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package herddb.upgrade;

import herddb.utils.SimpleBufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;

public class ZIPUtils {

    public static void createZipWithOneEntry(String entryfilename, InputStream filedata, OutputStream out, Charset fileNamesCharset) throws IOException {
        try (ZipOutputStream zipper = new ZipOutputStream(out, fileNamesCharset);) {
            int posslash = entryfilename.indexOf('/');
            if (posslash >= 0) { // gestione caso semplice di directory singola es. META-INF/magnews-app.xml per i test di MN
                String dire = entryfilename.substring(0, posslash);
                ZipEntry entry = new ZipEntry(dire);
                zipper.putNextEntry(entry);
                zipper.closeEntry();
            }
            ZipEntry entry = new ZipEntry(entryfilename);
            zipper.putNextEntry(entry);
            IOUtils.copyLarge(filedata, zipper);
            zipper.closeEntry();
        }
    }

    public static byte[] createZipWithOneEntry(String entryfilename, byte[] filedata, Charset fileNamesCharset) throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        createZipWithOneEntry(entryfilename, new ByteArrayInputStream(filedata), out, fileNamesCharset);
        return out.toByteArray();
    }

    public static byte[] createZipFromDirectory(File directory, Charset fileNamesCharset) throws IOException {
        return createZipFromDirectory(directory, fileNamesCharset, null);
    }

    public static abstract class ZipEnhancer {

        public static void addEntry(String name, byte[] content, ZipOutputStream zip) throws IOException {
            ZipEntry entry = new ZipEntry(name);
            zip.putNextEntry(entry);
            zip.write(content);
            zip.closeEntry();
        }

        public abstract void accept(ZipOutputStream out) throws IOException;
    }

    public static byte[] createZipFromDirectory(File directory, Charset fileNamesCharset,
            ZipEnhancer additionalData) throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        String source = directory.getAbsolutePath().replace("\\", "/");
        int skipprefix = source.length();
        try (ZipOutputStream zos = new ZipOutputStream(out);) {
            addFileToZip(skipprefix, directory, zos);
            if (additionalData != null) {
                additionalData.accept(zos);
            }
        }
        return out.toByteArray();
    }

    private static void addFileToZip(int skipprefix, File file, ZipOutputStream zipper) throws IOException {
        String raw = file.getAbsolutePath().replace("\\", "/");
        if (raw.length() == skipprefix) {
            if (file.isDirectory()) {
                File[] listFiles = file.listFiles();
                if (listFiles != null) {
                    for (File child : listFiles) {
                        addFileToZip(skipprefix, child, zipper);
                    }
                }
            }
        } else {
            String path = raw.substring(skipprefix + 1);
            if (file.isDirectory()) {
                ZipEntry entry = new ZipEntry(path);
                zipper.putNextEntry(entry);
                zipper.closeEntry();
                File[] listFiles = file.listFiles();
                if (listFiles != null) {
                    for (File child : listFiles) {
                        addFileToZip(skipprefix, child, zipper);
                    }
                }
            } else {
                ZipEntry entry = new ZipEntry(path);
                zipper.putNextEntry(entry);
                try (FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(file)) {
                    IOUtils.copyLarge(in, zipper);
                }
                zipper.closeEntry();
            }
        }

    }

    private static final String GENERIC_VALID_FILENAME_CHARS = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890._-?&/:";

    private static String normalizeFilenameForFileSystem(String filename) {
        if (filename == null) {
            return null;
        }

        filename = filename.replace(" ", "%20").replace("%20", "_");

        StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < filename.length(); i++) {
            char c = filename.charAt(i);
            if (GENERIC_VALID_FILENAME_CHARS.indexOf(c) >= 0) {
                res.append(c);
            } else if (c == '\\') {
                res.append('/');
            } else {
                res.append("_");
            }
        }
        if (res.length() == 0) {
            return "";
        }
        return res.toString();
    }

    public static List<File> unZip(InputStream fs, File outDir) throws IOException {

        try (
                ZipInputStream zipStream = new ZipInputStream(fs, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);) {
            ZipEntry entry = zipStream.getNextEntry();
            List<File> listFiles = new ArrayList<>();
            while (entry != null) {
                if (entry.isDirectory()) {
                    entry = zipStream.getNextEntry();
                    continue;
                }

                String normalized = normalizeFilenameForFileSystem(entry.getName());
                File outFile = new File(outDir, normalized);
                File parentDir = outFile.getParentFile();
                if (parentDir != null && !parentDir.isDirectory()) {
                    Files.createDirectories(parentDir.toPath());
                }

                listFiles.add(outFile);
                try (FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(outFile);
                        SimpleBufferedOutputStream oo = new SimpleBufferedOutputStream(out)) {
                    IOUtils.copyLarge(zipStream, oo);
                }
                entry = zipStream.getNextEntry();

            }
            return listFiles;
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
            throw new IOException(ex);
        }

    }
}


TC Mag writes SilverStone will start shipping the GD03 HTPC case next month, this model will be available for around 190EUR.
Seen below, the black chassis measures 425 (W) x 182.2 (H) x 436 (D) mm, weights 7.85 kg and has a front I/O panel with two audio, one FireWire, and two USB ports, two 5.25-inch bays and two hot swappable SATA hard drive racks. Also providing five internal 3.5-inch bays (for even more storage), the case comes equipped with two 80mm fans at the back running at 2050 RPM and featuring a sound output of 21 dBA.


In a dim rustic interior, earthenware pots, vases, plates and various other vessels are carefully picked out creating a compelling environment of organised domestic chaos. The whole scene is contrived to show off the artist's skill at depicting objects in ingenious imitation of their reality. The silver fish that spill from a barrel, some of which are also on a plate that lies in the foreground as well as the delicious looking apples immediately behind, are vividly real.
The sturdy terracotta vessels are endowed with a realistic solidity by the light that glances off their varnish and conveyed by the artist with a summary brushstroke on a handle, a side or on a lid. The precarious positioning of this haphazard array provides an interesting commentary on Dutch still life paintings of this type. While the clear disorder suggests reality, it also reinforces a sense of transience in both the ease with which the tower of items could come tumbling down as well as in the dead nature of the fish and the fruit. Just as the fish have been trawled from the sea, so the fruit has been plucked and whilst it looks inviting and vibrant now, it too will soon be dead and rotten.
Although little is known about the life and work of Hendrick Bogaert, a number of paintings which had traditionally been attributed to the Delft painter Egbert van der Poel (1621-1664), have recently been added to Bogaert's output.
It is known that Bogaert primarily painted barn interiors. This type of painting, standing midway between interior and still life painting, became increasingly popular in the seventeenth century among artists such as François Rijckhals (1609-1647), Herman Saftleven (1609-1685), Cornelis Saftleven (1607/8-1681) and van der Poel, who all shared stylistic similarities. Both Saftleven and Rijckhals painted barn interiors though it was Rijckhals who first specialised in a fusion between still life and the popular Flemish peasant and stable interior. It has been suggested that Rijckhals could have received training in the workshop of Adriaen van der Venne and moreover that Rijckhals was a teacher to the great Willem Kalf (1619-1693) who also practised the same blend of interior and still life. A larger horizontal composition similar to the present painting was sold Munich, Helbing, 1903 (date unknown), lot 12 (as by Willem Kalf) and has had attributions to Kalf, Cornelis Saftleven, and most recently to Egbert van der Poel. As the present work shows, Bogaert fits well into the group of artists that contributed to the development of this specific subject.
We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer for suggesting the attribution to Hendrick Bogaert on the basis of photographs.
Exhibitions: Paris, VIIIe Biennale Internationale des Antiquaires au Grand Palais, 1976, no. 15, as by François Rijckhals (with Robert Noortman, London/Hulsberg, according to a label on the reverse).


