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Phil Mickelson challenged Tiger Woods to a $100,000 bet on the first hole of their upcoming match and Tiger responded by doubling it

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  • Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will face off on Friday in a head-to-head match with $9 million at stake.
  • While promoting the pay-per-view match on Tuesday, Mickelson and Woods started putting down some side bets, with Mickelson putting up $100,000 that he would birdie the first hole.
  • Woods immediately responded by doubling the bet, an offer that Mickelson agreed to.

On Friday, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will face off in a head-to-head, winner-take-all match with $9 million on the line.

The two have promoted the match with appearances on various shows and increasingly sharp trash talk as the match approaches.

Read more:Tiger Woods is already doling out trash talk ahead of his one-on-one showdown with Phil Mickelson

On Tuesday, the duo sat down for a press conference in one final bit of promotion for the pay-per-view event, and it didn't take long for Woods and Mickelson to put even more money on the line.

As if $9 million wasn't enough to keep them interested, Mickelson quickly threw out that he was ready to bet $100,000 that he would birdie the first hole.

"You don't have to take it," Mickelson teased, as Woods took in his proposal.

"So you think you can make birdie on the first hole?" Woods asked.

"I know I'm going to make birdie on the first hole," Mickelson said with confidence.

Without missing a beat, Woods upped the stakes. "Double it."

Mickelson froze, but only for a second, before breaking out in a smile and asking the crowd, "Did you see how I baited him like that?" He then agreed to the bet.

From there, the two broke down just how they thought the first hole of the match would play out, getting into each other's heads. Woods brought up the water on the left of the fairway, while Mickelson boasted about his skill with short irons.

You can watch the scene play out below.

Once the two were done taking questions, they even faced off for a moment, as if preparing for a heavyweight fight.

We don't know precisely how the first-of-its-kind match will play out in terms of the broadcast, but if Tuesday's press conference was any indication, there should be plenty of action for golf fans to tune in for — even beyond the $9 million that was already at stake.

At the very least, Mickelson will almost certainly be putting for $200,000 just minutes into the match.

Woods and Mickelson tee off on Friday, November 23, at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, with the match available on pay-per-view for $19.99.

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Investigators never found the source of an E. coli outbreak that sickened 25 and killed one person last year. Now, a food-poisoning expert says the same E. coli strain is likely back — and more than 30 people are sick.

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Romaine lettuce

  • An E. coli outbreak has been linked to romaine lettuce, with the CDC encouraging people to stop eating romaine and throw away any that they have already purchased. 
  • The strain of E. coli shares a genetic footprint with the bacteria linked to a past outbreak in 2017, which sickened at least 25 people across 15 states. 
  • Investigators were unable to pinpoint the source of the 2017 outbreak, other than linking the E. coli outbreak to leafy greens. 
  • Now, a food-poisoning expert says it is almost certain that the two outbreaks are linked — and that investigators will need to find the source this time around. 

As another E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce sweeps the United States, experts are drawing connections to an unsolved investigation from 2017.

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a food-safety alert warning people to stop eating romaine lettuce and to get rid of any they've purchased. 

According to the CDC, at least 32 people in 11 states have reported E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce starting last month. Thirteen people have been hospitalized.

Read more:The CDC tells people to stop eating romaine lettuce — again — after another E. coli outbreak sickens at least 32 people in 11 states

The outbreak is separate from another E. coli outbreak, also linked to romaine, that sickened more than 190 people earlier this year. However, that doesn't mean that the outbreak is coming out of thin air. 

The strain of bacteria involved in this outbreak shares a genetic footprint with the E. coli bacteria tied to leafy greens in the US and romaine lettuce in Canada last year, according to the CDC.

In Canada, 42 cases of illness connected to the strain of E. coli were reported, including one death. In the case of the American leafy green outbreak, 25 people were sickened across 15 states, with illnesses starting in December 2017. One person died.

The source of the outbreak — such as a specific supplier or processing plant where the contamination occurred — was never discovered. While the Canadian outbreak during the same period was tied to romaine lettuce, the CDC was not even able to identify which specific leafy green was the source of the outbreak in the US. 

Now, the unsolved case is likely back. 

"It would be 90% certainty that wherever the lettuce was grown in 2017, it's the same place where this lettuce is grown," Bill Marler, a food-poisoning attorney, told Business Insider. 

That place is likely going to be in California, either the Salinas Valley or the Central Valley, Marler says. With the illnesses linked to the romaine occurring in October, the contaminated lettuce is likely from California due to the American lettuce growing and harvesting schedule. 

According to Marler, something — whether that be a water source or wild animals — has remained constant in the romaine lettuce supply chain since 2017. Now, the CDC and other investigators will likely have the opportunity to pinpoint exactly what the source was for both outbreaks. 

"I think that it's likely they'll be able to figure this one out," Marler said.

"The sooner the better, just from a public health point of view," he continued. 

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Here's how the regtech landscape is evolving to address increasing compliance needs

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This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here.

Regtech solutions seemed to offer the solution to financial institutions' (FIs) compliance woes when they first came to prominence around 24 months ago, gaining support from regulators and investors alike. 

However, many of the companies offering these solutions haven't scaled as might have been expected from the initial hype, and have failed to follow the trajectory of firms in other segments of fintech.

This unexpected inertia in the regtech industry is likely to resolve over the next 12-18 months as other factors come into play that shift FIs' approach to regtech solutions, and as the companies offering them evolve. External factors driving this change include regulatory support of regtech solutions, and consultancies offering more help to FIs wanting to sift through solutions. Startups offering regtech solutions will also play a part by partnering with each other, forming industry organizations, and taking advantage of new opportunities.

This report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, provides a brief overview of the current global financial regulatory compliance landscape, and the regtech industry's position within it. It then details the major drivers that will shift the dial on FIs' adoption of regtech over the next 12-18 months, as well as those that will propel startups offering regtech solutions to new heights. Finally, it outlines what impact these drivers will have, and gives insight into what the global regtech industry will look like by 2020.

Here are some of the key takeaways:

  • Regulatory compliance is still a significant issue faced by global FIs. In 2018 alone, EU regulations MiFID II and PSD2 have come into effect, bringing with them huge handbooks and gigantic reporting requirements. 
  • Regtech startups boast solutions that can ease FIs' compliance burden — but they are struggling to scale. 
  • Some changes expected to drive greater adoption of these solutions in the next 12 to 18 months are: the ongoing evolution of startups' business models, increasing numbers of partnerships, regulators' promotion of regtech, changing attitudes to the segment among FIs, and consultancies helping to facilitate adoption.
  • FIs will actively be using solutions from regtech startups by 2020, and startups will be collaborating in an organized fashion with each other and with FIs. Global regulators will have adopted regtech themselves, while continuing to act as advocates for the industry.

