What are investors to do as stocks sit near their 5-year highs?

There are plenty of pundits out there that'll give you tons of reasons to buy or sell.

But perhaps now is the perfect time to step back and consider the sage advice of history's most successful investors.

We've collected some of the finest wisdom on markets from the most respected and successful investors, past and present.  

George Soros: Good investing is boring.

"If investing is entertaining, if you’re having fun, you’re probably not making any money. Good investing is boring."

Source: Winning Investment Habits Of Warren Buffet And George Soros

Howard Marks: Investing is about more than selecting the asset.

"Smart investing doesn't consist of buying good assets, but of buying assets well.  This is a very, very important distinction that very, very few people understand. "

Source: Advisor Perspectives

Jack Bogle: Losses are a reality of the market.

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With more than 700,000 available apps, the Google Play store for Android has quickly risen to match Apple's iPhone app selection.

While Apple's store is usually the first choice for developers to launch their apps, others know that Android is the platform to push hardware and software to the limit.

Browsing through Android's massive app library can be difficult as there are many apps that simply aren't very useful.

But if you look a little harder you can find apps like BetterBatteryStats, which helps you to manage apps are draining the most power.

Check out the rest of the Android-exclusive apps we rounded up. They'll change how you use your Android, for the better.

DeskSMS makes sure you'll never miss a message again.

DeskSMS is a nifty app that allows you to forward text messages (and picture messages) from your Android smartphone to your desktop via Gmail, Google Talk, and the Chrome Web browser.

Price:Free

WiFi Analyzer lets you determine how strong a wireless network is in your vicinity

Have you ever been stuck on a slow wireless network?

WiFi Analyzer lets you see how strong networks are around you, helping you to pick the fastest, most reliable one.

Price:Free

Weather Bomb gives a data-intensive view of the weather on your Android device

Weather Bomb is an extremely detailed weather app that gives users seven days of data.

There are various views, but our favorite is the graph view, which gives the week's rain, wind, and cloud forecast at a glance.

Other data includes rain, wind, cloud, temperature, pressure humidity and wave height.

Price: Free

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Facebook struggled with naming its new search feature, fearing that anything with "search" in the name would make people think of a Web search engine like Google. 

After playing with Graph Search, we can see why naming the product was so hard.

This is not Google Web search—it's something completely different.

Instead of searching the Web based on keywords, Graph Search looks at your connections and interests to come up with relevant results for people, photos, places, and interests. These are generally results for which a Web search would come up empty—like "places I visited in 2010" or "photos of my friends taken before 1980" or "restaurants my friends like."

The interface strongly guides users to doing these kinds of searches, responding with plain-English suggestions for questions.

Facebook is calling the feature "beta," which is a technology-industry way of saying it's not finished with its development and there may be bugs or strange behavior.

You most likely won't have access to Graph Search right away, as Facebook is rolling out very slowly, but you can request access to the beta right here.

When you first log in, Graph Search prompts you to take a tour.

Suggestions for searches come from profile data—like the college you attended.

From there, Graph Search tries to help you narrow your search.

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A new car starts depreciating the minute it's driven off the lot.  

According to a 2008 Edmunds survey, the average vehicle loses a third of its value in two years.

But these 10 models get high marks for retaining their worth, making Kelley Blue Book’s Top 10 list of 2013 models with the best resale value.

Can you guess which auto came out on top?

10. Scion tC

MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price): $20,000

Resale value after 36 months: 60 percent of  price when new

After 60 months: 46.5 percent

The smallest car on the list, and one of the cheapest, the gasoline-powered, two-door tC is historically the Scion brand’s top-selling model.  It’s a solid performer in terms of gas mileage, too, averaging 31 miles per gallon (m.p.g.).

What makes for good resale value? Keeping your car in overall good shape, for one, and keeping the mileage low. Other factors can include brand (the more recognizable, the better), color (stick with neutral colors like black, white, and tan; hold off on the fiesta orange), and overall popularity.

The prices listed are mostly base prices for new automatic transmission vehicles, before any features are added on. 

