For two days, Governor's Island was transformed into a 1920s scene full of singing, dancing, and elegant 1920s fashion — all thanks to the Jazz Age Lawn Party. 

The 11th annual Jazz Age Lawn Party took place on June 11 and 12 and attracted thousands of people, most of which were dressed up in beautiful 1920s attire. The event is hosted by musician Michael Arenella, who is very passionate about the 1920s era.

Business Insider had the chance to attend one day of the event as a VIP guest. Below, see the photos from the Jazz Age Lawn Party.

SEE ALSO: Inside the most champagne-soaked event of the summer

The 1920s era is rekindled every year on Governor's Island. This year, despite the wind, it was a beautiful day.

Tickets to the event range from $35 to $5,000. General admission tickets are $45 each.

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The event is very family-friendly and children under the age of 12 get in for free.

Speculation is swirling about the possibility of Hillary Clinton choosing Elizabeth Warren, the outspoken progressive U.S. senator from Massachusetts, as her running mate (though there are reasons to believe that won’t happen).

But even if the presumptive Democratic nominee does not pick Warren, with whom she met Friday morning after gaining her endorsement, there could be a place for Warren in a Clinton Cabinet – and for other accomplished women. 

Among the women who could find a seat at a President Clinton’s table are:

Elizabeth Warren

A darling of the far left, Warren has been a fierce critic of Wall Street and is widely considered the architect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As a former Harvard Law professor and Republican with expertise in commercial law,

 she has the credentials to be Treasury Secretary, among other positions, though the opposition from the financial community would presumably be fierce. Two black marks against her among Clintonistas: She and Hillary have had sometimes frosty relations, and she declined to back either Clinton or Bernie Sanders until it was apparent that the Vermont senator had lost.

Sheryl Sandberg

Sandberg is another woman who could be fill a number of posts. Because of her best-selling book about women empowerment, Lean In, and her very public face as the chief operating officer of Facebook, Sandberg has significant name recognition. Picking her as a running mate might be a stretch (though she could bring in bundles of cash from Silicon Valley and Corporate America for the expensive general election campaign and would be the first Jewish vice-president).  Sandberg also has Washington experience: She was chief of staff to Larry Summers when he served as Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton. Recently, Sandberg said she wasn’t interested in being a candidate to succeed Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, where she serves on the board.

Loretta Lynch

The current Attorney General is one Barack Obama appointee who might retain her job in a Clinton presidency. A Harvard Law School grad and tough former federal prosecutor appointed as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York by Bill Clinton, Lynch also served on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Lynch is the first African-American woman AG. She might be in a tricky position, however, if the FBI refers Hillary Clinton’s email case to the Justice Dept. for prosecution: Lynch would be the one who would have to decide whether to move forward.

Secrecy is one of the best currencies in war, so it’s sometimes best for commanders to keep their best assets hidden from the enemy and the public. While the military has admitted that most of the units on this list existed at some point, a lot of their missions were classified for decades before being disclosed to the public.

For the units that are still operating, America still only gets glimpses into their activities.

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1. Task Force 88/Task Force Black

They may or may not be the same group and they may or may not still be in operation. Task Force Black and Task Force 88 are names floating around the media for the unit that conducted raids against terror organizations in Iraq and Afghanistan during the height of the wars.

The unit was commonly described as being a joint US-U.K. force made up of the best that SEAL Team 6, Delta Force, and the British SAS had to offer. Controversy erupted when they were blamed for a cross-border raid into Syria.

There is speculation that Task Force Black may be back in operation to destroy ISIS, if it ever stopped.

2. 6493rd Test Squadron/6594th Test Group

These Air Force units existed from 1958 to 1986 and were tasked with catching “falling stars.” They would fly out of Hawaii and catch film canisters falling from America’s first spy satellites. The satellites, part of the Corona program, orbited the Earth and took photos of Soviet Russia. Then, the satellites would drop their film canisters over the Pacific Ocean where these Airmen would try to snatch the canisters out of the air.

