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A Definitive Ranking Of The 20 Most Important "Real Housewives" Fights

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Who gon’ check me boo?

Rule No. 1: No reunion fights

Rule No. 1: No reunion fights

Yes, they're the best part of the whole year. But reunions are carefully thought-out beasts. These women have seen their actions and have seen the reactions from the public, so whatever they say is crafted to help them repair their image in any way possible. Also, the entire list would be Teresa Giudice from Seasons 3 and 4 of RHONJ.

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Rule No. 2: No hubbies

Rule No. 2: No hubbies

Let's clarify that: No fights that are all about the hubbies. That means no epic "Pillow Talk" battle because really it was just random husbands getting into a fight with Brandon. The Giudices/ Gorgas are a different story since the fight involves the wives' numerous problems as well.

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Rule No. 3: No drawn-out fights

Rule No. 3: No drawn-out fights

This list is for when the season-long disagreement finally blows up into a war of words. So while a whole season of Shannon vs. Heather is technically a fight, the only aspect up for competition is when they finally confront one another.

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What It's Like To Be In A Long Distance Relationship

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“When you really love someone, it makes it worth it.”

Can We Guess What Type Of Lover You Are?

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How do you do “it”?

17 Reasons Why Dark Willow Is Your Kindred Spirit

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Darkness is your gift.

Long jokes easily bore you.

Long jokes easily bore you.

You're not looking for a novel, just keep it short or get your skin ripped off.

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You don't care about your co-workers' sad meaningless lives.

You don't care about your co-workers' sad meaningless lives.

Who cares about your cat's Facebook page!

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Wearing all Black gives you so much confidence.

Wearing all Black gives you so much confidence.

You feel like you can conquer the universe!

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Anytime someone talks about Iggy Azalea.

Anytime someone talks about Iggy Azalea.

Not a fan.

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These People Decided To Give Their Fish A Viking Funeral And It's Badass

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The only way to get flushed with style.

Riley Gilstrap, who uploaded this video, says they decided to give their fish "the only respectable burial we could think of. He never wore a frown, and we won't forget a moment of those precious twelve hours we spent together." RIP little guy.

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Goodbye dear friend.

Goodbye dear friend.

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Being Winona In A World Made For Gwyneths

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I should have foreseen that things between James and me would end in violent chaos on the night of my 29th birthday when he, my best friend Phoebe, and I were each contemplating who our No. 1 most bangable celebrity is. Phoebe and I had declared our respective loves for Harry Styles and John Malkovich. Then James said, “You know, I’ve always had a soft spot for Gwyneth Paltrow.”

“Gywneth Paltrow?” I repeated back to him in horror.

“Yeah, there’s something about her, I don’t know what it is!” And in that moment, every thought or daydream I ever had about our potential future together filled with broad-smiled children, adopted cats, and phenomenal sex evaporated. Because there is no future with a Gwyneth man when you’re a Winona woman, particularly a Winona in a world made for Gwyneths.

My “Winona in a world made for Gwyneths” complex is a theory that positions these one-time best friends as two distinct categories of white women who are conventionally attractive but whose public images exemplify dramatically different lifestyles and worldviews. One lives a messy but somehow more authentic life that is at once exciting and a little bit sad. The other appears to have a life so sufficiently figured out as to be both enviable and mundane. Gwyneth Paltrow is, of course, the latter. She has always represented a collection of tasteful but safe consumer reflexes more than she’s reflected much of a real personality. I imagine that she writes the GOOP newsletter, her laughably out-of-touch dispatch about vegetables and fashion, wearing overpriced clothes in colors like “camel” and scowling at her staff. That is, when she’s not referring to Billy Joel as “William” and seeking nannies that know ancient Greek and play at least two instruments.

Winona Ryder I imagine very differently.

For girls of my generation who were awkward or a little bit strange, Winona Ryder was both relatable and aspirational. The few recorded interviews she’s done reveal that she is a bottomless well of uncool and discomfort. She stumbles over metaphors and laughs sincerely at bad jokes. She is also a movie star who is unreasonably beautiful, but there was always a sense that she still belonged to the Island of Misfit Toys.

