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Pain DVD now available
To coincide with Pain's 15th anniversary, the full-length official Pain DVD, 'In A Band', was released in 2009. This pressing, dedicated to the band members and other Pain fanatics, is limited to only 1,000 copies, and contains hours of never before released footage and other material. 'In A Band' is the definitive Pain retrospective.
From the back cover:
For most of the 1990's, Pain recorded and toured throughout the United States. In an era dominated by corporate punk rock, wherein "alternative music" became just another major label genre, Pain remained fiercely independent. We opted to take complete control over our recordings, and were determined to only work with independent and fair-minded studios, artists, booking agents, publicists, and labels.
'In A Band' is an audio, visual, and oral history of those years. It provides an authentic retrospective of one band's devotion to the DIY ethic established by so many great independent bands of the 1980's. This compendium is not complete, nor is it free of blemishes. But it is real. As Henry Rollins once said, "Don't talk about it. Do it." 'In A Band' documents some of what Pain did.
--Mark "Pose" Milewicz
Features include:
• Live performances of Pain classics in eight U.S. cities, including: In A Band, Put 'Em Back, Upright, Gavin, The Man Upstairs, Milk, Island Of Fear, Army Of The Bored, Nitro, Thimbledrome, Chuck Al Hashib, Easy Out, Suckerpunch, Kokamantratarious, Square Pegs, Pose Ode, The Bottlerocket War, The Man Upstairs, Fight, Gavin, The People The People, Full Speed Ahead, The Comeback, Midgets With Guns, Upright, The White Recluse, Excalibur, and Derision
• Music videos for 'Square Pegs' and 'In A Band', including director's commentary for each
• Behind the scenes footage, including 'In A Band', a short documentary made during the video shoot on August 1st and 2nd, 1998
• Commentary by Dan Lord, Mark "Pose" Milewicz, Liz Milewicz, Adam Guthrie, Chris Johnson, and Stuart McNair
• Over 150 set lists featuring Dan Lord's original artwork, and many other Pain artifacts
• Dozens of never before published photographs, and nine previously unreleased 4-track demos (Army Of The Bored, Enough, Excalibur, Gavin, Grudge, Idle Hands, Nitro, Put 'Em Back, The Man Upstairs)
• Other rarities, including Pain's own cover of 'The Time Warp'
• Complete discography information, including personnel, release dates, and tracks
• Running time: Approximately 5 hours, 11 minutes
Thanks for your continued support and enthusiasm! As always, the Pain-mart Online Superstore is open 24/7 for your rocking convenience. Orders ship every Monday.


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Apple is often thought of as a consumer-focused brand, controlling both market and mindshare in the consumer electronics industry. However, many businesses are adopting Apple devices as well. While this is particularly the case among the self-employed and small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), adoption isn't limited to this area. In 2013, for instance, Apple devices accounted for nearly 90 percent of new mobile device activations in the enterprise.
As a result of this adoption, enterprise software vendors are developing applications specifically for Apple's operating systems—OS X and iOS. Customer relationship management (CRM) software is one area where development is already underway. There are currently several CRM solutions on the market available to Apple users. These solutions come in two varieties: Mac-based CRMs and Web-based CRMs.
In this guide, we'll profile the options available to help you better understand the differences between these two models.
Several vendors in the market have developed Mac-based CRM solutions, which are built to run natively on the Mac operating system. These systems borrow from the existing infrastructure of a Mac operating system, resulting in a user interface that is similar to the one Apple users are already familiar with.
While Mac CRM solutions are excellent options for managing your customer relationships, there are relatively few Mac-based CRM options on the market today. Because of this, software buyers looking for a variety of options should consider looking into Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) systems that are "Mac-enabled," or adapted for use via the Safari Web browser as well as other modern browsers.
SaaS CRM systems are hosted in the Cloud. In this model, the vendor hosts and maintains the software on servers in a secure, off-site location. Users can access the software from any Web-enabled device, such as a computer, iPhone or iPad. These systems are typically built to be browser-agnostic, meaning they can accessed from Safari, Chrome or another Web browser you run on your Mac.
With the growth of mobile and tablet devices, more CRM vendors are developing subscription-based Cloud software. One benefit of opting for a Web-based CRM system is that it offers more flexibility down the road should you choose to switch away from Apple devices. If your company decides to go the PC route, for instance, you can continue to run your CRM on a hosted system.
Additionally, with the multitude of Web-based CRM systems available, the market is much larger, giving organizations more options when searching for a CRM to meet their unique functional needs.
A Web-based CRM system also requires a smaller upfront investment. Since the software isn't installed or maintained on your organization's premises, you won't need to dedicate resources to an internal IT staff. Moreover, most Web-based systems are sold on a subscription basis and can be licensed for a more affordable monthly payment.
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As you evaluate which option is right for managing your customer relationships, there are a few additional things to keep in mind. If the following considerations are important to you, make sure to discuss them with vendors prior to selecting a CRM system.
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Anyone else feel it? It was the first one I actually felt and they don't happen too often here in the NE.
I was sitting at my desk and felt the building start shaking, I work on the first floor in an apartment building so I though maybe someone was jumping or wrestling around. (My maintenance guy told me he felt it and thought at first it was tenants messing around too!)Then I realized that kind of shaking could not done by humans. My computer moniter was shaking, my plant was shaking, I was shaking!
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By Andy Barrand
LITCHFIELD � As one search for a new administrator ended for the Litchfield Community Schools Board of Education, another began Monday night.
After three years as principal and superintenden, Ann Riddle turned in a letter of resignation during a special meeting March 25. During Monday night�s meeting the board gave Assistant Superintendent Bill Childs permission to advertise the position for a part-time superintendent.
After months of searching for a new principal the board approved a contract during the meeting. Corey Helgesen will be the new principal beginning July 1. Helgesen currently is a principal and teacher with Engadine Consolidated Schools in the Upper Peninsula.
Helgesen said his family insisted he explore the opportunity when the Litchfield K-12 principal's position came open.
�I could not express how fortunate I feel to be able to be part of the Litchfield and greater Hillsdale County community once again,� he said. �I cannot express enough how excited I am for this opportunity to serve the community of Litchfield. I anticipate and expect good things for the future of LCS. I am honored to be part of the puzzle to assist in bringing out the best of the best from all angles for this upcoming year.�
Helgesen taught at Davis Middle School for two years under Jackie Wickham as principal.
�I really enjoyed the community and staff,� Helgesen said. �We still have several ties in Hillsdale County as well as in Branch and Calhoun counties, including family and friends.�
Helgesen graduated from Lakeview High School in Battle Creek in 1993. He is also a graduate of Western Michigan University and Nova Southeastern University. Helgesen and his wife Candice have five children.
�Family is everything to me,� he said.
Helgesen said he took the job because he believes in the smaller school model and believes he can be an agent of change for the school system.
�Litchfield Community Schools is a great place to plug in the loved ones we have as they will receive a small school environment, many great opportunities with a chance to participate and a consistent basis of expectations I know can and will be delivered,� Helgesen said.
Helgesen and his family�are currently looking for a house in Litchfield. He said his children will go to the school.
�If I believe in the school, then I also must believe that it is good enough for my own flesh and blood,� he said. �I see it no other way and further view Litchfield Community Schools as this place where students, such as my own, will get the needed attention that they deserve, a formula for success.�
The board also voted to approve layoff notices for 15 support staff employees at the school, due to a decline in federal revenues the school system will receive for 2013-14. Collective bargaining requires the school system to give staff receiving notices 30 days before the end of the school year.
�This is never a good time of year,� Childs said. �We are covering all of our bases at this point.�
He said notices would be going out to all of the support staff besides bus drivers. Bus drivers are excluded from the list because of their qualifications.
�This is when it is not a nice time to be up here, but we know not everyone will be on the list,� said Sheryl Pitts, board president.
A significant amount of the support staff wages come from federal funds. The school system has had an excess of funds in the past couple of years. Last year the school system had $230,000 in its budget.
Childs said for 2013-14 the school system is only working with $145,000 to $150,000.
He said there may be opportunities for support staff employees to move into other roles at the school. He has targeted the May 20 meeting for support staff recalls.
The board also renewed a one-year contract�with OMC to provide audit services for the school system.
Childs said the company�s bid was 60 percent less than any other bid he received. Audit services will be put out for bid again next year for a three-year contract.
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There are many benefits to studying on a college campus. If you're interested in building social or professional networks or prefer face-to-face interaction with professors and other students, then a campus program may be right for you. Begin your search for a campus-based Masters in Ministry and narrow your search by deciding whether you will search for a local or international Ministry Grad School.
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Today, the popular "weather documenting app" InstaWeather Pro has been released for Windows Phone 8 devices. We gave you a sneak peek of that app, which is coming from iOS and Android, back in July and now you can have it too.
InstaWeather Pro is one of a new class of popular social apps where you take a photo, presumably outside, and then overlay the current conditions and location info over it. The photo is then ideal for sharing to social networks so friends and family can see where you are—think of it like a virtual postcard.
The app says it has the unique ability to share your creation directly with Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and foursquare, though we were hard pressed to find that in this release. Instead, the app uses the default Share option for images, allowing you to hand it off to your other third party apps, including 6tagram (beta) or Instance.
InstaWeather Pro has improved substantially from our early look, as it feels more fluid and responsive than the beta version. That's good news as the app does cost $0.99 with no free trial. That lack of a free trial is a bit of a letdown as we know many of you will simply look for an alternative, like the free Ciel.
Hopefully though the developers behind InstaWeather Pro will add a trial feature in an update. (We should note though that InstaWeather Pro costs $1.99 on iOS and Android, making the $0.99 price point a little easier to swallow for Windows Phone users).
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In the last 20 years dual language education programs have increased in number and expanded in range. Whereas once they were predominantly focused at the elementary level, they now span from pre-K through to high school. This book examines the key attributes of successful dual language programs, as well as the challenges and opportunities involved in extending the dual language instructional model to pre-K and secondary settings. Chapter authors, who are themselves both researchers and practitioners, explore the latest research and policy implications for implementation of dual language in three different contexts; within a school, a dual language school and a dual language district. This book will be of interest to teachers, teacher educators, professional development specialists, policymakers, administrators, and researchers.
Until now, very little attention has been devoted to the processes within programs that deliver dual language instruction. Aligned with new scientific foundations indicating the positive merits related to dual language learning, this timely volume provides the bridge to the new realities of providing the most positive schooling experience at the most critical time for DLLs/ELLs.- Eugene Garcia, Arizona State University, USA
This book is a solid 'best practice share' from some of our most committed colleagues in the field. An essential and relevant resource that provides insight into how we can meet the challenges of program implementation and sustainability. Whether launching or strengthening your program, it is a must-read for our dual language community.- David Rogers, Dual Language Education of New Mexico, USA
M. Beatriz Arias is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Her scholarly interests center on educational language policy and programs for emergent bilinguals/English language learners.
Molly Fee is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at UCLA. Her research interests focus on refugee resettlement, international migration, political sociology, and language policy.


