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Durban - A 24-year-old man was arrested Chesterville on Friday in connection with the death of his pregnant girlfriend, who was burnt and her body chopped up, KwaZulu-Natal police said.
"The suspect from Chesterville identified what is believed to be the remains of his late heavily pregnant girlfriend, who was reported missing on 21 February 2014," said Captain Thulani Zwane.
Zwane said Cato Manor police officers went with the man on Road 25 in Chesterville where he pointed out remains believed to be his 22-year-old girlfriend.
"It is believed she was burnt and chopped up into pieces after being bludgeoned with a sharp object to the head. The DNA will be conducted to establish whether the recovered remains were of the same missing person."
Zwane said the man initially denied knowing where his girlfriend was and said he went with her to a nearby bus stop because she was on her way to a hospital.
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Moto Droid very similar in look to original
The sequel to the Motorola Droid smartphone, the Droid 2, has been given a hands-on impression from AndroidandMe. Styling of the two handsets is largely the same, with only minor detail differences. The two share their dimensions, weight and battery.
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HOLLYWOOD >> "12 Years A Slave" won best picture at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday night, a poignant victory for the harrowing look at slavery in the United States.
Brad Pitt, one of the producers and stars, accepted the honor and then handed off accepting duties to director and fellow producer Steve McQueen.
"Everyone deserves not just to survive but to live," said the British filmmaker. "I dedicate this award to all the people who have endured slavery" and to those who still suffer in slavery today. Besides best picture, the film received Oscars for John Ridley for adapted screenplay and newcomer Lupita Nyong'o for supporting actress.
However, the big winner was the lost-in-space thriller "Gravity," which won seven Oscars. That tally included directing honors for Alfonso Cuaron, who made history by becoming the first Latin American filmmaker to win in that category. "Gravity" also won for original score, cinematography, editing, visual effects, sound mixing and sound editing.
While the best picture race had been hotly contested as the ceremony began, there was little doubt about who would take the top acting prizes.
After dominating the awards season, Matthew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett won for lead actor and lead actress - just as everyone knew they would.
McConaughey won for playing a hard-drinking homophobe who finds out he has AIDS in "Dallas Buyers Club." The drama dealing with the early years of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s also earned Academy Awards for supporting actor Jared Leto, who plays a transgender ravaged by the disease, and for makeup and hair-styling.
Blanchett earned her Oscar for her portrayal of a mentally troubled woman in "Blue Jasmine." "Sit down, you're too hold to be standing," she quipped as she accepted the honor to a standing ovation.
The ceremony also concluded a Cinderella run for Nyong'o, who made her feature film debut in "12 Years a Slave." The Kenyan actress' portrayal of the brutalized plantation slave Patsey has earned her glowing reviews, several top honors and transformed her into a red carpet trendsetter.
"This has been the joy of my life," Nyong'o said, breaking into tears as the audience cheered her win. She said poignantly that her happiness had come at the expense of those who suffered during the century of slavery in the United States and said she dedicated the honor to children around the world: "No matter where you are from, your dreams are all valid."
Original screenplay honors went to Spike Jonze for the quirky romance "Her."
"Frozen" and "The Great Gatsby" each scored two trophies. "Frozen," which just passed $1 billion worldwide in box office receipts, won animated feature film and best song, for "Let It Go."
It was an especially good night for Catherine Martin. She went home with two trophies for the 1920s Jazz Age romantic drama "The Great Gatsby," directed by her husband, Baz Luhrmann. She won for costume design and shared the second, for production design, with set decorator Beverley Dunn.
In other awards, "Mr. Hublot" won animated short, and the honor for live action short film went to "Helium." The feature film documentary trophy went to "20 Feet From Stardom," about backup singers trying to make the jump to the spotlight. The documentary short subject went to "The Lady in No. 6: Music Saved My Life." (The subject of the film, Alice Herz Sommer, the world's oldest pianist and Holocaust survivor, died a week ago at age 110.)
It was a disappointing night for the con comedy "American Hustle," which had gone into the ceremony with 10 nominations -- tied with "Gravity." But the David O. Russell hit walked away empty-handed.
One of the most surprising moments of the night?
Host Ellen DeGeneres managed to break Twitter during the show, broadcast on ABC.
The social media platform faltered after the host rounded up some of the biggest names in Hollywood -- Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper and Brangelina - for a selfie in the hopes of setting a reTweet record. It was perhaps the best example yet of DeGeneres' friendly, folksy and familiar vibe that she brought to the show. Need more proof? She also ordered in pizza for the celebs -- delivered during the show -- and gave Cooper lottery scratchers as a consolation prize after his loss to Leto.
Here are the results:
Best Picture: "12 Years a Slave"
Direction: Alfonso Cuarsn, "Gravity"
Actor: Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Actress: Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"
Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"
Adapted Screenplay: "12 Years a Slave," John Ridley
Original Screenplay: "Her," Spike Jonze
Cinematography: "Gravity," Emmanuel Lubezki
Production Design: "The Great Gatsby," Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn
Film Editing: "Gravity," Alfonso Cuarsn and Mark Sanger
Visual Effects: "Gravity," Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
Costume Design: "The Great Gatsby," Catherine Martin
Makeup: "Dallas Buyers Club," Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
Sound Editing: "Gravity," Glenn Freemantle
Sound Mixing: "Gravity," Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
Score: "Gravity," Steven Price
Song: "Let It Go" from "Frozen," Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Foreign Language Film: "The Great Beauty" (Italy)
Animated Feature: "Frozen"
Documentary Feature: "20 Feet From Stardom"
Animated Short: "Mr. Hublot"
Documentary Short: "The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life"
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In 21 year-old photographer Maya Fiala Grau's pictures, we are exposed to a view of Spain so rarely seen in any other forms of art. There are no flamenco dancers, running bulls or siestas here, but rather a crisp and contemporary portrait of what it means to be a young person in such a picturesque pocket of the world.
Maya's hometown of Cadaqués is the place she returns to (from Barcelona, where she is in her third year studying photography) when she needs inspiration, just as visionaries of the past did.
"It is a really beautiful place," Maya tells us. "Growing up in it has made me appreciate beauty when I see it. Other notable artists like Mai Fren, Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Henri-François Rey, Melina Mercouri and Mourice Boitel spent time there and their work was inspired by the beauty of the town."
"I can't describe the feeling I have while I take a picture," Maya explained when we ask about the effect her practice has on her. "I lose awareness of everything but the present moment. I forget who I am. I lose all sense of time. When I have my camera with me and something catches my attention (a person or landscape) I have to photograph it. I usually see the picture before I take it."


