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It was quite disappointing that after just one CD ('Escapexstacy'), Poisonblack vocalist J.P. Leppäluoto (Charon) decided to leave the band, leaving Sentenced frontman Ville Laihiala to regroup and press on. The forging of the big wigs from Charon and Sentenced worked extremely well, with fans seeing a different side of Laihiala; who played guitar instead of singing. With the bassist Janne Kukkonen and 2nd guitarist Janne Dahlgren leaving at the same time as Leppäluoto, Ville Laihiala took it upon himself to take over the vocal duties as well as continuing on with lead guitar. A new bassist and guitarist were hired (Antti Remes and Janne Markus), Poisonblack survived the setback and re-shuffle of musicians, and continued to move forward with 'Lust stained despair' in 2006 and 'A dead heavy day' in 2008.
Due to the departure of Leppäluoto and Kukkonen, the sole songwriting responsibilities belonged to Laihiala, which is why there is a strong Sentenced influence from 'Lust stained despair' onwards. While not a carbon copy of Sentenced, Ville has incorporated aspects of Sentenced's sound and songwriting, delving into depressive, dire and "don't give a crap" self-hate feelings with the lyrics. Songs like "Pain becomes me", "Nothing else remains", "Low life" and "Human-compost" could easily be mistaken for songs on any recent Sentenced CD.
2010 brings the latest Poisonblack CD, titled 'Of rust and bones', again through Century Media records. While it is again similar in feel to Ville's departed Sentenced, this time round however the songwriting has a lot more depth, maturity and melody to it than ever before. More emphasis and time has been given to instrumental passages during songs, while the amount of actual singing has been reduced. A few tracks are quite mellow and sombre, especially the 3 lengthiest songs on the CD (they clock in at 8:07, 8:03 and 7:33). Ville's vocals also change during these longer tracks, singing with a slower delivery and more harmony, rather than the typical hoarse and raspy way that we are used to. It is a refreshing change to the direction Poisonblack had been heading in, while the CD as a whole is an improvement over the previously lacklustre 'A dead heavy day'.
The CD begins quite strongly with the opening track "My sun shines black". Fairly heavy and upbeat with powerful guitar chords from both Ville and Janne, the song is very catchy and keeps your head nodding the whole way through. The high standard continues with the Sentenced-esk sounding "Leech", featuring low end groove guitar riffs and heavy bass. Ville is sounding at his passionate and emotional best, while a swift but precise guitar solo caps the track off as one of the best on the CD. "Buried alive" is another catchy melodic top-notch track mirroring Sentenced and already I am surprised by the considerable improvement, knowing that 'A dead heavy day' only had just a few kick-ass tracks. Also quite noticeable is the emphasis of the extension of instrumental passages throughout each track on the disc (as I mentioned earlier). The songwriting is allowing each track to flow naturally, not forcing the songs through the wringer and be done with it, which has been the case with a collection of tracks from the previous 2 CDs. I consider the "take your time" approach to be quite creative and something vastly different to the usual songwriting.
"Casket case" is another brilliant track on the CD, which features an angry Ville almost growling in his delivery. The track is very dark, very emotional, but also memorable and catchy. The twin guitar blasts are working like a treat and on "Casket case" they come to full fruition. This brings us to the biggest surprise on the CD, the 3 lengthy tracks. They certainly need to be heard to be believed as they are the jewels encased within this release. All 3 sound sombre, mellow and beautiful (with heavy passages here and there); the keyboards and acoustic guitars adding further depth to an already emotional mixing pot. Ville's vocal delivery is quite haunting to hear, as he sings with great melody and passion. Hearing a Lake Of Tears similarity, all 3 tracks leave me very impressed and I consider "Invisible", "Down the drain" and "The last song" to be the pinnacles of this CD.
I must admit that I was expecting more of the same of the previous CD, with an even more Sentenced feel, but this is not the case. While there undoubtedly is an obvious Sentenced influence and feel, I think Ville this time round came to the writing table with new and fresh ideas for Poisonblack to become into its own. I believe that he has done that very well on 'Of rust and bones', with the creativity and unpredictability of the songwriting leaving me astonished and wanting for more. Those who thought 'A dead heavy day' was uninspired and lacked that little something should really take a listen of this new release, as it will restore your faith in Poisonblack. For fans of Sentenced, this is a no-brainer, while fans of the gothic rock/metal genre should also pick this one up quite blindly. No doubt, 'Of rust and bones' is one of the biggest surprises for 2010 and best Poisonblack release since 'Escapexstacy'.
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YWCA aiming to raise $250,000 to renovate Janesville complex
JANESVILLE — The window screen of the ground-floor apartment wasn't attached to the bottom of the window frame, so the woman who lives there with her two children won't open the window.
"It's a big safety concern," said the 27-year-old single mother of two, ages 6 and 18 months.
She lives at the Jeffris Flats, an 11-unit apartment complex that provides transitional housing for domestic violence survivors in the YWCA's Transitions for Women Program.
The loose window screen and a rotting railing on the steep outdoor stairs are among dozens of repairs needed at the apartment building at 318-320 Dodge St., YWCA officials said.
That's why YWCA Rock County has launched a Fix the Flats capital campaign to make $250,000 worth of improvements to the 129-year-old, 12,100-square-foot complex.
Two buildings joined by a central entrance make up the Jeffris Flats in the West Milwaukee Street Historic District. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The two-story masonry building hasn't been renovated since the YWCA took ownership in 1993, said Jeff Bealles, YWCA development director.
Flooring, cabinetry, electrical infrastructure, windows, fixtures, appliances, trim, drywall and paint plus air conditioners and a furnace are on the list of interior work that totals $132,000.
Outside, the building needs repair to the roof, stairs, landscaping, windows, breezeway and masonry, adding $118,000 to the project.
Fees, permits, administration and miscellaneous expenses add $18,000, Bealles said.
The YWCA secured a grant from a local foundation to match the first $66,000 given by the community and to double the project's startup funds. Bealles is confident the money will be raised because $30,000 already has been donated.
The remaining $36,000 that needs to be pledged or raised by Dec. 31 will pay for the cost of the interior renovations, he said.
The YWCA has applied for two more grants with a goal of completing the renovation in phases to avoid displacing residents.
The target is to finish work by the end of 2014.
"We want this to be unobtrusive as possible," he said.
The building recently was home to 11 women and 33 children.
The maintenance and repair fund of less than $10,000 a year can't keep up with the cost of repairs needed on the aging building that has had daily wear from hundreds of tenants over 20 years, said Martha Pearson, director of the YWCA's Transitions for Women Program.
"Things are falling apart. We've got kids here, and we don't want anyone to get hurt," she said.
In addition to creating a safe, functional building, the YWCA also wants to be a good steward of a historic building, Bealles said.
"It's important we provide them with a nice, comfortable place so they can thrive in this unique program—the only one of its kind in Janesville. For these families this is the first step toward a new life—safety, stability and self-sufficiency," he said.
The program has 17 on a waiting list.
YWCA leaders realized it would be more cost-effective to replace old windows, cabinets and flooring than to spend money for repeated repairs, Bealles said.
"This way financial resources can continue to be invested in programming for the women and children rather than on repairs," he said.
Programming includes case management and supportive services that focus on establishing violence-free homes while developing plans to become self-sufficient.
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A third state Class B championship for the Westhill boys basketball team is just one victory away.
Again, the result didn't come easily, but the Warriors, fueled by the junior tandem of Tyler Reynolds and Jordan Roland, got away in the final two minutes to beat Ogdensburg Free Academy 74-67 in Friday night's state semifinal at Glens Falls Civic Center.
Beaten in this exact same round on this exact same floor a year ago by Babylon, Westhill was in no mood to go through that experience again. But OFA, the state's no. 2-ranked team with a 23-1 record, was just as determined to thwart the Warriors' dreams.
Hailing from Section X, OFA had outscored its post-season opponents by an average of 45 points per game and boasted a trio of three 1,000-point scorers, chief among them Kinnon LaRose, who averaged nearly 24 points a night.
But while the Blue Devils had cruised through its sectional and state playoff slate, Westhill was pushed hard, first getting through a narrow Section III final against Utica-Notre Dame, and then surviving overtime to knock off Norwich for the second year in a row.
