A loud slurp emerged from Mirta Rinaldi's herb-filled gourd.

"You hear that?" she asked the group of five strangers seated around her kitchen table. "That's a good sound."

Rinaldi, a native of Argentina, is a participant in The League of Kitchens — a series of cooking workshops in New York City put on by immigrant home cooks — to pursue her passion for cooking and culture by teaching culinary classes. The initiative, launched last year, offers day-long cooking immersion classes to the public.

I spent the day with Rinaldi and four other strangers talking about Argentinian food, tango, and the best place to buy housemade chorizo in Queens. Here's why I want to go back. 

When everyone arrives, we all introduce ourselves. The set-up is much less awkward than you would imagine. Rinaldi tells us about the spread she set on the table, including provolone, prosciutto and quince jelly.

When we take a seat at the table, we are each greeted with our own gourd filled with maté. My gourd is embellished with vibrant colors and floral design, but all containers are different.

Rinaldi asks us to push our bombilla, or straw, to the bottom of the cup and tilt the gourd so that the maté sits at a 45 degree angle. Now, we can add the raw sugar. Here my neighbor, Luca, is scooping some into his gourd.

Bali is one of those destinations that you have to research carefully. Too many travelers come here on a whim, and end up disappointed by Kuta's tourist vibe and less-than-pristine beaches.  

With a bit of planning, it's possible to avoid these downsides. I recommend staying in peaceful Nusa Dua, or south Bali. The resorts here are on the pricier side, but you can walk right up to the ocean and enjoy the white sand beaches, without a crush of sunbathers around you. 

From Nusa Dua, I easily made cultural excursions all over the island. The Ritz-Carlton Bali helped me organize a temple tour of Ubud. I saw the elephant cave and Uluwatu Temple, where I witnessed a fire dance as the sun set over the cliffs. My guide also took me to lesser-known puras, where I could admire the spiritual architecture without feeling hurried.  

The highlight of my trip was taking an Indonesian cooking class. The Ritz-Carlton’s head chef took me to Jimburan village, where we shopped for ingredients in the market. He then taught me how to prepare traditional dishes -- including nasi goreng and fish satay -- at Bejana restaurant. 

Here are more tips for getting immersed in Bali’s beautiful culture. 

Disclaimer: La Carmina and her photographers were hosted by The Ritz-CarltonBali in Nusa Dua. 

See more of La Carmina's stories from Indonesia on her travel blog.

SEE ALSO: There's a park in Bali where you can swim and play basketball with elephants

Bali is known as the Island of Gods. I was excited to experience the famously warm, spiritual culture – without the tourism trappings.

Bali’s top-rated resorts are all in the southern tip, Nusa Dua. The Ritz-Carlton was my peaceful home base.

I was steps away from the Indian Ocean. A pristine beach like this is impossible to find in popular districts like Kuta and Seminyak.

At one of Jon Levy's house parties you could find yourself, as we recently did, making fajitas with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Regina Spektor and leading snake venom expert Zoltan Takacs before watching live presentations from Bill Nye the Science Guy and break-dancing pioneer Richard "Crazy Legs" Colón.

Levy may not be a Wall Street billionaire or hotshot advertising executive, but over the past five years, he's built the Influencers, a network of over 400 interesting and impressive people that includes everyone from Nobel laureates to Olympic athletes.

Twice a month, Levy holds private dinner parties and TED Talk-like "Salons" in the sprawling New York City apartment he inherited from his parents, who are successful artists now living in Israel. As an independent marketing consultant specializing in consumer behavior, a diverse, strong network is beneficial to his career. But beyond that, Levy has a genuine passion for connecting influential people from different fields and seeing what these relationships yield.

We asked Levy to share some of the tactics he used to go from a low-profile New Yorker to the leader of a growing network of power players. Here are his top networking tips.

SEE ALSO: Brilliant management advice from LinkedIn's billionaire founder

1. Appreciate that the most influential people operate on a different level.

A seminar on personal success several years ago inspired Levy to start a network that became the Influencers. He says he left thinking about this quote: "The fundamental element that defines the quality of your life is the people you surround yourself with and the conversations you have with them."

If you want to surround yourself with executives and successful entrepreneurs, you first need to understand and respect that the lives of high-demand people are fundamentally different from even most chronically busy people, Levy says. Their schedules are likely filled with travel plans and meetings, with scarce free time dedicated to family.

