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A Phase IIIb Study Comparing Two Boosted Protease Inhibitor-based HAART Regimens in HIV-infected Patients Experiencing Their First Virologic Failure While Receiving an NNRTI-containing HAART Regimen
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00135395
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 26, 2005
Last Update Posted : February 5, 2010
- Study Details
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- No Results Posted
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Atazanavir+ritonavir Drug: Lopinavir+ritonavir
|Phase 3
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|200 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase IIIb, Open -Label, Randomized Multi-center Study Comparing the Antiviral Efficacy, Safety, and Effect on Serum Lipids of Atazanavir/Ritonavir Versus Lopinavir/Ritonavir, in Combination With Two Nucleoside or Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs) in HIV-1 Infected Subjects Experiencing Their First Virologic Failure While Receiving a NNRTI-containing HAART Regimen.
|Study Start Date :
|May 2004
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|February 2006
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|February 2006
|Active Comparator: A
Drug: Atazanavir+ritonavir
Capsules, Oral, 300mg/100mg, once daily, 24 weeks.
Other Name: Reyataz
|Active Comparator: B
Drug: Lopinavir+ritonavir
Capsules, Oral, 800mg/200mg, twice daily, 24 weeks.
- Co-Primary Outcomes in this study 1)Viral load reduction from baseline through Week 24 2)Change in lipids from baseline at Week 12
- Viral load reduction from baseline at Weeks 48,72,96;Subjects with HIV RNA<50 and <400 c/mL at Weeks 24,48,72 & 96;Patterns of resistance;Safety and tolerability through Week 96 including fasting lipid values;Adherence at Weeks 4,12,24,48,72 & 96.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients ≥ 18 years of age infected with HIV
- Plasma HIV RNA ≥ 1000 copies/mL and CD4 cell count ≥ 50 cells/mm3
- Currently receiving a NNRTI-containing HAART regimen or not currently receiving a NNRTI-containing HAART regimen and have not been treated with an alternative regimen since the documented virologic failure (with genotype performed within 2 weeks of the discontinuation of the failing regimen and the genotype report is available)
- The failing NNRTI-containing regimen must be the patient's first virologic failure on treatment and contain a NNRTI and at least 2 NRTIs. The regimen must have been administered for at least 24 weeks and the patient must have documented virologic response to the regimen (HIV RNA < 400 c/mL)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Reported virologic failure to two or more antiretroviral regimens
- Active AIDS-defined opportunistic infection or disease
- Proven or suspected acute hepatitis within 30 days prior to study entry
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00135395
|Study Director:
|Bristol-Myers Squibb
|Bristol-Myers Squibb
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
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|First Posted:
|August 26, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 5, 2010
|Last Verified:
|July 2008
Treatment Experienced
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Atazanavir Sulfate
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors


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Regular readers will not be surprised to learn that the Home Affairs Minister did not even acknowledge receipt of the e-mail let alone answer the questions it contained. This type of behaviour is not uncommon for the Minister who has form when it comes to "uncomfortable situations"
For those who listen to State Radio you would have heard Deputy Trevor Pitman, Friday just gone, (28th January 2012) being interviewed concerning his up-coming questions to the Home Affairs Minister. Despite attempts the State Media were unable to make contact with the Home Affairs Minister as they wanted him to be a participant on the radio programme also. For those who missed the interview it can be listened to HERE
So there was a "no show" from the Home affairs Minister when he had some uncomfortable questions to answer live on State Radio with Deputy Trevor Pitman. Regular readers will be aware that the Minister told us some time previously that he was going to reveal "A Scandal" he had concerning an Officer from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Homicide Working Group (HWG) who was mentoring, the then Senior Investigating Officer in the Child Abuse investigation Lenny Harper. He was going to deliver this "Scandal" in the island's Parliament but guess what? HE DIDN'T TURN UP!
So it appears fair to say that the Home Affairs Minister can be elusive when uncomfortable situations arise which brings us on to why we believe he could have been on/in the toilet on these occasions.
We had happenstance to be chatting with an acquaintance of the Former Police Chief Graham Power QPM. This person, relayed to us, a situation that was so comical and almost unbelievable that we had to verify it with Mr. Power for ourselves. We promptly did this and offer it to our readers as it was told to us by Mr. Power QPM.
"In early 2009 I prepared an application and affidavit for my suspension to be reviewed by the Royal Court. The Court told me that I had to serve a copy of the papers on the Minister. I did not think that it was appropriate for me to serve them personally. So my wife arranged to visit the Home Affairs Department offices and serve them on the Minister.
She made an appointment. She was shown in by staff. They went to the Ministers office but he was not there. They thought that was strange because he had been there when she knocked on the door and the appointment was in his diary. So she waited...............and she waited..................staff searched the building but the Minister could not be found.
He had not left the building so the only place he could be was in the toilet. So they waited..........And they waited. But the Minister remained locked in the toilet and showed no sign of coming out.
After it all became very embarrassing a member of the department agreed to accept service on the Minister's behalf..................... they apologised. And she left the building.............with the Minister still locked in the toilet........................
The Home Affairs Minister will no doubt have his own version of this story. Unfortunately he won't acknowledge our e-mails either. So if anybody would like to ask him his version, if they can get him out of/off the toilet for long enough we would like to hear it.
This coming Tuesday the Minister has a number of "uncomfortable" questions to answer from back-bench politicians in the parliament. He is also up for "Questions Without

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Watch aerials from WCAU of the devastation from Sandy along the New Jersey Shore. Raw video.
Updated at 7:30 p.m. ET -- President Barack Obama declared a major disaster in the New York City area Tuesday as Superstorm Sandy pounded the Northeast, killing at least 46 people, sweeping homes into the ocean, flooding large swaths of coastal areas, crippling public transit, and leaving millions without power.
Sandy leaves at least 46 dead; Obama declares disaster in NY, NJ
Here is a look at some of the numbers that give an overview of the storm. We'll be updating these figures throughout the day.
Number of deaths blamed on Sandy: At least 46 in the United States, including 18 in New York City; at least 69 were killed earlier when Sandy hit the Caribbean.
Highest rainfall totals: Easton, Md., with 12.55 inches, according to AccuWeather.com.
Highest wind gusts: Eatons Neck, N.Y., with 94 mph, according to AccuWeather.com.
Highest snow amounts: Redhouse, Md., with 26 inches, according to AccuWeather.com; second highest was Bowden, W.Va., with 24 inches.
Height of waves on Lake Michigan: 20 feet, according to NBC affiliate WTHR.
'There was no stopping it'; Sandy's surge inundates N.J. towns
Power outages: The U.S. Department of Energy said more than 6 million homes and businesses in several states were without electricity due to the storm. About half of them are in New York and New Jersey.
National Guard troops called out: On Tuesday, nearly 7,500 National Guard soldiers and airmen were on duty in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia.
Rudy Sorrells surveys the damage to his home in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, in the wake of superstorm Sandy.
Days the NYC subway is expected to be suspended: It could be four to five days before subway service resumes.
At least 80 homes burn as six-alarm blaze hits Queens
Number of subway tunnels flooded in NYC: All 10 subway tunnels between Manhattan and Brooklyn were flooded during the storm.
Number of calls per minute to NYC 911 at height of the storm: As of Monday night, the 911 system was receiving roughly 10,000 calls per half an hour, according to WSJ.com. The typical volume is 1,000 calls per half an hour.
Number of patients evacuated from New York University's Tisch Hospital: More than 200 patients, including 20 babies from neonatal intensive care.