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MHD boundary layer flow due to a moving wedge in a parallel stream with the induced magnetic field
1 Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM, Bangi, Selangor, 43600, Malaysia
2 School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM, Bangi, Selangor, 43600, Malaysia
3 Department of Mathematics, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, 400084, Romania
Boundary Value Problems 2013, 2013:20 doi:10.1186/1687-2770-2013-20Published: 11 February 2013
The present analysis considers the steady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) laminar boundary layer flow of an incompressible electrically conducting fluid caused by a continuous moving wedge in a parallel free stream with a variable induced magnetic field parallel to the wedge walls outside the boundary layer. Using a similarity transformation, the governing system of partial differential equations is first transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations in the form of a two-point boundary value problem (BVP) and then solved numerically using a finite difference scheme known as the Keller box method. Numerical results are obtained for the velocity profiles and the skin friction coefficient for various values of the moving parameter λ, the wedge parameter β, the reciprocal magnetic Prandtl number α and the magnetic parameter S. Results indicate that when the wedge and the fluid move in the opposite directions, multiple solutions exist up to a critical value of the moving parameter λ, whose value depends on the values of S and β.


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TEYA INDIANS. The Teya Indians, known largely from records of the Coronado expedition in 1540–42, seem to have lived in the eastern part of the Panhandle of Texas and the adjoining part of Oklahoma. Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and Juan de Oñate may have visited them during their treks across the buffalo Plains, but neither specifically mentioned them. While Pedro de Castañeda and others with Coronado commented on their hunting prowess, buffalo-hide lodges, and other aspects of their lifestyle, their linguistic and cultural affiliations remain uncertain. Most writers, judging from the records, identify them as Plains Apaches; indeed, the Teyas were reported to have traded with both Quivira and the Puebloan tribes of New Mexico. Prior to Coronado's arrival, they were said to have besieged Cicuye (Pecos) Pueblo and destroyed several other towns in the vicinity. Other ethnologists have attempted to link the Teyas with the Wichitas in present Oklahoma and northern Texas. One Spanish document states that the Teyas were at war with the Querechos, another Apachean group identified with the Lipans, thus indicating that they were another people; however, such a "war" was probably little more than a family feud, since there was no strong unity among Plains Apaches. Some authorities argue that the Teyas of the Panhandle were originally semi-sedentary Caddoans who had migrated westward and joined the Lipans. However, their traits and customs, according to Coronado's men, were identical to those of the Querechos; the name Teya is thought to have been derived from the Puebloan groups who suffered from their occasional forays. Although some writers have contended that the word Texas came from them, they are not to be confused with the Hasinai, or Tejas, the southwestern group of Caddo tribes in eastern Texas. In later years, the Teyas were thought to have been absorbed by larger Lipan bands, one of which migrated into southern New Mexico west of the Rio Grande and was subsequently absorbed by the Mescalero Apaches.
Dolores A. Gunnerson, "The Southern Athabascans: Their Arrival in the Southwest," El Palacio 63 (1956). George P. Hammond and Agapito Rey, eds. and trans., Narratives of the Coronado Expedition, 1540–1542 (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1940). William W. Newcomb, The Indians of Texas (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1961). John Upton Terrell, The Plains Apache (New York: Crowell, 1975). Waldo R. Wedel, Prehistoric Man on the Great Plains (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.H. Allen Anderson, "TEYA INDIANS," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/bmt43), accessed November 26, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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Napolitano quits to run Calif. universities
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, who has served in President Obama's Cabinet since Day One of his administration, announced on Friday that she would step down to become president of the University of California system.
Napolitano's departure has been in the works for several months, and she plans to leave her post in early September, according to two administration officials.
Napolitano, a former governor of Arizona,, will exit the political stage to run one of the nation's largest public university systems.
As homeland security chief, Napolitano has been a central figure in the immigration debate as well as the government's counterterrorism policies and responses to natural disasters. Her resignation comes at a critical time for the Obama administration, as the House debates a bill to overhaul the nation's immigration laws.
In a statement released Friday morning, Napolitano said that serving in the Obama administration has been a "privilege."
"The opportunity to work with the dedicated men and women of the Department of Homeland Security, who serve on the front lines of our nation's efforts to protect our communities and families from harm, has been the highlight of my professional career," Napolitano said.
An early political backer of Obama who joined his administration in 2009, Napolitano was among the first-term Cabinet officials to remain in their posts into Obama's second term.
Napolitano had given no indication publicly that she would leave, although she was seen as a possible successor to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. should he depart. Administration officials said Napolitano, who had extensive law enforcement experience in Arizona, did not hide her desire to be attorney general and grew discouraged about her prospects as Holder stayed well into Obama's second term.
One administration official familiar with Napolitano's thinking cautioned that she simply seized what she considered to be a great career opportunity, calculating that after serving longer than any other Homeland Security secretary, it was time for a new challenge.
"The process was underway for some time, but it didn't formalize until recently," said the official, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Obama thanked Napolitano for her more than four years of service, saying, "Janet's portfolio has included some of the toughest challenges facing our country."
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Monday Quick Hits: Michigan Softball Advances to Super Regional
- The Michigan softball team rolled through its regional, beating Wright State once and Notre Dame twice in dominating fashion over the weekend. Michigan will now host Tennessee, the No. 15 seed in the tournament, in a super regional in Ann Arbor. Thursday's game starts at 7:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN. Friday's first game starts at 4:30 p.m. on ESPNU. The second game, if necessary, will also be shown on ESPNU.
- Michigan's response to the NCAA over practicegate was expected to be submitted today. We should hear about the details of the response on Tuesday.
- Although Michigan and Notre Dame announced a 20-year extension of their rivalry a few years ago, there is no contract making it official. Dave Brandon wants to make it official at some point, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will be a game played every single year. Remember, the rivalry is taking two years off in the future, and honestly, that is something I'd like to see more often. If the Notre Dame game is going to prevent Michigan from playing in big-time home and home series, then I'd rather play ND every other year or for two years and then take a two year break. That would give Michigan more flexibility with its schedule and allow for matchups with the big-time programs in college football like Ohio State has been doing.
- Tate Forcier is excited to play against San Diego State in 2011 because he feels they didn't show him much love when he was being recruited in high school.
- Soony Saad, an incoming freshman for Michigan, received the honor of being named Gatorade's National Soccer Player of the Year.
- That Big Ten expansion rumor from a couple weeks ago was complete BS, as confirmed by Jim Delany. Delany also said that the Big Ten is going to stick to its timetable, meaning we shouldn't expect a sudden expansion announcement to happen this summer.
- Lloyd Carr's opinion on Big Ten expansion is that "it's inevitable."
- In addition to some of Braylon Edwards' former teammates at Michigan, Mark Sanchez, Darrelle Revis, Santonio Holmes, Donte' Stallworth, and Kerry Rhodes also are scheduled to participate in his charity basketball game at Crisler Arena next month. Tickets are now available.
- WolverineHistorian uploaded a video of the trophy presentation after Michigan won the Big Ten title in 2003. As you'll see in the video, Chris Perry was happy, to say the least.
