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(237g) Molecular Signatures That Differentiate Cancer Subtype and Predict Clinical Outcome
Conference: AIChE Annual Meeting
Proceeding: 2006 Annual Meeting
Group: Systems Biology
In Silico Systems Biology II
Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 2:40pm-3:00pm
Price, N. D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hood, L., Institute for Systems Biology
Shmulevich, I., Institute for Systems Biology
Lin, B., Institute for Systems Biology
Urban, N., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Drescher, C., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Zhang, W., The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
The identification of molecular signatures to stratify disease and predict clinical outcomes are issues of major significance in cancer research today. To identify such molecular signatures, we employed machine-learning techniques on two new datasets to discover novel multi-parameter markers to 1) differentiate two closely-related cancers, leiomyosarcoma (LMS) and gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), and 2) predict the outcome of chemotherapy (either sensitive or resistance to cisplatin) in women diagnosed with ovarian cancer. In collaboration with researchers at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, we generated a data set measuring the expression of 43,931 oligonucleotides using Agilent arrays on tissue samples from 71 patients. We used a recently-developed approach from Rai Winslow's lab at Johns Hopkins (called k-Top Scoring Pairs) to classify tumors based on finding genes whose relative expression reverses between the cancer subtypes. Using this approach we found simple decision rules of the form: if gene A expression > gene B expression, vote GIST, else LMS (gene names withheld temporarily pending publication). The final classification is then performed by a majority vote of three gene pairs. One of the strong advantages of this relative-expression approach is that it makes completely irrelevant normalization of arrays, thereby bypassing an often problematic and arbitrary analysis step. Another strong advantage of the method is that it keeps classification rules simple, making over-fitting on current data to the detriment of being able to predict future data less likely than in more complicated models. Using this computational approach, we identified a multi-gene classifier that can distinguish between LMS and GIST. The differentiation of these two closely-related sarcomas is important because the recommended treatments differ. The accuracy of our multi-parameter marker on future cases was estimated at 99% (70.5/71) using leave-one-out cross validation (LOOCV). (The 0.5 in the accuracy appears because in one case the test was indeterminate due to lack of signal on one of the arrays for the relevant genes and thus this sample was scored as a random guess on a binary variable.) We are in the process of validating this classifier using real-time PCR and have now accumulated a significant number of additional samples to serve as an independent test of these markers. If this independent test is successful, as is expected from the cross-validation results, we have plans to make a device to implement this test and hope that it will be used in the clinic. The second project I will present is focused on treatment outcome in patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer and was performed in collaboration with researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. We measured the expression of 35,553 oligonucleotides (including specific splice variants) from 22 patient samples using in-house arrays developed at the Institute for Systems Biology. In this study, we identified a two-gene marker that predicts whether an ovarian cancer tumor will be responsive to chemotherapy with a high degree of accuracy on the samples tested so far. Using cross validation techniques (LOOCV), the estimated accuracy of the multi-parameter marker on future cases was 98% (21.5/22). This was a remarkable result given that the best published result for this type of data in the literature was 77%. We are in the process of obtaining an independent set of tumor samples on which to validate this highly-promising marker. Thus, the use of in silico systems biology techniques for marker identification is proving highly useful for problems of clinical interest.


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Learmonth's St Joseph's Catholic Church will close its doors after a final mass on Sunday. The 144-year-old church had faced a declining congregation for years, and parishioners decided its time had come. There are now only five regular parishioners who attend mass on alternate Sundays, not counting attendees from nearby Waubra and Lexton, and it was becoming unsustainable to keep the doors open. Fon Ryan has attended services at the church since he was a child, and has acted as an unofficial chronicler of its history, following the work of his parents. "I'm a bit saddened by it, and a bit disappointed, but for me, it's the reality I knew was going to come," he said. "I think it's just falling into line with what's happening in church practice with Christians in Australia, some religions go up and some go down a bit, but all the Christian religions that I know are in decline," he said. "It's hard to answer exactly (why), but I think it's a combination of factors, the way modern people live." Mr Ryan remembers when the church was the centre of life in the town, with baptisms, weddings, and funerals, and mission visits from the Wendouree Redemptorist monastery. "It was crowded when I was young, and growing up," he said. SEE INSIDE THIS HISTORIC CHURCH: "The characteristic of country churches is the gathering of people after the mass outside, they talked for a very long time, that definitely happened at Learmonth - usually the men near one gate post and the women near the other. "There's a choir loft in the building, a mezzanine, and there was a number of choir people, singers, and an organ up there for mass every Sunday." The site was first granted in 1857, and the foundation stone was laid in 1873. READ MORE: Ballarat Catholic parishes could be in trouble, diocese business manager says The final mass, celebrated by Bishop Paul Bird, will begin at 10.30am on Sunday, and will be followed by a group photo and a barbecue lunch. It's hoped former parishioners will be able to attend and say farewell to the building. Into the future, Mr Ryan isn't sure what will happen, though he said he would be pleasantly surprised if it became an art gallery. READ MORE: "I'm not sure of the timetable but it will be sold, my understanding is the parish will sell it, and I would expect that as with all these sales as you watch around the country, someone buys them and lovingly restores them, subject to heritage of course, then they often become dwellings," he said. "Some people say, yes, I've got to get back for the last mass, but for some people, they say it's sad." The Catholic Diocese of Ballarat was contacted for comment. Have you signed up to The Courier's variety of news emails? You can register below and make sure you are up to date with everything that's happening in Ballarat.
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Learmonth's St Joseph's Catholic Church closing
Carole Ryan, Bill Keating, Lorraine Beaumont, Fon Ryan and Bev Hayward are the final regular parishioners at St Joseph's in Learmonth. Pictures: Kate Healy
Learmonth's St Joseph's Catholic Church will close its doors after a final mass on Sunday.
The 144-year-old church had faced a declining congregation for years, and parishioners decided its time had come.
There are now only five regular parishioners who attend mass on alternate Sundays, not counting attendees from nearby Waubra and Lexton, and it was becoming unsustainable to keep the doors open.
Fon Ryan has attended services at the church since he was a child, and has acted as an unofficial chronicler of its history, following the work of his parents.
"I'm a bit saddened by it, and a bit disappointed, but for me, it's the reality I knew was going to come," he said.
"I think it's just falling into line with what's happening in church practice with Christians in Australia, some religions go up and some go down a bit, but all the Christian religions that I know are in decline," he said.
"It's hard to answer exactly (why), but I think it's a combination of factors, the way modern people live."
Mr Ryan remembers when the church was the centre of life in the town, with baptisms, weddings, and funerals, and mission visits from the Wendouree Redemptorist monastery.
"It was crowded when I was young, and growing up," he said.
SEE INSIDE THIS HISTORIC CHURCH:
Pictures: Kate Healy
"The characteristic of country churches is the gathering of people after the mass outside, they talked for a very long time, that definitely happened at Learmonth - usually the men near one gate post and the women near the other.
"There's a choir loft in the building, a mezzanine, and there was a number of choir people, singers, and an organ up there for mass every Sunday."
The site was first granted in 1857, and the foundation stone was laid in 1873.
READ MORE: Ballarat Catholic parishes could be in trouble, diocese business manager says
The final mass, celebrated by Bishop Paul Bird, will begin at 10.30am on Sunday, and will be followed by a group photo and a barbecue lunch.
It's hoped former parishioners will be able to attend and say farewell to the building.
Into the future, Mr Ryan isn't sure what will happen, though he said he would be pleasantly surprised if it became an art gallery.
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"I'm not sure of the timetable but it will be sold, my understanding is the parish will sell it, and I would expect that as with all these sales as you watch around the country, someone buys them and lovingly restores them, subject to heritage of course, then they often become dwellings," he said.
"Some people say, yes, I've got to get back for the last mass, but for some people, they say it's sad."
The Catholic Diocese of Ballarat was contacted for comment.

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Secret's out! Under pressure, Bklyn Bridge Park reveals hotel selection committee members
By Kate Briquelet Posted on December 6, 2011
The Brooklyn Paper / Mike McLaughlin
Brooklyn Bridge Park has released the names of the city officials who will ultimately decide which hotel and luxury condo complex is built on Pier 1 — succumbing to pressure after locals slammed park officials for a lack of transparency.
On Monday, park staff revealed the four members on the heretofore mysterious selection committee: Regina Myer and David Lowin of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation; Joshua Laird of the Parks Department; and Joshua Gelfman of the Economic Development Corporation.
A spokeswoman for the park defended the original secrecy as standard "city practice," but agreed to officially reveal the names because the officials' identities had become known to a handful of residents on the park's powerless "community advisory council."
Local park-lovers and members of the council were infuriated last month after park bigwigs presented seven proposals for a high-end hotel but wouldn't reveal who was on the project's selection committee — saying that the city would choose a developer behind closed doors before spring.
The park's recent about-face, however, doesn't impress some locals who are calling the entire selection "an undemocratic process."
