In the United States, you can barely be 100 miles from a McDonald's. Because of this, it might come as a surprise that some countries don't have a single one. But it's true; everything from economic collapse to political strife have resulted in these nations being free of the Golden Arches.

Bermuda

Until 1995, there was only one McDonald's restaurant on this Caribbean island. Now, there are zero. The country has a law banning foreign fast-food joints that has been in place since the 1970s. McDonald's, however, managed to find a loophole in 1985 by building a Mickey D's on a U.S. Naval Air Station. That station closed in 1995, however, and the McDonald's closed with it. According to mic.com, the franchise took another crack at breaking into Bermuda in 1999, but this time, the law won out. 

Check out the weirdest food laws in America.

Iran

In recent years, relations between this Middle Eastern country and the United States have been tense to say the least, and Western franchises like McDonald's have been collateral damage. There hasn't been a set of Golden Arches in Iran since 1979. However, as diplomatic relations between Iran and Western nations have improved in the last few years, people have begun wondering whether the chain could make a comeback. Further complicating matters, Iran has created its own McDonald's substitute, Mash Donald's.

You won't believe what these familiar products are called in foreign countries.

Macedonia

This small European nation, located in the Balkans, used to have a few McDonald's restaurants; seven, to be exact, with several of them in the nation's capital, Skopje. In 2013, the person running the Macedonian McDonald's lost their license, causing all seven stores to permanently close. Rumor has it that the Macedonian franchisee and the European CEO of McDonald's had a falling-out. 

Learn which European nation has the most expensive McDonald's in the world.

On Sunday night the Minnesota Vikings pulled off a miraculous comeback over the New Orleans Saints in the final seconds that will not soon be forgotten.

The victory came on the last play of the game, with Vikings quarterback Case Keenum connecting with Stefon Diggs, who was able to scamper into the end zone thanks to a bit of blown coverage on the part of the Saints defense. It was the first walk-off touchdown in regulation in NFL postseason history.

In Minnesota and Louisiana, newspapers worked fast to make sure that local fans could read about the astounding finish, resulting in plenty of front pages that will be likely be framed in Minneapolis and quickly disposed of in greater New Orleans.

Take a look below at how various papers memorialized the night.

Pioneer Press

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St. Cloud Times

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Star Tribune

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South Korea's Pyeongchang, host city of the 2018 Olympic Games, will welcome nearly one million athletes and spectators to its quiet slice of the Korean Peninsula in February.

The county of Pyeongchang is one of the safest places to live and visit across the globe — with one major catch. It sits only 50 miles from the border of North Korea, which has raised the prospect of war with a series of ballistic missile and nuclear weapons tests in recent months.

Stretched across rugged mountains and valleys, Pyeongchang covers an area roughly the size of Houston. More than 43,000 people live there, with many working in agriculture.

Here's what it's like to live in the host city of the 2018 Olympics.

SEE ALSO: Photographers captured these dismal scenes along the border area between North and South Korea

Pyeongchang (not to be confused with Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea) sits about the same distance from the border of North Korea and the capital of South Korea, Seoul.

The area has an average elevation of approximately 700 meters above sea level, which gives it the nickname "the Alps of Korea." Mountains cover more than 80% of the terrain.

Source: PyeongChang 2018 and Wikipedia

Pyeongchang is also one of the country's coldest places. During winter, cold air comes down from Russia and chills the area to about 35 degrees Fahrenheit and below.

Source: Wikipedia

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• Kate Middleton is expecting her third child with husband Prince William.
• She's a style icon, and her maternity wardrobe is no exception.
• Here are some of her best looks.

Kate Middleton is a style icon known for always looking polished. Her looks have undergone an evolution over the years, and her wardrobe is about to make another shift with the announcement of her third pregnancy.

While she was pregnant with Prince George and Princess Charlotte, she wore tailored coats and print dresses with sky-high heels and didn't miss a step. Her maternity wardrobe is sure to impress this time around.

Here are some of her best maternity outfits.

Kate Middleton's maternity wardrobe features lots of coats.

She's been known to wear them more than once, like this pink Mulberry coat.

You can read more about this outfit here.

She also loves this purple Séraphine maternity coat so much that she's worn it twice.

Read more about this trendy coat here.

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• Learning relevant business skills is convenient, cost-effective, and enjoyable with GoSkills. 
• The up-and-coming e-learning site has especially robust offerings in Microsoft Excel and project management. 
• You can become a more valuable employee, a more effective manager, or a standout job applicant with the help of the online lessons. 

You don't have to have a business degree to excel in your career, but it certainly helps to be in-the-know about the common software, applications, and processes used in workplaces everywhere. If your goal is to learn new business skills, you have many available options.

Online classes are among the most convenient and affordable ways to gain these new skills, and while I typically defer to a few favorites, I recently came across a useful site called GoSkills, an online-learning platform that focuses exclusively on important technical and soft business skills.

Whereas other popular e-learning sites tend to offer classes across a broad range of subjects — useful in its own right if you have a variety of learning interests — GoSkills is geared toward anyone looking specifically to improve their effectiveness in the professional world. 

It currently offers 60 courses in web development, Microsoft Office, Adobe software, project management, and more. You can find skills that are increasingly valued in the workplace like Scrum and Advanced Microsoft Excel alongside skills that will never go out of fashion like Business Writing and Leadership Training. Whether you're looking to evolve in your current role, brush up on skills you learned a while ago, or transition to a new position, GoSkills gives you the educational support to do so. 

GoSkills uses a combination of video tutorials, exercises, and quizzes in its lessons, as e-learning sites typically do, but is unique in its personalized learning approach: Because no two students are the same, the course syllabi are personalized based on your prior skills and experience. After you take a placement test to identify your strengths and weaknesses, GoSkills shows you what areas to focus on so you can accelerate your learning. You're probably a busy person juggling other commitments, so the trick here is to study smarter, not harder. 

