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Two fairly recent laws and a pending out-of-court settlement will have an effect on how much the government and health plans pay for drugs. The current pricing model is a Rubik's cube of jargon and formulas that artificially inflate costs. Based on so-called average wholesale price, it results in pricing condemned by health plans as arbitrary and excessive.
Drugs move from manufacturer to mouth through wholesalers and pharmacists, and everyone gets a cut. Manufacturers play the biggest role in determining price, but the wholesalers — who purchase drugs in bulk and distribute them to pharmacists — affect final pricing. In paying for brand name drugs, wholesalers generally use AWP (average wholesale price, although some wags insist it means "ain't what's paid").
AWP has never been defined by statute, but it is used by plans and pharmacy benefit managers as the retail list or sticker price for most drugs and as the basis for reimbursement. AWP is widely criticized as not reflecting true market price because it is easily manipulated by wholesalers. The Kaiser Family Foundation details this in a report titled "Follow the Pill."
The emerging model's features are blurry — at least for now — but experts say that once the pieces fall into place, changes will improve clarity and provide greater equity in drug pricing. That's the good news.
The bad news is that health plans are anticipating a daunting adjustment. Two laws — the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) and Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) — have nearly killed the AWP model, and a lawsuit against First DataBank, which publishes AWP, apparently has finished the job.
"We are anticipating imminent changes in pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement methodologies, and we're all trying to get out on the front edge," says Tim Sawyers, RPh, MBA, director of clinical pharmacy services for the insurer HealthSpring, and editorial board member of this magazine. He said his plan is working to "understand who the stakeholders will be, what system of price determination each of the players will use."
For example, HealthSpring currently participates in Medicare Part D. The company relies on actuarials to determine competitive pricing in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Part D bid process. The move away from an AWP model will have costly and complicated consequences, says Sawyers. It may require the use of average sales data, a pricing methodology that relies on manufacturers' sales data to set the Medicare payment amount for a particular drug. Plans will have to gather and analyze those data.
"Many pharmacy organizations have formed task forces to evaluate alternatives in preparation for the conversion to another methodology of pharmacy claims processing," he says. "There will be an industry-wide adjustment to whatever the government finally does."
The new system will probably be an improvement. Charges of AWP manipulation led to a 2005 civil lawsuit against First Databank and McKesson, which controls close to 40 percent of the wholesale drug market.
The suit was based on antitrust concerns. It alleged that McKesson colluded with FDB to use pricing ambiguity to inflate prices artificially. Several labor unions charged that McKesson and First DataBank conspired to raise prescription drug prices, with an associated unfair cost of about $7 billion to health plans, private insurers, and state Medicaid offices between 2001 and 2005.
In December, the unions and the plaintiffs reached a settlement that is now being reviewed by a federal district court in Massachusetts. "The settlement is supposed to alleviate much of the current ambiguity in the system," says Tim Kosty, PharmD, president of Pharmacy Healthcare Solutions (PHSI), a consulting company in Pittsburgh.
FDB maintains that it derived its AWP prices by surveying drug wholesalers and manufacturers. AWP is so widely used by wholesalers and retailers as a starting point for setting prescription prices that many purchase lists of the prices from FDB. According to Jeff Hawes, PharmD, a pharmacy benefit consultant for Pharmaceutical Strategies, PBMs frequently use FDB's published AWP list as a benchmark to negotiate drug discounts with pharmacies.
"The recent legal action against FDB may very well be the long-needed impetus to drive appropriate industry changes," says Hawes.
In the proposed settlement, the FDB agreed to scale back the benchmark prices that it publishes. The deal could save consumers more than $4 billion next year alone, according to an analysis by plaintiffs.
The death of AWP actually began about four years ago, when Congress passed the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA). In addition to creating Part D, the MMA made adjustments in the way that Medicare pays for many items and services.
"Largely in response to longstanding fraud and abuse concerns related to the AWP pricing methodology, the MMA replaced the AWP methodology with a new pricing scheme based primarily on average sales price," says Diane Ung, a health care lawyer and partner in Foley & Lardner.
The ASP system went into effect Jan. 1, 2005, and Ung says that it has had "a significant impact on pharmaceutical manufacturers, physicians, and suppliers involved in the distribution of covered medications," particularly Part B payments for medications administered in physicians' offices and not available through pharmacies, such as most cancer drugs.
ASP methodology relies on manufacturers' sales data to set the Medicare payment amount for a particular drug. MMA requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to report ASP pricing data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on a quarterly basis. A significant effect MMA has on general drug pricing is that it makes ASP pricing publicly accessible.
Part D pricing will be primarily affected by the Deficit Reduction Act Under that law, Congress made significant changes to pharmaceutical pricing, Medicaid price rebates, and Medicaid payments to pharmacies. Federal officials predict that the new policies can save $8.4 billion over the next five years.
One reason is that it makes average manufacturer price (AMP), which is used to determine Medicaid rebates, accessible to the public. Previously, AMP was known only to government officials. What's more, the law lowers AMP on many prescription drugs, putting manufacturers under increased cost pressure and increasing Medicaid rebates to states. It also reduces Medicaid payments to pharmacies and eliminates the use of AWP from the Medicaid payment system.
CMS recently published rules for implementing DRA pricing policies. Final rules are expected in June 2007. The law requires significant changes to how manufacturers calculate AMP and what is known as Medicaid best price (BP), which reduces the effectiveness of many pricing concessions used by manufacturers. These include:
Drug manufacturers were to have begun monthly reporting of AMP in January, and AMP on all drugs will be publicly posted on CMS's Web site starting Spring 2007. Past reporting was confidential.
"Though there are several competitors for the next generation of pharmacy pricing benchmarks, there does not appear to be a clear drug-pricing alternative that will solve all of the problems," says Hawes.
But at the least, all the current changes — MMA, DRA, and the problems faced by FDB — mean that plans must get ready for significant change, says Kosty. "Plans want an equitable system," he says. "It's not known what impact all this will have, but we do hope it will be an improvement."
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This session is part of our Support Needs One-on-One Tutoring Program.
Imagine this, we're creating an intergalactic time capsule to shoot into space and introduce humans to the rest of the universe. Sound interesting? What are the six objects you'd choose to introduce yourself? In this workshop students will select (or imagine!) the six objects and share the story behind the items.
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The 2019 event has been CANCELED
17th Annual - Sanctioned 5k Run
5th Anniversary - Color Me 4k Fun Run/Walk
We are saddened to announce there will not be a Race For The Arts event this year.
CANCELED - Saturday, March 2, 2019 – CANCELED
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Our Mission
Race for the Arts in conjunction with Arts for a Complete Education and the School District of Palm Beach County is a nonprofit coalition that raises funds and advocacy for arts programs in all Palm Beach County Schools so that lives are enriched and the community is strengthened through art and culture.
What's it all about?
Race for the Arts is a 5K run and 4K Color Fun run supporting art programs in PBC Schools to celebrate student art opportunities in our county. All monies raised benefit participating schools.Read More
Get Involved!