"If they truly want to make a world-class park, they should include the people who will be using it," said Judi Francis of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Defense, which has long opposed condos inside the park. "Instead these are private individuals who are making decisions outside of the public realm."
Seven big names in real estate including Toll Brothers, RAL Companies, and Two Trees Management are vying to build luxury hotel and residential complex along Furman Street, just south of a park entrance at the foot of Old Fulton Street.
The winning firm would build a 170- to 225-room hotel, a 150- to 180-unit residential building, a restaurant, and at least 300 parking spaces, according to city's plan. Taxes from the complex will go toward the park's $16-million annual maintenance budget.
Brooklyn Bridge Park is accepting public comments via e-mail to [email protected] until Dec. 22.
Reach Kate Briquelet at [email protected] or by calling her at (718) 260-2511.
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Q: exec() not changing attrib of a file outside of current folder The exec() function works for changing file attributes in Windows machine as long as the path given is inside the development folder. Like
D:\Programs\Development\www\
as long as the file is within that path it's attributes  can change.
$path = D:\Programs\Development\www\test.jpg
exec("attrib +s +h $path");

That works, but once I change the path to somewhere else this function doesn't seem to work
$path = 'D:\Desktop\New Folder (2)\Test Folders\test.jpg'
exec("attrib +s +h $path");

Now the same command won't work. Any ideas on how to solve this?

A: You need to put the path in quotes.
As with most operating systems, spaces in file names is a problem you have to deal with head on. This is typically done with backslashes, however, since Windows uses backslashes for its folder system, you will need to use quotes.
$path = 'D:\Desktop\New Folder (2)\Test Folders\test.jpg'
exec("attrib +s +h \"{$path}\"");

This should work for you.

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Way back in 1998, I made a geocities website about Eowyn from The Lord Of The Rings for a class assignment. A few years later, the movies came out, and a few lovely fan girls saw my site and invited me to join their forum, Parma Eruseen, which was quite a big forum in the day, where I eventually became a moderator and fan fiction and fan art contributor. From there I went to livejournal, then Tumblr, but I've been creating fan works since I was a child, and I've been sharing them online for about as long as the means to do so has been available.
Are you currently active in any fandoms?
I'm a little bit active in a lot of fandoms. I make art of a lot of different characters, and I watch and read a lot of different content. I'm a pretty consistently devoted Star Trek, Star Wars, and horror genre fan. But for the last decade my favorite has been Supernatural.
You do a lot of really amazing digital work; are there certain types of art where you prefer to use more traditional media?
I prefer digital online because it's easier to share and very versatile and tidy. In real life, in more analog art settings where I'm doing a drawing for someone or putting art in a gallery, I sometimes like traditional. I also like traditional when I'm scribbling in a journal.
If you could go back and give one piece of advice to your younger self, what would it be?
Don't be ashamed to do whatever makes you happy. Your happiness is valuable.
Not to age myself, but I remember astolat's post on livejournal where the whole thing got started, so I've known about the OTW and AO3 since it began. I've always believed in the value of fanworks, ungoverned by commercial media, and the need of the (predominantly) female fan community to reclaim its own mythology in a free, safe space. The OTW and AO3 are endlessly valuable as a resource and community foundation for those of us who might not otherwise have a validated community.
Everything. I don't know if I could narrow it down. Watching fangirls take themselves as seriously as any scholar or master in a setting where they are respected, where there's no shame for them to discuss and cultivate and share their passions–there's nothing more inspiring than that. The best writers, the best artists, the best scholars are in fandom.
Elicia, you are a constant inspiration to me, both artistically and personally. Thank you for your strength, I will never forget you.
Finding this community and becoming a part of it was wonderful. But seeing people who have been in fandom for so long and are STILL just as deeply involved and thriving… I could almost cry with the validation.


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September 7, 2019|In News|4 Minutes
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RECAP: Las Vegas vs Silverado
Las Vegas vs Silverado Skyhawks
Photo by Isaiah Torres
Two undefeated schools faced off against each other Friday night when Las Vegas High School (3-0) traveled to play against Silverado High School (1-1).
What looked like a blowout by the end of the third quarter, turned out to be a close game as Las Vegas won 39-28.
Silverado got on the board first thanks to a four-yard touchdown run by senior running back Jacob Mendez.
Las Vegas then answered with a big run by senior running back Jay Curtis for a 40-yard touchdown.
The Skyhawks were driving down the length of the field, only for Mendez to fumble at the goal line and turn the ball over to Las Vegas. The first quarter then ended with the score tied 7-7.
Aginae Cunningham made up for his teammate's fumble when he scored on a huge run for Silverado. The junior running back ran for 33 yards on the touchdown.
Junior quarterback Ja'shawn Scroggins threw a screen pass to senior wide receiver Miles Davis for a long 72-yard touchdown. The play increased the Wildcats' lead 19-14 going into halftime.
Scroggins and Davis started the second half the same way they ended the first: connecting for another outstanding touchdown. This time the play went for 61 yards.
Skyhawk junior defensive back Ryan Thomas then intercepted a pass from Scroggins for the Wildcats' first turnover of the game.
On the very next play, Silverado fumbled the ball and Las Vegas recovered it for a touchdown, making the score 33-21.
The Tunnell brother connected for a touchdown when Brandon threw a pass to Bryson for the 30-yard score, to cut the lead for Silverado.
Then Scroggins threw his second interception of the game to freshman linebacker Chris Federico.
Silverado then capitalized on the turnover to score another touchdown, when Tunnell connected with wide receiver Ryan Thomas. The 24-yard touchdown play made the score 33-28.
Las Vegas looked to put the game away as they drove down the field, only to get stopped at the goal line by the Skyhawk defense. Silverado now had 1:40 to drive down the length of the field to win the game.
On the very last play of the game, Tunnell threw the game-clinching pick-six to give the Wildcats the victory, 39-28.
"Towards the end of the half, they made adjustments, but we were able to finish out the game and it was a great way to end it," said Erick Capatillo, Las Vegas Head Coach.
Erick Capatillo – Photo by Isaiah Torres
"We all love each other, played together as a team, and we just came out to win," Las Vegas quarterback Ja'shawn Scroggins unselfishly speaking about his team's victory.
Ja'shawn Scroggins – Photo by Isaiah Torres
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Netflix's fall food lineup includes a new season of Chef's Table and Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
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James Beard Award-winning author Samin Nosrat is hitting the streaming service with a new docuseries
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Published on: July 31, 2018 | Last Updated: September 4, 2018 1:28 PM EDT
Chef Samin Nosrat will star in a four-part docuseries based on her debut cookbook, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. Netflix
When it comes to inspirational, aspirational and downright comical food programming, Netflix has proved itself a serious contender.
With smash hits like Nailed It! on its roster, the streaming service is set to expand its menu of food and cooking shows for fall with two brand-new series and a new season of Chef's Table.
James Beard Award-winning author and chef Samin Nosrat will make her television debut with a four-part docuseries based on the premise of her cookbook, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat (Simon & Schuster, 2017).
Nosrat posted on Instagram that she was "elated" to announce that the series, which has been in the making for nearly two years, will premiere on Netflix on October 11. In Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, Nosrat provides the foundational principles of good cooking; focusing on techniques and food science to free home cooks from following recipes by rote.
"The Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat theory slipped in alongside these philosophies that were handed down to me about cooking, which is the idea of practice makes perfect… You have to travel and taste and learn every day," Nosrat told the National Post in 2017.
In that spirit, the new series will include visits to kitchens around the world – including Italy, Japan and Mexico – as well as the legendary Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., where Nosrat began her career as a chef.
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Baker Christine McConnell, author of Deceptive Desserts: A Lady's Guide to Baking Bad! (Regan Arts, 2016), will feature her oft-macabre creations in a new series produced by the Jim Henson Company. The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell will present "delectable confections and hauntingly disturbing decor with the help of her colourful collection of creatures," according to a statement.
The fifth season of David Gelb's documentary series Chef's Table will launch on September 28. Details are sparse but as in previous seasons, it will showcase the work and lives of various chefs. Casting is of particular interest following February's Chef's Table: Pastry, which was widely criticized for its lack of representation.
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" Seek you strength through prayer"
"There is no pit too deep, that God's love is not deeper still"
Corrie grew up in Haarlem Amsterdam, the first woman watch-maker in Holland. Years before WWII, her family prayed for the Jewish people. Naturally, when the Nazi's came after the Jews, Corrie and her family opened their homes to hide Jewish families. They even built a secret space in one of the rooms, called "the hiding place". Over the course of the war, the Ten Boom's saved the lives of hundreds of Jews in Holland.
Upon returning to Holland, Corrie remembered the words of her dear sister Betsie, who had told her "Corrie, you must travel all over the world and tell everybody who will listen what we have learned here- that Jesus is a reality and that He is stronger than all the powers of darkness. Tell them. Tell everyone who will listen! He is our greatest Friend, our hiding place. We can tell from experience that no pit is too deep, because God's everlasting arms always sustain us. Even in this camp, God's love still stands when all else has fallen".
