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Records of the parish of Holy Trinity date back as far as the 1830s. There was a Roman Catholic presence in the area long before that.
Street names like Friary Road, not to mention The Friary itself (now private residencies) are ample evidence of monastic ministry during the middle ages.
The current building was consecrated in 1979 and is situated adjacent to Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School along with the Community & Partnership Centre which was opened in 2005. This is a replacement for the church in Parliament Street which still holds fond memories for older parishioners.
For anybody wanting to learn more about the history of the Catholic Church in Newark, a two-part PDF document has been produced by parishioner Francis Towndrow which can be downloaded by clicking the following links: Part 1 and Part 2
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The first lesson held on Sunday 13th October 2013 showing the children and parents arriving, handing over the children to the Catechists while the parents over a cuppa at 9.30am before the 10.00am Mass. The programme will continue after half-term, resuming on Sunday November 3rd.
Bishop Malcolm described the ordination of a priest as awesome in the real sense of the word when he preached at Andrew Harding's Ordination in to the Priesthood at Our Lady of Victories, Southwell on Sunday 15th September 2013. Father Andrew gave his first blessing to several people. Afterwards he received the gift of an Alb from the people of the parish whilst parishioners enjoyed the wonderful food provided.
Many thanks to all who have signed our petition asking the Council to allow our families continued access to free school transportation of pupils to All Saints'. The council has now launched an on-line questionnaire which only takes seconds to complete. The governors of Holy Trinity school urge everyone to complete this questionnaire by following this link.
Sunday 30th June 2013 marks a double celebration: Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul; and in our Parish, it is the day our young parishioners receive the sacrament of Confirmation. Please click the small image for special newsletter which also contains a message from Bishop Malcolm.
Along with Catholics throughout the world, I was shocked and surprised to learn of Pope Benedict XVI's intention to resign this morning. During his seven years as Pope, he has made a big impact on the Catholic Church and beyond, in his teaching, in his demeanour and in the example which he has given of fidelity to his calling, and he has been an ardent and faithful servant of the Gospel. None of us can forget his Apostolic Visit to this country in 2010.
Catholics in the Diocese of Nottingham will all be praying for Pope Benedict as he prepares for his retirement, and for the College of Cardinals as they prepare to meet in Rome to elect his successor. The election of a Pope is a key moment in the life of the Church, and I hope and pray that the Cardinals will make a wise choice, guided as they will be by the Holy Spirit.
Rt Rev Malcolm McMahon OP
Bishop of Nottingham
"Education Sunday is an opportunity for parishes and schools to come together in their support of Catholic Education. The CES would like to take this opportunity to thank staff, parishioners and pupils for their continual support of Catholic schools."
Six former pupils of Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School who are now at All Saints' Catholic Comprehensive School, Mansfield shared their experience of Catholic Education.
Today is Education Sunday, On this day, we celebrate and thank God for the gift of education, especially our Catholic Education. We are students of All Saints' Catholic School in Mansfield
In All Saints' school we are encouraged to use our God given talents to the best of our ability, and to explore our faith, so that we can become closer to God. Our school Mission Statement is this;
"Through Catholic values and principles, every person at All Saints' School will achieve their full potential: spiritually, academically, morally, socially and physically"
In our school we begin every day with our whole school prayer, during tutor time, we reflect and pray in many different ways. We have regular assemblies, which are led by our teachers and by students in the school which help us learn more about important Feast Days and Catholic values. We also have a chaplaincy team of students, who come together to plan liturgies, Masses for Feast days and assemblies.
At All Saints' we are very proud of our school Chapel, we have a school chaplain, Fr Higgins, who comes into our school to meet up with students and to celebrate voluntary Mass with us every Friday; every week a different Form prepares the weekly Mass. The Form will come together to choose the readings, write prayers and prepare a Gospel reflection; this is done in different ways, we use drama, power-points, music and artwork. In our school we also have an assistant Chaplain called Delia who helps to support us in all aspects of the Catholic life of the school. We are also visited regularly by other priests in the deanery.
Fundraising plays an important part in All Saints' last year we raised £2600 for CAFOD, raising money for such an important cause is very worthwhile. It is also good fun, we had a sponsored fancy dress, had cake sales and competitions to raise money. Every year we also raise money for the charity Faith in Families, our school also takes part in Family Fast Day. All Saints' is a Fair Trade school, we have a fair trade stall every week and at school events, we learn about the important work of Fair Trade in assemblies and in our lessons.
There are many opportunities to explore our faith, further; in Year 7, 8, 9 & 11 we are invited to go on retreat to the Briars in Crich. This is a great opportunity together to focus more on our faith, it's also good fun. Every year some of our 6th Form students take part in the annual diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes; this is a very rewarding experience and again allows students to focus more on their faith.
Thank you for listening to us speak about our Catholic Education, we hope that you will take some time to look at our school display in Church.
"What we desire as guardians of Catholic schools is to ensure that our schools offer the best education possible to our young people so 'that they may have life, and have it to the full' (John 10:10). This means offering them a high quality academic, personal, social, physical, spiritual and moral education built on the solid foundation of the teachings and practice of the Catholic faith. What we want is to support parents in educating our young people so that they have every opportunity to flourish as confident and courageous Catholics; to become those who know how to give something back, to work for the common good." CES
Education Sunday is a national day of prayer and celebration for everyone involved in the world of education. For more than 100 years there has been an annual recognition of Education Sunday in England and Wales.
On Monday 7 November 2011, Bishop Malcolm launched You are Living Stones, a consultation on the parochial structure of the Diocese of Nottingham. This will affect every parish in the Diocese, and all parishioners are asked to read the document, reflect upon it and discuss it among themselves and with their parish priests. The Bishop said:
'I hope that as we begin this prayerful consultation, we will be willing to embrace what is right for the Church in our local communities. Always having the Lord as our source of inspiration and goal, we need to make sure that the Church in our Diocese has a strong basis for building into the future. To do this, we must work together to express that desire of St Peter when he wrote that we "may be living stones making a spiritual house as a holy priesthood to offer the spiritual sacrifices made acceptable to God through Jesus Christ". May this consultation be a source of great joy, blessing and hope for us all.'
Download the full document here
The first meeting of the newly formed Parish Pastoral Team
was held on Tuesday 22nd May at 8.00pm, Most of our parish
groups were represented. Details of the conversations can be found in this document.
Suggestions of groups are available in hard copy by request and will be emailed to all participants
and interested parties.
A series of Powerpoint presentations used at the meeting can be opened or downloaded here:
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In June 1952, six ladies from Holy Trinity Parish, Newark set up the local branch of The Catholic Women's League. On Thursday 19th April following 12 noon Mass, Monica Burton and Hildegaard Fisher of the early meetings enjoyed the meal provided by the present group in the company of guests from Stamford, Sleaford and Lincoln.
The diocesan President Odette Millar and the spiritual director Fr Michael Lynch assisted the local President Freda Richmond for the cutting of the cake. A history of the CWL Newark has been assembled and can be viewed here along with a selection of photographs from the lunch.
Did you know that the translation of the Mass that we previously used has changed? The texts we had before had been in use since 1970 and in September we began to use a new translation. For further information click here.
We are pleased to have been chosen as one of 17 projects nationally. The Diocese, Parish and RE: generate have been working together over the last 6 months to explore the potential of community animating and organising models, and to introduce the RE: congregate programme to the area. Our vision is to increase our impact with harder to reach communities within Newark and to tackle the roots of issues facing our neighbourhood. The Holy Trinity Partnership has physical assets and human resources that can and should be made available to those who are facing particular disadvantage – and we are keen to look at creative ways of engaging, motivating and mobilising people in developmental, transformational and organised action to tackle root causes, address immediate needs and build local sustainability and resilience.