9. Honda Civic

MSRP: $20,000

Resale value after 36 months: 62.5 percent

After 60 months: 46.9 percent

The Honda Civic has been in production for nearly 30 years and is consistently the top-selling compact car in the United States. One of two Honda-made vehicles on the list, the Civic is hard to beat in terms of brand recognition, and it come in a wide range of styles, from hatchbacks to hybrids.

8. Lexus LX

MSRP: between $75,000 and $85,000 (2012 model)

Resale value after 36 months: 65 percent

After 60 months: 47 percent

The swanky cousin of the Toyota Land Cruiser, this full-size SUV is in its third generation and has been sold by Lexus since 1996. It’s the most expensive SUV on the Lexus roster, and among the least fuel-efficient vehicles on the list (the 2012 model averages 17 m.p.g. on the highway and a measly 12 m.p.g. in the city).

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When Tiffany Sommer began organizing a group trip to India this past October, she knew that the focus had to be on food.

“Food in India is such an enormous part of daily life,” says the Utah-based corporate-event planner. “Families spend hours a day preparing dishes and eating together…the colors and the smells of cooking are just everywhere.”

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Consequently, she made sure that the bespoke itinerary organized for her by Micato Safaris included such memorable food experiences as cooking demonstrations, trips to local spice markets and meals that showcased chefs’ distinct regional specialties.

“It was a full sensory experience,” Sommer says of the culinary forays. “I know we all came away with a deeper appreciation of where we’d been.”

Many travelers already understand that cuisine provides a particularly vivid peek into the inner workings of a culture. More and more, however, tour operators are offering trips that specifically cater to their guests’ desire to taste—and cook—their way through a destination. These newer excursions go far beyond familiar gastronomic pilgrimages to Tuscany.

Hungry globetrotters are keen to visit goat-cheese producers in Iceland, with the likes of food writer and chef Jody Eddy; sample street food in Vietnam on a trip with Artisans of Leisure; or press their own olive oil in Egypt during a journey with Backpacker Concierge.

“Even people who eat adventurously at home find that their experience is completely different” when traveling to a cuisine’s native country, says Marion Miller, Micato’s director of operations. “Ordering a dish in an Indian restaurant is one thing…but going into an actual kitchen in India, seeing all the steps that go into creating that dish, smelling the aromas and then sitting down to enjoy it with, say, a view over the Taj Mahal—that elevates eating to a new level.”

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Artisans of Leisure, Vietnam

Following the S-shape curve of the country from north to south, Artisans of Leisure’s private, custom Vietnam for Foodies tours take in both cultural and gustatory attractions along the way.

Trips start in Hanoi, where guests explore the city’s famed markets, colonial architecture, historical sites and French-influenced restaurants. Next they hop on a traditional junk for a sail across Halong Bay, whose waters teem with prawns, oysters, squid and snapper that are staples of the local cuisine.

Visits to the former imperial city of Hue, a vegetarian Buddhist monastery and the herb farms around Hoi An follow (participants pick lemongrass, basil and cilantro and use them to make fresh spring rolls).

The final stop, in Saigon, includes both chef-led cooking classes and a street-food tour—and boundless opportunities for trying snacks like banh mi, pho (spicy noodle soup), goi du du (green papaya salad) and banh xeo (rice pancakes with pork and shrimp).

11-day trips (by appointment), from $6,810; 800-214-8144; artisansofleisure.com.

Austin-Lehman Adventures, Athens and the Cyclades

Travelers who envision Greece as a never-ending series of secluded beaches, ancient ruins and whitewashed fishing villages won’t be disappointed here.

The weeklong itinerary manages to fold in all the can’t-miss sights: the Parthenon in Athens, the sparkling shores of Santorini, the cerulean lagoons of Antiparos, the ever-photogenic sugar-cube buildings of Mykonos. But it also provides an in-depth appreciation for the food and flavors of the region.

Guests make visits to groves and farms where they can sample local produce like honey, olive oil, feta and graviera (a sheep’s-milk cheese).

They also take cooking classes—sometimes in the island homes of local chefs—and learn to prepare local dishes like revythada (slow-cooked chickpea stew), domatokeftedes (tomato fritters) and tsipoura (fresh-caught sea bream).