Corrie had her instructions, and at age 53 set out to bring the message of God's love and forgiveness until she died at age 91. (I'm telling you, the pictures of Corrie from all around the world are SO classic, she was fearless in Christ!) She traveled the entire world, preaching and sharing in over 60 countries. She had no home, and called herself a "tramp for the Lord". She even went back to the concentration camp, painted, planted flowers and helped love and rehabilitate thousands of war refugees.
The most incredible aspect of Corrie's ministry is her testimony of struggling through forgiveness. The Nazi's spit cruelty, hate and violence, and ultimately killed the entirety of Corrie's immediate family. Years after the war, Corrie found out the name of the man who had betrayed her family to the gestapo. He was on trial on murder. Corrie wrote the man telling him of her losses, and yet says "When Jesus tells you to love your enemies, He gives you the love that He demands from you." She sent the man a New Testament and underlined the way of salvation...the man wrote back "That you could forgive me is such a great miracle that I have said "Jesus when you give such a love in the hearts of your followers, there is hope for me. I have read the Bible that you sent me, and I have brought my terrible sins to Jesus and I know they are forgiven. Your forgiveness has shown me what it means, that there is forgiveness through Jesus Christ" Corries wrote "That man was brought to death that same week, but he was reconciled to God. And God used me, who hated him, to bring him to the Lord. The greatest of all is love. In 1 Corinthians 13, Pal describes God's love. There are two kinds of love, human love and God's love. Human love fails in the long run, but God's love never fails"
Another time, Corrie came face to face with one of her former prison guards. As she stood face-to-face with him, she found that deep in her heart she still had not forgiven all that had happened in the past. Corrie looked into the face of the man...A coldness came into her heart. Memories of Betsie and the degradation of their sufferings flooded into her mind. There was no forgiveness in her for this man. Then she prayed "Jesus helped me! I can lift my hand. I can do that much..You supply the feeling." With difficultly, Corrie put her hand into the former guards's hand and instantly a miraculous thing happened. A warmth shot down her arm into her hand, the warmth of the healing power of the Holy Spirit. It brought tears to her eyes and she said "I forgive you with all my heart"
I had learned SO much for Corrie's story. I have learned that God's love is where we must center ourselves, where forgiveness must come from. It is true, we must relinquish our right to hold a grudge or avenge a situation. We must lay our pain at our Father's feet, and allow him to be the judge, not us. When we give him that authority, then we pray that His deep love will overflow our heart, because it is ONLY His love that can forgive.
I have found so much treasure and encouragement in Corrie's words. Reading her book is nourishment to my soul. What is incredible is that at the end of her life, Corrie spent a few years living in Southern California. I was shocked to find out that she lived in a house in Placentia, which is where my husband grew up and right where we live now! She called this house her "Shalom" house, and I hope I can find out where it is!! The second incredible thing that happened was that a few weeks ago on my way to the post office, I started chatting to an older woman as we walked. I could tell she had an accent, and so I asked her where she was from. Holland she said. So then of course in my excitement, I asked is she knew who Corrie Ten Boom was. She looked me squarely in the eye, and told me that like Corrie, she too had hid Jews in her house during the war. I couldn't believe it! I felt so blessed by the Lord that I was able to meet such a courageous woman!
I pray that Corrie's story will encourage us that the love of Christ is powerful. The love of Christ helps us forgive. The love of Christ provides the framework for how we should base our life. May you and I pray and ask our Abba for a deeper revelation of HIS love, and may we live from that place of love!
ps- I'd totally recommend reading one of Corrie's books:) I'd start with the book I read called "A visit to the hiding Place. The life changing experiences of Corrie Ten Boom". It has both pictures and text and is So inspiring!!!
I LOVE Corrie and her story. When I visited Washington DC (I live in South Africa) I went to the Holocaust Museum and her name is etched on a wall of remembrance there. Seeing her name made her experience very real for me. I bought a special copy of The Hiding Place in the gift shop along with a stone with the word "remember" on it. The stone lies on my bedside table and when I look at I remember to be thankful in ALL circumstance.....even to be thankful for....fleas.
Thank you for the wonderful post and reminder. I think like the writer above I need to add Amsterdam to my bucket list.
you will see how Corrie recently gave me a precious gift!!!
I emailed her companion at that time, Pam, several years ago because I was also curious where she lived in Placentia, as I spent most of my childhood there. I don't remember the exact address, but I think (?) the house was in the neighborhood east of N. Kraemer and north of Alta Vista, that Goldenrod Park is in.


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I have always been a firm believer in the power of positive thinking, and have seen the awesome effects of this philosophy demonstrated repeatedly in my life.
It is my belief that the more energy you give something by thinking about it—regardless of whether the subject is positive or negative-- the more you increase the odds of that particular event happening. Over time, whatever you focus your energy on will blossom, so be selective about what thoughts you allow into your mind.
Do not allow habitual, negative thoughts or old mental scripts to control your mind and determine your direction in life. Instead, write your own new Pure Life script, focus on the positive aspects of your life, and let your powerful mind guide your thoughts in a higher direction.
There is nothing more potent than thought. Deed follows word and word follows thought. The word is the result of a mighty thought, and where the thought is mighty and pure the result is always mighty and pure.
As a retired holistic health care practitioner and ongoing researcher of the truth about optimal health, I personally have come to believe that nothing has more power over your body than your mind. Consistent positive thinking can strengthen your immune system, reduce the negative effects of stress on your body, and considerably increase your pure energy level.
I have always found it amazing that until as recently as the sixties, many in the scientific community believed that our thoughts had no real, physical effect on our health; in essence, that the mind and body were separate entities.
Fortunately, what most of us have believed all along--that the mind, body, and soul are deeply interconnected--has now been scientifically proven and is widely accepted. Today, modern science has even coined a term (psychosomatic illness) for stress related conditions and diseases.
Continuous, overwhelming stress can be an insidious, silent killer. Stress is a leading contributor to coronary heart disease, which is the number one cause of death in America at this time, causing nearly half of all deaths in the United States. Though cardiovascular disease has traditionally affected more males than females, it is now the number one killer of females in the U.S. as well.
According to Dr. Herbert Benson, a Harvard Medical School professor and founder of the Mind/Body Medical Institute, "Seventy to ninety percent of visits to the doctor are in the mind/body realm and are poorly served by drugs or surgery." Nevertheless, our society's dependence on "over the counter" and prescription drugs for psychosomatic conditions is accelerating rapidly.
Like many others with alternative health care backgrounds, I am very alarmed by the sheer volume and presence of recent television, newspaper, and magazine advertisements seductively singing the praises of prescription drugs and recommending that you "ask your doctor if a certain drug is right for you".
Through bombarding our collective subconscious with high budget, attractive, psychologically manipulative ads, pharmaceutical companies are becoming increasingly richer and frighteningly powerful. In some cases, our society's stressed adults and impressionable children are being subconsciously manipulated by faceless, politically powerful, billion dollar drug companies through ads such as these.
Despite the long list of side effects, usually read in lengthy, yet reassuring, voiceovers and sometimes taking up three quarters of a page in printed ads, many people chose to believe that if a drug is approved by the F.D.A., then it must be safe.
What many people do not realize, however, is that certain dangerous side effects, sometimes including death, are not always evident in an approved drug until it has been taken by a large number of individuals in the general population over a lengthy period of time.
Throughout history, drugs that were touted upon their release as modern day miracles by the marketing experts of pharmaceutical companies have resulted in seriously harming trusting individuals who never questioned the possibility of negative side effects.
In today's rapidly paced world, some people simply find it easier to gamble on long term, detrimental side effects from taking prescription and over the counter drugs, rather than taking time to research or ask their doctor uncomfortable questions. The truth is that every drug has side effects, even the "wonder drug" aspirin.
As we are collectively vegging out in front of the TV, trying to recharge our batteries after a hard day at work, most of us do not even think twice when we watch a television commercial telling us how easy it is to take a pill that blocks heartburn, allowing you to eat the foods that you love.
What the marketing experts neglect to tell us, however, is the fact that the symptom of heartburn is your body's way of telling you that whatever you ate does not agree with your system and may still cause long-term detrimental side effects, in addition to possible side effects from the heartburn medication that is designed to cover up symptoms.
None of us live in a perfect world, however, and no matter how hard we may try to create a healthy lifestyle, some factors, such as genetics and environmental factors are beyond our control. In some cases, prescription or over-the-counter drugs are necessary, but far too many people use them for temporary relief of stress related symptoms and conditions without considering the long-term consequences.
Instead of adding drug-induced side effects to the list of symptoms associated with stress-related conditions, it simply makes sense to focus your energy on prevention and correction of the cause of your body's symptoms or state of dis-ease, and pay attention to the warning signs and signals from your body's inborn, innate intelligence.
One good place to begin is by understanding the physiology of stress, which can help you to deal more effectively with this widespread potential killer. Quick, shallow breathing, tense, knotted muscles (especially in the neck and back), and an increased heart rate are all signs that your body is under stress and feels threatened. Perhaps your jaw also tightens or you feel pressure in your chest or burning in your stomach.
