Dick Cavett, longtime talk show host and entertainment icon, is offloading his estate in Montauk, New York.

Known as Tick Hall, it was built in 2001 after the original home on the 20-acre property burned down in 1997. 

Now Cavett is looking to sell the plot he's owned for 50 years, and he's listed it for $62 million. In an email to the Wall Street Journal, he said that offering up the estate was "the hardest thing in the world to do."

The Corcoran Group has the listing.

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Tick Hall lies on 20 acres of property in Montauk, New York, on the far eastern end of Long Island.

It's surrounded by 77 acres of preserved land that Cavett sold to a government consortium for $18 million in 2008.

The home is clad in the classic Hamptons slate shingle siding.

By 2050, approximately two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities, up from just over half right now.

In order to accommodate the masses, it's important for urban centers to rev up their preparations for the future — through infrastructure improvements, technological innovation, policy-making, environmental protections, and other forward-looking strategies.

A new report from AT Kearney, a global business-consulting firm, ranks 128 cities based on their projected levels of importance and competitiveness in the future. The ranking combines cities' scores across various data points, including environmental performance, patents per capita, the number of business incubators and Fortune 500 companies, and quality of life.

In order to suss out the top cities of the future, AT Kearney calculated scores in four categories: personal well-being, economics, innovation, and governance.

These are the cities to keep an eye on in the coming years.

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25. Los Angeles, United States

Los Angeles, which fell four spots on the ranking from 2016 to 2017, continues to be a center for business and technology. It's home to several tech giants, including Snap and SpaceX, and fosters the growth of future tech leaders through its startup incubators.

24. Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver edged one spot up the list from No. 24 in 2016. That's because of its rise in tech entrepreneurship and the legal medical marijuana industry. In 2016, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also announced an agreement to invest CA$900 million in the city's transit infrastructure, which is likely to improve its scores in the years ahead.

23. Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo has the largest population of college graduates. But its human capital wasn't enough to keep the Japanese capital from sliding four spots this year. In 2016, the governor of Tokyo resigned because of a spending scandal. Yoichi Masuzoe is the second leader of Tokyo's municipal government to leave office because of a financial scandal in recent years. 

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors are the first teams in NBA history to meet in the Finals three years in a row.

All season long, the sports world waited for what seemed like an inevitable rematch, and at long last, it's here.

The previous two Finals have set this up to be one of the best rivalries in sports. In 2015, the upstart Warriors overcame LeBron James and a short-handed Cavs squad to win their first championship in 30 years.

In 2016, James and Kyrie Irving went into superhero mode, leading the Cavs to an historic comeback from a 3-1 series deficit to win the championship, culminating in one of the most exciting Game 7 Finals the NBA has ever seen.

Now the two teams are back and deeper and more talented than ever (did you know the Warriors signed Kevin Durant last summer?). How will this year's Finals play out? Our staff took a look at it.

How the Warriors can win it all — Cork Gaines

Last year I picked the Warriors to win and to win easily. I was wrong, but I also hedged my prediction with this bit of prophesying:

"The biggest thing is for the Warriors to stay healthy... The Warriors also need Draymond Green to keep pushing the limits without going too far."

Sure enough, Curry was hurt in the Finals, Draymond went too far, and still, the Cavs needed a miraculous comeback and a Herculean effort from LeBron to win in seven games.

I'm not hedging this year.

Like many of the people who are picking the Cavs to win this series, I can talk myself into a scenario in which it can happen: the Warriors can't figure out how to guard LeBron, Kyrie Irving explodes for 45 points in one game, Kevin Love makes seven three-pointers in another, Durant gets into foul trouble once or twice, Curry turns an ankle, and Draymond loses his cool. If most of those things happen, sure, the Cavs can win.

But...

The Warriors (still) have the more talented roster.

The Warriors (still) have the better coach, whether he is on the bench or not.

The Warriors (still) have home-court advantage.

There is no need to overthink this.

If they played this series ten times, the Warriors are winning eight or nine times. And barring several breaks going the Cavs' way, the Warriors are more often than not winning this series in five games, and getting a driven Durant gets his first ring.

How the Cavaliers can win it all — Tyler Lauletta

As tempting as it is to simply insert a LeBron James Vine here and walk away from the keyboard, I doubt that would be deemed satisfying analysis by any measure.

