A home designed by Hal Moldstad, the late noted architect who designed homes for Bill Gates and Paul Allen, is on sale for $2.75 million, Curbed reports.

The 4,764-square-foot home is located on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.

Although we don't know who owns this home, the vaulted ceilings and woodsy design gives you a good idea of what it might look like inside a Microsoft co-founder's vacation home. 

The home is located on Bainbridge Island, across Puget Sound from Seattle.

A wood plank walkway leads through a lush garden to the entry.

The updated interior includes a large stone fireplace in the living room.

New Yorkers have long ago made peace with quirky apartment features.

But for people not as familiar with New York City real estate, this shower in the kitchen might look pretty bizarre.

A recent Padmapper listing, spotted by Gothamist, shows a one bedroom apartment on the Lower East Side with a shower in the kitchen. It’s renting for $1,795 a month, though the listing agent Lorence Dippolito writes that the price is negotiable. 

People on Twitter are understandably confused by the set up.

lmfaoooooooo RT @Liberiangyal A shower in the kitchen. The gotdamn kitchen. pic.twitter.com/aoDPDSsFCy

— Harriet Clit-man (@CruzanChoklate) April 13, 2015

For $1795 you can rent this apt in the LES with a shower IN THE KITCHEN. http://t.co/Ht5gpnfywu

— scumbag kam (@cracksauce) April 13, 2015

Only in NYC Could This Apartment With a Shower in the Kitchen Rent for $1,800 http://t.co/2jegrAgyswpic.twitter.com/tvDZpKsqlW

— Viewing NYC (@viewingnyc) April 13, 2015

Though not ideal by modern standards, these apartments with showers or even tubs in the kitchen are not as uncommon as one might expect. 

When New York tenement buildings were first built in the 1800s, they did not have running water. After the Tenement House Act of 1901 passed, which required all residences to have running water, apartments were renovated with pipes for kitchen sinks.

Almost 30 years later when the Multiple Dwelling Law of 1929 was enacted, it said that “Every wash basin, bath, shower, sink and laundry tub shall be provided with an adequate supply of hot and cold water.” Again landlords were required to update their buildings, but as The New York Times writer Alice Feiring pointed out in a 2004 article, cheap landlords looking to save money realized they would only have to install one set of water pipes instead of two if they kept the sinks and tubs in the same room. 

Finally by 1969, Local Law 77 passed which allowed bathtubs to be built in an enclosed space provided that ventilation was adequate. Landlords and buildings renovated apartments to meet this new “modern” standard (plus have a reason to jack up rent costs) with many buildings getting rid of kitchen bathtubs and showers altogether.

Of course, a few of these oddities remain as a reminder of what living in the city was once like. And though not everyone enjoys it, some New Yorkers find the experience quite intimate and cozy. As NYTimes writer Feiring wrote: 

For wine tastings or dinner parties, it's indispensable. My dining table is an arm's reach away, and the tub provides ample space for overflow of dishes or for next course storage; no conventional breakfront could be as functional or multifunctional. At the risk of sounding clichéd, there's no better ice bucket for a methuselah of Champagne.

Only in New York.

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Airport food is often thought of as underwhelming and overpriced. 

But airports are changing all that. They're teaming up with top chefs and serving fresh, local cuisine in restaurants that are actually worthy of a visit.   

We found 20 amazing dishes that are served at airports all around the world.  

From high-end sushi in Tokyo's Narita International Airport to fried cheese curds in Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport, you won't believe these dishes came from an airport.

BOSTON LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, US: Legal Sea Foods serves up classic New England dishes like clam chowder and steamers. The Terminal C location has a great breakfast menu, but if you are stopping by later in the day, be sure to try the seafood trio sandwich or a signature crab cake.

Legal Sea Foods

NARITA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TOKYO, JAPAN: Sushi Kyotatsu, located in Terminal 1, has many fans. Some veteran travelers actually plan their trips to make sure they can stop by the restaurant, known for fish that's somewhat pricey but super fresh.

Sushi Kyotatsu

CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, US: Tortas Frontera, created by star chef Rick Bayless, has three locations in the airport. The Mexican sandwich shop was hailed as the best airport restaurant by Bon Appetit Magazine. Try one of the tortas (Mexican sandwiches), like the Choriqueso, which has chorizo, poblano peppers, avocado, and Jack cheese.