When your body perceives a situation as being threatening, it responds with a rush of stress related chemicals, including adrenaline. When released in excessive amounts over time, adrenaline can upset your body's delicate biochemical balance.
Prolonged, serious stress can actually deplete the adrenal glands. Another effect of stress is that more acid is secreted into the stomach, which can eventually lead to indigestion and other disturbances of the sensitive gastrointestinal system.
These responses are all part of your body's instinctive "fight or flight" reflex. This reflex comes in handy if you are being chased by a bear in the woods, but not if you are late for an important meeting and stuck in a frustrating bumper to bumper traffic jam.
Unfortunately, when your body is under continuous, negative stress for prolonged periods of time, your pure energy level can be drained and depleted. The rapid pace at which our complex world is changing can also cause you to develop an underlying sense of urgency and anxiety, often making normal, everyday situations feel like minor emergencies.
One of the powerful secrets to reducing the stress in your life is to learn to slow down internally and externally, in order to focus on connecting with the life force that is always there within you. This life force is the ultimate source of the powerful energy that travels throughout your body along the pathways of your autonomic nervous system, making it possible for your body to perform millions of intricate functions, far surpassing the capability of any manmade technology.
This awesome energy does not skip a beat as it pumps approximately 2,000 gallons of blood through your heart every day and keeps a steady flow of air circulating through your lungs. The amazing thing is that your body does all this naturally and automatically, without your conscious awareness of all the minute details and complicated processes.
Unfortunately, there is no way to avoid stress totally. It is an inevitable part of life. How you choose to cope with stressful situations, however, plays a great role in the overall state of your health. Even when we cannot choose the outer conditions of our lives, we can still choose how we will respond to them.
If you have not already begun implementing some of the stress prevention and reduction changes recommended on this site in your healthy lifestyle, start now.
There truly is no time like the present. If you have already integrated these changes into your daily way of life--congratulations! You are definitely on the right track.


Statistics have shown that their are approximately 12 marijuana users and 5 people abusing prescription drugs that live in Cedar Point, Illinois.
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Cedar Point is located in La Salle County and contains the following zip codes: 61316.


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Washington Nationals: Justin Miller Reliable Amid Bullpen Chaos
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WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 22: Justin Miller #60 of the Washington Nationals poses for a portrait on Photo Day at FITTEAM Ballpark of The Palm Beaches during on February 22, 2019 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
Amid the chaos in the Washington Nationals bullpen, right-handed reliever Justin Miller is repeating his early 2018 success.
The Washington Nationals bullpen has been called all sorts of nasty adjectives over the past week. Pick your favorite out of horrendous, awful, inadequate, unacceptable, defective, and shoddy.
While Sean Doolittle always gets his well-deserved pass from those categorizations, one other name should be given that pass too: Justin Miller.
Miller has not been in the voices and tweets of angry Nationals fans, nor has he been in the headlines. In this case, no news is good news.
So far this season, Miller has allowed just two hits and one walk compared to six strikeouts.
In Thursday's shutout win against the Mets, Miller played a critical role by retiring the red-hot Pete Alonso and Luis Guillorme, setting up Tony Sipp to come in for a lefty-on-lefty date with Robinson Cano.
(Side Note: That Sipp/Cano matchup was already the 3rd meeting between the two this season, and Sipp is two for three. Is this the comeuppance the Mets deserve for continuing to trot out Jerry Blevins against Bryce Harper for the past two seasons? I hope so!)
Ok, back to Miller.
Right now, the Nationals need as many relievers, especially right-handed relievers, to be as competent as possible until Trevor Rosenthal figures out how to throw strikes.
The good news is that Miller has a recent track record of production.
In the first half of last season, Miller posted a .669 opponents OPS allowed. However, Miller was awful after the All-Star Break, and we detailed some of the reasons why he struggled in a previous post.
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3.2 innings pitched is too small of a sample to arrive at a logical conclusion. However, if Miller can provide consistent innings until the rest of the bullpen works through their struggles, it will benefit the Nats immensely in the short-term.


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LTO: No more paper driver's license
The LTO commits itself to better public service
The Land Transportation Office has just announced that the long standing backlog of issuance of driver's licenses nationwide has been resolved.
It all started in 2013, when the LTO was not able to print driver's licenses and it reached an alarming 3-million in backlogs. The LTO said that this DL backlog issue was fully addressed two years ago.
Right now, the agency is issuing new and improved driver's licenses with 32 security features and comes with a 5-year validity in accordance with Republic Act 10930, which could be extended up to 10 years if you're a law-abiding motorcycle rider or driver.
In order to serve the public better, the agency is also enhancing its IT system to streamline various transactions, including new applications and renewal of licenses. One such example of the enhanced system is the Online Personal Appointment and Scheduling System (PASS), where, as the name implies, allows applicants for license renewal to set up appointments online.
Aside from online scheduling of appointments, Driver's License Renewal Offices in malls nationwide are now open on Saturdays as well and can process renewal and student permit applications. In order to ease the long queues and address the issue of fixers, the LTO will also deploy self-service driver's license renewal kiosks in malls across the country.
To address the issue of fake medical certificates, some LTO offices now only accept medical certificates submitted online by accredited clinics and doctors.
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MMDA: Sevilla Bridge closed for the weekend
MMDA will close Sevilla Bridge this weekend, which connects Mandaluyong and San Juan, to give way to Skyway Stage 3 Project
Triumph unveils 2020 Rocket 3 R and Rocket 3 GT in 2,500cc
Triumph has revealed the new 2,500cc Rocket 3 in two trims for 2020, the R and GT, coming this November.
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Scenes shot for the next Avengers film will put the Capital on the movie map as fans flock to the city to visit the sites featured in the megastar-packed blockbuster, experts said today.
The global cinematic exposure is set to provide a huge boost to Edinburgh's economy as filming for action-packed Marvel superhit – Avengers: Infinity War – was all but confirmed for locations in the city.
John Donnelly, chief executive of Marketing Edinburgh, said: "Having a high-profile film shoot in the city unquestionably puts Edinburgh on the movie map.
The last film in the series, Avengers: Age of Ultron, released in 2015, surpassed one billion ticket sales and grossed £1.2bn at the box office – the seventh-highest-grossing film in history.
"The collaborative working between Film Edinburgh with local authorities and the community is a vital component in transforming the vision of filmmakers into a reality," Mr Donnelly added.
Gordon Henderson, of the Federation of Small Businesses, predicted a lucrative long-term impact. He said: "Having the cast and crew here for six months will bring spend to local businesses as well as fans who are trying to catch a glimpse of filming in Edinburgh – they will need somewhere to stay and eat and drink and go shopping.
Business expert Graham Birse, who sits on the board of Marketing Edinburgh said: "What's interesting is the Avengers as a brand, by its nature is about both fun and adventure.
"Scotland and Edinburgh, in particular, traditionally as a destination has not been associated with that genre.
"However, Danny Macaskill and events like the World Mountain Biking Championships show that Scotland is far more now seen as an adventurous destination.
And the exposure gained as featuring as a location in film will act as a draw within the industry, according to Marie Owen, owner of Leith-based commercial film company LS Productions.


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Fair trade aims to help producers in developing countries to improve their living conditions and promote sustainability. It advocates the payment of a higher price to farmers as well as higher social and environmental standards. There are several recognised fair trade certifiers, including Max Havelaar and Fairtrade International. These are umbrella organisations whose mission is to set the fair trade standards and to support, inspect and certify disadvantaged producers and harmonise the fair trade message.
Fair trade corresponds to the real price to producers as it also includes a premium, used by the cooperative for projects to develop the community. Premium allocation, decided by the farmers, goes to community projects. Fair trade markets There are 1,240 fair trade producer organisations in 74 countries providing work to more than 1.6m people. Around 80% of producer organisations worldwide are smallholders.
Fair trade is especially relevant in our coffee, tea and chocolate business. Our competitive landscape overall We are one of a handful of dedicated players with a strong European presence and we compete with a range of very different companies in our markets. Most organic producers are small to medium-sized, family-owned, and operate in just one country. Often, they cover several product categories. Fair trade, in contrast, has been embraced by many producers. This is almost becoming a requirement in several product categories, such as coffee.


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Here is the eighth Not Feeling Guilty mix "" and about time, too. The last one was in October, since when Valerie Carter, featured here on track 9, has died.
I don"t think there any acts left to introduce in this lot. The famous ones you know, and the not famous ones I"ve written about before.
So, everything is self-explanatory and you know how it works: CD-R length, home-crafted covers, PW in comments.
