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Home Truths and African Magicby Matthew Finch
Nnedi Okorafor
Akata Witch
(Viking Juvenile, 2011)
An adolescent misfit discovers that she is in possession of supernatural powers. Recruited to a secret society, she finds that her gifts can save the world from an apocalyptic struggle.
Browsers of the Young Adult aisle might think, "So far, so Harry Potter…" of Nnedi Okorafor's latest novel, Akata Witch. But this Nigerian-set adventure offers a provocative meditation on ethnicity and identity, while also challenging Western critics who neglect Young Adult writing.
Akata Witch is deft, sophisticated, and no more "supernatural" in its conceits than the politicized magic realism of the great South American authors. African critics have been quick to recognize Okorafor's significance as a writer. She won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature, the so-called "African Nobel," for her 2005 debut Zahrah the Windseeker, but until Who Fears Death, an adult meditation on weaponized rape, she was doubly marginalized in the West as both a science fiction and YA author.
The soccer-loving hero of Akata Witch, Sunny, is also shunned twice over: she is an albino and an akata, a derogatory term for black Americans who live in Africa. In a reversal of the Western beauty myth's Barbie-like standards, Sunny, with her blonde hair and skin "the color of sour milk," is viewed as ugly and, at one point, is dismissed on suspicion of being a white girl.
Ethnicity spills into the secret realm of magic in this novel. African-American magicians in the United States find that "Everything's biased towards European juju," and must operate from a secret headquarters in South Carolina, sardonically known as "Tar Nation."
Despite this pointed commentary on race, the defining characteristic of Akata Witch is cross-cultural tolerance. Sunny's world is Afrocentric, but inclusive, and Okorafor peppers her writing with references to Douglas Adams, the Englishman whose Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy similarly entwined populist genre-writing with a compassionate and cosmopolitan worldview.
Akata Witch may have wizards and warlocks galore, but its overriding message is a hardheaded one regarding life's realities. Sunny learns to live without American luxuries like 24-hour electricity, and her friends are told in no uncertain terms that their lives are dispensable when they go to battle a villainous magician: "The world is bigger than you are, it will go on without you."
The balm for this blunt truth is a realization that, without being greedy, we must appreciate the gifts that life chooses to grant us. The thrill of Sunny's first soccer match grips the characters, and the reader, just as much as the blood and thunder of the climactic showdown. Akata Witch reminds young readers that neither fantasy heroes nor Western nations have a guaranteed "special destiny," but it also celebrates the shared adventure of everyday life on our planet.
ContributorMatthew Finch
Excerpt from Voices Daughter of a Heart Yet To Be Bornby Anne Waldman
APR 2016 | Poetry
Anne Waldman has been a prolific and active poet and performer many years, creating radical new hybrid forms for the long poem, both serial and narrative, as with Marriage: A Sentence, Structure of the World Compared to a Bubble, and Manatee/Humanity, and most recently Gossamurmur, all published by Penguin Poets. She is also the author of the magnum opus The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment ( Coffee House Press 2011), a feminist "cultural intervention" taking on war and patriarchy which won the PEN Center 2012 Award for Poetry. Voice's Daughter of a Heart Yet To Be Born, a prose poem meditation on William Blake's Book of Thel.
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Anna Billers The Love Witch
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"All witchcraft comes from carnal lust, which in women is insatiable." So reads the 1486 treatise Malleus Maleficarum (The Witch Hammer), also known as the witch-hunt manual that perpetuated the image of the witch as a phallus-stealing, sexually perverse puppet of Satan.
A Dream of Identityby Rhonda Garelick
MAR 2017 | Critics Page
Last weekend, I went to see Damien Chazelle's delightful La La Land. At the cinema, I had to pass two large vitrines displaying slightly retro garments.
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Chapbooks are magic. For those who read them, for those who publish them, for those whose work lives in themwe know this to be true. How exactly to pinpoint that magic or break it down, well, that would be revealing the trick. But even if we could, chapbooks aren't objects to be explained.


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May 8, 1970 is the 128th day of the year 1970 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 237 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 25, 1970 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 10,972,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
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Youngstown State reaps $200,000 in savings from employee voluntary concessionsComments Email Print
The university asked employees to help with its budget challenges by voluntarily signing up for unpaid furlough days and forfeiting vacation days, according to a Youngstown State news release. In all, 128 employees agreed to 930 unpaid furlough days and 3,555 hours of forfeited vacation for a total of $203,198 in savings.
The voluntary furlough and vacation forfeitures were part of a larger plan announced by the university last fall to address a $6.6 million budget deficit.
"I commend all of you for stepping forward during these difficult times and taking part in this important effort," said Sudershan K. Garg, chair of the Youngstown State board of trustees, in a release. "It truly is a reflection of your dedication to your job, your colleagues and to the institution as a whole."
Youngstown State is searching for a permanent president after its most recent leader, Randy Dunn, left after less than a year on the job for the presidential post at Southern Illinois University. Ikram Khawaja, the university's provost and vice president for academic affairs, is serving at Youngstown State's president in an interim capacity.


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The little-known L.C. de Villiers Oval in Pretoria had a brush with cricketing history as it witnessed India 'A' opener Shikhar Dhawan smash 248 runs in just 150 balls in a one-day game against South Africa 'A'.
The teams are playing a triangular one-day tournament, Australia 'A' being the third team in the fray. This was practically a knockout game between India 'A' and South Africa 'A'. The Indians had lost their two games to Australia and needed to beat South Africa today to qualify for Wednesday's final against Australia.