Tortas Frontera

With new market research showing that Apple managed to sell more watches in a single day than Android Wear did in a year, it's easy to dismiss Google's smartwatch software as a bust. 

But there are still some big reasons why an Android Wear watch is a better pick. 

Android wear has much more variety.

Right off the bat, you have many more Android Wear options because a bunch of different companies have taken their own shot at an Android-powered smartwatch, including Motorola, LG, Huawei, Samsung, and Sony. There are 8 different designs so far. 

...Including circular designs if you don't dig the Apple Watch's square screen. You can get a more traditional-looking round watch with the Moto 360 or the LG G Watch R.

You also have much more freedom about what band you get. For now, if you want an Apple Watch you have to buy one of the company's bands. Most Android Wear watches use industry standard 22 mm bands so you can choose almost anything.

In 2012, Jason Vitug found himself on top of a temple in Myanmar.

"I realized I was living a childhood dream," he says of that moment, near the beginning of his year-long, 21-country travel adventure. "And I started wondering why I was the only one there. "

That epiphany became the first seed of his financial education website, Phroogal, which crowdsources high-quality answers to anyone's burning financial questions in order to help them afford the lives they want to lead.

Vitug returned from his trip ready to help others have their own top-of-temple moments.

Traveling through countries including the Phillippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Brunei, Timor L'Este, and Belize, "relates a lot to how I view finances now, and what it truly means to live life rich," he says.

Here, Vitug shares the personal finance lessons he absorbed on his way — along with photos of some memorable moments from his trip.

A goal is the first step.

"Everything starts with a goal in mind," says Vitug, whether that's a trip around the world or paying off $80,000 of student loans and credit card debt, a project he had partially accomplished when he set off on his global tour.

"Your goal needs to be clear and stated. I started backpacking with a goal to see 20 countries in 12 months, and I exceeded it." Twenty-one countries later, he's also debt-free.

A plan is crucial to achieve your goals.

A goal is the first step, but it's nothing without a plan, Vitug explains. "Even with backpacking, you need to plan to get from one part of the country to the next."

A plan keeps you on track to to accomplish your goals, he says, and "a financial plan can help you achieve the lifestyle you dream."

When you don't know the answer, seek out advice.

"I learned the value of seeking advice from locals and fellow travelers," remembers Vitug. "I discovered the best places to eat, cheapest accommodations, and the most beautiful places hidden from many tourists. In general, people are willing and happy to help."

The same applies to money: "Ask experts, or even people who lived through what you're currently going through, for guidance. You're not expected to know everything."

Apple products have always been known for their quality design and attention to detail.

Many of these details go unnoticed by the average Apple user, or are only useful to a relative handful of people using the product.

Some features are handy while others are purely cosmetic, but Apple included them anyway.

Here are the best of these little design flourishes.

A "breathing" sleep light:

Apple has a patent dating back to 2002 for a "Breathing Status LED Indicator." The patent describes a "blinking effect of the sleep-mode indicator [that] mimics the rhythm of breathing which is psychologically appealing."

A smart fan that listens:

When engaging the voice dictation feature on newer Mac laptops, Apple automatically slows the internal fan speed to better hear your voice.

Watch the light's travel in Maps:

If you select the satellite view in Apple's Maps app and zoom far enough out, you'll be able to see the sun's light as it moves in real-time across the Earth.

These days, there's no shortage of high-end sedans that are both luxurious and fun to drive. But there is a shortage of luxurious sports sedans that achieve that fun by directly connecting the driver and machine – in the old-fashioned way, channeling a powerful engine through a manual transmission.

In this sense, the 2015 Audi S4 Quattro – With a 6-speed stick shift! — is something special: a throwback that still feels thoroughly modern. When Audi handed us the keys, we just had to take it for a spin.

In the S4, Audi has achieved a fantastic balance of luxury and performance.

The S4 sits above the standard A4 sedan and below the RS4 Avant, a BMW M3-fighter. Sadly, the RS4 isn't destined for the US market.

Armed with a 6-speed manual transmission, the S4 allowed for old-school gear-shifting enjoyment.

While men certainly made up most of the advertisers on Madison Avenue in the 1960s, some of the most famous campaigns from the "Mad Men" era of advertising were actually created by female copywriters. In real life, Peggy Olson, the underappreciated copywriter on "Mad Men," would have been less lonely than her TV character.

Many of the ads were for soaps and beauty products, but some were for cars and other products that did not fall into the traditionally female beauty and domestic categories.

