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Banana Caramel Bars
Recipe by iewe7726
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Top Review by invictus
This is much more cake like than I expected it to be with the egg in the crust but it isn't very moist and rather dense. Because of step on and step two I really expected the crust to be more of a shortbread and I expected the egg to be mixed in with the banana and caramel somehow. Adding the egg to the crust actually took me by surprise. My crust was much too doughy too divide and sprinkle so I just patted all of it down on the bottom of my pan. After cooking time I was pretty concerned about the topping because it was literally sliding all across the baked caked but I knew that more cooking would burn the cake so I pulled it out and let it cool. Upon cooling the banana and caramel mixture gelled up pretty well and stayed in place :) All in all not bad, just wasn't where my expectations for this were.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup margarine, cubed
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 2 medium bananas, extra ripe
- 1⁄2 cup caramel topping
Directions See How It's Made
- For crust, combine flour, sugar and baking powder in a bowl.
- Cut in margarine with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Slowly stir in egg, mixing with a fork until crumbly.
- Pat half the mixture in 13 x 9 inch baking pan to form crust.
- For filling, mash banana (should be approximately 1 cup). Stir in caramel topping and mix well.
- Pour over crust, spreading evenly.
- Sprinkle remaining crust mixture over banana/caramel filling. Pat gently. Bake in 375 degree oven for 35 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Cool on rack. Cut into bars when cooled.


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AN Amesbury man accused of killing his wife says he has no memory of attacking her with a knife or calling 999 for help.
James Roy Simister, 48, has denied the murder or manslaughter of his wife Deborah, 45, and a trial started at Winchester Crown Court last week.
On Monday, a jury heard evidence from Simister, who said he had no memory of what happened at his home in Maple Way after about 7pm on April 8 last year.
The court heard the pair had spent the afternoon drinking after a shopping trip to Andover with one of Mrs Simister's daughters, who said Simister became angry about spending money on other family members. Simister, who used to be in the RAF, told the jury he and his wife began bickering at some point during the afternoon, but he didn't remember what it was about.
"It was always something of nothing," he said. Simister, who was four times over the drink drive limit when the stabbing occurred, admitted his relationship with his wife often led to violence.
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To my mind, an accurate visual representation of my day would be a picture of me taking a shit, a cute shot of my Netflix account, laughing at people and talking on the phone.
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Most of this art is stemming from the internet (mostly tumblr) therefore is much more accessible to the masses. Then the whole '1 UP' dilemma arises of name dropping obscure artists you've found on someone called 'MinimalLife' on Instagram who posts black and white pictures everywhere with really effective captions such as "_________". Fuck. So emotive babe!!
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When he took office in January of 2011, Minnesota governor Mark Dayton inherited a $6.2 billion budget deficit and a 7 percent unemployment rate from his predecessor, Tim Pawlenty. During his first four years in office, Gov. Dayton raised the state income tax from 7.85 to 9.85 percent on individuals earning over $150,000, and on couples earning over $250,000 when filing jointly - a tax increase of $2.1 billion. He's also agreed to raise Minnesota's minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2018, and passed a state law guaranteeing equal pay for women. Between 2011 and 2015, Gov. Dayton added 172,000 new jobs to Minnesota's economy - that's 165,800 more jobs in Dayton's first term than Pawlenty added in both of his terms combined. Even though Minnesota's top income tax rate is the fourth highest in the country, it has the fifth lowest unemployment rate in the country at 3.6 percent. As of January 2015, Minnesota has a $1 billion budget surplus, and Gov. Dayton has pledged to reinvest more than one third of that money into public schools. The reason Gov. Dayton was able to radically transform Minnesota's economy into one of the best in the nation is simple arithmetic. Raising taxes on those who can afford to pay more will turn a deficit into a surplus. Raising the minimum wage will increase the median income. And in a state where education is a budget priority and economic growth is one of the highest in the nation, it only makes sense that more businesses would stay.
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France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities and food banks. Under a law passed unanimously by the French senate, as of Wednesday large shops will no longer bin good quality food approaching its best-before date. Charities will be able to give out millions more free meals each year to people struggling to afford to eat. The law follows a grassroots campaign in France by shoppers, anti-poverty campaigners and those opposed to food waste. Campaigners now hope to persuade the EU to adopt similar legislation across member states. Supermarkets will also be barred from deliberately spoiling food in order to stop it being eaten by people foraging in stores' bins. In recent years, growing numbers of families, students, unemployed and homeless people in France have been foraging in supermarket bins at night to feed themselves. People have been finding edible products thrown out just as their best-before dates approached. Some supermarkets doused binned food in bleach, [or] deliberately binned food in locked warehouses for collection by refuse trucks. Now bosses of supermarkets with a footprint of 400 sq metres (4,305 sq ft) or more will have to sign donation contracts with charities or face a penalty of €3,750 (Ł2,900).