The most devastating aspect of the Warriors is their ability to go on huge runs in quick bursts — Steph, Klay, KD, and Draymond are all capable of taking over any given two minutes on the floor. Thanks to their willingness to play fast and shoot from almost anywhere on the court, the Warriors can turn any deficit into a competitive game and any competitive game into a blowout with a three-minute, 15-2 run.

If the Cavs are going to pull off another upset against the Warriors, they are going to need to contain these runs when they inevitably happen and operate with a short memory in the minutes that follow.

Outscoring the Warriors is a Herculean task, but if any team is capable of it, it’s the Cavs. In the Eastern Conference Finals, LeBron and company scored 130 points twice and only failed to clear 110 once. They’ve yet to score less than 100 points this postseason, with their lowest total coming when the Pacers held them to 106.

This year’s Finals are going to be a shootout, and for the Cavs to win they’ll need to keep it close for crunch time. If we get to the fourth quarter and the Warriors are already sitting on a 22-point lead, LeBron’s terrifying FINAL BOSS mode is rendered null. But if it’s a four-point game with two minutes left, there is no human on the planet more capable of winning basketball games.

The X-Factor — Scott Davis

Turnovers and fastbreak points.

It seems simple, but it's a huge factor between these two teams. In last year's Finals, in three of Cleveland's four wins, they had fewer turnovers than the Warriors. In three of their four wins, they also scored more points off of turnovers than the Warriors. In all four of their wins, they had more fastbreak points.

The Warriors are both a better offensive and defensive team than the Cavs, and while Cleveland can't hope to always contain the Warriors, they'll have a shot at outscoring them. It will be difficult nonetheless because the Warriors were the second-best defensive team in the league this season.

The Cavs will need all of the easy points they can get. Turnovers are the Warriors' Achilles' heel, as they can get sloppy, too comfortable, and too flashy at inopportune moments. Turnovers will help dull the Warriors' offense, and fastbreak opportunities don't allow the Warriors to lock in on defense. The Cavs won't run all of the time — they still want to control the pace and slow the Warriors down — but any chance at an easy basket will be huge for Cleveland.

If the Warriors are careful with the ball and don't fall into their sloppy habits, it will be tough for the Cavs to hang with them.

Taking the stairs can sometimes feel like a chore. But that's nothing for this Japanese couple, who navigate their four-story home by ladder.

House T by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects — also dubbed the "Ninja House"— has no interior walls, hardly any floor space, and only a few wooden ladders to maneuver between its levels.

Take a look below at the radical design.

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House T is tucked between two other townhomes in Tokyo. On the outside, it looks like a normal home.

It was completed in 2013.

But on the inside, there are gaping holes in the floors and walls.

On the first level, there's an office and living room. Wooden stairs that double as a bookcase lead to the second floor, which requires a bit of a jump.

President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw the US from the Paris climate accord on Thursday, June 1.

Trump's reported decision comes on the heels of the hottest year the world has seen since 1880— when scientists first started keeping global temperature logs — and the fifth annual heat record of the past dozen years.

Overall, planet Earth has warmed 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit (1.26 degrees Celsius) above preindustrial averages, which is dangerously close to the 2.7-degree-Fahrenheit (1.5-degree-Celsius) limit set by international policymakers for global warming. (Some argue this cutoff is arbitrary, though it could still rein in some of the most disruptive changes to human civilization.)

"There's no stopping global warming,"Gavin Schmidt, a climate scientist who is the director of NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies, previously told Business Insider. "Everything that's happened so far is baked into the system."

That means that even if carbon emissions were to drop to zero tomorrow, we'd still be watching human-driven climate change play out for centuries. And we all know emissions aren't going to stop. So the key thing now, Schmidt said, is to slow climate change down enough to make sure we can adapt to it as painlessly as possible.

This is what the Earth could look like within 100 years if we succeed in curbing climate change with international agreements like the Paris climate accord (barring huge leaps in renewable energy or carbon-capture technology).

Sarah Kramer wrote a previous version of this post.

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"I think the 1.5-degree [2.7-degree F] target is out of reach as a long-term goal," Schmidt said. He estimated that we will blow past that by about 2030.

But Schmidt is more optimistic about staying at or under 3.6 degrees F, or 2 degrees C, above preindustrial levels. That's the level of temperature rise the UN hopes to avoid.

Let's assume that we land somewhere between those two targets. At the end of this century, we'd be looking at a world that is on average about 3 degrees Fahrenheit above where we are now.

