The climate is changing. Most people know that it's changing, and a sizeable majority even say they worry about those changes.

But at the same time, just 40% of Americans think it's going to harm them personally. And just 33% of Americans say they talk about climate change "even occasionally."

One of the reasons for this discrepancy may be that discussion of climate science tends to happen at the 30,000-foot level — examining global shifts in average temperatures and weather — or focuses on extreme environments, like the Arctic, where the impacts of climate change are most extreme.

But climate change is going to impact every corner of the Earth in some way or another.

That's why the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's slick new online Climate Explorer is so fascinating. 

The updated system lets you zip across the 48 contiguous states (and Washington DC), and see for yourself how the local climate in any given neighborhood is likely to change between 2010 and 2100. The Climate Explorer also includes data on how the climate has behaved between 1950 and 2010; scroll forward in time, and you're seeing data pulled from international climate models.

NOAA's site plots out changes according to two possible futures — one in which global emissions peak in 2040 and then begin to decrease, and another in which emissions keep increasing apace. Take a look.

SEE ALSO: Report: The EPA just shut down its most significant climate safety programs

The first thing you notice when tooling around in the Climate Explorer is how dramatically different the first scenario looks from the second.

This image swipes back and forth between the two scenarios in a map of the country in 2090. Darker shades of red indicate more days each year above 95 degrees Farenheit.

That darkest red, visible around Phoenix, Arizona, as well as parts of southern Texas and Florida in the high-emissions scenario, indicates as many as 225 days over 95 each year. 

But this isn't just a tool for looking at the whole country. It's a tool for thinking about your town. Zoom in on Cherry Hill, New Jersey — the town I lived in as a kid — and a chart pops up.

The chart shows the difference between the two scenarios.

The red area indicates the range of possibilities for the higher-emissions scenario, and the blue area indicates the range for lower emissions. Those lines down the middle indicate the most likely outcomes.

You can see that for Cherry Hill, the difference between high and low emissions amounts to about 50 days with highs over 95 degrees each year by 2090. That's a lot of dangerously hot weather.

But the map isn't just good for examining changes in heat. Here's what happens when you look at changes in precipitation in the West.

You can see the northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest turning brown in both scenarios, signaling they're likely to get much drier.

But California shows the most dramatic impacts to precipitation. Look at that deep brown in Northern California, where the climate is expected to dry out. Then flick your eye down to deep green Southern California, expected to get a whole lot wetter than it's been historically.

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• Becca Siegel and Dan Gold are a couple that's traveling the world — but not together.
• They match their travel photos side by side to compare their surroundings.
• They said the key to making a long distance relationship work is understanding and communication.

Becca Siegel and Dan Gold share a passion for travel photography — a pursuit that continues to lead them to different parts of the world. But it also has a way of bringing the couple together.

Through their Half Half Travel Instagram account, Siegel and Gold combine photos of their respective locations, and even show themselves arm in arm on two different continents with a bit of Photoshop magic. While paying tribute to their individual adventures, the photos fuse their experiences into a narrative that transcends the thousands of miles between them.

Dan Gold and Becca Siegel met on the dating app Bumble in December 2015, and have been together since.

Siegel lived abroad in Hong Kong and China and is now based in New York while traveling on her own.

Gold is traveling with Remote Year, a program that brings entrepreneurs together to work and live in a different city each month.

Imagine going to work at 7:30 every night and spending the next 12 hours, including meals and breaks, inside a factory where your only job is to insert a single screw into the back of a smartphone, repeating the task over and over and over again.

During the day, you sleep in a shared dorm room, and in the evening, you wake up and start all over again.

That's the routine that Dejian Zeng experienced when he spent six weeks working at an iPhone factory near Shanghai, China, last summer. And it's similar to what hundreds of thousands of workers in China and other emerging economies experience every day and night as they assemble the gadgets that power the digital economy.

Unlike many of those workers, Zeng did not need to do the job to earn a living. He's a grad student at New York University, and he worked at the factory, owned by the contract manufacturing giant Pegatron, for his summer project.

Dejian Zeng spent six weeks in the summer of 2016 at a Pegatron facility on the outskirts of Shanghai for his summer project.

He told us:

• He was paid 3100 yuan (about $450) and housing for a month of work, including overtime.
• He slept in a dorm room with seven other people.
• What happens when a factory starts producing an unreleased iPhone.
• Factory workers usually cannot afford new iPhones.
• There's an Apple-promoted app that the factory wants all its workers to download.
• Why it can get stinky in the factories.
• Why he believes iPhone manufacturing will never come to the United States.

Like many tech companies, Apple makes nearly all its computers and phones in China, using contract manufacturers like Pegatron.

That has recently become a contentious political issue, with President Donald Trump calling for Apple to bring manufacturing — and the jobs that come with it — back to the United States.

At the same time, Apple's overseas manufacturing has long been a target of criticism from some groups that point to workers' long hours and low wages.

Leaders in the tech industry say Apple has shifted its practices to address previous controversies over its factory workers in China. In March, Apple released its annual report looking at its manufacturing operations.

To see what the situation was like firsthand, Zeng went to work undercover in Pegatron's ChangShuo factory last summer, armed with a fellowship from NYU. The factory he worked at was profiled by the BBC in 2014 and Bloomberg in 2016, with the reporting focusing on whether some workers were forced to work overtime shifts.

Apple employees are on the ground at the Pegatron facility every day, an Apple representative told Business Insider.

Apple performed 16 audits at the ChangShuo Pegatron factory, finding that 99% of workweeks were under 60 hours, with the average workweek for people assembling Apple products clocking in at 43 hours. Wages at Pegatron have increased more than 50% over the last five years, and they are higher than the Shanghai minimum wage, the representative said. Pegatron didn't comment.

