• A marriage often suffers because a couple is fighting over housework, one survey found.
• A new paper suggests outsourcing that housework can lead to greater relationship satisfaction.
• Another option is just not to do some chores at all.

A new working paper from Harvard Business School and the University of British Columbia casually drops this bombshell in its introduction:

"In one nationally representative study of new divorcees in the US, 25% of respondents cited 'disagreements about housework’ as the number one reason for their divorce; a close third after 'infidelity’ (40%) and 'drifting apart’ (35%)."

Um, wow.

The paper goes on to offer a simple solution for any couple on the verge of a permanent split — or even just on the verge of tearing their hair out — because of housework-related conflict: Pay somebody else to do it.

The paper, which was highlighted recently in The New York Times, describes a series of studies, encompassing a total of 3,000 participants who were either married or living with their partner in a serious relationship.

The key finding is that couples who spend money to save time — think hiring a house cleaner or sending out the laundry — are more satisfied with their relationships than couples who don’t spend money this way.

One study suggests this link is causal — that outsourcing chores can make a relationship happier.

Interestingly, it’s not the freedom from doing chores per se that causes the bump in relationship satisfaction. Instead, the research suggests that couples who outsource chores wind up spending more quality time together. Spending money to save time also appeared to protect couples from the negative impact of relationship conflict.

The researchers found that spending money to save time works best when your life stressors are controllable — like if you have a lot of dirty clothes and not a lot of time to wash them. If your stressors are out of your control — like if a friend is ill — you’d do better to spend money on an experience, say, tickets to a play.

This new paper builds on previous research, which I covered last year, that found individuals who spend time to save money are happier than those who don’t. That’s true even though most people, given money to spend, would opt to use it on a material purchase.

Indeed, the new research found that the majority of participants surveyed didn’t report spending money to save time.

This research also calls to mind the words of couples therapist Lori Gottlieb, who told Jo Piazza, author of "How to Be Married," that too many couples try to divide chores perfectly evenly — and that it’s stressful when they can’t do it so easily.

An alternative to outsourcing chores is to leave them undone

To be sure, outsourcing housework — even if that means ordering takeout or hiring a Task Rabbit to assemble furniture — requires being in a financial position to do so.

And if you can’t afford to outsource every chore on the list? Maybe you just shouldn’t do some of them.

In "Drop the Ball," Tiffany Dufu writes that she and her husband use the MEL, or the Management Excel List. One of the most important categories on the list was things that wouldn’t get done for a period of time — like cleaning the car or putting the laundry away. (Both partners were OK with that.)

Ideally, you’d be able to spend time with your partner in a pristine home, while cooking dinner together from scratch and laughing because it’s all so fun. But that isn’t always reality.

It all comes down to what makes you most comfortable. Can you tolerate a mildly rusty bathtub? Can you deal with someone cleaning your mildly rusty bathtub for you while you take a walk in the park with your partner?

Your inclination might be to answer "no," and that’s okay, but remember you might not know your future self as well as you think you do.

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• HGTV's "Fixer Upper" couple, Chip and Joanna Gaines, are responsible for a huge spike in tourism to their hometown of Waco, Texas.
• Waco has been named one of the top travel destinations of 2018 by TripAdvisor.
• From the Gaineses' Magnolia Market at the Silos to the Dr. Pepper Museum and a mammoth fossil site, there's plenty to see and do in Waco.

Chip and Joanna Gaines have starred in "Fixer Upper," one of HGTV's most-watched home improvement shows since 2013.

The indelible husband and wife duo announced last fall that Season 5 of "Fixer Upper" would be their last as they shift focus to their growing young family. The final episode airs April 3.

Though the Gaineses may soon be disappearing from television screens across America, their hometown ambassadorship is strengthening nationwide.

Waco, Texas, a city with a population of about 134,400, was recently named the No. 2 trending travel destination in the US by TripAdvisor, seemingly thanks to the Gaineses' burgeoning local empire.

In 2017, their expansive downtown Waco hub, Magnolia Market at the Silos, averaged 30,000 visitors a week — an annual total close to 1.6 million people, reports the Waco Tribune. That's more than the Alamo, one of Texas' best-known tourist attractions.

Meanwhile, hotel occupancy rates in Waco were 75% in the second quarter of 2017, according to the Waco Tribune, the second-highest in the state.

The Gaineses employ more than 600 people in Waco to help run their laundry list of businesses, including a 2.5 acre home-improvement hub, a real estate and construction company, two rental properties, and an upcoming restaurant, Magnolia Table.

Here's everything you need to see and do in Waco:

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Roundtrip flights from New York City to Dallas or Austin — the two largest airports near Waco — cost about $150 right now. Both airports are about 100 miles from Waco.

Once in downtown Waco, you can't miss the Silos. The Gaineses 'favorite investment' so far is a pair of rusted cotton-oil mill silos at the center of a 2.5 acre property otherwise known as Magnolia headquarters.

Source: Business Insider

On the Magnolia Market website there are tips for making the most of your visit to the Silos. Tip No. 1: The Silos are busiest during lunch hours, so come early or late in the day. The market is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and closed Sundays.

