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6 kinds of jeans we never want to see on a grown man again

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The jeans we're about to present are online for sale, so we're assuming some men are buying them.

But that doesn't mean that they should.

We've consistently seen some offensive pairs out on the Street, running wild with impunity, so with the help of stylist Jessica Cadmus, of the Wardrobe Whisperer, Business Insider is setting down some super easy guidelines.

"Jeans are the cornerstone of most men's casual wardrobe.  They are extremely versatile, travel well, shrink to fit, and come in myriad colors and washes. They are rugged, cool, and often sexy."

"However, it is still incumbent upon the wearer to select wisely because unfortunately there exist an abundance of ill options," Cadmus said.

And we're about to show you a few of the ill-est.

Note: We didn't even get into non-pant denim. Perhaps next time.

The awkward cut.

Barneys calls these "cropped." We consider them a taper tantrum. 

It also has what our Elena Holodny calls "the old man sagging effect" on everyone's legs.

Note: This includes a ton of boot cut jeans. Use someone with tastes' discretion.



Studded jeans.

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Huge pockets.

It's unclear how jeans with huge pockets managed to stay in some realm of acceptable fashion. They're not flattering. Wear things that are flattering.



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4 things every American needs to know before booking a flight to Cuba

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On Tuesday, the US and Cuba signed a deal restoring commercial flights for the first time in five decades.

Over the summer, Business Insider sent three reporters to Havana, Cuba, to see what it's like to visit the country as tourists. While we had a great time, there are a handful of issues that American tourists should seriously consider before booking a flight.

We'll have lots of stories about our adventures on the island, which you'll be able to find here.

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5 mind-blowing feats of superhuman endurance

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The human body is surprisingly fragile, but there are those who enjoy pushing it to the limits.

From these daredevils, we learn how the body can miraculously compensate for starvation or oxygen deprivation to stay alive for as long as possible.

Here are five incredible feats of superhuman endurance:

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Without sleep: 11 days.

In 1965, then 17-year-old Randy Gardner set the world record by staying awake for 264.4 hours, or 11 days and 24 minutes.

Why you shouldn't try this at home:Sleep is essential for building memory and skills as well as feeling more alert the next day.



Without breathing: 22 minutes.

The longest any human ever went without breathing took place in 2012, when Danish free diver Stig Severinsen held his breath underwater for 22 minutes.

Why you shouldn't try this at home:Without oxygen, the human brain will die after about four minutes. Severinsen cheated death by breathing in pure oxygen for about 19 minutes beforehand, which saturated his body so it could continue to keep his brain functioning while he was underwater.



Without food and water: 18 days.

In 1979, Andreas Mihavecz — then 18 — was left, forgotten, in a basement prison cell until he was accidentally discovered 18 days later. This was not a stunt, but an act of negligence on the authorities' part. It took Mihavecz several weeks to recover.

Why you shouldn't try this at home:Of the two, water is more critical to replenish than food. An adult is made up of about 60% water, using it to lubricate joints, flush waste, and regulate body temperature.



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Host LL Cool J made a big style mistake at this year’s Grammys

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When LL Cool J took the Grammy stage on Monday night to host music's biggest night for the 5th time in a row, he had company.

There, on his lapel, sat a sparkly (presumably) diamond lapel pin that had his first two initials: LL.

These initials stand for "ladies love," which is an odd thing to proclaim on your chest. (LL's stage name, for what it's worth, stands for "ladies love Cool James").

Besides breaking a rule of decency, LL has also broken another rule with his lapel pin: they aren't meant to be distracting.

Think about other lapel pins you've seen: likely a small flower on a tuxedo or a tiny American flag pin on a presidential candidate. Taking that into account, LL's "LL" pin is probably as distracting as you can get with a pin. It draws the eye and clashes with the rest of his outfit.

But there is a right way to wear a lapel pin. Take for instant, Rami Malek, who we called the best dressed guy at this year's Golden Globes. His ensemble also included a lapel pin:

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Observe how Rami Malek's pin melds with the lapel of his navy tuxedo, adding interest to the tuxedo without overwhelming it. The flower is not a contrasting color, so it doesn't draw the eye as much.

That's the right way to pin your lapel. Take note, LL, and better luck next year.

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Vive, the startup that promised unlimited hair blowouts for $99, changes course

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Vive, a beauty startup known for unlimited blowouts, is changing its business model.

So far, women have loved paying for access to as many blowouts — that means wash and dry, no haircuts or coloring — as they can schedule for $99 a month. Given that the average blowout is around $60, it was a big savings.

Yet a year and 34,000 bookings later, its CEO, Alanna Gregory, would describe it less like a ClassPass for beauty and more like a Hotel Tonight. (ClassPass is a gym; Hotel Tonight is a travel app.)

The company confirmed to Business Insider that it is ditching its subscriber model and opting for the à la carte option.