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Collision is the story of two men living very different lives—one, a successful corporate consultant who is mourning the murder of his new bride; the other, a former CIA agent known only as "Pilgrim," whose current assignment for a fringe espionage agency is so treacherous he doesn't trust even his own boss. When they are thrown together in a violent, unexpected event, the two men realize that they've been framed in an elaborate setup. Unsure who to trust and who may just be trying to draw them into the open, the unlikely partners have no choice but to work together. But with everything at stake, Ben has no idea that Pilgrim is harboring some shocking secrets of his own—secrets that will soon force Ben to confront just how blurred the line has become between best friends and bitter enemies.
"Starred Review. The twists are shocking, and the characters are all too real. " - Library Journal.
"Abbott keeps the action zipping along as the body count mounts, and Ben becomes far wiser and far tougher as he learns the harsh realities of kill or be killed." - Publishers Weekly.
"Collision is the best evidence yet that Jeff Abbott is one of the finest thriller writers working today. Electric with action and lightening-paced, I literally could not put it down. Don't miss it." - Harlan Coben.
"Collision is a powerhouse tale of good bad guys, bad good guys, and every shade in between. Jeff Abbott delivers a frenzy of action in this race-against-the-clock thriller about an ordinary guy arrested for murder whose only hope lies in trusting the very man who framed him." - Lisa Gardner.
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Abbott is a three-time nominee for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award and a two-time nominee for the Anthony Award. His novel, Panic, was also nominated for Best Novel for the Thriller Award. All of his Whit Mosley suspense novels have been honored with nominations for major writing awards. His other books include The Only Good Yankee, Promises of Home, Distant Blood, Black Jack Point, Cut and Run, The Last Minute, Downfall, and Inside man.


Between 12-14 September nearly 1, 000 hedge fund managers and qualified investors gathered in Monte-Carlo. AlphaMetrix event was an excellent oportunity for face to face meetings with a carefully selected and diverse industry participants from around the world.
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Tourists on the Rialto Bridge look out over the Grand Canal in the heart of Venice CREDIT: IAN GAVAN/GETTY
· Nick Squires, rome
Assaulted by 24 million tourists a year, Venice is to charge visitors a tax up to 10 euros each in a move approved by the Italian government.
The new measure, which will bring in tens of millions of euros a year in revenue to the World Heritage city, was contained in Italy's 2019 budget, which was passed at the weekend after months of acrimonious wrangling with Brussels.
Venetians have long complained that day-trippers and cruise ship passengers enjoy all that the lagoon city has to offer without making much of an economic contribution.
Of the 24 million tourists who visit Venice each year, around 15 million are day-trippers.
Those that bring their own food do not even spend money in the city's bars, restaurants and cafes.
They will now be hit with the new charge, which will is likely to be included in the cost of their bus, train or cruise ship ticket and then passed onto the city authorities.
A rare occurrence in Venice – a couple have a corner of St Mark's Square to themselves at sunrise CREDIT: FABIO MUZZI/GETTY
The tax will range from €2.50 to €10 euros per person, depending on whether visitors arrive in low or high season.
"This is a historic day," said Luigi Brugnaro, Venice's mayor, who explained that the extra money would be put towards meeting the elevated costs of maintaining and cleaning the city.
Venice's peculiar geography – a network of canals and pedestrian alleyways – means that services such as rubbish disposal are up to 40% more expensive than in other Italian cities.
In high season, council workers have to empty public bins every half an hour, such is the amount of rubbish generated by the tourist hordes.
Restoring palazzos and churches is also a logistical challenge, involving transporting materials by boat and squeezing cranes and other heavy equipment into tight spaces.
"In this way we can start addressing Venice's many extra expenses. That will mean a saving for Venetians," said Mr Brugnaro.
Gondolas on the Grand Canal – a classic view of Venice CREDIT: MANUEL SILVESTRI/REUTERS
The council now has two months to discuss how exactly to implement the new tax.
Claudio Scarpa, the head of the Venetian Association of Hoteliers, said: "Finally, day-trippers will start paying their way. People who arrive in the morning and leave in the evening, contributing little economically but imposing a heavy strain on services, need to understand that not everything is free. This is a victory for the city."
Bernabo Bocca, the president of Federalberghi, a national hoteliers' group, said: "Our historic city centres are museums, and as with museums, it is right that visitors should pay to see them."
Increasingly smothered by mass tourism, Venice has debated for years whether to introduce a ticketing system and to limit the number of people who are allowed to visit each day.
That has not yet happened, but the visitor tax is a step in that direction.
It is hoped that it will reduce the number of day-trippers who descend on the city, swarm the most famous sites such as the Rialto Bridge and St Mark's Square, and then leave.
The tourist tax will replace an existing hotel tax that is levied on tourists who stayed overnight in Venice, but which excluded day-trippers and cruise ship passengers.
The hotel tax brought in €34 million last year.
Italians living on the mainland who commute to Venice for work will be excluded from paying the entry tax, as will students who are studying in the lagoon city.
As places like Venice and Florence wrestle with how to manage the impact of mass tourism, a cliff-top village in the south of the country caused controversy by charging visitors to enter its historic centre.
Over Christmas and until January 6, tourists have to pay €5 (£4.40) to enter the cobbled heart of Polignano a Mare, a village of whitewashed houses and churches perched on top of vertical cliffs in the southern region of Puglia.
The number of tourists heading for Italy is on the rise, driven in part by the terrorism attacks, civil strife and political instability that have afflicted other Mediterranean destinations such as Tunisia, Turkey and Egypt.
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Teen feared drowned in Philadelphia creek
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A teenager who disappeared Tuesday in a rain-swollen waterway was feared to be the second young Philadelphian to die this summer in Pennypack Creek.
The teen, Sebastian Sanon, 16, was swept away as he tried to cool off in the water, a friend told WCAU-TV. The two boys and two other friends had been riding their bicycles along the creek.
"He just went to step in a little bit and it took him out," Robert Brown said. "At first he was trying to swim to the side and I tried to tell him to swim diagonal to fight the current."
Rescue workers searched the creek for hours without finding the missing teen or his body. The search was to start again Wednesday morning.
The 22-mile creek begins in the Philadelphia suburbs before crossing northeast Philadelphia and emptying into the Delaware River.
Heavy rain early Tuesday raised the level of the creek by 6 feet, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The rain caused flooding problems around the Philadelphia region.
In July, Brandon Boyle, 13, drowned in Pennypack Creek, also after heavy rain. In late July, two 18-year-olds, Dan Tadrzynski and Perry Krewson, were swept away by the current in Neshaminy Creek, which empties into the Delaware in Bucks County a few miles upriver from the Pennyback.
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Mount Allo är ett berg i Antarktis. Det ligger i Sydshetlandsöarna. Argentina, Chile och Storbritannien gör anspråk på området. Toppen på Mount Allo är  meter över havet.

Terrängen runt Mount Allo är kuperad. Havet är nära Mount Allo åt nordost. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  kilometer sydväst om Mount Allo. Trakten är obefolkad. Det finns inga samhällen i närheten.

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In wine, greatness can come from a steadfast focus on your core strengths. With James Joseph, we've scaled back production by 75% in 2016, producing just four barrels of the absolute best wine fathomable. Born from a single vineyard located at 1,100 feet elevation on Mount Veeder, the 2016 is riveting, profound and deeply hedonistic. This Cabernet blend combines Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon in a way that perfectly expresses Mount Veeder terroir with a vivid display of fine-grained tannins, focused berries, dried flowers, chocolate and stony minerality.


