Think of Costco and the first things that come to your mind include free samples and supersize everything. Home décor is probably far from your train of thought. However, we realized that the discount store has quite a few hidden gems within its warehouse.

From abstract art to comfy furniture, Costco truly steps up the game when it comes to making your home complete. So next time you’re buying a year supply of paper towels, make sure to look for these incredible items.

SEE ALSO: 13 reasons shoppers get addicted to Costco

Hand-Woven Home

Break up your bare floors with some fun woven texture.

Tuscan Beige 100% Jute Hand-Woven 5 ft. x 8 ft. Rug, $159.99, Costco.

Buttery Throw

Curl up in this luxurious cashmere and wool blend blanket.

Signature Cashmere and Wool Throw, $159.99, Costco.

Sample Platter

Win at every cocktail party with this chalkboard platter.

TRUE Fabrication Twine Cheese Set, $39.99, Costco.

Binge-watching is easy; just drag the laptop into bed and go. But savoring a book of, say, 800 pages or longer is a project. No book that size is perfect, because excess is kind of the point. What marathon runner doesn’t curse the universe or even get bored once in a while? That doesn’t negate the rush of endorphins or the thrill of mastery. If you power down your iPhone and power through to the end, one of these books might change your life.

Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes (1605, 976 pp.)

The novel and the satire were born at the same time in this series of misadventures befalling the romance-besotted mad knight errant and his sane sidekick. The nested stories are very much rooted in post-medieval Spain, but the pratfalls are timeless; self-delusion knows no cultural barriers.

Bleak House, by Charles Dickens (1853, 960 pp.)

The great English novelist, here at his most grown-up, doesn’t do lawyers any favors. Following the money, he uses a single lawsuit over a dwindling inheritance to expose society’s role. But this is still Dickens: funny, heartfelt, and redemptive.

War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy (1869, 1,296 pp.)

On top of everything else the Russian master accomplished in this historical novel about the Napoleonic era in Russia, he really nailed the title. By shifting focus from the battlefield to the home front and back, he captured the total effect of war on armies and aristocrats, husbands and wives.

Google is known for offering appealing perks, great pay, and an exceptional workplace culture — so it's no surprise that undergraduate business students find the search behemoth to be the most desirable employer.

Earlier this year, Universum, a global research and advisory firm, surveyed about 100,000 of these undergraduates across the globe and asked them to choose the companies and organizations they'd most like to work for.

Universum then put together a ranking of the most desirable employers, based on the number of undergraduate business students who chose a company as one of their dream employers. 

Google, which specializes in online advertising technologies, cloud computing, software, and, of course, search, landed at the top of the list for a second consecutive year.

Apple, EY, Goldman Sachs, and PwC rounded out the top five.

Here are the top 50:

SEE ALSO: The 50 best companies to work for in America

50. 3M

The 3M Company is a multinational, Minnesota-based corporation specializing in products like adhesives and laminates.

49. Dell

With over 103,300 employees worldwide, Dell develops, sells, and supports personal computers. 

48. Shell

Royal Dutch Shell is considered one of the six oil and gas "supermajors."

The cast of "Westworld" often dons cowboy (or cowgirl) hats and old-fashioned clothing appropriate for the Wild West, but in real life they're a glamorous group of Hollywood stars. Though the actors playing Delos staff have a much more typical wardrobe — and therefore don't look too strikingly different — we love seeing them in our host-free world.

Keep reading for a look at the cast of "Westworld" off set. 

Maeve Millay is the dolled-up robot host "madame" of the Mariposa saloon.

Actress Thandie Newton ruled the "Westworld" premiere red carpet with a vibrant outfit and beautiful long braids.

Dr. Robert Ford is the intimidating and calculated man in charge of the Westworld park.

In October, after four months of training and endless hours spent traversing every sidewalk in Brooklyn, New York, I ran an uninterrupted 13.1 miles to finish my first half marathon.

It was hard, but worth the effort.

However, when I first started running four summers ago, I could barely make it two blocks without stopping. I questioned if I'd be able to finish the 5K I'd impulsively signed up for and laughed at the prospect of even attempting a half marathon.

