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Triple Chocolate Layer Cake.
My favorite homemade chocolate cake recipe. And it's the fudgiest!
This is not a Monday post. I wish I could say sorry for sharing this chocolate monstrosity with you today, but I'm not. I mean, look at it. Ain't she a beaut? Chocolate to the max.
The cake hidden under that fabulous milk chocolate frosting is a mock-devil's food cake. You know the Devil's Food chocolate cake you get in a box? I made a homemade version that's infinitely better. And I know this because I made THREE chocolate cakes this weekend and finally came out with a winner. I only give you the best of the best.
So you have a dark devil's food chocolate double layer cake with a rich, decadent milk chocolate frosting. It's a similar milk chocolate frosting that I used for my first Homemade Funfetti Cupcake recipe. I decorated the chocolate layer cake with chocolate in its cutest form – chocolate chips. I chose to use dark chocolate chips as the cake's decor, but you may decorate the cake however you like.
The chocolate chips kind of looks like little spikes, don't they? This chocolate cake certainly generated a buzz this morning when I brought it into work. Cake for Monday breakfast? Why not.
Let's discuss how this cake came to life.
Attempting a chocolate cake three times this weekend, I finally perfected the recipe. Chocolate cake is not something you mess around with. It should be extra moist, rich, decadent, with an honest chocolate taste and a smooth velvety crumb. Today's recipe embodies all that – and then some.
You'll need 1 cup (8 oz) of freshly brewed strong black coffee. The cake will NOT taste like coffee. Rather, the coffee will accentuate the chocolate flavor, sort of like how Guinness deepens the chocolate in my Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes (posted on Bed Bath & Beyond's blog last month). You'll also need 1 cup (8 oz) of buttermilk. Buttermilk is one of the culprits for how moist the cake's crumb is. Trust me, you can't leave it out! Sadly, I know from experience. It's required for this recipe – the lactic acid present is what will allow the baking soda to react and leaven the cake.
Notice the reddish tint to the cake? That's where the name Devil's Food comes from. The baking soda in this recipe reacts with the natural unsweetened cocoa powder, which results in the red hue. Do not use dutch processed cocoa for this recipe.
The fat in this cake? Oil. I've mentioned it a lot recently, but I prefer to use oil in certain cake recipes because it makes cakes more moist than butter. I used oil in my Super Moist Carrot Cake recipe (rave reviews from all of you on that). The reason I used oil today and not butter is because I didn't need a buttery taste in this recipe. This cake's taste is pure chocolate and the cocoa powder would overtake the butter flavor if I used butter instead of oil anyway. Another moistening agent (besides the buttermilk and oil) are the two eggs. Make sure your eggs are at room temperature. Room temperature eggs whisk to a higher volume and ensure the cake batter is emulsified properly and that the cake will rise properly.
How to bring your eggs to room temperature quickly? I always use this trick: Place eggs in a bowl of warm/hot water for 5-10 minutes as you get your other ingredients ready. Easy!
I played around a lot with the flour and sugar ratios in this recipe as well. I settled on equal amounts of both (1 and 3/4 cup), which resulted in the winning recipe. Yes, I had a lot of cake lying around the apartment this weekend.
The frosting? Easy peasy. Softened butter – not cold and not melted in the slightest, 4 cups of confectioners' sugar, 3/4 cup of cocoa powder, heavy cream (or half-and-half), and salt. The decor? Use whatever you wish! I have a plethora of dark chocolate chips on hand, so I used 1.5 bags to line the cake. Use sprinkles, candy bars, M&Ms, Oreo crumbs or leave the cake plain.
I am in LOVE with this chocolate cake. By far the best chocolate cake I've ever eaten before. And you are getting that from a gal who baked three chocolate cakes this weekend, two chocolate cupcakes last month, and whose favorite dessert was chocolate cake when she was little. If chocolate cake was on the menu (and I was well behaved), I got it for dessert.
Trust me on this: you have to try this recipe. Soft, moist, tender, intensified with chocolate flavor, creamy frosting, velvety smooth texture – everything is working in its favor. This cake is a chocoholics dream!
*If you are making this cake, I strongly urge you to read the text above about why certain ingredients are used and how certain ingredients may not be replaced.
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Triple Chocolate Layer Cake
Yield: serves 12
A double layer homemade devil's food chocolate cake with milk chocolate frosting and chocolate chips on top. Why do I call it triple chocolate layer cake but only has two layers? Well, chocolate is used three times: chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, chocolate decoration.