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Trouble in the Heartland
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen (Simon & Schuster, $32.50, 528 pages)
"It's a town full of losers/I'm pulling out of here to win…" Thunder Road
Bruce Springsteen's autobiography Born to Run (what else?) is not for the faint of heart. But, then, neither is his music.
Springsteen fans have heard many of these tales before, but not directly from The Boss, and not in this format. The stories of his complex relationship with his father and his battle with depression are quite gripping. The coming of age tales of his early days trying to break in to the music business are more engaging than his tales of the E Street Band, though many of those are interesting. (Note for the current generation – there was a day before The Voice).
Springsteen essentially lived as a vagabond for a decade, including after he signed his recording contract with Columbia. It is hard to believe that after Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town he was not in the clear financially until after The River tour. This was due to many things – not making much money at first, signing a very one-sided contract, legal fees, and studio time. It is still rather hard to imagine.
One can hear the song in his prose, and it compels the reader to go back and listen to his records. Springsteen had a vision. He put himself on the line until this vision was all he had left; he relentlessly pursued it until it became a reality. This book reminds us that Springsteen and the E Street Band were singularly unique. The concert I saw in April of 1984 was the greatest performance I have ever witnessed.
Springsteen impresses with his candor. Although careful at times, he comes across as genuine and forthright. Springsteen did not set out to write a fluff book of nostalgia; rather, in his words: "I fought my whole life, studied, played, worked, because I wanted to hear and know the whole story… I wanted to understand in order to free myself of its most damaging influences, its malevolent forces… and its power." This is some undertaking.
Though his personal relationships were often tumultuous, he views the E Street Band as his family. He professes his love for wife Patti Scialfa. And he admits that he did not always treat everyone as he could or should have.
Springsteen speaks with reverence of those that have passed. He writes of the death of organ player Danny Federici – who asked to play "Sandy" on the accordion at his final concert. He also writes of Clarence "The Big Man" Clemons, who had to sit on his last tour and be helped on and off the stage. Springsteen may be driven, but one comes to like this book because of his honesty. If he's not honest here, he may be the biggest con man of all time.
One thing that does not quite jibe with me is Springsteen's commentary on drummer Max Weinberg, whom he categorizes as both a great timekeeper and soloist. I've never viewed Weinberg as being in the class of innovative drummers like Keith Moon. But, then, who am I to question The Boss?
Dave Moyer
This book was delivered to the reviewer by Santa Claus.
Dave Moyer is an educator, the author of Life and Life Only: A Novel, and a drummer who has yet to be asked to join The Who.
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Fakin' It
Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon by Peter Ames Carlin (Henry Holt, $32.00, 415 pages)
An ambitious attempt that fails because in the end we don't know who Paul Simon is.
Paul Simon singing at the Jacquard Club in Norwich in the 1960s.
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I apply a key test to biographies of public figures. Does the book help the reader to understand who the subject is… What he thinks, what he values, what he seeks to accomplish through his work or art? Does the bio make you feel as if you've spent time with the subject? In this sense, Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon fails. Writer Peter Ames Carlin presents two quite different – often contradictory, portraits of Simon.
One Paul Simon is brilliantly creative, generous (he pays studio musicians two or three times their usual fees), open to helping others, and quite proud of his craft. The other Paul Simon must borrow from the music of others – what some might term stealing, is spiteful and/or vindictive, is a loner know-it-all, and is the son who failed to meet the role assigned to him by his father. (Louis Simon wanted his son to be a teacher rather than a musician.)
Unfortunately, Carlin does not take the initiative to tell us which Simon is the most real to him. Instead, he relies on a "fair and balanced" approach that tells us almost everything about the musician in 415 pages while revealing virtually nothing. It's akin to reading a murder-mystery in which the author concludes the work without solving the crime. Thus, this is a frustrating work.
Carlin was hampered by the fact that Simon would not cooperate with this book, which is an unauthorized biography. Near its conclusion, Carlin presents a scene in which Simon – on stage to give a lecture, glares at him. Yes, Simon knows who Carlin is and clearly dislikes what he's attempting to do.
This being said, the biographer of Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, and Brian Wilson offers some fine insights. We learn about the influence that Simon's working musician father had on him, and there are parallels with the relationship between Paul McCartney and his father. It's through Louis Simon that Paul was exposed to the Latin rhythms that he has often used in his music:
Paul could hear the echoes of the Latin dance bands he'd seen sharing the stage with (his father's orchestra) at the Roseland Ballroom and the Latin rhythms and voices coming from the fringes of his radio dial, the sound of his youth, the essence of the New York that had created him and then, like his youth, slipped away.
As with his prior bios, Carlin examines in detail various recording sessions, songs and the inspiration for particular albums. But there are flaws. Carlin refers to Simon and Garfunkel's performance in New York City's Central Park as "a long day of rock 'n roll communion." Rock and roll? Paul Simon has produced a great amount of memorable music, but it's a stretch to call it rock.
There's far too much included about the decades-long feuds and arguments between Art Garfunkel and Simon; so much so that it's overblown and intensely boring. (Simon himself seems to wonder why on earth people care at this point.) And the case for Simon's theft of music is pretty much non-existent. Let's see, he borrowed a cassette tape with African music on it from a young woman who wanted Simon to assist her in recording similar music. She sought to borrow from – or embellish – the sounds of African musicians and was incensed when Simon did so himself. That's not much of a scandal.
A number of readers will undoubtedly find interesting the details that Carlin provides on Simon's relationship with the late Carrie Fisher:
The divorce from Carrie hadn't taken. They spent a few months apart, then started talking again, then seeing each other. Then they were back living together… There had always been something perfect about them when they were getting along: the way they huddled together, the way he grounded her, the way she could make him laugh so easily. And he loved her, with a desperation that sometimes frightened him… Carrie had taken herself to rehab to shed her drug habits, but drugs were only symptomatic of the manic-depression she'd suffered her entire adult life… Her depths were unimaginably deep, and Paul's were nothing to sneeze at, either, so they clung to each other with a passion that could both soothe and abrade.
Beautiful words, but without Simon's cooperation in telling his story, we have no way to judge their accuracy. One certainly has to wonder how this biography would have turned out if it had been authorized, and written with Simon's assistance. Sadly, we will never know.
A review copy was provided by the publisher.
Homeward Bound was released on October 11, 2016.
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Music Review: Rosanne Cash – 'The River & The Thread'
Rosanne Cash's latest release illustrates how the label of country singer is far too limiting for a person of her talents. Perhaps she can be called a modern musician.
Here's a look at the songs on The River & The Thread, which was produced and arranged by her husband, John Leventhal.
"A Feather's Not a Bird" is a fine opening, as a Bonnie Raitt style attitude meets Creedence Clearwater Revival type instrumentation. It's clear that there's nothing tentative about Cash. She's confident and in charge as she sings, "…a river runs through me." "Sunken Lands" is unique as a blend of classic and modern country built upon a Johnny Cash pulse.
"Etta's Tune" is an introspective love song that might have been written by Jackson Browne: "We're just a mile or two from Memphis/And the rhythm of our lives." One can easily visualize Tom Petty singing Cash's rocker, "Modern Blue": "I went to Barcelona on the midnight train/I walked the streets of Paris in the pouring rain/I flew across an island in the northern sea/I ended up in Memphis, Tennessee…." There's also a touch of the Eagles in the lyrics: "Everybody around here moves too fast/It feels so good but it's never going to last/Everything I had is twice what I knew…."
"Tell Heaven" is an unplugged song about faith. The Judds would have loved to have sung this. "The Long Way Home" is an angst-filled song about lost love that calls to mind Don Henley, Mark Knopfler and Carly Simon ("You're So Vain"). It's beautifully realized: "You thought you left it all behind/You thought you'd up and gone/But all you did was figure out how to take the long way home…."
"World of Strange Design" is a song about differences and discrimination, with a musical presentation that channels Dire Straits. "Night School" is a Tori Amos style ballad: "I'd give anything to be lying next to you/In night school." The uplifting "50,000 Watts" is reminiscent of Bruce Springsteen's "The Rising": "To be who we are/And not just who we were/A sister to him, a brother to her/We live like kings/without any sin/Redemption will come, just tune it on in…."
"When the Master Calls" is a touching song about the Civil War which would have fit well on Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection album. "Money Road" is the relaxing closing song about a dream, but the standard eleven-track edition of this album is only 38 minutes long. Consider purchasing the Limited Edition Deluxe version, which adds three additional songs and 10-plus more minutes of music.
"Two Girls" is the first bonus track on the Limited Edition, and it sounds like a song from Neil Young's Harvest Moon album. "Biloxi" is one of the great songs written by the late Jesse Winchester: "Beautiful girls are swimming in the sea/Oh, they look like sisters in the ocean/The boy will find his path with salted water/And the storms will blow off toward New Orleans."
"Southern Heart" is a short, 2 minute long, song with plucked violin strings that would have been a great single in the 1960s; it's a song very much in the style of the Andy Williams hit, "Can't Get Used to Losing You."
Cash has laid out her musical skills for the world to see on this release. It's a highly recommended masterpiece or very close to it. But forget the ratings, just think of this as a near priceless gift delivered by Cash to her fans, current and prospective.
A review copy was provided by Blue Note Records.
This review was first posted on the Blogcritics site:
http://blogcritics.org/music-review-rosanne-cash-the-river-the-thread/
This review was also used by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Rosanne-Cash-The-River-The-5411097.php
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Horse Racing Dreams
The B Team: A Horse Racing Saga by Alan Mindell (Sunbury Press, $16.95, 246 pages)
"Down here there's just winners and losers and don't get caught on the wrong side of that line." Bruce Springsteen ("Atlantic City")
The B Team Earns an "A"
Alan Mindell's The B Team chronicles the unlikely story of seven people and a horse. The book combines the right amount of back story on the world of horse racing to satisfy horse lovers without overdoing it for the casual sports fan or human interest junkie with a perfect touch of realistic, engaging characters and Hallmark appeal.
As the story unfolds, Stan, an old-school track regular who knows his way around a racing form, becomes associated with a team of owners and trainers, which includes Cory, whose only fault seems to be his total commitment to his craft. Together, they claim One-Eyed Bandit, whom they enter into the Kentucky Derby after an improbable win at Santa Anita.
One-Eyed Bandit, as the name implies, is blind in one eye. Cory's son-to-be love interest, Tracy, has a similarly handicapped child; their parallel stories of hope, persistence, and overcoming the odds carries the reader through the culminating race.
The book is above all human. It is mostly good and always interesting. It is not uncommon for any writer, even the best, to sometimes struggle with the whole male-female relationship thing. The dialog between Cory and Tracy is occasionally awkward but – considering the overall strength of this book, it is a minor flaw that is easily overlooked. This work is a step up from Mindell's debut novel, The Closer. In short, it is one heckuva story, suitable for virtually all audiences.
During this holiday season, it is nice to remember that dreams sometimes do come true.
Well recommended.
A review copy was provided by the author.
Dave Moyer is an education administrator in the greater Chicago area, and is the author of Life and Life Only: A Novel.
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August 1, 2015 · 10:53 am
Music Review: Ready to Run by P.J. Pacifico
Music Review: 'Ready to Run' by P.J. Pacifico (Viper Records)
Musician P.J. Pacifico sounds different on his new EP release. Does the change in direction work?
Singer-songwriter P.J. Pacifico is going through some changes, as reflected in his latest release, an extended play (EP) disc entitled Ready to Run. The time he spends writing songs in Nashville is now augmented by time spent in the City of Angels. The influence of Los Angeles can be seen on the cover of Ready, which pays homage to Jackson Browne's Late for the Sky album. And Pacifico is co-writing songs with the team of Garrison Starr and AG, women who also handled the production on this release.
Pacifico has come to terms with his status as a long-term cancer survivor (Hodgkin's disease), a theme that runs through the five songs on the EP. And he's gone retro, focusing on capturing the sound of the 1980s on this grouping. Does it all work? Well, let's take a look at the songs on Ready, four of which can be seen and heard on YouTube.
"All for Something" is the first track, and it opens with the sound of a heartbeat. It sounds like a Sting recording crossed with Paul Simon during the latter's Graceland period. Pacifico is reflective as he sings: "Baby, nothing good ever comes easy/And everybody knows it/I swear it's all for something/If you'll keep holding on." The song could either be about a lost love or surviving a dreadful disease. This is a song that remains with the listener for a day or two after hearing it.
"While You Were Looking Away" is like Simon melded with Browne. The lyrics are definitely Browne-ish: "Nobody could have loved you better/It wasn't getting any easier/Oh, I ran out of reasons to stay/While you were looking away/You don't know what you want/You don't want what you have/And now there ain't no one left/You can blame me for that." Note that Pacifico feels guilt, something that's also true on the next track.
"Among the Living" is clearly about Pacifico's experience with disease and his guilty feelings over having survived while others did not: "I was surviving/I want to forgive myself/For I'm among the living." It's a good song, but it's marred by the heavy-handed production. There's too much bass and Pacifico's voice is at too low a range. "Living" would have been more effective if given a George Harrison-style arrangement. Still, Pacifico gets off a great line: "The thing that might kill you/Just might save your life." He should know.
"I Want Your Love" is the track that's not on YouTube, but it should be. It sounds like a Bruce Springsteen composition and production, with a bit of Ryan Adams thrown into the mix. The song closes out, quite interestingly, with Beatles-like sound effects. A very effective song, it should have been the single.
"Ready to Run" closes out the set with another overly-produced song. The sounds bury the vocal and the melody. In terms of reflecting the '80s, this comes off as more Bryan Adams ("Run to You") than Browne ("Running On Empty"). "Ready" would have been more memorable if delivered in a humble, pensive Browne-like style.
It's understandable that artists like to change things up, and it's admirable that Pacifico's taken risks on this new release. But I found there's an overall sameness to the tracks due to the heavy, boomy production. This makes listening to this EP somewhat tiring. Make that more than somewhat.
I may well be in the minority, but I'd love to see the talented Pacifico return to the quieter guitar-based, almost folk rock sound reflected on earlier songs like "Half Wishing," "Champions and Guardians," and the beautiful "Lakeshore Drive." I think Pacifico is in his natural sweet spot when he's channeling the sound of the 1960s and '70s.
Long-time Pacifico fans will no doubt want to pick up Ready to add to their collection. For those new to him, I'd suggest sampling his work on YouTube to see if you prefer his prior or current sound.
Recommended, with some reservations.
A review copy was provided by a publicist.
http://blogcritics.org/music-review-p-j-pacifico-ready-to-run-ep/
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Rocket Man: A Novel by William Hazelgrove (Koehler Books, $16.95, 290 pages)
"Poor man wanna be rich/Rich man wanna be king/And the king ain't satisfied/Till he rules everything." Bruce Springsteen ("Badlands")
What We Pretend to Be
William Hazelgrove's Rocket Man is simply superb. He captures the essence of suburban hypocrisy with such aplomb that it is almost impossible to give another person an idea of how good this book is without blurting out, "Just read the damn thing!" Especially if that person never actually experienced this great wonder we call suburbia.
The story, strictly speaking, is about a man whose marriage and relationship with his son is falling apart due to the weight of unrealistic expectations of what a man, marriage, and family should be. Financial stress, combined with having to pretend one is something they are not, comes to a head when Dale Hammer's out-of-work father shows up at his doorstep.
If Dale is not Ward Cleaver, it is a safe bet that his wife, Wendy – who has been conspiring with their neighbor to generate divorce papers, is far from June. Dale is a former aspiring writer who, ironically, can't close a sale on a house, while Wendy is a lawyer, who, for some reason or another, stands idly by and refuses to work as their life continues its descent.
The title comes form a scouting activity in which Dale becomes the "Rocket Man," the scout leader who fires off all of the kids' rockets during the ever popular Rocket Day. The book features a happy ending when Dale, in one final act of defiance, "blows up" the myth of the American Dream and the lie his life has become.
Rocket Man does not spew venom. Instead, it very subtly forces the reader to question his or her values and challenges anyone who has ever confused some monstrosity of a house in a subdivision where everyone pretends to be "just like them" with the American Dream. There is a fine line between freedom and slavery.
A review copy was provided by the publisher. Dave Moyer is the author of Life and Life Only: A Novel.
You can read other reviews of Rocket Man here:
https://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/harmony-a-review-of-rocket-man-the-novel/
https://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/rocket-man-a-book-review/
http://troybear.blogspot.com/2009/04/rocket-man-by-william-elliot-hazelgrove.html
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Music Review: "Chicago XXXVI: Now"
This is the band Chicago's first true album – album of new material – since Chicago XXX from 2006. As Chicago XXX was quite a good release, I had high hopes for Chicago XXXVI:Now. Let's see if the hopes were realized.
Chicago XXXVI: Now opens with the title song ("Now"), which was clearly inspired by Chicago's touring with Earth, Wind and Fire. It's overly derivative – more imitation than tribute, and its lyrics are like a reinstatement of "Feel" from Chicago XXX. A problem arises here that affects the entire album, as the horns sometimes sound real and sometimes sound synthesized, '80s style. It's hard to tell when the band members are playing actual instruments and when the sounds have been computer-generated.
"More Will Be Revealed" sounds like a Terry Kath song ("This Time" from Chicago XI) but the horns are synthetic. They sound positively middle-of-the-road (MOR) on "America," a trite song with trite lyrics: "America is free/America is you and me." "Crazy Happy" is a boring '70s/early '80s style track. Where is Peter Cetera when you need him?
On "Free At Last," Lou Pardini delivers another Terry Kath-ish vocal. But it's on top of a start/stop multi-rhythm track that goes nowhere. And the lyrics are painfully bad: "Here's to the future/here's to the past…." "Love Lives On" is a ballad that might have been written by Bryan Adams – or Ryan Adams, and then set aside: "We were more than each other's cheap attraction…." It goes on for five and a quarter minutes; it should have run no more than three and a half.
"Something's Coming I Know," will make the listener wonder if 1977 has returned. Tony Manero might like this, but I didn't. "Watching All the Colors" is a Robert Lamm composition that might have fit well on Chicago or Chicago III, if it were not executed in such a boring fashion. The brass sounds like Muzak.
Fortunately, we're getting close to the conclusion of this 50-minute album. "Nice Girl" seems to be two songs awkwardly joined together. This is the type of track one listens to once but never again. "Naked in the Garden of Allah" features an interesting Middle Eastern opening – which calls to mind Bruce Springsteen's "Let's Be Friends (Skin to Skin)" on The Rising, but the song that follows meanders around with no apparent destination. This 11-song album concludes with "Another Trippy Day," the best track of the eleven, but it's a sad case of too little too late.
If there's some good news associated with Chicago XXXVI: Now it's that Lou Pardini – who is pictured on the far right in the photo, above – does a great job of channeling the late Terry Kath. But the band simply failed to show up this time around, and Tris Imbolden's drumming is bland, boring and predictable. On Chicago XXX, the band displayed some guts on songs like "Feel (with Horns)" and "90 Degrees and Freezing." That courage has dissipated and perhaps completely disappeared. How disappointing.
This review originally appeared on the Blogcritics site:
http://blogcritics.org/music-review-chicago-chicago-xxxvi-now/
http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Chicago-Chicago-XXXVI-Now-5665766.php
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An Interview with Adrian Bourgeois
I interview musician Adrian Bourgeois, who has released an ambitious 24-song double album, Pop/Art. Joseph Arellano
Did you and Lady Gaga get together to coordinate your new album titles, as your double album is called Pop/Art and her latest release is Artpop?
Oh, yeah, "Steph" and I are total BFFs. We coordinate everything together from what we call our albums to what we wear.
