“And her race doesn’t change the fact that she’s my mom.”
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I'm Adopted, But I'm Not...
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Which Character From "Jessica Jones" Should You Marry?
Let’s see which hero is your true match.
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13 Ways To Up Your Grinch Game At Every Holiday Party
You may be a mean one, but your treats don’t have to be.
Grinch Popcorn
You'll want to stuff your face with this! Find the recipe here.
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Grinch Punch
It's great for kids, but you can make it a bit more ~mean~ with rum. See the recipe here.
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Grinchy Lime Muddy Buddies
If your personality could be summed up by a fruit, a lime it would be! Get the recipe here.
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Grinch Hot Cocoa
This will help give you that warm, fuzzy, feeling. Find the recipe here.
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The Best Moment Of A Date
“It’s unexpected…”
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12 Insanely Easy DIY Christmas Treats That'll Spread Some Holiday Cheer
‘Tis the season for some reindeer cookies.
These yummylicious Santa hat cheescake bites:
Here is how to craft your very own.
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These reindeer treats, that are popping with delicious flavor.
Super easy recipe here.
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These reindeer gingerbread cookies that Santa will surely love.
Learn how to make them here.
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These adorable candy hearts.
Learn how to make them here.
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A Glittery Hair Tie Caused This Woman To Get An Infection That Needed Emergency Surgery
She’s been sharing her story on Facebook to warn people about what she’s had to go through. Warning: This post contains graphic images.
WLKY
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Can You Guess The Studio Ghibli Film Based On The Background?
Prepare to be spirited away.
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5 Charts That Show What Terrorism In America Looks Like
Violent extremism in the U.S. has many faces — mostly American faces. Many are not jihadis.
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We're now well into the second decade of the "war on terror." But who, exactly, are we fighting? And why do they want to hurt us?
To see the big picture, BuzzFeed News has crunched the numbers on deaths and injuries caused by terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, categorizing them by the extremist ideologies involved.
Militant Islamist terrorism dominates, but extremists from the political right also pose a potent threat. And our analysis contains a surprising message: Although another devastating event like 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing, or last week's attacks in Paris could change everything, violent extremism has actually been in decline.
Two decades of casualties reveal the extreme ideologies that threaten American lives.
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In the aftermath of 9/11, it has become easy to equate terrorism with violent Islamists. But this chart, showing the number of deaths and injuries caused by terrorist attacks in the U.S. from 1995 to 2014, paints a more complex picture.
Yes, those waging a violent jihad against America are responsible for the largest number of casualties by far — but they are not alone.
To tally attacks, deaths, and injuries, BuzzFeed News used the most authoritative academic source, the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) maintained by START, the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, at the University of Maryland. To help make sense of the numbers, we attributed the 97 attacks involving casualties to broad ideological categories, consulting with Erin Miller, a criminologist at START who manages the GTD.
Terrorism is notoriously difficult to define. The GTD defines it as "the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non-state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion or intimidation." By this definition, the two most prolific U.S. terrorist groups over the past 20 years are the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front, each responsible for more than 60 incidents.
But environmental and animal rights extremists have mostly targeted institutions, not individuals — so although many buildings have burned, these terrorists are responsible for only two injuries and one death since 1995.
Extremists motivated by their opposition to abortion have pursued a deadlier brand of single-issue terrorism. The most notorious was Eric Rudolph, now serving life without parole for bombing the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta during the 1996 Olympics, killing one spectator and injuring 110 more. Rudolph acted in the name of the Army of God, later stating that he wanted to "embarrass the Washington government in the eyes of the world for its abominable sanctioning of abortion on demand."
The attacks BuzzFeed News categorized as Islamist terrorism include some committed by Muslims who may have been motivated as much by opposition to U.S. foreign policy and military actions as by religion. These include the 2013 Boston Marathon bombers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Although the FBI stressed the pair's extreme Islamist beliefs, the note scrawled by Dzhokhar on the boat in which he hid after a police shootout claimed he had acted in retribution for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
There are clear parallels with the bloodiest incident in the nationalist category: In 1997, Ali Hassan Abu Kamal shot seven people, killing one, on the observation deck of the Empire State Building. He apparently wanted to punish the United States for its support for Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians.
Right-wing extremists, meanwhile, divide into two broadly distinct groups. One, typified by the 1995 Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, is driven by distrust of the U.S. federal government.
Then there are the white supremacists. They include Wade Michael Page, who stormed the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, in August 2012, killing six worshippers and wounding four more. When the GTD is updated for 2015, it will also include the murder of nine black members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, gunned down in June by 21-year-old Dylann Roof, seen posing online with the Confederate flag.
Despite the best efforts of the FBI and researchers at START, the ideological motivation for some incidents remains obscure. These include the anthrax-tainted letters that killed five people and sickened another 17 in 2001, further terrorizing a jittery nation in the aftermath of 9/11.
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A Canadian CEO Is Putting Up $1.5 Million Of His Own Money To Resettle Syrian Refugees
“I’m a business guy who’s not accustomed to things going slowly.”
A business executive in Guelph, Ontario, is putting up close to $1.5 million of his own money to help resettle 50 families of Syrian refugees in the city.
Jim Estill, the CEO of the appliance company Danby, told BuzzFeed Canada the effort started a few months ago after he grew frustrated at the slow response to the Syrian refugee crisis.