Devil's Food Chocolate Layer Cake
- 1 and 3/4 cups (220g) all-purpose flour (measured correctly)
- 1 and 3/4 cup (350g) granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup (65g) unsweetened cocoa powder (not dutch processed)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (240ml) buttermilk1
- 1/2 cup (120ml) vegetable oil (or canola oil, or melted coconut oil)
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature2
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup (240ml) freshly brewed strong hot coffee3
Milk Chocolate Frosting
- 1.25 cups (2.5 sticks or 290g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 3-4 cups (360-480g) confectioners' sugar
- 3/4 cup (65g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3-5 Tablespoons (45-75ml) heavy cream (or half-and-half)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 - 3/4 teaspoon salt (to taste)
- 15 oz (1.5 bags) chocolate chips, optional
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Butter & flour two 9 inch round cake pans4, or use non-stick spray. See note about 9x13 pan option.
- Make the cake: Sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium sized bowl. Set aside.
- Using a handheld or stand mixer on high speed, mix the buttermilk, oil, room temperature eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl until combined. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients with the mixer on low. Add the coffee. The batter will be VERY thin. This is ok.
- Pour the batter into prepared baking pans and bake for 23-27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. My cakes took exactly 24 minutes. Allow to cool before frosting.
- Make the frosting: Using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter on high speed until smooth and creamy - about 2 full minutes. This creates a creamy base for the frosting. Turn speed to LOW and slowly add 3.5 cups of confectioners' sugar and the cocoa powder. Beat until sugar/cocoa are absorbed into the butter, about 2 minutes. Turn mixer to medium speed and add the vanilla and cream. Once added, turn the mixer to high speed and beat for 1 minute. Add up to 1/2 cup of confectioners' sugar if you'd like to increase the frosting's thickness. Taste, and add salt to taste.
- Assemble the cake: Place 1 layer, flat side up, on a plate or cake stand. With a knife or offset spatula, spread the top with frosting. Place the second layer on top, rounded side up, and spread the frosting evenly on the top and sides of the cake. Decorate with chocolate chips or as desired.
- Make ahead tip: Cake stays fresh, moist, and soft at room temperature (covered) for up to 4 days. Cake can be refrigerated (covered) for up to 7 days. Cake can be frozen up to 3 months, thaw overnight in the refrigerator before serving.
Additional Notes:
- Buttermilk is required for this recipe. You can make your own DIY version of buttermilk by measuring 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar in a measuring glass. Add enough milk (1%, 2%, or whole) in the same measuring glass to reach 1 cup. Stir it around and let sit for 5 minutes. The soured milk will be somewhat curdled and ready to use in your recipe.
- Cake will not set up properly if using cold eggs. Please see note in the text of the post for a shortcut to bring eggs to room temperature.
- Instead of hot coffee, try hot water or hot chai tea. You can't taste the coffee; it simply brings out more deep chocolate flavor.
- A 9×13 pan will work since it takes approximately same amount of cups of batter as 2 round cake pans. However, I am unsure of the baking time.
Devil's food chocolate cake adapted from Ina Garten
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637 Responses to "Triple Chocolate Layer Cake."
Fabulous Chocolate Cake, another great recipe Sally. I grated in the rind of 2 large oranges and the taste was sensational. Did a 1 layer cake and the rest cupcakes so guests could take some home. Not a big Frosting fan, I am a whipped cream lover. Planning on baking this today with fresh raspberries thrown in and Chambrod liqueur. Raspberry whipped cream would be good with it. Many thanks!
I love this recipe… it was easy to follow and the cake came out super moist and chocolatey… love your recipes! one question.. would you happen to know how heavy this cake is?
I got about 2lbs 14 oz of batter!
Hi Sally made this cake month ago for my brother's birthday and it turned out great! so thank you for that. Anyway I was wondering if I can just just one layer cake and put the whole batter the same spring for
pan as you use for your carrot cake? would that be big enough? if so what would be the bake time? thanks!
Just made this as my first time cake from scratch. Can't wait to serve it to my family tomorrow!
Another amazing recipe! I added raspberries to the middle of the cake layers and on top, as well as some white chocolate shavings to the sides to hide my terrible frosting abilities. I should have taken pictures, however the cake was gone by the time i got around to it. Thanks for helping me make the most amazing girl an awesome birthday cake.
I loved this cake so much! It was the best cake I ever made and my whole family loved it! I added a little bit of heavy whipping cream and to replace 1/4 of the sugar, I used melted chocolate chips. This was a delight! Thank you for publishing this and making my dad's birthday marvelous <3
Hello Beautiful Sally ! Hope all is well ! I was wondering if you can assist me with a bit of a dilemma i'm in ! I'm looking for a chocolate cake recipe that is sturdy and firm enough to be covering in fondant. My chocolate cakes are usually moist and crumbly… But I'm baking a huge tiered cake and the bottom tier is chocolate and I have yet to find a recipe that makes me feel my cake will be safe because chocolate cakes aren't as firm as vanilla cakes…
any advice? Thank you <3
Hi! While looking for chocolate cake recipes to use for my wedding cake, I came across this one and I think it's a winner!
