text: Michael Keller/CorbisShed It14 Best Diets for 2013: See What Topped Weight WatchersPut your New Year's resolution to good use with our third annual diet rankings.12.31.12 4:45 AM ETMichael Keller/CorbisMichael Keller/Corbis By Lauren Streib It's been an interesting year for nutrition and public health. Outsized sodas were outlawed. New projections indicated that the American obesity rate will continue to climb, but urban childhood obesity rates declined for the first time in decades. As well, the results of a 25-year study proved that starvation doesn't prolong longevity, despite a long-held belief that less food meant more years. Of course, just like last year, obesity is an epidemic in the U.S. And so, The Daily Beast revisited its annual diets ranking for the third year. By analyzing clinical studies and published research on more than a dozen diet regimens, we attempt to sort through all the New Year's noise regarding weight loss to figure out which has been proven to be the best. As with last year, we ranked diets based on the most recent published clinical data on long-term and short-term weight loss (as evidenced by 6-month and 12-month weight loss). This year we also included a 5-point scale for promoting cardiovascular health and controlling diabetes based on available published research, which affected the rankings. Winfried Wisniewski / Corbis14. Paleolithic DietThe Trick: Eat like a caveman, literally. Focus on meats, vegetables, fruit and roots. Good for Heart Health? No Good for Diabetes Control? No Cutting out processed foods, including those stuffed with white flour, sugar, or unpronounceable additives, is a modern standard rule in healthy eating. The Paleolithic diet is almost an extreme variation on that rule—eliminating any food that was not eaten before the industrial or agricultural revolution. That means grains, dairy, legumes, and oils are off the plate. Though there have been a plethora of studies on the diet in recent years as its popularity has increased, none have been long enough or with the necessary data conclusions for us to compare with other diets according to our methodology. But a study published in 2010 concluded that a Paleolithic diet (a diet of mainly high-protein, low glycemic foods) is the most effective diet regimen for maintaining weight loss. Getty13. Glycemic Index DietThe Trick: Stick to foods that don't spike blood sugar Good for Heart Health? No Good for Diabetes Control? Inconclusive All foods with carbohydrates have a value along the glycemic index scale—from white bread close to the max of 100 to peanuts with less than 10. The GI diet eschews foods that have a high GI value, as they cause a rapid spike in blood sugar that is stored as fat if unused. Foods that are composed of nearly all protein and fat aren't really addressed in the diet, since they have no GI value, so the plan can be a hard to follow and assess nutritionally. Paul Drinkwater, NBCU Photo Bank / AP Photo12. Zone DietThe Trick: Perfecting the balance between carbs, fat, and protein and strict portion control Good for Heart Health? Inconclusive Good for Diabetes Control? No The Zone Diet focuses on a ratio of 40 percent carbohydrates, 30 percent fat, and 30 percent proteins, which creator Dr. Barry Sears claims regulates blood-sugar levels. Sears's book landed on the bestseller lists in 1995 and versions have sold more than 4 million copies. Among the diets on our list, the Zone Diet produced the least amount of weight loss in the long and short term. Kim Komenich, Time Life Pictures / Getty Images11. Ornish DietThe Trick: Loads of fiber, little fat, and no meat, fish, or alcohol Good for Heart Health? Extremely Good for Diabetes Control? Yes Dr. Dean Ornish is known in the medical field for his work in reversing coronary artery disease with diet, exercise, and meditation—the same approach he recommends for weight loss. In his 1993 tome, Eat More, Weigh Less, he outlined his model for a low-fat, vegetarian diet. Centered around fruits, vegetables, and legumes, only 10 percent of calories come from fats. Meats, oils, nuts, and alcohol are forbidden. 10. LEARN DietThe Trick: Low-fat diet with exercise and learning to change relationship with food Good for Heart Health? Extremely Good for Diabetes Control? Yes An acronym for Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitudes, Relationships, and Nutrition, the LEARN diet was created by Dr. Kelly Brownell. The diet is a low-fat regimen, with 55-60 percent of calories from carbohydrates and less than 10 percent from saturated fat. One of the more outspoken dieticians, Brownell gained attention in 1994 for suggesting via an op-ed in The New York Times that "since the government controls cigarette and alcohol advertising aimed at children, a similar rationale should apply to unhealthy foods," a proposition later dubbed the "Twinkie tax." 9. Mediterranean DietThe Trick: A lot of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and olive oil with very little red meat Good for Heart Health? Yes Good for Diabetes Control? Yes A calorie-restrictive, Mediterranean diet with a target of 35 percent of calories from fat, primarily from olive oil and nuts, produced one of the lowest attrition rates in a 2008 study among the clinical studies that were compared for this list. The diet was based on guidelines presented in Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy, written by the Chair of Harvard's Department of Nutrition Walter Willett and published in 2001, one of many books built around the Mediterranean diet pyramid that espouses fruits, vegetables, olive oil, beans, and nuts (which contain mono-unsaturated fats) as a nutritional base. The diet gained mass popularity thanks to the book The Sonoma Diet, which landed on bestseller lists in 2006. 8. DASH DietThe Trick: Heavy on the classics: fruits, vegetables and whole grains Good for Heart Health? Yes Good for Diabetes Control? Yes Weight loss is really just a side effect of the DASH diet, which was created by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. The conceit is familiar—lots of fruits, vegetables, legumes, low-fat dairy and whole grains and limited quantities of red meat and processed foods. Without saturated fat, sugar, and salt, plus alcohol only in moderation, the diet promises to reduce blood pressure and bad cholesterol levels. Even the USDA is a fan of this one. Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images7. Atkins Diet (Low-Carb Diet)The Trick: Strict limits on all carbohydrates Good for Heart Health? No Good for Diabetes Control? Inconclusive Dr. Robert Atkins published Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution in 1972, and several decades later became one of the most popular diet franchises of the aughts. While the diet's popularity has waxed and waned throughout the past 40 years, a generic low-carb diet has been proven to help keep the flab off once weight has been lost. The program limits dietary intake of net carbohydrates: total carbohydrates minus dietary fiber, which Atkins theorized increases one's metabolism and burns stored body fat. The problem: low-carb diets often result in high-fat consumption, which isn't great for cardiovascular health. AP and Getty Images6. Slim-FastThe Trick: Shakes and snack bars instead of meals Good for Heart Health? Inconclusive Good for Diabetes Control? Yes While meal-replacement shakes have been available in the U.S. since Metrecal appeared on shelves in the 1960s, Slim-Fast has become a cultural and diet staple since S. Daniel Abraham introduced it in 1977. With just "a shake for breakfast, a shake for lunch, and a sensible dinner," the program promises rapid weight loss without the complications of … food. The diet company has diversified offerings to include snack bars and powder, but has been declining in popularity in the past decade. 