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Minnesota (6-6) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 9 p.m. EST (ESPN)
Line: Texas Tech by 13
Series Record: Texas Tech leads 1-0.
The Red Raiders return to a bowl after having their 18-season bowl streak snapped last year. They want to end the season on a high note after a tumultuous month in which coach Tommy Tuberville left for Cincinnati. Texas Tech hired Kliff Kingsbury, but will be led by interim coach Chris Thomsen in the bowl. Minnesota is in a bowl for the first time since 2009. The Gophers are looking for their first bowl win since 2004.
Texas Tech QB Seth Doege against Minnesota's defense. Doege is fourth in the nation in yards passing with 3,934 and his 38 touchdown passes are second in the country. The Gophers rank 11th in the nation in pass defense, allowing 178.5 yards a game, and they've given up 300 yards passing only once this season.
Minnesota: RB Donnell Kirkwood. He leads the team with 849 yards rushing, and his three 100-yard rushing games this season are the most since Amir Pinnix had five in 2006. He had a season-high 152 yards rushing in a 17-3 win against Illinois.
Texas Tech: WRs Darrin Moore and Eric Ward. Moore has 81 catches for 948 yards and Ward has 75 catches for 974 yards. Moore has 13 touchdown receptions and Ward has 11. If the pair can both reach 1,000 yards receiving, they'll be the first Tech duo to reach the mark since Danny Amendola and Michael Crabtree in 2007. Ward is averaging 124 yards receiving a game over the last five games. Moore is the third Red Raider in the last 12 years to have 10 touchdown receptions in Big 12 play.
The only other meeting between these teams came when Tech beat Minnesota 44-41 in overtime in the 2006 Insight Bowl. The Red Raiders set an NCAA record for largest comeback in a FBS bowl game by rallying from a 31-point deficit for the win. ... This is Texas Tech's 35th bowl game and the 15th for Minnesota. ... The Red Raiders have won their last two bowl games. ... The Gophers beat Alabama 20-16 in the 2004 Music City Bowl for their last bowl win. ... Tech is playing in its fourth straight bowl game in Texas and its eighth since 2000. ... A victory would give Minnesota a winning record for the first time since going 7-6 in 2008. ... The Red Raiders have scored in a school-record 193 straight games. ... Minnesota has 13 players from Texas. ... The Gophers have held three opponents to 10 points or less this season.


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Brainerd Lakes Marketplace planned April 5-6 in Brainerd
The Brainerd Lakes Chamber announces its annual Brainerd Lakes Marketplace will be Friday and Saturday, April 5-6, at the Brainerd Area Civic Center and Gold Medal Arena.
The arenas will be transformed into an open-air market where the public can stroll among sponsor booths, learn more about the products and services of local businesses, experience live demonstrations and more. Essentia Health is the premier sponsor of the 2013 Brainerd Lakes Marketplace.
This year's event will again feature special senior events Friday, April 5; a Party in the Park on Friday night, April 5; and Day of the Young Child activities on Saturday, April 6.
Admission is $2 per adult and free for ages 18 and younger. Tickets are available at any office of the Brainerd Lakes Chamber or at the door. All paid tickets offer the chance to win door prizes. (Drawings will be at the top of the hour, starting at 11 a.m. Friday, April 5, and ending at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 6. You must be present to win.)
Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, April 5, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 6. For more information about Brainerd Lakes Marketplace, including a list of which businesses will have booths at the event, visit www.brainerdlakesmarketplace.com.

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Baking | One-bowl Milk Chocolate Brownies ….. with a little food for thought!
"She doesn't want to fight. She'd rather write poetry, make brownies, drink herbal tea and watch the clouds roll by. None of the dragons she knows breathes fire, so she doesn't, either."
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Milk chocolate brownies! I have never considered baking with milk chocolate, never turned to the Google Gods for milk chocolate recipes. It's just something that isn't me. In my mind, maybe for some silly reason, milk chocolate is sweet & un-chocolaty, and good for young kids alone! A through and through dark chocolate {read bitter dark} person, I often steer clear of white chocolate as well! Yet, the recipe caught my eye while leafing through Kathleen Kings fresh new baking book 'Baking for Friends' {more about the book on the Chocolate-Pear Tea Cake}. It was reassuring to read I am not alone in my dark chocolate leanings. Kathleen writes, "You can probably tell from my recipes that I'm a dark chocolate fan. I don't bake with milk chocolate often, but each time I do, I am pleasantly surprised how delicious it is." I don't sport much of a sweet tooth but a little nibble confirmed the chocolaty goodness. The kids loved them … fudgy, chocolaty, moist milk chocolate brownies! The past few days have been T I R I N G ! Playing chauffeur to the kids is tiring. Out at day break day before at some unearthly hour to pick up the daughter who had slept over at a friends' after a late Enrique concert. Back home, daily chores, drove her to art class, then dropped junior for a Dussehra mela {festive fair}. Out again past 9pm to first pick up junior & his friend, then pick up the daughter, drop friend home … just as well that I enjoy driving! Every days seems the same ….
All this while the hub is in HKG for almost a month so my work seems cut out for me. What keeps me going? Much!! The cocker who flings herself at me every morning like she hasn't seen me in years, that she melts into submission at meal times, ears 'clipped' back and ready to do anything for food {a home cooked meal!}, that she can chew on a blade of dried lemon grass for hours and enjoy it so much!