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There is such a wide variety of cases out there for BlackBerry devices and that means pretty much "something for everyone". Cases not only help us express our personality, but also protect your device from the daily bumps and brusies. From your basic skin case all the way up to the insane protection of an OtterBox, there are loads to choose from. So youre mission this week is to leave a comment letting us know which case available at ShopCrackBerry.com you'd like to call your own. Be it a silicone sleeve, snap-on hard case or something stylish, let us know what and why (and be sure to include your device) and it could be yours!
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Red Hat Developers Can Get Chatty
Socializing a CommunityEnterprise Linux leader Red Hat announced a pair of very different collaborative initiatives last week at its annual user conference.
The 108 project is along traditional collaborative developer lines while the Mugshot project is much like a social networking effort you wouldn't expect to see from a serious enterprise vendor.
"Some news posts are describing Mugshot as 'social networking,' which in my view is misleading--you'll notice we don't use that word," Red Hat developer Havoc Pennington wrote on the Mugshot blog.
According to Red Hat's Mugshot project wiki, it's "an open project to create a live social experience around entertainment." The project is powered by 100 percent open source software on both the client and server sides.
Mugshot has two main features, both of which are similar to what other traditional social networking sites offer.
Link Swarm is similar to Yahoo's del.icio.us in that it's about sharing Web links with others.
Music Radar will display the tune a user is listening to (from a service such as Yahoo Music or iTunes) on a user's MySpace or blog page. Future development is expected to include television and video applications.
Red Hat doesn't consider Mugshot a replacement for social networking sites, but rather as a tool that will work with them to add what Red Hat calls "live social experiences" to the mix.
Pennington also noted that one of the other key differentiating factors of Mugshot is the fact that feature applications are connected in real time via a Jive Wildfire Jabber protocol/XMPP server.
"So we use this for real-time music tracking and notification about shared Web sites, and it could be used for a lot more things," Pennington wrote.
From the social to the more traditional collaboration sphere, Red Hat is also rolling out its own developer collaboration space called "108."
According to Red Hat's 108 FAQ, "You can find and share resources; build and fetch code; find and meet other developers, interact with them, collaborate with them; or learn more about Red Hat's partners and products. In 108, you can be a tourist, a resident, or maybe even grow up to be President some day."
The project will also become Red Hat's home for the development of open source testing tools.
The company said the 108 testing project is dedicated to contributing to open source development by creating tests, automating test executions and tracking tools, as well as helping to provide a standardized testing process for open source software.


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There are, I find, now five good reasons why local residents should not vote for Michael Bloomberg to become Mayor again.
He has raised our residential property taxes some 30% during the past 7 years, and is sure to raise them much more, if re-elected.
He manipulated the change to the "term limits" law so he could run again, and is certain to try to do it again in four years.
He has allowed the World Trade Center site to remain little more than a hole-in-the-ground, with no possibility of completing re-construction in time for the 10-year tragic anniversary.
He has destroyed what was good about local education, acting like a czar, and ignoring both experts and local residents.
He is now the wealthiest man in New York City, totally out-of-touch with ordinary citizens, treating us with little but contempt.
In summary, Bloomberg is the worst possible choice to be the next Mayor.
Who, then? With Anthony Weiner dropping out of the race, among the remaining announced candidates, I support local Councilman Tony Avella, the "anti-Bloomberg," who understands the real people. Avella, unlike Bloomberg, has a long background in civic activism and remains in touch with ordinary working residents. He lives in a modest ranch house in our residential community, not a palatial apartment that Bloomberg wouldn't leave, even for Gracie Mansion. Tony has not been "one of the boys" at City Hall, even to the point of being "punished by the City Council "leadership," and even though he could now run again, a-la Bloomberg's new "extension" of term limits from eight to twelve years, Tony is not running for his City Council seat again, since the voters have made it plain that eight years is enough for any city office, including the Mayor. Tony Avella, a man of the people, for New York City Mayor this November!
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Since the news of Baroness Thatcher's death broke, I've been bouncing back and forth on Twitter trying to push back against two completely opposing attitudes – the first, and on the surface most obnoxious being the gleeful cries of 'Ding dong!"while apparently opening magnums of champagne in spontaneous street parties while dancing to the Clash. People have plenty of reason to despise her, but such macabre delight in the death of a fellow human being reflects badly not on Margaret Thatcher, but her haters. I deliberately put a photo of the young Margaret, because as always with polarising politicians, we forget they didn't always exist in the form in which we knew them while they were in power. We forget they're as human as we are, and so we feel free to spew the kind of hate usually reserved for mass-murderers.
On the other hand, we have the many, many conservatives -on both sides of the pond – hailing her as the greatest PM since Churchill and possibly the greatest peacetime PM full stop. Communism's greatest foe, scourge of the Argies, a champion for freedom and liberty, Britain's Iron Lady and Saviour, etc, etc, etc.
A particularly egregious case of this is – surprise! – Andrew Sullivan. It baffles me how a gay man can admire a woman who passed the singularly horrendous Section 28, which banned local authorities from 'promoting homosexuality' in general and especially not in schools. The message to gay people was clear: your country is ashamed of you, and is going to pretend you don't exist. This nasty, discriminatory, humiliating piece of legislation designed to keep gay people as second class citizens exposes a rather large chink in his idol's armour, yet Sullivan (whose sense of irony seems to have been surgically removed) titles his piece "Thatcher, Liberator". Life in Britain pre-Thatcher, he writes, was insane. She restored much needed sanity. The cruel unionists were slowly killing their members by forcing them to work in the mines. Never mind that for these miners this was the only way to put food on the table for them and their families, St Maggie nobly put an end to such suffering by putting them out of work to suffer from desperate poverty instead. Sullivan was, of course, a student at Oxford for the entirety of Thatcher's first term, followed by an almost immediate move to America to work for the New Republic. So as you can see Sullivan experienced virtually nothing of the real Thatcher's Britain, which oddly enough seems to be a pattern among her fervent admirers.
Having been born just as her rule as PM was coming to an end, I know nothing of 80s Britain either. But I know my father, who held a degree in mathematics and was a member of a professional body as a qualified actuary, had to leave Britain for South Africa to find work. There were absolutely no jobs, or opportunities to be had. Though Thatcher's spiritual successor Iain Duncan Smith would have called my ridiculously qualified dad a snob for refusing to stack shelves after all that hard academic work.I know my grandmother, a weaver from Dundee, saw factories close as British industries crumbled under the Iron Lady's iron fist. She and her family moved, coincidentally, to South Africa too to escape Thatcher's new 'sane' Britain.
Margaret Thatcher is an object lesson in irony, in that her policies produced results contrary to her very strident beliefs. She trumpeted the need for people to be self-reliant, and implemented policies that made millions dependent on the dole. She hailed the British spirit during the Falklands War, even as her intransigence during the strikes caused bitter divides between families, friends and communities. And what about Margaret Thatcher, champion of freedom? She deplored and fought against the oppression of Communism, and declared anti-apartheid political prisoner Nelson Mandela a terrorist. In the case of South Africa, first Thatcher not only did nothing to bring down apartheid, she actively opposed sanctions – with the laughable reasoning that it would 'hurt the black majority most'. You can't hurt people who've got less than nothing. She was anything but a champion of liberty to an oppressed Chilean under Pinochet, Thatcher's BFF. Or to a Cambodian living in fear of the Khmer Rouge. These aren't small blots on an otherwise pristine copybook, but ugly, glaring contradictory holes in the carefully cultivated myth of the Iron Lady, foe of tyranny.
The final myth that needs to be torn down is Margaret Thatcher the Feminist. "I hate feminism. It is poison," said Maggie herself. And say what you will about her, she was never disingenuous. This hasn't stopped people from declaring her a 'feminist icon'. Why? Because she's a strong woman? History is littered with equally powerful women who broke the mould, but nevertheless remained the exception rather than the rule and did nothing to raise the status of their fellow women. And that is what Thatcher did. If Emmeline Pankhurst had only fought for and won the vote for herself, would we applaud her as a feminist icon? Thatcher is worthy of women's admiration in many ways: she was a trailblazer, pursued her own path, won the leadership of a party in a overwhelmingly male-dominated profession, and did all this while raising a family. But those achievements did not unlock doors and shatter glass ceilings for women as a whole.