Join us for the 16th Annual Race for the Arts / Color Me Fun Run benefiting Palm Beach County School's art and running programs. Run or walk to support your favorite art program; stay for student entertainment, interactive booths, post-run parties and refreshments!Read More
Our Vision
For every child in every school to have a well-rounded education that includes a comprehensive, sequential, high-quality program of arts instruction; and for our community to have broad-based cultural programs available to support lifelong learning in and through the arts.
Our Goal
It is our goal to increase awareness and support students in music, drama, dance, photography and all arts programs by providing a 5K Run and Color Me Fun Run Benefit. This benefit raises funds for all schools who participate with the minimum requirement of 10 participants. Teachers and parents are encouraged to promote their arts programs and get the community at large involved.
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|School Board Liaison Music, Elizabeth Phillips
|Marketing Director, Annette Johnson and Mary Cavaioli
|Communications Distribution: Lhisa Almashy and Maia Montgomery
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Art Contests Chair and Race Day Photo, Cynthia Oakes
Banner/Mural Contest Chair, Bonnie Hollihan
Beethoven Raffle Chair, Dana Raufeisen
Color Fun Run: Judy Schuh
Course Monitor and Performances Co-Chairs, Mark Johnson Birte Keays, Annette Johnson
Fluid Station Finish Line Chair, Linda Fisk
Fluid Station North Summit Side Chair, Elizabeth Gonzalez
Make Your Mom Proud 1 Miler Chair, Jim Elkins and Vicky Major-Bell
Marketing Co-Chair, Annette Johnson, Andrea Williams
Master of Ceremony, Rick Seymour
Parking Chair, Kin Simms
Photography Contests Chair, Mary Birch
Post-Race Refreshments Chair, Mary Kay Westhoven
Pre Registered and Onsite Runners Chair, Bonnie Hollihan
Race-Day T-shirt Distribution/Packet Pick-Up Co-Chairs , Lisa Shaheen
Signage/Beverage Chair, Mark Johnson
Stage Entertainment/Awards Distribution Co-Chair, Dawn Jones, Rick Seymour
Tent and Stage Set Up Chair, Brent Wacker
Van Gogh Raffle Chair, Andrea Williams
Volunteer/Sponsor Check In & Information Booth Chair, Mary Birch
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|Ken Phillips, Palm Beach Atlantic University School of Music and Fine Arts
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JOB TITLE: Nursing Assistant-Registered Nurse Student
LOCATION: Geisinger Medical Center
DEPARTMENT: Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
WORK SCHEDULE: Rotation
WORK TYPE: Flex
Responsible and accountable for performing a wide range of clerical duties. The performance of these tasks is essential to enhance the care team's ability to provide quality care. Serves as a critical link in complex patient flow process and establishes the intercommunication system. Actively participates as a team member in working towards goals of the unit and organization.
Performs duties to support the goals and objectives of Geisinger Health System in its efforts to provide quality patient care and patient satisfaction. Provides adherence to requirements mandated by Joint Commission, DOH, HIPAA, Performance Improvement, Infection Control and Safety Management.
Responsible for ensuring the very best patient/family experience by optimizing all customer interaction. Foster a positive work environment through mutual support and cooperation and adheres to GHS and unit specific Service Standards.
Functions under the direction of the Charge Nurse, Pod Coordinators and Registered Nurse.
Demonstrates good communication and organizational skills.
Demonstrates basic computer skills and working knowledge of Windows and Microsoft Word.
Demonstrates ability to work in medical/hospital software programs.
Demonstrates knowledge of medical terminology.
High School diploma or equivalent required.
Knowledge of medical terminology and computers preferred.
Work is typically performed in a clinical environment.
The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.
OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER: (GMC), located Danville, Pa., the largest tertiary/quaternary care teaching hospital in the region, is licensed for 475 beds, including 89 pediatric beds in the Janet Weis Children's Hospital. GMC, a Magnet Hospital, maintains the region's only Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center with additional qualifications in pediatrics. GMC offers an array of highly specialized medical and surgical services, including neurosciences, cardiovascular services, transplantation, women's health (in the Women's Pavilion), oncology and orthopaedics. The Hospital for Advanced Medicine serves as an integrated center for the most critical patients. Outpatient services are available on and off campus.
ABOUT GEISINGER: Geisinger is a physician-led health system comprised of approximately 30,000 employees, including nearly 1,600 employed physicians, 13 hospital campuses, two research centers, and a 583,000-member health plan Geisinger is nationally recognized for innovative practices and quality care. Geisinger serves more than 3 million people in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania and also in southern New Jersey with the addition of National Malcolm Baldridge Award recipient AtlantiCare, A member of Geisinger. In 2017, the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine became the newest member of the Geisinger Family.
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.* Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.
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Concerning parking and transportation issues:
- To finance needed improvements in the university's transportation system, a combination of the following funding sources should be used in approximately this priority order:
- Federal and state grants
- As soon as it is feasible, all receipts from parking fines should be retained by the parking and transportation program. In view of current pressures making immediate transfer of the portion of these funds now used for student financial aid unlikely, an amount equal to the average transfer for the last five years should continue to be transferred to the financial aid program, with all fine receipts in excess of this amount going to the Parking and Transportation program.
- Explore short-term parking.
- In the use of increased revenues, this priority order should be followed:
- Provide the recommended miscellaneous improvements in enforcement, car pooling, bicycle facilities, signs, education, etc
- Upgrade the university bus fleet and maintenance facility.
- In addition to an annual report to the Bloomington Faculty Council by the Director of Transportation, after five years, a new task force- composed of faculty, staff, and students--should be created and asked to evaluate progress and make recommendations.
(Approved: BFC 3/2/93)
Fees for all types of parking permits, including meters and structures should be increased, probably annually. Fees for parking permits for full time employees should be based on an income-graduated scale.
(Approved: BFC 3/23/93)
- The implementation of an ID card in lieu of fare for bus service on campus and in the city and county should take precedence over construction of new parking structures.
- Fees for parking on campus for persons residing on campus should be raised to more closely reflect the costs of the spaces that are occupied, whether in open lots or in garages.


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Lee Kihyang's Artistic World - As Seen Through Hwa's Journey to Enlightenment
The wise ones say that a new age is coming, when those who seek the most sublime spirituality will transcend the idea of nations and instead guide the entire human race. Ladies and gentlemen, the youth who proudly walk forward on the weary road ahead are the hope for the Mongolian people's future, the bodhisattvas who defend an unblemished world. We are all children of fortune, having been able to encounter Buddhism, an incredible repository of humanity's wealth and wisdom. The reason you have come to hear me speak to you as a kindred spirit is because you share a dream in common with me, my striving to help the world through Buddha's teachings. In the 17 years since I've come into contact with Buddhism, my life has transformed immeasurably. In learning the Buddha dharma, I came to know the need for gratefulness, and I see in myself a more dignified presence. Wanting to repay the Buddha's wisdom in full, I established the determination to spread his teachings widely, and now, I make manifest the Buddha dharma through the work I love most.