"Pop/Art" is a term usually used to describe visual art, but I've always used it to describe my music. My goal has been to create music that on the one hand is universal, accessible and memorable, and on the other artistic, challenging and thought-provoking. I just like the title and feel like it fits this music well.
Your album, with 24 tracks, is diverse and sprawling; it might be called Adrian Bourgeois's White Album. Do you agree with this, or would you describe it another way?
There are few albums, if any, that have influenced me as much as the White Album. What amazes me about that album is just the stylistic spectrum they go through from song to song – from heavy rock, to ragtime, to folk, to chamber pop and everything in between. What's even more amazing is that the songwriting remains spectacular across the board. So I guess with Pop/Art I wanted to make sure that if I were going to record a double album, I would feel great about every song on there. There could be no throwaways.
If anything, it's my All Things Must Pass album. I've had all these songs building over the years without much chance to record them.
The album has excellent stereo separation, which also calls to mind the late '60s and early '70s. Is this because you wanted the release to have a retro sound, or is this simply reflective of what you heard in your head?
I just go for what seems to be best for each particular song. Naturally, what I came up with ends up being strongly influenced by what I listen to. On "Jonah," I recorded two identical drum parts and piano parts and had Andy Freeman pan one of each pretty hard to the left and to the right. I put a flanger on one of the drum parts, too. I did a totally different session with legendary engineer David Bianco. He taught me this harmony trick of tripling each part and then panning one to the left, one to the right, and one down the center, so I used that too, mainly on "Celebrate the News."
In listening to Pop/Art, I would think that you were influenced by The Beatles (especially Paul McCartney), Brian Wilson, Todd Rundgren, Elton John, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen. Are there others you would like to mention or acknowledge?
All of the above are definitely big influences. Probably the biggest one not mentioned is Elvis Costello, whom I'd call the greatest solo singer/songwriter. Simon and Garfunkel, the Velvet Underground, U2, Ben Folds, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, The Rascals, Tom Waits, Roy Orbison, Eisley, Hanson, Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Lynne, Big Star, Elliot Smith, George Gershwin, Chuck Berry, and others have influenced and inspired me.
I would consider my best friend Ricky Berger as big a musical influence on me as anyone else.
Speaking of Mr. Rundgren, you have a song "Everybody Knows It Was Me," that sounds as though it might have been included on Todd's Something/Anything? album from 1972. It's a good commercial song. What can you tell us about it?
Maybe commercial for 1972! But thanks.
Yes, Something/Anything? was definitely another big influence on this record as Todd recorded it mainly at home and played most of the instruments himself as I did. "Everybody Knows It Was Me" is probably the most reflective of that album. I don't know what it was about. I refer to these kinds of songs as "template songs," where you just come up with a template or concept like, "It could have been this, it could have been that, but everybody knows it was me…" and then you just fill in the blanks.
Another interesting track is "Time Can't Fly A Plane." What's the back story on the song and its lyrics?
"Time Can't Fly A Plane" was actually the one song on the album from a different set of sessions. I remember when I wrote it feeling like it was a step forward for me. I think it speaks to a universal experience of being in your twenties and feeling the need to outrun the onslaught of time and all the things dragging you away from the innocence of youth.
A lot of songs I write are letters of advice to a part of myself that's struggling with something from a part of myself that knows better.
Interestingly, one word that I heard repeatedly in your lyrics is "poison." Is there a reason for its use?
Sometimes it just comes down to a word having a good sound. The word poison sounds good when sung. It's not a conscious thing. When I write a song, I usually start by singing nonsensical syllables that sound good with that particular melody and then I start associating the sounds with similar words and go from there.
Although this is a "solo album," you had help from about 19 of your musical friends – including your father, Brent Bourgeois, right?
Sometimes the one-man band was the vibe I wanted, but I also employed the help of my extremely talented pool of friends. The two other voices you hear most on this album, other than my own, are Ricky Berger and Paige Lewis, both incredible artists in their own right (Paige and I have a band called See How They Run). There's probably no element of a recording more important than vocal harmonies.
One person I was very excited to have on the album was Probyn Gregory from Brian Wilson's band. He plays about a million instruments and performed a gorgeous French horn part on "New December." Caitlin Bellah, who sings the chorus vocal on "Don't Look Away," was my girlfriend for four and a half years. We recorded her vocal a few weeks after we'd broken up.
Gina Belliveau is a very talented singer/songwriter from Tacoma who I became friends with. She played glockenspiel on "Parachutes." I was happy to have cousin Pete – an acclaimed New Orleans jazz musician – play an incredible flugelhorn solo on "Touch" that added the right sound to that recording. And, yes, I did get my dad to sing on "Celebrate the News." Vince DiFiore from Cake played trumpet on that song.
Everyone who played on the album was awesome and made the album so much better because of their participation.
If you had to select a song to record a cover version of – a song that you did not write – which song would you select?
That's a good question. One that I've always wanted to record is a song called "Tommy's Coming Home" that was co-written by Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello. They wrote a number of songs together in the '80s and this is probably the best one but they never released it. The only recording that exists of it is a crude acoustic demo. I think it would be awesome to record and release the first official version of that!
How can music fans purchase Pop/Art?
The album is currently available at adrianbourgeois.bandcamp.com
and at any show of mine. Before this year is over it will be available in more places.
This interview was originally published by the Blogcritics website:
http://blogcritics.org/an-interview-with-adrian-bourgeois/
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Not So Lucky
Music Review: Benmont Tench – 'You Should Be So Lucky' (Blue Note Records)
Tench Debut Works But Only If Expectations Are Reasonable and Realistic.
"But I'll know my song well before I start singing." Bob Dylan ("A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall")
Compared to the pop garbage my fitness club inundates me with every morning, longtime Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench's debut album You Should Be So Lucky might as well be Highway 61 Revisited, Exile on Main Street, Born to Run or even Damn the Torpedoes. But, because I hold a classic rocker who supported one of my main men, Tom Petty, for so long – producing such terrific music – my standard for him is a bit higher. By this measure, his first solo effort falls – fairly or unfairly – a bit short.
For the most part, the album serves as enjoyable background music for a house party. There's nothing striking, nor is there anything objectionable on the CD; in fact, some of the tunes that emanate from it are rather pleasant. They simply aren't anything special.
Tench's delivery is gravelly and reminiscent of a combination of influences, not the least of which is Petty himself (in fact, one of Petty's biggest hits is "You Got Lucky"). Another influence is Dylan, with whom the Heartbreakers double-billed two major international tours in the late 80s. Tench's enunciation is reminiscent of Dylan's (specifically recalling "If You See Her, Say Hello") on the first track, "Today I Took Your Picture Down." This is my personal favorite on the album.
As for the second song, "Veronica Said," I wasn't sure whether Tench was channeling Lou Reed or Elvis Costello. I heard some of both, as well as a riff that is strangely similar to Bruce Springsteen's "Fire." The album includes two instrumental tracks ("Ecor Rouge" and "Wobbles"), which are not much more than placeholders, and many of the piano solos sound similar to those of Bruce Hornsby. It also includes two placeholder type covers of Dylan songs ("Corrina, Corrina" and "Duquesne Whistle").
Many musicians have made a career of covering Dylan songs – most notably The Byrds, and it remains the case that Dylan's originals are generally superior. Here, neither of Tench's renditions have any distinguishing characteristics that make them worth listening to more than once. This is especially true of one of Dylan's better recent works, "Duquesne Whistle." Whereas Dylan's guitar chords and swing style boogie-woogie the song forward so that it picks up momentum like a train's steam engine, Tench's take moves forward like a snail until it finally comes to an end. As for "Corrina, Corrina," Dylan's version features powerful vocals (yes, the man can actually sing) that strike an emotional chord in the listener against a pleasing backdrop. Tench merely mouths the words along to his piano accompaniment.
It appears as if Tench, a talented musician, is attempting to find his distinct voice, sound and style by experimenting with and/or playing tribute to his favorite influences. There is nothing wrong with this and, with some refinement, a second solo album could potentially be quite good. This one is just so-so.
Tench might not have quite "known his song," but sometimes trial and error can lead to great discoveries.
Dave Moyer is an educator, sometime musician (he's on-call to play drums for The Who, The E Street Band or The Rolling Stones), and the author of Life and Life Only: A Novel
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The Pitcher
The Pitcher: A Novel by William Hazelgrove (Koehlerbooks, $15.95, 241 pages)
"I had a friend who was a big baseball player back in high school/ He could through that speedball by you/ Make you look like a fool, boy…/ Glory days, they'll pass you by…." Bruce Springsteen, "Glory Days"
The Pitcher is Jack Langford, a 25-year major league baseball veteran, whose existence consists of watching games on television in his garage and drinking Good Times beer. Ricky, who lives across the street from Jack, is an aspiring pitcher on the cusp of high school with much more arm than control. Ricky's mother is a noble soul, trying to raise her son and advance his future in the midst of racism, poverty, and violence.
The writing flows smoothly, the characters are interesting, and the story itself is intriguing. The Pitcher is clearly an enjoyable read, particularly well suited for young adult males. Its only detractors are those baseball purists who like everything in their baseball literature to 100% accurately reflect the game down to the smallest minutiae. From strictly a baseball standpoint, there are some technical inaccuracies (e.g., when Jack finally agrees to give lessons to Ricky and help him make the team, they are nothing like what pitching lessons would actually consist of). There are some others as well, such as description of the interactions between umpires and coaches, coaches and players, etc. However, this is fiction, and in all fiction one must be willing to suspend disbelief. If the baseball fanatic can get past some of that, there is much for them to enjoy here. The story will bring back feelings like hope or joy or disappointment for those who once played the game.
The premise of The Pitcher is strong. This reviewer cannot help but speculate how the major issues dealt with in the book (racism, immigration reform, how to live when one's dreams seem to be over, domestic violence, access to health care, etc.) would have translated to a larger audience if not confined to a first-person telling by Ricky, whose 8th grade maturity level and vocabulary do not always do them justice.
All of that being said, The Pitcher is a worthy rendering of the age old theme of a boy, a ball, and a dream.
A review copy was provided by the author. Dave Moyer is an education administrator and a former college baseball player. He is also the author of Life and Life Only, a novel about baseball and Bob Dylan.
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India has suspended the HPV cervical cancer vaccine programme after 4 girls died in India amid allegations of exploitation of participants and violation of ethical guidelines during the earlier "clinical trials" of the vaccine according to a front page story in India's newspaper, The Hindu and widely reported in other media: Centre halts HPV vaccine project Aarti Dhar Thursday 8th April 2010.
The HPV vaccine has been associated with serious adverse effects with high levels of reported adverse reactions. Death and debilitating illness have been claimed but officials do not acknowledge an association: Gardasil Victims – In Memoriam – Healthy Young Women – Aged 15 to 21.
CHS has previously reported that UK health officials have wrongly assumed the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine can prevent 70 per cent of cases of cervical cancer and media have reported that "German experts said the assumptions simply did not stand up to scrutiny, and that women remained at risk": Experts Cast Doubt on Claim for 'Wonder' Cancer Jabs Sunday Express 31 May 2009: Cervical cancer jabs cast into doubt after experts question effectiveness Scotland On Sunday 10th May 2009.
The drive for mass vaccination programmes internationally is the result of the drug industry's changing business plans from the failing blockbuster patented drug model to hugely lucrative mass multiple vaccinations for the world's 6.5 billion people. But those who raise valid public and child health safety concerns are routinely 'label libelled' as 'anti-vaccine', ridiculed and in the case of some medical professionals, hounded out of their jobs.
Germany's Robert Koch Institute, which makes recommendations on the public funding of vaccines, had to review the nation's programme in May 2009 after 13 experts called for a reassessment of its HPV vaccination programme and an end to "misleading information" about the effectiveness of the jab. A spokeswoman said: "Because of the public discussion and some new reports and new statements from the 13 professors, the committee will publish a statement within the next few weeks."
Dawn Primarolo MP for Bristol South since 1987
The UK's New Labour Government has been aggressively pursuing the HPV vaccine programme in schools out of sight of parental control: HPV Vaccine Questioned Internationally CHS 31 May 2009.
Some consent forms reportedly had no decline option. There have been anecdotal reports of young girls being cross-examined in school corridors by health officials on parental consent issues. British Health Minister Dawn Primarolo is closely associated with the pursuit of the policy.
The Sunday Express reports Professor Martina Doren, of the Charitie Hospital in Berlin:
What concerns us is that the two manufacturers of the vaccine aren't always using facts. They claim that a lot of high-risk strains of cancer-causing virus are protected against but equally there are others that are not. If protection is not more than 20 per cent then that is an awful lot of money to be spending, particularly as the vaccines have quite serious side-effects."
EXCLUSIVE: EXPERTS CAST DOUBT ON CLAIM FOR 'WONDER' CANCER JABS – By Lucy Johnston and Martyn Halle – Sunday May 31,2009
A spokesman for GlaxoSmithKline, which makes Cervarix, was unable at the time to provide figures on cases of pre-cancerous cells in women who have taken the vaccine, compared with those who have not.
Scottish Conservative health spokeswoman Mary Scanlon said at the time: "Given this new research, it is now incumbent on the Scottish Government and the chief medical officer to review the vaccination programme to ensure that it lives up to the expectations of preventing cervical cancer."
The HPV vaccine programme is based on recommendations of the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. This highlights questions over the competence of the UK's JCVI to make recommendations on UK vaccination programmes and the competence of medical professionals in general to express opinions on scientific matters.
The JCVI has a documented history of recklessness over vaccination policy and a needle-happy reputation along with concerns about financial and other conflicts of interest: Secret British MMR Vaccine Files Forced Open By Legal Action but from April 1 last year has been given unfettered control of UK Government vaccination policy for England: UK Government Hands Drug Industry Control of Childhood Vaccination. And as the British Medical Journal confirms: Doctors are not scientists — Smith 328 (7454): BMJ.
If the vaccine is not effective, then its adverse effects cannot be justified but in the UK we see no official comment on the vaccine's risk profile. This highlights how public safety issues fail to be addressed as a result of what some claim is a quasi-religious belief created by the drug industry in the importance of vaccines and the fear medical professionals have of making public criticisms on safety grounds.
Alongside the expansion of vaccination programmes the childhood prevalence of lifetime conditions like asthma, allergies, autism, diabetes and others requiring further medications have increased substantially.
The Bill Gates' Microsoft type business model is one of the emerging replacement business models for the drug industry. Almost everyone has Windows software on their PC – almost everyone will be vax'ed. Gates quickly became a multi-billionaire. With vastly more people to vaccinate than computers requiring software the lure of money for the pharmaceutical industry is substantial.
MORE NEWS STORIES 1/6/09 –
Rush to introduce vaccination throws up worrying questions – The Scotsman – 01 June 2009 By Marisa de Andrade
Fears over reactions to cervical cancer jab – The Scotsman – 01 June 2009 – By Marisa de Andrade
Call to review cancer vaccine after Germany demands more medical proof – The Scotsman – 2nd June 2009
For detailed information and references on the German issues, see:-
Scientists in Germany call for a reassessment of the HPV vaccination and an end to misleading information
Germany's Robert Koch Institute is Questioning the effectiveness of the HPV vaccines
Holy Hormones, Honey!	— The Greatest Story Never Told
Documents on HPV Vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix
Serious Concerns regarding the safety and efficacy of the HPV Vaccines
Cynthia Janak
Research Journalist
International Coalition of Advocates for the People
http://www.i-c-a-p.org
cjanak@i-c-a-p.org
Leslie Botha
Researcher and Broadcast Journalist
lbotha@i-c-a-p.org
Treatise on Gardasil from the United States
This paper will focus on five areas: (1) Compromised immune systems in adolescents and potential vaccine reaction; (2) Exposure of HPV to infants and children prior to inoculation; raising concern that the vaccine will be rendered ineffective (Botha); (3) Examination of FDA documents regarding adverse events and efficacy. Neurological affects of Aluminum (Janak); (4) The fast tracking of Gardasil through the FDA without due scientific process and adequate research (Janak); (5) The pharmaceutical industry in the United States has systematically influenced the regulatory agencies and research facilities to fast track drug trials and manipulated their outcome. (Chevalier-Batik) Link to document.
United States Concern for Europe with regards to Cervarix HPV vaccine.
This paper will focus on four areas: (1) European Public Assessment Report, (26/11/2008 Cervarix-H-C-721-II-04), (2) Cervarix© Product Information (PI_Cervarix.pdf.), (3) MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) March, 2009 and May, 2009. (4) Media reports. (brackets my emphasis) Link to document.
United Kingdom Concerns Regarding HPV-GM Vaccines
The following points are the serious concerns of the above authors from the United Kingdom (representing Scotland and England) who have researched the Cervarix vaccine in depth. They have noted media concern over many young girls adversely affected by serious illnesses, such as several forms of paralysis including Bells palsy, hemiparesis, hypoaesthesis and Guillaine-Barre Syndrome. Convulsions, seizures and epileptic fits, along with diminished vision have also been cited. The UK Health Minister, Dawn Primaralo and Scottish Health Minister Shona Robison, deny that these illnesses are connected to the vaccine and that they are coincidental in nature.
Link to document.
The Dutch Cervarix Concerns
We probably speak a different language than you do. Not only because we're Dutch, but also because we're not scientists, medical specialists or journalists. We consider ourselves professors in everyday life and even more, we're mothers. It was September 2008 when we first read an article about Gardasil. Meanwhile it has become a daily routine to read all the news (good and bad) about HPV, Gardasil and Cervarix. Although we had read enough about what was going on in the US we never expected to come in the middle of the same scenario in Holland. Link to document.
One Mother's Plea
Karen Maynor of New Mexico lost her daughter, Megan Hild to the Gardasil vaccine on November 15, 2008. Megan was a healthy, vital 20-year-old young woman with great aspirations –and no history of previous medical problems. Megan had just finished the second in the series of the Gardasil vaccination in September of 2008.
Cervarix Safety Analysis – Dated: March 5th, 2009
Cervarix Safety Analysis – Dated: May 21st, 2009
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Stacy Wiegman, on April 10, 2010 at 9:38 pm said:
I have concerns about this vaccine, too. Considering it doesn't cover all the worst strains of HPV, it still leaves women vulnerable. Add to that the side effects reported after administration, and it just doesn't seem to make sense to push this vaccine. We should be educating women more about the importance of regular Pap smears and pelvic exams, and also teaching young men and women about abstinence. Had I known more about this when I was younger, I know I would have made different choices. It can affect your ability to have a family in the future and maybe even kill you.
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Rosemary Mathis, on April 11, 2010 at 10:56 am said:
Because of daughter's injuries from Gardasil, we have built a website to track the deaths and injuries and our meetings with the FDA.
Go to http://WWW.TRUTHABOUTGARDASIL.ORG for more information. This vaccine definately needs to be off the market.
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Besides its castle and Smithwick's beer, Kilkenny visitors should also experience St. Canice Cathedral. Although it was built in the 1200s, Christians have been worshiping on the site ever since the 6th century.
Now belonging to the Church of Ireland, the cathedral that stands today has been carefully preserved in its original Early Gothic style. Enter the church and you'll find the original baptismal font as well as a replica of an original 13th century stained glass window. The cathedral also contains some of the finest 16th century monuments in Ireland, so it's definitely worth a visit.
Next to St Canice's stands a 9th century round tower that once was a watchtower and refuge. Climbs to the top and you will get remarkable views of both the city of Kilkenny and the surrounding countryside (weather permitting, of course).
To see more of the city, please visit our Kilkenny photo gallery.