… that 3 times this week a butterfly has bounced off the windscreen while I was driving, that the ever charming junior hasn't got into a spot of trouble at school for one whole week {yes, an achievement}, that the senior teen made stunning lantern invites for the drama fest at school…{began from plain white rolls of paper and made 30 of these; never mind that she spray painted the house in the bargain},
… that butterflies are all over the garden, that my lime tree of many years has finally bloomed a single bud, that the tangerine shrub is laden with fruit, that 3 cherry tomato plants are growing strong, the Thai chili plant is prospering, that I have finally begun walking almost every morning finally thanks to inspiration from friends… … that every time I sit down to be with junior teen in front of the telly, he thinks it's to watch Julie & Julia. Runs it for me for the 100th time, then keeps checking me out to see if I am enjoying it. He's also trying really HARD to stop biting his nails as I have asked for 'un-bitten nails' as a birthday present next month! … I am touched that a reader of my blog mailed me passion fruit all the way from South India. The rustic appeal and colour made my heart skip a beat! Thank you Twinsey Rachel. I am humbled that you still remembered our conversation of over 2 years ago! Reading snippets from updates on the moving sidebar on facebook I am beginning to count the blessing. Simplify life is the call!
It's the little things that matter and I'm striving to make each day better! I am honoured to be part of a curry testing project with Alex from Denmark, and another that is based in the US. Both involve what I love most – food! That the blog is being fed a little more regularly is also a happy feeling!
I am ever grateful that the good folk at Tate's Bake Shop considered it worthwhile to mail me a copy of Kathleen Kings new baking book, Baking for Friends, even though I live halfway across the globe! I reviewed it on the Chocolate-Pear Tea Bread, and now it's time to share some more goodness. Seems to be chocolate all the way, and this time was a surprise – Milk Chocolate Brownies!!
[print_this]Recipe: Milk chocolate brownies {one bowl}
Summary: You got to believe in the deliciousness of milk chocolate when you nibble these fudgy, chocolaty, moist milk chocolate brownies! Adapted very minimally from Baking for Friends, Kathleen King.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
- 100g / 1/2 cup unsalted butter, soft
- 250g / 9oz milk chocolate, finely chopped
- 90g / scant 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1tsp pure vanilla extract
- 90g / 3/4 cup plain flour
- 10g / 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- pinch salt
- Preheat oven to 180C. Line a 9″ square tin with parchment.
- Melt butter gently in a microwave safe bowl {or in a saucepan over low heat}, add the finely chopped chocolate and let it stand for a minute. Stir well, then leave to cool slightly.
- Add the sugar, eggs and vanilla and whisk briskly until mixed well. Add the flour, cocoa and salt and stir until smooth. Spread evenly into prepared tin.
- Bake for about 20 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out with moist crumbs. Leave tin on cooling rack to cool completely.
- Remove gently from pan and cut into 16 squares.
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|Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt
Why am I not surprised about this? Anyway, it seems that these attention whores' wedding might not be legally recognized back in the United States. Sources say Americans must undergo a lengthy process which includes a blood test from a local physician and providing authorities with birth certificates. Further reports say:
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt appear on the Wednesday cover of US Weekly with the headline "Heidi & Spencer Elope!" But were their nuptials a legal marriage, or just an elaborate photo shoot? Images given to US Weekly by the couple show the pair at various stages of a wedding ceremony at a chapel near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on Nov.20. The accompanying story features an interview with the couple, as well as details about the rings, Montag's dress, and the content of their handwritten vows.
The story does not address whether they obtained a marriage license or took part in a separate civil ceremony, which is required by Mexican law to make a union binding.
A couple can register their marriage up to 10 days after a ceremony, but California does not recognize marriage ceremonies outside the United States, according to the state's Department of Public Health. A couple can petition a court later to have their marriage legally recognized.
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If you've ever moved, you know what a headache packing and unpacking a home can be. Now imagine if you had over one hundred homes full of priceless antiques to pack and transport.
Well, starting Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 the curators at the Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City will begin painstakingly packing up their collection of over 72,000 objects, including over 100 dollhouses, in preparation for major renovations to the museum.
As part of our Curator's Choice series, Museum Educator Laura Taylor talked about one of the most storied dollhouses on display.
The Josephine Bird Hall dollhouse dates to the late 1800s, and was custom built for Josephine, who was the daughter of the successive presidents of the Emery Bird Thayer Department Store in Kansas City, Mo.
"Josephine's house is not just a child's plaything, but it's a microcosm that can tell us about Victorian life here in Kansas City at the turn of the century," said Taylor.
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Little or nothing is given away for free though. The search results indicate only that your search term was found in an article on such-and-such a date, and you might get the headline of the article and, if the article is more than a couple hundred words, you might get the first sentence or two. You won't get the part that includes your search term unless it happens to be in either of those two snippets.
You must purchase access to see the full article. A single article is $3.95, and there's a range of other purchase options. I purchased the right to access 10 articles during a 24-hour period for $11.95, but before I did so, I had searched and chosen all ten articles, leaving each search result open in a browser tab. I then made my purchase and returned to each tab to download the PDF of each article.
Three of them were exactly what I had expected (two marriage notices for which I already had documentation and a real estate transaction around the time of my great-grandfather's death); four were shot-in-the-dark (sort of) research about other possible descendants of my ancestors which turned out to be pretty interesting; the rest seem to be irrelevant so, while I did keep a digital copy of each, I did not bother to print those out for my hard files.
On the whole, I found this less than user-friendly for general info-hunting, considering the cost. If you don't know exactly what you're looking for and when it happened, you could pump a small fortune into this method of finding out, and still not find out. If you have a small fortune to spend, I will say it's quicker than reeling through ninety years of microfilms scanning every page for names of interest to you. If you have more time than money and free access to microfilms of these archives, you could certainly search here first and take notes on what dates to look up in the microfilm, because these search results include do the page numbers.
The marriage notices I found were simply announcements of marriage license applications. They included nothing but the names and ages of brides and grooms.