Sandy's aftermath: How you can help
Number of days stock exchanges closed: Two, the first weather-related two-day shutdown since the Great Blizzard of 1888.
Evacuations: In New York City, 375,000 people were ordered to leave flood-prone zones ahead of the storm. On Tuesday, more than 3,600 people were at 76 shelters in New York City, which has 16,000 shelter beds.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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The AI seems to have problems with certain actions and gets stuck. With EHRGEIZ, a bot gets out and then continually cant decide whether to go somewhere or get back in the vehicle. This mostly happens with a Demon.
With Citadel, the bots seem to have problems with jump pads, as in this video : - This problem also seemed to introduce graphical errors too.


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New Saks will mean a gap at Southgate SARASOTA: Luxury retailer confirms
Justine Griffin/Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Saks Fifth Avenue announced plans late Thursday to close its Westfield Southgate Mall store late next year, ending months of speculation about the luxury retailer's future in Sarasota.
Saks, which plans to open a new, larger department store to anchor the planned Mall at University Town Center in October 2014, had not previously disclosed its plans for Southgate.
"Saks Fifth Avenue presently operates a store at Westfield Southgate that will close when the new store at The Mall at University Town Center opens," the company stated, at the end of a lengthy press release highlighting aspects of the UTC store.
Saks' shift could send tremors through Sarasota's retail sector, particularly among customers of the resort-style store that debuted at Southgate in 1996.
Most notably, the departure of the mall's most exclusive merchant could have broad implications for Southgate's future and its tenant mix. Thanks to so-called "kick-out clauses" in most merchants' leases, tenants like Williams Sonoma, Coach, Ann Taylor and Pottery Barn, among others, could leave the mall when Saks exits.
"Westfield will need to shift its mall from being a regional center to a community center in order to survive," said Jeff Green, president of Jeff Green Partners, a Phoenix-based retail consultant who has done work in Southwest Florida. "They can't operate how they once did."
He said University Town Center "is going to establish itself as the destination center for retail in the region. That doesn't leave Westfield a lot of room to compete. Historically, you see malls in these situations redevelop into lifestyle centers or community based plazas."
Westfield said the departure of even key tenants like Saks from malls is commonplace in the retail industry, and landlords often have to re-evaluate when faced with departures.
"We wish Saks the best," said Katy Dickey, a Westfield spokeswoman. "Retailers routinely evaluate options and prospects, as do landlords and developers like Westfield.
"We expect both of our Sarasota malls will continue to provide the best and closest shopping opportunities for the communities they serve," added Dickey, referring to Southgate and Sarasota Square Mall. "Westfield believes in the Sarasota market and in the future of our assets there."
Saks intends to open an 80,000-square-foot store — twice the size of its Southgate one — when UTC debuts next year.
That store, being developed at Interstate 75 and University Parkway by a joint venture between Taubman Centers Inc. and Benderson Development Co., will feature an expanded women's shoe boutique, 10022-SHOE; an enhanced men's section; and an exclusive in-house restaurant, the retailer announced Thursday.
The new store will be designed by noted retail architectural firm Jensen and Goldstein.
In addition to offering more merchandise and expanded lines, the UTC store will be accessible to thousands more potential shoppers from around the region.
Along with Interstate 75 visibility and access, the new store will be within close proximity to Lakewood Ranch, the master-planned community that has been the site of numerous luxury residential sales in the past year.
Retail analysts said the pending closing of Southgate is not a surprise.
"It's not uncommon for retail nodes to change over time," said Green, adding the new mall will strengthen the retail area around University Park. "People will drive further than what they're used to based on this."
But closing the Southgate location carries risks for Saks, as well. Most notably, the retailer could lose sales from wealthy Longboat Key patrons, who may be reluctant to travel all the way from the barrier island out to the interstate — a potentially hour-long trek during winter tourist season.
Saks officials on Thursday downplayed the impact the store closing would have on customers.
"It will be a smooth transition," said Sally Schule, the local store's marketing director, who had worked as the store's general manager until recently since 2005. "We are leaving Southgate because of the opportunity to expand to a much larger store."
Schule added the store's staff will all transfer over, and the company will hire additional personnel, as needed. She could not answer whether Saks contemplated keeping the Southgate store open once the UTC store debuted.
Steve Sadove, the company's chairman and chief executive, said in the release Saks will provide "our loyal Sarasota area customers with an expanded assortment of distinctive merchandise and an immersive shopping experience in a beautiful, innovative retail environment" at UTC.
The announcement regarding Southgate comes two weeks after Saks revealed that Joel Ellzey, the former manager of the Saks at Tampa's International Plaza mall, will become general manager at the chain's UTC outlet. Until then, Ellzey will manage Southgate.
Westfield's Dickey said the mall owner would begin working to replace Saks, which anchors one wing of the mall.
"Westfield has a strong track record of recovering former department store real estate, and reorienting the merchandise mix with new anchors, specialty shops, restaurants, leisure, entertainment, and lifestyle options for our customers," she said in a statement. "We view this departure as an exciting opportunity to add new elements, energy, choice and convenience to the center in 2015."
She declined, however, to elaborate on Southgate's direction or potential tenants to replace Saks.


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It is time for some reflection on creativity, life, passion, purpose. Shall we? So, let's get right to the tough questions we all ask ourselves. Are you living the life you want? Have you found your purpose and are you pursuing your goals with focus and passion?
I am pleased and beyond excited to say I am living my dreams, for the most part, but I admit that I still flail around and lose sight of where I'm going and what I should do with my time. It is hard to stay on course with priorities.
Take my faux fireplace project, for example. Now before I begin, I'm updating this to remind everyone that the photo below is NOT decorated to my liking. The fireplace is NOT finished. It is just tacked together because I didn't have the right tools. Now, let's see what I learned from this.
Remember this project? I was really excited about this little DIY fireplace mantel project.
For about a day.
I got only so far into it, before I stopped in my tracks and gave up in frustration. If you've forgotten about this project, I don't blame you. It was AGES ago. And I've been too flustered to talk about it ever since. I didn't want to disappoint you, myself, or bring DIY scorn upon myself {hangs head in shame}.
The nutshell situation was I had a real fireplace mantel that I wanted to use as an architectural piece in my entry. The wall I thought it would work best on happened to have one of those poorly placed air return vent things on it, so I didn't want to restrict airflow, but I of course wanted to disguise the vent if I could.
So I reached out to you to see what ideas you might have that would fill up that huge area including the vent without looking silly or restricting airflow. I had ideas of my own, but I still wanted your ideas because you are pretty smart. And you didn't disappoint.
Y'all gave me some fabulous ideas and I really appreciated your suggestions. Well, most of them. Heh heh. One of my readers told me you thought my mantel belonged in a showroom and not a home. What? OK. That one made me laugh and kind of made me feel a little sad for sharing my idea. But I got over it. I guess I'm a rule breaker and feel that if I like something enough, I can find a way to use it in my house. I happen to like architecture so I'm going to keep it, if that is OK.
While I was capable of doing something super simple here and could have finished this project long ago, I decided to try something a little beyond my normal DIY skill level, something requiring wood, sawing, nailing into solid wood, measuring and all that DIY kind of stuff. Stuff requiring special tools. Stuff I normally avoid like the plague. Hello.
I know.
What was I thinking?
You see, I wanted my fireplace to look like THIS (above). Awesome! One of my readers found me this perfect inspiration photo and it was settled in my mind, I (as in ME, MYSELF, with my own two hands!) was going to recreate that lovely chunky architectural fireplace. So I did what all the super-DIY bloggers do, I took a little trip to the hardware store and found some wood slat shelves that seemed like the perfect way to recreate the look. SCORE.