From its beginning the community has been inspired by two aims: to live in communion with God through prayer and to be a leaven of peace and trust in the midst of the human family.
A stay at Taizé is an opportunity to seek communion with God in prayer, singing, silence and reflection. It can be possible to rediscover an inner peace, a meaning to life and a new impetus.
Experiencing a simple life shared with others reminds us that daily life is the place where Christ is waiting for us.
Some young people are looking for ways of following Christ with their whole lives. A stay in Taizé can help discern this call.
Each day, brothers of the community introduce a Bible reflection, followed by a time of silence and sharing in small groups.
Young adults who wish can spend the week or the weekend in silence, to take time to listen to how God speaks to them in prayer, in the Bible or through the events of their life.


Professor Bette Weneck and her students break history out of the archives in a digital exhibition project launched in the course she teaches, History of Education in New York City. Learn more about this project in our latest Faculty Spotlight.
Students in Dr. Alhelí Alvarado-Diaz's Contemporary Civilization course produced short video clips to connect class topics to current events through the lens of the diverse community outside the university.
A team of Frontiers of Science instructors produced a series of introductory online modules that help students learn the skills they need to understand complex neuroscience concepts.
Angelina Craig-Flórez talks about her course, Spain in its Art, which covers the history of Spain and Spanish art from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century.
Ariel Stilerman introduces his students to the Japanese tea ceremony leveraging the Mediathread platform and access to New York City.
Tim Shenk, a graduate student in the Department of History, worked on one of Columbia's major forays into online education.