Fr Michael O'Donoghue will lead the project of behalf of the Holy Trinity Partnership. The Holy Trinity Partnership will commission Re:generate to bring their unique community engagement and organising process, skills and expertise to the locality.
RE:generate will work directly with the Partnership team and provide an experienced team of trained animator/organiser(s) and senior managers/training staff, to deliver the Listening-Matters process and training for transformation programme. The RE:generate team will train and mentor parishioners and members of the local community to co-deliver the Root Solution-Listening Matters engagement process in the parish and surrounding neighbourhoods.
The relationship will benefit the Holy Trinity Partnership by:
RE:generate will benefit from the opportunity to pilot their RE:congregate model with a strongly rooted, socially committed faith based organisation located in an area of significant disadvantage – enabling demonstration/comparison of their community animating and organising models in relation to the Big Society.
The Holy Trinity Partnership and RE:generate will both benefit from the opportunity to work with NESTA and to learn from other organisations on a national programme. We will:
The Neighbourhood Challenge is being run by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) with support from the Big Lottery Fund (BIG). It will work with community organisations and community organisers to demonstrate how people, when equipped with the right skills and small amounts of money, can devise new and imaginative ways to get people involved in tackling local issues together.
Please click here for link to the Community Challenge blogs.
Fr Michael O'Donoghue
Christian Aid lunches will once again be served over the Spring and Summer months at St. Mary Magdalene Church.
Please click on the image, right, for details.
All parishioners and friends are welcome to The Concelebrated Mass of Thanksgiving with Bishop Malcolm McMahon OP, Deanery and Diocesan Priests to mark Fr Michael's 40 years of priesthood on sunday June 13th at 6.30pm followed by refreshments and entertainment in the Community Partnership Centre.
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Across the country, communities are using Partnership assistance to create development that strengthens their economies, leverages assets, and provides residents with more housing and transportation choices. The following case studies are just a few examples of communities working with federal agencies to attain their livability goals.
The Ranson-Charles Town Corridor in West Virginia
Ranson is a town in eastern West Virginia, located less than an hour from Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Realizing the development pressures coming from these metropolitan areas, Ranson developed four principles for creating a sustainable community: investing in its core and downtown; building for the 22nd century through implementing green infrastructure, code revisions, and green building practices; utilizing regional assets and capitalizing on economic, intellectual and natural resources; and optimizing collaboration with its neighbor community, Charles Town. These principles, as well as the dedication of staff and residents, have inspired the Partnership for Sustainable Communities to invest in Ranson through federal grants, programs and initiatives.
In October 2010, the Partnership for Sustainable Communities awarded the city of Ranson, along with Charles Town, with three planning grants to build economic competitiveness and livable, sustainable communities by creating and implementing regional plans that integrate affordable housing, economic development, and land use and transportation. The grants were an EPA Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grant, a DOT TIGER II Planning Grant, and a HUD Challenge Planning Grant. EPA also provided technical assistance through a Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities workshop to help Ranson determine the best locations for growth.
The implementation of the EPA Area-Wide and HUD Challenge Planning grants is underway and will help Ranson prioritize brownfields site assessment and cleanup as well as develop site-specific reuse plans based on community input. The TIGER II Planning Grant will focus on creating a Complete Street for Fairfax Boulevard/George Street, a main corridor leading from downtown to the northeast. Finally, Ranson will use the HUD Challenge Planning Grant to develop a Smart Code that encourages development to focus on the form of the structure to create more compact, walkable development patterns. City Attorney Andrew Blake explains how the Building Blocks project helped kick-start efforts in his community.
Regional Plan for Sustainable Development by the Oglala Lakota of Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota
With funding through the HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program, a consortium of community organizations, nonprofits, and Oglala Lakota tribes led by the Thunder Valley Community Development Organization will implement an unprecedented two-year sustainable development plan. To encourage grassroots development and community empowerment, the grant was awarded to a diverse alliance of stakeholders in addition to local government, thus involving all facets of the local Lakota community. The plan seeks to integrate housing, land use, economic development, transportation, and infrastructure across a wide southeastern swath of South Dakota in order to tackle the interlinked challenges of sustainability.
In one part of the plan, Thunder Valley will work with a green architecture and design firm to sustainably develop 85 acres of land in the Lakota reservation's Porcupine District near Sharp's Corner, SD. Not only will the development be environmentally sustainable, it will also be based on the spiritual and cultural values of local residents. The development will include a shelter and community center for at-risk youth. The Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program supports metropolitan and multi-jurisdictional planning efforts that integrate housing, land use, economic and workforce development, transportation, and infrastructure investments.
Piedmont Triad Regional Plan for Sustainable Development, North Carolina
Population within the Piedmont Triad region in North Carolina is expected to grow by 15 percent within the next ten years, bringing a new set of transportation challenges. With funding through the HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program, the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation will develop a plan for sustainable development in North Carolina's Piedmont Triad region that helps it move from its agricultural and manufacturing history to a strong position in the new, knowledge-based economy.
The integrated regional plan will encourage investment in and near urban areas and towns to reduce sprawl, investigate expanding access to non-automobile transportation to lower costs, assess the need for, and optimal placement of, affordable housing, and define a structure for taking advantage of existing assets in higher education institutions. The Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program is supporting this North Carolina region as it aims to invest in urban areas, investigate low-cost and sustainable forms of transportation, and assess affordable housing needs to further tackle the challenges of the future.
Greening Little Rock, Arkansas
The city of Little Rock has been investing in its local economic, environmental, and civic sustainability by revitalizing key neighborhoods. The Greening America's Capitals design team helped Little Rock explore streetscape improvement options to help catalyze the redevelopment potential of the Main Street corridor. Focusing on key activity centers along the corridor, the design concepts highlighted how new pocket parks and reuse of vacant parking lots could encourage future redevelopment and more pedestrian activity to support ground-floor retail and a future trolley line.
This project built on work the city had already begun through the Mayors' Institute on City Design, a National Endowment for the Arts leadership initiative in partnership with the American Architectural Foundation and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, to engage the public and identify key assets and challenges in the Main Street area. Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola discusses how the assistance from the Partnership is part of a broader community revitalization effort.
Boston, Massachusetts Fairmont-Indigo Corridor
Also featured on the White House blog, the Fairmount Corridor in Boston has received multiple grants and other forms of assistance from the Partnership agencies for transit station-area development. The Fairmount Commuter Rail Line in Boston passes through three low-income neighborhoods—Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan. For decades, however, the rail line did not stop in these communities. Boston is now using investments from the Partnership to turn the rail line into an engine of economic development and community revitalization. DOT's Federal Transit Administration is supporting four new stations and the renovation of two existing stations in the three neighborhoods. HUD's funding provided support for a significant portion of the more than 2,000 new housing units that are being built along the corridor. EPA has provided funding to clean up more than 30 brownfield sites within a half-mile of the new and renovated stations and will be providing technical assistance to a Green Jobs Incubator on a former brownfield.
