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Cold Dead Hand. Don't be afraid. It's just a funny little song.Download "Cold Dead Hand" Here
- March 24, 2013
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Jim CarreyActor/Writer
Charles IngramWriter/Director
Funny Or DieExecutive Producer
BoTown SoundSound
Chris MillsMake Up/Hair
Melissa Gould McNeelyWardrobe Stylist
Funny Or Die MusicChannel
Funny Or Die PoliticsChannel
Hall of FameChannel
Starring Jim Carrey
Featuring Bill Oberst Jr, Dink O'Neal, Justin Kelly, Neal Kumar, Cate Beehan, Tia Barr, Whitmer Thomas, Clay Tatum, Russel Wadle
Producers Betsy Koch, Matt Mazany, and Michael Aguilar
Associate Producers - Nicole Montez and Linda Hill
Directors - Nick Corirossi and Charles Ingram
Director of Photography - Kevin Atkinson
Music Produced by E of the EELS
Music Written by Jim Carrey
Lead Vocals: Jim Carrey
Arranged by: Jane Carrey and Kyle Turek
Recorded at The Compound
Recorded and Mixed by Koool G Murder and P-Boo
Mastered by Dan Hersch, D2 Mstering
Production Sound by Botown Sound
Production Sound Mixer Ryan Knouf
ADR - Brennan McVicar at Silver Sound
Production Designer - Flower Cole
Wardrobe Stylist - Melissa Gould McNeely
Wardrobe Assist - Alexandra Casey
Camera Operator - Gabe Diniz, Yoni Aviaram
DIT - Dan Moses
Gaffer - Corrin Hodgeson
Construction Coordinator - Lupe Sanchez
Set Decorator- Ananda Friedman
Art Assistant-Matthew Berry
Key Grip - Michael Asinger
Electric - Adrienne Garcia
Swing - Michael Tingley
Make Up FX - MillsFX
Make Up/Hair - Chris Mills, Amy Mills
Make Up Assist - Brenna Haukedahl
PA - Luis Sanchez, Andrew Grissom, Anthony Knasas, Ross Buran
March 24, 2013
Announcer: [Laughter] Hee Haw!
Male Actor: Why did the ventriloquist quit drinking?
Male Actor: Cause he was acting like a real dummy!
Walter: Well hi-ho and howdy, fine folks. And welcome back to Hee Haw.
Walter: We want to thank our special guest Charlton Heston for joining us.
Jim Carrey: Walter. It's an absolute pleasure to be here in the sight of God
Jim Carrey: on Hee Haw.
Jim Carrey: But who would be laughing, if it weren't for the patriots
Jim Carrey: who answer the call of freedom?
Walter: Well, I...
Jim Carrey: The aliens. They would exploit our every weakness,
Jim Carrey: and suck the brains out of every living soul.
Jim Carrey: They'd be laughing. But, not like you and me.
Jim Carrey: They'd go bee bee bee beep beep!
Jim Carrey: Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. [Whistling]
Walter: Well, we want to leave you with the sweet as molasses sounds
Walter: of a band I'm sure you're all gonna like.
Walter: Hens and roosters, lend an ear to Lonesome Earl and the Clutter Busters.
[Music Playing]
Lonesome Earl: [Singing] Some folks ride like the wind.
Lonesome Earl: With the whispering pines to guide them.
Lonesome Earl: And the burning light inside them
Lonesome Earl: keeps them warm in the snow.
Lonesome Earl: Others fear the sounds they hear.
Lonesome Earl: Make banditos out of mole hills.
Lonesome Earl: Fill their hearts with porcupine quills.
Lonesome Earl: They're dead and buried long before they go.
Lonesome Earl: Charlton Heston movies are no longer in demand,
Lonesome Earl: and his immortal soul may lay forever in the sand.
Lonesome Earl: The angels wouldn't take him up to Heaven like he planned,
Lonesome Earl: 'cause they couldn't pry that gun from his cold dead hand.
Jim Carrey: What did he say?
Lonesome Earl: [Singing] It takes a cold, dead hand to decide to pull the trigger.
Lonesome Earl: It takes a cold, dead heart, and as near as I can figure,
Lonesome Earl: with your cold, dead aim you're trying to prove your d**k is bigger,
Lonesome Earl: but we know your chariot may not be swingin' low.