I was pretty pleased with the whole idea, in my head, but ladies, once I got started, I remembered why I dislike projects like this. It was pretty much a FAIL and a FRUSTRATION after that. I didn't have the right tools. Nothing came together as easily as I had hoped.
I had no patience for the process. I asked my husband for help (looking for a rescue for my bad decision) and he reminded me this isn't his gift either. We both stared blankly at all the wood and our insufficient tools and and we might have even had a little fight about how we were or were not going to get this done. We are no power DIY couple.
So, now I pass by this wall every day thinking I should finish it, but I just loathe the idea of going back to it. I don't know how to proceed and I don't care to figure it out. I don't want to get the right tools. I just want it done, but I don't want to be the one to do it. There. I admitted it. It was a project FAIL.
Let's stop right there and back up a bit.
Was it a mistake to try something beyond my skill level?
It is not a mistake to take a risk of failure or to try something you have never done before if it is something you know you need to do or grow in or want to learn. I have to stretch myself ALL THE TIME in order to grow as a person, to grow my business and to achieve goals. I do things I don't want to do. I try things I've never tried before. That is how we learn and that is how we succeed.
We can't give up too easily or too soon or we'll miss out on the reward of persistence and hard work! You can't reach goals without a lot of hard work!
Another way to look at this is we need to learn what our own strengths and weaknesses are and decide for ourselves WHICH ones we want to grow in and spend our time on, and which ones we can accept and be content without doing. We don't want to run out of steam before we achieve the goals that really matter to us.
No one can be skilled in everything, but all of us can be pretty good at what we need to do or choose to do — and what we put our minds to. You can achieve your goals and enjoy almost every hardworking minute of it, as long as you are going after goals you are passionate about.
We can't do it all. I KNOW that this type of DIY project is not really my thing. DIY is not OUR thing as a couple. We don't own fancy tools beyond the basics. I know I would much rather pay someone to do it for us so I can just focus on being a wife, a mom, decorating, nesting and fluffing my house and my husband can do what he is gifted at. He is amazingly supportive and helpful around the house and with the kids and he is good at what he enjoys in life, he just doesn't like to build stuff with tools.
But, I lost my mind for a little bit and set aside what I know and what my priorities are. I thought I would try to do it myself in spite of what I know about myself, my husband, and this season of my life. I set myself up to be discouraged and frustrated over something I really didn't HAVE to do. It wasn't essential to our survival or happiness in life.
And so, there it sits. Undone. Mocking me. Stealing my joy. Zapping my creative energy.
Projects involving tools or unnecessary frustration are NOT my passion. I need to write that on my mirror. I could save myself some trouble.
Obviously we can't all hire out everything we don't like to do. I'm sure some people do that, but most of us can't. That isn't reality. Sometimes we just need to get tough and do it ourselves. And we've had to do that many times in our home.
But we definitely can to learn to figure out when we should push ourselves to grow, learn and do more to achieve our goals and dreams, and when we should simply accept how we are wired and what our abilities and capabilities are in this season of life and make smarter choices about how to spend our time.
Even super heroes have their limitations.
We need to figure out the life we want to live and go for it with GUSTO and not waste a bunch of time on things that are unnecessary or don't propel us towards our goals. Things we might even like, but don't fit with our goals or passion in this season of life. Things we are just not cut out for or that zap us of our creative energy. And certainly we need to let get out of the comparison game. I can gladly let someone else be the superhero of mastering tools and complicated DIY because I know my own goals and purpose.
I just have to remember my priorities and goals every day. By saying no to one thing I don't really have to do, I'm saying YES to something I love even more.
We only have so much time in a day, how do we want to spend our daily allowance of minutes?
And in that balancing act of what to do and what not to do, we start to figure out how to live an authentic life. We can learn to THRIVE in our PASSION and LOVE what we DO in life. We just have to make DAILY choices about what we are NOT going to do with our time and the kind of life we WANT.
We don't all have to be DIY (do it all, ourselves) divas merely going through the motions of juggling life like everyone else does it, we can creatively THRIVE with our own unique style and way of living our dreams {with a little humor, a little grace and compassion and a creative purpose and style all our own.}
Do you struggle with the DIY syndrome? Thinking that you have to do it ALL yourself?
Are you sabotaging your own happiness and success because you don't focus your energy on your own unique passion and gifts, and end up exhausted and worn out every day distracted by things that are not priorities or that you don't even love doing?
It is so hard to stay on track with priorities and goals. But you've got this. You can do it! I believe in you!
So many good life lessons to be found in a failed DIY project! And no, I'm not sure yet how this fireplace saga ends.


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[B]1. Work the Middle [/B]
There is a good chance San Diego will take a page out of Pittsburghs book by compressing their coverage on outside routes. Specifically, if they invert the coverage like Pittsburgh did keep the corner deep and bring the safety underneathitll be extremely tough for Joe Flacco to find Torrey Smith and Jacoby Jones outside the hashes.
The Ravens answer was to use short


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Listening to Susan Tedeschi's 2005 album "Just Won't Burn" yesterday, and glancing at the cover, I noticed that her Telecaster has been signed by someone. I can make out the "To Susan..." part but can't read the rest. It looks like the first part of the name is in quotes. (Click here for a enlargement).
Does anyone know whose signature this is? It could be someone I've never heard of, I appreciate that, but I'm just curious.
And just to confuse the issue further, I found other photos of Susan's Tele - including this one - where the same guitar is absolutely covered in signatures. So, firstly, whose signatures are they, and secondly, is this photo more recent than that on the cover of "Just Won't Burn" or vice versa? Were the (other) signatures removed before the Winnie the Pooh stickers went on or were they a more recent addition?
UPDATE: Alli thinks that the main signature may be "Gatemouth" Brown. (See the comments).
Who signed Susan Tedeschi's Telecaster?
Listening to Susan Tedeschi's 2005 album "Just Won't Burn" yesterday, and glancing at the cover, I noticed that her Telecaster has been signed by someone. I can make out the "To Susan..." part but can't read the rest. It looks like the first part of the name is in quotes. (Click here for a enlargement).
4:41 AM | Labels: Fender, signed guitars, Telecaster
"Only Fools and Horses" Reliant Super Van MkIII guitar
From the seller of yesterday's BSA engine casing guitar also comes this guitar based on the delapidated 3-wheeler van used by Rodney and Del Boy Trotter in top-rated BBC sitcom "Only Fools and Horses".
Strangely, it's been signed by diverse artists such as The Arctic Monkeys, Rik Savage of Def Leppard, Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Angelo, Paul Carrack, and many others. I wouldn't have thought some of those would even have known what the guitar was supposed to represent. Unless Yngwie is a secret Only Fools and Horses fan. Who knows?
Personally, I'd have preferred to have seen it signed by David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst.
4:37 AM | Labels: signed guitars, Weird guitars
Three-string slide guitar made from BSA engine casing
5:30 AM | Labels: cool guitars, Metal neck, minimalist guitars, slide guitar, Weird guitars
Holiday plans
I'm going away on holiday, 2-15 August. (Bermuda was work, although we did have some free time). I might be able to access the internet but cannot guarantee I'll be able to make any blog posts in that time.
Do any regular readers fancy being a Guest Guitarz Blogger for a couple of weeks? Knowledge of the workings of Blogger would be of benefit.
Email me at email@example.com.
Spot the cliché. Amusing tuners though.
I haven't seen skull-shaped tuners before though. They gave me a laugh.
4:51 AM | Labels: Cliche, Hideous guitars, Weird guitars
Time for some more guitar cheese!