This assistance is supporting ongoing work by the city of Boston to assess and clean up multiple city-owned brownfields along this rail line and plans to provide environmental assessments on several more. In addition, the Fairmount Collaborative has developed a master plan for the greenway and identified opportunity sites, and is now developing resources for its realization. This video features several of the community members and elected and federal officials involved in the corridor project talking about how important it has been in their community.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
In Bridgeport, Connecticut, the Partnership agencies are working together to help the community achieve its environmental, social, and economic goals. In 2009, Bridgeport received an EPA Environmental Justice Showcase Community Grant, which led to many improvements in the distressed East End and East Side neighborhoods, including a new fishing pier and renewed access for residents who had been unable to get to the waterfront. In 2010, Bridgeport received $11 million in TIGER multimodal transportation funding from DOT to build and upgrade roads around the East Side's Steel Point Peninsula to prepare for redevelopment.
Bridgeport is also a partner in the New York-Connecticut Sustainable Communities Consortium, a large stakeholder group of city, county, and regional representatives that received a 2010 HUD Regional Planning Grant. As part of this grant, the consortium is studying the feasibility of opening Barnum Station, a proposed rail station in Bridgeport's East End, on a cleaned-up brownfield. The city hopes the station will anchor its East Side redevelopment plan, leading to new business investment; mixed-use, transit-oriented development; and affordable homes.
"The Partnership's efforts have helped further a vision of the future of Bridgeport to become New England's greenest city," says Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch. "By the federal government coordinating resources and technical expertise, we have a chance of realizing a vision such as the Barnum Station project."
Redevelopment in Montgomery, AL
The Partnership for Sustainable Communities is helping communities along the 54-mile Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail grow and develop, while celebrating their history and creating new opportunities for residents. Designated in 1996 by Congress, the trail commemorates the 1965 Voting Rights March along U.S. Highway 80, beginning in the small town of Selma and ending in the historic Peacock neighborhood in Montgomery. Communities near the trail want to preserve its history for future generations while reviving the struggling neighborhoods surrounding it.
To build on this federal, state, and local collaboration, partners used the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the march to catalyze the process. Revitalization began with 18 brownfield site assessments done by the state and EPA to determine the best sites for redevelopment in the rural and underserved communities along the trail. Nine community visioning sessions supported by EPA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the National Park Service helped draft plans to connect historic points of interest in preparation for the 50th anniversary of the march. The city of Montgomery conducted community outreach sessions with HUD Community Development Block Grant funds to create a collection of plans with strong local support in the city and rural communities along the trail. Funding and assistance from the Partnership and other federal agencies was used for stormwater infrastructure, construction of a greenway and an attractive community park with an entrance to the trail, streetscape improvements, affordable homes for police and teachers, and repairs to the historic Mount Zion Church, where the march concluded. The Greening America's Capitals program helped the city explore green design options for a segment of the trail that connects downtown Montgomery with the city's west side.
Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange says of the trail, "It's fitting that this stretch of land—that demonstrated to the world the great things that can be accomplished when people unite to strive for a common purpose—is illustrating the dramatic results that can happen when federal agencies combine their talents and resources with state and local governments to transform areas of blight and neglect to places of natural beauty and sustainable viability. We are proud of what has been accomplished here by working together."
Historic Preservation and Green Building Meet, Moline, IL.
The return of passenger rail service to Moline and the Quad Cities along with the anticipated Transit Oriented Development (TOD), which will be anchored by the Moline Multimodal Station, have been a cornerstone of Moline's planning and development efforts to enhance the community's quality of life while embracing sustainability as the overarching goal.


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Baseball America thinks highly of the quartet of Louisville Bats. Devin Mesoraco came in a solid third, behind Tampa Bay pitching phenom Matt Moore and Atlanta hurler Julio Teheran. Interestingly, Zack Cozart checked in at No. 11 and as the top-ranked shortstop, ahead of first baseman/left fielder Yonder Alonso, who is ranked 13th. Todd Frazier rounded out the Top 20.
BA writer James Bailey wrote that he is impressed with Mesoraco's defensive improvement under Bats manager and former MLB catcher Rick Sweet. Bailey added that Mesoraco has a consistent swing, power and a strong knowledge of the strike zone with no holes pitchers may exploit. Mesoraco posted a line of 15-71-.289/.371/.484 in AAA, with 43 of his 126 hits going for extra bases.
Bailey wrote that Cozart is the most complete middle infield prospect in the league and described him as a smart hitter who can bat at the top of the order while providing slightly above average defense. Bailey likes that Cozart uses the whole field and profiles as an above average hitter. Cozart put up an impressive 7-32-.310/.357/.467 line with nine steals in 11 attempts. He knocked 35 of 100 hits for extra bases.
Bailey likes Alonso's "pure swing" and ability to hit for power and average. He also likes Alonso's discerning eye at the plate and his ability to hit the ball where it is pitched. Bailey suggested Alonso can get by defensively in left field, but should be at first base. Alonso's line was 12-56-.296/.374/.486, with 40 of his 106 hits being non-singles.
Frazier has plus power to all fields, according to Bailey, but doesn't have the plate discipline to hit for average. Bailey figures Frazier can play multiple positions but fits better at third base or left field than at second base or shortstop. Frazier finished with a line of 15-46-.260/.340/.467 and was 17-for-21 in stolen bases attempts. Frazier smacked 34 extra base hits among his 82 hits.
The Reds and Rays led the league with four players apiece in the Top 20. Atlanta, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Boston placed two each on the list. The Yankees, Washington, White Sox and Pittsburgh each landed one player in the rankings.


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modern still life: diy project
Follow these very simple instructions at The Bulb Project for a modern art take on spring blooms!
1. Go outside to your garden or on a walk and gather a bouquet of spring blooms and leafy foliage.
2. Lay them on your scanner face down, layering and arranging as if it was a flower arrangement.
3. Cover the whole arrangment with a dark background of some type (a large black piece of fabric).
4. Scan the image onto your computer. Voila!
Photos via Beau-Allen, Gardening Gone Wild & Ellis Hollow
For more inspiration see Ellen Hoverkamp, her vignettes are amazing!
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Wonderful- would like to follow your blog! Very inspirational.
Fantastic idea!! Thank you.
What a great idea. They look wonderful, I will certainly be giving this a try!


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PEORIA, Ill. -- Motorists should be aware of intermittent lane closures on the Shade-Lohmann Bridge, beginning Monday, March 5.
The Illinois Department of Transportation said the closures are necessary for crews to perform routine inspections of the bridge.
Westbound lane closures are effective from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day until March 9. The eastbound lanes will have closures from March 10 through 14.
All work is weather dependent.
As always, please slow down and use extreme caution while driving through all work zones.


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Low Recruitment
This article is about a sickening number of cases where US military recruiters go onto high school campuses, and then sexually assault the young women interested in enlisting. The focus of the article is one particular case in Indiana, but the sidebar mentions at least five other cases around the country since 2003. As if recruiters weren't scummy enough for targetting poor, confused teens for early overseas death.
Part of this, believe it or not, is due to a clause in No Child Left Behind Act which forces schools to give out personal information about their students to military recruiters, if they ask for them. To that end, I understand that punk band Anti-Flag is beginning a campaign to delete that clause (although that site doesn't launch till tomorrow). Sounds like they've got a couple of Congressmen signed onto their cause, so maybe they've got a shot.
