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• A recent Pinterest report shows the most popular denim items this spring.
• Searches for styles including Mom jeans, overalls, and wide leg jeans have skyrocketed since 2016.

Denim will never go out of style.

According to a recent Pinterest report, denim styles including two-toned jeans and Mom jeans have seen a dramatic spike in searches when compared to last year.

Here are the top 10 items you need to add to your wardrobe.

Cropped flare jeans are a spin on a vintage classic.

Searches for cropped flare denim are up by 190% from 2016.

White denim jeans are now a year-round item.

Searches for white denim are up by 71% from 2016.

A pair of jeans with fringed hems looks surprisingly chic.

Searches for fringed hems are up by 44% from 2016.

As North Korea shows off its nuclear missiles and tanks, some in nearby Japan are preparing for the worst. A growing number of Japanese people are building bunkers that could theoretically help protect them from nuclear warfare, Reuters reports.

A Reuters photographer recently went inside a model bunker created by Shelter Co., an Osaka-based company that makes underground nuclear shelters for homes in Japan. The shelter is located inside the home of the company’s CEO, Seiichiro Nishimoto. 

Take a look inside.

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Shelter Co.'s model bunker is located inside the home of the company's CEO, Seiichiro Nishimoto, in Osaka, Japan.

To reach the bunker, you have to travel down the stairs to the basement.

The air-tight shelter features an anti-blast door made of steel. Another company that sells similar bunkers, called Oribe Seiki Seisakusho, says a bunker for up to 13 people costs about 25 million yen ($227,210) and takes four months to build.

The room can withstand a blast even if Hiroshima-class nuclear bomb explodes.

Source: Reuters

There's a new candidate for the king of late night. His name is Donald Trump.

Well, not really. "The President Show" follows in the Comedy Central tradition of fake talk shows, one it basically created with "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report." The new iteration is hosted by our very own United States president in the form of Trump impersonator Anthony Atamanuik.

Airing for a half-hour on Thursdays at 11:30 p.m., "The President Show" imagines a scenario in which Trumpbypasses the media, with whom he has had a contentious relationship (to say the least), and does his own late-night show from the White House Oval Office. Like other late-night shows, this one includes desk segments, field pieces, and guest interviews, as well as its own Vice President Mike Pence (played by Peter Grosz, who's also an executive producer) as Trump's sidekick.

The show's premiere episode on April 27 did gangbusters for Comedy Central. It was watched by about 1 million viewers in its first three days after its debut, the network's highest series premiere debut viewership since its acclaimed comedy "Broad City."

The show's high ratings are well-deserved. It's a fresh take on both late-night shows and Trump satire, which is all the more remarkable given how familiar both of those formats have become. It's honestly one of the most exciting late-night shows in a long time.

Here's why you should watch "The President Show":

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Anthony Atamanuik's version of Trump has an ease to it that Alec Baldwin's lacks.

Viewers may have first heard of Atamanuik from his very public feud with Baldwin while both were lobbying to play the president at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Baldwin is certainly good at impersonating Trump, but Atamanuik takes the impersonation to places the star regularly popping up on "Saturday Night Live" doesn't.

The difference is mostly in tone and physicality — and we're not talking about sporting a red tie, orange tan, and a gravity-defying blond wig. Baldwin's impression centers on the strained lip pout and an uptight feeling in Trump's body. It was timely for him when he began the impression in 2016, as it reflected a very anxious, sometimes angry country.

Atamanuik offers a much more relaxed physical presence in his impression. That probably comes from his improv background and his different read on Trump's personality.

"He fancies himself as a Rat Packer, but he’s really this insecure, almost dowager living in a mansion," Atamanuik told reporters last week of the real Trump. "He has this weird feminine quality to him that he tries to overcome with this sort of swagger-y masculinity."

And while Baldwin has starred in short sketches on "SNL" over the past several months, Atamanuik has been able to hone and relax into his Trump creation during a 41-city tour for the comedy show "Trump vs. Bernie."

All of the above makes for a more relaxed viewing experience compared to Baldwin's tightly wound take.

The show's Mike Pence is sidekick-comedy gold.

Peter Grosz as Vice President Mike Pence is always either sitting on the couch or lurking nearby Atamanuik's Trump.

Also an executive producer on "The President Show," Grosz plays Pence as quietly subservient and absolutely afraid of Trump. But there's also a great play on Pence's Christian right leanings, with strict avoidance of temptation, which is contrasted by a penchant for acting out strange impulses.

Grosz walks the line of stealing scenes from Atamanuik and providing great interest to viewers who notice the details.

