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All the TV shows that have been canceled in 2018

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As the year flies by, the list of canceled TV shows piles up.

While there's been somewhat of a quiet period since May, some networks are still cutting shows throughout the summer, including USA, which recently canceled sci-fi series "Colony" after three seasons. In June, Freeform canceled the supernatural teen drama, "Shadowhunters."

ABC also canceled the previously renewed "Roseanne" revival in late May, after Roseanne Barr posted a racist tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. However, ABC announced a spin-off called "The Conners" without Barr coming this fall.

Amazon kicked off the year with a slew of cancellations, announcing the end of three quirky comedies, including the Golden Globe nominee "I Love Dick" and the comedian Tig Notaro's semi-autobiographical show, "One Mississippi." It canceled Golden Globe nominee "Mozart in the Jungle" in April, after four seasons, and recently canceled "Transparent," which will end after the upcoming fifth season.

The long-running "The Jerry Springer Show" is ending after 27 seasons and 4,000 episodes. NBC's "Timeless," was also canceled for the second year in a row. NBC reversed its first decision to cancel the show last year after fan outcry. However, fans may have a movie to look forward to that gives the series a proper finale, though no official decision has been made.

We'll update this list as more are announced.

Here are all the shows that have been canceled this year, including those from networks and Netflix:

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"Jean-Claude Van Johnson" — Amazon, one season



"I Love Dick" — Amazon, one season



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Venezuela says it has identified the masterminds behind the alleged drone assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro

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  • Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab said officials have identified the suspects involved in Saturday's alleged assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro. 
  • The announcement comes after officials said they had arrested six people in connection to the alleged attack. 
  • Venezuelan officials said the six people arrested had expressed anti-government sentiment in the past and that two of them had histories of criminal activity.

Venezuelan officials have identified the masterminds behind the alleged drone assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said on Monday.

The announcement comes after officials said they had arrested six suspects in connection to incident on Saturday, in which officials say assailants used explosive-laden drones in an attempt to kill Maduro during a military celebration in Caracas.

Saab said on Monday that officials have arrested two drone pilots and know where the drones were piloted from, according to CNN.

"We know the places they stayed in the days leading to the attack," he said. "We have identified the people who made the explosives and prepared the weapons and their international links."

Saab said the alleged assassination attempt was considered a "betrayal to the motherland, intentional homicide attempt, terrorism, association to commit a crime, and financing terrorism."

State television was broadcasting when an explosion was heard during Maduro’s speech.

The president was rushed offstage and was not hurt in the attack. Seven other people were injured in the incident, according to The Associated Press.

Venezuelan officials said the six people arrested had expressed anti-government sentiment in the past and that two of them had histories of criminal activity.

One of the suspects arrested had taken part in 2014 anti-government protests and another had a warrant out for his arrest for allegedly participating in an attack on a military barracks, officials said.

All six people arrested have been charged with "terrorism and assassination," Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said.

Maduro and his administration blamed the assassination attempt on the "ultra-right" in Venezuela, US citizens in Florida, and the Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, but have not provided evidence to support those claims. Colombia and the US have both dismissed the claims.

"They tried to kill me today," Maduro said on television after the incident. "Maximum punishment! And there will be no forgiveness."

Opposition leaders have denied involvement in Saturday’s explosions.

"We warn that the government is taking advantage of this incident ... to criminalize those who legitimately and democratically oppose it and deepen the repression and systematic human rights violations," the Broad Front opposition coalition said in a statement on Twitter.

The Caracas Fire Department’s reports on Saturday contrasted the government's, with fire officials saying the explosion was from a gas leak rather than a drone.

SEE ALSO: Venezuela arrests 6 in crackdown after claimed assassination attempt on President Maduro

SEE ALSO: Confusion still abounds about what caused the explosion in Venezuela

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Musicians only got 12% of the $43 billion the music industry generated in 2017, and it mostly came from touring

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  • Recording artists received just 12% of the $43 billion that the music industry generated in 2017, according to a Citigroup report.
  • Consumer spending on music generated an all-time high of more than $20 billion last year, but music businesses, including labels and publishers, took almost $10 billion, while artists received just $5.1 billion, the "bulk" of which came from touring.

Recording artists received just 12% of the $43 billion that the music industry generated in 2017, according to a Citigroup report published on Monday, and led by analyst Jason B. Bazinet.

$43 billion matches a 12-year peak that the industry hasn't hit since 2006, the report said. 

The proportion of the total music industry revenue artists are capturing has actually risen since 2000, when artists took home only a 7% share of the revenue.

But this increase is due in large part to the growth of concerts and touring as a revenue stream that is largely distinct from the intermediary of their music labels. Artists are still taking home a meager share of the increasing revenues in streaming for their music, where music labels and music streaming services act as intermediaries. 

The report shows that "consumer outlays," which includes streaming, concert sales, and purchased music, generated an all-time high of more than $20 billion last year. But music businesses, including labels and publishers, took almost $10 billion, while artists received just $5.1 billion, the "bulk" of which came from touring.

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The report anticipates (and is likely to spur calls for more) "organic forms of vertical integration" in the industry, where existing music providers like Spotify and Apple Music could "organically morph into music labels," allowing artists to capture more of their music's value by releasing their work directly with the services. 

The group concluded the report by highlighting an alternative voice in the industry, with a commentary from Bjorn Niclas, cofounder of Choon, a cryptocurrency-based music streaming service. 

"Currently artists are at the end of the line," Niclas said in the report. "They get the smallest piece of the pie even though they are the ones creating the content. In any other industry you typically see much better returns and margins." 

Read the report here

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How to look and feel healthier in one month, according to science

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Detox in a day! Feel healthier in just hours! Lose 5 pounds in a week!

There are plenty of health promises out there that might sound great, but most of them simply don't stack up.

However, as scientists learn more about how our bodies work, evidence has mounted in support of some simple things that you can do every day to look and feel healthier in a relatively short amount of time. 

We’re not promising anything extreme here — your body is a complicated, wonderful machine and it’s not going to magically transform like some kind of Hollywood superhero.

But with summer swimwear season in full swing, here are 12 things you can start doing today that your body will thank you for after four weeks or less. Each of these simple acts starts paying measurable dividends within a month, and things get even better after that, with long-term results that scientists have measured in and out of the lab. 

Get ready to look and feel great.

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The simplest, most effective thing you can do for your health is get moving. Even one minute of intense, all-out exercise done regularly can improve your fitness level.

Becoming physically active changes your body quickly and can even decrease your risk of death

"After two to four weeks your nervous system is much more efficient at being able to contract your muscles," Robert Newton, director of Edith Cowan University's Exercise Medicine Research Institute, recently told Australia's Nine News.

