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Gentlemen, here's how you get dressed for work in 5 minutes or less

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This one goes out to the Wall Street associates and vice presidents who have to be at work on time after a nice, long client dinner.

We got you guys.

We got you because we know that no matter what time you wake up (or stayed up) you have to be at work on time looking like you got a solid eight hours of restful sleep. 

This means you've showed up at the office wearing something several notches above what a first-year analyst might pick up off the floor of his Murray Hill apartment on Friday morning.

During these instances, it's important to maximize time. Instincts kick in, and it's all about moving more and thinking less. Knowing that, here are four steps to looking perfectly fresh even though you're getting dressed with your id.

Huge shouts to stylist Jessica Cadmus, of the Wardrobe Whisperer, for helping us put them together.

  1. Look at the lining of your suit. As long as it's not some crazy color you customized with your tailor, you can use it to pick a shirt. Think: Navy lining, blue shirt. Pink lining, pink shirt. You get it.
  2. Look at the buttons on your suit jacket. Pick a belt and shoes that match your buttons.
  3. Match your socks to your trousers. Do not match your socks to your shirt. You are not hosting "The Price is Right." This is not daytime television — it's Wall Street.
  4. And then the tie. "Let me add a no-fail tip on choosing a tie," Cadmus told Business Insider. "It's never wrong to wear a solid-colored tie that matches the base color of the suit. So, navy suit? Grab a solid navy tie."

All of that should get you squared away in about five minutes, as long as nothing you're wearing is wrinkled.

Not that any of you would do that.

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Richard Branson tells the story behind his famous kitesurfing photos

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Virgin Group founder Richard Branson recently broke yet another Guinness World Record by upping the ante after an iconic photo of the mogul kitesurfing with a nude woman went viral.

In March, Branson successfully kitesurfed with three women riding along with him, and Guinness World Records officially acknowledged the achievement as the "world record for most people riding a kitesurf board."

Branson told us the backstory behind the record-setting feat.

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What it's like to eat at Bouley, the best restaurant in America

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bouley tomato confitTripAdvisor just released its list of the top 25 restaurants in the US, and Bouley in New York City came in at number one.

Originally opened in 1987 by Chef David Bouley in New York's hip Tribeca neighborhood, the Michelin-starred restaurant has become a premier dining destination for upscale French cuisine.

From its stunning decor to its eclectic and beautiful French-inspired dishes, see what makes Bouley such a special dining experience. 

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Bouley is located in New York City's hip Tribeca neighborhood.



There are shelves of fresh apples displayed at the restaurant's entrance.



There is also a waiting area decorated with plush antique furniture, fresh flowers, and a small lounge.



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The Golden Gate Bridge has a big problem that California is investing $76 million in steel cables to solve

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More than 1,400 people have jumped to their deaths off the 220-foot-tall Golden Gate Bridge, and the state of California has finally had enough. 

On Friday, the bridge's board took a significant step forward in their plans to build a suicide barrier that, they hope, will put a stop to the tragedy.

The board and the National Park Service approved a deal that will allow construction builders to store their materials on park lands.

Without this deal, the barrier could not have been built because the National Park Service controls the land at the bridge, according to the Marin Independent Journal.

The suicide barrier, which is estimated to cost a total of $76 million, will consist of a giant net that extends 20 feet below and 20 feet out from the pedestrian-friendly half of the bridge. The net will feature stainless-steel cables that will "absorb" any person who falls into them, making it difficult to escape until help arrives, the Associated Press reports.

The board approved construction late last year and recently announced that the project will go out to bid this Tuesday. Once construction begins, the board anticipates that the project will take about three years to complete.

Discussions about a suicide barrier for the Golden Gate Bridge stretch back to the 1950s, but until now, nothing has been done. 

"For too long tragedy and loss has been part of the national park at the Golden Gate," Aaron Roth, who is the assistant superintendent at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, told the Marin Independent Journal. "We look forward to a future where the beauty and inspiration of this beautiful place are not overshadowed by these tragic losses and deep sorrow."

Ultimately, the net is supposed to prevent jumpers from falling to their death. However, the bridge board hopes that just the presence of the net will work as a deterrent, preventing jumps altogether.

golden gate bridgeAnd according to a scientific paper published last month in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry, the authors say such deterrence is a likely outcome. 