8-day trips (May–October 2013 departures), from $5,298; 800-575-1540; austinlehman.com.

Backpacker Concierge, Egypt

Daydreams of an Egyptian holiday usually include lots of stock imagery: the soaring pyramids and Great Sphinx at Giza; the riotous, colorful crowds of the market stalls at Cairo’s Khan al Khalili.

But until recently most travelers haven’t wondered much about the flavors of this desert country—a situation Backpacker Concierge aims to change with its new bespoke culinary excursions there.

While guests on the tours can see all the quintessential Egyptian sights, they also partake in some truly unusual gastronomic experiences, including touring the country’s little-known northern wineries; learning to make Egyptian specialties like mahshy (stuffed zucchini and cabbage leaves) and duqqa (roasted ground hazelnuts and spices) in a local chef’s home kitchen; and, in the remote village of Siwa, pressing olive oil and making date honey by hand.

7-day trips (by appointment), from $1,700; 248-507-4666; backpackerconcierge.com.

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After a brief career in TV, ex-NFL player Tiki Barber is going into the business world.

He co-founded a company called Thuzio— a booking website where normal people can hire current and former athletes for a wide variety of purposes.

The site's roster includes ex-players like Vin Baker, Larry Holmes, and Fred McGriff, as well as current players like Martellus Bennett of the Giants and Danny Green of the Spurs.

It's being marketed as a gift for die-hard fans.

The price varies by the player and the activity. It costs $500 to have lunch with Tiki Barber, $2,500 to play golf with Derrick Coleman, $7,500 to have Pierre Garcon come to your Bar Mitzvah, and $20,000 to have R.A. Dickey make an appearance at your company's promotional event.

To get an idea of how it works, we took a look at how hard it would be to hire former NBA star Vin Baker to come play pick-up basketball with us.

Here's what we found.

First step, go to Thuzio.com

You can browse by sport. But we already know we want Vin Baker so we search for him

There he is

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Think you know cars? You still might not know the ones on this list, from automakers we're not used to seeing here in the US.

High-end marques like Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Ferrari pioneer automotive trends and technology. Features developed for these vehicles trickle down to the auto sales of mass-market machines you’re more likely to have in your own driveway.

But the brands you’ve heard of are not the only ones on the cutting edge. Limited-production automakers execute unique concepts for a niche market.

When their groundbreaking technology proves practical, it also eventually finds its way into more common cars.

See if you can spot any potentially practical car features in this Top 10 list of vehicles so unique, even the best-read auto enthusiast may not have seen them all.

1. GTA Motor / Spano

We don’t hear much about Spanish automobiles on this side of the Atlantic. But the sporty economy cars of Spain's longstanding marque, Seat (pronouced "See-at”), are quite common in Europe.

The Spano, on the other hand, is exceptionally exclusive with only 99 examples being developed for as many very lucky drivers. GTA Motor is an engineering lab that develops technology for Formula 1 racing cars, and it’s quite clear they haven’t cut any corners in developing their first road car.

A strikingly beautiful body of titanium, carbon fiber honeycomb, and Kevlar is wrapped around a colossal 8.3 liter V10 that’s been supercharged to achieve stratospheric output of 820 horsepower.

That time-honored combination of light weight and heavy power sends the Spano to100 kilometers per second (62 miles per hour) in less than three seconds and on to a top speed of “over 217 m.p.h.”

With a panoramic sunroof, carbon-swathed interior, and big swooping exterior lines, the Spano ticks all the boxes for supercar greatness. It stands out without being gaudy, and stands up when the driver puts his foot down. I even like the GTA badge.

2. Savage Rivale / Roadyacht GTS

The Roadyacht GTS is one of the most unique automotive concepts I’ve seen to date. Billing it as an “ultimate luxury lifestyle accessory,” Dutch coachbuilder Savage Rivale has undeniably captured that French Rivera je ne sais quoi and harnessed it to four wheels.

To start, it’s a four-door convertible. If that’s not novel enough, those doors move up and out so the sides end up facing the sky to allow entry, making the vehicle look like some kind of budding flower when completely open.