Pricing is straightforward. After a 7-day free trial, you can pay $39 a month for access to all courses on the site, or pay $299 at once for a year of acesss, saving you $169. You can also pay $29 for access to just one course, though learning more than one skill will never be detrimental to your professional development. 

Below, we've highlighted some of the best GoSkills courses worth taking. Browse all courses and sign up for your 7-day free trial here.

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The cardio deck — made up of treadmills, ellipticals, and stationary bikes — is a go-to for those getting started in their fitness journeys, and it’s a comfortable modality for the seasoned gym-goer as well.

Cardio is a pillar of exercise that has a reputation for improving heart health, contributing to weight maintenance, and for being an essential component of every workout program. And although all of these things are true, there is still a ton of misinformation surrounding cardio.

Here are 5 myths about cardio, debunked.

Myth: Cardio should always be done first.

Fact: There's actually no right or wrong way when it comes to the order in which you perform your workout; it varies from person to person. Many believe that starting off with cardio helps to warm up the body and tap into your energy stores immediately. Others believe that it makes your strength training less productive and more sluggish than if you elected to perform your resistance training first. There is research and professional opinions that support both arguments, but all agree that it depends on the individual and their goals.

A study published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found that resistance training is negatively impacted by doing aerobic endurance training (cardio) first. Researchers found that after bouts of cardio on the treadmill, exercisers exhibited less muscular power, performed fewer repetitions, and had higher heart rates and rates of perceived exertion during their resistance training session. Their findings support hitting the weights first, cardio second.

However, a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found benefits to doing cardio training prior to resistance training. Researchers found significant improvements in VO2 max (a key performance indicator that measures the maximum amount of oxygen an athlete can use) and running performance. Their findings support performing cardio first for individuals who have a general fitness or endurance-based goals.

I am a certified personal trainer, and I always program the order of workouts for clients based on their goals; still, I also encourage them to perform their workout in the order in which they perform best. It's truly about personal preference and performance.

Myth: High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is the best way to burn fat.

Fact: High-intensity interval training is a huge trend in the realm of fitness, but its benefits related to weight maintenance are often misconstrued. Although it is true that your metabolism will be increased in the 36-48 hours following a true HIIT session, and that you will burn more calories in a minute doing HIIT than you will burn exercising at a lower intensity, it is not true that HIIT is the best way to burn fat.

During high-intensity interval training, the bulk of the calories burned will come from non-fat sources, like carbs or protein. HIIT uses carbohydrates as the dominant source of fuel as it is an anaerobic activity (a high-intensity activity where the oxygen demand exceeds the oxygen supply).

To tap into fat stores, you want to do steady state cardio, which means working at a lower intensity, and trying to maintain about 65% of your maximum heart rate over a period of 30-60 minutes, rather than working as hard as you can for 30 minutes or less.

Myth: Cardio is the best way to cancel out a "bad" day of eating.

Fact: Yes, cardio is a great way to burn calories but to "cancel out" a day of eating in excess, you're better off to put the extra calories to good use by weightlifting rather than hopping on a cardio machine for an hour. Strength training recruits many muscles and muscle groups; this burns a lot of calories and increases your muscle mass, which in turn will increase your metabolism at rest even after you leave the gym. Research shows you'll experience a revved metabolism upwards of 36 hours after strength training at a high intensity.

If you're preparing for a workout after a "less than healthy" day of eating, plan for relatively heavy compound movements like squats, dead-lifts, and push presses in the 8-12 repetition range. It won't hurt to focus on hydration and incorporating a lot of vegetables into your diet on a day after straying from your healthy eating goals, too.

• Yellowstone Club was the first private ski club with its own mountain.
• Notable members include Bill and Melinda Gates, Google's Eric Schmidt, and Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel.
• To become a member, you must own property within the grounds  — which ranges from $2 million to $25 million. Initial membership fees are $300,000, and there is an annual fee of $37,500.

Yellowstone Club, a private ski resort and residential community near Big Sky, Montana, was a pioneer in the members-only space. The first private club with its own mountain, its uber-rich members include Bill and Melinda Gates, Google's Eric Schmidt, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel, former Vice President Dan Quayle, and NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke, as well as many Wall Streeters. Last summer, Fox NFL correspondent and "Dancing with the Stars" host Erin Andrews wed former NHL star Jarret Stoll at the club.

Its 2,200 acres of powder offer world-class skiing from the bunny slopes to its 2,700-vertical-foot drops, but to gain access to the club's exclusive mountain, you must own property within the community limits. Real estate prices can range greatly, from $2 million all the way up to $25 million. Members must also pay an initial fee of $300,000 and an annual fee of $37,500.

Founded in 2001 by Tim Blixseth and his then-wife Edra, the club has endured its fair share of turmoil. It was forced to file for bankruptcy in 2008, and, ending last July, Blixseth spent 15 months in prison for civil contempt of court. This month Blixseth agreed to a $3 million settlement with creditors — a fraction of the $525 million they say they're owed.

However, in June 2009 CrossHarbor Capital Partners' cofounder, Sam Byrne, paid $115 million for Yellowstone Club, ushering in a new era and helping to turn the club around financially. The club's Rainbow Lodge, with its spa, fitness center and pool, is the newest evidence that Yellowstone Club is working to stay up-to-date with the modern skier.  

Ahead, 15 photos that show the joys of private skiing: no lift lines, and plenty of breathing room out on the slopes.

SEE ALSO: The next big thing in luxury travel is this company that will build you a custom temporary hotel wherever you wantA 'pod hotel' beloved by millennial travelers is making one of North America's most luxurious ski resorts accessible to anyone

Yellowstone Club is nestled in the Rocky Mountains. Founder Tim Blixseth was set on creating a resort that focused on families with slopes and activities that catered to all ages.