Has anyone tried this with another type of flour, notably cake flour or coconut flour?
Quick question, is the frosting in this recipe pipable?
Hi, Sally! My birthday is coming up and I wanted to make this cake. However, I may not bake it in the same size cake pans, so I was wondering if you could tell me how many cups of batter this recipe makes. THANK YOU!!!
Hi Sally!
Thank you for the great recipe. May I know how long will this cake keep after assembling and frosting? 🙂 Thank you! 🙂
This. Cake. Is. AMAZING. I can't get over how delicious it is. Just wanted to drop a line to say thank you for posting it! It is now my go-to chocolate cake recipe!
Hi Sally! I am planning on making this for my husband's birthday. He specifically requested a "7-layer chocolate cake." Aren't layers made by cutting the cakes in half? So how do people get that odd number of layers?
Hi Sally. Will this chocolate cake work for your pinata cake in the 4 layers? Do you know if its strong enough that the top layer wont collapse? We tried both recipes but prefer the taste of this one with the vanilla frosting. Thanks!
I made this cake for my son's birthday. The instructions were easy to follow and the cake was excellent. Very moist. Everyone loved it.
Hi Sally,
I am trying to make a 3 layered 8-inch cake? Should I make 1.5 times this recipe or will 1 serving of this recipe be enough to fill 3 8 inch cake tins.
Does cake get any better than this? My sister and aunt and I made this cake, and everyone was wowed. This chocolate cake is amazing; it is so delicious, sweet, moist, creamy, and chocolatey – it's perfect. 🙂 Thank you for making this recipe!
Hi Sally, when I made this cake it cracked on top after I frosted it. Any ideas why this would happen? The cake was amazing otherwise!

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Supreme Court of Canada
Schiller et al. v. Fisher et al., [1981] 1 S.C.R. 593
Date: 1981-06-22
Kurt Schiller, First Devenshire Building Corporation Limited and Nu-Towne Developments Incorporated (Defendants) Appellant, Nu-Towne Developments Incorporated;
Oscar Fisher, Ru-Mor Investments Limited and Kingsmont Properties Limited (Plaintiffs) Respondent, Kingsmont Properties Limited.
1981: March 9; 1981: June 22.
Present: Laskin C.J. and Martland, Ritchie, Mclntyre and Chouinard JJ.
Contracts—Formation—Acceptance—Delivering of acceptance—Counter offer initialled within time limit—Acceptance letter dated, posted and received after time limit—Letter accompanying counter offer suggesting return as soon as possible—Whether or not effective acceptance creating valid contract.
This appeal raised the question of whether or not an enforceable contract for the sale and purchase of land arose out of correspondence between the plaintiff purchaser (Kingsmont) and the defendant vendor (NuTowne). Kingsmont made a counter offer and closed the accompanying letter with the suggestion "that you arrange for the initialling of these new changes and return one copy of the Agreement as soon as possible". Although Nu‑Towne initialled the document within the time limit, Kingsmont considered the acceptance to be late because the letter of acceptance was dated and posted after the limit. Kingsmont demanded return of the deposit and commenced action when Nu-Towne refused to do so.
The trial judge dismissed the action, finding that a valid contract existed. The Court of Appeal overturned that decision, however, holding that acceptance had not been made within the time limit. The question before the Court was the effect, if any, of the letter accompanying the counter offer upon the provisions of the form of agreement setting the time limit for acceptance.
Held: The appeal should be allowed.
A detailed, carefully prepared memorandum in the form of an agreement emerged from the negotiations
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between the parties. Following receipt of Nu-Towne's letter of August 20, 1976, with its enclosure, Kingsmont was in accord with the essentials of the arrangement and made only minor changes before returning the form executed and initialled. The closing words of Kingsmont's letter requesting the return of an initialled copy as soon as possible confirmed the fact that Kingsmont assumed that the changes would be accepted and that agreement would thereby be reached. Then, too, the closing words of Kingsmont's letter indicated that the prompt return of the initialled document would be accepted in satisfaction of any formal provision for acceptance contained in the agreement. Nu-Towne accepted the agreement, and initialled and returned it.
Adams v. Lindsell (1818), 1 B. & Ald. 681, referred to.
APPEAL from a decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal[1], allowing an appeal from the judgment of Griffiths J. Appeal allowed.
