sex or a good meal. 

"Activation of this system when discussing the self suggests that self-disclosure ... may be inherently pleasurable," Scientific American reports. 

We take our iPhones everywhere with us, which is why the iPhone has become the camera of choice for professionals photographers, artists, and everyone in between.

Even though you may take tons of photos with your iPhone all the time, there are probably at least a few tricks you might not know about. 

From tips that help you enhance the quality of your images to tricks that enable you to take photos faster, there are plenty of things you can do with the iPhone's camera beyond the standard point-and-shoot gestures. 

Use the Grid to help you align your shots perfectly. You can do this by going to Settings>Photos and Camera and switching on Grid.

If you're using Apple's earbuds, you can press the volume buttons on the cord to snap a photo or record a video.

You can also use the volume buttons on the side of the phone as a shutter, making it feel like you’re using an actual point-and-shoot.

Kirsty Bertarelli was just named Britain's richest woman again, according to the 2015 Sunday Times Rich List.

And as a multibillionaire she lives an enviably incredible life.

Her fortune is so vast that it eclipses that of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and the Queen combined, at £9.45 billion ($14.3 billion), according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2015.

She became Miss UK as a teenager, an accomplished music writer in her 20s, and then in her 30s she became the wife and the mother of three children with Switzerland's richest man, Ernesto Bertarelli, who sold his family's pharmaceuticals firm Serono for £9 billion to Merck in 2007.

Now in her 40s, she is trying to take the world by storm with her singing. She has already supported Simply Red's Mick Hucknall in concert and performed for the prince and princess of Monaco.

Through interviews from The Telegraph,the Mirror, and her website, as well as pictures from her Instagram, we've put together the fairytale that is Kirsty Bertarelli's life.

Kirsty Bertarelli, née Roper, was born in Stone, Staffordshire, on June 30, 1971.

But her tale isn't a "rags to riches" story. Her father, along with her uncles, owned one of the world's largest manufacturers of ceramics, Churchill China.

She even went to the now-defunct private boarding school Howell's in North Wales and gained seven O levels.

If you follow stock-market punditry obsessively like we do, you'll quickly notice something.

A handful of analysts speak English. But the vast majority don't.

Rather, they speak a language unique to the investment business.

This language consists of market phrases that sound intelligent but don't mean anything.

The phrases don't sound like they don't mean anything, of course. On the contrary, they sound like they mean a lot. In fact, they make the speaker sound as wise as Warren Buffett (who, to his great credit, never speaks this way). 

Most of these phrases have another key benefit, which is useful in the investment business: They never commit the speaker to any specific recommendation or prediction. In other words, no matter what happens, the analyst can always be "right" and never be "wrong"— because they didn't actually say anything.

So if you want to sound smart about investing without really saying anything, read on.

"The easy money has been made."

When to use it: Any time a market or stock has already gone up a lot.

Why it's smart-sounding: It implies wise, prudent caution. It implies that you bought or recommended the stock a long time ago, before the easy money was made (and are therefore smart). It suggests that there might be further upside, but that there might be future downside, because the stock is "due for a correction" (another smart-sounding meaningless phrase that you can use all the time). It does not commit you to any specific recommendation or prediction. It protects you from all possible outcomes: If the stock drops, you can say, "As I said ... " If the stock goes up, you can say "As I said ... "

Why it's meaningless: It's a statement about the obvious. It's a description of what has happened, not what will happen. It requires no special insight or power of analysis. It tells you nothing that you don't already know. Also, it's not true: The money that has been made was likely in no way "easy." Buying stocks that are rising steadily is a lot "easier" than buying stocks that the market has left for dead (because everyone thinks you're stupid to buy stocks that no one else wants to buy.)

"I'm cautiously optimistic."

A classic. Can be used in almost all circumstances and market conditions.

When to use it: Pretty much anytime.