She epitomized the Mall Goth ethic and aesthetic in Beetlejuice long before Hot Topic was mass-producing the look, and in Heathers, she enacted high school revenge fantasies long before Mean Girls was either a movie or PG shorthand for “fucking bitches.” In the '90s, she did her grungiest best as the Generation X poster child in Reality Bites but never met a corset she didn’t like and came at us with The Age of Innocence and Dracula. I can’t even talk about Little Women because I’ll just start crying about the fact that I’m not currently sitting under a pile of kittens and sisters.

Then there’s her romantic life, which reads like a who’s who of my sexual awakening. Val Kilmer, Rob Lowe, Christian Slater, Beck, David Duchovny, and a bunch of indie rock stars who are probably still in love with her. Gwyneth had a shorter and more predictable list of conventional handsome dudes like Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck before she married Chris Martin. But Winona’s love stories seem like a series of elaborate fan fictions come to life for the charming and constantly bewildered pixie of a person. And I’m sure I don’t need to remind anyone that Johnny Depp wore her name on his bicep when he was still starring in daring, quirky films instead of predictable Tim Burton cash cows.

But as interesting as I always found her love life, it was still her personality and talent that drew me in. Rumor has it that Winona had the script for Shakespeare in Love and that Gwyneth saw it at her house and surreptitiously sought out the producers to get the role that landed her the Oscar. It is one of many Hollywood whispers that Gwyneth is not so sweet as she presents. And the long list of “best friends” she seems to have had over the years (Winona, Madonna, Tracy Anderson, Beyoncé) looks more than a little opportunistic.

It would have all been fine for Winona, because she was starring in the adaptation of Girl, Interrupted. Except that turned out to be the movie that would actually work to catapult Angelina Jolie to stardom and earn her an Oscar. And then came her 2001 arrest for shoplifting. The incident revealed a more complicated, less whimsical Winona; she was actually unwell, an inconvenient reality better dealt with through punchlines than public sympathy. And while male performers have gone on violent and destructive benders and bounced back in the time since that incident, Winona’s reputation has never fully recovered.

I loved Winona as a kid but grew even more affectionate for her in my late teens and early adulthood, long after the “Free Winona” T-shirts had cycled out of ironic fashion. She was wide-eyed and wistful but managed to find love from time to time anyway. I felt I could reasonably aspire to that. Before James, I dated a series of insecure addicts or men who treated me as an afterthought before unceremoniously disappearing into the ether without so much as an “I’m just not that into you” text. In a dating scene so normally steeped in nonchalance, messages from James that said, “I miss you. I want to see you” felt like love letters. He had endless words of affection for my peculiarity. For my inscrutability. He told me that I was hard to get a read on, a source of fascination and frustration for someone as socially intuitive as he was. And while James is hardly the first man to use praise for a woman’s particular brand of insecurity to his advantage, he did do an especially thorough job.

He’d ask, “What’s going on in that pretty head of yours?” Over time, I revealed a lifelong struggle with mental illness and self-doubt. He was the first person I told about my part-time work at a strip club, an industry I was in and out of for years when untreated mental health issues left me suddenly jobless and increasingly less employable during daylight. The work fueled his fascination with me and he’d request that he always get the first dance when I bought new outfits for work. But the revelation also sharpened his protective edge, and he'd remark often, “I gotta take better care of you,” when I’d report poor treatment by customers. Having spent a lifetime feeling like a blight in an otherwise beautiful world, I suddenly desired visibility without a subsequent desire to retreat to the shadows in a panic. My bottomless well of discomfort and uncool was finally charming someone.

His long hours and reliance on prescription drugs made it easy to excuse occasional neglect, particularly in light of how brightly the sun shined when I had his attention. Trust seemed to materialize from thin air around him. His imposing but non-threatening height made him an immediate presence as he easily made conversation with deli cashiers and conjured laughter from even the most timid children.