To be a member of the Yellowstone Club, you must own property. With an aim to remain exclusive, membership is capped to 864 households.

There's a huge range of real estate options, from condominiums to ranch homes on 360 acres of land.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently reached a net worth of $105 billion, making him the richest person in the world — and ever in history.

A recent study released by Oxfam found that the top 1% has owned more wealth than the rest of the world's population since 2015. And the eight richest have the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the world — nearly 4 billion people. If these top billionaires continue to see returns on their wealth, we could see the world's first trillionaire in as little as 25 years.

Currently, there are over 1,500 billionaires in the world, with more than 560 in the US alone. China, Germany, and India each have 100 or more billionaires who call the countries home, according to a report from UBS. 

Ahead, nine of the world's wealthiest people — according to Forbes' Billionaire List — that have more wealth than half the world's population. 

SEE ALSO: 7 mind-blowing facts about Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' $105 billion fortune

9. Michael Bloomberg — $51.4 billion

In 1981, Michael Bloomberg founded the financial information and media company Bloomberg LP. With an 88% stake in the business, he profits from its revenue of $9 billion.

8. Larry Ellison — $59.7 billion

In 1977, Larry Ellison co-founded the software company Oracle, which originally was launched with $2,000 of funding, $1,200 of which came out of Ellison's own pocket. Ellison stepped down as CEO in 2014, but continues to be involved with the company.

7. Bernard Arnault — $64.8 billion

Bernard Arnault has been the CEO of LVMH, which houses brands such as Louis Vuitton, Sephora, and Dom Perignon, since 1989. Combined, the brands under LVMH sold $40 billion in sales in 2016.    

If you were given one week to build something new or innovative that would benefit people or your company, what would you create?

Here at Business Insider, our tech team was given that opportunity in our first-ever hack week in December 2016 — and it was such a success that we recently held "Hack Week 2: The Unhackening."

As a way to kick off our hacking, we hold a team meeting to pitch ideas, review some suggestions for projects, and form teams. All participants are then given four days — Monday through Thursday — to work on their passion project, concluding with presentations on Friday.

Each participant/team is able to use technologies they prefer, which really allows for creativity and gives everyone a chance to stretch their legs and work on something cool they may not have had time for otherwise.

Our first hack week, held last December, was a fun experiment that culminated in the whole team gathering in our building's auxiliary cafe for presentations. There was great energy in the room as the team shared their creations — like a lunch-ordering plugin for Slack, sentiment analysis of our story content, and even an interactive, customizable corn-hole game (an office favorite here.)

One of the award winning ideas, a webhook that shows editors who else is currently editing the same post, was released into production as a quick follow.

"Hack Week 2: The Unhackening" resulted in another batch of improvements, creative solutions and candidates for production-ready products. As is our (albeit new) tradition, voting was held for a variety of award titles. We spoke with a few of the winners to get a better look into their own processes and projects.

"Project Valkyrie"

Award: Most Collaborative
Hacker: Zakir Tariverdiev

How did you come up with your idea?

An associate approached me awhile ago and suggested that editing the content of an article directly on the site would be more more efficient than using Viking, our content management system. I found the idea to be very interesting and we discussed possible benefits and drawbacks of this approach.

This idea had to be placed on the back-burner until there was a window of opportunity to work on its implementation. Hack week was a perfect time to revisit this concept. Implementing it as a browser extension felt like the right approach.

Since 92% of Business Insider’s editors use Chrome, I decided to go with that browser. The name Valkyrie was born because I wanted this app to be the counterpart of Viking CMS. It's not a copy of Viking and is not really a CMS. It is a very efficient content-editing tool that allows editors to make and view changes right on Insider Inc. websites.

What was your favorite part of working on your project?

My favorite part was that I got to learn a technology I never worked with before. The Chrome extension API is a bit different from what I am used to working with.

My extension also needed to talk to the Malsgufa, the Viking back-end API service, and be able to perform such tasks as checking user permissions and updating content. This, in turn, made the extension significantly more complex than the examples normally found in online tutorials. So a lot of trial, error, and most importantly, learning occurred during its development process.

If you had one more day to work on your concept, is there something you might add, change or otherwise finesse?

There is always a place for improvement, but I accomplished everything that I planned for the presentation.

I have ideas on how to make the Valkyrie app better and possibly extend it to support landing pages and provide drag and drop functionality. None of that was planned for the presentation though, so overall I'm happy with how it worked out.

Is there anything you would recommend to other hack-week hackers out there?

To get the best learning experience, it's best to tackle projects outside of your comfort zone. Try technologies or frameworks you always wanted to check out, but never had the time. Also, don't get bogged down in implementation details when coming up with the concept as that can hinder your project development. Think outside of what you can do and aim to learn as much as possible during the project. You are pretty much guaranteed to be a better programmer after the project is over.

"What it would be like to have interactive graphs on our site"

Award: The X-Factor
Hacker: Bryan Fellerath

How did you come up with your idea?

I have been interested in building an interactive data visualization using D3 [a programming language for HTML5-based visual features] js for awhile.

I also saw that in the hack-week suggestions from editorial, someone wrote this impassioned entry:

"Everyone else says "in-browser image editing, custom cropping, and a much better image library search + experience." So I will dream big: D3-powered charts. You host data on the site and it renders catchy and interactive data charts, quizzes, maps, etc. Very sticky content. I think a D3-powered story on the New York Times that predicted the region you're from is still that outlet's most popular online story of all-time(?). This capability would open up *amazing* story possibilities in a data-rich world in which readers crave strong visuals. It'd also make Business Insider more of a unique destination apart from our syndication partners, since readers would have to come to our site for them."