Why it's smart-sounding: It implies wise, prudent caution, but also a sunny outlook, which most people like. (Nobody likes a bear, especially in a bull market.) It sounds more reasonable than saying, for example, "The stock is a screaming buy and will go straight up from here." It protects the speaker against all possible outcomes. If the market drops, the speaker can say, "As you know, I was cautious ... " If the market goes up, the speaker can say, "As you know, I was optimistic ... "

Why it's meaningless: It's too general to mean anything. It can accurately describe any market outcome in history, merely by adjusting the unspecified time frame. (If you were "cautiously optimistic" in 1929, you were "cautious," which was good, and you were also optimistic, which was also good. Eventually, the market recovered!)

"It's a stockpicker's market."

Another classic. Sounds smart but is completely meaningless.

When to use it: Especially useful in bear markets or flat markets, but can be used anytime.

Why it's smart-sounding: It suggests that the current market environment is different from other market environments and therefore requires special skill to navigate. It implies that the speaker has this skill. It suggests that, if you're talented enough to be a "stockpicker," you can coin money right now — while everyone else drifts sideways or loses their shirts. 

Why it's meaningless: If you pick stocks for a living (or for your personal account), all markets are "stockpickers' markets." In all markets, traders are trying to buy winners and sell dogs, and in all markets only half of these traders succeed. (It's a different half each time, of course — and most of the "winnings" of the winners are wiped out by transaction costs and taxes, but that's a different story). It is no easier (or harder) to win the stockpicking game in a flat or bear market than in a bull market, and if you try, you'll almost certainly do worse than if you had just bought an index fund.

Elizabeth Olsen is so much more than "the third Olsen sister."

Two years younger than her child-star twin sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley, Elizabeth — also known as Lizzie — shied away from the spotlight as a kid. But during the Sundance Film Festival in 2011, the indie darling burst onto the scene and clinched the hearts of critics.

Next month, Olsen joins the superstar cast of "Avengers: Age of Ultron," as the mysterious, reality-bending sorceress Scarlet Witch.

Growing up, Elizabeth Olsen thought her life was totally normal. Her family of five lived in the affluent LA suburb of Sherman Oaks, where she danced ballet, watched movies, and hung out on set of her twin sisters' TV show.

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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, two years older than little sister "Lizzie," shared the role of Michelle Tanner on the 90s family sitcom, "Full House." The show aired for eight seasons, and launched the girls into child-stardom.

Olsen's earliest IMDb credits are cameos in her sisters' direct-to-video movies. In this scene from "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of Thorn Mansion," Mary-Kate and Ashley tell her she's too young to join in their detective work.

The first YouTube video was uploaded 10 years ago this month, and thousands of people have found viral fame on the platform.

What do you do once you gain internet stardom and your video has received millions of views?

We decided to find out.

Some viral YouTube sensations are still making videos in an attempt to cash in on their newfound stardom.

Others have moved on from the entertainment sphere and are attempting to live quiet lives. 

In 2007, Tay Zonday's song "Chocolate Rain" went viral. The keyboard-driven song and Zonday's deep vocals rocketed "Chocolate Rain" to YouTube viral stardom.

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He's racked up almost 100 million views on the original video, and Zonday has appeared on late night TV shows. He's also provided voiceovers for the Adult Swim show "Robot Chicken," appeared on America's Got Talent, and was in a 2009 video for Weezer's song "Pork and Beans." The 32-year-old, who is still making YouTube videos, has done commercial work for companies like Dr. Pepper and Comedy Central.

In early 2011, Rebecca Black became infamous for singing and starring in a YouTube video with ridiculous lyrics, "Friday," produced by ARK Music Factory. Black removed the original video, dubbed by many as "the worst song ever," when it had 167 million views, but later reuploaded it. Today, the reuploaded "Friday" video has 71 million views and counting.

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The Sunday Times has released its annual Rich List of the wealthiest people in Britain.

The United Kingdom may not be home to Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates, but there's still more than a dozen technology billionaires on the list.

We've rounded up the 25 wealthiest tech entrepreneurs and investors in Britain. You can see the full list at the Sunday Times.

25. Mike Lynch — Net worth: £470 million ($718 million)

Where the money came from: Lynch founded the software company Autonomy, which then sold to HP for £6.5 billion ($9.94 billion).

Age: 45

Overall rank on the Sunday Times Rich List: 235

22. Sir Peter Rigby — Net worth: £550 million ($841 million)

Where the money came from: Rigby is behind Specialist Computers, one of the country's largest independent IT suppliers.

