• Caroline Wozniacki won the 2018 Australian Open title, celebrated with Champagne, then booked herself two first class tickets home with Emirates.
• One ticket was for herself, another was for the trophy — her first major title.

Women's tennis champion Caroline Wozniacki travelled home in style after winning the 2018 Australian Open title.

The 27-year-old defeated Simona Halep in the women's tournament final at the Rod Laver Arena on Saturday, enjoyed a Champagne celebration, and then booked two first class plane tickets.

One, of course, was for herself. The other was for her new travel partner — the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup trophy.

Wozniacki even documented her journey with an Instagram story.

Wozniacki, the world number one women's tennis player according to WTA rankings, competed in two tennis major finals in the past but was never able to win a title.

All that changed last weekend when she overcame Halep by two sets to one.

Speaking to the press after her success, Wozniacki said the final victory was "very special," according to The Guardian.

She added: "It feels really good, it's great. I basically have beaten any player that's been playing and is on Tour right now. This [a major title] was the only thing missing."

No wonder she hasn't let the trophy out of her sight.

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• An Emirates first class flight attendant shared some secrets of the trade with Town & Country magazine. 
• She said there's a rigorous training process to progress from economy to premium classes.
• There are strict guidelines on makeup, hairstyles, and shoes.
• Emirates first class cabin crew will know a surprising amount about you before you even board the plane.

Emirates' cabin crew are among the most glamorous in the sky. Their pristine appearance — be it the signature red hat and matching lip, the bright smile, or the perfect flicky eyeliner — is all bound to make a passenger feel like they're in good hands.

And according to a first class flight attendant for the airline, you'll have to do a fair bit to get there, and abide by a series of strict rules — from wearing an exact shade of eye shadow to the style of your bun.

Joanna Collins, a Dubai-based Brit who has climbed through the Emirates ranks and now works in the first class cabin, told Town & Country magazine that to progress to premium class, there's a "rigorous" training process you'll have to get through first.

You'll have to know your wines...

It might sound like fun, but you'll need to have a seriously solid grasp on fine wines and fizz before you cater to Emirates' first class passengers. And according to Collins this is by way of a wine education course.

"When you’re serving things like Dom Perignon and Bordeaux, you need to have a thorough understanding of what you’re pouring," she told the magazine. "We need to know the difference between old world and new world wines, as well as champagnes, bourbons, whiskeys, and other spirits."

...And brush up on your 'silver service' dining etiquette.

"In economy there’s just one tray; in First Class, we have 'silver service' dining, so appetizers, main courses, and desserts are all served at different times, and customers can 'dine on demand' whenever they want," she said.

"We’re taught all the etiquette about cutlery and the different plates used for each course."

You'll have to learn how to do your makeup perfectly.

According to Collins, you'll have to abide by a set of guidelines on what's appropriate aesthetically while flying.

"Emirates likes to keep uniformity," she told the magazine. "Your nails can be nude, light pink, or you can have a French manicure. We also have different variations of red nail polish that are outlined by the Imaging and Grooming Department. An 'Emirates red' lipstick with lip liner is required."

And there's apparently one lipstick in particular that's popular among the airline's flight attendants. Collins told the magazine: "We like to use Mac’s Russian Red because it stays for a long time."

You'll also want to master the perfect flick, as liquid eyeliner is "recommended," while eye shadow can either be black or beige, she said.

And there are rules on hairstyle, she added: "We can have a French twist or a bun with a red scrunchie. The red scrunchie is optional. I usually make my bun with one of those 'hair donuts.'"

Before first class passengers have even boarded, you'll have to do some homework.

"We have a briefing and a team talk before each flight, where we'll review the customers who are traveling with us, including any VIPs," Collins told the magazine. "We get their names and have information about them stored in on-board tablets."

You'll then be expected to use this tablet to make notes about your VIP's likes, dislikes, dietary requirements, and the purpose of their trip throughout the journey, she explained.

You can swap your shoes, but only after take off...

...But when parading through the airport, it's strictly heels-on.

"In the airport and during the boarding process we wear heels, but we can change into red flats after take-off. Some girls prefer not to, but I couldn’t be in heels for a 16-hour flight. After take-off we switch to 'service attire' — we remove the jacket and add a waist coat."

She added that you can easily identify the head flight attendant, or the "purser," by what they're wearing. "Our standard uniform is the skirt and white shirt with a jacket, hat, and scarf. Every crew member dresses the same, except for the purser who wears a brown color," she told Town & Country.

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• Million-dollar listings have become commonplace in the US real estate market.
• More than 4% of all homes in the largest US metros are now worth at least $1 million, according to a report by Trulia.
• Homes worth $5 million or more are the new standard of luxury.

For decades, a million-dollar listing heralded true luxury for Americans who could afford it.

Now, more than 4% of all homes across the 100 largest US metros are worth at least $1 million.

That may not sound like much, but it's nearly quadruple the share of million-dollar homes in the housing market 15 years ago, according to a report by Trulia.