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SEOUL, South Korea – Kim Jong Il, North Korea's longtime leader, has died at 69 of heart failure, state TV reported on Monday in a "special broadcast."
State media reported that Kim died on Dec. 17 of a heart ailment on a train due to a "great mental and physical strain" during a "high intensity field inspection." It said an autopsy was done on Dec. 18 and "fully confirmed" the diagnosis.
"It is the biggest loss for the party ... and it is our people and nation's biggest sadness," an anchorwoman clad in black Korean traditional dress said in a voice choked with tears. She said the nation must "change our sadness to strength and overcome our difficulties."
South Korean media, including Yonhap news agency, said South Korea put its military on "high alert" and President Lee Myung-bak convened a national security council meeting after the news of Kim's death. Officials couldn't immediately confirm the reports.
The news came as North Korea prepared for a hereditary succession. Kim Jong Il inherited power after his father, revered North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, died in 1994.
In September 2010, Kim Jong Il unveiled his third son, the twenty-something Kim Jong Un, as his successor, putting him in high-ranking posts.
Traffic in the North Korean capital was moving as usual Monday, but people in the streets were in tears as they learned the news of Kim's death. A foreigner contacted at Pyongyang's Koryo Hotel said hotel staff were in tears.
Asian stock markets moved lower amid the news, which raises the possibility of increased instability on the divided Korean peninsula.
South Korea's Kospi index was down 3.9 percent at 1,767.89 and Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.8 percent to 8,331.00. Hong Kong's Hang Seng slipped 2 percent to 17,929.66 and the Shanghai Composite Index dropped 2 percent to 2,178.75.
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Maybe the picture above isn't the most representative image of the new Wonder Woman, but how could I resist? And I'd watch a prom-dress-wearing, bat-wielding version of Wonder Woman over this new David E. Kelly version anyway. Diana Price isn't a mere "real woman yearning to live a normal life" or a CEO and she doesn't have pajama and ice cream sleepovers. The more I read about this project, the less I understand their reasoning. I even contacted an involved party for comment. "This show is going to do so badly!" said a surprisingly-happy producer at NBC named Max Bialystock.
That's right. A Broadway joke. Claws out!
Also, after the jump is a tape Tanit Phoenix made while vying for the part. That awful dialogue she's reading is from the awful script. Awful.
[Hat tip to FangirlMag and Blastr]


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Black Forest Brownies
Although I enjoy sweets, other recipes have failed me (I'm a beginning baker). But not this one! It's easy, and the ingredients are always on hand. Even my boyfriend, who doesn't like most sweets, can't pass these brownies.
Total TimePrep: 20 min. Bake: 35 min. + cooling
Makes3 dozen
- 1 cup butter, cubed
- 1 cup baking cocoa
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped maraschino cherries
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 6 tablespoons baking cocoa
- 1/4 cup 2% milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup chopped nuts
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt butter; stir in cocoa until smooth. Cool slightly. In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar. Stir in extracts and chocolate mixture. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to chocolate mixture. Stir in cherries and nuts. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan.
- Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (do not overbake).
- Meanwhile, for icing, in a large bowl, combine the butter, confectioners' sugar, cocoa, milk and vanilla until smooth; spread over hot brownies. Sprinkle with nuts. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.
Originally published as Black Forest Brownies in Country Woman January/February 1994
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My Review
Jul 12, 2012
Didn't use nuts or cherries. It was delicious. I also melted some milk chocolate and added it to the icing. I was trying to find the nutritional breakdown of this recipe, but couldn't find it.
Dec 6, 2011
These were a little dry. Not sure if I over baked them or if there is something I could do to fix that. But the taste is really good. I intend to try again....any ideas for a more moist brownie?
Apr 30, 2010
Wonderful!! Moist chocolatey, it is my favorite brownie
Nov 12, 2008
This recipe is too good to keep at home. I sent it to my husbands work and now they beg me to make them! I chopped the cherries.


