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College kids are bragging online about abusing drugs to study

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It's no secret that some college kids abuse ADHD drugs to help them study, as they believe it helps them increase focus, decrease their need for sleep.

Studies have been all over the map as to how widespread this drug abuse is, with some research saying it's rare, with about 2% of college kids into the practice, and other research saying it's rampant, with as many as 40% having at least tried this practice. A study that studied the other studies concluded that about 17% of college students abuse ADHD drugs, or 1 in 6 students.

By looking at the photos of these drugs shared by college students via an app called Yeti Campus Stories, it's clear that whatever the percentage, plenty of college kids are popping ADHD pills, which are Schedule II controlled substances, the same category as cocaine. They are openly telling people that they're using them and their friends are "liking" their posts in agreement.

Yeti is an app where students share photos and videos of college life and it offers a revealing, sometimes startling, look at college culture.

Here's some of the photos posted by college kids in just the last few weeks showing their stashes of drugs like Adderall and Ritalin.

SEE ALSO: A lot of college kids are packing loaded guns and assault weapons these days

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Why female meteorologists all over the US are wearing the same $23 dress

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In Dallas, Oklahoma City, Boston, Des Moines, and dozens of other cities across the United States, local weather forecasts have had a familiar look to them in recent weeks.

That's because more than 50 female meteorologists have discovered the "Homeyee stretch tunic pencil sheath dress" — a $22.99 dress on Amazon that's ideal for the television news profession.

Tech Insider's Madison Malone Kircher reports that the phenomenon started when someone posted a link to the dress in a private Facebook group for female meteorologists. Those who ordered it loved it because it was fashionable while also satisfying the long list of wardrobe restrictions that female meteorologists face.

"We're encouraged to wear more dresses, but it's hard to find," April Warnecke, a meteorologist for 3TV in Arizona, told INSIDER. "You find a lot of these short-sleeve dresses, a lot of stripes, not a lot of bright colors that have sleeves on them. This had both of those, plus it was cheap."

Meteorologists are discouraged from wearing colors that clash with the green screen or patterns that look too busy on TV. They try to wear bright, solid-colored dresses with sleeves, Warnecke said.

They're also essentially on their own when it comes to wardrobe.

"I think people think that people in television news have clothing allowances or that there's somebody here that dresses us or gives us dresses," Warnecke said. "The truth is we have consultants that give us advice, but they don't give us money or clothing. So we're on our own to figure that out."

Shelby Hays, a meteorologist for the ABC affiliate in Oklahoma City, told INSIDER that "the dress" continues to gain stream, with a dozen more meteorologists ordering it since a collage of women wearing it on air went viral over the weekend.

"It's not a fashion show. We don't want people paying attention to our clothes, we want people paying attention to what we're saying," she said. "But in the same sense, it's extremely hard to find long-sleeve dresses."

You also can't beat that pricetag.

"It cost $23," Hays said. "Anytime you can get a dress that costs $23, it's a good dress."

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The best way to cook a turkey is to grill it

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Turkey is a Thanksgiving staple. But if you're one of those people who secretly dread a plate full of turkey meat, it could be because you've never had it cooked the right way.

On Thanksgiving, most people choose to roast their turkey in the oven. This is silly because you need the oven either to cook or heat up other dishes like mashed potatoes, stuffing, roasted vegetables, etc.

Some more adventurous cooks will try deep-frying their turkey, which produces a crispy golden skin but significantly increases the possibility of blowing yourself up before the big feast.

The best way to cook your turkey is to grill it.

It makes the turkey moist and smoky. That's because it roasts the turkey like a rotisserie — the flavors are locked inside while all the fat and grease drips off.

To grill your turkey on an outdoor grill, the first trick is to buy a turkey that is already brined (or you can do this yourself) to prevent the skin from burning.

Lightly brush your bird with melted butter (olive oil will start a fire on the grill) and stuff the inside of the turkey with an assortment of herbs. Anything will work, but thyme, rosemary, and sage are good choices.

If you have a Weber grill, you're going to use what's called the "indirect method" to grill your turkey. The beauty of this method is that it slowly cooks the turkey evenly on all sides.

First, preheat the grill with all the burners on high. The turkey is placed directly onto the cooking grate, meaning there's less of a mess to clean up after. Once the turkey is on the grill, turn the center burner off and the two side burners down, maintaining a temperature of around 350 degrees Fahrenheit. For added flavor, you can add hickory chips to a grill smoker.

