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People on Twitter were very into it. |
It was honestly such a power move. |
Some fans even want to know where they can get one of their own. |
At the end of the day, Retta herself put it best. |
Queenstown's fall sees fickle weather. You'll need to pack some T-shirts for days when the temps hover around the mid-60s, plus thick layers for times when they drop into the mid-30s. But once you see the trees alight with fiery colors, you'll think nothing of your suitcase that's loaded down with clothes. You'll also ... |
Wintertime visitors will find perfect skiing and snowboarding conditions on The Remarkables and Coronet Peak. Since the air is crisp and clear, it's also a good time for helicopter tours. Be sure to pack your winter weather gear: Temperatures hover between the upper 20s and the low 50s. |
Spring is all over the place in Queenstown. One day can be bright and sunny, and the next can be rainy or cloudy – even snowy. Temperatures are also erratic, ranging from the mid-30s to the low 60s. The unpredictable weather frustrates adventure seekers as skydiving or bungee jumping excursions can be canceled due to i... |
Because of Queenstown's location on the 45-degree south latitude line, summer days are long and sunny. Sunrise can be as early as 6 a.m. while sunset can occur as late as 9:30 p.m. With all that light, be sure to apply sunscreen regularly: Queenstown experiences much stronger UV rays than the U.S. Average daytime highs... |
President Trump said this week that he is preparing an executive order to try to take away the citizenship guarantee in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which says that people born in the United States are United States citizens. On Tuesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham announced that he would introduce legislation with ... |
But the president cannot repeal part of the Constitution by executive order. And Congress cannot repeal it by simply passing a new bill. Amending the Constitution would require a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate, and also ratification by three-quarters of the states. The effort to erase the citizenship guar... |
Birthright citizenship is one of the bedrocks of this country. More than 150 years ago, the 14th Amendment guaranteed to all those born within the United States citizenship, without regard to parentage, skin color, or ethnicity. And the Supreme Court ruled, more than 100 years ago, that the citizenship guarantee applie... |
Before the amendment was enacted, American citizenship was controlled by the abhorrent 1857 Supreme Court decision Dred Scott v. Sandford. In that case, the justices found that Black people born in the United States were not citizens, but rather a “subordinate and inferior class of beings” with “no rights or privileges... |
After the Civil War, Congress overruled Dred Scott by passing the 14th Amendment. The definition of citizenship is part of its very first sentence: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” In ... |
In 1898, the Supreme Court confirmed that the 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship to all children born on U.S. soil, no matter what their parents’ status. In United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the justices found that a baby born in San Francisco to parents who were citizens of China — and subject to the Chinese Exclusion... |
Only a few categories of people are excluded: children of foreign diplomats, children of enemy soldiers present in the U.S. during an occupation, and children of Native American tribes, who have American citizenship under a separate provision of law. |
Yet the Constitution stands for certain enduring principles, as he said in testimony before the House. |
Omar Jadwat is Director of ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project. |
Their group exhibition at the Salone occupied the very first space following the all-but-immersive maze of the MOST's headliner (and 'instigator,' per the press language), an installation by Tom Dixon himself. A series of mirrors by Lex Pott & David Derksen ostensibly echoes ('mirrors,' perhaps) Dixon's aesthetic, thou... |
The mirrors are adjacent to Jólan van der Wiel's "Gravity Stools," which are produced from a homogenous mixture of iron fillings and a plastic compound that cures in half an hour once he has extracted the material from the mold. |
Fellow Netherlands-based designer Tim van Cromvoirt had a similar piece to show: "Thermophores" is an "artificial wall organism" that changes colors based on its temperature (controlled largely by the light bulb within). The piece itself is made from a homogenous mixture of glue, iron fillings and pigment, which give i... |
Work by Mike Thompson and Gionata Gatto also undergoes a sort of metamorphosis based on its materials. The pair followed up on last year's well-received "Trap Light" with the new "Trace Light," a very different take on photoluminescence. Whereas these pigments—flecks on the inside of the "Trap Light"—are mixed into a p... |