2010 Spring Game Recap
Going into this year's spring game, my opinion on the rumblings about how Denard Robinson was legitimately challenging Tate Forcier for the starting quarterback job was that it was nothing more than coach speak intended to push Forcier. Based on what happened in the spring game, though, those rumblings are not only accurate in saying that there is a quarterback competition, but Robinson actually looked better than Forcier on Saturday.
Granted, just like any spring game you have to remember not to generalize what you saw too much since it was simply one scrimmage/practice and it's possible that Forcier had an off day and Robinson was just on his game. On top of that, there were many players out with injuries and the first-string offense didn't line up against the first-string defense, so it's tough to get a great read on how telling this brief look at the team really was. Even with that said, the spring game does provide a small look at how the team is performing, so although there are caveats with any football-related findings from the event, it is interesting to look back on what we saw.
The obvious focus for the offense starts at the quarterback position. Based solely on the spring game, Denard Robinson looked like he should start over Tate Forcier and Devin Gardner looked like he should redshirt his freshman season. Like I have said, this was merely a brief look at the team, but just how much Robinson has improved since last season is quite amazing. His passes were crisper and didn't seem to wobble down the field. His patience in the pocket was much better, as he didn't take off at the first sign of a lack of open targets. Also, his speed and moves were just as great as ever. Of course, the defense could only down him two-hand touch style, but Robinson still was running circles around defenders on some plays.
Forcier didn't necessarily look bad or anything, but it was tough to look good compared to how well Robinson played. Even so, there were indications that Forcier has not improved on some things, such as taking better care of the ball. Just like last year, Forcier held the ball out there with one hand when he was scrambling around in the pocket. That was an issue last year that really hurt Michigan against Illinois and Ohio State, and in that regard it doesn't seem like Forcier has learned to protect the ball. Other than that there really isn't much to say about how Forcier played in my mind. Like I said, he didn't play that bad; he just didn't do a lot to impress me compared to Robinson.
The same can't be said for Devin Gardner, who made his Big House debut on Saturday. Although Gardner showed flashes of potential on some plays with great passes and exceptional running ability, overall he struggled. His first snap of the day was a fumble, and his passing wasn't all that impressive outside of a couple select plays. Perhaps more concerning than his throwing motion, which is definitely raw and needs work, was that Gardner's struggles with reading the coverage nearly led to quite a few interceptions.
My guess is Gardner simply had an off day and had some nerves since it was his first game in Michigan Stadium, but right now it seems like he would be better off redshirting in 2010. All along the hope has really been for Forcier and Robinson to handle the quarterback duties in 2010 to allow Gardner to take a year to develop, and unless Gardner rapidly improves during the summer, that still seems like the best-case scenario for Michigan.
Moving on to running back, I was very impressed with how deep this position looked, and that was without Vincent Smith. Players like Mike Cox, Fitzgerald Toussaint, and true freshman Stephen Hopkins really looked good, especially Hopkins. He was running defenders over all day long and seems like a very powerful runner. Add Michael Shaw and Smith into the equation and the running back position should be very deep this fall. (Austin White played as well on Saturday, but I think he will probably be redshirted this season.)
Slot receiver is another position that looks very deep. Roy Roundtree picked up where he left off at the end of last season and put on a show on Saturday, scoring a 97-yard touchdown on a pass from Denard Robinson. In general he was the top receiver on Saturday, making plays as a slot receiver and downfield as well. With Martavious Odoms back for another year, Jeremy Gallon and Terrence Robinson ready to get on the field, and Kelvin Grady returning from another stint with the basketball team, slot receiver is really looking solid.
At outside receiver, we got our first look at true freshmen Ricardo Miller, Jeremy Jackson, and Jerald Robinson on Saturday. We also got to watch Je'Ron Stokes catch a touchdown pass from Tate Forcier. Darryl Stonum didn't do anything too noteworthy and Junior Hemingway was out with an injury. Although the wide receiver position as a whole is pretty deep, I hope one of these freshmen becomes a downfield threat, because Michigan had a tough time completing long passes on Saturday outside of the TD to Roundtree, who simply got wide open in the middle of the field. Hemingway and Stonum both can be pretty good deep threats, but that's it at outside WR right now.
There was nothing too noteworthy to take away from tight ends Kevin Koger, Martell Webb, and Brandon Moore. Koger had one drop if I remember correctly, but other than that there wasn't anything too noticeable. Koger and Webb struggled with drops in the latter part of last season, but early on Koger was very good. If he can play like he did in September of 2009 there should be no doubt about who is the starter at this position.
I didn't pay a ton of attention to the offensive line, but a lot of younger players were getting reps with the first couple of units. Part of that was because David Molk and Elliott Mealer were both out with injuries, but it seems like Michigan should have a pretty good two-deep at offensive line this year.
Just as the general theme with the offense was solid depth, the general theme with the defense was a lack of depth. That is nothing new, and it's already obvious that how Michigan performs as a team in 2010 will greatly depend on if the defense is once again a liability or not. I don't see the defense being a strength with so many question marks surrounding it, but the key is to not be a liability either.
On Saturday I really didn't watch the defense too closely (partly because spring games like Michigan's aren't designed to favor the defense), but Ryan Van Bergen stood out to me, as he seemed to be putting pressure on the quarterback throughout the day. I'm sure Mike Martin and Troy Woolfolk would have stood out if they had played, but injuries kept them out.
Special Teams
Let's hope Will Hagerup is ready to be the starting punter from the second he gets on campus, because Tate Forcier was the best punter on Saturday. He punted the ball once on a fourth down where he backed up out of the shotgun, and that one punt went much farther than any of the ones during the punting drill earlier in the day. The actual kickers and punters could barely keep the ball in between the sidelines, and even when they did, the punts were very short. Jeremy Gallon only got one real chance to catch a punt as a result, and unsurprisingly he dropped it. It looks like some things haven't changed in that regard.
The kicking competition is definitely wide open, but that is because a few kickers played quite well on Saturday. I don't see Michigan making a ton of long-range field goals in 2010 just based on the distances kicked from on Saturday, but thankfully every kick wasn't shank like with the punters. Some walk-ons, a person from the soccer team, and Brendan Gibbons will compete for the starting job at kicker.
Other notes from Saturday
- The alumni flag football game was once again very entertaining. Desmond Howard and LaMarr Woodley were two of the coaches, and Woodley was pretty funny, complaining about calls to the refs all game long. John Navarre, Jermaine Gonzalez, Pierre Woods, and Jimmy King (yes, basketball's Jimmy King played and even caught a touchdown) were just some of players involved. Despite not playing a snap, Vada Murray, the captain of one of the teams, was named the MVP of the game, a well deserved honor considering he has been fighting cancer for the last few years. (Phil Brabbs was supposed to be one of the captains as well, but I don't think he was there.)
