The leadership of the students union government (SUG) of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is trending for the wrong reasons in an ugly story of inflated budgeting and embezzlement.
The students union leaders have budgeted N1, 837, 550 to make official phone calls between August 2015 and January 2016.
Punch reports that a copy of the student union budget revealed that the union leaders also had a separate budget for internet facilities and sending of bulk Short Message Service (SMS).
The sum (N1.8m), is also said to be exclusive of figures set aside for the purchase of phones for the leadership of the Central Executive Council and Students' Representative Council led by Mr Omotayo Akande and Mr Adebari Aare respectively.
The OAU student union leaders, who in totality budgeted N26, 090, 469 for their various needs, are said to be expecting an income of about N15m.
When contacted, the chairman, Budget and Finance committee of the students union representative council, Mr Abayomi Samuel, said the budget had not been approved.
Samuel, whose committee also budgeted N114, 000 for phone calls, added that some of the expenses had been reduced.
Students of the university have reportedly protested the alarming figures being bandied about by the union leaders.
One of them, Sammy, said, "How will they say they want to make phone calls with that kind of money when we are all complaining of poor toilet facilities and lack of food in our hostels? This is extreme wickedness.


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Perez eyes points from the outset
By Zack on Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Sergio Perez is optimistic that he can challenge for points immediately when he gets his Formula 1 career underway with Sauber in Melbourne at the end of this month.
The 2010 GP2 runner-up has shown encouraging form through winter testing so far and was fourth at Catalunya today.
Asked about his hopes for the start of the season, Perez replied: "I would be really happy if I could be top 10. I think it's achievable. I think we can achieve a top 10. This is our aim, to be in the points."
The Mexican will make his debut in Australia after two seasons of GP2, and while he admits that the competitive order is still a mystery, he said that he believed that Sauber would start off in decent shape.
"We are getting there," he said. "I think we've got some good updates and we are getting there. Hopefully we can still do some work to improve the balance, but I am positive.
"I don't think anybody has an idea [where they stand]. It's my first season in Formula 1, but what I hear from a lot of people is that nobody knows, and we don't know where we are."
Perez enjoyed a solid opening day to the final pre-season test at Barcelona, despite losing some track time to mechanical problems. He briefly held the top spot on the timesheets at the end of the day, but had the lap cancelled out after being found to have cut the chicane.
"Today was a positive day," he said. "We missed a bit of the programme, but apart from that it was a positive day. The new updates that we brought to the test seem to work in the right direction, so we can be happy."
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Explorations With Dr. Michio Kaku - July 3, 2001
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Explorations with Dr. Michio Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York, science program. SUMMARY of some of the top stories in science: Pentagon study shows flaws in Star Wars system (can be fooled by decoys) : G.W. Bush Administration may resume nuclear testing: American Medical Assoc. resolution to end non-theraputic use of antibiotics in agriculture (animal feed) : Lock Ness monster and Bermuda Triangle may have natural causes : the fruit fly shares with humans 700 genetic diseases. GUEST: LEON GOLUB author of "Nearest Star: the Surprising Science of Our Sun"[ Harvard Univ Pr., 2001; ISBN: 0674004671]. CONTENT: Dr. Michio Kaku invites Dr. Leon Golub, Astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and author of "The Nearest Star: The Surprising Science of Our Sun" to discuss features and behaviour of the Sun, eclipses, sunspot cycles, effects of weather on Earth, and why it shines. Specific topics and biographical figures addressed in the interview are: Wavelengths and the challenge of studying the Sun o How the distance from Earth to Sun was calculated now and in ancient times o How the age of the Sun was ascertained o Fission and Fusion o Cecilia Payne and spectroscopy o Magnetic fields o Atmospheric models and new theories on mechanisms for how the Sun affects the weather and Climate on the Earth o Ice ages and cycles of procession periods, the angle of the Earth's tilt, and elliptical orbit o The fate of the Sun as a Red Giant and White Dwarf Other topics covered: A declassified report released by the Defense Department's office of operational test and evaluation states that the National Missile Defense (NMD) system is not ready for action and it cannot distinguish a real missile from a decoy. The report was released to members of the United States. Congress and calls for more tests, time, and funding. Oddly, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has indicated the system should be deployed anyway. The Bush administration has asked scientists to examine various ways to perform underground tests of nuclear weapons beneath the deserts of Nevada. An unofficial 9-year moratorium on testing has stood while negotiations surrounding the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) have been pursued. Activists wonder if the announcement is a "trial balloon" meant to garner public consensus on a sensitive topic. The American Medial Association (AMA) has called for the end of non-therapeutic uses of antibiotics in agriculture due to concerns over its potential of becoming breeding grounds for mutated strains of "super-germs". One University of Illinois study that analyzed 2 hog factories found that such "super-germs" had migrated up to 1/6th of a mile away in soil and groundwater posing a legitimate health risk. Scientists have offered geological explanations for mysteries surrounding strange occurrences at Loch Ness, Scotland and at the Bermuda Triangle. Dr Luigi Piccardi believes that the Great Glen Fault is responsible for gas and flame emissions that cause underground shaking and roaring that might have given an illusion of a monster. Scientists studying the Bermuda Triangle have found enormous quantities of gas buried under the surface of the Caribbean basin, and have theorized that when disturbed by seismic activity may jet bubbles of methane or carbon dioxide miles across, in some cases leading to pilot unconsciousness. 700 human genetic diseases have been found to have homologues in fruitflies. Scientists at the University of San Diego uncovered these genetic links and indicate it may revolutionize the way 5,000 known human genetic disorders are understood while providing a new tool for research and treatment. Inspired by the recent Spielberg/Kubrick release of the movie "A.I." Michio comments on email and letters received on the topic of Artificial Intelligence, especially as it pertains to complexities in establishing common sense. He also prognosticates on developments in robotics that make take decades or centuries to realize.