But despite not being a natural runner, I stuck with it, gradually upping my distance and dropping minutes off my mile time. I'm by no means an elite athlete, so if I can do it, anyone can — seriously.

I've had several conversations with friends who say things along the lines of "I could never do that!" or "I can barely run a mile."But thing is, I always say, you can!

Here's the advice I'd give to anyone who wants to start running, even if you've never put on a pair of sneakers before. 

SEE ALSO: 8 ways I trick myself into waking up early to go to the gym

DON'T MISS: 7 things I wish I knew before training for my first half marathon

Commit

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Whether your goal is to run a mile or a marathon, you have to want it and commit yourself to reaching that goal. Running gets easier with practice, but you'll make zero progress if you only attempt it sporadically. Decide mentally that you will become a runner and don't let yourself stop — even if you have to trick yourself into making it happen some days.

Yes, running requires a certain level of physical fitness, but there's a point where it becomes completely mental: If you believe you can do it, you can.

Start small

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Don't hit the pavement on your first day and expect to run six miles. Aim for one mile, half a mile, or even one block if that's all you can do, and go from there. Once you start running regularly, you'll gradually build up mileage, a little bit at a time.

Stick with it

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It's okay if you can only run half a block on your first day. Just don't give up. Conditioning is a key factor in building up mileage; The more you run, the easier it gets.

When I first decided to train for a 5K, I could barely make it a few blocks without stopping to catch my breath, but I kept going. I faithfully got up early four days a week, and after a couple of months I had worked my way up to running three miles without stopping. It took me weeks to make it a mile straight, but had I quit early on, I never would have reached that milestone.

We've given you a glimpse into the fabulous lives of the super rich— and noted some of the outrageous things they can buy with their billions — but perhaps more representative of their extravagant lives are their lavish homes.

Thanks to CNBC's show "Secret Lives of the Super Rich,"and Luxury Listing's new Instagram account, we get a peek into how the super rich live. 

We sorted through CNBC's Instagram account, @cnbcsuperrich and @luxlistingsnyc, and gathered pictures of some of the poshest homes out there.

Dare to dream!

This is an update of a post originally published by Kathleen Elkins.

SEE ALSO: The 15 countries with the most billionaires

Their penthouses look like something from the future.

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There's no need to travel to the real Arc de Triomphe when your patio looks like this.

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If the infinity pool or Jacuzzi get boring, the Atlantic is just a few strides away.

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It should be no surprise that skills learned in the military such as decision-making under pressure, organization, and leadership translate well to the corporate boardroom. And those skills tend to make a big difference, with companies led by former military officers tending to show better performance.

People like Fred Smith or Sam Walton have become household names for their business success. Lesser known is their service prior to the companies they founded.

After World War II, nearly 50% of veterans went the entrepreneurship route, though that number has substantially declined today. Still, there are currently around 3 million veteran-owned businesses.

Here are 9 companies started by military veterans.

SEE ALSO: This man built a cutting-edge stealth boat for the US Navy. Then the government tried to put him out of business.

1. RE/MAX, cofounded by Air Force veteran Dave Liniger

Prior to founding "Real Estate Maximums"— better known as RE/MAX— Dave Liniger served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War.

From 1965 to 1971, he served as an enlisted airman in Texas, Arizona, Vietnam, and Thailand, according to his LinkedIn.

"The military really gave me the chance to grow up. It was fun. I thought it was a fabulous place," he told Airport Journals. "It also taught me self-discipline and a sense of responsibility."

After he got out of the military, he started flipping houses for profit, and eventually got his real estate license. He cofounded RE/MAX with his wife Gail in 1973.

2. Sperry Shoes, founded by Navy veteran Paul A. Sperry

You can thank a former sailor in the US Naval Reserve for inventing the world's first boat shoe.

In 1917, Sperry joined the Navy Reserve, though he didn't stay in for very long. He was released from duty at the end of the year at the rank of Seaman First Class. 

Still, his experience there and further adventures sailing led to the founding of his company, which eventually created the first non-slip boating shoe. He founded Sperry in 1935.