- I just love how it was 82 degrees and sunny on Thursday and on Saturday it was cold, cloudy, and windy and it even snowed a little bit in the morning. There was still a pretty good crowd despite the chilly weather (the estimate was 35,000 people, although I thought that was a little low), with both sidelines filling up by the time the actual spring game got started.
- I personally didn't have a big problem with the PNC banners that were hanging in each corner of the field. Yes, it was advertising in Michigan Stadium, but it was for a good cause. I can understand why people would be against it, but to the douchebag that felt the need to boo every time something about PNC was mentioned, get over it.
- The fundraiser for Mott Children's Hospital went very well and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, but did anyone else feel like the interviews with families were a little tacky? I realize the importance of keeping Mott on people's minds, but it was awkward more than anything and seemed to hold up the game itself at times.
- Along those same lines, why was it necessary for Frank Beckmann and Jim Brandstatter to announce the game over the PA system like it was a radio broadcast? Last year we simply watched the game and then had interviews with players every so often. That was much better than having to listen to Beckmann and Brandstatter announce every play, which was not only unnecessary, but I bet it was also really uncomfortable for the players who had to listen to the announcers talk about them while they were trying to play football.
- It's definitely a good thing Michigan Stadium is getting new FieldTurf before next season, because the new piece of the Block M that replaced what was cut out by vandals was noticeably brighter. As it turns out, part of that is because the new turf will be "Duraspine," which is a "brighter and higher quality version of field turf."
- It was weird going into the stadium and not seeing the old press box. The area where the old press box used to be was blocked off, as construction of the new seatbacks is still ongoing.
- The new speaker system sort of seemed like an improvement, but I think it would have been a good idea to install speakers in both scoreboards for a surround sound type of effect. That would have also been a good idea in order to be consistent, because the very top of the north scoreboard where the speakers are housed is now covered with a banner that is sort of see through, whereas the south scoreboard is unchanged.
- There were a lot of football recruits at the game, including Demetrius Hart, who was getting a lot of love from the fans that noticed him.
- Some members of the basketball team were also at the game with a few recruits, including Isaiah Sykes.
- Top 10 plays from the spring game (YouTube)
- Rich Rodriguez press conference part 1 (YouTube)
- Rich Rodriguez press conference part 2 (YouTube)
- Denard Robinson interview (YouTube)
- Roy Roundtree interview (YouTube)
- Obi Ezeh interview (YouTube)
- Highlights of the alumni game (AnnArbor.com)
- MGoBlue
- MVictors (alumni game)
- UMGoBlue (alumni game)
- AnnArbor.com (alumni game)
- UMGoBlue (spring game)
- AnnArbor.com (spring game)
- Michigan Daily (spring game)
- Detroit News (spring game)
- Maize and Blue Nation (includes a look at where one set of the "Michigan Stadium" letters from the old press box went)
Friday Quick Hits: Brennen Beyer Commits to Michigan
- Canton defensive end Brennen Beyer has committed to Michigan. Beyer is a four-star on Scout (the only service that has evaluated him so far) and has offers from Louisville, Michigan State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Stanford, Syracuse, Texas Tech, UCLA, and Vanderbilt, among others. Beyer is the fourth recruit to commit for the 2011 class, joining cornerbacks Greg Brown and Delonte Hollowell and wide receiver Shawn Conway. For more on Beyer, check out mgoblog.
- Tate Forcier's status for the spring game is up in the air due to his ankle injury.
- Florida running back recruit Demetrius Hart, who will be visiting for the spring game, has a final three of Michigan, Alabama, and Auburn.
- The Free Press wrote a good article on the Mealer family and their bond with Rich Rodriguez. (Shocking, isn't it?)
- The NCAA has approved the following rules changes for football: messages on eye blacks are no longer allowed (sorry, Terrelle Pryor, no more supporting dog killers and then making dumb comments about it later), wedge blocks on kickoffs are now illegal (the NFL made that change last year), and starting in 2011, if a player taunts the opponent before crossing the goal line for a touchdown, the score will not count as a result of the penalty (lame).
- Jon Falk, Michigan's equipment manager since the 70s, has a book coming out in August. You can bet that it will have loads of great stories. (UPDATE: A reader on mgoblog found the Amazon link to it.)
- EA Sports has confirmed that ESPN integration is coming to NCAA Football 11.
- Ray McCallum Jr. is going to Detroit Mercy to, like Trey Zeigler, play for his dad.
- Evan Smotrycz answered readers' questions on UM Hoops.
Thursday Quick Hits: Tate Forcier Has a Sprained Ankle
- The NCAA is now sniffing around the West Virginia football program to investigate if there were any rules violations during Rich Rodriguez's time with the school. West Virginia seems very confident that no rules regarding practice time were broken, so let's hope everything is in order and the NCAA doesn't find anything that will further damage Rodriguez's already tarnished reputation.
- Tate Forcier sprained his ankle on Tuesday, and although he was apparently walking around with crutches and in a boot on Wednesday, he is supposed to practice today.
- The weather forecast for Saturday's spring game is now 51 degrees, a 10% chance of rain, and cloudy skies. It's too bad today's 82-degree weather didn't wait for a couple days.
- Mark Moundros is going to play linebacker and fullback in 2010.
- You can find a rundown of Tuesday's press conference with Rich Rodriguez on mgoblog and MVictors.
- Dhani Jones is not a fan of Rodriguez.
- WolverineHistorian uploaded a two–part look at the 1997 Michigan-Michigan State game.
- Everything is bigger in Texas, including high school football stadiums.
- Louie Caporusso and Carl Hagelin want to lead Michigan to a national championship next season.
- Derek Jeter told George Steinbrenner to lose his Ohio State ring when he delivered The Boss his 2009 World Series championship ring.
- A Michigan baseball recruit threw a no-hitter on Tuesday.
Thursday Quick Hits: Spring Game Gets a Sponsor
- PNC Bank is the "presenting sponsor" of the spring game and will specifically sponsor the locker room tours (6:30-8 p.m. on Friday and 7-9:30 a.m. on Saturday) and "Kick for Cash" promotion. Part of the sponsorship money from PNC will go towards the "Michigan football interactive play area at the new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital."
- TomVH has a list of who is visiting for the spring game.
- Tate Forcier and Denard Robinson are apparently pretty even right now at quarterback.
- Kelvin Grady and Terrence Robinson are getting some time at running back.
- Will Heininger has a torn ACL and could miss the entire 2010 season.
- Vladimir Emilien and Jared Van Slyke might return from knee injuries next week.
- Check out mgoblog for a full recap of Tuesday's practice and press conferences.
- The Michigan Daily profiled Zoltan Mesko.
- The same restrictions implemented at the Ann Arbor Golf & Outing Club last year for football tailgates will not be changed for the 2010 season. Lame.
- Red Berenson did a Q&A with AnnArbor.com.