The researchers dove into the scientific literature and dug up different studies that measured how effective different types of suicidal prevention were, such as restricting access to high-risk areas, adding suicide barriers, and signs with a phone number people can use to call for help.

From their work, the researchers found that suicide barriers were, indeed, effective — they can reduce the number of suicides by more than 90% in high-risk locations, reports Rachel Gross at Slate. But if you want to be especially thorough, then you should combine the three main forms of suicide prevention:

  • Restrict access to high-risk areas
  • Include signs with information about seeking help 
  • Establish suicide barriers

Some are opposed to the Golden Gate Bridge's new project, suggesting that people will find other ways to commit suicide. However, the net's role for both prevention and deterrence could encourage potential jumpers to seek help, the LA Times reports.

Several services are coming together to meet the cost. Here's the break down, according to the Marin Independent Journal:

  • $27 million is the largest single sum that will be given by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
  • $22 million will come from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
  • $20 million from the Golden Gate Bridge Districts
  • $7 million from the Mental Health Services Act funds

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Psychologists finally figured out what makes creepy people creepy

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Ever gotten creeped out by someone who just seemed, well, creepy?

A recent study currently under review for publication by Knox College social psychologist Francis McAndrew takes a stab at unpacking exactly what creepiness is.

Feeling creeped out is a "universal human response," McAndrew writes, that developed in response to an ambiguous detection of a threat, usually one that's violent or sexual — "anything that would make you unsure of what the person would do next," McAndrew told Business Insider.

Being creeped out is "a signal that something might be dangerous," writes Lisa Wade, a sociology professor at Occidental College and founder of the sociology blog Sociological Images.

"Things we know are dangerous scare us — no creepiness there — but if we’re unsure if we’re under threat, that’s when things get creepy," Wade writes.

For his study, McAndrew surveyed more than 1,300 people between the ages of 18 and 77 about behaviors and characteristics associated with creepiness. The study first suggested a situation in which a trustworthy friend met someone who they thought was creepy. Then, survey participants rated the likelihood, on a scale from 1 ("very unlikely") to 5 ("very likely"), of the creepy person to possess certain physical attributes (like "greasy hair") or exhibit certain behaviors (like "touched friend frequently").

Survey participants said a person watching their friend before interacting with them was the behavior most likely to be held by a creepy person, followed by a person touching their friend frequently. The third behavior most likely to be held by a creepy person was steering the conversation toward sex (click chart to enlarge):

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McAndrew also learned that 95% of survey participants thought creeps were more likely to be male than female — a perception that was equally held by both male and female survey respondents. Women were also more likely to perceive a sexual threat from people they deemed creepy.

The topic of creepiness is one that hasn't been explored too much in depth, but Wade thinks there's a lot more that McAndrew could do in his research.

For one thing, she wonders if people of different races or ethnicities could be perceived as potentially more dangerous or creepy than other races or ethnicities, or if people who are objectively more attractive are perceived as less threatening than unattractive people.

"There's research on attractiveness, and that people who are more attractive are better in every way," she told Business Insider. "There's a bias toward attractive people that's reinforced by mass media, and even when a movie casts a bad guy they cast someone who's objectively unattractive, unless the intention is to have the audience be surprised that the bad guy is bad." The same could be said "of anyone who has some sort of physical feature that goes against the norm," she notes, "like a physical disability or disfigurement."

McAndrew also asked participants in another part of the survey about occupations most likely to be held by creeps.

Clowns came in first, followed by taxidermists, sex shop owners, and funeral directors, following McAndrew's hypothesis that occupations involving "threatening stimuli" like death or sex would be perceived as creepy. McAndrew's paper is currently in review for publication with the journal New Ideas in Psychology.

So if you've been taking notes at home: Don't watch people before interacting with them, keep your hair clean and, if you're a clown, maybe consider a new career.

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Here's the critical difference between marriage today and 30 years ago

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Marriage has always been a gamble, but the modern game is harder — with higher stakes than ever before.

Struggling marriages make people more unhappy today than in the past, while healthy marriages have some of the happiest couples in history, according to a comprehensive analysis published in 2007 regarding marital quality and personal well-being.