The real estate transaction was something I did not expect. Although the article title was "Real Estate Transfers," the date was a week or two after the death of my great-grandfather, Felix Hauer, so I suspected I would find a death notice in the same column directly below the real estate transactions. However, there were indeed not one but two real estate transactions between Felix and J. N. Wolfslayer, the first and last in a list of sixteen:
- Felix J. Hauer to J. N. Wolfslayer, lot 22 of Wesson's sub of p. cs. 644 and 723 (April 20)... $400
- J. N. Wolfslayer to Felix Haure [sic], lot 22 of Wesson's sub of p. cs. 644 and 723 (April 24)... $400
I'm not sure, but I think J. N. Wolfslayer was John Wolfschlager, the brother of Felix's mother, i.e., his uncle. [Update: I now think J. N. Wolfslayer was Felix's cousin John N., son of Andrew Anton Wolfslayer, another of Felix's uncles.]
Over the years, I've seen a number of these back-and-forth real estate transfers in my family history research. I'm not sure what's accomplished by them. Leave a comment if you can enlighten me!
This is my first encounter with Detroit real estate records--I've never looked for deeds in Detroit, despite having several ancestors who lived there. Reader, if you've done any deed research in Detroit, I'd like to hear about your experience, particularly pertaining to deeds in the 1800s-early 1900s.


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| Gone are the "My So-Called Life" days of Claire Danes's one-dimensional, Crayola-red strands. Now her color still has a touch of strawberry but is considerably lightened. "I love that rosy golden tone," says Amy Huson, a colorist at the Marie Robinson Salon.
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DETROIT, March 26, 2012 — Marygrove College today announced that it will reduce tuition for some of its online graduate programs by 19 percent. The reduction will be in effect for the 2012-2013 academic year and will apply to the following programs: Educational Technology; Educational Leadership; Human Resource Management and Modern Language Translation Certificates. The per-credit-hour rate for the specified online graduate courses went from $544 to $440. Also, for third year in a row, on-campus graduate tuition has remained steady at $640/per credit hour.
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Eye muscle repair is surgery to correct eye muscle problems that cause crossed (misaligned) eyes. The medical term for crossed eyes is strabismus.
Repair of cross-eye; Resection and recession; Strabismus repair; Extraocular muscle surgery
The goal of this surgery is to allow the eye muscles to be in proper position and help the eyes move correctly.
Eye muscle surgery is usually done on children, but adults who have similar eye problems may also have it done. Children will usually receive general anesthesia for the procedure. They will be asleep and will not feel pain.
Depending on the problem, one or both eyes may have surgery.
After the anesthesia has taken effect, the eye surgeon makes a small surgical cut in the clear tissue covering the white of the eye. This tissue is called the conjunctiva. Then the surgeon will locate one or more of the eye muscles that needs surgery. Sometimes the surgery strengthens the muscle, and sometimes it weakens it.
The surgery for adults is similar. Most adults are usually awake and sleepy, but pain free. Numbing medicine injected around the eye blocks the pain.
Often in adult surgery, an adjustable suture is used on the weakened muscle. Minor corrections can be made later that day or the next day, when the patient is fully awake. This technique usually has a very good outcome.
Strabismus is a disorder in which the two eyes do not line up in the same direction and therefore do not look at the same object at the same time. The condition is more commonly known as "crossed eyes."
Surgery may be recommended when strabismus does not improve with glasses or eye exercises.
Risks for any anesthesia are:
Risks for any surgery are:
Some other possible complications are:
Your child's eye surgeon may ask for:
Always tell your child's doctor or nurse:
During the days before the surgery:
On the day of the surgery:
This surgery is usually done on an outpatient basis. The eyes are usually straight right after surgery.
While recovering from the anesthesia and in the first few days after surgery, your child should avoid rubbing the eyes. Your surgeon will show you how to prevent rubbing.
After a few hours of recovery, the child may go home. You should have a follow-up appointment with the eye surgeon 1 to 2 weeks after the surgery.
You will probably need to put drops or ointment in the child's eyes to prevent infection.
Eye muscle surgery does not fix the poor vision of a lazy (amblyopic) eye. The child may have to wear glasses or a patch.
In general, the younger a child is when the operation is performed, the better the result. Your child's eye should look normal a few weeks after the surgery.
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Lingua RW, Diamond LG. Techniques of strabismus surgery. In:Yanoff M, Duker JS, Augsburger JJ, et al., eds. Ophthalmology. 3rd ed. St.Louis, Mo: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 11.14.
Olitsky SE, Hug D, Plummer LS, Stass-Isern M. Disorders of eye movement and alignment. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF,eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 615.
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On April 15th, the Michigan Senate voted down Senate Joint Resolution L, "A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state constitution of 1963, by amending section 26 of article IV, to provide for concurrence of 2/3 of the members of each house to make certain modifications to certain taxes."
There bill was defeated 24-12, with 2 not voting. 26 would be needed for the resolution to pass. The following are those that voted for the resolution (sponsors in bold; party cross-overs in italics): Jason Allen (R-Traverse City), Glenn Anderson (D-Westland), Jim Barcia (D-Bay City), Patricia Birkholz (R-Saugatuck Township), Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester), Cameron Brown (R-Fawn River Township), Nancy Cassis (R-Novi), Alan Cropsey (R-DeWitt), Valde Garcia (R-Howell), Thomas George (R-Kalamazoo), Judson Gilbert (R-Algonac), Bill Hardiman (R-Kentwood), Mark Jansen (R-Gaines Township), Ron Jelinek (R-Three Oaks), Roger Kahn (R-Saginaw Townshi) (primary sponsor), Wayne Kuipers (R-Holland), Michelle McManus (R-Leland), John Pappageorge (R-Troy), Bruce Patterson (R-Canton), Randy Richardville (R-Monroe), Alan Sanborn (R-Richmond), Mark Schauer (D-Battle Creek), Tony Stamas (R-Midland), and Gerald Van Woerkom (R-Muskegon).
