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Phil Miller covered three seasons of Twins baseball, but that was at a different ballpark for a different newspaper. Now Miller returns to the baseball beat after joining the Star Tribune as the Gopher football writer in 2010, and he won't miss the dingy dome for a minute. In addition to the Twins and Gophers, Miller covered the Utah Jazz and the NBA for six years at The Salt Lake Tribune.
DETROIT -- Twins lefthander Francisco Liriano said his left shoulder did not feel well when he played catch before today's game against the Tigers, so he will likely miss one more start, at least.
The Twins had hoped he'd be able to test the shoulder in a bullpen session Tuesday, but that probably won't happen now, and Anthony Swarzak will likely make Thursday's start against the Royals.
Toward the end of batting practice today, Liriano was shagging balls in center field and having teammates throw the balls back toward the infield for him.
He's had an MRI exam, which showed inflammation, but the Twins were hoping that would subside.
Feel the heat: It feels like summer today. Finally. And that refrain is echoing through Detroit, too.
It's been chilly and/or rainy here for too many games, the locals say. But there should be a lot of sun these next three days with forecasted highs of 89, 89 and 80 degrees.
Justin Verlander pitched the Tigers to a 3-0 victory over the Red Sox on Sunday night, as Detroit avoided a four-game sweep. We'll see if the doubleheader has any effects on the Tigers today.
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--Stocks little changed amid upbeat economic reports, slump in energy shares
--New York manufacturing report tops expectations
--Investors watching out for Group of 20 meeting
By Matt Jarzemsky
NEW YORK-Stocks straddled the flat line, as a slump in energy shares offset firm U.S. economic readings and investors eyed a meeting of policymakers from the Group of 20 industrial and developing countries.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose one point, or less than 0.1%, to 13974 in midday trading.
The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index decreased one point, less than 0.1%, to 1521. Still, the benchmark was set to cap its seventh-straight weekly gain. The Nasdaq Composite Index slipped one point, or less than 0.1%, to 3198.
Energy shares led declines among four of the S&P 500's 10 sectors as March crude-oil futures slumped 1.9% to $95.47 a barrel. Apache slid 3.2%, declining for a second day after the oil-and-gas explorer and producer reported quarterly profits that missed forecasts. Macquarie analysts lowered their rating on the stock Friday.
"We're at what I think is fair value for the market for year end, based on modest revenue growth and an edging higher of earnings," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank, which oversees $66 billion. "For us to really trade higher, we need multiple expansion."
New York factory activity is expanding this month, for the first time since July, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Empire State Manufacturing Survey. The survey's business conditions index bucked economists' forecasts for a decline.
U.S. industrial production edged lower last month as auto manufacturers trimmed output, the Federal Reserve reported. Output decreased 0.1%, lagging behind economists' expectation for a 0.2% gain. Capacity utilization slid from the prior month's upwardly revised reading, but topped economists' projections.
U.S. consumers are feeling better about the economy than last month, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment index for February. The reading topped economists' expectations.
"The results, between consumer confidence and production and manufacturing, confirmed that the recovery of the U.S. economy is on the right path," said Omar Aguilar, chief investment officer of stocks at Charles Schwab Investment Management, which oversees more than $250 billion.
European markets slipped, with the Stoxx Europe 600 down 0.1%, amid weak retail sales and trade data.
Retail sales in the U.K. unexpectedly fell in January, posting the biggest monthly decline in nine months. In addition, a decline in euro-zone imports and exports in December raised some concern about the region's manufacturing base and consumer demand.
Meanwhile, the Group of 20 is expected to issue a pledge that monetary policy will focus on price stability and growth, rather than on efforts to weaken currencies to boost exports.
Asian markets were mixed, and Japanese stocks slumped amid concerns that the Group of 20 will focus on the recent sharp decline in the yen. Japan's Nikkei Stock Average shed 1.2%, as a strengthening yen weighed on exporter shares. Elsewhere, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index tacked on 0.1%, and Australia's S&P ASX 200 slipped 0.1%. The mainland Chinese market remained closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.
February gold futures gave up 1.6% to $1,609.80 an ounce. The dollar slipped against the euro but rose versus the yen.
In corporate news, Herbalife surged 14% on news that activist investor Carl Icahn had acquired a roughly 13% stake in the nutritional-supplement maker, and plans to discuss strategic alternatives with the company.
Agilent Technologies slipped 4.1% after the testing-equipment maker reported quarterly earnings that missed expectations and forecast earnings and revenue for the current period that fell short of analysts' expectations.
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Campbell Soup increased 1.7% after the world's largest soup maker by sales reported higher-than-expected earnings. Late Thursday, Campbell said it would cut 79% of its employees in Mexico and close a plant there.