The recovery process was surprisingly low-tech. A plane with a large hook beneath its tail would try to catch the canister’s parachute as it fell. When the planes failed to make the grab or the weather was too bad to attempt it, Coast Guard rescue swimmers in the unit would fish the film out of the water.

The unit boasted a perfect record with more than 40,000 recoveries in 27 years. When its airmen weren’t snatching film from the air, the unit supported rescue missions near Hawaii. It was credited with 60 saves.

3. Delta Force/Combat Applications Group/Army Compartmented Elements

Like many of the units on the list, Delta has gone through a few name changes over the years. Formation of an elite counter-terrorism unit had been proposed multiple times in the 1970s and Delta Force is widely believed to have been formed in late 1977.

Its operational history got off to a horrible start with the failed Operation Eagle Claw in 1980. Since then, Delta has distinguished itself in combat from the invasion of Panama to the Gulf War to hunting Osama Bin Laden in the Tora Bora Mountains.

Since the unit is still operational, many of their missions remain classified.

Eat baby food. Go gluten-free. Reserve Mondays for yellow food and Thursdays for purple food.

These are just a few of the utterly insane eating plans that various celebrities have publicly admitted to trying.

Thankfully, there are better ways to change what you eat and feel healthier. (Spoiler alert: Many of them involve longterm lifestyle changes instead of jumping into a rigid eating plan for a few days).

Here's a list of some of the craziest and inadvisable things celebrities have done to look and feel better, along with a few suggestions that could be healthily incorporated into your life:

SEE ALSO: 17 'healthy habits' you're better off giving up

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Beyoncé reportedly used the "Master Cleanse" to lose weight before "Dreamgirls."

The scoop: Beyoncé reportedly did the Master Cleanse, which involves subsisting on nothing but lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper, before staring in the movie "Dreamgirls"— the idea being that it detoxes your system and accelerates weight loss.

Should you do it? You never need to do a detox. Our bodies do it for us. While our kidneys filter our blood and remove waste from our diet, our liver processes medications and detoxifies any chemicals we ingest. Paired together, these organs make our bodies natural cleansing powerhouses. So stop eyeing that lemon squeezer. It's not worth it.

Reese Witherspoon did the "Baby Food Diet."

The scoop: The Baby Food Diet has been traced to celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson, who's since denied supporting it. It involves eating 14 jars of baby food, with the option of adding in one actual low-calorie meal, each day.

Should you do it? Nope. The jars of baby food are 80 calories. Eat 14 and you end up with roughly 1,000 calories each day plus one real meal. So long as the meal you allow yourself is about 400 calories — think a small piece of grilled fish or lean meat and some sautéed veggies — you'll definitely lose weight. But it'll be because you're not eating food, not because mushed-up fruit is a miracle diet product.

Snooki went on the "Cookie Diet."

The scoop: Snooki reportedly lost weight in 2010 with a diet of cookies. For three weeks, she ate six of the 90-calorie treats a day and one small meal. Alarmingly, the Cookie Diet is not Snooki's creation: Now-retired Dr. Sanford "The Cookie Doctor" Siegal trademarked the plan.

Should you do it? Probably not. Cookie Diet cookies are no Girl Scout Samoas. The recipe's first three ingredients are glycerin (used to add sweetness and moisture), whole-wheat powder (for fiber), and beef protein. They've also got rice crisps (ostensibly for crunch), egg whites (for more protein), wheat bran (for fiber), and a smattering of B vitamins.

Streaming music is either the most exciting thing in music, or in desperate need of reform, depending on who you ask.

But it's hard to argue with the trends. Streaming music is here to stay in some form or another. All that's left to determine is who is going to come out on top when the dust settles?

Universal Music Group, Sony, Amazon and LOEN are a good bet, according to Giasone Salati of Macquarie Research. Each of the companies holds a competitive advantage against their peers.

"We argue that the music industry is on the verge of a structural multi-decade growth period, which will likely benefit all industry players, at this early stage," Salati said.

