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Bob Doll's 10 predictions for 2016 are out — here's his presentation to back them up

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Nuveen Asset Management's Bob Doll is out with his 10 predictions for 2016, and the general theme is "meh."

In a presentation entitled "The Muddle Through Continues," Doll laid out a case for slow global growth, meager investment returns, and a decent US economy.

"There are going to be good days and bad days, good weeks and bad weeks both for economic growth and earnings, and therefore the stock market," said Doll during a breakfast on Thursday.

"There are not a lot of 'table pounders' when trying to find a reason we would have a big up, or I would argue a big down, year for the market," he said.

Doll's 10 predictions include outlooks for US GDP growth, inflation, terrorism, and the 2016 presidential election.

We've included the presentation Doll gave to back up his predictions, along with comment from Doll on each of his forecasts below. 

"We have never had 10 years in a row in this country where real GDP [growth] is below 3% and nominal GDP is below 5%," Doll said.



"Some would argue, and I'm not trying not to be political on this, undue amounts of regulatory overhang keep out economy from growing," Doll said. "I happen to agree with that."



Doll said that he expects employment growth to stay "relatively strong" and jobs growth was "one of the bright points of the economy."



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The purported sons of 'El Chapo' Guzmán flaunt their narco wealth on social media

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el chapo kidsPhotos published on Facebook and Twitter accounts purportedly belonging to the sons of recently recaptured Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán provide a glimpse into the world of narco wealth.

While the social-media accounts of Mexican cartel royalty Ivan Guzmán, 32, and Alfredo Guzmán, 29, have not been independently verified, several photos consistently appear on both of their Facebook and Twitter accounts.

The accounts spew photos of guns, luxury cars, private planes, jungle cats, bling, and booze — which is not surprising since their father is supposedly the leader of one of the world's largest drug empires.

SEE ALSO: These DEA maps show how much of the US drug market "El Chapo" Guzmán's cartel controls

Of course, there's an obscene amount of cash.



This Facebook post says, "very well counted."



Lots of party receipts. This one totals to more than $14,000, which would be about $818, if the bill is in pesos.



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The 6 major cities where property prices will rise the most

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London has become synonymous with rising house prices because of the major housing shortage in the dense capital city. Even worse is that property-price growth is set to keep rising over the next five years by various estimates.

But according to the latest report by the residential and commercial property consultancy Knight Frank, titled "Prime Cities Forecast," there are numerous major cities, many of which are financial capitals, that will see greater property growth.

So, Business Insider decided to take a quick look at which major cities around the world will expect to see the biggest increases in residential property prices over 2016.

6. (tie) London — Home prices in Britain's capital city are forecast to rise by only 2% because despite the huge housing shortage, "a rise in transaction costs, political risk around the mayoral election, and ongoing affordability" muted Knight Frank's prediction.



6. (tie) Miami — Knight Frank actually cut its growth forecast for the US coastal city to 2% for this year, from 4% in 2015, because the weakened US dollar against key South American currencies and the euro is expected to hit demand.

 



4. Shanghai — Knight Frank predicts house prices rising by 4%, but it relayed a major warning over the risks of slower-than-expected national growth dampening a rise.



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A club of swimmers in Siberia are addicted to plunging their bodies into freezing cold water

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Swimming in Siberia"The moment of immersion is a sensation of delight. Afterwards there’s a rush of energy and my entire body feels relaxed," Mikhail Sashko said to Reuters, describing what it's like to plunge into freezing-cold waters.

Sashko is the chairman of the Cryophile club, a cold-water swimming club located in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. There, the air can easily be negative 22 degrees Fahrenheit, and for these fanatics, that's just the right temperature for swimming.

Though it may seem crazy, there are more than 300 Cryophile club members who routinely indulge in their addiction to the feeling of swimming in cold water.

See how much they enjoy their favorite pastime below.