The interior is beautifully appointed with quilt-stitched seats, touch-screen digital dashboard, a floor that looks like a boat deck, and of course a champagne cooler as a standard feature.

One would think all these toys would make the Roadyacht a slow, porky thing – but they don’t. Despite being burdened with an automatic transmission, the car's V8 engine propels the Roadyacht to 62 m.p.h. in a very impressive 3.4 seconds and affords it a top speed of over 200 m.p.h. 

I’d recommend you skip the expensive hairdo before trying that one out though.

3. Tushek / Renovatio T500

You may have seen homemade replicas of supercars before; anybody can purchase a stylish body and accessories then construct a complete vehicle using the chassis and components from an economy car.

The design of the Renovatio made its first appearance this way – as a kit called the “Attack Roadster” that could be completed essentially on top of a Honda Accord from the early 1990s

However Slovenian racing driver Aljosa Tušek had bigger plans for his vision of the design.

Adding a high-performance suspension system and V8 engine from an Audi RS4, Mr. Tušek has given the Attack body some bite to its bark, and effectively created the first sports car to be built in Slovenia. “We have engineered this joy into our car," he says.

With an acceleration of 0 to 62 m.p.h. in 3.7 seconds and a top speed of nearly 200 m.p.h., the Renovatio now has performance to justify the extreme styling.

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We've seen a lot of analysts and economists present their guide to the economy and markets and 2013.

But this is the best.

Naufal Sanaullah is a mathematician, portfolio manager, and editor of Macrobeat, and he's put together a delicious deck on everything that's happening in the U.S. economy.

In the presentation he identifies the bullish tailwinds (e.g., housing and the increasing efficacy of monetary policy) and the bearish trends (fiscal tightening, ongoing deleveraging) and what they all mean.

It's truly impressive, and a must-read.

Huge thanks to Naufal for letting us run the whole thing.

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The auto industry spends billions of dollars each year on TV ads, but few are worth remembering. In fact, there are many we'd rather forget.

Thankfully, at least one organization is keeping tabs on all those commercials, and during this week's Detroit Auto Show, it revealed its list of the ten best auto ads of the past 25 years.

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The organization in question is called The One Club. According to its website, The One Club's mission is "to champion and promote excellence in advertising and design in all its forms.

It is the world's foremost non-profit organization devoted to elevating creative work in the industry. It seeks to celebrate the legacy of creative advertising and to use that legacy to inspire future generations.

The One Club is the 'keeper of the flame' for advertising creatives."

To select its top ten ads, The One Club enlisted the aid of more than 70 ad executives and journalists. Among that number were very heavy-hitters from firms like Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Leo Burnett Worldwide, and The Martin Agency.

When all the votes had been counted, Honda walked away with top honors for its psychedelic "Grrr" ad, touting Honda's i-CTDi diesel engine. (Fun fact: the ad is narrated by Garrison Keillor.) Honda also nabbed the #2 spot for its Rube-Goldberg-inspired ad promoting the Honda Accord (also voiced by Keillor).

Further down the list, Volkswagen scored three spots, Chrysler landed two (one for the Chrysler brand, one for Jeep), and BMW, Nissan, and Saturn each received one.

"Grrr" - Wieden+Kennedy/London and Honda - 2004

"Cog" - Wieden+Kennedy/London and Honda - 2003

"The Force" - Deutsch/Los Angeles and Volkswagen - 2011

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Last week, California Gov. Jerry Brown announced that for the first time in years, the state was projected to run a surplus starting next fiscal year.

Given what the state went through during the recession, few could have predicted this (although Bill McBride did).

So how'd they do it?

We dug in.

It's 2008. Cities are declaring bankruptcy.

Unions are demanding a recall vote on Gov. Schwarzenegger.

The state breaks its own record for failing to enact a budget.

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Despite the couple's split back in 2011, David Duchovny and Tea Leoni's triplex maisonette has been sitting untouched on the Upper East Side — until now.

The property was just listed by Stribling & Associates for $9.25 million, according to a Curbed NY report. Though public records reportedly name the seller as "Salvator Trust,"Curbed cites an old blog post by Big Time Listings from 2009 that says the now-separated couple are the owners of the unit, which they bought in April 2008 for $6.25 million.