The set is awesome.

Comedy Central's Oval Office looks like the real thing, but it's got some hidden tricks.

First off, it was designed by Ellen Waggett, a former set designer for Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon, as well as the designer hired by Michelle Obama for the annual Broadway at the White House event.

Her take on the Oval Office reflects her own personal visits to the actual one, but she throws in some interesting comedic details. For example, there's a row of Russian nesting dolls on the bookshelf and touches of gold, something she gleaned while scoping out the over-the-top interior design of the D.C. Trump hotel during a visit.

There's also a trap door in the front panel of Trump's desk and one of the bookcases opens up to a yet-to-be-seen recurring sketch on the show that allows Trump to escape to magical worlds.

Engineering students have the potential to make quite a lot of dough after graduation.

So where do they want to work?

Universum, a global research and advisory firm, recently surveyed 81,102 students from 359 universities in the US about their views on various employers.

Out of those respondents, 11,434 were studying engineering.

Universum ranked a number of companies (and a few governmental agencies) based on the percentage of engineering students who reported that they'd want to work for the organization after graduation.

Here are the top 15 organizations that engineering students are excited about:

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15. ExxonMobil

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, ExxonMobil is an oil and gas company.

Percentage of engineering students who want to work there: 5.24%

14. Central Intelligence Agency

Founded in 1947, the CIA is the US government agency focused on foreign intelligence.

Percentage of engineering students who want to work there: 5.31%

13. US Air Force

The US Air Force is the aerial branch of America's military.

Percentage of engineering students who want to work there: 5.42%

Food-replacement startup Soylent had a wild 2016.

In a bid to go mainstream, the company launched new products like "Coffiest," its coffee-flavored version, and the "Soylent Bar," its first solid-food product.

But it also had to deal with the fallout from some of its products making consumers violently ill. Soylent ended up temporarily halting some sales.

But 2017 appears to be off to a good start, as Soylent just snagged a $50 million Series B financing round led by GV (formerly Google Ventures). That brings its total funding to $74.5 million.

More than the money, however, the new funding affirms that Soylent's big backers still believe in the company's vision of the future. Soylent founder Rob Rhinehart, more than perhaps any other founder in the tech world, lives the dream he preaches with Soylent. 

Before formally launching the food-replacement product, he used his own body to experiment with the recipe. He tinkered with different doses and types of nutrients, sometimes hurting himself in the process. Rhinehart truly believes in hacking food to make something affordable, easy, and sustainable. And he has a very distinct vision of the future of food.

We previously put together 31 quotes from Rhinehart that show his view of the world and the future. If you are on his side, they are inspiring and logical. If you are not, they may sound wacky.

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On nature: "People have this belief that just because something is natural it’s good. The natural state of man is ignorant, and starving, and cold."

Source.

On grocery stores: "I have not set foot in a grocery store in years. Nevermore will I bumble through endless confusing aisles like a pack-donkey searching for feed while the smell of rotting flesh fills my nostrils and fluorescent lights sear my eyeballs and sappy love songs torture my ears."

Source.

On foodies: "Everyone’s like, ‘The natural, organic way is the best.’ And it sounded a lot like fundamentalist Christianity."

Source.

At the beginning of June, millions of Chinese high school students will take the National College Entrance Exam, also called gaokao or "the big test." In 2016, 9.4 million students sat for the test.

Notoriously stressful, the big test has sparked harsh criticism for its high-stakes nature. It's considered a prerequisite to get into college that puts an incredible amount of pressure on students and has even been linked to student suicide.

This intense pressure spurs some students to cheat, and police are on hand at test sites to catch and detain cheaters. 

Keep reading to see  how intense China's national exams are for students and families.

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Students put an incredible amount of preparation before the exam. In fact, some schools have been criticized for producing "robots" who study 15 hours per day for gaokao. Here, a student takes a must needed study break.

These students took oxygen while studying chemistry at a hospital in Suining.

Students begin studying for the exam far in advance of high school. Here, middle school students study for the gaokao.

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• We tested dozens of smartwatches to find the best ones. After much testing, we found that the Apple Watch Series 2 offers the best smartwatch experience.

Smartwatches aren't yet mandatory tech purchases, but they may be one day. For those of you who like to live on the cutting-edge side of the tech world, there's no better status symbol than the smartwatch.

Thankfully, smartwatches are a lot more attractive than they used to be, so you don't have to worry about strapping a clunky, futuristic gadget on your wrist anymore. 

We've tested dozens of smartwatches over the years, and these are the very best ones we've used.