5. Low-Fat DietThe Trick: Plenty of fat-free and low-fat foods Good for Heart Health? Extremely Good for Diabetes Control? Inconclusive This regimen is designed to reduce the risk for heart disease and stroke, outlining a limit of 30 percent of calories from fat, 10 percent from saturated fat and 300 mg of cholesterol. When participants of a study conducted by the American Heart Association stuck to the diet with a limit of 1,500 calories per day for women or 1,800 for men, the diet produced the second highest short-term weight loss and the lowest short-term attrition rate among the clinical studies included in the rankings. Wolfgang Flamisch / Corbis4. Vegan DietThe Trick: Cut out all animal-based products Good for Heart Health? Yes Good for Diabetes Control? Yes A vegan diet goes one step beyond a vegetarian diet. In addition to eliminating meat, fish, and poultry, vegans also cut out dairy, eggs, and even honey (as it's churned by bees). Aside from dietary guidelines, adopting a vegan lifestyle also means avoiding leather, silk, and wool, as well as cosmetics and cleaning products that are derived from or include animal products. One notable study published in 2007 concluded that a low-fat vegan diet resulted in "significantly greater weight loss" than a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet. After one year, the vegan dieters lost an average of 10.8 lbs., while the low-cholesterol dieters lost an average of just 4 lbs. Robert Benson / Getty Images3. Jenny CraigThe Trick: Packaged food and weekly check-ins Good for Heart Health? Inconclusive Good for Diabetes Control? Inconclusive Members of the Jenny Craig program start with the company's branded food and menu plan, and then gradually wean themselves off the products as weight loss goals progress. Jenny and Sid Craig, who formed the company in 1983 in Melbourne, created the program. There are more than 700 centers in the world and the average customer reportedly spends about $100 per week on Jenny Craig food while enrolled in the program. Among the diets included in the list, Jenny Craig had the highest rate of short- and long-term attrition, but ranked high in terms of total weight loss over one year. Getty Images (3)2. Weight WatchersThe Trick: Every calorie counts, plus weekly meetings and/or online support Good for Heart Health? Yes Good for Diabetes Control? Inconclusive In 2011, consumers spent nearly $5 billion on Weight Watchers services and products, according to the company, and each week 1.4 million members attend weekly meetings around the globe. The publicly traded company offers everything from branded pastries and frozen dinners to mobile apps and cookbooks. The program uses a point system based on carbohydrate, protein, fat and fiber count in an attempt to simplify the complicated factors in nutrition and weight. Getty1. VolumetricsThe Trick: Lots of water in everything you eat Good for Heart Health? Yes Good for Diabetes Control? Yes Pioneered by nutritionist Dr. Barbara J. Rolls, who co-authored The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan with journalist Robert A. 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Both Priceline and Expedia added to their market share in the agency category of top US travel websites this week, as Yahoo Travel plummeted to eighth place.
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I woke back up at night, realising I had spent a whole day and a night asleep on the couch. It didn't stop me thinking, there was something strange here something I had seen before like I knew Lazarus, like I knew exactly who he was. I had managed to put my finger on it eventually, by the time the day was over I would imagine. Only problem was I didn't know if he wanted to see me. I didn't know if he ever wanted to see my face again.
I woke, went upstairs and took that shower again. I changed into a red ballerina dress that was cut to my knees, slipping on my heels too. It may look dressy, but, I don't really do 'casual' I think it's important to always look your best. I lingered for a while at my door. He didn't want to see me... Bane definitely didn't. After a while I managed to silence the other person in my head and step out into the night air. People were clutching their coats around them, so I'm guessing it was quite cold. I took a breath and knocked on his door. "Before you say anything, I'm only here to ask one question."
"I'm fine, how're you?" Wait, what? I sniffed the air. A mix of various alcoholic fumes hit my nose; I knew he liked to drink... but now I definitely knew he had a problem. Lazarus...
"You've been drinking," overpowering amounts by the smell, amounts that could kill a few humans. This wasn't my fault, was it? I hadn't pushed him into drinking.
"No I haven't," of course you haven't... this is not the time for this... I couldn't talk to him heart to heart while he was lying to me and pumped full of alcohol.
"I'll come back then..." even as I said I was leaving he couldn't quite understand, he stood back to let me in. I watched him for a little while, I couldn't quite refuse... I didn't know why I felt as if something would happen if I did turn and walk away. I walked in cautiously... what was wrong with him?
"Want anything?" He asked. I presumed he meant to drink, or eat... I looked at him. How could he have forgotten that? I'm sure if he'd asked Bane he would've been reminded how I was a leech.
He walked into the kitchen and I followed him, to make sure he didn't do anything with any sharp utensils. I stood in the doorway as he announced he had something for me. I watched him... in the kitchen? He pulled out something and placed it on the side. A bunch of unlabeled blood bags... I guess he hadn't forgotten I was a blood-sucker. I couldn't help but wonder though. What the fuck was he doing? What was this... a spontaneous gesture due to his drunkenness? I wasn't sure if he was mocking me or trying to just be... I don't know. "What is this?" I murmured, trying not to swear. Would I slam a half dead dear on his counter with its neck slit and blood dripping on the floor?
"You won't be stealing it that way," I froze, going as pale as I could. I even dropped the fake breathing.
"This is yours?" I felt sick; I didn't want to drink from him in the first place... I definitely didn't want to make it a regular occurrence.
"Yeah, there's more in the fridge," he showed me, his fridge full of unmarked bags of crimson ooze. I put my hand to my mouth and turned away.
"I think I might be sick," I never fought my gag reflex before, but it made itself all too real to me, "What did you do?" One of the worse things about it was that he smiled at me as if he had just given me a diamond necklace.
"So you won't be hungry and Bane won't be pissed at you."
"Lazarus, I could never accept these... this is wrong."
"I don't want to drink you. Once, at a push, that was it. This is ridiculous." I felt like screaming at him, what was he thinking... I didn't even want to think how he had drained himself to fill this many bags. I still felt sick, if I could I would've drank water, which led to me staring at the blood even more.
"It's not ridiculous at all. You won't have to hunt humans, you won't have to bite me – it's perfect."
"I would rather slaughter humans than do this," I looked at him, he was such an idiot... such a goddamn fucking idiot.
"Why? That makes no sense."
"I DON'T WANT TO FEED FROM YOU!" How many times did I have to tell him? How many times must I say that to him? How... many... times? "Damn it, I love you. I don't want to pull you down to this." Shock painted his face and I hid mine from him, "Was this what I've lowered you to? A walking, alcoholic blood bank? Is this what I've done to you?" I stared at him, stared at the mess I had created, stared at the man who suddenly just snapped.
