Author: Fridayposts

Ah, Coachella. The fashion event music festival that brings out the craziest, coolest and most bizarre style moments of the year. While we wish we could say that the musical lineup was the most anticipated part of the weekend-long event, it’s really the clothes that get most of the attention. And over the past few years, a Coachella uniform has most certainly developed. In honor of the festival’s kickoff on April 15, we dissect the anatomy of a Coachella outfit, septum ring and all:1. A flower crown — or ideally, several flower crowns.Sorry, this is a unisex item, in case that…

“Yes, You Can Make It In Fashion” is a HuffPost Style series that profiles men and women across every area of the fashion industry and explores how they rose to the top, how they thrive and their practical advice for young people trying to break into their world.Stefano Tonchi has held some of the highest positions in the editorial world. The Italian editor has had stints at Esquire, L’Uomo Vogue and the Sunday Times — he was even the creator and editor-in-chief of T: The New York Times Style — and today, he’s the editor-in-chief of W magazine. So to…

When photographer Heidi Guerard and her husband Shaun learned the gender of their third child, the couple decided to reveal the news to their two young daughters with cupcakes.In the video above, the girls — Giuliana and her younger sister, Grace — were told to cut open the sweet treats. If the cream inside was blue, that meant the baby was a boy. If the cream was pink, then the baby was a girl.An excited Giuliana promptly ripped her cupcake open, revealing bright blue filling.“It’s a boy!” she exclaimed.Her sister Grace, however, was not impressed, first refusing to open…

A 16-year-old girl identified as Fati, who regained freedom after spending two years in Boko Haram’s captivity, has explained how teenage girls volunteer to go on suicide missions in order to escape molestation and other forms of hardship under the sect. Fati, whose name was changed to protect her identity, said young girls fight to strap on a bomb, not because they were brainwashed by their captors but because the relentless hunger and sexual abuse became too much to bear. “They came to us to pick us. They would ask, ‘Who wants to be a suicide bomber?’ The girls would…

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“The way you’re going, you will go to jail or you’ll end up in this body bag. One of two things. What do you want to do?”Those were the poignant, pointed words uttered in March by a Georgia judge to a group of troubled teens. Her speech has since gone viral.Bibb County Superior Court Judge Verda Colvin had been speaking to the group of youngsters as part of “Consider the Consequences,” a program organized by the local sheriff’s office aimed at reaching young people who’ve had a history of discipline problems or crime.Colvin later said that she had no…

Forget hula girls and plastic Jesus figures… this car has something way cooler on the dashboard: The world’s calmest kitty. Call me the dashboard cat -Rory #myfirstpost #catchthevibe #dashboardconfessions #bestmeow A video posted by Rory Da Roarier (@its_rorrry) on Mar 31, 2016 at 9:50am PDTThe stresses of the daily commute might be too much for some people, but little Rory is the picture of calm. This wasn’t a one-time thing, either. Rory’s Instagram and Facebook feeds are full of pictures of the “dashboard cat” hard at rest in her owner’s car. Traffic means sleepy time for me #cat #catstagram #adoptdontshop…

Seven of Australia’s most beautiful and unique frog species face the imminent threat of extinction from the deadly chytrid fungus, researchers have warned.  — This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. Source: Huffingtonposts

Two years ago, President Barack Obama unveiled an initiative to give early release to potentially thousands of federal prisoners serving long sentences for low-level drug crimes. The initiative has barely made a dent, and a resignation letter from the president’s recently departed pardon attorney lays out at least one reason why. — This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. Source: Huffingtonposts

(Reuters) – Peabody Energy Corp, the world’s largest privately owned coal producer, filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Wednesday in the wake of a sharp fall in coal prices that left it unable to service a recent debt-fueled expansion into Australia.The company listed both assets and liabilities in the range of $10 billion to $50 billion, according to a court filing.Peabody’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing ranks among the largest in the commodities sector since energy and metals prices began to fall in the middle of 2014 as once fast-growing markets such as China and Brazil began to slow.”This was…