"Everybody's coming to them for answers. Everybody's asking them the same questions millions of times. You can begin to think about, 'OK, what is something different that I could provide this person that would make it worth their time to speak with me or meet with me?'" Levy says.

2. Add value without expecting anything.

On that note, you should be thinking of how you can add value to a potential connection without expecting anything in return, at least immediately. Levy is a proponent of Wharton professor, bestselling author, and Influencers member Adam Grant's theory on "givers," those who seek out opportunities to help people they respect and appreciate.

"If you're a giver, then you build quality relationships, and with those relationships you're exposed to opportunity over the long term,"Grant told Business Insider last year. "You actually increase your own luck so far as you contribute things to other people.

3. Create memories.

Rahzel, former member of The Roots and beatboxing legend, joined the Influencers over a year ago and says that he's amazed by Levy's memory. "Jon can pinpoint people and the places and exact time he met them," he says.

Levy says he's boosted his memory with a simple trick. "For the most part our memory is visual, and it works based on novelty for something to really stick out," he says. "If there's somebody I meet that I really want to connect with, I try to create a moment that's memorable and that can serve as tradition."

This can mean sharing a special toast or asking a question that will elicit a unique response. For example, Levy met a Tinder exec recently and asked her about the first thing most people ask her. She said men who use the dating app often nervously ask if Tinder employees can read guys' messages to other users. "Now I'll never forget her!" he says.

The following men and women may be vying for the biggest job around — president of the United States of America — but they didn't start at the top.

While many of the presidential candidates went on to become billionaires, CEOs, or senators, their first jobs were far less glamorous.

From secretary to gas attendant, here are the first jobs of 12 presidential hopefuls.

SEE ALSO: Here's the unglamorous job Hillary Clinton was fired from before she was famous

Hillary Clinton supervised park activities.

The Democratic presidential candidate and former secretary of state writes in her autobiography "Hard Choices" that she got her first paying job, other than babysitting, at 13 supervising a small park a few miles from her home in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois.

Clinton says she had to lug a wagon full of balls, bats, and jump ropes back and forth three days a week that summer.

"My parents believed in self-reliance and hard work, and they made sure we kids learned the value of a dollar and appreciated the dignity of a job well done," she writes.

Donald Trump collected bottles.

Trump, the billionaire real-estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate, grew up wealthy, but his father wanted him to learn the value of money early on.

As a kid, his dad would take him to construction sites and have him and his brother pick up empty soda bottles to redeem for cash, Trump tells Forbes. He says that he didn't make much, but it taught him to work for his money.

Martin O'Malley played Irish music.

The Democratic presidential candidate and former Maryland governor got his first gig at 17, playing Irish music with his high-school football coach in bars outside of Washington, D.C.

O'Malley told "Late Night" host Seth Meyers his band "hit the supply and demand at the right time," since there were seven Irish bars in the D.C. metro area at the time and only three Irish bands.

"We played the same 20 songs over and over again every night, but they kept paying us, so we kept playing," O'Malley said.

As the current front man of the Irish folk-rock band "O'Malley's March," O'Malley leads the band on vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, bodhran, and tin whistle, according to the O'Malley's March website.

From supermarkets to department stores, retailers employ clever techniques designed to get you to spend more.

Stores are carefully engineered, and every aspect of the design has a highly specific purpose — from the background music to the interior wall color.

To become more of a savvy shopper — and to cut your bills substantially — start by recognizing these subtle, yet common, store tricks.

This is an update of an article written by Gus Lubin and Alison Griswold.

SEE ALSO: You won't be able to save money on food until you take one first step

They put a big, bold 'SALE' sign in the window.

Even if there are a few sales here and there, this is simply bait to get people in the store, where they are likely to buy non-sale items.

There's also a reason they're red: People react faster and more forcefully when they see the color red.

Source: Shopify

They play the 'limited-time offer' card.

Stores not only entice you with sales, but they also use limited-time offers to increase your sense of urgency in making a purchase.

Oftentimes, they're simply creating the illusion of an unbeatable sale — while these items may be tempting to buy on the spot, you're better off putting the item on hold, thinking through the purchase, and making sure it's really worth opening your wallet for.

Source: U.S. News & World Report

They greet you with shopping carts.

Once you enter, there are inevitably going to be rows of shopping carts. This invention was designed in the late 1930s to help customers make larger purchases more easily. By greeting you with a nice big cart at your fingertips, the store is encouraging you to fill it.