He started throwing the bags in the bin and I still couldn't quite grasp why he had done it in the first place. "No. I'm not an alcoholic. Why do people keep saying I am?" He's in denial... my patience was about to be tested, I couldn't just walk away from him... from this. No, I had stick this one through... even if he would be the final death of me.
"Lazarus, look at the empty bottle around you. I can smell the alcohol. I came over to ask you about something and you pull me into this? Would you have done this had you been sober?"
"I probably would've found something else to do. And I was sober," he opened a blood bag and it didn't really smell like alcohol, but I could taste it, that sweet, sticky, luxurious, silky, smooth substance..."See?"
I felt my pupils dilate and I staggered back, my fingers turning into a type of claw as I backed against the wall. "Get it away from me." He threw it with the others and some spilt on the floor, I had to walk away and my heart even began to pound in my chest, "Fuck it, fuck it, no, no." I looked down, a growl in my throat. The beast inside me was bursting through, I couldn't hold it. I snarled. "I am not a monster!" I told myself, my voice harsh and bestial. "But... I can still smell it!" I screamed.
He threw a bag to me and I clawed at it, tearing it apart and lapping up the contents. I stared up at him, hearing his heart, smelling the blood. He threw me another and I was like a rabid dog with fresh meat as I tore at it. The second was enough for me to push the beast back, regain control, if not with some insane mutterings: I'm not a monster, I'm not a monster, I'm not a monster, I'm not a monster, I'm not a monster, I'm not a monster . I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not."
"I know, you're like me. That's why I was trying to help you," I wasn't trying to convince you. I was trying to convince myself, I know I'm a monster, a beast... I feed off human's life force and I can hear them slowly die when I do... I had a dark beast within me and it did not talk like Bane, it was nothing like Bane, it's darker, eviler, hungrier.
"You made me turn! You pushed that disgusting stuff in front of me, you turned me..."
"I was trying to prove to you that I was sober. M'sorry"
"You bastard!" I punched the wall in my fury and made a nice little hole. He remained quiet and I had to think of my etiquette lessons to truly become how I was when I first walked in. To say all I wanted to do was ask him a question and I almost tore him apart. I hate myself, so, so much.


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The Giants have been so busy this offseason with player movement and rumors, so our prospect ranking for 2010 has been delayed a bit, but with spring training quickly approaching, I wanted to get it out there. Especially since a few of the guys off the list will be appearing in Scottsdale with the big club, and I want to make sure everyone knows a little something about players like Thomas Neal, Nick Noonan, and Clayton Tanner. These are the top 20 prospects in the Giants system based on our ratings, we're not taking any other publications into consideration when making this post, this is %100 our opinion.
- Buster Posey, C: The 22-year-old backstop is baseball's #4 overall Will Clark, and I'm expecting him to have that kind of impact on the team when he eventually arrives. Should fit right in with Joe Mauer and Matt Wieters as the top young catchers in baseball.
- Madison Bumgarner, SP: MadBum got his feet wet in the bigs last season as well, and fared much better than Posey during his September showing. In fact, his 4 game stint that yielded a 1.80 era and 10 K's in just 10 innings of work has given the Giants the confidence to consider the 20 year-old the favorite for the open fifth starters spot. The 6'4" lefty went 12-2 with a 1.66 era, a 0.95 WHIP and 92 K's in 131 innings of work split between A and AA ball. The drop off in K's were mostly due to his diminished velocity (down from 95-97 mph to 91-92 mph). However, the Giants are confident that the drop off in velocity was because of mechanical issues like throwing across the body rather than anything health wise or permanent. I'm expecting Bumgarner to win the Giants 5th starters spot out of spring and make a strong push for NL Rookie of the Year as he follows in the footsteps of Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum.
- Thomas Neal, OF: Neal has given the Giants system a huge shot in the arm, as they've been hard pressed to find any kind of outfield prospects with legit power, but Thomas Neal appears to be just that. He made BA's prospect of the week a few different times in '09, in route to hitting .337 with 22 bombs and 90 RBI and a 1.010 OPS. The 22 year-old brings tremendous patience in his approach, and that should really help him at higher levels, another area of development in which the Giants have lacked over the years. He'll be in Spring Training with the big club, but I'm expecting him to start off in AA Richmond, while possibly appearing in AAA Fresno before the end of the year. Depending on how he's doing, and what's going on in the Giants' outfield, we could see him with the big club at some point in August or September and could definitely have a future in with the Giants and possibly as a middle-of-the-order type bat.
- Zack Wheeler, SP: It's tough to rank Wheeler this high John Smoltz with the way he delivers the ball to the plate. Likely slated to start the season in low-A Salem, but I expect most of the 19 year-old's work in 2010 to come in San Jose.
- Tommy Joseph, C/1B: Unfortunately for the Giants, they've lost their top 1st base prospect in Angel Villalona for the foreseeable future, but luckily for them, they've got Tommy Joseph to help ease that loss. The former high-school catcher will likely find himself at first base when he starts his pro career in April, and I'm expecting big time power from him. He hit 15 homers in 77 at-bats in high-school for a rate of 1 homer per 5 at-bats. That's some raw power right there. He also showed uncanny patience for a high school hitter by walking 21 times in 98 plate appearances. I'm expecting Joseph to take off offensively once he gets comfortable at first and quickly become the Giants' first-baseman of the future.
- Roger Kieschnick, OF: Big time power prospect hit 23 homers and drove in 110 runs for the San Jose Giants in 2010. Does strike out a bit too much, but improvement in that area should come with time. He's not quite as polished as Thomas Neal as a hitter, but the Giants envision both of them in their future outfield plans. Roger's also got baseball in his bloodline as his big brother Brooks played with the Cubs and Brewers in the 90's and early 2000's. He'll start the season in AA Richmond and could elevate as quickly as his play will allow him too!
- Dan Runzler, RP: Kept his era below 1.04 at all five stops he made last season including in San Francisco with the Giants (1.04 ERA, 11 K's in 8.2 innings). Still can be a tad wild at times, and really reminds me of Brian Wilson when he was breaking in with the Giants. He's left-handed and can get the ball upwards up 97 mph and those guys don't come around too often. I think Runzler is going to become one of the Giants premiere relief arms and should give Bruce Bochy a solid late inning option along with Jeremy Affeldt and Sergio Romo.
- Brandon Crawford, SS: Had kind of a Jekyll and Hyde showing in 2009, as he started the year red-hot in San Jose (.374, 6 HR, 17 RBI in 105 at-bats) then hit a wall in AA (.258 avg, .298 OPS in 392 at-bats) before finally figuring it out and leveling off. Very sound defensive player with some upside in his bat, but he's got to find his stroke at the upper levels. Plate discipline needs to improve as well, but certainly has the chance to be a solid all-around shortstop.
