Not everybody loves award-winning movies.

With 13 nominations, Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water" is up for the most Oscars this year.

The film, which has a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (and an audience score of 78%), has received mostly positive reviews.

But some critics hate it.

A lot of the negative criticism stems from a lack of fleshed-out, three-dimensional characters, leaving some wondering if Del Toro sacrificed character development for stunning visuals.

A few negative reviews haven't stopped the success of this movie so far. It won best director and best motion picture drama at the Golden Globes in January. "The Shape of Water" is a favorite to win several Oscars including best director and best original score.

But they are still interesting to look at.

Here are some of the worst reviews of  "The Shape of Water" from critics:

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"The movie's worldview is as easy to like as the protagonist and her friends, but del Toro lays it on so thick that there's no room for counterargument or even independent thought."

Chicago Reader

"The more I try to find some kind of justifiable meaning and relevance, the more I find 'The Shape of Water' a loopy, lunkheaded load of drivel."

New York Observer

"I felt nothing for the characters which makes the premise of rooting for the misunderstood a moot point."

The Sun

• Consumers are spending hundreds of dollars on "ugly" clothes and accessories. 
• Shoppers are favoring more comfortable, practical clothing, and dressing ugly has become ironic. 
• We've rounded up some of the ugliest products to be released in the past year.

Ugly fashion is here to stay. 

The trend of dressing in ugly clothing and accessories hit its peak in 2017, and it shows no signs of slowing down in 2018.

There are two reasons for this: first, consumers are increasingly favoring comfortable clothing and shoes, which is why practical brands Birkenstock and Crocs are having a comeback. 

"It happens every several years" David Kahan, CEO of Birkenstock USA, told Fast Company back in 2016. "The planets line up and Birkenstocks become fashionable again."

Similarly, after falling out of favor around 10 years ago, Crocs' core product, the classic clog, is back in vogue. 

"The classic clog has re-emerged as our hero," Terence Reilly, Crocs' chief marketing officer, told The Washington Post. 

The second reason is that ugly products have become so ironic that they're now trendy, thanks to designer brands launching their own ugly clothing items. It's an excellent marketing ploy — these unappealing products with large price tags create a backlash and subsequent buzz on social media. 

Take a look at some of the products that best exemplify the ugly trend: 

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Balenciaga's triple-soled sneakers, $850

Don't be fooled — these are not hiking shoes. The bulky sole is purely a fashion statement, which is crafted by combining three different molds taken from running, basketball, and track shoes.

The sneakers have been worn by many celebrities, including Bella Hadid, and are now sold-out online. 

Y/Project and Ugg collaboration

Ugg boots are back in vogue. 

In January, fashion brand Y/Projects partnered with Ugg to create a thigh-high version of the boot. Since then, Rihanna and Sienna Miller have been snapped in the classic style of Ugg boots, according to Vogue. 

Ugg has been pulling out equally dubious styles on its own to progress from its classic look. A pair of limited-edition flame boots, designed with Jeremy Scott, are being sold for around $400 at different stores online.

VETEMENTS X Reebok high-top sock sneakers, $840

This is a new kind of high-top sneaker. These men's sneakers were trialed in a Hong Kong pop-up in November but are now available online. 

• Starbucks just opened its first upscale Reserve store to compete with brands like Blue Bottle Coffee and Intelligentsia. 
• Starbucks said that it plans to open 1,000 Reserve stores around the world, in addition to the Reserve bars that are already open in some existing Starbucks locations.
• The Reserve store is four times the size of a traditional Starbucks and features a full bar that serves alcohol and small plates.

Starbucks just opened the first of its 1,000 planned Reserve stores on the ground floor of the chain's headquarters in Seattle, Washington.

The Reserve store — seen as a competitor of more upscale coffee shops like Blue Bottle and Intelligentsia — includes a high-end Princi bakery, full liquor bar, coffee bar, lounge areas, and two fireplaces. The Reserve stores plan to showcase the specialty, small-lot Starbucks Reserve coffee.

According to the Seattle Times, the Reserve store is 8,100 square feet — four times the size of a typical Starbucks.  It's a more high-end experience from Starbucks, with a full bar and bakery that serve breakfast, lunch, cocktails, and appetizers.

Take a look inside the first upscale Reserve store from Starbucks:

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The Starbucks Reserve store is meant to be more upscale than a traditional Starbucks store.

When you first walk in, you can see a colorful design made of nearly 3,700 Starbucks Reserve cards, which is meant to represent the topography of the mountains where coffee beans are grown. Each card is designed in-house and tells the story of a particular lot of coffee.

Here's a closer look at the Reserve cards that make up the design.

• The Trump Administration's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act updated the US tax code to allow 100% bonus depreciation for items such as aircraft.
• The new policy allows private jet buyers to deduct 100% of the plane's cost immediately.
• This is a change in tax code that is expected to boost demand for private jets.