The Buddhist sutras serve as the material for my artwork. As I read them, I paint a picture in my mind. When I read "Entry into the Realm of Reality," the final chapter of the Flower Adornment Sutra (Korean: Hwaeom-gyeong), I found myself traveling together with the heroine and was captured with a desire to express the solemnity of this journey through art clothing. As you all well know, it is the visual arts that strike our emotions the most quickly. How appropriate, then, as a means to transmit the message of Buddhism. "Entry into the Realm of Reality," where Sudhana finally achieves his goal after setting out in search of the 53 dharma masters who have devoted their lives to enlightenment, is an incredible means of Dharma transmission, employing a metaphorical story to teach about the the 53 stages of the Bodhisattva path. For me, the fact that 20 of the chosen masters were women was incredibly appealing. This holds great significance in the history of the development of Buddhism. Korean Buddhism was deeply impacted by Confucianism, and the values of a traditional society steeped in its patriarchal thought is reflected in Korean Buddhism to this day. When I looked at the women who have suffered difficult lives, raised under the ideology stating "Revere men, abase women," and looked at myself too, raised in similar circumstances, I found in Buddhism a certainty about the perspective I needed to take towards women and their lives. One of the female Buddhist sages was Maya, the mother who raised the bodhisattva who would become the Buddha. She is a perfect example of the deep minded dharma masters that I've encountered. This is why I've chosen a woman as the main character for my work, using the first character of the Hwaeom-gyeong, "Hwa," as her name. Now I am like Hwa. I'm the one wandering this rough earth, this time in search of Mongolia's Dharma Masters. Though Hwa was nearly brought to death by the loneliness and hopeless fear that grieved her heart, through the nectar of the dharma, she regained her life and consummated her Journey to Enlightenment.
I've expressed in this work the vivid experiences from my spiritual pilgrimages in Tibet, India, Vietnam, the United States and elsewhere, meeting people who have overcome great hardship and suffering. I've vowed that these encounters would be born again through my work, and that they would become a means for other generations to engage in their own pursuit of truth. The Flower Adornment Sutra uses flowers as metaphors for people, and just as flowers bloom and bear fruit, the sutra transmits to us the dharma in the hope that if we are devoted enough, each one of us can bloom the flower of buddha nature and bear the fruit of enlightenment. The anguished result of how to properly transmit this noble message was my decision to choose a scenario that included the audience as participants in part of the show. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, who appears at the climax of the story, holds up a flower, and then guides the assembly into a wide open space adorned with huge flowers. My message is that just as enlightenment's perfect garland of flowers is a harmonization of the various flowers placed on the installation by the audience members, our radiantly blooming Buddha natures will bloom to create a harmonious world.
Through creating my many works of Buddhist expression, I've realized that "Buddhism" is merely another expression of the word "truth." Buddhism is not something found solely within the words of the sutras. It must be found within each and every sound we hear in our daily lives. The call to all artists is to pay close attention to the various modes of life that arise in the world, and to make works that struggle along in resonance with them. Only then can art have any power, only then can it purify society. The Buddhist art that you've poured your sincerest devotion into is not in itself the purpose of your work, the ultimate point is the mental cultivation that this art inspires, a mental cultivate that culminates in the realization of Buddhahood. Buddhist art is the art of awakening, exposing the essential form and color of truth itself. The work your are doing to preserve the disappearing Mongolian ethnic arts, recovering the Buddhist art that was the noblest spirit of Mongolia, these tasks constitute the spiritual practice of each and every one of you. Such work is not simply for Mongolia, but is an effort that contributes to the cultural inheritance of the whole world. By all means, I ask that for not only the Mongolian people, but for the happiness and peace of all peoples on this endlessly suffering earth, that you become cultural warriors, endowed with the power of Buddhist art and intelligence. Let our Buddhist natures blossom so as to bring about the creation of the radiant Flower Garland World,
This essay is a summarized version of contents from talks given at the Mongolian Institute for Buddhist Art (MIBA) at Gandan Monastery and the Dolma Ling Girls' Orphanage on July 22 and 26, 2004.


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Let's face it, if your on this site chances are you weren't one of the popular kids in high school, but perhaps now you have the luck of falling into the popular gamer clique. These are the gamers who most other gamers wouldn't consider actual gamers. If all you own is a Wii, or you have every version of Guitar hero, Rock Band, or even Singstar, then chances are you're a popular gamer. Even at social gatherings (I think they're called "parties") these games are welcome, and even gamers of the "harder" core variety find them fun at times. Sure we talk about how much we don't like the popular kids, but we'd sure as hell be willing to murder each other to be part of their clique. And that's all there is to say really; they casually enjoy what we obsessively do. Also, in the off chance they are reading this, I'd really like to make sure they know how cool I think there lackadaisical gaming habits are, so I'll leave it at that.
A list of games a poser may own would include Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, Rock Band, Final Fantasy, Super Mario Galaxy
.see this is the problem with these fuckin' posers, the only games they play are the ones that they figure will classify them as a gamer, so they steal a little bit from everyone. These are the people who try to nuzzle in close to the jocks while simultaneously trying to rub shoulders with the popular kids. "Hey bros, wanna hang out, I've got Halo 3," "Party at my house I've got two sets of Rock band 2" And of course he has rock Band 2 and Halo 3, and when you ask which GTA he has he responds "the first one, San Andreas." Buying an original when it is released is too risky because he doesn't yet know if everyone else knows whether they like it or not. And God forbid he chart his own course and pick up a game that hasn't been plastered all over MTV for the past few months.
Ask yourself this. Do you enjoy adventure and wonder? Do you have a strong affinity for math and statistics? Do the majority of games you own feature swords and spells? Are you a virgin? If you answered yes to any of those questions then chances are you are a Nerd gamer. This is the group of gamers that even gamers poke fun at. Nerd gamers tend to stick with the Fantasy and RPG types of games. Chances are they are involved in active guilds and clans online in MMOs and may have even LARPed around a bit. We aren't saying that these games are bad, it's just that the people who play them do so with such a lust and addiction that they become the lone alcoholic that makes everyone else with a drink in their hand embarrassed and ashamed. In the end, it almost makes us feel guilty for wanting to beat the shit out of our fellow nerds, but of course, we're all nerds anyway, so the only shit-beating we could dole out would be online.


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For performance, and more specifically consistent performance, you need to look beyond simple virtualized compute
By: Elizabeth White
Oct. 12, 2014 10:00 AM
Performance is the intersection of power, agility, control, and choice. If you value performance, and more specifically consistent performance, you need to look beyond simple virtualized compute. Many factors need to be considered to create a truly performant environment.
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Bulletin HASKINS & SELLS 83
Book Reviews
Kester, R. B. Accounting Theory and
Practice, Volume II. (New York, The
Ronald Press Company, 1918. 796 p.)
There appears to be nothing particularly
new or startling about this very excellent
volume. It is a discussion more
exhaustive in its scope than anything which
has previously appeared. The manner of
presentation is the standard analytic which
proceeds from the balance sheet. It might
be said to be Hatfield's Modern Accounting
magnified in size and discussion about
one hundred per cent.
Depreciation is discussed early in the
book following the principles of valuation.
The treatment is as complete as will be
found in any book not given over entirely
to the subject.