Unlike oven-roasting, you don't have to turn or baste your turkey, so it's less of a hassle. The turkey is safe to eat when the internal temperature has reached 165 degrees Fahrenheit.

See this chart from Butterball for more tips on how to grill a turkey on an outdoor charcoal and gas grill.

SEE ALSO: 9 simple tricks to make your Thanksgiving much healthier

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7 cooking hacks to save your Thanksgiving from disaster

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Even the most confident Thanksgiving cooks make mistakes. 

There's always one dish that doesn't come out as good as last year, as bolder family members may remind you. Indeed, the pressure to cook the perfect holiday meal is heavy, especially if it's your first time.

A former private chef and graduate of Paris' Le Cordon Bleu, Elana Karp knows this pressure well.

She's cooked more Thanksgiving dinners than she can remember. And in the test kitchen she manages for Plated, a popular subscription meal service, Karp writes and perfects 11 recipes every week. Identifying cooking shortcuts and hacks is her specialty.

We visited her kitchen to learn solutions to seven problems cooks commonly face on Thanksgiving. 

SEE ALSO: 19 things you can make instead of a whole-roasted turkey this Thanksgiving

Welcome to Plated's New York City headquarters.



This is the test kitchen where all of the recipes that end up in your Plated boxes are created.



And this is Plated's culinary vice president, Elana Karp. Today she's demonstrating hacks for common blunders with turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, and pie.



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Meet the 12 most powerful women on the planet

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Business Insider recently released a ranking of the 50 most powerful people in the world— the men and women who command the most influence and authority right now.

We looked at more than 100 of the top leaders in business, politics, entertainment, and tech. We evaluated their influence based on metrics in four major areas: economic power, command, newsworthiness, and impact — a subjective measure that captures how important they are in their respective spheres (see our full methodology here).

To spotlight the women who are breaking barriers and transforming industries, countries, and companies, we broke out a separate list of the world's most powerful women, including the nine women who made our top 50 as well as several near misses.

While more women than ever have ascended to the top echelons of power — Park Geun-hye and Dilma Rousseff are the first female presidents of South Korea and Brazil, respectively — gender equality is still a long way off. Less than 5% of S&P 500 companies are led by female CEOs, and according to the World Economic Forum, it could take another 118 years to erase the global gender pay gap. 

Considering the systemic obstacles working against them, the accomplishments of these women — who are role models simply by dint of their positions — warrant special mention.

Scroll down to meet the 12 most powerful women on the planet.

Editing by Alex Morrell; additional research by Andy Kiersz.

SEE ALSO: The 50 most powerful people in the world

12. Isabel Dos Santos

Title: Businesswoman and investor

Country: Angola

Age: 42

Not only is Isabel Dos Santos the daughter of the president of Angola, she's also Africa's first female billionaire, amassing a net worth of at least $3.4 billion at a time when the average Angolan lives on just $2 a day.

Her wealth stems primarily from investments in Angolan and Portuguese conglomerates, including Unitel, one of Angola's largest telecom companies, and Portugal's Banco BPI. In June, she bought a 65% stake in Portuguese power components manufacturer Efacec Power Solutions for more than $220 million. 

Thanks to her savvy business moves and considerable wealth, Dos Santos' words can move markets: In March she reportedly suggested a merger between Banco BPI and Millennium BCP, another bank in Portugal, causing the share prices of both banks to surge to their highest levels since the end of 2014.



11. Meg Whitman

Title: CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, chair of HP Inc.

Country: US

Age: 59

After taking the helm of IT company Hewlett Packard in 2011 amid internal corporate scandals, Meg Whitman set out to overhaul the company and revive its declining profits and revenues. She wrote off fruitless acquisitions, implemented thousands of layoffs, and ultimately split HP into two separate Fortune 500 companies, a change that took effect November 1. Whitman now serves as CEO of new brand Hewlett Packard Enterprises, which will focus on software and tech services, and is the chairman of HP Inc., which will center on personal computers and printers.

Previously the longtime CEO of e-commerce site eBay, Whitman’s personal net worth sits at a sizable $2.1 billion. When she took the position at eBay, the company only had 30 employees and $4 million in revenue, but by the time she left 10 years later, eBay was generating $8 billion in annual revenue and employed more than 15,000 people.

