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The 10 best careers in tech, according to the people who work in them

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Working in tech is great career, no matter how you look at it: important work, high salaries, lots of opportunity. But some tech jobs are better than others. 

Glassdoor just sifted through its enormous database of employee reviews to come up with a list of the Top 25 jobs, across all industries. It rated them by looking at the median annual base salary, number of job opening available, and how various people in those jobs rated the "career opportunity. They combined all that into an overall "job score."

Here's a list of the Top 10 tech jobs, culled from the cross-industry list of the Top 25, along with the median base salary employees report in those jobs. (The salary number excludes bonuses, stock, and other benefits).

SEE ALSO: 50 enterprise startups you've probably never heard of who really are changing the world

No. 10: Software Architect

Median base salary: $130,000
Job score: 4.2
Number of job openings: 653
Career opportunities rating: 3.4

A person that designs large complex software applications, and/or designs how such software will be deployed in an enterprise.



No. 9: UX Designer

Median base salary: $91,800
Job score: 4.3
Number of job openings: 863
Career opportunities rating: 3.6

A person that manages the look and feel of software, the part that the customer touches.



No. 8: QA Manager

Median base salary: $85,000
Job score: 4.4
Number of job openings: 3,749
Career opportunities rating: 3.4

Quality Assurance engineers test software to make sure it works like it's supposed to work.



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Bread and milk are terrible blizzard rations — here's what you should actually buy

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Winter storm Jonas is brewing on the East Coast and is projected to start dumping snow and freezing rain on Friday night. So you should run to the store and buy bread and milk, right?

Wrong.

Bread and milk expire pretty quickly and require refrigeration. They're also pretty light on the nutrients and won't keep you satiated and supplemented as you ride out the weather.

The trick is to buy foods that don't won't expire quickly or need to be refrigerated. They should be easy to prepare, easy to eat, high in protein, and provide enough variety to keep you full and happy for days.

Here are 13 better items for your grocery-store run.

SEE ALSO: Here's what to expect from the 'paralyzing' blizzard set to clobber the Northeast later today

CHECK OUT: An inch of snow is already causing headaches in Washington DC — here’s what that looks like

Peanut butter: It's high-protein and lasts for months.



Canned soups and chili: You can eat it straight out of the can. It's also packed with nutrients.



Avocados: If you're lucky enough to live in a region that supplies avocados year-round, stock up on a few. They're high in protein, easy to eat, and will liven up any sandwich, soup, or dip.



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Meet Ground Force One, the president's $1.1 million armored bus

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The president has no shortage of transit options, from Air Force One and Marine One to Cadillac One. Now meet Ground Force One, the president's armored bus and the most recent edition to the presidential fleet.

We've compiled some of Ground Force One's most impressive features:

SEE ALSO: There is no other helicopter in the world like Marine One — the president's No. 1 getaway vehicle

Ground Force One is a 45-foot long bus specially designed by the Secret Service.

Source: America's Book of Secrets "Presidential Transports"



And just like "Cadillac One," Obama's Ground Force One is painted jet black.

Source: America's Book of Secrets "Presidential Transports"



The Secret Service purchased Ground Force One and its twin decoy from the Tennessee-based company Hemphill Brothers Coach for a cool $1.1 million each. But ultimately the buses are cost-effective.

Source: America's Book of Secrets "Presidential Transports"



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5 insights into the lives of billionaires, from the producers of hit TV drama 'Billions'

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The highly anticipated television series, "Billions," premiered last week and became Showtime's best-performing premiere ever.

The show centers around a hedge fund billionaire and the US attorney with a perfect track record of insider trading convictions.

"These guys are sort of like kings in their own worlds," explain the producers of the show, David Levien and Brian Koppelman, on a recent podcast with James Altucher. "They come into conflict with each other and cross swords, so they have to manage their own kingdoms, while doing this battle with each other that is sort of akin to what we've seen play out over the last several years in the financial papers."