In full, the report:

  • Reviews the major changes expected to hit the regtech segment in the next 12 to 18 months.
  • Examines the drivers behind these changes, and how the proliferation of regtech will improve compliance for FIs.
  • Provides our view on what the future of the regtech industry looks like through 2020.

     

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The epic 'Monday Night Football' game made bettors in Las Vegas millions thanks to in-game wagering and the third-most points in NFL history

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  • The Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs combined to score 105 points on Monday night, meaning a big payday for people who bet the over in Las Vegas.
  • A spokesman for William Hill sportsbooks said that the game ended in a "healthy seven-figure loss" for the books, as almost 70% of the public bet the over.
  • Jay Kornegay of the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook told Business Insider that while pre-game wagers were fairly balanced, in-game wagering was heavily tilted towards the over, leading to a tough day for the sportsbooks and a great day for gamblers.


On Monday night, the Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs battled in the best game of the NFL season thus far, with the Rams eventually prevailing in the back-and-forth tilt, 54-51.

Rams fans were undoubtedly delighted with the result, with Los Angeles winning what could be a preview of Super Bowl LIII and looking every bit the powerhouse that they hoped coming into the year.

But one group left Monday night even happier than Rams fans — the gambling public, specifically those who bet the over on the game's total.

A wager on the total is a bet on how many points the teams will combine to score in the game, and with the Rams and Chiefs putting up 105 points between them — the third-highest total in NFL history — over bettors won easily, laughing all the way to the bank.

Las Vegas prepared for a high-scoring affair. According to ESPN Stats & Information, the total (63.5) was the highest set since at least 1986, as far as their records date back.

But despite the huge number posted by sportsbooks, the Rams and Chiefs blew past the total with ease, surpassing 63.5 points before the end of the third quarter.

Michael Grodsky, a spokesperson for William Hill sportsbooks, told ESPN that the game wound up being a "healthy seven-figure loss" for their books, as almost 70% of bettors were backing the over.

But it wasn't just the pre-game betting that cost the books money.

Jay Kornegay, VP of Race and Sports Operations at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, told Business Insider that it was in-game betting that did the most damage.

"Pre-game wagering was fairly balanced and didn't hurt us," Kornegay told Business Insider when asked about how the total had been bet. "In-progress wagering was tough on us as the betting public couldn't get enough of the 'over.'"

In-game wagering is a huge growth opportunity for sportsbooks, as it allows for bettors to continue placing bets throughout the game beyond the usual pre-game and halftime lines.

But as Monday night showed, there's also a risk in offering bettors to keep their bets coming during the game. While books can mitigate their losses on pre-game wagers by adjusting the line to attract action on both sides of a bet, in-game wagering could prove more difficult to keep balanced.

Take last night for example — it's hard to imagine a casual bettor watching that game at a sportsbook would start putting money on the "under" side of the live total after the teams put up 46 points in the first half alone.

No matter how high bookmakers decided to set the live total, it probably wasn't enough as you can't assume a game is going to be the third-highest scoring affair in the history of the league.

The result was a massive payday for the gambling public, who recognized both before and during the game that these teams were going to start scoring and never stop.

It meant a hard day for the sportsbooks, but I wouldn't worry too much about them — they always seem to bounce back from a tough week.

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Romaine lettuce has been linked to an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 32 people in 11 states. Here's why this food-poisoning expert never orders salad in restaurants.

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A deep knowledge of thousands of food-poisoning cases across the United States means that there are some things that Bill Marler just won't order when he goes out to eat. 

With more than two decades working as a food-poisoning advocate and attorney, there are simply some things that Marler has cut out of his diet. Marler has won more than $600 million for clients in foodborne-illness cases — and has seen how restaurants are being forced to change to prevent more sicknesses. 

"Chain restaurants, post-Jack-in-the-Box, they went through a sort of rethinking about how they do stuff," Marler said. 

Today, many of the biggest risks for food poisoning at chain restaurants come from an individual worker who "picked his nose then made your burrito," Marler said. The action of a rogue restaurant worker can make a handful of people sick — but usually won't spark a huge outbreak. 

However, there are some foods that Marler avoids when he goes out to eat. That includes salad — a choice that has renewed relevance with an E. coli outbreak tied to romaine lettuce that has sickened at least 32 people in 11 states.

The most recent outbreak follows two other leafy green outbreaks earlier this year. A parasitic illness outbreak that sickened more than 500 people across 16 states was linked to McDonald's salads. And, a different strain of E. coli linked to romaine lettuce killed five people and sickened more than 200.

Here are the foods that Marler said scare him the most when he spots them on a restaurant menu: 

SEE ALSO: A parasitic illness linked to McDonald's salads has now sickened at least 500 people in 16 states, including 24 hospitalizations

Salads

Your healthy choice is actually one of the riskier options on the menu at chain restaurants. 

"I'd eat sushi before I ate a salad," Marler said. "I wouldn't eat it at a 7-11, but I've eaten sushi at a good sushi restaurant." 

While cooking veggies and meat can kill germs, salads bring together a lot of raw foods that have had countless opportunities for contamination. Restaurants that buy pre-chopped lettuce from suppliers put themselves at even greater risk.

"Not every lettuce leaf in the field is contaminated E. coli, but some of them are," Marler said of the risks of pre-washed, bagged lettuce. "And when you mix and match it at a processing facility and chop it up, you get what you get." 



Soft-serve ice cream

Cleanliness of ice and ice cream machines can cause huge problems when workers aren't following safety guidelines. There's a grossness factor of finding mold in soft-serve ice cream machines — but there are also real risks. 

"There have been a number of cases linked to listeria, where listeria will get into the inner workings of these ice cream machines and kill people," Marler said. 



Rare meat

Marler agrees with known-germaphobe President Trump on at least one thing: well-cooked meat is the way to go.

"Skip the medium hamburger and get it well done, and just add a little ketchup like the president," he said. 

According to the expert, meat needs to be cooked to 160 degrees throughout to kill bacteria that could cause E. coli or salmonella.



