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• Frozen eggs and re-frozen meat can harbor bacteria.
• Cheese gets crumbly and pasta gets mushy when frozen.
• Putting a soda can in the freezer is a mistake you'll only make once.

Not all of your grocery goodies are freezer-friendly. So while we applaud you for choosing to chill your food, whether that’s to prevent waste or prep meals a little easier, proceed with caution. Some things look and taste a lot different coming out of the freezer than they do going in, which can be gross or just outright dangerous.

Don’t learn from your own mistakes—learn from our list! Keep these items elsewhere the next time you’re unloading bags of groceries, but feel free to freeze the rest. It’s cheaper to run a full freezer than an empty one, which is one of our Best Supermarket Shopping Tips Ever.

Eggs

Don’t ruin one of the 37 Breakfast Foods For Optimal Weight Loss by sticking it in the freezer. Although it’s perfectly fine to store a whisked egg in there, the water in a hard-boiled one will expand enough to crack it, welcoming bacteria inside. And if it doesn’t crack, the whites will turn rubbery anyway, which is one of the reasons why freezing an egg-white-based frosting isn’t a good idea. Keep any egg-based sauces out of there as well, like meringue, custard, and mayo if you want them to maintain their texture.

Dairy products

Got milk? You won’t have it anymore if you pop it in the freezer; you’ll have a nasty, curdled mess. And that’s not the only dairy product you should quit cooling. Not only will cream cheese, cottage cheese, and sour cream all separate once frozen, but cheese will go through a texture change as well. It’ll become crumbly if it was hard to start with and crystallized if it was soft, so buy only as much as you need and leave it in the fridge. If you’re planning on freezing ingredients for a smoothie, only freeze your produce (berries and bananas freeze especially well) and leave the milk and yogurt in the fridge.

Fried foods

Fried foods don’t belong in the freezer, but you know where else they don’t belong? Your body. Even if you eat them before they’ve lost their crunch and turned soggy, a study by the Harvard School of Public Health linked fried food consumption to heart disease and obesity. That means you shouldn’t just keep those waist wideners out of your freezer, but also out of your diet altogether.

• One of the biggest concerns when buying a new car is getting ripped off.

• Avoiding some common mistakes can help alleviate the stress of shopping.

• Stop focusing so much on the price — instead, lower your expectations, and pay close attention to your needs and the financing terms.

Last Saturday I was out to dinner at one of those Japanese hibachi places. Over a scorpion bowl, I was talking to a friend who works as a sales manager at a luxury car dealership.

He was mulling over getting out of the industry because — as you might imagine — car shoppers aren't the nicest people to deal with every day. "Customers log on to Kelly Blue Book once and think they know everything about the car business," he said. "The minute they walk in the door they hate us just because we're trying to make a profit."

Regardless of how ruthlessly you've ever negotiated with a car dealership, you have to admit it's odd that we're so loath to pay car dealerships a profit. After all, we will happily pay a department store a markup on clothes and realtors a commission when we buy a home.

Yet last week, I asked my focus group about their experiences buying cars, including their biggest fears when they think about the process. Out of 50+ responses, the majority shared a singular theme. Here's a sample:

• "Getting ripped off on price."
• "Overpaying because I am a woman and the salesman would take advantage of that. I am not good at negotiating."
• "I didn't want to get screwed over on the price."
• "Getting screwed."
• "Getting ripped off."
• "Getting ripped off by a salesman. Paying too much."
• "That the salesman would try to intimidate me into paying too much or push me into something I didn't want."

This isn't just what my friend is up against; it's how we all set out to buy a car…with our guard up and feathers out. And because of that, we frequently make several mistakes in the car buying process.

SEE ALSO: I'm going to drive my 10-year-old car into the ground even though I can afford a new one — and I think anyone would be crazy not to

1. We focus too much on price.

Look at the words people used when talking about their fears of car buying. Not only do they mention "getting ripped off," they say "getting ripped off on price," and "paying too much" for the car.

The price we pay for a car is only one element of buying a new car, and arguably the largest. When we buy a car, we ask ourselves: Did I get a good deal? For the specific year, make, and model I purchased?

In other words, we want to know if we paid more or less than the average person for that particular car. Among identically equipped new cars, it's possible to find this out, and indeed sites like Edmunds try. Of course, due to mileage and condition factors, no two used cars are identical, so this is a much harder game.

More important than price is whether you're getting the right car for your needs and not buying more car than you can afford. (If you have to finance the car, should you be going for the leather?)