Source: Magnolia Market

• Denim is making a comeback.
• Several retailers including Gap, J. Crew, and Abercrombie reported strong growth in denim during their fourth-quarter earnings results.
• This could cause issues for the athleisure market.

Denim is creeping its way back into our wardrobes.

Stretchy athletic wear has dominated fashion for several years. Between 2011 and 2016, the market for athletic wear grew to be 30% of the total clothing and footwear industry, increasing an impressive 7% a year compared to the 1% growth of the apparel sector in general, according to Wells Fargo analysts.

Athletic brands such as Lululemon, Under Armour, and Nike led the way from the get-go, but eventually, even more traditional clothing stores such as Gap, J. Crew, and Forever 21 followed suit in the hope of boosting their own sales.

Athleisure became such a phenomenon that in 2017, for the first time in history, US imports of stretchy knit pants exceeded those of blue denim jeans, according to data from the US Census Bureau. 

But now denim is making a comeback.

In its most recent earnings, reported at the end of March, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger parent company PVH said that jeans showed "incredible improvement" in 2017. In particular, Calvin Klein jeans showed "tremendous strength and outsized growth above our average order book growth," CEO Manny Chirico said in a call with investors.

The Calvin Klein brand is benefiting from a resurgence in '90s fashion, and it isn't alone.

America's most famous jeans maker, Levi's, reported an 8% sales increase in 2017, which was the highest growth rate in a decade. The company is capitalizing on a resurgence of its vintage styles driven by trendy shoppers who have been willing to spend hundreds of dollars on its jeans in secondhand stores.

Levi's caught on to this and has created a collection of 50,000 limited-edition jeans from the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, known as Levi's Authorized Vintage, which are sold for $300 a pair.

"We were sitting on an aged icon," James "JC" Curleigh, president of Levi's, told The Wall Street Journal in 2017.

But it's not only these iconic '90s brands that are having a denim comeback. In their fourth-quarter earnings, several mainstream retailers reported stronger denim sales, including J. Crew's sister brand Madewell, Gap, Abercrombie, and American Eagle.

Teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch reported six years of dismal sales before it recorded positive same-store sales growth in the fourth quarter of 2017. In a call with investors, CEO Fran Horowitz-Bonadies confirmed that this was partly due to an increase in denim sales across its brands, especially at Hollister, which had "a record year" in denim sales, she said. 

Some analysts say that athletic wear has hit its peak, partly because the market is now overcrowded with options. 

In 2017, growth in this category showed some signs of slowing. US activewear sales totaled $48 billion last year, which was a more modest 2% rise from 2016 compared to previous years, according to The NPD Group.

American consumers aren't quite ready to give up their stretchy pants, however, and retailers have adapted to this by creating more stretchy versions of the traditional jean using elastane and lycra.

American Eagle is one of them — on its online store, you can sort jeans by the level of stretch you want, and there are a ton of different styles appealing to different tastes. 

"Our goal is to be the authority in jeans in America," Global Brand President Chad Kessler said in a call to investors in March. "And we're committed to it."

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• A career change can often seem like an impossibility.
• Reading books on the subject can help you strategize and prepare for potential obstacles.
• These nine books can help give you perspective on jumping to a new role or field.

Transforming your professional life can feel like an overwhelming task.

Where do you start in designing a new reality that will fit you well and bring you joy?

This type of career planning requires an element of inspiration along with wise counsel and practical advice. The best books for the purpose are those that help you see and grab hold of your own potential.

Here are nine books we think anyone planning a career change should check out before deciding on a path forward.

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'Strategize to Win: the New Way to Start Out, Step Up or Start Over in Your Career' by Carla A. Harris

The work world is changing; to succeed you need to analyze and strategize. Carla Harris, managing director of Morgan Stanley, helps readers understand and analyze their own work profile and strategize the best moves to get unstuck.

Harris recommends creating five-year plans to break down the career progress you’d like to make and offers step-by-step guides for figuring out what should go in them. Anyone who wants practical methods of finding more clarity in their work life will appreciate this no-nonsense volume.

Find it here >>

'The Work' by Wes Moore

Bestselling author Wes Moore offers the story of his own dramatic career path — from army officer in Afghanistan to White House fellow to Wall Street banker — to illustrate how to find inspiration for living a life of purpose. He discusses other mission-driven people who have inspired him and reflects on lessons he’s learned on his winding path.

This book is a good place to start if you’re concerned with shaping a career filled with meaning and urgency. Moore focuses on issues too often absent from career planning books: courage, service, and risk-taking.

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'Reinventing You' by Dorie Clark

Marketing wunderkind Dorie Clark turns her sights on the most important brand: Yours. She addresses those who want a change in their careers, whether they want to move up the ladder, switch to a new field, or strike out on their own.

Using a step-by-step method for figuring out what strengths define you and how you can communicate your unique value, Clark shares her secrets for shaping how others see you. This readable narrative includes some of Clark’s personal stories as well as interesting examples of high-profile personalities who are experts at personal branding, such as Al Gore, Tim Ferriss, and Seth Godin.