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Microsoft is about to roll out an amazing holiday discount to what's already the best deal in video games (MSFT)

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Xbox One Game Pass

  • Microsoft is offering a major holiday sale on the Xbox Game Pass, the Netflix-style subscription service that lets users play more than 100 games on Xbox One and PC.
  • While Xbox Game Pass is usually $9.99 a month, or about $120 per year, Microsoft will start selling 12-month subscription codes for $69.99 on Thanksgiving Day — a discount of more than 40 percent.
  • The codes will be carried by at least Best Buy and the Microsoft Store, but it's unclear if other retailers will participate, as well.
  • Microsoft is constantly adding more titles to Xbox Game Pass library, including exclusives like "Forza Horizon 4,""State of Decay 2," and the forthcoming "Crackdown 3," giving subscribers access to new games for no extra cost.

While lots of shoppers are looking to make major purchases during the sales of the holiday season, one of the best video game deals of the year will cost about as much as a single game.

Starting on Thanksgiving Day, November 22nd, Microsoft will offer a one-year subscription to Xbox Game Pass for $69.99 a year — a discount of more than 40 percent from the $120 you'd pay for a year, billed at the normal monthly rate of $10. 

You'll be able to snap up the codes at Best Buy and the physical and online Microsoft Store, though it's unclear if other retailers will also participate. We first spotted a listing for this deal on Best Buy, though it was unavailable for shipping until Thursday. Microsoft confirmed to Business Insider that this deal is coming.

Xbox Game Pass

 

Xbox Game Pass is a Netflix-style service that lets subscribers download and play more than 100 different video games on their Xbox or PC. The service is normally $9.99 a month, with a full year costing just under $120.

Now for about the same price of a new game, Xbox owners can invest in a massive library of games to play for the next year. The deal is also a great way for those who pick up their first Xbox during the holiday season to catch up on classic titles without spending a ton on extra games. The Game Pass library includes backwards compatible Xbox 360, games as well as newer Xbox One titles.

Xbox Game Pass

Game Pass subscribers have no limitations on how many games they can download, and are eligible for discounts if they decide to purchase downloadable content for Game Pass titles. This year Microsoft began launching some of its own first party titles on Game Pass too, giving subscribers a cheap way to get access to brand new titles like "Forza Horizon 4,""Sea of Thieves," and "State of Decay 2." Microsoft has confirmed that the long-awaited "Crackdown 3" will launch on Xbox Game Pass the same day as its general release on February 15th, 2019.


 

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With Microsoft rolling out more new games via Game Pass, and adding hits like "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" to the library shortly, the value of the Xbox Game Pass will only grow from here.

Beyond this deal, Microsoft is also letting new Game Pass subscribers pay just $1 for their first month until the end of the year — meaning it may be best to pay the $1 and wait until December to snap up one of these cards and pre-pay a whole year. 

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Trump reportedly wanted to order the DOJ to prosecute Comey and Clinton

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  • President Donald Trump reportedly wanted to order the DOJ to prosecute former FBI director James Comey and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
  • Trump only backed down when then White House counsel Don McGahn told him he didn't have the power to order investigations into his political rivals.
  • The move is the latest in a series of documented efforts in which Trump has tried to use the DOJ as a weapon against his perceived enemies.

President Donald Trump wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two of his biggest political rivals but backed down when he was told he didn't have the authority to do that, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

Trump wanted the DOJ to investigate former FBI director James Comey and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, according to the report. But when the president floated the idea to then White House counsel Don McGahn in the spring, McGahn is said to have told Trump he couldn't order the DOJ to conduct investigations.

McGahn reportedly added that Trump could request an investigation, but that the move would likely spark a public outcry and accusations that he was abusing his power.

After The Times' story broke, CNN reported that Trump also broached the topic of investigating Clinton and Comey with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker.

One source told CNN that Whitaker came prepared to answer questions about what the DOJ was doing on matters related to Clinton, including the Clinton Foundation and the Uranium One deal. The person reportedly added that while Whitaker was trying to capitulate to the president, he did not appear to cross any line.

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Trump exerts control over the DOJ as the Russia probe gains steam

Tuesday's revelation is the latest in a series of documented efforts Trump has made to exert control over the nation's top law-enforcement agency. The DOJ is meant to be independent of the White House, but Trump has previously shown that he believes it is a political tool to be wielded against his perceived enemies.

In addition to publicly pressuring the DOJ to prosecute his rivals, Trump once reportedly asked advisers why he couldn't have "my guys" at the "Trump Justice Department" do his bidding.

Trump has long harbored resentment toward both Comey and Clinton. When he ran against the former first lady in the 2016 election, Trump and his surrogates regularly led chants calling to "lock her up" in response to revelations that Clinton used a private email server to conduct government business when she was secretary of state.

He initially backed down after he won the presidency, but Trump soon resumed his calls for her prosecution when Clinton began criticizing him after the election, and as the FBI began investigating his campaign's contacts with Russia.

Comey, meanwhile, moved into Trump's crosshairs when he publicly confirmed the existence of the Russia investigation last March, shortly after Trump took office.

Read more: Trump rips into Mueller and Russia probe as the special counsel reportedly prepares to drop more indictments

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Subsequent reporting and congressional testimony revealed that after Trump learned of the investigation, he repeatedly pressured Comey to publicly state he was not personally under investigation, or to drop the probe entirely. When Comey refused, Trump fired him and later publicly stated he ousted the FBI director because of the Russia investigation.

Comey's firing now makes up the basis of a separate inquiry, overseen by the special counsel Robert Mueller, into whether Trump sought to obstruct justice in the Russia probe.

When Comey began publicly criticizing Trump after his removal, the president called for prosecutors to investigate Comey for leaking classified information to The Times when he had his friend share a memo with the paper that documented some of what Comey believed were his most troubling interactions with the president. The memo did not contain any classified information.

He has also called for Comey and other current and former FBI and DOJ officials to be investigated over their handling of the Clinton email probe during the election.

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A day in Chico, California: Photos show how survivors are helping each other cope and keep warm after their harrowing escapes from the Camp Fire

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On November 8, the deadly wildfire known as the Camp Fire began racing through Northern California, growing at a speed of 80 football fields a minute.

It quickly leveled the town of Paradise, California. For residents of the 27,000-person town, their lives would never be the same.

Their homes destroyed and their lives upended, thousands of people are now homeless and displaced. Some have a roof over their heads and food to eat, but others don't. 

Jackie Rabbit's Paradise home was obliterated — she barely escaped — as were those of her friends. Yet just a week after fleeing the fire, Rabbit and others are now spending their days driving around Chico, a town just west of Paradise, distributing donated goods to others who were affected by the fire.

"We’re taken care of because we have resources, but there are so many people that don’t," Rabbit said.

Here's what life is like right now for evacuees dealing with the aftermath of the state's deadliest and most destructive wildfire.

The Camp Fire leveled the town of Paradise on November 8.

Two other California wildfires broke out in the state that week as well: the Woolsey and Hill Fires on the outskirts of LA.