After a year, it became increasingly clear that my broad-smiled children and adopted cats were never going to be shared with James. He was noncommittal but remained protective and fascinated. I had met his siblings but not his parents. These were tell-tale signs that I was playing an interesting chapter in his memoir but would never play his happily ever after. I tried to break up with James the first week of May and I tried again the first week of July. He begged me to come back, making appeals about grilled cheeses in bed and missing my cat. And since I’m a sucker for a breakable promise to do better, I never followed through on ending things. We both had slept with other people but seemed to be still mostly committed to each other.

Then in the last week of July, James told me he had a new girlfriend and would be moving to California to be with her (his job brought him to Los Angeles often). Even though we were not exclusive, one of my very few requests of him was that if he were to commit to someone, that he not make me complicit in his infidelity. He made grand claims about his commitment to sexual fidelity with his new girlfriend a mere hour after sending me pictures of sexual positions he’d like to try with me. He told me how he was going to be different for this girl in the same breaths that he told me “I love you” for the first time. Lying on my bed, he pulled me closer to him as he made the case for sex while simultaneously texting with someone named “Amber.” This must be the woman that had changed everything for him, his present tugging at my belt loop notwithstanding. I kicked him out, refusing him closure or forgiveness.

One thing that stripping has given me is a ferocious commitment to other women, and so while many believe that what came next was an act of revenge against him, I am sincere in saying that I was outraged on Amber’s behalf. I went on Facebook and there was only one Amber among his friends and she lived in California. And there she was. A total. Fucking. Gwyneth. In addition to long blonde hair, she had earnest gratitude posts featuring all the super-boring emoticons. She posted photos of sunsets and filtered her selfies to hell and back with Instagram. On Facebook, she posted photos of a white SUV and nights out at the club. A quick Google search brought up a photo of her cheerfully giving what appears to be a presentation about industrial label makers. In sharp contrast to my online life, a collection of mostly dryly despairing essays for online magazines and unfiltered Twitter jokes, her entire digital footprint accumulated into a collection of safe consumer reflexes more than a personality.

And though I am easily given to fits of envy, I looked at her life and couldn’t find a single thing to covet. I was a haphazardly medicated bipolar 29-year-old stripper and I didn't want anything she had. I felt the way I imagined Winona felt surveying the foreign landscape of GOOP, laughing incredulously at the appeal of such dull aspirations but also completely and utterly alone.

I sent her a polite message detailing how James had been unfaithful and dishonest for the short duration of their relationship with several attached screenshots of explicit sexts from recent days as proof. Her response was one of profuse thanks for “saving her years of heartbreak” and a swift decision not to speak to James anymore. Within hours of sending the message, James began to call me repeatedly and when I didn’t answer he began sending texts asking where I was, then where the fuck I was. “I hope you choke on your own vomit and die you whore,” he wrote, a dig at my history of disordered eating. It was the first of many messages gruesomely detailing several ways he wanted to see me die in an inundation of text messages and calls where he threatened my life and his own. “If I ever see you again, run,” he wrote. It is a threat I’m still sometimes afraid he’ll make good on.

Finally, he claimed he had taken 30 Klonopin and that his imminent death would be my fault because I took his love away. When he stopped responding to my texts, I begged Amber to talk to him again so he’d go to a hospital, which she did. In hindsight, faking an overdose was a brilliant Trojan Horse to ride back into her life in.

And once he alerted Amber to my job and my mental health status, her gratitude turned to concern about the veracity of my claims. The change in tone made it clear in real time how easy it is to dress down a real woman to the vulgar trope of a delusional whore. Amber noted casually how he put her health at risk by sleeping with me. It is not uncommon to be treated like a vector of disease when your work so easily reduces you to salacious but interesting book chapters in people’s lives, but it still hurts a fully formed human being to be reduced to a public health hazard. She demanded more proof of his infidelity, asking that I put even more of my sex life on trial. I sent her James’ death threats instead.

She ultimately chose to “work through it” and said to me, “I don't want to always be looking over my shoulder or fearing that you will do anything to sabotage his or my happiness.” That’s a bold thing to say to a woman who has just had her life threatened in very descriptive ways by a man who purported to love her. But the vague threat of a woman with sexual mores you object to is more dangerous than the explicit threat of a man with a violent sense of entitlement. And at the end of the day, I also know very well that a place in his crosshairs feels like a place in sun.