Those voting against the resolution: my Senator Ray Basham (D-Taylor), Liz Brater (D-Ann Arbor), Deborah Cherry (D-Burton), Irma Clarke-Coleman (D-Detroit), Hansen Clark (D-Detroit), John Gleason (D-Grand Blanc), Dennis Olshove (D-Warren), Mike Prusi (D-Ishpeming), Martha Scott (D-Highland Park), Michael Switalski (D-Roseville), Samuel Thomas (D-Detroit), and Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing).
Those not voting: Tupac Hunter (D-Detroit) and Gilda Jacobs (D-Huntington Woods).
The resolution is expected to be reintroduced some time next week. I really think that it will pass, since a lot of the protest against this resolution was that it was a last minute resolution and the Senators should have more time to look it over. All the Republicans need is 2 more, and I think that they'll get that. I HOPE that they'll get that, and I hope that it'll pass the House.
Here's a copy of the floor summary of the resolution:
Senate Joint Resolution L (as introduced)
Sponsor: Senator Roger Kahn, M.D.
The joint resolution proposes an amendment to Article IV, Section 26 of the State Constitution to provide that a bill to expand the base of services subject to a tax imposed on their proceeds could not become law without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected to and serving in each house.
If two-thirds of the members elected to and serving in each house approved the joint
resolution, it would have to be submitted to the voters at the next general election.
Legislative Analyst: Suzanne Lowe
There is no way to estimate the potential fiscal impact of this proposed constitutional amendment, but it definitely would make it more difficult to increase a tax on services.
At the present time, 16 states impose "supermajority" requirements to increase state taxes. Of these states, nine enacted their supermajority requirement in the 1990s and one state adopted its in 2000. The size of the supermajorities required vary: Five states require a three-fifths vote (Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Oregon); eight states require a two-thirds vote (Arizona, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, South Dakota, and Washington); and the remaining three states require a three-fourths vote (Arkansas, Michigan, and Oklahoma). In 13 of these 16 states, the supermajority requirement applies to all tax increases. In Michigan, a three-fourths supermajority vote is required to increase the State education property tax and the local school 18-mill tax.
Date Completed: 4-16-08 Fiscal Analyst: Jay Wortley
And here's a copy of the actual resolution:
April 15, 2008, Introduced by Senators KAHN, PAPPAGEORGE, RICHARDVILLE, CASSIS, KUIPERS, BIRKHOLZ, CROPSEY, JANSEN, BISHOP, GILBERT, BROWN, McMANUS and ANDERSON and referred to the Committee of the Whole.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state constitution of 1963, by amending section 26 of article IV, to provide for concurrence of 2/3 of the members of each house to make certain modifications to certain taxes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state constitution of 1963, to provide for concurrence of 2/3 of the members of each house to make certain modifications to certain taxes, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
Sec. 26. No bill shall be passed or become a law at any regular session of the legislature until it has been printed or reproduced and in the possession 1 of each house for at least five days. Every bill shall be read three times in each house before the final passage thereof. No bill shall become a law without the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house. HOWEVER, A BILL TO EXPAND THE BASE OF SERVICES SUBJECT TO A TAX IMPOSED ON THE PROCEEDS OF THOSE SERVICES SHALL NOT BECOME LAW WITHOUT THE CONCURRENCE OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO AND SERVING IN EACH HOUSE. On the final passage of bills, the votes and names of the members voting thereon shall be entered in the journal.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be submitted to the people of the state at the next general election in the manner provided by law.
Here's a copy of the information from the Senate Journal:
Roll Call No. 229 Yeas—24
Allen Cassis Jansen Patterson Anderson Cropsey Jelinek Richardville Barcia Garcia Kahn Sanborn Birkholz George Kuipers Schauer Bishop Gilbert McManus Stamas Brown Hardiman Pappageorge Van Woerkom
Basham Clark-Coleman Olshove Switalski Brater Clarke Prusi Thomas Cherry Gleason Scott Whitmer
Hunter Jacobs
In The Chair: President
Senator Cropsey moved to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution was not adopted.
The question being on the motion to reconsider,
Senator Cropsey moved that further consideration of the joint resolution be postponed for today.
The motion prevailed.
Senators Prusi and Switalski, under their constitutional right of protest (Art. 4, Sec. 18), protested against the adoption of Senate Joint Resolution L and moved that the statements they made during the discussion of the joint resolution be printed as their reasons for voting "no."
The motion prevailed.
Senator Prusi's statement is as follows:
The Constitution is our guiding document, and continually in my service in the Legislature, there have been references to the Constitution. Now you want to take and amend in a significant way our guiding documents, and you want to do it with less than 20 minutes or a half-hour heads-up on this issue. I think that is monumentally unfair, I believe that this is a politically-motivated ploy to get a headline on this April 15 tax day.
One year ago, the Senate Republicans had as part of their plan an expansion to the sales tax on the services performed in this state. You spent the last entire year running away from that plan, but that was part of what your thinking was a year ago as we wrestled with significant budget problems here in the state of Michigan. That service tax which was passed and given immediate effect last year was done so with Senate Republican votes. Now all of a sudden, you want to handcuff the Legislature into the supermajority scheme on a significant portion of what we were going to use to balance the state budget at some point in the future.
I find it ironic that you want to insert into our guiding document this paragraph that is big, nebulous, and really has had no opportunity to be studied or analyzed by our fiscal agencies, by Treasury, our attorneys, or anyone just so you can garner a headline here on Tax Day. I find that disturbing, and for that reason, among others, one of which being should not it be printed or reproduced in five days. We barely got five minutes with this, folks.
I think that is a sad commentary on how we are running this process, and I would ask my colleagues to join me in voting "no" on this.
Senator Switalski's statement is as follows:
Why would a joint resolution as important as this, just introduced 10 minutes ago, be left off the agenda, discharged to the floor with no committee hearings, and run all the way through General Orders and onto Third Reading in a total of 15 minutes? Are we that cavalier about our Constitution?The establishment of a two-thirds supermajority should be reserved for exceptional circumstances. It is a limit on the will of the majority. This two-thirds amendment to the Constitution would mean that majority rules on tax policy. I am appalled that my colleagues would take such drastic action in 15 minutes on a resolution whose ink isn't even dry.