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by Susan Detwiler | Jan 5, 2020 | governance, mission, work
I love Erin Rubin's article in Nonprofit Quarterly: Libraries, in a Move for Equity, Scrap Late Fees.
First, because I have an affinity for libraries and I love watching them evolve with the times.
Second, because it has an important message for every nonprofit:
Are you living your mission?
"At their midwinter meeting in 2019, the American Library Association issued a resolution stating "the imposition of monetary library fines creates a barrier to the provision of library and information services," and recommended that libraries "move towards actively eliminating them."
Late fees are antithetical to the mission of a public library. Late fees are a barrier to providing free and open access for all patrons, especially to low income individuals.
It's an interesting innovation for libraries with a profound message for all nonprofits.
When was the last time you looked at your processes and procedures to see if they fit with your mission? What are you doing as 'business as usual,' that is actually at odds with the impact you want to have?
You can use this example from libraries across the United States to introduce the idea to your board and staff. What are WE doing out of habit or 'received wisdom' that we should eliminate or change?
If this article has provoked some thought, please let me know. If you bring it up to your staff or board, I'd love to hear how it's received.
And if another article has caught your eye and made you think, pass it on.
More eyes, more wisdom.
Susan Detwiler
Two Leadership Gems from the Military
by Susan Detwiler | Oct 25, 2014 | Communication, fundraising, governance, leadership, management, mission, nonprofit
It's human nature to group people and stick a label on them. We segment out individuals who are donors as being different from other people. We talk about 'donor relations' as if that's distinct from building a relationship with everyone, regardless of who they are. Too often, though, we forget that this is just shorthand for real people.
Recently, Harvard Business Review blogger John Michel did an excellent job of explaining the positive impact of focusing on people and not their roles, in his post A Military Leader's Approach to Dealing with Complexity. It made me revisit a post of my own, C'mon People It's Not Donor Relations, and consider implications for board leaders.
Donor relations are people relations. Just like employee relations are people relations, volunteer relations are people relations, and board relations are people relations. Any time we interact with another individual we are in relationship with that person.
Michel's post includes two gems that strongly correlate with board leadership, and the impact of the relationship between people who serve on nonprofit boards and people who are on the frontline of delivering the nonprofit's mission.
First, if you focus on people instead of their roles, it promotes their inclusion when you craft your vision.
Or, as Michel writes:
"Making inclusivity a priority will increase ownership, enhance motivation, improve information sharing, and result in leaders making wiser, more informed choices."
We're all aware of trustees who operate in an ivory tower and create strategic plans without involving the people who are actually charged with executing that plan. Remembering that employees are people with their own ideas and thoughts makes it easier to bring them into the process.
Build your vision in pencil, instead of ink, so you can be flexible enough to hear and incorporate the ideas of staff and increase the buy-in of everyone involved. Increased buy-in leads to increased success.
Second, remember that every single interaction has an impact. Every spoken or written word and every non-verbal communication becomes a part of the whole image of who you are. Relationships are a result of both conscious communications AND unconscious communications. Every time a member of the board speaks to the person on the frontline, that conversation has an impact. All the more so when the communication is nonverbal. That's when the leader is less conscious of what she is 'saying.'
As Michel writes:
"Effective leaders understand that every interaction is a potentially powerful means of nurturing a relationship, eliminating an obstruction to progress, or reinforcing trust."
John Michel based his observations on his experience in the military, relaying the impact of interpersonal relationships when confronting complexity. The situations and scale may differ but the principle is the same. People matter. Relationships matter.
Building relationships is a fundamental tool to make sure that when you lead, others will follow.
Have you seen the impact of leaders who build relationships? Or the impact of those who don't build relationships? Let me know!
And I'd love to have a conversation about how your strategic planning can successfully include staff, board, volunteers and community. Contact me at sdetwiler@detwiler.com.
Before the BHAG*
by Susan Detwiler | Jul 22, 2014 | fundraising, governance, leadership, mission, nonprofit
*Big Hairy Audacious Goal
I'm a really big advocate for starting any project with a Vision.
Where's your horizon?
What do you need to get there?
What steps do you have to take?
Sometimes, though, even the steps to get there require a lot of little steps first. This is especially true when the people involved haven't experienced much success.
That's a pitfall of focusing on the Big Hairy Audacious Goal. As proposed by Jim Collins, et al, the BHAG is important for inspiring the troops. I agree, our BHAG – our Vision – is the horizon to which we are pointing all our efforts.
However, when the troops are downtrodden or haven't worked together in the past, they may not have the self-confidence or a level of trust to focus on an audacious goal. In this case, small successes pave the way.
I watched this in action at a private school with an aging, authoritarian founder. The board of this school is hand selected by the founder and will not take a step without his approval. This founder does not let anyone but himself meet with those he considers major donors. The school is viewed as his school; a cult of personality.
The obvious question is whether the school will continue much beyond the founder's life. Or rather, the question was obvious to everyone except, it seemed, the founder.
I met with a handful of lay leaders who knew they had to find a way to build supporters with a loyalty to the school, not just to the founder. They also knew the founder would resist every step of the way.
A Big Hairy Audacious Goal for this group would be for the school to have a true governing board, with a succession plan for the founder, deep and broad relationships with existing donors, and plans for growing the image of the school distinct from the founder.
That's quite a BHAG. But the initial need was to inspire the confidence needed to act without the founder's permission.