A recent change in the tax the US tax code is stirring up interest in high-end private jets. As part of the Trump Administration's tax reform package which passed in late 2017, transportation items such as private jets are now subject to 100% bonus depreciation.

According to the National Business Aviation Association, this allows a private jet owner to deduct 100% of its cost immediately.

However, the NBAA is keen to point out that the new policy doesn't entitle private jet buyers to more depreciation, just the ability to access those benefits at a quicker rate. In this case, immediately. 

For some of the world's wealthiest individuals, this deduction accounts for much, if not all, of their millions in tax liability. Which means, for some, the jet could be essentially free.

This is much-welcomed news for an industry on the mend after a couple of tough years.

"Although we are still in a recovering market, this milestone tax reform, complemented by positive economic data and macroeconomic indicators, such as GDP and corporate profits, highly favor new aircraft acquisition," Embraer Executive Jets CEO Michael Amalfitano said in a statement.

So will this send the world's billionaires scrambling to buy a private jet or two?

It's still too early to tell, an Embraer spokesman told us. Teal Group vice president and aviation industry analyst Richard Aboulafia agrees.

"There's been no historical linkage between bonus depreciation and market strength," Aboulafia said in an interview. "But on the other hand, this is a very generous depreciation offer and the market has been on the cusp of a turnaround for some time."

"Maybe this serves as one of the precipitating factors," he added. 

And then there's General Dynamics, Gulfstream's parent company, which hasn't actually factored in any tax reform driven demand into its projections.

"We will see how tax reform plays out, but it frankly didn’t factor into our projections," General Dynamics chairman and CEO Phebe Novakovic said during the company's fourth-quarter 2017 earnings call. "We based our plan on the demand that we see and what I’ve called now for many, many quarters, a robust pipeline."

However, Gulfstream did report that the company's flagship G650/G650ER just had its best quarter since 2014.

Here's a rough description of how the new bonus depreciation policy will work. 

According to the NBAA, the 100% bonus depreciation applies to factory-new and pre-owned aircraft. However, it must be the taxpayer's first use of the pre-owned aircraft for it to qualify.

Owners of aircraft that enters service between September 28, 2017, and December 31, 2022, will get to deduct 100% of its cost immediately. However, "certain aircraft" and "longer production period property" are eligible for a one-year extension. For everyone else, bonus depreciation rates will decrease by 20% every year starting in 2023 until 2027 when it hits zero.

Aircraft with binding sales agreements signed on or before September 27, 2017, will be subject to 50% bonus depreciation under the previous tax code.

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Debates about "best" and "worst" cities elicit strong feelings. It's a tricky issue because such debates are largely subjective.

So Business Insider attempted to use data to definitively prove which are the most exciting and most boring cities in every state across America.

To do that, we took counts of the number of establishments for 66 different types of businesses — like breweries, art dealers, and museums — that can make a city more "interesting." We sourced data from the Census Bureau's 2015 County Business Patterns program and picked the metro areas with the highest and lowest count of these businesses for our interesting and boring cities.

For example, the New York City metro area has 62 breweries, 762 art dealers, and 305 museums, based on federal data. That ended up being the "most exciting" city in New York. Elmira, the "most boring" city in New York, has two breweries, zero art dealers, and four museums. Of course, this means that bigger cities tended to rank better as "exciting" cities, but that is a trend for most lists of this nature.

The list below breaks out cities by each of the 381 Metropolitan Statistical Areas recognized by the federal government. You will see that some of the metro areas span more than one state (e.g. New York City includes Jersey City and Newark, New Jersey). We have made it clear in the slides below which metro areas span more than one state.

And two states — Rhode Island and Vermont — are not included in the list because they don't have at least two metro areas as defined by the federal government.

Read below to see the most exciting and most boring city in every state in America.

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Alabama

Most Exciting

Birmingham, Hoover, Alabama

Population: 1,144,857

Most Boring

Gadsden, Alabama

Population: 102,873

Alaska

Most Exciting

Anchorage, Alaska

Population: 399,432

Most Boring

Fairbanks, Alaska

Population: 99,639

Arizona

Most Exciting

Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale, Arizona

Population: 4,567,857

Most Boring

Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona

Population: 126,395

• Hope Hicks was the youngest-ever White House communications director.

• She got her start promoting Ivanka Trump's fashion brand, before earning Donald Trump's trust and becoming a part of his inner circle.

• Hicks has recently been embroiled in a number of White House controversies.

• She announced her resignation Wednesday.

Hope Hicks was the youngest person to ever hold the position of White House communications director.

Business Insider reported she resigned from the White House role today. 

Hicks is recognized as one of President Donald Trump's inner circle, and is one of his longest-serving advisers.

She was recently embroiled in a number of White House controversies. On Tuesday, she admitted to telling "white lies" on behalf of the president, during her eight-hour testimony to the House Intelligence Committee.

Hicks was romantically linked to former White House staff secretary Rob Porter. When Porter's two ex-wives went on the record alleging that Porter had a history of domestic abuse, Hicks reportedly helped Chief of Staff John Kelly craft a statement defending him.