- Francisco Peguero, OF: Speedy, high-average prospect really burst onto the scene in 2009 and put himself on the Giants map by hitting a solid .340 at low-A Augusta after hitting .394 to begin the year with in Salem. He walked just 5 times in over 240 plate appearance, but the Giants are sure patience will come with experience.
- Nick Noonan, IF: Still hasn't had that breakout season, but Chase Utley, but his bat isn't quite where the Giants are expecting it to be yet. I think 2010 will be a big year in terms of telling us what kind of player Noonan will become.
- Henry Sosa, SP: This spot is mostly based on potential, and what Sosa's shown when healthy, but he's yet to put together a full, healthy season since coming to the organization in 2006. Still showed glimpses last season, going 6-0 with a 2.36 ERA in 14 starts in AA. His strikeout numbers were a tad low (5.5 K/9) but his 1.19 WHIP was a positive. He could make a full-time switch to the bullpen, which could keep him healthy, but I'd love to see the 24 year-old figure things out as a starter cause he's got the potential to be right up there with Bumgarner and Wheeler if he can figure it out.
- Clayton Tanner, SP: I seem to like Tanner a lot more than most scouts do. He's put together two solid seasons in a row in San Jose at ages 20 and 21, and now should finally be moved up in the system after just turning 22. He's not flashy, but he's quietly gone 22-14 with a 3.33 ERA and 205 K's in 256 innings of work over the last 2 years. I'm very intrigued to see how he fairs in his first test above level A, but I think he's going to continue to deal and could find himself in the top-10 of the 2011 prospect list with another good year.
- Ehire Adriana, IF: Kind of the infield version of Francisco Peguero, didn't do too much offensively after being hyped up coming into the year. Still just 20 years old though, so he's got some time to put it all together still, but I'm just not sure he's ever going to have the bat to match his all-world glove.
- Rafael Rodriguez, OF: Still extremely young (won't be 18 until July) and raw, but showed some great poise in rookie ball in 2009. His power isn't quite there yet, but hit the ball wall and showed good plate discipline in his 35 games in Arizona. He's another guy who I'm excited to see in 2010 and will keep very close tabs on throughout the year as he's likely destined for low-A Salem to being with.
- Jason Stoffel, RP: Had a solid career closing out games for the Stanford Cardinals, and very well could end up being a steal as a fourth rounder. Throws hard, and has a nice secondary pitch to compliment his fastball. I'm expecting him to climb the ladder very quickly and eventually be a contributor to the Giants bullpen.
- Waldis Joaquin, RP: He's one of the better relief prospects in the system and had a nice brief showing with the big club late last year. Joaquin is another guy who is getting a spring training invite and could very well find himself on the teams' opening day roster if he throws well. He's not an easy guy to hit, as he only allowed 41 hits in 64 innings of work in the minors last season and at age 23 is just now realizing his potential.
- Chris Dominguez, 3B: Ranked by BA as the Giants top power hitter in their system. Another guy who could end up being a steal for where he was taken. I'm expecting a lot out of Dominguez and look for him to play most of the 2010 season in A San Jose with the other hitters from the '09 draft.
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- Aaron King, SP: The Giants are hoping he can become their new Scott Barnes, and the lefty did an admirable job in 2009. He was solid, yet unspectacular with Salem, and I'm guessing he's going to start in San Jose and should do well. Just 20 years old still and already has some decent experience at the professional ranks.
- Brett Pill, 1B: Entering the final phase of prospect-eligibility at 25, the year he had in 2009 can't be ignored. He hit .298 with 19 homers and 109 RBI in a league notoriously known for big ballparks and good pitching (AA's Eastern League). Reminds me a lot of Travis Ishikawa, just right-handed, and could find himself in the mix with the Giants if Aubrey Huff gets hurt or doesn't rebound from 2009.
Best of the rest:
- RHP Jose Casilla
- LHP Craig Clark
- RHP Edwin Concepcion
- 1B Brandon Belt
- RHP Steve Edelfsen
- LHP Erik Surkamp
- RHP Matt Graham
- OF Wendell Fairley
- C Jackson Williams
- IF Connor Gillaspie
- RHP Kevin Pucetas
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Taste: So much peanut butter and chocolate goodness you're going to die!
Texture: Thick, chewy, crisp at the edges, soft inside, and full of chunky peanut butter gems.
Ease: Quick and easy. Perfect to quickly satisfy a peanut butter craving.
Appearance: You can just see how good these are going to taste.
Pros: Fun way to celebrate the awesomeness that is peanut butter.
Cons: None!
Would I make this again? Mhmmmm.
How to make Triple Peanut Butter Blondies
This recipe can be easily doubled to fit a 9x13-inch pan.
1/2 stick (2 ounces) unsalted butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup peanut butter chips
1/4 cup miniature peanut butter cups
1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line an 8x8-inch pan with foil or parchment paper, leaving an overhang, and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and brown sugar, stirring constantly, until smooth. Remove from the heat, and stir in the peanut butter. Allow to cool while combining the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl.
Add the egg and vanilla extract to the peanut butter mixture and stir to combine. Pour the mixture into the prepared dry ingredients, and stir until well combined. The batter will be thick. Fold in half of the peanut butter chips, peanut butter cups, and chocolate chips, reserving the rest for sprinkling on top.
Transfer the batter to the prepared pan, spreading evenly to the edges of the pan. Sprinkle with the remaining peanut butter chips, peanut butter cups, and chocolate chips, lightly pressing them into the batter.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until the top is golden and the edges are slightly browned. Do not overcook. Allow to cool in the pan. Cut into 9 squares and serve.
Recipe by Tessa of Handle the Heat
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10 Responses to "Triple Peanut Butter Blondies"
I should never come to your site when I'm hungry! These sound incredible.
Yeah, these would last maybe a second around here. EVERYONE would love and go crazy for them!! Simply amazing!
Love all of the peanut butter stuffed into these blondies! So good!
These look amazing! All that peanut butter goodness would be so dangerous for me.
ok, these need to be in my house. I loooove pb!
These blondies looks amazing, I need them in my life like right now *-*
Those bell-bottom jeans with the designs on the bottom are an embarassment for me. I think they were late 90s/very early 2000s. They look so funny to me now and they always got so dirty on the bottom, ruining the design.
As a peanut butter addict, these bars sound perfect!
