SHE SAID YES!
One Direction Helped A Boyfriend Pull Off The Best Proposal Ever
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22 Sentences That Will Truly Annoy L.A. Natives
Kale . Stop talking about Kale.
"OMG. You must go to the beach all the time."
No. I don't. As a matter of fact, I hate the beach.
"So, do you, like, see famous people out on the street?"
Yes. Justin Bieber pumped my gas the other day. I told him to give me a full tank and he only gave me half. It happens.
"Don't you just looooooooove waking up to sunny blue skies and perfect temperatures?"
You get over it after week two of life.
"Kale is so L.A."
May I remind you that kale is a goddamn vegetable.
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4 Easy Steps To Brighten Your Day
Hint: it involves a cute corgi.
"Hey."
"Yeah, you!"
"It's time to smile!"
"ISN'T IT FUN??"
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Missing Texas Girl Found Alive In Mexico 12 Years After Being Abducted
Sabrina Allen was 4 years old when she went missing in April 2002.
Sabrina Allen was abducted in 2002 by her noncustodial mother, and was found in a secret rescue mission near Mexico City, USA Today reported.
Llorens had been under surveillance for about two weeks before she was arrested Tuesday morning, reportedly injuring one Mexican Federal Police officer during a struggle.
The Mexican Federal Authority, FBI, and U.S. Marshals all assisted in the investigation in the town of Estafeta Tlaxcala, located about 60 miles from Mexico City, KIC Investigations' Philip Klein told USA Today.
Dara Llorens
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8 Celebrity Tweets You Missed Today
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How Worried Should You Be About Life?
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21 Things Every Hopeless Romantic Knows To Be True
As told by Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas .
Anytime you meet an attractive new stranger, you immediately imagine your future together.
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You've already planned out every romantic thing that will one day be said to you.
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You shamelessly creep on the social media accounts of every prospective soulmate.
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Uber's Fleet Partnerships Might Be Undercutting Uber's Promise To Drivers
Companies can rent their older cars out to aspiring Uber drivers, but the costs might not add up. “The [Uber] rates are so cheap … and the commission and gas is too high,” one driver tells BuzzFeed News’ Johana Bhuiyan.
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Uber has pegged itself as a service that is good for both riders and drivers. That's a sentiment the company continues to echo even after it announced the discounted fare prices that the company introduced as a summer promotion in New York City and San Francisco — which aim to make UberX rides cheaper than a taxi — permanent all year-round: Uber provides the best economic opportunity for drivers.
The idea is that Uber drivers are making more money than they did before the price cut, according to Uber NYC General Manager Josh Moher, because they can accept more rides per hour due to a higher demand from customers who like the low rates.
And in drivers' minds — save for the company's no-tip policy and the low UberX fares — app-based car services like Uber, Lyft, and Gett do make their lives better. With these services, drivers can make their own hours, don't have to wait at a base to be dispatched, and are not subject to the whims of a dispatch agent or a "middle man," as one driver told BuzzFeed News in a previous interview.
But those prospective benefits for drivers are seemingly undercut by a service in New York that Uber hasn't been touting: the fleet partner program. According to the site, a fleet partner is anyone who owns more than one car in the Uber system and pays the drivers themselves, instead of Uber paying the drivers directly.
Here's how it works: Car services or private individuals who own more than one car and register with one of Uber's bases can either rent their cars to or set up a contract with Uber drivers. These fleet partners — who are usually looking to make an extra buck on older cars in their fleet or idle inventory — then accept payment from Uber and pay the driver accordingly. In some cases, fleet partners take a percentage of the drivers' total fares, in others, fleet partners charge a standard weekly (or in rare cases monthly) rental fee, a price point the fleet partner decides. Theoretically, then, these fleet partners can operate as mini-Uber bases, much of the time mimicking some of the economics and practices of yellow cab or black car bases — fees, lack of flexibility, and middle men.
Uber encourages potential and current fleet partners to look for prospective drivers and renters on the Uber marketplace, which serves as sort of a Craigslist for both drivers looking for cars and renters looking for drivers. Not all listings on the site are for fleet partners, however. Some listings are just car owners looking to cover some of the expenses on a car they may not use often but still need by renting it out to Uber drivers.
At its best, the program offers a low-commitment way of becoming an Uber driver. At its worst, however, drivers can be bound to several months-long contracts where they only see 60% of the net fares — after Uber's 20% cut and other taxes and fees — and may be forced to pick shifts that are less flexible.
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Watch This Dog Wearing Goggles Go Skydiving For The First Time
Doggone daredevil.
4-year-old Riley went skydiving for the first time with his owner, who said it was the best jump he's ever experienced.
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This cool canine has his very own pair of doggles (doggie goggles) for the jump.
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Here they go!
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Surprisingly chill.
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21 Struggles Only Taylor Swift's Best Friends Will Understand
This life is hard.
That you are her best friend. But one of many.
So you have to be cool with not being the ~only~ best friend.
You have to learn to share her best friendship.
Because there are other best friends.