Rabbit, a tattoo artist, fled by car with her dog Finnegan. Her husband and daughter escaped separately.



Rabbit quickly got stuck in traffic, since the entire town was also scrambling to escape. "I was sitting in my car just screaming waiting to die, but trying to tell myself, 'Okay, it may not look like it to me, but I bet they have this under control,'" she said.



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An E. coli outbreak from romaine lettuce has sickened 50 people — here's how to avoid getting sick

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  • At least 50 people have gotten sick across the US and Canada after eating romaine lettuce contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
  • No deaths have been reported, but one person developed kidney failure. 
  • For now, the CDC recommends avoiding all romaine lettuce.

Salad eaters beware: Romaine lettuce, once again, may not be safe to eat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

All romaine — including the pre-chopped variety, whole heads, and hearts — has been linked to a multistate outbreak of a nasty strain of E. coli that can cause bloody diarrhea, stomach cramps, vomiting, and kidney failure.

"Consumers who have any type of romaine lettuce in their home should not eat it and should throw it away,"the CDC said Tuesday. "At this time, no common grower, supplier, distributor, or brand of romaine lettuce has been identified."

At least 50 people across 11 US states and Canada developed E. coli infections in October, and at least 13 individuals in the US had to be rushed to the hospital. So far, one victim of the E. coli outbreak developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome, but no deaths have been reported.

Because it typically takes a few weeks for new illnesses to be reported to the CDC, the agency is telling everyone not to eat romaine this Thanksgiving out of an abundance of caution, since bad lettuce could still be out there. The CDC is urging shoppers and businesses to throw out any lettuce that was in the fridge and sanitize the areas where it was stored.    

When will it be safe to buy romaine lettuce?

Since ill people reported eating several different kinds of romaine lettuce, both at home and in restaurants, the CDC is suggesting a very cautious approach for now: throwing it all away.

In some cases, it may not be clear whether a mix of "spring greens" contains romaine either, so be careful about those, too.

Because the CDC is still investigating the E. coli outbreak, they're concerned that new cases may continue popping up — it can take 10 days for symptoms of E. coli show up. So the warning about romaine lettuce does not have an end-date yet. 

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A nasty strain of E. coli

Leafy greens like romaine or spinach are the most common sources of foodborne illness infections, according to an analysis by the CDC. There are many opportunities for bacteria to spread to these products and they're usually eaten raw, which means bacteria aren't killed by cooking. Washing produce can reduce some contamination, but it doesn't kill bacteria.

E. coli Bacteria

Investigators have performed whole genome sequencing on the E. coli in question and found that this particular strain, E. coli O157:H7, is most similar to one that sickened 25 people who ate leafy greens (including romaine lettuce) last November and December. One Californian died during that outbreak. In May of last year, O157:H7 also turned up in soy-nut butter. Thirty-two people got sick, and nine developed kidney failure. Earlier this spring, another deadly O157:H7 strain sickened near 200 people and killed 5, but it was less genetically similar to this strain.

O157:H7 usually originates in the guts of cattle, but it can also be found in goats, sheep, deer, and elk as  well. It can travel from cattle farms to nearby fields where lettuce is grown and contaminate the greens in the soil. It can also get on the lettuce when food-handlers don't wash their hands properly after coming into contact with E. coli-harboring feces.

The O157:H7 strain is especially dangerous for people because it produces a nasty Shiga toxin that can make us really sick. This kind of Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli, or STEC, as it's sometimes called, spreads to humans when little bits of feces get inside our mouth. That's why a bit of undercooked meat, raw milk, or contaminated lettuce can make you ill.

So until the CDC issues an all-clear update, continue to avoid romaine.

Kevin Loria contributed to an earlier version of this story.

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More Mexican leaders are being implicated in the Sinaloa cartel's dirty dealings during 'El Chapo' Guzman's trial

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  • The trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has entered its second week.
  • In testimony on Tuesday, a former senior Sinaloa cartel figure implicated more Mexican officials in corruption.
  • Guzman's defense team is trying to cast him as a "scapegoat" for the cartel's true leaders.

A little over a week into the trial of accused Sinaloa cartel chief Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, testimony has already implicated two former presidents and other senior officials in corruption and bribery.

Jesus "El Rey" Zambada, the youngest brother of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, another Sinaloa cartel leader, took the stand for his fifth and final day of testimony on Tuesday.

On Monday, Zambada recounted numerous incidents of bloodshed attributed to his supposed boss, Guzman, at times meted out for minor reasons, like refusing to shake Guzman's hand.

Zambada, a senior Sinaloa cartel member until his arrest in 2008, made the latest accusation of high-level corruption on Tuesday during cross-examination by Guzman's defense team, who've said their client is a scapegoat for the cartel's real leader, "El Mayo."

Jesus Zambada Sinaloa cartel witness

Zambada said the cartel twice made multimillion-dollar payments to Genaro Garcia Luna, a Mexican security official.

Sometime between 2005 and 2006, Zambada and a lawyer for his brother met Garcia Luna at a restaurant in Mexico City, according to testimony recounted by Victor Sancho, the US correspondent for Mexican newspaper El Universal.

Garcia Luna was head of Mexico's Federal Investigation Agency at the time, and the $3 million payoff was to ensure he would appoint a specific official as police chief in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state and the cartel's home turf.

The official in question was "in the pocket" of "El Mayo," one of Guzman's lawyers said Tuesday.

Zambada said he personally handed Garcia Luna the briefcase with the money.

At the time of the other payment, in 2007, Garcia Luna was public-security secretary in the government of President Felipe Calderon.

Garcia Luna got between $3 million and $5 million to make sure "he didn't interfere in the drug business" and that "El Mayo" was not arrested, Zambada said, according to Sancho.

Zambada also said that members of the Sinaloa cartel, including members of the Beltran Leyva Organization, which was a Sinaloa cartel ally until a split in the late 2000s, also pooled $50 million in protection money for Garcia Luna.

"That was said," Zambada said of the pooled money, according to Sancho.

Calderon, who left office in 2012, first deployed troops en masse in Mexico to fight drug-related violence. During that administration, Garcia Luna was criticized for the country's precipitous rise in drug-related violence.

Genaro Garcia Luna Mexico

Mike Vigil, former chief of international operations for the US Drug Enforcement Administration who worked with Garcia Luna in the 1990s and 2000s, cast doubt on allegations against the former Mexican official.

"I worked with Genaro Garcia Luna for many decades, and during that time period we shared very sensitive information," Vigil said Tuesday.