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• Nobody wants to be thought of as a manipulative partner.
• In fact, if you think your partner is constantly tricking you, it's a major red flag.
• But according to a divorce lawyer, a little manipulation here and there can be beneficial to your relationship.

If your partner is manipulative, by always blaming you for things that aren't your fault and making you feel inferior, it's probably a red flag.

But according to divorce lawyer James J. Sexton, nudging your partner in the right direction every now and then isn't an issue. In fact, he said in a blog post on Psychology Today that some manipulation can actually make your relationship better.

Sexton says that in general, it's easier to change other people than it is to change yourself. This means that although we are conditioned to believe it's immoral to try and change someone else, and to love someone for "who they are," we should ignore these rules if we want to help each other become better versions of ourselves.

The traditional method used to be to praise the positive and punish the negative, Sexton said. But after watching his clients for two decades, he said he wasn't convinced. Instead, he said the most effective thing to do is both praise the behaviour in your partner that you like, and also say how much you like the opposite of whatever it is they're doing that you don't like.

For example, if you want your partner to be more spontaneous and adventurous, try hinting at it when they suggest going to the same restaurant you always go to.

Instead of saying "but we always go there," and "it's boring going to the same place all the time," exaggerate how much you like trying new things.

"Wait until your partner does something, literally anything, that shows some hint of the trait you would need to enhance in him," Sexton said.

"In this case, to get the restaurant result you're ultimately looking for, it would be something that has an element of spontaneity. Then praise your partner like you're praising your niece's performance after one of those atrocious kindergarten 'Holiday Concerts.'"

It's not dishonesty, according to Sexton, but misdirection — which is a "key ingredient to magic."

"But honestly, it's just a nice way to get what you need," he said. "It leaves you or your partner feeling a little bit better and a little bit more loved and appreciated."

In fact, if you try the opposite approach, such as telling your partner that you don't like it when they grow their beard, they will probably end up resenting the act of shaving to please you.

"You're not manipulating to serve merely your needs," Sexton said. "You do it to serve the greater union of the two of you. If you do it right, you make yourself happier, your partner happier (or at least no less happy)... and the marriage incontestably better."

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• People often say they learn in a particular way, such as using visual cues.
• As it turns out, this is probably not true.
• According to previous research and a new study, working out if someone learns visually, orally, or by doing is probably a waste of time.

When I was at school, a fair amount of time was put into determining our "learning styles." Teachers told us that some people learn better visually with pictures, whereas others retained information by reading or making notes. To be honest, I never worked out what mine was.

In a survey, 96% of teachers were found to believe in learning styles. But it turns out this theory is nonsense.

According to experts on the topic such as Harold Pashler and Doug Rohrer, there is very little scientific evidence that different methods of learning impact a person's academic results. In fact, a lot of research, such as this study published in the journal Learning and Individual Differences, has found that learning styles are probably a myth.

A new paper, spotted by BPS Digest and published in the journal Anatomical Sciences Education, is what the researchers call the "nail in the coffin" for the theory.

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine recruited hundreds of undergraduate students to take part in the study. It involved them taking one of the most popular online learning style surveys, called the VARK, which determines whether someone learns visually, by listening, through reading and writing, or by doing practically. Then they were enrolled in an anatomy class.

Students then studied the way that was consistent with their learning style, and the researchers later surveyed them about their methods (to see if they were actually keeping up with their "dominant" methods). At the end of the year, the researchers looked at whether it had any impact on the students' end of year grades.

Results showed that there was no real correlation between the dominant learning style and grade performance. In fact, 67% of students failed to study in the way they were supposed to be best at anyway. Those who did study in line with their learning style didn't achieve better grades than the others.

Overall, regardless of their learning style, practising microscope work or looking at lecture notes were the most effective for the students. Flash cards weren't as helpful.

In the paper, the researchers conclude that the idea that "I can’t learn subject X because I am a visual learner" should be put to rest.

"This research provides further evidence that the conventional wisdom about learning styles should be rejected by educators and students alike," they wrote.

Being too simplistic in your approach to learning is probably damaging. If someone dismisses other types of learning because it is not their "dominant" style, they may be doing themselves a disservice in ignoring their weaknesses rather than facing them.

This doesn't mean that the idea of different methods of learning have to be dismissed entirely. Some evidence has found that novices learn from examples, whereas people experienced in an area get more from problem solving. Also, combining activities such as drawing alongside studying has been shown to improve learning.

The problem is that people are pretty bad at working out their own learning style, and there are hundreds, perhaps millions, of different methods. It is likely more nuanced than simply saying "I learn visually."

So if, like me, you never really worked out your ideal way of learning, don't worry, because you probably don't have to.

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• Many people assume you should avoid eating too much pasta — along with other refined carbs — if you want to lose weight.
• Pasta has a low glycemic index, which means it causes smaller increases in blood sugar levels than most refined carbs.
• Canadian researchers at St. Michael's Hospital observed the impact of eating pasta three times a week instead of other carbs, as part of a low-glycemic index diet.
• They measured the impact on body weight and BMI in 30 randomised controlled trials involving almost 2,500 participants. 
• The study found that pasta didn't contribute to weight gain and that participants actually lost a small amount of weight. 