Zeng, who plans to work at a Chinese human-rights nonprofit when he graduates, said he believed a strike was imminent at the Pegatron plant when he went to work there. No strike happened, but Zeng got a look into the daily lives of factory workers who assemble iPhones.

Here's what he told Business Insider about his experience.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Kif Leswing: So what did you do? I'd love to hear about your day.

Dejian Zeng: At the beginning, I was assigned to the assembly line in the department called FATP, final assembling testing packing. We put the iPhone together.

One line might have about 100 stations. Each station does one specific thing. At the beginning, I work on iPhone 6S. And then after August, we are working on iPhone 7.

When I'm working iPhone 6S, I do two stations. One station at the beginning I did fastening speaker to housing.

What I did is that I put the speaker on the case, and I put a screw on it. The [iPhone] housing — we call it the back case — is moving on the assembly line, and that's when we pick it up, and now we get one screw from the screw feeder, and then we put it on the iPhone and then put it back, and it goes to next station.

Leswing: You were in charge of one screw?

Zeng: It's like, that's the work. I mean, it's simple, but that's the work that you do. Over, over, over again. For whole days.

Leswing: Did it drive you nuts?

Zeng: The first couple of days you're very concentrated because you couldn't catch up the speed of the assembly line. You need to be very quick to catch up. So you're very, very focused. It makes you very tired, but it keeps your mind on it. You have no time to think about things. I need to get quicker and quicker.

And then, after awhile, you get more familiar to it, and that in the end, I can even do this screw by closing my eyes. It is just like that. So after that, you get a lot of time that you have nothing to do. That's when people feel very annoyed. Because in the Pegatron factories, any kind of electronic devices are not allowed to be inside the factories.

It makes you very boring there because you can't listen to music. Sometimes workers talk with each other, random chats, but sometimes your line manager gets very upset by that. They say, "Keep your voice low."

Leswing: So when and where did you wake up every day?

Zeng: I wake up in a dorm shared by eight people. The dorm is not on the factory campus — it's in a place about 10 minutes drive, and they have a shuttle bus for us.

At the beginning, I would have work on the night shift. I wake up at 6 p.m. or 6:30 p.m.

The assembly line starts working at different times. Some coworkers start working at 7:30 p.m., some workers at 8 p.m., some like 8:30 p.m, some at 9:30 p.m.

I started at 7:30 p.m, so I take the shuttle bus at 7 p.m., and then we start getting to the factory about 7:15 p.m.

After roughly two hours, you have a 10-minute break.

During the break, many people sleep. And it's kind of a struggle because this is not a very long time. And if you want a drink of water or if you want to go to the restroom, you need to walk out a huge workshop and then go to the restroom, and then come back in — takes about 10 minutes.

SEE ALSO: The complete story behind Apple's futuristic new campus, 'Apple Park'

"I mean, it's simple, but that's the work that you do. Over, over, over again. For whole days."

Leswing: So the bathrooms are not around?

Zeng: It becomes a struggle when you're very sleepy but also you need to drink some water. You can only do one thing. It's just go to the restroom or come back and take some sleep.

Leswing: You just came back from a 10-minute break. What do you do now?

Zeng: After another two hours, we got a 50-minute break for lunch.

Generally, there are vegetables, meats, and sometimes it's like buns or noodles — and then basically it's like three vegetables, one meat, with rice. That's generally a meal.

Sometimes they have apples, pears, some fruits as additions to the meal.

The whole factory eats there. It's a huge canteen room.

If you have finished the meal earlier [than 50 minutes], you can take some sleep also. Sleep is really a thing in the factory. You can see that in the lounge — we have a lot of long sofas, but it's not really a very comfortable sofa. It's like you can feel the iron.

People just sit there and sleep. But you can't lay down. There are people walking around. If they see you lay down, they will swipe the ID and take a record of it. And they put the record in your profile. And then they will publish it to your whole assembly line, so your manager would come and yell at you later. Sometimes if it happens multiple times, they deduct money.

Leswing: How much money would they take if they caught you sleeping?

Zeng: It's not catching you sleeping — it's catching you laying. There are certain behaviors that you can't do. The same thing happens if you accidentally bring a phone into the factories. It's not even getting inside. It's like when you're past the metal detectors and it sounds and you pulled out your phone. You're on the record. Or your lighters. Any metal.

Leswing: Did you like the food, and were you charged for it?

Zeng: Yeah, we get charged for it, and it depends on what kind of food you choose. There are 5-yuan meals, 8-yuan meals. But that was inside the factories.

There are also restaurants inside the campus that people generally go eat at after they finish their work. Sometimes, if you're working on day shift, then that was more expensive. That was like up to 20 yuan, something like that.

Leswing: Was the food high-quality?

Zeng: I wouldn't say that. The chicken that I get ... I never see the breasts or thigh. It's always the neck or certain parts that you can't identify.

The chicken that I get ... I never see the breasts or thigh. It's always the neck or certain parts that you can't identify.

So I wouldn't say that's a very good meal. But it keeps you full, and you're very hungry, so it keeps you full anyway. It's reasonable. Not very good, but you have no other choice.

Leswing: Do you talk with people at lunch?

Zeng: If you are eating with your friends, sometimes you do. A lot of people just eat by themselves. You go get your meal, and then you eat, because it's like if you can eat it faster, you get more sleep.

After the lunch break, you work for two hours — two hours, and there is another 10 minutes in the middle of it.

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Leswing:And by this point, you've worked six hours.

Zeng: After two more hours — and about eight hours total — working, then it depends on whether you need to do overtime or not.

If you don't need to, you're off. Everybody is off.

But generally, if you need to do overtime, it depends on if it's Monday to Thursday or it's Friday.