In San Francisco, one of the most unaffordable housing markets in the country, homes valued at $1 million or more now make up two-thirds of the housing market — triple the share in 2012.

Rising home prices and increased demand for high-end real estate has effectively raised the threshold of luxury to at least $5 million.

Over the past year, the share of homes in the US valued at $5 million or more increased by nearly 20%, compared to almost 18% for $1 million dollar homes.

But $5 million is only the starting point for luxury living. Among homes valued at $5 million or more, Trulia says the median price is close to $7.4 million and comes with 5,663 square feet of living space on nearly an acre of land.

Most of the country's $5 million-plus listings are concentrated in coastal markets, including California, New England, and Florida, though there are a smattering of high-priced listings across Texas and the South, according to Trulia.

But the rising cost of luxury underscores the severity of wealth inequality that's striking communities across America. While the median home price in the US last year was $282,900, 86% of the biggest US metros had at least one $5 million-plus listing.

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• Airline pilots are trained to be attentive when they're on planes so that they will notice details that slip by the average passenger.
• Some of these details have serious safety implications.

For the average person, air travel is an opportunity to sleep, work, read, or watch a movie with fewer distractions than you'd find on the ground.

But for airline pilots and aviation experts, the experience can be different. Pilots and experts are trained to be attentive on planes, so even when they don't have to fly the plane and can sit in the main cabin, they'll notice things that other passengers don't. 

We interviewed two airline pilots and collected responses from a Quora thread to find out what pilots notice when they're flying in the main cabin.

Here's what they said.

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Ice accumulating

The average airline passenger is likely to be concerned about turbulence, but according to Tanya Gatlin, a pilot and associate professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, it's not as bad as most travelers think. 

"It's not something that's going to cause an accident or is even a factor to safety," she said in a phone interview with Business Insider.

Instead, Gatlin is worried about ice. When necessary, ice and snow are removed from a plane before it takes off, and the plane is coated in materials that will prevent ice from building up while it's in the air — for a limited amount of time.

The difficulty can come when the plane turns down its engine while preparing to land.

"We're coming down in a very short amount of distance and there's no way we can get down that fast without the power being at idle," she said.

This means the engines don't generate as much heat as when they're taking off, which increases the chance that ice will build up on the plane and make a smooth landing difficult.

Suspicious scents

Scents can be one of the strongest indicators that something's wrong on a plane, as they can quickly hint at problems with the engine or fuel storage systems.

"Sounds are always useful, but a passenger cabin often is pretty isolated from any sounds that might be indicative of a problem. Smells, on the other hand, travel around quite freely, and some (e.g., fuel, hydraulic fluid, superheated bleed air) are pretty distinctive," Tom Farrier, who claims to be a former director of safety for the Air Transport Association, wrote on Quora.

The angle that light comes in through the window

Experienced pilots know that a sudden change in the angle of the light that comes through a cabin window can be the first sign that the pilot is changing course. 

"An unexpected, significant shift in the angle of the Sun can be your first sign that a course change is being made," Farrier wrote. 

With President Donald Trump's first official State of the Union address on Tuesday, the White House's security apparatus is making preparations for a grim worse-case scenario.

If there was a targeted attack on the Capitol, someone would have to take over the government.

Excluding the years immediately after a new president is elected, one member of the president's Cabinet has been selected every year since the 1960s to be the "designated survivor."

They sit out the State of the Union far away from the House chamber, so that in case there is a catastrophe, a Senate-confirmed official could take the reigns of the presidency. Since 2005, a designated survivir from Congress has also been selected in order to rebuild the legislative branch.

This year's designated survivor has not been announced yet. Although highly unlikely, this doomsday scenario has captured the imaginations of screen writers and TV producers, spawning a an entire show on ABC called simply "Designated Survivor."

In the real world, designated survivors have often tended to be low-ranking cabinet members, and until 9/11, had spent their evenings away from Washington, DC in a variety of ways. Almost all choose to kick back, relax, and enjoy the perks of the presidential treatment for a few short hours.

Here are how past designated survivors have spent their State of the Union addresses as the possible president-to-be:

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A designated survivor has been selected for the State of Union address since sometime in the 1960s, but the first one documented person was secretary of housing and urban development Samuel R. Pierce Jr. at former President Ronald Reagan's in January 1984.

Source: The American Presidency Project

In 1986, agriculture secretary John Block spent Reagan's address from his friend's house on the shores of Montego Bay, Jamaica. "I was having a glass of wine probably," Block said after the fact.

Source: ABC News

In 1990, secretary of veteran affairs Ed Derwinski had a pretty casual experience as the designated survivor. He had pizza near his home while his security detail stood by.

Source: ABC News

• Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered at least 11 princes — along with numerous ministers — to be arrested in November.

• Billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal, the richest man in the Middle East, according to Forbes, was among them.

• The prisoners are currently being held in the five-star Ritz-Carlton Riyadh in Saudi Arabia's capital city.

• Prince Alwaleed was released from custody Saturday, and told Reuters that he hasn't been charged with a crime following his months-long detention.