A neighborhood with high-quality schools and affordable homes sounds like the ideal place to raise a family, but it's not easy to come by.

Luckily, HomeUnion, an online real estate investment management firm, recently dug into its database of more than 200,000 neighborhoods to find out which US zip codes fit the bill.

To compile its list, HomeUnion analyzed the 50 largest US metros to find the one zip code in each with the lowest median sale price for single-family homes sold between late 2016 and early 2017. From there, they sourced Maponics, which ranks public schools based on average math and reading scores, to find the most affordable zip codes that also have an average school rating in the 80th percentile or higher. Metros with zip codes that had no school ratings above 80 were eliminated entirely, including New York City.

“As home prices continue to increase in many coastal markets, particularly in the Western US, we are seeing the best opportunities for first-time home buyers with families in the center of the country," said Steve Hovland, director of research for HomeUnion, of the company's findings.

Below, check out 21 of the best places to raise a family, ranked by median home sale price. Each zip code's metro and average school rating are included as well.

All photos feature the metro area the zip code is a part of. 

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21. 97035: Lake Oswego, Oregon

Metro: Portland

School rating: 87.9

Median home sale price: $417,500

20. 80122: Centennial, Colorado

Metro: Denver

School rating: 83.3 

Median home sale price: $380,000

19. 78717: Williamson, Texas

Metro: Austin

School rating: 84.9 

Median home sale price: $375,000

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Whether you're ready to start your smart home or like the idea of an always-listening digital assistant, the best option is one of Amazon's Echo devices.

They're more mature and powerful than their current competition, but deciding which one to you should get can be difficult.

To help you figure out which, if any, might work best for you, we’ve broken down the entire line below.

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The original Echo

As an all-in-one solution, the original Amazon Echo is still one of the best options you can get.

It doesn't have the portability of the Echo Tap, affordability of the Echo Dot, screen of the Echo Show, or camera of the Echo Look, but it's still the one I rely on every day. It's still the best audio-only Echo in terms of sound quality, which is important if you're looking to use it as a Bluetooth speaker.

While it doesn’t sound as nice as a speaker this expensive should — a recurring theme here — the big black cylinder is still louder and richer-sounding than the Dot or Tap. 

The Echo needs to be plugged into an outlet to work, but the seven microphones on its top give it a consistently strong range for hearing your commands. Since Alexa requires a steady Wi-Fi connection to work in the first place, the Echo’s relative lack of mobility isn’t as big of a weakness as it may seem.

The Echo was made to showcase Alexa, so, unsurprisingly, it can do everything the virtual assistant is capable of doing. Whether you want to hear the forecast, start up a radio stream, control your smart lights, access one of its many Skills, suffer a dad joke, whatever — if Alexa can do it, you can access it through the Echo.

The phone app you use to manage Alexa is messy and dull, but once you have your setup down, the whole thing is a breeze to use: You talk, and, since it’s always listening, it responds. There’s a slight feeling-out period for learning exactly how to speak to Alexa, but you get past that soon enough.

Generally speaking, the Echo is the preferred Alexa device if you live in a larger space, or you don’t want to pay for a separate speaker. It probably won’t sound bad to the casual crowd at which it’s aimed, and its boosted volume makes it better for bigger homes.

Buy the original Echo smart speaker for $179.99

Echo Dot

The Echo Dot is more or less a miniature version of the Echo, with all the good and bad that entails. It lets Alexa do all the same things, and it has the same impressive, always-listening array of built-in mics, but it sounds tinnier and more feeble; and its lack of a built-in battery means it still has to be plugged in all day.

It makes up for that in a couple of ways, though. Notably, the Dot can hook up to external speakers, both through Bluetooth and a 3.5mm cable. This makes it something of a "Chromecast for Alexa," adding the assistant to otherwise "dumb" devices, most of which are better sounding and/or easier to move than the Echo itself. In my experience, pairing different devices and getting them to work smoothly hasn't been an issue.

Beyond that, the Dot takes up far less space than the normal Echo — it looks as if someone chopped off the top of that device — and, perhaps most significantly, costs $120 less.

If you live in a smaller apartment, or you have a speaker setup you already enjoy, it's a much better value.

Buy the Echo Dot for $49.99

Amazon Tap

The Amazon Tap isn’t a bad choice for the right person, but it’s a better idea on paper than it is in practice. It’s the portable option in Amazon’s Alexa family, closer to something like a JBL Flip 3 or UE Boom 2 than one of the Echo devices above.