Low-carb diets, such as the Whole30 and Keto diet, are fiercely popular, and many people assume you should avoid eating too much pasta — along with other refined carbs — if you want to lose weight.

But a new study suggests the assumption that eating pasta will make you put on weight could be somewhat unfounded. 

The research, recently published in the BMJ Open by Canadian researchers at St. Michael's Hospital, examined evidence from 30 randomised controlled trials involving  2,488 participants who ate pasta around three times per week instead of other carbohydrates, while also keeping a low-glycemic index diet. The following of this diet was a crucial detail to the study, the authors of the study stressed. 

The low GI diet is based on the concept of the glycemic index, which ranks foods on the rate at which the body breaks it down to form glucose.

Pasta has a low glycemic index, which means it causes smaller increases in blood sugar levels than most other refined carbs, such as rice and white bread.

The people who took part in the study ate on average 3.3 servings of pasta per week instead of other carbs. Each serving was equivalent to about a half-cup of cooked pasta. 

The researchers found that participants in this experiment actually lost about 0.5kg (1.1lb) over an average follow-up of 12 weeks.

"The study found that pasta didn't contribute to weight gain or increase in body fat," said lead author Dr. John Sievenpiper, a clinician scientist with the hospital's clinical nutrition and risk modification centre.

"In fact, analysis actually showed a small weight loss. So contrary to concerns, perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy diet such as a low GI diet."

The study's conclusion also reads: "Pasta in the context of low-GI dietary patterns does not adversely affect adiposity and even reduces body weight and BMI compared with higher-GI dietary patterns."

The scientists added that more research is needed to identify whether or not the lack of weight gain would extend to pasta as part of other healthy diets. 

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Since he announced his bid for the presidency in June 2015, Donald Trump steadily accrued the support of a number of celebrities — some of whom are more notable than others. 

In the run-up to his 2016 presidential election, Trump earned a variety of endorsements in the entertainment world, from former sports stars like Mike Tyson and Dennis Rodman to musicians like Kid Rock and Ted Nugent.

Most recently, Roseanne Barr has sparked controversy for her vocal support of President Trump (and her promotion of far-right conspiracy theories).

Here are 31 celebrities who have supported President Trump:

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Roseanne Barr

Trump's most vocal celebrity supporter of late, Roseanne Barr has a history of tweeting her support of the president.

"4 those who wonder-back in the day when I was called a 'liberal' by journalists, I used to answer-'I'm not a Liberal, I'm a radical' & I still am-I voted Trump 2 shake up the status quo & the staid establishment," Barr tweeted in December.

Jon Voight

In a statement to Breitbart in 2016, the actor said that he supported Donald Trump as the Republican nominee because "he's an answer to our problems." Voight also called Trump "funny, playful, and colorful, but most of all, he is honest."

He added, "He has no bull to sell, and everyone will discover the bull most politicians spew out is for their own causes and benefits."

Before Trump's inauguration in January 2017, Voight said at a Washington D.C. rally of Trump that Abraham Lincoln "is smiling knowing America will be saved by an honest and good man who will work for the all the people."

Scott Baio

The "Happy Days" and "Joanie Loves Chachi" star has previously said he likes how Trump communicates. ("He speaks like I speak," he told FoxNews’ Judge Jeanine Pirro.)

In his speech at the RNC in July 2016, Baio said, "We need Donald Trump to fix this. Is Donald Trump a messiah? No, he’s just a man, a man who wants to give back to his country, America, the country that has given him everything.

"Hillary Clinton wants to be president for Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump wants to be president for all of us,” he added. “So, of course, let’s make America great again, but let’s make America, America again."

• Fitness injuries are painful and can put a significant dent in your workout progress.
  
• Many people either fail to warmup entirely or do the wrong kind of warmup, according to Chris Jordan, the exercise physiologist who designed the viral 7-minute workout.
  
• That's because limbering up before hitting the gym isn't just about raising your heart-rate, Jordan said.
  

Fitness injuries can put a significant dent in your workout progress. But many people fail to properly warm up before exercise, putting their bodies at risk of harm.

Chris Jordan, the exercise physiologist who designed the viral 7-minute workout, told Business Insider that he frequently sees people either forgetting to stretch and warm-up before their workouts or doing the wrong kind of preparation entirely. Jordan's popular routine, which is available as a free app, is designed to give you the benefits of a sweaty bike ride and a trip to the gym in just a few minutes. 

But whether you're doing the 7-minute workout or training for a marathon, it's easy to short-change your body when it comes to your warm-up routine.

Simply stretching a few muscles or raising your heart-rate by hopping on a piece of gym equipment is not enough to avoid injury, he said. That's because doing so may only warm up one subset of muscles, when in reality you want your warmup to loosen the specific muscles you aim to workout later on.

You might think, for example, that hopping on a rowing machine for a few minutes is a good way of limbering up for a run. But while rowing would raise your heart rate and improve your blood flow, it would do little-to-nothing for the most important groups of muscles that you'll be stressing when you run: those in your legs.

Instead of simply lifting your heart-rate, you want your warmup to precisely prepare your body for the type of workout you'll be doing, Jordan said.