Steeled by those battles, Westhill eagerly embraced OFA's desire to set a fast pace, and the two sides traded blows throughout a frantic first quarter. Mostly with Reynolds' wide variety of shots, the Warriors inched out in front, 24-23, by the end of the period.
Though it slowed down a bit in the second quarter, the exchanges continued, OFA grabbing a 35-30 lead before big baskets from reserves Brian Daily and Mike Burton tied it up, 35-35, and they remained on even terms until halftime, where it stood at 41-41.
Roland and Reynolds pushed Westhill to a 46-41 lead early in the third quarter, but that didn't last, either, as OFA went back in front, 53-51, late in the period, only to see Reynolds tie it and Daily hit a free throw that gave the Warriors a slim 54-53 edge going to the final period.
Westhill stayed patient in the fourth quarter, answering each time OFA tried to catch up. Still with that one-point lead, 64-63, the Warriors secured a cushion when Reynolds hit a jumper and then, with less than a minute left, converted a lefty hook shot that made it 68-63.
From there, Reynolds and Roland secured the victory by making six consecutive free throws in the homestretch. All told, Reynolds had 27 points, while Roland had 17 points, eight rebounds and three assists.
But they didn't work alone. Daily delivered 12 points, nine rebounds and four assists, while Ryan Roland managed six points, including a key 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter. Overall, Westhil made exactly 50 percent (27-for-54) of its field goal attempts, plus 12 of 16 free throws.
OFA put four players in double figures, led by Matt Piercey, who had 20 points. But LaRose only managed 10 points as Colin Ross gained 16 points and Jack Manke finished with 12 points.
On Saturday night at 9 p.m., Westhill will face Olean (Section VI) with the state Class B title on the line. The Huskies outlasted Woodlands (Section I) 71-63 in the other state semifinal, led by Sam Eckstrom's 30 points.
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Tony Romo To Leave The Dallas Cowboys
After a rough past few years of injuries and now losing the starting job to Dak Prescott ESPN is reporting that sources say Tony Romo will be released from the Dallas Cowboys prior to the 2017 season. Despite early rumors of Romo being traded possibly for a big name defensive player ESPN's Ed Werder says his sources are saying he will be released free to pursue a contract with another team.
Sources close to Romo are saying despite his history of injuries the QB still has 2-3 years left possibly as a starting player for another team. Tony Romo turns 37 years old in April.
Cutting Tony Romo will be costly for the Dallas Cowboys as his contract has him set to make $24 Million next year which will put them $10 million against the 2017 salary cap.
Source says Tony Romo expecting release, not trade, and believes he can start as #NFL QB 2-3 more seasons despite turning 37, injury history
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We all know that the outdoors is an inspirational place and the Berghaus calendar wants to let you get a little bit of the outdoors while you're stuck at work or indoors.
We like to think we've got some pretty amazing pictures here at Berghaus from our team of athletes who travel the world seeking out new adventures.
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Students must be in good Honor Code standing to graduate from BYU.
The term "good Honor Code standing" means that a student's conduct is consistent with the Honor Code and the ideals and principles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Excommunication, disfellowshipment, or disaffiliation from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints automatically results in the withdrawal of the student's ecclesiastical endorsement and the loss of good Honor Code standing. Further, a student is not in good Honor Code standing if his or her ecclesiastical endorsement has either lapsed or has been withdrawn, or if the Honor Code Office has placed a "hold" on the student's records.
Students who are not in good Honor Code standing are ineligible for graduation, even if they have otherwise completed all necessary coursework. In unusual circumstances, a student may petition the Dean of Students Office to allow an exception to the ecclesiastical endorsement requirement [under the process set forth in the Church Educational System Honor Code section.]
All students desiring to graduate must apply for graduation. Students applying for the bachelor degree should do so by the appropriate deadlines for graduation. The deadlines for each graduation are listed below:
In order to apply for graduation, students must have an active ecclesiastical endorsement covering the graduation for which they plan to apply. Students access the online graduation application through the "Apply for Graduation" link in the "School Menu" on MyBYU/Route Y. After submitting the online graduation application, the student account will be charged a one-time $15.00 fee for graduation and the student will be instructed to contact their individual college advisement center to finish the graduation application process. Students will be notified of the status of their graduation application via email.
Students who apply after the deadline dates will need to contact their college advisement center to be considered for graduation. Graduation Services (B-150 ASB) will notify students of graduation deadlines and procedures via email.
All candidates for graduation are encouraged to attend the commencement and convocation exercises. Diplomas will be mailed to students after all grades are posted to their official record and all graduation requirements are certified complete. Commencement exercises are held in April and August only. December graduates are invited to the April commencement following their graduation, and June graduates are invited to August commencement following their graduation. Students must have applied for graduation and been submitted by their individual college advisement center by the deadline for the commencement program in order to be listed in the university commencement program. The names of students who have been approved to "walk" at a commencement ceremony and graduate in a future graduation will not be listed in the commencement program. Names will be listed in the commencement program of the graduation for which the student has applied and been submitted.
All incomplete grades must be removed from the student's record, special examinations must be passed and recorded, and all transfer credit for required classes must be on file in the Records/Registration Office at least four weeks before graduation. Any BYU Independent Study coursework (including finals) needed for graduation must be completed at least three weeks before graduation.
A person who has earned a higher degree is ineligible to earn a lesser degree at BYU unless exception has been granted by the Undergraduate Steering Committee (USC). Petitions for exception can be directed to the Admissions Office, which will forward the petition to the USC.
A person who has a completed undergraduate degree is ineligible to add a second major or a minor to their official record.
A maximum of 36 semester hours of Independent Study credit may be applied toward the 120-semester-hour requirement for a baccalaureate degree.
Note: See the Bachelor of General Studies Program section of this catalog for BGS requirements.
To graduate with University Honors, a student must:
More detailed explanations of the Honors Program are available in 102-A MSRB and in the Honors Program section of this catalog.
Latin Scholastic Distinctions at graduation are determined by GPA for the top 10 percent of the graduating seniors based on cumulative total and BYU grade point averages. This includes all coursework earned in integrated bachelor and master programs.
Summa Cum Laude is awarded on the basis of grade point average to the top 1.0 percent of the baccalaureate candidates who have earned a minimum 45 semester residency hours of credit at BYU.
Magna Cum Laude is awarded on the basis of grade point average to the top 1.1 to 5.0 percent of the baccalaureate candidates who have earned a minimum 45 semester residency hours of credit at BYU.
Cum Laude is awarded on the basis of grade point average to the top 5.1 to 10.0 percent of the baccalaureate candidates who have earned a minimum 45 semester residency hours of credit at BYU.
The baccalaureate degree is awarded for completion of a specified program of university study. It recognizes important changes in outlook, understanding, and proficiency that result from university experience. At BYU this program of study includes the University Core, the discipline of a specific major, and each student's choice of electives. In addition, a minimum of 30 semester credit hours in residence on the BYU campus in Provo, a minimum total of 120 credit hours, and a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 are required.
See the University Core section of this catalog for complete information.
See specific major requirements in the Academic Departments/Schools/Areas, Degrees, and Courses section of this catalog.
Residency Requirement
At least 30 credit hours must be earned in residence on the BYU campus in Provo as an admitted day student to qualify for a baccalaureate degree. Residency credit does not include any hours earned through Independent Study coursework or credit by examination.
Total Credit-Hour Requirement
A candidate for a baccalaureate degree must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours.
Grade Point Average Requirement
To graduate from BYU students must earn a minimum 2.0 cumulative BYU grade point average and a minimum 2.0 total cumulative grade point average. Students must also meet any stipulated minimum grade point average requirements in their major.
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Students must be in good standing with the Honor Code Office and have a current ecclesiastical endorsement.
Students may use a course in which they receive a D- ("minimum passing") to complete major, minor, religion, or general education requirements. Those receiving a D- in a course will not be required to retake the course unless a higher minimum grade is stipulated in a degree program or course sequence description in the undergraduate or graduate catalog.
Courses taken at other colleges or universities with D grades will count toward the total hour requirement for graduation, but will not fill BYU university core requirements and in most instances will not fill major requirements.
The curricular requirements of a specific major must be satisfactorily completed, including any additional departmental requirements related to the major. A minimum of 20 credit hours in the major must be completed in residence as an admitted day student, 10 of these on the BYU campus in Provo.