Rather than booking days in advance, many subscribers would look for a last-minute blowout to squeeze into their schedules, Gregory said. Forty-four percent of women booked on the same day and 26% booked the day before, according to the company.

"That's when we realized we had hit on something that fit on a clear need for women," Gregory said.

The company has been experimenting with pricing to try and find the best fit for customers. In October, Vive introduced new pricing and raised the unlimited subscription to $175. It also started offering a cheaper monthly subscription for two or four visits a month.

Three months later, Vive is removing the subscription model entirely.

"When we did focus groups, we realized how much important last-minute booking was," Gregory said.

The new Vive features à la carte packages that will run $35 for one blowout, $99 for three, and $150 for five. The one-blowout package expires in 30 days, but the larger ones run for a year.

The unlimited-blowout package it launched with has been discontinued for the time being. Existing members can continue their membership, but the business won't be accepting new sign-ups, Gregory confirmed.

She claims that the business never had negative gross margins, but the price increases are a change to match its customer habits and make Vive a sustainable business for the long term.

To her it's not a pivot in the business but matching Vive's services to how women were already using it.

"We moved from a core one-size-fits-all model to one that really fit and improved women's lifestyles," Gregory said.

Investors also agree with the change of course. The company announced today that it has closed a new $2.3 million seed-funding round led by Deep Fork Capital with participation from Y Combinator, CrunchFund, Ludlow Ventures, Vayner RSE, Maveron, Expansion Venture Capital, T5 Capital, Kosinski Ventures, and Haystack Fund and angel investors Pascal Levy-Garboua, Paul Buchheit, and Scooter Braun’s SB Projects.

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The 50 most elite boarding schools in America

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Attending an elite boarding school sets students up for lifelong success. It can open doors to prominent colleges, place students in a powerful alumni network, provide a top-notch education, and create lifelong friends.

Prestige is derived from more than just strong academics, though, so to determine the most elite boarding schools in America, we looked at the size of a school's endowment, how selective it is based on its acceptance rate, and the average SAT score its students earn. To rank the schools, each metric was weighted equally.

Because of the scope of the list, we relied primarily on data from BoardingSchoolReview.com, a website that collects information on boarding schools directly from the institutions. Gaps in the data were confirmed with individual schools or taken from Niche, another organization that researches and compiles information on schools.

For the second year in a row, Phillips Exeter Academy earned the No. 1 spot on the list. Best known for pioneering the Harkness teaching method — a seminar-style class setting where the teacher and students sit around a table and freely discuss subjects — the school is highly selective with a 19% acceptance rate and touts an endowment of $1.15 billion, which is more than most colleges.

Read on to see the rest of the 50 most elite boarding schools in America.

Additional reporting by Andy Kiersz.

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50. St. Anne's-Belfield School

Location: Charlottesville, Virginia

Endowment: $32 million

Acceptance rate: 35%

Enrollment:886

Though only 17% of ninth- to 12th-grade students live at St. Anne's-Belfield School, boarders are essential to the school's diversity and inclusivity commitment. St. Anne's-Belfield is also deeply interested in reducing the gender gap in computer-science-related disciplines by mandating technology education courses for all K-12 students, with an emphasis on college prep for the upper school.



49. Shattuck-St. Mary's School

Location: Faribault, Minnesota

Endowment: $25 million

Acceptance rate: 36%

Enrollment:472

Shattuck-St. Mary's School takes a unique approach to education with programs that allow students to learn at their own pace. As part of the school's new ScholarShift program, 11th- and 12th-graders take blended classes that officially meet only twice a week, leaving time for students to speak one-on-one with instructors and pursue outside projects. For such projects, students can use the school's weCreate space, which features studios for video editing, music recording, fashion design, and more.



48. Indian Springs School

Location: Indian Springs, Alabama

Endowment: $12 million

Acceptance rate: 52%

Enrollment:299

Inspired by the motto "learning through living," Indian Springs School takes education outside of the classroom. For instance, the student government is set up like a small town with a mayor and six commissioners and weekly town meetings, placing decision-making power in the hands of the students. The Indian Springs campus is 15 miles from Birmingham, Alabama's biggest city, and its surrounding mountains, spring lake, and state park give students the chance to further explore outside a traditional academic setting.



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Anthony Bourdain just revealed his ideal menu for the massive food market he plans to open in New York City next year

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Last fall, Anthony Bourdain — everyone's favorite adventurous eater, travel TV personality, and tough-guy restaurateur — announced he's opening a massive food market on Pier 57, on the Hudson River in Manhattan. 

Expected to house 100 food stalls, the project will take up 155,000 square feet and is expected to open in 2017.

Knowing Bourdain's edgy taste, you can guarantee this will not be your average food hall. Instead of Chick-fil-A, think octopus ceviche and gourmet dim sum.