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"We strive in our early years to learn our craft; therefore we search for a master teacher who has demonstrated this in his own work. Afterwards, there comes a long period of growth during which we experiment, embracing some ideas for fuller development and discarding others not useful to our creative needs. When our work begins to reveal individuality, it is still essential to pursue an honest an honest observation of nature interpreted within the framework of varied compositions of our invention. If we fail at this point, we run the risk of displaying mannerisms that will inhibit our artistic growth. This is no small matter. It is a formidable challenge that we try to meet with all our resources. Yet the measure of our artistic success rests in the evaluation of generations yet to come." ~ Robert Douglas Hunter, 2005
If there were a brick and mortar educational art institution called "The Boston School", then Robert Douglas Hunter would surely be its Dean. As it is, the label Boston School is applied rather loosely to artists who have received much of their training from master painters whose techniques are derived from R.H. Ives Gammell's adaptation of French atelier instruction. In this sense as well, Hunter has long been recognized as an informal "Dean" of the movement, adding his own particular signature to the Boston School emphasis on carefully planned compositions, accurate drawing, and a delight in the ability of light and shadow to create atmosphere in painting. He has personally taught well over forty students who are now accomplished full time professional artists, and in turn these students and their students have been responsible for training many others.
Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1928, Hunter served in the Marines before graduating from the Vesper George School of Art in 1949. He studied with Henry Hensche, and then intensively with R.H. Ives Gammell from 1950 to 1955. Simultaneously in 1950 he began a teaching career at the Vesper George School of Art which lasted until the school closed in 1983. He also taught at the Worcester Art Museum from 1965 to 1975.
Hunter has won more than thirty regional and national prizes, including the first John Singleton Copley Award (1966), and fourteen Gold Medals at the annual exhibition of New England artists held by the Jordan Marsh Company, Boston. In recognition of his painting and teaching, he has won a Citation from the Governor of Massachusetts (1979). He was the first winner of the Copley Medallion (1988); and was the 1989 winner of the Guild of Boston Artists Award.
He was featured in a major article in American Artist magazine (September, 1990), and is listed in Who's Who in American Art, Prize Winning Art, and Who's Who in the East. In early 2001, the Cape Cod Museum of Art opened a new naturally lit gallery named in Hunter's honor, and mounted a retrospective exhibition of his paintings in the new space.
A member of the Copley Society of Boston, the Guild of Boston Artists, the Provincetown Art Association, and the Allied Artists of America, Hunter has paintings in the collections of the Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, N.C.; the Chrysler Art Museum, Norfolk, Virginia; the Maryhill Museum in Goldendale, Washington, (Solo Exhibition, 1988); The Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, Texas; and the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania. His work is also in collections at Harvard University, Northeastern University, Phillips Andover Academy, Tufts University, and in numerous private and corporate collections including the New England Life Insurance Company and the John Hancock Insurance Company.
Robert Douglas Hunter was born in Boston in 1928, and has lived in Massachusetts all his life. He enrolled at Vesper George School of Art in Boston after his discharge from the Marine Corps and graduated with honors in 1949. During the summers of 1949 and 1950, Hunter studied painting with Henry Hensche at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown. It was there that he met R.H. Ives Gammell, who then maintained a summer studio in Provincetown and with whom Hunter studied from 1950 to 1955.
Hunter was himself an instructor at the Vesper George School of Art from 1950 until its closing in 1983. He was also on the teaching staff of the Worcester Art Museum from 1965 to 1975, and he has taught privately for over 40 years. Hunter was also instrumental in the continuation of the Gammell teaching studio after the artist's death.
A member of many professional organizations including the Copley Society of Boston, the Guild of Boston Artists, and the Provincetown Art Association, Hunter has won numerous awards for his work. In 1979, Hunter received a citation from the Governor of Massachusetts in recognition of his many years of painting in Provincetown an Boston and his contribution to the education of youth.
His work can be found in numerous public, museum and corporate collections including the Chrysler Museum, Virginia; Harvard University; Phillips Academy, Andover, MA; the Boston Archdiocese; Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA.
In early 2001, a gallery was dedicated in Hunter's honor at the Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA. Hunter now lives and works in Walpole, MA. His wife of more than 30 years, Elizabeth Ives Hunter, is the author of a biography of R.H. Ives Gammell, soon to be released. Hunter has three children.


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Whisenhunt, Graves discuss Cards off-season matters
Despite the looming uncertainty of the NFL labor situation, Arizona Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt and general manager Rod Graves said they are proceeding as usual with the off-season.
Both joined Sports 620 KTAR's Doug and Wolf Friday to discuss the team's quarterback situation, evaluation of the draft, free agent prospects and expectations for next season.
"We're obviously proceeding just like we normally do this time in the off-season," Whisenhunt said.
"We've got a lot of players out there that we've got to look at and rank and decide about where they fit and who to go after and what needs that we have to address."
If the current collective bargaining agreement expires in early March, teams will not be allowed to trade players and free agency will not begin. It's something Whisenhunt said he isn't too concerned with.
"Let's not get too wrapped up in the whole CBA thing," he said. "There's going to be football. We're going to play at some point and we're proceeding like everything is normal.
"We've set a standard around here and we didn't live up to that standard. We're not happy about it and we're working hard to get that fixed."
Whisenhunt said the team is taking its time with addressing the quarterback situation to find the best option available to fix the 31st ranked passing offense from last year.
"We don't have to make a decision on who our starting quarterback is today," the coach said. We've got a little bit of time to do that.
"But I'll say this, that's obviously a position that we need to address from a standpoint of not only playing better. We're going to do everything that we can to address it, whatever avenue is available to us."
Whisenhunt said his main concern is to bringing the team back to the success it achieved before last season.
"We've set a standard here the last few years [with] six playoff games, back-to-back division titles, going to a Super Bowl that we expect to attempt to meet every year," Whisenhunt said.