SEE ALSO: These small hunting cabins in the northernmost part of the US are inhabited by Eskimos and withstand freezing -30-degree temperatures

9-year-old Nastya Usachyova warms up with her mother before swimming in the Yenisei River in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. "I feel cold at first but I overcome it," Usachyova said to Reuters.



Chairman Sashko celebrated his 68th birthday with a cold-water plunge with other members of the Cryophile club.



On Sashko's birthday the air temperature was about negative 16 degrees Fahrenheit.



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The coolest gadgets from this year's biggest electronics show

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It was a good year to be at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

From robots to smart bras, there were some truly innovative gadgets and electronics unveiled at CES in Las Vegas, which ran Jan. 6-9.

If you didn't get a chance to go, no worries. We compiled a list of the 16 coolest gadgets seen at CES.

Check them out:

This nano drone can fit in the palm of your hand and follows you around to snap photos. It's like a personal drone pet!

The creators of the drone, dubbed the the Onagofly, raised $1.3 million on Indiegogo.



The adorable Segway robot is part transportation system, part personal assistant.

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The robot can transform into a traditional Segway with a single tap to its head. But when in robot mode, this little guy can follow you around, carry your groceries, and answer your door.



The LG OLED display that can be rolled up like a newspaper is incredible.

The 18-inch display can be rolled up, not just bent. It may be available in an LG product in 2017.



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The 15 highest-paying jobs for doctors

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We tend to assume everyone sporting a lab coat and stethoscope is bringing home the big bucks — but that's certainly more true for doctors in some medical specialties than others.

For instance, the average optometrist makes $113,000 a year, while the average surgeon earns double that.

Here are the top 15 highest-paying jobs for medical doctors, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics

SEE ALSO: The 27 jobs that are most damaging to your health

15. Optometrists

Average annual income: $113,010

Growth outlook (2014-2024): +27%

What they do: Optometrists examine the eyes and other parts of the visual system; diagnose and treat visual problems and manage diseases, injuries, and other disorders of the eyes; and prescribe eyeglasses or contact lenses to patients.



14. Podiatrists

Average annual income: $137,480

Growth outlook (2014-2024): +14%

What they do: Podiatrists provide medical care for people with foot, ankle, and lower leg problems; they diagnose illnesses; treat injuries; and perform surgery involving the lower extremities.



13. Prosthodontists

Average annual income: $142,830

Growth outlook (2014-2024): +18% 

What they do: Prosthodontists construct oral prostheses to replace missing teeth and other oral structures to correct deformation of mouth and jaws.



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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The 12 members of the 1896 Dow Jones Industrial Average (GE)

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When the Dow Jones Industrial Average was created in 1896, it had about a dozen industrial stocks.

Apple's addition to the current list of 30 American conglomerates back in March 2015 shows just how far the index has come.

Apple took the place of AT&T, which was popularly known as American Telephone & Telegraph when it originally joined the Dow in October 1916.

This index has seen a lot of turnover in its history. And only one of the original 12 members continues to hold a spot in it.

SEE ALSO: What Wall Street is predicting for the stock market in 2016

American Cotton Oil

What it did: It formed as a trust after several mill owners in Texas and Arkansas combined syndicates to regulate the price of seeds. It became a corporation in 1889 after the trust was dissolved through a lawsuit.

Where it is now: It evolved into a company that's now part of Unilever. The original company was dropped from the Dow in 1901.

Sources: Scripophily, Wikipedia



American Sugar Company

What it did: It was the largest American company in the sugar refining business in the early 20th century, with investments in the Caribbean. It was established in 1891 with $50 million in capital. 

Where it is now: It has since been acquired by American Sugar Refining, whose products include Domino Sugar. It was dropped from the Dow in 1930.

Source: Wikipedia



American Tobacco Company

What it did: The American Tobacco Company acquired over 200 competitors to become the dominant player in the industry. It was founded in 1890.

Where it is now: The Supreme Court ordered it to dissolve following an anti-trust lawsuit. It splintered into many smaller companies and renamed itself Fortune Brands. It was dropped from the Dow in 1985.