I was psyched to try these out last night, but they didn't quite come out right for me. Full disclosure: I did have to mess with recipe slightly. The "dough" was more than stiff, it was unmanageable and the ingredients weren't mixing. I added a little bit of almond milk to smooth it out (maybe 1/4-1/3 cup?), and I assumed I would have to bake it a bit longer due to the extra moisture. Even still, after almost 40 minutes it still wasn't done, and I really like underbaked things.
I know my fiddling may have messed it up, but it just wasn't coming together, so I saw no other choice. The taste is great, of course, and we'll just save the underdone bits for ice cream topping. Has anyone else had a similar problem?
I made these yesterday for Thanksgiving and they were a huge hit! Very simple and very yummy. I plan on taking them for a treat exchange where I work also. Thanks for the awesome recipe!
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Double Tony-winner James Earl Jones returns to the New York stage next month as an eccentric grandfather in a revival of the 1930s comedy romance "You Can't Take It With You" along with Australian actress Rose Byrne, who is making her Broadway debut.
The play, about a loving but odd American family, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. Previews begin on Aug. 26 and the play opens on Sept. 28 for a limited 19-week run.
Jones ("Fences," "The Great White Hope"), who last appeared on Broadway in a revival of Gore Vidal's "The Best Man" in 2012, is Martin Vanderhof. He heads a multiracial cast as the income tax-averse patriarch of the family in the role made famous by Lionel Barrymore in Frank Capra's 1938 Oscar-winning film of the same name.
"It is about forces attracting each other in the family. It's like they are in orbit and the principle is that you can be yourself as long as you don't hurt anyone else," Jones, 83, said in an interview, with his famously resonating voice.
Vanderhof gave up his job decades earlier and hasn't paid any taxes for just as long. He wants all of his extended clan to find happiness.
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SamRight, SamWise.Mature
I was looking.
I was always looking.
I was so young, so young and hopeful,
I just knew
this would be the year I would meet
the love of my life.
They always say you meet the most important people
your first year of University,
so I was looking,
waiting for a sign
that someone, somewhere, wanted to be mine.
I met him on the first day.
He said his name was Sam,
but everyone called him SamRight, or SamWise
because he was so smart.
He had fiery hair and blue eyes,
tattoos commemorating a friend that died,
and I
was utterly enamored
with him.
He lived in my dorm,
on the floor right above me,
and at night,
he smoked cigarettes beneath my window.
I smelled the odors of his breath and tobacco,
and wanted,
so one night, I came down.
There in the shadows, I asked for a smoke,
the third that had ever touched my lips,
but I never told him.
On a picnic table, we sat, sighing clouds,
gazing up at the stars,
and he told me a bit about himself,
about his girlfriend who just dumped him,
and I shared a little of me,
entranced by his eyes,
and the nicotine.
Every night after that,
he would knock on my door.
"Hey, you wanna go cancer?"
he called it that because he thought it was ironic,
he was such a hipster.
He always had really cool socks and hats
and t-shirts with pictures of cats.
We shared the same smoke pack,
players, original,
and after, we would go to his room
and watch Adventuretime,
and I would pretend to fall asleep on his shoulder,
and he would always wake me up,
and send me back to my room.
Sam taught me how to shotgun beer,
and how to properly smoke a doob,
and how to not give a single fuck
about what someone thought of you.
But he also made it very clear
that him and I were just friends,
so after three months of unrequited pining,
I decided to set my sights elsewhere.
I bought my own packs of smokes,
and started letting anyone take me home,
on nights when Sam came knocking on my door,
searching for cancer,
I wasn't there.
The first semester ended and we all went home for Christmas,
and on New Year's Eve I got more wasted
than I've ever been,
and realized I was in love,
in love with SamRight, SamWise.
I called him and left him a slurring speech
saying something along the lines of "I know you don't love me,
but I've been waiting,
and I'll keep waiting until you want me."
before passing out.
When I returned to school, Sam never mentioned the call,
but he did give me a hug,
and my hopes soared.
One of my friends told me he was totally into me,
but too shy to say so,
so I began sliding love notes beneath his door,
little poems of adoration,
clever pick-up line puns,
and everyday in the cafeteria, Sam would be baffled,
trying to figure out who it was,
and I just smiled.
I kept this up for about two weeks,
then one night when we were cancering
I told him,
"So you know, it's me, sliding those notes beneath your door."
and he said "I know."
and then neither of us said anything.
At the end of the week, I had a poetry slam I was competing in
and asked him to come watch me.
I was reciting a love poem, written for him,
and he showed up just in time to hear me speak.
Though the room was packed,
to me, it was empty,
I stared at Sam, voice trembling,
and he never once took his eyes off me.
When I finished, everyone exploded with applause,
I won, and friends lined up to buy me drinks and plant kisses on my cheeks.
They swept me away,
but Sam stayed, waiting,
and by the time I got back to him,
I could barely stand on my feet.
"Sam!" I screamed,
flinging my intoxicated body at him,
and he caught me and held me, as if I was weightless
and he was Hercules,
he held my hand and half carried me home in the snow,
and I clung to him, drinking in his smells, his touch,
I'd been thirsty, starving for this
for six months,
and now, now it was happening.
I was finding true love.
The cigarette addiction and persistent poetry
had finally paid off,
SamWise was mine,
and I
and we would fall in love like stars
He walked me up to my room,
and helped me out of my clothes,
together, naked, we spooned,
and I had a dream he kissed me.
The next morning I woke up
to an empty bed,
and a note that had been slid beneath my door,
from Sam.
It said "I think we should just be friends".
And so, I was left,
with a need for nicotine, and no love,
and Sam found himself a new girlfriend,
who was a little less crazy,
and a little less desperate
than me.
We stopped cancering together,
and eventually, stopped talking completely,
and life went on, lonelily, for me.
It's been three years now,
since I last saw him,
and I am worlds away from who I was.
Now, I'm married, I found my love,
but it doesn't change the love that was,
once upon a time,
for Sam.
SamRight, SamWise.


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Importance of Church to the Life of Your Children
Introduction: Today the church has become institutionalized and satisfied with the status quo. Forty years ago, it was simply a matter of opening the front door and the people would come. That is not true in 2010. Today, we have a large percentage of TWO full generations that do not attend church. Many children that grew up in homes void of God are now having children of their own, who may also grow up in homes void of God. The world that we live in continues each day to boldly present a message that is in direct opposition to the truth of God's Word.
Sadly, rather than going out and challenging that ungodly message, the church has decided to withdraw from the world and isolate itself. Rather than being the salt and light God has called us to be, we have found it more "comfortable" to simply withdraw and stay to ourselves. We feel safe in our churches since we are with "our own kind."
We have OUR OWN TV and radio stations.
We have OUR OWN books and magazines.