Friday, only work two hours overtime. Monday to Thursday is 2.5 hours overtime work.

And then you do one whole day, eight hours, on Saturday also.

So total, the time workers spent in the factory is 12 hours, generally including the breaking times and lunchtime.

Leswing: Does that also include you waiting in line to go through a metal detector and that kind of stuff?

Zeng: Doesn't include. If you included those, you should include 30 minutes more.

Leswing: All right. So you're done. It's 7:30 in the morning. What do you do?

Zeng: I would generally go have another meal afterward. Then you take the shuttle bus, go back to your dorm, take a shower — if you're lucky, there is hot water. Sometimes there's no hot water or there's no water at all.

After a shower ... people either go to internet cafe, play video games, watch videos, something like that, or you lay down, watch videos on your phone.

Leswing: Pretty much everyone has a phone?

Zeng: You have a phone. The dorms provide Wi-Fi. But to access the Wi-Fi, you need to do something. You need to either download some apps for them or click something — comments or something — to earn some virtual coins.

You use the coins to get on the Wi-Fi. Twenty-four hours is 20 coins. And then downloading apps sometimes are like 20 to 30 coins or something. So is it you can buy coins — like I remember it's like 100 coins about 5 yuan, something like that. But a lot of people just keep downloading. It's like a business. You need to need to do that to get access to Wi-Fi.

In that same platform that you earn coins, there are free videos still available. So I think there's something good, that workers can watch videos for free.

I would like to go to bed about 10. You don't have a lot of time. You get very tired. And then most you can watch is one movie and then you really need to go to bed. And then the other day, you wake up at 6:30 again. And that's just a routine.

Leswing: Did you have any friends?

Zeng: I made friends with my roommates and also my coworkers on the same assembly line, but it's like the station around me, so we're sitting together. So those are very good friends.

And I also made some friends at the first couple of days, when we do some training. But during the training, you are together. Later, you get distributed.

Leswing: Your dorm roommates aren't going to be the same people.

Zeng: No, we don't work on the same assembly or nearby, and sometimes we work on different shifts. So sometimes I never see my roommates for a month because we are on a different shift, and they shift it every month.

Leswing: Do you know anyone there with a family?

Zeng: Yeah, they are with their girlfriends or their wives.

Sometimes they rent an apartment outside the campus. You can choose to do that, but it's very pricey. But if you have to, that's the only way. There are no dorm rooms there for a couple.

Leswing: So when you were on the assembly line with you with your mates, what did you talk about?

Zeng: That's where I find that the stereotypes about workers is not right. I had thought they [would be] uneducated. Wrong. They are talking about a lot of things. They talk about the China-US relationship, foreign relations in the South China Sea, because at that point there is news on that.

Leswing: Did your coworkers like their jobs?

Zeng: So I would say we don't like it and we don't hate it.

We just consider it a job that can give us money. Nobody enjoys the process, because the purpose of getting to work is waiting to get out.

The only thing that we're thinking about is really money, money, money. I need to get some money from my family, I need to support my life, support my kids.

That's the only thing in their mind. Sometimes they don't even care how tired they are.

Some workers have worked at different factories and think Pegatron has stricter management. You can't use your phone in their factory. You can't listen to music. Sometimes there are people walking around that don't allow you talk too loud.

So some workers have a comparison and think Pegatron has stricter controls. That's something that gets them annoyed.

Leswing: Is it a respected job? Is it a job that people go, "Oh, that's a decent way to earn a living"?

Zeng: I don't think so. People working the factories are also working on becoming a security guard, deliveryman, housekeeper. So it's the same kind of level of position. You don't see it as better.

I think the only way to look at the factory job is that you really keep people from being homeless. Because you need no skills, you just get into the factories. They don't even ask you any questions. During the interview, you can just get in that day. And then they take care of your meals and your dorm.

So it's like if you really have nowhere to go, if you're in the city alone and have no relatives to support you, go to the factory. You might earn some money, a little bit, and then gradually you can get your life together.

Leswing: Did anyone see it as a career?

Zeng: I don't think people really see it as a career.

The turnover rate is very high. It's very normal for workers to leave after two weeks or a month. Some workers get there and if they don't like it, they quit very quick.

But some people can stick there longer. And after one year, you can get promoted to become the line manager.

There are different structures. At the lowest level, you're an operator, and then you get into the multitask worker [position]. The third level is group leader, and then it's line manager. Then above is section manager, and then there's the division manager, and then there is the factory director.

There are workers that can really move up this chain. But we think that, at most, you can become a line manager.

But there are people who could get promoted by that chain, but not a lot of people can sustain that kind of life for that long time.

And then the pattern of Chinese migrant workers is that they go out to the city and do jobs for a year, and then they quit, then they go back home to stay one month for a new year or something like that, and then go out or find another job.

Leswing: Did your coworkers use Apple products?

Zeng: Some workers have iPhones, but not very many because of the monthly wage.

If they are affordable for workers, then they will buy Apple. But they are saying, "I really want that?" Can they save two months' wages to get an iPhone? They won't do that. The phones they generally use are Chinese productions like Oppo or something like that.

Leswing: Do the people working there at Pegatron know they're assembling Apple products?

Zeng: They know. We all know that we are assembling Apple products. We even know "this is the iPhone 6" or "this is the iPhone 7 that's coming out." Everybody knows.

Leswing: So what did you know when production switched from the iPhone 6 to the iPhone 7? Did people know that this was an unreleased product? Was there additional security around it?

Zeng: The controls gets more strict. They increased the sensitivity of the metal detectors.

So you know some girls, they have bras? And so they couldn't pass the door because they had the metal in the bra. And so a lot of the girls had to change all of the sudden that day because they increased the sensitivity.

And then you passed two security checks. There's a lot of security checks.