"Still, our stock selection is relatively narrow."

Recorded music revenues are set to double in the next ten years, according to Salati. Streaming music is a big enabler of that growth, as the format captures a higher revenue than older media.

With other formats like CDs, hard prices don't allow companies to optimize the revenue they receive per customer. With reoccurring subscription payments found in most streaming services, revenue has the ability to be flexible. Salati explains it like this (emphasis added): 

For about a century, since the advent of commercial radio, recorded music has been monetized via physical sales and advertising revenues... Physical purchases by music fans accounted for the lion’s share of revenues, supported only by a relatively small number of buyers.

One problem with the CD pricing model for CDs is its excessive rigidity that forces all consumers to pay the same price for the same album, regardless of how much they are ready to pay. A uniform price level means that genuine fans pay less than they would and for some people the price is too high. The result is a loss of revenue at both extremes.

But streaming has the potential to merge all the existing complimentary models and create a more continuous price offering that will ultimately maximize revenues. Better segmentation of music listeners means that everybody ends up paying the price they want for the level of access they desire.

When you consider the ability to maximize revenue from each customer, it makes sense that streaming will take off. 

But who will win the streaming music takeover? Read on to find out...

Sony Music Group

Music is a big part of Sony's business. The company is a giant among record labels, representing artists like Jeff Buckley, Future, and Adele.

Music accounted for 20% of Sony's operating profits last year, and the company has been investing in several big music companies, signaling the importance of music to the company, according to Damian Thong, a research analyst at Macquarie,

Sony originated in Japan, where it's music holdings rank second in terms of market share behind Avex.

On the Tokyo markets,  Thong has set a price target 3% higher than Sony's current price.

Amazon

The largest retailer of physical music happens to be a website.

Music is the second item Amazon began selling, after books. Now, the company holds the leading position in physical sales, is a strong force in digital downloads (second behind Apple), and is growing it's Prime Music streaming options.

Right now, Amazon's streaming service only offers around 1 million tracks to its users. But, it's strength in the area lies not in the streaming catalog but in its strong brand integration. Amazon Prime is $99 a year, and encourages customers to shop more on the site due to a what CEO Jeff Bezos calls the "flywheel effect." Someone paying for the benefit of two-day free shipping is more likely to use Amazon's streaming music service, and vice-versa.

"Right now, Amazon has the best strategy in terms of customer segmentation and price differentials," Ben Schachter, a research analyst at Macquarie, said.

Schachter expects the stocks to rise 4.6% to $760.

MelOn (LOEN Entertainment)

MelOn is a Korean based streaming service owned by LOEN Entertainment.

LOEN started in the record industry in 1978, and has built and audience since then, currently sitting at a 60% market share in the Korean streaming music market.

LOEN Entertainment is getting some help from the Korean government. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is encouraging higher prices for the streaming service, which is projected to increase net profit by 26% in 2016 and 46% in 2017, according to Kwang Cho, a research analyst at Macquarie.

Cho expects a 48% increase in share price in the Korean market.

Sony was the last to present at this year's E3 — and wow, they certainly finished off a slew of press conferences with a bang. It was an endless cascade of incredible new game trailers.

It's best you see these games for yourselves. Here are the 9 coolest things Sony PlayStation announced at its E3 presser on Monday night.

"God of War"

The show kicked off with our first look at a newest entry in the "God of War" franchise, but Kratos looks a bit different than the last time we saw him. Aside from that epic new beard, it also looks like he's a proud papa to a young boy. At the very least, he looks like he'll be playing the role of a mentor. This is not the same vengeance-driven hyperviolent demigod we're used to seeing, but it's good to see Kratos starring in a new game again.

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"The Last Guardian"

Next, we got a look at a new trailer for the highly-anticipated adventure game featuring a young boy and his giant animal friend named Trico. This game has been in development for a very long time — we're talking over eight years— so we hope it lives up to the hype.