The unusual captivity of the richest man in the Middle East has come to a close.

Billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal was freed Saturday, NPR reported. He'd been a prisoner in the five-star Ritz-Carlton Riyadh since November 4, 2017, when Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman consolidated power by having 11 princes and numerous government ministers seized.

These captives received better accommodations than a standard prison cell. The royal and non-royal prisoners were reportedly confined to the luxury hotel in the nation's capital.

Prince Alwaleed even saw his fortune increase by $1 billion in the wake of his release, CNN reported. Forbes now puts his net worth at $18.3 billion.

The billionaire gave Reuters an interview in the suite where he'd been held for months. He said he was upset about the rumors that he was held in a standard jail and tortured. He said his arrest resulted through a "misunderstanding," and added that he spent his captivity watching the news, taking walks, swimming, and exercising.

"It's no problem at all," he said. "Everything's fine."

Here's a look at the luxury hotel before it was converted into an makeshift prison months ago:

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The hotel first opened in 2011 and was the first ever Ritz-Carlton in Saudi Arabia.

Source: Five Star Alliance

It boasts 493 guest rooms, including 49 two-bedroom royal suites and 50 one-bedroom executive suites.

Source: Five Star Alliance

Amenities include a male-only spa, 62,000 square feet of event space, and a bowling alley.

Source: The Ritz-Carlton Riyadh, The Ritz-Carlton Riyadh, The Ritz-Carlton Riyadh

I'm no stranger to fitness apps, having tried everything from an app that promises the benefits of a trip to the gym in seven minutes to a tool that lets you track and share your runs with other users.

But when I first heard about Sweatcoin, an app that pays you in cryptocurrency to reach your fitness goals, I was intrigued.

Naturally, I had to give it a shot. Here's how it went.

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The first thing I learned about Sweatcoin after installing it on my iPhone is that it doesn't actually pay you to walk around — at least not in the conventional sense of the term.

The app lets you earn "Sweatcoins," a cryptocurrency based on the number of steps you take in a day, which you can then use to buy a limited number of specific goods that Sweatcoin has made available — like a Fitbit tracker, fitness classes, or subscriptions to apps designed to help you eat healthier.

The irony of the fact that my Sweatcoins could only be used to purchase fitness equipment and classes was not lost on me. Nevertheless, I kept the app running in the background of my phone, thinking perhaps it would spur me to move more.

Although I was feeling slightly less enthusiastic about my potential purchases with Sweatcoins after learning how they could be spent, I kept the app running in the background of my phone. If you hard quit the app (or swipe up when you're not using it), Sweatcoin will stop tracking your steps. 

I also learned that Sweatcoin doesn't track all of your steps — only those the app believes are completed outdoors.

Because the app is constantly running on your phone — something that many users have complained drains their battery — it is able to use GPS to roughly determine when you're inside and outside. The only steps that count towards your Sweatcoin earnings are those you take outdoors. Also, the app doesn't sync with Fitbits or other fitness trackers. Instead, it relies on your phone's step tracking software.

• It hurts when someone doesn't text you back.
• Rather than understanding that sometimes people are simply busy, our minds can jump to conclusions.
• This is actually pretty harmful, both to your mental state and your potential relationship.
• One reason we do this is because we tend to psychologically invest so much in the future.

With so much choice over how you can contact someone — texts, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook messenger, Twitter DM, Snapchat — it can be pretty alarming when someone doesn't respond to you. They can like Instagram photos and Facebook posts, but they apparently can't conjure up the energy to message you back.

Cue your mind spinning out of control.

No response, or being "left on read," hurts. But perhaps it isn't normal to be at each other's beck and call 24 hours a day. People are busy; we have a lot on at work, and some of us feel like we need a personal assistant just to keep up with our own social lives. That's without taking time to go see family, exercise, and feed ourselves.

They are not necessarily cheating on you. So why do we let ourselves get so upset?

According to psychologist Perpetua Neo, we have so much anxiety when we're waiting to hear from someone we like because we attach so much to the outcome.

She told Business Insider we might be getting carried away and thinking of our new love interest as "the one," when in reality, we know very little about them.

"When we put too much into this outcome, that's when we are too invested in the future," Neo said. "It's good to plan for your future, but when you're planning with somebody else it's never so simple. Instead of thinking about what do you have in your life right now, you're thinking about what happens if this person isn't going to answer, and what happens if this future is not perfect?

"So we are not enjoying where we are in the moment — instead we are stuck in a future where we think the worst."

It's not necessarily a red flag

"The one" can mean different things to different people. For some it'll be the embodiment of their soulmate. For others, it will simply be the next available person who can stop them worrying about the scarcity of love so they can hurry up and settle down.

Of course, not everyone is going to be right for us. Some people just don't click.

"There are going to be people who don't answer back because they're playing games," Neo said. "That's ok, I think it's very important to accept that. They're not all going to be all perfect people or even good people. But the point is to be able to know when to say goodbye to them, and to be able to recognise the red flags."