"You want to prime yourself for the stress it’s about to experience — in the exact way you’re about to apply it," he said.

That means that before an activity like a long run, you want to start with a walk. Then you'd walk briskly, jog next, and eventually build up to a running pace.

Conversely, if you're going to be lifting weights, you want to limber up with a lighter version of the heavier weight you aim to use later.

Jordan calls these types of warmups "dynamic" because they are targeted to the exact part of the body that is going to be stressed during your exercise routine.

"Aim for a specific sequence that's going to dynamically and specifically prepare your body for future stress," Jordan said. "So if I'm going to go on a run, something like rowing won't prepare me for the stress I'll be putting on my knees and hips. You want a dynamic warmup, like a walk-jog-run."

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• ABC's reboot of "Roseanne" generated more controversy after Tuesday night's episode aired.
• The episode included a joke that took a jab at ABC's minority-starring comedies, "Black-ish" and "Fresh Off the Boat."

ABC's reboot of the beloved sitcom "Roseanne" has generated a plethora of controversy in just a few episodes.

On Tuesday night's episode, a joke about ABC's minority-led sitcoms, "Black-ish" and "Fresh Off the Boat," upset a lot of people as much as the Trump storyline did last week. The show's star, Roseanne Barr, has also stirred up some controversy due to her comments in support of Trump and tweets that suggest she supports right-wing conspiracy theories, including Pizzagate.

On Tuesday's "Roseanne," the character Roseanne and her husband Dan (John Goodman) are sleeping on the couch, and the TV is on. Roseanne and Dan wake up.

"What time is it?" Dan says. "Did we miss dinner?" 

"It's 11 o'clock," Roseanne says. "We slept from 'Wheel' to 'Kimmel.'"

"We missed all the shows about black and Asian families," Dan says. 

"They're just like us," Roseanne responds.

While this was likely a well-intentioned comment to demonstrate that "Roseanne" itself is trying to show working-class Americans and a Trump supporter who aren't seen much on TV, many people did not appreciate it. 

Here's what people said about the joke on Twitter:

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, "Roseanne" co-showrunner Bruce Helford defended the joke when asked to explain what it was trying to accomplish.

"We were commenting on the fact that all sitcoms really want everybody to feel included of all diversities and it's kind of a funny thing," Helford said. "That's all. When we did the 'George Lopez' show, we didn't want anybody to feel excluded because it was about a Mexican-American family. And I don't think anybody wants to be excluded because it's [a show about] either a black family or an Asian-American family."

"Black-ish" airs immediately after "Roseanne" on Tuesday nights and "Fresh Off the Boat" aired its season four finale at the end of March.

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Continuing its historic run, Marvel's "Black Panther" cracked into the top ten of the highest-grossing movies of all time at the worldwide box office this week. 

With a number of weeks left in global theaters, "Black Panther" could still make a run at surpassing fellow Disney properties from the "Star Wars" and "Avengers" series.

But it's unlikely to make it into the top rung of blockbusters from years ago.

For this list, we turned to Box Office Mojo for its all-time data on worldwide box office grosses. 

Here are the 10 highest-grossing movies of all time worldwide:

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10. "Black Panther" (2018) — $1.279 billion

9. "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" (2017) — $1.332 billion

8. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part II" (2011) — $1.341 billion

• Costco Travel now offers discounts on luxury hotels like the Waldorf Astoria and Park Hyatt, the Wall Street Journal reported. 
• Costco members can save up to 30% compared to hotel rates booked through other travel sites.
• We put Costco Travel to the test to see if it could really offer cheaper rates compared to competitors like Expedia and Priceline. 

Costco Travel has long been a go-to for bargain hunters looking for a getaway, offering its members discounted rates on rental cars, cruises, and vacation packages.

Now, in addition to vacation packages, Costco is offering deals on stays at luxury hotels like Fairmont and Waldorf Astoria. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Costco members can now save 10% to 30% off hotel rates depending on the dates and destination.

We put Costco's new offerings to the test to see how its deals compared to the hotels' sites as well as competitors like Expedia and Priceline. Here's what we found: 

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Hotels are the first tab on Costco Travel's site. To search for a hotel, you'll have to enter the destination and the dates of check-in and check-out.

This is what the results look like after searching. Prices are concealed until you enter your Costco membership number.

Results can be filtered further by the hotel's ratings ...

• Don't miss John Krasinski's horror movie, "A Quiet Place." It's that good!
• And bring a friend with you to go see it — or two.

The great thing about the horror genre is story ideas are endless, and Paramount has its hands on the next crowd favorite.

Directed by John Krasinski with a script he co-wrote with story creators Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, “A Quiet Place” (in theaters Friday) is set in a dystopian present where monsters who seek out their victims by sound are wiping out the human race. The survivors literally tip-toe through the world not saying a word.

The Abbot family — Lee (Krasinski), Evelyn (Emily Blunt), Regan (Millicent Simmonds), and Marcus (Noah Jupe) — think they have a system down that will keep them alive until someone can figure out how to destroy the monsters. But the opening sequence of “A Quiet Place” shows just how difficult everyday life is. Not giving anything away, let’s just say it’s an incident that affects the family dynamic for the rest of the movie, and has the story’s first of many jump scares.