During World War II, his Sperry Top-Sider shoes were purchased by the boatload by the Navy. Now nearly a century later, they are still a favorite of sailors everywhere.

3. FedEx, founded by Marine Corps veteran Fred Smith

Back before FedEx was the behemoth logistics company it is today, founder Fred Smith was observing how the military was getting things from point A to point B.

After graduating from Yale University, he was commissioned as a Marine Corps officer and served two tours in Vietnam. He earned a Bronze Star, Silver Star, and two Purple Hearts, according to US News.

Only two years after he left the Corps, he started Federal Express.

"Much of our success reflects what I learned as a Marine," he wrote for Military.com. "The basic principles of leading people are the bedrock of the Corps. I can still recite them from memory, and they are firmly embedded in the FedEx culture."

First-time parents face a mountain of expenses, from top-of-the-line nursery furniture to dozens of teensy polka-dotted socks.

But filling a nursery isn't the only thing making demands on a new parent's wallet. Unscheduled doctor's visits, utility bill spikes, and the ever-increasing cost of childcare can hit new parents' bank accounts with a variety of unexpected costs. 

While everyone's experience is different, a little foresight can be great for the budget. So we reached out and asked real parents, including our Business Insider colleagues: What costs did you not see coming before your baby was born?

Here's what they said:

SEE ALSO: Why you should start saving up to have kids as soon as you get married

DON'T MISS: 12 things successful married couples do with their money

The cost of convenience

Andrew Key, who runs the website Living Rich Cheaply, didn't expect that he would lose his inclination to comparison shop after his son's birth last July.

"I like to consider myself a savvy shopper, and I always try to find the best price. But when you're sleep deprived and have a crying baby at home, you just buy whatever it is you need at the most convenient place," he explains. "Most times, the closest place doesn't have the lowest price, but it's not worth it to comparison shop when you're short on time."

Bottles

A few bottles aren't so expensive — but what about when you have to buy every kind?

"No one really talks about it, but sometimes babies refuse to drink from the bottle," explains Key. "When my wife returned to work, my son would not drink from the bottle, which was pretty stressful, as he was extra fussy. We bought a bunch of different bottles until we found one that he was willing to drink from."

Utility bills

They say a baby should always wear one more layer than you do, but keeping the house warmer will cost you. 

"The one cost that I didn't even think of was the increase in utilities," says Grayson Bell of Eyes on the Dollar, who had a 15-month-old at the time he spoke with Business Insider. "My wife and I are very hot-natured and love our home cold all year round. Since our son was born after Christmas, our home was cold, but that quickly had to change. We now pay double for our electricity bill and 30% more for our water."

The same holds true for babies born in the summer as well. 

"We had a bag of tricks to get through NYC's muggy summers in our top-floor apartment with nonexistent roof insulation — by turning off the AC units, turning on fans, and sleeping on top of the covers — but this wasn't an option for us with our newborn, who was born right as summer started," said Dave Mosher, science correspondent for Business Insider. "A sleepy baby (and her sleepy parents) kept us anchored at home and using the A/C all of the time." 

Few people in the middle class really understand the mindset of the richest people.

After all, if they did, they would be among the top earners as well. We’ve all heard the remarks: Rich people are lucky, rich people had an unfair advantage, rich people are crooks, rich people are selfish, etc. These are mostly empty statements with little proof to back them up.

Yes, the rich think and act differently from everyone else, and the differences are as extreme as they are numerous.

Here are five things you probably didn’t know about the wealthy.

SEE ALSO: 7 things the wealthy 10% understand that the other 90% are missing

1. The wealthy are comfortable being uncomfortable

Most people just want to be comfortable. Physical, psychological, and emotional comfort is the primary goal of the middle-class mindset.

The wealthy, on the other hand, learn early on that becoming a millionaire isn’t easy, and the need for comfort can be devastating. They learn to be comfortable while operating in a state of ongoing uncertainty. The great ones know there’s a price to pay for getting rich, but if they have the mental toughness to endure temporary pain, they can reap the harvest of abundant wealth.