The "Computational Chair" is perhaps best explained by the EZCT Architecture & Design Research themselves:The Computational Chair has evolved by application of genetic algorithms. One of the project aims is to achieve a mechanization of the design process, such that instances of the concept can be produced fully automa... |
The project comprises 25 chairs, each an instance of the same simple design concept; to evolve a chair that minimizes its volume while able to dissolve the forces that act upon it. By coupling simulation and evolution, EZCT has been able to evolve this design by completely eliminating any assumptions and abstractions, ... |
Ruben Thier's Organic Benches and Stools are made from excess polyethylene expelled from manufacturing, such that "the liquid plastic overproduction that is dripping down from the machine is directly collected in molds." |
Some very interesting stuff there. The gravity stools are a bit of a mind melt though. |
At one time, Western Missouri State University was a “dry” campus. While some areas now allow beer and wine consumption, the school expanded it’s policy on Thursday during the Kansas City Chiefs’ summer training camp. |
In addition to the campus’ convention area, campus leaders agreed to include the food court at the training camp area and VIP areas for the Chiefs as areas for beer and wine. The policy will only be in effect for the three weeks that the Chiefs are at training camp. |
Contemplating retiring overseas? You couldn't find a more friendly, affordable and physically beautiful location than Portugal's Algarve region, said Kathleen Peddicord, founder of Live and Invest Overseas. |
The publication, which does an annual ranking of the world's 30 top retirement destinations, has given Algarve the top ranking for four years in a row, thanks to it's spectacular location, safety, friendly expatriate community and the availability of quality health care. |
Live & Invest Overseas' rankings take 13 factors into account. They are cost of living, safety, whether English is spoken, the availability of entertainment, environmental conditions, the nature of the expatriate community, health care, infrastructure, recreation, residency options and taxes. It also looks at real esta... |
Here are the site's top 10 destinations. To learn about the other 20, check out the full ranking at Live and Invest Overseas. |
George Town -- the capital of the island of Penang -- is a foodie's paradise. Named the world's top food destination in 2014 by Lonely Planet, this UNESCO World Heritage city is full of top-notch restaurants and plenty of nightlife. |
The cost of living is a pittance. Expect to pay $800 for a new apartment with a view. You could get by on about half as much if you're willing to live in an older building without a view. It costs about $14 for a doctor's visit and roughly $250 a month for groceries. Total monthly budget: $1,135. |
This gorgeous colonial town in central Mexico has a vibrant expatriate community, which has created a somewhat mixed bag for newcomers. While you'll find many residents friendly and capable of speaking English, the price of real estate has risen with the city's popularity. |
Still, your overall cost of living in San Miguel de Allende will be a bargain, with a total estimated budget that's just a hair more than George Town's, at $1,136 per month. Estimated rent: $500, doctor's visit: $30, transportation: $70. |
The gorgeous Hungarian capital of Budapest is two merged towns -- Buda and Pest -- divided by the scenic Danube river. The elegant Buda side, where you'll find the spectacular and pristine Buda Castle, is filled with parks and elegant homes. The vibrant Pest side is where you'll enjoy a wealth of museums, restaurants a... |
Considered one of Europe's most beautiful towns, Budapest is a little more expensive that some of the other top cities for retirees, requiring a budget of about $1,500 a month, according to Live and Invest Overseas. The bulk of it goes to rent, which will set you back about $900 for a two-bedroom apartment. Plan on spe... |
Thanks to the dollar's rise against the euro, Lisbon -- Portugal's sunny and sophisticated capital city -- has become reasonably affordable. A typical unfurnished two-bedroom apartment rents for less than $1,500 per month. Add in about $300 for groceries and $100 for utilities, and your typical expat couple could scrap... |
The city is safe, scenic and within a few-hour flight to most major capital cities in Europe. Lisbon also boasts direct flights to the U.S. |
Kuala Lumpur, a vibrant city with 7 million residents, mixes modern with the exotic. Residents can shop for everything from batik clothing to Rolex watches in the city's modern, air-conditioned malls, and spend the afternoon exploring the nearby jungle or ancient Malay villages. |