Like those devices, it’s a handsome, cylindrical, lightweight Bluetooth speaker with a built-in battery, which here lasts around 8-9 hours just playing music. You can bring it to the beach, and it’ll still work. (Though it’s not water-resistant.)

The issues here are twofold. First, audio performance is once again lacking. The Flip 3 goes for about $50 less these days, and still proves superior in terms of overall clarity and detail. The Tap’s sound isn't awful by any means, but for $130, it could do better. You'll also need to enable its "hands free" mode to be able to trigger Alexa without touching a button on the device.

The Tap needs to be on a Wi-Fi network for Alexa to work, so you’ll have to be connected to some sort of hotspot if you want to use it on the road. Otherwise, you’re left with a portable speaker that’s just okay.

Still, if you're determined to take an Echo on the road with you, the Tap is your only choice.

Buy the Amazon Tap for $129.99

Having the right credentials is crucial for any job search.

But your success also depends on where the best opportunities are.

According to a recent report from personal finance site WalletHub, landing a job is far easier in some states than in others.

WalletHub assigned each US state a score based on numerous factors, including median annual income adjusted for the cost of living, share of employees with private health insurance, and the number of workers living below the poverty line.

WalletHub also assigned each state an employment outlook score using Gallup's job creation index. The score is based on the amount workers say their place of employment is increasing or decreasing the size of its workforce, with the highest score of 42 indicating the best employment outlook.

To read more about the study's methodology, check out the full report here.

Here are the top 15 states for finding a job:

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15. Kansas

Median annual income (adjusted for the cost of living): $57,749

Unemployment rate: 4.2%

Share of employees with private health insurance: 84.1%

Employment outlook: 40

Kansas features a low statewide underemployment rate.

14. Connecticut

Median annual income (adjusted for the cost of living): $53,811

Unemployment rate: 5.1%

Share of employees with private health insurance: 82.8%

Employment outlook: 40

Connecticut has the third lowest share of workers living below the poverty line.

13. Utah

Median annual income (adjusted for the cost of living): $65,439

Unemployment rate: 3.4%

Share of employees with private health insurance: 81.8%

Employment outlook: 2

Utah features a high median annual income.

Finding a great job that comes with a significant salary boost is one of the top reasons to move to a new city.

In its updated 2017 ranking of the best places to live in America, U.S. News & World Report gathered data on the 100 most populous US cities. Among the factors it considered were affordable housing, a low cost of living, good schools, quality healthcare, and access to well-paying jobs. You can read U.S. News' full methodology here.

Business Insider reranked these cities based on average annual salary to find the cities where residents earned more than $50,000 a year — on par with the national average. They don't all rank highly on U.S. News' overall list, given higher costs of living and other factors, so we've included each city's overall ranking for comparison's sake. For instance, Chicago ranks at No. 19 in terms of salary, but it came in only at No. 83 on the list of 100.

Of the 100 best places to live in the US, here are 22 where you can land the highest-paying jobs:

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22. Santa Rosa, California

Population: 495,078

Average annual salary: $50,540

Overall rank on best places to live list: 52

Just 55 miles north of San Francisco sits Santa Rosa, one of Sonoma County's premier wine-country towns. According to US News' local expert, Santa Rosa is an originator of the farm-to-table movement and "a haven for bicyclists, who train on its rural western roads and visit en masse for two major cycling events: the Amgen Tour of California and the Levi's GranFondo."

The job market in Santa Rosa is powered by tourism: 9% of residents work in the industry, mainly at local farms, wineries, and brewpubs.

21. Albany, New York

Population: 877,846

Average annual salary: $50,880

Overall rank on best places to live list: 30

Despite the snowy winters, living in Albany comes with several advantages. Albany offers a cost of living lower than the national average and the cost of housing sits well below the rest of the US as a whole. In terms of jobs, the city's tech and healthcare industries are on the rise.

Albany's downtown is lined with art galleries, wine shops, and churches for visitors to peruse. In keeping with the city's cold climate, hockey is the sport of choice for residents. 

20. Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina

Population: 1,750,865

Average annual salary: $51,150

Overall rank on best places to live list: 7

Raleigh-Durham and Chapel Hill are collectively known as the Triangle, an area anchored by its foundation in research and tech. The Triangle employs nearly 40,000 residents at companies like IBM, SAS Institute Inc., and Cisco Systems as well as surrounding colleges Duke, North Carolina State, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A strong job market coupled with a burgeoning microbrewery and dining scene draws 80 new residents every day, said a local expert.