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First introduced in 1998, the Mazda B-3000 is a compact pickup truck and close relative of the Ford Ranger. While the two models are almost identical mechanically, the B-3000 has many unique styling cues that set it apart from the Ranger.
The B-3000 is part of Mazda's B-Series, and it sold well for a number of years. Truck models belonging to the B-Series have names that designate engine displacement. Other models belonging to the B-Series include the B-2300 and the B-4000. The B-3000 comes equipped with a 3.0-liter V-6 engine, while the B-2300 contains a 2.3-liter V-6. The B-4000 houses a more muscular 4.0-liter SOHC V-6, which is notably the same engine found under the hood of the massive Ford Explorer. Ultimately Mazda opted to discontinue the B-3000 in 2007. The B-Series itself only lasted another two years before it too terminated in 2009.
The Mazda B-3000 is a compact pickup truck, essentially offered as a trim level of the popular and long-running Mazda B-Series. Like all pickup truck models in the B-Series, the B-3000 keeps close relations with the Ford Ranger, but boasts many of its own styling cues.
Significantly, the Mazda B-3000 marks the first import brand pickup truck to offer the option of a four-door cab. That model is known as the Cab Plus 4. During its run of production, Mazda made the B-3000 available as both a two-wheel and four-wheel drive vehicle. While many truck models seem to have increased in size over the years, the B-3000 remains a truly compact pickup truck through its near decade long run of production. Like the B-2300, the B-3000 is better suited for cargo hauling and light towing. Drivers looking for a vehicle to perform truly heavy-duty jobs will probably have better luck with the more substantial B-4000 model.
2009 was the final year that Mazda produced its compact B-Series of pickup trucks. However the B-3000, which is essentially a trim level of the B-Series, discontinued two years earlier, in 2007. Numbers in the B-Series indicate engine displacement; hence the B-3000 comes equipped with a 3.0-liter V-6 engine that generates 148 horsepower and produces 180 lb-ft of torque. A five-speed manual transmission comes standard on the 2007 B-3000. However, the model also offers the option of a five-speed automatic. Tow ratings for the B-3000 remain less than 3,000 pounds.
Standard safety features for the 2007 B-3000 include anti-lock brakes, and the model earns five out of five stars for driver safety in frontal impact crashes. Front passenger safety ratings drop to four out of five stars. Notably, many modern safety features such as stability control, as well as side and side curtain airbags, are not available for the 2007 B-3000.
From an interior point of view, the 2007 B-Series in general can be regarded as a model near the end of its line. The truck's cabin has a dated feel, and competing models offer features such as leather upholstery and premium sound systems; these cannot be found on the B-3000. The model offers little legroom, and the seats sit flat and low, which leads to driver and passenger discomfort on longer drives.
Reviews indicate that the B-3000's 3.0-liter V-6 is slightly underpowered, and acceleration suffers as a result. However, one area where the compact pickup excels is in handling. The B-3000's compact size leads to good maneuverability. However, by 2007, the B-3000's basic platform and underpinnings had become somewhat dated, which results in a bit of a rough ride. Despite this, the 2007 B-3000 performs decently in off-road situations, and it's perhaps somewhat lamentable that Mazda never offered the option of an off-road package.
2005 saw the introduction of several new features to the B-3000 Dual Sport and SE models. These features include cruise control, leather-wrapped steering wheels, bed liners, and power mirrors.
In 2004, the Mazda B-3000's interior received a slight refresh, adding a new steering wheel, revised cloth upholstery, and a redesigned center stack.
B-3000 models from 2001 feature a 3.0-liter V-6 that generates 150 horsepower and produces185 lb-ft of torque. Four-wheel drive comes as an option on this B-3000 model. Several style innovations from 2001 include restyled grilles, new front and rear lights, and 16-inch alloy wheels on four-wheel drive models.
2007 Mazda B-3000
Truck, Utility/Offroad
The 2007 Mazda B-3000 is a compact pickup truck that is available with a regular cab, or an extended cab with rear-opening doors called the Cab Plus 4.
2006 Mazda B-3000
Mazda has a long history of making pickup trucks.
2005 Mazda B-3000
The 2005 Mazda B-3000 comes with few new features this year.
2004 Mazda B-3000
The 2004 Mazda B-3000 compact pickup truck is an aged design in an increasingly competitive class.
2003 Mazda B-3000
The 2003 Mazda B-3000 is like the middle child among the Mazda Truck offerings.
2002 Mazda B-3000
The 2002 Mazda B3000, like the B2300, is a six-generation pickup truck in the B-Series lineup that was created in 1961.
2001 Mazda B-3000
The 2001 Mazda B-3000 is part of Mazda's B-Series of compact trucks.
2000 Mazda B-3000
The 2000 Mazda B3000 serves as a pickup for those who want full-size pickup truck functionality, but something with a bit less weight and size.
1999 Mazda B-3000
The 1999 Mazda B-3000 provides the midrange option for Mazda's B-Series of pickup trucks.
1998 Mazda B-3000
The 1998 Mazda B-3000 is a pickup, based on the Ford Ranger, which is available in either two- or four-wheel drive and as regular or extended cab models.
1996 Mazda B-3000
The 1996 Mazda B3000 is part of the B-Series, a line of pickup trucks manufactured by the Japanese automaker.
1995 Mazda B-3000
The 1995 Mazda B-3000 is the midrange option for the B-Series of pickup trucks.


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Bellevue Community College became Bellevue College on April 13, 2009.
Why did the college change name?
This was a defining moment in our school's history. The name Bellevue College more accurately describes our school's current identity as we take it to the next level.
A community college, almost by definition, is a two-year school and Bellevue now offers bachelor's degrees with the possibility of expanding the college's Bachelor of Arts (BA) opportunities. The first BA graduates will receive their diplomas at this spring's commencement, and they will graduate from Bellevue College.
Bellevue has long been a place of exceptional learning where great things happen and the name change will signal the latest step in our successful history.
What were the official steps on the name change?
We filed a "change of rule" with Washington state in February. When that was accepted, our college Board of Trustees voted to approve the name change to Bellevue College.
Did the change affect the programs we have traditionally offered?
Nothing changed on that front because of the name change. We are still a part of the state community & technical college system. We still continue to fulfill our community college mission – to be an open door or opportunity for all.
We still continue to meet the needs of students and the community, and to remain touch with community values. Bellevue has long been the top producer of transfer students to the University of Washington. And that's exactly why we continue to explore the opportunities to offer more four-year options.
What is a likely future for four-year degrees at Bellevue College?
We are looking for more opportunities to provide four-year opportunities for students, in disciplines that are not available at other colleges or universities in the area. Bills in the state legislature have addressed giving the college authority to create more four-year programs and there has been considerable public discussion about the future of higher education in our area.
What was the broader community's reaction?
Very positive, there is strong support. Frankly, the greater community has long used "Bellevue College" as a synonym for Bellevue Community College. There is a great deal of community enthusiasm for our college's move to offer four-year degrees. Changing the name gets people's attention in a good way. It signals growth and will help us in the competitive market for enrollment. This simple change retains all the positive associations that BCC has accumulated over 40 years and captures the ascendancy of Bellevue to most influential Eastside city.
Haven't a lot of other community colleges already dropped the word "community."
Yes, it has been a nationwide trend over the past several years. In our state several colleges have made the move, including Centralia, Peninsula and Olympic made the move.
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First apologies for the lack of new posts and responses...simply stated crisis mode at work limits my posting time right now
that said, I've been contemplating stress and how to maximize beneficial reactions to it. I've found that some yoga..besides supporting good flexibility, as noted by GEM-sensei, is also helpful for dealing with stress. slow and focused kata is also quite helpful. do any of you find particular kata or activities helpful in combatting stress?
I need to research if any studies specific to martial arts and stress relief have been done...believe some done on exercise..but don't know specifics or the rigor of the studies..hmmmm


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Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-C-I-Lewiston, today passed legislation that will improve tourism by expanding the Niagara Wine Trail eastward to bring new wineries into the fold and draw new attention to the trail. The expansion will accompany a re-branding of the Niagara Wine Trail, which will be renamed the Niagara Wine Trail Ridge and the Niagara Wine Trail Lake.
"The Niagara Wine Trail has been a great attraction for tourists and a major boost to our numerous local wineries," Ceretto said. "By expanding eastward and re-branding the wine trail, we can attract tourists and new wineries while boosting those currently in existence. The wine trail has been great for the local economy of Niagara County, and this expansion can make it even better."
The wine industry is an important part of the Niagara County economy and has experienced significant growth recently. Wineries benefit the Western New York economy by producing wine and providing tourism opportunities. Ceretto has supported initiatives to promote wineries in Western New York in the past. He has secured $1 million for the Wine and Grape Foundation to accelerate the growth of wineries.