Affordable? Very. Peddicord estimates a couple could get by on less than $1,500 a month, about half of which they would pay for a modern apartment. Doctor's visits cost less than $15. And if you're not fond of housework, it's worth noting that you could hire twice-weekly helpers for less than $150 a month. |
While the cost of living in Paris may have convinced you that France is altogether unaffordable, the French countryside is another story. The ancient city of Saint-Chinian, for instance, supports the elegant living you would expect in France, along with a reasonable price tag. |
A two-bedroom apartment can be rented for about $650 U.S., while you're likely to spend a similar amount on groceries and utilities combined. Meanwhile, keeping in touch is cheap with phone/internet packages running $30 a month. That's also about what you would pay for a doctor's visit. |
Abruzzo is the most overlooked and undervalued of all the regions in Italy, according to Peddicord. Though a bit more expensive than Mexico or Malaysia, Abruzzo is both beach and mountain close, allowing residents to ski in the morning and swim in the afternoon -- all while living in a quaint, historic town. |
A two-bedroom apartment rents for roughly $1,000 at current exchange rates, while internet and electricity will set you back about $130 per month; a doctor's visit, $35. Plan on a total monthly budget of about $1,750. |
Miles of beaches, world-class sport fishing and a vibrant restaurant and bar scene have made Mazatlan, Mexico, a top destination for tourists for decades. However, it's also a great destination for expatriates, who can enjoy fresh seafood dinners and a beach-side condo for a fraction of the cost in the U.S. |
You can rent a two-bedroom place near the water for about $800, while groceries will set you back less than $200 per month. A doctor's visit costs less than $20. Your biggest expense is likely to be entertainment, since you're going to be tempted to go out and enjoy the city's many restaurants and bars. Estimated month... |
It's tough to find an apartment in the historic city center of Valletta, but expatriates who move to the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta can find comfortable accommodations in the nearby suburbs of Sliema and St. Julien. Malta, just 122 miles square, has a lot to offer, from its scenic coastline, replete with fishin... |
The cost of living is less than $1,800 a month, according to Live and Invest Overseas, the main piece of which is rent on a two-bedroom place in the suburbs for about $950 per month. Need a doctor? Plan to spend about $15 per visit. |
Of all the beautiful and affordable areas in the world, there's none quite like Algarve, Portugal, according to Peddicord. The region, which has ranked as Live and Invest Overseas' top retirement destination for the past four years, combines beach-side beauty with an established and welcoming expatriate community, top-... |
Better yet, the cost of living in Portugal is the lowest in Western Europe. Peddicord estimates that a typical expat couple will spend $1,739 per month living here, with about half of that amount going to rent. Medical appointments cost roughly $35. |
If you’ve ever wondered how kings and queens of the fictional, futuristic nation of Wakanda might dress, look no further than Marvel Studio’s “Black Panther” premiere in Los Angeles on Monday night. In keeping with the “royal attire” theme dictated by the evening’s invitation, stars and attendees hit the purple-hued ca... |
Taking cues from the film’s costumes (which were envisioned by Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter), Lupita Nyong’o channeled her warrior character, Nakia, while wearing a purple, custom-made Atelier Versace chiffon gown with gold metal hardware harness details reminiscent of armor. Chadwick Boseman, who star... |
For Letitia Wright, who plays the role of princess Shuri in the Ryan Coogler-directed film, that interpretation came in the form of a black-and-white embroidered Bibhu Mohapatra gown, picked out with the help of stylist Ade Samuel. |
But it wasn’t just the cast who took the dress code to heart for the occasion. Styled by Jason Bolden, “grown-ish” star Yara Shahidi wore a youthful, tasseled white Etro gown and Christian Louboutin sandals, while British-Nigerian actor David Oyelowo wore a traditional dashiki. “Insecure’s” Issa Rae also got the warrio... |
Fresh off the Grammys stage, where she delivered a powerful speech in support of the Time’s Up movement on Sunday, actor and musician Janelle Monáe worked with stylist Alexandra Mandelkorn to put her own spin on the theme while staying true to her own sartorial sensibility that she’s cultivated over the years. That mea... |
Researchers sequencing Neandertal DNA have concluded that between 1 and 4 percent of the DNA of people today who live outside Africa came from Neandertals, the result of interbreeding between Neandertals and early modern humans. |