She was also interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller's team regarding Russian interference in the US election.

The 29-year-old had zero experience in politics before joining the Trump campaign in 2015. The New York Times reported the Greenwich, Connecticut native was "the third generation of her family to represent a powerful but highly controversial client." Her father ran PR for a tobacco company and the NFL, while her grandfather represented Texaco during the energy crisis in the 1970s.

"My father has been a huge influence on me, starting with introducing me to lacrosse, then a career in public relations and now politics," Hicks told Lacrosse Magazine.

Here's a look back at her career:

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Growing up in Greenwich, Hicks swam, and played golf and lacrosse. At Greenwich High School, she became captain of the varsity lacrosse team, which ultimately won a state championship. She also landed modeling jobs for television commercials, Ralph Lauren, and Vogue. Ford Modeling Agency represented Hicks and her sister Marcy Grace.

Source: New York Times, NPR

Hicks dreamt of becoming an actor. The New York Times reported she even "read lines for a film role with Alec Baldwin." At the age of 13, Hicks told Greenwich Magazine she wanted to pursue acting, but could see herself in politics.

Source: New York Times, NPR

After graduating from Southern Methodist University, CNN reported Hicks landed a job at PR firm Hiltzik Strategies in 2012 after meeting founder Matthew Hiltzik at a NFL Super Bowl event. According to the New York Times, however, the interview with Hiltzik was set up after Hicks and her father met Alec Baldwin at the Super Bowl.

Source: CNN, Marist, PR Week, New York Times

Hope Hicks is President Donald Trump's 29-year-old White House communications director. But before joining Trump's 2016 campaign, she had no political experience.

Hicks was born in Greenwich, a town of 60,000 on the southwest tip of Connecticut that's a favorite spot for hedge-fund headquarters.

She was a model, actress, and lacrosse player as a child, before getting her English degree at Southern Methodist University.

Hicks didn't intend on playing such a large role in a presidential campaign, instead falling into the gig through a job at the Trump Organization.

Yet she became the youngest White House communications director in history.

And Hicks has been with Trump — to use his words — "from the beginning." White House staffers may even called her his "real daughter."

Hicks became ensnared in two high-profile White House controversies: the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, and her role in crafting the White House's response to abuse allegations against staff secretary Rob Porter.

And on February 28, Hicks announced that she was resigning in the coming weeks. She served as Trump's fourth communications director.

Here's what we know about Hicks.

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Hicks and her sister, Mary Grace, were successful teen models. Hicks posed for Ralph Lauren and appeared on the cover of "It Girl," a spin-off of the best-selling "Gossip Girl" book and TV series.

Source: New York Times

Hicks' first brush with the Trumps came in 2012 when she was at the public-relations firm Hiltzik Strategies working on Ivanka Trump's fashion line. Trump's eldest daughter hired Hicks away in 2014 and she became an employee of the Trump Organization.

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Hicks met patriarch Trump and quickly "earned his trust," Ivanka Trump told The New York Times for a June 2016 profile on the spokeswoman.

Source: New York Times

• The White House communications director, Hope Hicks, is one of the most powerful people in American politics.
• Hicks' fashion evolution over the past year reveals her ability to evolve to maintain Trump's support in a White House plagued by controversy, as she moves from echoing Ivanka Trump's style to imitating Melania Trump.
• On Thursday, the White House confirmed that Hicks is resigning from her position. 

Hope Hicks has become one of the most powerful figures in American politics. Now, she's leaving the White House. 

Hicks will resign from her position as communications director in the coming weeks, the White House confirmed on Wednesday. 

On Tuesday, Hicks testified before the House Intelligence Committee on the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Hicks could be a pivotal witness as one of Trump's closest advisors— and as one of the few people involved in Trump's campaign who has still been working in the White House. 

Unlike many in the often bombastic Trump administration, Hicks rarely speaks to the media on the record. However, as a former model with experience in fashion PR, Hicks knows how to make a statement with her appearance without saying a word.

Here's a look at how Hicks' public presentation has changed — and how it could reveal how the communications director made herself invaluable to the White House.

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Hope Hicks began working for Ivanka Trump's fashion brand in 2014, four years after she graduated from Southern Methodist University.

"Hicks grew close to Ivanka and began dressing like the heiress, who seemed worthy of the emulation," GQ reported. "Ivanka was that rare female corporate leader who is also kind to other women, and she affected an air of competence that seemed to temper the boorishness of the Trump brand."

Source: GQ

When Hicks began working on Donald Trump's presidential campaign, she mimicked Ivanka's accessible style — lots of business-casual dresses in pale shades or florals, with heels and long, straight hair.

• The Trump International Hotel and Tower Panama in Panama City is currently the site of an intense business dispute.

• Trump Organization employees refused to vacate the premises after being fired by the hotel's majority owners on Tuesday.

• The international blowup could cause problems for President Donald Trump.