The 170 East 78th Street address was originally three separate artists' studios that were combined into the five-bedroom townhouse that's currently on the market. The pre-war building comes complete with a doorman and garden. It's even pet friendly.

Originally three separate artists' lofts, the triplex is made up of 12 rooms with 13-foot ceilings.

Source: Stribling & Associates

The living room and family rooms all have wood-burning fireplaces.

Source: Stribling & Associates

The master bedroom has two huge floor-to-ceiling windows to let in natural light.

Source: Stribling & Associates

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Flying privately is the ultimate luxury, especially when compared with the typical in-flight experience on today’s cash-strapped airlines.

Given the cramped middle seats and lukewarm mystery chicken most of us contend with, the idea of tucking into pork belly and microgreens on Pickard China (the same brand that the Obamas use), and then sinking into a plush leather chair with a cashmere throw seems almost unfair—even if the experience costs upward of $1,600 an hour.

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Yes, thanks to modern design advances, private flying is now more comfortable than ever before. Today’s jet-setters can enjoy the almost unimaginable pleasures of communal in-flight dining areas (set with fine silver and crystal), full-size pullout beds and bathrooms with modern shower stalls.

High-tech amenities in private jet cabins range from the entertaining (iPod docking stations and plasma TVs) to the practical—in-flight Wi-Fi, fax machines and international phones. Pilots and flight attendants, too, are handpicked and expertly trained, and put the smile back in service.

But when sensitive business is involved, many travelers say jetting privately only makes sense. Though exclusive trips come at a serious premium, the time saved (by not having to check in luggage, wait in security lines or work around an airline’s flight schedule) is considerable.

Where commercial planes have access to 450 airports in the United States, private jets can deliver passengers to more than 5,000.

The appeal—sometimes necessity—of private flying applies to a range of business travelers. “It’s a no-brainer, especially to inconvenient destinations,” says Lisa DeSimone, who works for an East Coast–based insurance company.

“What would take me six hours and a connection on a commercial flight is a direct 90 minutes on a private plane.” Notes comedian Dan Nainan, “I’ve been in situations where I wouldn’t have been able to do two shows in one day because of commercial flight schedules—so I ended up making more money by flying private.”

The many creative options these days for private-jet usage make flying privately a reality for many who thought it out of their reach. While fractional aircraft ownerships (pioneered by NetJets in 1986) still have a firm footing in the marketplace, today’s private jet companies are offering travelers new flexible solutions like hourly jet cards (prepaid cards sold in 15- or 25-hour increments) and pay-as-you-fly models.

Many private jet companies own or have access to a number of aircraft, so stellar service—ranging from fine onboard amenities to personalized bookings—ties the best of these owners, charter companies and brokers together.

For a rundown of our favorite private jets—and the companies that offer them—read on.

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Piaggio Avanti P180

The ride: While the Italian P180 isn’t new—the aircraft was first introduced to the market in 1990—this twin-engine turboprop, ideal for domestic flights, continues to be in high demand.

Its performance and efficiency allows it to land on short airstrips where larger private jets are banned, while still including a relatively spacious 14-foot main cabin with nine fully reclining leather seats. It’s faster than many midsize jets and 40 percent more fuel efficient than its direct competitors.

Book it with… Avantair, Inc. (avantair.com) has a fleet of 56 Piaggio Avanti aircraft and a management team made up of trained pilots. Along with selling fractional ownership, the company leases planes in 50-hour increments and sells 15-, 25- and 50-hour jet cards.

Bombardier Learjet 85

The ride: The first business jet designed with both wings and fuselage made primarily of carbon composites (allowing for enlarged cabin volume), the Learjet 85’s 24-foot main cabin is packed with haute touches like LED lighting, bathrooms with glass sinks and illuminated mirrors, a kitchen with a microwave oven—and servers to prepare your food in it. Seats fully recline into beds, ideal for longer hauls.