Source: Wikipedia



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This is the first book of photos ever made, and it's only images of British algae

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In 1843, British botanist Anna Atkins made history.

When experimenting with photography, Atkins didn't go for images of landscapes or pictures of pretty flowers. Instead, the amateur botanist created the first book produced entirely of photographic works, titled "Photographs of British Algae."

The New York Public Library system bought a copy of the 173-year-old work and recently released its images into the public domain

Here's the story of how the first book ever produced using photographic work came to be only photos of algae.

In 1843, Anna Atkins loved botany, especially scientific illustrations. Two years earlier, William Harvey had released the pioneering "Manual of British Algae" but the entire text lacked photographs of what the algae actually looked like. Atkins got the idea to make her book, "Photographs of British Algae" as a companion piece to Harvey's.



Atkin's father, John George Children, was a scientist. Within his circle of friends, William Henry Talbot and John Herschel were experimenting with photography. While Talbot was working on a process that would turn the image on the paper dark, like the traditional old photography, Herschel invented a process called cyanotyping. The process was cheap, and it took off among artists and architect to become "blueprinting."



"The difficulty of making accurate drawings of objects as minute as many of the Algae and Confera, has induced me to avail myself of Sir John Herschel's beautiful process of Cyanotype, to obtain impressions of the plants themselves," wrote Atkins.



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The 50 most successful movies of 2015

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Hundreds of movies come out every year, but only a fraction become hits. Business Insider decided to rank the most successful movies of 2015 based on global box-office performance, critic reviews, and fan ratings.

We started with a group of the 150 highest-grossing films of the past year through the weekend ending Dec. 20 — culled from Box Office Mojo — and then subtracted their production budget to arrive at a box-office profit figure. We also compiled critic ratings from review aggregator Metacritic (scale: 0 to 100) and fan ratings from IMDb (scale: 0 to 10). We combined these three metrics by taking their geometric mean and ranking the movies based on that composite score. We included some films on our list that technically opened in 2014, as their wide-release box office run took place primarily in 2015.

Our top 50 grossed a combined $19 billion worldwide at the box office. Many were reboots or extensions of a franchise, including Vin Diesel's action blockbuster "Furious 7," which claimed the top spot thanks to strong reviews from fans and critics as well as an expectations-shattering $1.3 billion box-office profit worldwide.

With only one weekend under its belt, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" vaulted to No. 9 after a record-breaking $529 million opening weekend; it will likely ascend higher in the final days of 2015.

Read on to see the 50 most successful films of 2015:

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50. "Woman in Gold"

Global box office sales: $61.6M

Production budget: $11M

Box office profit: $50.6M

Critic rating: 51

Fan rating:7.3

In "Woman in Gold," Helen Mirren plays a World War II survivor trying to reclaim her family's possessions that were stolen by the Nazis — including a valuable painting — with Ryan Reynolds serving as her lawyer. Critics were lukewarm about the treatment of this true-to-life tale, but audiences were more forgiving.



49. "Black Mass"

Global box office sales: $94.6M

Production budget: $53M

Box office profit: $41.6M

Critic rating:68

Fan rating:7.2

Detailing the rise of notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, "Black Mass" earned approval as one of the best gangster movies in years. And after a string of curious, underwhelming film decisions, Johnny Depp is once again in prime form in the lead role as the kingpin.



48. "Still Alice"

Global box office sales: $43.9M

Production budget: $5M

Box office profit: $38.9M

Critic rating: 72

Fan rating:7.5

Still among the best actors in the business, Julianne Moore proves it once again in "Still Alice," in which she plays a Columbia University linguistics professor stricken by early-onset Alzheimer's. Released in time for the 2015 award season, Moore won an Academy Award — she had been nominated three times previously — and a Golden Globe for best actress, likely helping the film secure a nice profit at the box office during its wide release this year.



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21 amazing works of Snapchat art from a woman who makes bank on the app

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Cyrene Quiamco started on Snapchat in Jan. 2014, just sending out photos to her friends.