The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Panama City boasts 369 hotel rooms, an infinity pool with spectacular ocean views, and a bitter business dispute that's already required police intervention.

It's the site of a contentious showdown between Trump Organization staffers and the property's majority owners, led by investor Orestes Fintiklis. His firm, Ithaca Capital Partners, has a majority stake in the property, The New York Times reported.

The owners chose to cut ties with the Trump brand last year, and have been in arbitration since October 2017. The Los Angeles Times reported the owners have accused Trump Hotels of "gross mismanagement" and "financial misconduct."

But the Trump Organization isn't budging.

In January, the organization refused to admit a team of Marriott staffers visiting on behalf of the owners. Now, the owners are accusing the Trump Organization executives of illegally encroaching on their property, The New York Times reported.

Last week, Fintiklis showed up at the hotel to hand out termination slips. The Trump Organization team called the police and "barred the owners' group from entering a room containing the building's computer servers and closed-circuit television system," The New York Times reported. Trump Organization executives were also overheard shredding files, the Associated Press reported.

The face-off turned physical on Tuesday, when rival teams of security guards began to scuffle in the building. Police were called again, and broke up the fight. One guard was handcuffed, but not arrested, after blocking police access to the building's administrative offices, The Washington Post reported.

Once he was allowed to access the hotel, Fintiklis celebrated by playing Beethoven on a piano in the hotel's lobby, according to the Washington Post. 

And Wednesday, riot gear-clad police burst into the building to investigate whether hotel staffers were being paid. Panamanian authorities have opened an investigation into the tense situation. 

The ongoing dispute could bring about repercussions felt in the White House, possibly sparking concerns about President Donald Trump's international conflicts of interest, reported Business Insider's Allan Smith.

Here's a look inside the five-star hotel that's the center of this dispute:

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The 70-story skyscraper is the tallest building in Central America and the only Trump hotel in Latin America. In 2014, Trump tweeted that the building's "design evokes a majestic sail fully deployed in the wind." The property includes both a hotel and condominiums.

Source: World Atlas, The Washington Post, Trump Twitter Archive, Chicago Tribune

For a stay in late March, guests can pay anywhere from $135.15 a night to $1,994.25 a night for the presidential suite.

Source: Trump Hotels

If the website is any indication, the hotel is still taking guests, despite Tuesday's fracas and an impending investigation by the Panamanian government.

Source: Trump Hotels, HotelManagement.net

• Scientists surveyed Trump and Clinton supporters a month before the 2016 election, and found differences in how the two groups reacted to body odors.
• Socially conservative voters were more sensitive when presented with the idea of a stinky fart or smelly armpit.
• It's a finding that aligns with years of study on psychological differences between people who hold socially conservative and liberal views.

Does the idea of a smelling someone's stinky feet gross you out? How about accidentally sniffing a stranger's fart, or standing next to someone wearing a sweaty t-shirt? 

Turns out, supporters of President Donald Trump are especially grossed out by these ideas.

That's according to a new study released Wednesday from scientists at Stockholm University in Sweden.

The psychologists surveyed 391 American adults online in October 2016, a month before the presidential election. The participants represented a mix of personalities and demographics: 172 were men and 219 women, 36% supported Trump over Clinton (a number that tracked closely with national polling at the time), and roughly half of the group were college grads.

Time and again, the researchers found that when they asked questions like whether a participant would be grossed out by a neighbor's stinky feet, farts, urine, feces, or armpit smells, Trump supporters were predictably more sensitive to the idea of foul body odor.

The researchers said the finding isn't true across the board for all conservatives; but it was closely linked with people's support for socially conservative ideas and endorsement of President Trump.

"This relationship seems to be explained by a particular aspect of social conservatism called right-wing authoritarianism," lead author Marco Tullio Liuzza told Business Insider in an email. This "right-wing authoritarianism," he said, includes an acceptance of authority and a hostility towards groups that don't closely adhere to a traditional social order.

Conservatives don't like being grossed out

Psychologists have previously found that socially conservative people look away from gross images like blood and vomit quicker than liberals. Conservatives' brains are also more active in areas that are associated with processing fear.

Being grossed out is not a bad thing — such reactions have helped humans survive for millennia. As we wade our way through a world of pathogens, it's helpful to get turned off by any potential germy foreign objects or stinky stuff. 

Liuzza said the strong reaction of conservatives "may share an evolutionary source with an emotion that evolved to protect our bodies by poisonous substances and diseases."

But other recent research has suggested that socially conservative people's ability to get easily grossed out can extend into prejudice for unfamiliar groups like immigrants or gay people.

The researchers caution that while the trend is an interesting psychological finding, it accounts for only a small portion of individual differences when it comes to people's political preferences. 

In other words, you can't know for sure who your neighbor voted for just because they're wrinkling their nose. 

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The "Beast from the East" is so cold that even the sea is freezing.