Senators Kahn and Cassis asked and were granted unanimous consent to make statements and moved that the statements be printed in the Journal.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Kahn's statement is as follows:
This resolution does not arise de novo, isn't like Athena bursting from the head of Zeus, though, hopefully, it has the same amount of knowledge. Why say that it doesn't arise de novo? We've proposed it before in this body. There are 16 states that require supermajorities for tax issues, and clearly, we have had seared into our minds as well as into our people's minds the issue of the service tax, its limitation, and I doubt that there is a person in this body who would like to revisit that.
I do understand the concern about timing. I would like to hear comments that reflect the value of the proposal—the value of reassurance to our people, the value of jobs, and the value of consideration before we raise the taxes that zap jobs from our people. That is missing from the comments that I have heard from my worthy colleagues who sit to my left. I would hope that they would bear that in mind that this resolution would pass, and failing that, it would not disappear, but rather receive hearings and then pass.
Senator Cassis' statement is as follows:
Supermajorities are certainly not unheard of and, in fact, make it more certain that especially in regard to tax issues that our taxpayers—our constituents, that is—are heard loudly, clearly, and convincingly.
By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of
Senator Kahn asked and was granted unanimous consent to make a statement and moved that the statement be printed in the Journal.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Kahn's statement is as follows:
Well, we got 24 votes; needed 26. This is Tax Day. People are struggling in their homes to pay their bills, buy food, and wondering about a job. Their children are leaving the state angry. Sixteen other states have required supermajorities for the imposition of new taxes. We can continue to work on this. I am heartened by the bipartisan support that we achieved for this resolution; heartened that the Senator from the 19th District would support it; heartened that the Senator from the 6th District would support it and the Senator from the 31st District, my good friend.
The idea of responsible taxation is of our people's concern about the activities that we had, if you can call it that—the bills we passed, unpassed, and twirled around. It warrants serious consideration of this measure. I look forward to discussing it with you again. Hopefully, I can get some of the fervor of the Senator from the 2nd District and bring this up for your consideration again and again and again until our people are responsibly heard on the issues of taxation and their jobs.
Senator Kahn, the primary sponsor of the resolution, made the following statements: "A super-majority requirement guarantees the Legislature will be more careful in its actions and will help limit the growth of government. We must not burden our people with further taxes. I am disappointed my colleagues failed to move this resolution, and encourage them all to do the right thing by passing it for our people. Taxing services is not the way to solve our budget problems. Over the past year, we heard loud and clear from residents and businesses that expanding taxes to services would severely hamper their ability to grow and would further harm our economy."
Again, I think that this will pass when it's reintroduced.
I'll be going to the Isabella GOP meeting on Monday, so I might be able to get a quote from Representative Bill Caul on his views on the resolution.
I really hope that this passes, because it SHOULD be harder to raise taxes.
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Richard Pound
May 11, 2009
I feel like Rip Van Winkle! You remember him, the old man who settles down under a shade tree and falls into a deep sleep only to awaken 20 years later to return to a village he no longer recalls. Did I fall asleep back in 1985 and wake up to discover the concept of youth sports and the philosophy of our young people changed beyond all comprehension?
In the mid-1980s when I was being recruited in football and lacrosse out of the Watertown, NY area, no one had ever heard of college recruiting services. The idea of a "dedicated travel team" for every sport was equally unknown. And the high-pressure recruiting tactics to get talented student-athletes to commit before he ever visited the school were way out of bounds.
I've spent the last two decades educating students to have balance in their lives and to develop a well-rounded character. And yet, I am faced with the reality that our society has lost its perspective on why we participate in youth and high school athletics in the first place. Aren't we supposed to have fun? Don't we enjoy the idea of working as a team to accomplish a shared goal? Aren't there lessons to be learned in the art of competing well regardless of wins and losses?
Maybe it's my old-fashioned upbringing or my passion for seeing student-athletes grow and develop in their sport. But it seems that our society is fast losing its grasp on why children are playing sports in the first place. I understand the allure of the supremely gifted athlete who converts his skills into fame and fortune. The majority of us, folks, are not nearly as gifted.
The NCAA's Role in Recruiting
The NCAA is the governing body of collegiate athletics in the United States, and represents the institution in which we place our trust to set the standard for balancing academics and athletics. Still, even the NCAA appears to contradict itself.
A January 16, 2009 AP article, "Got game in 7th grade? NCAA says you're a prospect", describes an NCAA ruling giving in to the youth movement in college basketball recruiting. The NCAA has changed the definition of a "prospect" from 9th grade to 7th grade—for men's basketball only—to nip a trend in which some college coaches were working at private, elite camps and clinics for seventh- and eighth-graders. One member of the committee was quoted as saying, "The fact that we've got to this point is really just a sign of the times." Let me tell you: when I was little, the adults in my life used to change my behavior and never once did they let it slide because it was a sign of the times!
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Attracting biosuppliers
Besides pharmaceuticals industry, the biosupplier industry too has not lagged behind in its zeal for collaborative efforts. A well known Japanese supplier, Shimadzu, has set up its direct presence in India in 2006 by establishing Shimadzu Analytical India, as a subsidiary of Shimadzu Asia Pacific, Singapore. The company has tied up with many Indian distributors to supply its broad range of analytical products mainly chromatography and measurement instruments.
The recent example in this vertical is that of a joint venture "DSS Takara Bio India" established between India-based DSS Imagetech and Japanese company Takara Bio, that came into effect in April 2011. With the capital investment of $1 million and 25 employees, the DSS Takara Bio India has been engaged in the manufacturing and sales of research reagents and kits. Dr Ushakar Nag, director, DSS Takara Bio believes that they are bringing to India world-class Japanese manufacturing technology of high-end molecular biology reagents thereby giving a competitive edge to Indian biological research.