Timothy E.G. Fellowes, Q.C., for the appellant Nu-Towne Developments Incorporated.
Alan J. Lenczner, for the respondent Kingsmont Properties Limited.
The jugdment of the Court was delivered by
MCINTYRE J.—This appeal raises the question of whether an enforceable contract for the sale and purchase of certain land arose out of correspondence which passed between the plaintiff Kingsmont Properties Limited (Kingsmont), the purchaser, and the defendant Nu‑Towne Developments Incorporated (Nu-Towne), the vendor. Other parties were joined in these proceedings at their outset, but have all been either dismissed from the action or have agreed to the settlement of their claims. The sole remaining parties between whom the one issue arises are Kingsmont and Nu-Towne.
The facts were agreed upon by the parties and were stated in the reasons for judgment of the trial judge. They may be readily summarized. Negotiations between Kingsmont as purchaser, and Nu-Towne as vendor, for the purchase and sale of
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twenty-three building lots had been in progress for a considerable time. During the negotiations the plaintiff Kingsmont gave the defendants a cheque, dated November 10, 1975, for $20,000. This sum was intended as a deposit on any agreement of purchase and sale which might be reached. On August 20, 1976 the solicitors for Nu-Towne, the proposed vendor, wrote to the solicitors for the purchaser Kingsmont, in these terms:
I am advised by my client that private negotiations have taken place between the parties involved and that an amended agreement was arrived at.
Accordingly, I have re-drafted the proposed Agreement in accordance with my client's instructions and I submit the proposed Agreement herein in duplicate for execution by the Purchaser. Will you kindly have each page initialled including Schedule "A" as substantial changes have been made since negotiations first commenced.
The last day for execution is August 27th, 1976. I look forward to receiving one fully executed copy in due course.
The agreement forwarded with the above letter was executed by Nu-Towne as vendor on August 20, 1976. The letter and the form of agreement therefore amounted to an offer by Nu‑Towne to sell to Kingsmont. The form of agreement provided in clause 12 that the offer was to be accepted on or before August 27, 1976; otherwise it was to be void. By clause 2 it provided that the deposit of $20,000 referred to above would be held, pending completion of the agreement, and be returned to Kingsmont with interest if the agreement was not completed for any reason other than the default of Kingsmont.
With a letter dated August 27, 1976 the solicitor for Kingsmont returned two copies of the form of agreement, which had been received as above, executed by Kingsmont on that day. The letter said:
We return two copies of the Agreement of Purchase and Sale executed by the purchaser. You will note the changes which have been made in clauses 4, changing the date of closing to September 30, 1976, 4(b) and 12. We would suggest that you arrange for initialling of these new changes and return one copy of the Agreement to us as soon as possible.
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Several changes had been made in the form of agreement and these changes had been initialled by the two signing officers of Kingsmont. No change was made regarding the terms on which the deposit was held, but the date of acceptance in clause 12 was altered. The revised clause 12 read:
12. This Offer is to be accepted on or before the 1st day of September, 1976, otherwise it is to be void but when accepted within that period shall constitute a binding contract of purchase and sale. It is agreed that there is no representation, warranty, collateral agreement or condition affecting this agreement or the real property or supported hereby other than as expressed herein in writing.
While the document which passed between the parties, as described above, was in form an agreement for the sale and purchase of land, it was referred to as an offer which would require an acceptance in clauses 12 and 19. It was on this basis that the matter was argued and dealt with at trial and in the Court of Appeal and argued in this Court. I approach the case in like manner. The return of the form of agreement containing the changes referred to above constituted a counter offer, since no actual acceptance of the agreement in its earlier form was given, but an offer to contract on the varied terms was made.
On September 1, 1976 the signing officers of Nu-Towne considered and initialled the various changes indicating their approval. One copy of the executed agreement was sent back to the plaintiff Kingsmont by a letter dated September 2, 1976. It was sent by registered post, mailed in Chatham on September 3, 1976. It was received in the Toronto Post Office on September 4, 1976 and by the solicitor for Kingsmont on September 7, 1976. By letter dated September 8, 1976 Kingsmont demanded the return of the deposit, the counter offer not having been accepted within the time limit. When the deposit was not returned action was commenced.