Hurrah! You know how I love these bizarre vintage Italian guitars.
Currently up for grabs on eBay is this wonderfully cartoony-looking Wandre-Framez Piper Guitar. I can't imagine that it would be a great player, but in purely aesthetic terms as an artistic object I think it's a fantastic piece.
4:21 AM | Labels: acoustic, cool guitars, Italian guitars, vintage guitars, Weird guitars
A rant about inappropriately used decals
You see it time and again on eBay. Someone builds a "Bitsocaster" guitar - a Strat or a Tele type guitar assembled from spare parts, and they apply a Fender decal to the headstock. In the listing they may say that "This is not a Fender", but in that case WHY put the decal on there in the first place? I do not understand this peculiar way of thinking.
If I play a Strat or a Strat-a-like that is not a Fender then I DO NOT WANT it to say Fender on the headstock. It would be a lie, pure and simple. (Actually, I have five Strats/S-type guitars. Two are Japanese Fenders - a blue flower Strat and a candy apple red 12-string, one is a Japanese Sanox Sound Creator and has that logo on the head, another is my DiMarzio/Charvel which has no logos at all, and the final one is my Feline Holy Panther which sports the Feline logo on the headstock although seeing as the body is from a genuine 1970s American Fender technically it's more Fender than much of the crap bearing that name that you see on eBay.)
How would a copy guitar benefit from having the Fender logo on it? The only answer I can think of is so that the player can pretend that they have the real McCoy, which is a bit sad really.
The same goes for Squiers. If you play a Squier, be proud of it and don't replace the logo with a Fender one. There's nothing wrong with playing Squier guitars, most of which are excellent guitars in their own right. I don't see the point in pretending they are anything else.
What is worse is that there are guitars which aren't even copies that people are slapping the Fender logos on. You see Fender decals appearing on all sorts of weird un-Fender headstocks.
Take a look at this example as pictured above. The diminuitive body is almost certainly from a 1980s Encore starter guitar and is made from MDF. The neck may or may not also be Encore. OK, so the guy has done a nice spray job on it with that blue finish, but it is so definitely not a Stratocaster or even an approximation of one, so WHY put the Fender Stratocaster logo on it? Look at the shape of that headstock! Who does he think he's fooling? Or does he genuinely think it looks like a Stratocaster?
5:00 AM | Labels: Comment, counterfeits, Hideous guitars, Rant
Libster Lobster, Labster Lee*
* From the poem:
Libster Lobster
Labster Lee,
Living in
The deep blue sea.
Libster Lobster
Where are you?
Gone to lunch
( - Back at two).
Spike Milligan
5:06 AM | Labels: acoustic, classical, Weird guitars
Guitar for cat lovers
I'm sorry but I wasn't able to post anything here whilst I was away in Bermuda. I did have some free time, but tell me honestly, if you were in Bermuda and the weather was beautiful, where would you rather be: cooped up in your hotel room typing away on your laptop, or HERE?
The cat in the middle seems to be suffering from some kind of personality crisis, as it can't seem to make up its mind whether it wants to dress up in holiday attire or else as Geordi La Forge from Star Trek.
12:29 PM | Labels: Comment, wacky finishes, Weird guitars
Back soon!
In a few hours time I'm going to be flying to Bermuda for an all too brief visit. I shall be taking my laptop with me so depending on how much time I have free and what other diversions I encounter, I may or may not post. Otherwise, normal service will be resumed next Thursday. (And before you say it, I should be safe from the Bermuda Triangle as our flight will be coming in from the East.)
I think I spoke too soon.
When commenting, only last week, on the supposed new Hendrix album that had been discovered, I joked that "...it makes a change from yet another Jimi Hendrix guitar being found and put up for auction, doesn't it?"
And then along comes THIS.
It looks a bit charred, doesn't it? This Strat is said to be one that Hendrix set alight during a performance in 1967 at the London Astoria, although given its ordeal it appears to be in remarkably good nick.
Will it fetch the expected $1million? We shall wait and see.
Credit where credit's due: story via Strat-O-Blogster.
[...and for those who don't know, that's Victor Meldrew.]
3:51 AM | Labels: Fender, Hendrix, Stratocaster, vintage guitars
Encore Semi archtop electric
Ever get that sense of déjà vu? This is another 335-inspired archtop semi-acoustic guitar, looking rather similar to yesterday's Eko, but this one was made in Japan.
What intrigues me about this guitar is that it carries the Encore name. I'm pretty sure this isn't the same Encore that we know in the UK today (as distributed by John Hornby Skewes) and whose guitars are firmly aimed at the budget end of the market.
I'd say it was a pretty safe bet that our Encore guitar pictured here (nice greenburst, by the way) dates from the 1960s.
Does anyone know anything about this other Encore brand? I'll wager that it was just another brand name and that there was no Encore guitar manufacturer as such. The guitars were probably made in the same factory as Japanese guitars bearing various other brand names. The pickups certainly look familiar.
5:48 AM | Labels: cool guitars, hollow body, vintage guitars
Eko model 290 archtop electric
4:40 AM | Labels: cool guitars, Eko, hollow body, Italian guitars, vintage guitars
Hexaphonic Pickups available from Paul Rubenstein
Paul Rubenstein - the guy who got Brooklyn kids building guitars - writes that:
"I've just made a few hexaphonic pickups (separate output for each string), and I have some for sale.Sounds like a great idea to me. I've been wanting to experiment with hex pickups for years. Way back in the 80s I experimented with having a single-string pickup a friend had made taped to my guitar and aimed at the low E string. This I fed through an Boss Octaver pedal so I could generate an instant - albeit simple - bassline. It was primitive and the taped-on pickup was not very practical. The dream was to have a guitar equipped with individual pickups for each strings and pan pots for each. You'd be able to postition each string in the stereo mix wherever you wanted, and to send different strings through different effects (such as an octave pedal for the bass strings).
They're electromagnetic, and each coil is height-adjustable. What you can do with them depends on how you wire them... six jacks to six amps (too many cables), a seven pin jack to seven pin cable to breakout box to 6 amps, pan pots or switches to stereo outs to two amps (that's how I set mine up)... or whatever else someone could come up with. I set one up with pan controls to stereo outs in an 80s Korean Squier (middle position) and here's a little demo, with every other string panned opposite: www.ubertar.com/creot/stereo.MP3
One side was recorded direct, the other through a Fender Champ and an RE20. No effects or eq, compression, etc. of any kind. The output on these is on the low side, but not unacceptably so. The signal to noise is very good, which makes up for that. They're electromagnetic, and there's no bleed between coils."
If you want to hear what a guitar with strings individually panned to different locations within the stereo spectrum can sound like, listen to "Top Jimmy" on Van Halen's "1984" album. This song features Eddie Van Halen playing a Ripley Stereo guitar, which basically has a hexaphonic pickup and pan pots.
I'd like to give Paul's pickups a whirl, but would need to find someone to help me out with wiring up a guitar for it with all the pan pots, as this is not an area I excel in.
Rare Yamaha Bass from 1970
9:09 AM | Labels: bass, cool guitars, vintage guitars, Weird guitars, Yamaha
Paolo Angeli and his big ol' strange guitar
Paolo Angeli plays a Sardinian guitar customised with extra sets of strings, levers operated by footpedals, and assorted other mechanisms and doodads, and it sounds like nothing else you've ever heard.
His recent album contains cover versions of songs by Fred Frith and - quite appropriately considering the weird factor going on here - Bjork.
Thanks to Janet who heard this guy playing on a National Public Radio All Songs Considered podcast.