1. Steely Dan – FM (1978)
2. Doobie Brothers – Minute By Minute (1978)
3. Gary Wright – Love Is Alive (1975)
4. Boz Scaggs – It"s Over (1976)
5. Bill LaBounty – Comin" Back (1982)
6. Robbie Dupree – Brooklyn Girls (1981)
7. Ambrosia – If Heaven Could Find Me (1978)
8. David Roberts – Boys Of Autumn (1982)
9. Valerie Carter – Lady In The Dark (1978)
10. Rupert Holmes – Let"s Get Crazy Tonight (1978)
11. Dr. Hook – Sexy Eyes (1979)
12. Paulinho Da Costa with Bill Champlin – Seeing Is Believing (1979)
13. Pages – Who"s Right, Who"s Wrong (1979)
14. Paul Davis – "65 Love Affair (1981)
15. Lauren Wood – Work On It (1981)
16. Orleans – Love Takes Time (1979)
17. Jim Photoglo – More To Love (1981)
18. Player – Let Me Down Easy (1978)
19. Atlanta Rhythm Section – Imaginary Lover (1978)
20. Christopher Cross – The Light Is On (1979)
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Man, how I enjoy this mix, the seventh in the Not Feeling Guilty series of songs one might call soft rock, or smooth rock, or the dreadful term "yacht rock". I"ve played it so much in my car, the bitrate is deteriorating!
If you share my view that no such mix is complete without the sound of Michael McDonald"s distinctive baritone but are puzzled by his omission upon perusal of the tracklisting "" assuming that this is what you do before you read my blurbs, if you remember to read them "" take heart. The half-man, half-beard appears on two songs here: singing with Lauren Wood and helping out former Ambrosia frontman David Pack, alongside his pal James Ingram.
David Pack has featured previously in this series as lead singer of Ambrosia"s great soft rock hits The Biggest Part Of Me (Vol. 3), How Much I Feel (Vol. 1)and You"re The Only Woman (Vol. 5). Pack has since become a successful  producer, and was the music director for the 1993 and 1997 presidential inaugurations of Bill Clinton.
Lauren Wood is perhaps best known for her hit from the 1990 film Pretty Woman, Fallen. Her 1979 debut album featured McDonald, drummers Jim Keltner, Alvin Taylor and Jeff Porcaro (and his Toto mates Lukather and Hungate), bassist Abraham Laboriel, saxophonist Andrew Love (half of the Memphis Horns) and Little Feat"s Fred Tackett  and Bill Payne, the latter of whom contributes a synth solo on Please Don"t Go.
And then there is Pages, a group that sounds like Michael McDonald should be singing backing vocals with. Pages" two regular members, lead singer-bassist Richard Page and keyboardist Steve George, who would have greater success later in the 1980s as founder members of Mr Mister. Before Pages, the two and other future collaborators backed Andy Gibb on his big 1977 hit I Want To Be Your Everything. Their song Who"s Right, Who"s Wrong was later covered by both Kenny Loggins (on Not Feeling Guilty Vol. 4) and to wonderful effect by Al Jarreau & Randy Crawford. That original version might yet appear in a future Not Feeling Guilty mix.
You might wonder whether I"ve lost my sequencing mind, putting Alice Cooper and Seals & Crofts after one another. Isn"t Alice Cooper more liable to bite off Crofts" head and then proceed to bash Seals? Well, here we catch Cooper in a smooth rock mood, and Seals & Crofts are waking grandma with some relatively loud guitars. But fear not for Cooper, who on his live album of the same year, 1977, sandwiched his soft You And Me between songs titled Devil"s Food, The Black Widow, I Love The Dead and Go To Hell.
Really serious movie buffs may recognise the name Chris Montan. Once a soft-rock singer, Montan is now president of Walt Disney Music, which means that the music in Disney and Pixar movies from Pocahontas and Toy Story in 1995 to more recently Frozen are ultimately Montan"s responsibility.
Richard Clapton is not always a soft-rock kind of guy. The versatile Australian can rock hard, and even dabbled with the sounds of new wave. His The Great Escape LP was a favourite of mine when it came out in 1982. Not all of it has aged well, but The Best Years Of Our Lives, featured here, and the slow-burning Walk On Water are still very good tracks.
You don"t often get a marimba solo in rock music, but there it is on Starbuck"s 1976 hit Moonlight Feels Right. I am glad to know that the corporate coffeehouse chain of similar moniker did not take their name from this Mississippi group (it was borrowed from a minor character in Moby Dick). I trust you downloaded the Any Major Coffee mixes (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2) and agree with my plea to use independent coffee places instead of McStarbucks.
The coolest name here must be Jim Photoglo, which sounds like the sort of name the bassist of A Flock of Seagulls should have (disappointingly, his name was the rather glamourless Frank Maudsley). Very pleasingly, Photoglo is the singer"s real name. After his career as a soft-rock singer he became the bass player for Dan Fogelberg "" another artist whose real name sounds made-up and who features here "" and a country songwriter for an impressive list of stars. He still releases records as a folk singer.
As always, the mix is timed to fit on a standard CD-R, and includes covers. PW in comments. Feel free to leave a comment in that section; even if you have nothing important to say, a hello and thanks is always appreciated.
1. Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks – Whenever I Call You "˜Friend" (1978)
2. Boz Scaggs – Lowdown (1976)
3. James Walsh Gypsy Band – Cuz It"s You Girl (1978)
4. Jim Photoglo – Fool In Love With You (1981)
5. Bobby Caldwell – Carry On (1982)
6. Pages – You Need A Hero (1981)
7. Nicolette Larson – Isn"t It Always Love (1979)
8. David Pack – I Just Can"t Let Go (1985)
9. Dan Fogelberg – Heart Hotels (1979)
10. David Roberts – Anywhere You Run To (1982)
11. Alice Cooper – You And Me (1977)
12. Seals & Crofts – Nobody Gets Over Loving You (1979)
13. America – You Can Do Magic (1982)
14. Starbuck – Moonlight Feels Right (1976)
15. Lauren Wood – Please Don"t Leave (1979)
16. Walter Egan – Magnet And Steel (1978)
17. Chris Montan – Intentions (1980)
18. Richard Clapton – The Best Years Of Our Lives (1982)
19. Bill Champlin – Fly With Me (1978)
20. Bertie Higgins – Just Another Day In Paradise (1982)
September 6th, 2016 8 comments
It was a bad month for jazz musicians. The biggest victim of the Reaper was the Belgian-born harmonica genius Toots Thielemans, whose harmonica riff on the Sesame Street theme in the programmes opening scenes provided the soundtrack for generations of people, at least in the US.
A multi-talented man "" Jean Thielemans was also a guitarist and whistler, as well as a composer "" he entered the big times while playing with Benny Goodman in the late 1940s and George Shearing in the "˜50s. He recorded many albums, including a number of soundtrack albums, and appeared on a good number of pop records by others. Quincy Jones was a huge fan, and kept using Thieleman"s talents liberally. Other non-jazz acts who featured Thielemans included Billy Joel, Brothers Johnson, John Denver, Paul Simon, Ralph McDonald, Melanie, Julian Lennon (on his hit Too Late For Goodbyes), James Taylor, Natalie Cole, Khadja Nin and so many others. Thielemans also featured on the two Song Swarms In posted in the weeks before his death, for The Girl From Ipanema and By The Time I Get To Phoenix.
At the height of his career with the folk trio The Limeliters "" a vocal folk group in the harmonising vein of The Kingston Trio "" tenor Glenn Yarbrough decided to leave the music thing behind to become a sailor. That was the end for The Limeliters, though the recording label, CBS, prevailed upon Glen to defer his salty adventures at sea in favour of recording folk records which would become influential in the genre. In the late "60s Yarbrough decided to sell luxury home, cars and a banana plantation to set up a school for impoverished African-American children. The school went defunct in the early "70s. It was then that he, his wife and baby-daughter went sailing on a boat he helped build "" for half a decade. A free spirit, Yarbrough has died at the age of 86.
Now as the US public is confronted with the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump, the election campaigns of George Herbert Walker Bush 26 years ago seems genteel by comparison, even if we acknowledge Lee Atwater"s bilious lies, the involvement of the vomituous sex pest Roger Ayles, and the blatant racism of the Willie Horton saga . One of George Bush Sr"s campaign songs was the Moe Bandy song Americana, which was co-written by Richard Fagan, who has died at 69. Fagan had a number of country hits under his belt, as well as a minor 1980 chart hit for Neil Diamond. He had a colourful personal life. In 2008 he was involved in a physical fight with his mentor, Tom Oteri, whom Fagan wounded with a knife. After being ejected from Oteri"s house, Fagan was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. Released from his cell the next morning, he learnt that his friend had died of a heart attack following their altercartion. Remarkable, the Oteri family stood by the distraught Fagan who then proceeded to clean himself up.