Here's how it works: Our factory, when we got to working, they are already assembling the infrastructure of the assembly line. They have this curtain circling it so you can't even see how the infrastructure is, right?

We were working at the same workshop, but there are people doing construction there.

And then after they've finished construction and need to move people in, we were moved out and working in another building of the factories. And then they prepare everything, and everybody moved back in.

And then producing iPhone 7 — at that point it was a trial production. That kind of experience is totally different from when we produced iPhone 6S because that's a whole day, and I consider it as torture.

Because one day for 12 hours, you only produce five phones. You sit there and have nothing to do, waiting for two hours. Sometimes they don't allow you to speak. You just sit there quietly and have nothing to do, and wait until the next phone comes in. You're trying to assemble it, and then you put it back and you wait for another few hours for the next one to come in.

When we were producing the iPhone 7, they have Apple staff there every single day to monitor the process. Because it's a new product, they want to see if there are new problems.

The management of the factory becomes very, very careful. It needs to be very, very clean. All the case-holders need to be in the exact position of where they should be. The process changed a lot because it used to be just an assembly line. They made it a clean room — like they want to keep the dust out.

So every time you get in, you need to have a roller to clean all the dust, and then you get it, and all of these procedures, you need to do that. Management is very careful, constantly walking around. You're not allowed to talk or sleep.

When you don't talk and are just sitting there for a couple of hours, you get sleepy. I was falling asleep three times one day, and every time when the multitask workers, the assistants of the line manager, would walk out and would spot me sleeping, they would say, "No, no, no," and wake me up. The third time he caught me sleeping, he said, "You, stand up." And so I was standing next to the assembly line, not even allowed to sit.

Leswing: Were you doing the same screw for the iPhone 7?

Zeng: No. At the later part of producing the iPhone 6S, I was switched to another station called camera cowling. So they have a protector on top of the camera, and I need to have the cowling fastened. It also was putting in two screws so the camera would be where it is.

Leswing: Cowling. That is a word I've never heard before!

Zeng: There's a lot of terms. There's a lot of terms.

Leswing: Do the factory workers — they obviously work for Pegatron — but do they think they work for Apple at some level?

Zeng: They definitely know they are producing Apple products and consider themselves a part of that process.

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• There are plenty of stunning beaches and islands to visit in Southeast Asia. 
• If you visit Radhanagar Beach in India, you may spot an elephant strolling along the shore. 
• Enjoy a romantic dinner by the sea at Sunset Beach in Thailand.
• Rent an exclusive hut on the very private Nikoi Island, Indonesia.

Island hopping in South East Asia is on many a bucket list, and for a good reason. The sheer variety of beautiful places, each within an easy boat or plane ride from one another, makes for a tempting trip. It’s a popular option for spring break, a graduation trip, a honeymoon, or even a multi-generation trip, because between the fantastic hotels, great food, and no lack of activities, there’s something for everyone.

In recent years, the increased airlift has also made it much more easier for Americans to visit. Most opt to fly into Hong Kong or Singapore, and then take smaller, regional planes from there to the many islands in the area. Whether you’re planning a girls’ trip to Thailand or a family getaway to Malaysia, the beach will certainly be the star of the trip. And while you could certainly string several of these beaches into one vacation, if you’d prefer to stay in one place and be pampered, there are great resorts with private beaches on this list as well.

Travelers are also starting to move past the tried-and-true spots in Bali and Phuket, to islands that are more off the beaten track, from the Philippines to Borneo. And in countries that aren’t known for their beaches, like India and Cambodia, lovely sandy resorts have popped up as a great addition to any trip.

And best of all, many of these trips can be done in a completely affordable way. If you can avoid Christmas or Chinese New Year, there are often flight deals to Asia that range between $500 round-trip from the West Coast to $700 round-trip from the East Coast. Hotels, especially the three- and four-star options, are relatively cheap, and of course, you’ll be able to eat like royalty for a fraction of what you’d pay stateside.

There may be plenty of beautiful beaches closer to home, but these spots are a must for any Asia itinerary, and provide a nice escape from the bustling urban areas. Read on for our list of the best beaches that should be on every traveler’s list.

Radhanagar Beach, Havelock Island, Andaman Islands

The Andaman Islands are a bit of a trip for any visitor, but they truly can’t be missed. Radhanager Beach, on Havelock, is gorgeous and has all the necessary amenities: plenty of facilities, including lockers and changing rooms. The sands are clean, and the beach is surrounded by turquoise waters on one side and lush landscape on the other. When there’s no wind, the water is so still that the ocean almost looks like one gigantic infinity pool. You’ll want to spend at least a full day here—and if you’re lucky, you might even spot an elephant roaming around. 

Railay Beach, Krabi, Thailand

Krabi still ranks among one of Thailand’s less-discovered places, and Railay is one of the most gorgeous, laid-back beaches there. To get there, take a 10-minute long boat ride from Ao Nang (which typically costs 200 baht round trip), and you’ll find yourself among stunning limestone cliffs, powdery soft sand, and many hidden coves. The crowds gather as the day goes on—many people come for a day trip to kayak, snorkel, or climb on the cliffs. 

Agonda Beach, Goa

Agonda is less popular than Ashwem Beach, on the other end of Goa, but arguably more beautiful. This lovely beach is fantastic for swimming, and you could easily spend a week here exploring the restaurants and shops, taking a boat trip to watch dolphins, and if you’re there between October and May, watching the Olive-Ridley turtle nesting. And Agonda is incredibly well kept and peaceful—it is cleaned and swept daily, and no hawkers are allowed on the beach. 

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• Cécile Dormeau is a French illustrator who draws cartoons about perfectionism and body positivity.
• She hopes that her work will inspire people to embrace their flaws.

Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, actress Emily Ratajowski, and model Barbie Ferriera have all spoken out about body shaming and unattainable standards of perfection in recent years.

Now, a French illustrator is using her art to join the conversation and let people know that it's not just okay to have flaws — it's normal.

With simple lines, bright, cheerful colors, and an irreverent sense of humor, Cécile Dormeau's drawings capture the pressure that many women feel to look and be perfect. Her efforts to promote messages of body positivity and self-love have earned her nearly 57,000 followers on Instagram.

Here are 10 images that celebrate imperfection.

Cécile Dormeau is an illustrator from Paris, France.

She initially found inspiration for her work by listening to her sisters and friends complain about their bodies.

"In a society obsessed by 'how you should look,' I want to draw girls how they do look," she said.

Getting your hands on a Nintendo Switch isn’t easy.

It has been over a month since the console hit shelves, but stores still can’t keep up with demand. In an earnings call a few weeks ago, GameStop COO Tony Bartel said that despite Nintendo doubling its Switch production, he expects the retailer to be chasing supply all the way into 2018.

Sure, you could buy one from a reseller on Amazon or eBay, but those consoles will be way above market price, and nobody likes getting gouged. So if you want to get a Switch before 2018, you're going to have to stay on your toes.

Here are the best ways to keep track of Nintendo Switch stock at all the major retailers where it's sold:

SEE ALSO: A look back at the Game Boy Micro, the Nintendo console that time forgot

Target

If you want to make sure that you find a Switch in stock at Target, you're going to have to do it the old fashioned way: by checking on their website for availability at your local store.

Alternatively, you can look up your local store's number and call to ask if they know when the next shipment will come in. 

Toys "R" Us

Like Target, you are going to have to be checking the Toys "R" Us website constantly until they post an update.

However, you can also follow the toy giant on Twitter for updates on when they will next have Nintendo's console in stock. If you find a tweet like the one below, confirm with your local store that they will indeed be receiving a shipment. 

Your store's team will also be able to tell you when the best time to line up is to ensure that you are able to leave with a Switch. 

Best Buy

Your best bet for making sure you find a switch in stock at Best Buy is to follow the company on social media. They regularly post updates regarding the Switch on Twitter and Facebook.

For Best Buy, also be sure to check their weekly circular and sign up for their email newsletter, as both will say whether or not there will be consoles in stock that week. 

Walt Disney casts a large shadow over the movie industry. Four of the 10 highest-grossing movies of all time come from the House of Mouse, according to data from Box Office Mojo. The studio owns the market for children's movies outright, including the entire top 10 of domestic G-rated titles.

Here's a quick look at Disney's 10 biggest successes at the American box office -- with a couple of irresistible honorable mentions.

9. Iron Man 3 (2013)

Another piece of the MCU, Iron Man 3, scored $409 million at the domestic ticker till.

This was a more focused story, sticking to characters from Iron Man's corner of Marvel's comic-book world. It played very well to overseas audiences, punching above its global box office weight with a $1.21 billion worldwide take. If this were a global list instead of a domestic one, Iron Man 3 would have been Disney's fifth-biggest hit.

8. Toy Story 3 (2010)

The third title in Pixar's Toy Story saga collected $415 million domestically. It has a sizable lead on parts one and two of this classic trilogy, though the differences nearly disappear if you adjust ticket prices for inflation. Toy Story and Toy Story 3 were released 15 years apart, and decades make a difference.

The adventures of Buzz Lightyear, Woody, and Andy have become the stuff of legend. Toy Story is firmly embedded in popular culture, and it has inspired lots of theme park rides, video games, spinoff TV series, and more. The first film proved that computer animation can compete with traditional animated films, turning the market for children's movies on its head. Toy Story 3 tapped into that legacy and continued to build on it.

We're not done with Woody yet -- Toy Story 4 is slated to premiere in the summer of 2019.

7. The Lion King (1994)

The most profitable title from the so-called Disney Renaissance era showed a domestic box office total of $423 million. This was done in the early days of multiplex theaters, showing on roughly 40% fewer screens than the more modern titles that make up the rest of this list.

A formidable example of Disney's animated musicals, Lion King collected two music-related Academy Awards as "Circle of Life,""Can You Feel the Love Tonight," and "Hakuna Matata" entered the American imagination. It's the highest-grossing G-rated movie of all time, it holds the inflation-adjusted record for revenue per theater, and it's the top grosser of 1994, 27% ahead of Forrest Gump.

Lion King sits at the very heart of Disney's classic content portfolio and has also inspired countless spinoffs, theme park rides, and even a Broadway musical with six Tony Awards to its name.

Harvard is one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

The Cambridge, Massachusetts, school accepted just 5.2% of roughly 40,000 applications for its class of 2021. As Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said in 2014, "We could fill our class twice over with valedictorians."

The school seeks out students who not only have high grades, but also have outstanding achievements under their belts — from overcoming homelessness to starting their own nonprofits. The students who manage to catch the attention of admissions officers overcome exceptional odds, but they should probably maintain some perspective.

Many things in life — for instance, landing a job at some Walmart locations — are even harder to achieve than getting into that prestigious university.

SEE ALSO: Ivy League admission letters just went out — here are the acceptance rates for the class of 2021

A job at this hedge fund

Landing a job on Wall Street is notoriously hard.

But gaining employment at hedge fund giant Citadel seems to be nearly impossible.

Founder and CEO Ken Griffin — who's also a Harvard alum — noted on CNBC in 2015 that the hedge fund planned to interview 10,000 candidates to fill 300 job openings.

That's equates to a mere 3% acceptance rate. 

The top 50 posts on a friend's Newsfeed

When Facebook compiles your Newsfeed, it chooses from roughly 1,500 different posts.