Book it with… Flexjet (flexjet.com), the first private jet company to offer fractional shares on the Learjet 85, has 85 planes in its collection of aircraft, all made by century-old parent company Bombardier. In addition to fractional shares, Flexjet has a 25-hour jet card program, operated by U.S. air carrier Jet Solutions.

Boeing VIP 757

The ride: Of the 5,000-plus jets available for charter in the U.S., there are only a handful of VIP airliners. These large Boeings, MDs and Airbuses are completely customized: private rooms with king-size beds, marble bathrooms with double vanities and showers, mahogany tables set with crystal and china, and a staff of attentive servers.

Fliers feel like they’re staying in a friend’s upscale penthouse—one where everything has passed rigorous flammability tests.

Book it with… Private Jet Services Group (pjsgroup.com), one of just a few charter companies to offer VIP airliners in its inventory (more than 5,000 aircraft). Staff members—paired one to one with clients—are also trained flight attendants, so the same person who makes a traveler’s reservation by phone serves the cocktails en route.

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For the sixth year in a row, Doritos is crowdsourcing its two Super Bowl ads. Five finalists have been selected and we at Business Insider were so taken with one spot that we had to announce our endorsement of what we think is the clear winner: the Doritos goat.

These goat photos show why he deserves to win>

Finalist Ben Callner said that his goat-owning friend (and eventual ad co-writer) Steve Colby inspired the spot. "So my buddy came in, and he literally just kind of off-handed said, 'Hey, my goat eating and crunching on food is really funny,'"Callner said in a making of video. "And that was it. 'OK, that was a really random sentence, thank you.' And so we Googled 'goats eating chips,' and we cracked up."

Watch "Goat 4 Sale" below. (Warning, the animal's hilarious scream actually came from Caller's friend Keith, who lives in a different city and recorded it over the phone.)

Usually dogs are Super Bowl celebrities, but Colby's pet goat, named Moose, is giving them a run for their money.

"They're so sweet,"Colby told Fox Atlanta."I really got goats because I thought that they wouldn't be affectionate, I just kind of wanted some animals. But they want to be right next to you ... they're wonderful."

"Goats 4 Sale" is up against four other consumer created ads: two starring dogs, one starring men in dresses, and another that has a blind man hitting another fellow in the groin. Doritos execs will select one winner and the other will be selected by online votes.

Thus far, "Goats 4 Sale" has the most views on the Doritos Crash the Superbowl site (460,000).

Moose was an adorable baby goat.

And he grew into a very sassy adult.

His brother, Kudzu, helped direct the spot, Callner said.

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The airline industry has undergone several upheavals and gut-punches in the past two decades.

There was the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, the Air Traffic Controllers' strike of 1981, and the tragic events of September 11, 2001, to name just a few. But once upon a time airlines competed for customers not by price, but by services offered.

Of course, throughout the 1970s, airlines earned the bulk of their revenue from business travelers (who were overwhelmingly male at that time), rather than families.

Which probably explains airline why TV commercials of that era portrayed air travel as something of a Bunny Club in the sky."

Southern Airways: First Class Toga Parties

For those who wondered what debauchery went on beyond that First Class curtain, Southern Airways laid the truth bare. Toga-clad stewardesses (they wouldn't become "flight attendants" for another decade or so) peeled grapes and served champagne and cracked crab for that select group.

National Airlines: Fly Maggie

National Airlines raised the hackles of feminist organizations with their "Fly Me" campaign. Both TV and print ads featured fetching flight attendants inviting potential passengers to "fly them." Exhibit A: Maggie and her two 747s. You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to figure that one out.

Braniff International: The Strip Tease

It's bad enough that Braniff International made their flight attendants change their outfits three times during a routine flight, but did they really need to promote that "feature" as some sort of in-flight striptease?

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Any fourth grader can tell you that facial features contort easily with scotch tape. But commercial photographer Wes Naman took it to a whole new level with his Scotch Tape series.

First reported on by Wired, Naman's series of monstrous faces stemmed from a silly encounter with his assistant as they were wrapping Christmas presents together. She stuck a piece of scotch tape to her nose, and Naman did the same to his lips. After seeing their faces in the mirror, the idea for the Scotch Tape project was born.