5:21 AM | Labels: Multi-stringed, one-offs, Weird guitars
An alleged "rare rare rare rare" guitar fails to set eBay alight with a bidding frenzy
The "pre-1980" description makes me laugh. I mean, guitar-wise we were in the stone age in the decades before 1980, weren't we? The big name musicians were playing cigar box guitars, whilst the rest of us had to make do with a shoe box with a couple of elastic bands stretched around it.
The auction is due to finish soon as I write, and whilst it has had no bids there have been three offers, all of which the seller has declined. He's also added the following to his listing:
This is a rare piece and I will increase the Buy It Now Price by $10,000 after each listing it does not sell. Please see if you can find this rare guitar--anywhere else.In other words, "if you don't buy it now at a ridiculously inflated price, then I'm going to stick the price up even further next time to teach you a lesson."
Possibly it is a rare piece, but the optimistic Buy It Now fee and the seller's threatening tone must surely turn away any potential buyers.
Let's see him re-list it and watch it fail to sell again and again.
Let's watch his eBay fees creep up and up.
UPDATE (Saturday morning): It didn't sell (of course it didn't sell) and - true to his word - the seller has re-listed it at $88,000.
ANOTHER UPDATE (Sunday morning): I see the seller has removed the ridiculous threat to raise the price by $10,000 if he has to re-list it again. Which doesn't stop the whole thing being a joke. (Oh, and I also see that a certain Forum has borrowed this story without giving me any credit. Did anyone say Telecaster?)
1:29 PM | Labels: Hideous guitars, vintage guitars
Gretsch TK-300 solid body guitar
The above rather meekly-named Gretsch TK-300 which sold on eBay recently is one solid body Gretsch I've not seen before and design-wise is quite unlike what you would expect from that company. I have to say, I really like it! I like the odd angles of the pickups and scratchplate. The headstock is pretty wacky looking too! My guess is that it was probably a "student" instrument. It's probably quite a rarity too, but seeing as it sold for $725 it obviously doesn't command the big bucks that the more famous Gretsch guitars do.
6:51 AM | Labels: cool guitars, Gretsch, vintage guitars
Original Content Vs "Corporate Content" - Getting it into perspective
Record companies, publishers, artist agencies, etc, please take note.
Regular readers will have observed that occasionally I review CDs, DVDs, books, etc. Yes, these are freebies that I am asked if I would like to review by record labels, publishers and agents. I will also run the occasional news item that has been passed on to me from one of these agencies, such as news stories about charity auctions.
However, I'm reluctant to become the mouthpiece of all these third parties and corporations, so such items will not be allowed to dominate. I don't want to have the same content as all the other guitar blogs, many of which are reviewing the same products. If I feature too much "corporate content" it will dilute the blog's originality and make it feel like I'm "selling out".
Reviews, for instance, will have to fit in with the general theme of the blog, i.e. guitars. I didn't take up a recent offer to review the latest Sergio Mendes CD, however brilliant it may be, because the guy's a piano player after all, and the link to our theme is getting tenuous.
If anyone thinks that I review CDs solely to expand my own CD collection, let me tell you that I actually decline most offers of review CDs. Some of the more interesting sounding ones I will accept (so long as there is a valid guitar connection). The other factor, of course, is one of time. It actually takes quite a good while to write these reviews. The CD (or DVD or whatever) needs a good long audition, then I have to compose the piece which can takes days. I think I played the Neil Diamond "Home Before Dark" CD through at least six times before I wrote a word. So, I'm not going to do too many of these reviews as I simply do not have the time, and I do have a day job! If anyone wants a CD reviewed in a hurry, forget it.
On the topic of news items, I have to stress that it is my own policy NEVER to feature either air guitar or the Guitar Hero computer game on the blog. This is my decision based purely on my own intense distaste for both. (So to the person emailing me to feature a news story about some air guitar contest, thanks, but no thanks).
I notice that most of these agencies seem to be operating out of the USA. Are similar agencies in the UK all asleep, or are they not yet aware of the phenomenon that is The Blog? (When I say "The Blog" I'm talking about blogging in general, not just this blog.)
Where, for instance, were my freebie tickets for the recent London Music Show? The organisers were missing a trick there by not getting blogs involved. My review last month generated an amazing amount of interest and there were links coming into the item from all over.
Blimey, I mean I get invited to go over to the States to attend the NAMM shows (although, rather worryingly, they say they require proof that I am "press", such as a letter from my editor. How would that work? I am my own editor. Should I write my own letter from my editor? I reckon the NAMM administration need to consider us bloggers more carefully. C'mon, get with the times!).
Invites to go see whichever latest band in New York or Los Angeles are likely to go ignored. Sorry about that, but it's a little too far to travel. Come on you agency guys, is it that difficult to make one or two geographical connections when sending out these invitations? Neither am I likely to want to perform a transatlantic telephone interview with some up and coming artist I've never heard of. They may be great, but I don't have that kind of operation going on here.
Lost Jimi Hendrix album discovered
Digital Spy reports that a long lost and forgotten Jimi Hendrix album, recorded with Stephen Stills, has been found.
The album, which Stills allegedly "forgot about" (What?!?!?) soon after recording it 30 years ago, is being prepared for release by his bandmate Graham Nash.
Hey, it makes a change from yet another Jimi Hendrix guitar being found and put up for auction, doesn't it? Joking aside, I'm really looking forward to hearing this release.
2:22 AM | Labels: CD, Guitarist news, Hendrix
CD & DVD Review: John Mayer - Where The Light Is - Live in Los Angeles
Let me just say right at the start of this review that prior to this, I had absolutely no idea who John Mayer was. Had you mentioned him to me I would most likely have thought you were talking about John Mayall and that I had misheard you, or else you had developed some species of speech impediment. Quite how John Mayer has managed to slip under my radar, I don't know. An easy answer would be to say that he simply isn't that big over here in the UK, but to be perfectly honest I couldn't tell you how true that actually is.
This double CD set and/or DVD would appear to be the perfect introduction to John Mayer. Each has the same track listing and is divided into three distinct parts in which we see John Mayer perform firstly an acoustic set, secondly a set with the John Mayer Trio, and finally a set with his full band, all recorded at a show at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, last December. As Mayer jokes in the DVD film, he is effectively his own support act.
So, to start, I uploaded the CD into iTunes and gave it an intensive listening to on my iPod.
But, oh dear! "Oh my God, how am I going to review this?", I said to myself. "I don't like it!"
I forgot about the album for a while, and listened to some other bits and pieces. As often happens when I don't have an inkling to listen to any particular album, I set my iPod to "Shuffle" whilst working one afternoon, and one song - with some great guitar playing - shuffled up and caught my attention. "Wow! What's that?" I said, and checking the iPod discovered it was one of the John Mayer Trio songs from the album that I had previously dismissed. The one song played in isolation from the rest of the album had made my prick up my ears, whereas when I'd played the two CDs straight through I found it all a bit too much to take in.
I decided it would be easier to review the DVD. Watching an artist play is nearly always interesting to me. I like watching what a guitarist does, how he plays, what techniques he uses. It's one reason I love to get up front and close to the stage at gigs.
The DVD is subtitled "A film by Danny Clinch", which to my mind is a bit pretentious. It's a live music video, so let's have less of this "film" talk. Unfortunately because there are pretensions at work here, we get unnecessary scenes of Mayer talking utter shite whilst driving his car and with a small yappy-type dog on his lap (is that legal?) and various backstage scenes interspersed between the songs every now and again. These I find highly annoying. He doesn't say anything particularly insightful or interesting, he's just providing inane soundbites probably on-cue from the film maker. This is not the kind of thing I want from a music video. I want the music, so let's have the songs uninterrupted please! Save the silly backstage stuff (e.g. Mayer choosing a wrist watch to wear on stage from a selection of about 20 or so) and the scenes of Mayer and his dog driving about talking bollocks to the DVD extras.