The company uses an algorithm based on the popularity and relevance of posts, along with other factors, to decide what goes where.

As a result, there's a 3.3% chance a certain post finds its way into the top 50 stories on someone's Newsfeed.

If you want to boost your chances, posts with photos do far better than links or text-based posts.

A job at some Walmart locations

Met with both merriment and protest, Walmart came to Washington, D.C., at the end of 2013. 

The store received more than 23,000 applications but hired just 600 associates, NBC Washington reported. That's a 2.6% acceptance rate — almost twice as selective as Harvard.

While many Harvard graduates can expect a six-figure income, Walmart employees pocket an average of $11.83 an hour or nearly $25,000 annually, according to the company.

Taco Bell is a brand built on thinking outside the box — or bun.

So we were not surprised when we visited Taco Bell's headquarters in Irvine, California to find an office that is equal parts weird and awesome. 

The headquarters are flooded with the chain's taco-centric quirkiness. Employees can even order tacos at a fully-functioning Taco Bell restaurant located in the building's cafeteria. 

Here's what it's like to visit the paradise of any Taco Bell lover: 

Taco Bell's headquarters are located in Irvine, California, at 1 Glen Bell Way — a road named after the chain's founder and namesake, Glen Bell.

Located just an hour outside of Los Angeles, Taco Bell HQ has become a magnet for social media influencers.

Taco Bell invites influencers with huge social reach to come and try new items and share photos with their followers.

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Cafe Milano has been a favorite haunt for politicians and other high-profile Washington, DC locals since it opened in 1992, on the same day President Bill Clinton was elected. The Italian restaurant, located less than six miles away from Capitol Hill, is known as a secure meeting place for after-work discussions, as well as some "wheeling and dealing," as owner Franco Nuschese recently told The New York Times.

While each administration has had their favorite after-hours spots, Cafe Milano has proved to be a consistent safe space for politicians. More recently, members from the Trump administration have been spotted there.

Ahead, take a look at the dishes, atmosphere, and who's been seen inside.

SEE ALSO: Here are 15 of the most notable members of Mar-a-Lago, Trump's 'Winter White House' that costs $200,000 to join

Cafe Milano is located in Georgetown and is a hot spot for politicians from both major parties, as well as journalists.

It's been open since 1992, when President Bill Clinton was elected into office. The former president still regularly pays visits to the restaurant.

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The restaurant's menu varies from pasta dishes in the $25 range up to a sole dish that's priced at $65.

Last week, the US responded to a deadly chemical weapons attack believed to have been carried out by the Syrian government six years into the country's devastating civil war.

The war, which erupted in 2011 following a popular uprising against the authoritarian regime of Bashar al-Assad, has left nearly half a million people dead and sparked the largest refugee crisis since World War II.

These are the complicated and horrifying events that sparked the war, and, ultimately, the US response. 

SEE ALSO: A deadly chemical attack in Syria earlier this week sparked US missile strikes — here's what happened

In the spring of 2011, a series of pro-democracy protests known as the Arab Spring were rocking countries across the Middle East. In Syria, people peacefully protested in the streets after President Bashar Assad's government arrested and tortured teenagers for writing some pro-revolution graffiti on their school wall.

Source: BBC

To quell the protests, government forces started opening fire during marches and sit-ins. With hundreds of people now killed by Assad's government, the protesters who initially called for more civil liberties started demanding a total overthrow of Assad's regime.

Source: The Guardian

With no end to the violence, some former government officers formed the Free Syrian Army to support the opposition. As sides battled for control over major cities such as Homs and Aleppo, the fighting escalated into a full-blown civil war by the end of 2011.

Source: BBC

Chris Christie, the embattled New Jersey Republican, is the country's most unpopular governor, according to a new poll of his constituents. 

Seventy-one percent of New Jersey voters polled disapprove of the job Christie is doing, while just 25% approve. Christie, whose term is up at the end of the year, has faced dismal job approval ratings for many months, but they reached a new low after two of his former aides were convicted last fall in the "Bridgegate" lane closure scandal. 

The country's most popular governors include Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, Larry Hogan of Maryland, and Phil Scott of Vermont — all Republicans in traditionally Democratic states. 

The poll surveyed over 85,000 registered voters about their governors between January and March 2017. 

The 5 most popular governors are: 

1. Massachusetts Republican Charlie Baker

Approve: 75%

Disapprove: 17% 

2. Maryland Republican Larry Hogan

Approve: 73%

Disapprove: 16% 

3. North Dakota Republican Doug Burgum

Approve: 69%

Disapprove: 16%

I love to travel.

It would be friendlier to my wallet if I loved gardening herbs or distance running or ... pretty much anything else. But for me, there's nothing like a good view over the Mediterranean, even if it's thousands of miles — and dollars — from home.

The internet is brimming with money-saving travel tips, and there are some great ones. For instance, you can select your destinations based on favorable exchange rates. You can stalk flight websites to avoid the most expensive days, or manipulate hundreds of thousands of credit card and hotel points.

But you know what they all have in common? They're work — work to research, work to track, work to manipulate.

I've found that my best strategies to save money while traveling are the easy decisions I make before I go. Before pretty much every trip I've ever taken, I've made these decisions:

SEE ALSO: Making the same 2 decisions before any trip I take has helped me pack lighter for years

I choose to align my spending with my priorities.

It might sound as though I'm hitchhiking across a barren desert, gnawing on a single allotted apple per day, but in fact, I'm happy to spend money while I travel — as long as it's on the things I care about.

For instance, in Hvar, Croatia, I shelled out a few hundred extra dollars to extend my stay in a seaside luxury hotel because I couldn't remember a time in recent history I'd been happier than when I was tanning next to the Adriatic Sea. Later that trip, I bought a bus tour to Montenegro, across the border, to fulfill a yearslong plan to see where the beautiful James Bond film "Casino Royale" was filmed.