Britain is currently caught in the icy grip of a freezing weather system that originated in Siberia. London and much of the rest of the country is coated in snow, with the "Beast from the East" causing temperatures well below freezing.

It's so cold, in fact, that the sea itself has frozen over at one part of the Isle of Wight — one of the southern-most parts of the country.

Part of Bembridge Harbour, a seawater port on the east side of the 148-square-mile island has frozen, video footage posted on Facebook by local publication Island Echo shows, trapping the boats moored there. 

Sea water typically freezes at around -2 degrees Celsius — but warmer subsurface fluid and its constant movement means it rarely does, even in sub-zero air temperatures.

Elsewhere in the UK flights have been cancelled, and the Met Office is predicting power cuts and road closures, while Scotland is on red alert. Hundreds of schools have been closed, and at least one man has died.

Here's the full video of Bembridge Harbour:

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Retro feels, pastel hues, and symmetrical buildings are just some of the recurring themes in the works of cult filmmaker Wes Anderson — and it turns out similar places exist in real life.

Brooklyn-based die-hard Anderson fan Wally Koval originally created his Instagram account @AccidentallyWesAnderson after being inspired by a Reddit forum called "Accidental Wes Anderson."

His account is a space dedicated to sharing photos of buildings and landmarks around the world that look like they could be straight out of one of his films.

Koval told Business Insider: "I have always been a big fan of Wes Anderson's work, developing a bit of a fascination for the extraordinary aesthetic he brings to the locations and settings portrayed in his films. When I started seeing real-life Anderson-esque locations pop up on the Subreddit, I became intrigued to know more about the history and background behind the facades, so I started digging."

Now, he manages the Instagram account with his fiancée Amanda, whom he calls their "chief location scout."

"@AccidentallyWesAnderson is a community, an inspiration, and an adventure — we explore the intersection of distinctive design and the unique narratives that typically follow. We hope to contribute to an unending bucket list of travel destinations, and perhaps help someone put a new pin in their own map," he said.

Ahead of the release of Anderson's new film "Isle of Dogs" later this month, Koval shared a selection of photos from the account with Business Insider. From palaces in Jaipur to Berlin's "gritty" rapid transit systems and dreamy Art Deco buildings in Downtown LA, scroll down for some Wes Anderson-inspired travel inspiration — bucket lists at the ready.

*Photographers are listed by their Instagram usernames along with the year each landmark was built.

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Lake Shore Place, Chicago, c. 1926 — @HasoTaso

Stadtbad Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany, c. 1928 — @Berlinstagram

Eastern Columbia House, Los Angeles, California, c. 1930 — @ElizabethDaniels01

• Psychopathy is a personality disorder, not a mental illness.
• There is no "cure" for psychopaths, and they will never be able to change.
• If they are in prison, psychopaths can be managed with reward-based treatment.
• But this is simply a means of control, rather than a cure.

Like many personality traits, psychopathy is a spectrum. About 1-2% of men and 0.3-0.7% of women in the general population are estimated to be true psychopaths, but for the rest of us, we fall on the scale somewhere lower down.

People who experience psychopathic traits, such as ruthlessness, charisma, impulsivity, and persuasiveness, tend to get through life just fine. Even full-blown psychopaths can be very successful — they just won't ever be the same as everyone else.

What sets a true psychopath apart from the rest of the population is a lack of empathy. They will never be able to sympathise with someone else's feelings, or care that someone else is suffering while they thrive. In fact, sometimes a psychopath will enjoy feeling superior while they cause chaos for other people.

Lacking empathy isn't a problem for a psychopath, and they won't ever believe there's anything wrong with them. By this logic, if you're ever worried about being a psychopath, that means you cannot be one.

It also means a true psychopath can never be "cured."

"From what I've read, what I've heard, what I've seen and experienced so far, people with dark triad personality disorders cannot and will not change," said Perpetua Neo, a doctor of psychology and therapist, in an earlier article for Business Insider.

She added that people with these traits — narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy — are usually good at pretending to be something they are not. For example, even if they were coerced into going to therapy, they would be able to manipulate and trick their therapists.

"They orchestrate this show, put on a false self in front of the therapist, and they know how to push the buttons of their partner, so their partner looks extremely unstable in these situations," Neo said. "The therapist may collude unknowingly with the dark triad person against the partner who really has been the one suffering."

A paper by Nigel Blackwood, a forensic psychiatrist at King's College London, explains that psychopaths do not fear punishment or social stigmatisation. They don't feel the need to fit into social norms, so expectations of society have no impact on their behaviour.

This is why, if they are convicted of crimes, the punishment seems to have no impact on them. As a result, Blackwood explains, it's incredibly hard to rehabilitate an adult psychopath in prison.

Reward-based treatment, such as giving them their favourite food or video games if they behave, is considered the best course to manage psychopaths who are incarcerated. But even by keeping them calm, this is a means of control, not a cure.

Not all psychopaths will become criminals, and many will get through life without anyone knowing what they are. But whether they end up causing trouble or not, there's no evidence their personality will ever change.