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In 1978, 5-year-old Frank "Bopsy" Salazar was diagnosed with leukemia. A woman named Linda Pauling ... had lost her 7-year-old son, Chris, to leukemia that spring. But before Chris passed, the Arizona Department of Public Safety had fulfilled the little boy's dream of becoming a police officer. DPS officers Jim Eaves and Frank Shankwitz had met Chris with a patrol car and motorcycle and made him the only honorary Arizona Highway Patrol Officer in the department's history. The incredible effort inspired Pauling and Shankwitz to start the Make-A-Wish Foundation. "[Pauling] told me that instead of letting the kids just feel sorry for themselves, they wanted to grant wishes, to do something every kid would benefit from, to fulfill their dream while they're still a part of this world," Trujillo said. Shankwitz took over from there, and he went to visit Bopsy to find out more about the boy's dreams. After learning that he'd be granted a wish, the 7-year-old mulled it over. "I want to ride in a hot air balloon," he told Shankwitz. Then he thought about it some more. "No, I want to go to Disneyland." He paused again. "No, I want to be a fireman." But Shankwitz didn't make him pick. All of Bopsy's wishes would be granted. He got his balloon ride and his trip to Disneyland. Fireman Bob - whose real name is Bob Walp - did more than was asked of him to help the sick boy. "We didn't want to just give him a tour," Walp [recalled]. "We decided to give him a badge and a jacket. We let him use the hose. We took him in the truck."
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Seventeen-year-old Gabe Adams was born without arms and legs and suffers from a rare disease called hanhart syndrome, but that doesn't stop him from dancing. After spending most of his life in a wheelchair, he decided to join the dance team at Davis High School. During halftime at a basketball game Friday night, he performed in front of the whole school. Cheers rang out as Gabe put the word disability to shame. "I wanted to prove to myself and to others that there's more to myself than just a kid in a wheelchair," Adams said. With practices three days a week, which last for more than three hours, dance team is no easy commitment. However, teammate Alexis Delahunty says Gabe makes it seem easy. "I can't even imagine doing this without my arms and legs. It's so inspiring. He's just amazing," Delahunty said. His dance teacher, Kim King, says Gabe has brought so much joy to the team and has pushed them all to work harder. "When they see him, they don't realize how hard it is to get dressed, how hard it is to get in and out of his chair, but Gabe does everything by himself," King said. Gabe's father, Ron Adams, said Gabe is always pushing himself and taking each challenge in stride. "I don't think everyone understands what it takes, the muscle coordination and development to balance when he doesn't have limbs," Ron Adams said. He may not realize it, but Gabe is constantly inspiring the people around him.
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What started as a small gesture, of feeding underprivileged children, by 31-year-old Darshan and his friends has turned into a full-blown movement. An email he shot off to a restaurant, after being deeply disappointed with the service he got there, just changed the course of Darshan's life. When the restaurant management apologised for the poor service and offered to give him free food, Darshan refused the offer and asked them to feed underprivileged children instead. The restaurant went ahead with his suggestion, and after feeding the children, sent pictures to Darshan. "This is the moment that changed me forever. The smile on the faces of those children left me touched. And that is when I decided to do something about it," he says. Thus, the BhookMitao campaign was born. On June 7, 2015, Darshan and his friends went and fed a couple of children in a slum in Vadodara, Gujarat. Today, the BhookMitao movement provides nutritious lunch to as many as 1,200 children in Vadodara. As the volunteer network grows, Darshan has divided it into groups. Each group takes up a particular spot in the city. They coordinate with those who want to donate, procure the raw materials, and cook the meals in their own kitchens. The programme usually begins ... with some fun activities for the kids. They screen movies on education or make them do some craft work etc., and then ... volunteers and children eat the same food together. The movement ... has spread, [and] the number of volunteers has grown from six to over 600.
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Located in northeast Portland, Dignity Village is a self-governed gated community, which currently serves 60 people on any given night - the city limits the number - and provides shelter in the form of tiny houses built mainly from donated and recycled materials. The village emerged in the winter of 2000 as a tent city called Camp Dignity. Now officially a nonprofit, Dignity Village is governed by a democratically elected council of nine residents, who are responsible for day-to-day decisions; all residents can vote on big decisions, like whether to remove a resident or enter into contracts with service providers, in town-hall-style meetings. On a typical night, it provides food, housing, bathrooms, and a mailing address for nearly 60 adults, who pay $35 a month in rent and would otherwise be taking their chances alone sleeping on park benches or city streets. Community may be Dignity Village's most essential offering. "It's really what sets people apart from other homeless shelters and encampments, above all else," says Katie Mays, who works as a social worker at Dignity Village three days a week. Elsewhere, cities are trying out the model. In Eugene, Oregon, Opportunity Village has lifted the concept wholesale. Dignity Village's influence also has spread to Nashville, where a micro-housing community called Sanctuary has cropped up. What the residents of these communities hold in common are the bonds forged from shared experience - of finally finding a welcome environment after being discarded and stigmatized by larger society.