The chapters on Branch House Accounting
are a contribution to the literature
of accounting. Very little has previously
been written on this subject. The author
has probably felt the need like other
teachers and has endeavored to supply
The book contains a few inconsistencies
from an academic point of view, to criticise
which would perhaps not be entirely
fair in a popular review of this kind. Such
as exist are not sufficiently striking to the
average reader to detract.
Taking into consideration the size of
Volume II and the thoroughness of the
discussion, one is forced to wonder what
the author will find about which to write
in Volume III, which the present volume
implies will be forthcoming some time in
the future.
As a whole the book is excellent. It will
probably be consulted more as a reference
book for discussions on specific topics than
used as a text or recommended for general
Hotchkiss, G. B. and Kilduff, E. J.


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As title says, I need some help in setting up the Cubic IDE to properly use the OS4.x SDK.
I have both items installed, but the Cubic IDE does not appear to know that there is any C/C++ compiler installed on my X1000 as no C/C++ menu choice shows up in the choice of programming languages format menu (or what ever that menu is really called).
If any of you are using Cubic IDE with the OS4.x SDK, I would appreciate knowing how you set them up to work together.
As you might have already guessed, I am just beginning to learn how to program on any platform. I had started learning some AmigaE, but then switched to C/C++ when I learned of the Programming Seminar that will be presented the two days immediately before the 2012 AmiWest Show 6 weeks from now. I started doing C exercises and reading about the C programming language again a few weeks ago, using my G4 PowerBook and MorphOS3.1 with the MorphOS SDK and Scribble editor. That works well, but I should be learning on the same system that I will be using during the Programming Seminar, which is why I want to get set up with Cubic IDE and the OS4.x SDK on my X1000 ASAP.
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Irish pubs are known throughout the world for the friendliness and warmth of their hospitality and also for being the meeting place for like minded souls who find themselves in search of quality conversation, humour, music and food. Of course, let's not forget that your typical Irish publican has also been known to occasionally provide the odd drink or two.
While the Irish pub is indeed a focal point for so much of the Irish social scene, there are a number of locations that simply seem to have more than their fair share of excellent watering holes. To this end, the Irish Pub & Folk Tour takes you to towns that offer numerous great pubs renowned for their atmosphere, food and superb traditional music.
As you travel between these towns in the east, south and west of Ireland, you will also have the opportunity to see some of the most beautiful & picturesque landscapes that Ireland has to offer. Combine that with the history of the regions that you are passing through and you have the makings of an unforgettable vacation.
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Aran Islands
The Aran Islands are a group of three islands located at the mouth of Galway Bay, on the west coast of Ireland. The largest island is Inishmore; the middle and second-largest is Inishmaan and the smallest and most eastern is Inisheer. Irish is a spoken language on all three islands, and is the language used naming the islands and their villages and townlands. Take a short ferry ride to Inis Mor, the largest of the three Aran Islands, and island rich in the language, culture and heritage of Ireland, unique in its geology and archaeology and in its long tradition of gentle hospitality. Here is a place to sense the spirit of Gaelic Ireland, to touch the past, but with all the comforts and facilities of the present. Aran will take you back to an Ireland of Celts and Early Christians....read more
Blarney Castle
Blarney Castle is a medieval stronghold in Blarney, near Cork, Ireland. It is near the River Martin. The castle originally dates from before AD 1200. It was destroyed in 1446, but subsequently rebuilt by Cormac MacCarthy, the King of Munster. It is currently a partial ruin with some accessible rooms and the battlements. There are many legends as to the origin of the stone, but some say that it was the Lia Fáil—a magical stone upon which Irish kings were crowned.The Blarney Stone is a block of bluestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, Blarney about 8 km from Cork, Ireland. According to legend, kissing the stone endows the kisser with the gift of gab (great eloquence or skill at flattery). The stone was set into a tower of the castle in 1446. The castle is a popular tourist site in Ireland, attracting visitors from all over the world to kiss the Stone and tour the castle and its gardens....read more
Bunratty Castle & Folk Park
Bunratty Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhun Raithe, meaning Castle at the Mouth of the Ratty) is a large tower house in County Clare, Ireland. It lies in the centre of Bunratty village (Irish: Bun Ráite), by the N18 road between Limerick and Ennis, near Shannon Town and its airport. The name Bunratty, Bun Raite (or possibly, Bun na Raite) in Irish, means the 'bottom' or end of the 'Ratty' river. This river, alongside the castle, flows into the nearby Shannon estuary. From the top of the castle, one can look over to the estuary and the airport. Bunratty Castle is now a very popular tourist attraction. The interior has been furnished by Lord Gort with tapestries and artifacts from various eras in the castle's history. Some of the sights include the 'great hall', dungeons an...read more
The Burren is a unique karst-landscape region in northwest County Clare, in Ireland and one of the largest Karst landscapes in Europe. The region measures approximately 250 square kilometres and is enclosed roughly within the circle comprised by the villages Ballyvaughan, Kinvara, Tubber, Corofin, Kilfenora and Lisdoonvarna, It is bounded by the Atlantic and Galway Bay on the west and north respectively. Strictly speaking the territory of the Burren or barony of Burren only contains the villages of Lisdoonvarna, Ballyvaughan, Fanore, Craggagh, New Quay/Burrin, Bealaclugga (Bellharbour) and Carron. The definite article (making it "the Burren") has only been added to the name in the last few decades, possibly by academics, as it had always been called Boireann in Irish and Burren i...read more
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin is the elder of the city's two mediæval cathedrals, the other being St. Patrick's Cathedral. It is officially claimed as the seat (cathedra) of both the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic archbishops of Dublin. In practice it has been the cathedral of only the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, since the Irish Reformation. Though nominally claimed as his cathedral, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin uses a church elsewhere, St Mary's in Malborough Street in Dublin, as his pro-cathedral (acting cathedral). Christ Church Cathedral is located in the former heart of mediaeval Dublin, next to Wood Quay, at the end of Dame Street . However a major dual carriage-way building scheme around it separated it from the original mediaeval str...read more
Cliffs of Moher
The Cliffs of Moher (Irish: Aillte an Mhothair, lit. cliffs of the ruin, also known as the Cliffs of Coher from the Irish: Mhothair) are located in the parish of Liscannor at the south-western edge of The Burren area near Doolin, which is located in County Clare, Ireland. The cliffs rise 120 meters (394 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head, and reach their maximum height of 214 meters (702 ft) just north of O'Brien's Tower, eight kilometres away. The cliffs boast one of Ireland's most spectacular views. On a clear day the Aran Islands are visible in Galway Bay, as are the valleys and hills of Connemara. O'Brien's Tower is a round stone tower at the approximate midpoint of the cliffs. It was built by Sir Cornelius O'Brien, a descendant of Ireland's High King Brian Boru, in 18...read more
Cobh Heritage Centre
The Cobh Heritage Centre provides information on life in Ireland through the 18th and 19th centuries, the mass emigration, the Great Famine, and on how criminals were transported to Australia for petty crimes. It also has an exhibition on the history of the RMS Titanic, whose last port of call before it sank was Cóbh (then Queenstown). From 1848 - 1950 over 6 million adults and children emigrated from Ireland - over 2.5 million departed from Cobh, making it the single most important port of emigration. This exodus from Ireland was largely as a result of poverty, crop failures, the land system and a lack of opportunity. Irish emigration reached unprecedented proportions during the famine as people fled from hunger and disease. Many famine emigrants went initially to British ...read more