And one of the first ads that used sex appeal as a selling device — for Woodbury Facial Soap — was created by Helen Lansdowne Resor at JWT in 1910.

This post was originally compiled by Laura Stampler.

Shirley Polykoff of Foote, Cone & Belding created this famous Clairol campaign in 1959.

Mary Wells' eponymous agency, Wells Rich Greene, made this quintessentially sexist ad for the former National Airlines in 1971.

Helen Lansdowne Resor began as a copywriter at JWT in 1907. In 1910, she was responsible for popularizing the use of sex appeal for Woodbury Facial Soap.

It's Equal Pay Day, which represents how far into the year women have to work to earn the equivalent of men's wages from the previous year — nearly three and a half extra months.

While women still lag behind men in most jobs, there are a few where they come out ahead, according to recent data released by the US Census Bureau, which compares men and women's annual full-time wages across 342 professions.

However, these findings may not be something to celebrate, says Payscale data scientist Katie Bardaro: "In a lot of ways it paints a more negative picture for women, because even in these jobs where women are paid more, the difference is so small."

1. Producers and directors

Women earn: $66,226/year

Men earn: $62,386/year

Earnings ratio: 106.15%

Source: US Census Bureau

2. Cleaners of vehicles and equipment

Women earn: $66,226/year

Men earn: $62,386/year

Earnings ratio: 106.15%

Source: US Census Bureau

3. Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products

Women earn: $42,990/year

Men earn: $41,619/year

Earnings ratio: 103.29%

Source: US Census Bureau

On Monday, the listing for a $1,795 one-bedroom in Manhattan’s Lower East Side with a shower in the kitchen went viral.

And though not an ideal set up, these apartments with showers or bathtubs in the kitchen are not as uncommon as one might expect.

In fact, Business Insider associate video producer Alex Kuzoian currently lives in a similar set up with two other roommates.

“I never really had a problem with it,” he said of the apartment. “The bizarre-ness of it kind of just fades after awhile.”

Kuzoian has been living in his Hell’s Kitchen home for the past four months where he’s paying significantly less than $1,000 a month — extremely affordable for the Midtown Manhattan location where the average rent for a one bedroom is $3,374, according to Reator.com.

Even though the shower is in the common area, Kuzoian says that the lack of privacy isn’t too much of an issue since all of his roommates are on different schedules.

“The most annoying part is just not having a real bathroom,” he said. “We have one sink (the one in the kitchen) and then just a tiny room with a toilet. It would be nice not to have to brush my teeth, shave, and do the dishes in the same sink.”

It’s the act of shaving that really bothers him.

“I don't like to do it over the kitchen sink — plus theres no mirror there anyway — so I stand in front of the mirror that’s attached to my bedroom door and hold a garbage can under my chin,” he said. “That’s why I only shave like once a week.”

But Kuzoian said because the apartment is so affordable, he really doesn’t mind the set up. Plus, because he knew his roommates before he moved in, everyone is already comfortable with one another. 

“We don’t have too many guests, mainly because the place is so small — there’s not a lot of room for them to stay,” he said. “It’s usually just our girlfriends or boyfriends.”

He added, “they’re already kind of used to it.”

As for any plus sides of living in an apartment where your shower is in your kitchen, Kuzoian said it’s definitely a “great conversation piece” and that someday he hoped he would be able to look back and get a great story out of his current living situation.

“Being young makes it easier,” he said. “If I were older there's no way I’d tolerate it. But for now, it's just part of the cliche 'NYC experience,’ I guess.”

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Between working, cooking dinner, and supporting you no matter what, mom works hard all day.

And with Mother's Day just around the corner, it's time to find a gift that shows how much you care — so why not splurge a little bit? She's worth it.

Treat her to a relaxing day at the spa.

Price: Facials start at $125, massages start at $80, and manicures start at $25

Indulge your mom with a tension-melting spa day — complete with all her favorite treatments — and watch her stress slip away. Bliss has locations throughout the country where you can book everything from a triple oxygen facial to a massage to a Shellac manicure all at once.

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Bring out her inner baker.

Price: $250-$1,030

If your mom loves to cook, she likely has her eye on one of KitchenAid's iconic standing mixers. Not just for baking, the mixer also has attachments for juicing, making homemade pasta, and churning ice cream. Add a personal touch by choosing one in her favorite color.

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Help her stay active AND chic.