While Dhawan's innings powered India to 433-4, South Africa responded brilliantly with hundreds from Reeza Hendricks and Vaughn van Jaarsveld but they were eventually bowled out for 394 in the 49th over.
With this innings, Dhawan has beaten the Indian record for the top one-day score, held by his Delhi state-mate Virender Sehwag who had made 219 in a one-day international against the West Indies in 2011.
The Indian innings had been through just 44.4 overs when Dhawan fell to Rusty Theron, who had figures of 1-98 in 10 overs. His new-ball partner Hardus Viljoen took 1-94 in eight. India 'A' amassed 433-3 after electing to bat, with Pujara making an unbeaten 109 in just 97 balls.
There was not a single Indian among one-day double centurions for nearly forty years of the sport's history. But since Sachin Tendulkar reached the mark against South Africa in 2010, two more have followed.
50 — 31 balls (8x4)
100 — 86 balls (13x4)
150 — 108 balls (17x4, 3x6)
200 — 132 balls (24x4, 4x6)
248 — 150 balls (30x4, 7x6)
The world record score — 268 by Alister Brown for Surrey against Glamorgan in 2003 — was in Dhawan's grasp when he was caught behind by Dane Vilas off Theron. [See the list of one-day double hundreds]
India A's score of 433 is the sixth highest one-day score ever, well short of the world record of 496-4 in 50 overs by Surrey against Gloucestershire in 2007.
Dhawan opened the game with a 91-run stand with Murali Vijay who made a quick 40 (37b). But what followed would have terrorised the young bowling attack led by Justin Ontong.
Dhawan and Pujara added a massive 285 runs for the second wicket in just 33.2 overs.
South Africa were up to the challenge with openers Hendricks and Rilee Rossouw racing to 102 in the opening 10 overs. Hendricks completed in just 75 balls. This was followed by van Jaarsveld's hundred batting at No. 4 off 87 balls.
Ishar Pandey, who had an expensive start of 0-32 in three overs, hit back with 4-44 in his next six overs. The South African tail couldn't keep up with the rising rate as wickets continued to fall. The game was settled in the 46th over when van Jaarsveld and Roelof van der Merwe both fell to Pandey.
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India A:
S Dhawan c Vilas b Theron 248 (150b, 30x4, 7x6)
M Vijay c Vilas b B Hendricks 40 (37b, 7x4)
C Pujara not out 109 (97b, 8x4)
S Raina c van der Merwe b Viljoen 6 (4b, 1x4)
D Karthik not out 18 (12b, 1x6)
Extras (b-1, lb-2, w-9) 12
Total (3 wickets; 50 overs) 433
FOW: 1-91 (Vijay, 11.2 overs), 2-376 (Dhawan, 44.4 overs), 3-386 (Raina, 45.4 overs).
South Africa A bowling: G Viljoen 8-0-94-1 (3w); J Theron 10-0-98-1 (3w); R van der Merwe 7-0-61-0; B Hendricks 9-0-62-1; D Piedt 10-0-68-0; J Ontong 3-0-15-0; V van Jaarsveld 3-0-32-0.
South Africa 'A'
R Hendricks b Binny 106 (78B, 12X4, 2X6)
R Rossouw b Nadeem 43 (31b, 4x4, 2x6)
D Elgar c Pujara b Raina 15 (13b, 2x4)
VB van Jaarsveld c Raina b Pandey 108 (91b, 7x4, 5x6)
J Ontong c Parvez Rasool b Dhawan 49 (36b, 8x4)
D Vilas c & b Pandey 2 (4b)
R van der Merwe c Dhawan b Pandey 36 (26b, 1x4, 2x6)
J Theron b Unadkat 7 (7b, 1x4)
D Piedt c Nadeem b Unadkat 0 (1b)
G Viljoen b Pandey 7 (5b, 1x4)
B Hendricks not out 2 (3b)
Extras (b-4, lb-7, w-5, nb-3) 19
Total (all out, 48.4 overs) 394
FOW: 1-121 (Rossouw, 12.4 overs), 2-140 (Elgar, 15.4 overs), 3-203 (RR Hendricks, 24.5 overs), 4-281 (Ontong, 35.4 overs), 5-287 (Vilas, 36.5 overs), 6-376 (van Jaarsveld, 45.4 overs), 7-378 (van der Merwe, 45.6 overs), 8-378 (Piedt, 46.1 overs), 9-388 (Viljoen, 47.5 overs), 10-394 (Theron, 48.4 overs)
Bowling: J Unadkat 8.4-0-79-2, I Pandey 9-0-76-4, P Rasool 10-0-75-0, S Raina 6-0-35-1, S Nadeem 7-0-52-1, S Binny 5-0-42-1, S Dhawan 3-0-24-1.
Top scores in one-day internationals
Top scores in World Cup
Tendulkar's 200* vs South Africa
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I woke up yesterday morning, went into the bathroom, blinked at the mirror, and thought, "Faces of Meth."
Honesty comes in those moments before you're completely awake.
I actually don't spend a lot of time looking at my face, but somehow the whole moving to a new environment has led to me looking at everything differently, and now my face is included in "everything." It probably didn't help that I've been scanning family photos into my computer so I've been looking at pictures from my dewy youth (anything before fifty). Anyway, I laughed because even as a half-conscious observation, "Faces of Meth" seemed pretty funny, and then I got dressed and forgot about it.