"We fell short of that this year. Not something that we were pleased about. We are committed to getting back to that."
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Graduating with my A.S.-General Studies in May, continue on to my Bachelor of Social Work and then get my Master of Social Work.
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Clinical psychology. 6 year study so a master or something.
Architecture! and I gradutated May 2011 from a 5 year program!
I'm pretty sure I'm bringing a new major to the table:
I'll be graduating with a Bachelor's degree in the Fine Arts field of Game Art and Design in May 2011 8)
I originally started pursuing a BFA in Studio Art with a focus in traditional 2D media... but that school didn't float my boat!
I am majoring in Applied Psychology. I will be graduating May 2011
I have a double major in entertainment media and broadcast journalism. I also have a minor in Spanish. My professors tell us girls to loose weight everyday. It's a lot of pressure!
My major is English Literature, my minor is American History and I'm getting a certificate in Children's Literature.
I am majoring in Wildlife and Wildlands Conservation and I graduate next summer.
Majoring in Chemistry
and going on to the Biophysics grad program at UCD
I just started working on my BS in Criminal Justice through Capella University. I love online courses!
I'm doing a BA in English and Philosophy, graduating at the end of 2012. However, I may add on a BMus in classical singing, in which case I'll graduate at the end of 2013.
art history and architecture :)
Art History :)
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I am working on my asociates degree in Horticulture.
Eastern North Carolina
Getting bachelors in Finance!
I'm working on getting a B.A. in psych and a minor in Justice Administration...should be graduating May 2011!
Then on to graduate school...
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I'm a Pre-Nursing Major. I start my freshman year in the fall and I'm pretty excited. I go to The University of Texas at El Paso.
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Then I plan to go to work in the medical field.
Nursing, Dental Hygeinistry, and Psychology/Counseling all sound like interesting and do-able carreers for me.
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Go Anthro majors! :) It is a great field!
Anthropology, but in the fall I start Law School!
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Ooh, I think that if financing is not a problem and you have the ability, you should go for the full degree. That would be huge for you for your career. Good Luck on your decision!
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A mental health levy on the ballot in November supports menatl health initiatives in both Erie and Ottawa counties, and Dr. Kirk Halliday wants to make sure voters are fully informed.
Here is one of my favorite ways to eat a portabella mushroom as a sandwich.
You can make so many variations of this sandwich just like a regular burger.
My article about Ottawa County sanitary engineer Kelly Frey's warnings back in March about algal bloom toxins in Lake Erie got good play in the newspaper and online, but not everybody was pleased.
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My trainer Ken Cutcher of Anytime Fitness in Huron added another set to all my exercises I was regretting everything I said in my last blog!
Things get hard and I have to push through them.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's explanations for his extraordinary interference in a sexual harassment investigation inside the AG's office last year involving his personal friend are shallow, self-serving and hardly believable.
Holmes and Watson would see exactly the same things, but only Holmes would notice them.
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On Monday, I beat the rowing machine after my poor performance the previous Wednesday, of that I was proud.
How great to see the Sandusky community enjoying "Elvis in the Park" (Sandusky Register, Aug. 8).
What a wonderful way to spend a less busy Thursday evening — in the beautiful Washington Park of downtown Sandusky. It is truly a showplace.
My name is Bob Germond and this is for the good people of Norwalk. During the school board meeting on Tuesday, this is one of a number of questions that I asked.
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color pallet challenge with all the trolls requested from last week!
A dumb little Kanaya animation i did when i was bored :3 I dont even know whats going on, just use your imagination ahaha
❤ All hail the queen. ❤
Done in one layer.
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Crailar Technologies Inc. on Tuesday said it expects to raise at least $3 million from a private debt offering, calling it a key step towards its move to a major stock exchange.
The company, formerly known as Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc., is working to commercialize its technology that takes rough yet abundant fibers like flax and hemp and turns them into a more sustainable competitor to cotton. The company is led out of Portland by CEO Ken Barker, a former Adidas executive, with offices in Victoria, British Columbia.
Crailar is now trading both on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSXV: CL) and in the U.S. on the OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB: CRLRF), but since last fall has been discussing a move to a major U.S. exchange, which could be either the NASDAQ or New York Stock Exchange.
In a conference call in October, Barker said he believes Crailar is "short changed" in its U.S. public listing "in terms of reach, ability to invest, credibility, et cetera." The company has also long been complaint with federal Securities and Exchange Commission and Sarbanes-Oxley regulations, but doesn't get the full benefit "of having gone through all the hoops that we do on a quarterly basis to justify it."
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"I would sooner trust a Scotsman than a Tory or a Lib Democrat"
What about a Liberal Democrat Scotsman? There seem to be a fair few nowadays.
THIS week George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, Danny Alexander, the chief secretary to the Treasury, and Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, all declared their opposition to a currency union with an independent Scotland. Alex Salmond, the leader of the Scottish National Party, dismissed this three-pronged assault as "bluff, bluster and posturing". He also hinted plainly that Scotland would refuse to take its share of the national debt if it were prevented from sharing sterling and the Bank of England.
Commentators (such as our Bagehot) sensed the ground moving. Something seemed to have happened to the debate over Scottish independence. But what, exactly? Were the unionist parties finally getting their act together and bringing the fight to Mr Salmond? Was Alistair Darling, the leader of the campaign to keep Scotland in the union, giving way to more potent politicians? Was a rather dry debate finally turning exciting? Yes, all that—but something else was afoot, too, with more serious long-term consequences for Britain.