Side note: It turns out it was not filmed at the actual Casino Royale. Know that before you take an eight-hour bus tour.

Things I don't care much about: food, daytime flights, adventurous excursions, clothing, jewelry, posh stores, spas. So I don't spend much on them.

I choose to hit the grocery store.

One of the things I don't care much about is food. Michelin-starred restaurants hold little appeal to me, and there is no way you're going to persuade me to take two hours away from the sun to eat a sit-down lunch.

I recognize that many people travel for the food. If that's you, feel free to vent your derision at the computer or scroll on down to the next point.

But the cool thing about being in another country, or even city, is that a lot of the best food, the food local people eat, isn't found in those sit-down restaurants. It's found at the corner store, street fair, or grocery store. I've never eaten mediocre bread in Italy or Spain. The English Cadbury chocolate you find below every retail counter is great. And, for some reason, European countries always seem to have the best flavors of yogurt.

When I land somewhere new, I plan on hitting the grocery store on Day One. That way, I'm set for a handful of delicious, easy, and cheap meals right off the bat.

I choose to travel in 'shoulder season.'

I've written before about traveling in "shoulder season," just before or after the high season in your destination.

In the Caribbean, high season is the winter. In most of Europe, it's the summer. It's the time when that place is best shown to its advantage, so people go see it.

It's also the most expensive time to go, because the tourism industry knows what's up.

By choosing to travel six to eight weeks before or after high season, I save money on flights, accommodations, car rentals, and most everything else — by making one decision and never thinking about it again.

It seems obvious, but a lot of people don't do it.

It isn't the off-season. I'm not going during monsoon season or blizzards. Really, the only difference is a few degrees — a light sweater, or removal thereof.

And the financial benefits are huge.

Summer transfer windows are often synonymous with big-money signings, but transfermarkt.co.uk recently released a list of "big five" league — Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, and Ligue 1 — footballers who are potentially available for free transfers.

Transfermarkt claims there are currently 52 footballers whose contracts will expire this summer unless otherwise renewed.

Snapping up one of these players could prove to be an absolute bargain, as prospective buying clubs don't have to pay a transfer fee. The only expenditure involved is on a player's wage.

We've put together a list of 11 of the best footballers potentially available as a free agent this summer. You might be surprised at how many big name players there are.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been one of Manchester United's best players this season.

Ibrahimovic has scored or created a goal once for every 110 minutes he has played in the Premier League this season.

Though his £200,000 per week wages may price a lot of clubs out, the 35-year-old's skill remains at the elite-level and his presence on any team would inspire a wave of shirt sales.

The striker's deal expires on June 30 and, though he would improve a number of European clubs, he is believed to be holding out for a bumper two-year contract at Old Trafford.

Mario Balotelli has been Nice's top goalscorer in Ligue 1.

Mario Balotelli has scored four goals and provided one assist in his last five outings for Nice, and has been an influential presence in the club's push for the Ligue 1 title this season.

The striker is only 26 years old, and is therefore about to enter his peak years as a footballer and an athlete. However, his apparent behavioral issues may perturb potential buyers.

After all, this is a man who once drove into a women's prison because he was "intrigued," and who once caused a house fire because he set off fireworks in his bathroom.

Off-the-pitch problems aside, Balotelli's form this season cannot be faulted and he will no doubt have a lot of admirers should his Nice contract expire on June 30.

Yaya Toure is the wrong side of 30 and has lost his place in the Man City first team.

Yaya Toure is renowned for his rampaging runs from the heart of midfield. 

He has defensive prowess, an eye for a pass, and is a real physical presence in the middle of the park.

Yes, his best days are behind him and yes, his £230,000 per week wages are high, but that may not deter Inter Milan, who was reportedly keen on the player last year.

New York's Financial District used to be a ghost town when the sun went down — a no-man's land for anything more interesting than a Starbucks to keep the investment bankers going through the night.

But times have changed, and Manhattan's downtown financial hub has experienced some exciting additions to its dining scene.

Thanks to a series of hotel openings and mega-construction projects, specifically, the new World Trade Center complex, there has been more opportunity for restaurant openings. As a result, some of the world's most celebrated chefs have headed down south to put their mark on the area. 

From traditional French brasseries to Michelin-starred restaurants overlooking the Hudson River, here are our picks for the best new places to dine in FiDi right now. 

SEE ALSO: A day in the life of a private banker at HSBC

Blue Ribbon Federal Grill

84 William Street

The Bromberg Brothers – the owners and brains behind the Blue Ribbon restaurants – opened their latest venture last month. Within spitting distance of the Federal Reserve, this chic new restaurant serves up a mix of simple meat and seafood dishes. Their classic burger, served on an English muffin, comes with waffle chips and costs $18.

Le District

Brookfield Place, 225 Liberty Street

Beneath the Time Inc. and BNY Mellon offices, and just across the way from Goldman Sachs HQ, Le District is fast becoming a popular spot for investment bankers and media executives to wine and dine. Besides having a gourmet take-out market and a wine bar – where you can pick your cut of steak directly from its very own butcher and have it cooked right in front of you – it also two restaurants, one of which, L'Appart, has a Michelin-star.

Dead Rabbit

30 Water Street

Wall Street's favorite Irish pub isn't only known for its killer cocktails; it also has an exciting food menu. Expect a mix of substantial-sized bar snacks such as baby lamb chops ($8 each), and heartier traditional English dishes such as shepherd's pie ($19) and fish and chips ($20). It also won the prestigious title of "best bar in the world" last October.

Canadian photographer Todd McLellan says he grew up in a home where "something was always open."