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In cases like these, traditional Islamic laws don't seem so bad. The offensive limb should definitely be…'removed'
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OK. Last night was pretty painful. Skelton came out first and had a hard time moving the ball. His first pass was an INT- a wobbly overthrow. He had a few dropped passes that stopped 2 of his 5 drives. In all, Skelton got 5 drives to work with and managed a measly 3 points. Kolb came in relief and also got 5 drives. He looked good at times, connecting with Fitz on several plays and moved the ball well, including his first TD pass of the season. But BAD Kolb also showed up, yielding 3 sacks, 2 INTs. Actually, he should be credited for throwing 2 TD passes, except for some reason it doesn't count if you throw a TD for the other team.
For the season, Skelton looked better or marginally better for the first 3 games, and Kolb looked better/marginally better last night. Or did they? We could argue forever. But what do we make of this? How will we ever pick a QB? Maybe the problem isn't deciding who is better- maybe we should be deciding who is not worst. Does that seem confusing? Let me give you an example ( a little math ahead).
Let's say you are Kenny the Drug dealer. You are paid well to distribute 100 vials of crack. Last night, someone broke in to your apartment while you were wasted and stole some of the vials of crack. Fat Tony, your boss, tells you he is going to relieve you of an equal percentage of your fingers as he is missing of his product. He counts you have 84 vials of crack. How many fingers do you lose? The answer is 1-(84/100). That's right, you, Kenny, will lose your pinky finger and half of your ring finger (hopefully on your non-crack-distributing hand). The point is, it's what you DON'T have that's important. If you fail to see any relevance to the Cardinals QB situation it is that both situations really suck.
Luckily, there already IS a way to do this, because someone was bored enough to put it together, and it can be seen here. There Bad Quarterback League fantasy numbers are geared to seeing who sucks the most. All we need to do is see who has the lowest score! How simple!
The only caveat is that QBs get points for low yardage. Since neither QB played a full game it is unfair to penalize them for that, so we will extrapolate yardage as a percentage of the total time they were in the game (for example, if Skelton played the first half and threw for 50 yards, we will extrapolate to 100 yards for the game). All other points remain the same. By these rules:
In last nights game:
4/10 for 41 yards- 5 drives(20.5 min- 121 yards)= - 5 PTS completion rate, 12 PTS for yards
no passes of > 25 yards (had a 22 yard completion) - 5 PTS
1 Sack- no points- removed from scoring
17/22 for 156 yards- 5 drives, 20 min (extr to450 yrds!)- (-12) PTS,
2 sacks (stat sheet says 2, but I swear he was sacked back-to-back on his first drive, and then again in the 3rd Qtr)- 0 PTS, removed form scoring
1 pick 6- 25 PTS
There you have it. Skelton sucked for 37 points, while Kolb sucked for 23 points.
This is irrefutable proof that, in fact, Kolb sucked less than Skelton last night, and thus won the night. All we need to do now is compute the suck factor for each week, and decide who our least sucky QB is, and thus, our starter.


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Maybe they were wrong on the X-Files. Maybe the truth isn't out there.
You never know what the next headline will read. Unnamed sources, wild speculation, love, loathing, mysterious plane flights, Elvis sightings, and Brad Childress routinely arriving for work on time are all tossed in a blender, tweeted, blogged, and broadcast continually and instantaneously, as if we have nothing better to do.
The mighty prophet of baseball, Yogi Berra, was right: It ain't over until it's over.
What's the ordinary man named Sage or Tarvaris to do?
Yes, as much as the media likes to caricature the cool demeanor of the Viking's head coach, it might be better for your health if you just go about life in a laid back manner. Things have a way of working themselves out.
Some players will show up at Mankato and a team will be formed for 2009. Eventually, either Al or Norm or somebody else will show up in the U. S. Senate to represent you, or at least claim to do so.
Do I expect this calm to prevail? Frankly, no. Minnesotans and a cast of millions will get all cranked up. Mankato will be as calm as it was in the early days of statehood, when Minnesotan's held the country's record-setting mass hanging there, and even President Lincoln didn't know what to do about it.
Sure, there's a recession going on now, and we're all upset. This too shall pass.
Put on that old Bobby McFerrin song if you can find it, but whatever you do please relax. Try watching Lost on TV, where you'll see that even being killed doesn't stop people from appearing again in the next exciting episode.
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A program has put Apple iPads in the hands of 25 Masters of Business Administration students at UIW.
The program's goal is to evaluate the iPad's usefulness in the classroom setting and its place as a research and mobile productivity tool for the MBA students, who are studying international business.
Dr. Pat LeMay Burr, Distinguished Chair in International Business, leads the class, and says each day both teacher and students learn new uses for the computers. "There are hundreds of thousands of iPad applications," she said. "I've been spending three or four hours daily testing new applications."
Applications used most often by students include the Globe Application, which allows students access to data on a country-by-country basis, and the Central Intelligence Agency's World Fact Book. "I use that weekly," Burr added. QuickOffice and DropBox are class favorites.
Students also identify and install applications that work best for their needs, and part of their project includes creating a report on what applications they've found most useful over the eight-week course.
Students also take the iPads into the field; one such project took the class to H-E-B's Central Market, where they worked with an H-E-B global sourcing expert to examine the international origins of the varied products sold there. This project is also in line with the heightened importance of mobility in the workplace for MBA graduates.
While Burr is no newcomer to technology in the classroom – as dean of business administration, she helped author the UIW Laptop program several years ago – she said the iPad stands out as a learning tool.
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Nobel laureate Edward Prescott is quoted as saying, "Of all the thankless jobs that economists set for themselves when it comes to educating people about economics, the notion that society is better if some industries are allowed to wither, their workers lose their jobs, and investors lose their capital - all in the name of the greater glory of globalization - surely ranks near the top."
In other words, it can be very frustrating being an economist, especially if your predictions about the economy sound the death toll for certain industries. Economists are sometimes seen as depressing soothsayers or pessimists, not unlike psychics who are constantly predicting that you are about to be hit by a bus. There is not a lot of glory in the job. If your forecasts are right, you can take some pride in the fact that you have performed your job well.


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Valdosta - Today, Annie Bass says she feels "Wonderful, just wonderful," said Bass.
But a few months ago, she suffered from serious heart problems. "They told me I had a heart attack and had three bypasses," said Bass.
Annie didn't have a family history of heart disease, and like many women, she didn't really think she was at risk. But heart disease can strike anyone, and its the leading cause of death among women today. "Most women, when you ask them what the number one killer of women is they naturally assume its breast cancer, but heart disease kills one in 2.5 women, breast cancer kills one in 29 women," said Melanie Godwin, American Heart Association Director.
Friday, people all over the country took part in "Go Red for Women" day to raise awareness on heart disease. Officials with the American Heart Association say the goal is for women to start getting cardiac screenings early, something Annie wishes she would've done. "It pays for everybody to get checked, whether you're sick or not," said Annie. And the symptoms aren't always obvious.
Annie didn't have chest pains, shortness of breath, or any of the signs that often point to heart disease. "No pains at all, I just got sick," said Bass.
"Because of the variability of symptoms, ladies should keep this in mind and make their doctor aware if they develop anything unusual," said Doctor Tom Bixler.
Annie has fully recovered from her triple bypass, but she knows she's still at risk. "I just thank God they caught it in time," said Annie. In time to live a long and healthy life, and share her story in hopes of saving someone else.
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A 25-year-old woman has been arrested in Tarrant County on charges she sexually assaulted a young girl in Waco last summer. Yuishea Davis will be returned to Waco to face charges of aggravated sexual assault.
Police got the initial report at 11:30 a.m. on July 19th at a facility that serves the indigent. A doctor examining a child at the clinic called police after noting possible abuse of the girl under the age of ten.