We began with just meeting to discuss the issues. It may have seemed like nothing happened, but the mere fact that the meetings were being held began the process of instilling confidence in the actors and a trust in each other. Having meetings about board and school issues without the founder was a huge step.
Discussions revolved around ways to engage prospective supporters and advocates without relying on the founder. They knew that trying to wrestle existing supporters from his stewardship would cause a head-on collision. Instead, they sought ways to expand the circle. It took six months to get to the point of reaching out to potential supporters, yet those six months of meeting for a shared purpose served to build confidence.
Although certain the new ideas were unnecessary, the founder was willing to let the lay group reach prospective supporters outside his circle. After persevering, they reached one high-profile but previously unappreciated individual who became convinced of the group's sincerity, the value of the school, and ultimately, the value of their BHAG. Together, he and the lay leaders crafted a process that used his influence to approach the founder and reinforce the goals of the group.
As I write this, there are still many steps to take. The culture is slowly changing. The founder is still reluctant to release the reins, but he has accepted that change is needed.
I don't know if this school will be able to make all the necessary changes. However, I do know that without first building self-confidence in the lay leaders, they would not be in a position to make any changes at all.
Have you encountered boards reluctant to take on Big Hairy Audacious Goals? Try building confidence with small successes.
And let me know if you have other examples! You can reach me at: sdetwiler@detwiler.com.
Exclusive Interview: How They Did It!
by Susan Detwiler | Jun 24, 2014 | collaboration, governance, leadership, mission, nonprofit
Moving your board toward diversity is tough. Everyone knows it has to be done; yet, as Newton's first law of motion states, a body at rest tends to stay at rest. Inertia, the tendency of a body to resist change, is the norm. Similarly, without a push or a pull, we continue to look to our usual sources for new board members. Or worse, to satisfy 'best practice' requirements, we collect tokens.
But what if the incentive is big enough to disrupt the inertia? If your board foresaw a financial crisis, all of a sudden the trustees would start looking for funds. But what external force would push a board to focus on diversity? Is there a compelling reason to really embrace diversity on a board?
Yes. The future.
As reported by David Feitler in Harvard Business Review, two different studies show that diverse groups are more likely to foster innovation. Prof. Lee Fleming and his colleagues at Stanford University found that "higher-valued industrial innovation…is more likely to arise when diverse teams are assembled of people with deep subject matter expertise in their areas." Prof. Ben Jones and colleagues at Kellogg Business School of Northwestern University found that "the most influential [research] papers…exhibited an intrusion of interdisciplinary information" and "groups were more likely to foster these intrusions than solo researchers."
Surprisingly, it's not a great leap to go from research and industrial innovation to nonprofit boards; even in the nonprofit sector, research supports the idea that greater diversity promotes greater organization success.
Of course, research is great, but if you want to hear a real world example, I can attest to the excitement that comes from having a diverse board. Meeting with the board of a regional theater group, I showed them a headline from five years in the future. "Exclusive interview: Theatre Group tells how they did it!"
Their assignment? For the next ten minutes, write down what amazing things the organization had accomplished that prompted this headline. What activities or initiatives did you take that made it possible? How did you do it? Whom did you collaborate with? What did it do for the community?
When we regrouped, the stories started emerging. But instead of centering on what the organization was currently doing, each individ ual brought her own vision of what the organization could become. One focused on the what the competed capital campaign would make possible. One added the idea that their education programs became a template for programs across the country. Another focused on building the writers' workshops. Another focused on collaboration with a number of other community arts organizations. As each idea was presented, conversation grew more animated, as each added details from their own backgrounds.
Because of the diversity in age, experience, life stage, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, they built a rich picture of the future that no single one of them could have imagined. The stories they created together are forming the basis for a vision toward which they'll work.
This same exercise, in a much less diverse group, produced stories that were less visionary. Group members were almost all of the same ethnicity, age range and socio-economic level. They built on each others' ideas, but with incremental steps in the same direction. The difference between the two groups was evident.
We tell people to think outside the box, but it's not easy. We are bound by our own experience. Yet when your board is filled with people who naturally come from other backgrounds, the scope of imagination is enlarged by this rich diversity.
Diversity isn't a box to check on a grant application, or an 'ought to have. Diversity of experience and thought is vital to the future of your organization.
What do you think? How have you seen diversity add to visioning the future? I'd love to hear your experiences; or, if you'd like to bring these ideas – or this exercise – to your organization, let me know. You can reach me at: sdetwiler@detwiler.com.
What if your Board had an Innovation Committee?
by Susan Detwiler | Jun 6, 2014 | governance, leadership, mission, nonprofit, Uncategorized
What could you do with an Innovation Committee?
In their post "How Boards Can Innovate", Michael Useem, Dennis Carey, and Ram Charan make the case that in corporations, while product innovation is not the purview of the Board of Directors, strategies and structure clearly are.
That division of labor is not so different from nonprofit organizations, where rendering services is the job of the staff, and the structure and strategies remain the job of the board. So how does a for-profit board incorporate innovation?
A very quick look at major corporations show that corporate boards frequently have innovation committees. From Procter & Gamble to Acxiom, corporations have instituted innovation committees that are generally charged with oversight of innovations and new product development. They act as advisors to staff in reviewing innovations, and act as advisors to the rest of the board, helping them to understand the new innovations being proposed.
Wellpoint Corporation has an interesting variation. Wellpoint renamed the planning committee of the board. It's now the Strategic Innovation Committee,
"to assist the Board in discharging its responsibilities relating to various strategic issues identified by the Board from time to time, including the Company's long-term plans and its ongoing investment in technology and targeted areas strategic to the Company's interests."