- The semifinals of the Frozen Four are going to be played at Ford Field later today. I will probably tune in for a bit just to see what the setup looks like, but I'm still way too bitter over Michigan not being there because of a BS call to watch for more than a minute or two.
- After the new basketball practice facility is built and infrastructure work is done on Crisler Arena, Dave Brandon wants to completely renovate Crisler to make it a "modern arena." Sounds good to me.
- The Sporting Blog remixed this year's One Shining Moment video with Luther Vandross' version of the song, and it just makes the whole thing a million times better.
- Evan Turner and five Kentucky players have declared for the NBA Draft.
Numerous Football Players Recovering from Injuries
Although it's the offseason for the football team, Michigan is still dealing with quite a few injuries, some of which will cause players to miss spring practice. A couple of the more severe injuries are already known, but confirmation came from Rich Rodriguez on one that was merely a rumor before Sunday.
Rodriguez said safety Floyd Smith had surgery for a sports hernia and defensive lineman Mike Martin had shoulder surgery and will miss spring practice. Martin is expected to be fully recovered by the summer.
There had been rumors about Mike Martin and a shoulder injury, but nobody was really sure of the severity. Rodriguez cleared that up with the news that Martin will be out for spring practice. He is now the third potential starter that will be sidelined during the spring. Both David Molk, the best returning offensive lineman (and perhaps best offensive player), and Vincent Smith, the leading candidate at the end of last season to become the starting running back in 2010, are out until at least the summer because they are recovering from ACL injuries.
The other recent injury news involves Tate Forcier. We all know how banged up he was throughout the season, but I don't know if we realized just how hurt he was.
The shoulder injury Michigan quarterback Tate Forcier played through last season was a slightly torn right labrum, a person familiar with the injury said Friday.
Forcier was diagnosed with the injury when he underwent an MRI while home for Christmas break. He's rehabbing the shoulder now and doesn't need surgery, and he's also recovering from a staph infection in his right knee, the person said.
Those certainly sound like serious issues, but the good news is that Forcier is not going to be out during spring practice. In fact, he is already participating in team-related activities.
Forcier already is taking part in workouts with the football team and will not miss any spring practice. The staph infection, a MRSA infection, already has been treated, the person said.
As we soon start to look ahead to spring practice, here's to the currently injured players recovering and the rest of the team staying healthy. Although there were many reasons why the team collapsed last season, injuries definitely had a helping hand in the rough finish. In 2010 it will be vital that players like David Molk and Tate Forcier stay healthy. The entire offense started to go downhill last season after Molk went down, and Forcier definitely struggled the rest of the season after getting hurt against Indiana. Their health, along with the team's health in general, will play a large role in how the 2010 season turns out.
Tuesday Quick Hits: Fred Jackson Plans to Return; Adrian Witty Qualifies
- Michigan running backs coach Fred Jackson is planning on returning to Michigan next season, according to AnnArbor.com. There were some rumblings that he would be leaving Michigan, possibly for an NFL job, but as of right now he is set to say in Ann Arbor as U-M's running backs coach.
- Adrian Witty has qualified and will be coming to Michigan in January.
- According to Vincent Smith, Tate Forcier and Denard Robinson aren't thinking about transferring or anything like that.
- Although nothing is official, Donovan Warren is apparently planning on coming back for his senior season. Things could obviously change, but I don't think Warren's stock right now is as high as it could be, leading me to believe he will return.
- Stephen Ross, the owner of the Miami Dolphins and a big U-M donor, thinks Rich Rodriguez deserves more time and that "it will all work out."
- There is no new information on the sexual assault investigation other than that the alleged incident happened at Chi Psi, a fraternity on campus.
- Michigan Stadium is going to get new FieldTurf after next year's spring game. The current field was installed back in 2003, and I was noticing earlier this year that it was looking a little worn down. If you compare how it looked in 2003 to how it looked this past season, you can see the difference just by examining the maize block "M" at midfield. The "M" is no longer bright maize but instead has a shade of black to it due to the rubber. Although the field is still in good shape for the most part, I'm guessing Michigan figured that it might as well spruce up everything for when the renovation is complete.
- Michigan's search for a new athletic director will be aided by Spencer Stuart, a search firm, and an advisory committee that includes John Beilein.
- I don't think I can sum up my feelings about people who sold their tickets to Ohio State fans any better than the Wolverine Liberation Army already did. It was absolutely disgusting to see so much scarlet in the stadium. I mean, I know it was bad two years ago, but this was even worse, especially once OSU had the game in check and the "O-H-I-O" chants started. I realize that OSU fans travels well and the ticket office didn't exactly make it tough for them to get tickets to the game, but still, quite a few season-ticket holders gave their seats to Buckeyes, and for that all I can really say is screw you.
Sure, tickets for the OSU game can make you a good amount of money and the team wasn't exactly doing well coming into the game, but anybody who sold their tickets to OSU fans really ought to have them revoked. Even if you can't attend the game, is it really that tough to find a Michigan fan who would want the tickets? It's not every day that someone is presented with a chance to go to a Michigan-OSU game, so if you are going to sell them, put in some extra effort and make sure they go to a Michigan fan.
- Angelique Chengelis wrote a great article that recounted her memories of Michigan's now-former press box. The press box was set to start coming down on Monday, and eventually seatbacks will be in its place. The new press box, which is going to be much more modern and much nicer in general, will replace it officially starting next September.
I personally spent one game in the old press box back in 2006, and it was definitely a unique experience. Being so used to watching the game from my usual seats, I gained a new perspective by taking in an easy win over Central Michigan from the press box. What was really interesting about the whole experience was that that game included the only weather delay in Michigan Stadium's history. The timing couldn't have been better for me, because while the crowd was running for cover and getting soaked by the rain, I was sitting back and relaxing up in the press box. Like Chengelis said in her article, it has a special feeling of history and tradition, but I can tell you from my one afternoon in the press box that it definitely needs to be replaced by something more modern and more spacious, which is exactly what the new one will be.
- MVictors has a bunch of pictures and videos from down on the field before Saturday's game, including a shot of Brandon Graham walking out onto the field with his mom and dad.
- Cornerback recruit Cullen Christian is going to announce his college decision today at 6:30 p.m., and based on his reaction to visiting Michigan this past weekend, I would expect him to verbal to the Wolverines.
- Tony Jefferson, ESPN's top athlete recruit in the nation, really enjoyed his Michigan visit.
- Maize & Blog has an interview with Michigan commit Kenny Wilkins.
- Former Michigan basketball player Chris Hunter has been called up to the NBA's Golden State Warriors.
- Despite persistent rumors that Urban Meyer might go to Notre Dame when Charlie Weis is inevitably fired, Meyer again denied that he will leave Florida.
- Jimmy Clausen was involved in some sort of altercation early Sunday morning that left him with two black eyes. According to Joe Schad, Clausen was allegedly sucker-punched by a fan, but it seems like there are different versions of what happened out there and not everything is adding up.