That was enough to encourage me that it was worth it to pursue the goal of having an interactive graph display in a BI post.

What was your favorite part of working on your project?

My favorite part was working with D3 to build a useful data visualization graph. I was really happy to get the data from Andy Kiersz and it was really fun working on displaying the data to be visually engaging.

I also hadn’t really thought about interactives from a product perspective. It really only makes sense to use interactives in the right situations. There are a lot of things to think about, like how much time your audience has, and it’s always good to remember that simple bar and line graphs convey a lot of information already.

I liked that this project got me thinking about these things, doing some general research on the state of Interactive Data Visualizations in media today.

If you had one more day to work on your concept, is there something you might add, change or otherwise finesse?

I would add more of the data to my interactive graph! The product for hack week toggled between the overall data and one subset; I would make it toggle between all the subsets.

Is there anything you would recommend to other hack-week hackers out there?

Don’t be afraid to pursue an idea that sounds a little out there and might not perfectly fit in as a product after just a week or so of work. There is a lot I learned by working on this, like the value of data visualization overall and how it can fit in (or not fit in) to a particular scenario.

I feel like I have a better idea of what goes into implementing something like this and how it could be implemented better. It is a learning experience and it makes sense to choose something that you feel passionate about.

"Albino Alligator"

Award: Most Enthusiastic
Hacker: Bryan Young

Albino Alligator was a study of engineers at BI. The purpose of the study was to better understand our culture, its opportunities and challenges, and how individuals related to it.

My goal was to determine what the common understanding of "BI culture" was by finding patterns across interviewees, and (hopefully) solidify and improve culture by making improvement recommendations based on those patterns. *takes breath*

How did you come up with your idea?

I facilitate a bi-weekly Lean Coffee session called "Process Improvements Office Hours"— its purpose is to understand, discuss, and recommend action items for some of our organizational challenges.

Those sessions are great, but a) it's a small subset of the engineering team, b) the tone and subject of the meetings can be dictated by a thing that happened 10 minutes beforehand, leaving it almost suspiciously at the whims of whatever happens to be going on that day; and most importantly, c) many people don't feel comfortable talking about such things in a group setting. Someone, I can't remember who, recommended talking to everyone one-on-one and compiling the themes of those conversations in a report. Whoever that someone is came up with the idea. I liked it!

What was your favorite part of working on your project?

Seeing that there are cultural qualities that make some people very happy and others very unhappy. What do we do about these things? How do we determine which qualities to focus on?

Thinking about these sorts of issues helped me recognize my own biases and remember that perception is totally subjective.

If you had one more day to work on your concept, is there something you might add, change or otherwise finesse?

My interviews concluded by the end of the day on Thursday, so I had very little time to compile and interpret the data. If I had had more time or could do it again, I might have someone else compile and interpret the data separately and see if we came to the same conclusions.

Is there anything you would recommend to other hack-week hackers out there?

You don't have to write a single line of code to validate a hypothesis.

• Jennifer Gates is the eldest child of philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates.

• She's an accomplished equestrian, just like Steve Jobs' daughter Eve.

• Gates also attends Stanford, where she's majoring in human biology.

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs had a famously stormy rivalry from the 1980s onward, forged as both titans sought to best one another in the tech world.

Today, history is repeating itself — sort of.

The daughters of both famed tech moguls — 21-year-old Jennifer Gates and 19-year-old Eve Jobs — are competitors in the world of horseback riding.

Like Jobs, Gates has fared quite well in the sport, even raking in thousands of dollars in prize money.

Here's a look at the glamorous life of Jennifer Gates:

SEE ALSO: A look at the life of Steve Jobs' youngest daughter Eve, an accomplished equestrian and Stanford student who trains on a $15 million ranch

DON'T MISS: Meet the kids of the world's richest tech billionaires

The eldest daughter of billionaire philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates, Jennifer Gates was born on April 26, 1996. She has two younger siblings, Rory and Phoebe.

Source: Entrepreneur

While their father might be famous for founding Microsoft, Entrepreneur reported that the Gates kids had a "cap on screen time" growing up. Gates also wasn't allowed to own a phone until she was 14.

Source: Entrepreneur

Gates and her siblings attended her father's alma mater, Seattle's private Lakeside High School. Upon graduating, Gates matriculated to Stanford University.

Source: Business Insider

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• A great juicer can help you create better eating and drinking habits to ensure you get enough nutrients for the day. The best juicer for most people is the Breville JE98XL Juice Fountain Plus because it's durable, easy to use, and extremely powerful.

Juicing is largely considered to be a great habit to start if you want to improve your health and form better eating and drinking habits. A fresh juice with a good combination of fruits and vegetables can be a great way to get more vitamins, antioxidants, enzymes, and minerals — many of which don’t come through when the fruits and vegetables are processed in other cooking methods.

If you want to get into juicing, a great juicer can make a huge difference. Not only does a good juicer help you get the nutrients your body needs, but it also extracts them so quickly and easily without the mess. There are a ton of different juicers to choose from, and some are better than others. There are a number of factors to take into consideration when deciding which juicer to buy:

• Type of Juicer: In general, there are two main types of juicers – centrifugal juicers and masticating juicers. Centrifugal juicers are generally cheaper and higher speed, making for faster juicing, but they also produce a slightly lower yield and are noisier than masticating juicers.
• Noise level: The machinery inside of a juicer can be a little noisy at times, and that's problematic if you’re planning on juicing early in the morning before work. You wouldn’t, after all, want to wake up the rest of the family while juicing. In general, high-speed juicers with a centrifugal design are the noisiest, while masticating juicers are quieter.
• Ease of use: If you’re just getting into juicing and don’t necessarily know if it’s a habit you’ll get into long-term, you may want to get one that's easier to use rather than a more complex juicer with advanced features.
• Warranty: No matter what kind of juicer you’re getting, you want it to last. You should always get small appliances with some level of warranty, but normally the longer the warranty, the better. Not only does it show that a company is confident in its product, but it also means that if something does break, you won’t have to shell out any extra cash.