Scientists have found that it doesn't really matter which kind of workout you do — just moving around regularly will make your heart, muscles, and mind healthier.

Even a few minutes of exertion every week can make a difference. Recent research from McMaster University found that a set of three 20-second bursts of all-out vigorous exercise can improve a person's fitness by 20% in three months. (After a month, you'll be well on your way.)

Lead study author Martin Gibala coined this approach as the "one-minute workout." But it's really 10 minutes of exercise, three times per week. The routine includes a two-minute warm-up period, a three-minute cool-down, and three intense, 20-second bursts of sprinting. 

"For athletes who are already very fit, they train this way to maintain fitness," Gibala told the CBC. "It's a good way to boost your health very, very quickly."



When it comes to your plate, consider cutting back on salty processed foods.

Most Americans are consuming 50% more than their daily recommended salt intake, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over time, this can take a toll. When there's too much salt in your blood, your kidneys have a hard time flushing out impurities, which can raise your blood pressure.

Instead of salty snacks, try incorporating more whole foods like bananas and avocados into your diet this month, since those are loaded with potassium, a natural antidote to sodium's harmful effects on your blood pressure.

There are plenty of other flavor-boosters to include in your meals instead of salt, like lemon juice and herbs. Whatever strategy you choose, avoid processed foods, which not only have lots of hidden salt, but may also be linked to higher cancer rates



Befriend fiber.

Fiberous foods help keep your energy levels more stable than quick-burning sugary or carb-heavy fixes. Fiber also keeps your tummy full and your digestive system humming along smoothly.

There's a lot of fiber in whole grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables. Many of the best high-fiber foods also have a low glycemic index, which could spare you from suffering sugar crashes. 



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The director of one of London's wildest members' clubs reveals what goes on behind closed doors — and the red flag that stops him from accepting someone new

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  • Andrew Richardson is the MD of London private members' club Home House.
  • The club's only rule is that "nudity is discouraged," and it's a place where "people can do all things at all times."
  • It's recently been host to celebrities like Madonna, Paul McCartney, and David Hasselhoff — and a number of wild parties.
  • Richardson told Business Insider some of the craziest things that go on behind the scenes.
  • He also told us his plans to open a new club concept, Home Grown, in 2019, which will take in entrepreneurs and investors and be targeted at "growing businesses."


When it comes to wild parties, Andrew Richardson has seen it all.

Since 2008, he's been Managing Director of Home House, the London private members' club which, founded in 1998, he says is "a place where people can do all things at all times" — but he says this "civilised hedonism" takes place without any trouble.

The atmosphere seems to have been successful — among the 5,000 members are the likes of Paul McCartey, who "can often be seen in the gym having a workout," Madonna, and even David Hasselhoff, who Richardson said "was in the garden a couple of days ago."

Fabulous Portman Square, where you’ll always find us ready to welcome you to start the week #homehouse #welcome #home #mondaymotivation

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It's a bit of a change from the clubs that existed 20 years ago, when Home House came about.

"It was gentlemen sitting in winged-back chairs falling asleep after lunch," Richardson told Business Insider.

However, when Richardson joined Home House, he wanted no rules, and to make things fun.

"It evolved by not telling people where they should sit or what they should do," he said.

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Richardson, who claims to come from humble beginnings, said he started out as a dishwasher at a local hotel when he was young and needed to earn some cash.

Then he trained as a chef and embarked on a career working in hotels such as The Dorchester, The Park Lane Hotel, The Royal Berkshire Hotel in Ascot, and The Hilton in Paris.

At the age of 26, he was asked to move to Hong Kong to work with a private restaurant group, where he became the managing director within 10 years. In 2002, he returned to the UK to become the manager of the Billesley Manor Hotel and Spa.

At the same time, he said: "I became governor at the [culinary] college I was trained at, bought the local pub, and sponsored the local cricket team. It was all jolly lovely, but not quite what I'd anticipated."

When the hotel was sold, he sold his pub and joined a hotel management company, which looked after independently-owned properties that were in trouble.

"In my mixed portfolio, there was a property just outside of Oxford, owned by the owners of Home House," he said. "I turned around the fortunes of the property quickly, executed a clear plan and strategy, and got the attention of Home House.

"They promptly asked me to come run the club in London, which, in 2007/2008, wasn't performing too well."

Bringing hedonism to Home House

He set about talking to original members to understand what was missing.

"It was missing hedonism and excitement, so we brought back fun and parties," he said. "The business quickly grew and profits tripled in three years."

The Home House building can be traced back to 1773, when it was built for Elizabeth, Countess of Home.

"She was twice widowed in her 60s, rich, and wanted a place to entertain London society and royalty," Richardson said. "She built the house, had parties, and would escort gentlemen to her boudoir via the staircase."

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It was eventually re-established as the Home House members' club in 1998, bringing back the "social side of things" — there's a calendar of events for members where they can meet eachother, debate, or simply have a few drinks.

"When it first became a members' club, the original main investor was Australian, and the MD was a gregarious British guy," Richardson said. "The Australian said to the British MD: 'I don't want any stuffy British rules,' so they didn't have any rules at all, other than that nudity is discouraged."

Now, Home House is a place for over 5,000 like-minded people, who pay £2,000 a year, to "spend days and evenings in a beautiful historic period building" where there is a "fresh buzz and element of hedonism."

Full members have access to all areas of the House, including lounges, restaurants, bars, and a fully-equipped gym with a steam room and sauna.

Time for some Monday motivation? The gym is waiting for you…! #homehouse #mondaymotivation #gym

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Members can also rent upstairs rooms for £260 a night.

"With a club like this, [my job is a] mixture of being a publican or a headmaster," Richardson said. "It's like a big posh pub with rooms upstairs."

There's also a "social membership," which costs £950 a year and excludes the use of the gym. These members have access after 6 p.m. during the week, and on weekends and public holidays.

"It's attractive for people are at at an office elsewhere [during the week]," Richardson said.

20,000 bottles of Champagne a year

And it seems that the evenings are the most interesting time at Home House anyway.

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"A lot of the members get to know eachother and become friends," he said. One night, a group took the after-party to the suites.

"The next day was an interesting morning, because one by one they all came to see me and wanted all of the others banned," he said. "I felt a little bit like a headmaster — everyone had a different story to tell on what happened."

Home House members consume 20,000 bottles of Champagne a year on the premises, according to Richardson, who said "that shows how much fun they have."

He added that one member even asked for their bath to be filled with Champagne.

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And the requests get more bizarre.

"We had one member that wanted to propose, but he wanted it to snow," Richardson said. "We had to get a snow machine up on the roof to that he could propose to her. Thankfully, she said yes and it was worth the effort."

Another couple, members of the club who regularly booked rooms overnight, used to store a bag with the team.