Well, I forgot about it until I got into the line at the grocery and saw a Star Magazine with the headline "Stars Without Make-up." Of course, I bought it; I'd just woken up to Faces of Meth. The thing is, the majority of those actresses still looked beautiful without make-up. They just didn't look perfect. They looked like beautiful human beings. The whole superstar myth evaporated without foundation and great lighting and they looked like people I might know. Star Magazine as Mythbuster. (Just don't read the text. They must do a special screening for "vapid" when they hire writers. I could feel brain cells dying as I read it.)
So that would have been enough, but then there were some who looked really awful. Faces of Meth awful. Goldie Hawn, in particular, was a great comfort. Yes, she's four years older than I am and she obviously spent too much time in the California sun, but still, she's Goldie Hawn. I look better without make-up than Goldie Hawn looks without make-up. It's the first time I've felt warmly toward Goldie Hawn. And yet Goldie Hawn looks fabulous on the red carpet. Maybe I need to get red carpet. And better lighting. And, of course, make-up.
Actually, what I need to get is my grades done, the class description for 523 done, my Christmas presents done, and my book done. Also, I hate carpet. So I put the magazine in Krissie's room for the next time she visits, and I went back to work, secure in the knowledge that even the great beauties of Hollywood will look like me someday. And the next time I look in the mirror early in the morning, I will not think "Faces of Meth."
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When it comes to No Child Left Behind, "close" isn't good enough, the Clark County School District learned today.
At a press conference at the Greer Education Center, Clark County School Board members announced that the district had fallen short of "adequate yearly progress" under the federal law for the 2008-09 academic year. The district had made adequate progress in 2007 and 2008.
Overall, the district's test scores were high enough to satisfy the state's benchmarks, even though there was a slight dip in math at the elementary level, and in math, reading and writing at the high school level. But the district -- as well as individual schools -- must also meet benchmarks for subgroups of students, broken down by ethnicity, special education status, limited English proficiency and those qualifying for free and reduced-price meals.
The district missed the mark in a number of those areas across all grade levels.
The "all or nothing" reality of AYP "has always been a frustration," said School Board member Sheila Moulton. "Our students have made tremendous progress but that sometimes gets lost in the message."
At the same time, Moulton said she doesn't want to see No Child Left Behind abandoned in its entirety.
"It's made us really look at every single child," Moulton said. "I'm grateful for that."
District officials said budget cuts might have played a role in the poorer showing because of larger classes and less support for students. Another factor, officials said, might also have been changes to the tests given to elementary and middle school students, said Lauren Kohut-Rost, the district's deputy superintendent of instruction.
Less money meant fewer opportunities for remedial students to get extra help and an increased workload for teachers, she said.
"Our superintendent tried to keep the budget cuts as far removed from the classroom as possible," she said, "but there's still an effect."
Clark County Schools superintendent Walt Ruffles was absent from the news conference. He had informed the School Board earlier this summer that he would be traveling at the time the AYP results were announced.
Schools have to demonstrate achievement in 37 different categories. Of the district's 361 schools, 171 didn't make adequate progress. Of those schools, 38 missed in just one subgroup area, while 37 others missed in two subgroups.
Among the bright spots in the results, Valley High School was singled out for special recognition as the district's first-ever "turnaround high achieving" campus. The designation is reserved for schools that have spent at least three years on the "needs improvement" list before demonstrating high achievement. Fewer than 10 campuses statewide have received the designation.
Agassi College Preparatory Academy, one of eight charter schools sponsored by the Clark County School Board, also scored well. Agassi's elementary students made adequate progress, while the middle school and high school were both high achieving.
Districtwide, 11 campuses were rated high achieving and six high school programs were recognized for continued exemplary achievement. The latter category is new this year, added by the Nevada Education Department to honor campuses that hit No Child Left Behind's glass ceiling for top designations.
Supporters of the education reform law say it has brought renewed accountability, and forced districts to focus on struggling students who were often ignored. But critics say the law is too punitive, and that many of the requirements it imposes are unrealistic.
No Child Left Behind is up for reauthorization this year. But state education officials say they've been told no revisions or changes will be handed down before 2010.
In Clark County for the 2008-09 academic year, reading and writing proficiency was up about 2 percentage points in the elementary schools, while the same students saw their math proficiency scores drop by a similar percentage.
The district's middle schools showed the most improvement, with 2 percentage point gains overall in reading and writing, as well as math. At-risk students in the middle schools also showed improvement. Scores for students qualifying for free and reduced price meals were up about 5 percentage points in all subjects. Hispanic middle schoolers gained 4 percentage points in reading, writing and math. Black students also did better, gaining about 2 percentage points in reading, writing and math.
At the high school level, the district's performance in reading and writing slipped about 1 percentage point, although overall scores were still good enough for adequate progress.
However, there was a 5 percentage-point drop in math proficiency at the high schools, although the districtwide number still exceeded the state-mandated benchmark.
This year 234 schools made adequate progress in mathematics, compared with 263 last year. For a second consecutive year, 212 schools made adequate progress in reading and writing.
No Child Left Behind requires 100 percent of all public school students to demonstrate proficiency in reading, writing and mathematics by the 2013-14 academic year.
States were given some leeway in determining their paths to that goal with some, like Nevada, opting for increases in minimum scores on standardized tests about every two years.
Elementary schools and middle schools are judged using criterion-reference tests, while high schools are rated based on results from the Nevada State High School Proficiency Exam.
Schools that miss the test score targets but reduce the number of nonproficient students by at least 10 percent are considered to have made adequate progress under the state's "safe harbor" provision.
Failure to make adequate progress can result in sanctions, ranging from having to offer students transfers to more successful schools to being required by the state Education Department to replace key staff, including the principal.