Fascinating! The formerly titled planning committee is charged with innovation.
What might this mean for a nonprofit board?
According to Merriam-Webster:
Innovation is: 1) the introduction of something new; 2) a new idea, method, or device
Planning is: the act or process of making or carrying out plans; specifically: the establishment of goals, policies, and procedures for a social or economic entity.
In other words, we might conceive of planning as figuring out how to execute an idea or a concept, whereas innovation is seeking out new ideas or strategies, and bringing something new to the table. Of course, an innovation committee will also plan, but a planning committee doesn't automatically imply innovation. The word innovation itself implies searching out new, possibly disruptive ideas, and considering whether they may be applicable to the organization.
If, as Hildy Gottleib maintains, language matters, then the name of a committee can influence how the members view themselves. Just as potently, it can influence how the rest of the organization views the work of that committee.
It is exciting. It is forward-looking. It is 'out-of-the-box.'
We've already changed the name of the Fundraising Committee to Development Committee, because raising resources is a process of developing relationships.
How about changing planning to innovation?
What might that make possible for your organization?
Have some thoughts to share on this subject? Get in touch with me at sdetwiler@detwiler.com.
Just Keep Thinking…
by Susan Detwiler | May 27, 2014 | global, leadership, miscellaneous, mission
I've been getting a lot of questions lately about Lebanon. Of course, that's probably because I just told people that I took a week's vacation there. There's something about an exotic locale that piques people's curiosity.
The conversation often goes something like this:
How was the trip? Did you have a great time?
Kadisha Valley at Sunset, Bcharre, Lebanon
Yes! It was fabulous! We were visiting our daughter, and she took us to some of the most beautiful sites we've ever been. Did you know that Lebanon has the world's largest and best preserved Roman temples ? And the city of Byblos is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world? At sunset, the mist seems to pour into the Kadisha Valley, making it appear like Brigadoon.
Really? I didn't know!
And of course, how could they know? The news from Lebanon is all about how the wars in the neighboring countries are affecting this land the size of Connecticut on the edge of the Mediterranean. Our newspapers are filled with stories about Syria and Israel. Many stories of Syrian unrest are given a Beirut byline because reporters are filing from the safety of Lebanon.
Then I tell them that Lebanon is a country of beautiful, gracious people, living in a lovely land, and struggling under the burden of being on the edge of war-torn countries that use Lebanon as a proxy battleground. Their population of 4 million citizens now carry the weight of an additional 1 million refugees.
Students Dancing, Byblos, Lebanon
The government and humanitarian organizations are working hard; the refugees are evident on the streets and in camps. The ordinary citizens go to work, come home, live their lives; young people attend school, go to clubs, dance and party. They fight incredible traffic and pollution, and stay out of unsafe areas. Life goes on, but progress is not made.
As someone who makes a living helping nonprofit agencies as they develop a vision, craft a path to achieving that vision, and execute that path toward the vision, I am at a loss at how to process the burden this country is under.
I had hoped to find some lesson from the trip to bring back, that would be an appropriate topic for a blog post about governance, nonprofits, strategic planning, leadership.
Instead, I think the lesson is that sometimes, you just have to keep on thinking.


At JG Tax Group, we have organized the Emergency Relief Team (ERT) for situations where clients have an immediate deadline or need immediate IRS tax relief from an unreasonable collection action. The ERT is a service that works for you within hours, not days or months, in order to resolve your tax relief issues.
In these and other similar situations, the IRS only allows a certain amount of time for you to respond. They may even require an immediate response. When time is of the essence, JG Tax Group will use the ERT to act quickly to meet the IRS deadline. The ERT will immediately contact the IRS to stop collection action and bring you into compliance with the IRS, negotiating an agreeable settlement for you.
We recently received a very nice letter from a client in Poland who had direct dealings with our Emergency Relief Team. Janusz came to us because the IRS had said that his company owed employment taxes from several years. However, Janusz claimed he didn't pay any salaries during those tax periods. He couldn't understand why the IRS was sending him threatening letters. When JG Tax Group got involved, they were threatening to levy or seize some of the company's assets.
JG Tax Group's Emergency Relief Team stopped the IRS's seizure in one day and then provided to the IRS the tax returns they needed to solve the problem. For almost a year before JG Tax Group was asked to help, Janusz was being harassed by the IRS. Within about a month, JG Tax Group was able to solve the problem.


As we can read on Wikipedia, Super Turrican was developed by Factor 5 and published by Seika for the Super Nintendo. Factor 5's Super Turrican plays similarly to Mega Turrican and shares a similar visual style, but the game has a different set of levels and features a freeze beam in place of the original lightning whip. DEC noticed some reference about the beta version of Super Turrican on the Factor 5 web site (http://www.factor5.de/secrets_super_turrican.shtml) and several other web site relay this information when the already known version was planned to the Wii virtual console.
After finishing Lair, Factor 5 was working on a new Turrican game for the PS3, but as the partnership with SONY was later terminated when Lair was a critical as well as a commercial failure, the development of this new game was stopped. We dont have an official name for this game, and it's labeled simply as "Turrican" or "Project Cyclone" just because of the name of its artworks. Project Cyclone was put on hold still in early development and probably we'll never see it again.
From the few artworks that remain, we can notice a character that looks a bit like an evolution of the one in Turrican and we can only wonder if this project was going to be a resurrection of the unreleased Thornado for the GameCube.
Thanks to Gone is Gone and Hey Hey for the contributions!