Accurately portraying hedge fund billionaires meant sitting down with, interviewing, and getting into the heads of several billionaires — which is exactly what Levien and Koppelman did.

As they interviewed more and more billionaires, they started to pick up on common attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. They also started to understand what it's like to lead a life as the wealthiest of the wealthy.

Here, we've rounded up five insights into the lives of billionaires that the producers noticed and discussed with Altucher:

SEE ALSO: Here's the psychological insight the producers of new TV drama 'Billions' took away from a $2,000 dinner with a billionaire

They govern their own small worlds.

"Billionaires, we realized a long time ago, are like nation states — American oligarchs in a way," the producers told Altucher.

The analogy first started to emerge when Koppelman got the chance to spend a few weekends with a billionaire in a "behind the curtain" way. "Someone I knew, knew this person, and so I ended up being at this person's house. And then Dave and I met many billionaires [for the show], and together we came up with this idea: They're like nation states! They have their own flotillas, armadas, military people ..."



They're competitive ... with everything.

"For many of these people, each exchange has a winner and a loser," Levien and Koppelman explained to Altucher. Even something as simple and habitual as dinner can be "won" or "lost,"they learned during one particular interview.

They told Altucher:

We're at dinner with a billionaire and it's clear that he's doing us the favor by sitting with us. He has a lot of things he could be doing and we asked the favor to spend the time ... So it was sort of understood that we were going to pay.

When it was time to order the wine, he said to the maitre d's, "Just bring me what I always have." There were four of us, and we drank it, and it was unbelievable — and then of course, if you're thirsty for even a sip more, he just stuck his finger in the air and a second bottle appeared. And then the check came, and it was more than any human could put on any kind of expense account.

It cost them more than $2,000.

The dinner was some sort of game, or playing field, to the billionaire. It could be won or lost. "He couldn't live with the idea that we won the dinner by going away with information," the producers explained. "So he had to win, too, by hurting us with a dinner check the price of a trip to Florida."



They never admit defeat.

Not only is every exchange something that can be won or lost, but the richest of the rich are always on the winning side. The competitive mindset held true as Levien and Koppelman continued to interview billionaires.

Another example is billionaire Donald Trump, who told The Wall Street Journal: "I've never lost in my life."His businesses have gone bankrupt, he launched a few companies that ultimately flopped, and has had two failed marriages, yet he still claims to have never lost — and that bravado could be precisely what makes him so successful.

"This is psychology 101 of the self-made rich," Steve Siebold, self-made millionaire and author of "How Rich People Think," tells Business Insider. "They don't recognize failure like the rest of us. They only see it as a stepping stone to their success. These people are professional comeback artists, so when they fail, they frame the setback as a bump in the road as opposed to an outright failure."



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19 science-backed benefits of napping

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Naps can be pure bliss.

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The US Department of Health and Human Services recommends adults should get seven to eight hours of sleep a night. But a 2013 Gallup poll found Americans average 6.8 hours per night, and 40% get fewer than seven hours.

Napping could help make up for the lack of sleep.

Here are just 19 of the many health benefits napping offers.

Multiple researchers have concluded that the ideal nap is 10 to 20 minutes long.

Sources: 2008 study in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2002 study in Journal of Sleep Research1999 study in Clinical Neurophysiology



Naps were linked to better cognitive performance in one study.

Source: 2010 study in Progress in Brain Research



Another study showed people who took naps also did slightly better on math problems.

Source: 1991 study in Sleep



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The 13 best places to eat ramen in New York City

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takaishiThere's nothing like a hot bowl of ramen when the cold weather starts to hit.

That's why we teamed up with city-guide app Foursquare to round up the 13 best places to eat ramen in New York, based on which locations had the highest ratings from Foursquare users.

From popular stops like Momofuku Noodle Bar to Takashi, which serves an unforgettable all-beef version, here are the top 13 places to hit up in New York when you need your ramen fix.