Or as the late Frank Zappa once said, "Shut up and play your guitar!"
Now the music is really quite good. The first three acoustic tracks are Mayer on his own and it's clear from the offset that his guitar playing is quite outstanding. It's fascinating to watch his fingers move and I'm dead jealous of the way he hooks his thumb over the top of the neck to play the bass notes on the low E string. He's joined by Robbie Macintosh on Dobro on the fourth song, and on the next David Ryan Harris joins in on additional guitar. (I'm reminded of The Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" which begins with David Byrne playing guitar along to a ghettoblaster for the first song, and with each subsequent song an additonal band member joins him until the full band is present.)
The next section features the John Mayer Trio, which is Mayer on guitar and vocals, Steve Jordan on drums, and Pino Palladino on bass. Pino Palladino is a name I know from way back. He famously played the fretless "yoobeeedooo" bass on Paul Young's "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" back in the 80s, and in more recent years has joined Pete Townshend and Roger Daltry on stage with The Who following the sad demise of John Entwistle.
From this section it's obvious that John Mayer's guitar playing is not only informed by Jimi Hendrix, but that he must have studied Hendrix's playing in intricate detail. It's obvious from his playing, his mannerisms, his phrasing and on a visual level in his choice of guitars (e.g. Hendrix "Monterey" Strat replica, and Voodoo Strat with reverse headstock). Oh, that and the fact that he pulls off two very well executed Hendrix covers, "Wait Until Tomorrow" and "Bold As Love". All in all, the Trio set works incredibly well. It's exciting, the playing is fantastic from each of the three musicians, and there's lots of eye candy for guitar enthusiasts as Mayer plays a different guitar for each song (seven different Strats and a Guild Starfire). Yessir, this boy can play the blues.
The final secton with the full band (two additional guitars, bass, drums, keys, trumpet and sax) I didn't enjoy anywhere near as much. Perhaps this is the poppier material, and I just have a preference for the edgier sound of the trio. Nevertheless, this final set still has its moments. Mayer coaxes some incredible sounds from his guitar, especially on "Gravity" where he plays a solo by bending the strings of his Strat behind the nut. We also see some great hammer-on soloing and a little violining going on.
The last three tracks see the band joined by Pino Palladino, so there's two bass players. I was trying to work out if they were playing different parts or just doubling up the same bass line, but I couldn't really tell. I've gotta say, the show was dragging on for me a bit by this stage. Mayer was thanking the audience for staying so late (the show must have been over-running). I was just sorry for those of them who had missed their ride home (I know what that's like, trying not to miss the last train).
So, to sum up...
He's a brilliant guitarist, let's make no mistake about that. I'm not decided on whether or not I like his voice, the jury is still out on that point, and I find some of the things he says to the audience and to the camera to be quite cringeworthy. (But then, at 30 years old, he's still a kid, right?)
John Mayer fans will love this CD and DVD, but they won't need me to tell them that. As a showcase for Mayer's music, it's a great collection, and the three sets idea is a neat one. I can also see that either the CD or DVD would be a good introduction to John Mayer for the curious.
Guitar fans will most likely get a lot out of the DVD in particular if they are like me and enjoy watching other guitarists play. And of course there are plenty of guitars to drool over (I counted at least eight Strats, one Guild, a Gibson semi, three Martins, and possibly a few others that I've forgotten about).
As I've already said, the Trio section was the most enjoyable for me, but I suppose that's what's good about this collection. Different people will like different parts.
Buy it here: CD / LP / DVD / Blu-ray
12:48 PM | Labels: CD Review, Comment, DVD Review
If Captain Birdseye played guitar...
5:19 AM | Labels: Relics, Telecaster
Leather-covered home-made guitar
I'm sure some people will love this unique leather-covered hand-built guitar, but speaking personally I think it looks vile. The shape is bulbous looking and awkward, the leather covering is disturbing, whilst the metal scratchplate is a feature all too often seen on amateur guitars and - to me - it just screams "home built". Not that there's anything wrong with home-built instruments, but some are more tasteful than others.
As for the EMG pickups, well the reason I don't like them is that they just sound like EMG pickups. You could stick them on a Les Paul or you could stick them on a shovel and string it up. They'd sound the same either way. In the case of the shovel you'd be impressed that it could sound like that, but with the Les Paul you'd be losing out on the tonal characteristics of the instrument itself.
5:12 AM | Labels: Comment, Hideous guitars, one-offs
Your Guitars: Andy's Pew Bass
Andy's done it again! Following his Les Pew guitar build, Andy found he still had some offcuts of the church pew he'd used left over.
I'll let him take over and tell you the story in his own words:
Here's my home made headless bass. It has a pine body made from wood from a 1856 church pew and keeps the original finish! (We've been there before haven't we?) The hardware and neck are from a Westone Thunder I-A. Unlike other headless designs it uses the original standard bass tuners which are spaced apart by running the outer (E & G) strings around rollers which were made from the Westone's brass control knobs!It's nice to see imaginative recycling such as this in action. Andy claims that this build didn't cost him a penny!
The body is largely hollow and contains the active electronics and two 9 volt batteries (the lower fin or wing unbolts to access them). I feel my mini head is a better idea than the 'standard' headless design as it does away with any wood screws going straight into the neck's end grain and weakening it, also it prevents any string tension being transmitted into the fingerboard which could cause the glue to fail and the board detach from the neck.
It has a great vibrant tone (far better than the Westone's muddy thud!) and sounds quite loud acoustically. It also balances perfectly on a strap and on your lap. (More by luck than judgment!)
Please post you comments, either good or bad I'm interested in what you make of it! And I'll try to answer any questions.
More guitars, etc, on my myspace.
UPDATE: Andy has provided some more photos so as to better illustrate how the tuners are located.
Andy says that the roller support bracket in the tuners photos was made from a bracket from an old school chair!
7:55 AM | Labels: bass, cool guitars, headless, one-offs, Westone, Your Guitars
Mel Galley, RIP
The former Whitesnake guitarist Mel Galley has died from cancer of the esophagus, aged 60.
On discovering he had only weeks to live in February, he told The Daily Telegraph, "It happens, but I've had a fantastic life. I have been very lucky. I have seen some great bands, and played with many great musicians. I am thankful that I can say a proper goodbye to all the friends I have made, who are now rallying round me."
See full story here.
6:45 AM | Labels: Guitarist news, News item, obituaries
Kyle Petty signed Gretsch 6120 up for grabs
All proceeds will benefit the 14th Anniversary Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America, which raises funds for and awareness of Victory Junction Gang Camp and other children's charities.
1:46 AM | Labels: charity auction, cool guitars, Gretsch, News item, signed guitars
Minimalist Bass Guitar - Undewater Bass?
This custom stainless steel headless fretless bass certainly looks very intriguing. I wonder how well it would play, each string having its own tubular "fingerboard". I wonder how well it would handle string bends.
The seller also claims that this is "the only bass you can play under water", but doesn't elaborate as to how exactly this is achieved.
I'm reminded of the minimalist Gittler guitars that were also constructed from stainless steel tubes and resembled a cross between a television aerial and a fish skeleton. I actually got a chance to play one of these way back in the days when we used to have the British Music Fair. It was a weird playing experience, especially with the lack of a neck as such, but I quite liked it.