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"Horizon: Zero Dawn"

This game, though it takes place far off in the future, has a sort of caveman aesthetic to it. You play as a young woman named Aloy, taking on giant robot dinosaurs with your tricked-out bow and arrow. You take them down to collect their rare parts, but for what purpose? This is one of the key elements of the game we've yet to delve into.

This isn't the first time we've seen "Horizon: Zero Dawn," but this new trailer showcased a lot more gameplay footage than we've seen previously.

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The UK's referendum on European Union membership is just days away, and investors have been unsure what to make of the potential for a Brexit — Britain leaving the EU. 

Nowhere has that uncertainty been more pronounced than in the currency markets.

Since the referendum campaign began, the pound's volatility has surged to its highest level of all-time— surpassing levels seen during the financial crisis. A big move in sterling is expected whatever the result.

Understandably, investors in the currency are a little bit worried about what to make of the huge amount of data, the sheer number of polls, and the changing odds around the referendum, as well as what might happen to the pound after the vote.

To guide investors through that minefield, Josh O'Byrne, a strategist with Citi FX has compiled a handy guide to the biggest and most frequently asked questions surrounding the referendum, as well as providing some useful charts about the expected issues.

Check out the questions and answers below.

1. What turnout should we expect?

Answer: Turnout will be roughly 60-65%.

"Polls have suggested in recent weeks that participation will be high and engagement over the referendum has been increasing. A higher turnout is thought to benefit the ‘REMAIN’ vote with polls suggesting those indicating ‘LEAVE’ are more determined to vote. Polling agencies are however unsure the degree to which self-certainty of voting will correlate in this case.

The latest odds suggest the turnout is most likely to be in the 60-65% bucket. This compares with a 66% turnout for the 2015 General Election and 84.6% turnout for the Scottish referendum."

2. When will the results come in?

Answer: Results will start coming in at around 12:30 a.m, and the final result should drop at around 6:00 a.m.

"The electoral commission has estimated the reporting time of each local counting area. They suggest the first results could be coming in at 00:30 on June 24, but the bulk will be after 02:00. Using population estimates for each area we arrive at Figure 2. This suggests that 50% of the vote could be counted by 03:00. This compares with the constituency count times where 50% were covered around 04:00."

3. What's going on with the polls?

Answer: Phone polls largely point to remaining, online polls are leaning towards Brexit.

"We prefer to track the polls on an individual basis given there have been lasting gaps between some of them; the trend gives us a (slightly) clearer picture.

The polls more recently have swung toward LEAVE. These have largely been online but telephone polls have shown a similar trend (Figure 3, 4). The betting odds moved higher to an implied probability of 80% associated with REMAIN but now show it to have fallen close to 69%."

One of the surprise hits of 2016 has been "10 Cloverfield Lane," the "spiritual sequel" to the 2008 found-footage movie "Cloverfield," which followed a group of New Yorkers during an alien attack.

In "Lane," producer J.J. Abrams (also behind the original) and director Daniel Trachtenberg create a story that has the feel of a thrilling sci-fi movie, but for different reasons than "Cloverfield." 

In this story, we follow Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) after she has been in a car accident. She's now in an underground bunker being taken care of by Howard (John Goodman), who informs her that an attack has happened on the planet and that the air outside is no longer breathable.

This leads to a trippy series of mind games and thrills that suggest, as the movie's tagline says, "Monsters come in many forms."

For the movie's Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD release on Tuesday, Business Insider talked to Trachtenberg about the evolution of its thrilling ending. 

Warning: spoilers for the ending of "10 Cloverfield Lane" below.

SEE ALSO: Netflix says there are 3 kinds of binge-watchers — find out which one you are

1. The ending was originally less hopeful.

Before Trachtenberg came on to direct the movie, the spec script was titled “The Cellar” and concluded with Michelle escaping the bunker, realizing the air is fine, and traveling to Chicago. There it's revealed that the city is in rubble.