No matter what kind of juicer you’re looking for, and no matter what your budget is, there's a juicer for you in our guide.

Updated on 01/16/2018 by Malarie Gokey: Added the Omega NC800 HDR Juicer based on personal testing.

Although the Breville JE98XL Juice Fountain Plus is our top pick, for various reasons laid out in the slides below, you should also consider the Omega NC800 HDR Juicer, the Black & Decker JE2200B Juicer, the Breville 800CPXL Juicer, and the Hamilton Beach 67650A Juicer.

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The best juicer overall

Why you'll love it: The Breville JE98XL Juice Fountain Plus is a sleek juicing machine with a powerful motor and easy-to-use design.

The Breville JE98XL Juice Fountain Plus offers the most value for your money. Not only is it of excellent quality, but it’s also relatively inexpensive, at least compared to some of the other juicers you can buy.

The Breville Juice Fountain Plus is a centrifugal juicer with a number of great features. It’s easy to assemble and disassemble, which makes cleanup a breeze. Most of the parts are even dishwasher-safe, so you won’t need to worry about washing the components by hand.

The juicer also has a big enough mouth for larger pieces of fruit, and in many cases, you’ll be able to fit an entire fruit or vegetable in there without having to cut it up at all. That cuts down on prep time and ensures you won’t have to dirty up knives and cutting boards to make some juice. The motor inside the juicer is 850-watt, and the device comes with a liter jug, a froth separator, and a cleaning brush.

To ensure that it squeezes all the juice out of your fruits and vegetables, the Breville Juice Fountain Plus has low and high speeds. You can kick it up a notch if the juicer is having a particularly hard time getting through some of the fruits and vegetables you’re throwing at it.

Of course, the juicer isn’t perfect — it’s not the best at juicing greens like kale, and while cheaper than some others, $150 is still a good chunk of change. The juicer has a one-year warranty.

Good Housekeeping says this juicer is "as good as it gets" without having to spend a fortune, though the Breville isn't as adept at juicing greens like kale. Juicer Fanatics says that it's a great juicer for newbies who don't want to spend $300 or more for a juicer. The Wirecutter agrees that the juicer is fast and does the job passably well — so long as there aren't greens involved — but warns that it's noisy and you could get better buy spending a bit more.

Regardless, we think it's the best juicer for most people because it's adept at squeezing juice out of most fruits and vegetables without any problems and it's relatively affordable for a juicer of this caliber. If you need leafy greens like kale in your juices, read on to our next pick.

Pros: Easy to use, easy to clean, two speeds, large mouth

Cons: Isn’t the best with kale, still a little pricey

Buy the Breville JE98XL Juice Fountain Plus on Amazon for $148.95 (originally $149.95)

The best versatile juicer

Why you'll love it: The Omega NC800 HDR Juicer isn’t just a great juicer – it’s also a solid vegetable spiralizer, pasta maker, and more.

If you're the kind of person who wants to get a lot out of one appliance, look no further than the Omega NC800 HDR Juicer. It may be pricier than the Breville juicer, but the trade-off is that it’s much more powerful and versatile.

It goes far beyond juicing with the help of many different attachments. The Omega juicer can even make vegetable noodles, create home-made pasta, grind coffee beans, chop things up, or make frozen desserts and baby food. The motor produces the equivalent of two horespower and runs at low speeds of 80 RPM to get the most juice out of your produce.

We tested the Omega juicer in our kitchen to see how it fared against all sorts of vegetables and fruits, including everything from carrots and beets to apples and pineapple. No matter what we fed into the juicer, it produced a ton of juice with very little effort. The pulp collected quickly in one bin, while juice mounted up in the other. This juicer is very easy to use, even for a novice.

We got a lot of carrot juice out of a standard bag of carrots and a good amount of apple juice out of half a dozen apples. It's a masticating juicer, so it's much more adept than centrifugal juicers at getting the most juice out of your produce. We also tried out the other functions and attachments to make veggie noodles and grind some carrots.

Best of all, the Omega NC800 is well-built and easy to use. When it comes time to clean it, the juicer comes apart very easily and the parts are dishwasher-safe.

I don't have a dishwasher, so I scrubbed each component by hand after juicing, and it only took a matter of minutes. Omega includes a cleaning brush in the box so you can get all the little food particles off of the filters and other pieces. I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to clean.

The only downsides here are the $300+ price tag and the amount of space it takes up on your counter. However, if you want a versatile, high-powered juicer that can do more than produce juice, this is the one we'd recommend. — Malarie Gokey

Pros: Extremely versatile, powerful, easy to clean and use

Cons: Expensive, small opening

Buy the Omega NC800 HDR Juicer on Amazon for $330.30 (originally $430)

The best juicer for whole fruits or vegetables

Why you'll love it: If you don’t like the prep time involved with juicing, then the Hamilton Beach 67650A might be the best juicer for you because of its large mouth.

Looking for a juicer that doesn’t require you to cut up your fruit into bits and pieces first? The Hamilton Beach 67650A Big Mouth Pro might be the right juicer for you. This juicer, as the name implies, has a mouth that measures an extra-wide 3-inch mouth, which should be enough for many fruits and vegetables to go in whole.

The advantages to this juicer don’t stop at the big mouth. It also offers a stainless steel cutter and strainer that are dishwasher-safe, and according to Hamilton Beach, it’s able to make up to 24 percent more juice than competitors.

The juicer is also pretty powerful, boasting a hefty 800-watt motor, and it has a large pulp catcher, so you can juice a lot of fruit before having to replace the catcher.