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The concept of a "celebrity statistician" might sound as though it must be - and should forever remain - an oxymoron. But watch Prof Hans Rosling ... and you may change your mind. After showcasing his unique approach at a conference organised by TED, [he] garnered a reputation as the "Jedi master of data visualisation" and "the man in whose hands data sings". What Rosling does, in a nutshell, is animate graphs. One dot showing, for example, life expectancy in Britain, is quite unremarkable, but apply Rosling's software, and, at the click of a mouse, that dot will move, showing ... how it has changed every year. Add other dots, representing other countries, from France to China, and suddenly you have a moving stream ... that puts each country's life expectancy into perspective and shows how the figures have changed over the last 65 years. Combine all this with the professor's hyperactive presentation style ... and a potentially dry subject suddenly has a [compelling] narrative. Not that Rosling would ever describe statistics as "dry". "No!" he says. "Statistics take up four pages in most daily newspapers. People don't find these boring at all, but they don't think of them as 'statistics'. If you support Man United or Arsenal, or if your stock falling means you can't go on holiday, you are interested. It's only boring if you get data you didn't ask for, or if you don't realise its link with the real world."
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It was every subway rider's nightmare. Wesley Autrey, a 50-year-old construction worker and Navy veteran ... was waiting for the downtown local at 137th Street and Broadway in Manhattan around 12:45 p.m. He was taking his two daughters, Syshe, 4, and Shuqui, 6, home before work. Nearby, a man collapsed, his body convulsing. Mr. Autrey and two women rushed to help, he said. The man, Cameron Hollopeter ... stumbled to the platform edge and fell to the tracks, between the two rails. The headlights of the No. 1 train appeared. "I had to make a split decision," Mr. Autrey said. So he made one, and leapt. Mr. Autrey lay on Mr. Hollopeter, his heart pounding, pressing him down in a space roughly a foot deep. The train's brakes screeched, but it could not stop in time. Five cars rolled overhead before the train stopped, the cars passing inches from his head, smudging his blue knit cap with grease. Mr. Autrey heard onlookers' screams. "We're O.K. down here," he yelled, "but I've got two daughters up there. Let them know their father's O.K." He heard cries of wonder, and applause. Power was cut, and workers got them out. Mr. Hollopeter ... had only bumps and bruises. The police said it appeared that Mr. Hollopeter had suffered a seizure. Mr. Autrey refused medical help, because, he said, nothing was wrong. He did visit Mr. Hollopeter in the hospital before heading to his night shift. "I don't feel like I did something spectacular; I just saw someone who needed help," Mr. Autrey said. "I did what I felt was right."
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Skills like kindness, cooperation, and empathy are sometimes dismissed as "soft" skills in education. Developing "hard" skills like math and reading can seem far more practical and important - hence our education system's rigorous focus on teaching and testing them. But [a] recent study, published last month in the American Journal of Public Health, turns that thinking on its head. After following hundreds of students from kindergarten through early adulthood, the study suggests that possessing those "soft" skills is key to doing well in school and avoiding some major problems afterwards. Neglecting these skills could pose a threat to public health and safety. Importantly, these findings held true regardless of the student's gender, race, or socioeconomic status, the quality of their neighborhood, their early academic skills, or several other factors. Those who were rated as more pro-social in kindergarten were more likely to succeed. In some cases, kids' kindness was more strongly related to certain outcomes later in life than were other factors that might seem more relevant. For example, surprisingly to the researchers, the level of aggression that a student showed in kindergarten couldn't predict whether the student would have a run-in with the law later in life - but his level of pro-social behavior could. The results make a convincing case for investing more in nurturing students' social and emotional skills - which, according to prior research, are malleable and can be improved, with lasting and meaningful results.
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Trained as a lawyer, Van Ngoc Ta never imagined that he would spend his evenings posing as a gang lord in brothels. Over the past 10 years, Van Ta has played an active role in ... Blue Dragon Children's Foundation, [a charity] that rescues Vietnamese women and girls trafficked to China for the sex trade as well as victims of forced labor. Undercover operations [are] part of the job. In the past decade he has rescued more than 480 women and girls sold into prostitution or sexually abused as well as victims of forced labor working in Vietnam. Some Vietnamese women go abroad for brokered marriages, mostly to China and Malaysia, but find themselves in domestic servitude or prostitution. Others are duped in online relationships and end up in the sex trade. Others are sold to traffickers by friends or neighbors. "We put the safety and interests of the victims first. What you want to do more than anything else is to bring them home. I have to be careful as there is a lot of money involved," said Van Ta, adding that girls can earn as much as $250 a day for their pimps and traffickers. "If you think of the number of girls I have rescued, this probably means I have taken about $2-3 million of earnings from the traffickers and brothels." Van Ta ... said the rewards of the job outweighed the risks. "When you bring a victim home, there are tears of happiness, and you would accept any price to bring them home," said Van Ta. Blue Dragon ... now has 72 staff and cares for more than 1,500 children in Vietnam [in addition to] its rescue work.