The larger the cart, the more prone you are to spending more, so opt for the hand basket — or even the old-school armful of purchases — if you can.

Source: Idea Finder

The NBA is back!

It seems as if this year, the hype for the season is bigger than ever, because there's so much to watch.

The Warriors' attempt to repeat after a historically good season, the rejuvenated Thunder, the re-tooled Clippers, the Spurs' juggernaut, LeBron James and the Cavs' chase for redemption, etc.

And those are just the biggest storylines. There's also an intriguing class of rookies to watch, the Lakers' confusing attempt at a rebuild and a playoff berth, the Kings potential for another dumpster fire, and a race in the East to see who gets to lose to LeBron!

It all begins Tuesday night.

See where all 30 teams stand on opening night.

1. Golden State Warriors

2014 record: 67-15, 1st in West

Key additions: Jason Thompson

Key losses: David Lee

One thing to know: Roster continuity should keep the Warriors atop the NBA this season. They looked like they were in midseason form three weeks ago.

2. Oklahoma City Thunder

2014 record: 45-37, 9th in West

Key additions: Hired Billy Donovan (coach)

Key losses: none

One thing to know: Through the preseason, Kevin Durant hasn't shown any ill-effects from last year's foot surgeries, and new coach Billy Donovan has shown glimpses of how he'll mix up a previously stagnant offense.

3. Cleveland Cavaliers

2014 record: 53-29, 2nd in East

Key additions: Mo Williams, Richard Jefferson

Key losses: none

One thing to know: The Cavs finally re-signed Tristan Thompson, bringing back the entire core of last year's championship team. However, they're currently battling an injury bug that suggests it'll be another slow start to the season.

Kevin O'Leary has spent seven seasons of "Shark Tank" and eight seasons of its Canadian counterpart "Dragon's Den" playing the cold-blooded, shrewd capitalist not afraid to push people around.

There's no question that "Mr. Wonderful"enjoys embracing this persona for television, but it's still representative of the pragmatic business philosophy he's used to build his career.

And it's why, he told Business Insider, he only invests in entrepreneurs he believes will deliver results and not get "flighty or emotional" under fire.

"Any entrepreneur on my team needs to understand that the goal is always cash flow, and they must be willing to do anything to keep the money rolling in," he said. "I don't care if that means missing your kid's birthday party or your 25th anniversary for an important business meeting."

When we asked him earlier this year what he thinks of work-life balance, he said there's no such thing as true "balance." Instead of struggling to find an even share of career and family time, O'Leary said he and his wife decided to create a family rule where they spend time with each other and their two children on the weekends regardless of where work brings them. But when it's time to work, he said, they've accepted that his time will be consumed.

"The reason you pursue an entrepreneurial career is to one day provide financial freedom for yourself and your family," O'Leary said. The only way to achieve freedom in your career is by amassing wealth, he said, and the only way for entrepreneurs to reach this point is by giving their full devotion to growing their business, accepting all of the sacrifices that come with the approach.

We recently asked the other Sharks how they make deals on the show and what happens once the cameras stop rolling. You can find their answers below.

SEE ALSO: Mark Cuban explains what happens after a deal is made on 'Shark Tank'

The much-anticipated new "Supergirl" series finally premiered on Monday, and it should have left "Superman" fans very pleased.

Why? The pilot episode showed great regard for the Man of Steel, with several references to him (but not by name) and his heroic history. He actually appears on the pilot, though we don't see his face.

Nevertheless, the episode went to great lengths to show viewers that Supergirl and her more famous cousin are from the same legacy, Krypton pods and all.

Here are 10 ways CBS's "Supergirl" is just like "Superman":

Warning: Mild spoilers ahead if you didn't watch the "Supergirl" pilot episode.

SEE ALSO: 'Supergirl' boss reveals the exact moment any doubts over casting Melissa Benoist faded away

MORE: The only TV shows you have to watch this fall

Both Superman and Supergirl escape Krypton in pod-like spaceships. Though sent to protect her baby cousin, Supergirl's pod is caught in the Phantom Zone where time doesn't pass. When she finally arrives to Earth years later, her cousin has grown into the man known as Superman.

Supergirl aka Kara gets her own set of adoptive parents. The Danvers will end up raising the young Kryptonian. In a nod to Superman stories of yore, they're played by "Lois and Clark" star Dean Cain and Helen Slater, who played Supergirl in the 1984 film named for the character. They both also cameoed on The CW's "Smallville." It's a small world, at least in comic-book adaptations.

