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REPORTS: Zika has now spread to Miami Beach

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An aedes aegypti mosquitoes is seen in The Gorgas Memorial institute for Health Studies laboratory as they conduct a research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases in Panama City February 4, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

Zika has now spread beyond what was previously the only neighborhood with local transmission in the continental US, according to mediareports.

In addition to the Wynwood neighborhood in Miami, at least some part of Miami Beach is also experiencing mosquito-transmitted Zika, the Miami Herald reported, citing sources familiar with Florida health officials' discussion. The New York Times, citing an anonymous health official, reported that officials are trying to decide whether to designate part of Miami Beach as a location with local transmission. 

In a statement released Thursday afternoon, Florida Gov. Rick Scott maintained that local transmission is only happening in Wynwood. 

However, the release noted that nine areas, eight in Miami-Dade county and one in Palm Beach county, are being investigated for local transmission.

Miami is the first area reporting cases of mosquito-transmitted Zika in the continental US, though the outbreak has affected other US territories, including Puerto Rico.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel warning advising against pregnant women traveling to the area, and people living in the area should take steps to prevent mosquito bites. The CDC also said women in first and second trimesters of pregnancy who live or travel frequently to Wynwood should consider being tested for Zika.

Zika, which is transmitted mainly by mosquitoes, has been spreading around the Americas over the past year. The cases in Miami are the first time local transmission by mosquitoes has been reported in the continental US. Only about 20% of people who are infected with Zika ever show symptoms, which most commonly include fever, rash, joint pain, and red eyes.

Here are all 54 countries and territories where local transmission of Zika has been reported as of August 12:

BI Graphic_Zika Virus Map And List (6)

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We tried a new dairy-free milk made from peas — here's the verdict

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A new milk substitute is joining the ranks of almond, soy, rice, and various other dairy-free milks.

It's called Ripple, and it's a plant-based milk that's made from yellow peas.

The drink has an impressive list of credentials: it's gluten free, lactose free, soy and nut free, GMO free, and 100% vegan.

Plus it boasts eight times the amount of protein found in almond milk — one cup of Ripple contains 8 grams of protein — as well as 50% more calcium and half the sugar of 2% dairy milk.

Neil Renninger and Adam Lowry Ripple Milk Founders

Ripple was created by Neil Renninger and Adam Lowry (Lowry is also the founder of Method cleaning products). According to their website, Renninger and Lowry wanted to create a milk that was both better for the environment and healthier and more nourishing than dairy milk.

In order to make Ripple, yellow peas are blended with other plant oils. Surprisingly, the resulting beverage is the color of almond or soy milk (an off white).

The drink comes in four different flavors: original, original unsweetened, chocolate, and vanilla. We decided to give the original a try.

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The taste was fine, not great but also not bad. What I was more struck by was the thickness of the liquid; since it's made from plants, I was expecting a thinner consistency. It doesn't taste like regular cow's milk at all, probably thanks to its slight aftertaste, which is reminiscent of vegetables.

Here are the thoughts of some of the other people in our newsroom who tried it:

  • "It's interesting, but not very appetizing. It has a sort of graham cracker dust quality to the aftertaste. It would probably go okay-ish with a cookie or something sweet, but so would basically any form of liquid refreshment. Not my favorite."

  • "I like both peas and milk, so I was excited about this. I kind of like it, but it's a little too creamy, and kind of savory. The consistency is great, though almost a little too thick — it coated my tongue. Loved the first sip, then it got a bit too thick for me, and kind of had this prickly, almost sour after taste."

  • "It's not bad. It has a thicker consistency than regular cow's milk, but it tastes virtually the same as soy milk. I’d drink it if it was offered to me, but I don’t think I’d buy it for myself."

The verdict? It's not bad, but it's also not good enough to make us want to switch from soy or almond milk (or regular milk for those of us who still drink it).

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14 beautiful, vintage cars up for auction at Pebble Beach

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Car fanatics have a chance to see some beautiful, classic, and certainly pricey cars this weekend at the Pebble Beach Auctions.