If you're really feeling anxious that someone you thought things were going well with isn't talking to you, it's worth thinking about whether this is a pattern. You could ask yourself if this is a running theme with everyone you date, or if it's a new feeling you've only had with this particular person.

It can come down to your own insecurities

"If it's a long standing pattern, then you've got to ask yourself: 'What are my basic insecurities when it comes to relationships? How can I face them? How can I use this as a chance to grow as a person?'" said Neo. "We think that we can carry a lot of insecurities, burdens, and worries, without worrying about them. We think that they are destined to be with us forever, like a piece of furniture, or a limb."

In reality, when we can actually give ourselves the permission to examine what our insecurities are, we can tackle and learn to heal from them a lot easier. Neo said this makes you see them as a grotty old sweater you can throw away, rather than a limb you need to lob off.

Obsessing is a hard habit to break, but Neo said that when your mind is wandering you should think about seeing a friend or trying out a new hobby rather than watching another episode of a brain-numbing Netflix show. You could even try just being comfortable in your own company, and "dating" yourself, as so many people are scared of just being by themselves.

"You can't really expect this guy, especially someone who we are just texting on and off, to complete your life — he should actually be the cherry on your cake of a really amazing life," Neo said. "If you expect them to complete you, then the dynamic is going to be a bit screwed up, because you are expecting too much from them."

Listen to your feelings — but be careful what you do with them

Your feelings are valid, and even if you think you're being irrational you should still listen to them. Whether or not you're being dramatic, they act as a barometer for something that's going on. Sooner than you think, the anxiety will fade and you'll realise some people just text less than others. Maybe they have a lot going on.

"The problem is, when we live in the future, we condemn ourselves to a catastrophe," Neo said. "And when you do that, you're condemning yourself to the worst possible future. It's like staring into a crystal ball, and it's cracked. So next time he comes to you, you'll be in this really horrible passive aggressive mood."

The other explanation is that they really are trying to ghost you, in which case you shouldn't waste time on them anyway.

"It's okay if you say something like: 'I felt really stupid because I'm not used to not having replies for three days,' because that actually communicates your expectations and your boundaries without making him responsible," Neo said. "If they're a decent person, they will learn how to adjust. But if you use your feelings, and blame them, then you are going to be extremely dramatic, and extremely annoying."

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• Despite the fact that many malls across America are suffering, some are doing quite well. 
• Hawaii's Ala Moana Shopping Center was recently named the most valuable mall in America, with nearly $6 billion in total assets. 
• The mall has more than 350 stores and restaurants. 

The retail apocalypse has claimed many malls across America, but some of the best in the country have continued to thrive. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Ala Moana Shopping Center was recently named the most valuable mall in America.

With over 350 stores and restaurants ranging from budget-friendly chains to high-end boutiques and department stores, the Ala Moana Center is worth roughly $5.74 billion, with about $1,500 in sales per square foot, according to a recent study by the research firm Boenning & Scattergood, which was reported on by CNBC. 

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The Ala Moana Shopping Center is the largest open-air mall in the world, with over 2.4 million square feet of retail space catering to tourists and Hawaiian locals of all ages and budgets.

An expansion in 2013, celebrated with a massive opening ceremony, brought over 300,000 square feet of additional retail space and 800 additional parking stalls. In the most recent expansion, a Target store was added.

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The mall has over 350 stores, including more than 100 restaurants ranging from international chains to local food vendors.

• Zume Pizza has robots and humans working together to make pizza.
• The Silicon Valley company plans to increase its workforce sevenfold this year.
• Zume offers opportunities for entry-level employees to learn new skills and advance their careers, so they don't risk being replaced by robots.

A pizza-delivery company based in Silicon Valley is expanding its robot and human workforce as it moves toward its goal of making better-tasting pizza faster.

Founded in 2015, Zume Pizza uses robots and artificial intelligence to automate some of the pizza making. Machines press mounds of dough, squirt and spread sauce, and lift pizzas into the oven — in a fraction of the time it would take human workers to do the same.

Zume has grown from a three-person operation to a workforce of 150, and it plans to hire another 900 employees in 2018 as it looks to scale outside the San Francisco Bay Area. Ron Storn, former vice president of people at Lyft, has joined Zume to oversee its expansion.

Storn has the novel task of running human resources at a company where humans and machines work side by side. Automation threatens to take 800 million jobs globally by 2030, and Zume wants to show that it can actually promote job growth by putting robots to work.

Zume uses robots with swinging appendages and spouts to automate parts of the pizza-making process that humans are bad at, like spreading sauce evenly or taking dough off a wooden pallet. Robots also do the dangerous stuff, like putting a pizza in a 800-degree industrial oven.

When routine tasks are eliminated by automation, it frees up people such as pizza chefs to learn new skills, do more high-level work, and even advance their career, according to Storn.

"People — humans — are very sacred to us," Storn told Business Insider.

"The people who are working here in the culinary organization, they see how the automation is helping them improve and making them more efficient," he added.

In 2016, Zume's cofounder and president Julia Collins told Business Insider that she makes a promise to every employee: No one who works at Zume risks being replaced by a robot.

