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The 30 most eligible men and women in media and entertainment

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Who are the most eligible singles working in media and entertainment?

Hinge, a popular dating app that introduces users to friends of friends, says it knows. The app has put together a list of the hottest bachelor and bachelorettes in each of nine major industries.

Hinge works by displaying the profiles of single people in your city. If you like someone's profile, swipe right; if you're not interested, swipe left. But unlike location-based dating apps like Tinder, Hinge shows you only second- and third-degree Facebook connections. These are people you might have heard of, even if you're never met.

SEE ALSO: The 30 most eligible men and women in every major industry

Media & Entertainment



30. Mallory Culbert

Work: Professional Writer and Actress; Works in the Art and Fine Vintage Clothing Worlds

Education: BA, Honors Program at the University of Texas in Austin

Hometown: Dallas, TX

Current Hinge city:Austin/San Antonio

Influence: 125 friends on Hinge



29. George LesBourdais

Work: Stanford University, Ph.D. Candidate in Art History

Education: BA, Middlebury College; MA (History of Art and Architecture ), Williams College; Current PhD Candidate in Art History at Stanford University

Hometown: Harpswell, ME

Current Hinge city:San Francisco

Influence: 172 friends on Hinge



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7 everyday items that wouldn’t exist as we know them without GMOs

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An Indian scientist points to a patch of genetically modified (GM) rapeseed crop under trial in New Delhi February 13, 2015.  REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

GMOs as we know them today have only been around for a few decades.

But in that time, we've taken to using them almost everywhere. Today, GMOs can be found in everything from the cotton in our T-shirts to the soda we sip at the movies.

Here are all the things that likely wouldn't look anything like they do today without some type of genetic modifications:

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All the watermelon we eat today is a product of domestication, one of the earliest forms of modifying the genes in a crop.

The first genetic modifications, and broadest sense of the term GMO, has been happening throughout the history of farming.

By picking certain traits, such as bigger fruit, more seeds, and better color, farmers are inherently selecting the genes for certain crops. That’s how the watermelon we eat became so different from versions from the 1600s.

About 300 years ago, farmers and scientists started cross-breeding, or fertilizing new types of plants using two parent plants that wouldn't normally come together in nature. That’s how we get things like potatoes as we know them and many kinds of berries, Bruce Chassy, a professor emeritus of food safety and nutritional science at the University of Illinois, told Business Insider.



Corn was domesticated hundreds of years ago as well, but the stuff we eat today has been modified further — with genes from living things that are not plants.

Corn, the most widely grown crop in the US, is currently modified in two key ways: either by adding genes from Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria, known as Bt, to make it resistant to corn-loving insects, or genes from Agrobacterium, which makes it resistant to the weedkiller Roundup.

Today, corn is used to make everything from the corn syrup found in soda and most candy to the sweet corn we eat on the cob. A whopping 92% of the corn we eat is genetically modified, according to the USDA.



In the 1990s, papayas in Hawaii faced extinction without help from GMO technology.

Papayas in Hawaii were facing destruction from the Ringspot virus, a disease transmitted to the fruit by insects. To fix the problem, scientists added a harmless gene from the virus into the papaya's DNA, giving papayas immunity to the virus. Today, most papayas are produced in Hawaii, though some come from Texas, California, and Florida as well.

Roughly 77% of papayas made in Hawaii are GMO.



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The 30 most eligible men and women in retail

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Who are the most eligible singles working in retail and CPG?

Hinge, a popular dating app that introduces users to friends of friends, says it knows. The app has put together a list of the hottest bachelor and bachelorettes in each of nine major industries.

Hinge works by displaying the profiles of single people in your city. If you like someone's profile, swipe right; if you're not interested, swipe left. But unlike location-based dating apps like Tinder, Hinge shows you only second- and third-degree Facebook connections. These are people you might have heard of, even if you're never met.

SEE ALSO: The 30 most eligible men and women in every major industry

Retail & CPG



30. David Hill

Work: Senior Financial Analyst - Global Sourcing & Supplier Relations - Direct Spend & Commodities Forecasting, Starbucks Coffee Company

Education: BS, Ithaca College School of Business

Hometown: Loveland, Ohio

Current Hinge city:Seattle

Influence: 145 friends on Hinge



29. Caralyn Gorel

Work: Retail Marketing Coordinator, Michael Kors

Education: BS, Syracuse University

Hometown: Westchester, NY

Current Hinge city: New York City

Influence: 709 friends on Hinge



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The 30 most eligible men and women in health and wellness

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Who are the most eligible singles working in health and wellness?