Taking place in Monterey, Calif., the five-day event will draw enthusiasts from all around the world. The five different auctions are expected to rake in $370 million, McKeel Hagerty, the CEO of Hagerty, the largest insurer of collector vehicles, told Business Insider.

Scroll down for a look at some of the vintage cars up for sale.

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1. The 1952 Mercedes Benz 220 Cabriolet is expected to sell for anywhere between $200,000 and $250,000.

It was restored by Hiro Yamagata, a Los Angeles-based artist who is known for his floral paintings.



2. The 1955 Ferrari 750 could go for as much as $5.5 million.



3. This 1956 Ferrari 250 GT competed in both the 1956 Mille Miglia and 1959 Tour de France. It could sell for a whopping $9 million.



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We tested New York City's trendiest fried chicken next to its biggest fast-food competitor — here's who does it better

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When one of New York City's favorite restaurateurs and chefs, David Chang, opened the first Fuku restaurant in 2015, it was an ode to Chang's favorite childhood food: fried chicken. Having grown up on Chick-fil-A in the suburbs of Virginia, Chang described Fuku as "our attempt to ... honor the great fried-chicken places and fast-food concepts out there ... and hopefully, to make it better."

The fried chicken shop has been widely popular, but how does their high-end sandwich stack up to the classic fast food it was inspired by? We called on our in-house fastfood experts to do a blind taste test, and the results are in.

Below, see our comparison of Fuku's spicy fried chicken sandwich and KFC's Chicken Little combo. They both consist of fried chicken served between two buns with pickles, plus one or two condiments to add some extra flavor.

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We ordered Fuku's sandwich via Caviar, a Square-owned food delivery service that partners with higher-end independent restaurants that don't typically deliver. The sandwich is $8, which for the size of the chicken, is reasonable compared to its fast-food counterparts — however, there is a $15 dollar delivery minimum on Caviar.



The quality of the chicken meat immediately differentiates it from your average fast-food fried chicken. Both white and dark meat is used for the sandwich — something that did not go unnoticed by our taste testers, who could tell it was unprocessed. It was fattier, more stringy, and had more gristle.



The bun has a light spread of "fuku butter," a recipe that is highly guarded. This butter was almost undetectable upon first bite, but it did keep the bread a bit more soft and moist.



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'Rich Kids of Instagram' star denies her billionaire lifestyle is fake amid accusations that say otherwise

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Russian socialite Julia Stakhiva is a rising social media star who recently appeared on British reality TV show "The Rich Kids of Instagram."

But she just made her Instagram account private after a wave of online abuse, following a column by The Guardian's Marina Hyde which punctured her image by revealing that she was renting a bedroom in London through flatshare website SpareRoom.

The flat itself is owned by Hyde's mother-in-law, and Hyde claims Stakhiva used the flat for a number of photoshoots while her landlady was away. 

Hyde essentially accuses Stakhiva of fabricating her lifestyle in order to achieve fame. Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson piled on, saying on Twitter, "Woops! If you're going to lie about being a spoilt ultra-brat, don't do it as the lodger of @MarinaHyde's mum-in-law."

But Stakhiva tells Business Insider she was shocked by the article and strongly denies that her life is fake.

Guardian columnist: "The Rich Kid of Instagram who isn’t quite what she seems."

The story started on Thursday when Hyde’s Lost In Showbiz column featured a piece headlined "The Rich Kid of Instagram who isn’t quite what she seems."

In it, Hyde claimed that Stakhiva is "given to dispensing unpleasant aphorisms for attention," highlighting her regular boasts about being a billionaire’s daughter. “I’m not suitable for an office job because of how well I dress and how educated I am,” is one of them

Hyde then revealed that — until recently — Stakhiva had rented a bedroom in her mother-in-law’s Kensington flat through rental website SpareRoom. She sarcastically described SpareRoom as a "classic billionaire accommodation hook-up."