Hey there! Nice to meet you. I'm from the future.

I live in the 26th century, which is deep in the Anthropocene epoch— a time when people are officially the greatest driver of climate change on Earth, and have been for awhile.

Things really seemed to pick up steam about 500 years earlier, after a US president backed out of an international agreement to dramatically curb carbon emissions.

It's a dubious honor if you could see the planet from five centuries later. These are the highlights — if you can call them that.

This is an updated version of a post by Sarah Kramer.

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Let's start with the year 2100, when things really started getting hot — on average, almost 4 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than in 2017.

Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Parts of Africa, South America, and India often averaged over 110 degrees during the summer, killing thousands of people to each year from heat-related causes.

Source: US Global Research Program

Glaciers in High Mountain Asia — an area that included the Himalayas — shrank to 30% of their 21st-century size.

Source: European Geosciences Union

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• John Charles Putrino built a bed and storage unit into the back of his truck.
• He's driving to national parks across the US.
• It took some getting used to, but he enjoys the solitude of low-maintenance travel.

John Charles Putrino wanted to keep his cross-country trip simple.

Instead of investing in a pricey camper van to shuttle between national parks, he built a bed and storage unit into the back of his Dodge Ram 1500 truck for just $250. Instead of equipping it with heating or electricity, he opted for thermal blankets, and instead of installing a kitchen of some sort he's having dinners of garbanzo beans and olives straight out of the can. 

The pleasures of his trip are simple, too. The tangible silence in being the only person for miles. The freedom that comes with carrying everything you need. And, of course, the solitude of the open road.

John Charles Putrino was selling heavy machinery in Naples, Florida, when he decided it was time to see more of the country.

"A lot of my friends were going overseas and traveling abroad and seeing all these new places, but no one was really traveling in our United States," he said.

He quit his job and began turning the back of his truck into a living space using only a small table saw and a drill.

You may love Costco for the free samples, but there's plenty more to the wholesale store than you think.

Many of us have never walked out with less than a cart full of items, and that's because you truly get value for your buck, especially on Kirkland products.

To dig up more information on things we never knew about the company, we checked out IamAs from a 10-year veteran (who works the floor and forklifts), a part-time college employee, and a food court employee.

From Costco hacks to their lenient return policy, expect to become an even more loyal member by the end.

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1. What are you guys really checking on the receipts?

"I usually check expensive items and look for doubles. Most of what we find is actually errors with scanning. Had someone accidentally key in the number for a $1000 item instead of a bag of avocados once. Mostly making sure you got what you paid for."

2. Do you always accept illegitimate returns for full refunds, like when one lady returned an almost-empty bottle of red wine?

"Depends on your pattern. If you are returning expensive liquor on a regular basis, they start to catch on. Same with electronics. If you are buying a new laptop and returning it the day before the return policy is up on a consistent basis, we take note. I helped someone years ago who bought the same laptop and returned it five or six times within a few days. Apparently it wouldn't browse the web, play a movie, play iTunes, and run Excel and Word at the same time (on a cheap Vista machine). We finally had to tell her that it wasn't going to, no matter which one of the same item she bought."

3. It's not uncommon to see name badges with 'Employee Since 1997.' What keeps employees there so long?

"The pay scale is awesome for the industry. A lot of people I know got into Costco in college because it paid better than anything else, and they just stuck with it. Benefits are good, vacation is awesome after a few years, and they have a lot of employee-care type stuff. We have a lot of 15-25 year employees at my store. Even as a 10-year employee, I'm in the middle of the pack when it comes to average seniority. We made a name tag for an old-timer employee that said Employee since 1887. Took him a while to catch it."

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement.

The agreement, which was signed by 195 nations in December 2015, aims to slow down the rate at which the planet is warming.

Before today's decision was made, several executives of US companies showed their disapproval of the US pulling out of the agreement. On Wednesday, a letter signed by the executives of major companies, including Facebook, Google, Apple, and Unilever, urged the president not to abandon the agreement. 

After Trump announced his decision, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that he will be leaving Trump's advisory council. Other executives have taken to social media to voice their concern. 

Jeff Immelt, chairman and CEO of General Electric

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Disappointed with today’s decision on the Paris Agreement. Climate change is real. Industry must now lead and not depend on government.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX

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Am departing presidential councils. Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world.