The Abbots have stayed alive since the monsters first attacked. They have done so by living on a farm where the walking trails are lined by sand (so no sound is made when walking around), and by using cameras to monitor the property. The family is also building an underground bunker for a new addition to the family, as Evelyn is pregnant. When Lee isn’t trying to keep the family safe, he’s working on trying to get a hearing aid to work for Regan, who is deaf. In fact, for most of the movie the family members communicate through sign language, and there’s only a handful of actual spoken lines.

This all leads to an explosive ending where all the tricks the Abbots have come up with to survive are used (and mostly fail) and it’s their collective will to live that's their only chance for survival.

Simply put: The movie is really scary and you shouldn’t see it alone. Take a friend. Take two friends. Go to a showing that will have lots of people in the theater. In fact, the more people you see the movie with just builds up the fright even more. Because it's so silent (though it has a great score), every whisper in the theater (or smart phone sound) will just scare the heck out of you.

In an era when movie studios want projects that are big and loud, Krasinski shows here that an extremely clever story can still work for audiences.

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• Roshan Melwani is the third-generation proprietor of Sam's Tailor, a clothing shop in Hong Kong started by his grandfather Naraindas "Sam" Melwani in 1957.
• Sam's Tailor has become world famous for the stylish bespoke suits and clothing it has made for celebrities, world leaders, Hong Kongers, and tourists. Some of its most famous clients include US President Bill Clinton, David Bowie, and Russell Crowe.
• During a recent meeting with Business Insider, Melwani revealed his best fashion advice: splurge on a fancy pair of jeans.

41-year-old Roshan Melwani, the third-generation proprietor of Hong Kong-based Sam's Tailor, likes to dress well. As he likes to say, "No one wants to buy clothes from someone who doesn't look good."

Sam's Tailor has built a reputation over its 60+ year-history as a world famous tailor by providing stylish bespoke suits to an impressive roster of celebrities and world leaders — everyone from Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, to celebrities like David Bowie, Russell Crowe, and Bruno Mars. 

In many ways, a trip to Hong Kong isn't complete without a stop at Melwani's shop.

For the most part, Melwani dresses in stylish bespoke trousers and shirts made by his own shop. So when I asked the gregarious tailor his best fashion advice, I thought I knew the answer: buy a fantastic suit, of course.

Wrong. 

Melwani recommends investing in a high quality pair of designer jeans.

"Whether you buy jeans from Versace or Levis, they are going to last you forever," Melwani told Business Insider. "But it's worth it to spend $900 rather than $100 for the most beautiful pair of jeans because you can wear them dressed down, dressed up, day or night. You can wear them every day of the goddamn week if you wanted to."

A nice pair of slim-fit jeans can be worn with any type of shoe — from loafers to boots, with socks or without — according to Melwani.

"It's not as necessary to buy an amazing suit, but most of my team wears jeans to work every day. I'm one of the few guys that wears trousers," said Melwani.

But just because he recommends buying high-end designer jeans doesn't mean he recommends paying full price. Melwani is a family man with three kids, living in Hong Kong — ranked the most expensive city in the world by some measures. In his situation, it's "criminal," he said, to buy designer clothes, which can easily top $1000, at full price.

Instead, he knows what he's looking for and waits for sales.

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• The HotelTonight app sells unbooked hotel rooms around the world for discounted prices at the last minute.
• It's the "best-kept secret in UK and Europe travel," according to CEO Sam Shank.
• The prices get cheaper the closer you get to the booking date, according to Shank.
• He added that booking hotels through an app and choosing Sunday night for your stay will also get you better rates.

If you're on Instagram, it's hard to miss the bloggers who seem to frequent the plushest and most expensive hotels in the world — places that are out of reach to the rest of us.

However, if you know what to ask for — and have the right tools — a life of luxury is more affordable than you think.

Hotel booking app HotelTonight offers last-minute rooms at a range of hotels around the globe at discounts as high as 50%.

CEO Sam Shank told Business Insider his app is "the best-kept secret in travel in the UK and Europe" despite having "better deals than you'll find anywhere else and being a lot easier to use."

According to the company, hotels have an average occupancy rate of 65%, meaning 1 in 3 rooms are typically going to waste.

In order to make some bank on rooms that are still empty at the last minute, the hotels load them onto the HotelTonight app, which then offers them to users at discounted rates.

Taking bookings mobile

Shank launched HotelTonight in January 2011. The app is his third online travel company.

"The first was a hotel review site called TravelPost, which was was acquired by KAYAK, then I started a travel deal search engine called DealBase," he said.

HotelTonight came about because Shank was obsessed with apps, but uninspired by what he saw in the travel category.

"Hotels said they always have rooms available at the end of the night and always hope someone will walk in," Shank said. Meanwhile, there are "customers who have a need to have a room at the very last minute."

The company initially launched in three markets — New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles — and is now in 2,000 cities and 35 countries around the globe. Its most recent launch was in Israel.