"He never, ever compromised it. He would give us access to all of the information that they had," added Vigil.

"During the time that I worked with him," Vigil added, "he never compromised any of our cases."

"If Jesus Christ were to be named head of the Federal Police in Mexico, within two weeks they would be accusing him of corruption," Vigil said

Garcia Luna was not the only official mention on Tuesday. Zambada said that in 2005, his brother paid a "few million dollars" to an adviser to Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who was at the time the mayor of Mexico City and will take office as Mexico's president on December 1.

The payment was made in the belief that the official would be public-security secretary if Lopez Obrador won the presidential election in 2006. (Lopez Obrador stepped down as mayor in mid-2005 to run for president, losing a disputed election to Calderon.)

Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador presidential election voting ballot

Though the official in question was not immediately clear in court, Gabriel Regino, who was a security official during Lopez Obrador's mayorship, denied the allegation, saying on Twitter, "It is false that during my exercise of public service I have received some bribe from the trafficker Jesus Zambada."

Regino said his government position had "motivated" accusations against him and that he denied "categorically" Zambada's claims. He said he was ready to testify to any authority, national or foreign.

During opening statements last week, Guzman's defense said that "El Mayo" Zambada had maintained his freedom through "hundreds of millions of dollars" in bribes that went "up to the very top," including to the current and former presidents of Mexico, both of whom denied the allegation.

Guzman defense also said that "El Rey" Zambada would say he "paid off, at the request of Mayo, the now incumbent president of Mexico to the tune of $6 million or more on two separate occasions at a restaurant."

When Guzman's lawyer asked Zambada about the relationship between the official and Lopez Obrador, prosecutors objected and Judge Brian Cogan stopped that line of questioning, according to Reuters legal reporter Brendan Pierson, who added that earlier in the day Cogan had issued a "heavily redacted order" limiting what the defense could ask the prosecution's cooperating witnesses during cross-examinations.

Cogan said information gained from a broad cross-examination wouldn't outweigh "protecting individuals" who weren't part of the case and "would suffer embarrassment,"according to New York Times legal reporter Alan Feuer.

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Glossier is offering 20% off its entire range of makeup and beauty products for Black Friday

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  • Glossier is offering 20% off everything over the Black Friday weekend.
  • The makeup and beauty brand is beloved by millennials across the world.
  • The sale starts on Friday November 23 and ends on Monday November 26.

With the festive season fast approaching, many of us are already thinking about spicing up our usual makeup look — and with all that partying, taking good care of your skin is is more essential than ever.

So gird your loins: Glossier is launching the mother of all Black Friday beauty sales, with 20% off its entire range of products online and in stores.

From "Cloud Paint" and "Boy Brow" to "Milky Jelly Cleanser" and "Breakout Eraser," everything will have its price reduced by a fifth from Friday November 23 to Monday November 26.

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Glossier has become a millennial favourite in recent years, reaching almost cult status thanks to its Instagrammable, slick packaging and refreshing approach — the company was founded on the premise that beauty is as much a way to express your personal style as fashion is.

The company only had one bricks and mortar store (in Los Angeles) up until November when it opened its new flagship branch in New York. 

It's tipped as a brand to watch in 2019 — one of its "Boy Brow" eyebrow shapers is sold every minute, which accounts for around $8 million in sales every year.

Whether you're shopping for Christmas presents or treats for yourself, it'd be rude not to take advantage of the discount.

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Sleep deprivation can be dangerous — here's how long you can hold off sleep without life-or-death consequences

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  • Sleep deprivation can produce a series of dangerous symptoms, including cognitive losses and anxiety.
  • Loss of sleep has never directly killed someone, but some deaths have been linked to prolonged sleep deprivation. 
  • Researchers who studied sleep deprivation in rats found that none of the rats survived longer than 32 days.
  • The National Sleep Foundation says adults should sleep at least seven hours a night.

A lack of sleep can make people unhappy, irritable, and more susceptible to colds, but there is no proof that sleep deprivation ever directly killed someone.

Prolonged exhaustion, though, has been cited as a factor in the deaths of many otherwise-healthy people.

In 2012, for example, a Chinese man stayed up for 11 consecutive nights to watch all of the soccer games in the European Championship. The 26-year-old died in his sleep shortly after, and doctors said a combination of sleep deprivation, alcohol, and tobacco were the cause. 

Randy Gardner beat the record for staying awake in 1964, making it into the Guinness Book of Records. Gardner, then 17, was up for 11 days and 25 minutes. Though he did not experience physical symptoms right after his endeavor, he reportedly suffered from insomnia for years.

Many people have tried breaking the record since, but the Guinness Book of Records stopped considering attempts because sleep deprivation can be dangerous.

Loss of sleep can produce a long list of symptoms. Those who sleep less than seven hours per night may show symptoms such as anxiety and depression, and sleep deprivation has been linked to obesity, diabetes, poor decision-making, and decreased concentration.

University of California Berkeley neuroscientist Matthew Walker said in a previous interview with Business Insider that a lack of sleep can also negatively impact one's cardiovascular health. In the spring, when everyone loses an hour of sleep, the number of heart attacks goes up by 24% the following day, he said. 

Some medical disorders can produce sleep deprivation as well. In France, researchers examined a 27-year-old man with Morvan's syndrome, which causes muscle twitching, weight loss, hallucinations, pain, and sleep deprivation. Scientific American reported that the 27-year-old got "virtually no sleep" for several months in a row. Though he did not feel tired or anxious, the man experienced between 20 and 60 minutes of hallucinations and pain every night.

Morvan's syndrome can cause such episodes by turning certain nerve cells on and off. There are very few reports of the condition — as of 2011, only 14 had been published.

Read more:14 science-backed ways to sleep better

Experiments on animals suggest that sleep deprivation could eventually lead to death. In the 1980s, the researcher Allan Rechtschaffen ran experiments on rats at the University of Chicago and found that all of the animals died by the 32nd day of no sleep.

Though researchers did not agree on the cause of death, Slate reported, all of the possibilities were linked to sleep deprivation. Some researchers said the rats' immune systems failed and allowed bacteria to kill the rats. Others said sleep deprivation led to fatal brain damage, while a third theory argued the rats' body temperature became so low that they died from hypothermia.

Regardless of the reason, the researchers believed that the prolonged sleep deprivation produced symptoms so severe that the rats could not survive. In humans, researchers have only observed serious psychological effects like hallucinations, as the research has not gone beyond a couple days of sleep deprivation.

The National Sleep Foundation's most recent guidelines, released in 2015, warn against straying too far from sleep recommendations. The guidelines, which vary based on age, say adults should sleep between seven and nine hours per night to avoid health problems.