His father was a carpenter and TV repairman and his mother an electrical technician, so everyone in the family learned to take things apart and put them back together. It's no surprise that McLellan became fascinated by the mechanical inner-workings of everyday objects: toasters, watches, coffee grinders.

Now 39, he has transformed that hobby into an ongoing photography series in which he takes ordinary pieces of technology, from salt and pepper mills to old Macintosh computers, lays out the guts of each object, and captures all the components in one shot.

The result is a stunning display of disassembly.

SEE ALSO: This Instagram star with a name we can't repeat has raised over $100,000 on Kickstarter in 7 days

McLellan started the series as a way to celebrate the mechanics of old technology. "As I'm taking it apart, if I press this button, I know it presses that lever, and you can actually see that happen," he tells Tech Insider.

Newer technology doesn't offer the same tactile satisfaction, he says. "You press the button and its goes into the circuit board, and then it makes something on the screen do something. You can't really place how that happened."

The actual process of disassembly takes roughly a day and a half. For complex electronics, like a Walkman, the trickiest part is keeping everything organized.

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• Certain foods help to boost your metabolism more than others.
• The 10 foods below will help your body burn calories while also leaving you feeling full and satisfied.
• Examples include dark chocolate, almonds, spinach, avocado, and salmon.

I'm sure I'm not the only who fears a slowing metabolism as we continue to get older.  I can't help but reminisce about the days when I was seven years old and had an appetite similar to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's.

Who remembers the days when you could eat a whole box of Oreos without worrying about the consequences the next day?

Unfortunately, we can't have a killer metabolism forever. On top of a steady workout regimen, there are foods out there that can help maintain and prolong your metabolism.

Here's a list of ten foods that keep the calories burning while also leaving you full and satisfied.

1. Almonds

People may be a little skeptical about how almonds help your metabolism because they are so caloric and have a high fat content. However, almonds are very rich in protein (15 grams in a half cup serving), fiber (8 grams in a half cup serving), and healthy fatty acids that are necessary to raise your metabolism. A small handful of almonds will give you a healthy dose of nutrients.

2. Avocados

I categorize avocados as one of nature's miracle foods because they are loaded with some of the best nutrients for your body including fiber, several vitamins, glutathione, lutein, and folate.

Another important nutrient they contain is carnitine, a substance in the body that is essential for creating energy and maintaining a high metabolism.

3. Broccoli

Broccoli is filled with vitamin C and calcium, which are both prime ingredients in boosting your metabolism. Vitamin C can assist in improved metabolism by burning 30% more fat while exercising. Furthermore, studies have shown that 1,000 milligrams of calcium contribute to decreasing fat intake and improving fat metabolism.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proves that even world leaders have time to read.

In a recent post on Quora, Trudeau answered the question "What are your five favorite books?"

"I am a massive reader, have been all my life," he wrote. "I read anything, and everything, in huge quantities. These days most of what I read are scholarly policy works and briefing papers, so listing my favourite fiction is really tough."

But he gave it a shot. Below are some of Trudeau's favorite picks.

SEE ALSO: 10 books President Obama thinks everyone should read

'Ready Player One,' by Ernest Cline

Amazon synopsis:

"At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed."

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'La Part de L'Autre,' by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

This book has not yet been translated from the original French to English.

English synopsis from Librarything.com:

"The archetypal story of following the life that was and the life that could have been gets a news twist in this exploration of what Hitler's life could have been if a slightly different turn had been taken at a critical juncture."

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'Gardens of Democracy,' by Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer

Amazon synopsis:

"Timely, inspiring, and highly charged, The Gardens of Democracy is a much-needed call to action for citizens to embrace their roles in a democratic society. Liu and Hanauer's ideas are simple but revolutionary: true 'self-interest' is incomplete without tending to the shared best interests of the national community."

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In 1933, during the height of the Great Depression, an out-of-work architect named Alfred Mosher Butts invented a game that would bring joy to millions of Americans.

Fast forward to today, and Scrabble continues to delight millions of people all over the world.

We compiled a list of tips and tricks players of all skill levels can use the next time they play this iconic game. So call up your friends and schedule a game night because you'll want to put these 12 Scrabble hacks into action.

Place letters around bonus tiles.

You won't fare very well in Scrabble if you don't utilize the double letter, triple letter, double word, and/or triple word spaces.

Even if you aren't able to get a high-scoring word, use these spots. It will cut off your opponents and prevent them from running up the score.

Keep your eyes on these eight magic letters: A, E, I, L, N, R, S, and T.

The letters A, E, I, L, N, R, S, and T are some of the most commonly used letters in the English alphabet. If you're having a rough time coming up with words, having one or more of these letters on your deck can help greatly.

Memorize two-letter and three-letter words so you can rack up points.

They're hard to pull off, but knowing two-letter and three-letter words can be the kiss of death for your opponents if you place them on bonus spaces.

Check out these lists for two-letter and three-letter Scrabble words for ideas.

Google is known for treating its users to Easter Eggs at every turn. 

From Google Search to Google's mobile app, there are fun tricks hidden inside nearly every Google product, if you know where to look. 

Fast Company spotted a fun Easter Egg hidden inside Google Hangouts, formerly Gchat: By typing "Easter bunny" into a chat, Google triggers adorable, Easter-themed animations. The same thing happens if you type "Happy Easter."

They only appear for a few seconds before disappearing again, so don't miss them. 

Google may treat you to this cute bunny, who will hop through your chat for a few seconds.

Or, you'll see a whole bunch of chicks who will hatch before your eyes.

The third option is one little chick who will pop out of a pink spotted egg.

It's not clear how long these particular tricks have been hidden inside Hangouts — although typing in "Happy Easter" has worked since at least last year— but it's definitely the best time of year to use them.