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AM I MAGIC?!
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Well at least I'm a magician of tea.
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The trend has been taking off on Twitter, but we were unsuccessful in summoning any demons.
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Ain’t no wedding like a Florentine wedding.
P.S. John Legend performing live for them — NBD.
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“If he makes fun of you then he’s making fun of me too.”
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Nelson explained that Matthew has a scar on the back of his head, so he had a bald spot. Another boy noticed it, and began to make fun of him.
Nelson tried to get Matthew to come inside, but he refused.
"I was kind of running out of options," she said.
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It’s called “This Week in Cats” because duh.
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Cady Heron would turn 27 this year. Zach Morris would turn 40. And you’re getting old.
1. Kids who were born the month Hanson released "Mmmbop" are graduating high school this spring.
2. If SpongeBob was a person, he'd be old enough to drive.
3. If The Lion King was a person, it could legally purchase a beer.
4. The "Macarena" turns 20 this summer.
5. So does Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill."
6. Keenan Thompson was 15 years old when he first appeared on screen in D2: The Mighty Ducks. He's now 37.
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It’s not just tea leaves that can read your future.
I like pants that fit and I cannot lie.
Your waist, hips and thighs are all different.
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Praise the love gods.
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Four of the seven students involved were arrested for fourth degree burglary, and three will be charged with a criminal summons. So much for luck?
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The big day is November 21, says Sarah Hanson-Young.
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"The Australian Greens welcomed the historic vote of 'YES' for same sex marriage in Ireland and the time is now right for Australia to follow suit," she said.
"Gay and lesbian Australians deserve better than being treated as second-class citizens, it's well time the Parliament acted."
"Cupid doesn't discriminate and neither should the law."
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The 2015 Sonata is the first car to ever be manufactured with Android Auto built into it.
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Two years ago, after fielding a number of inbound requests from automobile manufacturers, Google embarked on an effort to bring its Android mobile operating system to the car. Hoping to better understand how people use their phones while driving, Google outfitted the cars of some of its employees with cameras and asked them to diary their in-car phone usage. The results of that study informed what would ultimately become Android Auto. They were also terrifying.
"We were like, holy crap, people are doing really unsafe things in their cars," Andrew Brenner, lead product manager of Android Auto, told BuzzFeed News. "It gave us a clear understanding of what we wanted to do from the outset: Make it easier to give people the digital experience they crave in their cars, but do it in a safer way."
Google launched Android Auto in March of this year with an eye toward offering a safer in-car smartphone experience — and pushing its Android OS another step closer toward ubiquity. Now, just a few months later, it's partnered with Hyundai to build Android Auto into the 2015 Sonata.
The 2015 Sonata is the first car to ever be manufactured with Android Auto built into it. And after a weeklong test drive, it's not hard to see why Google chose it. The car is outfitted with a bevy of automated safety features. It sounds an alert beep and flashes a yellow warning light if you activate your turn signal when there are other cars or objects in the way. It sounds an even louder alarm if you accelerate when the car in front of you is slowing down. And if you should get a bit too close to that car? The words "COLLISION WARNING" appears on the screen in the center of your dashboard in white letters as the car beeps loudly. The car's center console is an 8-inch touchscreen — large enough to quickly glance at to see, say, where you need to go without taking your eyes off the road for too long. The car almost literally screams safety. It's exactly what Google was looking for.
"When we started on the project, we looked for manufacturers that are really forward-looking," Brenner told BuzzFeed News. "And so we announced the open automotive alliance in January 2014 with Hyundai, Honda, GM, and Audi — all four were very forward-looking. Hyundai ... is doing great things with the cars. They have 8-inch touchscreens, steering wheel control. They're the first ones to come to market with this."
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But others carmakers are following quickly. Bentley, Nissan, Jeep, and Infiniti, among others, have agreed to incorporate Android Auto into their vehicles. Some among this group have also signed on to use CarPlay, a rival platform developed by Apple.
"From our research and what we've seen in the market, we see the people are using their phones more and more in their cars," Brenner said. "They don't want to leave the connectedness and benefits of having the cloud and the internet with them right now. But in many states like New York and California it's illegal to even touch your phone. So we really looked at this as something that we can do to help keep people safer. We combine the great stuff of your phone with the things that the car is great at."
In the case of the Hyundai Sonata, that looks something like this: Using an array of buttons on the car's steering wheel, a dashboard touchscreen, and your voice, you can make calls, navigate to a chosen destination, and turn on the radio — or a favorite music app.
While Android Auto might reduce the need — or temptation — to pick up a phone while driving, it does have some limitations. It doesn't recognize voice commands unless they're spoken in a very specific format. So, for example, ending navigation is not as easy as uttering something intuitive like "end navigation" or "stop navigation." Attempting to do exactly that during my test drive, I ended up distractedly paging through a touchscreen help menu until I discovered the proper voice command: "cancel route."
It’s OK, even fellow stalkers won’t find out your answers.
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Central Saint Martins students only.
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The films include Shia acting against a green screen based on requests from students in the university's Fine Art program.
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Visitors can’t stop tweeting about it.
Lien is the creator of Junco's Pub, an adorable, miniature bar made just for birds.
It has every tiny detail a tiny pub needs, including a Coke machine, itty-bitty bar stools, a dartboard and Newfoundland-inspired decor. A screen on the back wall plays old black-and-white movies and displays karaoke lyrics.
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The pub gets its name from the dark-eyed junco, another species that makes up the cliental, including one he's named Junco Bob.
There's even some romance in the air as Bob has started brining around a female junco.
"It's absolutely doomed to fail, like most bar romances, but they seem like they're having fun for the time being," said Lien.
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And in case you need another reason to watch: "There are plans for a karaoke night in the works," said Lien.
"Seriously. It's gonna be super fun."
Michael Robinson Chavez
As a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times, Michael Robinson Chavez has shot some of the most important stories of our time. But his advice to aspiring photographers is surprisingly simple: Take a bunch of photos.
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So that's the easy bit. What about the hard stuff? In Sydney for the photographic festival Head On, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award winner Chavez told BuzzFeed how the different forms of photography can tell a powerful story.
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Chavez feels that the traditional craft of making photographs has vanished in the digital age. Film photography has become a mere luxury, with a sentimental value most snappers who have transitioned to digital remember with fondness. But there is something magical about the look and feel of film that simply cannot be replicated.
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Michael Robinson Chavez
Moving to digital was a necessity for all photographers adjusting to modern technology. With tools getting better and better, Chavez admitted he rarely ever shoots film anymore. "I have become somewhat seduced and made lazy by the ease of digital," he says.
Yes, digital technology is the practical option, especially when working in a fast-paced newsroom, where one has no time to indulge in going through negatives or waiting for photos to print. But Chavez clearly misses shooting on film enormously.
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Michael Robinson Chavez
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Chavez considers mobile photography as a blessing. To him, mobiles are gadgets that allow you to indulge in the craft even when you are just out in the world and stumble on something that captures your attention. There's also something about the anonymity mobile photography affords that appeals to him.
"In many places, such as airports, a large camera would bring heavy scrutiny, but you can break out your mobile phone and take just about any picture you want."
He also enjoys the role that social media platforms like Instagram have played for photography. "It's a great visual language and the ease with which you can share with so many other people is astonishing," he says.
Queen of the cheese!!!
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The most electrifying man in Bollywood? The Rock certainly thinks so.
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While Fred Armisen’s away filming Portlandia, some amazing musicians have taken his spot in Seth Meyers’ band.
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