Assume that Scotland votes to stay in the United Kingdom this September, as all the polls suggest it will. Unionism will have triumphed. The Scottish National Party will have failed to deliver the very thing that it exists to deliver; it will be forced to refashion itself as the boring, competent manager of a not very large devolved administration. Mr Salmond's career may be over. But Britain will have been damaged.
After this week, the people of Scotland will remember that Britain's three main political parties were all prepared to deny them the use of a currency that most of them very much want to keep. If they were paying attention to what Messrs Alexander, Balls and Osborne were saying, they will also recall that Westminster had in effect ruled out rescuing them if one of their big banks imploded. As for the English, Northern Irish and Welsh, they will remember that Scotland's leader was prepared to stick them with the entirety of the national debt.
Everything that was said this week needed to be said, and not only because much of it was true. It would be disastrous to go into a referendum with all the politicians being terribly delicate about the consequences of independence: a vote to leave would in fact be followed by savage rows over all sorts of things, and it is essential that everybody understand that in advance. The necessary ding-dong that happened this week is nonetheless embittering and corrosive to relations between Scotland and the rest of Britain. Nationalists may well lose the battle for independence. But nationalists fight long wars, and they feed on mistrust and resentment. This week's row will nourish them.
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"I would sooner trust a Scotsman than a Tory or a Lib Democrat"
What about a Liberal Democrat Scotsman? There seem to be a fair few nowadays.
I have lived in England so many years and never heard anyone call Scots scroungers. You should have better information than that. As far as I know, until the 1990s there was much warm feeling for Scotland; after that I noticed some puzzled wonderment why things were going badly with such an ancient part of the country as the Scots.
I think Thatcherism is the real culprit. Thatcherism amounted to the English middle class with some foolish English working class support saying to the rest of the country, "I'm alright, Jack, and the Devil take you." The formula worked for a while, but eventually the SNP bust it by winning over the Scots to separatism with their cry, "We're alright, Jocks, and he Devil take Tory England!"
In any case, the Scot song now is:
" No man knoweth how I loved England once !
Alas, alack, I love it no longer
It hath denied me - ah, old, vile, bones !
The currency deal for which I hunger
'Twas the aristocracy did the fell deed
No Scot e'er belonged to this vile breed
Our oppressed clansmen, huddled o'er the peat fire
Knew no profit of the grim English Empire
No miserable native caused we the smallest tear
But under the English eye they shivered in fear
We gained no penny in the English tyrant's reign
And ever sighed to return to our thatch huts again
Give us but oats and a barrel o' whisky
And a currency union, and we'd be frisky! "
In that case, the Union belongs to you too, and the Army, and the foreign services, etc. Why not keep them? Why only the pound?
And did English, Welsh and Northern Irish work and blood also not serve Scotland?
In that case, the Union belongs to you too, and the Army, and the foreign services, etc. Why not keep them? Why only the pound?
And did English, Welsh and Northern Irish work and blood also not serve Scotland?
The article has some good points but it is not irreversible. Nationalists must be told now that they will not get a good deal if they want to secede even at the risk of stirring up hatred or poking the nest. Let them vent at the English if it helps.
Following a 'No' vote, the government can magnanimously extend further benefits to Scotland, perhaps devolve a few more powers or send a bit more money North of the border. This will need to be done in such a way that the UK government gets the credit and the SNP are cut out of the loop.
It could take decades but hopefully successively good treatment by the UK government of Scotland will bring most middling voters around permanently and re-balance the Scottish political landscape with a few more conservative MP's and a few less SNP MPs.
Nonsense. The pound belongs too Scotland too. Scots helped build it. We already paid for it with work and sweat and blood. They aren't YOUR institutions, they are ours. And your belief that we are just scroungers, and that everything reallly belongs to you is exactly why we are breaking up the union.
I did not mean to belittle. my apology if I caused you to feel it that way.
the point I was driving is that people are by definition little until being associated with a nation. Scotland is an integral part of uk like England is, why rock the boat? aren't you guys all in the same boat?
If, O Scot, thou clingest to the pound, know well Scotland is then ours as well as yours.
Come, let us reason together.
If we divide assets we let Scotland depart with all its land. We pay it what monies are owing, and it pays us what monies are owed.
But after that our institutions are ours, and it is for a surety for you to build yours.
The pound is our institution. We had it before the Scots.
We do not choose to share it with the estranged. Otherwise, why separate?
If I demand to live in my wife's house, when I have by mine own choosing put her by, I am wed to her still, in truth. For if I had not mind to have mine own dwelling, surely I played her most false, and served me ill, in asking separation.
Depart, vain men, and show not thy ill-starred visages henceforth south of the border. Perfidy has won you for her own.
If the Scots merely said, We are fed to our gills with Thatcherism, and are spewing, and want out of the UK, and are willing to pay the costs of this, I would understand, though it is selfish to bail out after 300 years of power and pelf as part of the Union, and it leaves the rest of us worse off than ever under the withering eye of the Toryman.
What I find detestable is their saying: the Empire was all the fault of England, we virtuous oppressed Scots were its victims, and please stand ready to pay for our banks after we quit the UK.