As humiliated as I was to be left for a Gwyneth and as hurt as I was by her words, most of my thoughts about Amber are hopes that she’s safe and happy. Because that thing about Gwyneth Paltrow that James couldn’t articulate is that there’s not really anything about her. Or at least there’s not anything about her public image that is especially unique or controversial. She’s a safe canvas onto which others can project their own desires. I know very well that Amber is not an empty collection of label makers and earnest Facebook posts just as I know that Gwyneth Paltrow is not her terrible newsletter.

Her breakup with Chris Martin was widely mocked in the press for being identified as a “conscious uncoupling,” as though she could not bear to have anything so human and messy as what it was: a divorce. For months after the split, rumors flew that Gwyneth was terrified that details of their marriage would emerge, that the perfect filter she had chosen for the world to see her through would be ripped off for all of the blemished and broken parts to be revealed. Such forms of protected and limited self-projection are calculated and intentional. And that seems like its own kind of solitude.

So while I originally thought that the whole ordeal was my moment where Gwyneth snatched up Shakespeare in Love, I realize now that Amber getting James was less like getting an award-winning movie script and more like getting that scary VHS tape from The Ring that eventually ruins your life. I’ve instead come to see the whole experience as my moment on a surveillance camera in Saks Fifth Avenue. It was the episode in which the Manic Pixie Dream Girl was revealed to be the Depressive Witch Nightmare Woman that she was all along. It brought to life my sadness and desperation outside the vacuum where being mentally ill was a fascinating quirk that had no potential to create real consequences. I was breakable and broken and would not be confined to the narrative James had in mind for me.

I’ll turn 30 in June, the age that Winona was when the shoplifting scandal went down. There is some fear that I’ll be forced to turn the corner from wide-eyed and wistful to just sad and sick. And when you rely heavily on celebrities like Winona Ryder to make sense of your life, it is easy to stare down your early thirties as the period of darkness and uncertainty following a fallout. And that might end up being true. But the truth about the women who are forced to play these interesting chapters is that they are doing so in the memoirs of men who never deserved them. That the really good story, the story worth telling, was hers all along. She just has to survive to tell it.

And that’s what Winona did. In the fall of 2014, she became the face of the Rag & Bone fashion line and was featured in a series of promotional videos for the launch. She doesn’t appear to have aged a day since 1990 and she smiles through red lipstick as she plays arcade games at Coney Island. The arcade is dimly lit and deserted except for her. But she seems perfectly content to make goofy faces and have her own fun, telling herself a bad joke that no one else can hear, and laughing and laughing.

Japan's Biggest Sensation Dresses Like Sgt. Pepper On Friday The 13th

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Meet the all-girl Kamen Joshi, aka “Mask Girls,” who just topped the charts in Japan.

Earlier this year Japanese idol group Kamen Joshi, or Mask Girls, released a track, "元気種☆" or "Genkidane☆," which is now No. 1 on Japan's Oricon Singles Chart.

Earlier this year Japanese idol group Kamen Joshi, or Mask Girls, released a track, "元気種☆" or "Genkidane☆," which is now No. 1 on Japan's Oricon Singles Chart.

Oricon keeps track of singles and albums sold in Japan. But, unlike our own Billboard (where Mask Girls are also currently making noise), Oricon chart rankings are based on physical singles sales only, and does not include download sales or YouTube streams. "Genkidane☆" sold 132,000 physical copies in its first week, propelling them to No. 1 with no major label backing, according to babymetal.net, a fan site for premiere Japanese idol group Babymetal that also keeps its finger on the pulse of all things J-Pop.

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Mask Girls are made up of three Japanese idol groups -- Alice Juban, Steamgirls, and Armorgirls. "Genkidane☆" is a Babymetal-inspired romp that switches on a dime from cheery positivity to hardcore, boot-stomping metal.