"One one occasion, it was a bag full of sex toys," Richardson said.

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Ultimately, though, he says it's "good, safe fun."

"We'll have members' parties with 900 people and not a single incident," he said. "It's a question of attitude. People have a rowdy, fun time, but they're not the type of people who want to start fighting eachother.

"[They] come to enjoy themselves, sometimes a little bit too much, but as long as it's safe and it's legal, we don't mind them doing so."

How to become a member

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While Home House is "pretty much full" at the moment and operating on a "one in, one out" basis, Richardson said: "If somebody is truly a member we're looking for, we're more likely to take them on more quickly."

The best way to get in is to be nominated by a current member, fill out the application form, then nail your interview, which takes place during a tour around the venue.

"It's a bit of a Q&A between the membership executive and potential member," he said, adding that committee then makes a decision on each person.

The one thing that's a major red flag? Someone who is only using Home House for business meeting purposes.

"A red flag is 'I don't have an office to go to and I need somewhere to sit from 9-5,'" Richardson said. "We want people that will engage in the social side of the club and what it offers — one of the strengths of the community is the eclectic mix."

He added that it's "like a special recipe trying to get the mix right."

"A sea of grey suits is quite boring — we try to encourage as many colourful people as possible, who add magic and entertainment," he said. "We have gentlemen who like to dress as ladies and ask me how they look today — that's their entertainment."

They also add a "sprinkling of celebrity" too, of course.

Growing the brand

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While the Home House team turn away applicants looking for a place to work, it'll be a different story with Richardson's next project.

Early next year, he's launching a new private members' club dedicated to growing businesses, which will have a "selective community" of "high-growth entrepreneurs, investors, industry leaders, and business innovators."

Home Grown, which will also be based across four Grade II-listed townhouses in London's Marylebone, is for those who "not only work to live, but live to work," he said.

The club, which will boast a restaurants, bars, lounges, meeting rooms, event spaces, a café, and 35 boutique £180-a-night bedrooms, will have all of the tools to "help entrepreneurs on their journeys," including guest speakers, recruitment assistants, and events from wine clubs to emotional intelligence talks.

"More and more people come to a city and want to integrate into a community," Richardson said. "Usually, selecting an appropriate members' club is the best way to join a community, [but when you're] going to go somewhere and start talking to strangers, you want to know there's a chance you're going to meet them again."

He added that more and more people are now using clubs as an office in the daytime, particularly entrepreneurs and startups who don't want the cost of an office.

"While this can be a frustration for Home House, I saw an opportunity to create a new members' club," he said.

The club will also cost £2,000 per year, or founding members happy to register interest ahead of the opening can join for £1,500 and "other privileges."

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Richardson says they'll use the same "filtration system" to ultimately pick 3,000 members based on what they will add to the community.

"The strength of the community will add value," he said. "You know you'll be meeting exciting, like-minded people, and mixing with good investors as well."

He hopes to see people will skills in sales, marketing, finance, accounting, and recruitment "give a lot of their time and knowledge to the members" so they can further their own businesses.

While there are plenty of co-working spaces giving people places to work, Richardson said: "I believe we're the only ones doing this.

"We want the people who are building the companies of tomorrow."

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Here are the most common ancestries in every US state

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  • Americans come from everywhere, and every family has a story about where they come from.
  • Self-reported ancestries in America include Italian, German, and Mexican heritage.
  • Using Census Bureau data assembled by the Minnesota Population Center, we found the most common self-reported ancestry in every state.

Americans come from all over the world, and have countless stories about where they and their families come from.

The US Census Bureau's American Community Survey asks millions of Americans every year several questions about their economic, social, and demographic situations. One of those questions asks respondents to report their families' ancestries, from Italian to German to Mexican.

Using that self-reported ancestry data from the Minnesota Population Center's 2016 American Community Survey Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, we were able to find the most commonly self-reported ancestries in each state.

Here's the most common self-reported ancestry in each state and DC:

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And here are the three most common self-reported ancestries in each state:

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Alabama

Most common self-reported ancestry: African-American

Second most-common ancestry: United States

Third most-common ancestry: Irish



Alaska

Most common self-reported ancestry: American Indian

Second most-common ancestry: German

Third most-common ancestry: Irish



Arizona

Most common self-reported ancestry: Mexican

Second most-common ancestry: German

Third most-common ancestry: English



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All the notable people and politicians Sacha Baron Cohen has 'duped' for his new TV series, 'Who Is America?'

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Sacha Baron Cohen's new Showtime series, "Who Is America?," caused a stir before its premiere last month, as several Republican politicians felt the need to get ahead of the show in explaining how Cohen "duped" them to appear on it.

The former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the former congressman Joe Walsh, and the former US Senate candidate Roy Moore were among those who preceded the show's premiere with statements explaining their appearances on the series and criticizing Cohen.

In the show's pilot episode, Cohen, disguised as an Israeli "anti-terror expert," roped several Republican congressmen and former elected officials into voicing their support for a program that would arm toddlers with guns to prevent school shootings.

On Sunday, in episode four, the disgraced Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, whom President Trump pardoned last year, told Cohen, who was in character as a Finnish YouTuber, that he would accept oral sex from Trump.

Before the show's premiere, Matt Drudge of The Drudge Report tweeted a list of political and media figures he said Cohen had "finked" for the series, including Palin, Howard Dean, and David Patreus, each of whom we can expect to see in the show's final three episodes.

Here are the notable people and politicians who have appeared on "Who Is America?" so far:

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Sen. Bernie Sanders

The show's first episode began with Cohen interviewing Sanders, the Vermont senator who was a Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, as a right-wing conspiracy theorist character named Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr.

Sanders, with a perplexed expression, politely dodged and shut down various absurd questions on income inequality and other topics from Cohen's Ruddick.



Larry Pratt, executive director emeritus of Gun Owners of America

In the strongest segment on the pilot episode, Cohen's Israeli "anti-terror expert" character, Col. Erran Morad, introduced Pratt and several other conservative political figures to a fake program called "Kinderguardians" that would arm children as young as 3.

Pratt endorsed the program and, reading off a teleprompter, said: "Toddlers are pure, uncorrupted by fake news or homosexuality. They don't care if it's politically correct to shoot a mentally deranged gunman. They'll just do it."



Florida congressman Matt Gaetz

Cohen's Morad character interviewed Gaetz for the segment on arming toddlers, but Gaetz wisely sidestepped the topic, saying, "Typically members of Congress don't just hear a story about a program and then indicate whether they support it or not."



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MoviePass is making its first film, and it's a crime thriller starring Bruce Willis

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  • MoviePass' film production subsidary, MoviePass Films, has announced that Bruce Willis will star in the company's first production, a crime thriller titled "10 Minutes Gone."
  • The company's launch of MoviePass Films in June followed several releases from its previously existing distribution arm, MoviePass Ventures, which distributed the crime films "American Animals" and  "Gotti" earlier this summer.