[Wolf Howl]
Lonesome Earl: Cold dead hand, cold dead hand.
Lonesome Earl: Cold dead hand, cold dead hand.
Lonesome Earl: You're a big big man with a little bitty gland, so you need something bigger just to fill your-
Jim Carrey: They're making fun of everything I hold dear. Walter?
Lonesome Earl: Imagine if the Lord were here,
Lonesome Earl: and he knew what you've been thinking.
Lonesome Earl: Would his sacred heart be sinking
Lonesome Earl: into the canyon of dismay?
Lonesome Earl: And on the ones who sell the guns,
Lonesome Earl: he'd sick vultures and coyotes.
Lonesome Earl: Only the devil's true devotees
Lonesome Earl: could profiteer from pain and fear.
Lonesome Earl: Charlton Heston movies are no longer in demand.
Lonesome Earl: And his immortal soul may lay forever in the sand.
Lonesome Earl: The angels wouldn't take him up to Heaven like he planned,
Lonesome Earl: 'cause they couldn't pry that gun from his cold dead hand.
Lonesome Earl: It takes a cold dead hand to decide to pull the trigger.
Lonesome Earl: Takes a cold dead heart and as near as I can figure,
Lonesome Earl: with your cold-
Jim Carrey: Hi. I'm clearly Sam Elliot.
Jim Carrey: Pay attention hombres, this boy's got somethin' to say.
Jim Carrey: Budding social satire. It goes down smooth.
Jim Carrey: Enjoy the show. I'm gonna watch that sunset.
Lonesome Earl: ...Cold dead hand.
Lonesome Earl: Cold dead hand, cold dead hand.
Lonesome Earl: You're a big big man with a little bitty gland,
Lonesome Earl: so you need something bigger with a hair-pin trigger.
Lonesome Earl: You don't want to get caught with your trousers down
Lonesome Earl: when the psycho killer comes around.
Lonesome Earl: So you make your home like a thunder-dome, and you're always packing everywhere you roam.
Lonesome Earl: But the psychos win no matter what you do, 'cause they're gonna buy way more guns than you.
Lonesome Earl: And while you're stumbling out of bed, they put five rounds in the back of your head.
Lonesome Earl: Or you get depressed 'cause the money runs out. Then you put your own shotgun in your mouth,
Lonesome Earl: and your kids walk in and they find you there. Like a headless stump in your underwear.
Lonesome Earl: And they move the gun and it kills them too, but your wife just doesn't know what to do.
Lonesome Earl: But she takes a hand grenade from her shoe, and she pulls the pin.
Lonesome Earl: And it's all on you.
Lonesome Earl: And your cold dead hand. [Gun Shot]
Female Actress: Well, what in the heck was that?
Jim Carrey: I accidentally shot my foot off.
Female Actress: Aw, shoot.
Announcer: Hee haw.


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Vintage V6 Thomas Blug Signature, Distressed Vintage White
Vintage V6 Thomas Blug Signature, Distressed Vintage WhiteDetails
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Classic Alder Body
The Signature Vintage V6 has a body crafted from classic alder, giving this guitar a strong, full bodied sound with an incredibly clear feel. The body provides the overall tone with an excellent sustain, letting the notes ring out and decay naturally. The Thomas Blug Vintage Guitar's high end comes across as sizzling, while the midrange sounds beefy and the low end delivering plenty of dynamics.
Maple Neck & Rosewood Fingerboard
The maple neck and rosewood fingerboard combination deliver an excellent blend of warmth and brightness, creating a beautifully versatile tone. The maple wood delivers bright characteristics to give the vintage a nice, light sound, perfect for playing blues and Jazz. The wood's high end comes across as sizzling, and its low end sounds firm, giving the midrange a snappy attack. The rosewood offers sweetness to the tone, smoothing it out and furring up the harsh edges of the maple. Its bolt-on construction enhances the overall tone with more treble and attack than traditional set-necks, offering plenty of articulation and upper fret access.