That is an unholy swindle.
You cannot choose what UK institution you want to participate in at will. If the pound is yours, too, so is the UK army, the foreign service and so on. You reject all these but cling to the pound.
If the Scots cared not for life and nought for money and are braced up by their fine fervour for the glories of independence come what hardship may, pray tell why they do bring up the sordid pecuniary matter at all.
Independence that dares not risk a penny is a miserly kind of calculating independence, methinks.
It was different with the Irish in the nineteen twenties. That fine upstanding people threw all calculation to the winds and faced the savage furies of the English and Scots military ( oh yes, the Scots have been oppressors, and on a gross scale, and great land grabbers too).
The Irish asked no quarter and had iron dignity and would have guffawed at the idea of bringing up the subject of pounds and pence. They were foemen, but egad they were Men !
How otherwise is it with the Scots. Wanting to leave a country at will of convenience after great power and mighty profit from it for three hundred years, and then to ask all the advantages of staying while claiming all the advantages of leaving, is no honourable course. Ill lies it with the people who try this double dealing. No man that has an ounce of brain will accept a claim so over full of cupidity.
Here is the Scot song of our epoch
"No man knoweth how I loved England once !
Alas, alack, I love it no longer
It hath denied me - ah, vile old bones !
The currency deal for which I hunger
'Twas the aristocracy did the fell deed
No Scot e'er belonged to this vile breed
Our oppressed clansmen, huddled o'er the peat fire
Knew no profit of the grim English Empire
No miserable native caused we the smallest tear
But under the English eye they shivered in fear
We gained no penny in the English tyrant's reign
And ever sighed to return to our thatch huts again
Give us but oats and a barrel o' whisky
And a currency union, and we'd be frisky! "
Try reading an elementary school geography book. Scotland contains a lot of the UK's industrial, mineral and agricultural wealth. A UK shorn of these would be a significantly poorer country.
The reason why Britain broke up - first Southern Ireland and now Scotland - is that London has always been so liberal about allowing even parts that have seceded let their people live here as long as they want on exactly the same terms as UK nationals - even having the right to vote in UK elections.
No one has anything to lose by seceding from the UK.
They can quit being British and enjoy all the benefits of being British anyway.
A New Zealander almost became the leader of the Labour Party and a Canadian manages the Bank of England. An Indian has run the LSE.....and so on.
Only the UK loses status in the world from the secessions and looks much smaller than it is on the maps.
In real life not even the Irish Republic is really independent.
The slave holding Yankee patriot Patrick Henry yelled circa 1776, "Give me Liberty or give me Death! "
I suppose his slaves would have grimaced. Still, it was a stirring clarion call, and sounds heroic.
The current Scots version is farcically anti-heroic:
"Give me a Safe Pound or give me Death !"
Ho ho ho
Money counts, Private Fraser.
The problem is that the London people are far too liberal - to the point of suicide. Democratic countries like the US, France and India do not accept the right of secession. Unfortunately the fellows in London take it for granted. They get no thanks for their generosity and lose their country too. For someone like me who is British that can only be a tragedy.
I agree our leaders today are an utterly gutless lot. I cannot afford to laugh at them because I live in the place.
As for the Empire as a Briton of Indian origin I realise all too well what a disproportionate share the Scots had in it. So talking of the Empire as if it was an English thing won't wash. No one bragged about the Empire more than the Scots.
Under our present system the Scots cannot be stopped from seceding. But in that case why expect the rest of the UK to help them out with a currency union? Why should we make ourselves liable for a bunch who are themselves committed in no way to us? It would be stupid and it is not going to happen.
And how gutless of the Scots that they think of money when talking of national independence. I prefer the Irish. At least in the 1920s they stood up and fought the British (English AND Scots) like men and did not whine about money. The Scots earn nothing but contempt in contrast.
What about deranged unionists? Or don't they exist? Are all supporters of independence deranged? Or only some? Which ones?
If you have a good argument, why demean it by throwing around pointless insults?
I was going to say that in due course we will know, but then I remembered that the "Yes" vote is most unlikely to win. The truth is that none of can be sure what would happen if it went the other way. I am expressing an opinion, and mine is as good as yours. Actually, I think that it is rather better, since at least I have given some reasons for my opinions.
And what happens if agreement cannot be reached? Bearing in mind that conflict would be serious for the RUK, but catastrophic for Scotland, I would expect the United Kingdom government to say "Take it or leave it" if that point should be reached.
The government is not going to tell them that, and what do they care about comments from semi-anonymous people such as you and me?
If they vote for independence, then they must have it. However, it cannot be on their own terms. If they refuse the terms offered and declare UDI, I cannot see the government allowing that; it really would cause world-wide contempt. The first thing that would happen is that Faslane would be secured (it must be retained indefinitely as sovereign territory anyway); indeed, the United States might insist on it.
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Senator the Hon Robert Hill
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Minister for the Environment and Heritage
7 September 2001
The threatened Long-tailed Spider Orchid, Plomleys Trapdoor Spider and Clasping-Leaf Heath are among a number of species that stand a better chance of survival after the announcement today of Federal Government funding to Tasmanian community groups.
Three community groups have received funding totalling $13,500 through the Threatened Species Network Community Grants Program to undertake action to help safeguard the future of some of Tasmania's threatened biodiversity.