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• One of the oldest tailors on London's Savile Rowe told Business Insider some surprising facts about the world of suits.
• Simon Cundey, Managing Director of Henry Poole & Co, claims that the tailor invented the dinner jacket.
• He said there's actually no difference between the dinner jacket and the tuxedo — and the different names came about due to their location in the world.

From doing your homework to choosing the right fit, there's plenty to know when buying and wearing a suit.

It's also important to know the difference between certain styles.

Business Insider caught up with Simon Cundey, Managing Director of Henry Poole & Co — one of the oldest tailors on London's Savile Rowe whose clients have included former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, supermodel David Gandy, and even Her Majesty the Queen — and we discovered some surprising facts about the world of suits.

One, according to Cundey, is the fact that the only difference between a dinner jacket and a tuxedo is the suit's location.

Cundey said the dinner jacket — or the tuxedo — first came about when Edward VII, later the king of the United Kingdom, decided in 1865 he was "tired of wearing tails at dinner by himself."

"He asked Henry Poole to come up with another evening dress, more relaxing," Cundey said. "[Poole] lowered the fronts, cut the tails off, and made it into a lounge dining jacket for him."

Here's a tuxedo being made inside Henry Poole:

The same jacket was then copied by another customer named James Potter, according to Cundey.

"He had one made here and went back to his native address just outside of New York, called Tuxedo Park.

"One or two other customers who also dressed here began to have them made as well, so they became known as the Tuxedo Boys.

"That's why we have the name dinner suit for London, and Tuxedo for USA."

Here's what the suits looked like back in 1886...

...And here's what a typical tuxedo from Poole looks like today:

According to Cundey, there's no difference between the two.

"It's two words separated by land, formed by two different sides," he said. "That's another claim to fame that started its origins at Poole."

SEE ALSO: The oldest tailor on Savile Row says these are all the things men do wrong when buying and wearing a suit — and getting it right can make a difference in a job interview

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• Millennials are buying diamonds at a rate higher than their parents, according to the CFO of the world's biggest diamond producer.
• Nimesh Patel of De Beers told Business Insider that it is a "fallacy" to say that millennials aren't buying diamonds.
• Patel's words contrast with an Economist article that asked "Why aren't millennials buying diamonds?"

LONDON — It's wrong to suggest that millennials aren't buying diamonds, according to De Beers Chief Financial Officer Nimesh Patel, because they're spending a higher proportion of their income on jewellery than previous generations.

Back in 2016 an article in The Economist magazine went viral after asking the question "Why aren't millennials buying diamonds?"

The article drew criticism from the millennial generation — most of whom are unable to get on the property ladder, and are forced to rent into their 30s — for wondering why they're not buying a precious stone that is nowhere near being a necessity in life.

"Maybe because they're burdened with crippling student loan debt and can't actually find a good paying job," was among the most common responses, according to a Huffington Post article at the time.

Speaking to Business Insider last week, Patel called the idea that younger people aren't buying diamonds a "fallacy" and said that demand among millennials (generally classed as anyone aged between 18 and 35) is actually pretty similar to, if not higher, than in previous generations.

"There's a slight fallacy here that younger people don't want to buy diamonds," Patel told BI over the phone.

"Look at the facts. If you look at the millennials in our top four markets, they account for 45% of diamond purchases. That's an impressive number."

"That is the same or higher proportion of diamond jewellery purchases as the generations that came before them when they were the same age."

The trend of millennials buying diamonds, Patel says, is even more impressive given that most have not yet reached what he calls "peak affluency" — the point in one's life where you have the largest proportion of disposable income.

"That's despite the fact that millennials haven't reached peak affluency. In fact they're probably 10 years away from that peak. Again, compared to previous generations, that means that they're probably spending a higher proportion of their total personal disposable income on diamond jewellery," Patel said.

Trends for diamond purchase are shifting however, Patel noted, saying that the millennial generation is more inclined towards what he called "self-purchase" of diamonds and diamond jewellery.

Millennials are more likely to buy themselves diamonds to celebrate their acheivements and successes, rather than for life events such as an engagement, than other generations.

"The last point to pick up on is the trend towards self purchase. Self purchase today is at 26%, and we are seeing self purchases being more frequent, and at an earlier age," Patel said, before noting that De Beers is specifically targeting such purchasers with its marketing strategies.

"That's why the work that we're doing in our marketing campaigns is critical, because we're marketing to the self purchasing consumer," he said.

"We're marketing to women who want to celebrate their achievements — with their families — but actually also in their own lives, whether that's career, social, or sporting achievements."

Patel spoke to Business Insider after De Beers reported $5.8billion (£4.2 billion) revenues for the year to the end of December 2017, down 4% from 2016. De Beers blamed that revenue drop on a one-off industry restocking in 2016.

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• A lost Nigerian masterpiece was recently uncovered in North London.
• It has just fetched over £1.2m at auction.

Earlier this month, a painting was discovered in a flat in North London after being lost for decades.