Zume provides tuition subsidies for entry-level employees who want to take classes in coding, graphic design, or English as a second language. A former Zume delivery driver attended a coding bootcamp and now oversees the customer-support team, while a former pizza chef was promoted to culinary administrator, responsible for the upkeep and operation of Zume's bots.

"What we want to do is actually let people have the opportunity to keep growing. I think where the fast-food industry falls short is exactly that," Collins said. "It's not typical for somebody to be able to start at a fast-food restaurant and get sponsorship to go to a coding academy."

Storn will be tasked with scaling these programs as the company grows its workforce from 150 employees to about 1,050 in 2018. Zume raised $48 million in venture funding last fall.

The pizza industry is a $44 billion business, and an increasing number of customers are ditching legacy brands like Domino's and Pizza Hut for fast-casual chains. In 2016, three out of the top five fastest-growing restaurant chains in America were fast-casual pizza concepts. Their sales accounted for over a third of US fast-casual spending that year.

Zume has only a sliver of the pie. It delivers in Mountain View and Palo Alto. But the expected growth spurt could help Zume reach its goal of serving the entire Bay Area by 2019.

"In a co-bot type of environment, you can do things that have never been done before," Storn said.

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UFC icon Ronda Rousey shocked the fight world on Sunday by signing a full-time contract with WWE.

She made a surprise appearance at the Royal Rumble and made it known that she will take part in WrestleMania on April 8 — WWE's biggest show of the year.

Rousey is one of the most famous fighters in the history of women's mixed martial arts. The 30-year-old won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, a Strikeforce bantamweight title, and a UFC bantamweight world title.

But what does she eat to remain ring-ready? Well, Rousey is a known advocate of the Warrior's Diet (fresh fruit, vegetables, and intermittent fasting), as well as the Dolce Diet, a meal plan put together by her own nutritionist Mike Dolce.

Here's what she eats for breakfast, lunch, and dinner on a typical day.

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This is former Olympic judoka Ronda Rousey, who has officially quit UFC to become a full-time professional wrestler for WWE.

Rousey starts her day with a coffee, finished with grass-fed butter, raw coconut oil, stevia, and cinnamon. She says that, regardless of what her nutritionists and trainers say, it is "the only thing" she cannot "fudge on."

Sources: Cosmopolitan and UFC.

Just don't spell her name wrong.

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We all have our favorite children's books that have shaped who we are.

Even highly successful people can appreciate the enduring impact various childhood stories have had on their lives.

Here are the 12 best and most influential children's books, according to some highly successful people.

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'The Harry Potter' Series by J.K. Rowling

A series that needs no introduction, "Harry Potter" has brought millions of fans worldwide together to celebrate the story's magical, yet entirely relatable, world of witchcraft and wizardry.

Adam Grant, a professor of management at Wharton, told Business Insider that J.K. Rowling is perhaps the most influential person alive.

"There's a lot of originality in the 'Harry Potter' stories: The way to get to Hogwarts, all of the different ideas about how to cast spells, children being the individuals who are responsible for saving adults — all of that is setting a standard for saying, 'I want to do something new,'" he said.

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'The Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"The Little Prince" is the story of a stranded pilot that meets a young Prince from outer space. It is an allegorical tale of the author's real life experiences when fleeing to North America during World War II. 

Robert Grimminck of List Verse reported that actor "James Dean deeply identified with the book and took it with him any time he moved."

Grimminck said that the book was so important to Dean that his good friend and biographer William Bast wrote about it in an inscription on Dean’s memorial near his crash site.

The inscription includes Dean’s favorite line from the book: "What is essential is invisible to the eye." 

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'Goodnight Moon' by Margaret Wise Brown

Brown's poetic story of a bunny saying goodnight to all of his inanimate belongings is one that inspires blessings and gratitude.

"I just love the idea of blessing everything that's near and dear to you before you go to sleep with a simple 'Goodnight,'" Gwyneth Paltrow told Oprah Magazine. 

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• Jessica Nigri, one of the top cosplayers in the world, has a new documentary with Rooster Teeth about her life.
• Nigri has millions of social-media followers, and is one of the few people to make cosplay her full-time job.
• Nigri said that she and other top cosplayers have seen their reach on Facebook dramatically decrease in recent months, in line with what online publishers have seen.

From the first time Jessica Nigri tried cosplay — the practice of dressing up as a character from movies, video games, or another fictional universe — she seemed destined to be a star.

In 2009, a friend of Nigri's bought her a ticket to attend Comic-Con, the massive convention held every year in San Diego. Nigri did a quick Google search of the event and saw that some people dressed up as their favorite characters to attend, she told Business Insider. She decided to give it a go, and dressed as Pikachu from Pokémon.

Nigri expected to have a good time, and said when she got there she looked around and thought, “These are my people.” But she didn’t expect a photo of her at the convention to go viral, flooding her Facebook and Myspace with friend requests from people she’d never met.