This year the district has 14 schools on the "needs improvement" list for a sixth consecutive year. Von Tobel Middle School is in its seventh year on the list, which increases the likelihood of the state calling for significant program and staffing changes at the campus.


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AMIR Khan hopes Barack Obama will be ringside for his world title clash with Lamont Peterson in Washington.
The IBF and WBA lightwelterweight champion has invited the US President to the December 10 showdown.
Khan met Secretary of State Hilary Clinton at the White House last month at a dinner with America's leading Muslim sportsmen on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 atrocities.
The Bolton superstar did not meet Obama then – but has asked him if he would like to attend his next fight.
"I went to the White House and it was brilliant," said Khan. "It was an amazing experience. I got to meet Hilary Clinton. I didn't think she would have even heard of me but she knew exactly who I was and wished me all the best.
"There was talk about a meeting with Barack but I didn't, so I've invited him to the fight. "Hopefully we can arrange that."
Khan has been based in Los Angeles at Freddie Roach's Wild Card Gym for two years now and is big news across the Atlantic after a string of thrilling fights in Las Vegas.
And the 24-year-old has promised the President more fireworks against Peterson in what will be his fifth fight Stateside.
He said: "It will be explosive.
Peterson has been in with some big games and is very strong.
"He drew with Victor Ortiz and the only guy to beat him is Timothy Bradley, so it will be tough test but I've got the skills to beat him."
Khan's battle with mandatory challenger Peterson, aged 27, will be his last at 140lbs before he moves up a weight to set up a mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
"There's no one out there who wants to fight me," said Khan, who flies back to America on Thursday.
"I put the fight to Erik Morales and he turned it down, I put the fight to Bradley and he turned it down for a second time.
"The deals we were offering would've been the biggest pay days of their careers, so I'm going to move up to 147lbs because I'm frustrated I can't get any fights at this weight."


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Last month, the supporters of Ruth Kolpack (who was fired earlier this year from St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Beloit, Wis., for reasons her supporters have termed unjust) urged members of the Madison diocese to withhold funds from the annual diocesan appeal. The diocese is engaged in a massive capital campaign to help rebuild the downtown cathedral, among other efforts. The diocese raised only $1 million of its $3.7 million goal, according to the June 6, 2009, Wisconsin State Journal article, citing the vicar general Msgr. Daniel Ganshert.
Of course, missing a $3.7 million capital campaign goal can't be attributed solely to the efforts Kolpack's supporters to redirect funds. In this down economy, every charity has trouble raising money, and I'm sure the diocese lost money on investments in the stock market (as many have).
The diocese also attempted to balance its budget by the start of its July 1 fiscal year and found it necessary to lay off 19 fulltime employees and four part-time employees from a diocesan staff of 65. Included in these layoffs are those who worked at the Catholic Multicultural Center on Madison's south side, one of the more vulnerable parts of town. It provided much-needed social services, including a food pantry, high school diploma classes and English as a second language classes. The Wisconsin State Journal reported that the center had a $350,000 annual budget (the Diocese pegged it to over $500,000).
To reopen the center, Michelle Horton at Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish, which has about 2,700 families, began a fundraising effort. More than 100 local social service agencies (some of them Catholic) met at United Way headquarters earlier this month to discuss how to keep the center open. Even the City of Madison has decided to commit funds to the reopening of the center.
In February, I met Tom Nelson, the Rural Life Coordinator for the Madison diocese, at an educational event in Iowa. We had a great chat about the social service needs of Catholics in rural parts of the diocese and how they differ from urban needs. He talked about the various projects he was involved with to make local food more accessible through the parishes. We traded phone calls for weeks to schedule a get-together and share some ideas. He called me May 29 -- the day it turned out that he was laid off -- to warn me that our meeting might be a waste of time.
Now I have no idea how to reach Tom, and I simply feel bad for him and all the others who didn't see this coming and weren't given time to put closure on their projects.
When the neighboring Milwaukee archdiocese had to make budget cuts and lay off staff, all were given about six months to transition. The archdiocese tried to give staff leads for new jobs, and there was a special Mass to celebrate their work. What I am hearing from the Madison diocesan employees is that there was a Mass of remembrance for laid off employees, but they had already been locked out of the diocesan offices and essentially were not allowed to attend. They were to be paid through the end June, and the diocese promised to help them find new jobs.
Some here are wondering how long the Madison diocese knew that the cuts would be made. My concern is that employees were given 24-hours notice, and the budget projections were made only one month in advance. I'm not an expert on analyzing budgets, but it seems if you have the right people on staff, you can project at least a quarter in advance, if not six months. Couldn't the employees and Catholics in general been given more notice? I also wonder if decisions like these were made in the public eye, would they be made so quickly?
Critics point out that according to the audited financial statements on the diocesan web site, travel went up by $31,000 in 2008; miscellaneous expenditures went up by an enormous $607,000.
The diocese had a feasibility study done on the Catholic Multicultural Center and claims that it wasn't meeting its potential for vibrancy in the community; however, it seems that the community views it as something worth saving, and they are making it a priority. I'm impressed with the efforts of Michelle Horton at Queen of Peace, and the former staff of the Catholic Multicultural Center, to get things running again so that the people in our community who are most in need don't go too long without essential services. Andy Russell, the former director of the center, estimates that it will be at least a month before it could open again. The staffing will probably have to be revised, and I believe there are also questions about how best to sustain the center. I'm glad the diocese has allowed for this grass-roots fundraising effort. I hope the diocese will also allow someone else to run the center -- with the meeting at the United Way, the City of Madison, and the efforts of parishes like Queen of Peace, there are certainly people committed to keeping the center open, even if it doesn't fit into the diocesan budget line items.