It’s not comfortable for a millionaire in the making to forge ahead when everyone around her is negative, cynical, and unsupportive, yet those who can push forward are rewarded with riches for the rest of their lives. Make a list of the five things you must do today that are uncomfortable but will help you build your financial fortune.

2. The wealthy dream about the future

Most of us grew up listening to stories of the good old days, when the world was a kinder, gentler place. The music was better, athletes were tougher, and business people were honest. This tradition of the masses is handed down from generation to generation while its purveyors have no idea how insidious and destructive it is. People who believe their best days are behind them rarely get rich, and they often struggle with happiness and depression.

The wealthy are future-oriented and optimistic about what lies ahead. They appreciate and learn from the past while living in the present and dreaming of the future. Self-made millionaires get rich because they’re willing to bet on themselves and project their dreams, goals, and ideas into an unknown future. Much of their planning time is spent clarifying goals that won’t be realized for years, yet they patiently and painstakingly plan and dream of what their future will look and feel like.

3. The wealthy are more confident

The negative projections and derogatory labels placed on the rich are endless. One of the most common is that the rich are cocky, arrogant people who think they’re better than everyone else.

The truth is successful people are confident because they repeatedly bet on themselves and are rarely disappointed. Even when they fail, they’re confident in their ability to learn from the loss and come back stronger and richer than ever. This is not arrogance, but self-assuredness in its finest form.

The wealthy have an elevated and fearless consciousness that keeps them moving toward what they want, as opposed to moving away from what they don’t want. This often doubles or triples their net worth quickly because of the new efficiency in their thinking. Eventually they begin to believe they can accomplish anything, and this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. As they move from success to success, they create a psychological tidal wave of momentum that gets stronger every day, catapulting their confidence to a level so high it is often interpreted as arrogance.

Books can be incredibly powerful. They have the ability to suck us in, take us on adventures, and influence the way we think.

They can teach us, move us, give us new perspectives, and help shape us. And the most powerful ones change our lives forever.

I asked my Business Insider colleagues to share the one book that has significantly influenced them.

If you're looking for life-changing books to read this fall, you may want to check these out:

SEE ALSO: 24 books that will make you a more well-rounded person

'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy

"This book gave me a real sense of my own mortality. I'm usually grateful for this, but not always! It also made me appreciate fatherhood more."

—Nicholas Carlson, editor-in-chief of INSIDER

Amazon synopsis: A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food — and each other.

"'The Road' is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation."

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'The Tao of Pooh' by Benjamin Hoff

"This book introduced me to the idea that simplicity isn't the enemy of satisfaction; it's the essence of it. The inclusion of such familiar and beloved characters also helped the ideas stick in my mind."

—Christina Sterbenz, weekend and features editor

Amazon synopsis: The how of Pooh? The Tao of who? The Tao of Pooh!?! In which it is revealed that one of the world's great Taoist masters isn't Chinese — or a venerable philosopher — but is in fact none other than that effortlessly calm, still, reflective bear. A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh! While Eeyore frets, and Piglet hesitates, and Rabbit calculates, and Owl pontificates, Pooh just is.

"And that's a clue to the secret wisdom of the Taoists."

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'Anna Karenina' by Leo Tolstoy

"It was the rare work of fiction that actually changed how I saw the world. It made me want to be a more moral and better person."

—Paul Schrodt, entertainment editor

Amazon synopsis: "Considered by some to be the greatest novel ever written, 'Anna Karenina' is Tolstoy's classic tale of love and adultery set against the backdrop of high society in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

"A rich and complex masterpiece, the novel charts the disastrous course of a love affair between Anna, a beautiful married woman, and Count Vronsky, a wealthy army officer. Tolstoy seamlessly weaves together the lives of dozens of characters, and in doing so captures a breathtaking tapestry of late-nineteenth-century Russian society. As Matthew Arnold wrote in his celebrated essay on Tolstoy, 'We are not to take 'Anna Karenina' as a work of art; we are to take it as a piece of life.'"

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The original Nintendo Entertainment System introduced countless people to video games. Many of those people may have lapsed in the three decades since, but the love for those games is still there.