When Eli Finkel sought to understand why marriage is more extreme at both ends today than in the past, he discovered something intriguing yet discouraging: Marriages in the US are more challenging today than at any other time in our country's history.

Finkel is a professor of social psychology at Northwestern University and is known for developing a surprisingly simple marriage-saving procedure, which takes 21 minutes a year. (The procedure involves three seven-minute online writing sessions, where couples describe their most recent disagreement from the perspective of a hypothetical neutral bystander — something they are also encouraged to try out in future arguments.)

Finkel, together with his colleagues of the Relationships and Motivation LAB at Northwestern, have gone on to publish several papers on what they call "the suffocation model of marriage in America."

In their latest paper on this front, they explain why — compared to previous generations — some of the defining qualities of today's marriages make it harder for couples to cultivate a flourishing relationship. The simple answer is that people today expect more out of their marriage. If these higher expectations are not met, it can suffocate a marriage to the point of destroying it.

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Finkel, in an Opinion article in The New York Times summarizing their latest paper on this model, discusses the three distinct models of marriage that relationship psychologists refer to:

  • institutional marriage (from the nation's founding until 1850)
  • companionate marriage (from 1851 to 1965)
  • self-expressive marriage (from 1965 onward)

Before 1850, people were hardly walking down the aisle for love. In fact, American couples at this time, who wed for food production, shelter, and protection from violence, were satisfied if they felt an emotional connection with their spouse, Finkel wrote. (Of course, old-fashioned, peaceful-seeming marriages may have been especially problematic for women, and there were an "array of cruelties that this kind of marriage could entail," Rebecca Onion wrote recently in Aeon.)

Those norms changed quickly when an increasing number of people left the farm to live and work in the city for higher pay and fewer hours. With the luxury of more free time, Americans focused on what they wanted in a lifelong partner, namely companionship and love. But the counter-cultural attitude of the 1960s led Americans to think of marriage as an option instead of an essential step in life.

This leads us to today's model, self-expressive marriage, wherein the average modern, married American is looking not only for love from their spouse but for a sense of personal fulfillment. Finkel writes that this era's marriage ideal can be expressed in the simple quote "You make me want to be a better man," from James L. Brooks' 1997 film "As Good as It Gets."

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These changes to marital expectations have been a mixed bag, Finkel argues.

"As Americans have increasingly looked to their marriage to help them meet idiosyncratic, self-expressive needs, the proportion of marriages that fall short of their expectations has grown, which has increased rates of marital dissatisfaction," Finkel's team writes, in their latest paper. On the other hand, "those marriages that succeed in meeting these needs are particularly fulfilling, more so than the best marriages in earlier eras."

The key to a successful, flourishing marriage? Finkel and his colleagues describe three general options:

  • Don't look to your marriage alone for personal fulfillment. In addition to your spouse, use all resources available to you including friends, hobbies, and work.
  • If you want a lot from your marriage, then you have to give a lot, meaning that in order to meet their high expectations, couples must invest more time and psychological resources into their marriage.
  • And if neither of those options sound good, perhaps it's time to ask less of the marriage and adjust high expectations for personal fulfillment and self discovery.

wedding couple first dance bride groomOther researchers, like sociologist Jeffrey Dew, support the notion that time is a crucial factor in sustaining a successful marriage.

Dew, who is a professor at the University of Virginia, found that Americans in 1975 spent, on average, 35 hours a week alone with their spouse while couples in 2003 spent 26 hours together. Child-rearing couples in 1975 spent 13 hours a week together, alone, compared to couples in 2003 who spent 9 hours a week together. The divorce rate in America was 32.8% in 1970 and rose to 49.1% by 2000.

While that doesn't necessarily mean less time together led to divorce or that the people who stayed together were happy, Finkel's research suggests that higher expectations and less investment in the relationship may be a toxic brew.

Marriage has become as tricky but also as potentially rewarding as climbing Mt. Everest: Obtaining a sense of personal fulfillment from your partner is as hard as achieving the summit. This is both good and bad because it means that you are reaching for the pinnacle of what marriage has to offer — which explains why couples in healthy marriages are happier now than in the past — but it also means that meeting those expectations and feeling satisfied in marriage is harder than ever.