Or should you consider a recent-year used car instead of a brand new model? It will likely save you far more than you can haggle off a new car sticker price. If you "have to have" a new car, I get it — go for it.

But if you're on the fence, remember: Everybody drives a used car!

2. We ignore financing terms.

This makes no sense: Fighting tooth and nail with a car salesman for three hours to get an extra $500 off the price, and then financing the car with no money down at 6% for four years at a cost of over $2,000.

But we do this all the time because in our heads, the $500 we saved now on the sticker price is tangible while the $2,000 we're paying to finance the car isn't. When I asked my focus group about any regrets they had about their last car buying experience, there was another common thread — the loans!

• "We should've put more of a down payment."

• "The loan."

• "I didn't shop around for my loan rate."

• "My only major regret is that I let them sucker me with an 11% interest rate out of the gate…"

The wrong loan can quickly cost more than savings you'll get negotiating on price. Here's an example:

Looking at Edmunds.com pricing on a 2016 Honda Civic LX Sedan, the difference in MSRP ($20,275) and Factory Invoice ($18,907—what the dealership pays for the car) is $1,368. Nothing to scoff at, and a smart buyer will attempt to dicker the dealer down from the MSRP or up from the invoice. But if the buyer then finances the car for 48 months at 6%, he'll pay $2,580 in total interest over the four years.

I suspect fewer buyers negotiate interest rates, but if this buyer could get a loan at 4% instead of 6%, he'd save $881 in interest. And if he could pay off the car at 4% in three years instead of four, he'd save another $424. Adding a $1,500 down payment would drop the total interest to $1,180—a savings of $1,400 off the original financing quote.

Unless you're looking at 0% or other low incentivized interest rates, it's best to buy a car with cash. If you have to borrow, do so conservatively. Get the best rate you can. Stick with loans no longer than 36 months. And try to put 20% down.

3. We don't value our time.

The average American spends 10 hours shopping for a car, compared to only five hours shopping for a home loan. Some shoppers become so obsessed with getting the "best deal" that they're willing to spend weeks car shopping. But at what price?

Although everybody values time differently, let's say a free hour is worth $15 to you (if you earn a lot, it could obviously be much more). Spend 10 hours buying a car and you've invested $150 worth of your time. Spend double that and you've invested $300.

The more you value your time, the more the cost of additional hours spent car shopping, and the bigger a chunk that takes out of your potential savings.

The 1990s were a glorious time. Denim dominated the fashion world, weird catchphrases were everywhere (wasssup?), and teen dramas dominated the television world.

It's been 20 to 30 years since many of these budding celebrities and heartthrobs landed their breakthrough roles. While some have stuck around, others have largely left Hollywood behind. 

Here's what your favorite '90s stars are up to now. 

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Melissa Joan Hart hit stardom after starring on '90s classics "Clarissa Explains It All" and "Sabrina: The Teenage Witch."

Her career continued with several TV movies and she hit it big again in 2010 when she started ABC Family's "Melissa & Joey," which ran for five years.

Outside of acting, the mother of three has also become a spokesperson for Nutrisystem, starring in many of their commercials and ads.

Kenan Thompson has been a comedic icon since the '90s.

As a teen, Thompson rocketed to comedic fame as a member of the sketch comedy show"All That." From that success, he got a show with fellow cast mate Kel Mitchell called "Kenan and Kel," as well as a "Good Burger" movie. Thompson has been a featured player on "Saturday Night Live" since 2003 and is raising a daughter with his wife.

"Good Burger's" Kel Mitchell has been a steady figure in the industry, as well.

Despite reports that he had died, Mitchell is alive and well — and still acting.

Since his stint on "Good Burger" and his voice role in "Pink Panther," he has landed recurring roles on several small TV series, including "Game Shakers" and "Wild Grinders." Most recently, he brought back the infamous Ed character to interview players and report for Nickelodeon Sports at the 2017 Super Bowl media day. 

Annual performance reviews have always reminded me of doctor visits.

Manager: "Hi, Mike. Good to see you. How would you say you've been doing this past year?"

Me: (Unable to remember much prior to today's lunch, let alone nine months ago)
"Pretty good, I guess."

Manager: (Nods reflectively) "Uh-huh. Reviewing your file here, I'd say your blood pressure (revenue) is where it should be, but your weight (cost) has been climbing. I'd like to recommend some diet (staff changes) and exercise (overtime)."