Another Japan-based leading manufacturer of automated nucleic acid extraction systems and supplies, PSS Bio, recently had a technical collaboration with Mumbai-based Biotron Healthcare.
The partnership will produce magnetic-based nucleic acid extraction kits, which is expected to reduce the cost of extraction. Mr Hideji Tajima, president, PSS Bio, Japan in an earlier interview with BioSpectrum reiterated that the company is hoping to start the evaluation of fully-automated genetic diagnostics systems in India.
Growing research relationship
Chennai-based Indo-Japanese joint venture, Nichi-In Centre for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM), has in the past 10 years brought together the Indian and Japanese technologies and institutes to accomplish several significant contributions in the field of regenerative medicine/biotechnology. The autologous immune enhancement therapy, which has been in clinical practice in Japan, since 1990s has been brought to India by the NCRM.
Dr Samuel JK Abraham, director, NCRM says, "To my knowledge, the natural killer (NK) cell and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) based immunotherapy has been provided only by NCRM in India, since 2011 and this was accomplished by the technology fetched from Japan and also the constant interaction of personnel between the two countries. Japan has the advantages of several state-of-the-art technologies in lab chemicals, reagents including cell culture scaffolds and nanomaterials. In India, we have young talents and wide spectrum of clinical diseases which are rare in the West and in Japan and so both the countries will benefit by a collaboration as accomplished by NCRM."
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Colored lights, laughter, and loud beats hailed guests of the Children's Museum of the Lowcountry from Ann Street. Partygoers entered the museum by way of a red carpet, and they entered to find a large, fashionable crowd circulating between the bar and silent auction.
Characters from A Night at the Museum randomly appeared between the groups of mingling attendees, but most people found themselves drawn to the tables of delicious fare in the patio area. The snacks were sophisticated takes on kid-friendly fare, and everyone noshed on cowboy chili from Good Food Catering or the Magic Cheese Truck's ham and swiss delight, tomato pie melt, and the aptly named Nutella the Hun.
The silent auction eventually gave way to a live auction, and those who attended were happy to give to a good cause. The Children's Museum of the Lowcountry is a non-profit organization that aims to spark children's imagination, stimulate curiosity and encourage problem solving through the power of play. The proceeds from the gala directly supported scholarships for Title One field trips, vital CML community outreach programs such as CML Super Stars and the Artist-in-Residence program, as well as exhibit upgrades and science and art supplies.


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Only real difference in us is that you think making the road easier for the well to do makes your road easier, and I think giving power to the less fortunate make more opportunity for the less fortunate.
You still think that the republican will control spending, and I have lived longer and know that they will just spend on the things that they think are important.
Bottomline I'll be fine who ever gets elected....I just think the working man needs a better bargining position. Those are my roots and they are why I have had the sucess I've had, and I want forget that even if it cost me a few more dollars in tax


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This weekend is show #2 in It's Showtime's 2011 season. Coming from Brussels, It's Showtime 47 takes place on Saturday. As always with It's Showtime, you can watch online for 10 Euro at Showtimefights.com. It's Showtime reports that all fighters have made weight and are set for the event.
This is a bit of a smaller show for It's Showtime, with less of the major international names they often feature, but it's still a good line-up, with a few fights in particular worth your time.
In the main event, It's Showtime 61kg champion Sergio Wielzen defends his title against Karim Bennoui. Wielzen won the belt last year, and closed the year with a successful defense against former Krush tournament champion Masahiro Yamamoto. He also holds wins over Anuwat and Mo Khamal, among others. Despite being an exciting fighter, he hasn't really grabbed the attention of It's Showtime fans yet - perhaps a big win here will help raise his profile.
Another notable fight features Marat Grigorian against Severiano Rijssel. Grigorian is It's Showtime president Simon Rutz's pick for the fighter to watch in 2011, and is already on tap to fight for the inaugural IS 73kg title at their May show in France. This is a good fight for him to gain some momentum, and a chance to introduce yourself to one of the names we may be talking about a lot as the year rolls on.
One last name to watch here is Evgeniy Kurovskoy. The Russian fighter will be taking part in the It's Showtime 70kg tournament later this year, which is looking like it will be the biggest MW event of 2011. Again, here's a good chance to get an early look at him in action.
The complete card is as follows:
Evgeniy Kurovskoy vs. Andre Grigorian (70kg)
Nick Beljaards vs. Andy Ristie (70kg)
Lefterio Perego vs. Sonny Dagraed (73kg)
Severiano Rijssel vs. Marat Grigorian (73kg)
Sahak Parparyan vs. Marco Vlieger (95kg)
Karim Bennoui vs. Sergio Wielzen (61kg World Title)


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Dapper Dan: Franco Harris a player for all timesFebruary 1, 2014 10:59 PM
It has been 34 years since Franco Harris scored two touchdowns and totaled 112 yards from scrimmage against the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl XIV at the Rose Bowl. That game was the culmination of the Steelers' dynasty of the 1970s, and fittingly, Harris had a starring role in the 31-19 victory that clinched the franchise's fourth Super Bowl victory.
Harris' footprints are all over those Super Bowl wins. He scored four touchdowns and averaged 117 yards rushing and receiving in those games. Those numbers still resonate. After all these years, his place in the Super Bowl record books remains prominent.
Harris holds the records for most rushing yards (354) and rushing attempts (101) in the game's history. It took two Hall of Famers to break a couple of other records he owned.
Harris is now second in career Super Bowl rushing touchdowns (4) and second in combined yardage in Super Bowls (468) after records he set were broken by Emmitt Smith and Jerry Rice. Smith, the former Dallas running back, rushed for five touchdowns in three Super Bowls, and Rice amassed 604 yards in his four Super Bowl appearances with the 49ers and Raiders.