There are some disadvantages to consider. For example, the Big Mouth Pro is relatively noisy, and the juice jug is relatively small, coming in at 20 ounces. The juice also oxidizes relatively fast because of the fact that the motor sucks in a lot of air.

However, most reviewers agree that for a juicer that costs quite a bit less than $100, the Hamilton Beach 67650A Big Mouth Pro is a great deal. CNET gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars and was impressed by how well it handled kale and other tough fruits and vegetables for a juicer in its price range.

Pros: Wide mouth, powerful motor, easy to use and clean

Cons: Quite noisy, small-ish juice jug

Buy the Hamilton Beach 67650A Big Mouth Pro on Amazon for $49.99 (originally 54.32)

In recent years, Netflix has proven itself to be one of the clear leaders in the entertainment industry. Producing hundreds of original series and films at a rapid pace, the streaming giant has now racked up an impressive amount of nominations and awards across the board.

Membership continues to soar, with over 100 million users registered for the streaming service and half of those located in the United States alone.

However, no matter how successful their series and subscription rates may be, the streamer has still managed to amass over $20 billion in long-term debt due to the costs of production.

As of late, the service has shown that it’s become more willing to cut costs by canceling series that aren’t providing a return on their initial investment, such as "Sense8."

In case the streamer needs any suggestions as to what programs need to stay or go, we’ve got a few ideas regarding shows that should – and shouldn’t – make the cut.

Here are the 7 Netflix shows that need to be renewed (and 8 that need to go).

15. Needs to go: "Orange Is The New Black"

There’s no denying that this is a controversial take, but bear with us: "Orange Is The New Black" really, really needs to go.

What was once a truly refreshing and promising female-led series has, in recent years, become almost unbearable to watch.

As the cast has grown far too large for one series to manage, compelling characters have been cast aside in favor of recycling storylines that no one cares about anymore.

Even worse, characters that were once worth caring about have frequently been reduced to despicable shells of the people they once were.

We may have gotten rid of Larry and Pornstache, but unfortunately, the problems at the heart of "OITNB" are far worse than we ever could have expected.

14. Needs to be renewed: "Black Mirror"

Consistently one of the most original series on television since it premiered in the UK, Charlie Brooker’s "Black Mirror" is an often bleak, sometimes inspiring look at what the future could hold if technology reigns supreme.

Equal parts "Twilight Zone" and dystopian myths, the series has only been further rejuvenated since Netflix acquired the rights to make twelve additional episodes.

Netflix’s twelve episode order has now been completed, with season 3 released in October 2016 and season 4 in December 2017.

No matter how well-suited the episode “Black Museum” could have been for a series finale, the quality of the twelve episodes Netflix has produced shows that the series is as excellent as ever, and it would truly be a shame for it to stop now.

13. Needs to go: "Narcos"

Over time, "Narcos" has found its footing after a polarizing first season. While season one felt uneven and unsure of exactly what kind of show it wanted to be, the third and most recent seas, in particular, has been regarded far and wide as a masterful work of television.

We now know what direction "Narcos" can go in and that it is capable of being an insanely captivating show.

So why, then, are we claiming that this series deserves to be canceled? Precisely for that reason.

With a cast that’s constantly in flux, and a story that clearly has an end date in mind, "Narcos" deserves to go out on a high note rather than run the risk of retreading some of its mediocre beginnings.

• We tried five popular brands of microwave popcorn to see which one tastes best.
• The brands we sampled were Orville Redenbacher's, Act II, Pop Secret, Jolly Time, and Newman's Own.
• We liked Orville Redenbacher's the best because of its smooth butter flavor, which was evenly distributed over the popcorn.
• Jolly Time tasted most closely like movie theater popcorn and came in second place.
• Act II came in third, Newman's Own came in fourth, and Pop Secret came in last.

There's nothing better than curling up on the couch with a bowl of buttery popcorn.

But before you can do that, you have to choose from the numerous brands sold at most grocery stores.

Fortunately, four of my co-workers and I did the research for you. As part of an ongoing INSIDER taste test series, we put five popular brands of microwave popcorn to the test to see which one will satisfy your snack cravings the most. In the past, we've sampled everything from pie crust to vanilla ice cream to cheap beer.

The brands we tried were:

• Orville Redenbacher's Movie Theater Butter
• Newman's Own Butter
• Act II Butter Lovers
• Jolly Time Blast O Butter 
• Pop Secret Butter

We bought all five boxes of popcorn at grocery stores in New York City. For consistency's sake, we sampled each brand's butter flavor, and judged it based on two main criteria: taste and texture.

Keep scrolling to read our thoughts.

Although the microwave times differed depending on the brand, all five popcorns had the same basic instructions: place bag in microwave and heat until the popping slows.

We started with Newman's Own, a brand that's known for its "all natural ingredients."

We weren't surprised to see that this popcorn came out looking a lot less artificially yellow than some of the other brands.

It was immediately clear to us that this popcorn needed some added seasoning or spice. It was bland and dry, and we couldn't taste much butter or salt at all.

Although Newman's popcorn had a solid crunch to it in terms of texture, it was lacking in flavor. One of my co-workers made the point that this snack was salvageable, though. As long as you have something in your kitchen to spice it up — Sirracha, salt, everything bagel seasoning — it could still be tasty.

Price: $3.49

• Some people across the US received some extra time off thanks to Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

• Business Insider spoke with several productivity and work experts to get tips on how to bounce back from a long weekend.

• They recommended hitting the ground running on your first day back.

A long weekend makes snapping out of weekend mode that much harder.

Some people around the US receive an extra day off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day to commemorate the life of the famed Civil Rights leader.

There's a lot to be said about how you should— or shouldn't— spend long weekends. But it's equally important to plan out the days that follow a long weekend.