Also know as "Turrican 64", Thornado was an action game / third person shooter that was in development at Factor 5 as a spiritual successor to the Turrican series, but with some inspiration from Metroid. This project was originally announced for the Nintendo 64, but it seems that only an early prototype / tech demo was created before it was put on hold, probably because Factor 5 was too busy to work on Star Wars: Rogue Squadron.
Originally they wanted to call the game "Turrican 64" but they could not settle on an agreement with the rights owner of the "Turrican" franchise, Rainbow Arts / Softgold. Eggebrecht said that it was internally referred to as "Thornado", a mixture of "Thor" and "Tornado".
The game would had featured eight levels with shooting and puzzles elements. Additionally, the game had two protagonists, a male and a female The music would have been done by Chris Huelsbeck again and a sample is still available to download from the official F5 website.
As we can see from the few screens below, F5 realized a nice Target Render for Thornado 64, that was used to show how the game would have looked on the Nintendo console. The scene shows a scenario from the end of time, in which you had to jump over cars, shots to enemies and then fight an huge final boss. That's only a tech demo though and probably they never created a playable one.
After some time and many delays, Thornado was cancelled for the N64 and Factor 5 tried to move it to the new "Dolphin" hardware (later know as the GameCube). As we know, even Thornado GameCube was cancelled and after so many years the project vanished forever from the gaming world.
Thanks a lot to Celine for the contribution!


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Rinse pears and cranberries under cool water.
Peel pears and cut into thin slices.
Preheat the oven for 375 degrees fahrenheit and place the oven racks on the two lower rungs.
Pour the cut pears into a large bowl, use a spatula to scrape out the cranberry and sugar mixture in. Switch to a wooden spoon and stir together. Don't over stir it, just enough to evenly combine.
Prepare a homemade crust or thaw a store bought one.
Pour the mixture in the crust and spread it out using a wooden spoon. Put the pie on the upper shelf and a cookie sheet under it to catch any drippings.
Cook for 50 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Drop the oven temperature to 300 degrees.
After the pie has cooled, it's time to add a chocolate shell on top. This is so the filling does not come out when it's turned upside down in the cake pan later on.
Combine 6 ounces of chocolate and 1/3 cup of water in a saucepan. Melt the chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly until it's smooth. Pour over the top of the pie and cool for 10 minutes. After than, put it in the fridge to harden.
Chop the butter up and combine with the chocolate in a small saucepan. Use a double boiler, if you have it, if not, put some water in a large pan and bring to a boil. Turn the temp down to medium and place the small sauce pan in the water. This acts just as well as a double boiler.
Stir constantly until smooth. Take off heat and mix in sugar, let sit for 5 minutes.
Line the bottom of the 10" springform pan with parchment paper and grease the sides.
Pour 1/3 - 1/2 of the cake batter in, spread the batter evenly using a wooden spoon.
Use a small knife to cut along the outside of the crust. Take the pan and turn it upside down, dropping the pie in the middle. Don't worry if some breaks occur in the crust during the process, just reassemble any pieces that break away. My crust stuck to the pan a little and broke up after I turned it. After it's baked, you won't be able to tell.
Pour the rest of the batter on top, spreading it around the sides.
Bake at 300 degrees fahrenheit for 60 minutes.
Once done, turn off heat, open the oven and pull out the rack to let cool and settle for 10 minutes. The cake will still appear and feel a little soft. Put the cake in the fridge to chill and set over night.
Once it sets over night, it does not need to be refrigerated to stay firm.
Take the cake out of the fridge, watch out, it's heavy... with deliciousness.
Put a plate on top of the pan and flip it, with cake and pan. Unhook the sides of the springform and remove. Next, remove the bottom and the parchment paper. If the bottom is proving to be difficult, heat up some water in a large pan and carefully touch it to the bottom (which is now the top) for a few minutes to warm the chocolate up enough to loosen.
When everything is removed, the cake will need a bit of a make over. This is where the second batch of water ganache comes in.
Mix 12 ounces of chocolate with 2/3 cup of water, stir over low heat until smooth. Use a butter knife or small spatula to spread the ganache over the sides and top.
Mix cranberries with the maple syrup, coating them well. Add sugar to the mix to give them a glistening and snowy effect.
Dust the top of the cake with powdered sugar using a hand strainer.
Place the sugared cranberries around the edge of the pie-cake and in the middle, arranged with mint leaves to look like holly berries. The piecaken is complete!
If you are headed to a party and short on pie-cake sized tupperware, keep it on a plate and slide the springform over the sides. The top edge will come just above the top of the pie-cake, cover the top with tin foil and you are good to go.
Enjoy and if you make one, let me know how it goes in the comments!
One to try with the festive season nearing. Nice!
Yes! I think I may make this again myself :) For a late November birthday/Thanksgiving feast.
You lost me at vegan. It just says that there is something weird in it.
You obviously haven't tried any vegan cakes - they're rather delicious.
Not OP, but I have to eat gluten free because I am Celiac. In my experience, it's the same amount of flour used in gluten free vs non gluten free recipes. And you can use regular butter. Instead of the butter substitute.
Thank you big_boat_captain for your input to this recipe. I will be trying it this week once I'm with my children and grandchildren.
Thank you push-reset for the information. To understand clearly, all that needs to change is butter. Your recipe for the pie crust is good but using a ready made pie crust will achieve the same results.
Push when you said about substituting the vegan chocolate to "use semi-sweet chocolate with dairy in it for half of the chocolate amount," did you mean instead of the 30 0z of choc. for the cake and 18 Oz for the ganache, use half those amounts if using regular semi sweet chocolate?