I hope everyone who withheld money from the diocese to make a statement against some of Bishop Robert Morlino's decisions will at least consider this as a giving option. Of course, some are waiting to see who will run the center before they give any financial support. It seems prudent to see who will take the reins and what priority will be given to the center. What should not get lost is that the people who struggle the most during tough economic times are those who struggle most at all times -- the most vulnerable and poor in our society.
Mike Sweitzer-Beckman recently earned his Master of Divinity degree from the Jesuit School of Theology. He works at a statewide loan fund for nonprofits that serve low-income people in Wisconsin and co-founded the blog www.youngadultcatholics-blog.com.
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Resuming on 77-3, Notts slipped to 147-6 following the quick-fire dismissals of Scott Newman and Samit Patel. Newman had improved his overnight tally of 46, falling lbw to Suppiah for 87, the highest score by a Nottinghamshire opener this season.
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WHISTLER, B.C. -- Dawn hadn't even broken Saturday when officials from the International Ski Federation considered the slopes at Whistler Creekside, evaluated the slush that covered them, and knew there was no hope of opening the Vancouver Olympics with a fair and safe men's downhill race. That event was promptly scrapped, and with warm, wet weather continuing on the mountain, it was unclear when the Alpine skiing competition might begin.
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That possibility, though, seemed iffy at best. Whistler is susceptible to warm weather, even in winter, and the mountains nearly 80 miles north of Vancouver have been engulfed, at various points over the past week, by rain, fog and -- at higher elevations -- some snow. Rain and snow showers are again forecast for Sunday, though no precipitation is expected Monday.
Still, racers spent Saturday sitting, not skiing.
"I think we all have experience dealing with that," American Marco Sullivan said. "It [stinks], but that's part of our sport. We're always outside."
The Alpine schedule, with five medal events for men and five for women, spans nearly the course of the Games, and there are four days without races built in -- including Monday, which was to be the first without competition. The schedule, officials said, was designed with potential weather delays and cancellations in mind.
"We do have room in the schedule," said Renee Smith-Valade, vice president of communications for the Vancouver Organizing Committee. "We usually have two to three contingency days built in, both for training and competition. Generally we're able to reschedule the event within one or two days, so so far, our plan is working well."
The delays continue to be a positive development for Lindsey Vonn, the American who was expected to contend for multiple gold medals but arrived here dealing with a painful shin injury. Each day that's washed out means another day of rest.
"She got lucky again today," Thomas Vonn, Lindsey's husband, wrote in an e-mail.
With the super combined -- a race that adds together the times from a downhill run and a slalom run -- pushed to Thursday, Vonn's first event of the Games might be her best, the downhill. The women are scheduled to stage their fastest event on Wednesday. Vonn has won five of the six World Cup downhill races staged this season. In the two super combined events this season, she has one win and one third-place finish.
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Healthy Almond Cupcakes with Pomegranate Frosting have a uniquely scrumptious flavor, and you don't feel guilty after eating them!
Cupcakes. They seem to have hit America by storm over the past few years. They are cute, small, and indicative of a special occasion. Today, for instance, was my last final test and last day of class for all my general education classes! Cupcakes were in order to welcome in summer break. Pastry chefs and innovative home cooks have been spewing out flavor combination by the hundreds, from traditionals like vanilla cupcakes with chocolate icing, to more unique pairings, sometimes involving bacon. Most of the time, however, the cupcakes are overly sweet with so much sugar and butter it's hardly worth the momentary enjoyment of those first few bites.
So, I decided I wanted to make a batch of cupcakes that had a uniquely scrumptious flavor without all those ingredients that makes your body wish you hadn't scarfed that giant Sprinkles cupcakes in 5 seconds flat. The first and more obvious changes I made were to add some whole-wheat goodness (I finally found some King Arthur White Whole-Wheat flour at my grocery store! Score!) and reduce the fat by adding some apple sauce. Next came the goal of reducing the sugar which I think I successfully achieved by adding a healthy splash of both vanilla and almond extracts, creating both a sweet aroma and taste. Lastly, I needed a frosting that didn't call for pounds of butter and full-fat cream cheese but also didn't compromise taste. Taking a cue from Ellie Krieger's recipe for healthier cupcakes, I used Neufchatel cream cheese, a lot less sugar, and pomegranate molasses for both added tangy-ness and color. No food coloring here.
I was pleased with the results of my healthy cupcake recipe experiment, hopefully you will be too if you try these!
Recipe Rundown
Taste: Although this recipe doesn't require much sugar, the almond and vanilla extracts sweeten the cupcake itself while the frosting adds a nice tangy touch.
Texture: The cupcakes are moist and tender, you would never know they were made using whole-wheat flour and applesauce.
Ease: Every step of this recipe is easy, although it does require quite a few. I love having a batch of pomegranate molasses in the fridge, it can be used to all sorts of recipes (lamb, pork, chicken, salad dressing, baked goods).
Appearance: Cupcakes are always cute, especially when they have a subtle pink-purple frosting.
Expense: The most expensive thing would probably be the POM juice to make the molasses, which is still less than $5.
Pros: I love that these cupcakes are not only cute and delicious with a sweet tangy-ness, but they are healthy due to the lowered fat, whole wheat flour, and POM molasses (hello, antioxidants!).
Cons: There are a few steps involved, but I think they're well worth it.
Would I make this again? For sure.