"This is the 48th Super Bowl and for Franco to still own two records tells you how great of a player he was," said John Banaszak, the former Steelers defensive lineman and three-time Super Bowl champion. "For me, Franco was one of the greatest money backs of all time. When the game was on the line, when the games got more important, when the championship was on the line the better Franco Harris was."
On Thursday, Harris will receive the Dapper Dan Lifetime Achievement Award at the 78th annual Dapper Dan dinner and sports auction. What better way to celebrate the accomplishments of Harris on Super Bowl Sunday than taking a look back at his clutch play in Super Bowl games?
While Harris is best remembered for the Immaculate Reception in the 1972 playoff game against the Oakland Raiders, it's difficult to find other running backs in history that have performed more consistently in Super Bowls.
Harris set the Super Bowl record for most rushing yards when he ran for 158 yards in the Steelers' 16-6 victory against the Vikings in Super Bowl IX. He was named the game's Most Valuable Player and is one of only seven running backs to earn that honor. The rushing record has since been broken three times and is currently held by Timmy Smith, who rushed for 204 yards for the Redskins in Super Bowl XXII.
In Super Bowl X, Harris had 108 total yards in a 21-17 victory for the Steelers. He was the game's leading rusher with 82 yards and also reeled in a 26-yard reception in the fourth quarter.
In Super Bowl XIV, Harris scored the first and last touchdowns for the Steelers. His 1-yard plunge with 1:49 remaining put the finishing touches on that win.
Oddly, Harris' favorite Super Bowl was his least productive. It was Super Bowl XIII against Dallas.
Harris was held to 68 yards rushing, but he made one of the biggest plays to help the Steelers secure their third Lombardi Trophy. The Steelers were clinging to a 21-17 lead midway through the fourth quarter and were in Dallas territory after a 33-yard pass interference penalty. After Dallas linebacker Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson hit quarterback Terry Bradshaw after the whistle, the usually mild-mannered Harris got into a verbal confrontation with Henderson.
Henderson had been in the news all week for his taunts of Bradshaw, including the infamous quote that Bradshaw was so dumb he could not have spelled cat if he was spotted the c and the a.
On the next play, a third-and-9 from the Dallas 22, Bradshaw called an audible at the line of scrimmage. Harris took the handoff from Bradshaw and raced into the end zone for a 28-17 lead. The Steelers eventually won, 35-31.
"I kind of liked the situation in Super Bowl XIII with Thomas Henderson, that whole situation where he was taunting Bradshaw," Harris said. "We had our words, and then Bradshaw calls my play and we score. That whole situation, with so much happening with Henderson and Bradshaw that week, I enjoyed that moment."
When his Steelers teammates saw an agitated Harris, they knew Henderson had made a mistake.
"We were on the sidelines, but we all saw what happened," said Banaszak, who is now the head football coach at Robert Morris University. "In that situation, you see the confrontation. You see Franco getting in his face. He wasn't that way until you got him mad or until the game was on the line and he had to win the game.
"Franco's motor was full blast. He wasn't going to be denied. He was going to score a touchdown on that play. That was quintessential Franco. He was a big-time player when everything was on the line."
In the NFL Films series "America's Game," former Steelers running back Rocky Bleier recalled what he witnessed and how out of character it was for Harris to be confrontational with anyone.
"Franco is an easy-going guy," Bleier said. "He doesn't say a whole lot. He comes back in the huddle. This was the first time I ever heard Franco really say anything. He has this look on his face and all he says is 'Give me the ball.' "
A look back at Harris' postseason career would not be complete without mentioning his underrated skills as a receiver out of the backfield. Only once did he rush for 100 yards in a Super Bowl, but he contributed by catching the ball when teams sold out to stop the run.
Harris had 504 receiving yards in 19 playoff games and averaged almost 10 yards per reception. He had 114 yards receiving in the final three Super Bowls he played in, including 66 in the final one against the Rams.
Perhaps the best way to illustrate Harris' worth to those Steelers teams was his dependability and his record in playoff games.
Harris only missed one playoff game in his 13-year career, the 1976 AFC championship game in Oakland after getting injured in a playoff game the previous week. In 19 postseason contests with Harris in the backfield, the Steelers were 14-5 and had a perfect 4-0 record in Super Bowls. He rushed for 1,556 yards and scored 17 times in those games.
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Next Saturday's test in Townsville marks the 30th anniversary of a little-remembered tour that, as Michael Burgess reports, shaped the renaissance of Kiwi league
Most people would point to the historic 1983 victory at Lang Park as the catalyst for a Kiwis rugby league upsurge but giant steps were taken on an eventful tour of Australia a year earlier.
A glance over the results of the 1982 trip suggests it wasn't an overwhelming success. The New Zealand team lost both tests as well as three midweek games but, in its own way, it sparked an upswing that has brought the Kiwis closer in quality to their Tasman neighbours.
The Kiwis should have won the first test and the second was in the balance going into the last quarter, before a late flurry from the Kangaroos.
"We had taken a big step forward," says tour captain Graeme West. "A lot of us were still amateur but (coach) Ces Mountford had taken us to a level where we could compete.
He brought in systems and a defined style of play. We were getting closer and closer to them."
"We knew we weren't far away," says team-mate Gary Prohm. "I think we learned to take the game to them and the Australians seemed beatable. We knew it was possible."
Over the previous decade, the Kiwis had struggled to compete with Australia. After the glorious 24-3 victory in the Carlaw Park mud in 1971, the Australians had won 11 consecutive matches by an average margin of almost 20 points. On their previous visit to Australia in 1978, the Kiwis had been beaten 24-2, 38-7 and 33-16.
In 1982 for the first time, the Kiwis were able to include Sydney-based professionals in their touring team, though Dane and Kurt Sorensen were unavailable due to the terms of their contract at Cronulla.