MoviePass' film production subsidary, MoviePass Films, has announced that Bruce Willis will star in the company's first original production, a crime thriller titled "10 Minutes Gone," Deadline reports

Brian A. Miller, who also directed Willis in the upcoming action film "Reprisal," will direct "10 Minutes Gone" from a script by Kelvin Mao and Jeff Jingle.

MoviePass' parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics, launched MoviePass Films in partnership with production company Emmet Furla Oasis Films in May. 

The launch followed several releases from the company's previously existing distribution arm, MoviePass Ventures, which distributed the crime films "American Animals" and  "Gotti" earlier this summer, in partnership with The Orchard and Vertical Entertainment, respectively. 

"10 Minutes Gone" will be the first release from the company's new production arm. 

Deadline reported the film's plot with the following description: 

"The story follows a man who loses ten minutes of his memory due to being hit by a stray bullet during a bank heist gone wrong. He must put the pieces of his broken memory together in order to find out who sabotaged the job and took the money, all while being pursued by a powerful crime boss hellbent on recovering the cash. Willis plays the pissed off crime boss."

The launch of MoviePass Films in June marked another attempt by Helios and Matheson to expand the MoviePass brand beyond the struggling movie subscription service it drastically remodeled this week, limiting subscribers to 3 movies per month from its previous one-movie-per-day plan. 

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Here are 13 signs your friendship with someone is toxic

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  • You can meet toxic people in all walks of life — in romantic relationships, at work, and in friendships.
  • Toxic friends are energetically draining, hypocritical, and not worth your time.
  • But it can sometimes be difficult to pick up on the fact they are causing damage.
  • Here are 13 signs that your friendship is probably toxic and you should get out of it as soon as you can.


Letting the wrong kind of people into your life can be incredibly draining. You're not likely to find enough time for yourself if another person is constantly on at you about things and won't give you room to breathe.

Toxic relationships aren't just the romantic kind. Sometimes, friendships with people can turn out just as abusive and damaging too.

Rather than bringing company and comfort to your life, a toxic friendship will bring exhaustion and frustration.

Psychologist and therapist Perpetua Neo told Business Insider there are quite a few signs you can look out for, which will tell you that the relationship you have with a friend isn't healthy.

Some of the red flags are obvious, but some are much more subtle. Here are 13 of the most common signs to look out for:

SEE ALSO: 7 positive lessons you learn when you leave a toxic, abusive relationship behind

1. There's a whole lot of drama

One thing you can guarantee from a toxic person is drama. Chaos seems to surround them somehow, either because they're always arguing with someone, causing problems, or unbelievable things keep happening to them.

"Drama is a very big thing when we talk about toxic friends," Neo said. "A toxic friend tends to be someone who sucks us in either by being very amazing, very grandiose, or by being this sad creature that needs our help."

Whatever their story, you can guarantee you'll hear about it, or worse, get dragged into it.



2. Everything is about them

A toxic friend will never really listen to you. They will always be waiting for their turn to speak, or to turn the conversation back to them.

"In a novel conversation between people, you can say this thing happened to me too, which is ok because that's where empathy happens, and you form a connection," Neo said. "But then with a toxic person, everything revolves around them. They'll twist it."

A good way to test for this is by bringing up random topics that have nothing to do with either of you. A toxic person will have the uncanny ability to manipulate the conversation back around to them again, whatever the topic, without skipping a beat.



3. They put you down

Neo said a toxic friend will never compliment you. They'll never pick you up or congratulate you on your achievements. In fact, they're much more likely to kick you when you're down.

You'll realise you're never actually happy or relaxed around them because they don't make you feel good about yourself, Neo said. No friendship should be transactional, but if someone is draining all your energy, you should ask yourself whether you're getting anything out of it at all.



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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is on trial for fraud — here's what you need to know about him

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  • President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been a key figure in the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling and possible Trump campaign collusion.
  • Manafort is currently on trial for alleged financial crimes, defending himself against 18 federal charges of tax evasion, tax fraud, and bank fraud.
  • He was first indicted in October 2017 on 12 other federal charges, including money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent. That second trial is scheduled to begin this fall.
  • Manafort is pleading not guilty to all the charges against him. Here's what you need to know about his life.

Paul Manafort was born in 1949 and raised in New Britain, Connecticut, a largely liberal town where his father served three terms as a popular Republican mayor.

Like President Donald Trump, Manafort comes from a real-estate family. Alongside his political work, his father also ran the family construction company, Manafort Brothers Inc., founded by his Italian immigrant father.

Instead of taking over the family business, Manafort decided to pursue his interest in politics and moved to Washington, DC, where he earned both an undergraduate business degree and a law degree at Georgetown University.

A Republican operative and international 'gun for hire'

FILE PHOTO: Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a bond hearing at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

While working at a private law firm two years after graduating from law school, Manafort began advising Republican president Gerald Ford's 1976 campaign.

Since the 1970s, he has established deep and sometimes murky connections in Washington and around the globe, serving as political lobbyist, adviser, and an international political consultant for leaders across the world, including dictators Mobutu Sese Seko of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines.

Manafort's international work has long raised eyebrows among Democrats in Washington.

In 2004, he became a top adviser to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, a pro-Russian strongman whom Manafort is widely credited with helping win the presidency in 2010.

Yanukovych was ousted in 2014 after widespread demonstrations again this decision to back out of a deal with the EU that would have distanced Ukraine from Russia and fostered closer ties with the West.

On February 20, 2014, Ukrainian riot police opened fire on thousands of demonstrators who had gathered in central Kiev. Fifty-three protesters were killed that day, and dozens more over the next few days.

Ukrainian prosecutors have said Yanukovych ordered the security forces' attack on protesters, and at least one human-rights lawyer representing the victims is investigating what role, if any, Manafort played in encouraging Yanukovych's crackdown.

Yanukovych fled to Russia amid the protests and is now living under the protection of the Kremlin.

'A sick f---ing tyrant'

A memorial for protesters killed in Kiev

The New York Times reported last year that Manafort was in debt to pro-Russian interests by as much as $17 million by the time he joined the Trump campaign.

Legal complaints filed by representatives of Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire allied with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the Cayman Islands in 2014 claimed Deripaska gave Manafort $19 million that year to invest in a Ukrainian TV company.

The project fell through, and Manafort all but disappeared without paying Deripaska back, the filings claimed. A subsequent court filing from the special counsel Robert Mueller's office in June 2018 revealed Manafort owed Deripaska an additional $10 million for an unpaid loan.