I altered the response and the recipe so it makes more sense now. Dark and semi-sweet chocolate should already be dairy-free. Using the kind of chocolate you want is up to you. I would personally advise to use quality dark chocolate for a flourless chocolate cake to keep the richness and good taste. I decided to use a half and half mixture of dark and semi-sweet chocolate for the batter and the ganache. As long as you have the ounces right, you can do any mixture or dark, semi-sweet or milk (non-vegan) you like.
Would this be relatively easy to modify into cupcakes?
I really am not sure why you stress the no cocoa butter for your vegan chocolate. Cocoa butter is not a dairy product nor does it contain dairy. Just curious.
That's right, cocoa butter is extracted vegetable fat.
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This, I Find In You by Writer-Monkey-Esq
TV » Once Upon a Time Rated: M, English, Romance & Family, [Emma S., Regina M./The Evil Queen], Words: 20k+, Favs: 263, Follows: 243, Published: 2/15/2013 Updated: 4/22/2014}
150 Chapter 11: Happiness
A/N: Sorry it's been so long, and sorry this probably isn't exactly the chapter you'd been anticipating. What can I say? Snow is a crotch-blocker.
(Even in fiction.)
This, I Find In You
Chapter 11: Happiness
The bell over the pawn shop door rang out as the two women made their way inside. Regina hung back by the door as Snow crossed to the register, and she bounced on her heels, trying to warm herself. The fact that magic was apparently fine so long as a Charming needed it to break into the Dark One's business rankled her. And furthermore, she quite frankly didn't appreciate being dragged along as Snow White's accomplice on an early morning crime spree.
Especially not when she could be home. With Emma. Keeping warm in… other ways.
She rolled her eyes. It was ridiculous. Honestly, a truce meant nothing to some people.
Snow disappeared further into the shop and Regina trailed after her, dragging a finger along the counter top, frowning at the layer of dust covering almost everything.
"I don't see why this can't wait till later. Apart from that damn fairy, I'm the only villain left in town—"
"—you're not a villain."
"So… unless there's some sense of impending doom that I'm not picking up on, I'm failing to comprehend why there wasn't at least time for coffee. Gold is gone, with good reason, and there's nothing here that…" Regina trailed off and frowned at the silence. "Just don't touch anything that—" she winced at the crash that resounded from the rear of the shop. The idiot was going to get herself killed. Digging around in the Dark One's possessions was never very good for your health. "…and she's not even listening to m. Are you listening to me?"
Snow popped her head back around the corner she'd vanished behind. "I'm looking for something."
"Obviously. Anything in particular?"
A voice floated from the back of the shop, "A way to keep my memory intact."
Regina froze where she stood. "…You make it sound as though you're leaving."
"It's crossed my mind…"
Her frown deepened. "Have you told Emma about this?"
Her hackles rose and she almost snarled at the thought of Emma being left behind once more, especially after witnessing the scars that abandonment had left behind before. She'd be damned if she stood by and let it happen again.
Even if – and she couldn't believe she was thinking it – even if it meant keeping Snow White around.
Shoulder down and back, Regina stalked around the corner, where the other woman was digging through a pile of books.
"Snow."
"…Hmm?"
"Look at me. Where are you going?"
Snow stopped what she was doing, but couldn't quite bring herself to turn around and face her.
"I'm going to go and look for Charming and Red."
Regina's posture eased at the confession, and her eyes softened a little.
"Snow… They're dead—"
"I don't know that!" Snow swung around and cut her off. "I can't accept that. They vanished in a storm of your mother's magic. Not a trace of them to be found – I know, I've looked. Magic is unpredictable here, right? They could be anywhere. Until I see a body I have to believe that they're still alive. I have to."
The room became awfully quite awfully quickly. Regina stared at her own feet.
She may have had her troubles with the Prince and the Wolf, but that didn't mean she couldn't empathize with the pain of loss, even if it was the pain of her oldest enemy. She wasn't a monster.
"Henry told me what happened."
"…What?" Regina locked eyes with Snow.
"The other night. He saw the whole thing. How you saved Emma." she shrugged. "If I didn't know better, I'd say you were losing your touch."
Regina scowled. "My touch is perfectly fine."
"I never said it wasn't." Snow smiled sweetly. "…But only because I know better."
"And what's that supposed to mean?"
"What it means is that I'm the only person alive that knows what you look like when you're in love and, well… I never thought I'd see it again."
Regina bristled silently. Snow White had her pegged but as much as she hated being in that position, she wasn't going to waste her breath with a pointless denial.
"Yes. Well…"
"You do make her happy, Regina. I think she could make you happy too."
She closed her eyes, reeling.
It was, what? Only everything she'd ever wanted. And her old nemesis just dangled in under her nose like it was nothing at all.
"Snow..."
"Look – I am tired of everyone hurting! I know I messed up everything the first time, but I don't want to do that. Not again. Not to you. You lost the one you loved most because of me… Now I entrust you with the one that I love most."
The message in her eyes was unmistakable.
Look after her. Please.
Regina nodded. "Okay. And you're going to talk to Emma."
"I will."
She'd better.
Regina followed Snow back into the apartment.
"…I don't know why that's so unbelievable. I mean, I'm no Dark One, but if I hadn't been so focused on bringing you, Emma – and inadvertently, my mother – back from that godforsaken place, right now you'd be in Hawaii, having the time of your life, instead of breaking and entering in small town Maine."
Snow hung her scarf up on the hook behind the door. "It's not that I doubt your skills…"
"…It's just that everyone assumes that a man is the one for the job. Honestly, Snow."
Snow ignored Regina's eye roll and sat next to Emma on the bed, lifting a hand to brush the hair away from her eyes.