Whitman’s no stranger to politics either. Back in 2010, she unsuccessfully ran for governor of California, famously spending more of her own money on the campaign — at least $119 million — than any other self-funded politician in history.



10. Hillary Clinton

Title: Former US Secretary of State, 2016 presidential candidate

Country: US

Age: 68

Hillary Clinton has come a long way since her stint as first lady, and she could find herself back in the White House if she wins the 2016 presidential election. The Democratic front-runner has support from an impressive 56% of her party, according to a November 13 poll by Reuters. This comes even after the "emailgate" scandal that revealed she had been using a personal email account instead of a government email while she served as secretary of state, showing that even despite her mistakes, her experience and popularity could still land her in office.

Clinton was the first female senator in New York and the first and so far only first lady to run for president herself. In addition to several high-profile endorsements from school unions, Clinton recently earned the support of the SEIU, a labor union two million members strong. As her list of backers continues to swell and her electoral chances improve, so does her sway and influence in American politics. 



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Former Ivy League admissions director reveals why expensive boarding schools may not be worth it

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Thousands of high school students around the world are busy submitting their college applications. Many parents spend tens of thousands of dollars on tuition at boarding schools with the hope that it will give their child an edge when applying to competitive universities like Harvard and Yale.

We talked to Steve LeMenager, who worked in the admissions office of Princeton University for 24 years. LeMenager currently works as a college advisor for the educational consulting firm Edvice Princeton.

We asked him how much of an edge paying for an expensive prep school actually gives students when applying to college.

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A 7-year-old crushed the Australian national anthem while battling hiccups

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Video of a 7-year-old singing the Australian national anthem while battling hiccups has gone viral. The video, posted by the Australian Baseball League, shows Ethan Hall pushing through to finish the song despite having hiccups from the first line. Baseball players are holding back laughter. Hall perseveres and finishes the song to an applauding audience.

After making it through the national anthem, Hall greets the ball players, giving them high fives.

"What a lot of courage from the youngster. I mean he could have completely fallen apart," one of the game's announcer's said after Hall finished singing.

Story and editing by Andrew Fowler

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Here's a complete list of Black Friday store hours

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The holiday shopping season is upon us with Black Friday just around the corner.

For those shoppers planning to hit the stores over the holiday, we have compiled a complete list of opening times on Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

Thanksgiving Day:

Black Friday:

Most retailers that are opening on Thanksgiving will remain open overnight. Here's some more information on the schedules for each retailer:

  • Belk: Open 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving to 10 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Big Lots: Open 7 a.m. to midnight on Thanksgiving. Will reopen 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Best Buy: Open 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving to 1 a.m. on Black Friday. Will reopen 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Costco: Open 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Dick's Sporting Goods: Open 6 p.m. to midnight on Thanksgiving. Will reopen 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Dollar General: Open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Will reopen 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • GameStop: Open 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • hhgregg: Open 4 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Thanksgiving. Will reopen 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Home Depot: Open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Black Friday.
  • JCPenney: Open 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving to 10 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Kmart: Open 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving to 10 p.m. on Black Friday. 
  • Kohl's: Open 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving to 12 a.m. on Saturday.
  • Lowe's: Open 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Macy's: Open 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving to 10 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Marshalls: Open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Michaels: Open 4 p.m. on Thanksgiving to 2 a.m. on Black Friday. Will reopen 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Office Depot/OfficeMax: Open 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Will reopen at 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Old Navy: Open 4 p.m. on Thanksgiving to 12 a.m. on Black Friday.
  • PetSmart: Open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • RadioShack: Open 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Will reopen 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Sam's Club: Open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Sears: Open 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving to 2 a.m. on Black Friday. Will reopen 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Sports Authority: Open 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Thanksgiving. Will reopen 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Staples: Open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Target: Open 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving to 11 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • T.J. Maxx: Open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Toys R Us: Open 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving to 11 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Victoria's Secret: Open 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving to 10 p.m. on Black Friday.
  • Walmart: Open 6 p.m. Thanksgiving through Black Friday.

SEE ALSO: We compared Whole Foods' prices to those of its biggest competitor — and what we found was shocking

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You've been cooking your turkey all wrong — here's how to do it in 90 minutes flat

I took a ride on the Rolls-Royce of buses — and it was better than Amtrak

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The modern airport experience is not an enjoyable one, especially in the midst of the Thanksgiving holiday rush.