Hinge, a popular dating app that introduces users to friends of friends, says it knows. The app has put together a list of the hottest bachelor and bachelorettes in each of nine major industries.

Hinge works by displaying the profiles of single people in your city. If you like someone's profile, swipe right; if you're not interested, swipe left. But unlike location-based dating apps like Tinder, Hinge shows you only second- and third-degree Facebook connections. These are people you might have heard of, even if you're never met.

SEE ALSO: The 30 most eligible men and women in every major industry

Health & Wellness



30. Justin Partridge

Work: Fourth Year Dental Student Going into Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Education: BA, Colby College; DMD, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Hometown: Groton, MA

Current Hinge city:Boston

Influence: 388 friends on Hinge



29. Caroline Labe

Work: Clinical Project Analyst, Acetylon Pharmaceuticals

Education: BA, Elon University

Hometown: Lower Merion, PA

Current Hinge city: Boston

Influence: 298 friends on Hinge

 



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The 30 most eligible men and women in technology

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Who are the most eligible singles working in technology?

Hinge, a popular dating app that introduces users to friends of friends, says it knows. The app has put together a list of the hottest bachelor and bachelorettes in each of nine major industries.

Hinge works by displaying the profiles of single people in your city. If you like someone's profile, swipe right; if you're not interested, swipe left. But unlike location-based dating apps like Tinder, Hinge shows you only second- and third-degree Facebook connections. These are people you might have heard of, even if you're never met.

SEE ALSO: The 30 most eligible men and women in every major industry

Technology



30. Tommy McMahon

Work: Corporate Development and Strategic Investments at Amazon

Education: BA, University of Pennsylvania

Hometown: Hillsborough, CA

Current Hinge city:Seattle

Influence: 322 friends on Hinge



29. Madelaine Fouts

Work: Digital Communications Manager, Microsoft

Education: BA, University of California at Davis; MBA, Santa Clara University

Hometown: Davis, CA

Current Hinge city:San Francisco

Influence: 99 friends on Hinge



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The 30 most eligible men and women in education and non-profits

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Who are the most eligible singles working in non-profits and education?

Hinge, a popular dating app that introduces users to friends of friends, says it knows. The app has put together a list of the hottest bachelor and bachelorettes in each of nine major industries.

Hinge works by displaying the profiles of single people in your city. If you like someone's profile, swipe right; if you're not interested, swipe left. But unlike location-based dating apps like Tinder, Hinge shows you only second- and third-degree Facebook connections. These are people you might have heard of, even if you're never met.

SEE ALSO: The 30 most eligible men and women in every major industry

Nonprofit & Education



30. Mike Sherbakov

Work: CEO and Founder of Karuna Towels

Education: BA, San Diego State University

Hometown: San Diego, CA

Current Hinge city:San Diego

Influence: 350 friends on Hinge



29. Nate Skaggs

Work: Student Services Manager at Achievement First

Education: BS, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; MA (Human Rights Studies), Columbia University

Hometown: Cairo, NE

Current Hinge city:New York City

Influence: 73 friends on Hinge



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The 30 most eligible men and women in startups and small business

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Who are the most eligible singles working in startups and small business?

Hinge, a popular dating app that introduces users to friends of friends, says it knows. The app has put together a list of the hottest bachelor and bachelorettes in each of nine major industries.

Hinge works by displaying the profiles of single people in your city. If you like someone's profile, swipe right; if you're not interested, swipe left. But unlike location-based dating apps like Tinder, Hinge shows you only second- and third-degree Facebook connections. These are people you might have heard of, even if you're never met.

SEE ALSO: The 30 most eligible men and women in every major industry

Startup & Small Business



30. Alexandra Gramatikas

Work: Founder/CEO of ALTR

Education: BA, Florida State University; MBA, University of Central Florida

Hometown: Orlando, FL

Current Hinge city:Orlando

Influence: 87 friends on Hinge



29. Andreas Bezamat-Homer

Work: Business Development & Growth for Outlook Mobile at Microsoft, as they acquired our startup Acompli in December 2014 for $200M and rebranded it as Outlook Mobile (for iOS & Android)

Education: BA, University of Southern California

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

Current Hinge city:San Francisco

Influence: 527 friends on Hinge



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The 30 most eligible men and women in marketing

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Who are the most eligible singles working in marketing?