"The good news is that our marriages can flourish today like never before," Finkel writes for The New York Times. "They just can't do it on their own."

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Take a tour of the Gulfstream G650, the best private jet $65 million can buy

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At $65 million, the Gulfstream G650 is the biggest, fastest, and overall best private jet money can buy.

It also takes a lot of patience to get your hands on one.

If you want one, you'll have to wait years for delivery after you place an order.

But once you're on board, you can fly around the planet faster and higher than on any commercial jet, in a cabin flooded with natural light and filled with air that is actually richer than what you breathe in cheaper planes.

It's easy to see why the G650 is in a class of its own.

[An earlier version of this post was written by Alex Davies.]

The G650 is the largest purpose-built private jet on the market, and has the tallest, longest, and widest cabin in its class.



At its maximum takeoff weight, it can climb to 41,000 feet (above bad weather and crowded commercial jet routes) in just 22 minutes.



Its range is more than 8,000 miles. Flying from London at near its top speed, it can reach New York and Beijing. At a slower, more fuel-efficient rate, it can get to Buenos Aires and Los Angeles.



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Simple science-backed steps to finding your purpose in life

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Do you wake up each morning with a sense of determination to start the day, as if every day held a clear purpose for you and you alone?

Researchers have found that people who feel as if they lead a meaningful life are generally less depressed, healthier, and live longer.

But it is not easy to find your one true purpose.

That's why the producers at Happify— a website and app that offers psychology-based games to increase your happiness — dived into the scientific literature to uncover what sorts of activities and traits people who lead meaningful lives had in common.

They combined these commonalities into this graphic so people who feel lost and a lacking in purpose can use these simple, science-backed steps to help them discover how to live a meaningful life:happify purpose final (1)

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The 16 coolest new businesses in Portland

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Known for its "Keep Portland Weird" slogan, the City of Roses certainly has its fair share of cool, offbeat businesses.

From a boutique where everything's free to a startup that powers drones and a custom piñata shop, we rounded up 16 of the coolest new businesses in Portland, Oregon, focusing on those that opened in the last five years or so. 

Scroll down to check them out. 

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Altabira City Tavern

1021 NE Grand Avenue

What it is: A rooftop bar and restaurant that serves all Oregon-brewed beers.

What makes it cool: Atop the newly opened Hotel Eastlund sits Altabira City Tavern, a rooftop bar that has 16 selections of local Oregon craft beer on tap, as well as breathtaking views of downtown Portland. The space also features a 50-seat restaurant helmed by acclaimed chef David Machado, of Lauro Mediterranean Kitchen and Nel Centro fame.



Beam & Anchor

2710 N Interstate Avenue

What it is: A store focused on building community.

What makes it cool: At Beam & Anchor, shopping is about more than just buying stuff — it's about building a community. Owners Jocelyn and Robert Rahm started the shop as a way to foster connections between people, ideas, and the material things we live with. In addition to selling ceramics, jewelry, and accessories, Beam & Anchor also hosts dinners and workshops to further drive the community feel.



Bit House Saloon

727 SE Grand Avenue

What it is: A whiskey and tequila-centric bar known for its creative cocktails.

What makes it cool: Though it's only been open since July, Bit House Saloon is already making waves in the Portland bar scene. Housed in the same space as the old East Bank Saloon, the bar serves a selection of single-barrel bourbons on tap, as well as a host of creative cocktails such as the K23, a mix of rum, jasmine, mint, lemon, and beet, or the House of Bambooze, made of sherry, vermouth, and salted almonds.



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The internet is desperately trying to solve this disturbing puzzle that was hidden inside a CD mailed from Poland

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The internet loves creepy puzzles with occult overtones — and now a new one is spreading through message boards and social media.

The sleuthing began when Johny from GadgetZZ.com allegedly received an anonymous CD in the mail from Poland. Stored on the CD was a black-and-white video of a man dressed from head to toe in black robes and wearing a mask that doctors used while treating the Plague.

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While the figure in the video doesn't say anything, the video does contain a warbling sound that seems to be a code of sorts, and there is a blinking light in the cloaked figure's hand that also suggests a hidden message.