How to make Healthy Almond Cupcakes with Pomegranate Frosting
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup white whole-wheat flour (King Arthur)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
Pomegranate Frosting
- 3 ounces 1/3 less fat cream cheese (Neufchatel)
- 1/4 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses (recipe below)
Pomegranate Molasses
- 2 cups POM Wonderful pomegranate juice
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- splash of fresh lemon juice
For the muffins:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Line 10 muffin cups with liners.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a stand mixer or with a hand held electric mixer and a large bowl, beat together the sugar, butter, vanilla, and almond of high speech for about 2 minutes, or until well mixed.
Add the eggs, one at a time, until incorporated. Now add the flour mixture alternately with the applesauce, beating after each addition until just combined, scraping down the sides as needed.
Pour batter into prepared muffin tin until each cup is 3/4 full and place in oven. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned on top and a toothpick poked into the middle of the cupcake comes out clean. Let cool completely on rack before frosting.
For the pomegranate Frosting:
Beat the cream cheese and sugar with an electric hand mixer until well mixed and fluffy. Add the pomegranate molasses in and beat until incorporated. Using a small offset spatula, ice the cupcakes. Icing will be somewhat runny initially. Once the iced cupcakes are stored in the refrigerator it should set.
For the Pomegranate Molasses:
Combine ingredients in a small saucepan set over medium heat. Bring liquid to a boil, then reduce heat to a gentle simmer. Simmer for about 40-50 minutes until the mixture has a thick consistency. Let cool, the use or store in the refrigerator.
13 Responses to "Healthy Almond Cupcakes with Pomegranate Frosting"
I love the color of your frosting!
I don't know that I've yet to have a healthy cupcake but these sound so delicious I think I just may have to try them!
I love the POM frosting. So delicious and super cute too!
I love whole wheat flour and applesauce in my baked goods. The pomegranate frosting is such a great idea.
I love the flavor of the frosting and also the color, too! I can't wait to try this one.
Lovely cupcakes Tessa! I always prefer beautifully and naturally flavoured baked goods with just enough fat and just enough sugar. (I agree, sugar spikes and crashes ultimately feed bad so they aren't really a treat!) Delicious flavor combination – pretty too. I love the pomegranate icing – great for the many who are allergic to food colouring. Congrats on finishing school!
Thank you! These were the best cupcakes I have ever tasted! My dad is teaching a health class and asked me to make healthy cupcakes to celebrate a birthday. I wanted to pull my hair out searching for a cupcake that was healthy and looked remotely good. Then I found your website. Because there are diabetics in the class, I substituted the sugar for Ideal (smaller amounts) and replaced the butter with olive oil. I could never go back. My mom called these the Mona Lisa of cupcakes, truly perfect. And the icing, it was delish. I was craving a pomegranate desert and this hit the spot. From start to finish, your cupcakes were wonderful. Many people asked for the recipe so I will be sure to tell them about your website when I give it to them.
Thanks again.
As I say on the feature I wrote which includes your fantastic cupcake above, you have me when you say health, but these look amazing too!! I will have to try them!
I made these yesterday, they're DELICIOUS! Thanks so much for the recipe! Out of curiosity, any idea what the calorie count for one of these babies might be?
Kerstyn – I don't usually pay attention or post calorie information. But if you really want to find out here is a link to calculate – http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php?process=resubmit&count=4
Hope that helps! Glad you liked the recipe 🙂
These were great, the Pomegranate molasses didn't really work for me, I think it got too hot and burned because it made a nice mocha colored frosting, so I made a simple blueberry puree with sugar and mixed that into the frosting to taste and topped the cupcakes with a fresh blueberry. Super cute! PS You mentioned blending the wet ingredients with vanilla, but it isn't listed in the ingredient list? I added a little for the fun of it. Thanks for the great recipe!
The frosting sounds amazing. 🙂
Very nice! dbffckkcga
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Before the JOBS Act, to invest in most startups an individual had to be "accredited" meaning that they earned more than $200,000 dollars a year or were worth at least a million dollars.
Now, even if you earn less than $100 thousand dollars a year, you'll be allowed to invest up to $2,000 or 5% percent of your annual income in these new companies.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: For the first time, ordinary Americans will be able to go online and invest in entrepreneurs that they believe in.
KARLA MURTHY: The question is this: will it provide an opportunity for someone of ordinary means to get in early on a potentially lucrative investment? — Or is it a disastrous rollback of laws designed to protect investors from risky ventures that often fail?
Steve Case co-founded AOL and is now CEO of Revolution, an investment firm in Washington D.C. he's convinced the law will encourage the creation of more startups.
STEVE CASE: I think it's going to unleash another wave of entrepreneurship all across the nation.
KARLA MURTHY: Case served on President Obama's jobs council and was a major supporter of the jobs act,
STEVE CASE: We need to really make sure we're doubling down on our nation's entrepreneurs, and– the JOBS Act will help do that by providing more entrepreneurs in more places in more sectors of our economy the ability to raise the capital, either to get started or to grow their company.
KARLA MURTHY: Artur Makylyervsky says this new law could make it easier for him raise money.
ARTUR MAKYLYERVSKY: Essentially it'll– allow us to focus on growth much faster and not have to deal with– the standard– angel– vc funding– adventures that we would have to go on.
KARLA MURTHY: Is this also going to create more jobs?
STEVE CASE: Absolutely. If we want to get our unemployment rate down, the place to focus is startups. If we want to get our economic growth rate up, the place is to focus is startups. If we want to make sure we're competitive, the place to focus is startups.