Hinge, a popular dating app that introduces users to friends of friends, says it knows. The app has put together a list of the hottest bachelor and bachelorettes in each of nine major industries.

Hinge works by displaying the profiles of single people in your city. If you like someone's profile, swipe right; if you're not interested, swipe left. But unlike location-based dating apps like Tinder, Hinge shows you only second- and third-degree Facebook connections. These are people you might have heard of, even if you're never met.

SEE ALSO: The 30 most eligible men and women in every major industry

Marketing & Business Development



30. Madeline Grose

Work: Account Executive at Obu Interactive

Education: BA, University of San Diego

Hometown: Seattle, WA

Current Hinge city:San Diego

Influence: 245 friends on Hinge



29. Daniel Pourasghar

Work: Business Development at Airbnb

Education: MS (Management), European Business School (EBS)

Hometown: Giessen, Germany

Current Hinge city:San Francisco

Influence: 170 friends on Hinge



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The 30 most eligible men and women in policy and law

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Who are the most eligible singles working in policy and law?

Hinge, a popular dating app that introduces users to friends of friends, says it knows. The app has put together a list of the hottest bachelor and bachelorettes in each of nine major industries.

Hinge works by displaying the profiles of single people in your city. If you like someone's profile, swipe right; if you're not interested, swipe left. But unlike location-based dating apps like Tinder, Hinge shows you only second- and third-degree Facebook connections. These are people you might have heard of, even if you're never met.

SEE ALSO: The 30 most eligible men and women in every major industry

Policy & Law



30. Ben Deneka

Work: H&R Block, Industry Operations Liaison -- I make sure we stay in the IRS's good graces

Education: BA, University of Mississippi (Ole Miss); JD, University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)

Hometown: Roanoke, VA

Current Hinge city:Kansas City

Influence: 80 friends on Hinge



29. Blair Harrington

Work: Attorney at Gaskins Bennett Birrell Schupp - Civil Rights and Personal Injury Law

Education: BA, University of Denver; JD, University of Minnesota Law School

Hometown: Minneapolis, MN

Current Hinge city:Minneapolis/St. Paul

Influence: 135 friends on Hinge



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What rush hour looks like in the world's busiest places

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For better or worse, humans are trading in grass and farms for concrete and skyscrapers.

Nearly 80% of people in developed countries live in urban areas, and why not? City life is chock-full of opportunities you could never find in the suburbs or countryside, part of the reason that 250 million people are moving into Chinese cities alone

But as a city grows, so does its dependence on things like buses and high-speed rail — making for rush hours that will make you grateful for your relatively sane commute.

 

Located in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, the village of Khurja frequently sees commuters and students alike piling onto passenger buses.



In Bangladesh, people are getting wealthier faster than the country can expand its infrastructure. The government in Dhaka, the capital city, plans to begin construction on a rapid transit system by 2019.



While heavily trafficked during the day, Bogota's Transmilenio bus system is seldom used at night. Recently, the capital city was judged to have the most unsafe public transit system out of 15 other capitals and New York.



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A startup has an idea to revolutionize how we take showers, and Apple's CEO has already invested in it

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Nebia

Would you spend $400 on a shower head?

Probably not. But this isn't any ordinary shower head — this is a Nebia, a shower system that's been backed by some pretty powerful players, including startup seed fund Y Combinator, Google chairman Eric Schmidt's Family Foundation, and even Apple CEO Tim Cook, who was the company's first angel investor.

Nebia's Kickstarter page for the shower head went live on Monday night. And as of Tuesday morning, it's already surpassed — even doubled — its $100,000 goal.

Nebia CEO Philip Winter explained why the Nebia shower head is so special in its Kickstarter video and in an interview with Venturebeat.

Nebia cofounder Carlos Gomez Andonaegui was concerned that his fitness club was using too much water. So he and his father Emilio set out to find a solution.



Together with Philip Winter, the team spent five years working on dozens of prototypes to make a more efficient shower head.



Nebia says over 500 people have tried its shower head, including Tim Cook and Eric Schmidt.



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The 15 best bars in New York's Financial District

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New York City's Financial District is the nation's economic hub, so naturally it has a robust and classy bar scene. 

Based on Yelp reviews, a consensus from FiDi locals, and our own experiences, we've found the 15 best places to grab a drink in the area. From the Full Shilling on Pearl Street to Beckett's on Stone Street, keep scrolling to see what's on tap at the neighborhood's most popular (and historic) watering holes. 