Hyde also alleged that, while her mother-in-law was on holiday, Stakhiva used the flat without permission for video and photoshoots that formed "the backdrop to her Rich Kids shenanigans."

Writing about the shoots, Hyde said: "It is hard to pick a standout, but for me it’s probably edged by the snap of her reclining on my mother-in-law’s bed, stroking the latter’s cat in a casually proprietorial fashion."

This image appeared on the Mail Online in an article about a video and photoshoot Stakhiva did for YouTube channel News Dog TV in April (video below).

The flat also appeared in more than one episode of "The Rich Kids of Instagram," a reality TV show that follows the lives of wealthy young individuals who have accumulated a following on the social media network.

Hyde said she raised the issue with Channel 4, which broadcast the show on its youth channel E4. Popkorn, the company that produces "The Rich Kids of Instagram," subsequently removed every shot of the Kensington flat from repeats and online versions of the programme.

"The show was re-edited as a gesture of goodwill and scenes in the property were removed for repeats and All 4 [Channel 4's video-on-demand player]," a Channel 4 spokeswoman confirmed.

Hyde also appeared to accuse Stakhiva of theft, ambiguously signing off her column with this paragraph:

"Furthermore, Julia explained that she didn’t realise 'not everyone could afford designer bags'. Could anyone really be that stupid? Perhaps this question might take a role in the inquiries of Kensington and Chelsea police, to whom a report has been made of the disappearance of various bags and other property from a local address. writing that a report has been made to Kensington and Chelsea Police."

Stakhiva: "I am from a wealthy family and my life is real."

Business Insider spoke to Stakhiva on the phone on Thursday afternoon and she was audibly distressed by Hyde’s article.

"I am from a wealthy family and my life is real," she told us. This was supported by a source at Channel 4, who said that the broadcaster conducts "thorough background checks" on its contributors.

Stakhiva confirmed she rented the room in the Kensington flat and moved out earlier this year to live with her boyfriend in Mayfair. The socialite said she is currently on vacation in Monaco and is planning to return to the UK.

Stakhiva said the Kensington flat was a temporary solution that gave her flexibility as she completed her studies at private university, Regents University London. With her visa due to expire, she said she needed to find accommodation quickly in order to re-take the final elements of her degree.

Stakhiva admitted to using the flat as the backdrop for the News Dog TV YouTube video, but said the only footage used in "The Rich Kids of Instagram" was filmed in the bedroom that she rented. Sources close to the matter refuted this and made clear that Popkorn used other parts of the flat when filming with Stakhiva.

Julia Stakhiva.Stakhiva categorically denied any accusation of theft and said she is yet to be contacted by the police. She claimed that the relationship with her former landlady broke down and this fuelled her decision to move out.

The socialite made her Instagram account private on Thursday following Hyde’s article.

She has more than 53,000 followers — branding herself as a TV presenter, blogger, model, and jetsetter — but said she had received abuse since being thrust into the spotlight. 

"Everyone is abusing me. Why do I have to take this hate? I have done nothing wrong," she said.

Stakhiva appeared on ITV’s magazine programme "This Morning" last week. Asked by host Eamonn Holmes if she gets many "haters", she said: "I think it is more 50/50. I have people who adore me … and of course, I have people who hate me, who blame me for being rich. How can they hate me for being born into this life — I didn't choose it."

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An Olympic marathoner pooped himself and collapsed — here's why marathons wreak havoc on your body

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French Olympic race walker Yohann Diniz was leading Friday's 50K — until he collapsed on the side of the track shortly after apparently defecating mid-walk.

Evidence of Diniz's severe gastrointestinal issues — including video of the athlete apparently attempting to soak up leaking fecal matter using a sponge — has surfaced on NBC.

And while Diniz's problems are severe, it's not unusual for athletes to experience gastrointestinal problems while competing in long-distance events.

'Runner's trots' are a real thing, and they're not fun.

Up to 71% of long-distance runners experience abdominal cramping and diarrhea. Of those, the latter is so common that runners call it "runner's trots."