I"ve always thought that the vibraphone is an underrated instrument. With the death of Bobby Hutcherson we have lost a leading exponent of vibes-playing (once voted the world"s best, ahead of the great Vince Montana). Turning professional while still a teenager in the late 1950s, Hutcherson released a long string of jazz albums himself "" many on Blue Note, the label on which he was the second longest-running acts "" but also played with some of the great names in jazz of his generation, including John Coltrane, Blue Mitchell, Dexter Gordon, Joe Sample (who wrote the featured track), Freddie Hubbard and Herbie Hancock, appearing with the latter on the Round Midnight soundtrack. Another part-time Blue Note alumni departed inform of the influential recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder. He is widely considered a pioneer in his field; his innovations helped create the sound of American jazz in the 1950s and early "˜60s. His services were used by the likes of Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard and Wayne Shorter. He engineered such groundbreaking albums as John Coltrane"s A Love Supreme , Sonny Rollins" Saxophone Colossus, A Night At The Village Vanguard and Horace Silver"s Songs For My Father.  Even at 91, he kept working to his last days. Fittingly, his end came while he was at his studio.
When a musician dies after having reached the age of 100, he ought to receive a special mention. So it is with the easy listening pianist and composer Irving Fields, who was something of the fixture in the US in the 1950s. Before that he had written a couple of hits, including Managua, Nicaragua (a hit for Guy Lombardo, Freddie Martin and Kay Kyser and their respective orchestras in 1946/47), Chantez Chantez, a 1957 hit for Dinah Shore, and Miami Beach Rhumba for himself. In 2008, as a nonagenarian, he wrote a theme song for YouTube, titled YouTube Dot Com Theme Song.
It"s hard to say whether the rise in the late 1990s of boy bands like the Backstreet Boys and "˜NSYNC was a good thing, but if anybody thinks their creator should have been jailed for crimes against music, then such people got their wish, of sorts. Lou Pearlman, who has died at 62, was actually jailed for defrauding people in a Ponzi scheme "" and never saw freedom again. He was also sued by almost every act he represented. Allegations of molestation of minors were never brought to court; Pearlman denied them. And while the boy bands contributed little to music, they nevertheless gave us Justin Timberlake, a true star of genuine talent.
Among the more unlikely category of people who might enjoy significant chart success are politicians, even less so when they are the foreign minister and future president of a significant country. Don"t fear, Hilary Clinton never recorded a bootie-shakin" disco hit in 1978, nor is she dead. The politician in question was Walter Scheel, West-Germany"s foreign minister and vice-chancellor from 1969-74 and the president till 1979 who has died at the age of 97. In 1973 Scheel hooked up with the Düsseldorf Men"s Choir to record the German traditional song Hoch auf den gelben Wagen ("Up on the yellow coach"), a song about postal delivery in the pre-automobile age which became a big hit in West Germany. I"ll include it here, for the moments when your particular jam is to groove along to the vocal stylings of a politician (it is quite a contrast to the track which precedes Scheel"s). Take comfort in knowing that Scheel was that rare thing: a decent man in politics.
Ricci Martin, 62, singer, son of Dean Martin, on Aug. 3
Ricci Martin – Stop Look Around (1977)
Snaffu Rigor, 69, Filipino singer and songwriter, on Aug. 4
Richard Fagan, 69, country songwriter, on Aug. 5
Neil Diamond – The Good Lord Loves You (1979)
Vander Lee, 50, Brazilian singer-songwriter, on Aug. 5
Vander Lee – Meu Jardim (2005)
Freddy Sunder, 85, Belgian jazz guitarist and singer, on Aug. 5
Freddy Sunder – Biep! Biep! (1958)
Pete Fountain, 86, jazz clarinetist, on Aug. 6
Al Hirt & Pete Fountain – Blue And Broken Hearted (1957)
E. Taylor, 65, rock musician, on Aug. 7
B.E. Taylor Group – Vitamin L (1984)
Padraig Duggan, 67, Irish folk musician with Clannad, The Duggans, on Aug. 9
Clannad – Theme From Harry"s Game (1982)
Glenn Yarbrough, 86, folk singer, on Aug. 11
The Limeliters – Take My True Love By The Hand (1960)
Glenn Yarbrough – Baby, The Rain Must Fall (1965)
Barbara Gibb, 95, mother of Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy, on Aug. 12
Ruby Wilson, 68, R&B and gospel singer, on Aug. 12
Ruby Wilson – I"m Coming Home (1999)
Connie Crothers, 75, jazz pianist, on Aug. 13
Gary Watson, 22, singer of Scottish band the Lapelles, drowned on Aug. 13
James Woolley, 49, rock keyboardist (Nine Inch Nails, 1991-94), on Aug. 14
Nine Inch Nails "" Wish (1993, on keyboards)
Lorenzo Piani, 60, Italian singer and songwriter, on Aug. 14
DJ Official, 39, Christian hip hop musician, on Aug. 14
Bobby Hutcherson, 75, jazz vibraphone and marimba player, on Aug. 15
Ella Fitzgerald – Things Ain"t What They Used To Be (1970, on vibraphone)
Bobby Hutcherson featuring Harold Land "" Goin" Down South (1971)
Bob Kindred, 76, jazz saxophonist, on Aug. 15
Billy Mitchell, 70, folk-rock singer, on Aug. 16
Preston Hubbard, 63, bass player with the Fabulous Thunderbirds (1985-93), on Aug. 17
The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Powerful Stuff (1988)
Lou Pearlman, 62, producer and impresario (Backstreet Boys, "NSYNC), on Aug. 19
Matt Roberts, 38, guitarist with alt.rock band 3 Doors Down, on Aug. 20
3 Doors Down "" Kryptonite (2000)
Tom Searle, 28, guitarist with British metalcore band Architects, on Aug. 20
Louis Smith, 85, jazz trumpeter, on Aug. 20
Louis Smith – Star Dust (1958)
Louis Stewart, 72, Irish jazz guitarist, on Aug. 20
Irving Fields, 101, pianist and composer, on Aug. 20
Irving Fields Trio – Cha Cha No. 29 (1959)
Derek Smith, 85, British pianist and keyboardist, on Aug. 21
Linda Lewis -This Time I"ll Be Sweeter (1975)
Headley Bennett, 85, Jamaican saxophonist, on Aug. 21
Gregory Isaacs – Poor Natty (1980)
Toots Thielemans, 94, Belgian jazz harmonica player and guitarist, on Aug. 22
Toots Thielemans "" Bluesette (1961)
Quincy Jones "" Velas (1980)
Billy Joel – Leave A Tender Moment Alone (1983)
Gilli Smyth, 83, singer with psychedelic rock band Gong, on Aug. 22
Gong – I Am Your Fantasy (1971)
Walter Scheel, 97, German politician and chart-topper, on Aug. 24
Walter Scheel – Hoch auf dem gelben Wagen (1973)
Rudy Van Gelder, 91, pioneering recording engineer, on Aug. 25
Horace Silver – Song For My Father (1964, as sound engineer)
Norman Killeen, 38, drummer  of Canadian heavy metal band Threat Signal, on Aug. 25
Ab Tamboer, 65, member of Dutch pop group Earth and Fire, on Aug. 26
Juan Gabriel, 66, Mexican singer and songwriter, on Aug. 28
Juan Gabriel "" Querida (1984)
Hoot Hester, 65, bluegrass and country fiddle player, on Aug. 30
Ricky Van Shelton – Life Turned Her That Way (1987, on fiddle)
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Six mixes in, and still not feeling guilty. This kind of music has an inexhaustible well.
Most of the artists here have featured before or are well-known, such as Carole King who is making her series debut here.
I"m not quite sure whether Donnie Iris really belongs here; his Do You Compute sounds sufficiently like it might be a Toto song, albeit with a touch of American New Wave. Anyway, I think it fits. The song was used to promote the game console and computer company Atari.
Dave Mason was, of course, a member of Traffic, for whom he wrote the iconic Hole In My Shoe and Feelin" Alright. As a solo artist he previously featured on The Jim Keltner Collection Vol. 1. We Just Disagree, the 1977 track featured here, was Mason"s biggest solo hit, peaking at #12 in the US.
Jess Roden also had a Traffic connection: he collaborated with both Jim Capaldi and Steve Winwood. Apart from fronting several bands, Roden was a songwriter and backing singer, doing vocals in the late 1960s/early 1970s on albums by the likes of The Who, Jim Capaldi, Sandy Denny and Mott the Hoople, and also backed Grace Jones on her 1981hit Pull Up To My Bumper.
Larry John McNally released very little music himself: three LPs and a clutch of singles. He was more of a songwriter, providing songs for the likes of Bonnie Raitt (Nobody's Girl; Slow Ride), Rod Stewart (The Motown Song), Joe Cocker (Long Drag Off A Cigarette), Chaka Khan (Sleep On It; A Woman In A Man's World), Mavis Staples (I Don't Want To Lose My Real Good Thing), Aaron Neville (Struttin' On Sunday; Somewhere, Somebody), the Eagles (I Love To Watch A Woman Dance), among others.
The excellent female vocals on Boz Scaggs" Miss Sun are by Lisa Dal Bello, who had previously sung it on a demo for Toto. When Toto passed the song on to Scaggs, the Canadian singer was invited to repeat her vocals.
As always, the mix is timed to fit on a standard CD-R and includes covers. PW in comments.