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The Iceman's students look wary as they watch him dump bag after bag of ice into the tub of water where they will soon be taking a dip. Under the direction of "Iceman" Wim Hof, the group of athletes is going to stay in the water for minutes practising his meditation techniques. Hof, 52, earned his nickname from feats such as remaining in a tank of ice in Hong Kong for almost 2 hours [and] swimming half the length of a football field under a sheet of ice in the Arctic. Hof tells his students meditation in the cold strengthens mind and body. For most people, hypothermia begins shortly after exposure to freezing temperatures without adequate clothing, and it can quickly lead to death. Hof says he can endure cold so well because he has learned to activate parts of his mind beyond the reach of most people's conscious control, and crank up what he calls his "inner thermostat." "I never had a teacher, and I never had lessons, other than hard Nature itself," he says in an interview at his apartment in Amsterdam. "If you do it wrong, it hurts and you take some knocks, and if you do it right, then you really learn." Hof may be able to exercise some influence over other body functions considered involuntary, [and] tells his students at the Rotterdam workshop that viewing mental and physical training as separate may hinder their performance. Hof describes the three main elements in his method as controlled breathing, paying close mental attention to signals coming from the body, and crucially, keeping an open mind.
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The Grant Study ... is now the longest longitudinal study of biosocial human development ever undertaken, and is still on-going. The study's goal was to identify the key factors to a happy and healthy life. In 2009, I delved into the Grant Study data to establish a Decathlon of Flourishing - a set of ten accomplishments that covered many different facets of success. Two of the items in the Decathlon had to do with economic success, four with mental and physical health, and four with social supports and relationships. Then I set out to see how these accomplishments correlated, or didn't, with three gifts of nature and nurture - physical constitution, social and economic advantage, and a loving childhood. The results were as clear-cut as they were startling. In contrast with the weak and scattershot correlations among the biological and socioeconomic variables, a loving childhood - and other factors like empathic capacity and warm relationships as a young adult - predicted later success in all ten categories of the Decathlon. What's more, success in relationships was very highly correlated with both economic success and strong mental and physical health. In short, it was a history of warm intimate relationships ... that predicted flourishing. The Grant Study finds that nurture trumps nature. And by far the most important influence on a flourishing life is love. Not early love exclusively, and not necessarily romantic love. But love early in life facilitates not only love later on, but also the other trappings of success, such as high income and prestige.
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After decades on the fringes, impact investing is going mainstream. Though the phrase isn't yet commonplace, the concept is familiar enough to have spawned several monikers: values-based investing, green investing, mission-driven investing, sustainable investing, socially responsible investing, principled investing. Some 3,000 investors and entrepreneurs convened at Fort Mason this week to discuss the idea at SOCAP, the leading conference for people who want to support social innovation with their money. "Social-impact investors want to make sure they are doing good in the world but as a genuine investment, not philanthropy," said Eryc Branham, CEO of MissionHub, which produces the conference. The rapidly growing field measures returns not just in dollars and cents but in social and environmental change. On the financial side, some investors accept lower returns as a trade-off for doing good. But they don't necessarily have to. A new report from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania found that pursuing a social agenda doesn't come at a financial price. After studying 53 funds with 557 investments, Wharton found that their rate of return from 2000 to 2014 was in line with benchmarks like the Standard & Poor's 500 index. While impact investing amounts are still small compared with the multitrillion-dollar financial market, the potential for making a difference is immense.
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Caitlin Prater-Haacke of Alberta, Canada was urged by bullies to kill herself, via Facebook post. Instead of sinking into negativity she turned the situation into a positive lesson. Lee Hirsch, director of the documentary "Bully," which aired Monday on PBS Monday, is among those lending their support to Caitlin, who was reprimanded by her school for her "Positive Post-It Day" approach to bullies. In late September, someone broke into Caitlin's locker at George McDougall High School in Airdrie, a community just north of Calgary, and wrote a Facebook status using Caitlin's iPad that encouraged her to die. Rather than letting the bully win, the 11th grader wrote inspiring, positive, encouraging messages on 800 Post-It notes and left them around her school - with messages like "You're beautiful," "Love yourself," and "You're awesome." Now her campaign has also taken to Twitter with the tag #PositivePostItDay. "Bullying is not necessarily addressed, and people get really down about it, I wanted to do something positive - it was about due time," Caitlin told the Toronto Sun. Caitlin's town, led by a mayoral proclamation, banded together to launch a new anti-bullying campaign called "Positive Post-it Day" which encourages residents to leave anonymous notes of kindness for one another each year on Oct. 9. "What I really got out of this story is the way this student chose not to be derailed by this negative experience," said Hirsch. "She became a role model to her classmates, teachers, her mayor and her town."