At trial the action was dismissed. The trial judge considered, and the parties before him agreed, that before a binding agreement of purchase and sale could be created, acceptance of the
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offer must be made and such acceptance must be communicated to the offeror. He noted that counsel had agreed that the conduct of the parties in this case had established that the appropriate mode of communication of any such acceptance was by mail, and if one were to apply the postal acceptance rule expressed in Adams v. Lindsell[2] acceptance would be complete at the date of posting of the letter containing the initialled agreement, i.e. September 3, 1976. It may be remembered here that upon that basis the acceptance would be too late and ineffective. He was of the view, however, that the offer was accepted by the initialling of the changes by the officers of Nu-Towne on September 1, 1976. The plaintiff, Kingsmont, by its letter of August 27, 1976, had prescribed that method of acceptance and, in addition, had prescribed a method of communication, i.e. by mail, and a time for communication of acceptance by the use of the concluding words: "We would suggest that you arrange for initialling of these new changes and return one copy of the Agreement to us as soon as possible." Since the date for acceptance had been precisely stated, he considered that the concluding words of the letter could refer only to the time of communication of acceptance. Nu-Towne had clearly returned the document as soon as possible, and accordingly it had accepted the counter offer and communicated acceptance in the manner and within the time stipulated. He therefore dismissed the plaintiff's action.
An appeal was allowed in the Ontario Court of Appeal (Howland C.J.O., Weatherston and Morden JJ.A.). Morden J.A., with whom Howland C.J.O. agreed, considered that the words "to be accepted" in paragraph 12 of the form of agreement included the act of communicating acceptance, and he did not consider it reasonable to construe the last sentence in the letter of August 27, 1976 "…as in any way, contractually or by estoppel, qualifying the language and effect of paragraph 12". Weatherston J.A., dissenting, construed the letter of August 27, 1976 to mean that the terms of the agreement must be assented to on or before September 1, but communication of
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acceptance must be made within a reasonable time.
It is apparent at once that there is no real issue in law on the facts of this case. The trial judge and the three appellate judges all agreed that as a general rule acceptance of an offer, or in this case a counter offer, would not be complete until communication of the acceptance was made. The trial judge and Weatherston J.A., in his dissent in the Court of Appeal, were of the view, on the construction they placed upon the letter of August 27, 1976, that the offer had been accepted and communication of that fact had been made in accordance with the prescribed method and in the time limited for such purpose. The majority of the Court of Appeal construed the letter differently, considering that the concluding words of the letter of August 27, 1976 did not have the effect of permitting communication of acceptance of the counter offer after September 1, 1976. The case has turned solely on a question of construction.
The question before this Court then is: What is the effect, if any, of the letter of August 27, 1976 upon the provisions of clause 12 of the form of agreement? In my view, the law was correctly stated in the judgments in the other courts. Generally, the fact of acceptance of an offer must be communicated to the offeror before acceptance is complete and a binding contract is created. There are exceptions to this rule but none which apply here. In the facts of this case if the officers of Nu-Towne on receipt of the letter of August 27, 1976 had done nothing, or if after initialling the changes they had done nothing further, no binding contract would have been created. Silence or inaction in these circumstances on the part of Nu-Towne after receipt of the letter of August 27, 1976 could not be construed as a full acceptance. Some act of communication was required to complete acceptance and the nature and sufficiency of the act must be determined by reference to the letter of August 27, 1976 and clause 12 of the form of agreement, for it is open to the parties to such a transaction to specify the mode and time of such communication, and to vary the method of communication should they choose. I cannot agree
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in the circumstances of this case with the construction placed upon the letter by the majority of the Court of Appeal. Out of the negotiations between the parties a detailed and carefully prepared memorandum in the form of an agreement had emerged. It is evident from what followed the receipt by Kingsmont of the letter of August 20, 1976, with its enclosure, that the parties had agreed upon most of the matters in question. Kingsmont, on receiving the August 20th letter, was in accord with the essentials of the arrangement and made only a few minor changes before returning the form of agreement, duly executed, with the request that the changes be approved by initialling. It is evident that Kingsmont assumed that the changes would be accepted, which they were, and that agreement would therefore have been reached between the parties. The closing words of the letter, requesting that an initialled copy be returned as soon as possible, confirm this view and indicate that the prompt return of the initialled document, which was effected, would be accepted in satisfaction of any formal provision for acceptance contained in article 12 of the form of agreement.
I would allow the appeal and restore the judgment at trial with costs to the appellant.
Appeal allowed with costs.
Solicitor for the appellant Nu-Towne Developments Incorporated: Timothy E.G. Fellowes, Toronto.
Solicitors for the respondent Kingsmont Properties Limited: McCarthy and McCarthy, Toronto.