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Tomorrow night (Tuesday 3 May @ 8:30pm), I'll appear on the ABC program "Good Game", talking about games, online culture, cyber bullying and morality in computer games. I hope that I say something meaningful – and if not, I hope it's at least worth a giggle, and attracts some people to come and learn about my Quest.
If you have not visited before, I am Captain Australia, and I belie ve that society is slowly darkening from the inside out like a rotten piece of fruit. Superficially, everything might look okay, but you don't have to poke too hard to find the undercurrent of decay beneath the surface.
I think of this social decline as a kind of cancer, but I think that it's reversible, if we can turn away from apathy and selfishness and find a cure for this underlying rage, fear and isolation that seems a common symptom among people I meet on the street.
Inspire Others, which is why I seek exposure to the public, in the hopes that other people will see the sense in what I'm doing and try to improve their own lives and the lives of people around them. I believe that we all have influence, and the ripple effect of kindness is my greatest single hope for humanity.
I started my Quest about two years ago, and I've been able to help a variety of people, some tangibly in direct physical ways, such as preventing assaults or helping with food or recover stolen items – some intangibly, with advice, friendship and a willingness to sit and listen to the homeless, the lost, the spiritually bereft.
I keep a secret identity, which I protect very strictly. My secret identity life has been taking control just at the moment, causing me to take a leave-of-absence from my dual life as Captain Australia to deal with some major life events, but I hope to get back on the street and resume active patrols sometime in late May.
In the meantime, there has been an explosion of public interest, and it's come at an awkward time for me. I've had requests to appear on a range of TV programs (see the "A Current Affair" interview below as an example), and I've also had people apply to be my sidekick.
There is one candidate who seems persistent and mostly serious (he is thinking of adopting the persona "The Down Under Boy Wonder"), but for the most part the people interested in pursuing this 'real life superhero' path have varying degrees of seriousness, time and resources – which has prompted some of us to think about forming the "Justice League of Australia", an affiliation of Aussies who adopt a superhero persona and set out to make the world a better place.
In the meantime, I'm focussed on my home life, the only thing I'm giving to Captain Australia right now is about 2 hours of training in the mornings, to get my health and body right for when I get back on the street.
I have a supporter fashioning my new Shield, and another artisan who was going to put together a 2.0 uniform for me (but he's gone strangely silent just lately, so I'm concerned the project will not go forward). Also, someone randomly sent my this image which they call "Captain Australia at Work" worth a giggle I guess.
In any case, if you've visited after seeing some of the recent media activity, thank you & welcome, feel free to browse the archives, you might also be interested to look at my story prior to becoming Captain Australia. It's a long read, five or six chapters, written up after a number of requests from the public.