With the new Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition, you can relive the classic games of your childhood in one tiny package. Here's how it looks:

When you buy a tiny Nintendo this holiday season (which won't be easy), it actually comes with 30 classic games you can play — no additional purchases needed. It's out now, so here are the games you can expect to take you on a trip down memory lane.

SEE ALSO: How to find the new $60 miniature Nintendo console that's selling out everywhere

In "Balloon Fight," up to two players can engage in helium-induced combat.

In "Bubble Bobble," try to trap your enemies with bubbles by yourself or with a friend in this arcade classic.

In "Castlevania," play as vampire hunter Simon Belmont as he scales Dracula's castle in this brutally difficult action platformer.

Frugality is a subjective term. To the average Joe it could mean eating meals at home or scouring the internet for cheap flights.

But to a billionaire it means showing up to work in a T-shirt and jeans, driving a Toyota or Volkswagen, and, in some instances, foregoing the purchase of a private jet or lavish vacation home.

Surprisingly, some of the richest people on earth are incredibly frugal, each one with their own penny-pinching habits.

From eating lunch in the office cafeteria with their employees to residing in homes worth a fraction of what they could afford, these eight self-made billionaires — many of whom are also generous philanthropists— know the secret to keeping their net worth high.

DON'T MISS: After studying rich people for 5 years, I realized there are 10 critical habits the wealthy learn from their parents

SEE ALSO: The 50 richest people on earth

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, still lives in the same home he bought for $31,500 in 1958.

Net worth:$68.1 billion

The "Oracle of Omaha" is one of the wisest and most frugal billionaires around. Despite his status as one of the richest people on earth, he still lives in the same modest home he bought for $31,500 in 1958, doesn't carry a cellphone or have a computer at his desk, and once had a vanity license plate that read "THRIFTY," according to his 2009 biography. And when his friend of 25 years Bill Gates visits Omaha, Buffett picks Gates up from the airport himself.

Buffett also has a decidedly low-brow palate, known not just for investing in junk-food purveyors like Burger King, Dairy Queen, and Coca-Cola, but also for filling up on them as well. The Buffett diet includes five Cokes a day, as well as Cheetos and potato chips.

At his annual shareholder's meeting in 2014, Buffett explained that his quality of life isn't affected by the amount of money he has:

"My life couldn't be happier. In fact, it'd be worse if I had six or eight houses. So, I have everything I need to have, and I don't need any more because it doesn't make a difference after a point."

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, drives a manual-transmission Volkswagen hatchback.

Net worth:$51.5 billion

Despite his status as one of the richest tech moguls on earth, Mark Zuckerberg leads a low-key lifestyle with his wife Priscilla Chan and their newborn daughter. The founder of Facebook has been unabashed about his simple T-shirt, hoodie, and jeans uniform.

"I really want to clear my life to make it so that I have to make as few decisions as possible about anything except how to best serve this community," Zuckerberg said.

The trappings of wealth have never impressed the 32-year-old, who in December 2015 announced he would donate 99% of his Facebook shares during his lifetime.

Zuckerberg chowed down on McDonald's shortly after marrying Chan in 2012 in the backyard of their $7 million Palo Alto home — a modest sum for such an expensive housing market and pocket change for a man worth more than $51 billion. In 2014, he traded in his $30,000 Acura for a manual-transmission Volkswagen hatchback.

Carlos Slim Helú, founder of Grupo Carso, has lived in the same six-bedroom house for more than 40 years.

Net worth:$31.6 billion

Rather than spending his fluctuating fortune, Carlos Slim funnels his billions back into the economy and his vast array of companies. He once mused to Reuters that wealth was like an orchard because "what you have to do is make it grow, reinvest to make it bigger, or diversify into other areas."

The 76-year-old is by far the richest man in Mexico, but he forgoes luxuries like private jets and yachts and reportedly still drives an old Mercedes-Benz. Slim runs his companies frugally, too, writing in staff handbooks that employees should always"maintain austerity in prosperous times (in times when the cow is fat with milk)."