Frank Pallotta contributed to an earlier version of this post. 

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Stone Street Tavern

With a low-key vibe and refreshing drinks, the Stone Street Tavern is a laid-back locale in the middle of the bustling Financial District. 

Since Stone Street is closed to traffic, enjoy a drink outdoors while people watching — or go for brunch. 52 Stone St.



Beckett's Bar and Grill

Located in a 1603 building that used to house New York City's first printing press, Beckett's combines old-school style and new-school drinking with two floors and plenty of TVs.

From March to the end of November, Beckett's transforms into one of the best outdoor bars in the city by putting out benches and tables right on Stone Street. 48 Stone St.



Fraunces Tavern

Built in 1719, Fraunces Tavern is one of the oldest bars in the country.

George Washington frequented the iconic tavern, and today it continues to draw in patrons to its Porterhouse Bar with its cool history and large beer selection. 

If beer is not your flavor, the tavern's Dingle Whiskey Bar has many fine whiskeys and liquors. 54 Pearl St.

 

 



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25 amazing cars cheaper than the back seat of a Bentley Mulsanne Speed

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The Bentley Mulsanne Speed is an impressive automobile.  With a price tag just shy of $400,000, including options, this shouldn't really be a surprise to anyone. After all, this is Bentley's flagship model. 

Recently, Business Insider spent a weekend with the Mulsanne Speed. Behind the wheel — a position normally inhabited by a chauffeur — we found the Mulsanne to be a harmonious blend of luxury yacht, English cottage, and Germanic muscle car. 

Powered by colossal 530-horsepower, 6.75-liter, twin-turbocharged V8 engine, the Mulsanne Speed is perfectly capable of spirited driving and can reportedly hit a top speed of 190 mph. With a dump-truck-like 811 ft-lbs of torque on tap, the 18-foot-long British limo takes just 4.8 seconds to get its 6,00o lbs. of mass to 60 mph.

However, no matter how sporty Bentley try to make the Mulsanne, it will never be as athletic as its little brother Flying Spur which we tested last year

But the Mulsanne Speed is still most happy when it's ferrying around well-heeled passengers. The place to be is seated between the Bentley's vault-like rear doors, which close with a very satisfying thud.

And boy! What a rear cabin it is! And it costs — $43,300, fully equipped. In fact, on its own, the Mulsanne Speed's back seat is pricier than dozens of brand-new, rather hot cars on the market today.

So we put together a list of 25 cars that are actually cheaper than the Bentley Mulsanne Speed's rear cabin.

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At $28,760, the "Entertainment Specification" equips the Mulsanne Speed with electric iPad picnic tables, a rear seat entertainment system, Wi-Fi, and a "Naim for Bentley" premium sound system.



For another $3,750, Bentley will install ventilated leather seats with a massaging function.



To top it all off, Mulsanne Speeds can be optioned with a "refrigerated bottle cooler with frosted glass and bespoke crystal champagne flutes" for a whopping $10,970.



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These 11 scenes showed up in the trailers for 'Fantastic Four' and were cut from the movie

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If you've seen "Fantastic Four," you know there isn't a lot of action until the film's final 15 minutes. 

We may know why.

Many of the scenes shown across multiple trailers didn't make it into the final cut of the movie, including what appears to be some action-heavy sequences. 

This isn't unique to "Fantastic Four." You'll generally see a few cut scenes here and there from nearly every film if you go back and compare it to its trailers; however, it's very noticeable if you've been keeping up with the marketing for Fox's reboot. 

During production, the film underwent script changes, rewrites, and a big reshoot of the movie's ending

We’ve rewatched every trailer and television spot promoting the film on Fox’s YouTube page.

Here are the scenes we caught that didn't make it into the final film.

There’s a lot from the first January trailer that didn’t make it into the first film including a scene of Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) playing baseball. In the comics, he's known for being an all-star athlete.



A few shots of him taking a swing at bat in trailers don't show up in the film.



Scenes of Johnny Storm (Michael B. Jordan) working on his car are also visibly missing.



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The stunningly successful career of Jimmy Iovine, the millionaire record mogul who's shaping Apple’s music business (AAPL)

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Jimmy Iovine, the famous record producer and former chairman and CEO of Interscope Geffen A&M, became one of Apple's newest executives last May.

In addition to becoming one of the most successful executives in the music industry as the head of Interscope, Iovine ran Beats Electronics with his long-time pal and business partner Dr. Dre. Apple bought Beats for $3 billion last year, bringing both Iovine and Dre into the company.