Students must select and declare a major by the time they have 60 earned BYU credit hours (excluding language exam credits). Once a student has 75 earned BYU credit hours (excluding language exam credits), they will not be allowed to change their major, unless special permission is granted.
In order to encourage timely progress towards graduation, advisement centers may require mandatory advisement before students are allowed to register for classes. Deans, in consultation with advisement centers, may also place registration holds and mandate specific course completion in order to facilitate a timely graduation.
Second majors (exclusive of some language second majors) are rare and must be approved by the college advisement center supervisors involved and the dean of the college responsible for the primary major. The second major proposal and approval process requires an evaluation of all University Core and major requirements and a time-to-graduation analysis. Petitions for a double major must be submitted prior to earning 75 BYU hours (excluding language exam credits). College advisement centers are prepared to assist interested students in this process. Courses used to satisfy the requirements of a student's major can also be used to satisfy the requirements of an approved second major, unless not permitted by the requirements of the proposed second major. Students who graduate with a second major only receive one degree (the one associated with the primary major) and one diploma. Only the primary major will be listed in the university commencement program and on the diploma.
University graduation requirements are occasionally modified or changed. The university informs students of such modifications through the online catalog, online class schedules, and all advisement centers on campus. Students who leave the university for an extended period of time may be informed of such changes through these sources.
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Students who complete a baccalaureate degree within eight academic years of enrollment at BYU qualify for graduation by meeting those religion, university, and general education requirements in effect when they initially enrolled, even though there may have been changes in general education and religion requirements since that time.
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Students have eight years from the time of their initial enrollment in which to complete all requirements for graduation. Students who have not graduated within eight years of their initial enrollment at BYU will be required to meet with an academic advisor in the area of their primary major to determine major and university core graduation requirements and the use of credit previously earned. Where University Core or major requirements have changed or where credit previously earned was in an area of substantial change, students may be required to do additional work to meet graduation requirements.
After discussion with an academic advisor, students may petition the Dean of Undergraduate Education to accept old general education courses to fulfill current general education requirements. This means that credit earned more than eight years before admission or readmission (including transfer credit) may be accepted to meet general education or major graduation requirements at the discretion of the university.
All students who receive undergraduate degrees from BYU are required to complete the University Core requirements unless 1) a student is on the previous GE program and within eight years of initial enrollment; or 2) a student is granted an exception by the Dean of Undergraduate Education.
See the Bachelor of General Studies Program in the Division of Continuing Education section of this catalog.
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Keith Kelly, in a report about Adweek revamping its Hot List feature, cites a blog post media watcher Tony Case that says Mediaweek and Brandweek will stop print production in April. Case also says that Adweek will be launching a redesign of their website then, in part to respond to the new look Ad Age site.
But the big news – if Case is correct – is that print issues of Brandweek and Mediaweek are on their way out. We've been expecting this to happen since both magazines lost staffers and operated under one team overseen by the polarizing Michael Wolff. You could also argue that the magazines seemed to overlap coverage a lot, but still, each time print disappears, a journalist loses his wings.
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Can the Stingers win it?
Following Tuesday's 5-4 win, the Willmar Stingers are four games behind Northwoods League North Division leader Alexandria with five games to play.
The Stingers' odds of catching the Beetles are not good, but it can happen. Here are some of the more epic pennant-race turn-abouts in Major League Baseball history:
In 2009, the Detroit Tigers became the first team to ever lose a pennant after holding a three game lead with four games to play. The Minnesota Twins won Game 164 to claim the Central Division championship.
In 1987, the Twins and Tigers figured into the bizarre fizzle of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Jays led the East Division race by 3-1/2 games with seven to play but lost all seven games - including three one-run games to the Tigers in the final weekend - and finished two games behind Detroit. The Tigers then lost to the eventual World Series champion Twins in the ALCS.
In 2007, the New York Mets lost a seven game lead in the final 17 games and finished a game back of Philadelphia.
And, of course, there are the famous - or infamous -- 1964 Phillies, who blew a 6-1/2 game lead in the final 12 games and finished a game behind St. Louis in the National League pennant race. The Cardinals went on to defeat the Yankees in the World Series.


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John Murry, 'The Ballad of the Pajama Kid' – Free MP3 Download
Most vagabond-troubadour alt-country types would kill for a backstory like John Murry's. Born in Tupelo, Miss., just like Elvis, he's a distant relative — second-cousin, according to most accounts — of literary hero William Faulkner. What's more, he's traveled the world, and amid stints in Oakland, San Francisco (where he overdosed) and England, he's amassed an enviable catalog of crazy-yet-true stories about drugs, love, religion, music, solitude and Mississippi mud.
On record, Murry doesn't always sound like the happiest of campers, but he's got reason to be pleased about his debut, 'The Graceless Age.' Four years in the making, the album earned raves in the U.K., where it was released last year, and on April 2, it finally gets its stateside release. Today's free MP3, the 'Graceless' gem 'The Ballad of the Pajama Kid,' is indicative of Murry's world-weary blend of country, rock, soul, hard-luck poetry and straight-up Southern grit.
"The initial idea and song came together quickly, in the studio, where I slept many nights during the early phase of the record's creation," Murry says. "I wore these baby blue and white striped pajamas; the kind my grandfather used to wear — pants and a button-up shirt. We worked on this song for three days straight. I didn't bathe or change clothes. Musicians — all friends of mine — came in and out and I know I must have looked utterly insane."


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An emotional Obama: 'They had their entire lives ahead of them'Fri Dec 14, 2012
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WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department and the state of Alaska have asked Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay an additional $92 million to help repair damage caused by lingering quantities of oil that continues to sully the waters in Alaska's Prince William Sound where the Exxon Valdez tanker crashed in 1989.
Exxon has already paid $900 million for damage caused by the spill, the worst in the nation's history, but the 1991 agreement settling claims allowed the state and federal governments to ask for as much as $100 million more for damage that could not be foreseen at that time. The deadline for reopening the agreement is Friday.
"After extensive review it is clear that populations and habitat within the oil spill area have suffered substantial and unanticipated injuries that are attributable to the Exxon Valdez oil spill," said Alaska Attorney General David Marquez. In a background briefing Thursday, officials from the Agriculture, Interior and Commerce departments said the additional money was needed because substantial amounts of oil remained in the sound's tidal basin, affecting clams, mussels, sea otters, sea ducks -- especially harlequin ducks -- and other birds.
Exxon disputed the governments' move. "Exxon will study this request carefully and respond as appropriate," the company said in an e-mailed statement. "Nothing we have seen so far, however, indicates that this request for further funding from Exxon is justified."
The company said the problem of lingering pockets of oil was anticipated in 1991. "Nothing surprising has occurred since 1991," the company said.
Exxon also noted that $145 million of the money it has already paid hasn't been spent yet.
Marquez said Thursday that the remaining money has been earmarked, and the Justice Department said that in 1991 officials did not anticipate that any oil would remain toxic so long.
"I'm disappointed," Marquez said upon hearing Exxon's reaction. "I'm hopeful that they'll take long and serious look at our proposal." The federal agencies and the state of Alaska can file a claim against Exxon Mobil on Sept. 1 if the company does not agree with the governments' assessment.
Environmentalists, who noted that the vast majority of species injured by the oil spill have yet to recover, welcomed Thursday's announcement.
"The decision to seek the reopener is very important for the economy and ecosystem of the region," said Katherine Fuselier, a Sierra Club conservation organizer based in Alaska. "Concerned citizens from across the spill zone and throughout Alaska have come together to hold Exxon accountable for one of the worst environmental disasters of our time."
Environmental groups, citing government reports, have said that there are still 100 to 200 tons of oil in Prince William Sound, covering six discontinuous miles of shoreline.
According to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, a joint federal-state group that has monitored the area, clam productivity on oil-covered beaches that have been cleaned up is still down by two-thirds. Several sea-bird populations in oil-covered areas have declined, including pigeon guillemots and marbled murrelets.
The environmental devastation has also hurt local fishing operations. The herring fishery remains closed because of to low numbers.
An official from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in Thursday's background briefing that there had been a precipitous drop in the herring population, but that a link to the Exxon Valdez spill couldn't be proven beyond a doubt.
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When life is a mystery
Intolerance – symptom of ignorance
All living beings are immortal
The living being 1
"Behind" our physical organism is to be found the invisible consciousness, that is to say, our thoughts, feelings and conceptions. The consciousness is regulated by wishes, desire and will. Behind these is to be found life itself, our eternal infinite I.