SEE ALSO: 12 up-and-coming New York City restaurants you need to try right now

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Takashi

456 Hudson Street

This is the place for beef lovers. Takashi specializes in premium cuts of Japanese and American Angus meats that are delicately prepared and served either raw or grilled.

Chef Takashi makes a special blend of beef stock, custom-made noodles, thin slices of beef belly, deep-fried beef intestines, a soft-boiled egg, and a red paste with more than 20 different spices inspired by his grandmother in Osaka. Their ramen is served on Fridays and Saturdays at midnight and 1 a.m.



HinoMaru Ramen

33-18 Ditmars Boulevard, Astoria

If you want to try a variety of broths with your ramen, then HinoMaru Ramen is the perfect spot for you. While they offer the traditional creamy, pork-based tonkotsu ramen, they also have a vegetable broth, chicken broth, and fish broth to choose from.

People who like their food spicy will enjoy the nagoya ramen, served with a chili, chicken, pork, or fish broth. The miso ramen is packed with more than 30 different ingredients.



Totto Ramen

366 West 52nd Street (Between 8th and 9th Avenues)

Totto Ramen's small and busy location remains a favorite thanks to its generous bowls of warm broth filled with soft noodles and lots of spices.

The most popular pick here is the Mega Paitan, made with their original wavy noodles and topped with char siu pork, tender pork belly chunks, bean sprouts, scallions, cabbage, garlic, and onions.



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Here's how the US is leading the fight against ISIS

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On Wednesday, the US, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Australia and The Netherlands renewed pledges to support the US-led international coalition fight against ISIS.

Established by US Central Command in October 2014, the Combined Joint Task Force's Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) is responsible for executing 9,782 air strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

In the slides below, see how nations around have come together to confront ISIS.

SEE ALSO: US military releases footage of airstrikes pounding an ISIS financial headquarters

This map marks in blue countries nations involved in OIR.

Here are some of the nations in the US-led coalition:

Albania
Arab League
Australia
Austria
Kingdom of Bahrain
Kingdom of Belgium
Bosnia and
    Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Arab Republic of
    Egypt
Estonia
European Union
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Republic of Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Republic of Korea
Kosovo
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malaysia
Moldova
Montenegro
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Panama
Poland
Portugal

Qatar
Romania
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
Spain
Sweden
Taiwan
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States

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The US alone has carried out the wide majority of air strikes against ISIS with 7,390 strikes in Iraq (4,361) and Syria (3,029).

Source



According to the Defense Department, the US spends $11 million per day, a total of $5.5 billion since the air war began in August 2014.

Source



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7 hot drinks that'll keep you warm all winter

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There is nothing worse than being cold, and there is nothing better than being warmed by a hot drink.  A hot drink is winter’s most useful accessory.  You can be looking for something rich and decadent, or something jazzy and spiked.  

It can make a quiet, solitary Sunday morning feel suddenly instagram-able, or it can be the best excuse to gather friends together and cuddle (and then dance).

Either way, there is something inherently satisfying about sipping. And your cold fingertips will thank you every time. 

SEE ALSO: Americans are obsessed with matcha tea — but we're drinking it all wrong

Dirty Chai Toddy

Get the recipe here from gingerroot.



Perfect Hot Chocolate

Get the recipe here from SavyJulie.



Boozy Mulled Cider

Get the recipe here from Erik Lombardo.



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Check out all of these incredible Ferraris going up for auction in Arizona (RACE)

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Ferrari is the undisputed king of the collector-car market. Take a look at this collection of beautiful Ferraris to be auctioned off next week at a Gooding & Co. auction in Arizona, and you'll know why.

The 1950 Ferrari 166 MM — for Mile Miglia — is an essential vehicle in the history of the company. It gave the team their first streak of international victories in what would become an epic and unrivaled winning tradition.



The 1960 Ferrari 250 GT Series II Cabriolet: Just about every Ferrari in the 250 line is worth well into the seven- or eight-figure range, ...