- Members of the Michigan State football team were allegedly involved in a nasty-sounding brawl.
Thursday Quick Hits: Minor Doubtful for Saturday; Other Injury Updates
- Brandon Minor is doubtful for Saturday's game because of a shoulder injury that has been bothering him in recent weeks. It figures that even though his ankle injury is finally better, he may not play because of a different injury. I'm sure nothing would keep Minor off the field on Saturday if it was his decision, but Rich Rodriguez explicitly said yesterday that whether or not he plays will be up to the trainers.
- On the bright side, it looks like Carlos Brown will not be limited on Saturday, or at least that's the hope. Brown has been cleared to play already and barring any setbacks, I'd pencil him in as the starter if Minor can't go. We will probably see more of Vincent Smith like last week, but if Brown is healthy and Minor isn't, Carlos should be the starter.
- It also looks like Martavious Odoms will play on Saturday.
- Brandon Graham and Mark Ortmann called a players-only meeting before practice on Monday.
- The 1969 Michigan football team that beat Ohio State will be honored at Saturday's game because it is the 40th anniversary of the 24-12 win.
- The Michigan-Ohio State game is being moved to the Saturday after Thanksgiving starting next year, and Jim Tressel isn't a fan of the change. I'm not, either, because I'd much rather see the game be moved to the last week of the college football season. Having it the Saturday after Thanksgiving will be an issue for many students, especially ones who are out of state. I definitely want to have a bye at some point during the season, but the Big Ten ought to give everyone the week of Thanksgiving off and end the season with the rest of the nation in the first week of December. That would give teams a bye during the main part of the season and another week off right before their last game.
- The uniforms Ohio State is going to wear on Saturday are even uglier in video form than they were in picture form.
- Michigan players understandably aren't too fond of Justin Boren.
- Sean McDonough and Matt Millen will be the announcers for Saturday's game.
- The chances of Rich Rodriguez making changes to his coaching staff this offseason aren't very likely.
- Mary Sue Coleman let Rich Rodriguez know earlier this week that she is 100% behind him.
- Rodriguez called Tate Forcier into his office with a dictionary in hand to let him know the difference between an argument and a lecture, which is in reference to Forcier saying that the two got into an argument last week.
- Donovan Warren is going to look into going pro after the season is over.
- MVictors has a recap of Jamie Morris' interesting interview on a Columbus radio station.
- Devin Gardner highlights from last Friday can be found over at mgoblog. Inkster is now one win away from reaching the state finals.
- Also at mgoblog is a list of visitors for the OSU game.
- Manny Harris is one of the Big Ten Players of the Week.
- You can go to tomorrow night's basketball game for $1 if you donate 2 non-perishable food items.
- Carl Hagelin and Luke Glendening have been named alternate captains by Red Berenson.
- Mike Babcock was at last Friday's hockey game at Yost.
- Minnesota's new stadium is actually going to be in the next NCAA Football game.
- Northwestern's Kevin Coble and Jeff Ryan are both out for the season, which will make for a tough basketball season for the Wildcats.
- Purdue's Lewis Jackson is out until February at the earliest, which is a big blow to the Boilermakers.
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HOWIE STALWICK | Good deal for Ichiro; good news from NCAA
1. So Long: Congratulations to the Mariners and Ichiro for doing the right thing. Whether Ichiro retires after this season or not, a fading former superstar gets a legitimate shot at a ring, and the Mariners can move forward with their massive rebuilding project.
2. Well Done: It's unfortunate that players, coaches and fans who did no wrong must pay for the pathetic misdeeds of the past at Penn State, but the NCAA's surprisingly prompt and powerful penalties were absolutely justified. Penn State football is ruined for years, you say? Well, what about all the sex-abuse victims whose lives were ruined forever? Nice to see the Big Ten taking millions from Penn State to protect children, too.
3. Not-So-(H)Oly Games: The Summer Olympics begin this week. Yeah, I know. Nowhere near the buzz of yesteryear. Blame the exorbitant costs, terrorism concerns, the glut of TV sports and the virtual extinction of track and field from the American sports scene. Also, the last traces of innocence were removed from the Olympics when the pros came on board. With all that said, the concept behind the Olympics, and the incredible sacrifices made by so many of the athletes — including Bremerton swimmer Nathan Adrian — remain wondrous and inspiring.
4. Linsanity II: Media coverage of Jeremy Lin's move to Houston has brought a whole new meaning to Linsanity. The kid point guard averaged 4.5 turnovers a game and made just 32 percent of his 3's in the 26 games in which he played more than 20 minutes last season. Of course, since he was in New York, the media tries to make him into a god.
5. Wilting Rose: S-o-o-o-o, 71-year-old Pete Rose plans to marry a former Playmate half his age. Even Pete wouldn't bet on that one lasting.
6. Betcha Didn't Know: A professional miniature golf tour (!) has operated in the U.S., primarily in the South, since 1959. More than $8 million in prize money has been paid; there's a national championship and Hall of Fame; and weekly matches were televised nationally for years. The TV interviews with the "golfers" were priceless: "Yep, Chet, that thar windmill on 17 was a sorta-kinda-tricky bugger. But once I knocked mah first putt through the clown's mouth, o'er the bridge that crossed them railroad tracks past the Piggy Wiggly and off the picket fence in front of Big Ed's Gas-N-Go, I knew I had that par-2 licked. Now where can a good ol' boy find hisself some biscuits and gravy?"
7. Your Weekly Smile: Outfielder Roberto Kelly, then playing for the Cincinnati Reds, after declaring that he wanted to be called Bobby: "It's permanent, for now."
8. Top 10: Positives — Really! — About Mariners Season (stats through Sunday) — 10. Lead majors in fielding percentage (.990). 9. Lead majors in runs on road with 258 (though last at home with 126). 8. Brendan Ryan might be the best defensive shortstop in baseball, and he definitely does the best Robert DeNiro impersonation in baseball. 7. Left-handed hitter Michael Saunders is hitting .287 against lefties one year after batting .143 against them. 6. The boundless energy and love for the game exhibited by ultimate teammate Munenori Kawasaki, the anti-Milton Bradley. 5. Kevin Millwood, who spent most of last season in the minors and appeared likely to be released early this season, has resurrected his career at 38. 4. Unheralded rookie reliever Lucas Luetge is 1-0 with a 1.37 ERA. 3. Three years after resuming his pro baseball career following a six-year hiatus, ex-bartender Tom Wilhelmsen has emerged as one of the best closers in the game. 2. Felix Hernandez honestly seems to enjoy playing in Seattle. 1. We got to witness, up close and personal, a few last glimpses of the greatness that was Ichiro.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
RIP THE PAGE on SouleMama!
We're thrilled to see Amanda Blake Soule sharing her "Family Writing Club" on SOULEMAMA using Karen Benke's fabulous RIP THE PAGE!