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Artist Niki De Saint Phalle Sketches Lifesaving Truths for Teenagers Unwary of AIDS
Three years later the artist and the doctor have produced a striking book for adolescents about AIDS—AIDS: You Can't Catch It Holding Hands (The Lapis Press, $6.95). Illustrated with de Saint Phalle's colorful, whimsical drawings, the book is both straightforward and sensitive, and educators are interested in it as an AIDS educational tool. "The main problem was finding the right tone," says de Saint Phalle. "We wanted to give information without moralizing and to stress the positive quality of human relationships. I wrote, 'Romance is in again.' "
De Saint Phalle, 57, composed her text in the form of a letter. She describes the disease ("a virus which lives mainly in blood and sperm and vaginal fluids"). She tells how AIDS can be contracted (through anal, oral or vaginal sex) and how it can't (from mosquitoes or toilet seats). And she outlines precautions bluntly enough to make some parents cringe ("use a rubber...never share a needle").
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Any opposing defender trying to chase down an Ohio State player during the 2013 season will apparently be reminded who they're trying to tackle with just one look at the back collar of the Buckeyes' new jerseys.
Seven Buckeye leaves — one for each of the football program's claimed national titles — will reportedly be sewn onto the back collar of OSU's jerseys (gray on the red home jerseys and red on the white away jerseys). While not official, it would be a subtle yet applause-worthy nod both to the team's one-of-a-kind nickname and helmet and its longstanding success as a college football power.
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Jose Alfredo Cedeno-Solivan, 31, was at UPMC Hamot after police said he was shot in the chest with a handgun following an argument in the 9000 block of Jones Road. The hospital was not releasing any information on Cedeno-Solivan's condition, a nursing supervisor said.
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Dear Dr. Gott: Here is a little more about Castiva for arthritis. I've been putting it on my arthritic hands for more than a year. It has really helped, allowing me to continue playing the violin.
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My podiatrist told me that gout is a form of arthritis, so perhaps this is why the castor oil did such a good job. I hope this helps some of your readers as much as it has helped me!
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Presentation by Prof. Rosalea Hamilton, Scotiabank Chair, Entrepreneurship and Development, UTech President, The MSME Alliance during CARICOM Energy Week 2011 in Jamaica.
In celebration of CARICOM Energy Week held for the first time across several Caribbean member states during November 6-11, 2011. The University of Technology (UTECH), Jamaica in association with the Ministry of Energy and Mining's staging of Jamaica's Energy Week held a panel discussion on Jamaica's Energy Future on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at the prestigious campus.
One of the speakers at the event was Professor Rosalea Hamilton, Vice President of Development and Community Service, UTECH and President of the MSME Alliance. She provided an informative presentation on the results of an ongoing survey relating to the effect of energy on businesses in Jamaica. The objective of the survey was to better understand the impact of high electricity cost on businesses, in particular micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Jamaica from the perspective of business owners.
The survey which was being conducted from September to November 2011 had indicated some early results and these were presented at the event. Data presented here are survey results from: September 20, 2011 – November 7, 2011 that been presented to the public.
The initial results of the survey showed that high energy cost of electricity was a leading factor for the closure of businesses in Jamaica (with as much as 40% of respondents indicating that reasoning). Most respondents cited JPS as the source of power with a few users or solar energy.
Though most respondents found their high electricity bills stressful- the survey revealed that many businesses had to find creative ways to save on energy costs. The survey also revealed that electricity costs accounted for approximately 20% of business expenses and high bills were a contributing factor in business failure and limited business growth. Though the report was not representative of the MSMEs in Jamaica it provided a strong indication of what businesses were experiencing.
Highlights from the presentation included:
Perspectives on Electricity Expense/Total Expense
80% of the 70 MSMEs indicated that their electricity expense is about 20% of their total expense
- 80% of the 33 Sole Proprietors indicated that their electricity expense is about 28% of their total expense
- 80% of the 26 Micro enterprises indicated that their electricity expense is about 17% of their total expense
- 80% of the 6 Small enterprises indicated that their electricity expense is about 8% of their total expense
- 80% of the 5 Medium enterprises indicated that their electricity expense is about 13% of their total expense
Contributing to Business Closure
- 73% of the 55 Respondents who are past business owners have indicated that High Electricity cost have contributed to their Business Failure
- 38% of the 88 Respondents who are past business owners have indicated that High Electricity cost have contributed to their decision to close their business
- 17% of the 337 Respondents who currently have a business indicated that due to High Electricity cost they plan to close part or all of their Business
- 9% of the 441 Respondents currently in business indicated that they were forced to close of part of their Business
In conclusion the survey results at that time revealed influences that were negative and positive:
- NEGATIVE INFLUENCE – The data suggest that high electricity costs are negatively affecting the MSMEs in the survey and may deter individuals from starting a business
- POSITIVE INFLUENCE – The data also suggest that high electricity costs are contributing to energy conservation and management in the use of electricity among MSMEs in the survey
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18 months primal . I am a former fatty (lost 95lbs doing a CW atkins type thing over 2 years), & a food addict. Right now I am in my "zone". The interesting thing is that I have recently lost interest in lunch, & for the sake of weight loss do my best to not eat after dinner. Over the last 18 months I have stood fast to not eating ANY grains, legumes, et al. Than I fell off the wagon after an injury & went back to sugar items calling them primal to make myself feel better. I put 25 of my 95 lbs lost not back on in 10 months. Now I got my mojo back & got rid of night time ice cream & all other sugars. Limited dairy (cheese only as a vice), & as always 0 grains. I have taken off 22 lbs in the past 6 weeks. I am now with my back injury having re appeared, my workouts have become more like physical therapy rather than death training. Not working out makes it easy to not consume much. CW can kiss my butt. Primal living is the best. I used to joke about 20% is for the weak. Now I really am 100% I just wonder how long I will keep that up. "A waste is a terrible thing to mind" & visa versa.