“I never read the spec script but from what I’ve been told, it’s like the city is on fire or something,” Trachtenberg said. “But the first script I read, there was an alien attack and she still had to do more to survive.”

2. At one time, the ending was set in the daytime and there were more aliens Michelle had to fight.

When J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production company bought the script and attached Trachtenberg to direct, they began making tweaks to “The Cellar” script. For a while, the ending was set during the day, and there were a few other differences from what we see in the final cut.

“Actually a couple of creatures [attack Michelle], not just one. She sees a creature in the distance as opposed to seeing a ship, little changes like that.”

The scene was changed to night to build up the scares, but taking out the second alien wasn’t from the brain trust of Abrams, Trachtenberg, and their team...

3. Here's how the film's one test screening changed the ending.

Michelle's confrontation with two aliens was shown to the only test-screening audience for the film. The biggest takeaway was that people could only take so much.

“The ending we shot was longer,” Trachtenberg said. “It had an extra creature attack in it and the test audience said it was too much. They were exhausted. So that was the main impact that the test audience had on it.”

This year's list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants was just released.

The list is determined by the Diner's Club 50 Best Restaurants Academy, which is made up of close to 1,000 restaurant industry leaders from around the world.

The 50 winners span the globe from Mexico City to Hong Kong, but the #1 spot was given to Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy.

Keep scrolling to see the other restaurants that made the list.

50. Septime, Paris, France

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49. Quique Dacosta, Dénia, Spain

Click here to learn more about Quique Dacosta >

48. Blue Hill at Stone Barns, New York, USA

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Hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to the ancient ruins of Petra every year. And they all missed a massive monument hiding in plain sight.

Scientists Sarah Parcak and Christopher A. Tuttle used new technology to find an ancient monument and other treasures in Petra. Here's how they did it:

Once the capital city of the Nabataean kingdom, Petra is an ancient city in what is now Jordan.

The city has been inhabited since prehistoric times.

Petra was a major crossroads between Egypt, China, and Rome.

Some internships are basically The Hunger Games (minus the violence and love triangles, hopefully). Others are more stagnant affairs, where you never seem to have anything to do.

No matter what kind of internship you're in this summer, it's always good to make the best of your situation.

Here are some tips on how you can up your intern game and secure more permanent employment at the end of your program.

SEE ALSO: 10 things to do this summer if you don't have a job

DON'T MISS: 7 signs your internship is about to turn into a full-time job

Tell your boss you want the job

Lauren Berger, founder and CEO of InternQueen.com, says that many interns see their hopes of receiving a job offer dashed because of one massive blunder.

They don't tell their employers that they're interested in a full-time job opportunity.

"If a student is at an internship that's known for giving a large percentage of interns job offers, they should ask questions at the beginning of their internship to make sure they understand the process of getting a job offer from their internship," Berger says. "If they are at a smaller company, they should set a meeting with their supervisor halfway through the internship and clearly communicate that they'd be interested in an employment opportunity."

Put yourself out there

It's important to get to know people in the office, beyond your intern group, boss, and immediate desk neighbors. Breaking the ice might be awkward, but TopResume career expert Amanda Augustinesays says it's important to get to know your colleagues. 

"Introduce yourself to those around you," Augustine says. Don't be afraid to invite a coworker for lunch or a cup of coffee. Remember, this is the start of your professional network. The people you meet during your internship may become valuable sources for references, job leads, or even mentors during your future job search."

Berger also recommends that interns take practical steps, like setting up informational meetings with various connections in the office. 

"Ask for advice and try to understand how they got to where they are today."

Take it seriously

Remember, you're not "just an intern" and your assignments aren't "just busy work." Augustine says to take your work seriously and to put effort into any task thrown your way. 

"Whether you're taking notes in a department-wide meeting or organizing files in the back office, your internship can be a valuable learning opportunity, when properly utilized," says Augustine. "Ask lots of questions. There's no better way to get the inside scoop on a career path than to observe professionals in the field. While you may not be delivering the sales pitch to clients, you can earn invaluable experience by helping with research or participating in the meeting, even silently."

Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, has just been named the world's best restaurant.

After ranking third in 2013 and second in 2014, Osteria Francescana received the most prestigious award in global gastronomy, the World's 50 Best Restaurants. The winners are determined by almost 1,000 food writers and critics, chefs, and restaurateurs from 27 regions around the world.

Here are 11 photos that reveal what it's like to dine at the best culinary institute in the world.

There are only twelve tables at Osteria Francescana, which is in the heart of the city center of Modena, Italy.

Chef Massimo Bottura is a native to the region, but he's renowned for his innovative twists on classic Italian foods.

He created Osteria Francescana in order to honor his heritage, while "embracing modernity."

The World's 50 Best Restaurants just released its list of the best new restaurants in the world— and six restaurants from the United States made their mark on the coveted list. 

The list is constructed from the votes of the Diners Club International, comprised of nearly 1,000 members who have been specially selected for their expertise in the international culinary world. To view the complete list, click here. 

Here are the six best restaurants in the United States.

6. Alinea

Chef: Grant Achatz

Location: Chicago, IL

At Alinea, Chef Grant Achatz has represented Chicago's best fine dining experience on World's 50 Best Restaurants since 2007. Recently undergoing a five-month hiatus, Alinea has upped the ante with its restaurant's renovation and reimagination.

The famed dishes that resembled Pollack paintings are now bygones. Alinea's new menus now tightly focus on refined ingredients and flavors. Menus have also been wiped clean, with three new dining experiences being offered based on where guests dine within the restaurant. 

5. Le Bernardin

Chef: Eric Ripert

Location: New York, NY

At Le Bernardin, one of the most lauded restaurants in the world, Chef Eric Ripert has offered premier seafood dishes to his guests for the past 20 years. The menu is split into three sections: Almost Raw, Barely Touched, and Lightly Cooked.

The French and Asian-influenced dishes like crispy black bass and sauteed langoustine show how Ripert and his culinary team earned the restaurant three Michelin stars, a feat achieved only by five other New York restaurants. 

4. Blue Hill at Stone Barns

Chef: Dan Barber 

Location: Pocantico Hills, NY 

At Blue Hill at Stone Barns, executive chef and owner Dan Barber celebrates the bounty of the Hudson Valley's lush resources through his famous "Grazing, Rooting, Pecking" menu. Situated on a working farm 30 miles north of New York City, the restaurant focuses on sustainable food. Courses are devised based on the food available from the farm at the time, making each trip different and worthwhile.

"The Legend of Zelda" is one of those franchises that sends just about everyone into a frenzy — whether you consider yourself a hardcore gamer or not, you know something about "The Legend of Zelda."

As a part of Nintendo's (somewhat limited) presence at this year's E3, they released an extensive new trailer for the newest entry in the series, which we now know is called "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild."

Here's everything we know about the game so far:

In all "Legend of Zelda" games, you play as Link. This guy:

He goes on all sorts of adventures, fighting evil and saving the world. Pretty standard video game stuff.

The most important thing to know about "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" is that the game will have a massive open world.

Jerry Seinfeld just released the trailer for season 8 of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," his internet talk show of a delightfully-simple premise available on Crackle to premiere Wednesday, June 15.

Guests for the upcoming six episodes  will include "Last Week Tonight' host John Oliver, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, director and screenwriter Judd Apatow, and comedians Margaret Cho, Jim Gaffigan, and J.B. Smoove.

And the cars: a Mercedes 300SL gullwing, Pontiac Firebird, Volkswagen Camper, Triumph TR3, Studebaker Avanti, and a Mazda Cosmo.

Seineld, a noted car enthusiast and collector of Porsches, is a man of refined automotive taste. He claims to pick cars that match the personality of his guests, and so far his choices have been on point.

Here's a look at some of the best so far.