Mask Girls are made up of three Japanese idol groups -- Alice Juban, Steamgirls, and Armorgirls. "Genkidane☆" is a Babymetal-inspired romp that switches on a dime from cheery positivity to hardcore, boot-stomping metal.

It's the happiest nightmare you've ever subjected yourself to.

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The lyrics in "Genkidane☆" are designed to inspire -- pump you up, get you excited about life. Kamen Joshi are basically singing random positive phrases. The song's title means "happy/energetic."

The lyrics in "Genkidane☆" are designed to inspire -- pump you up, get you excited about life. Kamen Joshi are basically singing random positive phrases. The song's title means "happy/energetic."

"It's kind of a pun because that last character -- 種 -- also means 'seed' (of a plant)," says BuzzFeed illustrator and Japanese speaker Faye Kahn. "Normally it's spelled differently."

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Kahn helped translate some of the song's lyrics, which alternate between Japanese and English, to help us nail down its basic theme.

Kahn helped translate some of the song's lyrics, which alternate between Japanese and English, to help us nail down its basic theme.

English words are in bold:

Everybody strongest! Going Now!! (x2)
Always be happy! Let a smile bloom clearly across your face!
Color changing flowers are blooming everywhere without stopping! Youthful energy!
Going!

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Inside The eBay Bidding For The New Charlie Hebdo Issue

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Claims of inflated prices and profiteering surrounding the “survivors’ issue” of French newspaper Charlie Hebdo may not be what they initially seem. Fears that the phrase “Je Suis Charlie” may be copyrighted are also likely unfounded.

Copies of the newest edition of Charlie Hebdo have emerged on eBay just hours after hitting newspaper stands on Wednesday, with bids and listings appearing to reach hundreds, or even thousands, of euros.

Copies of the newest edition of Charlie Hebdo have emerged on eBay just hours after hitting newspaper stands on Wednesday, with bids and listings appearing to reach hundreds, or even thousands, of euros.

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However, BuzzFeed News has seen copies listed at prices far exceeding this, from around 50 euros ($59) to around £100,000 ($152,000).

Speaking to France24, Christophe Deloire, director of Paris-based media watchdog Reporters San Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders), said: "What is happening on eBay ... is absolutely indecent.

"People abroad have tried to trademark the phrase 'Je Suis Charlie.' There is a sort of parallel trade being organized that is totally reprehensible, lamentable, indecent."

However, as British political blog Guido Fawkes points out, the apparent profiteering may not be quite as bad as it initially seems.

Many of the highest bids appear to be from buyers with zero feedback, while other prospective buyers have made bids on a multiple copies of the newspaper listed by different sellers.

This could point to an attempt to artificially inflate prices by non-genuine bidders.

Newer accounts with no feedback are less likely to be genuine, as their buying and selling habits will not have been subjected to eBay's buyer-seller rating system. If an account has a high feedback rating, and a user's behavior in transactions has been reviewed by other users, it's generally assumed that the account is real.

Without this, there is no way of verifying an account, and the chances of it being fake are greatly increased.

If the auction ends and the top bidder proves to be fake, the seller will have to re-list the item and start a new auction.

Looking at some of the more inflated prices on French eBay, BuzzFeed News found numerous examples of sudden sharp jumps in bids from new buyers with little to no user feedback.

Looking at some of the more inflated prices on French eBay, BuzzFeed News found numerous examples of sudden sharp jumps in bids from new buyers with little to no user feedback.

This all means that while a vast number of people are logging onto eBay to attempt to buy copies of Charlie Hebdo costing significantly more than the cover price, the bidding may not be quite as high as it initially seems.

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There were, however, other high bids on the site that don't appear to follow that rule and appear to be from regular eBay users.

There were, however, other high bids on the site that don't appear to follow that rule and appear to be from regular eBay users.

However, the particular listing above advertises a "U.K. special edition" of the newspaper. As AFP reported, the only official English language edition being made available is digital only, with no special versions being printed specifically for readers in the United Kingdom.