The painting is of the Ife princess Adetutu Ademiluyi, known as Tutu, and was painted by artist Ben Enwonwu in 1974. He painted three portraits of her, all of which disappeared, and became national cultural icons. Poster reproductions of the works hang on walls all over Nigeria, representing peace after the Nigerian-Biafran conflict in the 60s.

The painting is so iconic, it has been named the "African Mona Lisa," so it was a "momentous occasion" when it showed up, according to Bonhams Auction House.

The piece was expected to fetch up to £300,000 when it went up for auction in London on Wednesday, but it succeeded all estimates and ended up selling for £1.2 million — a new record for Enwonwu.

Giles Peppiatt, Bonham's director of modern african art, uncovered the artwork when a family in North London contacted him. They knew Nigerian artwork had been selling for a lot of money at recent auctions, and were curious to know what their portrait was worth. They had no idea they had a missing masterpiece, Peppiatt said.

"It is very exciting to have played a part in the discovery and sale of this remarkable work," he told The Guardian.

Enwonwu was a student at Goldsmiths, Ruskin College, Oxford, and is considered the father of Nigerian modernism. He died in 1994, and the whereabouts of his other two paintings of Tutu remain a mystery.

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Whether you live in the UK or are planning your first trip, it can be easy to go back to the same London-centric spots when you're looking for a day out or weekend away.

To help you expand your horizons, Instagram data tool Magi Metrics has gathered data from hashtags and geotagged locations on Instagram in order to locate the most popular beauty spots in the UK — London not included.

The data was collected by looking at locations in the UK outside of London where users had posted the hashtags #beautiful, #stunning, #wonderful, #romantic, and #lovely. After analysing more than 300,000 posts, they came up with this list - scroll down to check it out.

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15. Dunnottar Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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One of the most historic tourist locations in the UK, the fortress is set on a cliff with the sea as a backdrop — a photographer's dream.

14. Lulworth Cove, Dorset, England.

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One of the most famous landforms in the country, you can enjoy panoramic views and crystal-clear waters with a visit to this UNESCO World Heritage Site.

13. Cliffs Of Dover, Kent, England.

One of the most spectacular sights in the UK, the White Cliffs of Dover make for an incredible walk. On a clear day, you can even see France.

• Montclair, California, has implemented a local law banning "distracted walking."
• Anyone looking at their screen while crossing the street is liable for a fine.
• It's $100 for the first time, then $200, then $500 after that.
• You can also get stung for talking on the phone or listening to music.

A small town west of Los Angeles is fining people $100 for crossing the street while staring at their phones.

Montclair, which is around 30 miles from central LA, has passed a so-called "distracted walking" law, which mandates officials to issue fines to people they see focussing on their screen instead of the road.

Anybody who breaks the ordinance, Municipal Code 8.28.020 (A), will be fined $100 the first time, $200 the second time, and $500 a time after that.

You can also fall foul of the rule by taking a call on your phone, or crossing the street while listening to music.

The official City of Montclair website runs a page explaining the new law, which includes this explanatory graphic:

The law has been in effect since January 3, but seems to have gone unnoticed for its first couple of months.

Montclair's new idea got widespread coverage this week, however, with city figures speaking out to defend it.

Jon Hamilton, who's in charge of Montclair's administration services, told the LA Times: "We had been discussing this issue, just safety in general, as we're seeing people blindly walking across the street, staring at their phones without paying attention.

"It's an issue that has become more and more prevalent based on the increased usage of cellphones, particularly among younger residents."

Others pointed out that similar laws already exist elsewhere, including one in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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• Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton made their working debut together alongside other halves Prince Harry and the Duke of Cambridge on Wednesday.
• A body language expert has offered her analysis of the relationship between the future royal sister-in-laws.
• She says there was 'team member' respect for one another but no 'overt displays of sisterly friendship.'
• There's still presumably time for that to blossom.

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Kate Middleton, and Price William appeared for their first official royal engagement as a foursome on Wednesday — and observers couldn't help but use the opportunity to analyse the relationship between the "Suits" actress and her future sister-in-law.

The pair wore coordinating blue dresses to the first annual Royal Foundation Forum in London, although Markle's apparently cost more than 10 times more than the Middleton's.

The Duchess wore the Royal Blue Tailored Maternity Dress by Seraphine, which retails for $169, while Markle opted for a dark blue wrap dress by Jason Wu, which retails for $1,795.

But that wasn't where the differences ended, according to author and body language expert Judi James, who has offered her take on the event to various media outlets. 

The last time the two couples were photographed together was on Christmas Day at Sandringham.

Wednesday was their first official engagement as a foursome. They faced questions about their past and future charity work and the foundation's programmes from host Tina Daheley. 

James told Cosmopolitan that overall the plentiful smiles made for some "strong family vibes."

"There seemed to be a 'team member' respect for one another but they also seemed to steer clear of any more overt displays of sisterly friendship," she told the magazine. 