The businessman has lived in the same six-bedroom house in Mexico for more than 40 years and routinely enjoys sharing home-cooked meals with his children and grandchildren. He's got a couple of known indulgences, including fine art — in honor of his late wife — and Cuban cigars, as well as an $80 million mansion in Manhattan, which he was trying to sell last spring.

Now that new music comes out every Friday — though not always on every streaming service — it can be hard to know where to find the next great song.

To help you out, Business Insider compiles this rundown of the best new music you can stream right now.

This week, legendary rap group A Tribe Called Quest released its final album, and Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) put out a bold new single.

Check out this week's best new songs:

SEE ALSO: The best songs you can stream from the week of November 4

A Tribe Called Quest — "We the People..."

A Tribe Called Quest takes on our divisive president-elect on "We the People...," a standout track from the legendary rap group's politically charged and brilliant final album, "We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service."

"All you Black folks, you must go / All you Mexicans, you must go /And all you poor folks, you must go / Muslims and gays, boy, we hate your ways / So all you bad folks, you must go," Q-Tip raps on the song in a satirical rebuke of Trump's controversial rhetoric and policy stances.

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The xx — "On Hold"

English indie-rock trio The xx returned from a four-year hiatus with a new single. The vibrant "On Hold," which samples '80s pop duo Hall & Oates, represents a warm and welcome progression from a band whose previous music was largely somber and deliberate.

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LIV — "Dream Awake"

"Dream Awake" is the second single from the new and promising indie supergroup LIV, a joint project by notable Swedish acts Lykke Li, Miike Snow, and Peter Bjorn & John. Their meditative new track features moving harmonies and mellow instrumentation.

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The Legatum Institute, a London-based research institute released on Thursday its 10th annual global Prosperity Index,a massive survey that ranks the most prosperous countries in the world.

The amount of money a country has to its name was one of the key factors taken into account to measure prosperity, but the Legatum Institute took other issues into account, too, one being safety and security.

The index looked at data relating to 149 countries and produced a thorough ranking, based on the national security of the listed countries and the personal safety of people living there.

Scroll down to discover the 23 safest countries on the planet.

23. Slovakia — Kicking off the list is Slovakia. The central European state ranks higher in safety than in any other sub-index.

22. Canada —Canada is one of six non-European states to feature in the top 23. It has dropped 13 places since coming ninth in the Legatum Institute's last security ranking.

21. Poland — The eastern European state is ranked higher in security than any other sub-index.

One of the great things about Netflix is that it has brought thoughtful, compelling documentaries to a much wider audience that filmmakers could only dream of a decade ago.

And with binge-worthy titles like “Making a Murderer” and the vast ESPN “30 for 30” library being just a click away, you can get a lot of great nonfiction viewing any night of the week. You'll learn a lot more about the world, but don't worry — you'll also be entertained.

Here are 23 documentaries we think you should stream right away on Netflix:

SEE ALSO: All the "Avengers" and Marvel fans who nailed their cosplay at Comic-Con

1. "13th"

Director Ava DuVernay looks at the history of the American prison system and shows how it relates to the nation's history of racial inequality.

2. “30 for 30” ESPN movies

Pretty much any “30 for 30” title is worth your time. The documentaries that highlight moments in sports that you may or may not be aware of are both entertaining and filled with emotion. A few we highly recommend: “No Crossover: The Tale of Allen Iverson”; “June 17th, 1994,” which looks at everything that happened in the world of sports at the time of O.J. Simpson's Bronco chase; “I Hate Christian Laettner”; and likely available in 2017 will be ESPN’s new masterwork, "O.J.: Made in America."

3. “The Act of Killing”

Joshua Oppenheimer’s Oscar-nominated doc looks at the Indonesian genocide by having death-squad leaders reenact their mass killings. The results are both comical and heart-wrenching. 

The Mar-a-Lago Club is President-elect Donald Trump's Florida resort and home base outside Manhattan.

It's the top-ranked spa in Palm Beach on TripAdvisor and gets four full stars on Yelp. But what's it really like to stay there?