Conor Pass
The Conor Pass is the highest mountain pass in Ireland. It is situated on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, on the road that crosses the peninsula between Dingle Town and the coast the other side. The Mountains the Pass crosses are the Brandon Mountains and contain Ireland's second highest peak Brandon Mountain at 3127 ft. From Dingle Town the road runs some 4½ miles rising to 1500 ft as it winds its way to the pass. There are wonderful views of the coast. At the Pass there is a carpark where you are confronted with this magnificent sight. The road then carries on down towards Brandon Bay past cliffs, a waterfall and lakes ...read more
Dingle Peninsula
There are so many things to see, to do, to explore, to experience on the Dingle Peninsula . . . from almost 2,000 archaeological sites, to more walking than you could fit into a year, to Fungie, a bottlenose dolphin who's been living at the mouth of Dingle Harbour since 1984. There is no other landscape in western Europe with the density and variety of archaeological monuments as the Dingle Peninsula. This mountainous finger of land which juts into the Atlantic Ocean has supported various tribes and populations for almost 6,000 years. Because of the peninsula's remote location, and lack of specialised agriculture, there is a remarkable preservation of over 2,000 monuments. It is impossible to visit the Dingle Peninsula and not be impressed by its archaeological heritage. When one ...read more
A small fishing village, also known as Fisherstreet, on a sandy bay some 3km from Aill na Searrach, the northern end of the Cliffs of Moher. Doolin is world-famous for its wealth of Irish folk music and in recent years has been attracting crowds to spontaneous sessions and festivals or 'fleadhanna' of Irish and international music. Lots of music pubs and restaurants. Overlooked by Doonagore Castle, an unusual circular tower within a walled bawn enclosure, which has been restored as a residence. Nearer the sea, Iron Age burial mounds dot the surrounding landscape. One of Doolin's claims to fame is that it is the main setting for the PlayStation 3 game Folklore. According to the game's storyline, the Netherworld, the world of the dead is a realm that can only be accessed from one place ...read more
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Meg Whitman is not afraid to spread the wealth -- her wealth. As a candidate seeking the Republican nomination for Governor, Whitman has already spent $59 million to take her message to the voters.
Moreover, she has promised to spent at least $150 million to secure nomination and election, if necessary. That amount would easily eclipse the $85 million spent by Michael Bloomberg in his successful re-election as New York City's mayor last year, and make Whitman's self-funded campaign the most expensive in history.
Whitman says that the expenditure is necessary to make her as well known as her likely Democratic opponent, current state Attorney General and former Governor Jerry Brown. Maybe so, but when it comes to self-financed campaigns, Californians have a reputation for making big spenders pay.
Consider the following: In 2006, state Controller Steve Westly spent $38 million of his own money for the Democratic nomination for Governor, only to lose to the less-funded state Treasurer Phil Angelides.
In 1998, businessman Democrat Al Checchi poured in $40 million from his checkbook in a losing effort to win his party's nomination for Governor; Checchi came in third in a three-person race.
To be sure, Whitman's foray takes self-funded campaigns to a new level. She has mailed 500,000 magazines describing her candidacy to voters throughout the state and scheduled several half-hour commercials in the expensive California media markets. Money seems to be no object. But less certain is whether Whitman will be the object of the voters' affection come November.
In a state where excess is a way of life, it has yet to be demonstrated that bags of money buy voter affection in elections for statewide offices.
Time will tell.


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All images on this website have been taken in Leicestershire and Rutland by NatureSpot members. We welcome new contributions - just register and use the Submit Records form to post your photos. Click on any image below to visit the species page. The RED / AMBER / GREEN dots indicate how easy it is to identify the species - see our Identification Difficulty page for more information.


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- The Artist
- Artist Jim Salvati has a message for artists of every persuasion - Even "normal people" can make it in the art world. "I'm a very regular guy; there's nothing fancy about me," says Salvati, who grew up surfing the beaches of southern California and went on to graduate from, and teach at, the prestigious Art Center College of Design. "I tell my students that you don't have to be extremely talented to make it. You can make it in life on passion and determination."
Salvati, an American painter of contemporary figurative fine art and one of a select group of painters for Disney Fine Art, has demonstrated plenty of those two attributes, and he most certainly has "made it" by art world standards. "I'm very fortunate to have this career. My future plans are to build my career. I am very passionate and excited by my work now more then ever. All I think about is art and creating it. I'm in a really good place. I want to expand on new ideas and images and I don't like complacency. I produce a lot of work." In fact, he has been painting and designing for a Who's Who of the entertainment and advertising business for over two decades. More recently, he was the master illustrator and conceptual artist behind many of the memorable images and finished paintings associated with the "Harry Potter" films. He's been a prolific artist for movie studios and theaters, with a client list that includes Disney, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Queen Mary, Radio City Music Hall, Castle Theater, Fox Pictures, Arena Stage, the Ahmanson Theater, and Verve Records, to name a few. He won the Washington Post award of excellence for his work with the Kennedy Center Honorees. In addition to all of this, Salvati has also found the time to illustrate books The War of the Worlds, Art of War and Frankenstein.
But beyond his pronounced gift for being able to take ideas and thematically bring it to visual reality, his greatest talent lies in his artistic development skills. He has been associated with many different artists devoted to growing their creative abilities. For more than two decades, he has been teaching at his alma mater, a gig he's found just as rewarding and inspiring as painting. "I love teaching, and students respond to my style because I'm so down to earth," he says. As a byproduct of his years as an instructor is his strong connection to artistic diversity as well as a careful observation of the changing world of art and how art interrelates with technology. His experience and knowledge cross many boundaries into print, film, animation, and the fine arts.
Salvati grew up surrounded by art and architects - his mother painted and his father filled the house with works by his favorite artists. He also had two uncles that were artists, "one a fine artist and the other an architect, and he always remembers seeing their art and photography and was amazed at the beauty of what they had created." His southern California influence is also prevalent in his work. The ocean, surfing and the movie studios are all a major part in his life and career. Due to his uncle's influence, Salvati initially pursued a career in architecture once out of high school. However, he soon learned that the field wasn't all it was cracked up to be. "I learned that architecture was not as glamorous as I though it would be. An instructor noticed my frustration and saw that I could draw. He recommended that I take some drawing classes." Shortly after this, he was accepted to art school and the rest is history. Once out of school, Salvati's career took off. His unique style and unbridled talent, allowed him to hit the ground running, and he began painting for various industries including feature film, the surf industry, advertising and publishing. Salvati particularly enjoys painting for the theater.