From basic to high-roller

The app works with hotels across six categories designed to cover all comers: Basic, Solid, Charming, Hip, Luxe, and Highroller.

Users can browse recommendations based on their location, can search by city, or can access a hidden menu by typing in the city name followed by a comma and a "magic word," such as "free breakfast" or "pet friendly."

Some of the most luxurious hotels on the site offering deep discounts are the Hotel Baume and Hotel Saint Marc in Paris, or The Lalit and The Athenaeum in London.

At the time of writing this — 12 p.m. on a Tuesday — the best offers for London tonight include a £338 room at The Lalit going for £230...

...As well as deals on hotspots like The Curtain and The Groucho Club.

Meanwhile, New York City deals include a suite at the "Highroller" Tuscany hotel for £242, discounted from £1,317.

There are a number of factors that play a role in landing the cheapest possible hotel fare, according to Shank.

There's an ideal time to book...

"Generally speaking, hotel rooms work the exact opposite of flights," Shank said. "With a flight, the worst time to book a flight is right before the plane takes off.

"With hotels, the rate declines the closer you get to arrival. The longer you wait, the better the deals are."

However, while the best deals may happen last-minute, six months ago the app expanded to allow users to book up to 100 days in advance in around 100 cities.

"Our hotel partners loved the app, it provides incremental revenue, and they wanted to be able to sell rooms earlier instead of selling them through legacy online travel agencies," Shank said.

"It really depends on what level of spontaneity you’re feeling like. If you see something you feel good about, go ahead and lock that in. If you’re more willing to stay in a new hotel, we’re going to have something great and the prices do decline the longer you wait."

...And you should always do it through an app

"If you book on an app, HotelTonight or in general, you’re going to unlock better rates," Shank said.

"Hotels see those travelers as an incremental customer — they’re reaching a customer that is on the go, that is somebody that’s segmented from the website traffic and website customer. That’s how the market’s developed."

There's even a best day to stay

Shank said that finding the cheapest deal is "market-dependent and seasonal," and varies a lot based on what's going on in the city.

"Is there a conference in town? Is there an event in town? Is Wimbledon going on?"

However, he said that in general, the cheapest day to stay in a hotel is Sunday.

"It doesn’t have as strong leisure travel and business travel hasn’t started yet," he said.

"You might go to a hotel with a pool, have some time away from your regular life," he said. "Sunday night’s a great time to do it, and if you pick a hotel close to your office, you can even skip the tube ride."

Make the most of reward programmes

With HotelTonight, you can also get a better deal by booking multi-night stays, looking out for "Geo Rates" — location-based discounts — and joining HotelTonight's rewards program, HT Perks, which gives customers better discounts the more they book.

"It's our version of a loyalty programme or rewards programme," Shank said. "I get frustrated by points programmes, because you never know when they're going to be devalued.

"We've created a system where you level up based on what you spend, and can unlock deeper discounts and special savings, but it works a lot like a game — once you hit your level, you never lose it. Once you've earned it, you've earned it."

The app's new "Upgrades" feature also gives you the option to stay in a suite for a minimum of 50% off.

Once you book,  you can also live chat with an "HT Pro" in the app to ask any questions and submit any requests you have to "personalise your stay in advance."

The alternative to a travel agent

In the near future, Shank said the app will start to include push notifications that will tell you about hotel deals for upcoming trips you have "watched" through the app, and will also tell you about low fares on hotels you "favourite."

It's all part of an effort to be a one-stop-shop for hotels — according the company, HotelTonight customers save 17% on average over other online travel agencies.

"The goal is to be a full-service alternative to the legacy travel agencies and provide an experience that’s faster, and provides better value," Shank said.

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• Body language is a major part of how we communicate.

• It's important to cultivate positive body language habits and avoid other behaviors that diminish how you appear to others.

• Slouching, shuffling, and aggressive eye contact are all body language habits that are best to drop.

It's not what you say, it's how you say it.

It's a cliché, but it's true. Body language is a crucial part of communicating. The way you act can warp the entire meaning of what you're saying.

That being said, bad body language habits are the often hardest habits to break. We become so accustomed to slouching, averting our eyes, or folding our arms that we barely even notice what we're doing.

Here are several body language mistakes that are going to be tough to ditch. Still, if you're able to quit them, you'll definitely thank yourself later.

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Fidgeting

If you've gotten into the habit of fidgeting, it can be difficult to snap out of it. But it's important to take steps to reigning in this nervous habit.

Fidgeting demonstrates nervousness and a lack of power, as body-language expert and "The Power of Body Language" author Tonya Reiman previously told Business Insider.

Playing with your hair

Leave your hair alone. Constantly running your hands across your scalp and twirling your locks is pretty distracting. Plus, as ABC reported, it can damage your hair overtime. It can be hard to quit, so try playing around a stress ball instead of your hair.

Adopting a defensive pose

Many people naturally cross their arms or hunch over a bit just because they don't know what to do with their hands.

However, this posture can make you look uncomfortable, defensive, or untrustworthy.

"You should always keep your hands in view when you are talking," Patti Wood, a body- language expert and author of " SNAP: Making the Most of First Impressions Body Language and Charisma," previously told Business Insider. When a listener can't see your hands, they wonder what you are hiding."