James Taylor, the famous singer-songwriter, spent a week there with his wife and children to perform at a charity gala on the property. His wife, Caroline, penned an account of their stay at the Mar-a-Lago for Vanity Fair.

Calling herself and her husband "dyed-in-the-wool, yellow dog Democrats," Caroline Taylor still attempts to offer an unbiased review of the hotel.

See what it's like to stay at the ultimate in lavish Trump real estate below.

Raisa Bruner wrote an earlier version of this post.

SEE ALSO: Donald Trump's empire is under siege as his glamorous image fades

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Mar-a-Lago is a beach and pool club and spa, with rooms, suites, and cottages spread over 20 acres. The club has been the site of everything from Trump's most recent wedding to Maya Angelou's 80th birthday party, hosted by Oprah Winfrey.

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It's one of the most "exotic, larger-than-life" hotels Taylor says she's ever visited. The 118-room resort was built in the 1920s by Marjorie Merriweather Post, America's richest woman, until she bequeathed it to the US government and it fell into disrepair.

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Trump scooped it up in 1985 for less than $10 million, renovated it, and ultimately turned it into the society destination it is today. Taylor describes the clientele as "lacquered blondes" wearing "five-inch Louboutins."

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Egg, cheese, and bacon or sausage: the classic breakfast sandwich.

It's ubiquitous, yet the simple breakfast sandwich enjoys eternal popularity.

And with breakfast habits changing, breakfast sandwiches on-the-go have become all the more popular. 

But of all the national chains, who makes the classic sandwich best?

I tried the egg, cheese, and meat iterations from three major fast-food chains — Burger King, McDonald's, and Wendy's — to see which one comes out on top.

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The Big Three all serve some version of the sandwich; at first glance the only difference seems to be the bread.

Let's dive into Burger King's Supreme breakfast sandwich. It's a breakfast limousine wreck of two eggs, two sausages, and two servings of bacon topped with cheese and served in a "toasted hoagie bun" which appears to be crushed in a car compactor before serving.

Source: Burger King

If this is a toasted hoagie bun, I don't know what a hoagie is. It's an elongated hamburger bun with all the sogginess and disappointment that buns are heir to — a bun to be wished away. The sickly yellow egg is gelatinous and tastes of complete nothingness. With fast-food sausage and bacon all in one sandwich, the entire thing comes off as incredibly salty. I didn't finish this one.

The Wii U, Nintendo's current console, is finally dead. The company recently revealed its next console, the Switch, which Nintendo is hoping will succeed where the Wii U failed.

It may have been a financial flop, filled with underpowered hardware that couldn't compete, but the Wii U had a great lineup of exclusive games. The Nintendo Switch is the ultimate opportunity to give some of those amazing games a second chance at life.

Some of the best Wii U games will obviously get sequels on Switch, but that isn't a guarantee for many of them. Those could benefit from re-releases, perhaps even with new bonus features.

Here are the Wii U games that we think need to show up on Switch:

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"Super Mario Maker"

We're purposely not including games like "Super Smash Bros.,""Mario Kart," or "Splatoon" on this list because we know they will get re-releases or sequels on Switch. That would be like asking for water to be wet.

"Super Mario Maker" is a slightly different story, as the outstanding Mario creation tool was made possible entirely because of the Wii U's touch screen. It hasn't been confirmed yet whether or not the Switch will have a touch screen (we think it will).

Even if it does, it would be impossible to use the touch screen and play games on your TV at the same time, as the screen has to be docked in the docking station to output to the TV. That would make designing levels in "Super Mario Maker" a bit of a hassle.

Still, Nintendo must find a way to bring it to Switch. It's arguably the best game on Wii U.

"Bayonetta 2"

"Bayonetta 2" is an enthusiastically nonsensical flurry of combo-based action, which puts players in control of a witch who has guns in her shoes and summons demons using her hair. 

It's a niche game that Nintendo funded, and it didn't sell well. It deserves a little more exposure on a new, more promising console.

Case in point: There's a level near the end of the game where you just play "Star Fox" for a few minutes. "Bayonetta 2" is amazing. Let's give it another shot.