[Thanks to KC who recommended that I check out this bass on eBay. Content suggestion for this blog is always welcome, so don't be shy, get in touch. I'd also like to feature more readers' own guitars, but would prefer unique instruments, interesting customizations and self-builds. Please, no bog standard Strats, Teles, Les Pauls, etc.]
2:58 AM | Labels: bass, cool guitars, fretless, headless, Metal body, Metal neck, one-offs, Weird guitars
Grant Nicholas' Jazzbird
We were listening to "Silent Cry", the latest album by Feeder, in the office yesterday, which reminded me do a search for that guitar that Grant Nicholas plays, the one that looks like a Gibson Firebird with a Fender Jazzmaster neck on it. Now, that's a strange combination, because Gibsons typically have glued in necks whereas Fenders have bolt-on necks.
I could find very little about this guitar, other than Wikipedia's mention of Grant Nicholas owning a "green Custom Jazzbird". Does anyone out there know who built it?
I think it's a very cool looking guitar; somehow the Fender head looks correct teamed up with that particular bodyshape. It would appear that he's got a Jazzmaster tremolo on it too.
I am reminded of John Entwistle's "Fenderbird" basses which married a Gibson Thunderbird body with a Fender Precision neck.
4:25 AM | Labels: Bands, cool guitars, Fender, Firebird, Gibson, one-offs, Weird guitars
Bubblegum guitar
If you've been following the coverage of the Summer NAMM 2008 show (for example, over at Modern Guitars Magazine), you'll have seen the rather bizarre Helmet Guitars which are styled after American football helmets and are available in a wide range of colours so as to match your favourite team, if indeed you have a favourite as such.
However, if you click through to the gallery of other guitars produced by the parent company, NEO Products Inc, there are a whole bunch of oddities including guitars that double as aquariums complete with goldfish, guitars with neon lights inside them, and my favourite, this guitar that is also a bubblegum machine.
4:33 AM | Labels: acrylic, Art, cool guitars, NAMM, one-offs, Weird guitars
Sympathetic Slide Chicken Cooker in Open G
5:16 AM | Labels: Art, blogs, cool guitars, Multi-stringed, one-offs, Weird guitars


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The market closed out the week with a rally for corn, wheat, and soybeans. Overall on the week March corn was up 22 ¼ cents, Jan soybeans were up 25 ¾ cents, and March wheat fell by 18 ¾ cents.
Coming in from the overnight session grains were called mixed to lower but found plenty of support after the opening bell. Informa released their estimates of final 2010 production, as well as expected acreage for 2011. For 2010 corn production, they are projecting 12.539 billion bu which is right in line with the USDA's estimate. Soybean production is estimated at 3.378 billion bu, also right in line with the USDA's estimate. For 2011, they are projecting an increase in corn acres to 90.7 million vs 88.2 last year. They are expecting bean acres to be 77.5 million acres vs 77.7 last year. Informa is expecting a jump in wheat acres from 53.6 million last year to 56.1 million this year. Cotton acres are also projected to jump to 12.8 million vs 11 million in 2010. Overall they are expecting to gain an extra 6.6 million acres in 2011.
The house ended up passing the Tax Bill late Thursday night and was signed by President Obama today. This included the Ethanol and Biofuel tax credits. Also today, Cattle on Feed came out mostly neutral for cattle but slightly friendly grains considering we will have higher feed needs. We put 3% more on feed, and weights were skewed to below 800 lbs. The Commitment of Traders report shows the large specs increasing their net long corn positions by a sizable 23,308 contracts using futures and options. They also increased their soybeans and wheat positions as well.
The bulls are looking at tight supplies and dry South American weather for support. The battle for acres in early 2011 will be the best chance to see this rally continue. The bears are looking at the latest USDA ending stocks report showing increases in US corn and World wheat. Also, soybean exports came in well below expectations this week reflecting cancellations from China. Until more is known from the January reports, it may be hard for the bulls to keep this rally going into the end of the year.
Even though we can see reasons for the market to be friendly in 2011, we still want to remain adequately hedged incase the unexpected happens. For example, last year it took until the January report before grains broke, which lasted all the way into early summer. Right now we are staying well hedged and keeping our upside in the spring call spreads. Please contact your broker if you would like an overall analysis of your 2011 marketing year.
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(Pocket-lint) - If you've not heard about the Range Rover Evoque before now, you've clearly been living under a rock for the past few weeks. In car-world terms, the media storm around the Evoque has been similar to the kind the guys in Cupertino create every time they invite the world's media in for a chat. A few of you placed orders months ago, without setting foot behind the wheel. And the waiting list for one is months long. So let's get down to business: is it any good? In a word, yes.
Those looks? Range Rover, but downsized and with a modern twist. This is a Gucci dress to the full Range Rover's Barbour tweed jacket. The Evoque even wears designer specs (those distinctive LED running lights) and has a Mini-like 'floating roof' that you can spec in three contrast colours. Whether you think it's cool or far too tarted-up will depend entirely on where you live (clue, if you own any land, you'll be in the latter camp).
The interior is snug yet spacious, luxurious but modern. Those seats grip and hold you tightly and the window line's much higher than any Range Rover before. Yet this is a brilliantly packaged car too – it might look tight in the back from the outside but it fits two six-footers in no problem. Whatever you do, don't forgo the panoramic roof option – especially if you regularly carry people in the back – it completely changes the interior's feel.
Kit-wise, you've two USB ports with full on app-based phone streaming capability, DAB radio, two 12v ports in the centre bin. If you go for one of the two higher spec Dynamic or Prestige trim levels (we'd recommend that by the way), you get a touch-screen, voice controlled Sat nav system and parking aids front and rear. Add the (£4325 option) Lux pack, and you get powered tailgate, panoramic roof, an upgraded stereo, keyless entry, park assist, an upgraded, dual-view touschreen which allows the passenger to watch TV while the driver sees the nav and – the best bit – a five camera system, which allows you to see all around the car.
This comes in particularly useful when trekking up a Scottish mountain, like the course Range Rover had set up to prove the Evoque can sign the cheques the family DNA writes. Most of you won't care about this though, and if we'd just dropped £40k on a boutique, style-led car, we'd hardly risk fording rivers in it either. Still, nice to know the car will get you there, wherever 'there' might be.
On road, the Evoque's is refined and drives well for an SUV. Range Rover wants to attract drivers currently in cars like the Audi TT to buy this next, and while it lacks the driving excitement that kind of car offers it is better than the more obvious SUV opposition - a BMW X1 for instance. Stick with the 190bhp 2.2 diesel engine and you won't go too far wrong, it's quick enough, reasonably economical and CO2 friendly enough for the tax not to sting. Just remember this is more a car for catching admiring glances outside Edinburgh's new Missoni hotel than for ripping up tarmac.
And that neatly sums up the Evoque. It's a fashion product. Many of you are sold just on the looks, others hate it for what it says. Yet to say it's fashionable isn't to knock it, because this is one of those products that just feels right and makes you feel great behind the wheel.
When BMW relaunched the Mini in 2001, that car had a similar impact. So too did Audi's original TT. People said they were fashion cars; flashes in the pan whose appeal would wane with time. Yet those people were proved wrong and we suspect a similar thing will be true of Evoque. If you're the kind of person who has to have the latest thing, then right now, this is the only car to be seen in. But if you need a practical, long term relationship then there's a depth of quality here that we suspect will make this a great car to be in and live with over years of ownership. We'll take ours in white please…
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Training Drug Users and Bystanders to Treat Overdose Saves Lives
By Roxanne Saucier
Drug overdose is a growing public health crisis that now kills more adults per year in the United States than motor vehicle accidents. In cars, seatbelts and airbags save lives. When it comes to opioid overdose a safe and non-abusable medicine called naloxone can restore breathing and avert death. Pragmatic doctors and health officials want anyone who uses opioids like heroin—and anyone likely to be around during an overdose—to have access to this life-saving drug, and know how to use it.