There's a smartwatch for everyone on this list, whether you're an iPhone user who needs the latest and greatest Apple Watch, a Samsung fan who wants to pay for your latte with your wrist, a fashionista, or an Android Wear aficionado, we've got you covered. 

Updated by Malarie Gokey on 05/04/2017 to include the Huawei Watch 2 as the best Android Wear smartwatch.

The Apple Watch Series 2 may be our top pick, but for various reasons laid out in the slides below, you should also consider the Samsung Gear S3, Huawei Watch 2, LG Watch Sport, Fossil Q Wander, and Fossil Q Marshal. Read on to find out more.

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Best smartwatch overall

Why you'll love it: The Apple Watch Series 2 is the most stylish, modern smartwatch you can buy, and it boasts every cutting-edge tech feature you could want.

It doesn't get better than the Apple Watch Series 2. It's sleek and stylish with a modern design that works for both men and women. Apple offers two different sizes to suit big and small wrists, several finishes to match your style, and a number of watch bands to make the Watch your own. 

No other smartwatch offers this much variety and customization, especially when it comes to female-friendly options. It's the only smartwatch I've ever worn regularly each day for months on end. 

Of course, the Apple Watch is a tech product first and foremost, so it boasts cutting-edge smartwatch tech including mobile payments with Apple Pay, stand-alone GPS, full waterproofing, and thousands of apps. The Series 2 lasts about a day on a charge, but you can get more out of it if you don't get notifications from every app on your iPhone.

Tech reviewers across the board agree that the Apple Watch does it best, and it's my personal favorite. While other companies struggle to pack tons of tech into bulky smartwatches, Apple effortlessly offers all the tech you need in the most compact and attractive smartwatch you can buy.

Pros: Waterproof and ready to swim, sleek design in two sizes for all wrists, works with Apple Pay, and easy to use and fully compatible with iPhone

Cons: Pricey and only compatible with iPhone

Buy the 38mm Apple Watch Series 2 on Amazon for $389.99

Buy the 42mm Apple Watch Series 2 on Amazon for $398.99

Best smartwatch for Samsung fans

Why you'll love it: Samsung's Gear S3 looks like a sporty Swiss watch, but it's a full-blown smartwatch with Samsung Pay, GPS, and more.

If you're the proud owner of a Samsung smartphone, you'll probably want the Gear S3 smartwatch. It comes in two versions, which are nearly identical in terms of functionality: a sporty LTE-enabled version called the Frontier and the more traditional-looking Classic.

The Gear S3 Classic boasts a slick leather strap and a classy polished finish, while the Frontier has a dark finish and a tough silicon strap. This is definitely a man's watch, but women who like chunky and sporty smartwatches might also be interested. 

Many of my guy friends are in love with the design, and the Classic looks very slick when you're wearing a suit. The Frontier is best for hikers and guys who like a more rugged look.

The Gear S3 is water-resistant, has GPS for tracking your workouts, and offers Samsung Pay so you can buy coffee with a tap of your wrist. Samsung's Gear app store boasts thousands of apps for downloading. Its rotating bezel and circular interface make it a real winner. If you buy the Gear S3 Frontier from your carrier with a data plan, you can even run off with your watch and leave your phone behind.

Samsung fans will love the Gear S3. We personally love the look of the Classic, but the Frontier model is ideal for anyone who wants a stand-alone smartwatch with LTE for making calls and leaving their phone behind.

Pros: A classic masculine look, Samsung Pay, and it works great with Samsung phones

Cons: No lady-friendly version, and it's bulky

Buy the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier (no LTE) on Amazon for $299.99

Buy the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier (LTE) on AT&T for $249.99

Buy the Samsung Gear S3 Classic on Amazon for $299.99

The best Android Wear smartwatch

Why you'll love it: The Huawei Watch 2's sporty good looks, built-in GPS, and high-tech features make it the best Android Wear watch you can buy.

The first Huawei Watch won much acclaim from tech reviewers for its classic good looks and high-tech features. The Huawei Watch 2 is less sophisticated, and a lot more sporty, but it's also much more powerful. 

Built-in GPS and a great workout coach make the Huawei Watch 2 a great companion on long runs and intense workouts. You can leave your phone behind, too, thanks to onboard music storage and the ability to connect Bluetooth headphones to the watch. Like the LG Watch Sport, the Huawei Watch 2 has an LTE version, but unfortunately, Huawei isn't selling that model in the US yet.