Now two years later, she's literally getting paid to snap by big companies, eager to tap into her growing fan base numbering in the tens of thousands.

But how did she turn a hobby into a career?

"We created art when nobody’s watching," Quiamco told Tech Insider, of the top people on the platform. "And now everybody’s watching."

Check out some of her amazing snaps and you'll see why.

Quiamco is a professional graphic designer. Soon after she graduated from college, she got her first job as a product designer, before landing at Verizon as a web designer.



She did pretty well there. In Jan. 2014, her coworkers got her into Snapchat. "We were Snap-chatting in meetings," she said.



"I really liked Snapchat." In August 2014 she made her story public, and with her awesome works of Snapchat art, tens of thousands of people have started following along.



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Take a look inside Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s $3.5 million home that just went up for sale

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has put his Seattle-area home up for sale for roughly $3.5 million, according to the LA Times.

The house, listed on Redfin, has four bedrooms and three bathrooms, including more than 4,000 square feet of open space.

"Clean lines and sleek steel anchor the free-flowing layout," Redfin writes to describe the house.

Let's take a look inside the place Nadella lived for the last 15 years:

SEE ALSO: The incredible real-estate portfolio of Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen

Nadella bought this house for roughly $1.38 million back in August 2000.



The house was built in 1963, but has been renovated to a more modern style.



It has floor-to-ceiling windows across the property, giving you beautiful views.



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8 great exercise-focused headphones for working out

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bose headphonesIt’s a new year, and with it comes millions of vows to get back to the gym. We salute you if you can work out with nothing but random huffs and grunts as your backdrop, but for most people, a heavy workout requires a pair of headphones that’ll get you to the finish line.

After researching and testing a whole bunch of these sports headphones over the past few months, we can say that a handful stand out from the rest. Below are our current favorites — they all have their flaws, but they should all feel good, survive your sweat, and make your playlists sound better to boot.

SEE ALSO: The best home-gym equipment for every type of workout

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Koss Fitclips

Maybe you’ve already dropped hundreds on a pair of high-end cans, but they just won’t work for the gym. If you don’t want to sink much more into something you’ll only use for a couple hours at a time, try the Koss Fitclips.

They go for as little as $10, and while you’re never going to get much fidelity from something that cheap, they’re clearer and louder than what’d you expect for the money. They’re also built well, with a lightweight, bendy, and sweat-resistant frame that stays in place and blocks out a nice amount of ambient noise.


Koss Fitclips (Lime), $9.99, available at Amazon.



Samsung Level U

You have to learn to love the neckband. If you can tolerate its collar-style design, the wireless Samsung Level U will reward you with an impressively strong, balanced sound, a good 10 or so hours of battery life, and freedom from any sort of cord tangling. Its ear gels are secure, but just know that its unsealed, or open, so you’ll hear ambient noises while you’re moving around. (Though that’s not much of a negative for exercise headphones anyway.)

Samsung Level U (Black Sapphire), $34.99, available at Amazon.



MEE Audio M7P

One of the newer models on this list, the MEE Audio M7P are a well-rounded, budget-friendly option on the sealed side of the market. Its relatively clear, bass-boosted sound is solid for what it is, and while its over-ear hooks don’t feel totally necessary, the whole thing fits very tightly in the ear without feeling like a nuisance. It, too, is sweat-resistant, and the bundle of included accessories is a nice touch.

MEE Audio M7P, $39.99, available at Amazon.



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20,000 race cars on a single track looks as insane as it sounds

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Ever wondered what it looks like to race 20,000 cars on the same race track, all at once? Who hasn't?!

This is the PC racing game "TrackMania," where the same course was played 20,000 times in real life by thousands of people. The data from those playthroughs was pumped through a single level, resulting in the absolute madness you see above. 

"TrackMania" is an arcade-style racing game with a very dedicated fanbase. Just two people organized and edited this colossal project, fittingly enough dubbed "20k Project."

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The project took around six months, according to the project's leader (who goes by "La Bomba" on YouTube).