These rituals can feel obnoxious, because both sides of the table are typically so bereft of actionable information. Your manager does care about you, but he or she has a lot of other people to worry about too.

Having learned early in my career that nobody cares about my professional well-being more than me, I committed myself to coming up with more useful assessments of my professional health than "Pretty good, I guess."

My scheme, back in October 2005, was to commit to a healthy habit of recording my work satisfaction against a few criteria. Some mix of measurements that could help me better assess, and ultimately improve, my professional decision making.

Playing the hand I was dealt, I began with the vanilla employee survey used by my company at the time. Whereas I imagine most of my peers clicked through their six-question survey like a fire-and-forget missile, I kicked things up a notch, making a simple spreadsheet to log my results, and committing to doing the same simple exercise, year in and year out, for the rest of my career.

Why?

So that when faced with a heady career discussion with my boss, colleagues, wife, or (to be honest) myself, I'd have a quantitative, longitudinal, evidence-based narrative that would beat the pants off of "Pretty good, I guess."

Twelve years, four jobs, and three kids later, here's some of what I've begun to learn.

My Six Professional Vital Signs

SEE ALSO: Here's exactly what to say to negotiate your salary at a new job

1. Pay

Regardless of how far you've made it up Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the plain truth is that the vast majority of us work to make money. When you say it that bluntly, it cheapens the underlying truth, so let me attempt to be a bit more genteel: We work so that we might tend to the many other things we care about in life (the vast majority of which cost money).

If your salary and benefits aren't cutting it, no mix of other factors will matter. Get real with yourself and figure out your needs. I've found that entrepreneur-land is filled with folks at two extremes: scrappers with literally nothing to lose and banked folks with figuratively nothing to lose. Both groups are typically willing to work for very little near-term money in pursuit of a big, fat future payday. Pro tip: Don't let peer pressure dictate that you take a vow of near-term poverty. Only you can determine what your time is worth.

Key personal takeaway: I've never stayed in a position because I felt well paid, but I've certainly left ones when I didn't. For me, compensation has proven a necessary but not sufficient motivator.

2. Perks

Perks are a real consideration of any job. I've worked in very different organizations, each with very different fringe benefits. Flipping green chili burgers at the Bandelier National Monument snack shop in 1996 meant all-you-can-drink Cokes. On the flip side, it also meant a greasy, 110-degree kitchen. Ten years later, as a young executive at a global management consultancy, I got to work in fancy, climate-controlled offices and travel the world in business class. On the flip side, I frequently found myself stuck thousands of lonely miles away from my young family.

Perks can easily be taken for granted. For instance, I didn't realize I'd long enjoyed a flexible work environment until I later found myself at a bureaucracy that put a premium on face-time. Likewise, I didn't appreciate my heavily subsidized Fortune 500 health care plan until I later found myself a father of three working at a company with fewer than 10 people.

Key personal takeaway: Some of the grass is objectively greener on the other side. You just need to figure out which perks matter most to you at different stages of your career.

3. People

I'm a sixth grader helping out at an elementary school fundraiser. My buddy's dad is wearing a T-shirt that says, "If idiots could fly, this place would be an airport." All in good fun, but I recall thinking how crappy it must feel to be stuck with people who annoy you. Maybe this is why Y Combinator president Sam Altman recommends that companies hire for values first, aptitude second, and skills last.

Key personal takeaway: Like great perks, great people can easily be taken for granted. By and large, I've been fortunate to work with incandescent all-stars. I'm now able to recognize that, thanks to a handful of painful experiences with those who were anything but.

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• There are celebrities whose intelligence and academic achievements may blow your mind.
• Just because someone is a talented actor or model, doesn't mean they don't come with an impressive degree.
• From Emma Watson to Ashton Kutcher, these are the celebrities who may actually be smarter than us all.

Are you smarter than a celebrity? Probably some of them, but there are definitely a group of actors whose intelligence and academic achievements would blow your mind. Here are some of the smartest celebrities around.

You can’t judge a book by its cover! Just because someone is a talented actor, model or singer doesn’t mean they can’t have other traits — like crazy IQs and impressive degrees. In fact some of our favorite stars are super geniuses! Check out the list to see which celebs are probably smarter than you. Some of them might seriously surprise you!

1. Emma Watson

"The Beauty and the Beast" star definitely has some brains to go with her looks! Emma graduated from Brown University in 2014 with a bachelor’s in English literature, studied at Oxford during undergrad, and is a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador.