Just look at this picture, so many colors, curious knowledge seekers and the people of our nation in every dressing. This sight from the top makes me think of my country with pride. People of this country are not only keen to learn but are also active enough to take part in such activities and events.
I went to KIBF 2015 on Sunday and despite making plans to go there early morning I happened to only reach there only in the afternoon. The Expo Centre was filled with enthusiastic crowd and as much as I hate being among a huge crowd I still fancied roaming around the Expo Centre and let myself get engulfed by the books.
For some reason I was captured by the interactive children and teenagers story books and novels. I was stung with jealousy. I mean we never had such colorful books during our childhood. I wanted to be a little girl again. I saw the title 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.' The book was large, filled with glossy pictures as well as activities. It took me about forty minutes to realize that I must check out the adult's section before my family plans to leave.
The deals and discounts offered by every stall was one better than the other. I actually had to skip so many of the stalls and only go to the ones where I knew I will find the books I need. I bought two novels, a self-help book, a scientific fact book and old magazine issues. I shopped from Liberty Books, Paramount Publishers and another stall (can't remember its name).
I also purchased interactive coloring books and crayons for my nieces and nephews. I really wish that someday they turn into keen readers like me.
So that's it for now. I will be coming up with more reviews of places and events. Don't forget to share your experience at KIBF 2015 on my Facebook page.