North Sydney's Mark Graham and Fred Ah Kuoi as well as Olsen Filipaina (Balmain Tigers) and Mark Broadhurst (Manly) were in Mountford's team, though they were available only for the test matches. West was the tour captain, with Graham taking over for the international matches.
Remarkably there were 20 New Zealand-based players in the 27-man squad, with Gordon Smith and Tony Coll heading a West Coast quartet and West one of three from Taranaki.
Notable debutants included Hugh McGahan, Clayton Friend and Owen Wright, all of whom would taste success in the 1980s. The core of the side remained from the 1980 tour of Great Britain and France, including Hull trio James Leuluai, Dane O'Hara and Gary Kemble.
After two warm-up matches in New Zealand, the Kiwis landed in Queensland. They won their first two games before a narrow loss in Toowoomba, a graveyard for visiting teams.
"It was a tough place to play," remembers West. "They seemed to have their own referees and rules, which was always difficult."
The Kiwis were then beaten by a Queensland team including test stars Wally Lewis, Gene Miles, Mal Meninga and Kerry Boustead.
Despite these setbacks, the Kiwis remained confident, especially when bolstered by their Sydney quartet - though Filipaina joined the camp late, after Tigers coach Frank Stanton (also Australia's coach) demanded that the Kiwi centre play a midweek club match days before the test.
"We had spent a lot of time together over the previous few years and were very close," says Gary Prohm. "We had tons of experience and it felt like this was our time."
It almost was. The test was a brutal affair, played at a dusty Lang Park. Kevin Tamati set the tone in the first minute with a huge hit on Rohan Hancock, which led to the Queenslander eventually being replaced in the second half.
The Kiwis held their own throughout, thanks to a storming forwards display and rock-solid defence. They were on the brink of a historic win, leading 8-6 and on attack with just four minutes to play.
But, after a fifth tackle kick went dead, the Australians (aided by a penalty) mounted a last-ditch assault on the New Zealand line, and replacement forward John Muggleton slid through to score out wide in the 77th minute. Mick Cronin's sideline conversion left a final score of 11-8.
"We were devastated," says West. "We lost concentration for a second and let Muggleton slip through. It was soul-destroying at the time."
Life on tour was vastly different 30 years ago. The team stayed in motels and budget hotels and non-playing reserves had to wash the jerseys after each match.
There were no ice baths, warm-downs or protein supplements - Prohm's aftermatch routine consisted of some stretches, Voltaren to ease the bruising and a light walk the next morning. The coach's support staff was a manager and physiotherapist.
Forget the huge dressing rooms of today, with individual lockers and areas for passing and kicking drills - West says there was often barely enough room to swing a cat and pre-match preparations could be confined to a few stretches in the cramped area.
The team organised its own entertainment, though one expatriate Kiwi arranged a visit to a local Brisbane sauna and swimming pool. The players were impressed with the large whirlpool jacuzzi but beat a hasty retreat when a dozen bikini-clad females appeared out of nowhere.
The domestic players selected for the tour also had to sign an agreement allowing the NZRL to demand a transfer fee, should they attract the attention of Sydney clubs.
The second test was in the balance after an hour, with the Kangaroos ahead 5-2. But the Kiwis failed to capitalise on several breaks and Australia scored three tries in a 13-minute spell, for a flattering 20-2 score.
"They bounced back but we were very disappointed," says West. "We competed well and it felt a lot closer. It is just like today. We had great attackers and great defenders but sometimes our concentration would slip and they would pounce. You have to be fully focused to beat the Kangaroos."
This awesome Australian outfit completed the first undefeated tour of Great Britain and France months later, with an average winning margin of 26 points in the three tests against the Lions. The backline included John Ribot, Steve Mortimer and Greg Brentnall, while Les Boyd was probably the best prop in the world at the time and Craig Young was a huge presence in the back row. Prohm remembers Lewis being a particular menace, with his ability to pass the ball almost half the width of the field.
Mountford stepped down in 1983, replaced by Graham Lowe. There were just five domestic players in Lowe's first 15-man squad as the tide shifted irrevocably towards professionalism. The Kiwis split the 1983 series 1-1 and were desperately close to a series win in 1985, losing the second test in the final seconds at Carlaw Park (10-6) before gaining a famous 18-0 victory a week later.


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This was a recent one, actually. Alvin Henry was a one-time Olympic sprinter, a New Yorker who ran for Trinidad and Tobago. He went to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney on the T&T 4-x-100 team, but never actually ran in the Games. He returned to America, however, and did some running there. This past month, Henry was arrested 16 days after a rape in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, when the victim identified him while riding around the park with police. Henry had allegedly raped the woman at gunpoint and was a suspect in numerous other sexual assaults dating back to 2003. The unknown serial rapist had been called the "Lover's Lane Rapist" because he frequently targeted women he had seen having sex with their boyfriends in the park — he told one of the victims he had taped her in the act. "I knew something wasn't right with him," Henry's cousin told New York papers.
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Birth/Death: 1856–1931
Title: Opening of the first Parliament of the Australian Commonwealth, 9th May 1901 - with remarque of Edward VII
Credit Line: Gift of the second Lord Tennyson 1960. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Tom Roberts wrote about the Federation ceremony to his son:
'When the great day came your mother and I went to the hall of the Exhibition Building, and without getting seats, walked quietly at the very back, and climbing up some rails, I was able to see that immense gathering of people from Australia, and from so many parts of the world. It was very solemn and great. The heads on the floor looked like a landscape.'
This memory, together with official photographs and almost 300 portrait studies enabled Roberts to paint the 'big picture' of the opening ceremony.
This is the signed photogravure made in 1903 of the painting now in Parliament House. As such it marked the welcome end of two years of intense and exhausting work. 'Off the chain', wrote Tom Roberts with relief.
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