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According to the Mayo Clinic, scientists still aren't sure exactly what causes runner's diarrhea, but they have some compelling theories. Some suggest it's a result of the severe physical jostling a marathon can impose on your internal organs. Others think it happens after prolonged periods of decreased blood flow to your intestines.

Personally, the one that hits home the most for me is prerace anxiety and stress. As a former competitive swimmer, I can honestly say there's no sensation that quite equals the stomach-churning fight-or-flight butterflies I used to get just before diving into the water.

Among all of these theories, one thing is clear from studies on long-distance athletes: Food simply moves more quickly through your system when you're an athlete training for a strenuous event.

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Aside from diarrhea, many long-distance runners and race-walkers experience other health issues during or after training, including acid reflux — a condition with effects like heartburn, indigestion, coughing, hoarseness, and asthma.

There's even some evidence to suggest that prolonged, intense exercise — like the kind you'd do in the weeks and months before a marathon and during the race — can negatively affect your immune system by reducing the body's natural ability to fend off upper-respiratory infections including colds and the flu.

Marathoners, meet interval training

Still, there's good news for those of us who are committed to working out. There's plenty of evidence, in fact, that suggests you can get some of the same benefits of long-distance running and other types of endurance training without ever passing the five-mile mark.

That's right. Running fast and hard for five to 10 minutes a day may help add years to your life, just as running for hours can.

In fact, people who run for less than an hour a week — so long as they get in their few minutes of daily running — appear to rack up similar benefits in terms of heart health compared with people who run more than three hours a week.

That finding squares with recent research showing that short bursts of intense exercise can provide some of the same health benefits as long, endurance-style workouts.

One of the most popular forms of the quick workout — and the one that has been studied the most — is interval training. Basically, you work yourself as hard and fast as you can for a few minutes, rest, then do it again.

The best part? It typically lasts only between five and 10 minutes total. (There's even an app based on the idea, called the 7-Minute Workout, which you can read more about here.)

So, whether you stick to a long-distance routine or opt for a quicker, daily exercise plan, it's important to keep in mind that more is not always better.

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5 things you should know if you're flying private for the first time

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Most of us non-celebrities don't get the chance to fly private whenever we need to get around. 

But there may come a time in the future when you'll be invited — by a business colleague or a friend — to take a flight on a private jet. This could be an intimidating experience for first-timers. 

We chatted with Andrew Collins, CEO of on-demand jet membership company Sentient Jet, to get his advice for conquering this milestone with grace. Sentient's Jet Card offers 25 hours of flying time with a membership that ranges from $124,825 to $350,325, depending on the quality of the aircraft.

Here's what Collins recommends for your first private flight.

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Don't be late.

"Without long security lines and airport delays, what can be a day-long affair when traveling commercially is often only a couple of hours when flying private," Collins said.

Still, that's no excuse for showing up right at departure time. Collins recommends arriving about 20 to 30 minutes before your flight is set to leave, especially if your host is waiting on you.



Pack light.

"Luggage capacity depends on the jet, but many private jets can have less cargo or baggage space than commercial planes," Collins said. "I typically recommend private jet passengers pack as lightly as possible, especially when you are invited to travel as a guest and might not know what your host is planning to bring."



Don't leave your ID at home.

You won't have to go through traditional airport security, but you will still need to have something to identify yourself, including a passport if you're traveling internationally.

"[Forgetting] this ... is something we see from time-to-time and it can cause a challenge for a first-time flyer or with a guest," Collins said.

And though unlike on commercial flights, you can bring water and other liquids onboard, federal regulations on hazardous materials do still apply. 

 



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The biggest box-office hit the year you were born

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Moviegoing has been one of America's favorite ways to kill time for about a century now, and box-office earnings have been a reliable predictor of what we love and, sometimes, continue to love.

Using lists of the highest-grossing films by year from IMDbBox Office Mojo, and The Numbers, Business Insider has compiled a chronology of the biggest box-office hits every year since 1930*.