James also pointed out that whenever Middleton spoke, Markle would make a concerted effort to turn to listen to her "intently," as per below. 

But most people who watched the interview noticed a difference in the way the two handled questions, which is hardly surprising given their very different backgrounds. Markle is, after all, used to being on screen in a very different way. 

"Meghan's approach is hugely 'hit-the-ground-running' with her upright posture and her trait of sitting with one elbow in partial splay mode suggesting high levels of confidence and a desire to get her message across," James said.

Meanwhile, Middleton seemed a little more laid back, which again is hardly surprising as she's far more well-versed in royal protocol.

"Kate's calmer, simpler approach, sitting back in her chair with a rather demure hand clasp gave a glimpse of what being a royal must have taught her, which is that people listen anyway with no need to ramp up the passion and drama."

Markle indicated that her focus in the foundation could be on women's' rights, and she was candid in speaking about these issues, even discussing the #MeToo movement. 

"I hear a lot of people speaking about girls’ empowerment and women’s empowerment — you will hear people saying they are helping women find their voices," she said. "I fundamentally disagree with that because women don’t need to find their voices, they need to be empowered to use it, and people need to be urged to listen.

She added: "I think right now in the climate where we are seeing so many campaigns like Me Too and Time’s Up, there is no better time than to really continue to shine a light on women feeling empowered and people really helping to support them."

Markle appeared a lot more emotionally reactive when it came to some of the more personal questions posed by Daheley, too — including whether or not the family ever disagree with one another.

"When Harry joked we saw both women share genuine matching smiles and mirror the partial cut-off gesture when their hands mimicked face-covering," James said. "The cause was clearly also important to both although there was some interesting body language thrown up when suggestions of 'disagreements' were thrown up.

"Both women initially hid their faces behind their hair and then Meghan laughed and grabbed Harry's arm in a rather telling gesture. William's 'Oh yes' told us sparks had clearly occurred, but Kate's demure smile wasn't giving any clues about who had been battling with who."

Markle's spirited and candid approach to the interview has even led to comparisons between her and Princess Diana, William and Harry's late mother.

But it's still early days — we'll have to wait to see how Markle finds her place in the royal family following her May wedding to Harry, after which she'll formally become the fourth patron of the foundation.

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• Sugar lurks in dozens of unsuspecting foods, from yogurt and salad dressings to granola bars and sauces.
• Another big source of sugar in our diets is high-carbohydrate food like bagels and rice, which are quickly broken down into sugar in our bodies.
• Occasionally indulging in a sweet treat isn't a problem, but continuously eating high-sugar foods has been linked with a wide range of health issues.

Sugar lurks in dozens of unsuspecting foods, from yogurts and salad dressings to juices and sauces. Even when sucrose — the popular form of table sugar is not present in a food item, sugar's cousins fructose and dextrose can likely be found somewhere on the label.

To truly avoid sugar, you'd also have to cut out simple carbohydrates, including the ones found in bagels and white rice, since they break down quickly into sugar in the body.

Thankfully, the bulk of scientific research suggests that you don't have to go sugar-free see benefits for your brain and body. Instead, most experts simply recommend cutting back.

Still, given sugar's omnipresence in our lives, reducing your consumption can be hard work. Here are some of the problems that can result when you consistently overindulge your sweet tooth.

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Sugar is horrible for your teeth.

When bacteria in your mouth break down sugar, they produce acid, weakening the protective enamel that gives your teeth that glossy feel. If you're only eating it occasionally, that's no big deal — your teeth have a natural repair mechanism called remineralization that helps build back the enamel. 

But when you indulge your sweet tooth too often, the repeated cycle of acid attacks can break down the minerals that keep your enamel strong, eventually producing a cavity.

The link between sugar and tooth decay is especially strong when it comes to sweet drinks like soda, since the combination of bubbles and sugar appears to be lethal for your pearly whites. A 2017 study of more than 20,000 adults published in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry found that consuming sugary beverages dramatically increased participant's chances of losing between one and five teeth.

Sugar has been strongly tied to weight gain and obesity.

The authors of a review of 50 studies on diet and weight gain published in the journal Food and Nutrition Research found that, on average, the more refined carbohydrates (such as sugar) that someone ate, the more weight they tended to gain over the study period. Similarly, the researchers behind a large review of 68 studies published in the British Medical Journal found that the more sugar someone consumed, the more they weighed.

In other words, the amount of sugar in a participant's diet could be used to roughly predict their weight, the researchers found.

Eating sugar may make you crave more.

When we eat carbs or sugar, the process involves the pancreas. That small, sweet-potato-shaped organ pumps out insulin, a hormone that mops up some of the sugar floating around in our blood stream. But when we consume large quantities of sugar, the pancreas goes into overdrive and pumps out so much insulin that we wind up craving more carbs or sugar.

Edward Damiano, a diabetes researcher and professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University, calls this "the insulin effect": Ironically, you eat sugar, and then you crave more.