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"Since going primal, I've found that there are very few problems that cannot be solved with butter and/or bacon fat."
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The Scandal star, who appeared on Live! With Kelly and Michael, Tuesday, said Michael Strahan and Kelly Ripa weren't talking before the show
VIDEO: Olivia Munn Hilariously Impersonates Her Mother While Addressing Those Engagement Rumors
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Brooke Shields Talks Giving Birth on the Same Day – and in the Same Hospital – as Katie Holmes: 'I Thought the Helicopters Were for Me!'
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Jenny McCarthy Dishes on First Year of Marriage with Donnie Walhberg – and Raising a Teen (It's 'Amazing and Scary'!)
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Nick Jonas and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Join New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
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A central Kentucky Boy Scout official said 20 sponsors either have dropped or plan to drop their charters in response to a policy change earlier this year that allows openly gay youth participate.
Chip Armishaw, who is chief executive officer of Boy Scouts of America's Blue Grass Council, told The State Journal that the council has found replacement sponsors for almost all of them.
The Blue Grass Council is comprised of 209 chartered organizations in 55 counties in eastern and central Kentucky.
The Boy Scout's National Council voted in May to allow openly gay youth to join but maintained its ban on gay leaders.
Armishaw said the council expected some of its chartered organizations to cut ties after the vote.


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If I had to guess I would think are top 3 regular shooters would be Datsyuk, Nyquist, Weiss, followed by Z, Tatar, Alfy
What do you guys think?


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on July 10, 2011 - 12:01 AM
In popular daily journalism, what goes around tends to come around.
Nearly 120 years ago, newspapers redefined themselves, and huge fortunes were amassed reporting petty neighborhood crime, presenting it larger than life through exaggeration and outright fabrication, and finally turning the newspapers into the story by assuming the roles of police, prosecutor and jury.
Every editor knows the public loves gossipy domestic crime, especially if a celeb of sorts is involved. If there's no celeb, you create one. But eventually the public tires of the same story with different names, so the penny-papers graduated to lurid political scandals.
They finally hit their peak when they precipitated a war with hapless Spain, staged just 90 miles off the Florida Keys, in easy reach of reporters on yachts.
Today's successful local TV news formula means chasing police to neighborhood shootings, with the occasional traffic accident caught on video or the pet rescued in a house fire tossed in. Cable has advanced the art one level by joining the police on raids of mostly underclass suspects who can't afford a good lawyer to protect their rights.
But alas, the public tires. So the 24-hour cable beast and amateur Web reporter graduate to lurid political scandals, which as despicable as they might be, often have little to do with the political figure's carrying out of his sworn duties. And of course, the stories are as old as politics itself. Only the names have changed.
Some would go as far as to say that the need to feed the cable beast precipitated the second war in Iraq.
Each infant invention or innovation in mass communications, it seems, starts off slowly, often inconspicuously, and then suddenly on the wings of an event that captures the public imagination, it bursts forth to the head of the class.
Just such a defining event is the subject of Paul Collins' latest book, an exciting whodunit, aptly titled "The Murder of the Century."
Even in 1897, New York City had a murder a day. The killing of a little-known immigrant worker involved in a love tryst might have been a two-day story at best if not for the blossoming of the penny-papers and the fight between William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer for dominance of the lucrative New York market.
The basic story is intriguing in its simplicity: Two men vie for a woman. One man winds up dead at the hand of the other man, the woman -- maybe both -- or even the husband. The story is repeated too frequently in towns and cities across the nation, hardly a blockbuster in a city like New York.
True, some odd circumstances in this killing would perk up the weary ears of any crusty city editor worth his salt.