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And the incredible 10-minute video showcasing all 20,000 cars on a single racetrack, simultaneously, was edited in just two nights.

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This 3-ton 'car' that NASA designed for astronauts on Mars drives like something out of a video game

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It's not the fastest or the sleekest, but NASA's Space Exploration Vehicle (SEV) is definitely the coolest car on the planet — and hopefully, before too long, something like it will be the coolest car on other worlds as well.

The SEV is one of NASA’s concepts for a new generation of flexible vehicles that can transport astronauts across near-earth asteroids and Mars. To see what this might be like, we got inside this 6,600-pound behemoth of a machine for a test run.

As you might expect, driving something that’s designed for traipsing across another planet is an out-of-this-world experience.

Join us on the journey:

We begin in the Mars Yard at NASA’s Johnson Kennedy Space Center in Texas, where the SEV currently lives.



It’s called the Mars Yard because NASA has decorated it with hills, small craters, and moderate-sized boulders to simulate some of the rugged terrain astronauts might experience on the Red Planet.



The SEV has a number of advanced features compared to the last manned space car, the lunar rover. For starters, it has an enclosed, pressurized cabin complete with sleeping and sanitary facilities, which can accommodate two astronauts for up to 14 consecutive days — that’s a lot of time to explore!



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29 jobs to avoid if you hate stress

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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 Occupational Information Network (O*NET), a US Department of Labor database full of detailed information on jobs, we found the 29 professions you should avoid if you really don't like stress.

O*NET assigns a "stress tolerance" score (0-100) — which measures how frequently workers must accept criticism and deal effectively with high stress on the job — for each of the almost 900 jobs in its database. A lower rating signals less stress; a higher rating signals more.

Here are jobs that earned a stress tolerance rating of 94 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

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1. Urologists

Stress tolerance: 100

Average annual salary (2014): $189,760*

*Urologists are not listed on the BLS. This is the salary for "Other Physicians and Surgeons."



2. Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers

Stress tolerance: 99

Average annual salary (2014): $39,410



3. Anesthesiologist assistants

Stress tolerance: 98

Average annual salary (2014): $97,280*

*Anesthesiologist assistants are not listed on the BLS. This is the salary for "Physician Assistants."



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See if you can find the camouflaged German sniper pointing a gun directly at you

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sniper rocksSimon Menner contacted the German army in 2010 to see whether it would be interested in helping him create images in which members of the army are hidden, or, "Camouflage," like the title of his series. Turns out they were, and the images ended up going viral.

Menner arranged two separate shoots, one in a "boring" forest in northern Germany with soldiers who were young and inexperienced. The second shoot, in the German Alps, was done with a group of elite soldiers.

"I found it quite interesting to work with soldiers who had been ordered to follow my instructions," Menner wrote via email. "I tried to be as respectful to them as possible, but nothing of what I told them was questioned in any way."

Menner think of his work as a conceptual take on conflict and war. He said the idea of conflict for him isn't just about battle, it is also a reflection on society — including the ways in which branding and marketing influence consumers.

Because it's not a documentary project, Menner said part of the fun was trying to find the hidden snipers. While he is using real people and creating images in which the snipers are actually hidden, many of the comments he has received from viewers questioned the authenticity of the images, something he finds amusing.

"First of all, it is real," he wrote. "Whoever has doubts about that should contact the German Army. There were snipers present in every single shot and they were in fact, ordered to aim at the camera, so they could see me, even though I was almost never able to see them. The professional training they have received means that in some of the images, no trace of them can be seen, even if you look at the image pixel by pixel. This is exactly how a sniper in a forest is supposed to appear."



The sniper is on the right behind the piece of wood on the ground next to the second tree.





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8 successful people explain what they plan to do with their money in 2016

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Wealth and success don't simply come knocking on your door.

Rich people choose to commit to attaining wealth. It takes focus, courage, knowledge, and a lot of effort — and it's only possible if you have precise goals, emphasizes self-made millionaire T. Harv Eker in his bestselling book, "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind."