When you're coming back from some time off and you have a shorter week to get everything done, it usually helps to hit the ground running.

With that in mind, here are six things that successful people do first when they return from long weekend:

DON'T MISS: 11 things unsuccessful people do over long weekends

SEE ALSO: 8 things successful people do after getting back from vacation

They get to work early

When it comes to holidays like Labor Day, almost everyone has time off. So you won't be falling behind by showing up to work at your usual time.

But coming in early is a good idea if you want to be as productive as possible after a holiday weekend.

"That will mitigate the workload avalanche and give you a head start, sans distraction," Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job," tells Business Insider.

They scrutinize their to-do lists

Productive people know that long, unwieldy to-do lists are essentially useless. There's no better time to start cutting items from your list than the day you get back from long weekend.

"Now that you've spent a good bit away from your desk, you have tangible proof that those tasks you're always putting off aren't holding up your ceiling," freelance reporter Kevin Purdy writes in Fast Company.

They double check their schedules

Don't forget to double check your schedule. Remember, you'll likely be dealing with a shortened work week. Don't try to cram too many items onto your weekly schedule, or you might wind up burning yourself out.

• We tried four different types of mac and cheese from the grocery store to see who does it best.
• The brands we tested were Kraft, Annie's, Whole Foods, and Horizon.
• Our favorite was Annie's Shells & Real Aged Cheddar because it had the most authentically cheesy taste. 

Mac and cheese is one of the most classic comfort foods out there. Plus, you can easily make it from a box. Not all boxed mac and cheese's are made equal, however, so we decided to try out four different brands to see who does it best, judging each on sauce texture, cheese flavor authenticity, and overall taste. 

We did this as part of an ongoing taste test series: we've previously tried milk chocolate bars, guacamole, and microwave popcorn.

The four brands we tried were:

• Kraft
• Annie's
• Whole Foods
• Horizon

Keep scrolling to read our thoughts.

The recipes for each box were relatively similar, with small variations on amounts of milk and butter.

We followed the simple directions on the box for each brand.

After preparing the four varieties, we were ready to dig in.

First up was Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.

Price: $1.99

• Activated charcoal is a carbon that traps harmful substances.
• It's used for a ton of different wellness treatments.
• Some say that the charcoal can whiten your teeth, give you shinier hair, and clear up pesky blemishes. 
• But it's not clear if all these claims are true. 

You’ve probably heard all the hype about activated charcoal. The ultra-trendy carbon — which comes in both powder and capsule form — is becoming a hot new wellness trend. It's made from coal, coconut shells, or sawdust, and is used for everything from teeth whitening to hair treatments.

There are claims that the substance has the potential to tout some pretty unusual benefits — like hangover prevention and flatulence reduction (an admittedly very embarrassing but also very necessary benefit).

Here’s everything you need to know about activated charcoal — and whether or not the nifty carbon will actually make your skin a blemish-free, glowing canvas.

What it actually is.

Charcoal becomes "activated"when it’s heated with a gas, opening up millions of tiny pores which can absorb substances. The carbon is often used in hospital emergency rooms to treat drug overdoses and poisoning because it has the ability to trap harmful chemicals before your body has the chance to absorb them.

You may have seen it in face masks or in "goth" food trends. 

People use it to whiten their teeth.

It's hard to turn down anything that might give you a potentially pearlier smile— even if it involves rubbing charcoal on your teeth. According to Healthline, the powder might have the potential to pull away toxins from your teeth and remove pesky stains.

One person who is a big believer of activated charcoal? Drake. He recently admitted to using "activated charcoal before any club night where I will see baddies ..." 

Use caution, though. The Journal of American Dental Association noted: "Dental clinicians should advise their patients to be cautious when using charcoal and charcoal-based dentifrices with unproven claims of efficacy and safety."

Others use it in their hair.

Again, no exact science to back this up, but there are claims that activated charcoal can work wonders on your hair.

The powder might have the ability draw out all the icky impurities from your strands, and leave behind shiny tresses, according to Glamour. Since the ingredient is so new, this hasn't been proven yet. 

• From black and pink sands to destinations you may never have heard of before, these are 11 beaches you need to add to your bucket list right away.
• The Maldives offers a private island you can stay at all on your own.
• Shackleford Banks has horses that roam free around the wilderness.

Pink sand beaches of Bermuda

Bermuda's typically warm weather, stunning views — check out these lodging options with incredible vistas — a long list of water activities like diving into shipwrecks, and pink sand beaches put it high on our list of bucket list vacation spots. The pink sand is actually caused by tiny red organisms that grow beneath the coral reefs just off Bermuda's shores, and those organisms manage to mingle with bits of crushed coral before making their way to land to cast a distinctive bright pink hue.

Klein, Curaçao

If you're into secluded Caribbean shores with loads of natural coral, abundant marine life, and underwater caves, Klein deserves a spot on your list. Sitting eight miles off the southeast coast of the southern Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao, the uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao is a slice of paradise, boasting one of the longest and most pristine beaches around. It's been nicknamed "Little Curaçao," because the island, which can be reached by boat in less than two hours, is a postcard-perfect vision of how the Caribbean used to be. Here are some more idyllic Caribbean destinations.

Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos

This stunning strand is the hallmark of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and one of the most popular attractions in the Caribbean. Grace Bay has the kind of crystal clear water that lets you look right through to see fish, crabs, and all the natural sea life that'll make you feel like you're a real-life mermaid. You can also easily follow the local rope path on a snorkel adventure to nearby Bight Reef, where nature enthusiasts often find sea turtles of several varieties, stingrays, and eagle rays.