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By Jennifer Emert - bio | email ALBANY, GA (WALB) - If they approve the bill, Albany and Dougherty County voters will get to decide whether to consolidate city and county governments.
The Bill was introduced by Representative Ed Rynders and supported by freshman legislator Carol Fullerton.
City and county commissioners have never really gotten behind the idea, but now say they wish they'd had more input on the legislation.
Consolidation is not a new idea for Albany and Dougherty County. It's been debated on the local level for years, but it never went anywhere because commissioners wouldn't vote on it.
Now that state legislators have the ball in motion, local leaders say they feel rushed.
As promised, but with mixed support of local leaders, Representative Ed Rynders introduced House Bill 800 which calls for a referendum on whether to consolidate Albany and Dougherty governments. Commissioners John Hayes and Jon Howard were surprised it was introduced.
"I think there should have been some type of communication between our state representatives and our local delegation," said Albany City Commissioner Jon Howard.
City Commissioners Jon Howard, Roger Marietta, and County Commissioner John Hayes say they believe more than a week was needed to decide whether moving forward with the plan was the right thing to do.
"I will agree that the city and county commission have had time to digest the consolidation plan. We were unable to come up with a decision because there were some snags," Howard said.
All three said they would have liked the opportunity to make changes to the measure before it was introduced just a week after Rynders announced his intentions.
"Looking at it two years ago it needed to be tweaked. But I think we could have gotten together in a round table discussion with our sisters and brothers on the county and tweaked those things," Howard said.
Dr. Charles Lingle who sat on the charter commission say he believes the measure is fine as is and supports Rynders push to make something happen sooner rather than later. Like it or not, both city and county commissioners say they'll be watching to see how the legislature votes.
"Whether we like consolidation or not I think the ultimate decision should rest with the voters to make the decision," Howard said.
Dougherty County Commissioner John Hayes says people in his district just don't know enough about the issues.
But the chamber, in supporting Rynders bill, says they will work to educate all Dougherty County voters on what consolidation would mean.
If House Bill 800 is passed by the House the measure will move to the Senate.
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News: Earl Sweatshirt & A$AP Ferg's First-Week Sales Projections Revealed
Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 5:47PM
Odd Future's Earl Sweatshirt and A$AP Ferg's new solo albums should have no problems landing on the sales chart seven days from now with first-week projections revealed.
Based on one-day estimates, both artists' new albums are expected to chart high.
YOUR NEW RELEASES: A battle could be shaping up for the #1 album next week between the debuting John Mayer and current chart-topper Luke Bryan. Here are this week's key debuts: John Mayer (Columbia) 145-155k TGT (Atlantic) 65-70k Jimmy Buffett (Mailboat) 55-60k Earl Sweatshirt (Columbia) 55-60k A$AP Ferg (RCA) 30-35k Tedeschi Trucks Band (Sony Masterworks) 20-25k Blue October (Up/Down) 14-16k The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (Republic) 14-16k This week's key debuts at the UMPG dispensary include This Bud, It Is a Wonderland and CheebaBurger in Paradise. Read more on this developing story in the upcoming HITS 27th Anniversary Issue. (8/21p) (HITS Daily Double)
Sweatshirt's new LP fell victim to hackers last week.
On November 1st 2012 Earl Sweatshirt released "Chum," the first single from his forthcoming debut album 'Doris.' Nearly a year later, that album will finally be released Only five days before the official August 20th release, 'Doris' has officially leaked online in its entirety. You can pre-order the album on iTunes, right here. UPDATE: The stream has been removed, stay tuned for an official stream. (The Masked Gorilla)
Last month, Earl said the LP finally coming out will finally take the attention off of his family and solely spark music conversations again.
"I just want it to be out so there can be conversation about sh-- other [than my life]," Earl told MTV News. "So there can be music conversation as opposed to life conversation, which has been going since I've been home. ... Most of the sh-- that I get, and that I've gotten in my entire career, has been based on sh-- that's going on in my life and not music stuff. So when the album comes out, it'll give everyone 15 songs to talk about." (MTV)
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JDF ON A MISSION: Jamaica Military Tattoo 2012
For four glorious nights, 850 performers from seven countries delivered a dazzling spectacle against what is certain to have been the largest backdrop in Jamaica — stunning 300-ft reproduction of the much-storied Newcastle Training Camp. That was Jamaica Military Tattoo 2012, and for those who missed it, we will gleefully declare, "What a show!"
Yes, perhaps in the weeks leading up to the event, the full import of the tattoo may have been lost on some. After all, the last tattoo was 29 years ago. Still, by the end of the debut show on Thursday night, word spread that this was a must-do and by Friday, long lines snaked at Up Park Camp as many desperately angled to snatch the few remaining tickets.
The military tattoo evolved from the tradition of Dutch States Army garrison drummers being dispatched into towns at 9:30 each evening to instruct innkeepers to cease serving beer to the soldiers and "turn off the taps" — in Dutch, doe den tap toe. That was in the 1600s, during the Thirty Years' War. With time, it evolved into a more dramatic display of military arts and music, with perhaps the world's most famous tattoo now being hosted each year in Edinburgh.
There was high drama as the Jamaica Defence Force, the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the Jamaica Fire Brigade used vignettes to show their mettle. From an air and sea rescue executed quite cleverly on land, to "Valour in Service", a poignant piece on the sacrifice of the men and women who serve, the two-hour show was an artful mix of humour and theatrics, with a little bit of Jerry Bruckheimer-style heroic staging for good measure.
But it was music that held pride of place at Tattoo. The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Portsmouth filled the arena in ways unimaginable with traditional military music, and the pipes and drums from the Canadian Army were distinctive and grand. There was soca and reggae by the Trinidad & Tobago Defence Force, jazz from the Bermuda Regiment, and, of course, the Massed Bands of the JDF, JCF and ISCF boasted a superior repertoire, from the majesty of Jamaica Land of Beauty to the playfulness of Sly Mongoose.
In truth, the evening's most stirring moment occurred when all the bands played Auld Lang Syne. As the crowd hummed and sang along, there was a palpable air of camaraderie that was both unexpected and tender. In that moment, we did indeed believe that ours was a nation, on a mission.


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Mice Droppings in the food at Verizon Center?
So ESPN did an outside the lines feature on how unsafe stadium concessions are. Verizon center was by far one of the worst in the Nation. Ted has some work to do!! On an aside considering how much food Prada and Kyle get served at games they've got to be cringing right now.


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The State Law Enforcement Division says they have arrested and charged one man in connection with Friday's deadly shooting at South Carolina State University.
According to SLED, 19-year-old Justin Bernard Singleton of Charleston has been charged with the murder of Brandon Robinson. Singleton was taken into custody early Saturday morning in Orangeburg.
An arrest warrant states Singleton pulled out a gun and shot the victim during an argument outside of "K" Hall on the university's campus.
Officials say Robinson was transported to Orangeburg Regional Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the neck, where he was pronounced dead.
Singleton is currently behind bars at the Orangeburg-Calhoun Regional Detention Center. His bond was denied.Video courtesy: Orangeburg Times and Democrat
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But no series will be as big as the one this week, as the Razorback will face Missouri in the regular season finale.
Click on the video to hear from Hogs coach, Dave Van Horn and players on their match-up against the Tigers.
FAYETTEVILLE, AR-- Hog fans can expect a new deal on tickets this football season.
Friday's Razorback Football Kickoff Luncheon A mix of humor and serious Hog talk.