"The number one reason most people don't get what they want is that they don't know what they want," he writes. "Rich people are totally clear that they want wealth."

They not only set precise goals — they think big and set huge expectations.

To give you an idea of what successful people hope to achieve with their money this coming year, we spoke to CEOs, bestselling authors, and self-made millionaires about their financial goals. Read on to see what they've made a priority for 2016:

SEE ALSO: The 7 best lessons successful people have taught us about money this year

Focus on assets, not income.

Robert Kiyosaki, entrepreneur, author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad":

"My goal is to stay focused on assets over income. That's how we get (and keep) our money working for us — instead of working hard for money (i.e.: a paycheck) all our lives. By creating or acquiring cash-flowing assets — in any of the asset classes — my wife, Kim, and I grow our wealth.

"We continue to remind ourselves that 'cash flow is king' and that assets are the foundation for creating true financial freedom."



Bridge the gender investing gap.

Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and cofounder of Ellevest:

"For me for 2016, I'm all about personal finance. And, in particular, personal finance for women.

"I'm working on launching Ellevest in 2016, which is a digital investment platform focused on women. We have a few gender gaps in this country, but one that we rarely talk about is the gender investing gap. Women don't invest their money to as a great a degree as men do. Getting lower returns on their money impacts what they can do in their lives — negatively, and in many cases quite negatively. So we're building something that will talk to women — not patronize them, not bury them in 'financial education' — but talk to them.

"At the same time, my attention will be on making sure this new business is financially viable. We've got to test and prove the business model in 2016. And because we will charge less than in the more traditional areas of the business, we will have to focus on getting the product-market fit right during the year."



Give back to those in need.

Tony Robbins, life and business strategist, best-selling author:

"Two of my primary financial goals of 2016 are, one: To break our Feeding America 100-Million-Meals contribution marker in order to provide relief for those in need here in the US. I want to break the 100-million mark right out of the gates in 2016 because we're on pace to exceed 130 million this calendar year!

"And two: To provide fresh, clean water for some 250,000 people in India, where 1.5 million children die each year from water and sanitation diseases."



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Yahoo pays the most money for these 11 positions (YHOO)

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Yahoo may be struggling as a business, but it's still one of the biggest websites in the world.

It gets hundreds of millions of users every month, and generates more than $4 billion in annual revenue.

In order to keep its sites running smoothly, Yahoo needs to hire top talent across the board, from product management and engineering to sales and marketing.

So it's not surprising to see Yahoo dole out lots of money for its employees.

We sifted through salary data on Glassdoor to put together a list of the highest paid jobs at Yahoo, and it looks like it rewards its employees pretty handsomely. 

Salary data on Glassdoor is an average based on anonymous reports that were voluntarily shared by both current and recent employees. 

(Note: This list only includes salary listings with five or more reviews. Salaries also vary based on experience. We also didn't include some redundant or mislabeled entries on the list.)

 

SEE ALSO: Here's what you can earn working at Facebook

11. Senior Research Scientist

Salary: $165,498

Yahoo's research scientists mostly work at the Yahoo Labs, the company's research unit that employs hundreds of Ph.Ds focused on machine learning and data analytics. Some of the work they do includes search engine optimization, user personalization, and spam detection, among others.

 



10. Program director

Salary: $166,030

Program managers are in charge of overseeing projects through the entire life cycle, including scheduling, risk identifying, and communicating with all involved parties. The work spans a lot of different areas, from software implementation and search improvement projects to employee engagement programs.



9. Marketing Director

Salary: $167,739

Yahoo's a consumer facing brand, so it runs a lot of marketing campaigns to raise awareness for its products and services. Plus, Yahoo's target audience varies by each of its products, which makes the marketing director an important part of its business.



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How that infamous bear-attack scene in 'The Revenant' was made, and other secrets of the movie revealed

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Director Alejandro González Iñárritu may have insisted on making his new movie "The Revenant" as authentic as possible — including having actors go through a week-long boot camp to correctly portray mountain men in the 1800s — but there was still some movie magic needed to pull off this gory revenge tale.