This listing, from the same user, states: "I have a small supply of the Charlie Hebdo magazines available that I can post out friday 16th January from the UK, these are the special edition with Mohamed depicted that has been released due to the recent tragic events. Please note that this is the UK version of the magazine that will most likely be printed in English."

BuzzFeed News has contacted the seller for clarification on what he is in fact selling.

The user has also posted multiple separate listings for the edition on eBay during Wednesday, all of which have been attracting bids ranging from thousands to a hundred thousand pounds.

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16 Snapchats From Modi

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We got our hands on the most important screenshots in the subcontinent.

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The End Of No Child Left Behind

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After years of complaints from left and right, George W. Bush’s controversial education law may finally be eliminated.

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After 13 years, we could finally be heading toward the end of No Child Left Behind.

George W. Bush's transformative, highly controversial education act officially expired in 2007. The law has remained on the books for the past seven years, despite attempts to remake or dismantle it, largely thanks to partisan squabbling.

But this year has seen a rare occurrence: consensus from both Democrats and Republicans that repealing the thirteen-year-old No Child Left Behind is an urgent priority in 2015. Democrats, including Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, called Monday for the law to be revamped; yesterday the top Senate Republican on the education committee, Lamar Alexander, did the same, releasing a draft version of his own education bill, called the Every Child Ready for College or Career Act of 2015.

Passed in 2001, Bush's No Child Left Behind law mandated that all public schools administer a state-wide test every year to students in every grade, and it penalized those schools that performed poorly — schools whose students did not make "adequate yearly progress" on each year's tests. For each year of poor test scores, schools incurred increasingly harsh sanctions; after six years of failure, the school could be closed, dismantled, or taken over.

But the law has grown increasingly unpopular on both sides of the aisle. On the left, teachers' unions decried the impact that increased testing had on classrooms; Republicans were opposed to the way the law put the federal government in education. With Republicans in control of Congress, many observers see the coming months as the first real chance to push out No Child Left Behind.

The question of what will replace it, however, is still up in the air. On the most central issue, mandatory testing, teachers' unions are improbably aligned with some Republicans, who have said they are open to ending mandated annual tests — and against the Obama administration, which says it will fight to keep high-stakes testing. On other issues, like funding and federal oversight, the partisan divide is strong and bitter. On almost every front, the potential for real bipartisanship looks weak.

Bush's signature law has had mixed results at best, with debate over whether slight rises in test scores and a narrowing of the achievement gap is due to the increased funding, rather than tying test results to school funding.

Surprisingly, Democrats have been, up to a point, some of the law's biggest defenders. On Monday, Duncan and the Obama administration called to get rid of No Child Left Behind, replacing the law with something more flexible and less prescriptive. But the controversial tests, he said, should remain mandatory.

Duncan even quoted Bush in his speech, saying, "This country can't afford to replace 'the fierce urgency of now' with the soft bigotry of 'it's somehow optional'."

But there has been increasing unrest over the role of high-stakes testing in education, with parents, administrators, and teachers saying that test preparation for a narrow set of subjects has overtaken American classrooms, and that the tests do a poor job of measuring students outcomes in the first place. Teachers unions have been annual testing's strongest critics.

"If one test per year can cause an entire school to be shuttered or all the teachers fired, something is wrong with the way that test is being used," said teachers union leader Randi Weingarten in response to the Obama administration's No Child Left Behind proposal.

On the issue of testing, some Republicans, despite being longtime foes of teachers' unions, agree. They have long decried the power that No Child Left Behind gives to the federal government and takes away from the states, and annual testing is among the biggest of federal impositions. Sen. Lamar Alexander's latest draft bill floats an option that would allow states to opt out of mandated standardized testing, developing their own ways to evaluate students.

"I think there is considerable discontent across the country with NCLB, and that cuts across the political spectrum," Rep. Mark Takano, a California Democrat and former teacher, told BuzzFeed News. Getting rid of mandated annual tests, Takano said, "Would be in line with the general Republican philosophy of returning more flexibility to states."