We have OUR OWN music and our OWN schools.
Rather than using these great resources to reach the lost, we have found it is much easier (and more profitable) to simply "preach to the choir" and isolate ourselves from the rest of the world.
This message today is a wake up call to God's people who love the Lord.
God did not call us to isolate ourselves from this world, but to go out into the world and share the hope and love of Jesus Christ.
Did you not read in the Bible that we are called to go out into the "highways" and invite the lost to know Christ?
God did not call us to hide our light under a bushel, but to share that light with this dark world we live in!
God is looking for men and women with "spiritual obedience and courage" to take His message to the lost and hurting of this world.
There is a world outside of the four walls of the church that is lost, hurting, and looking for answers. To reach these people, we have to do what Jesus did and GO TO THEM. Understand that when you take Christ into the world, the people of the world will not always be nice. They have lived their life rejecting God, so most likely will not be open to your message.
However, never forget that your labor for the Lord is not in vain. Even those who reject what you are saying have at least had a seed planted in their life by you. Jesus told us that the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. The church may have forgotten the most important part of being a Christian, and that is we are here TO serve, NOT TO BE served.
Since our recent messages have been dealing with issues in the Christian Home, and having said the above, let me draw your attention to the theme of this message. What are our children going to be like, and likely to be engaged in spiritually in the 21st century?
In Isaiah 54:13 we read, "And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD, and great shall be the peace of the children." Here we are instructed to teach our children spiritual truths.
In the III epistle of John verse 4 we read, "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth." What a heritage, knowing that our children raised in our homes are found "walking literally in truth." The truth here refers to the "Word of God."
Parents, and for that matter grandparents, I rejoice greatly when I hear of your children walking in the principles, precepts and commandments of the Word of God. On the other hand, it hurts when I hear of children who are no longer walking with the Lord nor attending services in the House of God. How can the former come about?
First: Lay truth before your child: Teach them reverence for the Word of God. Teach them the Fear of God in their lives. Use your life as an example to demonstrate godliness before them. Often what you do in your walk is far more powerful than what you say to them.
Second: Commit your child to the Lord. Remember from Psalm 127:3 "Lo children are an heritage from the Lord…" They are God's gift, but not play toys. They are loaned to us, to be trained by us, for His glory.
Third: Remember that one day your children will leave your home and God will take-up where you left-off. God will take-up either in blessing them or in disciplining them. Take great comfort in Proverbs 22:6, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Now the question: "How should we train our children so they will be walking in "The Truth?" Let me share three ways. Two of these will be very brief; the third very extensive.
Number 1: If you want to have your children "walking in the truth" TEACH THEM TO HAVE REVERENCE FOR GOD. Every child has the capacity to be aware of and to KNOW GOD.
Teach them that God made the universe in all its grandeur. Show them the wonders of God's creation which all belongs to Him, and for which we are to praise and worship Him.
Teach them the wonders of life as you study Psalm 139 with them. Teach them that they came from God, and belong to God, and because of that relationship, one day they will give an account to God for their life.
Teach them to have a reverent fear of God, His holiness, sin and its consequences, and a fear of disobedience to His Word.
Teach them to love the Lord their God with all their heart, with all their mind, and with all their strength.
Teach them to develop a scheduled quiet time with the Lord. Show them how to read their Bible and meditate on the scriptures.
Teach them to develop a prayer list, and to spend time in praise unto the Lord for answers to prayer.
Number 2: If you want to have your children "walking in the truth" TEACH THEM TO HAVE REVERENCE FOR THE WORD OF GOD.
Teach them that the Word of God is a SPECIAL Book, a HOLY Book written by God for them. It ought to have a prominent place in the home and its truths ought to be demonstrated in your lives.
Teach them Bible stories along with the principles of life they represent
Teach them to memorize scripture. If I had it to do over again with our children, I would have had them memorize whole chapters in the Bible instead of just individual verses.
Teach them to have reverence for the Word of God and you will have passed on to them a spiritual heritage that will always go with them and keep them grounded wherever they go.
Number 3: If you want to have your children "walking in the truth" TEACH THEM REVERENCE FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD. Psalms 122:1 says, "I was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the Lord." Children grow up to attach importance to the things that are important to their parents. Someone said, "The church is the family's best friend and its confines should be the child's second home." The one tool God has used through the centuries, and will use until Jesus returns, is HIS CHURCH. Admittedly, the church is not perfect, but it is the tool created especially by God to reach the world for Christ and it is indispensable to a Christian and his family. Remember the church is not the four walls of this building. The church of Jesus Christ is made up of BLOOD-BOUGHT, SAVED, and BAPTIZED people.
So why DO I love the Church?
First: Because Christ loved the Church as we read in Ephesians 5:25-28. As Christ loved the Church, so I love the church.
Second: Because I made life-time friendships through the Church. Over the years my dearest friends have come from the Halthrope Community Church, the Overlea Baptist Church, the Perry Hall Baptist Church, the Cherrydale Baptist Church, the Odenton Baptist Church I pastored for 23 years, the Grace Bible Baptist Church, the Arlington Baptist Church, the Foot of Ten Bible Church, the High Point Baptist Chapel, the Wagontown Union Chapel and now the Green Street Baptist Chapel.
Third: Because my life's decisions have been made with the Church in mind. I can honestly say ministering in the church is not only my job, it has become my life.
Now here are TEN SUGGESTIONS on teaching your children or grandchildren the importance of the House of God. Perhaps someone is saying, "Ok, Pastor, are these your opinions?" No, they are scriptural in foundation, and we practiced each of them in our home.
First: Teach them the importance of Church attendance by example. There should be no discussion as to whether or not the family will be going to church on any Sunday for Sunday school, the morning service, Sunday evening, or on any Wednesday night. It should be understood that yours is a Christian family and your family is attending church regularly. And by the way, this is a family affair, not just for the youngsters or for one parent. Everyone in the family should march in and sit together in the House of God.
Neglecting any services allows your children to question, "Oh, well if it isn't important to them, why should it be important to me?"
When I was growing up we took it for granted that:
SUNDAY SCHOOL was a time to teach the Word of God.
SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE was a time to hear preaching of the Word of God.
SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE was a time of fellowship and preaching, and
WEDNESDAY EVENING SERVICE was set aside for Bible Study and prayer.
You ought to build the right habits of being here for every service, and you should maintain that habit at all cost. In Hebrews 10:25 we read, "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."
Some say forcing a child to attend the church services will turn him against the church one day. No, my friends, it is the HYPOCRISY in the home that makes a SHALLOW MOCKERY OF THE CHURCH. There should be no question concerning Sunday school, Sunday morning worship, Sunday evening, Wednesday evening, nor any other special service. TEACH THE IMPORTANCE OF CHURCH ATTENDANCE BY EXAMPLE.