Price: $99 for the Fitbit, $175-$195 for the Tory Burch band

Just because your mom sweats at the gym doesn't mean she can't look great doing it. Help her reach her health goals with a fitness tracker like Fitbit, paired with a stylish wrist band from Tory Burch. Not only will she be able to use Fitbit to track her sleep patterns, steps, and calories burned, but she'll sport the device like a fashionista.

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Jay Z recently relaunched Tidal, a $20-a-month music streaming service that some say could spell trouble for other sites like Spotify.

The launch is the latest in a string of business successes for the 45-year-old rapper, who owns a record label, talent agency, and fashion brand. His estimated net worth is $500 million.

Jay Z has found success by creating his own opportunities.

In doing so, he's gone from being a teen selling drugs on a Brooklyn street corner to a bona fide business mogul.

Before he ever was a successful rapper or businessman, Jay Z was Shawn Carter, a teen drug dealer on the streets of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. He has said drug dealing taught him how to budget, among other essential business skills. "At some point, you have to have an exit strategy, because your window is very small," he told Vanity Fair. "You’re going to get locked up or you’re going to die."

Source: Vanity Fair

Jay Z creates his business opportunities. In the late '90s, he couldn't get a record deal, so he and Damon Dash started their own label, Roc-A-Fella Records. "It was either give up or create my own company," he told Forbes. He was later signed by Def Jam Records.

Source: Forbes

He keeps an incredibly diverse portfolio. His wide business interests include a nightclub (The 40/40 Club), a liquor company (Armadale Vodka), a talent agency (Roc Nation), and a partnership with Barneys New York.

Abraham Lincoln kept the US united and freed black Americans from slavery.

To achieve these historic feats, he relied on a mastery of the written and spoken word. In honor of the 150th anniversary of his death, we've collected a few of his most inspiring quotes.

On genius

On hypocrisy

On reading

April 14 marks one year since Islamist militant group Boko Haram abducted 276 girls from a Nigerian boarding school. While some schoolgirls managed to escape, over 200 are missing, according to a new report from UNICEF.

The girls' disappearance is "only one of endless tragedies being replicated on an epic scale across Nigeria and the region," says Manual Fontaine, UNICEF director for West and Central Africa.

The crisis in the country's northeast, fueled by conflicts between Boko Haram, military forces, and civilian self-defense groups, has forced 800,000 children to flee their homes in search of safety. Many of the displaced find shelter in host communities desperate for basic supplies, clean water, and health and nutrition services.

Haunted by memories of violence and atrocities, the children struggle to forget watching their parents and siblings be slaughtered, or seeing their homes burn to the ground. "They have the right to get their childhoods back," Fontaine says.

At many of the camps, UNICEF uses drawing during psycho-social therapy sessions to help the escaped children open up about what they've seen and endured, and what they miss most. A new awareness campaign, #BringBackOurChildhood, has celebrity Snapchat users recreating the images in the app. You can check out their renditions here.

With permission, we're sharing some of the children's original drawings.

During psycho-social therapy sessions, some children illustrated the trauma they witnessed. Umar, a child refugee in Chad, remembers assailants going into his school and shooting at children in several classrooms.

Another child refugee, Bulus, fled to Cameroon after the Boko Haram burned down his house. "We lost everything, even our mango tree which was on the court," Bulus says.

Sona, a child refugee in Cameroon, remembers the Boko Haram bombing the local church while the pastor was still inside.

After a long winter of rock salt, dirt, ice, and snow, it's finally time to give your trusty boots a rest.

But before you bury them in the back of your closet, you should be sure they're ready the next time it gets snowy again – because, sadly, the ice and slush will return.

Proper care can dramatically increase the lifespan of your footwear. Well-made shoes can last decades, if cleaned and oiled regularly. This routine maintenance will also increase their effectiveness at repelling cold and water.

Though I used an old pair of boots, most leather shoes can benefit from this sort of treatment – even many styles of women's shoes.

Let me show you how.

For this repair demonstration, I'm using my 4-year-old Chippewa Apache "GQ" boot. These boots have only been oiled once, and are in pretty rough shape. They've seen two long upstate New York winters, as well as two equally rough New York City winters. They were not babied in any way, and are prime candidate for this rejuvenation process.

There's road salt, dirt, and who-knows-what-else caked on. The leather is starting to show signs of age and is a bit dry. However, these boots still have a lot of life left in them. If taken care of properly – which is what we're doing now – I'm confident they could last another 5-10 years.