Of course, the internet quickly dived headfirst into trying to solve the mystery. According to GadgetZZ, someone on Reddit put the audio into a spectrogram and the below strange image came out, which reads, "You're already dead."

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People decoding the sound also allegedly found pictures of a woman being tortured embedded in it, as well as GPS coordinates of the White House.

All of this amounts to a conspiracy theorist's dream come true, and internet commenters have already postulated all kinds of ideas, including serial killers and the Illuminati.

GadgetZZ points out that the video first surfaced on the internet in a May post on the "paranormal" board of the image-sharing community 4chan, where an anonymous poster claims to have found the CD on a park bench.

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The grooming product every man should steer clear of

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Many men are doing more harm than good with their post-shaving routine — and one seemingly innocuous product is the culprit.

It turns out aftershave, the alcohol-based astringent hiding in medicine cabinets the world over, can actually be harmful to your skin, according to Dr. Terrence Keaney, a dermatologist working with Dove's Men+ Care line.

The old-world style of aftershave contains two major ingredients: alcohol and a heavy fragrance.

The alcohol is used as an astringent, and it was marketed as a way to reduce the chance of infection on any cuts that may have occurred while shaving.

The alcohol also produces a cooling, light burning sensation, leaving the skin taut. There is also a fragrance component, with many men using aftershave as a replacement for cologne.

Why you should NEVER put alcohol-based aftershave on your face

In actuality, the alcohol is a major irritant and will dry your skin out. Additionally, the heavy fragrance isn't something you want to put on your skin after it has been stripped of its oils after shaving.

"You're putting it on skin that's just been shaved, so you're removing all those barriers and slapping a very heavy alcohol solution so that could really irritate [your skin]," Dr. Keaney said.

What to use instead

Dr. Keaney recommends a soothing, moisturizing aftershave. While this won't produce the familiar burning sensation, it will replace some of that moisture you lost while shaving. Some are even scented, so you'll still smell great — without the burn.

Most of the dominant companies making skincare products for men have a product specially formulated to relieve the burn of shaving and provide moisture, including Neutrogena, Dove, Baxter of California, Bulldog, and American Crew. But as long as the product doesn't have alcohol and has some moisturizing component, you're golden.

So, if you have an alcohol-based aftershave in your routine, it's time to ditch that pronto.

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This aerial image of Long Island's best corn maze will make you think long and hard

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Summer may have the beach, but fall brings a cornucopia of festivals and autumn attractions at America's farms. 

At Hank's Pumpkintown in Water Mill, New York, families can go apple picking, enjoy a wagon ride, stock up on fresh apple pie and cider doughnuts, watch pig and duck races, and of course, wander the corn maze. 

Aerial photographer Jeff Cully of EEFAS captured the maze from above. See if you can figure it out!

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21 bizarre sports that people play around the world

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Baseball may be America's pastime, but citizens of other countries are entertaining themselves in altogether different ways. 

Cultural tradition has informed a whole range of strangely fascinating sports around the world — balancing on bamboos, for example, or wrestling on horses. 

While some games are unique to a particular country, others can be found in several nations in a given region. 

From cheese-rolling in New Zealand to wife-carrying in Finland, here are some of the world's wackiest games. 

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In Guatemala City, performers are seen taking part in an exhibition game of the Mayan Ball (or Maya Ball) game, which involves getting a solid rubber ball through a set of rings without using one's hands.



Musangwe boxing is an age-old tradition in northern South Africa. Men and boys display their fighting skills in an all-out battle with only three rules: the struggle continues until blood is shed, someone is knocked out, or a fighter surrenders by raising his hand.

Source: BBC



The annual Shrovetide football match in Ashbourne, central England, consists of teams — the Up'ards and the Down’ards — trying to score by tapping the ball on stone goal plinths three times.



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20 cognitive biases that screw up your decisions

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You make thousands of rational decisions every day — or so you think.

From what you'll eat throughout the day to whether you should make a big career move, research suggests that there are a number of cognitive stumbling blocks that affect your behavior, and they can prevent you from acting in your own best interests.

Here, we've rounded up the most common biases that screw up our decision-making.

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