2. James Franco

James picks up college degrees like they are going out of style. Though he dropped out of UCLA during his freshman year, he went back 10 years later and graduated in two years, then attended NYU for filmmaking, Columbia University and Brooklyn College for fiction writing, Warren Wilson College in North Carolina for poetry, and earned his Ph.D. in English from Yale. Dayum, son!

3. Mayim Bialik

The "Big Bang Theory" star was accepted to Harvard and Yale, but chose to attend UCLA, where she received bachelor’s degrees in neuroscience and Hebrew and Jewish studies. Mayim put her studies on hold to pursue acting, but finished her Ph.D. in neuroscience in 2007.

Russia on Monday released a 47-minute video of President Vladimir Putin on vacation in Siberia.

Putin spent two days in the Tuva region of Siberia over the weekend with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, and the video captures part of their gallivanting in the woods. 

The video shows Putin walking through the woods, driving a boat, fishing, snorkeling, and more.

And while most of it is rather slow, there are definitely some funny moments.

Here are the 5 best parts. 

At one point, he picks up a giant log for no apparent reason and poses with it as if he were Bamm-Bamm Rubble from the Flintstones.

Later, he puts on a wet suit and goes spearfishing. After he spears a lunker, the camera follows him underwater for about 2 minutes as he swims back to the boat with his prize.

He then throws the trophy fish on the boat and hangs off the side. At one point, he appears to lose his grip and struggles to hold on as the fish flops around on the deck of the boat.

The home where President Donald Trump spent the first years of his life is still standing in New York — and now, anyone can stay there starting at $816 a night.

The five-bedroom house in Queens is listed on Airbnb.

While new owners have long since taken over, the bungalow embraces Trump-centric decor to attract visitors who want to spend a night in the same space the president once did.

Here's what the house looks like now:

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Located in New York's Jamaica Estates, the house was built by Fred Trump for his wife Mary and his young family.

The house has been Airbnb 'verified' as an authentic one-time residence of the Trump family. It was where Donald J. Trump was brought home after his birth in 1946.

The current owner says that little has changed since the days when Trump lived there.

Superstar athletes, brilliant coaches, a shrewd front office — all three are components of excellent professional sports teams. What you may not have given as much thought to is the role of captain, the player-leader of the team.

Not only is this role also vital, it is the single most important factor for a team's success, argues Wall Street Journal editor Sam Walker in his book "The Captain Class."

Eleven years ago, Walker embarked on a research project to to determine the commonalities of the world's greatest professional sports teams throughout history. An idea for a Journal feature ended up becoming a book, and by the time he was done, Walker had analyzed more than 1,200 teams dating back to the 1880s.

He used a strict and rigorous grading system that resulted in the 16 best teams in history, judged by how consistently they won championships as well as performed at the highest level in their league. Walker was as surprised as most of his readers would be to see that the one common element of these teams was the nature of their captains — or, in the cases where no captain was formally named, their informal player-leaders.

"The most crucial ingredient in a team that achieves and sustains historic greatness is the character of the player who leads it," Walker wrote. These leaders serve as models, teachers, and support to their teammates.

Walker determined that all of these captains shared seven traits:

SEE ALSO: An analysis of the 16 best sports teams in history shows the most important person on a team isn't its coach or best athlete

1. They are relentless.

Yogi Berra was never officially named captain, but he was the heart of the New York Yankees team that made history by winning five consecutive World Series titles from 1949-53.

Before becoming an outstanding catcher and team leader, Berra as a rookie in 1946 was a lousy catcher and was so out of place on the team that the front office had to tell the players to stop making fun of him.

Ahead of the 1949 season, the Yankees manager decided to put Berra through an intensive training program with three of the team's best pitchers. Berra embraced his catcher training so dramatically that he and his wife moved to live closer to the pitchers. Within a year, he had transformed from one of the league's worst to the best, and his dedication inspired his teammates.

Walker said that leaders like Berra have what the psychologist Carol Dweck calls the "mastery mindset." That is, when faced with failure, "They didn't think they were dumb; they believed they just hadn't found the right strategy yet."

2. They play to the limits of the rules.

Ahead of the Cuban women's volleyball team's semifinal match against Brazil in the 1996 Olympics, team captain Mireya Luis felt nervous. The Brazilians were an intimidating team, and Luis had seen her teammates get comfortable with their success. Knowing that the Brazilians faltered under the same hostile energy she and her team thrived under, Luis decided that her team was going to get nasty.