Take a look at her inspiring ideas to get writing families writing together, not only sharing creativity but a wonderful way to bond with those close to you! Stay tuned for a book giveaway....to get you inspired to take up your own pen!
A creative writing coach and long-time California Poet in the Schools, author Karen Benke has several events lined up for National Poetry Month in April. For a schedule of events and more information about the book and author, please visit: www.karenbenke.com
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
CCBC Choices 2011 Announced
Fiesta Babies by Carmen Tafolla, IIllustrated by Amy Córdova. Tricycle Press/Random House, 2010. (Category: Picture Books fr Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers)
Chavela and the Magic Bubble by Monica Brown Illustrated by Magaly Morales. Clarion/HMH, 2010. (Category: Picture Books for School-Age Children)
¡Muu, Moo! Rimas de animales by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy, selectors. English versions by Rosalma Zubizarreta. Illustrated by Viví Escrivá. Rayo / HarperCollins, 2010. (Category: Folklore, Mythology and Traditional Literature)
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) is a unique examination, study and research library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. CCBC Choices 2011 recommends books for children and young adults from birth through high-school age. It includes full annotations, age recommendations, and author/title and subject indices. A complete list of titles can be found by clicking here. Congratulations to all the "Choices"!
Also, be sure to read the CCBC's insightful feature article "Thoughts on Publishing in 2010".
New Writers Conference comes to Brooklyn!
Slice is launching its first annual writers conference on September 16 and 17. There are surprisingly no major writers conferences in Brooklyn, a borough with a rich literary history. And yet some of the most renowned authors, editors, and agents call Brooklyn home, making it the perfect place to come together and celebrate the craft of writing. Slice is taking their mission off the page so that emerging writers can strike up a dialogue with the commercial publishing world. A series of intensive workshops are at the heart of the conference, offering authors the chance to develop their writing skills. Panels will also reveal a behind-the-scenes look at the publishing industry.
When September 16 and 17, 9 am to 5:30 pm each day (lunch is included).
Where Brooklyn College.
Cost $350 for both days, $200 for one day. Undergraduate and graduate students receive a $50 discount
For more information click here.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Tejas Star Book Award Announced!
Alvarez, Julia, and Ruddy Núñez (Illus.). 2009. El mejor regalo del mundo: la leyenda de La Vieja Beleìn = The Best Gift of All: The Legend of La Vieja Belen. Miami, Fla: Alfaguara.
Argueta, Jorge, and Fernando Vilela (Illus.). 2010. Arroz con leche : un poema para cocina = Rice Pudding: A Cooking Poem. Toronto: Groundwood Books.
Brown, Monica, and Joe Cepeda (Illus.). 2010. Side by Side: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez = Lado a lado : la historia de Dolores Huerta y Ceìsar Chaìvez. New York: Rayo.
Contreras, Kathleen, and Margaret Lindmark (Illus.). 2009. Braids = Trencitas. New York: Lectorum.
Colato Laiìnez, Reneì, and Joe Cepeda (Illus.). 2010. From North to South = Del Norte al Sur. San Francisco, Calif: Children's Book Press.
Garza, Xavier. 2010. Kid Cyclone Fights the Devil and Other Stories = Kid Ciclon se enfrenta a El Diablo y otras historias. Houston: PinÞata Books.
Hayes, Joe, and Mauricio Trenard Sayago (Illus.). 2008. Dance, Nana, Dance = Baila, Nana, baila : Cuban Folktales in English and Spanish. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press.
Lacaìmara, Laura, and Yuyi Morales (Illus.). 2010. Floating on Mama's Song = Flotando con la cancioìn de mamaì. New York: Katherine Tegen Books.
Lachtman, Ofelia Dumas, and Alex Pardo DeLange (Illus.). 2011. Pepita and the Bully = Pepita y la peleonera. Houston, Tex: Piñata Books.
Luna, James, and Laura Lacaìmara (Illus.). 2010. The Runaway Piggy = El cochinito fugitivo. Houston, Tex: PinÞata Books.
Martiìnez, Rueben, and Rauìl Coloìn (Illus.). 2010. Once Upon a Time: Traditional Latin American tales = Habiìa una vez: cuentos tradicionales latinoamericanos. New York, NY: Rayo.
Mora, Pat, and John Parra (Illus.). 2009. Gracias = Thanks. New York: Lee & Low Books.
Price, Mara, and Lisa Fields (Illus.). 2010. Grandma's Chocolate = El chocolate de abuelita. Houston, Tex: Piñata Books.
Saìenz, Benjamin Alire, and Geronimo García (Illus.). 2009. The Dog Who Loved Tortillas = La perrita que le encantaban las tortillas. El Paso, Tex: Cinco Puntos Press.
Zepeda, Gwendolyn, and Pablo Torrecilla (Illus.). 2011. I Kick the Ball = Pateo el balón. Houston, Tex: Piñata Books.
For more information, please click here.


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I was on the CD last year and lost 2 and a half stone; I felt great and had never looked better.
Like many others on here, I am an emotional eater and easily fall into bad habits. I was kidding myself saying I'd put about 2 stone back on in 5 months and was shocked to see I'd put on 3 and a half!!
I started the diet againt this week and am on day 4, I'm hoping for a big loss this first week so am following it to the T!
I don't like the new rice pudding or the porridge, but I do like some of the shakes, especially chocolate and chocolate mint - (these are also lovely heated in the microwave for a minute after they're mixed up).
A hint to make your shakes taste nicer and I only learnt this towards the end of my journey last time.. put them in the blender with a couple of ice cubes; it makes them nice and frothy
Good luck everyone, let's all hope for big losses this week!


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This Recipe
- Skill Level: Beginner
- Serves: 6
- Start to Finish: less than 4 hours
- Prep: 25 minutes
- Cook: 1 hour 30 minutes
Nutrition Facts
- 220mg Sodium
- 19g Carbs
- 2g Fiber
- 2g Fat
- 1g Saturated Fat
- 6g Sugars
- 5g Protein
- 118mg Calcium
- 1mg Iron
- 3 medium sweet potatoes (2 to 2 1/2 pounds)
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 shallots, finely chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup fat-free ricotta cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (plus more for garnish)
- 2 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh sage leaves (plus more for garnish)
1. Heat oven to 400°F. Pierce potatoes with a fork several times and place on a foil-lined baking sheet. Bake until they're soft when pierced with a knife, about 1 hour.
2. Remove and let cool about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a small nonstick skillet and add shallots. Cook until soft and just browning. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
3. When cool enough to handle, cut potatoes in half, lengthwise. Use a spoon or melon baller to scoop out the flesh, leaving inch around the skin edges for stability.
4. Put all potato flesh into the bowl of a food processor or a blender and process until just smooth, about 20 seconds. (If using a blender, stop occasionally to scrape down the sides.) Add salt, pepper, ricotta, ginger, and brown sugar, and puree until smooth.