... like this 1964 Ferrari 250 GT "Lusso," which is Italian for "luxury."



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These are the 3 settings you must know to master your camera

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Last week I covered the three things you should do if you buy a DSLR or mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. Second and arguably most important on that list was mastering your camera's "Manual" mode. Here we're going to dive into exactly how that's done.

In "Manual" mode, you take over the decision making for your camera. You ask yourself What am I trying to show in this image? How do I want it to look? How do I gather enough light to get the job done?

The answer to all those questions rests in three settings: shutter speed, aperture (aka "f-stop"), and ISO. They all do different, important things, but each impacts how much light your sensor absorbs. If they're out of balance your shot comes out under- or over-exposed. But understand them and you can push your photography to levels impossible in "Automatic" mode.

Here's how they work.

We'll start by exploring shutter speed.

Shutter speed is the easiest to understand of the three settings.

Think of your camera as a dark room: shutter speed is the length of time its door stays open and light flows in. The longer you leave the door open, the more the room fills with light and the brighter your image gets. Slow shutter speeds lead to brighter images. Fast shutter speeds lead to darker images.

But there's a hitch: If you leave the door open too long, the objects in your frame have time to move and can smear your image. This creates motion blur.

Shutter speed is measured in fractions of seconds, with the rare exception of cameras like the Hubble Space Telescope that need to expose for hours or days to take in enough light.

For the image above, I asked TI digital culture reporter Kim Renfro to whip her hair back and forth. Exposing for 0.4 seconds – a very slow shutter speed – her whole head appears as a featureless blob. Moments later I took another shot, this time exposed for only 1/1000 of a second.



Suddenly, Kim is frozen in time and space. (Note how I changed the other settings as well to account for the 400-fold decrease in time for light to flow in.)

Unless you want to see motion blur in your image, like in the lens-swinging football photo at the top of this page, your shutter speed should be fast enough to freeze your subject in place. Any faster and you'll likely have to compromise your ISO to get enough light (more on that later). The one exception to this rule is bright sunlight and other situations so brilliant you actually need to speed it up to keep light out of your camera.



Here's what shutter speed looks like on my Nikon's right-side display. The number "50" means 1/50 seconds:

Since every camera is different, you'll need to look through your user manual to learn how to adjust shutter speed on your camera.

Here are some general rules of thumb for shutter speed:

  • Your shutter speed fraction should almost never have a lower denominator than your focal length (the "zoom" of your lens, measured in millimeters). So if you're using a 50 mm lens your shutter speed probably shouldn't be slower than 1/50 seconds, if you're using a 200 mm lens your shutter speed probably shouldn't be slower than 1/200 seconds. This keeps the shake of most peoples' hands from blurring their images in normal situations. 
  • At around 1/160 seconds your shots will freeze most normal human gestures. But don't be afraid to go slower in a dark setting if your subjects are still enough.
  • At around 1/800 seconds your shots will freeze most sports. You're going to have to go faster to stop a baseball pitch or hockey puck though.

But these aren't hard and fast rules. The better you understand shutter speed, the better decisions you'll be able to make in each situation.



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9 snacks with just as much caffeine as coffee

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Peanut Butter

You don't need a cup of Joe for a morning jolt anymore.

There are all kinds of alternatives, like caffeinated marshmallows, beef jerky, and even jelly beans. Last month, the startup STEEM debuted its caffeinated peanut butter, which offers the same boost as two cups of coffee.

Although highly addictive, research shows caffeine improves memory, focus, and the brain's production of dopamine.

Here are nine other wired snacks to get hooked on.

STEEM peanut butter.

What gives it a buzz: Natural caffeine, aka extract from green coffee beans.

Caffeine level: Two tablespoons promises the same amount as almost two cups of coffee without the crash.

Where to buy it: Select stores in Massachusetts and Connecticut, plus online for $6 per jar.

STEEM says its peanut butter wards off fatigue and hunger for hours.



Perky Jerky.