Deripaska and Manafort had worked together before. Deripaska signed a $10 million annual contract with Manafort in 2006, according to the AP, for a lobbying project in the US that Manafort said would "greatly benefit the Putin Government."

In another bizarre twist, hackers broke into Manafort's daughter's iPhone and published four years' worth of purported text messages — roughly 300,000 messages — on the dark web.

In a series of texts reviewed by Business Insider that appear to have been sent by Andrea to her sister, Jessica, in March 2015, Andrea said their father had "no moral or legal compass."

"Don't fool yourself," Andrea wrote to her sister, according to the texts. "That money we have is blood money."

"You know he has killed people in Ukraine? Knowingly," she continued, according to the reviewed texts. "As a tactic to outrage the world and get focus on Ukraine. Remember when there were all those deaths taking place. A while back. About a year ago. Revolts and what not. Do you know whose strategy that was to cause that, to send those people out and get them slaughtered."

In another text to her cousin, who was also her father's business partner, Andrea called Manafort "a sick f---ing tyrant."

A Ukrainian member of parliament accused Manafort of accepting nearly $1 million from the country's pro-Russia Party of Regions, and then laundering it through a company that claims to sell computers. Ukrainian lawyers also want to question Manafort about what role he played, if any, in the 2014 police killings of protesters in Kiev.

Manafort has denied all the allegations against him. He has previously said he has "never knowingly spoken to Russian intelligence officers, and I have never been involved with anything to do with the Russian government or the Putin administration."

Manafort's ties to Trump

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Manafort and Trump have been connected since the 1980s when Trump hired Manafort's lobbying firm to help the Trump Organization.

Trump became close with Manafort's business partner at the time, Roger Stone, a self-proclaimed "dirty trickster" who served as an early adviser to Trump's presidential campaign.

In 2006, Manafort and his wife bought a Trump Tower apartment, which Manafort still owns and resides in when he's in Manhattan.

In March 2016, Trump hired Manafort to manage the Republican National Convention and wrangle delegates into supporting Trump. Manafort had experience convincing delegates to support Gerald Ford in 1976 — the last time the Republican Party began a convention without having selected its presidential nominee.

In May 2016, Manafort was promoted to the position of campaign chairman and chief strategist. He became the campaign's de-facto manager after Trump fired Corey Lewandowski in late June.

The New York Times, citing ledgers uncovered by an anticorruption center in Kiev, reported on August 16, 2016 that $12.7 million in undisclosed cash payments from Yanukovych's pro-Russia Party of Regions had been earmarked for Manafort for his work with the party from 2007 to 2012.

Three days later, Manafort resigned from the campaign.

The White House has attempted to distance itself from Manafort. Last year, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters that Manafort "played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time" in the campaign, despite having spent five months on the campaign and nearly three of those months as the chairman.

Trump attempted to minimize Manafort's contributions to the campaign last year.

"I know Mr. Manafort — I haven't spoken to him in a long time, but I know him — he was with the campaign, as you know, for a very short period of time — for a relatively short period of time," Trump said.

But in 2016, those close to Trump were quick to attribute the campaign's success to its former chairman.

"We couldn't be more happy with the work that he's doing, the way he's tackling these things, the way he's handling the organization of everything going forward," the president's eldest son Donald Trump Jr. told the AP in July 2016.

In August 2016, former House Speaker and Trump loyalist Newt Gingrich told Fox News host Sean Hannity that "nobody should underestimate how much Paul Manafort did to get this campaign to where it is right now."

The FBI investigation heats up

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The Justice Department began looking into Manafort's dealings in Ukraine in 2014. He became the subject of a FISA warrant, which allowed the federal government to surveil him.

But since Mueller was appointed as special counsel to lead the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, Manafort has come under intensifying scrutiny.

In early August 2017, the Washington Post reported that the FBI conducted a predawn raid of Manafort's home, seizing tax documents, foreign banking records, and other materials relevant to the special counsel investigation.

The Post reported last year that Manafort offered to provide "private briefings" about the Trump campaign to Deripaska.

"If he needs private briefings we can accommodate," Manafort wrote to his longtime employee Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian-Ukrainian operative with suspected ties to Russian intelligence.

This email came roughly 10 days before Trump campaign representatives lobbied to alter the language of an amendment to the GOP's draft party policy on Ukraine that denounced Russia's "ongoing military aggression" in Ukraine. Many saw the changes as pro-Russian and some believed Manafort played a role in the policy shift.

CNN reported that US investigators had wiretapped Manafort both before and after the 2016 election, that Mueller's probe is looking into possible crimes committed over the past 11 years, and that the special counsel's team had warned Manafort that they are working to indict him on tax and financial charges.

Some legal experts think that Mueller's intensifying focus on Manafort is an effort to pressure the former campaign chairman into providing damaging information about those close to Trump, and maybe Trump himself.

A tale of two trials

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Mueller has charged Manafort with over 20 counts of financial and other crimes. Manafort is pleading not guilty to all the charges filed against him, and will defend himself in two separate federal trials.

Manafort was first indicted in the District of Columbia in October 2017 on 12 federal charges, including money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent. He was indicted a second time in February on an additional 18 counts of tax evasion and bank fraud in the Eastern District of Virginia.

His first trial in Virginia on the tax and bank fraud charges is currently ongoing, and the second trial on the foreign agent and other charges is scheduled for September in DC.

Manafort had previously been out on supervised release after pleading not guilty in February, but a federal judge revoked his bond and sent him to jail in mid-June after prosecutors accused him and his associate, the former Russian intelligence operative Konstantin Kilimnik, of trying to tamper with witness testimony in the investigation.

Complex layers of alleged financial crimes

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The prosecution's first witnesses to take the stand in Manafort's Virginia trial delivered damning testimony to corroborate the charges of sweeping financial fraud.

First, Manafort's bookkeeper and CPA, as well as tax accountant Cynthia Laporta, testified to helping Manafort file false tax returns and lie to banks by misrepresenting certain transactions as loans.

Rick Gates, Manafort's close business associate and protegé of over a decade, was also charged with fraud as part of Manafort's first indictment, but chose to take a plea deal and became a cooperating witness in the Mueller probe.

Now the prosecution's star witness, Gates first took the stand on Monday. He testified to illegally concealing 15 foreign bank accounts from authorities and helping file false returns "at Mr. Manafort's direction," in addition to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from Manafort by filing fake expense reports.

Gates' testimony continued on Tuesday, and Manafort's defense team is scheduled to cross-examine him beginning Wednesday. The trial is expected to last weeks.

Natasha Bertrand contributed to a previous version of this story. Sonam Sheth contributed reporting.

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Prosecutors have gone to extraordinary lengths to document Paul Manafort's life of luxury. Here are the custom suits, lavish cars, and sprawling properties they tried to show the jury.