But with the question of testing aside, there seems to be little opportunity for bipartisanship when it comes to No Child Left Behind. Republicans' vision of a new education bill strips the federal government of much of its oversight and authority, an important part of Democrats' vision, and includes a provision to increase school choice that teachers unions have strongly opposed in the past. Obama and key Democrats, like Sen. Patty Murray, the top-ranking Democrat on the education committee, want add $2.7 billion in increased education spending that Republicans will likely oppose.

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A Woman Has Pressed Charges Against Bill Cosby That Could Lead To Prosecution

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Chloe Goins is one of dozens of women alleging the comedian sexually assaulted her, but her complaint is the first that could potentially fall within the legal statute of limitations to prosecute.

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Chloe Goins pressed charges with the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday morning alleging that comedian Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her in 2008 at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. Officer Norma Eisenman of the LAPD told BuzzFeed News the accusations will be investigated.

Goins' lawyer told BuzzFeed News he could not clarify what types of charges were pressed, noting that it is up to the police to decide the appropriate charges. But in December, Goins told the Daily Mail that she was at a party at the Playboy Mansion with friends when she received a drink from Cosby. Shortly thereafter, she said she started to feel dizzy, and that she woke up awhile later, naked, to find Cosby licking her toes and masturbating. She said she was 18 years old at the time.

"Ms. Goins is now determined to accomplish what so many other victims no longer have the opportunity to do — to be the girl that puts Mr. Cosby behind bars, where he belongs," Goins' lawyer, Spencer Kuvin, said in a statement obtained by BuzzFeed News. "Ms. Goins is here today to seek justice ... She fully understands and accepts the immense responsibility that her decision to be here today carries."

Since 2005, more than two dozen women have come forward alleging that Cosby sexually assaulted them over the course of the last 50 years. Many recalled stories about the comedian allegedly drugging them and then molesting or raping them, but Goins is the first whose complaint could potentially be tried in a court of law. Under California's statute of limitations, rape, penetration or rape of genital or anal openings by foreign object, or forcible acts of sexual penetration reported within 10 years of occurrence can be prosecuted. Goins' decision to press charges comes approximately six years after the alleged attack.

In the wake of the growing accusations against Cosby, particularly in recent months, NBC killed a project it was developing with the comedian and some venues canceled Cosby's stand-up performances.

At one of the shows that went on despite the allegations, on Jan. 8 in Canada, Cosby told a woman who stood up to get a beverage that she should "be careful about drinking around [him]." The following day, at another stand-up performance, protestors started shouting, "We believe the women." They were escorted out of the building at Cosby's request.

In Goins' lawyer's statement, he wrote, "Apparently, Mr. Cosby feels brazen and confident enough in his actions to make jokes in his recent comedy shows about the 25 plus women that have been brave enough to come out and tell their stories of what he did to them. Ms. Goins is certainly not joking ... Mr. Cosby should and will be held accountable."

Cosby's lawyer Marty Singer did not respond to BuzzFeed News' request for comment in regard to Goins' charges at the time of publication.


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10 Simple Steps To Get Your Winter Bod

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It’s not too late.

Build a Baseline

This is really crucial to any body care routine. You basically need to start taking inventory of where you are and where you want be. Gauge things like the number of burritos you can hold in one hand, how long can you lay in bed watching Netflix, and how many crumbs you may find in your belly button. This will help with establishing where you want to be in a month from now.

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Gather all the TV Streaming Passwords: That Means Hulu Plus, Netflix, HBOGo, WHATEVER YOU DON’T HAVE, JUST GET IT.

Become a spy. You need this. You need this for your initial winter hibernation and then to continue to hibernate. DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO. NO FRIENDS, JUST PASSWORDS. ARE YOU SERIOUS OR WHAT?

Gather all the TV Streaming Passwords: That Means Hulu Plus, Netflix, HBOGo, WHATEVER YOU DON’T HAVE, JUST GET IT.

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The City Without Water

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The drought effects everyone, some more than others.

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34 Things Brits Living In The Middle East Will Understand

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Yi’ani you know it makes sense.

The moment you get off the plane, your glasses steam up.

The moment you get off the plane, your glasses steam up.

Which means you have no vision for the first three minutes.