Like the LG Watch Sport, the Huawei Watch 2 has an LTE version, but unfortunately, Huawei isn't selling that model in the US yet. However, it does have Android Wear 2.0, Google Assistant, and mobile payments with Android Pay, so the Watch 2 is very high-tech.

The design is slimmer than the LG Watch Sport, so it will look good on slimmer wrists. It's important to note that this is still a very masculine watch with a sporty design, and it's certainly chunkier than the Apple Watch 2.

Regardless, the Huawei Watch 2 is a great choice for sporty Android Wear fans who don't need LTE or simply prefer Huawei's design.

Pros: Android Wear 2.0, sporty design, built-in GPS, two-day battery life, Google Assistant, and mobile payments

Cons: Masculine style isn't very female friendly, no LTE support in the US

Buy the Concrete Gray and Yellow Huawei Watch 2 on Amazon for $299.99

Buy the Carbon Black Huawei Watch 2 on Amazon for $299.99

Besides serving as places of worship, churches are often architectural wonders that seem to stand still in time.

Their grandeur sometimes rivals even the most stunning castles.

We rounded up some of the most breathtaking churches that are worth traveling for.

From a sanctuary built into a canyon in Colombia to a mosaic-filled church in Russia, here are the churches you need to see around the world.

Church of the Assumption, Bled, Slovenia

It's believed that before the Church of the Assumption was built, there was a cult located on Bled Island, evidence of which comes from 124 graves found on the island. Skeletons in the graves date back to the 9th and 11th centuries.

The current church has been through a number of renovations due to damage from two earthquakes and a lightning strike.

Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy

The red-tiled duomo that tops the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore is arguably Florence's most recognized landmark. The cathedral itself is a true work of art, thanks to the white, pink, and green marble that decorates its exterior.

The church's interior boasts close to 44 stained glass windows as well as multiple frescoes.

Visitors would be remiss not to climb the stairs to the duomo's cupola; which is covered in amazing frescoes of the Last Judgment.

Though he used to criticize President Barack Obama for overusing his power when he was in office, President Donald Trump issued nearly as many executive orders in his first 100 days as Obama used to average in a year.

Many Trump supporters defend the president's use of power by saying he was simply getting rid of Obama's egregious actions.

While nearly all of Trump's presidential actions have reversed Obama's policies, very few of them actually canceled orders his predecessor signed.

Of the 13 executive orders or memoranda that Trump signed explicitly rescinding, revoking, or superseding previous presidential orders or memos, three of them he canceled were his own.

The first was writing an order in March to replace his controversial travel ban from January, the second was issuing an order in March to reorganize the order of succession in the Department of Justice after he changed it in February, and the third was penning a memo in April to remove chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council after public outrage when Trump added him in January.

Though they're often all mistakenly called "executive orders," there are technically three types of presidential actions — orders, memoranda, and proclamations. Each has different authority and effects, with executive orders holding the most prestige.

Here's what the other 90 presidential actions Trump issued in his first 100 days were about:

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32 executive orders

Executive orders are assigned numbers and published in the federal register, similar to laws passed by Congress, and typically direct members of the executive branch to follow a new policy or directive. Trump issued 32 orders.

See the full text of Trump's orders from the White House here »

28 presidential memoranda

Presidential memoranda do not have to be published or numbered (though they can be) and usually delegate tasks that Congress has already assigned the president to members of the executive branch. Trump issued 28 memoranda.

See the full text of Trump's memos from the White House here »

30 proclamations

While some proclamations— like President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation — have carried enormous weight, most are ceremonial observances of federal holidays or awareness months. Trump issued 30 proclamations.

See the full text of Trump's proclamations from the White House here »

In December 2004, a short announcement was posted on the Ministry of Defence's website.

It read: "A formerly secret Government underground site near Corsham in Wiltshire, which was a potential relocation site for the Government in the event of a nuclear war, was declassified at the end of 2004."

This was the first official acknowledgement of an urban fortress lying beneath the picturesque English town of Corsham which was, for around forty years, the British military's most closely-guarded secret.

The threat of war hung over the west in the 1950s, and the Cabinet Office decided that an alternative seat of government was needed to prepare for the worst-case scenario: all-out nuclear war.

In 1955, the Central Government War Headquarters was commissioned, and work to transform the space began in earnest (it was never referred to as a "bunker" in government literature, but Burlington was one of its many contemporary codenames and the alliterative phrase stuck.)

Set within a 240-acre abandoned quarry, it was a sprawling underground city, a 35-acre network of hidden entrances, streets, canteens, and purpose-built rooms designed to house the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan along with the entire British government — even, it seems, the Royal Family — in the event of nuclear attack.