Federal Environment Minister Robert Hill said the latest funding complements more than 10,000 Natural Heritage Trust projects across the country with Commonwealth Government support in protecting species through work such as feral animal control and habitat restoration. Speaking at this year's National Threatened Species Day event in Brisbane, Senator Hill announced total funding of over $520,000 to 40 community groups across Australia in round four of the Grants.
"The Threatened Species Network Community Grants, a joint initiative of the Federal Government's $2.5 billion Natural Heritage Trust and the World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), not only assist in saving our unique flora and fauna but also reward community groups with the recognition they deserve," Senator Hill said.
"Local communities in Tasmania play a vital role in helping to save Australia's unique and precious threatened species. Tasmanian projects funded in this round will undertake on-ground activities including protection of a population of the nationally Vulnerable Long-tailed Spider Orchids located in a patch of urban bushland, currently used for recreational purposes.
"The Stoney Point Bushcare Group will use its $4,000 funding to provide long-term protection for the Long-tailed Spider Orchid by fencing off the population, removing weeds, raising community awareness and producing a management plan."
WWF Australia Chief Executive Officer Dr David Butcher highlighted the importance of the Threatened Species Network Community Grants program in building community interest in conservation activities.
"Australia has one of the world's most megadiverse ecosystems, yet many of our native species are currently at risk of extinction," Dr Butcher said.
"The conservation work that is funded through this important partnership between WWF, community groups throughout Australia and the Federal government is a vital step toward creating awareness of Australia's unique environment by encouraging community participation in a range of projects and conservation initiatives that will help conserve native wildlife. Conserving threatened species and ecosystems has been the foundation of WWF's work internationally for 40 years and WWF is pleased to continue this relationship with Tasmanian communities and the Natural Heritage Trust."
National Threatened Species Day is held on 7 September each year to commemorate the day that the last Tasmanian Tiger died in captivity in 1936. A list of Tasmanian projects funded in 2001-02 is attached.
September 7, 2001
Belinda Huppatz (Senator Hill) (02) 6277 7640 or 0419 258 364
Rosslyn Beeby (WWF) (02) 9281 5515 or 0419 520 960
For further information on any of the projects listed here or to get in contact with proponents, please contact the Tasmanian Threatened Species Network coordinator:
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Project Title: Threatened Species of Glenorchy: On-ground Protection/Strategic Planning
Grant: $5000
Proponent: Glenorchy Precinct Committees
Project Summary: This project is tied in with the Glenorchy City Council's Threatened Species Management Strategy. It will undertake essential on-ground protection of nationally listed species, including the Basalt Peppercress, Curly Sedge and Clasping-leaf Heath, and assist with the development of management plans for threatened species habitat within the municipality. The aim of the strategy is to integrate threatened species protection and community action with council development and approval processes.
Project Title: Long-tailed Spider Orchid: On-ground Protection at Austins Ferry
Grant: $4000
Proponent: Stony Point Bushcare Group
Project Summary: This project aims to protect a population of Long-tailed Spider Orchids (Caladenia caudata) located in a patch of urban bushland which is currently used for recreational purposes. It will provide immediate, long-term protection by fencing off the population, removing weeds, raising community awareness and producing a management plan.
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Proponent: Launceston Environment Centre Inc.
Project Summary: Plomleys Trapdoor Spider is an endemic spider with a very restricted distribution. Only five females have been found in the area so far. Although the general habitat is woodland, the spider needs a discrete micro environment of lush, mossy boulders in creeklines and gorges with a southerly aspect. Another endemic species with a very limited distribution - the Cataract Gorge Snail - is also found in the same mossy boulder environs within the same restricted area. The project seeks to properly secure the area as a reserve under the National Parks Act and to manage the various weeds that are threatening the mossy habitats.


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National Teacher Bojo succeeded the tradition of the Nine Mountain Schools of Korean Seon and led the Doctrinal School to be involved in the Seon School. He received Ganhwaseon (investigation of a topic of meditation) from Dahui Zonggao from China and re-founded Korean Seon by settling the Seon tradition of the Jogye Order.
1. Biography
The biographic records of National Teacher Bojo are recorded on the "Inscribed Stele of National Teacher Bojo at Songgwangsa Temple on Mt. Jogyesan" as well as in the "Record of the Reconstruction of Suseonsa Temple belonging to the Seon School of the Mahayana," and "A Series of Biographies of Eastern Masters." His original family name was Jeong; his ordained name, Jinul; his pen name, Moguja (lit. an ox herder); the name given to him by the nation after death was Buril.