Age: 71

Overall rank on the Sunday Times Rich List: 199

23. Kevin Cash — Net worth: £500 million ($764 million)

Where the money came from: Cash has invested in a number of internet firms, as well as London real estate. An "elusive" figure, there are few photos of him out there.

Age: 51

Overall rank on the Sunday Times Rich List: 217

The Airbus A380 Superjumbo is officially a decade old. It was originally an aircraft that Airbus presented as a true game changer — one that would bring unprecedented levels of luxury and profitability to the airline industry.

In the decade since the aircraft's maiden flight in April 2005, 317 superjumbos have been ordered. The plane is in service with more than a dozen airlines around the world. But demand for the behemoth in recent years has been weak. Airbus has not been able for find a new customer for the plane since 2013. This prompts the question: Has the industry left the A380 behind? How many more birthdays will it have?

On April 27, 2005, at 10:30 a.m. local time, the first Airbus A380 prototype opened up the throttles of its four massive turbofan engines.

As the superjumbo took off from Airbus' facility in Toulouse, France, the largest commercial airliner around was actually flying.

At 239 feet long, 79 feet tall, and 262 feet from wing tip to wing tip — it's a big boy!

Recently, pictures and ads began popping up on the internet and on TV featuring basketball superstar LeBron James behind the wheel of a white luxury sedan. It wasn't a Benz and it wasn't a Bentley. It was a Kia K900. That's right: The four-time NBA MVP, future hall of famer, and pop-culture icon who is expected to earn more than 1 billion dollars during his career is endorsing a $66,000 luxury limo from a Korean brand known mostly for its affordable economy cars and the hipster hamsters that star in its commercials.

To some, that's just downright odd. But is it really that outlandish? Could Kia successfully pull off a high-end luxury car worthy of the man known as King James? When Kia delivered a brand-new 2015 K900 test car to Business Insider, I made it my mission to find out.

A big, soft, V8-powered, rear-wheel-drive luxury sedan, the Kia K900 is quite unlike any car the company has ever produced. And to be honest, it's a breed of car we don't encounter in America very often anymore.

In the four days I spent behind the wheel of the K900, I realized that it was a very different animal from its far more expensive and established competitors, such as ...

.... the ultra-refined Lexus LS ...

The richest people in Britain more than doubled their wealth over the last decade. 

According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2015, the 1,000 wealthiest individuals and families now have a combined fortune of just over £547 billion ($838 billion). Leading the pack is London-based, Ukraine born, but US citizen, owner of Warner Music Group Len Blavatnik with an estimated fortune of £13.17 billion ($20.2 billion). 

While it is perhaps unsurprising that Russian oligarchs, energy and commodity magnates, and families living off inherited assets top the list, the biggest shock may be the fact that the Queen failed to make the top 300 for the first time.

#25 Sir Henry Keswick

Net worth: £3.275 billion ($5.017 billion)

Age: 76

Keswick and his family runs the £29.8 billion Jardine Matheson conglomerate in Hong Kong, which invests and runs companies that span fast food, retail, property, and motoring. He and his family have a £3.2 billion stake in the group. Here he is (L) with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan in February this year.

#22 Sir Philip and Lady Green

Net worth: £3.5 billion ($5.3 billion)

Ages: 63, 65

Green (far right in this picture, next to Actor Max Irons and model Cara Delevingne) owns some of the most popular fashion retailers in Britain. He bought British Homes Stores for £200 million in 2000 and a year later, BHS was worth £1.2 billion. Through the retail group he acquired, Arcadia, which is owned by his wife Lady Tina, led to ownership of Topshop, Topman, Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Miss Selfridge. The Green family's stake in Arcadia is worth £1.9 billion while the Sunday Times added £1.6 billion for property, yachts, and past dividends.

#22 Sir James Dyson

Net worth:£3.5 billion ($5.3 billion)

Age: 67

Industrial designer Dyson invented the bagless vacuum cleaner. His first ever invention was the Ballbarrow, a modified version of a wheelbarrow using a ball instead of a wheel, which he later implemented into some of his Dyson vacuum cleaner designs. He's so rich now that he also owns more land in England than the Queen.