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President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, is currently on trial, and prosecutors have been entertaining the jury with details of the political consultant's lavish lifestyle.

They say Manafort earned more than $60 million working on political campaigns in Ukraine, and they've detailed the ways he used that money to buy a closet full of custom-made suits, luxury cars for his wife and kids, and homes up and down the East Coast.

But when one of his clients fled to Russia and the consulting work dried up, Manafort lied about his wealth to avoid paying his taxes, prosecutors say. Manafort has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.

Here are the extravagant items prosecutors are accusing him of spending all that money on.

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A focal point of Manafort's tax-fraud trial has been his suit collection. Prosecutors seem to have taken photos of every expensive suit in Manafort's closet. They say he paid for his custom suits by transferring money from foreign bank accounts.

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By keeping his wealth in shell companies, Manafort was better able to hide just how much he was making — and spending — from the IRS, prosecutors say. This snazzy fur coat was one of several introduced into evidence during Manafort's trial.

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One of the more bizarre items that investigators found in their raid on his home was this $15,000 hooded jacket made of ostrich.

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The 11 best-selling pickup trucks in America so far this year

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  • Kelley Blue Blue released the data for the best-selling pick-up trucks in America in 2018.
  • More than 1.4 million pickup trucks have been sold through the first half of the year. 
  • The top-3 best-selling trucks in 2018 are the Ford F-Series, Chevrolet Silverado, and Ram Pickup.
  • The cars that saw the largest year-over-year drop in sales were the Honda Ridgeline, Nissan Titan, and Ram Pickup. 

The U.S. auto market has been strong in the first two quarters of 2018. More than 8.6 million cars have been sold in 2018 through the first half of the year, that's a YTD year-over-year increase of nearly 2%, according to data from Kelley Blue Book, the automotive research company. 

Demand for pickup trucks has been particularly strong, with YTD new sales hitting 1,415,389, according to Kelley Blue Book's data. This has come with American consumers making a concurrent decision to abandon the sedan and passenger car.

All three of America's big three automakers (Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) have pickup trucks on the market.  In fact, the top-3 best-selling trucks so far in 2018 are Ford's F-Series, GM's Chevrolet Silverado, and FCA's Ram Pickup.

But other truck models have broken in and gained market share. The trucks that have made the greatest year-over-year improvement in 2018 are GMC Canyon, Chevrolet Colorado, and Toyota Tacoma. In fact, Chevrolet Colorado's year-over-year sales have risen a whopping 38.9% compared to this time in 2017. 

The cars that saw the largest year-over-year drop in sales are Honda Ridgeline, Nissan Titan, and Ram Pickup. The Honda Ridgeline saw the greatest year-over-year decline, with its sales down 19.4% as compared to 2017. 

Americans love their pickup trucks though. Below are the 11 best-selling full-size and mid-size pickup trucks in the first two quarters of 2018. 

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11. Honda Ridgeline: 14,988 sold in 2018. Down 19.4% over 2017.



10. GMC Canyon: 16,848 sold in 2018. Up 13.2% over 2017.



9. Nissan Titan: 23,294. -4.8%.



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We compared MoviePass' revised service against AMC's monthly subscription plan, and there's a clear winner (AMC, HMNY)

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  • MoviePass and AMC's Stubs A-List are two of the most popular movie ticket subscription services in the country.
  • Breaking down each service, it's clear who the winner is.


On Monday, MoviePass announced another change to its service, as it will now only offer three movies per month for $9.95

While MoviePass continues to work out the best path to profitability, AMC Theatres rival subscription service, AMC Stubs A-List, a $20-a-month service that lets you see three movies per week, is doing better than expected, according to the company. AMC reported last month that it had over 170,000 subscribers in its first five weeks, beating its projection.

AMC's service may be double what MoviePass is, but you get more perks like being able to see IMAX and Real 3D movies, and see the same movie multiple times. MoviePass now only allows three movies per month, instead of one every day per month, but you can still use the app at almost any theater in the US (not just AMC theaters). 

Conflicted?

Here's the tale of the tape:

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With the latest tweak by MoviePass, the winner now is clear: AMC.

AMC is the largest theater chain in the world, and if for some reason one isn't in your neighborhood, it's likely you won't have to go far to find one. Now with MoviePass only allowing three movies per month (after that MoviePass will offer discounts of $2 to $5 a ticket if you book through the MoviePass app), the perks AMC offers with its service, especially being able to see the same movie more than once, makes it the more worthy choice.

However, if you are someone who doesn't care about seeing movies in IMAX and only occasionally goes to the movies each month (like one or two times), MoviePass is the smarter choice.   

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4 myths about being a middle child that you should stop believing — according to a psychology professor

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  • The middle child is often portrayed as an underachiever with underdeveloped social skills.
  • The driving force behind this picture is the idea that those with "middle-child syndrome" are damaged by the experience receiving less attention than their siblings.
  • In reality, the middle child can often cultivate skills that their siblings do not because of their birth-order circumstances.

 

The portrait of a typical middle child can be bleak. In short, it's Jan Brady yelling "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" while her older sister gets all the praise and her younger sister gets any remaining parental attention. It seems like the least desirable place to be as a kid.

But in reality, middleborns can stray far from that depiction. That's partially because family dynamics can differ greatly in comparison to the 1950s nuclear family still sometimes perpetuated in pop culture.

It's also because personality is impacted by a ton of other factors besides birth order.

So even though being a middle child can influence the way you interact with others and how you think about your place in the world, it isn't always what people believe it to be, according to Dr. Catherine Salmon, professor of psychology at the University of Redlands in California and coauthor of the book, "The Secret Power of Middle Children: How Middleborns Can Harness Their Unexpected and Remarkable Abilities."

Here are four middle-child myths you need to stop believing:

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1. They're underachievers

Parents often have a clear set of expectations for the first child, while middleborns are left to their own devices. That lack of expectations is often thought to foster an underachieving mindset, but that's not always the case, Salmon told Business Insider.

In fact, having the freedom to choose their own path in life can result in a successful career. It just will likely look a bit different than that of the parents or siblings.

Being in the middle can allow children to develop skills that others don't have to practice until later in life, like negotiating for peace between siblings, figuring out what people want, being independent, and trying new things, Salmon said.

"It can create certain kinds of people, like Bill Gates, Carly Fiorina, and Charles Darwin — people who are willing to entertain things that are outside the box," Salmon said.



2. They're wallflowers

In general, middle children tend to be have a more positive view of their friends and friendship in general, and place more importance on those relationships than their siblings, according to a 2003 study published in Human Nature.

While having a super-social and outgoing older sibling can make it harder for a middle child to stand out, there are many other factors that will determine how social a child is, Salmon said.

"About 50% of most of our personality is influenced by genetic contributions, environment, and interaction between the two … as well as factors outside the home, like peers, local culture, and neighborhoods," she said.