5. With a spoon, stir in Parmesan cheese, sage, and cooked shallots. Spoon puree into potato shells, or put the mixture into a large zipper-style plastic bag. Cut off a corner of the bag and gently squeeze mixture into shells. (see Notes)
6. Set oven temperature to 350°F. Sprinkle each potato half with a little Parmesan cheese and sage leaves if desired, and bake until heated through, about 30 minutes.


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Are You Ready To Make This Decision?
I am often asked the question "what is the first step in starting your own business?" A number of things immediately come to mind. Develop your business idea, write a business plan, decide on a business name, find a mentor, work out the finances, and so on. All those details you think about that go along with starting your own business.
But then I really thought about it. When I started my first business what was the very first thing I did to make it a reality.
And I realized it wasn't any of these things.
The very first step in my entrepreneurial journey was simply making the decision to do it.
I had no business plan or even a well-formed idea at that point.
I just decided that I wanted to do it and I was going to do whatever it took to make it happen. And I did.
Making the decision is such an important first step. It is what will provide the energy and momentum that is needed to move forward and start taking action to turn your business dream into a reality. Until you make that decision it will simply remain just a dream. Once we commit and make a decision it is amazing what can start to happen.
So how do you decide?"
For me there was no particular path to my decision.
I didn't take any of those personality tests to find out if I have "what it takes" to be a successful entrepreneur. At that point I imagine the results would have been a big no.
For me the driving force behind my decision was so compelling at the time it overshadowed the reasons I had for not doing it.
I certainly did not dwell on is this the "right time" to start my own business. Having just had a baby bought a house and lost our primary source of income at the time it would once again not have been a favorable answer.
I have come to realize now that if I had waited for the "right time" to start my business I would still be working for someone else in a job I don't love.
I compare it in some ways to making the decision of having a baby. If I had waited for the "right time" where I had the "right" amount of money and the perfect situation I would not have my beautiful daughter. I am so glad I never waited for the "right time" in either of these decisions.
Everyone's process of making the decision to take the entrepreneurial leap is different and very personal to them. There is no "right" way for making the decision.
For me it simply came from a feeling of desperation of wanting to change my family's situation. What it really came down to was a deep sense of wanting and knowing that my life could be different.
I wanted to feel more in control of my family's life both financially and personally.
I wanted more freedom and flexibility to decide the time I spent with my daughter.
I realized I wanted this so much that I was willing to take the risk to try and achieve this vision.
So far it has turned out well. It's not to say it has been a walk in the park. There have certainly been challenges along the way. But even with this I feel much more fulfilled and excited with my life than I did 5 years ago.
I am achieving the things I hoped for. More freedom, flexibility and financially security. There is something very empowering about realizing you can make your own money. .
If you have been dreaming about starting your own business there has to be a moment that you decide. It's not deciding whether it's the right time or not. It's deciding whether you are ready to do what it takes to finally turn your dream into a reality.
To help with this decision here are 3 questions to consider:
What Is Your Big "Why?"
Get clear on your "why" for wanting to start your business. What is the deep driving force behind your desire to do so? Is it to create more freedom and flexibility to spend more time with your kids? Do you want to do work that allows you to share your greatest gifts and passions with the world?
Uncovering your "why" can provide the foundation for your decision.


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|Self-assembly in surfactant-based liquid mixtures: Octanoic acid/Bis(2-ethylhexyl)amine systems.
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|The physico-chemical properties of Bis(2-ethylhexyl)amine (BEEA) plus octanoic acid (OA) mixtures have been investigated by IR, SAXS, WAXS, viscosimetry, and AC complex impedance spectroscopy in the whole composition range. Mainly driven by proton transfer from the acidic OA to the basic BEEA, the formation of stoichiometrically well-defined adducts takes place in the mixtures. This causes the slowing down of molecular dynamics and the increase in charge carrier number density. Interestingly, while the pure components possess no significant conductivity (about 10(-12)Scm(-1) at 25°C), their mixtures show a composition-dependent enhanced conductivity (up to about 10(-5)Scm(-1)), i.e., more than seven orders of magnitude higher than that of the pure components. The comparison of the composition dependence of viscosity, direct-current conductivity, and static permittivity indicates the concurrence of contributions of different adducts and that the dynamics controlling molecular reorientation and momentum and charge transfer, even if ultimately related to the proton transfer from OA to BEEA, are different. The results can be used not only to design novel materials for application purposes, but also to shed more light on the principles regulating molecular self-assembly in surfactant-based liquid systems.
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Jim McTeague of Barron's asked a question that led to an even more interesting question. It started as the usual Presidential Election and the stock markets related inquiry — Is President Obama a positive or negative for stock and bond markets? — as I thought about the question, it devolved into something entirely else.
I had several thoughts that unintentionally skirted the question, but stimulated a deeper discussion:
1) Do Presidents get too much blame and/or credit for the Economy?
Generally speaking, this tends to be true. We focus lots of energy at the top, but the broader economy is part of a massive set of forces, much of which is typically beyond the White House's ability to deal with.History shows that some Presidents have had major impacts, but that seems to be the exception, not the rule.
2) Why do some Presidents significantly impact the economy positively?
It appears that a combination of two factors: Luck, and the proper response to existing circumstances. That is what separates the great economies from the middling ones. Look at the circumstances that met FDR, Clinton and Reagan. Big challenges, appropriate responses.
Take RR is a good example: He had the luck to come into office in year 14 of a 16 year Bear Market; he also had Paul Volcker as Fed Chief who forced a wrenching recession early in his term. But Reagan's response to those circumstances — significant tax cuts and Federal spending, followed by gradual tax increases, helped add up to a booming economy.
3) Why do some Presidents seem to do such a bad job for the economy?
Similar answer: Luck, and an inappropriate response. Hoover, Carter, and Bush 2 are examples. Hoover came into office 8 months before the 1929 crash; Carter took over after the malaise of Vietnam war and Watergate; Bush 2 came into office a year into the dotcoms implosion and at the start of a recession.
Note that the response by each was a failure: Bush for example, started a costly unnecessary war in Iraq, cut taxes, blew up the deficit, and added tot he ongoing financial deregulations. Given an opportunity to instill Capitalistic discipline on Banks, he went all socialist on them instead.
Ultimately, the right combination seems to be Luck + the right response. Most Presidents seem to lack one or the other (or both).
4) Can we predict how well any Presidents economic policies will play out?
Here is the kicker: All of the above is meaningless, for we have little ability to forecast how ANY president will do economically. The economic performance of both Reagan and Carter surprised most forecasters. Expectations for Clinton was that he would fail, cause a recession, explode the deficit — the opposite happened. And Bush seems to have defied even his worst critics — to the downside.
All told, we are not very good at forecasting these things.
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