What gives it a buzz: Perky Jerky's marinade includes Guarana, a caffeinated berry native to the Amazon.

Caffeine level: Perky Jerky recently lowered its caffeine level from 150mg to 10mg — no more than a Coke.

Where to buy it: Most Targets, Home Depots, and Publixs in the US for $5.

Perky Jerky, which comes in beef or turkey, is made without preservatives or gluten.



Energy Gummi Bears.

What gives it a buzz: Guarana, like the jerky.

Caffeine level: One pack equals one Monster or Red Bull.

Where to buy it: Online for $1.50 per pack.

These gummies, which are more for bros than kids, include antioxidants and protein.



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These 13 startups have raised millions — but no one knows what they do

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Before a startup launches, it goes through its stealth phase. Often this is a pretty short time before it hits market, but some companies will take years and raise millions along the way before the public learns what they're doing. 

CB Insights, a venture capital data firm, assembled a list of the top-funded stealth companies that haven't opened to the public yet. We excluded one name, Jut, because it has already opened up its beta to the public. 

To be considered among the most well funded, the company had to actively raise money in the last two years and raise at least $10 million. 

Here are the companies that have raked in millions even though the public has no idea what they do:

SEE ALSO: The 10 best careers in tech, according to the people who work in them

12. Globality (tied)

Amount raised: $10 million

Investors: 14 angel investors including Al Gore, Sheryl Sandberg, and Yahoo CFO Ken Goldman

What we know: With high-profile investors already behind it, Globality wants to change way companies do business around the globe by "Combining A.I. with domain expertise."

In an interview with TechCrunch, cofounder Joel Hyatt was both extremely vague and ambitious about its plans to change the world's economic structure. "We’re going to facilitate global trade on the part of far more companies than are currently involved in exporting both goods and services, which are critical to the U.S. economy and critical to the GDP. The vast 90 percent of export comes from one percent of companies, these large industrial conglomerates and international service firms,"Hyatt told TechCrunch.



12. Dremio (tied)

Amount raised: $10 million

Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures

What we know: Dremio is founded by two former MapR employees who want to "enable organizations to unlock the value of their data." The duo developed the Apache Drill open-source project and hope Dremio will continue to develop open-source software, according to Venture Beat.



11. Hyperscience

Amount raised: $10.9 million

Investors: Firstmark Capital, High Line Venture Partners, Slow Ventures

What we know: The only New York-based company to make the list, Hyperscience wants to bring artificial intelligence to enterprises. Not much is known about the company, but it's supposed to get smarter with each enterprise customer over time, says one of its investors. Its "about us" page on its website lists only random stats, like the average age of its employees is 31.7 and two people on the team like tennis.



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The world in photos this week

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A selection of photos from some of this week's biggest news that you might have missed.

 

A refugee walks through a frozen field after crossing the border from Macedonia.



An Indian officer from the Indian Central Reserve Police Force shouts slogans during preparations for the upcoming Republic Day parade which will be celebrated on January 26.



A man celebrates making it up a steep, snow-covered hill north of the state Capitol in Nashville. A monster winter storm is expected to bear down on the Washington DC area as well as New York.



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7 cautionary lessons anyone can take away from 'The Big Short'

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“The Big Short” has done something a lot of personal finance writers haven’t been able to do for years: Make the economic collapse entertaining! Heck, it even makes subprime loans sexy by having actress Margot Robbie explain them while taking a bubble bath. The movie fully deserves its Best Picture Oscar nomination.

You’ll laugh until you cry while watching the film, but you don’t want to miss the sober money lessons it offers. Here are seven important takeaways.

 

SEE ALSO: I help multimillionaires manage their money, and here are the 10 best pieces of financial advice I can give you

1. Be very careful about who you trust with your money.

People who take charge of their lives in so many other ways often cede control to others when it comes to money. That’s not necessary and can be a disaster (ahem, Madoff). Even if you hire an advisor, stay involved in the decision making and on top of the numbers.