3. They're 'damaged'

Many people think of middleborns as somewhat neglected in comparison to their siblings.

"People can't imagine that that wouldn't mess you up. Like if you're not the sole focus of your parents' attention, then you must suffer in some way," Salmon said.

Salmon suggested imagining what it was like for earlier generations who had large numbers of children.

"They couldn't focus all of their attention on one child," Salmon said. "I think there's this idea that people are easily damaged by somehow not being the center of the universe. I don't think there’s any real good evidence to that."



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Exercise may be the best protection against aging that we have, according to new research

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"Let's get physical" isn't just a catchy line from an Olivia Newton-John song — it's a health intervention.

Exercise is increasingly being recognized as the closest thing to a miracle drug that we have. Not only does regular movement appear to benefit our mind and body, but it also seems to protect us from many aspects of aging's slow wear and tear.

For a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers found that older people who spent less time sitting and more time moving had fewer signs of encroaching heart disease.

The scientists had 1,600 British volunteers ages 60 to 64 wear heart-rate sensors for five days. They analyzed the participants' activity levels and compared them to indicators of heart disease such as cholesterol precursors and a substance called interleukin-6. Overall, the participants with more activity had lower levels of all of the negative biomarkers.

The effects were even noticeable when the researchers looked at participants' activity in 10-minute chunks. Every 10 minutes spent doing some kind of movement — whether walking, playing tennis, or gardening — was linked with measurable improvements in at least one type of biomarker related to heart health.

Conversely, every 10 minutes spent sitting was tied to worse biomarker results.

These results add to a growing body of evidence that suggests physical activity can lower the risk of heart disease.

"It's important to replace time spent sedentary with any intensity level of activity," Ahmed Elhakeem, the study's author and a professor of epidemiology at the University of Bristol, said in a statement.

2 forms of exercise may be the key to keeping your heart and brain young

An elderly man swimsThis isn't the first time two forms of exercise — cardio and strength training — have been tied to antiaging benefits. Aerobic exercise, or cardio, is the type of workout that gets your heart pumping and sweat flowing, while strength training helps keep aging muscles from weakening over time.

Both of those types of exercise are important for the heart, parts of which can grow stiff with age. The left chamber of the heart, which plays a key role in supplying the body with freshly oxygenated blood, is especially susceptible to age-related damage.

A recent study published in January in the journal Circulation found that adults who practiced supervised exercise four to five days a week saw significant improvements in their heart's performance over two years when compared with a control group that did only basic stretching and balancing moves. Those results suggest that some stiffening in the heart can be prevented or even reversed with regular aerobic exercise.

"Based on a series of studies performed by our team over the past five years, this 'dose' of exercise has become my prescription for life," said Benjamin Levine, the author of the study and a professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern.

Regular movement seems to have benefits for the aging brain as well.

In May, a large review of nearly 100 studies published in the journal Neurology: Clinical Practice found that older folks who got roughly 40 minutes of exercise three times a week showed significant cognitive advantages compared with people who did less exercise or none at all.

Those benefits included better processing speed and superior performance on tests that measure skills like time management and the ability to pay attention.

"This is evidence that you can actually turn back the clock of aging in your brain by adopting a regular exercise regimen," said the study author Joyce Gomes-Osman, a rehabilitation scientist at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine.

The intensity of a workout matters less than moving regularly

A growing body of evidence suggests that the time you spend on a single workout matters less than the total time you spend at the gym over long periods. That means whether your latest workout was five or 50 minutes is less important than whether you hit the track or pool regularly — at least several times a week.

When it comes to the heart benefits observed in their latest study, the American Heart Association recommends getting at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity exercise like walking or 75 minutes a week of vigorous-intensity exercises like kickboxing, along with muscle-strengthening exercises two or more days a week.

If you're curious about how to get started, we recently spoke with a physical trainer and exercise scientist who laid out an easy weekly plan. Try it for yourself!

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Michigan likely just elected the first Muslim congresswoman — and she was once booted for heckling Trump

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  • Rashida Tlaib won the Democratic Party nomination for the US House of Representatives in Michigan on Tuesday.
  • She will run unopposed in November, putting her on course to become the first Muslim woman in Congress.
  • The 42-year-old is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, having been forcibly removed for heckling him at a luncheon two years ago.
  • The Detroit-born daughter of Palestinian immigrants has also described difficulties being Muslim in Trump's America.

Rashida Tlaib on Tuesday won the Democratic nomination for the US House of Representatives in Michigan's 13th District, putting her on track to become the first Muslim congresswoman in US history.

She will run unopposed in November, as the Republican Party has not put forward a candidate to contest the seat.

Tlaib is poised to take the seat previously held by John Conyers, the Democratic congressman who left his seat in December following multiple sexual-harassment allegations. Conyers had been in Congress representing various Michigan districts since 1965.

Tlaib had won 33.2% of the votes as of early Wednesday morning, The New York Times reported, with 96% of the votes counted. The first runner-up, Brenda Jones, trailed her by more than 3,000 votes.

The 42-year-old progressive candidate, who was born in Detroit to Palestinian immigrants, isn't new to politics. She was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2008 to 2014, when she hit her term limit.

She then worked as an attorney at the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice, an employees-rights group.

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An experienced Trump protester

Tlaib has been particularly vocal in her opposition to President Donald Trump.

Two years ago she was forcibly removed from a ticketed luncheon in Detroit after heckling Trump, then the Republican presidential nominee, who was giving a speech on economics.

"He doesn't love Detroit," she shouted, according to the Detroit Free Press. "He doesn't love no one who isn't Donald Trump." She was dragged away to a mixture of boos and applause.

She later said she had been protesting Trump's attitudes toward immigrants and Muslims. "I have heard critics calling it unbecoming of a former state legislator," she wrote in the Detroit Free Press. "Well, I believe it is unbecoming of any American to not stand up to Trump's hate-filled rhetoric and tactics."

Watch Tlaib's protest in the first 35 seconds of the clip below.

Tlaib is likely to continue her opposition to Trump in Congress.

In June, Tlaib protested the Supreme Court's decision to uphold Trump's travel ban, and a local news report showed her breaking up a fight between a protester and a passer-by. She vowed to introduce legislation to repeal the decision upon her election, CNN reported.

She has also hinted at impeaching Trump while in Congress. She told The Hill in April: "I keep telling people this is about electing a jury that will impeach him, and I make a heck of a juror."

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An 'aggressive' campaign similar to Ocasio-Cortez's

Tlaib's progressive campaign is similar to that of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old socialist candidate for New York's 14th District who beat a veteran politician in a major upset within the Democratic Party earlier this year.