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When New Hampshire Democrats caucus Saturday, they will choose between Rep. Terie Norelli, D-Portsmouth, and Rep. David Campbell, D-Nashua, for House speaker.
When New Hampshire Democrats caucus Saturday, they will choose between Rep. Terie Norelli, D-Portsmouth, and Rep. David Campbell, D-Nashua, for House speaker.
Democrats earned the power to choose the next speaker by picking up at least 115 seats on Election Day to win back the House majority from Republicans, who swept into office in a landslide in 2010. Some seats remain in question due to recounts.
Campbell argues the wild electoral swings in recent election cycles show voters punishing the party in power for ideological overreach and failing to work collaboratively with minority members on important issues.
"I believe the past two elections have shown the electorate is definitely not for anybody, they've been against (the party in power)," said Campbell, a Harvard-educated lawyer who served in the House from 1978 to 1982 and again from 2004 to the present. "Two terms ago, the GOP didn't win, voters threw the Democrats out. Now Democrats did not win, voters threw the Republicans out. Voters are dissatisfied with what's going on in Concord, and the only way we can advance state government is to form a coalition that reaches across party lines. We need to galvanize a coalition to solve problems."
State Rep. Lee Quandt, R-Exeter, who was washed out of office in this election's Democratic wave, agrees with Campbell's assessment.
"One of the reasons we got so many loony tunes in the House the last two years is because the Democrats screwed up so badly the previous four years,"
Quandt said. "That got the crazies in there and now they have been voted out. "I need a neck brace because these wild swings are giving me whiplash."
When Campbell addresses the Democratic caucus, he'll make the pitch that while he and Norelli have very similar voting records that reflect core party values, he is more moderate than Norelli, who served two terms as House speaker from 2006 to 2010. Campbell said he'll be able to work more effectively with minority Republicans.
"Our voting records as far as Democratic values are identical," Campbell said. "I don't think that's the issue. It's how we're perceived by Republicans and how each of us would lead the House moving forward. I'm a less polarizing person. I think the Republicans respect me and I think they would cooperate with me if I led the House. I'm under no illusions. I understand politics being what they are, many issues split along party lines."
Brian Murphy, a Rye Republican state representative who did not seek re-election, also agrees with Campbell.
"Over the last two years, I've had meaningful and productive exchanges with Rep. Campbell," Murphy said. "When he opposed legislation that I sponsored, he willingly explained his position. And likewise, when he supported a position I argued on the House floor, he let me know. While Rep. Campbell and I have policy differences, I respect his willingness to engage across the aisle on the issues."
Campbell said he'll abide by whatever Democrats decide on Saturday and will not seek to beat Norelli by joining Republicans with his Democratic supporters.
"This Saturday will determine the next speaker of the House," Campbell said. "If I'm successful, I fully expect Terie Norelli to support me, and if she is successful, I will support her for speaker."
Norelli said her two terms as speaker and her recent experience leading minority Democrats have given her great insights into how she wants to lead going forward.
"I think I've learned quite well and those battle scars should serve me well moving forward," Norelli said.
Norelli points to her previous terms as speaker, when she met weekly with minority and majority leaders to discuss the week ahead, a practice discontinued by Republican House Speaker Bill O'Brien. She said she is determined to treat Republicans with the respect they deserve, and not ignore and abuse them, as O'Brien has ignored minority Democrats.
Rep. Donna Schlachman, D-Exeter, has not committed to either speaker candidate.
"I'm working very hard to go into the caucus with an open mind and open ears," Schlachman said. "I think Terie is an incredibly talented speaker. She's very fair and respectful in the House and very fair and respectful to the process, and I think she would continue to be an awesome speaker. But we do have two candidates, and I did not sign on to support anybody."
Schlachman added she'll be happy with either candidate.
Schlachman acknowledged the contentious relationship Norelli has with the current Republican leadership, but puts responsibility for that problem squarely on the shoulders of O'Brien.
"When Bill O'Brien was in the speaker's seat, he was incredibly rude to (Norelli)," Schlachman said. "It was embarrassing how disrespectful he was. There will be some people who will think about that and whether they want that dynamic to continue. I suspect Bill O'Brien will challenge whoever is the speaker. He will continue to make trouble, whether it's Terie Norelli or David Campbell."
Longtime Rep. Jackie Cali-Pitts, D-Portsmouth, supports Norelli for speaker and expects she'll receive the support of the Democratic caucus on Saturday.
"I think she's experienced, very level-headed and very fair," Cali-Pitts said of Norelli. "I think Terie can put everything behind us and look ahead toward what we need to do this year."