KARLA MURTHY: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, each year since 1994, startups have created more jobs than the total number lost and gained by all us businesses. And supporters say that by updating the law so companies can raise money from anyone over the Internet, entrepreneurs will have more access to capital and will in turn create more jobs.
STEVE CASE: The Internet didn't exist 80 years ago. Most people didn't have television, you know, 80 years ago. Most people didn't have cars 80 years ago. The world has changed and it was time to update our securities law to reflect that—
KARLA MURTHY: But at what risk to small investors, who could be putting their money in the riskiest of startups: businesses that may have failed to raise enough money from venture capitalists.
MIKE STOCKER: The issue is, is it a good idea for investors? And I think the answer to that is a resounding no.
KARLA MURTHY: Attorney Mike Stocker represents investors. He says this new provision in the jobs act undoes protections put in place during the Great Depression.
MIKE STOCKER: If we change them now we are forgetting not only what we learned then, but what we learned in this great recession that we've just come through.
KARLA MURTHY: A lot of the supporters are saying we are just bringing these laws into this century, I mean the Internet wasn't around back then and we really need to update these laws in order to reflect the way business works now. What's your response to that?
MIKE STOCKER: Well, that's certainly been part of the huge mass appeal to crowdfunding that it sounds kind of sexy and kind of 21st century, and most importantly kind of democratic because everyone can get involved. The thing that they are actually asking to be updated is traditional limitations on the ability of small, private companies to raise money from 'mom and pop' retail investors. And those restrictions have been in place historically because those are very risky investments.
KARLA MURTHY: Isn't there some benefit for having this just open to accredited investors that are wealthy and maybe more sophisticated and know exactly what kind of what– what's entailed with the risk and are more knowledgeable about investing?
STEVE CASE: I understand that concern. We don't have that limitation in terms of letting people buy a house which is risky. We don't have that limitation in terms of people investing in the stock market which is risky. We don't have that limitation in terms people gambling in Las Vegas which is really risky.
Why should we tell people they shouldn't be able to invest in startups? Before JOBS Act passed, for the last 80 years, you essentially had to be a millionaire to invest in startups. So it was kind of a way for the rich to get richer, but everybody else was being left out.
KARLA MURTHY: I know some skeptics are really worried about fraud and protecting the investors. I mean, is that something you're concerned about, that maybe some of these mom and pop investors, might get fleeced?
STEVE CASE: I think there's always risk of that. I think the right protections are being put in place and I remember, since– we– started AOL almost 30 years ago when the Internet just beginning to be an idea.
And when people started talking about the idea of ecommerce– when people entering their credit cards on the Internet, they said, "that's never going to happen. People are never want to enter their– credit cards." over time, people got comfortable that they were going to be protected.
These new technologies, these new ideas will take some time to really settle out and really have the kind of impact they can have.
KARLA MURTHY: But there's a catch – even though startups were supposed to be able to use this new tool to raise money by this past January, the sec still hasn't fully implemented the crowdfunding provision of the JOBS Act.
STEVE CASE: I think they want to be deliberate and make sure they get it right which I understand.
But I think they also– need to understand there are a lot of entrepreneurs out there with companies that aren't getting started because they don't have access to capital or with existing companies that could be growing and creating jobs that aren't doing that because they don't have access to capital.
KARLA MURTHY: In the meantime, because he hasn't been able to raise money from investors, Artur Maklyarevsky will be preselling T-shirts, prints, and phone cases to fund his business.
So once the rules are in place, the S.E.C. rules, what kind of impact is that going to have on your company?
ARTURO MAKLYAREVSKY: Well, it'll have a major impact. It would let us do what we really want to do much faster. You're just going to have– a lot more Einsteins that would never see light of day be able to get into the market, you know this country's built on that.


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Viviano Serrato and Joe Louis Leandro both admitted to being present when Jesse Cruz was shot.
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Two San Antonio men pleaded guilty this week to participating in a mistaken-identity shooting three years ago that left a 22-year-old dead.
Co-defendants Viviano Serrato and Joe Louis Leandro were still teenagers on July 9, 2006, when police found the body of Jesse Cruz riddled with bullets outside the Castle Ridge apartment complex on the West Side.
Serrato, now 21, accepted a 25-year prison sentence Tuesday. He was scheduled to have a jury trial this week but changed his mind after Leandro, 20, pleaded guilty Monday to the same murder and agreed to testify against his friend if needed.
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Leandro will be sentenced to 20 years in prison if state District Judge Philip Kazen approves the plea agreement Thursday.
Emergency responders found Cruz face down at the complex, where he lived, just after 4 a.m. on the morning of the shooting.
Police said an argument over gang affiliation occurred there hours earlier.
Leandro's girlfriend told police the two defendants were looking for someone involved in that argument when Cruz was shot. Authorities said since Cruz wasn't involved in the argument or a gang, he was the wrong target.
Investigators began focusing on Leandro after finding his cell phone at the scene. Eventually, both men admitted to being there.
"The question was who did the real shooting," Leandro's attorney, Jefferson Moore, said Tuesday. "Each guy said it was the other guy that did it."
But under Texas' laws of parties, both would have been responsible, he said.
Moore described his client as "a young man caught up with the wrong guys." Attorney James Sullivan, who represented Serrato, gave a similar assessment of his client Tuesday.
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I have been using a paper running log for years and want to make the switch to online but would like to be able to also quickly manually enter my runs on my iphone after I go for a quick run at work. I have seen that run keeper has both but I prefer Running ahead's format and also planning on getting a garmin in the near future and know that you can download the data to runahead's site. I am not interested in using my iphone for GPS. Thanks
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Mr Burnette was informally promoted from sales director of Seven's television network to acting chief sales and digital officer when Mr Warburton quit on March 2.