Wilkinson Single-Coil Pickups
The set of Wilkinson single-coil pickups are finished in a stunning aged ivory colour, adding to the vintage look of the Thomas Blug signature while delivering classic tonal options. These accurate replicas of 60s style pickups deliver an authentic vintage tone, designed with staggered polepieces for a balanced tone. Its alnico V magnet features a chamfered design, focusing its magnetic field to deliver a stunning high-end while letting the mids shine through to stop the pickups form sounding thin. This Vintage guitar's bridge pickup is more overwound than the others to provide good balance, while the middle pickup features a reverse wind reverse polarity construction to deliver a hum-free performance when combined with the bridge or neck pickups.
Distressed Wilkinson Hardware
To accompany the Vintage Guitar's distressed white finish, and offer a truly classic feel, the Vintage V6 Thomas Blug Signature Guitar is equipped with whole host of Wilkinson's hardware which have been given their own distressed look. The Wilkinson WVCD original specification vibrato bridge features authentic bent steel saddles for that classic sparkle and tone. Precision machined pivot points provide a total return to pitch accuracy, and a stagger drilled sustain block to prevent string hang-up. The Wilkinson WJ55D tuners feature their E-Z-LOK string lock system, offering a quick and easy way to hugely enhanced the guitar's tuning stability, while offering super quick string change times.
Body & Bridge
- Body: Alder
- Bridge: Wilkinson WVCD Vibrato
- Construction: Bolt On
- Finish: Vintage White (Distressed)
Neck & Fingerboard
- Neck: Hard Maple
- Scale: 25.5'' (648mm)
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Radius: 7.5''
- Frets: 21
- Inlays: Dots
- Nut: Black Graphite
- Nut Width: 42.5mm
Electronics & Hardware
- Bridge Pickup: Wilkinson Aged Ivory Single-Coil WHCC
- Middle Pickup: Wilkinson Aged Ivory Single-Coil WVSM (RWRP)
- Neck Pickup: Wilkinson Aged Ivory Single-Coil WVS
- Controls: 1 x Volume, 2 x Tone, 5-Way Selector (Back Tone Push/Push Hum-Cancelling Extra Coil)
- Tuners: Wilkinson Deluxe WJ55D EZ-Lok
- Scratchplate: 3-Ply Distressed
- Hardware: Nickel
- Case Included: No
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Box Office Recap: What Happened over the Weekend?
"Non-Stop" opened with $30,019,000 during the weekend of February 28, taking top spot in box office rankings. During a transatlantic flight, air marshal Bill Marks faces his worst nightmare. An unknown terrorist is aboard the flight, threatening to murder fellow passengers until certain demands are met. Bill will go to any lengths to halt the terror and save innocent lives. The thriller has a PG-13 rating for drug references, sensuality, language and intense sequences of action and violence.
"Son of God" debuted with $26,500,000. From the moment of his birth, Jesus Christ is destined for great things. As he grows into a charismatic leader with a voice that could change the world, Jesus gathers disciples, but he also makes powerful enemies. Not everyone is ready to accept his message. "Son of God" has a PG-13 rating for sequences of violence and a bloody depiction of The Crucifixion.
Continuing Films
"The Lego Movie" brought in $21,015,000 over the weekend, resulting in profits that total more than $209 million. The wizard Vitruvius is one of the Master Builders, taking a stand against Lord Business. Although Vitruvius prophesies that the Special will come along and save the world, he doesn't expect that the Special will be Emmet, a Lego guy who seems anything but special. The animated movie has a PG rating for rude humor and mild action.
"The Monuments Men" has surpassed the $65 million marker, thanks to weekend profits of $5 million. Lieutenant Frank Stokes assembles an elite team of art experts to undertake the task of retrieving cultural treasures from Nazi control. World War II may be coming to an end, but these brave experts still have an important battle ahead of them. "The Monuments Men" has a PG-13 rating for historical smoking and images of war violence.
"3 Days to Kill" earned $4,900,000 in weekend profits. Overall, the action movie has brought in more than $20 million. Ethan has faced countless enemies and dangerous missions during his career as a CIA operative. All this still can't prepare him for a brain cancer diagnosis. Ethan tries to figure out how to reconnect with his family while completing a final mission that could change everything. "3 Days to Kill" has a PG-13 rating for sensuality, language and intense sequences of violence and action.