That's where legendary production designer Jack Fisk comes in. He's best known for the beautifully designed period settings in movies like "The Thin Red Line,"" The New World," and "There Will Be Blood" over his three-decade career.

Here, Fisk reveals some of the secrets behind the making of "The Revenant," including how that now-legendary bear scene came to be.

Warning: spoilers ahead.

SEE ALSO: We asked Michael Moore about the gun-violence epidemic, his new movie, and why Donald Trump will get the Republican nomination

There was no real bear used in the filming of the grizzly attack scene.

One of the most memorable scenes in the movie is the incredible bear attack on Leonardo DiCaprio's character Hugh Glass. The scene is intense, violent, and, according to Fisk, completely done though stunt men and CGI. And, no, of course there is no rape.

So there wasn't even a trained bear for some of it?

"None. We had no real bears on set," Fisk said. "We looked at bears, but they were all so fat. These trained bears in captivity that you see on TV shows, they don't look like a wild grizzly bear from the 1800s."

According to Fisk, the scene was rehearsed with the stunt department for months before they even got on set in Squamish, British Columbia. Then on the day, he dressed the area where the attack took place with 25-foot rubber trees so when DiCaprio smashed into them, he wouldn't get injured. The actor was then strapped to harnesses attached to cables the stunt team used to yank him around. The grizzly was then added digitally in postproduction.



Fake horses were created for the scene in which DiCaprio cuts one open to stay warm.

The bear scene was certainly not the only jaw-dropping sequence in "The Revenant." Later in the movie, as Glass sets out to enact his revenge on the people who left him after the grizzly attack, he must run from a group of angry Native Americans. To escape them, he and his horse jump a cliff and land on a giant pine tree. As it begins to snow, Glass cuts open the horse, takes out its guts, and crawls inside until the storm passes.

"The horse was built and the guts inside were created out of latex and hair," Fisk said. The props department built one horse for DiCaprio to crawl inside and another horse for the chase scene in which they go off the cliff.

"We brought in 15 big pine trees, some of them 50 feet tall. And we snowed in the area," Fisk said. "Like the bear scene, the snow around the horse was always being trampled on, so between takes we were constantly using the snow machine."



The location where DiCaprio finds the bison herd was discovered by accident.

Fisk says the biggest challenge he had on the film was finding the remote locations for shooting. That's largely because, as the movie was shot with only natural light, Fisk had to find locations with a south or southwest vista.

In one striking scene, Glass comes across a herd of bison, leading to a part with a Native American offering Glass the liver of one of the bison he's eating. Fisk said that that location was found by accident.

"We were checking out a river one day, stopped the boats at a point, and, walking up this hill, we found this large vista," Fisk said. "The sun was setting, it was the perfect time of day to see it. Everyone thought, 'My God, this is what we've been looking for.'"

Fisk and his team lined the top of the hill with bushes. Computer graphics were used to create the herd of buffalo. Fisk said only one prop bison was created for the liver scene.

"The AD said, 'Where's the second one?' and I told him a man can eat maybe 10 pounds of meat. Between the two of them they wouldn't even put a dent in it."

Fisk recalls seeing DiCaprio eat the real bison liver: "I thought Leo was vegetarian, but he went for it."



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23 awesome photos from the brutally cold Seahawks-Vikings playoff game

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The Seattle Seahawks beat the Minnesota Vikings thanks to a missed last-minute field goal. But outside of the thrilling finish, the real story of the game was the weather.

With a kickoff temperature of minus-6 degrees, it was the third-coldest playoff game in NFL history.

That weather led to some spectacular photos of the fans, the players, and even one ex-head coach. 

Here are our favorite photos from the Associated Press, Getty Images, and Reuters.

It was a good idea to not leave any bit of skin uncovered.



Every time somebody exhaled it was a reminder of just how cold it was.



Presumably there are faces under there somewhere.



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