Google has come a long, long way since its startup days, but it hasn't forgotten how to have fun. 

The search giant loves to hide fun tricks, or "Easter eggs," into its services. From Google Hangouts to Google Maps, there are neat games or features hidden inside nearly every product and service Google makes (even its spreadsheets).

But its Google's search engine that holds most of these jokes, games, and nifty features. There are almost too many to count, so we’ve rounded up a handful of our favorites from over the years.

Here are 26 Easter eggs hidden inside Google Search:

Jeff Dunn contributed to an earlier version of this story. 

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1. If you search for “solitaire,” you can play a round of the classic card game.

2. Searching “tic tac toe” will let you start up that game. You can set it to play against a friend or Google itself. For a real challenge, set the difficulty to “Impossible,” and try to get anything done at work.

3. If you're in the holiday spirit, you can play a digital game of dreidel by searching "spin (or play) dreidel."

• "Roseanne" co-showrunner Bruce Helford downplayed the significance of Roseanne Barr's controversial political views in relation to the ABC sitcom's viewership, in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
• Barr has sparked controversy for her online promotion of far-right conspiracy theories and her vocal support of President Trump, while "Roseanne" premiered last week to high ratings.
• Helford said that if Barr's politics bother you, "That's OK. Nobody is making anybody watch the show."

The co-showrunner of ABC's sitcom "Roseanne" said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that viewers of the show should separate star Roseanne Barr's controversial political views, including her promotion of far-right conspiracy theories, from the show's content.

While "Roseanne" premiered last week to high ratings, Barr drew criticism for her online history of propagating conspiracies like Pizzagate and a "Nazi salute" conspiracy related to a Parkland shooting activist. 

THR asked Bruce Helford, "How do you get people who are turned off by your star's politics to watch?"

"There should be an understanding that there is a difference between people's personal politics and what you present onscreen," Helford said. "We're hopefully presenting a wonderful, balanced show that doesn’t have an agenda."

"But beyond that, anybody can dig into anybody's stuff and find stuff. But if her politics bothers them, then they shouldn’t watch the show. That's OK. Nobody is making anybody watch the show," he continued. "We consider ourselves guests in the public's home and as guests we know that people have the option to turn it off if they don't want to watch."

Barr's politics aside, the show itself has already drawn controversy in its second week for a joke that referenced ABC's minority-led sitcoms "Black-ish" and "Fresh Off the Boat."

Roseanne Conner, Barr's character on the show, is a Trump supporter. Barr herself has been a vocal Trump supporter since the lead-up to the 2016 election.

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Tiger Woods is back.

After playing in just two tournaments in over two years and a tumultuous 10 months that included his fourth back surgery in four years and an arrest after being found asleep in his car on the side of the road, Woods is finally back. In fact, he looks so good, fans and fellow golfers are downright giddy.

This isn't the first time Woods has needed to come back. His career was derailed by affairs and a subsequent divorce from his wife, and his return to golf dominance has been hampered by injuries.

But despite this, Woods is still worth an estimated $740 million and is one of the highest-paid athletes of all time. That means plenty of cash to spend on yachts, private jets, megamansions, and video games.

Take a look at how he spends it all, below.

Tony Manfred and Mary Hanbury contributed reporting to a previous version of this article.

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Tiger Woods has made more than $1.4 billion since turning pro in 1996.

Source: Golf Digest and Forbes

More than $110 million of that came from on-course winnings. He's No. 1 on the all-time money list, by far.

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• An AirAsia passenger reportedly made several attempts to upgrade herself from an economy seat to a premium one without paying, according to the Straits Times blog Stomp.
• After her third attempt, fellow passenger Bruce Lam scolded her.
• A video of their argument was posted to Facebook.

After a woman on an AirAsia flight tried to upgrade her seat three times without paying, fellow passenger Bruce Lam took matters into his own hands, according to the Straits Times blog Stomp.

The woman had reportedly purchased an economy ticket for a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Hong Kong, but noticed that a row of seats in the plane's premium class was empty. After she attempted to move to one of the premium seats, a flight attendant reportedly told her to return to her original seat.

The woman then reportedly got in a four-to-five minute argument with the flight attendant before returning to her seat.

But once the plane took off, the woman returned to the empty premium-class seats, engaged in another argument with a flight attendant, and returned to economy class again.

 After the woman reportedly tried to upgrade for the third time, Lam started scolding her.

"Just return to your seat. Once, twice, thrice, they asked you. Do you know shame at all," Lam reportedly said.

"That's none of your business," the woman reportedly replied, before returning again to her original seat. Lam reportedly received a free cup of mineral water from the flight attendant after the exchange.

Lam posted a video of the exchange on Facebook, which shows him arguing with the woman.

AirAsia did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

As smartphones have made it easier for passengers to film and share videos of disruptive behavior on their flights, airlines have had to deal with a shifting perception of air travel that emphasizes the most shocking incidents. But as airlines increase the number of seats in their aircraft and make them smaller, some have argued that they aren't helping to make flying less stressful.

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