Security lines, forever-rising ticket prices, and seemingly arbitrary fees all create a stressful and pricey experience.

Some are looking to other forms of transportation for an alternative. Amtrak had record ridership numbers in 2014, tallying 11.6 million passengers along the Northeast Corridor alone.

And a study from the Chaddick Institute shows that inter-city bus ridership has also risen by an increase of 2.1% since 2013.

But buses are cramped and slow, earning their spot at the bottom rung of the transportation ladder. Trains aren't getting any faster, either, as the nation's rickety rail infrastructure ages and high-speed proposals are stymied.

I travel from New York City to Boston frequently, usually by bus, but after countless trips with my legs folded up like origami in uncomfortable seats, I'd just about had enough.

I had heard about LimoLiner, a luxury bus service that makes three round-trips between New York and Boston Monday through Thursday every week. It makes more trips between the two cities over the weekend. With perks like free meals and individual leather seats, LimoLiner made Megabus sound like a stagecoach by comparison.

On a recent trip to Boston, I decided to compare LimoLiner with an Amtrak regional train to see which one offered a more comfortable experience for the price — and I was surprised by what I found.

SEE ALSO: I took a ride to New York City's first new subway station in over 25 years

I was pretty excited to be taking the train after so many terrible bus rides to Boston and back. I boarded the Amtrak train at Penn Station, a cavernous and ill-conceived tangle of walkways and escalators beneath Madison Square Garden in New York. No one wants to go to Penn Station.



The train left right on time after a painless boarding process, and within five minutes we were zipping through Queens.



At $128 one-way, the train isn't wildly expensive, but it's not exactly the lap of luxury. Of course, the prices differ depending on the departure time. My train left at 7 a.m.



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Making real cranberry sauce is so easy, there's absolutely no reason to serve that canned garbage this Thanksgiving

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There's been a disturbing addition to the feast many families serve on Thanksgiving. Something that looks out-of-place and downright otherworldly.

I'm taking about jellied cranberry sauce. You know, the stuff that resembles the can it wiggled out of just moments before, jiggling menacingly at you from beside the turkey? It resembles an alien life-form and is barely fit for human consumption.

Why do we, the Thanksgiving-enjoying masses, allow for this to stand? No other food would be able to resemble a tin can and still be deemed edible. Cranberry, the tastiest of the berries, should not be disrespected this way.

Luckily, there is a better way: actual, real, fresh, honest-to-goodness, whole-berry cranberry sauce. It's actually incredibly easy to make. Even I, the worst cook on the planet, can recite it from memory.

Assemble a 12-ounce package of cranberries, one cup of water, and one cup of sugar. Throw the water and sugar in a pot, bring it to a boil, throw in the cranberries, and let it simmer for 10 minutes. Take it off the heat and let it cool completely, refrigerating it until serving.

That's literally it.

The result is clearly more palatable than the jellied version. 

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Which one would you rather have on your Thanksgiving dinner table? (And yes, the one on the right does taste exactly as good as it looks.)

If you're not the cook for your Thanksgiving dinner, share this with one in your life. All of their guests will surely thank you.

NOTE: Yes, they do sell whole berry cranberry sauce in cans. But it's so easy, why not claim credit for something so delicious?

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Larry Ellison closed nearly all of the hotels on his Hawaiian island — and the unemployment rate doubled

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Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison has already made plenty of changes on Lanai, the Hawaiian island he purchased 98% of in 2012. 

Some of those changes have been significantly more harmful than others. 

In June, he shut down both of the island's main hotels — the 201-room Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay and the 102-room Four Seasons Resort Lanai the Lodge at Koele — for an extensive renovation process. 

The newly renamed Four Seasons Resort Lanai (formerly the Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay) just started taking reservations for early 2016 and is scheduled to officially reopen in February. 

With both of the main resorts closed, however, 97% of the island's hotel rooms have been unavailable to tourists for the last few months. And for an island whose economy depends on tourism, that's a big deal.

Pacific Business News reported that Lanai's unemployment rate shot up to 6.1% in October, more than double the rate of 2.9% it was at this time last year. 

The Four Seasons Resort Lanai the Lodge at Koele will continue to be used as housing for construction workers laboring at the other Four Seasons, as it has been for the last several months. 