He left his family at the age of 15 in 1173 C.E. (the third year of King Myeongjong's reign), and received precepts from Seon Master Jonghwi of Sagulsan Mountain School, one of the Nine Mountain Schools of Korean Seon. He passed the royal examination for monks at 24 years of age in 1182 C.E. (the 12th of King Myeongjong's reign). At that time, the exam was held on a national level as a system for qualifying monks to take up higher positions. These positions included official positions or becoming chief monk of a temple. Passing this exam was, thus, a gateway to a successful career in the Buddhist community. Yet, Jinul gave up the career offered to him and went to Bojesa Temple in Pyeongyang in order to attend the Seon assembly. It was at this time that he suggested to participators to form a retreat community. He recommended "a retreat community dedicated to the development of samadhi (contemplation or meditation) and prajna (wisdom)." As there was no resulting meeting, Bojo went down to Cheongwonsa Temple at Changpyeong, and diligently studied various texts; in particular, he read The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch. Eventually he had his first awakening and so made greater efforts to form a retreat community. In 1885, he moved to Bomunsa Temple on Mt. Hagasan and read the entire Tripitaka (Three baskets of the Buddhist texts). He turned to the study of the Avatamsaka Sutra for three years, and, when he came across a passage in "Appearance of the Tathagathas" chapter, he had his second awakening. In 1188 (the 18th year of King Myeongjong), he stayed at Geojosa Temple and founded a retreat community called "The Retreat Community of Samadhi and Prajna." After some time he moved to Sangmujuam Hermitage, and continued with the retreat community for three years. When he read on The Record of Dahui, he attained complete enlightenment.
From that time on, he left his hermit-like life-style and participated in ordinary life, thus enacting the reality of bodhisattva action – compassion towards all beings.
In 1200 (the 3rd year of King Sinjong), he settled at Gilsangsa Temple on Mt. Songgwangsan(present-day Songgwangsa Temple on Mt. Jogyesan), and taught three primary types of meditation practice based on the philosophical view of sudden awakening and gradual cultivation. The three meditation types are "Seongjeok deungjimun," "Wondon sinhaemun (faith and understanding according to the complete and sudden teachings)," and "Ganhwa gyeongjeolmun (Shortcut approach to observing the hwadu)," which are practices combining Seonand the Buddhist Doctrine. Bojo taught the union of practices to the Buddhist community through chanting, repentance and dharma talks depending on individual capability. King Huijong of Goryeo, who respected National Teacher Bojo, ordered a change in the name of the Mt. Songgwangsan to Jogyesan, then the name of the temple was changed from Gilsangsa to Suseonsa; King Huijong bestowed a special stele as a mark of his respect.(faith and understanding according to the complete and sudden teachings)," and "g (Shortcut approach to observing the hwadu)," which are practices combining Seonand the Buddhist Doctrine. Bojo taught the union of practices to the Buddhist community through chanting, repentance and dharma talks depending on individual capability.
In 1210 C.E. (the 6th year of King Huijong), Bojo put on his robe and delivered a series of lectures. During one of his dharma talks, he passed away (attained final nirvana) while holding his staff of office. The pagoda named "Sweet Dew" was set up and he was given the title of "National Teacher."
Among his disciples, there were many who became national teachers. They included Jingak Hyesim, Jeongseon, Suu, and Chungdam.
2. Writings
National Teacher Bojo's writings are Advisory writing on the Retreat Community of Meditation and Wisdom (Gwonsu jeonghye gyeolsamun); Moguja's Secret of the Practice of the Mind (Moguja susimgyeol); Straight Talk on the True Mind (Jinsim jikseol); Admonitions to Beginning Students (Gyecho simhak inmun); Exposition of the New Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Vol.3 (Hwaeomnon jeoryo); Excerpts from the Dharma Collection and Special Practice Record with Personal Notes (Beopjip byeolhangnok jeoryo byeong ipsagi); Essay on the Complete and Sudden attainment of Buddhahood(Wondon Seongbullon); Studies of Ganhwaseon (Ganhwa gyeoruiron); Essential Approaches to Recollecting the Buddha (Yeombul yomun); and A Selection of the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Yukjo dangyeong balmun). In addition, he wrote Jinul's Formal Dharma Lectures (Sangdangnok) and Verses of Dharma and Moguja's Poems which have unfortunately been lost. Debates of Solving Doubts in Ganhwa was compiled after Jinul's death in 1215. This book emphasized the pursuit of true knowledge as followed by the Seon and the Doctrinal schools. We know that Bojo managed to quell the long-term argument that had waged between the Seon and the Doctrinal schools, and led the Seon to accept the Doctrinal School, at the same time he founded a new system of Seon teaching, as testified to in his book.
3. Characteristics of His Thought
National Teacher Bojo set up "The Retreat Community of Meditation and Wisdom" at Suseonsa Temple. This community was a movement for restoring the foundations of practice through the three learnings -- precepts, meditation and wisdom; the philosophy that inspired the community came from his three awakenings. As a result of his experience, he taught three meditative techniques: Seongjeok deungjimun for general Seon practitioners, which is based on The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch'; faith and understanding according to the complete and sudden teachings (Wondon sinhaemun) for people having doctrinal knowledge especially Huayan thought; the shortcut approach of observing the hwadu (Ganhwa gyeongjeolmun) for Ganhwaseon practitioners based on The Record of Dahui.
Bojo believed in the theory of Sudden Awakening and Gradual Cultivation and so developed the practices of the Three Gateways as the practical methodology. The meaning of this philosophy is to awaken the mind first to its True Nature and then gradually to cultivate the mind.
Bojo thought that sudden awakening and gradual cultivation is the best way of practice. In Secrets of Cultivating the Mind he said,
He emphasized again the importance of gradual cultivation.
Bojo said the mind, which is the object of sudden awakening, is void, calm and the numinous.
He said that though there are many ways to cultivate the mind after awakening, all of them involve meditation and wisdom. The core is characterized by the essence and function of Self Nature; this is the very "mind of void and calm and the numinous awareness."