Clearly, the family known as the House of El has journalism in its blood. Kara follows in her cousin's footsteps and decides to work in news. Again, like her cousin, she works for a taskmaster: media mogul Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart).

The Chinese stock market enjoyed a meteoric rise starting in the summer of 2014. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index peaked on June 12, having risen 154 percent over the previous year.

As it so often does, the fall came faster than the ascent.

In just two weeks, the Chinese index tumbled nearly 19 percent, and Chinese officials took steps to avert even further declines.

First, on June 27, the central bank cut interest rates in an attempt to soothe investors’ nerves. Two days later, officials allowed government pension funds to invest in the stock market for the first time, permitting the funds to put up to 30 percent of their holdings in equities.

Over the course of the next month, the government would implement a host of other measures to shore up the market, including buying stocks, lending money to large brokers sothey could buy stocks, encouraging state-owned enterprises to buy back shares, banning short selling and initial public offerings, and prohibiting large shareholders and senior management from selling their shares.

Such intervention is hardly unprecedented – governments have been stepping in to calm their markets for at least 300 years. Here are some of the most notable interventions in history.

On September 19, 2008, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it would temporarily prevent investors from shorting the stocks of 799 financial institutions. Essentially, short sellers were betting that the prices of banks and other financial firms would fall as a result of the global financial crisis.

1720: The Bubble Act

When the South Sea Company was formed in 1711, the British government granted the firm exclusive access to trade with Spanish colonies in North America, assuming the country would gain control over the territories at the conclusion of the War of Spanish Succession. But when the conflict ended, Spain retained control.

The South Sea Company had one more avenue available for financial success however. The company worked out an arrangement to pay the British government to convert the debt Britain incurred to finance the war into South Sea shares, with the understanding that it could issue new shares to pay for the debt. The company would then use the interest it earned on the government debt to pay out dividends to its equity investors.

In 1720, management drummed up enthusiasm for the company’s shares by spreading false rumors of its fantastic success, according to digital archives from the Kress Collection at Harvard Business School. The firm offered a subscription offering in which investors could put 20 percent down to buy £300 in shares and pay the rest later, according to the New York Federal Reserve’s Liberty Street Economics blog. When the £2 million program was successful, they launched another one. And then a third.

As the South Sea Company’s stock soared, new companies (some with dubious prospects) offered shares to an eager public for the first time. Speculation built to a fever pitch, and the British government passed the Bubble Act, which required companies issuing stock for the first time to obtain a royal charter. This essentially ended new public offerings, a move somewhat similar to the Chinese government’s move to suspend IPOs on July 4 of this year.

1812: A Wartime Ban On Short-Selling

Wall Street’s first panic took place in 1792, and trading activity slumped in the years that followed, according to the book “Wall Street,” by Walter Werner and Steven T. Smith. Not a single company went public for six years after the crash.

But market activity picked up again around the turn of the century, when a number of new businesses got charters from the state of New York, according to the book. In 1812, the year of the eponymous war, four new banks went public and the market simply couldn’t digest all the new stock, according to “Wall Street.”

Prices dropped, and “panic selling” of bank shares ensued, according to “The Most Dangerous Trade,” a book about short selling by journalist Richard Teitelbaum. New York State banned short selling until 1857.

1929: Brokers Band Together To Buy Stocks On Black Thursday

The government isn’t behind all stock market interventions. On Thursday, October 24, 1929, as U.S. stock markets were going into freefall, prominent bankers joined forces to buy big chunks of shares, according to the book “The New York Stock Exchange: The First 200 Years.”

“In a famous scene that day, Richard Whitney, an influential NYSE member who was acting on the bankers’ behalf, strode up to the trading post for U.S. Steel and placed a bid for 10,000 shares at $205 each, the previous sale price,” the book says. “He then continued around the trading floor, placing similar orders for nearly 20 other stocks.”

Chinese brokers attempted to rescue their domestic stock market this summer, too. On July 4, 21 large brokers said they would spend 120 billion yuan ($18.8 billion) buying stocks.

Several days later, the China Securities Finance Corp., a state-owned enterprise that lends to Chinese investment firms, set up a 260 billion yuan ($40.7 billion) credit line to fund further purchases by the same 21 brokerages.

Even if you pop out of bed with every intention of having a productive day, it’s easy to get derailed.