"You have to do something when a humanitarian crisis is happening," he said. "I'm a business guy who's not accustomed to things going slowly."
Estill said he called a meeting with a half-dozen local clergy from different faith groups and laid out a plan to resettle 50 families in Guelph. It costs about $25,000 to $30,000 to sponsor a family of refugees to Canada.
"We had one meeting for one hour. I did a PowerPoint on what needed to be done to land people here, and asked them if they wanted to help. And they said yes."
Danby
Estill said that by covering the financial aspect, the larger community in Guelph can take care of the families' other needs.
"The reason I said I'll underwrite the whole thing is because it's just easier," he said. "I saw all these church groups raising money doing a bake sale, and you're just not going to get to any scale at $25 a pop. I know it's great and generous, but there's too much of that volunteer energy being spent on pretty small-scale stuff."
The network Estill has put together includes the Muslim Society of Guelph, local churches and synagogues, the Salvation Army and other charities, as well as his contacts in the business community.
Together they have already arranged food, housing, furniture, and clothing for the new arrivals. Each family will also get an English-speaking mentor and an Arabic-speaking mentor to help them.
"I want to make it clear: I'm not doing it all," Estill said. "I'm just asking, and everybody else is doing all the work."
Danby
The Syrian civil war has displaced more than 4 million people since 2011, according to the United Nations.
Canada has agreed to take 25,000 by the end of February, with at least another 10,000 being resettled later in 2016.
Estill said the community in Guelph is more than ready to do its part.
"The community outpouring has been outstanding," he said. "And we are going to pull it off.
Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
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Children Who Lost Parents In 9/11 Sent A Powerful Message Of Hope To Paris
“I do believe that it is up to us now, because we know what anger and hatred looks like, and we can’t add to that anymore.”
Four young adults who were just children when they lost parents in the September 11, 2001 attacks have sent a message of support to the survivors of the recent attacks in Paris in this gut-wrenching video from Vox.
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"To the people of Paris: Keep spreading love."
Terrease Aiken, now 22, was only 8 years old when terrorists attacked New York City in 2001.
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"You don't need to shy away from living your lives."
Juliette Candela, now 21, was 6 years old when she lost her father on 9/11.
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"You should never be afraid of any terrorists, because I am telling you that the terrorists are more afraid than you are."
Francesca Picerno, now 23, was 9 when her father was killed on 9/11.
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We Know Which Christmas Movie You Should Star In
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal.
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16 Delicious Ways To Take Your Minecraft Party To The Next Level
Get the theme going.
Creeper Chocolate Candy
Learn how to make it here.
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Marshmallow Ghasts
Learn how to make them here.
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Minecraft Cookies
Get the recipe here.
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Marshmallow Creepers
Get the recipe here.
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Someone Made An Amazing Mashup Video Of Mariah Carey “Shading” Ariana Grande
Don’t mess with Mimi.
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Last week, Mariah appeared on Good Morning America to promote her new Christmas book, and while on the show watched a 1990 performance of her hit "Vision of Love."
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Do We All Unknowingly Have A Gender Bias?
Don’t judge a book by its cover.
Whether you're aware of it, you might unknowingly match certain genders with certain professions. So, we went out on the street to see what people assumed others did for a living, solely based on their appearance.
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Ben is a nurse, though you might not guess it by just looking at him.
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Kim is an aerospace engineer.
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Hugo is a dental assistant.
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Some Abortion Foes Celebrated The Planned Parenthood Shooting On Social Media
“I wonder how many unborn babies were save[d] by this gunman interrupting normal Planned Parenthood activities?”
BuzzFeed News has hidden the identity of the Twitter users.
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11 Badass Queer Women You Totally Crushed On This Year
Not girl crush, like full-on crush crush. *swoon*
Ruby Rose
While Ruby identifies as gender fluid, we had to slip her onto this list because she's so universally beloved -- and bringing some badass gender fluid visibility to the queer community.
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Two Canadian Guys Rescued A Bald Eagle And Then Took An Epic Selfie
“Everybody thinks it’s like the selfie of the year.”
Michael Fletcher of Sudbury, Ontario was hunting grouse with his brother Neil when they spotted what appeared to be an eagle off in the woods.
They moved in for a closer look and saw that it was a bald eagle. One of the bird's talons was caught in a trap.
"The bird was pretty calm," he told BuzzFeed Canada. "It was probably tired from trying to fight the trap."
Fletcher took off his jacket and they approached the bird. After a few tries they managed to wrap the eagle in the jacket to prevent it from moving. Then they freed its talon from the trap.
Fletcher had set up his phone to record the rescue. Then his brother has an idea.
"He’s like, 'Oh grab your phone. We should take a selfie.'"
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This is the result: Two smiling Sudbury boys with the bald eagle they just rescued. "Everybody thinks it’s like the selfie of the year," Fletcher said.
Fletcher said the eagle's eyes were remarkable when seen up close. "There's something about them," he said. "And the size of it — the bird is huge."
Amazing.
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Memory Loss
It’s all coming back to me!
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17 Hilarious Tumblr Posts That Will Make You Question Everything You Know About Language
ESPECIALLY English.
First off, English is basically the Wild West of language.
But let's not forget Spanish, which has words that are way too close in spelling for how different their meaning is.
Of course, English has words that are basically spelled the same but pronounced completely differently.
And then there are words that are literally the exact same but different. WTF.
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