For starters, two boys found the headless upper torso of a man, wrapped in bright oilcloth tied in a bundle, floating near an East River ferry slip. While citizens clamored to identify the remains, some berry pickers near the Harlem River stumbled across a neatly severed lower torso and legs. Sure enough, the pieces matched.
Surely a head would turn up soon, officials predicted. It never did.
Even without the identifying head -- this was before DNA or even routine fingerprinting -- newspaper reporters led police to a barber named Martin Thorn and a midwife, Augusta Nack, who was nabbed with her bags already packed for a return to her native Germany.
The torso probably belonged to a masseur named William Guldensuppe, Mrs. Nack's first lover -- not counting husband Herman Nack. Thorn, the barber, claimed to be Mrs. Nack's current lover. Gussie Nack at various times insisted she loved all three men, although in the parlance of the 21st century, Mr. Nack was ancient history.
So, who did it?
It turned out not to be that simple considering that hundreds of New Yorkers were claiming the torso as their lost relative or best friend. Besides, when confronted, the prime suspects accused each other. To add to the circus atmosphere, one of the city's leading defense lawyers took Gussie's case, while the chief prosecutor was a close associate of Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, who had just left his police job for a more promising career and eventually San Juan Hill.
There's more, lots more. Author Collins does a masterful job of moving the mystery forward while capturing the character and color of New York City, its corrupt police department, the smells of its bustling lower Manhattan neighborhoods and its shops crowded with recently arrived immigrants. He may drop a cliche or two, but Collins tells this story like a true mystery writer.
This mystery, however, contains a strong subplot. Just below the surface of this fully researched and annotated thriller is the story of an emerging new medium, struggling for acceptance, looking for a reason to be and finding it in this unlikely story that would hold 100,000 readers captivated for months. The phenomenon became known as yellow journalism, named for a cartoon character of the time.
The young, brash Hearst had recently set up shop in Park Row and needed a good story, a lurid mystery -- a story that editors say "has legs" -- to help him wrest the title of "the yellowest of the yellows" from Pulitizer. New York City had 48 dailies at the time, butThis was war between Hearst's Journal and Pulitizer's World.
True, newspapers weren't invented in 1897, but penny-papers, the new medium that everyone could afford and that appealed to the masses through scandal, petty crime and infidelity -- the more shocking the better -- were in their infancies. They needed a big story to prove their legitimacy, even if they had to make it up.
This is where the story begins to sound like today's media dogfights. Just substitute the antics of the 24-hour news talking heads, or the local evening newscast investigators, or the latest news-gossip website for the penny-papers in these vignettes:
Every police reporter and would-be police reporter in town had his own theory on the identity of the floating torso and the killer. Most were total fantasy, and most were printed in one edition or another of the Journal or the World and then forgotten. Police reporters carried badges, and a few made citizen's arrests. (Does that sound like arranging for a murder suspect to turn himself in at a TV studio?) "Why just cover news when you could make it?" Hearst shouted to his editors.
The yellow journalists contrived news, going as far as renting a crime scene from a landlord and letting police in only after scouring the place for clues. The opposition suspected Journal reporters planted phony evidence so they could write about it one day and disprove it the next.
After hiding a witness from police, the Journal trumpeted across Page One: "Murder Mystery Solved by the Journal -- Mrs. Nack Murderess!" Well maybe. And maybe not. You'll have to read the book.
But what we do know is that Pulitzer went on to respectability by donating wheelbarrows of money to Columbia University (the Pulitizer Prize). Hearst eventually got his war, and the family went on to publishing respectability. With time, the penny-papers softened, waiting to be supplanted by the next innovation.
History reminds us again: There is hope in our future.
Edward Cuddihy is a retired Buffalo News managing editor.
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars
by Paul CollinsCrown, 325 pages, $26


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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
Oct. 19, 2012
In conjunction with the national and local observations of breast cancer awareness month, Saint Vincent College's Parkhurst Dining Service will be presenting breast cancer awareness day on Tuesday, Oct. 23 with a special pink luncheon menu. Pink tablecloths and decorations will serve as a backdrop for a selection of pink-colored foods including pink cotton candy, pink lemonade smoothies, pink pasta roseo, cranberry chicken, Harvard beets, rosemary red potatoes and pink rice pilaf. "We are proud to join with many other businesses and organizations which are creatively drawing attention to the importance of being aware of the causes, detection and treatment of this disease," commented Reggie Esmi, senior general manager for Parkhurst at Saint Vincent. "While most of our students and staff are aware of breast cancer, some may forget to take the steps necessary to have a plan to detect the disease in its early stages and to encourage others to do so. Hopefully, this event will serve as an enjoyable reminder." "The message we want to communicate is very serious but we hope to do it in an interesting, fun and appropriately colorful way," he concluded.
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