Let’s be honest — who hasn’t gotten sidetracked first thing in the morning checking social media or reading up on what everyone thought of last night’s “Walking Dead” episode? 

Here’s the thing: How you kick off your morning can set the tone — and momentum — for getting things done throughout the day.

So we’ve rounded up six quick (because we know how important getting enough shut-eye is, too) and easy ways to jump-start your morning with power and purpose to set yourself up for a killer productive day.

SEE ALSO: This weird morning ritual improved my life and happiness

Fit in a 7-minute workout

While we know it’s easier said than done to roll out of bed as the sun is coming up, budgeting some extra time to exercise in the a.m. can help give you lasting energy for the entire day.

Research shows that fitting in a workout helps improve mental functioning and memory — helping to make you more productive.

And did we mention it can also help keep you trim? A 2013 study found that working out before breakfast helps burn 20% more body fat than if you schedule a workout later in the day.

The Morning Move: Check out the New York Times’ “The Scientific 7-Minute Workout,” an at-home routine that features 12 high-intensity interval-training moves that use just your body weight, a chair and a wall.

There’s even an app for it so you can exercise anywhere, anytime — even in your pj’s.

Bliss out with a 2-minute meditation

Convinced you don’t have the time or the discipline to meditate every day? Well, if you can spare 120 seconds, you do.

While that may not sound like much time, multiple studies have shown that even brief doses of meditation come with a slew of benefits that can boost your career—from making you cognitively sharper and more focused to improving decision-making.

The Morning Move:Zen Habits blogger and best-selling author Leo Babauta recommends sitting still and, for just two minutes, keeping your attention focused on your breath as it comes into your body and goes out.

“When your mind wanders, take note of that, but then gently come back to the breath,” Babauta has said. “That’s it—no mantra, no emptying of the mind, no perfect lotus position, no meditation hall or guru. Just pay attention to your breath.”

Babauta explains that these small bouts of meditation each morning can help you feel a bit calmer, less distracted, and less reactive during the day—especially when work stress creeps up on you.

Not bad for two minutes of your time, right?

Related: 5 Outside-the-Box Ways to Combat Work Stress That Really Work

Draft a thoughtful things-not-to-do list

We all have mile-long to-do lists that we semi-diligently try to tackle each day, but a surprising productivity secret is actually doing the opposite—thinking of things that, no matter how much you may want to do them, you can skip doing for 24 hours.

The Morning Move: Make a short anti-to-do list of typical time wasters you want to avoid that day, recommends Carson Tate, author of “Work Simply: Embracing the Power of Your Personal Productivity Style.”

Maybe your list includes dodging unnecessary meetings or even limiting the amount of time you spend on that ultimate time waster—email!

While you probably can’t go email-free for too many hours of the day, Tate suggests at least not starting your day by checking email.

“It’s counterintuitive, but I always tell clients that emails in your inbox are everyone else’s agendas,” Tate says. “They represent what everyone wants from you—their goals and objectives. Why not start your day with your own goals and objectives?”

Related: Power Hack of the Week: How to Tackle To-Dos Like a President

The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley is like a real-life horror flick.

Hoards of flesh-eating beetles have been multiplying there for nearly 100 years with a gruesome but necessary task: to delicately chew the flesh off of hundreds of dead animal carcasses so that museum scientists can preserve them for their collections.

KQED took a look inside the museum's "Library of Life" collection and recorded highly detailed time-lapse photography of Dermestes vulpinus, or to the lay (or dead person), flesh-eating beetles, carefully stripping animal carcasses to the bone.

The museum receives hundreds of dead carcasses per year, but the specimens often still have skin, hair, and eyes, which makes preserving them complicated.

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Then, in order to completely strip the rest of the flesh from the bones without injuring them, they call in arthropod reinforcements.

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Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson is currently vying with Donald Trump for status as the Republican presidential front-runner.

He's topped Trump in a slew of recent early Iowa polls, and a New York Times/CBS survey released Tuesday found Carson surging ahead of the real-estate tycoon before the third GOP presidential debate Wednesday night.

Despite their statuses as political outsiders, Trump and Carson have little in common electorally.

Polling data have shown that Carson is attracting evangelical and more religious voters, while Trump's support is demographically broader and a bit firmer. Carson's soft-spoken demeanor also contrasts with Trump's bombast.