FAYETTEVILLE -- Players, coaches, staff and press gathered for the annual Razorback Football Kickoff Luncheon.
The weather has turned hotter this week giving Razorback Coaches better conditions to simulate next week's Auburn game.
The Razorbacks may be tired from two and a half weeks of pre-season camp but they've got some extra bounce this week.
Former Rutgers and Tampa Bay head coach Greg Schiano was in Northwest Arkansas for the Touchdown Club meeting on Tuesday.
Arkansas offensive coordinator Jim Chaney, wide receivers coach Michael Smith and players Brandon Allen, Jonathan Williams, Alex Collins, Korliss Marshall and Hunter Henry spoke to the media following the Razorbacks practice on Wednesday.
ach of the 14 institutions in the Southeastern Conference have taken steps to enhance the fan experience going into the 2014 football season in the next stage of a league-wide initiative to address fan engagement, the SEC office announced Wednesday.
After serving as a graduate assistant for the last two seasons, former Razorback pitcher Christian Kowalchuk has been named a volunteer assistant coach as announced on Wednesday by head coach Dave Van Horn.
The University of Arkansas women's cross country team was predicted to repeat as Southeastern Conference Cross Country Champions, as decided by a vote of the league's head coaches. The SEC on Wednesday released its 2014 SEC Cross Country Preseason Coaches Poll.
The University of Arkansas men's cross country team was predicted to repeat as Southeastern Conference Cross Country Champions, as decided by a vote of the league's head coaches. The SEC on Wednesday released its 2014 SEC Cross Country Preseason Coaches Poll.
Mike Anderson and the Razorback Basketball team picked up a big commitment from 2015 guard Jimmy Whitt out of Columbia, Missouri on Tuesday evening.
Arkansas head football coach Bret Bielema was the guest speaker at the Little Rock Touchdown Club on Tuesday.
Arkansas defensive coordinator Robb Smith, linebackers coach Randy Shannon, defensive line coach Rory Segrest and players Alan Turner, Martrell Spaight, Braylon Mitchell and Taiwan Johnson met with the media on Tuesday following the Razorbacks practice.
Four star Shooting Guard, Jimmy Whitt has committed to play at Arkansas in 2015.
The Razorback Nation called out several Razorback coaches on the Pig Trail Show on Sunday, and three accepted the challenge.
FAYETTEVILE, AR -- Former Razorback Weston Dacus , 28, was arrested early Saturday morning, and is now facing charges for DWI and Speeding.
The Razorbacks ended week two of August Camp with a public scrimmage. The Auburn game plan was a no show but other things were learned.
In March of 2013, Junior Offensive Lineman Adam Deacon lost his mother Leanne to ALS.
Arkansas Volleyball was picked seventh in the SEC preseason polls.
Get the latest in Razorback football recruiting as 'The Recruiting Guy' Richard Davenport of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette joins our Aaron Peters on the weekly Pig Trail show.
The University of Arkansas football team returned to Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium on Saturday for its second scrimmage of the preseason, completing a 107-play scrimmage that was open to the public.
Arkansas head football coach Bret Bielema spoke to the media on Saturday following the Razorbacks second scrimmage of preseason camp.
In conjunction with the Southeastern Conference (SEC) schedule announcement on the SEC Network, the Arkansas men's basketball team unveiled its 2014-15 schedule Friday evening that features 30 games to date, including 18 inside Bud Walton Arena.
Arkansas offensive coaches and players spoke to the media following the Razorbacks football practice.
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Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema met with the media following the Razorbacks second two-a-days of preseason camp on Monday night.
Arkansas Men's Basketball kicks off ESPN Super Tuesday coverage on the road against Georgia.
The Arkansas football team completed the popular ALS Ice Bucket Challenge following Wednesday morning's practice, though the act took on a different meaning for the football family.
Arkansas defensive coaches and players met with the media on Tuesday following the Razorbacks preseason workout.
With less than a month before the first home football game at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium, the Arkansas Department of Athletics is introducing an exciting new addition of a new student club area for the 2014 season, the Razorback Rooftop.
ESPN announced on Tuesday that the Arkansas men's basketball SEC/Big 12 Challenge game at Iowa State on Thursday, Dec. 4, will be televised on ESPN2 at 8 p.m. CT.
FAYETTEVILLE, AR -- The University of Arkansas ranks in the top 15 best-selling officially licensed products, according to Collegiate Licensing Company.
With 20 letterwinners, including eight starters, returning from last year's NCAA Sweet Sixteen squad, the Arkansas women's soccer team was tabbed eighth in the SEC Preseason Coaches' Poll, announced by the league office on Monday.
Arkansas coaches will rotate players off the bench to counter the expected heat and humidity in the season opener against Auburn.
In a tweet sent by Arkansas Coach, Bret Bielema at 4:30 on Monday afternoon, he announced that junior linebacker, Otha Peters will transfer.
Picking up where they left off in the summer- the first week of training camp for the Hogs all about continuing to build chemistry.
On Sunday's Pig Trail Show, Chris Frye, sat down with Mike Anderson for the second of his two part interview.
In this week's Recruiting Report, Richard discusses a trio of Razorback football recruits and a pair on the basketball side.
"We're closer today than yesterday, I'm not saying we are at the top of the mountain, but we're going to get there"
Arkansas head soccer coach Colby Hale joins our Aaron Peters for an in-studio sit down interview recently.
Mike Irwin and Alyssa Orange discuss the high points of Sarurday's 1st August scrimmage.
Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema spoke to the media on Saturday following his team's 93 play scrimmage inside Razorback Stadium.
Watch the uncut interview with the Arkansas Football Defensive coaches from after practice on 8-08.
Watch the uncut interviews with the Arkansas Razorback defensive players from after practice on 8-08.
Razorback coaches are hoping to know a lot more about the progress of pre-season camp following a Saturday morning scrimmage.
Day one in pads was not kind to the Razorbacks offense but there was a bounce back on day two.
Thursday was offensive day for the media after the Razorbacks fourth practice of the preseason.
The historic launch of the SEC Network takes place on Thursday, Aug. 14, and Razorbacks Soccer will be at the forefront as it hosts Creighton in a women's soccer game at 7 p.m.
Head coach Bret Bielema announced Thursday that offensive lineman Zach Rogers has inked a financial aid agreement and is set to enroll in the spring 2015 semester beginning in January.