"Good morning, sweetheart. You're looking much better."
Emma took a sip from her cocoa and smiled, raising an eyebrow. "…Sweetheart."
"Emma."
"Mom." Her smile faltered at the awkward silence that ensued. "…Regina?"
Regina softly smiled her reassurance to Emma. They would have their conversation later.
A/N: Okay, so it's just occurred to me that I had this whole sub-plot thing about why Rumple did what he did, and I haven't been able to include it. God, this whole editing thing is a bitch - you come up with something really cool and logical then you have to cut the whole thing out.
[So, basically when Rumple took Emma and Henry to New York they visited a cancer clinic, and while Emma took Henry for pizza, Rumple visited a patient in palliative care. The patient was his son - I don't know or care if it was Neal or not - and Rumple returned to use the candle to heal him, and then cleared out of town once more, this time for good. I don't know whether or not he took Belle with him. Make your own decisions, based on your own pre-existing shipping patterns. Rumbelle, she goes to Manhattan. Red Beauty, she and Red help re-build the town. Whatever.]
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FIFA 22 Career Mode: Best Young Defensive Midfielders (CDM) to Sign
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Here, you will find all the best central defensive midfielders (CDM) on FIFA 22 Career Mode.
by Josh Bukes Sep 24, 2021 Jan 20, 2022
Often the unsung heroes of the team, the holding midfielder is vital to success in modern day football. Shielding the defence whilst distributing the ball to more creative players and maintaining possession is a staple of this role.
With the likes of N'Golo Kanté and Joshua Kimmich being the poster boys for this role, this article will provide you with all of the best young defensive midfielders in FIFA 22's Career Mode.
Choosing FIFA 22 Career Mode's best wonderkid defensive midfielders (CDM)
This article will list all of the brightest up-and-coming stars who play the defensive midfield role, with Declan Rice, Xaver Schlager, and Boubacar Kamara featuring among the top spots.
To make this list, the players in question must be at most 23-years-old and play the CDM role in FIFA 22. From here, we choose them based on which ones have the highest overall rating.
At the bottom of the article, you will find a full, detailed list of all of the best defensive midfielders (CDM) in FIFA 22.
1. Declan Rice (82 OVR – 87 POT)
Team: West Ham United
Wage: £60,000 p/w
Value: £37 million
Best Attributes: 84 Stamina, 83 Interceptions, 83 Stand Tackle
A key player in Gareth Southgate's Euro 2020 team, Declan Rice finds himself with an 82 overall and 87 potential rating in FIFA 22.
With all of the attributes needed to be a successful CDM in FIFA 22, Rice has 83 interceptions, 83 stand tackle, 82 aggression. These help to make Rice a formidable opponent in the middle of the park and mean that he's tough to get past.
Off of the back of consistent performances for West Ham in the Premier League, Rice became the top choice in midfield for the London side, making over 150 appearances since his debut in 2017. The stalwart midfielder has worked hard to make himself one of the main contenders to be in the international side, having already been capped 26 times at the time of writing.
2. Boubacar Kamara (80 OVR – 86 POT)
Team: Olympique de Marseille
Best Attributes: 83 Aggression, 83 Interceptions, 81 Composure
Coming through the ranks at Marseille, Boubacar Kamara has gone from strength to strength since making his professional debut in 2016. In FIFA 22, Kamara is hot property, and with a potential ability of 86, it doesn't come as a surprise that top clubs are battling it out to secure his signature.
The Marseille-native has made over 100 appearances for his boyhood club, and is one of the key players in the squad. With 83 aggression, 83 interceptions, 81 stand tackle, and 80 slide tackle, the young Frenchman is a perfect fit for the CDM role.
With his contract expiring in 12 months at the start of your Career Mode in FIFA 22, you may well be able to get Kamara for less than his £56.7 millionillion release clause if you act quickly enough.
3. Xaver Schlager (80 OVR – 84 POT)
Team: VfL Wolfsburg
Value: £23.5 million
Best Attributes: 85 Stamina, 85 Aggression, 83 Interceptions
Bringing a more old-school approach to the defensive midfielder role, Xaver Schlager is a true anchor in front of the Wolfsburg defence, excelling at mopping up possession and distributing to more creative players.
With 82 stamina, 85 aggression, 83 interceptions, and 81 reactions, the young Austrian makes life difficult for the opposition when they try to break through the midfield. Possessing good passing ratings is also a good trait to have in a defensive midfield role, and Schlager has this in abundance in FIFA 22.
Having already made 230 appearances for club and featuring 24 times for country, Schlager will be available for you to sign from the get-go in FIFA 22 Career Mode. Likely to cost you upwards of £30 million, this young holding midfielder would be a wise investment as he approaches his 84 potential rating.
4. Bruno Guimarães (79 OVR – 84 POT)
Team: Olympique de Lyonnais
Best Attributes: 84 Stamina, 84 Short Passing, 82 Vision
Signed by Lyon in January 2020 for £18 million, Bruno Guimarães had impressed in the Brazilian First Division after helping Atlético Paranaense to the Copa Sudamericana in the 2017/18 season. Guimarães is a creative player in the CDM role.
With impressive 84 short passing, 82 vision, 82 long passing, 80 ball control, and 90 composure, the young Brazilian has the right attributes to be a key cog in your midfield.
Having already represented his country three times, Guimarães is proving to be a real contender to be Brazil's number-one man in midfield for years to come. In FIFA 22, the Olympic gold medallist plays very smoothly, and with a potential overall of 84, he would be a solid signing for your team in Career Mode.