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23 Times Sydney Transport Failed So Hard It Won
Train, bus, ferry, no contest.
That time the train was clearly drunk.
That time the staff got a little intense.
That time the ferry banned eye contact.
That time a guy was swigging goon.
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This Adorable Dog Is All Of Us When We're Dealing With A Freeloading Friend
Works every time.
Sometimes you just don't want to share.
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Even when a friend comes by to sneak in a little bite...
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You'll do everything in your power to ensure that they don't get any.
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... #Rejected.
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9 Celebrity Tweets You Missed Today
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Acer Is The Miniature Horse You Want And Need
Basically L’il Sebastian but real life.
This is Acer and he is only 22 inches tall.
He's the smallest dwarf horse at the Wolfscastle Miniature Horse Farm in Britain.
Both his parents were born with the dwarf gene. While "most people would have him put down...[they] persevered with him" and he lives a lovely life.
Because of his size, he gets to stroll around the house...
...and say hello to all of his bigger brethren.
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Who's Your TV Boyfriend?
Because obviously TV boyfriends are better than real life ones…
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24 Times Raccoons Were Good Citizens Of The World
People shoot raccoons a lot of grief for causing a big old ruckus, but they’re really just trying to make the world a better place.
This little guy who is demonstrating the wrong way to drive a car.
This thirsty baby who wants us all to remember that calcium is an essential part of everyone's diet.
This encouraging cutie.
This little dude who is letting us all know that rest is essential.
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Amnesty: New Tory Plans "A Blueprint For Human Rights You Would Expect From Belarus"
The director of campaigns for the human rights also told BuzzFeed News that the proposals equated to “electioneering on the backs of Europe’s most vulnerable.”
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The Conservative party's proposals for reforms to human rights laws in Britain are "a blueprint for human rights you would expect from a country like Belarus," according to the campaigns director at Amnesty International.
The plans, which form part of the Conservative's manifesto should they be elected, would see the Human Rights Act, introduced by Labour in 1998, scrapped, and would mean decisions made in the European court could no longer affect British laws.
Tim Hancock, campaigns director at Amnesty UK, told BuzzFeed News: "These proposals are nasty, spiteful and shameful. This is electioneering on the backs of Europe's most vulnerable."
Hancock said the plans should concern British citizens. He said: "This is a blueprint for human rights you would expect from a country like Belarus. We should all be worried when politicians try to set themselves above the law. It's a complete disgrace to see the government blackmail the Council of Europe."
The document says the Conservatives have put forward the strategy as a means to "restore common sense to the application of human rights in the UK."
It comes as Home Secretary Theresa May has questioned the link between the power the European courts have over British law multiple times, especially in relation to deporting foreign nationals who pose a threat to the country.
The most recent high-profile case was that of Abu Qatada, who the government could not deport due to the Human Rights Act and the European Court. He was eventually transferred to Jordan because he agreed to leave.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said: "We cannot go on with a situation where crucial decisions about how this country is run and how we protect our citizens are taken by the European Court of Human Rights and not by our Parliament and our own courts. We also have to be much clearer about when human rights laws should be used, and that rights have to be balanced with responsibilities."
But Green has taken particular issue with a number of the measures, in particular one that says, "People who do not fulfil their responsibilities in society should not be able to claim so-called "qualified rights" in their defence."
He wrote on Twitter that the fact all human rights, with the exception of the right to life and the right against being tortured, were "qualified." "Not "human" rights," he said.
Here are some of the plans suggested by the Conservatives, as published in Green's blog:
• Repeal Labour's 1998 Human Rights Act.
• Break the formal link between British courts and the European Court of Human Rights. In future Britain's courts will no longer be required to take into account rulings from the Court in Strasbourg. This will make our Supreme Court the ultimate arbiter of human rights matters in the UK.
• End the ability of the European Court to require the UK to change British laws. Every judgement against the UK will be treated as advisory and will have to be approved by Parliament if it is to lead to a change in our laws.
• Define much more clearly when and how Human Rights laws in the UK are to be applied. This will end the ability of the Courts to decide unilaterally to apply Human Rights laws to whole new areas of public life.
• Limit the use of Human Rights laws to the most serious cases. They will no longer apply in trivial cases.
• Balance rights and responsibilities. People who do not fulfil their responsibilities in society should not be able to claim so-called "qualified rights" in their defence in a court of law.
• Ensure that those who pose a national security risk to this country or have entered it illegally cannot rely on questionable human rights claims to prevent their deportation.
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51 Reasons Living In Chicago Ruins You For Life
I’m not gonna lie… a lot of the reasons are food.
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Because pizza anywhere else will seem like pizza for ants.
And "Chicago-style" just ain't the same.
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Because Central Park is pretty, but Millennium Park is a work of art.
Well-planned and beautiful, just like the rest of the city.
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Which Fleetwood Mac Song Best Describes Your Love Life?
You make quizzin’ fun.
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26 Truly Devastating Hipster Problems
“What do you mean you’ve seen every Wes Anderson movie?”
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Nickelodeon
Spending $200 on an outfit that looks like it cost $5.
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