As the game unfolded, Luis led a barrage of insults at her opponents. Despite taking several penalties for their unsportsmanlike behavior, the Cubans continued to brutally smack talk until the Brazilian team became visibly shaken — the Cubans were acting; the Brazilians had become genuinely furious and their play suffered. The Cuban team ultimately won the match, and would go on to beat China in the final.

The Brazilians were so angry at the end of the match against Cuba, though, that a fight broke out, and the day is remembered in infamy.

So why does Walker bring it up? He determined that the greatest captains in history knew that they had to get away with as much as possible if it was with the calculated intention of winning. "The world puts a lot of pressure on athletes, especially captains, to be champions and paragons of virtue," he wrote. "But these two things do not always correlate."

3. They do thankless jobs.

As an undergraduate student at Wake Forest University, Tim Duncan helped his professor write a psychology textbook chapter entitled "Blowhards, Snobs, and Narcissists: Interpersonal Reactions to Excessive Egotism." It became the perfect prologue to his career as the captain of the San Antonio Spurs.

From 1997-2016, the Spurs won five NBA titles and achieved the NBA's best long-term win rate in history at 71%. Also in this time, Duncan never reached the celebrity status of a LeBron James or Kobe Bryant, but it wasn't due to a lack of talent. He deliberately positioned himself as a support player, switching positions if necessary, depending on the composition of that year's team.

He even made the "unheard of" decision to be paid less than his market value so that his team would be able to sign better players.

As Walker said of Duncan and the others he identified, "The great captains lowered themselves in relation to the group whenever possible in order to earn the moral authority to drive them forward in tough moments. ... The easiest way to lead, it turns out, is to serve."

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• Not all celebrity brides are interested in wearing a classic white gown.
• Some brides opt for bright colors and intricate hem lines.
• From Avril Lavigne's black silhoutte to Kaley Cuoco's hot pink dress, these are some of the best unconventional celebrity wedding gowns.

Here comes the bride, all dressed in…well, not white, that’s for sure. While we love a tulled-out ivory wedding gown, we’re not opposed to unconventional dresses in black, pink, or even yellow—and sometimes we might even prefer it. Long are the days of white, white, and more white. There are about a bajillion other colors and silhouettes out there that are a lot more interesting than your run-of-the-mill snow-colored ballgown.

No shade if you like going the traditional route (we all do from the time to time), but for the wild brides out there looking to experiment, you might want to draw inspiration from these 12 celebrity brides who wore uber-unconventional wedding dresses while still stunning down the aisle. See them all, ahead.

Avril Lavigne

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What do you expect? Of course the "Complicated" singer was going to wear black to her wedding. The punk-pop star took her wedding's gothic theme to an entirely new level when she walked down the aisle in a stunning black Monique Lhuiller gown to Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger in July 2013. Though the couple split a year later, at least Lavigne kept it true to her wedding style.

Solange Knowles

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While we hear Solange wore a whopping six (!!!) outfits in the entirety of her wedding to director Alan Ferguson in November 2014, nothing took the cake more than the gown she wore while taking her super-badass wedding photos with her family and bridesmaids. Not only did the dress, which was designed by Humberto Leon, cover her up to her neck, but it also had the coolest twist on a traditional train: a floor-length cape.

Dianna Agron

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Instead of white, the "Glee" actress went nude (for her dress color, that is) when she tied the knot with Mumford & Sons member Winston Marshall in Morocco in October 2016. The sequined chiffon Valentino gown cost her $20,500, but judging from how good she looks, we'll say money well spent.

The 18th annual Teen Choice Awards will take place Sunday, August 13 on Fox. 

After the stars hit up the red carpet, celebrity marketing company Backstage Creations will give out up to 90 gift bags to nominees, performers, hosts, and winners. 

Backstage Creations has hosted the giftbags at the TCAs since 2001 and provided INSIDER with a sneak peek at everything the performers and winners will receive this weekend. From a giant Jenga game to pore cleansing masks INSIDER has valued everything inside the actual giftbag at over $300. 

Celebs will also have a chance to stop by a Celebrity Retreat gifting suite where they'll have the opportunity to select more highscale gifts to include in their bags, including trips to Panama and Costa Rica and a miniature app-controlled BB-8. 

Keep reading to see everything stars like Emma Watson to Selena Gomez will take home Sunday night.

A giant Jenga game.

The Jenga Giant genuine hardwood edition retails for $119.95.