But, like Trump, Carson has a penchant for making provocative statements that appear to be benefiting him in the polls.

Two years ago, right as Carson was becoming a nationally known political figure, he opined that the Affordable Care Act, US President Barack Obama's signature health law, was the "worst thing that has happened in the nation since slavery."

On the campaign trail so far this year, he provoked outcry from Democrats for saying he could not support a Muslim president. Earlier this month, he turned heads for saying that Adolf Hitler's regime may have been stopped if the German public had been armed.

While Democrats and others on the left decried the statements, early polling data have shown that conservatives overwhelmingly approve of some of his most controversial comments — and that they are helping him gain traction with the Republican base.

According to a recent Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll of likely Iowa Republican voters, 80% said that they agreed with his comparison of Obamacare to slavery. Seventy-seven percent said they found his comments on Nazi Germany to be "attractive." And the majority of likely Republican voters said they would not vote for a Muslim president.

Here's a look at Carson's most controversial statements.

On why he believes that people choose to be gay: "A lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight and when they come out, they're gay. So, did something happen while they were in there?" Carson later apologized for the comments.

Source: CNN

While watching an Obama speech earlier this year, Carson said that Obama's appearance was emblematic of "most psychopaths. That's why they're successful. That's the way they look. They all look great."

Source: GQ

Comparing women who choose to get abortions to slaveowners: "During slavery, a lot of the slaveowners thought that they had the right to do whatever they wanted to that slave. Anything that they chose to do. And, you know, what if the abolitionists had said 'I don't believe in slavery, I think it's wrong, but you guys do whatever you want to do.'"

Source: Meet The Press

Twenty miles outside of Abu Dhabi, what was once a barren patch of desert is now on its way to becoming the world's most sustainable eco-city. 

The Masdar Project is the United Arab Emirates' planned city of the future, complete with state-of-the-art technology and energy-efficient transportation systems. 

In a country built on oil, a car-free, solar-powered community is certainly an anomaly. 

French photographer Etienne Malapert was enthralled by the idea of a green city in a land of black gold.

In his final year at the Art School of Lausanne in Switzerland, he documented the strange environment of Masdar City. What he found was an incomplete and alien site, an otherworldly land left sparse by the 2008 economic meltdown.

Malapert has shared his stunning series, "City of Possibilities," with Business Insider. 

SEE ALSO: 16 photos of Moscow's beautiful Metro stations, built as propaganda during the time of Stalin

The site of Masdar City is roughly 20 miles from the center of Abu Dhabi on the Persian Gulf. It's right next to the Abu Dhabi International Airport and covers two square miles.

Construction began in 2008, with the first phase estimated to be complete by 2009. However, the global economic downturn of 2008 pushed back completion of Phase 1 until 2015, and only a handful of buildings have emerged from the sand so far.

Masdar will be home to the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, which will teach students the latest in renewable-energy methods, efficient urban planning and architecture, and environmental policy.

Do you crack under pressure? Crumble when you're stressed?

If so, you’d be better off pursuing a career in science or education than you would in healthcare or law enforcement.

Using data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET OnLine, career-information expert Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D., helped Business Insider rank the 767 occupations identified by the US Department of Labor by "stress tolerance."

The "stress tolerance" for each job is a rating on a scale from zero to 100, where a lower rating signals less stress. It measures how frequently workers must accept criticism and deal effectively with high stress on the job.

Here are 27 jobs that earned a stress tolerance rating of 93 or higher. If you're the type of person who thrives under pressure or can stay cool, calm, and collected in high-stress situations, these jobs may be perfect for you.

If you're the crack-or-crumble type, you may want to avoid them.

SEE ALSO: 24 high-paying jobs for people who don't like stress

1. Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers

Stress tolerance: 98.5

Average annual salary (2014): $39,410

2. Nurse anesthetists

Stress tolerance: 98.2

Average annual salary (2014): $158,900

3. Telephone operators

Stress tolerance: 98.2

Average annual salary (2014): $39,350

There are plenty of people out there — celebrities or not — who get cosmetic surgery and try to keep it under wraps.

But on Instagram, there's a growing population of young women who are not only publicly copping to their nose jobs, but also taking followers along for every step of the process.

These women call their nose job-centric accounts "rhinoplasty diaries." They start with photos of their noses before the procedure and continue until their new faces are revealed and the swelling has gone down. 

We talked to one such diarist about her decision to share every single step of her plastic surgery with her friends, family, and followers.