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The FBI says crime rates, including murder, were down last year. The report is in contrast to headlines this year. In 2014 the U.S. recorded the fewest murders since 2009. Most other violent crimes, such as robbery, burglary, theft and arson have declined, while aggravated assaults and rapes, which now includes a broader definition, were on the rise in 2014. The 2014 numbers do not reflect an increase this year in murders and other violent crimes reported in some cities. Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates highlighted progress made for cities compared to decades past. "We have witnessed a remarkable drop in crime since the 1980's - both violent crime and crime overall. Entire cities have been transformed, unlocking tremendous potential and releasing a wave of prosperity," Yates said, adding that "even though crime is trending downward in most places, we are seeing pockets of rising violence in various locations across the country." While the FBI has expanded the report to include new statistics such as hate crimes and human trafficking arrests, it addressed concerns of transparency in the reporting of potential violent crimes committed by law enforcement officers on civilians.
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Plastic, long considered nonbiodegradable and one of the biggest contributors to global pollution, might have met its match: The small, brownish, squirmy mealworm. Researchers have learned that the mealworm can live on a diet of Styrofoam and other types of plastic. Inside the mealworm's gut are microorganisms that are able to biodegrade polyethylene, a common form of plastic, according to new studies published in Environmental Science and Technology. The findings could help solve the plastic pollution problem affecting the world. The research documented 100 mealworms that consumed 34 to 39 milligrams of Styrofoam, which is about the weight of a pill, every day. Scientists also paid attention to the mealworms' overall health and saw larvae that ate a diet subsisting strictly of Styrofoam were as healthy as mealworms eating a normal diet of bran, [and] transformed the plastic they ate into carbon dioxide, worm biomass and biodegradable waste. This waste seemed safe to use in soil for plants and even crops, the studies said. Being able to find insects that can safely degrade plastic is critical to potential pollution management because other insects such as cockroaches can also consume plastic, but they have not shown biodegradation.
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Sweden is moving to a six-hour working day in a bid to increase productivity and make people happier. Employers across the country have already made the change, according to the Science Alert website, which said the aim was to get more done in a shorter amount of time and ensure people had the energy to enjoy their private lives. Toyota centres in Gothenburg, Sweden's second largest city, made the switch 13 years ago, with the company reporting happier staff, a lower turnover rate, and an increase in profits in that time. Filimundus, an app developer based in the capital Stockholm, introduced the six-hour day last year. "The eight-hour work day is not as effective as one would think," Linus Feldt, the company's CEO told Fast Company. Mr Feldt has said staff members are not allowed on social media, meetings are kept to a minimum, and that other distractions during the day are eliminated - but the aim is that staff will be more motivated to work more intensely while in the office. He said the new work day would ensure people have enough energy to pursue their private lives when they leave work – something which can be difficult with eight-hour days.
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In neurosurgical training ... six years passed in a flash. Then, heading into chief residency, I developed a classic constellation of symptoms — weight loss, fevers, night sweats, unremitting back pain, cough — indicating a diagnosis quickly confirmed: metastatic lung cancer. The gears of time ground down. Now unable to work, I was left at home to convalesce. A full day's activity might be a medical appointment, or a visit from a friend. The rest of the time was rest. Yet there is dynamism in our house. Our daughter was born days after I was released from the hospital. Week to week, she blossoms: a first grasp, a first smile, a first laugh. My daughter, Cady. I hope I'll live long enough that she has some memory of me. Words have a longevity I do not. I had thought I could leave her a series of letters — but what would they really say? I don't know what this girl will be like when she is 15; I don't even know if she'll take to the nickname we've given her. There is perhaps only one thing to say to this infant, who is all future, overlapping briefly with me, whose life, barring the improbable, is all but past. That message is simple: When you come to one of the many moments in life when you must give an account of yourself, provide a ledger of what you have been, and done, and meant to the world, do not, I pray, discount that you filled a dying man's days with a sated joy, a joy unknown to me in all my prior years, a joy that does not hunger for more and more, but rests, satisfied. In this time, right now, that is an enormous thing.