Yes, I am aware they may need to be resoled soon.

To start, we're first going to "wash" the leather with some leather soap. Leather soap, like the Saddle Soap I used here, is specially designed to clean up dried-out leather hides. Though it's a weird yellowish color, it lathers and foams just like the hand soap you use for your own non-dried out hide.

This week, "Mortal Kombat X," the highly-anticipated new "Mortal Kombat" game, will be released on most major gaming systems. 

After becoming a hit videogame, "Mortal Kombat" was made into a movie in 1995, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson ("Resident Evil,""Alien v. Predator").

The movie was a big success, grossing over $122 million worldwide and later launching a sequel ("Mortal Kombat: Annihilation") two years later as well as two spin-off TV series. 

In honor of "Mortal Kombat X," we've decided to take a look back at the cast of the "Mortal Kombat" movie, which ranges from martial arts stars to Batman stunt doubles.

THEN: Robin Shou played Shaolin monk-turned-warrior Liu Kang.

NOW: He reunited with director Paul W.S. Anderson for 2008's "Death Race" as well as its two sequels, one of which is called "Death Race 2: Frankenstein Lives."

THEN: Everyone bowed down to Christopher Lambert, who played the god of thunder Raiden.

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Facebook is one of the most widely used websites in the world, which means it takes an army of designers, engineers, managers, and more to make sure everything is running smoothly.

And, with a product that's as widely used as Facebook's, it's important to have the right people for the job. That's why Facebook is willing to pay top dollar for its employees.

Using data from Glassdoor, we compiled a list of the highest salaries you can earn while working at Facebook, ranked from lowest to highest. 

(Note: Some positions listed on Glassdoor were excluded because there weren't enough shared salaries. Each average salary included in this roundup has at least 10 reviews. This is an update of a post originally written by Matt Lynley and Karyne Levy).  

19. Data engineer

Salary: $110,193

Since Facebook has such a massive user base, it needs skilled data engineers to make sense of all the information coming in and out of the platform. To get a job as a data engineer at Facebook, you need to have at least two years of experience with Java and/or Python, and at least two years of SQL experience, according to a job listing from the company. 

18. Software engineering new grad

Salary: $111,663

You can earn six figures right out of school as a software engineer at Facebook.  

17. Applications operations engineer

Salary: $114,197

Facebook needs smart, talented engineers to keep things running quickly and efficiently. For these types of positions, Facebook usually looks for someone that's interested in building business-focused software, but with a hacker mentality, as it says on its careers page. 

Just like her father, former Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Oscar-nominated producer Megan Ellison is turning out to be quite the real estate mogul.

According to Variety, she recently paid $5.25 million for a five-bedroom home in the Mount Olympus section of the Hollywood Hills. Strangely enough, the house is right next door to the eight-acre estate that she purchased for $30 million in 2013. 

Also that year, she sold a different collection of three homes above the Sunset Strip for a combined $46.7 million.

The new home has 5,240 square feet of space and boasts gorgeous city views.

The interior is covered in marble from Italy and Brazil.

Huge glass panels open to a patio.

The kitchen features an island and lots of stainless steel.

The Church of Scientology has a huge footprint in Los Angeles. 

The religion, which made headlines in recent weeks via HBO's "Going Clear" documentary, owned a "real-estate empire of 26 properties" worth as much as $400 million in the city as of 2011, according to the Hollywood Reporter. 

While some critics say Scientology maintains a large real-estate portfolio to create the impressions that it is a larger organization than it really is, there is no question the church has an impressive physical presence in the LA area. 

Business Insider visited many of Scientology's properties in the city, including the church's famous "Celebrity Centre" and a museum dedicated to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.

The hub of Scientology's presence in Los Angeles is the former Cedars of Lebanon hospital complex. This building, the Pacific Area Command Base (PAC Base) is topped by a massive sign with 16-foot-tall letters. It was purchased by the church in 1977. At the time, Scientology leaders said it would be their "central facility for the United States." Today, Scientology has its spiritual headquarters in Clearwater, Florida, but PAC base still houses dormitories and offices for the church.

Source, Source, Source

Uniformed Scientologists can often be seen coming in and out of the PAC base and working to maintain the building. They have shuttle buses that take them from the complex to the church's other facilities in the LA area.

There are also security guards who constantly patrol the complex. In our experience, they occasionally question and discourage people who attempt to photograph the facility.