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|Keiser University
Seal of Keiser University
|Integritas, Veritas, Sapientia[1]
|Motto in English
|Purity, Truth, Wisdom
|Arthur Keiser[3]
|Fort Lauderdale, other locations in Florida[4], Florida, United States of America
Coordinates: 26°11′10″N 80°09′50″W / 26.1860081°N 80.1638119°W
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Keiser University is a private (formerly for-profit) university[5][2] that provides educational programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels in traditional and online delivery formats. The main campus is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and 14 additional campuses are located in other parts of Florida. The Latin American Campus is located in San Marcos, Nicaragua.[6]
In 1977, Arthur Keiser and his mother, Evelyn,[7] created a career college, the Keiser School, in Fort Lauderdale to prepare students for jobs in Florida's growing business and healthcare communities. In 1982, with the addition of paralegal and computer programs, the school changed its name to the Keiser Institute of Technology. In 1986 the school began to award associate degrees and became Keiser College. In 2001 the company created its first bachelor's degree programs. Five years later, in 2006, the for-profit school again changed its name and became Keiser University.[4]
In 2010, the Florida Attorney General began to investigate Keiser University and several other for-profit schools based in the state. In 2011, Arthur Keiser sold the institution to Everglades College Inc., a non-profit entity founded by Keiser that also operates Everglades University, for an undisclosed sum.[2][8]
Licensure and accreditation[edit]
Keiser University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award certificates and degrees at the associate, baccalaureate, master's and doctoral levels. Keiser University is licensed by the Commission for Independent Education in Florida.[9]
- ^ "INTEGRITAS VERITAS SAPIENTIA®. 2011. Keiser University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL , USA". 2010. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- ^ a b c d Travis, Scott (September 12, 2011). "Keiser University celebrates 35th year by becoming a nonprofit". Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- ^ "Letter From The Chancellor". Keiser University. 2010. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- ^ a b c "Keiser History". Keiser University. 2007. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ Scott Travis, "A higher degree of success: for-profit universities are gaining in popularity in Florida", South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 19 July 2008
- ^ "Keiser University: San Marcos, Carazo, Nicaragua". Keiser University. Keiser University. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "Keiser University: Nonprofit Operation Advantageous". The Ledger. January 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ Luzer, Daniel (January 24, 2011). "Beyond Profit". Washington Monthly. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ Articulation Agreement Between the Florida Division of Community Colleges and Keiser University, February 8, 2007
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Here's an article for you if you seriously think Jeff Fisher is the right man to lead the Rams into the future.
Quite appalling how he managed his team in his final years, and this is without mentioning his archaic football ethos. In fact, I beg you to talk to any Titan fan and ask if they'd still want Fisher as head coach. I'd bet you 95% would not, and the other 5% would for purely sentimental reasons.


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Servings: 6 to 8 servings, about 3/4 cup
Prep Time: 1 hour 25 min
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 min
Difficulty: Easy
Honey Glaze:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons milk
Apple Cake:
3 cups diced Granny Smith apples, about 2 apples
1 cup lightly toasted chopped walnuts
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
3 eggs
Glaze: Add all the ingredients to a small bowl and stir until smooth. Set the bowl aside.
Cake: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly grease a Bundt pan or tube pan.
In a bowl, mix together the apples, walnuts, vanilla, and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
Using an electric mixer beat the sugar, oil, and eggs in a large bowl. Add in the dry ingredients and beat until completely combined. Fold in the apple mixture.
Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a tester inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
Allow the cake to fully cool in the pan, about 1 hour, and then turn it out onto a plate.
Drizzle the apple cake with some of the honey glaze, serve and enjoy!
Cook's Note:
The cake can be wrapped tightly and stored in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days.
Can't wait to make this recipe. I always loved your shows and recipes. From one southern lady to another.
By Ellen Tillery on February 12, 2014
Hi Paula, Have made this cake a dozen times, just love it, but yesterday I made it and it would not cook in the center. What did I do wrong?
By Sandy on January 24, 2014
Very new to baking home-made things. Would this recipe be enough for a double layer circle cake? Need something easy but also out of the ordinary for the county show. My daughter is only 13 and inexpierenced baker.Thanks for any ideas you may have.
By 4h momma on December 26, 2013
Excellent recipe. Even better the next day. I stay true to the recipe for the most part. The last two times I made it I used pure maple syrup instead of honey in the glaze. So yummy!
By Cherie on November 08, 2013
This cake is AMAZING. It is extremely moist and very tasty. My family is from New Orleans and we are used to amazing flavor and this cake has it. I think this is a new family favorite, right next to the sour cream pound cake. Paula's recipe's NEVER fail. I followed the directions exactly, with one deviation, I used Gala apples. Can't wait to make this cake again, I might try it with a cream cheese glaze... Thanks Paula!!!!!
By Laura H on October 26, 2013
This is the best cake ever made in the history of man
By Anonymous on October 23, 2013
looks good and I can`t wait to make it.
By A.Moran on October 22, 2013
Hi Dean Family: This Apple Cake has my attention but I'm going to make it Diabetic-friendly. Since the apples themselves are so delicious, I can take away some sugar and it won't be missed and I'll be able to have some. Years ago I learned that you can cut the sugar in 1/2 in most recipes and it won't make a difference. I can't wait to try it. Thanks for sharing.
By Lisa S. on September 24, 2013
This is an easy cake to make and delicious. Check it in just over an hour. Instead of milk in the glaze, I added honey and apple butter. It gave a great taste to the cake. I will make this again.
By Sue on August 12, 2013
LOVE this cake! i make it dozens of times in the fall after apple picking! My family loves it! Its the one go to dessert that I make for all the gatherings we have during the winter!
By natasha wall on July 08, 2013
Looks so yummy I will have to make this for my dad
By michelle on July 02, 2013
This is an awesome recipe . It tasted so good and went fast at our decoration celebration today ! Thanks Paula for sharing!
By Raynea on May 19, 2013
Hello Anonymous, Thanks for visiting our web site, unfortunately we do not have that specific recipe, but we encourage you and others to try these other Paula Deen inspired recipes that use apples and apple sauce: Applesauce bread or Grandgirl's Fresh Apple Cake from Georgia
By Anonymous on December 19, 2012
There is another Apple/Applesauce Cake you had in your Sept./Oct. 2012 Issue. I have lost my book. Please see if you can find the other recipe and give it to me. Iwant to make it for Christmas. It is a great cake. Thank you very much. Ann Dickerson
By Anonymous on December 19, 2012
This cake is YUMMY...and so, so easy!! My family LOVED it!!
By Lesa on November 05, 2012
My mom made a cake just about like this one. She would make this for me on special days like my birthday and Christmas her recipts got lost when she past away. Thanks for the recipt I will think of her and you when I make this.
By Charlie Belcher on October 25, 2012
What an incredible recipe! I am definitely trying this one soon.
By Russell van Kraayenburg on August 09, 2012
I love all of your cooking!
By Frances Drake Allred on June 02, 2012
One of the best cakes ever. When I make it, it's gone the same day. Have made Uncle Bob's Apple Cake many times. On man !
By Terrie on March 11, 2012
i think this makes a good dessert for kids at a birthday party who loves apples
By ty poston on February 26, 2012
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You don't even know why you walked into this jungle. You guess it was due to your boredom, but now, you're just plain lost. You take a look around, and all you see are green vines and tall trees. It doesn't help much, since all of it's the same. In defeat, you sit on the ground, and hope that maybe someone's looking for you--a friend, maybe, or your family.
You sit for a good five minutes before you get bored again and continue into the thick jungle. Luckily, you have a small pocketknife, just in case something jumps out at you. Stalking around gets boring, until you hear voices. You pause and try to listen where they're coming from. They're coming from behind you, and sound pretty angry. You turn around to see a tall greyish-blue Krawk running towards you.
Run! He yells, and all you can do is stand there in shock. As he runs by you, he grabs your arm and drags you along.
What is going on? You demand.
I'll do story-tellin' in a minute! The Krawk replied and continued his swift pace. You keep up, until you two reach a cliff. You stop, and both turn around to see the other two stocky, grotesque men not too far behind you.
We're gonna have to jump! The Krawk said. You protest, but he grabs your arm, and off the cliff you go.
It's a whirlwind as you fall, screaming, still holding the Krawk's hand tight. When you get close to the bottom, you close your eyes and think of how you never got to say goodbye to your family.
When you make contact, you realize that it's rushing water (better than ground, you think). The Krawk is dragging you to a nearby shore, against the strong current. Once you make it ashore, you sit down and take a moment to catch your breath.