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3 cars crashed into each other on the Brooklyn Bridge, killing one person and closing the bridge in the Thanksgiving travel rush

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  • Three cars crashed into each other on the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday morning during the rush to leave for Thanksgiving.
  • The wreckage blocked the bridge and created a huge wall of fire.
  • One person died and five others reportedly suffered minor injuries.

At least one person is dead after multiple cars crashed into each other on the Brooklyn Bridge during the Thanksgiving holiday getaway.

Video footage posted by the local PIX11 news reporter Anthony DiLorenzo local time showed three cars rammed into each other and surrounded by flames and a plume of black smoke.

The crash on the Brooklyn-bound side of the bridge took place around 7:15 a.m. local time, the New York Post reported, citing the city's fire department.

Both sides of the Brooklyn Bridge were still shut as of 9 a.m. local time, New York State's official traveler information system 511NY reported.

The New York Fire Department confirmed shortly after 8 a.m. that one person had died and that firefighters had extinguished the fire.

The victim's identity is not known.

Five others suffered minor injuries, the New York Post said.

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The best French Presses you can buy

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  • You can brew coffee in a number of ways, but many caffeine addicts swear by the French Press method.

  • Of all the French Presses we researched and tested, the Bodum Chambord is the best one you can buy with its glass and metal design that's as durable as it is beautiful.

Coffee brewing methods are many and varied — You have pourover, cold brew, classic espresso, and more. One of the most popular methods is the French Press, which lets your coffee grounds swirl around in boiling water to brew before you push the plunger down and pour the coffee right into your mug. There are dozens of great French Press coffee makers out there, but they're not all created equal. 

We've researched the best ones and tested a few ourselves to find out which French Presses are the best you can buy. Before we get into our picks, let's get into important terms, things to look for in a French Press, and how these special coffee makers work.

What to look for in a French Press

  • Glass French Presses: Glass carafes are gorgeous because you can watch the coffee brew and see the grounds go down as you plunge. They are more fragile, of course, so you should get one that's made out of borosilicate glass to avoid thermal shock and breakage. Most glass French Presses also have plastic or metal braces for added protection. Having a sturdy base is important, too.
  • Stainless Steel French Presses: A double-walled design is key for stainless steel French Presses. Two walls will help keep the heat in and make for a better brew. You should also check for the quality of the stainless steel  — 18/8 and 18/10 ratios of chromium to nickel are best. Stainless steel carafes are more durable, but you miss out on the fun visual element of glass French Presses.
  • Plunger and handle design: The plunger keeps the grounds out of your cup of Joe, and the handle helps you keep the carafe steady as you push the plunger down. It's also key for pouring coffee into your cup. Most plungers have multiple metal screens to keep the grounds out of your coffee, including a large steel screen and a finer mesh screen to catch tinier particles. Some use a basket design, but most don't. The handle should be sturdy, strong, heat resistant, and not prone to breakage.
  • Capacity: How much coffee do you want to make? French Presses come in different sizes, as do coffee mugs. It's best to look for a French Press with a capacity of one liter or more, depending on your needs. You can always fill a big carafe with less water, but you can't fill a smaller one with more, so bigger might be better. Take into consideration that many coffee mugs range is capacity from 8 to 16 ounces, so "cups of coffee" is a tricky metric to follow.

Here are the best French Presses you can buy:

Updated on 11/21/2018 by Owen Burke: Updated prices and formatting, and replaced our discontinued best overall pick with the Bodum Chambord and added the AeroPress as a French Press alternative.

Read on in the slides below to check out our top picks.

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The best French press overall

Why you’ll love it: There are many French Presses as simple, but few as elegant as the Bodum Chambord and its “form-follows-function” ethos.

Bodrum’s Chambord will, at least in my eyes, forever be the prototype to which all other French Presses are compared, and, unless you’re fussy about grit in the bottom of your mug or particularly accident-prone, it's almost certainly the French Press for you.

When I was growing up, my parents drank coffee from nothing else, and, apart from someone clumsily dropping one, I can’t ever remember a single thing going wrong, some 20 years, day in, day out.

Okay, so there’s not a lot to a French Press: stainless steel for the frame and plunger, a little polypropylene for the handle, and heat-resistant borosilicate for the carafe. If you want to jazz up your pot a little, consider the cork-topped plunger. Bodum, though a Danish company, makes its French Presses in Portugal, which is, after all, the cork capital of the world.

Reviews of the Bodum Chambord on Amazon are largely positive (about 3,000, rounding out to 4.2/5 stars), but a good number of them complain about the same thing: The stainless steel frame that holds the carafe in place is wont to warp over time, especially if you’re not careful when you remove the carafe. That would be more or less fine if the plastic handle weren’t supported by it on one side with no fastener.

As a result, the handle tends to slip out of the frame once it’s been bent, and that’s how catastrophe takes place. I’ve noticed this myself and had one or two close calls over the years, but I was able to bend it back into place which, touch wood, has held. Still, it’s certainly an inconvenience. What’s more inconvenient is a limited one year warranty that doesn’t cover the glass.

But, while this press may be sort of fragile, and the warranty may not be terribly encouraging, it’s fairly inexpensive and does its job well. Just treat it carefully, and be sure to let it cool down before cleaning. Although it is heat-resistant, borosilicate becomes much less stable when heated up. Otherwise, consider investing a little more in a stainless steel model. Glass is still glass, for now. — Owen Burke

Pros: Affordable, easy to use, attractive design

Cons: Plastic handle, delicate frame-to-handle attachment, strainer allows some grounds to get through

Buy the Bodrum Chambord on Amazon for $22.95-$37.89



The best high-end French press

Why you'll love it: The Frieling Double Wall Stainless Steel French Press Coffee Maker is the ultimate high-end French Press with its gorgeous design, superb build, and long warranty.

If you want a top-of-the-line, stainless steel French Press, the Frieling Double Wall Stainless Steel French Press Coffee Maker is the best one you can buy. It's made of remarkably high quality 18/10 stainless steel, and it has a double-wall design to keep the heat inside and away from your hands.

The dual-layer steel wall also keeps your coffee piping hot, and Frieling claims it's four times better at keeping your coffee warm than glass French Presses. The Frieling French Press we recommend has a 36-ounce capacity, but the company also makes French Presses in sizes ranging from eight ounces to 44 ounces. 

Inside, there's a 2-stage filter system with both a big metal filter and a fine mesh one, and a metal wire inside the coil presses the plunger tight against the stainless steel wall. Together, these features ensure that you don't get many coffee grounds in your cup. Frieling's French Press is also dishwasher safe, so it's very easy to clean when you're done. 