Iovine has had an insanely successful career so far —he's worked with everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Lady Gaga to Eminem and John Lennon. Everyone who's anyone in the music business has worked with or knows Jimmy Iovine.

Here's a look at his fabulous career so far.  

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Jimmy Iovine was born on March 11, 1953. He was raised in Brooklyn, where it was easy for him to attend shows in New York City. “It worried them [my parents] when I wanted to go to the Village to see Sly and the Family Stone or The Doors,” he told PBS. “They were scared stiff; they couldn’t relate to it.”

Source: PBS



Today Iovine says Bruce Springsteen is one of the biggest influences that drives his career. “My life changed because Bruce Springsteen got on a mic in front of me,” Iovine said to The New York Times. “That continued in my life over and over again, so I get the joke now. Artists have to be represented properly, and paid properly.”

Source: The New York Times



But long before Iovine became a household name in the music industry, he worked as a janitor at a recording studio in the 1970s. “I was able to watch,” Iovine said to The New York Daily News, “And from there I went to another studio. And I had three studio jobs — sort of like custodial, help out, set things up. And then eventually this guy Roy Cicala liked me and he put me in a studio and I kind of got started about 19 years old.”

Source: The New York Daily News



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Africa's billionaire boom: The 13 tycoons whose wealth has exploded in the last four years

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Africa is undergoing an explosion of wealth as countries open up to the global economy. Many have seen major economic expansions in recent years.

And that's benefiting a small number of already incredibly wealthy individuals — Africa's growing contingent of billionaires.

We looked at Forbes' African rich list from 2011 and compared it to the 2015 list of African billionaires. We stripped out those who hadn't become billionaires in the intervening four years as well as those whose wealth has declined.

Some of those included will have seen massive increases in the value of things they already own — particularly those that own significant shares in major listed companies. Some will have had their wealth re-evaluated and increased considerably by Forbes. 

Take a look at how the richest of the rich in Africa have seen their wealth surge since 2011.

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13. Nicky Oppenheimer, South Africa — $6.6 billion (+$100 million) — As chairman of De Beers, Oppenheimer's wealth comes from the diamond industry, and has sneaked up by 1.5% since 2011.



12. Naguib Sawiris, Egypt — $3 billion (+$100 million) — Naguib is one of three Sawiris family billionaires, and has seen the smallest increase in his wealth since 2011, compared to his brothers.



11. Samih Sawiris, Egypt — $1.05 billion (+$490 million) — though he's only just in the billionaire category, the middle Sawiris brother's net figure rose by 87.5% over four years.



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The 10 countries with the highest percentage of female billionaires

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There are 1826 billionaires in the world but only 197 of them are women.

While some countries will have hundreds of them, like China, some nations have a higher proportion of female billionaires. 

Approved Index, a UK-based business-networking group, crunched the numbers from Forbes' 2015 billionaire list using this latest July data and found that the top 10 countries for gender equality among the super rich is quite surprising.

10. South Korea

Number of female billionaires: 6

Number of male billionaires: 24

% of female billionaires: 20%

South Korea transformed its economy over the last 40 years, following an embracing of high-tech industry. It's citizens' wealth is also burgeoning and is fast becoming one of the biggest markets for luxury goods and fashion. It is perhaps then unsurprising that is has six female billionaires under its belt.

 



9. Sweden

Number of female billionaires: 5

Number of male billionaires: 18

% of female billionaires: 21.74%

Sweden's highly skilled workforce and high-tech capitalism has led to it being voted fifth best country in the world to do business. That's one reason why billionaires like Birgit Rausing, of the family packaging empire Tetra Laval, managed to amass a wealth of $14 billion (£9 billion). 



8. Spain

Number of female billionaires: 5

Number of male billionaires: 16

% of female billionaires: 23.81%

Spain may have several year long recession since the onset of the credit crisis in 2008 but it still manages to count 16 billionaires under its belt.



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17 books that will inspire you to travel the world

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readingTraveling as a lifestyle certainly goes against the grain of what most people consider a “normal life”.

And while nobody clamors for a life that is just normal, long-term travelers do start to question whether the choice they’ve made is the right one.

As it is nearly impossible to tune out talk of kids, careers, or getting a 3.5% interest on a mortgage, just remember that there are plenty of voices out there that will support your choice to ditch the daily grind and be a nomad. 

Every traveler needs occasional inspiration or a shining light to guide them through the insecurities and uncertainties of travel.