There were a few reasons for that. First, Nigri wasn’t just dressed as Pikachu, but rather “Sexy Pikachu,” sporting a barely-there outfit that generated quite a bit of buzz. Second, in one picture she had a badge with her name on it, so that allowed random people to find her online.

Getting that kind of intense internet reaction from strangers might have terrified some people, but not Nigri.

“It was like an immediate addiction,” Nigri said of her first cosplay experience.

Now Nigri is one of the most popular cosplayers in the world, with beautiful and insanely intricate costumes she makes herself. She has 4.7 million Facebook followers, 2.8 million on Instagram, 1.2 million on YouTube, and even 3,500 on Patreon, who support her with monthly monetary subscriptions.

And the 28 year old has recently made a documentary with digital-media powerhouse Rooster Teeth, "Becoming Jessica Nigri," that looks inside the day-to-day realities of making a living off of cosplay.

Turning a hobby into a job

Nigri said the first time she thought of cosplay as a real business was when she got a call from her job at Trader Joe’s asking if she was still coming in for the 6 a.m. shift. At the time she was actually in Japan, where it was well into the night. She was doing promotion for a video game company and dressed as Juliet Starling, the zombie-hunting cheerleader and protagonist of “Lollipop Chainsaw.” She wasn’t going to make it to her shift.

There are a variety of ways to make money doing cosplay, though the vast majority of people in the community do it just as a hobby.

Nigri listed them off: You can sell prints of photos or other merch from an online store, do appearances for video game companies, make costumes or props for others, get ad money from a YouTube channel, utilize Patreon, and so on. But there isn't one overarching revenue stream that dwarfs the others. If you want to cosplay professionally, you have to cobble sources of revenue together, Nigri said.

But while the ways of making money can change, what is constant is that to become a prominent cosplayer you have to be both authentically connected to the community, and good at cultivating a fan base. Nigri described it as a mixture of personality, genuineness, and craftsmanship in your costumes (“builds”).

“If someone is doing cosplay for the wrong reasons it’s blatantly obvious,” Nigri said. And indeed it would seem extremely difficult for Nigri to fake her enthusiasm for the art given the vast amount of tutorial and behind-the-scenes video content she makes (not to mention the new documentary).

But there are still people who send online hate Nigri’s way, especially given the revealing nature of many of her costumes.

“Honestly I used to really get hurt by it,” Nigri said of some of the negative energy. But she said now she realizes that it usually comes from a place of sadness, of people not feeling 100% adequate themselves. “It’s never a personal thing, I never take it personally,” she said.

Facebook reach has been 'decimated'

While preparing for (and going to) live events is the bedrock of Nigri’s cosplaying, her ability to maintain a following on social media is also a key to the business side of things.

In this realm, while Facebook has put up bigger numbers, YouTube has been the more stable partner. Like many creators and online publishers, Nigri has felt the pain of Facebook’s algorithm shifts over the last year.

“Facebook’s reach has been decimated,” she said, before adding that though she has 4.7 million followers, she has moved away from the platform lately. A lot of other cosplayers have seen decreased reach too, she said, with external links they post not getting the numbers they used to.

When Facebook put an emphasis on video last year, that worked for awhile, then began to fall off. “I have noticed that videos in general are receiving less reach than usual,” she said. “It's concerning because a lot of people depend on social media to showcase their work and reach new audiences."

Now she fears the same thing is happening with Instagram, and said she feels that Instagram is starting to restrict reach.

But no matter what, Nigri is happy to have her day job be making incredible pieces and recapturing the flicker of childhood that's still there.

“We actually just got back from doing a photo shoot with a bunch of wolves,” she said excitedly. For a cosplayer like Nigri, it doesn’t get much cooler than that.

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Everyone knows relationships are hard, and take effort to maintain, and sometimes disappoint you.

Except, of course, your relationship. That's different. Or so everyone likes to believe.

Below, we've listed some of the truest but hardest-to-accept insights about modern romance. If you can get past these somewhat unsettling ideas, you'll be more likely to have a happy and fulfilling partnership.

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We're often attracted to people who will later drive us crazy

While researching habits and personality for her book "The Four Tendencies," Gretchen Rubin noticed a curious phenomenon. People she'd labeled "rebels" often paired up romantically with people she'd labeled "obligers."

Rebels resist both inner and outer expectations; if you ask a rebel to do something, they'll likely resist. Obligers meet outer expectations but don't always meet inner ones; they usually need some form of external accountability.

Rubin told Business Insider:

"If you're an upholder, you live life according to a schedule. [For example] you never miss your daily run, and you always eat fewer than 30 grams of carbs a day, and you always go to bed by 11. It could be exciting be swept off your feet by somebody who feels very free and not confined."

But over time, the novelty may wear off and these two different approaches can come into conflict. To be sure, rebels and obligers — and any two types of people — can be happy together. But it's worth keeping this pattern in mind.

There's probably no such thing as 'the one'

Out of the thousands of eligible singles just waiting for a swipe right, how do you know who's the right one for you?

Trick question: There isn't a right one.