Tlaib's campaign includes providing Medicare for all, securing a $15 state minimum wage, and fighting big corporations for worker and union rights.

Her team took an "aggressive and direct" approach to campaigning, like Ocasio-Cortez, CNN cited her campaign manager as saying.

"We are basically running the same campaign, with the same platform and with a very similar candidate," Andy Goddeeris, Tlaib's campaign manager, told CNN.

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A Muslim in Trump's America

Tlaib has privately agonized over anti-Muslim sentiment in the US, CNN said.

She told the news network earlier this year that when her son saw a US news platform publish a cartoon comparing Muslims to Nazis, he told her: "Mama, don't worry, if anybody asks if I'm Muslim, I will lie and tell them I'm not."

"I get emotional about it," Tlaib said, adding that she felt added pressure to win. "It's very painful, and so they say you gotta win, because if you win, then our kids will see that we belong."

As the results trickled in Wednesday morning, Tlaib tweeted: "Thank you so much for making this unbelievable moment possible. I am at a loss for words. I cannot wait to serve you in Congress."

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Alaska is closing the last of its Blockbuster stores. Here's what it was like to visit the last frontier of the video-rental chain before it went extinct.

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Blockbuster is finally going extinct in Alaska, long the video-rental chain's last frontier. 

Roughly a dozen Blockbusters remained open across the United States in 2017. Now, just one remains after Blockbuster Alaska announced in July that the last two stores in the state would be closing up shop.

Alaska was long Blockbuster's last frontier thanks to long winters and slow WiFi. However, even that couldn't keep people renting DVDs forever. 

"Let's be real, you have Netflix, you have Redbox," Blockbuster manager Kevin Daymude told reporter Emily Russell in an interview for Business Insider's podcast, "Household Name."

"The economy is tough right now," Daymude said. "So, people are still renting — but they aren't renting as much."

Prior to Blockbuster's closure in Alaska, Daymude said that tourists would show up at the store, eager to get their nostalgia fix. 

For Blockbuster lovers desperately missing the store, and for video-rental virgins raised on Netflix, here's what it's like to visit the Alaska Blockbusters: 

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If you've traveled to Alaska in the last few years, Blockbuster's iconic blue-and-yellow signs may have grabbed your eye.



The blocky letters and bold colors stand out on the horizon.



Inside, everything looks the same, with rows and rows of movies.



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Heineken is betting on a brew made with marijuana instead of alcohol, and it could help give a boost to the struggling beer industry

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  • Heineken's new brew, from California beer brand Lagunitas, is made with marijuana instead of alcohol.
  • Hi-Fi Hops is currently only available in a select number of dispensaries in California, where cannabis is legal.
  • It's part of a growing trend of established companies diving into the marijuana industry.

Lagunitas, Heineken's fast-growing California beer label, bills its new brew as "hoppy sparkling water."

That's because these cans of brew contain zero alcohol. Instead of booze, the beer is made with THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.

Called Hi-Fi Hops, Lagunitas' new cannabis drink is the latest wave of a larger move by established companies diving into the marijuana industry. In addition to a brew made with THC, the ingredient in marijuana that causes a high, Lagunitas' new beer is also available with CBD, the non-psychoactive cannabis component that's thought to be responsible for many of its therapeutic effects.

Having only launched on July 30, the brew is currently available in a handful of marijuana dispensaries in California, where the drug is legal. So we visited Oakland's Harborside dispensary, located on the East Bay peninsula between the neighborhoods of Fruitvale and Downtown Oakland, to check out the new $8 drink.

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On a Friday afternoon, Oakland cannabis dispensary Harborside was packed. After waiting in line for roughly 30 minutes, we got a look at a display case where Hi-Fi Hops was featured beside some other edible cannabis treats.

At $8 a can, the drink wasn't cheap — but the price point brought it roughly in line with other canned beers. We snagged the last cans that were available. An employee at Harborside said they were selling like hotcakes.



There's one big drawback compared with other beers: You can't drink it at a bar.



The drink is made in special cans that require a little finagling to get right — you pop the tab at the top, then slide to open.



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Netflix's 6 original animated series for adults, ranked from worst to best

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For the most part, Netflix has won over critics with its innovative approaches to adult animation. 

Since the premiere of "BoJack Horseman" in 2014 — which CEO Reed Hastings has previously called his favorite Netflix show— the streaming service has released five other original animated shows that deal in mature themes.

Its latest, "Disenchanted," an animated fantasy series from "The Simpsons" and "Futurama" creator Matt Groening, has received positive reviews ahead of its premiere on August 17.

To find out which of these six shows critics liked the most, we turned to reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.

Here are Netflix's six original adult animated shows, ranked from worst to best, according to critics:

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6. "Neo Yokio" — 33%

Critic score: 33%

Audience score: 57%

Netflix description: "Joined by his faithful mecha-butler, Kaz Kaan pursues love, fashion and supernatural forces amid Neo Yokio's sinister high society."

Seasons released: 1



5. "F is for Family" — 81%

Critic score: 81%

Audience score: 89%

Netflix description: "Follow the Murphy family back to the 1970s, when kids roamed wild, beer flowed freely and nothing came between a man and his TV."

Seasons released: 2



4. "Disenchantment" — 83%

Critic score: 83%

Audience score: N/A

Netflix description: "Princess duties call, but she'd rather be drinking. Free-spirited Bean exasperates the king as she wreaks havoc with her demon and elf pals."

Seasons released: 1 (upcoming on August 17)



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Trump is on a 'working vacation' at his private golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Here's how his vacation time compares to past presidents.

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Washington can be a tough town, where scandals abound and never-ending political drama rules the day.

Perhaps the hustle and bustle of life in the US capital takes a greater toll on nobody more than the president.

"Over the years, presidents struggle so hard to get to the White House and then they're almost desperate to get away from the place once they're there," journalist Kenneth Walsh said during an interview in 2009.

Vacations and weekend getaways help US presidents cope with the pressures of leading the country. John F. Kennedy frequented Hyannis Port in Massachusetts. Ronald Reagan had a ranch in California. And President Donald Trump has a golf course in New Jersey and his famous Mar-a-Lago private resort in Florida.

Here's how some US presidents vacationed as compared to Trump, who is taking a "working vacation" at his private golf club in Bedminister, New Jersey this week:

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Abraham Lincoln's preferred hideaway was a mansion-sized “cottage” that was only four miles from the White House. It served as a useful retreat during the summer to escape the oppressive heat of downtown Washington.

Source: The Washington Post



Teddy Roosevelt's "Summer White House" in Sagamore Hill, New York, served as an ideal location for the president to enjoy the outdoors, away from Washington.

Source: National Parks



Roosevelt was a prominent conservationist who laid the groundwork for the establishment of many of America's national monuments, forests, and parks.



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