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft

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If you want to go to college these days, it's more expensive than ever to attend. 

Tuition at both public and private schools continues to rise at a fast clip, and Americans collectively owe more than $1.3 trillion in student loan debt. 

Using data from the College Board's Trends in College Pricing and The Chronicle of Higher Education's helpful interactive chart, Business Insider rounded up the most expensive colleges in America. The ranking uses tuition data from the 2016-17 academic year and looks at each school's full sticker price — published tuition and required fees, as well as room and board— rather than tuition numbers alone.

Harvey Mudd College earned the top spot with a total cost of $69,717, but it's high price wasn't an outlier. Every school on the list holds a price tag well over $60,000, with the most expensive schools coming in closer to $70,000. 

Read on to see how much it costs to go to the most expensive schools in the US, if you're paying full sticker price. 

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50. Brown University

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Total cost: $64,566

Tuition: $51,366

Room and board: $13,200

49. Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Location: Geneva, New York

Total cost: $64,573

Tuition: $51,523

Room and board: $13,050

48. Bucknell University

Location: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Total cost: $64,616

Tuition: $51,960

Room and board: $12,656

Cooking classes may teach technique and tradition, but who's got the time for that?

These handy hacks will take your cooking game to the next level. Here are 21 tips and tricks that will make life in the kitchen so much easier. 

Keep your plastic wrap in the fridge to make it more pliable.

Cold plastic wrap doesn't twist, turn, or tear nearly as much as plastic wrap that's kept at room temperature.

Use a spoon to peel ginger.

With all of their bumps and odd ends, ginger can be difficult to shave. Ditch the normal peeler and use a spoon instead — it's surprisingly easier and you'll save more of the actual ginger.

Pop fruits into a paper bag to ripen them faster.

Put a banana, peach, or avocado into a paper bag and close it tight. The gases they emit will help them ripen faster.

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In a dream world, you’d spare no expense to spoil your dad on Father's Day. Your bank account balance isn't exactly in the six digits though.

Thankfully, there are still plenty of presents to shop that are within the realm of possibility — and that aren't the all too predictable tie or set of cuff links retailers will have you think he wants and needs. 

Everything on the list we put together is less than $50, and it really runs the gamut, from a beer-making kit to the perfect summer shoes, his new favorite coffee blend, or a "Game of Thrones"-themed Monopoly board. 

There's something here every dad will love — yes, even yours. 

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

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A waterproof speaker

JBL Clip 2 Waterproof Portable Bluetooth Speaker (Red), $49.95

His new favorite summer shoes

Soludos Men’s Dotted Indigo Original Dali Slipper, $40

A Hydro Flask water bottle

Hydro Flask 32oz. Wide Mouth, $39.95

Blue Apron, a meal-delivery service based in New York City, filed an S-1 on Thursday as the company plans to go public. Though the company has a history of losses, its revenue continues to grow each year.

I tried Blue Apron for myself a couple of years ago and absolutely loved it. Back then, the meal plan was pre-set, but now, depending on your meal plan, you can select three dishes sent you each week in advance from eight different choices.

That's thanks to the range of ingredients as well as the meal presentation that made me look like an expert chef.

It also put an emphasis on cooking tutorials and instructions online, so I really felt as if I was improving my cooking skills with each recipe instead of just "painting by numbers," so to speak.

So should you give it a try yourself?

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My Blue Apron box had arrived by the time I got home. My boyfriend threw it in the fridge just in case, but the company says the contents will stay cold in the box for "several hours."

Opening up the box, you'll find a letter from Blue Apron and the three different recipe cards.

Blue Apron used to send customers a breakdown of what they're cooking as well as some more information on the ingredients — this is the one I got. Now, each box contains the three recipe cards, plus sometimes an extra pamphlet on ingredients or an additional recipe.

If you ask someone "What's your sign?" as a pickup line, they may think you're cheesy and old-fashioned. But if you're looking to get to know the person you're hitting on, you may be onto something.

Every zodiac sign comes with their own set of traits, and each are distinctly different in their own way. While you can't tell everything about another person by their zodiac sign, INSIDER spoke with Sally Kirkman, astrologer and consultant to the astrological stars, to get the low-down on all the pros of dating each sign. 

So whether you're dating a proud Leo or a stubborn Taurus, Kirkman says that getting to know what each sign wants and needs can help your relationship — especially if your signs aren't the most compatible. 