We adjusted global box-office receipts for inflation through 2016 using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' inflation calculator. We've also included critic ratings from Metacritic (on a scale of 1 to 100) and fan ratings from IMDb (on a scale of 1 to 10) for each film where available.

However, we used 1975 as the cutoff for global box office because worldwide figures before then were spotty and inconsistent. For films prior to 1975, we've provided adjusted and unadjusted domestic box office instead.

Several franchises are represented — "Star Wars," "Terminator," "Harry Potter" — as are Academy Award winners and classics like "The Sound of Music" and "Rocky."

Read on to find out the highest-grossing movie released the year you were born:

*Note: A couple years in the 1930s are missing due to lack of information. Movies before 1930 were not included due to unreliable box-office data.

This post has been updated and expanded from its original version.

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2015: "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens"

Adjusted gross: $2.07 billion

Unadjusted gross: $2.07 billion

Critic rating: 81

Fan rating: 8.3

Plot summary"Three decades after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, a new threat arises. The First Order attempts to rule the galaxy and only a ragtag group of heroes can stop them, along with the help of the Resistance." 



2014: "Transformers: Age of Extinction"

Adjusted gross: $1.12 billion

Unadjusted gross: $1.1 billion

Critic rating: 32

Fan rating: 5.7

Plot summary"Autobots must escape sight from a bounty hunter who has taken control of the human serendipity: Unexpectedly, Optimus Prime and his remaining gang turn to a mechanic, his daughter, and her back street racing boyfriend for help."



2013: "Frozen"

Adjusted gross: $1.31 billion

Unadjusted gross: $1.28 billion

Critic rating: 74

Fan rating: 7.6

Plot summary"When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister, Anna, teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition."



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An inside look at Burning Man's 30-year evolution from beach bonfire to international mega-event

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In late June, 1986, Larry Harvey and Jerry James joined a handful of friends on San Francisco's Baker Beach in search of radical self-expression. They didn't come empty-handed.

Earlier that day, Harvey and James had collected scrap wood and built an eight-foot statue of a man. Later that night, the two hoisted it up and set it on fire. A crowd of 20 formed to watch it burn. Little did they know that a 30-year tradition had just been born.

Today, Burning Man draws more than 60,000 people to Nevada's Black Rock Desert. Over the course of a dusty, freewheeling week in late August, the festival celebrates notions of self-expression, civic responsibility, and art.

This year's Burning Man will be held from August 28 to September 5. Here's a look back at how one of the world's most surreal, iconic festivals came to be.

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For the first three years of Burning Man, the festival was held on San Francisco's Baker Beach. By 1989, however, Golden Gate Park Police had learned of the event and prohibited any actual burning. The event was a fire hazard, they said.



In 1990, Harvey and James decided to relocate to the second-largest and flattest piece of land in the US: Nevada's Black Rock Desert. At first, people didn't really know what to do once they got there. Some found hot springs. Others played music. But by the end, the 40-foot statue still burned.



By 1997, the secret of Burning Man was out. Wired called it the "New American Holiday" and CNN dubbed it "the world's most dangerous art festival."



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When night falls, some of New York City's internet cafes double as shelters for the displaced

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People pay as little as $7 a night to cozy up in a cybercafe in Manhattan's Chinatown. 

A lack of affordable housing and a surge in homelessness in New York City has turned the relics of the dot-com boom into a makeshift refuge for the exhausted at night, as noted on The New York Times' blog on Friday

During the day, the few remaining 24-hour internet cafes still serve their traditional customers, mainly young Chinese gamers. But at night, a different group takes over.

People bring in shopping bags of clothes, pillows, and blankets, and settle into their spots, Some of them, according to The Times' Niko Koppel, have lived there for weeks, months, even years.

“It’s like prison,” Harry Jumonji told The Times, describing the disturbing environment of Freedom Zone on Eldridge Street, where he had been staying with his girlfriend for months. “You got to be high to sleep.”