The only hotel that will be open to the public until then is the tiny Hotel Lanai, a classic Hawaiian lodge built by pineapple king James Dole in 1923. With only 11 rooms available in total, reservations are hard to come by. 

The Four Seasons renovation included the addition of several restaurants — including Nobu Lanai, One Forty, American Steak, and Hawaiian Seafood — as well as designer boutiques.

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Here's how to experience the next generation of media for just $20 — and where to find the best immersive content for free

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Samsung has just released its Gear VR, the first real consumer headset for virtual reality, and the reviews are stellar. But if you don't have one of the few smartphones that it supports (Galaxy S6, Note 5, etc.), or the money to spend, the Gear VR hype can just be frustrating. 

But luckily there is a way to get set up with a basic virtual reality experience for only $20: Google Cardboard.

Google Cardboard headsets are basic virtual reality goggles made out of cardboard — and they actually work. All you have to do is velcro your smartphone in place, and you're ready to go (it works with both iPhone and Android). You can then look and move around while inside spherical 3D videos or games.

And if you've never experienced that, it can be jaw-dropping.

While the quality on Google Cardboard will not be as good as on something like the Gear VR — which features highly accurate head-tracking sensors powered by the team behind the Oculus Rift — the platform will certainly give you a novel experience, and has some prominent supporters. In fact, The New York Times recently sent all its Sunday print edition subscribers a pair. The Times wants people to be able to watch all its new virtual reality content.

google cardboardBut if you're not a Times subscriber, you can snag a Google Cardboard for only around $20 from several manufacturers. I Am Cardboard is a reliable one ($19.99), but there are many most listed here.

Once you have the Cardboard, it's time to find virtual reality videos and games. 

We've selected the best ones for you. Here are 10 free Google Cardboard apps that will give you an eye-opening introduction to virtual reality. 

 

Polar Sea 360 is 10-part series that drops you into the breathtaking Arctic to see the lives of sailors, scientists, and the others that brave the wilderness.

Download for iOS or Android.



War of Words VR puts you in the middle of the war that inspired Siegfried Sassoon's poem, "The Kiss," while reading it to you.

Download for iOS or Android.



VRSE gives you polished virtual reality videos from the likes of Vice, NBC, The New York Times, and prominent filmmakers.

Download for iOS or Android.



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I tried the soup Sumo wrestlers eat to bulk up — and it was disgusting

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The Sumo wrestler's diet is not for the faint of heart.

They down calories by the bowlful, attempting to strengthen their bones and gain weight so that they can crush their opponents with their massive bodies.

For more than 200 years, the wrestlers have relied on the traditional Japanese soup called "chankonabe" to get the job done. Known within the Sumo community as a "legal steroid," each rendition of chankonabe is made slightly differently, but all are chock-full of various meats and veggies.

Such a long list, in fact, that as you read it, you might begin to question why all of these ingredients are being cooked together in the same "nabe," which is the word for "one-pot meal" in Japan. 

If my life-long dream were to become a Sumo wrestler, I would have been out of luck after trying this soup. To put it lightly, it was not something I would want to sit down to before a long day of training.

Given the soup's wide array of seafood ingredients, the fish taste overpowered both the broth and the pork belly.

Luckily, I had a partner in crime to help me finish the dish — even our combined body weight did not equal the average wrestlers' impressive 330-pound body. It was a lot to take on. 

Served in front of us was a massive pot filled to the brim with:

  • Clams
  • Shrimp
  • Scallop
  • Branzino
  • Chicken tsukune
  • Pork belly
  • Silken tofu
  • Enoki
  • Shimeji
  • Shiitake mushrooms
  • Napa cabbage
  • Carrots
  • Bean sprouts
  • Shiro dashi
  • Udon noodles (served on the side)

I tried this dish at the opening of Brooklyn's Moku Moku restaurant, along with a few other items not served "nabe," that were simply amazing. Those included the Moku salad and a batch of untraditional french fries seasoned with a kick of yuzu kosho, rosemary, and salts.

I would highly recommend ordering those as your starters, along with the incredible sake: Miyasaka Yawaraka Junmai.

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Nike wants you to wear sneakers all winter long — here's why you shouldn't

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It goes like this: sneakers are for spring, summer, and fall, while boots are for fall, winter, and spring. Those are the rules. Don't look at me — I didn't make them up!

Now, sports apparel companies like Nike and Adidas are turning that conventional wisdom on its head.