The characteristics of Bojo's Seon thought are as follows:
Bojo called the cultivation of the mind after awakening "Action of the ox herd after awakening." This means that even though one initially has had a sudden awakening, if defilements or delusions arise, one should get rid of them until they completely disappear, then this state can be called "complete awakening." As previously mentioned, Bojo claimed and also demonstrated a truly practical form of cultivation in his Retreat Community of Meditation and Wisdom, and so he called himself an ox herder.


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The New York Times says the site for New York is now working perfectly. Fox News interviewed some people who said it was expensive, but the New York Times says it's been proved they were all lying: Mr Rall could easily log into the New York healthcare site and get full coverage for a total out-of-pocket cost of less than $100 a month. I saw Obama promise that on TV, and the New York Times says they checked and it's true.
I tried, Mr Rall said he tried, but don't believe your own eyes. As a friend said, based on the experiment with the gorilla, you can't believe your own eyes, you MUST believe your president and the New York Times.
So dial the 800 number and sign up over the phone. Or wait for the sites to be fixed – there's plenty of time left, and you don't have to be signed up yet.
Or is complaining about it your point?
The problems with online enrollment are embarrassing and unnecessary, but as TJDestry points out, there are alternatives available for signing up. As for the online system, let's see how long it takes for them to get it working.
Just because, according to analysts, 99% of users are unable to use the website, we shouldn't complain? Of COURSE we can and should complain.
I'll try the phone number again. Of course. But it didn't work last week.
You really expected people that couldn't flatten an image file to create a working website?? (They had to thaw Bin Laden out after that one.)
BTW: This isn't a "glitch". It's a massive site architectural failure..
"So dial the 800 number and sign up over the phone. Or wait for the sites to be fixed – there's plenty of time left, and you don't have to be signed up yet.
Or is *complaining about it your point?"*
Now don't be silly, you know the answer to that question. Or was it rhetorical?
When was the last time a massive undertaking like the PPACA "exchanges" or "marketplaces" went off without a hitch? It is reported that Kentucky's website is working great, but it wasn't without it's problems in the beginning. It would be nice to know what is wrong and why it went wrong and who was responsible. But with all the partisan bickering and crises manufacturing by the right, it is near impossible to discern the truth. Your talents would be much better utilized it you were truthful (there are many private insurer's websites, and at least Kentucky's state website that are working just fine) and if you utilized your talents to further the discussion of ways to fix the problem not just more mindless banter complaining about the problem with no effort to better the situation. And no, repeal is not better.
There never was any intention to make it possible for a meaningful number of people to sign up for crappy insurance. All this hoopla over the websites being unusable is totally irrelevant. The purpose of the ACA is to create confusion, chaos, and pain, ultimately resulting in a very crappy ineffective and inefficient govt run system in which the rich get great care and the middle class has to get in line behind a dozen illegal alien families.
I guess all the good computer people are working for the military-industrial-national security complex. Another example of how our tax dollars are wasted by both branches of the Money Party.
The system has problems. There needs to be a concentrated effort to find and fix them. I guess we don't have "gumption" here in America anymore? Did we outsource that too?
As for the people who are saying "this just proves it's worthless, get rid of it all"- well, I'm just glad none of you were in charge when we lost Apollo 1, because were that the case we probably never would've gotten to the moon.
Obama is going to have another teleprompter speech today on these "glitches" That will solve everything. I wonder if his teleprompter will be run by the same people who ran the web site? Will Obama mention that 600 billion is more than Facebook ran on for 5 years. That out of the box Apple products work. The updates improve the product. That most of the code that is failing was payed for in 3 years was written in a few months after the last election and we are all the beta testers.
Apollo is not an apt analogy. That was an engineering/technical challenge.Try the War on Poverty or No Child Left Behind instead.
As for the people who are saying "this just proves it's worthless, get rid of it all"- well, "
No, what is happening is that once someone does get it to "work" they are finding out that it makes their bank account worthless. That Obama flat out lied that it would bring down the cost on average of 2,500 that in 46 states the price went up. That even Obama has admitted that if the young do not sign up it will be a Failure!
Those that say this was meant to fail say that it is to usher in a single payer system.
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---- — SARANAC LAKE — A bake sale on Main Street here had a message in the cookie mix.
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Don Carlisto, co-president of the Saranac Lake Teacher's Association, said the bake sale drew attention.
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Cookies at the bake sale didn't actually sell for $2,800 each. But the prices did draw attention to deficit school funding.
"We thought it was a great way to highlight the impact of GEA. We had some very good conversations," Carlisto said.
Despite the raw, windy day, he said, business was brisk at the cookie stand set up about 12:30 p.m.
"There were several people just looking to show support and buy some cookies. I think the cool part, we had parents that stood with teachers. It was a real community collaborative effort."
The cookie sale also called attention to the Senate budget proposal, Carlisto said of the one-house plan looking to restore less school aid than suggested by the Assembly.
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School aid, the Policy Institute analysis says, is "at its lowest level in 65 years."
Cuomo proposed a total $21.88 billion for school aid. The Senate budget allocates $217 million more than Cuomo's budget for public school aid and $250 million more through tax credits for charter schools. The Assembly proposes $22.2 billion for school aid with an increase of $970 million over state aid last year.
Read the analysis at: http://tinyurl.com/l8vsnmn.