Below, we list 17 classic literary wonders that are sure to remind you why travel is an irreplaceable experience.

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'The Odyssey,' by Homer

There’s not much left to be said about The Odyssey, really. Probably the first adventure story, this epic poem tells the contretemps and events Ulysses has to go through to get back to his kingdom, the island of Ithaca, after the ten years of the Trojan War.

Captured by the Cyclops, fought the cannibalistic Laestrygonians, trapped by the witch-goddess Circe, passed by the six-head monster Scylla and some more adventures, Odissey (as it was known by the Greeks) gets to his land, where with the aid of his son finally kills all the suitors who tried to take over his reign.

A historical, unmissable book, and the most important given its antiquity: a very enjoyable read.

Find it here.



'Travels with Charley in Search of America,' by John Steinbeck

If you are a traveler and not a tourist, the reading of this book will give you even more reasons to be so, if you are not yet convinced about your nomad life. Steinbeck writes down the real spirit of travel.

By himself (well, with the companion of his dog Charlie), he tries to answer that question the traveller has always in his mind: What is the world like? In this case, Steinbeck’s world is America.

 A great, impressive try of explaining what is America through its landscapes, people and cultures. And, of course, written with Nobel Prize quality.

Find it here.



'The Grapes of Wrath,' by John Steinbeck

More by the Californian writer and thinker.

The Grapes of Wrath is the story of a trip of a family from Oklahoma (the Joad’s) hounded by poverty, drought and natural disasters, to the the Western promised lands of California. 

Not only an inspirational book about traveling, but an exact and precise historical tale about the building of a nation.

Find it here.



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11 fitness 'truths' that are doing more harm than good

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Whether you want to tone up, slim down, or give yourself a mood boost, you've likely taken a stab at tweaking your fitness routine.

Unfortunately, there's a lot of 'fitness' advice out there that won't help you meet your goals and could actually be doing you more harm than good.

For example, which matters more for weight loss: Exercise or diet?

Are marathons the best way to get fit?

The answers to these questions might surprise you.

Have some we missed? Send them along to science(at)businessinsider.com.

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Exercise is all that matters when it comes to losing weight fast.

Wrong. 

In the short-term, the bulk of research shows us that diet is far more important than simply upping your workout regimen if you want to start shedding pounds.

"Studies tend to show that in terms of weight loss, diet plays a much bigger role than exercise," Philip Stanforth, an exercise scientist at the University of Texas and the executive director of the Fitness Institute of Texas, told us.

Over the long-term, though, research suggests that regular workouts do become more important for staying fit. "When you look at people who've lost weight and are also managing to keep it off, exercise is important," said Stanforth.



Weight training will turn fat into muscle.

Nope. Lifting weights won't magically turn your flab lean. Unfortunately, body fat cannot become muscle. But weight training will help you build muscle tissue, which will thicken underneath any fat above it.



Early morning is the only time you should work out.

Afternoon or evening are likely nearly as good for you as early-morning workouts, according to several studies.

But — some research suggests that working out first thing each dayhelps speed weight loss and boost energy levels by priming the body for an all-day fat burn.

Plus, getting more daylight may play an important role in shedding pounds. By making sure we align our internal clocks, or circadian rhythms, with the natural world, we may help give our metabolisms a boost. One recent study showed that people who basked in bright sunlight within two hours after waking tended to be thinner and better able to manage their weight than people who didn't get any natural light, regardless of what they ate throughout the day.

 

 



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This 3-year-old is Instagram’s tiniest Disney cosplayer

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Three-year-old Lane Rouch is Instagram's tiniest cosplayer.

Cosplaying is the practice of designing and wearing costumes based on characters from books, movies, and television shows. For Lane, this means dressing up as her favorite Disney characters, with a little help from her mom's sewing machine. 

The Rouch family lives in Florida, so Lane regularly visits Disney World to snap photos with her favorite characters. 

Lane's Instagram account, run by her parents, is a great way to get a closer look at her creative outfits. She may be little, but Lane already has over 350,000 loyal followers. 

Check out 22 Instagrams of Lane's amazing costumes. 

Meet Lane Rouch, better known as "Lane the Wee One," Instagram's tiniest cosplayer.

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Lane's mom, Jennifer Rouch, makes her daughter amazing costumes based on characters from movies and television shows.

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Lane and her outfits are popular on the family's Instagram account, @ferdalump, where Lane's parents regularly share cosplaying pictures.

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