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And you sweat so much your shirt actually changes colour.

And you sweat so much your shirt actually changes colour.

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In the Middle East, your digs are palatial.

In the Middle East, your digs are palatial.

Seriously, your house is like a five-star resort.

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Which means your bedroom is bigger than your living room and kitchen combined back in the UK.

Which means your bedroom is bigger than your living room and kitchen combined back in the UK.

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Can You Guess What's Wrong With These Perfect Men?

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Can you detect the malodorous personality trait in these flawless beefcakes?

29 Times Tumblr Had Serious Questions About Pokémon

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Mewtwo thick as hell, though.

On Pikachu's secret hobby:

On the secret power of closed eyes in the Pokémon universe:

On the horror of being an Ice-type Pokémon:

On the confusing genetics of the Joy clan:


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Beijing Is Covered In A Dangerous Blanket Of Smog And It Looks Terrifying

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Air pollution was recorded at “hazardous” levels in the Chinese capital.

This was the view from an observatory tower in Beijing on Thursday.

This was the view from an observatory tower in Beijing on Thursday.

According to the South China Morning Post, the US embassy recorded an air quality index reading of 545 during the afternoon; any reading over 300 is said to be “hazardous”.

An average reading of 430 was also recorded by Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, marking the worst smog the Chinese city has suffered so far this year.

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Time magazine said visibility in the city was expected to fall to as little as 500 metres.

Time magazine said visibility in the city was expected to fall to as little as 500 metres.

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Beijing has been on a "yellow alert" regarding its pollution since the weekend.

Beijing has been on a "yellow alert" regarding its pollution since the weekend.

The alert is the third highest level in a four-tier system, the South China Morning Post explained.

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Smog in the Chinese capital tends to be worse in the winter because the demand for electricity for heating increases, AFP reported.

Smog in the Chinese capital tends to be worse in the winter because the demand for electricity for heating increases, AFP reported.

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22 Female Friendship Truths As Told By Taylor Swift

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You just know getting ready together is the best part of a night out.

You are always supportive, and celebrate each other's achievements.

You are always supportive, and celebrate each other's achievements.

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In fact, you're often more proud of her achievements than you are of your own.

That caption though. ❤️

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Although you may be busy, you always make time for the important moments together.

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You love nothing more than having nights in with her, making cake and watching Netflix.

You love nothing more than having nights in with her, making cake and watching Netflix.

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24 Things No One Ever Tells You About Book Publishing

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Ten years ago, my first novel Prep came out. Here’s what I’ve learned about the publishing industry and writing since then.

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1. When it comes to fellow writers, don't buy into the narcissism of small differences. In all their neurotic, competitive, smart, funny glory, other writers are your friends.

2. Unless you're Stephen King, or you're standing inside your own publishing house, assume that nobody you meet has ever heard of you or your books. If they have, you can be pleasantly surprised.

3. At a reading, 25 audience members and 20 chairs is better than 200 audience members and 600 chairs.

4. There are very different ways people can ask a published writer for the same favor. Polite, succinct, and preemptively letting you off the hook is most effective.

5. Blurbs achieve almost nothing, everyone in publishing knows it, and everyone in publishing hates them.

6. But a really good blurb from the right person can, occasionally, make a book take off.

7. When your book is on best-seller lists, people find you more amusing and respond to your emails faster.

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8. When your book isn't on best-seller lists, your life is calmer and you have more time to write.

9. The older you are when your first book is published, the less gratuitous resentment will be directed at you.

10. The goal is not to be a media darling; the goal is to have a career.

11. The farther you live from New York, the less preoccupied you'll be with literary gossip. Like cayenne pepper, literary gossip is tastiest in small doses.

12. Contrary to stereotype, most book publicists aren't fast-talking, vapid manipulators; they're usually warm, organized youngish women (yes, they are almost all women) who love to read.

13. Female writers are asked more frequently about all of the following topics than male writers: whether their work is autobiographical; whether their characters are likable; whether their unlikable characters are unlikable on purpose or the writer didn't realize what she was doing; how they manage to write after having children.


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