A team of scientists led by Svante Pääbo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig pieced together the first draft of the sequence—which represents about 60 percent of the entire genome—using DNA obtained from three Neandertal bones that come from Vindija cave in Croatia and are more than 38,... |
The evidence that Neandertals contributed DNA to modern humans came as a shock to the investigators. “First I thought it was some kind of statistical fluke,” Pääbo remarked during a press teleconference on May 5. “We as a consortium came into this with a very, very strong bias against gene flow,” added team member Davi... |
The finding contrasts sharply with Pääbo's previous work. In 1997 he and his colleagues sequenced the first Neandertal mitochondrial DNA . Mitochondria are the cell’s energy-generating organelles, and they have their own DNA, which is distinct from the much longer DNA sequence that resides in the cell’s nucleus. Their ... |
Intriguingly, the researchers failed to detect a special affinity to Europeans—a link that might have been expected given that Neandertals seem to have persisted in Europe longer than anywhere else before disappearing around 28,000 years ago. Rather, the Neandertal sequence was equally close to sequences from present-d... |
Intermixing does not surprise paleoanthropologists who have long argued on the basis of fossils that archaic humans, such as the Neandertals in Eurasia and Homo erectus in East Asia, mated with early moderns and can be counted among our ancestors—the so-called multiregional evolution theory of modern human origins. The... |
The new finding shows that “gene flow across taxonomic boundaries happens,” observes geneticist Michael F. Hammer of the University of Arizona. Hammer is among the minority of geneticists who have espoused the idea of gene flow between archaic and modern populations. His own studies of the DNA of people living today ha... |
Some experts suspect that the estimate for the amount of Neandertal DNA people carry today could rise with further studies—if a Neandertal from the Middle East were sequenced, for instance. In addition, says paleoanthropologist John Hawks of the University of Wisconsin, the current study might be obscuring a contributi... |
Many researchers concur that the results disprove the strict Out of Africa replacement model of modern human origins. In a prepared statement Out of Africa theorist Christopher B. Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London said “although I have never ruled out the possibility of interbreeding, I have considered t... |
Population geneticist Laurent Excoffier of the University of Bern in Switzerland agrees that Out of Africa is still the most plausible model of modern human origins, noting that the alleged admixture did not continue as moderns moved into Europe. “In all scenarios of speciation, there is a time during which two divergi... |
Pääbo, for his part, says that now that his team has shown that early modern humans interbred with one archaic group, he thinks other archaic humans might have passed along genes to us through interbreeding. Whether such contributions might have been beneficial remains unknown, however, although the Neandertal DNA in n... |
Thus far, Pääbo’s group has identified a number of modern human genome regions containing sequence variation that is not seen in Neandertals and that may have helped modern humans adapt. Some of these regions play a role in cognitive development, sperm movement and the physiology of the skin. |
Is violent play bad? I used to think so. Then I spent some time outside of the United States. |
When my husband was growing up, the only boy in a family of all girls, his mother didn't allow him to have any toy guns. He was a mild mannered, sweet little boy. But when he was five years old, he ran over to his friend's house and "borrowed" one of the toy guns he had played with over there and coveted, stashing it i... |
For years, every time I heard what has become a famous family story I sided with my mother-in-law. When my sons were babies I knew how our society viewed male aggression. Like other parents I knew, I had a keen desire to protect my boys, a certainty I could steer their play in the right direction, and a categorical abh... |
Then my firstborn went to a birthday party. In the goodie bags for these four-year-olds was a plastic toy gun. My son was utterly riveted. I tried to coax it away from him. "Bang bang!" he shouted, running around with the other kids. Just days later my shy little two year old fixated upon a toy sword that came with a p... |
When the boys were three and five we moved to Tokyo. At our kids' Japanese preschool, boys ran around playing all sorts of rough-and-tumble war games. Even more shocking to me at the time, the teachers were actually helping kids make their own weapons out of rolled up newspapers. My oldest came home day after day with ... |
Their relaxed attitude undoubtedly has as much to do with cultural context as anything else: today in Japan, almost no one owns firearms and there are hardly any deaths by gun. But ever since living abroad in a society where young kids are allowed so many outlets for their energy, I have come to believe that one of the... |