The Creator
The creative ability
The created
The universe is an eternal, infinite living being
The triune principle
Life is formed as a universal, eternal principle which is the same everywhere. God and the eternal children of God share the same basic analysis – an eternal triune principle. When we know ourselves, we experience ourselves as one with the total eternal and infinite living universe, that is to say, God. The circle form symbolises that God and the sons of God are eternally united.
The white circle
The violet disk
The coloured circle
The three eternal principles, the Creator, the creative ability and the created form an indivisible principle, as is seen in the next symbol. With the eternal aspect combined with the temporal aspect we can begin to see the divine plan of creation.
The divine world plan
The eternal world picture – the living being II, the eternal Godhead and the eternal sons of God
The eternal plan of creation
The basic law of eternal life
The stage of life
The plant kingdom
The animal kingdom
The transition from animal to human being
It requires time to develop from selfishness and the survival instinct to the opposite – the loving, forgiving disposition. But the process occurs automatically as "we reap what we sow". The moral of killing leads to suffering for us ourselves which creates a longing after the contrast, the humane. With time arises a susceptibility for the ideal of universal love and for an intellectual explanation.
The human kingdom
The spiritual kingdoms
A universal world plan
Our macrobeing, the Earth, is also on the way towards cosmic consciousness (the small star figure). Its "cosmic birth" within the next 3000 years forms the transition to the perfect human kingdom, the kingdom of God on the Earth. Henceforth it is right and not might which settles all matters.
|It is not accidental that Martinus has chosen to place the following two symbols on the front and back covers of his work.
The symbol on the back cover is called: Through the initiation of darkness – Hell or Armageddon
The killing principle
We reap as we sow from life to life
The consequences of the killing principle
First after the harvesting of our sufferings is born an understanding of life's law of love "love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you".
Meat eating is also an example that human beings "know not what they do". All the sufferings we cause other living beings, large as well as small, return to ourselves. The volcano symbolises natural catastrophes – and shows that we are not wholly protected in relation to our macrobeing, the Earth. We ourselves constitute a macrobeing in relation to our organism. If we provide it with poor conditions so are we born in outlying nature areas which are correspondingly dangerous. But even under the initiation of darkness, in "the killing principle's sphere", we are surrounded by love (the radiant halo). The receptive soul can always find a guiding light which shows the way out of the darkness.
The symbol on the front cover is called: The fully-evolved human being in God's image after His likeness
The life-giving principle
The cosmic life view
We reap what we sow
The eternity body
Here is symbolised our cosmic radiated eternity body. Always in perfect balance (the cross) unaffected by death and mutilation of the temporarily created spiritual and physical bodies. All energy moves in law-bound cycles. Here is shown how every thought and action moves in small and large cycles back to ourselves (the triangle).
The eternal now
The fate arcs of the living being
On the symbol we see how the fate waves connect one life together with the following. We live currently at the same time in the past, as well as the present and the future. Our actions today (the area in the middle under the triangle, the I) determines the quality of our future lives (green area) – just as our consciousness and organism today are the consequence of previous thoughts and actions. But we only come to experience the unpleasantness which we still can bear to inflict on others. The principle "The forgiveness of sins" is a true reality.
The physical organism is just a replaceable tool for the experience of life in the physical world. When this tool has been worn out – by natural or unnatural causes – it is no longer fit for experiencing life and is replaced by a process we call death. Death is in reality a birth onto the spiritual plane, where we are recharged with light experiences and rest, until we again incarnate. On the spiritual plane death is not to be found.
The process of reincarnation
The act of copulation or the spirit of God in the darkness
However it was not easy for people of earlier times to understand the idea of reincarnation. In the Bible we can read for example that Nicodemus asked Jesus the question: "How can a man be born when he is old?" It took thousands of years before humans were sufficiently mature intellectually to be able to accept such analyses. The large lowermost circles symbolise a man, on the left, and a woman, on the right, in the culmination of the act of copulation. Under this temporary experience of bliss (the blazing fire) the partners are on the wavelength with the higher vibrations of the spiritual plane. Thus is created contact (the indigo lines) to an individual on the spiritual plane (topmost circle) whose fate fits in with these parents. The condition of falling in love brightens the sphere of darkness and guarantees at the same time rebirth into it.
This condition creates however conflict and rivalry for possession of the opposite sex. For an out and out male or female being universal love is organically impossible. Real neighbourly love is not a question of will, but concerns the being's sympathetic talent.
Christ is the example of the perfect loving and forgiving state. Despite his culminating suffering on the cross he could pray for his executioners: "forgive them for they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34). The ability to love one's neighbour regardless of gender rests upon an organic foundation – on the correlation between the masculine and feminine poles of the living being. There are cosmic causes behind sexuality, with its paths and detours forward towards the finished human being state.
The spiritual parent-principle
The principle of world redemption
Humankind is not left alone under the evolution from animal (orange) to human being (yellow). Just as children are lovingly cared for and brought up until they can look after themselves, so have humans guidance from above through a spiritual parent-principle – the principle of world redemption.
The Godhead (white star) leads all living beings onwards and upwards with help of this spiritual parent-principle (the rays). Under evolution from lower to higher consciousness (the step figure) we have the ideals and precepts which ingeniously fit the step in evolution in question.
The spirit of God upon the face of the waters
The spirit of God upon the face of the waters
God's almighty and all-loving consciousness permeates throughout the universe with its perfect manifestation and creation (the blazing cross). The universe is living and thinking! Everything is pervaded with life and thought. These thoughts appear as cosmic world impulses, which provide the foundation for different cultural epochs. The double circle symbolises the Earth and its peoples. It is in contact with three cosmic thought or world impulses:
Lowermost – primitive human beings' consciousness and culture.
Topmost – materialistic and spiritual science, internationalism, modern art, architecture and music as well as unhappy marriages, mental illness, sexual abnormalities and political upheavals are witness to a steadily accelerating process of spiritual evolution – at the start marked by irreligiousness.
But this materialism is only an initial phenomenon. With neighbourly love's intellectual basis in the form of spiritual science, the conflict between belief and science will gradually disappear and humanity will again, with hearts as well as reason, have contact with the spiritual side of life.
|The following three symbols show how the evolution of consciousness from animal to finished human being is reflected in the evolution from nationalism to internationalism.
The way to the kingdom of peace 1: Nationalism
The unfinished human kingdom
In the animal kingdom might is right. This talent has through practice become automatic in the animal kingdom and permeates the relations between peoples and nations at all levels.
The world is divided into nations (the various red fields), which collectively monopolise nature's wealth. The governments in the various countries (the arrows) strive principally after economic and military might. They still practice to a high degree the killing principle in the form of revenge and punishment (the orange stars) in their external as well as internal judicial practice.
We shall now see how the world is guided forward to true humanism and peace (the rays and the white star at the top).
The way to the kingdom of peace 2: Consequences
The karma of mankind
The actions of nations are also subject to the law of karma. The animal tendencies strengthen a special spiritual radiation (the thick orange crust) which attracts a corresponding dark karma (the flames). We reap what we sow.
The fields to the right and the left symbolise the different quality of this karma. On the left, sudden "death", which can happen as the result of our killing of animals and other individuals. On the right, slow suffering karma in the form of life-long sufferings, disablement, illness etc.
The five-pointed star symbolises the religious principle whereby God guides humans from these conditions to universal love, via humane religions (the yellow field) and eventually the pure spiritual science (white field). We see already many humane results of this process – welfare, art, architecture, literature, science and technology (the circle's blue coloured field).
The way to the kingdom of peace 3: The united states of the world, "one shepherd and one flock"
The perfect human kingdom of the future
The goal of evolution on the Earth
In the coming perfect kingdom of love on Earth the nations have become regions each with their distinctive character (the green fields). Previous religious ideas (yellow and orange) have been replaced with the knowledge of God and the course of evolution (white colour). This knowledge unites humanity in all their differences and is therefore the spiritual foundation for the kingdom of love on Earth.
The world government (the yellow sun) will initially be supervised by the highest representatives in their own special field of competence, being chosen by free election. Eventually this government can be made up of cosmic consciousness beings (the blue star).
Other factors include:
|We shall now see the difference between the materialistic and the cosmic eternal world picture.