5. Teun Koopmeiners (79 OVR – 84 POT)
Team: Bergamo Calcio
Best Attributes: 85 Penalties, 84 Stamina, 83 Long Pass
After joining Atalanta, known as Bergamo Calcio in FIFA 22, Teun Koopmeiners ranks as one of the best young defensive midfielders in FIFA 22 thanks to his 79 overall rating.
With 83 long pass, 82 short pass, and 76 vision, this youngster is not only a great passer of the ball – with 75 standing and sliding tackle stats – but the left-footed midfielder also has the stats to immediately improve your squad in Career Mode.
After Frank de Boer handed Koopmeiners his first senior cap in October 2020, the Castricum-native has gone from strength to strength, with a lot of expectation on the Dutchman's shoulders. In FIFA 22, though, he will be unavailable for a transfer until the January transfer window, having only just arrived in Serie A.
6. Boubakary Soumaré (78 OVR – 85 POT)
Team: Leicester City
Best Attributes: 83 Stamina, 81 Strength, 79 Ball Control
After playing a key role in Lille's historic Ligue 1 victory in the 2020/21 season, Soumaré arrives at the King Power Stadium as a well known youngster with bags of potential.
With 83 stamina, 81 strength, and 77 aggression, Soumaré is the work horse that your team needs. Capable of playing the ball using his 79 short pass and 78 long pass, or using his physicality, this young Frenchman would be a fantastic signing in FIFA 22.
Yet to be awarded his first senior cap for France, Soumaré will be hoping to build on his impressive start to his life with The Foxes, and gain the nod from head coach Didier Deschamps for the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers.
7. Ibrahim Sangaré (77 OVR – 84 POT)
Team: PSV Eindhoven
Best Attributes: 90 Strength, 82 Stamina, 81 Interceptions
The Ivorian international, Ibrahim Sangaré, finishes off the list of very best young CDM players in FIFA 22. The youngster, who plays his football in the Eredivisie for PSV Eindhoven, could be the rock in your midfield that you need.
With a whopping 90 strength, weighing 170lbs and standing at 6'3", Sangaré will add some much needed security to your defensive line. His 81 interceptions, 76 defensive awareness, and 72 reactions will add to your FIFA 22 team in a way that not many others can.
Having made his international debut at just 17 years of age, the Abidjan-native joined PSV from Toulouse in 2020. Sangaré has gone on to become a key component in PSV's side. Available for transfer from the start of your FIFA 22 Career Mode, this is one player that you should not miss out on in the first transfer window.
All the best young defensive midfielders (CDM) in FIFA 22 Career Mode
Below is a table that has been created for you to easily find the best CDMs in FIFA 22 Career Mode, sorted in order of their overall rating.
Name Overall Potential Age Position Team Wage (p/w) Value
Manuel Locatelli 82 87 23 CDM, CM Piemonte Calcio (on-loan from Sassuolo) £66,000 £38 million
Declan Rice 82 87 22 CDM, CM West Ham £60,000 £37 million
Boubacar Kamara 80 86 21 CDM, CB Olympique de Marseille £26,000 £27 million
Xaver Schlager 80 84 23 CDM, CM VFL Wolfsburg £45,500 £23.5 million
Bruno Guimaraes 79 84 23 CDM, CM Olympique Lyonnais £44,500 £21 million
Teun Koopmeiners 79 84 23 CDM, CM, CB Bergamo Calcio £35,500 £21 million
Boubakary Soumaré 78 85 22 CDM, CM Leicester City £59,000 £23 million
Ibrahim Sangare 77 84 23 CDM, CM PSV Eindhoven £12,500 £17 million
Douglas Luiz 77 82 23 CDM, CM Aston Villa £42,000 £13 million
Edson Alvarez 77 83 23 CDM, CB Ajax £12,000 £14 million
Tyler Adams 77 83 22 CDM, RWB RB Leipzig £43,500 £14 million
Sandro Tonali 77 86 21 CDM, CM AC Milan £22,000 £20 million
Matteo Guendouzi 77 84 22 CDM, CM Olympique de Marseille (on-loan from Arsenal) £26,000 £18 million
Pape Gueye 76 83 22 CDM, CM Olympique de Marseille £24,500 £13 million
Sander Berge 76 82 23 CDM, CM Sheffield United £20,000 £10 million
Mahdi Camara 75 80 23 CDM, CM AS Saint-Étienne £20,000 £7 million
Oliver Skipp 75 85 20 CDM, CM Tottenham £39,500 £10.5 million
Moncayola 75 85 23 CDM, CM CA Osasuna £17,500 £10.5 million
Alex Kral 75 83 23 CDM, CM West Ham £38,500 £10.5 million
Frank Onyeka 75 81 23 CDM, CM Brentford £29,500 £7.5 million
Ladislav Krejci 74 81 22 CDM, CB, CM Sparta Praha £14,500 £7 million
Kephren Thuram 74 82 20 CDM, CM OGC Nice £15,500 £8 million
Florentino Luis 74 83 22 CDM, CM Getafe (on-loan from SL Benfica) £16,000 £8 million
Gustavo Assuncao 73 85 21 CDM, CM Galatasaray £23,500 £36.5 million
James Garner 69 84 20 CDM, CM Nottingham Forest £13,000 £2.9 million
David Ayala 68 84 19 CDM Estudiantes de La Plata £2,400 £1000K
Eric Martel 66 84 19 CDM Austria Wien £2,500 £750K
Romeo Lavia 62 85 17 CDM Manchester City £651 £300K
Above is the list of all of the best young defensive midfielders in FIFA 22 Career Mode, so be sure to use it to secure your long-term holding midfielder.
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