Second: Start preparation on Saturday night. Begin to prepare for the Lord's Day on Saturday evening. Prepare for Sunday like it was a very important day. In fact, it is, for it's the Lord's Day, and time to worship the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings!
This means there should be NO late night TV and NO late visiting on Saturday evening.
The motto on Saturday should be: "Early to bed, early to rise, it's the LORD'S DAY AND WE'RE GOING TO HIS HOME FOR AWHILE."
On Saturday evening, gather the family around to pray and ask God's blessing on His day. When our children were younger, each Saturday evening just before bed time, each member of the family would pray for their Sunday School teacher and one other area of the church ministry.
Third: Never criticize the church, the pastor or the staff in front of your children. Someone said, "No church is perfect, so if you think you have found the perfect church, don't join it, you'll ruin it!" You are bound to find things wrong with your church. If you have to criticize, do it in your private prayer closet. Many thoughtless words of parental criticism against some little detail in church have turned children against the whole church. Parents, you are the real losers in a case like this, and so are your children.
The wise parent will see to it that the child develops a close relationship with the pastor. The pastor should become his friend. If your child has a problem, bring him or her to me for council. Oh, may I encourage you to take very, very seriously the words of Hebrew 13:7 and 17, "Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. (17) Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you."
Fourth: Praise and pray for your church, pastor, assistant pastors and staff in the presence of your children. Occasionally invite your child's Sunday school teachers, Christian school teachers, the pastor and his wife, even the youth leaders to your home. Get in line to invite visiting missionaries and guest speakers. Why, because you need to keep godly influences before your family.
Fifth: Discuss their Sunday School lesson at home throughout the week. Encourage your child's work in the C-Clubs, and discuss life and life's events in light of the Word of God with your teenagers.
Sixth: Teach your children the importance of tithing. If you are going to teach the importance of tithing, first you must tithe with I Corinthians 16:2 in mind, "Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come." You might want to explain what is meant by Malachi 3:10, "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it." Get them to understand that one tenth of what they earn or receive belongs to God. Instruct them to put that amount in the offering plate. It's OK for you to give them something, but it's far better to encourage them to put their own money in the plate.
Remember God has commanded us WHEN TO GIVE, THE AMOUNT TO GIVE, AND THE PLACE TO GIVE IT. I believe if every Christian was honest in their giving, there would be no need to plead for funds, nor would there be any lack of funds to take care of the house of God.
Seventh: Teach your children to be servants. Teach them the joy of helping others. Teach them to minister to the sick and the older folks. Take them out soul-winning with you. Encourage them to give out tracts everywhere to everyone.
Eighth: Teach them age-appropriate Church manners: From I Timothy 3:15, we read "But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth." Church time is a time to worship, not a time to play. If they act up during a service, immediately take them out. Discipline them to accept that church time is NOT a time to PLAY AROUND. Here are six, simple, church manners to teach your children:
1. No talking, chewing gum or leaving their seats.
2. Sit up, listen to instructions, and sing out from the hymn book.
3. Be especially quiet during the specials and the offering.
4. Follow along in the Bible with the Preacher.
5. Take notes on the sermons when old enough to do so.
Ninth: Do not let other activities take priority over the services of the Church.
The church services ought to be more important than school functions and more important than any sports activity.
The church services ought to have priority over a picnic, outing, or a visit to relatives.
The first time you allow any other activity to come ahead of church time YOU LOSE. The next time you consider missing a church service, it will be easier to miss. Church time is a family affair, NOT FOR ADULTS ONLY WHILE THE CHILDREN STAY HOME.
I believe it is more important to have your children well for Sunday school on Sunday than to be well and ready for school on Monday. But here is what I have witnessed. You keep your sick children home on Sunday, so they can be well for Monday school. I say, NO, NO, NO! You need to keep them home on Friday to get them well for Sunday school. Who are we to seek first? I believe our Bible tells us to SEEK THE THINGS OF GOD FIRST!
Tenth: The Child should build his life around the local Church. As the child grows older, we need to give added emphasis to the activities of the church. It has been said:
A Beginner child ages 4-5 is 90% dependent upon his parents.
A Primary child ages 6-7 is 75% dependent upon his parents.
A Junior child ages 8-12 is 50% dependent upon his parents.
A Junior High Student is 25% dependent upon his parents, and
A High School student is 10% dependent upon his parents.
Now the wise parent will graciously relinquish the parenting, and then run to the church house to aid in the activities that provide that lost percentage the child is no longer dependent upon them for.
As the child grows older, he or she is going to spend more and more time away from home. He will become less dependent upon his parents. HE IS GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE. MAY GOD HELP US TO PROVIDE THROUGH THE CHURCH THE "SOMEWHERE."
This is the reason we must as pastors, children's workers and youth workers increase the number of activities and the time consumed by the activities as the children grow older. By the time your children enter high school, he or she should be so involved in the activities that they will have NO time to run with the WRONG CROWD.
Warning: there will come a time when a teenager will become un-co-operative and decide "I am not going!" Now, please hear me out. IF YOU GIVE IN, YOU ARE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE. If they are not here in church, they will drift into the world with worldly friends and activities.
Movements come and movements go, but God's church will still stand. It will be here to carry out God's plan of world evangelism until Jesus comes. Children should be taught to love the House of God and the people of God. Parents and grandparents, you are the key to training your children, so that they will want to say the words of Psalms 122:1, "I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord."
If God has spoken to your heart after reading the sermon "Importance of Church in the Life of Your Children" then right now talk to God about what He has spoken to you.
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Brian Dawson from Delaware in the USA, was once a homeless drug addict. Now he's using his artistic talents to retell the life of Christ
Brian once found himself living in between his truck and some woods, immersed in a life of drug and alcohol addiction.
In March 2006 he made plans to end his life at a nearby lake armed with a bottle, a pistol and no hope.
Reaching for the gun, he accidentally grabbed a Bible that was on the floor in the back of his truck and instead found himself asking God to save him from the life he had created.
It was the last time he ever touched drugs.
"It was as though a voice spoke to me and said: 'You don't need this anymore'," says Brian, now 38 and the Creative Services Director for a US newspaper.
"Almost immediately after I gave my life to God, things started falling into place. I was offered a job I had applied for a year previously, I found a church, a wonderful woman who got me cleaned up and on the right path."
Roughly a year later, Brian felt called to use a gift he was blessed with to help serve God through artwork. Over the next few years, he began the journey of compiling the Gospels to retell the story of the life of Jesus Christ in a 242-page graphic novel.