The materialistic or dead world picture
The materialistic or incomplete world picture
The prevailing contemporary view about the universe is a cult of death. More and more people see only the materialistic aspect of reality. With this materialistic perspective we can create brilliant practical, technical aids, but it gives us only little, not to say any, knowledge about the living and the psychic sides of life. Many believe that life is identical with matter: one believes also in death. With this physical perspective upon life it seems of course naive to pray, and this function has therefore nearly completely stagnated.
The living spiritual universe
The eternal, cosmic, organic connection between God and the son of God II
We see that the question mark with respect to the existence of spiritual worlds is replaced by the symbols for our superconsciousness, that is to say, the eternal immaterial I (triangle) and its equally eternal ability to create. The spiritual worlds are taken into account and marked with the yellow, green, blue and light indigo colours. They constitute God's primary consciousness. All the beings here have been through the culmination of darkness in the physical world (red and orange colours). So is maintained God's consciousness in eternal culminating omnipotence and love.
The finished human being in God's image is God's highest tool for steering and leading the formation of fate in the underlying as yet imperfect physical worlds.
The eternal, cosmic, organic connection between God and the son of God I
Spiritual dialogue
Prayer's process of development
How does the communication happen?
One with the Father
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Holy Family Church
Thanks to Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio for his excellent Homily on family life and for being with us to celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family.
Thanks to the ladies of the Rosary Society and all who helped to provide the luncheon for our feast day fellowship with Bishop DiMarzio.
Thanks to all our parishioners who gave of their treasures for Christmas flowers, Parish Christmas Church.
Winter 2005 Adult Education Program. Topic: The Gospel of Saint Matthew. Dates: January 11, 18, 25, February 1 & 8, Place: Holy Family Church, Time: 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM.
Communion Calls: Please notify the rectory regarding anyone ill, elderly or confined to the home who would like to receive the sacraments.
Our Lady Of Miracles
718-257-2400 We're located on East 86 Street (Between Glenwood Rd. & Flatlands Ave.) Our schedule of masses is: Saturday at 5:30 PM, Sunday at 8:30 AM (English), 9:45 AM (Eng/Italian), 11:00 AM (English), 12:30 (French & Creole). Weekday mass schedule: Monday - Saturday....8:30 AM only.
On Mondays our church is open for you to visit at anytime until 8:00 PM. You will be able to pray before the Blessed Sacrament. Please come and spend some time with the Lord.
Friday, January 7, 2005 is the first Friday of the month, and we will be having our Holy Hour from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM. There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and the Novena Prayers to the Sacred Heart. Please try and be with us.
Anyone interested in having an Annual votive Candle lit for a loved one, please call the rectory at 718-257-2400.
On Sunday, January 16, 2005 we will be having our clothing drive. A truck will be outside our church on East 86th St. from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Now is the time to make room in your house and get rid of any good, clean clothing you are not using.
Anyone who would like to reserve a mass intention is welcome to come to the rectory office (Monday to Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM).
On Wednesday, January 12, 2005 we will be having a healing Mass at 7:15 PM at Our Lady of Miracles Church (East 86th Street, between Flatlands Ave. & Glenwood Rd.) Fr. Jeff Dillion is the Celebrant. Rosary recited before the Mass.
Our Food Pantry, sponsored by the Canarsie Cluster, (Our Lady of Miracles, St. Jude & Holy Family) is available for those in need. It is open on Fridays & Saturdays from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM both days.
If your family is in need of food, please stop by the rear basement doors of Our Lady Miracles Rectory on the days listed. Also, anyone who cares to donate any food, the pantry is always in need of dry milk, cold cereal, peanut butter & jelly, mayonnaise, cooking oil, tuna fish, corned beef hash, paper goods and whatever else. Our pantry is always in need of food. At this time we are also in need of canned items such as sweet potatoes, white potatoes, applesauce and sliced peaches. The Canarsie Cluster Food Pantry appreciates all the help you give us.
Charismatic Mass To
Be Held At O.L.M.
Our Lady of Miracles Charismatic Prayer Group will be having a Healing Mass on Wednesday, January 12th, 2005 at 7:15 PM. Celebrant: Father Jeff Dillion. Rosary recited before Mass. Everyone is welcome. Our Lady of Miracles Church is at 744 East 86th Street between Flatlands Ave. & Glenwood Rd., Canarsie, Bklyn. (718) 257-2400
Christian Church
Of Canarsie
We are located at 606 E. 89th St.
Our schedule of services are as follows:
Sunday Worship, 9:00AM & 11:30 AM. - Sunday School 10:30 AM. - Sunday Children Church 11:30AM. - Wednesday Worship 7:30PM.
Phone: 718-649-4516 and 718-272-5150.
Canarsie Community
Reformed Church
We are located at 1155 East 93rd Street (near Conklin Ave.). Our phone number is 718-649-3759. Our pastor is Rev. Felix A. Busby.
The Canarsie Community Reformed Church is a culturally diverse church, seeking to reconcile all God's children to Christ, through the renewing of the spirit and mind and by living in conformity to the Word of God through Jesus Christ.
Weekly church activities begin on Sunday mornings with Sunday School for children and teens at 10:45AM and Sunday Service at 11:00 AM with sermons on inspirational and insightful topics.
Audio tapes of each Sunday's sermon are available immediately after services.
Large print Bibles are available for those visually impaired, and adaptable Conductive Loop System.
Prayer Services are held on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM and Bible Study on Thursdays at 7:00PM.
The Youth Group meets on Saturdays at 7PM.
Special services include our Communion every first Sunday, and Healing Service to take place on every fifth Sunday.
Kingslawn United
Presbyterian Church
Our schedule follows: Sunday 11:30 AM, Worship Service. Sunday, 10:30 AM, Sunday School.Wednesday 7:30 PM, Prayer Fellowship. Friday evening, 6:00 PM, Youth Fellowship. We are lat 2368 Ralph Avenue. Phone (718)-241-0736.
Congregational Church
The members of Plymouth Congregational Church invite you to worship and fellowship with us.
We are located at 1223 East 96 Street, between Ave J and Flatlands Avenue, 1-718-649-5962; Fax 1-718-649-3702.
Our Sr. Pastor is Rev. Albert Morrison.
We preach Jesus Christ, crucified and buried, risen on the third day, ascended to heaven and coming again in glory!
All Sunday Worship Services 11:00 AM. Four Days Of New Year's Evangelism services and workshops, by our visiting Minister - Evangelist Ed Lacy, of Mobile, Alabama. January 9th through Wednesday, January 12, 2005. Sunday, January 9, 2005. 9:30 AM - Youth and Adult Sunday School. 11:00 AM - Morning Worship Service. Brunch served Worship Service. Brunch served after Worship Service, 3:30 PM -
Afternoon Worship Service. Monday, January 10 through Wednesday, January 12th, 2005. Evening Services/Workshops - 7:30 PM Sharp!
Rose Of Sharon
Baptist Church
We invite you to worship with us. All are welcome. We are located at 77 Conklin Ave (in the Thomas Jefferson Club) the phone number is 347-225-1248.
Our schedule of service is as follows: Sunday worship at 11 AM, Sunday School at 10 AM also prayer and Bible study on Monday at 6 PM.
Our special services include our communion every First Sunday.
Our Pastor is Reverend Nathan J. Williams and our Deacon is Norvell Hampleton.
Canarsie Full
Gospel Chapel
Our schedule of services is as follows: Worship Service, Sunday 10:45 a.m and 7:00 p.m. Sunday School, Sunday 9:45 a.m.
We are located at 1186 Remsen Ave. The phone number is 257-2576.
Our Pastor is John Schreck. Our associate pastor is Kenneth Friedmann.
Mount Carmel
Worship And
Outreach Center
We are located at 786-788 East 46th Street, Brooklyn New York 11203. For information, call 718-978-6140; 718-209-4170; (917) 609-0909.
Pastor: Rev. Glen Lawrence, Secretary Treasurer: Mrs. Ruth Warden.
Pastor Glen Lawrence and members of the Mount Carmel Worship And Outreach Center invite you, your family and friends to our church.
Services are held: Sundays: Sunday School at 10 a.m. Worship Service starts at 11a.m., Wednesdays: Prayer meeting & Bible study at 7pm.
For prayers call (718)209-4170 or 917-609-0909.