The company offers a five-year warranty in case of any defects, and buyers on Amazon are very happy with how durable it is. While glass French Presses tend to break in accidents, stainless steel ones like this do not. The handle is also long and comfortable to hold.

A number of sites call the Frieling the best high-end French Press you can buy, including Consumer Reports, FreshPressoBrown's Coffee, the Little Coffee Place, and Coffee Maker Clips.

Pros: Quality stainless steel design, double wall insulates coffee, durable, large handle

Cons: Expensive

Buy Frieling USA Double Wall Stainless Steel French Press Coffee Maker on Amazon for $99.95



The best affordable French press

Why you'll love it: The iconic Bodum Brazil 8-Cup French Press Coffee Maker makes great coffee for less than $20, and it's a fun, funky French Press.

The Bodum Brazil 8-Cup French Press Coffee Maker was designed in the early 80's, and it was the company's first coffeemaker. All these years later, it's still one of the most iconic French Presses you can buy.

Like most of the other French Presses in our guide, the Bodum Brazil has a 34-ounce capacity and is made from durable, heat-resistant borosilicate glass. It has a BPA-free Plastic handle and base that's dishwasher safe and great at dissipating heat, so you can handle it easily. 

The plunger ends in a 3-part stainless steel mesh filter that keeps most coffee grounds out of your cup of Joe, but doesn't mess with the coffee's flavors. Bodum's Brazil isn't as fancy looking as the Frieling or SterlingPro models, but it is extremely affordable and very reliable.

Buyers on Amazon rate it highly and love how sturdy the plastic base, handle, and lid feel. You can also get the Brazil in different colors to add some fun to your kitchen. The low price tag and delicious coffee it produces make the Brazil a top pick for many people on a budget. 

Consumer Reports, Brown's Coffee, and Coffee Maker Picks all recommend the Bodum Brazil as a great French Press for less than $20. If you want something more durable and fancy with a metal case and plunger lid, you can check out the Bodum Chambord, which costs $28 on Amazon, and is also highly recommended.

Pros: It's affordable, sturdy design, strong borosilicate glass, nice big handle, fun colors

Cons: Glass can break under duress 

Buy Bodum Brazil 8-Cup French Press Coffee Maker on Amazon for $15.00



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An HR exec who's worked at Starbucks and Coach was recently asked a surprising question by a job candidate that rocketed them to the top of the list

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  • Asking some interview questions about how you'll fare at the company, given your relative strengths and weaknesses, can be helpful.
  • That's according to Traci Wilk, senior vice president of people at The Learning Experience and a former HR exec at Starbucks.
  • A recent job candidate asked Wilks about the challenges facing them on the job, knowing they don't have experience in that specific field.
  • Wilk said it simultaneously showed vulnerability and confidence, two valuable traits in an employee.

A job interview is a chance to flaunt your skills, your professional accomplishments, and generally just how great you are.

But Traci Wilk wants to see something more.

Wilk is the senior vice president of people at The Learning Experience, an early education and childcare franchise. She has also led human resources departments at Starbucks, Coach, and rag & bone.

Wilk told Business Insider about a recent job interview she conducted for The Learning Experience in which the candidate was unusually forthcoming — and it worked to the candidate’s advantage.

The candidate didn’t have experience working in a franchise or in the childcare industry. So she asked Wilk, "Knowing that I don’t have the experience in this type of industry or this type of business, but I bring all these other types of skill sets to the table, what do you think my major challenges will be in getting immersed into the company, should I get the job?"

Wilk was pleasantly surprised. "It showed a high degree of vulnerability to say that there were some skills that she was missing in coming to the organization."

What’s more, Wilk added, it showed that the candidate was genuinely interested in what it would be like to work at this specific company. "She really wanted to understand what she was going to be up against," Wilk said.

The candidate’s question, Wilk said, "caused me to be very reflective" and "it led to a really great conversation."

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Interestingly, research suggests that highlighting potential reasons for the employer not to hire you can be beneficial. Writing in the Harvard Business Review, professors Tanya Menon and Leigh Thompson recommend "calling out the elephant in the room."

Indeed, one 2014 study suggests pointing out that your appearance is atypical for this company, but that you can do the job anyway, can help the hiring manager overcome their stereotypes. (Still, it’s unclear whether this strategy would work as well outside the lab.)

Wilk understands that many people may be hesitant to acknowledge their shortcomings in an interview. But she said that, for her, the person who displays this kind of vulnerability "jumps ahead to the top. To me there’s nothing more important than self-awareness. If you can ask that question in the [interview], it shows there’s a confidence that is very appealing."

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'It's a blur': A former Best Buy employee reveals what it's really like to work retail on Black Friday

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  • The day after Thanksgiving is one of the biggest shopping days in retail.
  • Shoppers clamor for bargains in-store every year to save big on items like TVs and video games.
  • But for retail workers, it can be a hectic affair.
  • Here's what Black Friday was like for a former Best Buy sales associate.

"Black Friday" is no term of endearment, especially for the people who have to work in retail that day. To call it the most hectic day in retail is an understatement.

To get a better sense for what it's really like to work retail on Black Friday, we asked a former Best Buy sales associate who handled customer service and worked as a cashier during five Black Fridays until 2013 to weigh in.

The former Best Buy sales associate we spoke to is not featured in any of the photos below.

Here's what the former Best Buy sales associate had to say about their experience:

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"Black Friday was tons of work, and everyone was involved."



"November 1 is the normal beginning of the holiday season, but the store started hiring seasonal employees in October because it gave them more time to train the newbies."



"All new recruits got register training, sales associates got register training and department-specific training, and everyone got training on how to sell protection plans, including more senior employees, who got a refresher training on how to sell those plans faster."

 

 

 

 

 

 



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The career rise of Angela Ahrendts, from a small town in Indiana to becoming the highest-paid executive at Apple (AAPL)

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  • Angela Ahrendts currently serves as Apple's head of retail.
  • She didn't take a typical path into the tech world — her last role was as CEO of Burberry.
  • But Ahrendts is now the highest-paid executive at Apple, earning almost double what CEO Tim Cook makes.
  • Here's how she rose from a small town in Indiana to an executive position at Apple.

Angela Ahrendts may not have taken a typical path into the tech world, but she's quickly become one of the most important and highest-paid executives at Apple

Ahrendts joined Apple in 2014 as its head of retail, filling a position that had been vacant for more than a year. At the time, the tech world was surprised. Ahrendts didn't have a background in tech and previously had been her own boss; she joined Apple from British fashion house Burberry, where she had served as CEO for eight years.