The financial disasters chronicled in “The Big Short” are hardly isolated incidents. Many times in history, so-called experts have gotten regular people in a lot of trouble. They probably will again. So be very stingy with your trust. Nobody cares more about your money than you do.



2. Ask what’s in it for your adviser.

Car salesmen may offer advice on different models, but, ultimately, they’re trying to sell a car. Financial advice can often work the same way. Someone who gets paid when you buy specific funds or complicated financial products is, ultimately, a salesperson.

In a telling scene, Ryan Gosling’s character demands to know “How are you f***ing us?” before his firm will agree to an investment. It’s a great question consumers should ask before they give their money to someone. (“What do you get out of this?” is a more elegant way to ask it.)

If advisers make commissions from certain funds they invest in or products they sell, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re the wrong choices for your portfolio. But they may not be the best. So it’s worth asking.



3. If you don’t understand it, it’s not for you.

Who cares if you don’t know what a credit default swap is? It’s just insurance, but that’s not the point. Complicated terms may be created—or thrown into conversations—by financial folks in part to make you feel inadequate so you stop asking questions and think only they can take care of your money.

Don’t make that mistake. Instead, ask for an explanation in plain, simple English. The minute someone starts layering on the lingo, hit the eject button. Whatever someone else is doing with your money should be easily explained in a few sentences.

 



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This might be the best-designed lunchbox ever

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It's about time the adult lunchbox got a makeover. The Prepd Pack lunchbox isn't just fashionable — it also helps you plan and prepare lunch with a companion app that logs nutritional value.

Take a look at the design.

There are lots of benefits to bringing a lunch to work, but sometimes it can be a hassle to plan healthy meals in the morning. "We decided to do something about it and address the problem through design," Prepd Pack designer Chris Place tells Tech Insider.

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The outside of the Prepd Pack is made from bamboo. Inside, it looks similar to a bento box. The lunchbox comes with magnetic silverware and four BPA-free containers in a variety of portion sizes.



Prepd Pack's app works similarly to other meal planning apps (logging nutritional values, carbs, and so on), but the recipes and ingredients lists can be tailored to fit the Prepd Pack container sizes.



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Here is what Tom Brady and Peyton Manning think about each other

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Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will face off for the 17th time on Sunday, marking what is likely to be the final installment of a rivalry between two all-time greats that has come to define this generation of the NFL.

While the prevailing narrative that Brady has dominated head-to-head against Manning is true (Brady leads 11-5), over their last 10 games — over the last 10 years! — the score is 5-5.

And in the playoffs, it's an awful lot closer. They've met four times in the postseason, and both have won twice. Of the three times they've met in the AFC championship game — as they will on Sunday — Manning has won twice.

Since 2001, the year in which the two quarterbacks first faced off, Brady and Manning have been asked about the other quite a bit. Despite their rivalry, they've remained courteous — for the most part. And so, in preparation for Sunday's game, we went back and found some of the best quotes they've had about each other over the past 15 years.

Brady describes the first time he met Manning, in 2001: "My first start came against the Colts. And Peyton came over on our field and said, 'Hey, Peyton Manning.' And I said, 'No s---.'"

Source: Pro Football Talk



Brady missed 2008 with a torn MCL and ACL. The next season, Manning said he couldn't even tell: "You can't tell that he missed last year with major knee surgery. He picked right up where he left off the year before."

Source: PFT



Brady said in 2011 that he's always keeping tabs on Manning.

"I'm always keeping up on Peyton. We talk from time to time and I have a lot of respect for him as a player, for the role model he is, the way he carries himself, the way he leads his team, the way he's a representative for the league."

Source: PFT



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How the US Department of Defense coordinates operations around the world

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The US military has a truly global reach, with a presence on every continent. To carry out the herculean task of promoting US interests around the world, the Department of Defense divides the globe into six areas of responsibility and three non-geographic commands. Through these nine commands, the military monitors the entire planet every minute of every day, every day of the year.