The Canarsie Community Yeshiva, located at 1387 East 96th Street, extends a gracious welcome to the entire Jewish community.
We are announcing that our registration is ongoing for our community and that Yeshiva. Classes are held Sunday thru Wednesday evenings at the Yeshiva.
Classes are open to men and women of all ages. Young and old alike are afforded an opportunity to enroll in a Yeshiva program.
We encourage the Jewish community to devote at least one evening a week and join us at the Yeshiva and broaden their knowledge and background of Torah and tradition. An open invitation is extended to the Canarsie community.
Our Prayer Group is located at Congregation AAA Sfard 1385 East 94th Street. Services start at 6 a.m., with study period from 6:35-7:05 AM.
Please call 718-646-9638 for more information.
Saints Simon
& Jude Church
We are located at 185 Van Sicklen Street, Brooklyn, New York 11223, Telephone: (718) 375-9600: Fax: (718) 375-6642; E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Rev. Donald A. Kavanagh, Pastor, Rev. Paul Vazhapilly, Parochial Vicar.
Sunday Masses: Saturday Evening: 5:00 P.M., Sunday: 8:30 (Bi-Lingual), 10:30, and 12:00 Noon.
Holy Masses: Refer to the Sunday Bulletin the week prior. Weekday Masses: 7:30 A.M. and 9:00 A.M., Saturday: 8:30 A.M. Devotions: Miraculous Medal: Tuesday after 9:00 A.M. Mass St. Jude Novena: Friday after 9:00 A.M. Mass First Friday Holy Hour: Noon to 1:00 P.M.
Temple Emanu-El
Of Canarsie
Rabbi Joshua Minkin, Cantor Doris Cohen, Presidents Warren Nadel and Leonard Strum, the officers and trustees invite you to join us in prayer every Friday night at 8:00 pm and Saturday mornings at 10:00AM. Following Friday service, please join us for Oneg Shabbat.
Get well wishes to any of our Temple members, family or friends who are ailing. Best wishes to all who are celebrating January simchas. To all our snowbird members, Have a happy and a healthy New Year. Wishing all our temple members, family and friends a very happy and a healthy New Year. All the best in "2005". Mazel Tov to Marilyn and Lenny Strum on the upcoming wedding Saturday, January 8th, 2005 of their son Michael to Jennifer. We wish the Strum family all the best.
Classses: Come join Rabbi Minkin on Saturday mornings at 9:30AM before our regular service. Discusssion on Parsha problems and possibilities. Greetings: If you would like to come and join us for our services, please feel free to do so. We are the only Reformed Temple in Canarsie, Mill Basin, Georgetown, Starrett City and Marine Park.
Temple Emanu-El is an active, modern yet traditional congregation with strong values.
New members are always welcome.
Our Hebrew school provides your child with a solid education in a warm atmosphere.
Come to the senior center at Temple Emanu-El for a hot lunch made in our kitchen, a game of bingo, cards and other enjoyable activities that go on each day. We are street accessible. Come meet old friends and make new ones.
Please feel free to visit us at 1880 Rockaway Parkway between Avenue M and N. Telephone #1-718-251-0450 or you can email us at email@example.com.
Young Israel
Of Canarsie
Vice Presidents Irving Steinfeld and Barbara Rubin, the Officer and congregants of YIC invite the community to join with us for services throughout the year.
Candle lighting for Friday evening parshas Vaera is 4:26 PM. Services begin with Mincha at 4:35 PM. Shabbos morning services begin at 9:00. Prayers for the new month of Shevat will be said. Rosh Chodesh is Tuesday, Jan. 11.
This week's kiddush is hosted by the Chevra Mishnayos in honor of Shabbos Mvorchim and the congregation is cordially invited to participate.
Shabbos afternoon Mincha services will be at 4:20 followed by Seudah Shelishis sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Leib Rubin in observance of the yahrzeit of Mr. Rubin's mother. Shabbos ends with Maariv and Havdala at 5:33PM.
Services this coming week each evening at 4:30 PM. Monday and Thursday mornings at 6:20, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:30 and Sunday at 8:00 AM. We ask all to make every effort to attend services as often as possible during the winter months since many congregants take winter vacations at this time.
YIC is located at 1265 East 108th St., Corner Ave M, Telephone 251-2600. All arewelcome.
Jewish Center
Rabbi Myron Rakowitz, President Israel Maya, Hazan Isac Faineh and Sisterhood President Hermosa Behar cordially invite you to attend our Religious and Educational programs.
Friday night services begin at 4:25 PM.
Everyone is invited to attend our Kiddush on Shabbat after services which is being tendered by Rabbi Myron and Sarah Rakowitz in memory of Ruth Rakowitz, Rabbi's mother and by Mrs. Betty Asher and children in memory of her husband and their father Victor A. Asher.
After the morning Kiddush on Shabbat, our Rabbi Rakowitz conducts a class.
Saturday evening Tehilim and Torah Study at 3:45 PM, followed by Seudah Shilisheth.
Daily services at 7 PM. Sunday services at 8 AM. Shabbat services at 8:30 AM.
On Sunday, January 23, 2005, we will be celebrating the successful conclusion of our 2004 Journal honoring Doris and Moises Fins. This day will be a most beautiful and fruitful time to also celebrate TU Bishvat - Beraja Las Frutas, The Jewish Arbor Day.
If you wish to make donations to Yeshivas, plant trees in Israel, buy Israeli Bonds, make pledges to the UJA/Operation Exodus Fund or contribute to any other cause, please feel free to call our office 718-257-0400. We are located at 9320 Flatlands Ave., E. 94th Street.


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Mayors defend LGA need: Dayton sides with city leaders on state aid
ST. PAUL -- No one argued over the need to continue state city aid during a Wednesday meeting of Minnesota mayors and Gov. Mark Dayton, but it will be a different story when Republicans who control the Legislature write their budget.
Republicans are expected to release an outline of their budget plan today and it could look like an earlier budget bill they offered that held Local Government Aid at the 2010 level, which is lower than what cities earlier were told to expect. LGA is the largest local aid from the state.
Democrat Dayton vetoed that earlier bill. His own budget would send about $2 billion to local governments in various programs and other $1 billion in tax credits that the administration says can hold down local property taxes.
Long-time mayors said they do not remember a mayor-governor meeting over state aid to local governments like occurred in the Capitol Wednesday. While Dayton and mayors agree on the importance of state payments, mayors said it is important to reinforce the Democrat governor's feelings and provide him with arguments as he and Republicans enter budget negotiations later this spring.
Republicans say cities and other local governments must take their own cuts as the state fills a $5 billion deficit.
"We've already done our share to help with the (state) budget," Granite Falls Mayor Dave Smiglewski told Dayton, referring to Local Government Aid and other state cutbacks since 2003.
Added Thief River Falls Mayor Steve Nordhagen: "Thief River Falls and other cities out there would not exist without Local Government Aid."
About 20 city officials delivered their message to a governor who wants LGA and other local government payments increased in the next two-year budget.
"More people need more services," Dayton said, and cities without big property tax bases must rely on state aid to help.
Talking to reporters after the meeting, Dayton said that LGA is a high priority of his, but said he and legislators must compromise as they negotiate the budget. He would not say whether he could accept lower local aid payments.
Looking at Wadena Mayor Wayne Wolden, whose town sustained significant tornado damage last year, Dayton said that without state aid Wadena would not have had enough money to fund emergency needs.
And, he said, any community's local aid cuts equal a property tax increase as cities have nowhere else to turn to keep services intact.
"We think this is a critical time for the cities throughout the state," said Park Rapids Mayor Nancy Carroll, who as Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities president hosted Wednesday's meeting with Dayton.
The future of cities is at stake, she added.
Smiglewski told Dayton that cities need to maintain themselves adequately to attract residents, something made tough when state payments fall.
"It causes our communities to be less attractive places to live," he said.
Job opportunities need city help, he added. "LGA really makes that happen."
Smiglewski also urged Dayton to make sure Minneapolis and St. Paul continue to receive state aid. There is talk in the Capitol among some lawmakers that aid should continue to rural cities, but not the biggest ones.
"We feel that probably would have a serious effect on all of Minnesota," the mayor said.
Hutchinson Mayor Steve Cook brought up an issue in the news this week as an argument to keep LGA payments going to cities.