Sorry about that. Those darn pirates are always after me! The Krawk exclaims in frustration.
P-pirates? You ask frantically.
They nearly got me that time. The Krawk smiled, proud, Those scalawags are always chasin' me.
You look at him with one eyebrow up, curious as to why. He leans closer and whispers, I'm a runaway.
Name: Tileu
Alias: Tilly
Age: 19 years
Birthday: 10th day of June, Y5
Gender: Male
Description: Tilly is a blueish-grey color, with green markings all over his body (always dots&stripes). He has a navy&green striped bandanna he always wears, along with his gold bowtie. He's got white-grey hair that starts on the crown of his head, and trails all the way down. Tilly is relatively tall, and stands at about 6'7" (if he's not on all fours, that is).
Personality: Tilly's a runaway pirate, and is always on the move. He'll talk to people if he runs into them, but for the most part, he's a solitary person.
Friends: Sakku & Sal
Love: none.
Blood Relatives: none.
me toils
I was born into a pirate family, so it was only natural that I became one, too. I didn't like that much, since pirates are a little too... Harsh for me. They're rude and nasty and just downright disgusting. They rarely take baths or showers or anything, and to me, that's just.. ew. Aside from their hygiene, they're just nasty. They curse every other word and don't worry about what anyone else is feeling at all. If you're upset about something, well, you just have to deal with it. If your happy, you have to just keep it in. The problem was that once you're a pirate, you're stuck with it.
I wasn't the only one who wanted out, though--Sakku & Sal were in on it, too. They hated pirate life as much as I did, so we decided to band together to form the Runaways. So, we planned and planned, day in and day out, plotting our escape. We decided that if we were going to, that we needed to be at least 18, so we were adults. We had to make sure we each had weapons at our disposal, just in case we ran into any problems. The last part of the plan was to capture some of the treasure hidden on the lowest deck of the ship. This part wasn't required, or anything, but we figured that if we were going to rebel, we were going to do it right.
The tricky part, first, was to find out where it was hidden. We asked around nonchalantly, curiously. A few people told us where they thought it might be, and when everyone was asleep during the night, one of us would go search for it. Eventually, we found it in the Captain's cabin. It took us a while to figure that out, but once we did, it was cake to get a hold of it. Sakku snuck in late one night, while Cap'n was sound asleep, and grabbed it from under his bed. He quickly darted out with the chest over his head, yelling for us to run, so all three of us did. Once we got to the end of the ship, we all jumped into the chilly ocean water, then began swimming.
It wasn't a long swim to Mystery Island, so we stayed there. The pirates quickly realized their treasure was missing, and once they noticed us missing, they put two and two together.
Me master, Cat, loves to draw, and she draws me a lot.
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Michele Colajanni, Philip S. Yu, Daniel M. Dias, "Analysis of Task Assignment Policies in Scalable Distributed Web-Server Systems," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 585-600, June, 1998.
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Abstract—A distributed multiserver Web site can provide the scalability necessary to keep up with growing client demand at popular sites. Load balancing of these distributed Web-server systems, consisting of multiple, homogeneous Web servers for document retrieval and a Domain Name Server (DNS) for address resolution, opens interesting new problems. In this paper, we investigate the effects of using a more active DNS which, as an atypical centralized scheduler, applies some scheduling strategy in routing the requests to the most suitable Web server. Unlike traditional parallel/distributed systems in which a centralized scheduler has full control of the system, the DNS controls only a very small fraction of the requests reaching the multiserver Web site. This peculiarity, especially in the presence of highly skewed load, makes it very difficult to achieve acceptable load balancing and avoid overloading some Web servers.
This paper adapts traditional scheduling algorithms to the DNS, proposes new policies, and examines their impact under different scenarios. Extensive simulation results show the advantage of strategies that make scheduling decisions on the basis of the domain that originates the client requests and limited server state information (e.g., whether a server is overloaded or not). An initially unexpected result is that using detailed server information, especially based on history, does not seem useful in predicting the future load and can often lead to degraded performance.
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
I am lucky enough to live in a climate that experiences, in their fullest, each season the world has to offer. Of all four, fall is my favorite. The intense aromas and colors are unmatched in any other season. The sky is never bluer and the shadows seem to take on a life all their own in autumn.
The foods of this time of year also tend to be my favorites. Apples abound, pumpkins are ripe and ovens are lit in expectation of comforting dishes.
Hands-On Time: 10 minutes
Ready In: 40 minutes (including cooling time)
Yield: 24 muffins
4 eggs
1 c white sugar
1 c brown sugar
l can pumpkin (15 oz., about 2 cups)
3/4 c vegetable oil like canola
3/4 c olive oil
1 t vanilla
3 c flour
2 t baking soda
2 t baking powder
l t ground cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice
l t salt
2 c semisweet chocolate chips
- In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, sugar, pumpkin and oils until smooth.
- Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt-add to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Fold in chips.
- Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full.
- Bake at 400 degrees F for 16 to 20 minutes or until muffins test done.
- Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.


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According to Scout.com, the Raiders have signed OL Marcus Johnson.
Johnson was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2005 draft out of Ole Miss, started his first two seasons, and has been a backup for the last two seasons.
Professional Biography
Versatile lineman who has started at RG and RT...Became the 1st Vikings rookie OG to start a season opener in team history in 2005...Became only the 6th offensive lineman rookie in team history to start on opening day...Selected in the 2nd round (49th overall), the highest- drafted player in team history from Mississippi.
NFL History
Saw time at RT in place of starter Ryan Cook in a pair of games, stepping in vs. Chicago (12/17) on Monday Night Football and played the 2nd half of game vs. Philadelphia (10/28)...Member of the kickoff return wedge that helped Aundrae Allison set a team record with a 28.7 average on returns and notched the longest play in team history with a 104-yard return TD vs. Detroit (12/2).
Started 10 games at RT during the season...Helped RB Chester Taylor rush for 1,214 yards, the 4th-best single- season total in team history...Helped Taylor break the 100-yard mark in 3 of his starts during the season, including a career-high 169-yard day at Seattle (10/22)...Taylor broke off a 95-yard TD run at Seattle (10/22), the longest play from scrimmage in Vikings history and tied for the 9thlongest run in NFL history.
Started 8 of the 14 games he played, including the opening 4 contests at RG...Stepped into lineup at RT replacing Mike Rosenthal on Monday Night Football at Green Bay (11/21) as part of a revamped line that helped spring Mewelde Moore run for 122 yards in the Vikings win...Played key role in both of Moore's 100-yard rushing days on the season, starting at RG when Moore had 101 vs. New Orleans (9/25) and taking over in the 1st quarter at Green Bay (11/21) when he had a season-high 122.
Johnson did struggle a bit with penalties and sacks in his first two seasons, commiting 8 false starts, 7 holds, and giving up 9.5 sacks in 24 games. Still, the 6'6", 321 pound lineman has played both RT and RG, and his signing could spell the end of Cornell Green's tenure as a Raider.
With the Raiders shoring up the offensive line through free agency it becomes even more apparent that their focus will be elsewhere in the upcoming NFL Draft.


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World's fastest pop machine
The tiny town of Lerna, Illinois clams to have the world's fastest pop machine. Hey, they say 'pop' too! Take that 'soda' speakers.The machine is located in front of Thompson Welding. Owner Ivan Thompson says he bought the rusted machine 30 years ago. He says it's impossible to hit the button and beat the cold beverage to the bottom.Have a look for yourself in the video report above from WTHITV's Amanda Jarrett.
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