Sarah Palin has done "that ice bucket water dump thing," and you gotta hand it to the former vice presidential candidate

Sarah Palin has done "that ice bucket water dump thing," and you gotta hand it to the former vice presidential candidate -- she sure knows how to keep her viewers in suspense.

In one of the latest ALS "ice bucket challenge" videos, Palin channels actor Patrick Stewart, who wrote a check for charity and used the ice from a bucket to make himself a stiff drink. Except in this case, Palin's beverage of choice is a Diet Dr. Pepper.

"Hat tip to actor Patrick Stewart for reminding everyone with his video that the donation is the most important part of the #icebucketchallenge, not the frivolous water-tossing theatrics that those of us who are more thoughtfully serious choose to forgo," she writes in the Facebook post accompanying the video.

"I'm too old for this," Palin says in the clip. "C'mon, at this stage of my life, in my career, aren't I a little too prim and proper for all that ice bucket water dump thing?"

But just when you think Palin's about to make it out of this challenge warm and dry, she ends up soaked anyway, thanks to someone off-camera with a much bigger bucket of ice water than the one on her desk.

Palin was apparently nominated by Wasilla's Arctic Cat retailer, which sells snowmobiles and ATVs. And since no soaking is complete without a challenge to someone else, Palin had a couple of nominations of her own: former senator and secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Palin's 2008 running mate.

In the Facebook post, she challenges her husband, Todd, as well.

That ice bucket water dump thing has been used to raise money and awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig’s disease. On Sunday, the ALS Association said it has received $70.2 million in donations so far this year thanks to the viral challenge, compared with $2.5 million during the same period last year.

Participants aren't expected to donate solely to the ALS Association -- any ALS-related cause is a good one. Palin made out her check to the Pete Frates #3 Fund, named for the former college athlete recently diagnosed with the disease.

Teacher Jennifer Caswell Charged With Rape After Being Found With Teen In Hotel: Cops

An Oklahoma teacher who was under investigation for an inappropriate relationship with a student faces a slew of charges -- including second-degree rape -- after police in Mississippi say they caught her in a hotel room with a 15-year-old student.

Jennifer Caswell, a 28-year-old former English teacher at Hollis Middle School in Hollis, Oklahoma, resigned from her position in April amid allegations that she was having an illicit affair with a student.

Prosecutors told the Oklahoman that initially, they didn't really have hard evidence in the case, only reports of suspicious behavior.

“Things that raised kind of an eyebrow. People seeing a teacher alone with a child may or may not be anything. It could just be innocent contact,” Harmon County Assistant District Attorney Eric Yarborough told the newspaper. “The child said nothing’s going on, she’s just a nice teacher.”

But then, on June 18, police in Olive Branch, Mississippi, say they caught Caswell with the boy at a Best Western. Authorities say a subsequent investigation revealed that the former teacher and the victim had sex multiple times in April and May of this year, including twice at school, according to the Lawton Constitution.

In a police interview, the minor allegedly said that Caswell had sex with him in a classroom at school three days before resigning from her job, and then again several times in her car and at the victim's home in the weeks following her resignation.

The Mississippi incident happened more than 650 miles away from the victim's home town while he was away visiting his mother. The victim told police that he hopped a fence in a church parking lot to meet Caswell, who appears to have traveled from Oklahoma to rendezvous with the boy.

Caswell now faces three counts of second-degree rape, two counts of enticing a child, and one count of forcible sodomy.

According to the Oklahoman, Caswell had been married prior to the investigation into the alleged sex abuse. She was formerly known as Jennifer Sexton, but since obtaining a divorce from her husband, has restored her maiden name of Caswell.