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Trudeau's federal transit funding is a big shift — so please, Toronto, don't screw it up
Pedestrian safety initiatives are part of the federal transit spending announced by the federal government.
Municipal policy wonks in Toronto were dancing with joy last week after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced nearly $1.5 billion in funding for public transit and transportation infrastructure in Ontario.
I mean, it was a kind of subtle, barely perceptible form of dancing – policy wonks are, by nature, a reserved and nerdy bunch, unlikely to bust a move. But, trust me: there was dancing.
Trudeau's announcement of new transit cash was exciting not just because it represents a big investment — $500 million will go to Toronto — but because it was so different from a typical transit funding announcement.
This wasn't a flashy event with an ambitious-but-hypothetical subway map hanging in the background. This wasn't a pledge to eventually advance some funds to support some project that won't be built for a decade or two.
This was cold, hard federal cash attached to an itemized list of mostly small and medium projects.
Few of these projects really lend themselves to ribbon cuttings. The list includes things like track replacement and the purchase of maintenance vehicles. There's some cash for bike sharing and support for measures that should make Toronto's streets safer for pedestrians.
Much of it is simply for maintenance of the existing transit system – the kind of thing that could prevent issues like we've seen this summer with the broken air conditioning on the Bloor-Danforth subway line.
It's the shift cities have been waiting for. Instead of swooping in to support projects when politically advantageous, there is now reason to be optimistic that the federal government is prepared to be a partner supporting transit in Canadian cities.
If there's anything tempering my enthusiasm, it's concern that the decision makers at city hall won't take full advantage of the enormous opportunity this represents.
I'm worried Toronto will screw this up.
There's two ways that could happen. The first is the obvious one. The new money could be plunged into badly-managed projects. As always, careful stewardship and accountability is critical.
The second way is more insidious. Instead of doubling down on this investment and putting more municipal cash into the maintenance, expansion and operation of the transit system, Mayor John Tory and Toronto City Council could instead opt to use the infusion of federal money to offset spending that would have otherwise had to come from municipal sources.
In other words, this federal cash could, in a roundabout way, just be used as a way to keep Toronto's property taxes low.
For the last six years, that's been the dominant strategy at city hall.
New revenue hasn't built or maintained infrastructure. Instead, it's built an environment where politicians can continue to claim the lowest property taxes in the GTA.
With a new federal partner, it's time to build something else.
This post was originally published at http://www.metronews.ca/views/toronto/torys-toronto-matt-elliott/2016/08/29/toronto-decision-on-spending-trudeau-transit-money-critical.html on 2016-08-29T00:00:00.000Z


In Jonesboro Arkansas, courthouse officials are facing a problem: people urinating in the elevators even though the restrooms are only 25 feet away.
Jonesboro, a college town about 115 miles northeast from Little Rock, are urging its people to stop peeing in the courthouse elevators. Maintenance workers have seen this problem for years now, which has led to cameras being installed throughout the courthouse.
The cameras that were installed last fall have already caught three people in the act. Each have been issued a fine.


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Remnants of the Toyota motor car in which three persons who died yesterday were travelling along the Rose Hall main road, St James.
A Toyota Corolla motor car that was involved in an accident with a JUTC bus on the Sir Florizel Glasspole Highway adjacent to Caribbean Cement Company.
An accident involving a Volkswagen SUV and a Honda motor car was the source of gridlock traffic along Trafalgar Road recently.
The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) has lauded the recent efforts of the government to introduce new measures aimed at tackling the increase in road-crash fatalities through the passage of the new Road Traffic Act 2018 in the House of Representatives on November 20. The 2018 act also repeals the Road Traffic Act of 1938 and needs to be approved by the Senate and given the governor-general's assent before it takes effect.
The comments came from the NRSC recently at a church service in commemoration of World Day of Remembrance (WDR) for Road Traffic Victims, which was held at the Boulevard Baptist Church in Kingston.
As at November 20 of this year, the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force had reported that a total of 316 Jamaicans have been killed in 279 crashes, sinnce the beginning of the year. These numbers compare with 286 fatalities from 261 crashes for the same period in 2017.
The Road Traffic Act 2018 will create several new provisions that are best practices for reducing road crashes and are designed to take road safety to a higher level while also providing stiffer penalties for breaches.
Dr Lucien Jones, vice-chairman and convener of the NRSC, indicated, "It's important to note that the year has not yet ended and there has already been an eight per cent increase in fatalities on the road. So, we hope that the provisions of the new law will significantly contribute to the reduction of annual fatalities and injuries."
Jones continued, "Though there is still work to be done in finalising the regulations of the act, this is a big win for road safety promotion, especially as we commemorate World Day of Remembrance or Road Traffic Victims."
WDR was commemorated globally and the theme for 2018 was 'Roads Have Stories', based on Pillar 2 - Safer Roads whose Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. In addition to remembering those killed and injured in road crashes, as well as their families and communities, it also aims to raise awareness of the need for safe road networks for the benefit of all road users through infrastructure assessments and improved planning, design, construction and operation of roads.
In reference to the increase in road crash victims this year, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who chairs the NRSC, said in his message for WRD: "On this trajectory, unfortunately, Jamaica may surpass the end-of-year figure for 2017. This is certainly no comfort for the government as we have been working to find innovative methods to address responsible road usage."
Holness noted that international agencies have estimated that the cost of road crashes can wipe out up to five per cent of the gross domestic product of some developing countries every year. He said, "As such, the problem is not only a major issue for individual families but is also of immense importance to our economy."
NRSC Executive Director Paula Fletcher added that WRD for Road Traffic Victims has become an important event to help remember those affected by traffic crashes and to help to refocus on taking better care on the roads through personal responsibility for safety by obeying the rules of the road. "We hope that WDR will this year bring even more awareness in Jamaica and that we will strive to make road safety a way of life," she said.