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《最後的嬉皮》根據奧立佛‧薩克斯的真實臨床案例改編。奧立佛‧薩克斯是英國倫敦著名腦神經學家，他最為人知的作品就是《睡人》，由原著小說改編成的同名電影，獲得奧斯卡最佳影片、最佳男主角及最佳改編劇本多項提名。本片則為他的另一個研究案例。

音樂是亨利和賈伯利共同的喜好，然而他們對於音樂品味卻迥然不同，對於政治的歧見更導致賈伯利在二十年前離家出走。二十年後，醫院傳來賈伯利流落街頭，被送到醫院後作了腦瘤切除的手術。手術後，賈伯利的精神狀態癡呆，對周遭反應遲緩，由於腫瘤已嚴重損害大腦，使得賈伯利無法再製造新的記憶，也就是說他一直認為自己還活在1968年，活在那個反戰、抽大麻、熱愛迷幻搖滾的嬉皮年代。

不想再失去兒子的亨利，發現黛安教授關於音樂與腦瘤的研究，特別邀請黛安為兒子進行音樂治療。黛安發現賈伯利對於迷幻時期的搖滾樂，比如說披頭四、巴布狄倫、尤其是死之華合唱團的音樂特別有反應。當他聽到他們的音樂，他能侃侃而談、對答如流，殊不知這個年代已離他遠去。搖滾樂對於65歲的亨利來說等於“吵死人的音樂”，他對搖滾樂一點也不了解，但為了與兒子重新建立溝通的管道，他下定決心徹底研究６０年代的所有搖滾樂團。

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華麗透明的真心 譜出最美麗的旋律

琴韻佳人用黑白鍵 悄悄說心事

◎新世代鋼琴才女全新創作專輯，第53屆葛萊美提名最佳流行女歌手，洛杉磯時報4星好評

◎繼全美冠軍曲〈Love Song〉後，再展豐富才華與深刻內省佳作〈King of Anything〉，專輯空降全美流行/數位專輯榜雙料冠軍 

◎特別收錄〈Love Song〉現場演唱版、iTunes獨占曲〈Carolina〉 

2008年以〈Love Song〉，一舉打響知名度的新生代鋼琴創作才女Sara Bareilles，自出道以來已獲3次葛萊美獎包含「最佳流行女歌手」和「年度歌曲」的入圍肯定！2010年她帶著充滿個性及獨特的創作風格，帶來精彩的單曲〈King Of Anything〉，並再次榮獲葛萊美「年度最佳流行女歌手」的入圍。純粹清新的演唱風格，成為繼Sarah McLachlan、Tori Amos、Fiona Apple後，宣達獨立自主的自我真情，以氣質出眾、個性十足的女性風格詮釋多首當代情歌。

來自陽光加州的Sara，自學生時代就散發出才華洋溢的藝術天份，以詩文創作和歌曲抒發心情。畢業後即開始公開表演。2004發行首張專輯《Careful Confessions》，卻未獲市場青睞，2005年在Epic Records簽下合約，在成功打造Tori Amos及Lisa Marie Presley的製作人Eric Rosse精心策劃下，推出醞釀兩年的《Little Voice》，恩師Eric揉合當代創作才女如Sarah McLachlan、Tori Amos等人的接班氣勢，一舉拿下美國專輯榜Top7和英國Top.9，並在全美突破百萬門檻。

距《Little Voice》3年後的新作，《Kaleidoscope Heart》請來聯合公園、威瑟等樂團幕後操手Neal Avron掌舵，發行即拿下美國告示牌流行和數位榜冠軍。同名曲〈Kaleidoscope Heart〉，以純粹、充滿個人情緒的Acapella方式演唱，展露Sara清亮動人的好音質；以輕快琴聲帶來〈Uncharted〉饒富私密心情的歌曲，歌詞中高唱大步向前探索未來的可能性，是首極具感染力的佳，就連心情也隨之全然釋放。首波主打〈King Of Anything〉，理直氣壯的詞意，搭配上流暢、討喜的旋律，已迅速拿下成人抒情榜Top8；空心吉他伴奏的〈Basket Case〉，散發出宛如Sarah McLachlan式的迷人新民謠，譜出簡單的清淡小品；環繞著Soulful氛圍的〈Not Alone〉，搭配Sara隨性慵懶的迷人唱腔，男聲橋段更充滿她獨具巧思的創意編曲；〈Hold My Heart〉和〈Breathe Again〉，更是屬於Sara精緻充滿都會風情的首選作品。專輯最後特別收錄成名曲〈Love Song〉的現場版本、iTunes獨占曲〈Carolina〉。《Kaleidoscope Heart》滿足歌迷一窺Sara細膩閃亮如同萬花筒般的女人心情，絢麗的反射了女性內心深處的美麗色彩。

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Food safety law: Six ways it will make food safer

With the stroke of a pen, President Obama on Tuesday inaugurated the biggest reform in food safety in years. The Food Safety Modernization Act contains changes in rules and procedures that only a bureaucrat could love. Some Republicans threaten to prevent funding its reforms. Still, the law has unusually broad support in Congress, the food industry, and consumer groups. Here are its Top 6 reforms, which will make your food safer:
1. Preventive controls
The biggest change in the legislation is the requirement that food companies take preventive steps(1) to avoid food comtamination. They will now have to identify the critical points where the food they're handling could become contaminated and then implement procedures to prevent that contamination. Already implemented by other countries, as well as by some food companies, these preventive steps in the United States should make it easier for companies and employees to use tools and procedures to keep America's food safe. "It shifts the paradigm," says Mr. Hubbard, the former FDA associate commissioner. FDA in the past has played cop, tracking down trouble when it arises. The law creates "a new system in which government and food processors(2) work together to keep contamination from ever occurring in the first place."
2. More control over imports
Until the new law, FDA inspectors could inspect food imports at the border and work voluntarily with foreign governments and food companies to bring their standards up to US levels. Now, the agency will also be able to require importers to verify that their foreign suppliers are living up(3) to those standards. "FDA for the first time will have real authority over imported food," says Bill Hubbard, a former FDA associate commissioner.
3. Access to records
Until now, FDA inspectors didn't have clear authority to demand access to a food company's records. The new law "allows them to have more of an early warning when in the plant," Ms. Smith DeWaal says. Records can alert them to "things that they might not be able to see when they're in the plant."
4. Mandatory inspections(4)
In keeping with the legislation's risk-based focus, the Secretary of HHS is required to determine which food facilities are high risk and then have those facilities inspected at least once every three years. Food-safety advocates had pushed for much more frequent inspections, but without success.
5. Focus on biggest risks
Every two years, the FDA will reevaluate data and studies to determine the most important food contaminants(5), so it can give industry guidance about what to watch out for. The idea is to foster a risk-based approached at the agency – to focus on the biggest threats rather than current procedures. Reformers for years have been pushing the FDA to adopt a risk-based approach to regulating.
6. Mandatory recalls
Until now, the Food and Drug Administration could only recommend that a company initiate a recall(6). The new food-safety law gives it the power to order one. The FDA must still first give the company the opportunity to take action voluntary. Only if the company doesn't take action can the agency issue its order. "Mandatory recall is very important" in terms of protecting consumers, says Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director for the Center For Science in the Public Interest in Washington. "But the trigger is when the companies fail to comply."

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