"RoboCop" saw weekend earnings of $4,500,000, with total profits now surpassing the $51 million mark. Critical injuries nearly take the life of a devoted cop. Now, Alex has to re-learn life as a half-man, half-machine hybrid, doling out justice on the city streets. It soon becomes clear that the corporation behind the technology is not totally trustworthy. "RoboCop" has a PG-13 rating for sensuality, drug use, language and intense action scenes that include frenetic gun play.
"Pompeii" has earned more than $17 million since its debut, including $4,300,000 during the weekend of February 28. Once a slave, Milo is now a ferocious gladiator. His heart belongs to a beautiful young woman, but she's engaged to a cruel Roman senator and cannot freely return his affections. With terrible destruction building behind the scenes, Milo will fight relentlessly for his true love. The film's PG-13 rating is due to disaster-related action, brief mature content and intense battle sequences.
Movies to DVD
The Oscar-winning "12 Years a Slave" will be available on DVD on Tuesday, March 4. Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup, a musician building a life during the 1840s. When slave traders kidnap Solomon and sell him into captivity, Solomon's life becomes a struggle for dignity and survival. His hope for freedom will sustain Solomon through unimaginable pain. The biographical drama has an R rating for violence, cruelty, nudity and brief mature content.
"Hours" stars Paul Walker as Nolan, a new father facing immense obstacles. With his baby depending on a hospital ventilator to survive, Nolan keeps the equipment running with a generator. Hurricane Katrina rages outside, leaving the grieving single dad to count down the hours till help arrives. "Hours" has a PG-13 rating for drug material, violence and thematic elements.
"Philomena" traces one woman's journey to find her long-lost child. When a disgraced journalist agrees to work with Philomena, they both uncover a story that spans many decades and plenty of heartbreak. After her son went up for adoption years ago, Philomena will do anything to reconnect with him. Strong language, thematic elements and mature references contribute to a PG-13 rating.
"Cold Comes the Night" follows the unlikely alliance between a world-weary criminal and a young mother with everything to lose. Topo may be a dangerous man, but his failing eyesight makes it difficult for him to carry out his job. He must persuade a motel owner to act as his eyes. The movie's R rating is due to violence and language.


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There are first drives and there are preview drives, and this is definitely the latter. The new, seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf, which is just now being launched in Europe, won't be arriving in North America until the spring of 2014, likely as a 2015 model. The model year — like a lot of other things about our version of the new Golf — hasn't been decided yet, but we got a hint of what is to come with an early drive of the European version.
One reason Volkswagen of America is not in a tremendous hurry to get us the seventh generation of its worldwide bestseller is that the current, sixth-generation car isn't that old. Introduced in Europe in 2008, and in the States in 2009, the Golf VI is being ushered off-stage early. That's not because it has been a subpar performer, but because the Volkswagen Group is moving to a new platform system — the so-called MQB platform for transverse-engine, front-wheel-drive cars, of which the Golf is a key model.
Many of the advantages of the MQB layout have to do with cost and manufacturing efficiency, which is swell for the VW Group's bottom line, but for the end users, one of the more tangible benefits is reduced weight. The U.S.-spec Golf VII will be at least 95 pounds lighter than its predecessor, thanks to savings in the following areas: body-in-white, 51 lb; seats and other interior fittings, 31 lb; electrical wiring, 13 lb. (The Golfs for other markets will weigh as much as 220 lb less due to lighter engines and other equipment differences.)
The weight loss comes despite the fact that the car casts a slightly larger shadow than before. Width is up a fraction and height is actually lowered (for aerodynamics) but length is increased by some two inches. All of that falls within the wheelbase, as the front axle has been moved forward, the front overhang shaved, and the cabin moved slightly rearward, allowing for proportions that are a bit less like the typical front-wheel-drive car. Changes like this delight designers, but the team here might have made better use of its opportunity. The primary character line under the door handles, which unlike in the previous model does not continue onto the rear quarter panel, gives the Golf an unfortunate everycar look. The front end, though, is clean and purposeful, and the U-shaped channels within the headlights make for a standout design statement; the rear, like the front, emphasizes width with its horizontal elements.