Hot Fifty Shades Of Grey Trailer On TV

The "Fifty Shades of Grey" trailer debuted on the "Today" show on Thursday, and it teases just about everything fans of the book will want to see -- plus a special, exclusive version of Beyonce's "Crazy In Love." (That explains her Instagram teaser.)
Based on E L James' best-selling erotic novel, "Fifty Shades of Grey" stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele. It's set to hit theaters Feb. 13, 2015.
On "Today," Savannah Guthrie admitted that NBC only showed a portion of the trailer -- some of it, including the bondage scenes were too raunchy for daytime television -- but the entire tease is available online. Watch below.

Selena Gomez Shines In Bronze Dress With Thigh-High Slit

After spending her 22nd birthday in a bikini with model pal Cara Delevingne, Gomez slipped into something more sophisticated for the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Gala in Saint-Tropez, in southeastern France, on July 23.
The singer and actress stole the show when she hit the red carpet in a sparkly bronze dress, featuring a thigh-high slit:


Gomez completed her glittery look with a pair of hoop earrings and metallic gold pumps.
The gala reportedly raised over $25 million for The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, which is dedicated to protecting the environment and endangered wildlife around the globe. The star-studded evening featured an auction and performances by Robin Thicke and Bono.

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moist banana bread recipe

moist banana bread recipe has been on our to-do list for quite some time now. It’s a classic and we knew we couldn’t miss the opportunity to share our own version with you. There are no surprises in our moist banana bread recipe — you’ll find mashed bananas, flour, butter, eggs, baking soda and spices. Nuts are optional, although we do love the added crunch. Sour cream guarantees a moist and tender loaf. And bananas are sliced instead of mashed in this recipe, giving a concentrated banana taste in every bite.

The Best Banana Bread Recipe Starts with the Best Bananas

No matter what recipe you use, remember this. There is no point in baking up a batch of banana bread without using ripe bananas. In fact if you can wait a day for browned, overripe and speckled bananas, it’s even better. If your bananas are still green, wait a day or two. You won’t regret it.

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Once you’re ready with your bananas, the rest of the recipe comes together quickly. You definitely don’t need a mixer to make banana bread — a fork or spatula works perfectly fine.

Treat the batter like muffin or pancake batter. Don’t over mix. You’re only looking to mix everything together until you no longer see streaks of flour. This way, the bread stays on the lighter, moister side instead of heavy and flat.

The bread bakes for quite a while – about an hour. Even though that seems like a long time to wait, the smell of banana bread baking in the oven is to die for. Definitely top 10 on our list of best kitchen smells!

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• Banana Chip Muffins
• Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Are you interested in more banana bread ideas? Try these: This banana bread recipe from Simply Recipes is similar, but calls for less eggs and butter. You might also like this banana bread recipe from Smitten Kitchen — she adapts the one from Simply Recipes by adding bourbon and spices (yum).

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otal time

1 hour 15 minutes

For the best, most flavorful bread, the bananas need to be ripe — overripe, brown and speckled is even better. Nuts are completely optional for this. We love the bread both ways, but do enjoy the extra crunch from a handful of walnuts or pecans.

A note on pan size: We use a 8 1/2- by 4 1/2-inch loaf pan; if you only have a 9- by 5-inch pan, start checking for doneness 5 to 10 minutes earlier.

Yield: 1 loaf, 8 slices

You Will Need

• 1 1/2 cups (210 grams) all-purpose flour (we use Gold Medal)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 medium bananas (heavily speckled or even black bananas are best)
• 1/2 cup (113 grams or 1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 3/4 cup (150 grams) packed light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup (50 grams) walnuts or pecans, toasted and chopped, optional