You can find it from Arts Ideas here.

A large cookie from Santa Monica boutique cookie shop Cookie Good.

You can visit their site here. A dozen cookies cost $23.

A customizable BOP IT! game from Hasbro.

The game lets players add 10 of their own moves to the game. It retails for $19.99. You can find it here.

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• Fall is a great time to travel as flights are cheaper and destinations are less crowded, but some places are better than others during this season.
• New York City is at its most beautiful and most manageable in the fall.
• Transylvania, Romania, is the perfect place to spend Halloween.

There are things about fall that make it an ideal time to travel— like cheaper prices, fewer crowds, and milder temperatures. 

However, from Vermont's stunning foliage to Munich's legendary Oktoberfest, some destinations are simply their very best during this season.

Keep reading for the best fall travel destinations around the globe. 

Munich, Germany

Fall in Munich means Oktoberfest. The annual festival is full of German culture, beer, and amusement park rides. The festivities last from mid-September to early October, so there's plenty of time to enjoy the legendary party. 

The Finger Lakes, New York

The Finger Lakes region of upstate New York is perfect for experiencing a classic East Coast autumn.

The region has an up-and-coming wine scene, with many local vineyards. Early fall is the perfect time to enjoy the scenery and taste local wines. Apple, berry, and pumpkin picking are also popular activities in the area, making the Finger Lakes a great destination for outdoor food-focused fun.

Transylvania, Romania

Bran Castle in Transylvania is just the right amount of spooky for a fall vacation — the region's ties to stories of Frankenstein and Dracula makes it the perfect destination for Halloween-lovers. 

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — The North Korean army's announcement that it is examining operational plans for attacking Guam after rising tensions with President Donald Trump has brought more global attention to the tiny US territory in the Pacific than it has had in decades.

Here is a quick rundown on the island and it strategic importance:

SEE ALSO: North Korea is threatening to nuke Guam — here's what the US military has there

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Where is it?

The strip of land in the western Pacific Ocean is roughly the size of Chicago, and just 4 miles (6 km) wide at its narrowest point. It is about 2,200 miles southeast of North Korea, much closer than it is to any of the United States.

Hawaii is about 4,000 miles to the west. Its proximity to China, Japan, the Philippines and the Korean Peninsula has long made the island an essential possession of the U.S. military.

What's its relationship to the US?

Guam was claimed by Spain in 1565 and became a U.S. territory in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. Japan seized it for about 2½ years during World War II. In 1950, an act of Congress made it an unincorporated organized territory of the United States.

It has limited self-government, with a popularly elected governor, small legislature, and non-voting delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives. Residents do not pay U.S. income taxes or vote in the general election for U.S. president. Its natives are U.S. citizens by birth.

What does the US military do there?

The U.S. keeps a Naval base and Coast Guard station in the south, and an Air Force base in the north that saw heavy use during the Vietnam War. While already taking up 30% of the island, the American military has been seeking to increase its presence by relocating to Guam thousands of Marines who are currently based in Okinawa, Japan.

Protecting the island is the U.S. Army's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, which is used to shoot down ballistic missiles. Last month, the U.S. twice flew a pair of supersonic bombers that took off from Guam over the Korean Peninsula in a show of force after two North Korean tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles.

While there has been some resistance and displeasure from the people of Guam over the U.S. military's presence, it is also essential to the island's economy, second only to tourism in importance.

Some of the best movies of all time are adapted from books, but turning a book into a TV series is a whole different kind of magic.

The showrunners don't have to worry about compressing hundreds of pages into a quick running time, they need to balance fidelity to the source material while keeping the audience entertained for hours and hours.

Just ask Stephen King, who's had his books adapted into movies and TV shows countless times. He's had at least one of his books turned into a show almost every year since 1990, and he has two this year: "Mr. Mercedes" in August and "Castle Rock" on Hulu now.

To make this list, we looked at the most awarded and critically acclaimed TV shows that use books as their source material. Sometimes the adaptations works best as a one-off miniseries, like "Brideshead Revisited" and "The Handmaid's Tale." And sometimes it works best as a long-running show, like "Sex and the City." We also omitted shows based on plays published as books — sorry, "Angels in America."

Here are the best book-to-TV adaptations of all time, ranked.

"Sex and the City" (1998-2004)

The HBO comedy about four New Yorkers confiding in each other about their sex lives defined a generation and made the careers of its four stars — Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon. It was adapted from a book of essays of the same name by Candace Bushnell, which started out as a series of columns in the New York Observer.