Hundreds of jobs are expected to end at Hutchison Technology as the company shrinks its workforce. Dayton said he wants to meet with the company's leaders to see if the state can do something to retain the jobs.
"In International Falls, our back is really up against the wall," said City Council member Cynthia Jaksa.
She was responding to Dayton's comments that cities already have raised property taxes more than Minnesotans can handle and cities should not face more cuts.
"Your budgets are more austere," Dayton said. "You are out of options."
Cloquet Mayor Bruce Ahlgren said LGA cuts mean one thing: "We have been living below our means."
If there are further cuts, he added, cities will need to look at closing libraries, senior citizen centers and other services just to protect public safety operations.
Wolden said that LGA was 55 percent of his city's budget eight years ago, and now it is 45 percent.
This year shows the importance of state aid, he said. Wadena already has used 40 percent of its 2011 snow-plowing budget and an LGA cut would hamper snow removal later this year.
Wolden said he spent two hours with Sen. Gretchen Hoffman, R-Vergas, and Rep. Mark Murdock, R-Ottertail, recently, trying to convince them the importance of LGA.
"We have cut our budget 10 percent," he said was part of his message to lawmakers.
Like in other cities, Wadena streets have not been repaired as quickly as in the past, he added.
Mayors said they are doing what lawmakers want as a money-saving measure: working with each other.
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman said that on Tuesday he met with his emergency management leaders and began to get them thinking about how they can help Moorhead during expected spring flooding.
"We are one Minnesota," Coleman said.
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak added that after the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed in 2007, nearly every Minnesota community sent his city help.
Moorhead Mayor Mark Voxland said that in his 11 years on the job he does not recall a meeting like mayors had with Dayton.
"This is really a huge step forward," Voxland said.
Moorhead has two major problems, he said. One is low-tax North Dakota, just across the Red River, and the other is the Red River itself.
"I want the jobs in my community," Voxland said, but with the state forcing up property taxes his task is tough.
"We also tend to have some floods," he said, after Dayton and other mayors had discussed this spring's expected Red River flood.
Moorhead has laid off enough workers that it hurts as flood preparations proceed, the mayor said.
"As we go into flood fights, we don't have the key people there," he said. "The sheer manpower would be helpful."
Moorhead already has spent $800,000 to fight the flood, and the Red remains within its banks, Voxland said. LGA is needed to pay the bills, he added.
Dayton said he hopes that if floods occur, he and legislators can agree on emergency aid by the end of this year's legislative session in May. He told the mayors that he already has met with legislative leaders on the subject.
Voxland said that "education is the key" to keeping local payments. Much of that education involves Republican lawmakers who are likely to seek LGA cuts.
"We have to talk to them again and again," Voxland said.
The mayor said that despite stark differences between the parties, he remains optimistic a deal favorable to cities will come about. "They have to all grow up and learn they have to play together."
Nordhagen said that local aid helps all Minnesota communities because keeping workers is important across the state.
If businesses close, he said, "these jobs aren't coming to the (Twin Cities) metro area. They are going elsewhere."
Fergus Falls Mayor Hal Leland told Dayton that even though his town does not adjoin North Dakota, just being close to the state line means it is hard to attract business. LGA cuts are hurting, he said.
"This cannot continue without devastating circumstances," Leland said.
In Bemidji, only slightly more than half of the property is taxable, Mayor Dave Larson said, with so much land owned by government. So the 31 percent LGA cuts since 2002 severely affect the city's budget.
If LGA were to end, Larson said, Bemidji property taxes would rise 79 percent to make up the difference.
Like other mayors, Larson said the city already has made cuts. The city's 100-person payroll has shrunk to 88, he said.
"Our needs are increasing, our resources are decreasing," Larson told Dayton.
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In this compelling and narrative-driven account, Patrick Cockburn, one of the bravest and most experienced correspondents reporting from the war, tells the story of Muqtada and his extraordinary rise to become what Canadian journalist Naomi Klein described as "the single greatest threat to U.S. military and economic control of Iraq".
Cockburn looks at the young cleric's family background, in particular the assassination of his father and two brothers by Saddam's hit men. He also examines Muqtada's leadership of the 70,000-strong Mahdi army; the links between his movement, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Iranian leadership; and his frequent confrontations with the American military, including the pitched battle in the cemetery of Najaf and the recent mass demonstrations demanding an end to the occupation.
This is no dry, academic treatise. Cockburn's account draws on dramatic, firsthand dealings with the Mahdi army, including a tense encounter at a roadblock outside Najaf in which he was nearly killed. But while it often reads like an adventure story, Muqtada provides a vital analysis of a movement that will be critical to the future of Iraq after the Americans leave.
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Jolie visits mine clearance charity
Angelina Jolie has used her time in Scotland to visit the global headquarters of a charity which specialises in the removal of the hazardous debris of war.
Angelina is visiting the country with her partner Brad Pitt as he shoots the film World War Z in various locations, including Glasgow and Grangemouth.
The pair are long-standing supporters of the Halo Trust, having visited a number of projects in war-torn and mine-impacted countries.
Angelina took the opportunity to visit the trust's headquarters in Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, on Saturday for the first time.
She was given a briefing by senior Halo staff on the current landmine problem and heard about the kind of work they are doing.
She said: "It was a privilege to visit the Halo headquarters and meet their committed staff.
"In the aftermath of war, Halo's mine-clearing efforts are fundamental to a safe return and community building."
The Jolie-Pitt Foundation has provided "hundreds of thousands of pounds" worth of financial support to Halo, funding humanitarian mine clearance teams in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Kosovo and Afghanistan.
Angelina and Brad also visited the National Trust for Scotland's Hill House in Helensburgh.
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Make up calls: Myth or reality?
"Instant Replay" is a new weekly column which will appear in Sunday's Detroit Lakes Tribune.
Each week, he will write out a real occurrence during a sporting event and explain the ruling.
Also included at times are new rules and "points of emphasis" in sports.
This column is for readers to grasp a better understanding of the rules of their favorite sports. Readers can ask Eiter questions about certain rules or about a play which occurred during a prep athletic event by emailing him at email@example.com.
All's well that ends well.
That can mean many things to many different people.
And in officiating it can as well. For example, does that mean if an official misses a foul on a player that it is acceptable to make the next call to even the score?
All's well that ends well.
You basically ended up where you started - a "do-over" per say.
In sports this is commonly referred to as "a make up call."
Interestingly enough, basketbawful.com has defined a make up call as a noun: "(mak'-up kahl) noun. The act of compensating for a bad call against one team by making an even worse call against the other team, usually in an immediate and obvious manner."
The topic of make up calls was a concern this week from Gene of Nevis. Gene writes:
Dear Instant Replay Guy: The winter season is winding down and you are probably having difficulty finding topics to discuss.
With that in mind, I was wondering if you would consider discussing the myth verses the reality of the "make up call".
I doubt that it is discussed in the "handbook of officiating", but those of us who have watched hundreds of games of basketball know it to be an occurrence that is not rare.
You admit to only making one or two errors in your officiating career, so there would be no need for such a thing in any of the games you have worked.
Perhaps it is that the skill level of some of the other zebra's who do not match yours.
In any event, I would appreciate your thoughts.
Gene from Nevis, Conference MVP 1973.
Thanks Gene, knowing that you have watched hundreds of games pretty much qualifies you as "expert" status among officials.
We see your sort each night and appreciate your help.
You must have caught me at a weak moment if I admitted making one or two errors, as I don't recall that happening.
Anyway, let's look at a couple of situations to see if we are on the same page.
Here are some of the more famous make up calls I recall:
- OJ Simpson being found guilty in his civil court case after being acquitted in his criminal case.
Major make up call.
- Title IX. Some don't see this as a make up call.
Even make up calls are controversial.
It now takes longer to get through Detroit Lakes with the new Highway 10. But, hey, it's safer.
Even my friends at MNDOT have make up calls.
Assuming you are talking about sports, here are some potential make up calls:
Basketball situation: Karmen is dribbling down the sideline of the court and Jennifer tries to trap Karmen near half court.
There is a small amount of contact between the two and Karmen falls out of bounds with the ball.
The official, Sven, gives the ball to Jennifer's team.
On the ensuing in bounds play Sven calls traveling on Jennifer who just received the ball.
Myth or Reality: Is this a Make Up Call?