In contrast, in the U.S. we vilify children for even being interested in playing with guns. In the past six months alone, a little boy in Massachusetts was given detention and forced to write a letter of apology for having a tiny, Lego toy gun on a school bus; a five year old in Maryland was given ten days of suspensio... |
We didn't always used to frown upon weapon play; children of the 1950s grew up steeped in television shows showing gun-toting heroes like the Lone Ranger, and toy soldiers and cowboy costumes were common playthings. But societal panic intensified in the wake of a spate of tragic school shootings in the 1990s, and a shi... |
Although many of us in America worry that gun play desensitizes kids to violence, the research doesn't bear this out. In fact, it can actually help teach children to read each other's facial cues and body language, figure out their place in a group, and learn how to adjust their behavior in social settings. Play helps ... |
When children are engaged in play they choose, they are more engaged and motivated to sustain it for longer. Imaginary play hones self-regulation, which is essential for school success but has declined in recent decades. (Today's five year olds have the self-regulation skills of a three year old 60 years ago). Research... |
There is no question that I'd rather have my sons read a book than play with a toy gun, and there is no easy answer when my Japanese friends wonder at the paradox of our banning gun play when we do not ban the guns that kill thousands of children and teens in the U.S. each year. Does the debatable benefit in banning th... |
*This section has been edited for clarity. |
Christine Gross-Loh is the author of The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life. |
You only have yourself to blame, parents. Had you just resisted, and taken the kids to Inside Out again, we wouldn’t be having this discussion. Instead, you had to go and feed those sexless, nattering, product-pushing Minions. And now they’ve got two running franchises. Two! Hope you like the little guys, because they’... |
One scene in the Minions trailer shows the title characters accidentally sending an early master, a fearsome T. Rex, plummeting to his untimely death. It’s like they knew they’d be the one to finally best Jurassic World at the box office. In its fifth week of release, the insanely profitable sequel—now just $40 million... |
Down in fifth place, below that blockbuster trifecta and Arnold’s tepidly received return to the Terminator franchise, is The Gallows, whose $10 million intake was probably enough to cover the film’s undoubtedly miniscule budget. Self/less, the first of two Ryan Reynolds body-swap movies headed for theaters this year, ... |
A member of the Royal family will be gracing Sussex with their prescence tomorrow (Friday, October 28). |
Prince Philip, 95, will formally open and take a flight on Brighton’s i360, the seafront’s newest tourist attraction. |
The Duke of Edinburgh will meet design engineers, members of the construction team and representatives of Brighton and Hove City Council before unveiling a plaque and signing the visitor’s book. |
His Royal Highness has a special interest in design and engineering and is officially involved with more than 25 engineering institutions worldwide, including the Royal Academy of Engineers and the Institution of Structural Engineering. |
The i360 is the world’s first vertical cable car and was designed by the same architecture firm as the London Eye. |
It stands at a height of 162 metres and holds the Guinness World Record for the World’s Most Slender Tower, with a diameter of 3.9 metres at its widest point. |
The observation pod rises from ground level to 138 metres above Brighton beach, offering a unique view of the city, the South Downs and the south coast. |
So far, this year, Visalia has experience 17 days of 100-degree temperature. |
Last year there were 50 days of triple-digit heat in Visalia and Tulare. |
Mother Nature may be be looking at trying to beat that record. So far, Visalia has experienced 17 days of 100-degree-plus temperatures. |
The annual average for this area — 15. |
Things don't seem to be cooling down, either. |
High temperatures will be around 106 degrees through Thursday. Temperatures are expected to drop off through the weekend, but not by much — expect lows near 101. |
"These hot temperatures are compliments of strong and persistent high pressure over the region," said Scott Borgioli, WeatherAg chief meteorologist. "This is typically the hottest time of the year for the Valley." |
Borgioli said the seasonal average is in the mid-90s. However, above average temperatures are expected through August, he added. |
It could be worse. The mercury in Death Valley will hit 124 this week. |
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