That's according to Esther Perel, who is a couples therapist as well as the author of "Mating in Captivity" and "The State of Affairs." Perel previously told Business Insider: "There is a one that you choose and with whom you decide that you want to build something. But in my opinion, there could also have been others — you just chose this one."

Once you've chosen someone, you work to make that person a better fit.

You may be less likely to break up with your partner if you have a pet or a joint bank account

Psychologists call them "material constraints": Think a house you co-own, a joint bank account, or a pet you both take care of.

Research suggests that material constraints make a breakup a lot less likely. In fact, according to a 2011 study of unmarried men and women in heterosexual relationships, adding just one additional material constraint is linked to a 10% increase in a couple's chances of staying together.

Presumably, that's because it's harder to disentangle yourself from the relationship when it's not just the two of you. So it's wise — if slightly uncomfortable — to think in advance about what you'd do if the relationship dissolved.

Disney CEO Bob Iger sold his palatial New York apartment on the Upper East Side earlier this week, according to Curbed NY.

Located in a co-op building that overlooks Central Park, the gorgeous home sold for $18.75 million, just under his asking price of $19 million.

Here's what it's like inside:

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The apartment has a private elevator that opens up to a vestibule outside the apartment. You enter through the gallery here.

The living room is very spacious. All of the interiors were designed by Victoria Hagan Interiors, whose work Architectural Digest described as "timeless American design."

It even has a wood-burning fireplace for those chilly evenings.

• Melania Trump wore an all-white pantsuit to the State of the Union address.
• The color is associated with the women's suffrage movement and has recently also been associated with the #MeToo movement.

First lady Melania Trump showed up to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address wearing an all-white pantsuit — and observers on Twitter were quick to point out that the color has been recently associated with the #MeToo movement.

White is the color of the women's suffrage movement and has recently been used symbolically by those who support the #MeToo movement, which has been calling out sexual harassment and assault in recent months.

Just this past weekend, guests at the Grammy Awards wore white roses in support of the movement.

Trump is delivering his first State of the Union speech on Tuesday.

Melania previously made waves when she wore a pussy-bow blouse to the second presidential debate after her husband had come under fire for a leaked recording that showed him boasting that he could "grab" women "by the p---y."

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Time Out's City Life Index, a survey of 15,000 people in 32 global cities, has been released, and shows which ones promise the most fun and excitement in 2018.

The survey, conducted by Tapestry Research, questioned residents on a variety of aspects of city life.

It ranked cities in categories across food, drink, culture, friendliness, affordability, happiness, and liveability.

It also "found the key factors that make residents find their city exciting," from dining out often to feeling proud of where they're from.

Scroll down to see the 32 most affordable, friendly, and fun cities in the world, ranked in ascending order along with their overall scores:

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32. Istanbul (87.1) — Istanbul residents are proud of their unique city and its history, but somehow they're still not content — just half said they'd felt happy in the past 24 hours.

31. Singapore (98.7) — Those from Singapore may not rate its culture scene highly, but they do value the city's safety, and are perfectly comfortable walking around at night.

30. Boston (103.7) — Boston may be one of the least affordable cities surveyed, with a poorly ranking nightlife scene, but its residents still posted high happiness scores — and over half know their neighbours by name.

• The royal cousins keep up-to-date with one another through a WhatsApp group chat.
• That's according to Mike Tindall, who's married to one of the Queen's grandchildren.
• Tindall said it's "easier" to communicate that way.

While the royals may still seem highly traditional and even uptight at times, the younger members and their partners — Will and Kate and Harry and Meghan, in particular — are bringing things into the 21st century in a big way.

Not only do they all keep in touch via text, but as it turns out, the squad even has a WhatApp group chat.

That's according to the Queen’s grandson-in-law Mike Tindall — husband of her granddaughter Zara Tindall — who told the Mirror that he and his wife keep up to date with what's going on with their royal cousins through WhatsApp groups.

And with two royal weddings to take place this Spring (Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank) and two royal babies on the way (Kate and Will and Mike and Zara themeslves), there's certainly lots to keep track of.

The 39-year-old ex-rugby player said: "Me, my brother and then a few of Zara’s side like her brother Pete and the cousins are on WhatsApp groups.

"I wouldn’t say we’re cutting edge, but it’s just easier for some reason on WhatsApp," he added.

"The cousins" include Harry, William, Beatrice, and Eugenie. If partners are eligible to join as well, which wasn't clear, that could include Kate and Meghan as well.

"You might do it for a get-together and just stay on the group, and occasionally people will post," Tindall said, adding he's in about "25,000 groups."

"You’re scared to leave because you don’t want to be seen to be rude," he said.

While the cousins may be close and Tindall said he's expecting invites to the royal weddings, they haven't arrived yet.

"We will be going to Harry’s and Eugenie’s weddings — well I think so, we haven’t been invited yet though," he said.

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• New research suggests women are more inclined to think a man is attractive if other women have rated him highly.
• This is likely down to our tendency to copy each other.
• It doesn't mean women are likely to pursue married men — if they do, this could be a sign they are unhappy.