"Big Little Lies" (2017)

HBO's adaptation of Liane Moriarty's novel was a thriller that scratched an itch for fans of "Gone Girl" and carried an important message to boot. But what really made it amazing wasn't the murder mystery, it was the cast — one of the best assembled in the history of television. Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, and Alexander Skarsgård are all nominated for Emmys.

"Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993-1999)

David Simon is most famous for "The Wire," his depiction of crime and justice on the streets of Baltimore, drawing from his experience as a police reporter. But before that, his book "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets" was the basis for the NBC show "Homicide: Life on the Street," which ran for seven seasons and focuses on the work of the Baltimore Police Department's homicide unit. It followed the earlier, acclaimed HBO series "The Corner," also based on one of Simon's books.

LONDON – Glassdoor, the anonymous employee review and recruitment site, has released its annual ranking of the companies for work/life balance in Britain.

Glassdoor calculated a work/life balance rating for each company based on anonymous reviews from employees, with each company needing at least 50 reviews to qualify.

Ratings are rounded to one decimal place, though actual calculations extend beyond the thousandth to determine rank. Just 9 companies from last year's ranking made the cut this year. 

David Whitby, UK Country Manager at Glassdoor, said: "Companies are realising that you can get more out of your workforce if you create an environment where people feel it is ok to take time out and be flexible with the working week.

"It’s not about leaving the office early, it’s about integrating work and lifestyle. At the end of the day, employers that trust their staff to do their job to the best of their ability, and recognise that everyone has commitments and interests outside the office, will create more loyalty.”

Check out the best employers who made the cut below:

T=10. Google — 4.0

What it does: Search engine/tech company.

Work-life balance rating: 4.0.

Employee review: "Great work life balance. Very good benefits, most folks are nice. There are people who pay attention to the small details."— Glassdoor.

T=10. Rolls-Royce — 4.0

What it does: Engineering/engine manufacturer.

Work-life balance rating: 4.0.

Employee review: "Good work life balance. Opportunities for career progression. Company invests in its employees."— Glassdoor.

T=10. BAE Systems — 4.0

What it does: Aerospace/military.

Work-life balance rating: 4.0.

Employee review: "Good terms and conditions. Flexible time and bonus. Work/life balance good."— Glassdoor.

Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, may be about to become a much more popular spot with the president.

ABC News reports that a FAA flight restriction has been imposed on the area from August 3-20, indicating that Trump is preparing to spend some serious time in the Garden State.

Bedminster is one of the few golf clubs in the Trump family business that the president built from the ground up instead of purchasing and refurbishing. He reportedly holds a special affinity for it.

The club sits in a small town of 9,000 that has just 16 members on its police force, according to the New York Times. Bedminster Township will receive reimbursement for costs incurred on the president's trips to the golf club.

Take a look around Bedminster and the club, and get the history of how it came to be one of Trump's favorite retreats.

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Bedminster, New Jersey, is small and sparsely populated. This road is the closest thing the town has to a main street. Only 8,165 live in the entire township, according to the 2010 census.

The town is a 40-minute drive from New York City and Newark Airport.

Most of the township looks like this, with wide-open farmland converted to large estates.

Netflix will end the year on a royal, dramatic, and very British note.

On Thursday, the streaming service released a new trailer for the second season of "The Crown," the Emmy nominated series that depicts the life of Queen Elizabeth II. Season two of 'The Crown' will come to Netflix on December 8. 

"I've learned more about humiliation in the past few weeks than I hoped I would in a lifetime," Elizabeth says in voiceover. The second season looks even more dramatic than the first. The trailer teases trouble with prime ministers and the strained relationship between the Queen and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. 

Watch the trailer, and see the new pictures below:

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When "Horizon Zero Dawn" arrived on PlayStation 4 back in February, critics and players alike were dazzled. The gorgeous, massive third-person action game received near-universal critical acclaim, and Sony reaped the benefits of a blockbuster hit: huge sales numbers.

On November 7, the already gigantic "Horizon Zero Dawn" is getting a huge new expansion. It's called "The Frozen Wilds," it looks super fresh, and we already know a lot about it.

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In "The Frozen Wilds," which arrives on November 7, the game's main character Aloy will explore an entirely new region, with a new culture and new robot animals.

The "Frozen Wilds" is a reference to where you're going, of course — the "Banuk" territory, north of the mountain range that would otherwise have stopped you in the original game.