It had everything that 4,000 government staff — though not their families — would need to survive for 90 days in conditions of thermonuclear war, or a major conflict with the Soviet Union: 100ft-deep reinforced concrete walls, bedrooms and offices, wired telephones, a bakery, a hospital — even a BBC broadcasting studio to communicate with survivors.

Business Insider obtained the following photos from the Ministry of Defence. They were taken in 2005. Though the site has been declassified since 2004, much of what is known about it has been in the public domain since 1982, when journalist Duncan Campbell reported its existence.

This is the story of the "Burlington Bunker."

The Corsham Tunnels began life as an underground quarry, producing limestone that would later be called bath stone.

Mining had taken place since Roman times, but the period from 1841 to around 1910 became a 'golden age' of quarrying after Isambard Kingdom Brunel oversaw the construction of the nearby Box Tunnel, a huge engineering project which created an underground stretch of railway from London to Bristol.

Much of nearby Bath's iconic architecture was made from stone taken from Spring Quarry.

During the Second World War, the site took on a different role. It was acquired by the Ministry of Aircraft Production in 1940 and transformed into an underground aeroplane engine factory. Graffiti daubed on the walls by wartime factory workers was visible for decades afterwards.

LONDON — This week Deutsche Bank released its annual "Mapping the world's prices" report, cataloguing the cost of goods and services in a cross section of the world's biggest and most powerful cities around the world.

In 2017, for the first time, Deutsche Bank has included a ranking of the quality of life in 47 cities around the world. The ranking is based on eight sub-indexes compiled by crowd-sourced information database Numbeo, which create a broad picture of what it is like to live in different cities.

The indexes are: Purchasing Power, Safety, Health Care, Cost of Living, Property Price to Income Ratio, Traffic Commute Time, Pollution, and Climate.

Broadly speaking, the cities that rank highly are in the northern hemisphere in developed western economies, although several cities from nations like South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand make the list, with one even at the very top.

Check it out below:

26. Oslo, Norway — Norway's capital makes this list thanks to strong scores in the pollution category, where it was 10th overall, and purchasing power, where it was 15th.

25. Johannesburg, South Africa — Finishing top of the property price to income ratio ranking helped push the South African city to a relatively high position on DB's list.

24. Brussels, Belgium — Belgian capital and seat of the European Union, Brussels was fifth best for health care, and seventh overall for both property price/income ratio and traffic commute time.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Life is a journey, not a destination", yeah, well he never had to take a ten-hour flight in coach.

Vacations are fun (hopefully), but getting to the destination and losing out on some of the creature comforts of home is kind of a drag. Then you have to try to keep yourself entertained, hope your bag doesn't get lost, and make sure you don't fry your favorite gadget when traveling overseas.

The accessories on this list will help you out on all those fronts. They'll also help you drown out travel noise, keep your devices nice and charged, and help your phone survive a dunk in the water.

This article was originally published on 6/9/2016. 

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A multi-purpose travel router

If your hotel only has a wired internet connection, or you'd like to create your own secure wireless connection, you should consider the HooToo TripMate Elite Wireless Travel Router. Besides providing you with a safer browsing experience, the router has two USB ports that let you charge your devices, and a 6,000mAh battery to charge those devices when you're on the go. You can even plug an external hard drive into one of its USB ports and stream music and movies off of it — perfect for personal in-flight entertainment.  One Amazon reviewer went so far as to call this device an "electronic Swiss army knife".

HooToo TripMate Elite Wireless Travel Router, $34.99, available at Amazon

A high-capacity external battery

External battery chargers have become popular, but because they get bigger in size along with how much power they provide, many folks only have a small one. Do yourself a favor and invest in a slightly larger, but way-higher-capacity battery like this one from Anker. It weighs less than a pound, but has the ability to charge an iPhone 6 seven times. There's nothing worse than thinking you have enough power to get you through a trip, but getting stuck with a nasty layover or missed connection. Plus, this one has two USB ports, so you can help out a friend if you're traveling together.

Anker 20,000mAh Portable Charger, $39.99, available at Amazon

A power converter

Don't fry your electronics when you go overseas. This is coming from a well-seasoned traveler who still managed to slip up last summer. It's a little heavy-duty looking, but if you're going abroad for a significant amount of time, it's well worth investing in a power converter like this one from BESTEK.

In addition to its three outlets, this power converter has 4 USB ports, so you don't have to take up any outlets when you need to charge your phone or tablet. If you're picking one of these up you'll be all set for travel to Europe, the US, UK, or Australia. 