“I feel so dizzy, I’m so tired,” Tony Liu, who has been living there for four years after losing his job as a restaurant worker, told the Times. “I have no hope.”

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New York City is not the only place where outsize rent prices have pushed some people to the fringes of society.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, a handful of tech workers have taken drastic measures to avoid the region's housing prices. A report this month from real-estate blog, Zumper showed that the median price for a two-bedroom apartment in the city hovered around $4,790, topping New York City and Boston, among others.

On the West Coast, some enterprising city dwellers have found housing alternatives on sailboats and moving trucks.

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Psychologists spent a month tracking the moods of 28,000 people, and what they did when they were the happiest surprised them

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Indulging in a piece of chocolate cake. Meeting up with your best friends for drinks. Going for a hike in the wilderness.

We like doing things that feel good because, well, they feel good. It's something psychologists call the "hedonic principle." Basically, the principle goes, we try to do pleasurable things whenever possible and avoid un-pleasurable things whenever we can.

Given our pleasure-seeking track record, it's pretty remarkable that any of us actually gets anything done.

So remarkable, in fact, that social scientists have hotlydebated the question for decades. After all, if all we want to do is enjoy ourselves, how do we commit to mind-numbing chores like doing the laundry, or challenging tasks like finishing a work project?

More importantly, if all we seek is pleasure, then why do some of us spend such a large proportion of our lives unhappy?

A new study published August 15 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences takes a pretty big step toward answering it.

The researchers found that, contrary to popular belief, we actually don't spend all of our time going after activities that make us feel good. In fact, it's at times when we're feeling our best that we tend to gravitate toward doing the least pleasurable tasks on our lists, like laundry and chores. So maybe we forgo things that'll make us feel happy immediately (like happy hour) for duller things that have the potential to make us feel satisfied in the long term (like housework).

The finding could have big takeaways for our understanding of happiness and motivation.

"Our positive emotion, perhaps, can be seen as a resource," Dr. Jordi Quoidbach, one of the study's lead authors and a psychology professor at Barcelona's University Pompeu Fabra, told Business Insider. "When we don't have enough, we need to replenish it, but as soon as we have enough, we can potentially use that to get things done."

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Happiness is a delicate balance

To come to their conclusions, the researchers — an international team of psychologists, economists, and data scientists from universities including Harvard, Stanford, and MIT — spent a month using a smartphone app to monitor 28,000 Europeans' moods and activity choices.

First, the app would a person rate their current mood on a scale from 0 (very unhappy) to 100 (very happy) at random times throughout the day. Then it would ask them to pick from a list of 25 things what they were doing. (They were free to pick more than one.)

Not surprisingly, how people felt in any given moment sharply affected what they chose to do in that moment. When people were feeling bad, they tended to do things to make them feel better, like going on a hike or meeting up with friends.

Conversely, when folks were feeling good, they tended to do things that weren't inherently fun, like doing the laundry or cleaning up the house. (Of all the logged activities, spending time with other people had the strongest link to positive emotions, while using social media had either a neutral or slightly negative link.)

All of this suggests that for most of us, happiness is a delicate balance. When we're feeling down, we choose activities with short-term rewards to boost our spirits. When we're feeling good, we sacrifice fun activities for the potential of longer-term rewards.

And it could be good news for the workplace, too, Quoidbach said.

"Sometimes managers equate positivity and happiness at work with a propensity of people to slack off," Quoidbach said. "But one of the takeaways from this study is that cultivating positive emotion might be one way to actually get people to be more productive because of this sort of buffer or resource."

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The 24 best beaches in America, ranked

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lanikai beachWhether you're looking for uncrowded sands or adventure-packed waters, you don't have to go too far to find a beach that's perfect for your next vacation.

We've put together a comprehensive list of the best beaches in the US, based on several notable beach rankings and lists compiled by travel experts, travelers, researchers, and tourism boards. We combined them with our own editorial discretion to come up with the ultimate list of the best beaches in America.

