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SALT LAKE CITY - The famed "corpse flower" plant - known for its giant size, rotten-meat odor and phallic shape - has a new, smaller relative: A University of Utah botanist discovered a new species of Amorphophallus that is one-fourth as tall but just as stinky.

The new species, collected on two small islands off Madagascar, brings to about 170 the number of species in the genus Amorphophallus, which is Greek for "misshapen penis" because of the shape of the plants' flower-covered shaft, called the inflorescence or the spadix, says Greg Wahlert, a postdoctoral researcher in biology.

Everyone who is interested in marriage, whether newlywed, engaged, thinking about getting married someday, or couples who have been together for decades  all are invited to attend the Northern Utah Marriage Celebration on Feb. 17 in the Weber State University Student Union Building.

Research shows that when couples participate in just six hours of relationship education each year, it strengthens their relationship, according to the Utah State University Extension's Naomi Brower, who has been organizing the event since she was hired in 2008.

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This Breakfast Berry Enchilada is a clever spin on a typical egg-meat-cheese wrap.

Greek yogurt has become quite popular with consumers in the last few years. Most consumers say they like this tangier and creamier style of yogurt.

You know it practically the minute you walk into class. You see how they interact with you and their respective subject and you can be sure. You think "This teacher will be ... " and an adjective lands in your brain -- "easy," "hard," "fun," "scary," "mean," "boring" or many other possible words.

But the best moment is when the word that comes is short and simple. This teacher will be "great."

I received my copy of "The Fault in Our Stars" on Jan. 10, six months after my parents pre-ordered it for my 17th birthday.

After discovering the package in my mailbox, I quickly cast aside my English homework and raced through the book. Back when I asked my parents for the gift, I knew I would have quite a wait until the January release date, but having read each of the author's other novels, I knew it would be worthwhile. I can now say, with certainty, that John Green's new novel was well worth the six-month wait, as it was the best belated birthday present I have ever received.

Without giving away too much of the plot, "The Fault in Our Stars" (Dutton Juvenile, $17.99) tells the story of Hazel Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl living with thyroid cancer. When Hazel's parents force her to attend a cancer kids support group, she meets and falls in love with Augustus Waters, a boy with osteosarcoma.

I've had a fairly strict policy for a number of years now: Never allow myself to be interviewed by a journalist. Ever.

Seriously, those people can't get anything right.

Besides, journalists interviewing other journalists seems just a bit too, well, incestuous.