He describes his own style as "painterly realism," and his favorite subjects are people. Ask him about a painting, and he will give you the subject's entire personal narrative. "Even with my Disney art, I think it's important to show who a person or character is and what is the most interesting part of their life the part that is bold and has guts. Perhaps that is why I choose the moodiest and edgiest figures to work on. Cult films like Alice in Wonderland are fun, Fantasia's hallucinating imagery, and any of the evil, dark queens and princesses help to create more than just a pretty picture." Individual personality and boldness can be observed in the scenes that Salvati chooses to depict. They are often not only a defining moment of a film, but usually the most climactic, emotionally charged and sometimes devastating - Bambi alone in the woods, the Huntsman with Snow White, and Scar leaving Simba in the canyon, all turning points in the story, when the lead character had to reveal his "guts" or courage. Salvati sees his creations as portals into various cultures and different areas of society. "I like the connection between people and their culture," he offers. "The different emotions, gestures, moods, environments, and style of people in my life and those that I cross paths with, all become part of my storytelling.
Working in oil paint, Salvati uses panel and sometimes mounted paper, preferring the option of layering paint to create a lot of texture, as he feels that an uneven surface adds to the emotion of the story. "My paintings are extremely thick and layered and oil allows me the time I need to play with the color," he says, explaining the intricacies of his art. "I work in oil, alkyds on canvas or wood, and gouache or graphite on paper... My color palette is never the same. It always changes with my ideas and subjects. Mood and atmosphere usually dictate my palette. Patience is not one of my good traits. I need to see things finished and paint "combat" style in long stretches of time to complete a piece." Indeed, it is his palette of oils that has inspired Salivate to search out a new look, which has energized his love of the old painters in conjunction with the great Walt Disney Studios.
World Wide Art
World Wide Art is known for its wide selection of limited editions and originals by renowned artists, including the captivating works of Jim Salvati. Their expert staff also specializes in custom conservation framing. In business since 1996, World Wide Art is located in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a well-known art shop for both serious collectors and casual decorators. The staff at World-Wide-Art.com not only deals art, but are collectors and artists themselves who consider their work a labor of love and lifestyle of art appreciation.appreciation.


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GOP on immigration tightrope
All politics are local – and that's exactly what's making immigration reform a hard sell in the House.
Many House GOP lawmakers have a more immediate worry than the future of the Republican Party: whether they're going to get a primary challenge from the right in districts that have become increasingly white.
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Consider the numbers. More than 60 percent of House Republicans represent a population that is less than 10 percent Hispanic. And while Hispanics make up 17 percent of the national overall population, nearly 80 percent of Republicans represent districts below that figure.
( PHOTOS: At a glance: The Senate immigration deal)
That gives them less of an incentive – at least on paper – to vote for the Gang of Eight bill or one that is similar. So the challenge for immigration supporters is finding a way to frame the debate that plays up local advantages and has broad national appeal, such as touting national security and economic benefits.
Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), represents a district that is 4 percent Hispanic. "It's hard to get to the right of me in a primary given my voting record," Mulvaney said.
He concedes "you certainly have people who want no amnesty, and that's the end of the discussion." But he also thinks there's a way to win support for immigration reform. "For folks who are willing to look at immigration, I think it's a tremendous opportunity for us Republicans to make the case that this is good policy for everybody, not just good politics vis-à-vis the Hispanic community."
Only 30 percent of House Democrats represent districts with less than 10 percent Hispanic population, and the average Democratic district is about 23 percent Hispanic, according to data from the most recent annual American Community Survey reviewed by POLITICO.
( PHOTOS: 20 quotes on immigration reform)
Of course, ethnicity and race don't mean people will vote a certain way on any issue, but Republicans on a national level want to broaden their appeal to Hispanics, and a failure to pass immigration reform won't help.
Several grass-roots conservative groups — such as Tea Party Patriots — that are against the Gang of Eight bill could also provide financial support for a potential challenger and mobilize the base. About 150 conservative leaders and organizations signed a letter opposing the bill last month.
"I think Republicans looking at the long game know they need immigration reform because the amount of Hispanics registered to vote will be so big," said Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist. "But most Republicans in the House are taking the shorter view because they want to survive. It takes a lot of courage to embrace immigration reform."
"The key is to define what they're for in their districts and get in front of this," Bonjean added. "Each member has to take their politics on a local level first."
House Republicans have been most vocal on the border security provisions in the Senate bill, which they say need to be strengthened. Bonjean said that is a good strategy for now.
"I think that's very smart because it pacifies those who are against immigration reform on the right," he said. "But what do you do with the 11 million people in this country who are here illegally?"
Several conservative members echoed the border security theme.


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The Hurricane Cocktail
1/3 Whisky.
1/3 Gin.
1/3 Crème de Menthe.
The Juice of 2 Lemons.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Another cocktail ripped from the pages of Judge Jr.'s "Here's How". And like the Crow Cocktail before it, one which makes no sense as transcribed in the Savoy.
Fortunately, the original recipe is a tad more sensible, not to mention the fact that it is across the page from the similarly natural disaster themed "Earthquake" cocktail.
This concoction is all that the name implies and should be mixed in a cyclone cellar: 1/3 pint Johnny Walker; 1/3 pint of Gordon Water; 1/3 pint of Crème de menthe; the juice of two lemons.
Too bad the Savoy transcribers dropped those "pint" measures, eh? So, it's a bottled cocktail, with the juice of two lemons up against a pint of spirits and liqueurs.
3/4 oz Famous Grouse.
3/4 oz Broker's Gin.
3/4 oz Brizard Creme de Menthe.
A little less than 3/4 oz Lemon Juice.
Well, it's not, strictly speaking, entirely awful. Kind of refreshing, I suppose.
Still, not anywhere near the top 10, or likely, top 100 Savoy Cocktails.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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Donovan blew the door of the psychedelic revolution wide open.
Psychedelic poet and musical prodigy Donovan experimented with Eastern sounds, folk music and psychedelia, igniting a cultural movement in the process.
Donovan was a key figure on the Sixties music scene during its creative explosion.
A sensitive Celtic folk-poet, singer and guitarist with an adventurous musical mind, he wrote and recorded some of the decade's most memorable songs, including "Catch the Wind," "Sunshine Superman," "Mellow Yellow" and "Hurdy Gurdy Man." He charted a dozen Top 40 hits in the U.S. and a nearly equal number in the U.K. His songs have been covered by hundreds of artists, notably Jefferson Airplane ("Fat Angel"), Al Kooper and Stephen Stills ("Season of the Witch") and the Allman Brothers Band (whose "Mountain Jam" was based on Donovan's "There Is a Mountain").
Born Donovan Leitch in Glasgow, Scotland in 1946, he moved with his family to Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England at age 10. He studiously applied himself to learning guitar in his teens, mastering a sizable repertoire of folk and blues songs. He left home to busk and travel, hanging out in bohemian circles in St. Albans and Cornwall. An appearance during a show by some friends who had an R&B band resulted in an offer to cut demos in London. This led to a publishing and management contract, as well as a string of appearances on London's pop-music TV show Ready, Steady, Go!
Donovan was only 18 when Pye Records released his first single, "Catch the Wind," in March 1965. It hit Number Four on the U.K. charts (as did its follow-up, "Colours"). Before the year was half over, Donovan would appear at the Newport Folk Festival (at Pete Seeger's behest) and a massive concert at Wembley's Empire Pool with the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and others.