Read on to find out about why rhinoplasty diarists document the surgeries many people try to hide — unless you're skittish, because graphic photos follow.

Rachael Harman was sure to post a few videos and photos of her "old nose" when she started her diary.

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"I have never been happy with my nose," she told TI. "It is something that was affecting my confidence, not just my appearance." Below is a shot of her original nose next to a photoshopped version of what she hoped her new nose would look like.

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Before her surgery, she gathered some necessities and posted a photo of the goods to her account, which currently has 157 followers.

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Two years after he broke his self-imposed social media ban by joining Twitter, Prince has set up another social media account.

It's time for Princestagram.

The musician posted his first photo on Instagram 4 days ago and he's kept up a steady schedule, posting an average of 22 photos — no joke — every day since.

Almost all of them are of him.

This breaks 2 cardinal rules of Instagram etiquette: don't exclusively post selfies and don't post too often.

But Prince, who eschews Spotify and YouTube in favor of traditional album sales, has never been one to go with the tide. Keep reading to check out how Prince's personal brand is shaping up on Instagram.

Prince's first post hit Instagram 4 days ago. It's a silhouette shot of him that looks to be from the '80s.

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The vintage concert photos continued, with this one showing a guitar shaped like the symbol Prince used to replace his name in the '90s.

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It only took a day for him to post a meme inspired by the Prince character on "Chappelle's Show."

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Forget about those hokey attractions at amusement parks. There are real haunted houses spread across America.

We're talking about the true-blue, creepy-as-can-be haunted houses.

The houses where local residents claim they hear voices and where serial killers dumped their victims. The places that carry legends of entire families vanishing into thin air and serve as a backdrop for murders and suicides.

Photographer Seph Lawless braved these collapsing and dilapidated buildings for his new photo book, "13: Hauntingly Beautiful," to show us how creepy these places are.

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Under a pseudonym, photographer Seph Lawless is known for his dark and foreboding pictures of abandoned buildings.

The images he captures have an eerie, surreal quality.

In support of his new photo book, "13: Hauntingly Beautiful," Lawless has provided us with photos of 13 real haunted houses across America.

People can't get enough of J.K. Rowling's wizarding world, whether they're hitting up a Harry Potter-themed bar in Canada or eating Christmas dinner on the film's set in England.

Now, Royal Connaught Park, a residential complex in England used for scenes in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" has been converted into apartments, People reports. The Victorian Gothic style buildings were used as sets for Dumbledore's office and the Hogwart's Great Hall in the film. 

Don't worry, while the apartments have all modern amenities, the grounds and shared spaces still bear a striking resemblance to the beloved school of witchcraft and wizardry. 

Keep reading to see what it's like inside Royal Connaught Park. 

Check out the gorgeous exterior of Royal Connaught Park.

The Victorian Gothic style architecture definitely gives off a Hogwarts vibe.

In fact, before it was renovated, Royal Connaught Park was a private school.

In San Francisco it's the Mission, in New York it's the East Village, in Berlin it's Kreuzberg.

In Seoul, the booming capital of South Korea, it's Hongdae — the go-to neighborhood for all things street food, street fashion, and anything else a hipster could want. 

On a recent reporting trip to Seoul, I gawked my way through the hyper-visual hood and it's equally excellent neighbors, Hapjeong and Sinchon.

The results, as you'll see, were awesome.

The walk began outside our apartment in Hapjeong, the Alphabet City to Hongdae's East Village.

It's a many-splendored neighborhood. As in (golden!) cheese tarts.

McDonald's — delivered by ballers like this guy.

Samsung has just unveiled a gigantic tablet with an 18.4-inch display called the Galaxy View. 

For perspective, the iPad Air 2 has a 9.7-inch display. Samsung's new tablet is nearly twice as large.

It looks like a regular Android tablet, but it has a built-in stand that props it up so you don't have to hold it.

It's specifically designed to let you watch video content from cable or video streaming services in places around your home where you might not have a TV or cable box.

Check out the photos to learn more about Samsung's giant creation. 

The Galaxy View has a 18.4-inch display, which is huge for a tablet. At almost six pounds, it's not as heavy as you'd think it is.

It runs on Android 5.1, which means it can run pretty much any app from the Google Play Store.

And you can even use Samsung's multiview feature, which lets you split the screen with two different apps, but it's not designed for productivity like Apple's iPad Pro. There's no keyboard, for example.