SEE ALSO: Jerry Seinfeld's Porsches shine at an auction that might be the peak for classic car market

Jerry Seinfeld claims he likes to match the vehicle choice with the guest's personality. This un-restored VW flatbed somehow suited former 'Seinfeld' co-star Michael Richards very, very well.

Taking advantage of the Aston Martin DB5's Bond connection, Seinfeld called guest Julia Louis Dreyfus "The James Bond of Comedy."

A Plymouth Road Runner Super Bird was also the perfect choice for Will Ferrell; decidedly silly but endlessly lovable.

Sometimes a team can accomplish far more than a group of lone individuals. For example, cyclists in the Tour de France take turns riding at the front of their group, decreasing the wind for those behind them. Wolves hunt in packs to take down animals 20 times their size. And for those of us who were children of the '90s, we all remember Ducks Fly Together.

Related: 8 Ways Real Estate Is Your Smartest Investment

This brings up another team that can accomplish amazing things — not a team of people, but a team of benefits which, when combined, can help you achieve your greatest financial goals. Specifically, I want to talk about real estate.

I'm a real estate investor, and I firmly believe that real estate is the best traditional investment on Planet Earth today. However, just because you buy a piece of real estate doesn't mean you're going to make money.

As I explain in "The Book on Rental Property Investing," big wealth is built through real estate investing by capitalizing on something I call "the four wealth generators of real estate." Alone, each of these benefits can help you make more money, but together they'll make you rich.

SEE ALSO: Real-estate experts say these will be the 10 hottest US neighborhoods in 2016

1. Cash flow

Cash flow is the extra profit left over after all of the expenses have been paid on a property. For example, if my rental property produced $2,000 in income and my expenses came to $1,700, my cash flow would be $300 that month.

Now, I know a lot of you are saying, "Three hundred dollars is not going to make me a millionaire."

Probably not. But remember, we are just talking about one of the wealth generators. There are still three more to go!

Additionally, that $300 might be from just one property. If I owned ten similar units with the same cash flow, that's $3,000 per month. If I owned 100 units, that's $30,000 per month. This cash flow can go a long way toward helping you quit your job — or helping you save for a future big purchase, or retire wealthier.

2. Appreciation

When I talk about appreciation, I am not referring to how much I like you (though I do appreciate you!). I'm referring to the natural rise in value that real estate experiences. For example, if you purchased a property for $200,000 ten years ago, and today that property is worth $300,000, the appreciation made you $100,000 richer!

Of course, appreciation doesn't cause values to increase every year (consider 2007!). However, historically, real estate prices have appreciated over the long term. So, again, appreciation alone is not likely going to make you a millionaire, which is why I don't recommend that people purchase bad deals hoping that appreciation bails of them out.

However, appreciation is combined with the other "members" of the wealth generation team, powerful stuff can happen.

Related: 6 Advantages of Real Estate Investing for Savvy Entrepreneurs

3. The loan pay-down

When you purchase a rental property with a mortgage, each month you make a payment to the lender. That payment includes two parts: principal and interest. Interest is the profit for the lender, but the principal is money you are paying down the loan with.

For example, if you purchased a house five years ago for $100,000 and obtained a $80,000 mortgage (we’ll say it was a 30-year mortgage with a 5 percent fixed rate), today you would owe only $74,000. Ten years from now, you would owe only $65,000. This means that every year your equity increased (equity is the difference between what a property is worth and what is owed on it), you'd gain value, as long as the property value didn't drop.

Of course, if you paid all-cash for a property and didn't obtain a loan, you would forfeit this wealth generator. This is something only you can decide.

Palm Springs has been known as a 'Playground for the Stars' since the 1930s.

Nestled near the base of the San Jacinto Mountains in southern California, celebrities such as Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, and many others have called the city their home — or at least their winter get-away. Palm Springs has also been a favorite to many U.S. Presidents, and various business tycoons. 

In November of 1960 Fortune magazine was covering the winter golf scene in Palm Springs. They sent French photographer Robert Doisneau to document the socialites frequenting the country club courses throughout the city.