AQUARIUS: They are unconventional.

You know your friend that is just unbelievably cool? This person always has the best taste in music, takes you to fun bars, and has knowledge on things you've never even heard of. Are they an Aquarius by chance? 

Kirkman said that the best trait of an Aquarius is that they're unconventional. They like what they like, and it's usually not in the mainstream. They march to the beat of their own drummer and if you're lucky enough to date one, you'll be all the more interesting for it. 

They're an air sign, which Kirkman told us makes them "sociable and communicators," which may explain why they just seem so cool.  

They're also known for being principled, Kirkman says. They have a strong moral compass and will stand up for what is right. You'll love discussing the issues of the day with them and be truly taken with their passion for the world and its problems. 

Famous examples: Harry Styles, Christiano Ronaldo, and Paris Hilton.

Compatible partners: Virgo or Cancer

PISCES: They have a big imagination.

If you're dating a Pisces and you text them that you've had a bad day, don't be surprised when they send you a love letter back and are waiting to talk it out with you when you get home. Kirkman points out that Pisces are known for being empathetic.

They hurt as you hurt, so they will always be the ones you run to for comfort. You can chock that up to their being a water sign, which Kirkman said makes them "emotional and sensitive."

They're also imaginative, so in better times, you'll love to spend your day with them cooking up adventures and listening to the weird and wonderful things that come out of their mouths. They are always creating and crafting a whole world in their heads, which makes any day dating a Pisces an interesting one. 

Famous examples: Justin Bieber, Adam Levine, and Jessica Biel.

Compatible partners: Libra or Leo

ARIES: They are big and bold.

Dating an Aries is a seriously good time. 

They are naturally bold, Kirkman says, which makes every day feel new and exciting. They are not wallflowers and their big personality and lack of fear will bring out the boldness in you, too. 

You think that they won't go there, but then an Aries will say something so out-of-the-box and brave that you'll fall in love all over again. They're a fire sign which Kirkman told us makes them "dynamic and fun-loving" by nature. 

They're also enthusiastic. That means when you're doing something, they're really all in. You won't catch them browsing Instagram while you're on a beautiful hike — they'll be talking about how beautiful you and the sunset are. 

Famous examples: Kirsten Stewart, Robert Downey Jr., and James Franco.

Compatible signs: Virgo or Scorpio

This weekend is the seventh edition of the annual Governors Ball music festival at Randall's Island in New York City.

Throughout the three-day festival, over 50 musicians will perform, with headliners like Chance the Rapper, Lorde, Phoenix, Childish Gambino, and Tool.

As with any festival these days, there are artists from all different genres including indie, rock, pop, R&B, hip-hop, and dance. Sometimes, the choices can be overwhelming.

We decided to help make it a bit easier by curating your days for you.

Check it out below.

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Start off the festival with electrifying contemporary R&B by Francis and the Lights, who have worked with everyone from Kanye West to Chance the Rapper.

Friday 2:15-3:00 PM, Bacardi stage

Singer Kehlani has been inescapable lately with a massive single off the Fate of the Furious soundtrack, but she's got a ton of great R&B to listen to.

Friday 3:00-3:45 PM, GovBall NYC stage

Next up is singer Tove Lo and her sharp, dark, synth-laden pop hits.

Friday 4:45-5:45 PM, Honda stage

President Donald Trump has announced he intends to pull the US out of the Paris climate deal, following through with a key campaign promise.

The news comes at a time when climate scientists are fearing the worst.

In January, a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency hinted at the possibility of an "extreme" sea-level rise that would put some American landmarks, towns, and cities underwater during this century. That scenario is considered unlikely, but possible.

Research and advocacy group Climate Central took the projections laid out in NOAA's report and created a plugin for Google Earth that shows how catastrophic the damage would be if the flooding happened today. You can install it (directions here) and see anywhere in the US.

We surveyed Washington, DC, to see what might happen in the president's backyard.

SEE ALSO: Here's what the US actually agreed to in the Paris climate deal

In a worst case scenario, flooding — caused by polar melting and ice-sheet collapses — could cause a sea level rise of 10 to 12 feet by 2100.

Here's Washington, DC, today. The famed Potomac River runs through it.

And here's what Washington, DC, might look like in the year 2100 — as seen on Climate Central's plugin for Google Earth. Ocean water causes the river to overflow.

Let's take a look at some of the famed landmarks in our nation's capital.