There will be one full-service restaurant, a selection of wholesale vendors (butchers, fishmongers, and the like), and then the main event: a Singapore-style "hawker market" of global street foods, turning the space into a buzzy day-to-night scene for eating and drinking exotic dishes. 

"The way people eat has changed," Bourdain told the New York Times in September. "They want to be at counters and communal tables. They want heat and funk and chicken wings that set their hair on fire... That's what I want to create for New York, some place where I would want to eat. Right now, there is nothing like that."

Bourdain recently released a "wish list" via The List App of some of the dishes that he would want on the market's menu.

Check out his top picks — looks like a primarily Asian selection so far — and try not to get too hungry too soon.

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Hainanese Chicken Rice from Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice, Singapore

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This photographer creates heartwarming images where pediatric cancer patients can live out their lifelong dreams

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There are many organizations that help pediatric cancer patients in various ways, but there is nothing quite like Anything Can Be — a photography studio, started by Jonathan Diaz, that creates images depicting the patient in a scenario where their wildest dreams have come true. 

"I wanted to tell stories that mattered [and] that could inspire, and help other people," Diaz told Business Insider. "I am fascinated with children's imaginations — they tend to believe that anything is possible, they are so optimistic.  I wanted to help these kids believe in their dreams."

Anything Can Be helps these children see themselves as courageous and strong, rather than stuck in a hospital bed. Diaz hopes that if these children can visualize themselves in their dreams, it will help them, in some small way, to fight their battle with cancer. 

Whether it's becoming a princess, dunking a basketball in front of hundreds of fans, or fighting crime as Batkid, Diaz has helped make some of their wildest dreams come to life. 

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Diaz first started this project with his own children, building scenes out of their imaginations. He soon realized that he wanted to tell stories that could inspire and help other people.



Once he came to that realization, he got in contact with children battling cancer with the intent of making their lifelong dreams come to life through photography.



Diaz wants to show hope and optimism to both his subjects and his viewers.



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The Brooklyn shop that makes rainbow bagels has been completely mobbed

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The Brooklyn bagel store that produces rainbow bagels has "closed indefinitely" for renovations, Gothamist reports.

Ever since Business Insider sister publication INSIDER published a video showing how The Bagel Store's signature product is made, the Brooklyn bagel maker has been slammed with web orders and lines around the block.

The rainbow bagel was even the subject of a five-minute produced clip on Tuesday's episode of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," in which the host and "Broad City" stars Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson found themselves in an alternate rainbow-bagel universe ruled by an evil bagel king.

Here's the video that started the craze:

Now the Bagel Store on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg is shutting down "indefinitely" for upgrades. The store's other location on Metropolitan Avenue in Brooklyn will remain open.

The Bagel Store owner Scot Rossillo has been making the candy-colored creations for twenty years, but they seem to have hit a nerve with Instagram-loving foodies, who line up daily for a chance to buy one of the 800 rainbow bagels made each day.

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The Colbert clip:

Here's hoping the rainbow bagels return in greater quantities than before!

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This guy makes flip books using nothing but a hole puncher

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Artist Scott Blake makes flip books without drawing a single line: instead, he uses a hole puncher. He makes patterns on a computer, prints them out, and then goes through the painstaking process of punching the holes and lining up the pages to make these awesome flip books.

Story by Jacob Shamsian and editing by Adam Banicki

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Now you can live in a dorm-like apartment building where neighbors use a work app called Slack to communicate

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Slack is a hot San Francisco startup that makes a chat app for the workplace.

Now, it's coming to a dorm-like apartment building in the trendy Williamsburg neighborhood of New York so neighbors and roommates can stay in touch with each other more easily, Gothamist reports.

Slack first took off with developers in Silicon Valley, and is also used by a lot of news publications, including Business Insider, as a way to cut down on emails.

It's most useful for collaborating on a project as it's happening — which is why it's so useful for developers and reporters — and one of the best things about it is the way it integrates with dozens of other work programs. So for example, if you type "/giphy" and then a word, it will automatically insert an animated GIF from Giphy. You can drop documents from Google Doc directly into the chat stream. And so forth.

But it's also a fun place to gossip, schmooze, and show off your wit — kind of like Twitter with a smaller audience, or the old AOL chat rooms (or IRC, which is what it's based on).

The building that will use Slack is run by Common, a startup that's pioneering the concept of "coliving," where people pay a monthly subscription fee for the right to rent a furnished bedroom — not a whole apartment — in one of several buildings. The payments are month-to-month, and the focus is on community, so there are things like potluck dinners and on-site "residence advisors."

It's basically like a college dorm, but for independent adults.

Common is meant to appeal to young startup workers, so the addition of Slack as an amenity makes a certain kind of sense. It also shows that Slack, already valued at $2.8 billion, may have a future beyond the workplace.

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