He will now officially take the role, which covers the television business, Pacific Magazines, cross-media ad sales unit SMG Red and internet company Yahoo!7, which is 50 per cent owned by Seven.
His successor as television sales director will be announced later this month.
Mr Warburton's sudden exit sparked a high-profile legal battle. Mr Warburton claimed he could start at Ten in July, while Seven argued his contract and participation in a management equity plan stopped him from joining Ten until October next year.
Last month, NSW Supreme Court judge Michael Pembroke ruled Mr Warburton could join Ten in January next year. Mr Warburton has not appealed the decision.
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Johannesburg - Lesbians are at particular risk of anti-women violence, Judge Edwin Cameron said on Friday.
"Anti-lesbian violence is a specific form of anti-women violence because lesbians challenege men to rethink gender conceptions," he told a discussion on sexual orientation at the University of Johannesburg.
"But all women, too many women in South Africa and too many children (are at risk) ... we have a long way to go."
Cameron was responding to the murder of a 18-year-old girl who was raped and murdered earlier this month in Ventersdorp in the North West. It was reportedly believed to be "corrective rape" because the woman was a lesbian.
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Fans receive a free "Fast Friday" ticket when purchasing 1-liter Coke products in stores.
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Southern California ampm stores are teaming up with Coca-Cola -- a Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach sponsor since 1994 -- to give motorsports fans a full day of racing -- free, according to www.whowon.com.
This retail promotion, which features extensive signage promoting the April 13-15 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, is now taking place in 424 ampm c-stores throughout Southern California. Grand Prix fans can visit the Coca-Cola display in their local ampm store, purchase two 1-liter products -- including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite, Dasani or POWERade -- and pick up a voucher near the checkout for a free ticket to all the action on "Fast Friday," April 13, the Web site reported.
In addition to the free voucher, which can be redeemed at any Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach ticket office anytime through April 13, Coca-Cola, ampm and radio station, "Power 106," are promoting a sweepstakes to win a Toyota Tundra.
"Fast Friday" includes practice and qualifying sessions for the Champ Car World Series, Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race, Champ Car Atlantics, American Le Mans Series and the SPEED World Challenge GT, as well as the first round of action in the EZ Lube Team Drift Challenge. The free ticket includes a driver autograph session and admission to the Tecate Fiesta Friday Concert at 6 p.m. starring "Enanitos Verdes."
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Sales in the first half of 2015 grew by 5% organically and by 15% in DKK compared with 1H 2014. EBIT grew by 12%, and the EBIT margin was 27.2%. Adjusting for the one-time impact from The BioAg Alliance in Q1 2014, EBIT grew by ~20%, and the EBIT margin expanded by ~1 percentage point compared with 1H 2014. The EBIT margin improvement was mainly due to currencies and operational efficiencies. Net profit grew by 8%, and free cash flow before acquisitions came in at DKK 1,616 million.
The 2015 outlook for organic sales growth is revised to 4-7% (7-9% at previous guidance). Sales in DKK are now expected to increase by 13-16% (16-18% at previous guidance). The expectation for EBIT margin is increased to 27-28% (~27% at previous guidance). The expectations for EBIT growth, net profit growth, cash flow and ROIC are unchanged.


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Here's some cocktail history for you: pretty much every cocktail you've ever had can trace its lineage back to the Old Fashioned: spirit, sugar, water, bitters. Switch the bitters for citrus juice and you have a sour; switch the sugar for grenadine (or raspberry syrup) and add orange liqueur and you have what's called a daisy, the Spanish word for which is margarita.
The reason for that little history lesson is that you have to understand why the Santa Ana Daisy, on Playground's new cocktail menu, is appropriate for a place where you still hear the calls of "Compramos oro, plata" and "Vuelos baratos, Guadalajara, Mazatlán, D.F." As with everything else at the restaurant, all the cocktails are pushing it just a bit: the Santa Ana Daisy is one historic step back from a margarita, with grenadine, lemon juice, tequila, simple syrup, and Cointreau.
It's poured into a glass that's been rinsed with mezcal. No garnish, no ice, no herbs lovingly spanked on the bartender's hand, no frippery; there's no scent you're going to catch from a garnish that's as complementary as the mezcal, and ice would just mute the flavor. You don't taste the mezcal, though; it's just there as a scent, lending its smokiness to every sip of the drink without overpowering it, as though someone made a cocktail in a mezcal barrel. And while it's definitely a sweeter drink than, say, its Old Fashioned ancestor, it's nicely balanced and not cloying. It's a reinvented Mexican-American cocktail that fits in beautifully with its community--just call it "SanTana" like the natives, you know?
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International Programs Week is March 1-5
From the International Programs Office:
After spring break, the International Programs Office will send a list of proposed courses to students who should be eligible to participate in the program next year. At that time, we will ask you to tell us your first, second and third preferences from the list. This will help us to determine which courses to offer next year, and it will help students to secure a spot in the courses. The list will also be posted on our information board in lower Gladfelter and in the International Programs Office.
We are pleased to announce many events happening on campus in conjunction with International Programs Week. Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in dance workshops sponsored by ANT 391 Dance, Culture and Identity and Lyceum; enjoy a special benefit concert by WWC alumni Toubab Krewe; eat special international meals in Gladfelter; and learn about proposed study abroad courses during special presentations. Check out the Inside Page or the Study Abroad website (www.warren-wilson.edu/~studyabroad) for a full listing of International Programs Week events.