A year later, Naman began taking portraits of his friends' faces made completely unrecognizable by the common household product.

Though the project was done solely as a way for Naman to be creative outside of his commercial day job, that doesn't mean the series might not make its way into the advertising world. According to Wired:

Before Naman had even finished the Scotch Tape series he was already in talks with a local Albuquerque add agency that saw the photos and wanted to possibly pitch them for a corporate campaign. Some of the ideas tossed around include selling the series to an office supply store or maybe a plastic surgery office with a slogan that might go something like, “You can trust those guys or you can come here.”

Naman's inspiration for the series was seeing his assistant tape her nose.

He was able to distort his models' faces in the weirdest ways.

The tape was pulled tightly over their faces to leave indents and pull the features in odd directions.

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From the moment the F-15 first tore into the sky, it had one primary goal: total air superiority.

This meant being punchy yet nimble. It also had to possess strong air-to-ground ability for getting in and out of hot locations and delivering a full complement of bombs.

The Air Force rejected 500 concepts for the fourth-generation fighter before finding the perfect balance.

The final product could fly circles around its contemporary opponent, the MiG-25, which succumbed to the weight and power burden the Air Force rejected.

The F-15 was introduced in 1976 and over its lifetime, as technology improved, the plane improved right with it through modifications and upgrades. This sweet spot has turned it into a unique and unsurpassed modern fighter, which is very much still used by the U.S. and other air forces.

Designed originally starting in 1967, the McDonnell F-15 Eagle had one basic purpose: air superiority.

In total, more than 1,200 F-15s of all variations saw service with several countries; Saudi Arabia, Israel, Japan and others.

How could you not want to get in on this action — not the fastest by a long shot, but by far the most maneuverable aircraft in the skies.

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Early last year in Williston there had been too much attention focused on the local gentlemen's clubs for any strippers to talk with me about what they earned, but apparently that's changed.

John Eligon from The New York Times just visited the North Dakota boomtown and one visiting dancer says she often earns more than $1,000 a night. That may be a conservative estimate as word last year was dancers were making two to three times that amount, but club owners were concerned with IRS attention and prohibited employees from speaking to the press.

With nearly two men for every woman, tension and opportunity often run high. Eligon tells the story of a local 22-year-old woman bar patron offered $7,000 for a few hours of nude cocktail service. The five guys making the offer just wanted to spice up their mixed martial arts viewing, anything to cut the monotony, lack of women, and long hours in the fields.

Back in New York last year Williston resident Kelsey Nehring contacted me offering insight into what working at one of the strip clubs, and her life, was like. She sent most of the following pictures.

Life is not all smiles and strippers, Kelsey says

And for the guys, it's a lot of dancing alone at the local bars

She said she starts every day with these three things

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Our favorite "Golden Girl" turns 91 today!

Is there anything Betty White hasn’t done?

She's been television royalty from the early days of radio, to the quiz show era, and "Golden Girls."

In the past few years, she’s had cameos on everything from “Community” to “30 Rock” and “The Middle,” has brought in record ratings on "Saturday Night Live" and made a television comeback on TV Land's “Hot in Cleveland."

Currently, White has a hit comedy "Off Their Rockers" on NBC where she's danced Gangnam Style with PSY.

However, you probably don't know everything about the Queen of Comedy. 

We went through LIFE's illustrated biography of Betty White to find out what you don't know about the woman behind the laughs.

White nearly left the biz before making it big, wasn't proud of all her television roles, and nearly wasn't on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show."

Betty's first work in Hollywood was in a Parkay margarine commercial.

White hung around in producer Fran Van Hartesveldt office until he decided to offer her a job in the commercial. 

This led to her appearance on radio show "The Great Gildersleeve," also headed by Hartesveldt.

(Betty White: The Illustrated Biography)

White has never had acting lessons.

White has said they were never her thing.

"I just want to bring as much natural as I can," said White. "I'm not saying that people who take acting lessons are false. They're much better than I am, but it doesn't work for me."

(Betty White: The Illustrated Biography)

1949: White may have never appeared alongside Al Jarvis on "Hollywood on Television"– and later became host in 1952 – if she passed up an unpaid gig.