Donovan's folksinger phase was documented on the albums What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid (1965) (retitled Catch the Wind in the U.S., where it was issued on the Hickory label) and Fairytale (1965). Initially, the media compared Donovan to Bob Dylan, largely because they were folk singers with youthful followings. Donovan and Dylan had shared influences—Woody Guthrie and Ramblin' Jack Elliott key among them—but Donovan drew more deeply from figures on his native U.K. folk scene, notably Bert Jansch, Davey Graham, Martin Carthy, Alex Campbell, an American expatriate named Derroll Adams and a colorful drifter known as "Dirty Phil." Donovan studied their styles, he said, so he could devise his own.
Dylan and Donovan traded songs and compliments during Dylan's first U.K. tour in 1965, an encounter that was partially documented in D.A. Pennebaker's documentary Don't Look Back (1967). The headline in Melody Maker, a British music weekly, read: "Dylan Digs Donovan." Dylan said, "He's a nice guy. I dig him." This was Donovan's assessment of their trumped-up rivalry: "Pop-music lyrics contained no message before the folk invasion of the charts. All the invaders felt a camaraderie, no matter what the press said to the contrary." Among popular musicians, Donovan and Dylan were ahead of the curve in opposing the war in Vietnam (and war in general). One of Donovan's earliest releases was a four-track EP of anti-war songs, including a definitive take on Buffy Saint-Marie's "Universal Soldier."
Donovan next made an artistic breakthrough with a unique sound and style that fused folk, blues, jazz, classical, Latin and Indian elements. The first stirrings could be heard in "Sunny Goodge Street," from 1965's Fairytale, which had flutes, strings and jazz drumming. Lyrically, Donovan evoked the bohemian milieus in which he circulated with a brisk, beat-poet delivery. It was a liberating performance that paved the way for a creative outpouring that would make him an international star.
"That song had within it the embryo of everything I would do thereafter: project mystical lyrics, touch on mythological figures and experiment," Donovan said. "I wasn't trying to sound like anybody else. Basically, I was just experimenting all over the place."
In essence, Donovan concocted a fusion of styles before the phrase "world music" was coined to describe such potpourris. His music wasn't strictly rock or pop, but it worked in those realms at a time when psychedelia overtook all with its exotic, borderless approach.
Donovan's fruitful union with producer Mickie Most and arranger John Cameron yielded stylistically far-ranging work during the Sixties. On "Sunshine Superman" and numerous other songs from that period, such instruments as sitar, harpsichord, flute, horns, strings, tablas and other hand drums and electric and acoustic guitars might turn up. The session musicians used on Donovan's records included Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. "Hurdy Gurdy Man"—his heavy hit from 1968, on which both played—offered a foretaste of Led Zeppelin's marriage of acoustic folk and electric rock. It reached Number Five in the U.S. and Number Four in the U.K., where it was his seventh Top 10 hit in a little more than three years. Donovan devised a jazz-blues hybrid on "Season of the Witch" and "There Is a Mountain," with both songs becoming favorites among rock musicians who discovered that its chord changes lent themselves well to jamming.
Donovan's big year was 1966, owing to "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow," which hit Number One and Number Two, respectively, in America. In the U.K., he found himself tied up in contractual red tape for much of that year, delaying those records' release in his homeland. (Because of the delay, the albums Sunshine Superman, 1966 and Mellow Yellow, 1967 were combined into one for the U.K. market.) A rising star in the U.S., he was among the vanguard British acts—along with the Beatles and Cream—who made waves at a time when popular music was embarking on oddly alluring new tangents.
The words Donovan delivered in a Scottish burr were whimsically surreal. They were not typical pop lyrics but modern poetry, with Lewis Carroll and W.B. Yeats as inspirational touchstones. There were character studies, such as "Jennifer Juniper," about one-time girlfriend Jenny Boyd (sister of Patti Boyd, George Harrison's wife) and "Legend of a Girl Child Linda" (an ode to Linda Lawrence, his muse and eventual wife); pastoral visions ("The River Song," "Three King Fishers"); illusions and riddles (the Zen-like "There Is a Mountain"); and paeans to universal love ("Wear Your Love Like Heaven").
Donovan could be witty and urbane too. "Mellow Yellow" slyly sketched the social whirl of Swinging London, with whiffs of sensuality and pot smoke amid the procession of New Orleans–style horns. He wrote knowingly of the world he inhabited in "Sunny South Kensington" and "Hampstead Incident." "Poets have a sense of place," he said. "My place was London, and I sang about it."
Donovan's songs were further inspired by his wanderings. Before he was ever signed and recorded, he hoboed and busked his way around the U.K. As his popularity grew, he saw the world as a touring musician and ever-curious traveler. Various locales inspired certain songs. A visit to Mexico's Baja coast yielded "Sand and Foam." Remote islands in Greece and Scotland were the settings for "Writer in the Sun" and "Isle of Islay," respectively. The turned-on bustle of Los Angeles' Sunset Strip resulted in the "The Trip," the tale of a psychedelic sojourner who asks, "What goes on? I really wanna know." Donovan even conjured the mythical lost continent of Atlantis in a song of that name.
The open road beckons in many of Donovan's songs, and he tellingly named his 1970 trio (and their lone album) Open Road. Incidentally, Open Road—Donovan's first album of the Seventies—was one of his strongest, delivered in a lively acoustic style he called "Celtic rock."
Though he was a fanciful apostle of youth culture, Donovan endeavored to bridge the generation gap with a conceptual double album in 1968. A Gift from a Flower to a Garden included an album of songs for parents and another for children. It came in a box—a lavish touch generally reserved for classical releases—and featured a folder with a sheaf of poems. On the cover, Donovan holds a flower while standing in a field; on the back, he sits cross-legged with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, whom he had met on a trip to India with the Beatles in 1968.
By this point, Donovan had begun moving beyond hallucinogens and embracing meditation as a more natural source of enlightenment and relaxation. He included this message among his musings inside A Gift from a Flower to a Garden: "I call upon every youth to stop the use of all drugs and heed the quest to seek the Sun."
Donovan continued to pursue his pacifistic, bohemian outlook in the Seventies with such releases as Open Road, Cosmic Wheels (1973) and 7-Tease (1974). Themes of love, compassion and understanding have run throughout Donovan's work, from his earliest recordings to albums of more contemporary vintage, such as 1996's Sutras (produced by Rick Rubin) and 2004's Beat Cafe. Donovan's autobiography, The Autobiography of Donovan: The Hurdy Gurdy Man, was published in 2007.
The very first Rolling Stone interview, published in the magazine's premiere issue in 1967, was with Donovan. In it he made a statement that neatly summarized his approach to music: "There's only one thing in the end, and that's singing truth in a pleasant way."
Thirty years later, upon the release of Sutras, his outlook and methodology remained very much intact. "I never considered myself an entertainer," Donovan maintained. "I always felt I had to be connected to something meaningful, or it wasn't worth doing.
Inductee: Donovan Philips Leitch (vocals, guitar; born May 10, 1946)


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SANFORD, Fla. – The Brandeis University baseball team suffered its second-straight loss at the 2014 University Athletic Association tournament today, falling to Washington University in St. Louis, 8-3, in Historic Sanford Park. The Judges outhit the Bears, 12-10, with eight of their nine starters collecting hits, but Brandeis stranded eight runners and hit into three double plays.