People who are attracted to men have different tastes. Some think Dwayne Johnson is their perfect man, whereas others are a fan of Idris Elba or Prince William.

But however unique we think we are, new research suggests we're probably wired to copy each other's preferences.

A new study from the University of St Andrew's, published in the journal Scientific Reports, has found that men get an "attractiveness boost" when they are chosen by others.

For the study, a group of 49 women were shown men's faces and abstract works of art. They were asked to rate the attractiveness of the pictures on a scale of 1 to 100, then they were shown how other women had scored them, and asked to reconsider their answer.

Results showed women reassessed their opinions after they found out what others thought. When it was revealed that other women gave the man a higher score, participants were likely to adjust their score to be higher too.

"Mate-choice copying," when an individual finds potential partners more attractive when they have already been chosen by someone else, happens across the animal kingdom. In birds and fish species, it helps females select high-quality males, and provides an evolutionary advantage.

In humans, this theory suggests women like taken men because they are probably kind and faithful, and thus good partners. However, the new research suggests this might not be what's going on, as women also increased their scores of the abstract works of art when they saw other women had scored them as more attractive.

Also, including lesbian and bisexual women in the experiment didn't change the results. This suggests any woman could be influenced by others' opinions, regardless of whether they were seeking a mate or not.

We're inflenced by the opinions of attractive people

Psychology professor Kate Cross from St Andrews, the lead author of the study, said that the findings may simply be a result of the human tendency to be influenced by the opinion of others.

That being said, previous research has shown that women show an inclination to copy the mate choices of others more than men do. If you buy into the theory that women are biologically wired to seek out quality over quantity when it comes to a partner, this makes sense.

However, according to research such as the paper Mate Choice Copying in Humans, the attractiveness of the woman with the opinion is also important. In fact, it could be more important than how good looking the man is in the first place. This research also suggests it works both ways, as men with an unattractive female partner are seen as less appealing.

Pursuing someone who isn't single is a sign of bigger problems

There's a distinction between women who simply find a man attractive and those who do something about it. According to one study, published in the journal Psychological Science, women found men the most attractive when they were described as having a girlfriend, less so when they were "in love," and even less so when they were married.

So although women may appreciate the opinion of others and what they find attractive, they may not pursue or even fancy unavailable men as a result.

In fact, if they do decide to chase a man who is already taken, it could be because they are unhappy in their own relationships. According to one study, women who score highly on agreeability and conscientiousness are less likely to pursue non-single men.

Finding your friend's husband attractive doesn't necessarily mean you want to jump him. But if you find yourself continually drawn to unavailable men, it might be worth considering whether it's something about you.

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• Byron's creditors approved a CVA plan on Wednesday.
• As many as 20 restaurants could close as a result .
• Britain's casual dining sector is suffering from a nationwide consumer spending squeeze.

LONDON — Creditors of stricken burger chain Byron have voted almost unanimously to approve a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), which could result in as many as 20 restaurants closing.

99% of the firm's creditors voted in favour of the proposal on Wednesday, which was initially proposed on January 8. The CVA needed 75% approval to pass.

A CVA is a restructuring effort that will help Byron cut its bills, and will include the closure of a number of restaurants. The number to be closed has not been disclosed, although it was earlier reported that Byron could close as many as 20.

"As a result of this restructuring process, a number of our restaurants will close and we will do everything possible to redeploy staff to other sites and initiatives," Byron's CEO Simon Cope said.

Cope, who lead a turnaround of Japanese casual chain Wagamama, was brought in to help revive Byron last May.

According to City AM, the CVA "divides Byron's 67 leasehold sites and nine non-operational leaseholds into three categories."

The first category will see 51 sites with unchanged arrangements, the second will see Byron pay two-thirds rent on five restaurants, while the final category contains the 20 restaurants under threat of closure. Byron will pay 55% rent on those sites. These arrangements will be in place for six months while Byron's management negotiates what to do with the sites that are under threat.

"Today’s creditor vote in favour of the CVA proposal will allow Byron to conclude its previously negotiated financial restructuring and is a key step in the directors’ turnaround plan," Will Wright, a restructuring partner at KPMG and joint supervisor of the CVA, said in a statement

Byron was founded in 2007 and was one of the first restaurants to spearhead a revolution in the UK's burger market, transforming the image of the fast food from an unhealthy, down-market food to an indulgent treat.

The chain expanded quickly and was sold in 2013 for £100 million to London private equity group Hutton Collins Partners.

But Byron has struggled with "gathering economic headwinds" recently, according to KPMG partner Will Wright. Sales growth slowed from 24.4% in 2015 to 16.7% in 2016, the Telegraph reported, with profit also dipping.

Byron's trendy burger offering has suffered in recent years amid a consumer spending squeeze driven by rising inflation. Inflation peaked at 3% last year, driven by the slump in the value of the pound after 2016's Brexit vote.

Fulham Shore, the owner of trendy pizza chain Franca Manca, another prominent fixture in the UK's casual dining scene, saw shares crash 20% in September after the business issues a profit warning citing a "sector-wide slowdown."

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