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Until his fateful involvement in the plot to fix a World Series, Fred McMullin was known as the Chicago White Sox's "lucky man."1 His addition to the starting lineup coincided with late-season surges to win the American League pennant in 1917 and 1919.
Today, he is mostly thought of as the "forgotten man" -- in a scandal often called baseball's darkest hour. McMullin was the Eighth Man Out, the most obscure of the White Sox players who agreed to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. He was banned from organized baseball by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis and blackballed in semipro games near his home in Los Angeles.2
Fred McMullin's story is a series of contrasts. A man once commended for chasing gamblers off a field in Boston was suspended permanently because he accepted a $5,000 bribe to help his team lose. He was indicted by a Chicago grand jury in a story that made headlines across the nation, yet he spent the final decade of his life as a respected lawman in California.
Frederick Drury McMullin was born October 13, 1891, in Scammon, Kansas. He was the first of nine children born to Robert D. McMullin and Minnie Rea Davis.
McMullin was married. on August 5, 1915, his bride, 23-year-old Delia A. Barnabe, were married on by a justice of the peace at the Orange County Courthouse in Santa Ana, Calif
When the 1919 season began Mac found himself opening the season on the bench as Swede Risberg beat him out for a starting spot in the infield. After a solid year in 1918 and a contributing role in the 1917 championship stretch, McMullin's lack of playing time drew the attention of The Sporting News: "Can you beat it the way managers are letting this fellow hang around the Sox bench when one of them could grab him off -- a player good enough to help win the league and flag and clinch a world's pennant, and at the height of his game in the big leagues!"77
But the White Sox, on the backs of pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Lefty Williams, soared to a 24-7 start to take a five-game lead on Cleveland. McMullin received scant playing time in the first three months -- his longest stretch was in replacement of an injured Eddie Collins at second base for a few games in late May. When the Sox slumped in June, falling out of the American League lead for the first time on June 23, new manager Kid Gleason -- a longtime White Sox coach who had taken over for Pants Rowland -- decided to shake up his lineup.
For the second time in three seasons, McMullin was brought in to provide a spark. Just like in 1917, Buck Weaver moved back to shortstop and Mac took over at third base. "This arrangement, the same that was used in humbling the New York Giants ... proved a lucky one in the first game after it was made. The Sox defeated the Browns, and McMullin made two hits. Whether it makes a turning point in the club's fortunes remains to be seen," reported The Sporting News.78
It did. Just like in 1917, the White Sox immediately got hot. After leaving St. Louis, Chicago took three of four from Cleveland and came home to win four of five against Detroit to storm back atop the standings. McMullin's best effort was a 4-for-5, two-triple performance on July 13, equaling his career high for hits.79
Despite entering July with less than 30 at-bats, Mac had boosted his average to .333 -- seventh in the league, if he had qualified for the batting title -- after earning a starting spot. Teammate Joe Jackson was pacing the AL at .352. In the opener of a crucial series against the second-place Yankees on July 20, Jackson hit a game-ending home run before 30,000 fans at Comiskey Park to put the Sox ahead by a season-high 6 games.80
By the end of August, Chicago's lead was up to 8 games, and the pennant was "a foregone conclusion." The Atlanta Constitution's Dick Jemison reported then that the White Sox were a 7 to 10 betting favorite over the National League champion Cincinnati Reds. The odds dropped to 5 to 6 by late September, and late betting before the Series began made the Reds a 7 to 10 favorite in some places. The reason would soon become clear.81
Jackson clinched the Sox's pennant for good on September 24 with another game-ending hit, this one a ninth-inning single to score Nemo Leibold in a 6-5 victory over St. Louis. For the final week of the season, McMullin was assigned to travel to Cincinnati to scout the Reds in their last series against the Cubs.82
Whether he followed manager Kid Gleason's orders and returned with accurate scouting reports remains up for debate, nearly a century later.83 What is known is that sometime that fall, McMullin found himself involved in what historian Harold Seymour called "baseball's darkest hour": the fixing of the 1919 World Series.84
Most sources, possibly following the lead of Eliot Asinof's acclaimed book about the scandal, Eight Men Out, seem to agree that McMullin's involvement in the plot happened by chance.85 He overheard a conversation with good friend Swede Risberg, in a locker room or a bathroom or a hotel room, and asked to share in the profits. Some have claimed that McMullin, along with first baseman Chick Gandil, was one of the instigators of the fix.86 (In fact, Eddie Cicotte was among them -- the White Sox pitcher later testified that "the idea of the fix had originated in a conversation with Gandil and McMullin.")87 The truth might be somewhere in between. He certainly was present for most of the meetings before the Series discussing the fix, he roomed with pitcher Lefty Williams, a co-conspirator, at the Hotel Sinton in Cincinnati, and he was rarely seen without Swede Risberg, his fellow Californian, by his side throughout the Series.88
What compelled McMullin to risk his career for a promised payoff of $20,000? Perhaps he was angry over his lack of playing time -- he had certainly played well enough to warrant a starting job in the major leagues, and the White Sox had never seemed to give him a fair chance at that. Or maybe he was frustrated at Comiskey's dismissal of his desire to be closer to Los Angeles, near his family. His preseason holdouts usually had been accompanied by demands for a trade. And while Comiskey's reputation as a penny-pinching magnate has lived on despite the fact that his payroll was near the top of the American League89, McMullin's salary of $2,750 was among the lowest on the team. A nearly 1,000-percent raise for a week's worth of work would go a long way.
Perhaps the answer is more basic: It looked like an easy score. Indeed, gambling had been a part of baseball since the sport became popular and rumors of fixed games, even in the World Series, had been rampant since the first one in 1903.90Money often changed hands from player to gambler and from player to player. Back in 1917, it was well known that the White Sox players had collected a pool of $45 apiece to pay off the Detroit Tigers -- ostensibly as a "reward" for beating the rival Boston Red Sox in a crucial series down the stretch, but more likely it was to "thank" them for laying down in those infamous Labor Day doubleheaders which Chicago had swept.91
McMullin certainly knew the story of Hal Chase, formerly a teammate of some of his White Sox pals and widely suspected to be the most corrupt player in baseball. Chase had been accused numerous times of taking bribes and had openly tried to entice other players to do the same. After one such incident in Cincinnati, Chase was suspended by Reds manager Christy Mathewson, who reported it to National League president John Heydler. Instead, Chase was acquitted. Mathewson, infuriated, ran him off the team. It made no difference to Chase; he was soon picked up by John McGraw's New York Giants, and continued fixing games without repercussions. Chase -- who, like Gandil, Risberg and McMullin, had California connections -- also became involved in the World Series fix, reportedly as a middleman for gamblers Bill Burns and Abe Attell (although his role remains unclear to this day), and he was later indicted during the grand jury proceedings in 1920.92
Whatever his motivation actually was, McMullin didn't receive many opportunities -- at least on the field -- to "earn" the $5,000 he reportedly received for agreeing to help throw the World Series. He singled in a pinch-hit appearance off Reds starter Dutch Ruether in the eighth inning of Game 1, and grounded out against Cincinnati's Slim Sallee to end Game 2. Both were White Sox losses. Chicago went on to lose the best-of-nine Series in eight games.
Despite his lack of playing time, Mac's name quickly surfaced behind the scenes as rumors swirled that the World Series was not on the level. It was a charge that McMullin vehemently denied, threatening to "punch anybody in the nose who dared suggest he was in on any wrongdoing."93 But St. Louis gambler Harry Redmon allegedly tipped off manager Kid Gleason to McMullin's involvement, and when White Sox owner Charles Comiskey sent a private detective, John Hunter, to California to investigate talk of a fix, McMullin was one of the players he tried to interview.94
For a few weeks, Comiskey withheld World Series bonuses -- the loser's share came out to $3,254.36 that year -- for the eight players rumored to be involved. But McMullin and two other players complained to American League president Ban Johnson, and the checks were soon on their way.95
The Los Angeles Times reported that McMullin returned home "all upholstered like a davenport, ... [with] a sufficient sum to make him fair picking for the profiteers this winter." It was an ominous note.96
McMullin played winter ball for a team called "Killefer's All-Stars," headlined by Chicago Cubs catcher Bill Killefer and including stars such as Gavy Cravath, Sam Crawford and Jimmy Austin. Buck Weaver also headlined a team, "Weaver's All-Stars," whose main attraction was newly crowned home run king Babe Ruth.97
Talk of the fixed World Series died down as the 1920 season began. Comiskey, eager to put all the rumors to rest, offered Mac a substantial raise, from $2,750 to $3,600, for his fifth season in Chicago. McMullin quickly sent back his signed contract and reported for spring training in Waco, Texas, where he took over at third base while Weaver moved to shortstop. Risberg staged a holdout until early April.98
On the field, Mac's season was forgettable: he posted career lows in every statistical category, batting just .197 in 46 appearances. Off the field, there were persistent doubts about his activities -- he was said to be the "point man" for gamblers in games that the White Sox were supposed to have thrown, a rumor that was even brought up by American League president Ban Johnson.99
If any games were lost purposely by the White Sox that year, there is no first-hand documentation of which ones they were, and McMullin's involvement never has been clarified. In Eight Men Out, Eliot Asinof specifically lists an April 27 loss to Cleveland as being one of them. On May 9, the "careless Sox" dropped another suspicious game to the Indians. There were reports that Mac offered Buck Weaver $500 to help throw a mid-season game, which Weaver "angrily" declined.100
The pattern continued throughout the summer. Chicago stayed within range of the American League lead -- but was only in first place for eight days after May 7. Ban Johnson had claimed he heard that "the Sox would not dare win the pennant" because of their ties to gamblers.101
By September, the talk of corruption in baseball was too loud to ignore. A grand jury was convened in Cook County, Ill., and McMullin was implicated along with Buck Weaver, Chick Gandil, Swede Risberg, Joe Jackson, Eddie Cicotte, Lefty Williams and Happy Felsch for fixing the 1919 World Series.
During the season's final week, the rumors made Mac a target for opposing fans -- and ballplayers. Tris Speaker, the Cleveland manager, scuffled with McMullin before a game at League Park, snapping, "When you birds get back to Chicago and you feel like talking, you can do a lot of it before the grand jury, and your role won't be that of a witness, either!"102
McMullin was a major focus in one of the last stories before Cicotte made his confession to the grand jury -- on September 25, the Chicago Tribune wrote about a "mystery package ... in the shape of currency" that Mac had reportedly delivered to Buck Weaver's home during the Series. The Tribune claimed it was the first evidence that the players had been paid to throw games the previous fall, and that new witnesses would be called to verify it. Mac immediately denied the charges that he had paid Weaver, and few sources since have claimed that Weaver ever received money. The story is mostly forgotten now.103
After Cicotte's confession on September 28, owner Charles Comiskey immediately suspended McMullin and the other six players (Chick Gandil had held out in a contract dispute the entire season.) They were indicted a few weeks later for the vague charge of "conspiracy to commit an illegal act." McMullin and Buck Weaver, accompanied by attorney Thomas Nash, each paid a $10,000 bond on November 5. Joseph Kauffman, a local tailor, signed their bonds. McMullin went back home to California and took a job as a carpenter as he awaited trial.104
While in Los Angeles, McMullin worked for the Universal film studio and accepted an invitation to play ball in a winter league for that company's team (which included his brother-in-law, Charlie Barnabe.) Investigator Harry Neily, in a letter to AL president Ban Johnson, wrote that McMullin "enjoys a very good reputation out here and the natives were reluctant to believe that he was guilty of misconduct."105
Still, there was some grumbling about his presence until the local Manager's Association -- which controlled dozens of independent and semipro teams in Southern California -- passed a "vote of confidence" in January, allowing Mac to play. One week later, Philadelphia Phillies owner William F. Baker levied a $100 fine against outfielder Emil "Irish" Meusel for playing in a game with the disgraced "Black Sox" infielder, and other teams in organized ball threatened to do the same. It was understood, The Sporting News reported, that McMullin was persona non grata on the same field with "honest" ballplayers. So Mac resigned from the team on Jan. 12, reportedly "because of the embarrassment which it was causing some of the other players." He kept his job at the film studio, however.106
Even out of uniform, McMullin wasn't welcome around baseball. In May, he paid his way into Washington Park to visit with former White Sox teammates Byrd Lynn, Ted Jourdan and Joe Jenkins, who were playing for the Salt Lake club in the Pacific Coast League. But there developed "a situation so tense as to be almost painful," as manager Gavvy Cravath "turned his back" on McMullin and gave him "a stony stare" when he approached the bench. The Los Angeles Times opined that "Mac would save himself, the management and his friends ... a lot of embarrassment if he would absent himself, or at least keep in the background." McMullin called the treatment a "persecution."107
Meanwhile, in Chicago, the conspiracy trial was no closer to opening and indictments were returned for a second time in the spring of 1921. McMullin was "in hard luck" financially, according to a wire report, and could not afford to travel back to Illinois. He "sent word" that the state would have to pay his way for him to be able to stand trial, but his requests -- and, indeed, the charges against him -- were ignored by all parties. He declined to pay his new bail of $7,500, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. But the state of California refused to extradite him (it also had refused to extradite Hal Chase, on the grounds that a proper warrant for his arrest had not been issued.) Amazingly, the trial began in June -- without McMullin.108
Why was McMullin not put on trial with the other Seven Men Out, the only player to be dismissed from prosecution, even though his involvement in the fix was confirmed by almost everyone there? No one knows for sure. The trial itself was "in many ways a sham," according to author Gene Carney in his 2006 book, Burying the Black Sox: How Baseball's Cover-Up of the 1919 World Series Fix Almost Succeeded. The prosecution wasn't even sure what to charge them with; there was no law in Illinois against fixing or throwing games. Besides, baseball's first commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, had already suspended the eight Chicago teammates in November 1920 after the grand jury returned the first indictments against the players. Landis had made it known: "regardless of the verdict of juries," he still might not let them play in the majors again.109
The trial was beset by prosecutorial clumsiness -- star witness Bill Burns, one of the conspirators, was nowhere to be found until American League president Ban Johnson launched a small manhunt to "capture" him in hiding near the Mexican border -- and the confessions of three players disappeared during the middle of the proceedings. Before the jury began deliberation on August 2, Judge Hugo Friend stated that he would overturn guilty verdicts against Happy Felsch and Buck Weaver because so little evidence had been presented against them.110
So McMullin watched from afar as a jury failed to convict his seven former teammates, returning their verdict at 11:22 p.m. But whatever hope he had of returning to the White Sox was short-lived, as Landis famously banned them all the next day. McMullin's professional career was over.
Like many players of that era, McMullin kept quiet about the scandal in the decades afterward. How did he feel about losing his livelihood and being banished from the game at 29 years old? Only he knew. Unlike Buck Weaver, he never applied for reinstatement to the major leagues. Unlike Joe Jackson, he never proclaimed his innocence publicly. He did not give interviews, and if anyone asked him about it, what he revealed in those conversations is probably lost to history.111
The common perception is that McMullin disappeared after the trial. The phrases "dropped out of sight," "quietly vanished" and "mysterious" were all used to describe his life after baseball by writers who brought up the Black Sox. Eliot Asinof, in "Eight Men Out," did not even mention his whereabouts.112
But he never really went anywhere. His sister, Faye, moved in with Fred and Delia for a year before moving back home to Inglewood, where she later married the city's first elected mayor, Hugh Lawrence. Meanwhile, Fred continued to work as a carpenter around Los Angeles through 1922, when a second child, Ionia, was born. (A second daughter, also named Delia, was born in 1923.) Fred took various office jobs until the end of the decade. In 1928, he signed on as a traffic manager with the Thomas Haverty Co., where his brother Dale worked as a salesman. But they both lost their jobs a few years later when the Great Depression hit home. That fall, Fred registered as a Democrat for the first time after spending most of his adult life as a Republican. Presumably, he voted in favor of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal in the presidential election.113
Both son William and daughter Ionia exhibited their father's skill on the diamond, playing for their high school teams in the mid-1930s. Fred attended their games regularly, and was also seen at various semipro games in Lincoln Heights and at Brookside Park in nearby Pasadena.114 Ionia later earned a degree from UCLA, as did her younger sister, Delia.
In 1941, Fred began a new career, in law enforcement, that would last the rest of his life. He took a job as a Los Angeles County deputy marshal, where his duties included acting as a bailiff for the Municipal Court, enforcing repossessions and serving arrest warrants and eviction notices -- incidents that sometimes required the same quick and brave reactions he used when he played third base in the major leagues.115 McMullin showed a sense of compassion on the job, once delaying an eviction order against a blind woman after watching her struggle to pack up her four kids' belongings in her upstairs flat.116 After four years, he earned a promotion to senior court officer (he was among the highest in his class in a written examination, although he finished last in the interview portion), and in 1947 moved up another rank, to captain, where he supervised a division of marshals. Even then, his salary was just $417 per month -- less than what some of his White Sox teammates had been making in 1919.117
When the marshal department and municipal courts were reorganized by the Civil Service Commission in 1950-51, McMullin and another captain, Harry G. Hurley, who had joined the marshals around the same time as McMullin, were reassigned and lost their rank. They sued the commission in March 1952 and Superior Court Judge Frank Swain ordered County Marshal Roy W. Carter to restore their ranks and salary, also awarding them back pay of $286.50 apiece.118
McMullin would not live to benefit from the judgment for very long. In his final years, he suffered from arteriosclerosis, a heart ailment. On November 19, 1952, just over a month after his 61st birthday, he had a stroke that caused hemorrhaging in the brain; he died a day later, at 4:40 p.m. on November 20. He was buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery.119