Before joining "Hollywood on Television," White was asked if she'd be interested in a television special with then-radio disc jockey, Dick Haynes. The free gig led to a call from Jarvis – another disc jockey – to have Betty as his sidekick on "Hollywood on Television."

(Betty White: The Illustrated Biography)

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Some people (not me, of course) use Facebook to look up old flames from time to time.

They (not me, of course) do this not because they are trying to do anything inappropriate.

They (not me, of course) do this merely because they are curious about people who used to play an important role in their lives.

(And to see if these old flames have gained weight/lost their jobs/are dating losers now – I imagine.)

ANYWAY.

If you are one of these people (I am not) then you should be aware of a new Facebook feature that is potentially very embarrassing.

It is this: Facebook now keeps track of your search histories!

We found about it from HuffPo.

The good news is that the Web page/horror show is only available to you, when you are logged into your computer.

The bad news is: lots of people (particularly couples!) share computers and often do not bother log out of Facebook (maybe because they know they haven't been doing anything ACTUALLY wrong, like messaging old flames – just maybe looking them up, which isn't so bad, not that I would know.)

ANYWAY.

Just to be safe, you might want to visit this web page, check to see how embarrassing it is, and then delete your search history.

From the Facebook homepage, click on your profile link on the top left

On the right side of the page, click "activity log"

On the left side, click "more" in the third section

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Every year, there are at least a handful of lists pointing out the "fattest" and "fittest" places in the country.

Problem is that drawing a line between fat and skinny isn't going to do anyone much good—especially if a healthier lifestyle is what they're after.

Instead, real estate tracker Trulia decided to dig deeper, crunching the numbers for 100 of the largest U.S. metro areas to find out exactly which places are best suited for people looking to lose weight.

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"Before we looked at the data, people in the office did a guessing game of which places would end up on the list,"Trulia Chief Economist Jed Kolko told BI. "A lot of people expected Miami, San Diego ... [but] it turned out these aren't necessarily the places that offer the best tools for losing weight."

Kolko and his team looked at five factors* to rank the cities: healthy food options; access to outdoor activities; weight loss centers; gyms; and the ability for consumers to bike or walk to work. 

When all was said and calculated, one clear trend emerged: These places don't come cheap. In fact, six of the top 10 cities charge more than $200 per square foot for living space. 

"These places tend to have spending power to support gyms, fitness centers, outdoor activities," Kolko explained. "And these are all types of businesses that have an easier time surviving in more affluent areas because people have more spending power."

*Methodology: 

Food options: ratio of “slow food” establishments (supermarkets, specialty food markets, and full-service restaurants) divided by “fast food” establishments (convenience stores and fast-food restaurants)
Outdoors activities: sporting-goods stores per 1,000 households
Bike/Walk commuting:  percentage of workers who commute by walking or biking.
Gyms: number of gyms, health clubs, and fitness centers per 1,000 households.
Weight loss programs:  weight-loss and diet centers per 1,000 households

10. Seattle, Wash.

Seattle has more going for it than the Space Needle, the music scene, and great coffee. 

According to Trulia's data, the city ranked the ninth best place for commuters looking to bike or walk to work, thanks to a tightly condensed urban center. There's still room to stretch your legs, though.

The city beat out 85 others to land in 15th place for the number of gyms per person, and 11th in outdoor activities. 

Median price per square foot: $181

Source: Trulia.com

8. Peabody, Mass.

Peabody, Mass. isn't exactly the greatest place to find healthy food options (it ranked 84 out of 100 in that category), but at least it has plenty of options to work off the calories.

The city came in sixth in the number of gyms on hand, and 12th overall for weight loss centers. 

Median price per square foot: $189

Source: Trulia.com

9. Philadelphia, Penn.

Despite its affinity for the Cheese Whiz and steak combo, Philadelphia is among the top 10 best places to bike or walk to work, according to Trulia.

And it's the No. 1 city for weight loss centers, if you're looking for a more regimented health plan.

The only drawback? It's not exactly the greatest for the outdoorsy types, ranking 76 out of 100 overall.

Median price per square foot: $135

Source: Trulia.com

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