Doisneau's critical eye captured a humorous take on Palm Springs during the cusp of the 1960s era. His outtakes from his visit have been collected in the book "Robert Doisneau: Palm Springs 1960." Ahead, a selection of images from the book.

Palm Springs is famous for its lush golf courses, multi-million dollar vacation homes, and mid-century modern architecture.

As an outsider, Doisneau had a somewhat cynical view of Palm Springs. He's quoted in the intro of his book: "I have been introduced to millionaire golf-players as 'Robert-from-Paris'... I will have contacts in the oil, cinema, and the automobile industry."

In 1960, there were 19 golf courses in Palm Springs. One of the more popular courses was Thunderbird, a prestigious country club with an 18-hole course that had opened in 1951.

On Monday, Sony revealed the long-rumored and long-awaited new game in the "God of War" series, a popular franchise about an extraordinarily angry man named Kratos who rather violently takes down gods who inconvenience him.

However, it looks very different from its predecessors. Here are just a few ways that the new "God of War" deviates from the older games:

This is the new version of Kratos, who now rocks a seriously nice beard.

For comparison, here's what Kratos looked like in the last big "God of War" game, "God of War III Remastered."

Kratos now has a young son, who he lives with in a cabin in the snowy wilderness. It's tough to imagine the angriest video game character ever as a father, but that's the direction the new "God of War" is taking.

Not since Walt Disney has there been a figure in the animation world who has transcended the medium like John Lasseter and the studio he oversees, Pixar.

Yes, Jeffrey Katzenberg and DreamWorks Animation had their time, but for over 20 years, Lasseter's Pixar has consistently put out box-office hits (the company has earned close to $10 billion worldwide) and created stories that affect us on an emotional level that we can't wait to experience again and again.

From the "you've got a friend" tale of the "Toy Story" movies to a commentary on how we need to protect our planet in the multilayered "WALL-E," Pixar movies are much more than kids' movies or cartoons. Which is exactly how ol' Walt went about it.

Now that we've seen Pixar's latest, "Finding Dory" (out June 17), we've taken on the gargantuan task of ranking all 17 Pixar releases including "Dory"— scroll down to find out how the sequel stacks up and what's the best of them all.

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17. 'Cars 2' (2011)

Taking Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) and Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) away from Radiator Springs and going international (plus making Mater a spy) didn't grab critics. This sequel became the first "rotten" Pixar movie on Rotten Tomatoes. Deservedly.

16. 'A Bug’s Life' (1998)

In the second movie ever released by Pixar, an ant named Flik (voiced by Dave Foley) sets out to find others to help save his colony against grasshoppers and ends up recruiting a unique group of allies.

Though the movie was successful at the box office, with the release of DreamWorks' "Antz" a month earlier, you're more likely to remember the Lasseter-Katzenberg feud than the films. 

15. 'The Good Dinosaur' (2015)

Perhaps one of the more serious stories in the Pixar inventory, this coming-of-age tale about an Apatosaurus and his human friend Spot trying to return home didn't catch on nearly as much as Pixar's other release in 2015, "Inside Out."

Burnout may have been at play here, but mostly Pixar challenged its core audience with a darker story than they were used to.

DoubleLine Capital's "bond king," Jeff Gundlach, hosted another closely watched webcast on Tuesday by outlining his views on the world economy and markets.

He spent much of his time decrying the effect of negative interest rates and the policy decisions of central banks, arguing that they are fighting a fire with gasoline.

Gundlach also said that while the US is not approaching a recession, there are a number of worrying signs that the economy is not running on all cylinders. Additionally, he is still of the opinion that Donald Trump will win the presidential election.

Throughout the 58-slide presentation, Gundlach also highlighted his thoughts on the GDP outlook, the recent resurgence — or lack thereof — in oil, and the sales of safes.

We've compiled all of the charts that back up Gundlach's arguments below.

Thanks to DoubleLine Funds for letting us run these slides.