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As the band size of a bra increases, so does the actual cup size of a bra. Therefore a D cup in a 38D is going to be smaller than a D cup in a 42D. For example, if your band is too small, but your cup fits well, go from a 38D to a 40C to maintain a similar cup size
If you have a small back, buy a bra that fits in the cups, and then have your bra altered to remove the excess in the back and/or sides
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For the dough:
oz. (1-3/4 cups) unbleached all-purpose flour; more for rolling
Tbs. granulated sugar
tsp. kosher salt
oz. (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, cut into 24 small pieces and frozen
large egg yolk
tsp. fresh lemon juice
3 to 4
Tbs. ice water
Cooking spray
For the filling:
large eggs
large egg yolks
tsp. pure maple extract
tsp. pure vanilla extract
tsp. kosher salt
cup pure maple syrup
cup granulated sugar
oz. (5 Tbs.) unsalted butter
oz. (2 cups) chopped walnuts, toasted
Make the dough Pulse the flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor once or twice to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture is pebbly, with some pea-size bits of butter. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolk, lemon juice, and 3 Tbs. of the ice water. Pour the mixture through the feed tube of the food processor, pulsing to combine. The dough mixture should be moist but should not come together into a ball. If a small handful of dough pressed together does not adhere, add the remaining 1 Tbs. ice water, pulsing to combine. Turn the dough mixture onto a piece of plastic wrap; gather the plastic around the dough, pressing the dough into a disk. Wrap tightly in additional plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 2 days. Before rolling, let the dough stand at room temperature for about 15 minutes to become pliable. Lightly coat a rolling pin with flour and roll the dough on a lightly floured surface into a 15-inch circle. Lightly coat a round 9-1/2 x1-inch fluted metal tart pan with a removable bottom with cooking spray. Roll the dough around the rolling pin and carefully unroll over the tart pan. Gently press it into the bottom and up the sides of the pan without stretching. Trim the excess, leaving a 1-inch overhang. Fold the overhang inside the tart and press against the sides to make a double wall about 1/4 inch higher than the tart pan (this will offset any shrinkage during baking). Wrap the tart shell in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and up to 24 hours. Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and heat the oven to 425°F. Line the tart shell with parchment and add enough beans or pie weights to fill the shell. Bake on a heavy-duty rimmed baking sheet until the edges are firm and starting to brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Carefully lift the parchment and weights from the tart shell. Continue to bake until the bottom of the shell is pale golden, 5 to 7 minutes more. Let cool on the baking sheet on a rack and reduce the oven temperature to 350°F. Make the filling In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, yolks, maple and vanilla extracts, and the salt. Set aside. In a 2-quart saucepan, combine the maple syrup and the sugar and cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture just starts to boil, about 3 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium and add the butter, stirring until melted. Remove from the heat and let cool for 1 minute. Slowly whisk the warm syrup into the egg mixture, drizzling it in about 1/4 cup at a time and whisking continuously to prevent the hot syrup from cooking the eggs. Fill and bake the tart Fill the tart shell with the chopped walnuts. Carefully ladle the filling over the walnuts to within 1/4 inch of the rim (do not overfill; there may be a little filling left over). Bake the tart until it is just set in the center, 30 to 40 minutes (if the crust is golden-brown before the filling is set, cover the edges loosely with foil). Cool completely on the baking sheet on a rack. Carefully remove the tart rim. Slide a long, flat spatula between the pastry and the pan bottom and transfer the tart to a serving platter. Make Ahead Tips The dough disks can be refrigerated up to 2 days, wrapped tightly in 2 layers of plastic wrap. The dough can be frozen for up to 2 weeks: Put the plastic-wrapped dough in a zip-top bag, seal, and freeze. Thaw the dough overnight in the refrigerator before proceeding with the recipe. The finished tart can be wrapped in 2 layers of plastic wrap and stored for up to 2 days at room temperature. The finished tart can be frozen for up to 2 weeks: Transfer it to a 10-inch cardboard cake round, wrap tightly in 2 layers of plastic wrap and then in foil, and freeze. Up to 10 hours before serving, remove the foil but not the plastic wrap from the tart and thaw at room temperature. When completely thawed, remove the plastic wrap. For freshly baked flavor, warm the tart in a 300°F oven for 10 to 15 minutes. Cool completely before slicing. nutrition information (per serving): Calories (kcal): 570; Fat (g): 36; Fat Calories (kcal): 320; Saturated Fat (g): 14; Protein (g): 8; Monounsaturated Fat (g): 8; Carbohydrates (g): 57; Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 12; Sodium (mg): 105; Cholesterol (mg): 155; Fiber (g): 2;


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The plan was for Max to podium in the Cat 4s on his Davidson and in Bike Hugger kit. Then move up, race well, and get his name and new bike out there – it's built to race cyclocross in the Pacific Northwest mud and all conditions. After building the bike up and during Max's first ride, I got two texts one Summer afternoon. The first was a joyful photo of a climb and then a few hours later…
As Max learned, the Davidson is NOT an MTB! He overcooked a turn on the descent and crashed. He's recovering now, back to riding, and racing next season.
Notched chainstays for wide tires
We'll tell you more about the bike when it gets raced. It's an interation of the D-Plus with room for really wide tires. See more photos about Max's first ride that ended in a crash on the Tiniest Princess' tumblr.