Brandeis (4-4, 0-2 UAA) trailed WashU (3-4, 2-1 UAA) by a 5-1 margin after six innings. The Bears opened the scoring in the first inning on a Zack Kessinger one-out RBI double off of Judge junior Elio Fernandez (Bronx, N.Y./Fordham Prep). Fernandez averted further damage by cutting down a runner at the plate on a comebacker. Washington's CJ Price put the Bears ahead 2-0 with a sacrifice fly in the top of the third. The Judges had a chance to get on the board in the bottom of the fourth with three hits and a Bear error, but a double play and a runner thrown out at the plate kept WashU ahead by two.
In the top of the fifth, Bear 3B Chris Lowery, who walked in his first two plate appearances, hit the team's second sacrifice fly of the game to extend the lead to three. Brandeis finally broke through in the bottom of the frame, as rookie catcher Connor Doyle (Avon, Conn./Avon Old Farms) singled down the left field line to lead off and came home two batters later on a single up the middle by sophomore CF Liam O'Connor (Avon, Conn./Avon). The Bears got a clutch hit in their next at-bat, when 2B Dylan Reid stroked a two-out single to center on the first pitch he saw, driving in two runs.
The Judges had two golden opportunities to get back in the game in the seventh and eighth innings, as both times the first three batters of the inning reached base. In the seventh, Brandeis loaded the bases to chase WashU starter Matt Tracy. Nick Gollin relieved and got a strikeout and induced two grounders to short, escaping with only one run allowed, on O'Connor's grounder. In the eighth, three straight singles, the last by junior infielder Tom McCarthy (Yonkers, N.Y./Fieldston School) singled in senior Brian Ing (Sandwich, Mass./Sandwich). With runners on first and second, Brad Margolin came in for the Bears, and retired the side, doing the same in the ninth to pick up a save thanks to a game-ending double play. The Bears took advantage of Brandeis wildness in the top of that frame to score three runs on a bases-loaded walk to Price and a two-run, two-out double by Andrew Goldstick that produced the 8-3 final.
Four different Judges had multiple hits, with O'Connor going 2-5 with two RBI. McCarthy, Doyle and sophomore RF Max Hart (Montville, Conn./Montville) each went 2-4, with Hart picking up the team's only extra-base hit, a double. Price was the top hitter for the Bears, going 2-2 with two RBI, two walks, a sacrifice fly, a run scored and a double.
Fernandez suffered the loss for the Judges, going 6.1 innings, surrendering seven hits and five earned runs. He struck out two and walked four. Fernandez and his three relievers surrendered nine walks in addition to their 10 hits, with five of the free passes coming around to score.
Tracy went six innings to pick up his first win of the season, scattering eight hits to allow two earned runs. He struck out two and walked one, the only base-on-balls allowed by the Bears.
Both teams are back in action for one UAA game tomorrow, with Brandeis taking on Rochester at 2 p.m. and Washington facing Emory at 5 p.m. The Judges and Bears will meet again at 11 a.m. on Thursday.


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Aboriginal knife maker Lee Chang Li-yuan (李張力元) is adamant that buyers of his knives take his course on how to use them.
"These knives aren't sold lightly, and they are not for looking cool. Once you enter the mountains and woods, nature teaches you their uses," Lee Chang said, adding that every knife a Rukai tribesman holds has a story of its own.
Lee Chang, 36, served in the army for a decade before returning to his home village seven years ago and starting to make knives the traditional way.
Due to his beliefs, Lee Chang insists that any buyer has to participate in about 248 hours of training, which includes meeting Rukai tribesmen, learning about the tribe's rituals and ceremonies regarding the uses of the knives, and in Lee Chang's words, "getting acquainted with your weapon."
The 248 hours of training is a rough estimate, and buyers do not necessarily have to stay that long, but they do have to meet a certain standard before they are entitled to own the knives, Lee Chang said.
According to Lee Chang, every Rukai tribesman has traditionally owned five knives over the course of their life. The first is a small knife parents place under the pillow of a child, to ward off spirits and calm the infant. The second — known as a working knife — is given to a boy when he reaches the age of 13 or 14 and begins to participate in tribal affairs and learn how to be a man.
Receiving the working knife symbolizes the beginning of the learning process, Lee Chang said, adding that of all the knives a Rukai owns, the "working knife" has the widest application.
The Rukai use it in everyday life, for chopping wood in the mountains, or for hacking a trail when traveling through rough terrain, Lee Chang said, adding that it was an extension of the user's hand.
Without a working knife a man would find himself almost completely unable to move in the mountains, and would feel like a cripple when out of the mountains, Lee Chang said.
The third knife is the hunting knife, Lee Chang said, adding that the blade of a hunting knife is shorter than that of a working knife, making it very useful for close quarters combat and hunting.
The hunting knife can also be tied to the end of a bamboo pole, turning it into a spear and making it effective against boars, Lee Chang said, adding that he had used his own hunting knife to kill six boars.
The fourth knife — the ceremonial knife — is the most ornate, and is usually hung on the walls of the house and not worn except during ceremonies, Lee Chang said, adding that only those with grandchildren were worthy of such blades.
The ceremonial knife symbolizes the continuation of tribal life, and was a "blade of life," Lee Chang said.
However, the ceremonial knife used to have another use — to sever the heads of enemies, Lee Chang said, adding that in the old days, only chieftains or elders could wear the ceremonial knife without being ridiculed.
The last knife is not a knife of steel, but of teeth, Lee Chang said, adding that as one ages, a person loses teeth and returns to a stage akin to infancy.
Rukai elders always carry with them a small knife made from their own teeth, with which to carve meat, Lee Chang said.
"Our ancestors did not leave us any relics, they only gave us the land," Lee Chang said.
In light of this, Lee Chang and other Aborigines have worked hard in recent years to rebuild old tribal villages and promote their unique lifestyles as a tourist attraction.


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Vatican Creates Special 'Copyright' On All Things Pope-Related?
from the infallable? deptAnd we thought the Pope was concerned about intellectual property misuse these days. As a whole bunch of you have sent in, reports are coming out claiming that the Vatican has announced a special sort of "copyright" on all things Pope-related:
"...the Vatican has felt it necessary to declare that "it alone has the right to ensure the respect due to the Successors of Peter, and therefore, to protect the figure and personal identity of the Pope from the unauthorized use of his name and/or the papal coat of arms for ends and activities which have little or nothing to do with the Catholic Church."As the report makes clear, this is targeted at those who are using the symbols to "attribute credibility and authority to initiatives," so it actually seems more like a makeshift "trademark" (without the "trade" part) or maybe a "publicity right" rather than a copyright. That is, this is much more about preventing people from falsely suggesting that the Pope is endorsing something he is not. That said, it's unclear how such a rule is enforceable, since every country has their own laws that this shouldn't impact at all. I guess since this is likely directed at Catholic organizations misusing Papal symbols that they will then obey the Pope, but otherwise, this doesn't seem like a huge deal.