BESTEK International Travel Voltage Converter, $42.99, available at Amazon

In 2016, Honda unleashed its new 10th-generation Civic sedan to rave reviews — even taking home the crown as the 2016 North American Car of the Year. It was a refreshing return to form for the Civic after the steady-selling, but critically panned, ninth-generation model.

Last year, Honda sold nearly 367,000 10th-gen Civics in the US — making it the second-best-selling car in the country. And for good reason: It's comfortable, roomy, loaded with tech, and incredibly fuel efficient. In fact, a few of my friends were among those who bought new Civics last year and are head over heels in love with them.

But I, for one, was never truly smitten with the new model. Perhaps it's the lackadaisical continuously variable transmission that muffles any and all dynamism from the driving experience or the infuriatingly ill-conceived infotainment system or even the oddly proportioned rear-end styling.

You see, when it comes to Civics, I'm a traditionalist. That means I'm partial to one with a peppy four-cylinder engine, a lively transmission, and nimble driving dynamics wrapped up in a user-friendly package.

Recently, Honda dropped off the latest variant of its hot-selling compact — the Civic Sport — for Business Insider to check out.

Our Civic Sport came with no optional extras, which meant the $22,135 base price is also our as-tested price.

Here's how it fared.

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Since it debuted for the 1973 model year, the Honda Civic has been one of the most consistently high-achieving cars in the automotive industry.

Armed with a gutsy-yet-buttery-smooth four-cylinder engine and an affordable price tag, along with ...

... a simple, high-quality, and thoughtfully executed interior ...

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Mother's Day is about showing mom some extra love. Sending her a bouquet's worth of her favorite flowers is a tried-and-true way to do just that.

If you don't have a local florist to consult in person, and you're ready to explore online options beyond 1-800-Flowers, have a look at BloomThat.

With BloomThat, buying flowers online doesn't suck for once.

The company understands it's easy to get overwhelmed when there are too many options, especially if you're the indecisive type. So instead of offering 100 options, it puts together a curated selection of bright, in-season blooms and fun surprises— like freshly made cookies and scented candles — designed to make you look good and the recipient feel great.

I've used BloomThat on a handful of occassions. Most recently, I sent my mom a bouquet very similar to the company's eye-popping Presley bouquet as a Valentine's Day surprise, and it was a huge hit. The pictures the company advertised online actually matched the ones my mom took of her bouquet and texted to me with a bunch of heart emojis.

I can't vouch for every single bouquet the company has ever shipped, but all of my experiences with BloomThat have been fantastic ones so far, and, crucially, they've all been delivered on time. Overall, I think the company offers a much fresher and more varied selection than the rest of the online competition, and it's prices aren't outrageous, ranging from $32 for a simple bouquet of honeysuckle-scented stems to $105 for a pitcher of jewel-toned flowers bundled with buttery caramel candies.

You can have a look at my favorite Mother's Day arrangements available leading up to Sunday, May 14, below. These bouquets are easy, affordable ways to brighten Mom's day.

BloomThat is offering Insider Picks readers an exclusive 15% off with the code "BUSINSIDER15" for orders delivered by Sunday, May 14.

The company is also offering new customers 20% off plus a free vase and caramels for Mother's Day blooms with the code "BESTMOM."Click here to redeem the deal.

Editor's note: I recommend you place your Mother's Day flower order as soon as possible since popular bouquets have a tendency of selling out around big holidays like this one, and there's also no guarantee your preferred delivery date will be available the longer you wait.

Check out all of BloomThat's Mother's Day arrangements here.

Having trouble figuring out what to get your mom for Mother's Day? Browse all of Insider Picks' 2017 Mother's Day gift guides here.

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You won't go wrong sending Mom a colorful assortment of tulips for May 14. 

Buy "The Lolly" bouquet for $55 plus shipping

Use the code "BUSINSIDER15" to get 15% off your order

This bright bunch is too good to pass up. 

Buy "The Pour-fect Blooms" bouquet for $94 plus shipping

Use the code "BUSINSIDER15" to get 15% off your order

A simple arrangement of pink roses is, and always will be, a sweet gesture for Mother's Day.

Buy "The Puns 'N Roses" bouquet for $64 plus shipping

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On Thursday, YouTube unveiled a new plan to fund a slate of shows from big-name celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres, Kevin Hart, and Katy Perry.

Significantly, these shows will live on YouTube's main ad-supported service, and not on its $9.99-a-month subscription service, YouTube Red. That means they will be free for everyone to watch.

Why is YouTube tapping these stars now?