They've come up with what they're calling "sneakerboots," which are basically winterized, waterproof, grippy shoes based on the sporty silhouettes you know and love, including Nike's Air Force 1 and Adidas' clamshell Superstar

This isn't the first year they've been making these hybrids, but there now seems to be an especially strong push to market them as viable options for combating the imminent slush.

You may have already come to this conclusion, but the shoes are pretty much a disaster. Not only are they expensive — the price can reach as high as $200 (about as expensive as a pair of nice leather boots with a grippy sole) — but they're hideous.

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Hybrids are almost never better than the original. Like sporks before them, sneakerboots will likely never catch on. They're awkward and silly-looking, too far from boots to be considered rugged and too rugged to be considered sneakers.

You can't even make the case that they're more versatile, as the rugged versions of the sneakers you know and love look positively out of place when there's no wintry flakes on the ground.

The sneakerboots are great if you want to play basketball in the snow. If not, it's best to just get a pair of versatile, nondescript regular boots. We all have to grow up some time.

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This tech recruiter owns the most hipster cat on Instagram

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For all the interviews Jay Stowe does as a tech recruiter in San Francisco, he'll always have one good icebreaker line: He owns the most famous hipster cat on Instagram. 

As the head of talent at Luxe, an on-demand parking service, Stowe juggles life in the startup world with a second life surrounded by cats on Instagram.

Meet Hamilton, the hipster cat.

During the mustache hysteria over the past few years, Hamilton's fame soared, before Stowe did something drastic: He gave it all away to charity. 

Meet the most famous hipster cat and his owner who has worked to give it all back to the shelter that gave him his best friend. 

SEE ALSO: Political heavyweights are exiting DC to find a new home in Silicon Valley

Stowe had cats growing up, but was looking to get one in his own life. At the shelter, there were only two male kittens. One was the super quintessential playful cuddly kitten and then there was Hamilton, who was curled up in the corner of his cage. Any time you went near him he would hiss at you, Stowe says. A volunteer at the Humane Society of Silicon Valley picked him up and put him in Stowe's hands and he immediately fell asleep. "I couldn't leave without him," Stowe says.



Hamilton, though, is a feral cat, meaning he was born and raised without contact from humans. When Stowe brought him home, he lived in the bathroom for the first month, never leaving his box. At 3 a.m. one night, Stowe heard him meowing loudly so he let him out — only to have Hamilton relocate to living in his closet.



It took another month until Hamilton started cuddling with Stowe. That's when he started taking photos and created an Instagram for his cat. "I think his first picture got 100 likes in 10 minutes. My friends knew he was taking off and I was like 'Oh, that's cool,'" Stowe says. "It didn't really dawn on me that he was going to become internet famous at the time. It was just a fun thing for me to post and see all the comments and see how much people were enjoying it."



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11 incredible psychological tricks to get people to do what you want

A 56-year-old man filmed a conversation with his 18-year-old self, and it's going viral

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When he was 18 years old in 1977, Peter "Stoney" Emshwiller filmed half of an interview with himself. He always planned on finishing the interview when he was older. 

As the years passed, Emshwiller avoided going back and looking at the old footage, not wanting to face his younger self until he was A) completely successful or B) completely unsuccessful. 

It wasn't until a recent health scare that Emshwiller was compelled to answer his younger self's questions. At the age of 56, about 38 years after he'd filmed half of the interview, he finally revisited the old footage.

He realized that success is not black and white, and that this was the lesson he wished to impart upon his younger, more naive self. 

Now, Emshwiller is working to complete the project, titled "Later That Same Life." He created a sizzle reel, which has been viewed almost one million times on YouTube. 

He was astounded by the number of views, but he wasn't prepared for the "trolls," he told INSIDER. However, the amount of positive feedback, he says, has balanced out the negativity and vitriol. 

He is turning his sizzle reel into a full-blown feature film. Through crowdfunding site Rockethub, and in partnership with Ovation TV and Creative Studio, he's been able to raise more than enough money to fund the feature. In fact, he's exceeded his fundraising goal by 336%. 

The feature film won't be one long interview, he told INSIDER. It will have a full narrative arc that's genuine and emotional all the way through. He says it's going to be "naked and brutally honest," but not without laughs. 

We can't wait until it's out. 

Watch Emshwiller's sizzle reel here and check out his website

Story and video by Ben Nigh. 

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