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The 2024 Olympics kick off on Friday, with all eyes on Paris. But despite 10,000 athletes competing in 329 medal events at the Summer Olympics, the city has built only a few new sports facilities, including a swimming venue, a climbing wall venue, a gymnastics venue and a badminton venue. Aquatics Centre The aquatics centre in the Saint-Denis district, a northern Paris suburb, opened in May and is modular, seating 5,000 people during the Olympics but can be converted to 2,500 seats for other events in the future. The venue cost $190 million to build, according to NBC Los Angeles.…
A teenage girl’s reaction to her mother wearing 1990s make-up has people laughing.Dawn, who did not want to give her surname, lives in the UK and said she wanted to show her daughter, who loves makeup, how she used to apply it.Dawn rubbed foundation onto her face with her hands, then used a highlighter stick to boldly fill in her pencil-thin eyebrows while her daughter Lily looked on in horror.”The inspiration for this video came from watching a lot of modern makeup tutorials,” Dawn told Newsweek magazine. “Lily loves doing my makeup, so I wanted to show her how quick…
DP Energy, an Irish company developing large-scale renewable energy projects in Canada and around the world, has received approval for the 325 MW Thermis solar project in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Approval for the project, which will be the largest urban solar project in North America when completed, follows a public hearing held in the city in April. Located in the northwest of Canada’s sunniest city, the Thermis Solar Farm will support Alberta’s goal of sourcing 30 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. It is expected to generate enough electricity to power approximately 250,000 homes and…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the 2024 election approaches, Gen Z’s role in shaping the political landscape is becoming more important. Debra Reiter is an associate professor of political science at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. On the influence of social media, she shared how political leaders, parties and movements are targeting young voters through social media platforms like Tik Tok. Voices of the People | Share your voice with KSHB 41’s Rae DanielVice President Kamala Harris joined Tik Tok on Thursday as the presidential campaign got underway, and former President Donald Trump also joined earlier this summer. Reiter said…
The Florida Retirement System Trustee increased its holdings in Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN – free report ) by 32.7% in the first quarter, according to the latest filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought an additional 5,960 shares during the quarter, bringing its holdings to 24,186 shares of the apparel retailer. The Florida Retirement System Trustee’s holdings of Urban Outfitters stock were worth $1.05 million at the end of the most recent quarter. A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds are also buying and selling shares of URBN. Vanguard Group increased its holdings in Urban Outfitters by…
Downward angle icon Downward angle icon. Tattoo artists are noticing a trend of Gen Z and millennial brides regretting their tattoos. Anna Mardo/Getty Images Gen Z and millennial brides are opening up online about regretting their tattoos. The trend for “clean girl aesthetics,” which emphasises minimalist beauty, may be one factor. Tattoo artists told BI that brides shouldn’t feel guilty about their choice, even if they choose to cover up their tattoos. We’ve all heard the stories of tattoo regret, and young brides may be more susceptible to this feeling than others.Celeste Evanovich, a 28-year-old tattoo artist and content creator,…
PS Photography | Anvita ReddyPS Photography | Anvita ReddyEach product featured is independently selected by our editors and may contain paid promotions. If you buy something through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more about our product review guidelines here. While beauty lovers flock to tinted moisturizers and skin tints for summer, I need a little more coverage and prefer to stick with a lightweight foundation. But most of my favorite foundations with full coverage feel like they’re melting off my face in the sweltering heat. I needed a formula that was weightless, lasting, and just right for…
“Kamala is a Brat,” singer Charli XCX tweeted on Sunday after Vice President Kamala Harris was sworn in to fill President Joe Biden’s vacant presidential seat. Though Charli XCX herself is a senior at 31, she speaks in a slang that’s easily recognizable to anyone under 30, especially women and gays. Brat is the album of the summer, its distinctive neon-green cover packed with references to Dimes Square’s provocative podcaster Julia Fox, partying, and the inherent feminine insecurity that comes with being, somehow, simultaneously in your late 20s and childless. Harris’ team enthusiastically transformed what they believed was a pop…
No matter what generation you belong to, a parent will always be a parent, which means Gen Z parents are likely completely ignorant of current “norms.” NBCSo we recently asked the BuzzFeed Community to share the common habits parents don’t understand. Here are some of the responses:1. “Emoji use. We often hear that children don’t understand how to use popular emojis in unfamiliar situations, but there are also some very important emojis that children don’t even realize exist, such as 🙃, 🥺, 😶🌫️, 🫠, 😶, and 🫨.”—sadie084″My mom doesn’t understand the 💀 and 😭 emojis that you can use to…
Kamala Harris has put herself way ahead of Donald Trump in a new poll looking at support among America’s youngest voters aged 18 to 34.Respondents representing Gen Z voters and young millennials were asked who they would vote for if Harris faced off against Trump: 60 percent voted for the vice president and just 40 percent chose Trump.When asked the same question about Biden becoming the Democratic nominee, young voters’ support for Trump rose to 47 percent, while only 53 percent supported a second term for the current president.The Axios/Generation Lab poll was conducted from July 22-24, shortly after President…