"Five years ago, 85 percent of all original series were ad-supported," Robert Kyncl, YouTube's business chief, said Thursday. "This year, that number has fallen to just over two-thirds. And with significantly more content coming to subscription services, that shift is accelerating. So we see these shows as a way for us to partner with [advertisers] to buck this trend."

Kyncl said Johnson and Johnson had already signed on as the "exclusive sponsor" of one of these new shows, Ryan Seacrest's competition show called "Best.Cover.Ever."

But enough about the business strategy, what are the shows? Here is a list of the ones YouTube announced on Thursday, along with their description:

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Ellen’s Show Me More Show

"Like nothing Ellen has done before, Ellen’s Show Me More Show is a twice-a-week series built just for YouTube, giving fans behind the scenes access to some of the biggest stars and her favorite moments."

Good Mythical Morning

"Worldwide YouTube superstars—and hosts of YouTube’s most popular daily show—Rhett & Link will go to new heights in a long-form expansion of Good Mythical Morning, giving fans even more of what they crave: larger-than-life stunts, zanier challenges, and over-the-top laughs."

Kevin Hart: What the Fit?

"Kevin will team up with celebrity friends and YouTube stars each week as they attempt to master a different trending, grueling and sometimes ridiculous workout routine."

It's that time of year when the networks are each bringing down the ax on several of their series.

To make room for new shows, executives have been crunching the ratings numbers, reviewing pilots for new series, and making easy and difficult decisions about which shows have to go.

The easy cancellation decisions this year included Katherine Heigl's low-rated legal drama, "Doubt," by CBS. Then there was NBC and DC's critically panned and low-rated comedy experiment, "Powerless."

Among the tougher cuts this year was Fox's decision to cancel the low-rated but critically acclaimed "Pitch," the story of a young woman who breaks into Major League Baseball as a pitcher. In the same vein, Amazon canceled its show "Good Girls Revolt," about the women who paved the way for today's female journalists. HBO also couldn't hang on to "The Leftovers," which was beloved by critics and fans but couldn't pull in the necessary ratings.

And then you have the shows that had run their natural course, such as "Girls,""The Vampire Diaries,""Bloodline," and "Masters of Sex."

Here are all the broadcast shows that were canceled and a selection of canceled shows on the streaming and cable networks:

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"Bates Motel" (A&E)

"Black Sails" (Starz)

"Bloodline" (Netflix)

Homes across America continue to list for eye-popping prices. 

America's most expensive home is currently a 38,000-square-foot spec home in Bel Air. Listed for $250 million, it also comes outfitted with furniture, but it's far from standard: think decommissioned decorative helicopters, gigantic Leica camera sculptures, and velvet-roped lounge areas.

In Connecticut, you can buy "Great Island" for $175 million. 

Our friends at Trulia have helped us compile a list of the most expensive homes currently for sale in every state, plus Washington, DC. They're listed here alphabetically by state.

From a Dallas estate with its own helipad to a historic Hamptons mansion, these homes are certain to suit the lifestyles of the rich and famous.

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ALABAMA: The White Oak Valley Plantation is a five-bedroom hunting lodge in Jemison. The more than 2,800-acre property has two lakes and a barn.

Price: $11.9 million

ALASKA: Located on what was once a gold mining site in the late 1890s, this five-acre property offers direct access to the water for fishing and boating. It has five bedrooms across 4,322 square feet of space.

Price: $3.9 million

ARIZONA: This seven-bedroom home on Mummy Mountain Road in Paradise Valley has a whole slew of amenities: a professional recording studio, private poker room, pool with water slide, and an enormous walk-in closet. It reportedly belongs to baseball Hall of Famer Randy Johnson.

Price: $19.995 million

Source: AZ Central

Not every app is built in Silicon Valley: Match is from Texas, Sling TV was built in Colorado, and the Domino's app was created in Michigan. 

In a new report on job creation, Apple has broken out how many jobs it's helped create that are "attributable to the App Store ecosystem"— so, app makers. Apple says that out of the 2 million jobs its created nationwide, more than 1.5 million are related to building apps. 

As part of the report, Apple picked three apps that were built in each state. While some are hyperlocal, like an Oklahoma-centric weather app or a regional bank in West Virginia, others have millions of users each day. 

Here are Apple's picks to represent all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C.

SEE ALSO: Here’s how to play Blackbox, the infuriating iPhone puzzle game that’s rising to the top of the App Store

Alabama: iCell, Guess the Emoji, Regions

iCell is a biology app made for students and teachers and provides a 3D view of a cell. 