As a result, the expansion is essentially a condensed version of the original game: There's an entirely new map, with new weapons and animals and a new culture to explore (the Banuk peoples). Here's the managing director of Guerrilla Games, Hermen Hulst, giving an overview of the expansion from an interview back in June:

"We start with a new territory. We go across the northern mountain range into the territory of the Banuk, the tribespeople of the Banuk. They are very hearty. They live in these wild lands. It's so cold, and it's very hard to survive there. It's very beefy, it's a good-sized map. There will be plenty of new stuff in there."

The expansion is a direct continuation of the main story. "Let's call it a new chapter in Aloy's journey."

One of the best things about "Horizon Zero Dawn" is its surprisingly deep, interesting narrative. Many games try, and most games fail, to marry strong gameplay and strong storytelling — "Horizon Zero Dawn" is a rare standout in this regard.

The game's development studio is advancing that narrative in "The Frozen Wilds." Rather than telling a side-story, or exploring an alternate "what if?" scenario, the new expansion will continue Aloy's journey of self-discovery. 

Snow and ice are sure to play a crucial role in "The Frozen Wilds." What role that will be remains to be seen. Perhaps snow can be used as cover for sneaking around?

"Horizon Zero Dawn" is set in a future Earth, in a deserted Colorado that's been retaken by nature. Colorado, as you know, can be cold and snowy. It's neighbor to the north, Wyoming, can be even colder and snowier — and Wyoming appears to be the setting for "The Frozen Wilds."

Haiti, Bolivia, Chile, and Latvia all have something in common: they're more peaceful than the United States.

The analysis comes from the the 2017 Global Peace Index (GPI), a project put together by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) that analyzes 162 nations and ranks them on their levels of peacefulness every year.

To compile the ranking, the IEP looked at 23 indicators — like violent demonstrations and weapons imports — across three categories: societal safety and security, ongoing domestic and international conflict, and militarization. Collectively, the countries represented make up 99.7% of the world's population.

Overall, the world became more peaceful in 2017 compared to 2016. In the past year, 93 countries became more peaceful, while 68 countries became less peaceful, according to the index. However, global peacefulness has deteriorated by 2.14% since 2008. Some 52% of GPI countries reported a deterioration, while 48% improved. 

The US, which ranks at 114 this year, dropped 11 spots from 2016 — the ninth largest drop in the index (and fourth largest since 2005, after Syria, Greece and Hungary).

The countries that ranked highest, with the most peaceful country at #1, are below.

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12. Australia

11. Japan

10. Ireland

A Silicon Valley city wants to unload a historic mansion that is costing millions of dollars a year in upkeep. But nobody with pockets deep enough seems to want it.

Built in 1905, Hayes Mansion is a 214-room hotel and conference center located in San Jose, California. The city bought the private estate for $2.5 million in the early 1980s during the personal-computing boom. It wanted to make the mansion a hub for the tech industry.

But tourists and professionals coming to town for conferences never followed in the way the city had hoped, in part because Hayes Mansion sits on the outskirts of Silicon Valley. An investigation by the San Jose Mercury News found that the city has sunk more than $60 million over the last three decades in subsidizing renovations and maintenance.

San Jose put the mansion up for sale in July, after a deal to sell it for $47 million ($5 million over asking) fell through. It has since slashed the asking price to $36 million.

Take a look inside Hayes Mansion.

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Hayes Mansion is an architectural gem.

From above, it bears a striking resemblance to President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

Built in 1905, it belonged to the Hayes Family, who made their fortune mining iron in the Great Lakes area. The Hayes heirs went on to run newspapers in the Bay Area.

Source: San Jose Mercury News

The Milwaukee Bucks are the latest team to add advertising patches to their jerseys for the upcoming 2017-18 season.

The Bucks have announced that they will have Harley-Davidson patches on their jerseys. The motorcycle giant is based in Milwaukee.

So far, 12 teams have announced the addition of ad patches and more may come as we get closer to the season. While we don't know how much every team is making off the patches, the Warriors would reportedly command $15-20 million per year.

Some teams have opted for team-color-friendly patches. Some teams have formed true two-way partnerships with their ad patches promoting a business that the team also works with off the court. And one team has even chosen to promote a charity with their ad patch. 

Below is a look at all the partnerships that have been announced so far.

Detroit Pistons and Flagstar Bank.

Philadelphia 76ers and StubHub

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Brooklyn Nets and Infor (with updated patch)

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