• A woman accused the comedian Aziz Ansari of continually trying to have sex with her after a date in September even though "she used verbal and non-verbal cues to indicate how uncomfortable and distressed" she was, she told the publication Babe.
• Ansari said in a statement that from his perspective all indications were that the encounter was "completely consensual."
• The report sparked a lot of controversy over the weekend after The Atlantic and The New York Times published op-eds articles in defense of Ansari.
• Some criticized Babe for publishing the account, but the editor-in-chief defended the decision.

Over the weekend, the publication Babe ran a report detailing a woman's allegation that the award-winning comedian Aziz Ansari repeatedly tried to get her to have sex with him even though "she used verbal and non-verbal cues to indicate how uncomfortable and distressed" she was.

The report has since gone viral, and op-ed articles in defense of Ansari in major publications, including The New York Times and The Atlantic, have gotten both criticism and support.

The Babe report — titled "I went on a date with Aziz Ansari. It turned into the worst night of my life"— is written in the third person, though the title suggests it's written in the first.

The woman, a 23-year-old photographer, told Babe that when she left Ansari's apartment she "felt violated." She described it as "sexual assault."

Ansari said in a statement that from his point of view all indications were that the encounter was "completely consensual."

The 34-year-old comedian, who wore a pin in support of the anti-sexual-harassment Time's Up movement at the Golden Globes — where he won best actor in a comedy series for his work on "Master of None"— has in the past received praise for supporting women.

An episode of the second season of "Master of None" shows the aftermath of sexual-harassment allegations surfacing online. In it, Ansari's character is shocked to find out his colleague and friend was capable of such behavior.

Since the report surfaced on Saturday, some have come out in support of Ansari, while others have debated whether his actions constitute "sexual assault." Here's everything you need to know the allegations and aftermath.

SEE ALSO: 7 actors who have publicly disavowed Woody Allen or donated their salaries to charity after working on his movies

On Saturday, Babe posted a story detailing a woman's accusation of a disturbing sexual encounter with Ansari.

The woman, a 23-year-old photographer, said she met Ansari at the 2017 Emmy Awards. He gave her his number, and they flirted over text for about a week before going on a date in New York City.

The woman told Babe that when they got back to Ansari's Tribeca apartment, he made a move while she was sitting on his kitchen counter.

"I said something like, 'Whoa, let's relax for a sec, let's chill,'" she told Babe.

But she said he continued kissing her and performed oral sex on her. She said she performed oral sex on him as well.

She also said Ansari moved her hand onto his penis multiple times. "He really kept doing it after I moved it away," she told Babe.

Ansari kept trying to have sex with her throughout the night, she said.

She said that she eventually told Ansari she wanted to leave and that he got her an Uber back to her Brooklyn apartment. She said she cried all the way home.

She told Babe that Ansari texted her the next day saying he had fun on the date. According to a text message exchange that she showed the publication, she replied that he'd upset her with his advances.

The exchange shows that Ansari replied that he was "sad to hear this" and said: "It would never be my intention to make you or anyone feel the way you described. Clearly I misread things in the moment and I'm truly sorry."

In a statement, Ansari said he thought the sexual encounter was consensual.

Ansari said in a statement on Sunday:

"In September of last year, I met a woman at a party. We exchanged numbers. We texted back and forth and eventually went on a date. We went out to dinner, and afterwards we ended up engaging in sexual activity, which by all indications was completely consensual.

"The next day, I got a text from her saying that although 'it may have seemed okay,' upon further reflection, she felt uncomfortable. It was true that everything did seem okay to me, so when I heard that it was not the case for her, I was surprised and concerned. I took her words to heart and responded privately after taking the time to process what she had said."

The New York Times published an op-ed article calling the accusation "the worst thing that has happened to the #MeToo movement."

In a Monday op-ed article — titled "Aziz Ansari Is Guilty. Of Not Being a Mind Reader."— The New York Times' Bari Weiss wrote that the report in Babe was "arguably the worst thing that has happened to the #MeToo movement," which encourages people to come forward with their stories of sexual harassment and assault.

Weiss, who has previously expressed right-wing views, also wrote: "There is a useful term for what Grace experienced on her night with Mr. Ansari. It's called 'bad sex.' It sucks."

The op-ed article received a lot of backlash on Twitter, and it was the top post on the front page of Reddit on Monday night.

But some agreed with the take.

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You've likely stocked up on seasonal essentials like winter coats, fleece jackets, and beanies to keep you warm this winter, but there's a good chance the lower half of your body is feeling neglected and cold.

Normal jeans are great for fall, but in the dead of winter, cold weather can rip right through them. Luckily, there's a solution to keeping your legs warm without looking like you're hitting the ski slopes: fleece-lined jeans.

With the casual look of normal denim and the added warmth of fleece, these are some of the best jeans to wear on those painfully cold days.

Brands like L.L.Bean, Eddie Bauer, and Lee are just a few places you can find fleece-lined jeans; whether you prefer slim fit or relaxed fit, dark wash or light wash, you'll find it here.

If you work outdoors year round, walk outside during your commute, or simply want to say extra warm this winter, owning a pair is a must. 

Check out the best flannel-lined jeans for winter, below: 

SEE ALSO: 9 warm pairs of long underwear guys can wear this winter

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On Friday, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the winners of the 2018 Honor Awards— considered the highest achievement in architecture and design. The winning architects are all based in the United States, but the buildings are located in countries around the world.

The professional organization awarded 16 works in three categories: architecture, interior design, and urban design. The winners range from a waterfront promenade in Chicago, Illinois to a fire station in Mercer Island, Washington.

Three schools completed within the last five years received awards. Check them out below.

SEE ALSO: The ugliest building in every US state, according to people who live there

Designed by Dake Wells Architecture, Reeds Spring Middle School in Missouri is nestled in a hill.

Ample sunlight permeates throughout the 78,000-square-foot building. The school won in the interior architecture category.

Most classrooms have direct views of the trees. Teachers can use outdoor classrooms on each level as well.