Directions

1. Center a rack in the oven and heat to 350º F. Butter and flour an 8 1/2- x 4 1/2- x 2 1/2-inch loaf pan. Place the pan on an insulated baking sheet or on two regular baking sheets stacked on top of the other.
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3. Make Batter: Whisk the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together, set aside.
4. In the bottom of a medium bowl, mash bananas into a chunky paste. Whisk the melted butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla into the bananas until blended.
5. Switch to a large rubber spatula. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl then add the dry ingredients in 3 parts, stirring gently until they disappear and the batter is smooth. Stir in nuts.
6. Bake Banana Bread: Pour batter into the pan and smooth the top. Bake 55 to 75 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
7. After 30 minutes in the oven, check the bread for color. If it looks like it is browning too quickly, loosely cover with aluminum foil.
8. When the bread is done, transfer it, in the pan, to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes. Unmold the bread and place right side up on the rack. Cool completely.
9. For Storing: It's best to wrap the bread tightly in plastic wrap and store at room temperature overnight or in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. (Since it's just the two of us, we store in the refrigerator then when we want a slice we'll give it a couple minutes in our toaster oven to warm up).
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Notes and Tips

We use kosher salt. If you don’t have it on hand, keep this in mind: 1 teaspoon fine sea or table salt = about 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt.

Esther Honig asked 40 photo editors to do -- in over 25 countries. Using the service-sharing site Fiverr

Honig, a human interest reporter, sent a picture of herself to be photoshopped around the world to see just how much cultural values are applied to standards of beauty. The results throw the idea of "the perfect woman" into sharp relief.

Honig found that individuals from every country applied a distinct perspective on beauty to her image. She was surprised by the degree to which a country's cultural values could show up as aesthetic preferences. Specifically, an image she received back from Morocco was "a bit of a shock initially." She told The Huffington Post via email, "[It] definitely highlighted my own lack of cultural awareness. Of course, someone from a country where the primary religion is Islam might elect to add a Hijab to my image as that aligns with their own cultural customs. For me it really added depth to my project by touching on the concept of religion and custom, not just aesthetics."

Seeing her image manipulated in so many dimensions had a profound impact on Honig's own self-perception. "I voluntarily sought out this opportunity and was pleased with how it turned out, but it did make me more aware of certain things like the uneven tone of my skin which was touched up by nearly every editor," she said. "I’ve watched my image subtly soften with filters and cloning brushes as well as radically transform with splicing, stretching and re-angling that completely restructured my face. Seeing some jobs for the first time have made me shriek."

Honig is reluctant to draw a "moral of the story" from the project, which is ongoing. "Flipping through the collection of Before & After, one may spot trends in models of beauty that represent each designer’s culture of origin, but that is entirely based on ourinterpretation," she said.

Still, the project dispels the myth of a singular beauty norm. As Honig wrote on her personal website: "Photoshop allows us to achieve our unobtainable standards of beauty, but when we compare those standards on a global scale, achieving the ideal remains all the more elusive."

Check out the rest of the incredible images below.

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Demi Lovato pays tribute to her father with touching photo collage one year after his death

Demi Lovato once said that her father's funeral was the hardest thing she's ever had to go through.

And one year on from his tragic death, Demi Lovato took a moment to share some heart-wrenching photos from the 1990s of her with dad Patrick Lovato, who tragically passed away after a battle with cancer.

In the sepia toned images shared on Twitter, Demi, 21, is seen as a young girl as she poses with Patrick in the front seat of his car. She said, movingly: 'Can't believe it's already been a year.. Wish I could've hugged you one last time.. RIP Daddy, I love you.'

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Days gone by: Demi Lovato shared a heartbreaking photo collage of her with late father Patrick Lovato in the 90s

Following up, she said poignantly: 'My dad suffered from severe mental illness so at least there's peace in knowing he's not suffering anymore.'

And it appears she was the apple of his eye as a bearded Patrick gazes down at his daughter, who sits on his lap and grasps the steering wheel. 

In turn, Demi was clearly a daddy's girl, looking up at her father with adoration. 

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Apple of his eye: Demi, 21, was clearly a daddies girl as she took the drivers seat in this old photo of the pair. She tragically lost her father this time last year

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All smiles: The pair look to be having a blast in the sepia toned images

The pair also share a hug and a kiss in the heartwarming photographs.