Guess the Emoji is an app for solving emoji logic puzzles. 

Regions is a mobile banking app. 

Alaska: Cruise Cam, SuperBall 3, StatMan

Cruise Cam lets you virtually sail on a cruise ship.

SuperBall 3 is a block-breaking game.

StatMan shows you all the information about your iPhone. 

Arizona: 2X SX Lite, The Executive, Hooked On

2XL Supercross Lite is a motocross racing game.

The Executive is a martial arts game where a CEO fights a horde of werewolves.

Hooked on Words is a single and multiplayer word game. 

Ordos, China, once flush with cash, has been called the world's largest ghost town.

In the early 2000s, a coal-mining boom led the local government to throw money at urban development in the hopes of creating a new epicenter of culture, economy, and politics.

Ordos New Town, also known as Kangbashi, would hold 1 million people and be known for its massive abstract architecture projects, residential towers, and state-of-the-art sports venues. (Developers later scaled back the concept city to accommodate 300,000 people.)

But high property taxes and poor construction deterred people from settling in Ordos. In 2016, some 100,000 people lived and worked there — leaving the city two-thirds empty.

"The whole city feels like a post-apocalyptic space station straight out of a science fiction movie," says the photographer Raphael Olivier, who captured the city in a series titled "Ordos — A Failed Utopia."

Olivier shared some of his spectacular images with us. You can check out more on his website.

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Located in the remote province of Inner Mongolia, Ordos sits on one-sixth of China's coal reserves — making it an attractive center for development.

Source: The Huffington Post

In the late '90s and early 2000s, private mining companies got the rights to dig into those deposits. The influx of new business generated lots of tax revenue.

Source: The New York Times

"The local government decided to build this overly ambitious city from scratch," Olivier told Business Insider. In 2005, it began investing hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and infrastructure.

Source: The Huffington Post

Before you sign that paperwork accepting your new dream job, take a step back and ask yourself something.

Could you be making a huge mistake?

This isn't about second-guessing yourself. It's about taking off the rose-colored glasses and scrutinizing your situation. It's easy to get caught up in the excitement of taking a new gig, but you don't want your new role or company to turn out to be nothing like you thought it'd be. That could be disastrous for your professional development — not to mention your stress levels.

Here are three major signs that you shouldn't accept a job offer:

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1. The organization doesn't offer opportunities for training or further education

Your new job isn't just about earning money and gaining professional fulfillment in the present. It's about continuing to grow and prepare for your future, whether or not you stay at the organization in the long-term.

That means that training and educational opportunities are crucial.

"Choosing a job is an important decision, as it will define your daily life for, hopefully, a long period of time," said president of moving startup Roadway Moving Ross Sapir, who oversees the professional training of his 150 employees. "If you do not see a strong process for training at a potential new job, I would not recommend moving forward. If you, as an employee, are not worth putting in the time and effort, then the company is most likely not worth your time either."

So make sure to do your research and ask questions about what sort of opportunities are available in your potential new workplace.

2. You profoundly disagree with the organization's stated and demonstrated values

"When I was looking for my first job, my dad encouraged me to always choose the franchise over the role," said Brad Smith, CEO of finance software company Intuit. "Said another way, I should rank the company over the level, position or pay that I was being offered. His wisdom proved to be profound."

Basically, if you don't jive with the culture at your new organization, you can't hope to grow in the role in the long-term. Money and titles might make up for that for a little bit, but ultimately, you could just be setting yourself up for misery and career stagnation.

The key to figuring out whether or not you mesh with the organization's values before you take a new job is being honest with yourself, first of all. Don't just rely on the buzzwords the company puts on their website. Anyone can claim to be innovative, transparent, and what not. You need to actually scour the news for reports, both good and bad, that shed light on the institution's all about.

"Look for a purpose-driven company that hires top talent and will place you in stretch assignments, ensuring you will always be learning and growing," Smith said. "If you're find the company's decisions and actions don't align with your personal core values, that is a sign you may want to look elsewhere."

3. The organization's online reviews are dire

You know who can tell you if you're making a big mistake by taking a role at a certain organization? The people who previously held the same job.

HR expert and founder of Inspire Human Resources Jaime Klein says that it's important to check out sites like Glassdoor before you take the leap, lest you see "former or current employees using an array of descriptors that are code for a toxic culture."

"'Watch outs' include references to a 'bro culture,' like the one that impacted Uber or unaddressed climate of harassment that recently impacted Thinx," Klein said. "Another sign is seeing a history of reorganizations and downsizing, which signals instability."