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Avaaz – which means "voice" in various languages – has become a global pressure group to be reckoned with. It's a new kind of activism that isn't issue-led, it's issues-led. It's human rights abuses in Burma, or it's the Syrian civil war, or it's threats against the Great Barrier Reef or it's homophobia in Costa Rica. It's whatever its supporters, guided by the Avaaz team, choose to click on most this month. If it launches a campaign, it throws its resources at it – and a chunk of its $12m budget a year, all donated from individuals – and there's a fair chance it will have an impact. Avaaz is both global and globalised and its approach is less bleeding-heart liberal than hard-headed pragmatist. Its growth is exponential: they've gone from nine employees in year one to 100 now. In September, I interviewed its softly spoken Canadian founder, Ricken Patel, and noted in the transcript that [Avaaz] now had 26 million [members]. By the time this piece appears in print in November, that number will be hovering around the 30 million mark. "Liking" a Facebook page isn't going to save the world. But five times as many people in Britain are members of Avaaz than they are of the Labour Party. And 30,000 people donate money to it every month. To save the world, click here.
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In Mandy Len Catron's Modern Love essay, "To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This," she refers to a study by the psychologist Arthur Aron (and others) that explores whether intimacy between two strangers can be accelerated by having them ask each other a specific series of personal questions. The 36 questions in the study are broken up into three sets, with each set intended to be more probing than the previous one. The idea is that mutual vulnerability fosters closeness. To quote the study's authors, "One key pattern associated with the development of a close relationship among peers is sustained, escalating, reciprocal, personal self-disclosure." 1. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest? 2. Would you like to be famous? In what way? 3. Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why? 10. If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be? 14. Is there something that you've dreamed of doing for a long time? Why haven't you done it? 17. What is your most treasured memory? 18. What is your most terrible memory? 31. Tell your partner something that you like about them already. 32. What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about? 36. Share a personal problem and ask your partner's advice on how he or she might handle it.
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text: Hillary Clinton In Houston, Clinton Touts Texas As 2016 Bright Spot For Democrats By Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune • Apr 7, 2017 Michael Stravato / Texas Tribune HOUSTON — Hillary Clinton told Texas Democrats on Friday that despite her devastating loss in last year's presidential election, the state provided a bright spot for the party going forward. Clinton lost to Republican Donald Trump by 9 points in Texas, the narrowest margin of victory the GOP has has seen in Texas since 1996. WATCH: Hillary Clinton's Post-Election Concession Speech By Matt Largey • Nov 9, 2016 GAGE SKIDMORE/FLICKR (CC BY-SA 2.0) Donald Trump has been elected the 45th president of the United States, the capstone of a tumultuous and divisive campaign that won over white voters with the promise to "Make America Great Again." Trump crossed the 270 electoral vote threshold at 2:31 a.m. ET with a victory in Wisconsin, according to Associated Press projections. Hillary Clinton called Trump early this morning to concede the election, but did not make any public statement. She's scheduled to speak this morning in New York. Watch a livestream of that speech below, courtesy CBS. Dan Rather's Advice for Election Day: 'Think About the Day After' By Joy Diaz • Nov 1, 2016 Beth Cortez-Neavel/Texas Standard From Texas Standard: With one week until Election Day, one of the country's most well-known Texans has a suggestion for the rest of the country: start thinking about the day after. Veteran broadcast journalist Dan Rather, whose documentary debuts tonight on Mark Cuban's AXS network, poses a quandary: even assuming a Clinton victory, why should Americans of all stripes continue to care about the Trump phenomenon? Listen Listening... / 6:14 UT/Texas Tribune Poll: In Texas, Trump Holding Narrow Lead Over Clinton By Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune & Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune • Oct 27, 2016 Emily Albrecht/Texas Tribune Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a three-percentage-point lead over Democrat Hillary Clinton on the eve of early voting in Texas, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence, had the support of 45 percent of likely Texas voters, compared with 42 percent for Clinton and Tim Kaine; 7 percent for Libertarian Gary Johnson and William Weld; and 2 percent for the Green Party's Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka. The remaining 5 percent said they would vote for someone else for president and vice president. Should We Even Have a Third Presidential Debate? By Rhonda Fanning • Oct 19, 2016 Gage Skidmore/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) From Texas Standard: So Texas – had enough yet? Landing blows, calling names, flinging zingers. If Frank Capra were to make a movie of this, he might call it "Jerry Springer goes to Washington." Presidential debates are important to be sure, but when debates descend into parodies of debates, what are we getting? Is it a reasonable idea to just say no to a third debate? For a debate on whether a third debate is necessary, the Standard spoke to two professors of politics. Listen Listening... / 10:36 What Clinton's Texas Ad Buy Means for Election Day By Michael Marks • Oct 18, 2016 Adam Schultz/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) From Texas Standard: Since political ads are typically the single biggest expense of a presidential campaign's bottom line, you choose your battles – or battlegrounds – carefully. There's not much room for waste, which is why this got our attention: Hillary Clinton has purchased ad time in four of the five biggest cities in Texas. Angry, Sad & Frustrated: Four Undecideds Weigh Their Options for President By Michael Marks • Oct 12, 2016 KUT Austin/Texas Standard From Texas Standard: How are undecided Texans gearing up for their presidential pick? This is part two of a series following four voters through the last