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SeanBissell needed a new wordpress theme design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 42 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
We are a start up company who will be specializing in helping people get in shape. Specifically focusing on people in the Crossfit community. If you're not familiar with Crossfit here's a good video that should help you understand it a little better:
And here's another video:
Crossfit is based on competitive workouts. People workout in groups and start at the same time. They literally compete to be the first person to finish a workout, or to do the most rounds in a specific set of time.
People go to specific "Crossfit Gyms" to workout. And there are competitions that extend world wide to see who is the "fittest person on the planet." Here's kind of a glimpse into the games mentality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d56vncB267k
The people who workout at Crossfit often times just want to get in better shape, are bored of their current workout routine, or are just very competitive and enjoy working out *extremely* hard and pushing themselves to the absolute limit.
They often get very obsessive about Crossfit, and it becomes a very big part of their life. In addition, the people who go to the same gym with them often become extensions of their "family" and form strong bonds.
This website should have the look and feel of an "extreme" fitness website with the overall "Crossfit feeling."
Here's a couple examples:
It should also be designed to be a "blog" on the home page, and also we need a "lead capture" page designed as well.
This website (which is in a *completely* different market) should be used for a template.
The reason why that should be used as a general template is because of the sales process that is built in. We need a header graphic that includes a "face" (Which will be Darren Darsey) at this point (pic attached of Darren.)
The website needs to also have a lead capture process. Like seen here:
The survey section will be critical to the success of this Crossfit website and it needs to be included.
We are not 100% sure what direction this buisness will ultimately take, and the survey responses will help shape that. So the website design should be fairly generic in nature, but still focused on the extreme nature of Crossfit, while still not appearing too intimidating to beginners.
Losing weight and gaining muscle could also be included and giving that impression would be good as well. In addition the feeling of becoming an "elite" athlete would be great.


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Date: April 14, 2008
Racism and Abortion "Stem from the Same
Poisonous Root," Says Dr. Alveda King
Atlanta, GA – Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of
Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., today said that
racism and abortion are linked.
"Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental
human error," stated Dr. King. "The error is thinking that when someone
stands in the way of our wants, we can justify getting that person out of our
lives. Abortion and racism stem from the same poisonous root,
"Of course, to get someone out of our way, we have to come
up with rationales for doing so," added Dr. King. "We create the
deceptions that the other person is less important, less worthy, less human.
These pretenses help us feel a bit better about discriminating against someone
because of his skin color or gestational age, but they're still lies and our
actions are still wrong."
"The truth is that we are all humans belonging to only one
race," said Dr. King. "Racial reconciliation can only mean that we
reconcile to the truth that we are all one race of human beings created equal.
Even though we have ethnic distinctions, those distinctions do not separate us
from the human race any more than do our stage of development or state of
physical dependency. We are all fully human. When we face this
truth, there is no justification for treating those who look different than us
as lesser beings. If we simply treat other people the way we'd like to be
treated, racism, abortion, and other forms of inhumanity will be things of the
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic
pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more
information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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The fans in Tennessee are speaking with their remote controls and declaring that they're fed up with the Titans.
Sunday's 55-7 loss to the Packers had a 16.5 local TV rating, the lowest local rating for a Titans game since the 2005 season, Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean reports. That 2005 season represented rock bottom for the Titans: Their 4-12 record that year was the lowest since the franchise moved to Tennessee in 1997.
But this season, with the Titans not only losing (their 5-10 record is the worst since 2005) but frequently getting blown out (the Packers game was their sixth loss by 21 points or more this season), is every bit as miserable as 2005 for Tennessee fans. It's bad enough when your team is losing, but when your team is falling behind by 20 points in the second quarter, it's easy to simply turn off the TV and do something else with your Sunday afternoon.
That may be bad news for Titans coach Mike Munchak. Titans owner Bud Adams has made no secret that he's frustrated this season, and when the customers are frustrated, too, that usually leads the owner to take action. If Titans fans want to see the team make big changes this offseason, demonstrating their apathy may be the best way to convince Adams to make those changes.


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Survivor Spoiler's ScorecardJon wanted and even promised to have sex on the show. It remains to be seen if he actually got lucky, or was voted out due to the creepiness factor (or possibly even both!).
Did I miss something here?? Jon and Christa didn't join in the search..but I didn't hear any suspicious comments?QuoteTwo Survivors decide not to join their tribe on a search for buried treasure, raising suspicions about what they are doing with their alone time.
Two Survivors decide not to join their tribe on a search for buried treasure, raising suspicions about what they are doing with their alone time.
----------------------------THE OTHER TREASURE HUNT ----------------------------You saw the Drake tribe hunt for the buried treasure. But what were Jon and Christa up to while the others were gone? Insider tags along as Jon and Christa go on an excursion of their own. Markopolo's note: OH! We finally see the details of what CBS teasers said about two tribe members staying behind. And sure enough, Christa and Jon are the lazy airheads of the Drake tribe! Rupert takes a nice shot at Jon!(At Drake camp, the tribe members are happily eating rice.)Burton (confessional): Right now things couldn't be better. The shelter, pretty good. We have plenty of water (pic of Shawn drinking huge mug), and as long as we get a stingray or fish, plenty of protein.Burton (to tribe): Does everyone think we should look for the treasure in the boat.Christa: You know there's that little island out there that only comes up at a certain time of day. Burton (not listening to Christa): Anyone want to stay and replenish the water supply? Rupert: I'm always for someone guarding our camp. And I know if we left YOU here (points to Jon) you would actually do something.Jon: I know. Hey guys, I am going to stay here, guard the chickens, get wood and work on water. (Trish smiles)Shawn or Burton: You're not going Chris?Jon: No, she's going to help me. (Christa is lying inside the shelter)(Rupert and Jon shake hands, and the six Drake members go off on their boat)Christa (to Jon): I think we have enough water for now. Jon: Want to make our first wood run? So it looks like we've done something.Christa (getting up): Let's roll.(Scene of Jon and Christa carrying wood and doing work)Jon (confessional): Everyone else was on the boat looking for treasure. There's an island out there that's only visible when it's low tide. And we didn't see the boat going in that direction so we decided to go out there to see if we could find the treasure. (Jon and Christa swimming out to island)Jon (on rocks): It was really hard to swim out here. We actually thought it was low tide and we could just walk out here. That was foolish for the brains of the operation to think (laughs)Christa (with Jon digging with their hands on the beach): I haven't found anything except these rocks. We might get to the whole island before we're done (laughs and snorts).(Jon and Christa see boat of Drake members paddling in the distance)Christa (to Jon): They're not heading back, are they?(Jon and Christa yell to boat, but the boat doesn't see them)Jon: If I can see them out all the way over there, they should be able to see us. (JON, SORRY, BUT THEY REALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU)Jon (confessional): Christa and I yell and scream jumped up and down, looked as stupid as humanly possible to get attention. (Christa jumps up and down doing jumping jacks and yelling like an airhead)Christa (to Jon): They're definitely not coming out. I can't believe they didn't see us. We should head back. Christa (confessional): It was horrible, we had to swim back. It was really, really far.(Jon and Christa start to swim back)Shawn (to Burton back at camp): Did they boil water?Burton: I don't know but the fire's out. Shawn: Their excuse for not going is to watch the camp and we come back and I don't see one of em.Michelle (confessional): We were kind of pissed off because Jon and Christa said they would stay back and watch over camp. And we come back, and they're not there. We have no clue where they are. They just chose not to do anything, instead of coming with us, which SUCKED.(SHAWN SITS DOWN ON A BENCH JON AND CHRISTA MADE)Shawn (to Burton, Sandra and crew): They made a bench. Looks sturdy enough (sarcasm). That'll last about 10 minutes then we'll burn it in the fire.
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