1. Little River Band – It"s A Long Way There (1975)
2. Player – Silver Lining (1978)
3. Donnie Iris – Do You Compute (1982)
4. Carole King – Lookin" Out For Number One (1982)
5. Santana – Hold On (1981)
6. Boz Scaggs – Miss Sun (1980)
7. Eric Tagg – Promises Promises (1982)
8. The Doobie Brothers – Real Love (1980)
9. Bobby Caldwell – Coming Down From Love (1980)
10. Dave Mason – We Just Disagree (1977)
11. Chicago – Take Me Back To Chicago (1977)
12. Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg – The Power Of Gold (1978)
13. Pablo Cruise – Love Will Find A Way (1978)
14. Nicolette Larson – Dancin" Jones (1979)
15. Robbie Dupree – I"ll Be The Fool Again (1981)
16. Gino Vannelli – Living Inside Myself (1980)
17. Larry John McNally – Just Like Paradise (1981)
18. Jess Roden – Brand New Start (1980)
19. Crosby, Stills & Nash – Just A Song Before I Go (1977)
20. Jay Ferguson – Shakedown Cruise (1979)
August 27th, 2015 6 comments
Still not feeling guilty and the music is still great. Several artists here have featured before in this series; some more than once, such as Boz Scaggs, Bill LaBounty, Player, Michael McDonald, Rupert Holmes or England Dan & John Ford Coley. A fair few appear for the first time, and some of those are not very well known.
Rick Mathews is the most obscure of the lot. All I have on the guy is that he released two albums, 1981″s California Cologne and in 1991 Only The Young. California Cologne is a very good AOR album which seems to have made a bit of an impression in Japan. And that"s all I know. Does anybody know more?
The AOR genre was very male-orientated, and these mixes reflect that. Here we have three female voices: those of Stevie Nicks, Valerie Carter and Cathy Cooper. The latter teamed up with Jimmie Ross as Cooper & Ross, both members of a later version of doo wop group The Skyliners. As Cooper & Ross they released a sole LP in 1982, titled Bottom Line. Ross had been a member the Jaggerz, who had a hit in 1969 with The Rapper (he shared vocals with Donnie Iris, who will possibly feature on Volume 6). He has the reputation of being a fine blue-eyed soul singer, but is also a member of the Beaver County Musicians Hall of Fame. He still performs with the reunited Jaggerz. Cathy seems to be the same Kathy Cooper who co-wrote, with Rupert Holmes, the wonderful Echo Valley 2-6809 for The Partridge Family, which featured on Any Major Telephone Vol. 1.
Silver also released only one LP, a country-rock effort in 1976, produced by Clive Davis with the cover designed by the late comedian Phil Hartman. Their label, Arista, didn"t fancy any of the album"s tracks for single releases and instead gave them a song called Wham Bam to record. Given that these guys were serious musicians, they must have felt a bit silly singing "We"ve got a wham bam, shang-a-lang and a sha-la-la-la-la-la thing". Still, they turned out a very catchy song with which they had their solitary hit, reaching #16 in the US.
As always, the mix is timed to fit on a standard CD-R and includes covers. PW in comments
1. Ace – The Real Feeling (1975)
2. Boz Scaggs – Still Falling For You (1977)
3. Bill LaBounty – Trail To Your Heart (Sailing Without A Sail) (1979)
4. Chris Christian – Don't Give Up On Us (1981)
5. Ambrosia – You're The Only Woman (1980)
6. Valerie Carter – Crazy (1978)
7. Rupert Holmes – One Born Every Minute (1981)
8. The Beach Boys – Sail On, Sailor (1973)
9. Cooper & Ross – You're The One (1982)
10. Greg Guidry – Are You Ready For Love (1982)
11. Bill Champlin – I Don't Want You Anymore (1978)
12. Robbie Dupree – Hot Rod Hearts (1980)
13. Silver – Wham Bam (1976)
14. Rick Mathews – Movin' On Up (1981)
15. Player – It's For You (1980)
16. Paul Davis – I Go Crazy (1977)
17. England Dan & John Ford Coley – Love Is The Answer (1978)
18. Michael McDonald – That's Why (1982)
19. Dan Fogelberg – Hard To Say Lyrics (1981)
20. Stevie Nicks & Don Henley – Leather And Lace (1981)
21. Firefall – You Are The Woman (1976)
March 12th, 2015 12 comments
And we"re still not feeling guilty. This is the fourth mix in the series, and I think there are still one or two good ones to come.
Kenny Loggins" Who"s Right, Who"s Wrong has been done much better by Randy Crawford and Al Jarreau on the wonderful Casino Lights album, but this version is notable for the backing singer: Michael Jackson.
Bill LaBounty has featured on previous mixes "" his Living It Up is one of the best tracks on any of these mixes "" and he returns here with a 1979 re-recording of a song he had previously released in 1975. Incidentally, LaBounty released what might well be my favourite album of 2014, Into Something Blue.
Very few who"ll hear this mix will have any idea of Karl Kikillus is, and that isn"t surprising. Kikillus was a radio DJ in South Africa, and then the presenter of the country"s first pop video show in 1983, the year his jazzily grooving Another Shore was released, as a b-side to a song called Fallen Angel. As far as I know, that"s all Kikillus released.
Greg Guidry"s story had a sad ending. He wrote for the likes of Climax Blues Band, Robbie Dupree, Exile, Johnny Taylor, Sawyer Brown and Reba McEntire, but his 1982 album Over The Line was his only one for 18 years. In 2003 his charred body was found in his garage in an apparent suicide. He was 53.
Another singer featured here who died relatively young is Paul Davis, who is perhaps most famous for his hit I Go Crazy (covered to superior effect by Lou Rawls). In 1986 he survived being shot in the abdomen in a robbery in Nashville. He died from a heart attack in 2008, a day after his 60th birthday.
Eric Tagg featured before in this series, on Volume 3 with Is It You, though the credit went to jazz-fusion guitarist Lee Ritenour, with whom Tagg recorded several songs (and who produced the Dreamwalking album on which No One There, with a Rit solo, appears).. Indeed, he is probably best known for these, even though he released three LPs between 1975 and "82, and a fourth in 1997.
As always, this mix is timed to fit on a CD-R, and includes home-baked covers. PW in comments.
1. Average White Band – Atlantic Avenue (1979)
2. Steve Winwood – Valerie (1982)
3. Greg Guidry – (I"m) Givin" It Up (1982)
4. Karl Kikillus – Another Shore (1983)
5. Bobby Caldwell – Can"t Say Goodbye (1978)
6. Bill LaBounty – Lie To Me (1978)
7. Valerie Carter – What"s Become Of Us (1978)
8. Christopher Cross – Never Be The Same (1979)
9. Kenny Loggins – Who"s Right, Who"s Wrong (1979)
10. Firefall – Just Remember I Love You (1977)
11. Paul Davis – Cool Night (1981)
12. Sweet Comfort Band – Don"t Tell Me You Love Me (1979)
13. Michael McDonald – I Gotta Try (1982)
14. Adrian Gurvitz – Untouchable And Free (1979)
15. Eric Tagg – No One There (1982)
16. James Vincent – You"ll Be Right There (1980)
17. Elkie Brooks – Fool If You Think It"s Over (1981)
18. Little River Band – Reminiscing (1978)
19. Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds – Fallin" In Love (1975)
20. Stephen Bishop – On And On (1976)
21. Deliverance – Leaving L.A. (1979)
October 9th, 2014 15 comments
After two recycled mixes in this series, here"s a brand-new collection. This one is at least as good as the other two, with some glorious songs one doesn"t hear often today, even on radio stations that specialise in retro stuff. And because I have relaxed the no-duplication-of-artists rule, some acts return with tracks that are as good as those I picked for the first two mixes "" Ambrosia are one example; Boz Scaggs, Dan Folgelberg and Player others. And there is Kenny Loggins, a man who is unjustly maligned by some people.
His "Heart To Heart" is mighty, with its great bridge leading to the punchy chorus. The thing was co-written with David Foster and Michael McDonald, who does backing vocals and keyboard duty. David Sanborn, operating in an era before he was the Kenny G it was sort of OK to like, adds a nice sax solo. It"s good to be alive when one hears that song.
As far as I can see, only one song here is a cover, Carly Simon"s version of The Doobie Brothers" "You Belong To Me", later covered to good effect by soul singer Anita Baker.
As previously noted, the genre which some call yacht rock (I"ll watch the satirical series of the name one day, but, the cover above notwithstanding, I hate the moniker) or adult contemporary (yeurgh) was underpinned by top class session work, its practitioners often coming from the world of jazz fusion. Two songs here are in fact credited to fusion people: Lee Ritenour"s "Is It You", with Eric Tagg on vocals, and Stanley Clarke & George Duke"s "Sweet Baby". The Internet tells me some people don"t like the latter; I think it has a lovely vibe.
There will be a fourth mix. In the meantime, this lot is timed to fit on a CD-R, and includes home-knitted covers. PW in comments.