The result is a three-part mini series adapted from scripture in full colour illustrations that Brian hopes to use as a tool to minister to a younger generation.
"We live in a very visual age," says Brian. "A lot of people might not be so quick to pick up their Bible and learn of the saving grace through Christ.
"The hope is that telling the story through a visual medium will reach people who might otherwise miss out on the Good News."
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During this century life has become less nasty, brutish and certainly, less short. The ageing of society represents a triumph for medical science and for the improvements in social conditions. But not only are we living longer, we are also having fewer children and having them later. In 1994 for the first time more women in Britain had children in their early to mid 30s than in their early to mid 20s.
Change is usually viewed in any public policy debate as a "problem". The ageing of society, is no exception to this. Although the ability of most people to lead longer, healthier lives is to be welcomed, the shift in the balance of our population must lead to changes in many aspects of how we arrange our affairs. This is bound to affect distribution of resources between the generations. It can also cause conflicts. We see it in the uncertainty over our future pensions: in 1961 there were four people in the working population for every pensioner; by 2030 that ratio will have halved. Globalisation, the information superhighway and technological advances are all having a profound effect upon our lives, But the impact of demographic change has the potential to match them all.
The phenomenon may take 30 years to have its greatest impact but the signs of change are already around us. It is not hard to spot a pattern between pressures on the Health Service; speculation about people living to 120; a woman having a child at 60; pressure on the Green Belt partly from the growth of single person households; and the need to reform the pensions regime.That is why we are starting an initiative with wide implications for the way we think about these issues. It is called the Debate of the Age and it aims to be the biggest exercise in public consultation ever undertaken in this country outside the formal political process.
The Debate will not however, only be about what government should do. For a start, we promise to be sceptical of those who protest their willingness to pay higher taxes to fund numerous deserving causes only to vote the other way in the secrecy of the ballot box. It is also about highlighting what is happening so that organisations and individuals can plan their futures accordingly.
The world has moved on since the NHS was founded. Then 60 per cent of the population were under 20 compared with less than half that today. Moreover, in the post-war era when the Welfare State took on its present shape, actuarial projections suggested that average life expectancy would be only three years beyond retirement. Perhaps the state will decide to dip deeper into its pockets to help tomorrow's elderly.
But that is not the trend at present and if the state will not pick up the tab then individuals need to understand that and plan accordingly. Politicians often say such things: but no one has yet consulted broadly with those who will be affected to see what their preferred options are.
The Debate may be regarded cynically to start with. After all, we are talking about events which culminate 30 years from now and there is a tendency to assume that citizens are not interested in complex problems or planning for a new century. But I believe the cynics will be proved wrong. The issues concerned are of central importance to the type of country we want Britain to be. In the past, big population changes have resulted from the Black Death, the Industrial Revolution or the First World War. None of these events was predictable. Conversely, the forthcoming population changes can be read several years ahead and we can cushion their impact through taking, action now.
I spend much of my time trying to ensure that pensions and long-term savings products can be bought with confidence. Complex financial services products were once the preserve of the relatively well-off. Now they are relevant to the great majority of the population. People do adapt their expectations - as long as they are given the information to assess their choices in advance.
Dependence on occupational pension scheme no longer reflects many people's career patterns. There is a wide acceptance that the state will provide only a basic pension and benefits safety net. So we already know that need to save to ensure that old age is not synonymous with a descent into poverty, although we are still unsure about how to maximize our prosperity across our life-spans.
An important part of the Debate will be about how we pay for age. But it is not only or even primarily about elderly people. It should be controversial and address thoroughly difficult social, economic and moral issues. On some issues a consensus may emerge but even where it does not, people will be better informed about these issues which will have a major impact on their lives.
We want some 30 million people to play some part over the next two years. It should be good for policy-making and insofar as it increases understanding and involves us all, good for democracy too.
Howard Davies is President of Debate of the Age. Anyone who would like to register their views should call 0800 783 4652 or use the website www.age2000.org.uk
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"It was pretty good," Gartner said. "It was a lot better offensive showing for sure this week. There were some changes up front.
"I thought that they did a pretty good job up front, Choi especially. He's not an overly big guy and I thought that he did a really good job."
The opinion on the offense started right off of the bat. The Huskers broke out a play that they hadn't previously run and Gartner said that Washington bought the play action hook, line and sinker.
"I loved the first play that Nebraska ran. The option play action into a pass? It completely fooled Washington obviously. They bit on it hard."
There has been some criticism on both sides of the ball for Nebraska this year despite being 3-0 going into game four. Gartner likes what the offense has shown and says that there is one thing that is in common between the offense and the defense that could be holding them back.
"For one they are very, very young. There are a number of sophomores and a freshman across the offensive line. There are three true freshmen at running back.
"Martinez is young and they are all showing up now. Martinez is calming down and running the offense. The whole team is young; offense and defense."
Gartner says that he will be paying attention to the mail that he gets over the next couple of weeks to take some more visits. Getting to Nebraska in two weeks for Ohio State is on his agenda one way or another.
"I am just going to see if anyone else is going to send anymore letters. I won't be up at Nebraska for a couple of weeks because of their bye games.
"I will be back for Ohio State one way or another. If I get invited as a recruit I will go that way and if I don't I will go with a friend just to watch."
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What purpose do long prison sentences actually serve? A question that was given thoughtful consideration by an emailer to the Morning Program:
You, and many listeners this morning seemed to suggest that tougher sentences would act as a "magic shield" to prevent injuries and attacks on Police officers and wanted this extended to other public officials. While I understand the sentiment I don't believe that longer sentences would "protect" public officials and others because when most offenders commit a crime they are not clearly thinking of the consequences of their actions. This is either because (a) they are incapacitated - drunk or otherwise, (b) irrationally angry, (c) don't think they will be caught.
If anyone is attacked their injuries are the same whether or not the perpetrator is punished in any way including capital punishment, corporal punishment, fines or gets off scot free.
Prison has the potential to act in one of three ways (1) Separation - the offender cannot harm us while they are locked up. (2) Punishment - society wants vengeance - barbarous at best. (3) Rehabilitation - the offender has the opportunity with professional help to mend their ways to reduce the likelihood of re-offending. What we actually achieve with our various sentencing options is unclear.
Maybe you could get a criminologist or psychologist on the program to discuss this?
So we did. And what criminologist, Paul Wilson, had to say provoked a very interesting response from listeners.


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I have an AOS interview based on marriage to USC next week,my passport is expired ,but i have a valid DL and SS card and lots of documents to proof our bona fide marriage , what should i do about the expired passport? and i overstayed for 3 years so am i gonna get the passport stamped to be able to travel, as my wife want to go and see my country for a couple of weeks ?
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