month before Election Day. Listen Listening... / 4:56 How Ann Richards Trumped Her Rival Clayton Williams By Laura Rice • Oct 11, 2016 Kenneth C. Zirkel/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) From Texas Standard: He was a businessman who liked to brag about his financial success, cracked rape jokes around reporters and kissed "just about every woman within arms' reach." She was a Democrat who shattered many ceilings, with real-world political experience and demanded that her opponent disclose his taxes. These two also wouldn't shake hands. Listen Listening... / 5:23 Who Are Texas' Undecided Voters? We Talked to Four of Them. By Michael Marks • Oct 5, 2016 Jamelah E./Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) From Texas Standard: Undecided voters are no myth. So who are they? Blanca Morales, like 84 million others, tuned in last week to watch the first debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. But it didn't help her decide who she'll pick on Election Day. If anything, it complicated matters. Listen Listening... / 4:54 Texas Poll Shows Trump's Lead is in the Single Digits By Rhonda Fanning • Sep 15, 2016 Ilana Panich-Linsman/KUT From Texas Standard: Numbers show a much tighter presidential race than anyone might imagine in what's often considered to be the reddest of red states. The Texas Lyceum released its closely watched polling results yesterday, showing that the race to the White House is still neck-and-neck. Listen Listening... / 6:40 Why the Dallas Morning News Endorsed Hillary Clinton By Rhonda Fanning • Sep 7, 2016 Gage Skidmore/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) From Texas Standard: The Dallas Morning News is making some news of its own: the editorial board announced Tuesday that it recommends Hillary Clinton for president. Poll: Donald Trump Leads Hillary Clinton by Only 6 Points in Texas By Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune • Aug 16, 2016 Michael Stravato / Shelby Tauber via Texas Tribune Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is leading Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by just 6 percentage points in deep-red Texas, according to a new poll. Trump gets 44 percent support to Clinton's 38 percent in the survey, which was done by Democratic-leaning firm Public Policy Polling. Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson received 6 percent, while Green Party nominee Jill Stein got 2 percent. How Hillary Clinton Found a Mentor in a Texas Labor Organizer By Rhonda Fanning • Jul 28, 2016 Instagram/Hillary Clinton From Texas Standard: Hillary Clinton gives her big speech tonight accepting the Democratic nomination at the party's convention tonight in Philadelphia. Perhaps you caught the speech from her husband, talking about Hillary's time in south Texas. "She met one of the nicest fellas I've ever met, the wonderful union leader Franklin Garcia," Bill Clinton said in his speech Tuesday. "He helped her register Mexican-American voters. I think some of them are still around to vote for her in 2016." If the name Franklin Garcia sounds familiar, there's a reason for that. Listen Listening... / 6:01 Obama: 'Reject Cynicism And Reject Fear' And Elect Hillary Clinton By Eyder Peralta • Jul 27, 2016 Democrats called on Americans to reject what they called the politics of fear and division of the GOP and elect Hillary Clinton during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Trump Calls On Russia To Hack Into Clinton's Emails By Jessica Taylor • Jul 27, 2016 Donald Trump urged Russian agents to "find" his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's emails and release them, an unprecedented move by a candidate for president encouraging such a foreign breach. "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing," the GOP presidential nominee said at a news conference in Miami on Wednesday. "I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press." Clinton Makes History As Democratic Presidential Nominee The Democratic National Convention made history Tuesday evening: Amid applause, shouts, cheers and in some cases tears, the delegates on the floor of the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia nominated Hillary Clinton for president of the United States. Clinton is now the first female presidential candidate of a major American party. Texas Delegates for Clinton, Sanders Clash at Convention Breakfast By Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune • Jul 26, 2016 Marjorie Kamys Cotera / Texas Tribune A contentious scene unraveled here Tuesday morning at a meeting of Texas delegates after one criticized Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and a favorite of Lone Star State Democrats. Fact Check: Trump's Speech On The Economy, Annotated By NPR Staff • Jun 28, 2016 Donald Trump laid out his plan for the economy, criticizing globalization and policies that promote free trade, in a speech in Monessen, Pa., on Tuesday. NPR's politics team has annotated Trump's speech. The portions we commented on are bolded, followed by analysis and fact check in italics. We will update further. The speech follows: Benghazi Committee Faults Military Response To 2012 Attack By Brian Naylor, NPR & Brian Naylor, NPR • Jun 28, 2016 The House Benghazi Committee has released its findings on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Libya. The 800-page report found that despite President Obama and then Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's "clear orders," the military failed to immediately send a force to Benghazi and that nothing was en route to Libya at the time the last two Americans were killed — almost eight hours after the attacks began. UT Poll: Trump Leads Clinton By 8 Percentage Points in Texas By Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune • Jun 28, 2016 Michael Stravato and Shelby Tauber / Texas Tribune Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump leads Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by 8 percentage points in Texas, according to a University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll released Monday. Trump is ahead of Clinton 41 percent to 33 percent in a head-to-head matchup, the poll found. Nineteen percent indicated support for "someone else," and 8 percent said they "haven't thought about it enough to have an opinion." Listen Listening... / 1:13 KUT's Keri Heath reports. Pages1 2 next › last »


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So I just cut off all is with my ex boyfriend the man I wanted to be with for several reasons. But now I don't have anyone. I'm a cite girl. ( chubby but still cute) What should I do for valentines day?