1. Boz Scaggs – Lido Shuffle (1976)
2. Hall and Oates – Say It Ain"t So (1983)
3. Kenny Loggins – Heart To Heart (1982)
4. Lee Ritenour with Eric Tagg – Is It You (1981)
5. Eddie Rabbitt – Suspicions (1979)
6. Ambrosia – The Biggest Part Of Me (1980)
7. Jim Messina – Seeing You (For The First Time) (1979)
8. Stanley Clarke/George Duke Project – Sweet Baby (1981)
9. Bill LaBounty – Never Gonna Look Back (1982)
10. Player – Givin" It All (1980)
11. Dan Fogelberg – Missing You (1982)
12. Robbie Dupree – Steal Away (1980)
13. Carly Simon – You Belong To Me (1978)
14. Gino Vanelli – I Just Want To Stop (1978)
15. Bertie Higgins – Key Largo (1982)
16. England Dan & John Ford Coley – We"ll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again (1978)
17. Orleans – Dance With Me (1975)
18. Nicolette Larson – Give A Little (1978)
19. Elvin Bishop – Fooled Around And Fell In Love (1975)
20. Andrew Gold – Lonely Boy (1976)
July 31st, 2014 28 comments
(Time to recycle thus post from 2009. Not Feeling Guilty Mix Vol. 1 re-ran in March. A new, third mix will come soonish.)
The first Not Feeling Guilty mix went down well, and if comments to the post, by e-mail and Facebook (click here to become my friend) are an indication, my rant against the false notion of "guilty pleasures" expressed what many felt.
So here is the second mix. I can't see much to feel guilty about here. Anyone who might be ashamed of secretly enjoying the sounds of Boz Scaggs does not deserve to hear music. Anyone who dismisses Christopher Cross as a cheesy two-hit wonder self-evidently hates music (yes, VH-1, I mean you). Anyone who fails to funk along, even just a little bit, to the Larsen-Feiten Band, Pablo Cruise or the Climax Blues Band has no ryhthm in their soul. Not that I ought to make anyone feel guilty about not liking music.
The inclusion of Todd Rundgren might raise some eyebrows. Well, I consider his 1970 track a progenitor of the whole soft rock genre. See whether you agree or not.
As always, the mix is timed to fit on a standard CD-R. PW in comments.
1. Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music (1972)
2. Boz Scaggs – JoJo (1980)
3. Larsen-Feiten Band – Who Will Be The Fool Tonight (1980)
4. Pablo Cruise – Watcha Gonna Do (1977)
5. Climax Blues Band – Couldn't Get It Right (1976)
6. Atlanta Rhythm Section – So Into You (1976)
7. JD Souther – You're Only Lonely (1979)
8. James Taylor – Your Smiling Face (1977)
9. Rickie Lee Jones – Chuck E's In Love (1979)
10. Andrew Gold – Never Let Her Slip Away (1978)
11. Jay Ferguson – Thunder Island (1977)
12. Boston – Amanda (1986)
13. Kansas – Dust In The Wind (1977)
14. Poco – A Good Feelin' To Know (1972)
15. King Harvest – Dancing In The Moonlight (1972)
16. Sutherlands Brothers & Quiver – Arms Of Mary (1975)
17. Albert Hammond – The Peacemaker (1973)
18. Loggins & Messina – Watching the River Run (1977)
19. Christopher Cross – All Right (1983)
20. Todd Rundgren – We Gotta Get You A Woman 1970)
21. Little River Band – The Night Owls (1981)
March 6th, 2014 17 comments
I previously posted this mix and a second volume in January 2009. I'm reposting it now (and Volume 2 later) in preparation for a third mix.
I"m on a mission to expose the notion of "guilty pleasures" in music for the putrid fraud it is. Few things about music annoy me as much as the idea that we should qualify our enjoyment of a song, and compromise or emotional reaction to it. Of course, there is a caveat: our full freedom to enjoy any kind of music should be rooted in what one might call an informed conscience.
It is okay to like Coldplay or James Blunt if you are aware of and open to alternatives to Coldplay or James Blunt (though if you are, chances are you won't like them that much anyway). If all you have in your collection is Coldplay and James Blunt, if your horizons are so closed and your ambitions so limited that Coldplay and James Blunt and all the other big names on TV and supermarket shelves populate your music collection exclusively, then you ought to feel guilty. But, of course, such people typically exhibit no musical conscience anyway. Their likes have given rise to the description of Coldplay and James Blunt as "music for people who hate music".
But all that is academic. If you are here, if you read serious music blogs "" and please indulge me the illusion that the present blog meets that definition "" then you probably do so because you truly love music, engage with music. You most likely have an informed conscience. And thus equipped, I submit, that there is no music you ought to feel guilty about enjoying.
There is much less reason yet to confess to "guilty pleasures" when the music is actually good. The label "guilty pleasures" is applied, on compilation albums and VH-1 countdowns, to much of the music on the mix I am presenting today.
The sound has attracted other dismissive tags. Yacht Rock is one I particularly dislike. The more official terms AOR (adult orientated rock) and MOR (middle of the road) acquired a bad rap in the punk and post-punk eras, and have not quite recovered their credibility. So the critics have bashed the sound, and the marketers have decided to dress it up as something appallingly appealing. By calling it a guilty pleasure, as a Magnum ice cream is to a habitual dieter, they are telling us that we can enjoy what they clearly regard as kitsch only "ironically".
Their condescension is not only objectionable, but it also betrays a singular lack of appreciation of well constructed music. Being embarrassed about music is for the confused. It"s a dark place to be. Far from feeling guilt, we must embrace the music we like. All of it. Hence the title of the present mix, which these asinine marketers would doubtless categorise as a Guilty Pleasure.
Some of the performers" names, it must be said, might not inspire confidence: Fogelberg! Vanwarmer!!
Most of these songs put you in a good mood. The lyrics may be sad "" the pleading in Baby Come Back, or Bill LaBounty"s post-break posturing "" but the music grooves, usually aided by pretty funky basslines; of course, the genre is infused with the jazz fusion sounds of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Some songs are happy. Orleans" Still The One defines the greatest ambition for middle-age. And the late Dan Fogelberg weighs in with a sweetly poignant number. Be sure to listen to Jim Messina"s Love Is Here, as jazzy an AOR track as you"ll ever get. And Messina"s old sidekick Kenny Loggins features as his backing singer Michael McDonald, who later appears on his own right with one of the greatest tracks in the genre.
As always, the mix is timed to fit on a standard CD-R, and includes covers (which the original mix didn't). PW in comments.
1. Kenny Loggins – This Is It (1979)
2. Bobby Caldwell – What You Won't Do For Love (1978)
3. Bill LaBounty – Living It Up (1982)
4. Player – Baby Come Back (1977)
5. Nicolette Larson – Lotta Love (1978)
6. Ace – How Long (1976)
7. Rupert Holmes – Him (1979)
8. Ambrosia – How Much I Feel (1978)
9. England Dan & John Ford Coley – I'd Really Like To See You Tonight (1976)
10. Alessi – All For A Reason (1977)
11. Orleans – Still The One (1976)
12. Gino Vannelli – Feel Like Flying (1978)
13. Michael McDonald – I Keep Forgettin' (1982)
14. Jim Messina – Love Is Here (1979)
15. Gallagher And Lyle – Heart On My Sleeve (1976)
16. Linda Ronstadt – It's So Easy (1977)
17. Randy Vanwarmer – Just When I Needed You Most (1974)
18. Robert John – Sad Eyes (1979)
19. Rita Coolidge – We're All Alone (1977)
20. Dan Fogelberg – Same Old Lang Syne (1981)
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Allardyce is not the long-term answer for Everton
by Danielle Joynson share
Sam Allardyce has revealed to the media during a pre-match press conference that he wants to stay on as Everton manager, reports the Liverpool Echo.
What's the word?
The experienced coach has come under fire from supporters recently due to the club's results.
The Toffees have picked up just two wins in their last 11 Premier League games.
After last weekend's 2-1 loss to Burnley, the Merseyside outfit dropped from ninth to 11th place in the Premier League table.
Despite their position, the club are only seven points above the relegation zone with nine games left to play before the end of the season.
With the pressure growing on Allardyce's shoulders, the 63-year-old has spoken about his future.
According to the Liverpool Echo, while speaking to reporters at a press conference, the manager said:
"I came out of retirement because there was a long term plan at Everton and a long term aspect going forward that I was excited to be part of. Rather than short term I want it to be a long term appointment. I'm having talks with [Moshiri] but obviously those talks are confidential."
What should Everton do?
After Allardyce's comments, the fans made it clear on Twitter that they do not want him to stay.
The former Sunderland manager's experience is vital for a club like Everton, who are going through a transitional period.
However, Allardyce's last few jobs have been focused on retaining a club's league status rather than taking them forward.
It is never ideal to chop and change managers due to the lack of stability, but if Everton want to move forward then they need a fresh face with new ideas and strategy.
If majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri does decide to look for a new leader in the summer, then he needs to take time to find the right man.
With that in mind, it would be best for the club to wait until the end of the season rather than make a rash change now.