The rankings we used were: TripAdvisor's 2016 Travelers' Choice Awards, Dr. Beach's Top 10 Beaches for 2016, Travel Channel's Top 10 US Beaches, and Coastal Living's Best Beaches in the USA list. 

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24. One of the alluring beaches that lies along the southern coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, Poipu Beach Park has a lifeguard on duty seven days a week, which is why it's often considered one of Hawaii's safest beaches. Plus, it's not uncommon to spot humpback whales, green sea turtles, and endangered Hawaiian monk seals here.



23. Head to Henderson Beach State Park in Destin, Florida, for white sands and emerald waters that you can enjoy without massive crowds. The family-friendly beach also has pavilions for picnics and barbecues, and it's often noted for its cleanliness.



22. Panama City Beach, Florida, offers more than 27 miles of busy hotels and beautiful white sands. Activities here range from parasailing and fishing to boating and jet skiing. It also has a wide variety of restaurants where you can enjoy the catch of the day.



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The most surprising thing about wearing a $6,000 Rolex for a month straight

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It's pretty reasonable to assume that a $6,000 object would change your life in a positive way. At least it better, for that amount of cash.

That's how much the Rolex I rented for a month would retail for normally. I got to try it out as an experiment with the startup Eleven James, which bills itself as a kind of Netflix for luxury watches.

I was ecstatic to receive and wear the watch, but my excitement quickly faded.

The most surprising thing, however, was just the fact that no one really noticed it was on my wrist. I never caught anyone staring at its shiny metal chassis, never got any admiring comments, and never had even one hint of recognition.

This includes everything from drinks with friends, coffee with sources, and interviews with CEOs. No one who wasn't previously told about the watch took any notice of it.

Is this disappointing? Only if you're expecting the watch to give you a social leg up. If you expect it to endear you to watch-fanatic clients or get noticed by a watch-collecting CEO, that may not be the best reason to plunk down the equivalent to a used car.

The truth is that every shiny hunk of metal looks like every other shiny hunk of metal on your wrist. No one will likely call it out unless you call attention to it. And if you can figure out how to do that without sounding like a jerk, more power to you.

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The absolute best men's haircut for summer, and how to get it

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Summer means change: new shoes, new clothes, and a new grooming routine.

But don't forget your hair — it also deserves a fresh look.

Sure, we've said that longer hair is coming back into style lately — a correction in response to those overly trendy razor-fade styles reminiscent of the early part of the 20th century.

The problem with that in warmer climates is that all that extra bulk on top of your head can actually make you feel hotter. If your hair is a dark color or really thick, this effect can be magnified.

But there's a way to combine the two for the summer while still keeping cool. See below for the perfect cut for summer.

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We tested fried chicken sandwiches from every major fast-food chain — and the winner surprised us

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We're living in the golden age of the chicken sandwich.

Chick-fil-A has transformed from a regional chain to a national chicken powerhouse, managing to lift annual sales by more than $1 billion in a year.

McDonald's completely overhauled its chicken sandwich, and Shake Shack unveiled one of the best sandwiches ever made in 2016.

David Chang fanned the flames with the chicken-sandwich-focused Fuku, the most hyped addition to the trendy Momofuku empire.

In light of this crispy, golden renaissance, we decided to gather the chicken sandwiches from major fast-food chains and see which ones are worth it — and which ones are better left untouched.

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For this taste-test showdown, we got sandwiches from seven major fast-food chains: McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Arby's, Dairy Queen, KFC, and Chick-fil-A.



First up: McDonald's. The recent revamp of its chicken sandwich brought some much-needed change to the chain. The 'buttermilk crispy chicken' sandwich is indeed crispy — in fact, perhaps a little heavy on the breading.



The chicken is slightly on the dry side, but there is a definite hint of tangy buttermilk seasoning. Unfortunately, it often gets masked by a glob of mayonnaise — the usual for this sandwich, based on our reviews before. The 'artisan' bun does the job well, holding up to the heaping helping of mayo without getting too soggy.



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