"Xenoblade Chronicles X"

If you like huge, sprawling role-playing games like "Fallout," you were probably pretty bummed out by what the Wii U had to offer. "Xenoblade Chronicles X" isn't exactly in the same mold as those other games, but it's pretty darn impressive in its own right. 

It's an absolutely gigantic RPG set on an alien world, where you are tasked with helping refugee humans build a new life after the destruction of Earth. You'll tangle with aggressive alien armies as well as local wildlife across five breathtaking continents.

The sheer size of "Xenoblade Chronicles X" is staggering, as its massive open world is entirely seamless, with no loading screens. It's extremely dense with different systems and menus you have to manage, but if you want to lose yourself in one game for 80 hours, you could do a lot worse.

The developers would have to re-jigger a lot of the touch-based menus, but this game deserves another chance.

When shopping for a new car, most Americans are looking for an SUV.

The decline in sedan purchases is nothing new. It's actually something General Motors cited in its decision to lay off 2,000 hourly workers at two production plants this week.

So as SUVs become the more popular choice, automakers need to ensure their models stand out in a notable way from the rest of the competition. We gathered the ones grabbing our attention when it comes to tech alone.

Scroll down for a closer look:

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1. The Volvo XC90 is a roomy and luxurious SUV, but it also has several, high-tech features. For example, there are four hidden cameras to provide 360-degree views when driving and parking.

The center display shows the cameras' views to assist with parking. The driver can select whether to view from the front or rear cameras using the touch-controlled display.

The car also comes with an autonomous emergency braking system and semi-autonomous features that allows it to accelerate, decelerate, stop, and steer itself at speeds below 30 miles per hour.

One man's hero is another man's tyrant, a popular aphorism goes.

But while we can argue the validity and virtue of certain political agendas, the callous methods by which some leaders attain their goals are less up to interpretation.

After all, no matter how a historian tries to spin it, ordering a tower to be constructed out of live men stacked and cemented together with bricks and mortar is pretty brutal.

Business Insider put together a list of the most ruthless leaders of all time featuring men and women who employed merciless tactics to achieve their political and military agendas.

Note: All people on the list ruled prior to 1980, and no living figures were included. People are arranged in chronological order.

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Qin Shi Huang

Reign: 247-210 B.C.

Qin, also called Qin Shihuangdi, united China in 221 B.C. and ruled as the first emperor of the Qin dynasty. He was known to order the killing of scholars whose ideas he disagreed with and the burning of "critical" books.

During his reign, he ordered the construction of a great wall (roughly speaking, the prequel to the modern Great Wall of China), and an enormous mausoleum featuring more than 6,000 life-size terra-cotta soldier figures. Large numbers of conscripts working on the wall died, and those working on the mausoleum were killed to preserve the secrecy of the tomb.

"Every time he captured people from another country, he castrated them in order to mark them and made them into slaves," Hong Kong University's Xun Zhou told the BBC.

Source: British Museum, Britannica, History, BBC

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula)

Reign: A.D. 37-41

Caligula was quite popular at first because he freed citizens who were unjustly imprisoned and got rid of a stiff sales tax. But then he became ill, and he was never quite the same again.

He eliminated political rivals (forcing their parents to watch the execution), and declared himself a living god. According to Roman historian Suetonius, Caligula had sex with his sisters and sold their services to other men, raped and killed people, and made his horse a priest.

He was eventually attacked by a group of guardsman and stabbed 30 times.

Source: Biography.com, BBC, "Atlas of History's Greatest Heroes and Villains" by Howard Watson.

Attila the Hun

Reign: A.D. 434-453

After killing his brother, Attila became the leader of the Hunnic Empire, centered in present-day Hungary, and ended up becoming one of the most feared assailants of the Roman Empire.

He expanded the Hunnic Empire to present-day Germany, Russia, Ukraine, and the Balkans. He also invaded Gaul with the intention of conquering it, though he was defeated at the Battle of Catalaunian Plains.

"There, where I have passed, the grass will never grow gain," he reportedly remarked on his reign.

Source: Britannica, Biography