I got asked out by a friend but I think he just wants to get me drunk and try to f*** me so I turned him down.
I need to make some type of plans for that day or else I'm going to be really depressed and stuffing my face with ice cream and chocolate.
Any suggestions?
And sadly all my female friends will be with their boyfriends so I really don't have any other single chicks to chill with
Heartbroken for Valentine's Day. What's a cute girl to do?
So I just cut off all is with my ex boyfriend the man I wanted to be with for several reasons. But now I don't have anyone. I'm a cite girl. ( chubby but still cute) What should I do for valentines day?
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Go to a club. Don't drink. Dance and have fun.00|00|0
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I think that you need to step back and take a look at the whole valentine's day idea. It's really not worth getting too depressed about. On the other hand- yes of course it's gonna feel sad. Believe me- I'm going through something a bit similar right now. And I don't know quite what I'm gonna do either. My mum says this to me: She broke up with her first husband and she didn't know how she'd get over him. And it was hard. Everyday that passed it became a little les harder. Until one day she was over him. Trust me...if you allow yourself a little time and embrace whatever your feeling and accept that to expereince grief is part of life. It will be fine and work out in the end. Just be a little patient and hang in there for a little while.
Look after yourself especially well. You're vulnerable and you need to make sure that nobody takes advantage of that. Be careful. Hope goes well for you.11|00|0
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Body? Personality, Etc? What turns you on about a guy / what get you in the mood / what make you take notice?
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Tall, somewhat muscular (not super jacked but with some muscle definition) can take care of me (does little things like opening jars, for example), intelligent, gets along with my family and friends, has goals and ambitions, has a decent job, smells good and takes care of his hygiene, can make me laugh but also I can make him laugh, knows how to treat a lady once in awhile...10|10|0


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What do working as a firefighter, pickled vegetables, and WiFi 1 have in common?
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) lists all three (along with dry cleaning, coffee, and others) as possible carcinogens—emphasis on possible. Because while we roll our eyes and complain that everything causes cancer these days, there is surprisingly not much conclusive medical evidence to prove causality between day-to-day exposure to low-level radiation and developing cancer.
Still, it's somewhat unsettling to realize that we're swimming in a dense but invisible "soup of connectivity" every day (1:51). This week on Note to Self, host Manoush Zomorodi and Mary Harris, the host of WNYC's Only Human podcast (check out our review here), explores how our love of technology might be affecting our health. Could our cell phones be giving us cancer?
Soup metaphors aside, people have reported real health issues—dizziness, nausea, headaches, etc.—that they claim come from exposure to mundane radiation sources like WiFi. And even though there's no definite medical proof of this condition, which is called electromagnetic hypersensitivity, French nurseries have gone so far as to ban WiFi from their facilities.
Note to Self talked to David Brenner, a professor of biophysics at Columbia University, about the scientific aspects of this phenomenon. Though there's too much noise in the data to prove causality between cell phone use and cancer, there is a real danger in using high-level radiation machines like tanning beds.
In an incredibly touching and intimate portion of the episode, Mary shares an audio clip from her own battle with cancer. She asks her five-year-old son how he feels about her shaving her head. We hear her son's voice quaver as he says, "Kind of scared" (11:49).
Prior to that moment, I had felt that the concerns expressed in the episode were a bit trivial. There's no actual proof that WiFi can give us cancer, and even if it did, isn't the sun constantly showering us with radiation? We can't stop living just to try and keep ourselves from dying.
When I heard Mary's exchange with her son, people's fears started to make sense—they became real. Technology moves quickly, and we're adopting new gadgets and practices without stopping to fully understand how they are affecting us at the most basic level. Fears about WiFi usage and microwaves are easily dismissed as paranoia, but when cancer happens to someone you know, someone you love, or even to you yourself, you want to know: could anything have been done to prevent this?
Nearly 40 percent of us will get cancer at some point in our lives. Read that again. It was so jarring of a statistic that listeners asked Note to Self for the source (the National Cancer Institute), which is posted now on its website.
But before you freak out and disable your WiFi router, keep this in mind: if you're reading this on your phone, you're probably alright. However, if you're reading this on your phone on the way to the tanning salon, you might want to rethink your destination.
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