SEE ALSO: These are the most incredible photos of the US Army in 2015

US African Command (AFRICOM)

Headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

Responsible for "all US Department of Defense operations, exercises, and security cooperation on the African continent, its island nations, and surrounding waters."

Excludes Egypt.

"US Africa Command has approximately 2,000 assigned personnel, including military, US federal civilian employees, and US contractor employees."

Source



US Central Command (CENTCOM)

Headquartered in MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, Florida.


Responsible for 20 countries in the "center" of the globe — Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and Yemen.


"With national and international partners, US Central Command promotes cooperation among nations, responds to crises, and deters or defeats state and nonstate aggression, and supports development and, when necessary, reconstruction in order to establish the conditions for regional security, stability, and prosperity."

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US European Command (EUCOM)

Headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

Responsible for conducting "military operations, international military engagement, and inter-agency partnering to enhance transatlantic security and defend the US forward."

Includes the entire European continent and Russia.

"EUCOM is at the nucleus for NATO and other initiatives that develop stronger partnerships within the European theater."

Source



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We're on a collision course with the Andromeda Galaxy — here's what will happen to Earth

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An epic war is coming between our home galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy, which is currently racing toward us at a speed of 250,000 mph.

Astronomers estimate that 3.75 billion years from now, Earth will be caught up amid the largest galactic event in our planet's history, when these two giant galaxies collide.

Luckily, experts think that Earth will survive, but it won't be entirely unaffected. The collision will unfold right in front of us, changing the night sky to look like nothing any human has seen before.

Join us on a journey into the future to see what it will be like:

SEE ALSO: A world-leading scientist on the search for extraterrestrials pointed out a flaw in Stephen Hawking's fear of finding intelligent aliens

DON'T MISS: Epically awesome pictures of Saturn

Far from city lights, on a clear night, this is what the sky on Earth looks like today. During certain times of the year, you can see the Andromeda Galaxy, circled below, next to the bright band of our own Milky Way.



Right now, Andromeda is about 2.5 million light-years away. When it collides with our galaxy in less than 4 billion years, it will enter into a cataclysmic dance lasting billions of years that will rip it and the Milky Way apart to form a new galaxy.



Just before Andromeda collides, Earthlings will have a gorgeous view. On the left you can see Andromeda as it approaches the Milky Way through mutual gravitational attraction.



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DAVOS PHOTOS: Bill Gates, Leonardo DiCaprio, and many more hobnobbed in the snow this week at the world's most exclusive conference

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The Swiss mountain resort of Davos is seen in this January 16, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/Files

The World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland is an annual summit for luminaries in multiple industries.

Now in its 46th year, the non-profit forum — which most people just refer to as Davos — features the motto "Committed to improving the state of the world," and it's attracting more high-profile attendees than ever.

Over the course of the week, celebrities, politicians, and high-profile executives give talks to champion causes important to them while also taking meetings and networking. In the evening, there's parties to attend.

With many choosing to arrive and depart Davos in style, private jets and celebrity sightings are commonplace.

Here's some of the famous actors, tech execs, world leaders, and billionaires who attended Davos this year.

 

Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Yao Chen, and musician Will.I.Am



Actress Emma Watson

 



Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

 



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Meet Samantha Bee: The woman about to change late-night television

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Samantha Bee

Right now, every late-night show on television is hosted by a man — but Samantha Bee is about to change that. The comedian will host "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee," a new show premiering on February 8 on TBS. A 12-year veteran of "The Daily Show," Bee's ready to take her well-honed comedy skills into the spotlight.

Keep reading to learn more about how Bee went from a Canadian sketch-comedy troupe to a big-name in late night.

Samantha Bee is a 46-year-old comedian who is about to become the only woman currently hosting a late-night television show.



She was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.



Growing up, Bee split time living in divorced parents' houses, as well as with her grandmother. "I never knew who I was," Bee told NPR of her unorthodox childhood. "I was a different person in everybody's home."

Source: NPR



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