It could be considered a make up call.
Was Jennifer wearing pink shoes?
Did it happen on a Tuesday or was it a Friday?
These factors all come into play when Sven made his call. Tough to say without more information.
Football situation: Fred is running for an apparent touchdown and the official, Barney, throws a flag for holding on Fred's teammate.
On the very next play, Barney calls defensive pass interference and gives Fred's team a first down.
Myth or Reality: Is this a Make Up Call?
I am only assuming that this was a high school football game played on a Friday night.
That being the case, it definitely probably might be a make up call.
Was Barney related to the custodian at the home school?
This would make a difference in this situation according to the "handbook of officiating" you referenced.
I don't mean to insult your intelligence, as I am sure you were already aware of that - my bad!
Ok, that was just a BIT of sarcasm. Do make up calls exist?
Are they a myth or reality?
That is in the eye of the beholder.
In my humble opinion, they are probably most likely a mythical reality.
They really do mythically exist in the eyes of those whom fall victim of the second of two questionable calls.
Makes perfect sense. All's well that ends well.


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My dog started limping on one leg and had his head turned to the side for some reason about a year and half ago. About a year before that he startd having seizures which was shocking to having to sit through. The seizures were likely due to his recent habit of chewing up any paper he found including rolls of toilet paper left ungaurded. It likely left toxins in his system which took time to filter out of his liver the vet said.
With the limping and head turning the vet showed where shining a light in his left eye didn't bother him but the right did, so he showed he was blind in one eye which would explain why he wanted to turn his head. It was his right leg that was lame. The vet wouldn't confirm it but it was pretty clear to me our 12 year old dog must have had a stroke. He's had issues with his right leg on and off since including now which tells me they've been recurring. Don't think our poor doggy is much longer for this world.
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A recent Wall Street Journal article detailed an interview with Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), in which he said he opposes the current Senate health care bill for reasons other than the issue of federally funded abortions.
Rep. Stupak said on Tuesday that if Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi brought the Senate health care bill to the floor "It'd be very hard to vote for this bill even if they fixed the abortion language."
When he was asked whether or not he would for the Senate legislation as is, the Congressman responded, "nope."
Besides taking issue with the Senate health care bill providing federally funded abortions, Rep. Stupak said that the House version of the bill had tighter restrictions on insurance companies as well as new payment methods that would help doctors provide quality service – neither of which are in the Senate version.
The Michigan representative also takes issue with the fact that House members will have vote on the Senate bill without being ensured that the changes they've requested within the legislation will ever get approved. "You're going to make members vote for a bill that's going to be hung around your neck come Election Day," he said. "After sending so much legislation to the Senate, we just don't trust that they're going to do it."
Rep. Stupak still feels, however, that were Speaker Pelosi to present a finalized health care package, it still wouldn't pass. "I'm not optimistic they'd get the votes in the House," he added.
The congressman stepped into the national political spotlight last year when he introduced an amendment to the House health care reform bill that maintained the Hyde Amendment ban on using federal funds to pay for abortions. The Stupak Amendment passed in the House by a vote of 240-194 last November.


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LOS ANGELES (CBS 5) — The family of beaten San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday in L.A. County Superior Court, claiming inadequate security was partially to blame for the attack.
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Stow, 42, a paramedic from Santa Cruz, was brutally beaten in a parking lot of Dodger Stadium on March 31. He was flown to San Francisco General Hospital last week for additional trauma care after more than a month of treatment at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center for brain damage.
The suit filed on behalf of Stow contends the Dodgers were negligent by not providing more security and not having adequate lighting in the parking lot where the attack occurred on Opening Day.
The suit also claims the stadium has more crime than any other Major League Baseball venue and that the Dodgers organization knew the area was unsafe and a haven for known gang members to "meet, plan and carry out criminal activity."
Stow remain listed in critical condition Tuesday. His sister said Monday that he had stopped having seizures but had not regained consciousness, even though he was no longer in a coma.
Attorney Thomas V. Girardi, who is representing the Stow family in the suit, stated that it took 15 minutes for stadium personnel to respond when they were notified of the beating.
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He said the Dodgers "knew that the decrease in security forces at Dodger Stadium, coupled with the decrease of uniformed officers patrolling the stadium, would lead to increased attacks and criminal activity on their property."
The attorney said several other measures also could have been taken to prevent the attack, including ejection of disorderly fans, refusal to have known criminals or gang members attend games and the promotion of responsible consumption of alcohol.
Stow, who wore Giants gear to the game, was taunted repeatedly and some Dodgers fans threw peanuts, hot dogs and wrappers at him and his friends, according to the lawsuit. It also points out that a half-off beer promotion was scrapped at Dodger games after the Stow beating.
The Stow family was not suing the Dodgers for a specified amount of money, however, the suit stated that it would take $45 to $50 million in medical benefits to give Stow a good quality of life.
The Los Angeles Police Department, which arrested a man Sunday for the attack on Stow, was not named in the lawsuit.
The LAPD has called Giovanni Ramirez, 31, the main aggressor in Stow's attack. They are still seeking a second attacker and a woman suspected of driving the pair from the crime scene.
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A spokesman for troubled Dodgers owner Frank McCourt did not immediately respond to requests seeking comment about the suit.
The lawsuit is the latest problem for McCourt, who in recent weeks has seen MLB appoint a monitor to oversee the Dodgers and his ex-wife ask a judge presiding over their divorce trial to order the sale of the team.
Baseball officials also have said they don't believe McCourt has enough money to make payroll at the end of this month.
The attorney for the Stow family claims McCourt has mismanaged one of baseball's most storied franchises by spending lavishly since buying the team in 2004 and reducing security during games — even though Dodger stadium has been plagued by violence in the past.
A Giants fan was shot and killed in the parking lot in September 2003. Pete Marron was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for the first-degree murder of Marc Antenorcruz, 25.
In April 2009, a man stabbed his friend in the stadium parking lot after the home opener. Arthur Alvarez was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Alvarez, who contended that he was knocked to the ground and acted in self-defense, was later acquitted by a jury.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Turns out Utah coach Kyle Whittingham was right when he said that BYU might be really enticed to throw the football prior to last Saturday's rivalry game. A week earlier, Oregon State and quarterback Sean Mannion netted 443 yards in the air in a 51-48 overtime win over the Utes.
The Cougars wound up attempting 48 passes. Only 18, however, were complete.
To his recollection, Whittingham couldn't remember a game with 30 incompletions. He had plenty of praise for his defense and the job it did on BYU quarterback Taysom Hill.
"Pass coverage always starts at the line of scrimmage. I thought we got after the quarterback. We had five sacks and several missed opportunities on sacks," Whittingham said. "That guy's hard to sack. He's a lot like (Utah State's) Chuckie Keeton, how he moves around back in the pocket — not quite as elusive as Chuckie but more powerful. He's harder to get down."
All things considered, Whittingham was pleased with the coverage. The Cougars wound up with 260 yards passing.
"I thought when you put it all together with the pass rush and the improved coverage in the secondary, I think that's one of the reasons why you saw a low completion percentage," he said.
CONFIDENT DRES: Utah receiver Dres Anderson said he's never lacked confidence and has been a go-to guy who has been making plays for as long as he can remember. He's certainly showing it this season. The junior currently leads the Utes in receiving yards (404), yards per game (101), receptions (18) and touchdown catches (three). His yardage total through four games is already 39 more than his team-leading total after 12 games in 2012.
"Dres has been a big plus for us this year," Whittingham said. "I've been waiting for Dres to step and put up those kind of numbers for a couple of years now."
Whittingham added that Anderson has come into his own. He expects him to continue to develop.
GOOD NEWS: Whittingham led off his weekly press conference by noting that it was good news to hear that injured BYU running back Jamaal Williams was going to be OK. He suffered a concussion and a severe stinger in Saturday's game and was taken off the field by ambulance and hospitalized overnight.
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EXTRA POINTS: With next week's home game against UCLA on a Thursday night, Whittingham pointed out that this isn't a typical bye week for the Utes. They'll take Tuesday and Wednesday off before resuming practice Thursday. ... Kicker Andy Phillips has yet to miss a PAT (21-21) or field goal attempt (7-7) this season. ... Whittingham said there were no season-ending injuries in Saturday's win at BYU. Those are the only type of injuries that the coach specifically comments on during the regular season.
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