But Apple obviously appreciates her. Four years after she joined, Ahrendts gets almost double the compensation of Apple CEO Tim Cook. She's also the only female senior executive at the iPhone maker.

Here's how Ahrendts rose from her origins in a small town outside Indianapolis to becoming an executive at the most valuable company in the world. 

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Ahrendts grew up in New Palestine, Indiana.

Ahrendts was one of six kids in her family. She was a cheerleader in high school and played tennis and volleyball. She also did gymnastics.

Ahrendts' athletic prowess may in part be due to her height — she's just under six feet tall.

Source: The Indianapolis Star



As a kid, Ahrendts sewed her own clothes and dreamed of joining the fashion industry.

"It was always fashion. If you read my high school yearbook, I was [someone] who at 16 knew exactly what I was going to do," she told The Guardian.

Source: The Wall Street Journal,  The Guardian



Ahrendts attended Ball State University in Indiana. The day after her final exams, she moved to New York City, leaving on a one-way ticket.

Source: The Wall Street Journal



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12 things you didn't know about The Cheesecake Factory

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Known for its extensive menu and indulgent desserts, The Cheesecake Factory is one of the most popular chain restaurants in the US.

Keep reading to learn 12 facts about the chain, from its early origins in Detroit, Michigan, to how its décor was designed.

The Cheesecake Factory began in Detroit, Michigan, where founder David Overton grew up.

As Overton explains in Broadly's oral history of The Cheesecake Factory, his mom found a cheesecake recipe in a newspaper and opened her own bakeshop. She later moved the operation to the basement of her house so she could be around as Overton and his sister grew up.

Eventually, at his suggestion, Overton's family made the move to Los Angeles.

"They started, in North Hollywood, this little cheesecake factory. My father would get in his car and go door-to-door and just try to sell cheesecakes to restaurants," Overton told Broadly.



Before going into the restaurant business, Overton was in a band.

Overton dropped out of law school to play drums in a rock band. The group, the Billy Roberts Blues Band, was relatively successful ― in fact, they opened for the likes of Janis Joplin.

"I went to law school in San Francisco, but I dropped out because I wanted to pursue music," Overton said in an interview with Nation's Restaurant News. "I played until I was 27. That's when I joined my parents in LA to build their cheesecake business."



The chain is headquartered in Calabasas, California.

The Cheesecake Factory HQ is located in Los Angeles County, where the restaurant was founded in the 1970s.

Drake, who owns a mansion near Calabasas, references Cheesecake Factory in his song "Child's Play" ("Why you gotta fight with me at Cheesecake? / You know I love to go there.")



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11 keyboard shortcuts I can’t believe I lived without

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As someone who spends a large part of her day behind a screen for one reason or another, it’s important to me that the experience be as seamless as possible.

In part, this means testing keyboards for optimal wrist comfort and meticulously optimizing my screen’s brightness for late-night scrolling, but it also means making the most of shortcuts my computer has already created for me.

While most people know the benefits of a desperate CTRL-Z stroke or the peace of mind that comes from remembering to press CTRL-S after adding the finishing touches to your latest masterpiece, there are many other keyboard shortcuts out there that could be making your life even better.

Here are 11 Windows keyboard shortcuts I can’t believe I ever lived without:

CTRL-F

From time to time I find myself up against a deadline and buried under a mountain of paperwork that still needs to be read. I need to have at least some understanding of what the documents cover, but the idea of frantically scanning is painful.

Instead, I can try searching directly in the document using CTRL-F. By searching for keywords, I can whizz through my document and find the most relevant portions.

CTRL-Shift-Click

The process of adding documents one-by-one to my cloud storage or email attachment can be tedious and time consuming. If I wanted to attach all the documents, a simple CTRL-A would suffice, but for more selective uploads that solution isn’t always helpful.

Instead, I can press CTRL-Shift and simply select each document I’d like to add and have them all added at the same time.

CTRL-M

In the age of multitasking, I often have multiple programs running on my computer at any given time. To cut through the noise I use CTRL-M to quickly minimize any other windows I may have opened and return to my desktop.

CTRL-W

Another live saver for chronic multitaskers is the shortcut CTRL-W, which helps me close any program, tab, or window I have open without having to mouse over and manually exit. Without removing my hands from the keyboard, I simply continue pressing W until my screen has returned to a state of tranquility.

Windows-L

Caught watching cat videos at work or during a lecture? With one click of Windows-L I can lock my computer’s screen in a matter of seconds and escape an inevitable reprimand for being off-task — and better yet, get back to watching that cat when the coast is clear.

CTRL-D

I often find myself overwhelmed by the number of tabs I’ve opened in my web browser and sometimes have trouble bringing myself to monotonously bookmark and close each one. But by using CTRL-D, I can automatically bookmark interesting pages as I open them and relieve myself (and my RAM) of the burden of 15-plus open tabs. But be careful not to select anything before you press it, or you might accidentally delete it.

CTRL-PrtScr

A shortcut that embarrassingly eluded my knowledge for years, CTRL-PrtScr is the one-stop shop for all my screenshotting needs. If I want to capture an important message, funny photo, or video still, this shortcut will take a shot of my current screen and save it to my clipboard to be pasted wherever I choose.

CTRL-Shift-V

You’ve probably heard about CTRL-V – the keyboard shortcut that allows you to paste items from your computer’s clipboard. But its cousin, CTRL-Shift-V, is equally if not more useful. This shortcut also allows me to paste from my clipboard, but it pastes everything as plain text, meaning that any strange formatting I might have brought over when I copied the item won’t disrupt the formatting I already have.

Alt-Arrow

If you’ve ever fallen down a Google rabbit hole, you’ll know how important it is to be able to claw your way back out. By pressing Alt and either the right or left arrow key in a browser I can easily move backwards or forwards in my own search history and find my way back to where I started searching.

Read more:60 time-saving keyboard shortcuts every office worker should know

Shift-Arrow

Ctrl-C is probably one of the most popular keyboard shortcuts, but actually selecting the text I want to copy can be frustrating with glitchy trackpads and mice. This shortcut allows me to more delicately select the exact text I want by using the arrow keys.

CTRL-Shift-T

I have a nasty habit of overwhelming my browser (and myself) with many, many open tabs. Often the tabs are left open as a reminder to myself of something I need to do, so you can imagine my panic when those tabs are accidentally closed. But with CTRL-Shift-T, on a Google Chrome browser, I can easily rescue them from the grave. The shortcut lets me reopen any recently closed tabs and saves me the trouble of starting my searching again from scratch.

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