Meanwhile, the actress seems to be doing well and feeling comfortable and confident in her own skin.

On Saturday she displayed punky new purple and blue dreadlocks in a selfie shared on Twitter. Accompanying it she said: 'Diamondz and dreaaaddzz' 

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Bold style: Demi shared a photo on Saturday of her new purple and blue dreadlocks saying 'Diamondz and dreaaaddzz'

And earlier in the day she was spotted showing off the new 'do while taking a photo with a fan on the streets of New York City.

Demi's full ensemble included a multi-colored kimono-style robe, black circle-framed sunglasses, 
a chunky silver cuff bracelet and beautiful black Celine handbag.

Her partially-shaved head was on display and she sported a multitude of eclectic rings and jewellery as she carried a healthy green juice. 

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New York state of mind: Demi's full ensemble included a multi-colored kimono-style robe, black circle-framed sunglasses, and various jewellery that highlighted the healthy green juice she toted with her

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley shows off her pins in a thigh-high split dress as she hits the sand in Malibu and has an enjoyable chat with a mystery man

And Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wasted no time hitting the beach in Los Angeles County as she was seen strutting her stuff on the sand in Malibu on Saturday. 

The 27-year-old actress - who is dating Jason Statham - looked to be having a whale of a time at the beach as she spent time in the company of a mystery guy, who looked extremely pleased with himself. 

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Beach babe: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wasted no time hitting the beach in Los Angeles County as she was seen chilling out on the sand in Malibu on Saturday

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Happy chap: The 27-year-old actress - who is dating Jason Statham - looked to be having a whale of a time at the beach as she spent time in the company of a mystery guy, who looked extremely pleased with himself

The man had his buff body exposed on the sand as he positioned his wetsuit at half-mast and looked to be explaining something to the model. 

Rosie looked stunning on the sand in a floaty blue and white dress with a thigh-high split. 

She was seen placing her hands upon the mystery man's bare shoulders as they chatted on the beach.

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All smiles: The man had his buff body exposed on the sand as he positioned his wetsuit at half-mast and looked to be explaining something to the model

MH370 Missing Plane Wreckage 'Identified' By American Pilot

A pilot from New York believes he has found the wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airline Flight 370.
Michael Hoebel, 60, claims to have found the doomed plane off the coast of Thailand after searching thousands of satellite images online.
The recreational pilot from Tonawanda said he spent hours trawling through the images made available to the public on a crowd-sourcing website, TomNod.com, before coming across what he believes is the wreckage of the passenger jet.

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  Michael Hoebel pictured showing an image of what he believes is the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
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  He found the image on a website that shares satellite images

He told WIVB that he used the scale at the bottom of the map on TomNod and compared them to the specs on Boeing's website to establish that the white figure he saw was the perfect size.
"I was taken aback because I couldn't believe I would find this," he told the news channel.
And when WIVB reporter Ed Drantch questioned if the shadow could be a shark, Hoebel responded: "That's a 210ft shark."
The latest "find" follows a plethora of bizarre theories about what happened to the plane.
A former oil company executive turned author last week suggested America could have shot down the missing Malaysia Airlines plane - and is now trying to cover it up.

The hunt for the Malaysia Airlines plane, now missing for 53 days, will continue underwater, and could take many more months, Tony Abbott told a Canberra press conference Monday.
It is "highly unlikely" debris from the missing flight MH370 will ever be found floating on the ocean surface, Australia's prime minister has admitted.

Prepare An Incredible Banana Nut Bread Recipe by Paula Deen

What I want to share with you today is how to prepare an incredible banana nut bread recipe that is raw and literally takes less than 5 minutes to prepare. To prepare the banana nut bread recipe Paula deen I start giving by throwing a few cups of washed berries in a bowl. Next , I add a small handful of chopped walnuts . I mean walnuts in the refrigerator or freezer so that their omega-3 quality does not decrease with time .
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