In Massachusetts, researchers led by Dr. Alexander Walley at the Boston University Medical Center set out to discover the results of a state-supported overdose education and naloxone distribution program on deaths from overdose. We sat down with Dr. Walley to discuss the findings.
What did your research find?
This study demonstrates that overdose education and naloxone distribution is an effective public health intervention to address the growing overdose epidemic. We found that communities that received overdose education and naloxone reported significantly fewer deaths than communities that received no training. We also observed that the higher the cumulative rate of program implementation, the greater the reduction in death rates. In other words, the more people at risk or in contact with people at risk for overdose who were given naloxone, and trained to prevent, recognize and respond to an overdose, the lower the overdose death rates.
Why are overdose education and naloxone delivery programs like these so important?
Since the beginning of the Massachusetts overdose education and naloxone delivery programs, there have been more than 1,700 overdose rescues using naloxone. While we do not know how many of these people may have died if they had not received naloxone, it is likely that many of them would have. These rescues have inspired many us to maintain hope that all overdose deaths can be prevented.
People who have recently stopped using opioids—whether because of jail time or treatment—are at increased risk of overdose, and we've heard inspiring stories of overdose reversals in these cases. While opioid addiction is a treatable disease, it is a chronic disease where relapse is unfortunately part of the natural history. Preventing overdose allows people to continue their progress towards recovery, and may enable them to seek out other lifesaving services.
What barriers stand in the way of implementing programs like this in other parts of the United States?
I'll start first by listing features of the program in Massachusetts that contributed to its success and would support broader implementation: one is the use of a nasal delivery device for naloxone, allowing naloxone to be administered through the nose, instead of by injection. The other is a standing order issued by the health department that permits non-medical personnel to deliver overdose education and distribute naloxone. Without this order, a doctor would need to be present each time naloxone is given out. To date, there are still large parts of the country with no access to a lifesaving naloxone distribution program; though this program locator tool can help you find out if there is one near you.
The two main barriers to the expansion of these initiatives are that insurance companies do not cover the nasal delivery device that allows naloxone to be administered through the nose, and prescribers (doctors, nurse practitioners and physicians' assistants) are not yet adequately educated on prescribing naloxone. We've created a website, prescribetoprevent.org, to help facilitate naloxone prescribing.
What message would you send to officials in countries like Russia and China where the death toll from drug overdoses continues to climb?
Preventing needless deaths from opioid overdose is a bridge issue – it's a cause that people from different perspectives on treatment and harm reduction can agree and work together on. It can be a starting point from which we can work together in addressing the harms associated with drug use.
What happens now?
We keep implementing and evaluating this program and ones like it. In Massachusetts, overdose education and naloxone have been delivered to heroin users, prescription opioid users, patients in emergency departments, and the people who are most likely to respond to an overdose including: people who are incarcerated, family members, social service providers, police officers, and firefighters. It is important to determine how these programs should be tailored to different populations to maximize their reach, effectiveness and sustainability. That's what we're working on now.
Inspired by models like the one advanced by Dr. Walley, the Open Society Foundations supports efforts to distribute naloxone through harm reduction NGOs in a number of regions around the world, including China, Kyrgyzstan and the United States.
Roxanne Saucier is a researcher and analyst for the Open Society Public Health Program.


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LONDON: The Queen may live in a 775-room palace but, it seems, she has the same concerns as any other pensioner when it comes to the rising cost of heating.
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Hax: Brother betrays sister's trust in revealing info
Dear Carolyn: I raised two boys by myself since I was pregnant with the second. I divorced the boys' father because of his emotional abuse, drinking and suspected drug use. I raised my kids without ever hinting that I had been married twice briefly before, too young, in marriages that produced no children. My sons are now 18 and 21 and are healthy, well-adjusted kids. One just finished college and one is on his way.
My older brother decided to inform my 18-year-old of my two previous marriages despite the fact that I had told him on two occasions, one just a month ago, that I wanted to tell my sons myself when the time was right. In my mind, it was when they were getting serious about marriage. They were already living with the stigma of a single parent and I wasn't wanting to add any additional burdens. When my younger son told me of the recent revelation by my brother, I told him I was angry with my brother because he broke his promise to me. My son thinks I'm the one in the wrong for not telling them. He says I lied to them by never revealing everything about my life.
Though I never lied, I did hide the truth until I thought it could be used as a teachable moment. I didn't know every last detail about my parents and I respected that. I certainly don't want to know everything about someone else either even my sons' secrets. Was I wrong to shelter my kids from the knowledge of my previous two marriages? Is it wrong to be angry with my brother for going against my will? -- Bewildered
Carolyn: What your brother did was an outrage. He had no business meddling, and caused substantial damage to your relationship with your sons. Yes, you lied to your boys by omission. That was your decision to make, though, and your plan to tell them when you deemed fit was your plan to carry out. Was it a good plan? No, obviously, because it didn't work. You were overly optimistic that you could control the release of a secret that others possessed. You also gambled that your sons would hold privacy in higher regard than they do honesty, as you do. Still, these could have been topics of further conversation between you and your sons had your brother known his place. That's what he took from you.
Now, your remaining options are either to take a hard line. "This was my business and mine to share with you or not" or grovel, or attempt to regain enough standing with your sons to have the conversations you'd hoped. I recommend the last, but to get there, you're still going to have to eat some dirt: "Yes, that was a serious lie of omission. I'm sorry. I had my reasons, but those aren't important right now." And, "I was also wrong to trust your uncle. This isn't zero-sum, where either he was wrong or I was. I made a mistake, and he did too. This was not his business, it was and is our business." I don't blame you for being angry. When you're ready, though, I hope we can talk about this like adults. Then you trust, and wait.
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Republicans have nominated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for president, culminating a long primary fight and setting the stage for a close contest against President Barack Obama.
In a roll call of states Tuesday, New Jersey put Romney over the top, giving him the prize that eluded him four years ago. Romney is scheduled to accept his party's nomination in a speech Thursday night.
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Brett Sandusky, director of product development. Brett is a maker of things, both digital and physical. He is the founder of bdigitl Media Labs, a consultancy which provides UX and product development services to companies launching new ventures. His background in publishing encompasses marketing, product development, user experience, innovation, and data systems. He has been involved in the digital transformation of the publishing industry by making products, writing, speaking, and consulting. He is also a knitter, a cook, a baker, and, as of recently, a home-brewer. He lives in a renovation project in Brooklyn, New York with his partner and a mischievous Jack Russell who does bad things because he can. Follow Brett on Twitter: @bsandusky
Dominique Raccah is the publisher of Sourcebooks, the company she founded in 1987 as a source of financial information for bankers, which turned out to be about as interesting as it sounds. From that small start, Raccah has directed a continuously growing entrepreneurial company that morphed into a general trade house which happily produces everything from New York Times bestsellers in fiction, to number one titles in both baby names and college guides. Dominique is excited about creating the next generation book publishing company and currently serves as co-chair of the Book Industry Study Group.
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Hi Russ, We'll be posting slides as they come in. Usually after the sessions. We don't yet have the slides from this presentation, but since we know where Joe works, we will put some pressure on him to turn these over pronto ;-) Expect to see them soon.
Is it just me, or are your slides not available here? You all are going through your presentations so fast that we cannot absorb the content on the screen. If you go that fast, then please make the slide show available here.
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