The interior also has been completely restyled, and the effort here is more successful. The wide center stack is canted slightly toward the driver, and the gauges are deeply set into an angled dash face, as in the Passat. The interior is much more impressive for its materials, however, than for its design. It's executed to an extremely high standard and marks a return to class-leading interiors for VW. Soft-touch surfaces are everywhere (in our top-spec test cars) and the cabin is awash in high-gloss black trim, even on the steering wheel, a flat-bottomed unit wrapped in smooth leather and featuring more spoke-mounted buttons than ever. It's a good thing they're well-designed and easy to use. Our cars also had the Golf's new, extra-large touch screen (a smaller version will be standard), which has a neat proximity sensor, like that in the Cadillac CUE system, which automatically presents virtual buttons as your finger approaches.
As nice as the new Golf is inside, however, we're pleased with how easy it is to see out of. Thin A-pillars and a wide backlight buck industry trends and make for clear sightlines. The great outward visibility complements the excellent driving position. The seats are firm and supportive, although their deep lateral bolsters might be confining for larger drivers. The cabin is wider than before, and the rear seat is spacious and comfortable, even in the two-door. VW also claims one cubic foot more space in the cargo hold, although the load floor seems quite high. Buyers can brighten the interior with a new, ultra-wide panoramic glass sunroof, just one of a slew of luxury-car features available — in Europe at least. Others include: adaptive cruise control with forward collision warning, automatic low-speed braking, lane departure warning, automatic parking assist, blind-spot warning and cross-traffic alert, keyless ignition, a power driver's seat, and a driver drowsiness monitor, but it's still to be determined which of those features will come to the States.
That uncertainty also makes it difficult to give a definitive report on how the new Golf drives. Yes, we can tell you that the cars we drove exhibited a new level of sophistication not only for the Golf — and for small cars in general — but there are many caveats. Take the 1.4-liter TSI turbocharged four-cylinder, for instance. Making a stout 138 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque, this mighty mite is surprisingly strong, even off the line, and zings the little VW from 0 to 62 mph in 8.4 seconds, although it feels faster, with great responsiveness across the rev range. Too bad it's not coming to America. We will be getting a new gasoline engine to (finally) replace the 2.5-liter five-cylinder; European bureau chief Georg Kacher tells us it will be a smaller version of the 2.0-liter turbo four, displacing 1.8 liters.
The 2.0-liter TDI that we drove, however, is confirmed for our market, since the current diesel engine has a 25 percent take rate in the U.S. Golf. The new version of the 2.0-liter turbodiesel sees horsepower increase to 148 hp while torque remains at 236 pound-feet. According to Volkswagen's measurements, the new Golf TDI is 0.7 second faster from 0 to 62 mph (at 8.6 seconds). The engine's robust torque easily flung the new Golf from corner to corner on the curving two-lanes of Sardinia, where our test drive took place. Except at idle, this engine's diesel clatter is well muted. Even better though, is the revised six-speed DSG, which operates with perfect smoothness, having shed its sometimes-jerky behavior in stop-and-go driving. The six-speed stick also makes a strong case for itself, however, with low-effort throws and delightful clutch action.
In either powertrain, torque steer is conspicuous by its absence, banished with the help of Volkwagen's XDS differential, which brakes an individual slipping front wheel to mimic a limited-slip differential, and which is standard on the Golf (again, in Europe). Both cars we drove were equipped with Dynamic Chassis Control, which offers a choice of five drive modes that affect the dampers, throttle, steering, transmission, and A/C. The differences were subtle at best — but no matter, since DCC won't come here. Regardless of the setting, the steering is rather light but the new, variable-ratio rack effectively keeps wheel-winding to a minimum even in hairpin corners, and does so without the weirdly unpredictable response you get in other manufacturers' systems; here again, though, this option is not confirmed for our market. Serene quietness and a supple ride (on seventeen-inch wheels with 45-series rubber) give credence to the new Golf's upscale ambitions, and yet the car is still fun and tossable. Rear-end squat under acceleration is more prevalent than body roll in corners, but even though body motions aren't totally suppressed, the light and lively VW was a willing playmate on the empty back roads on the northern edge of this Mediterranean island.
The new Golf exhibits outsized polish and sophistication for a compact hatch. Just how many of its premium features we will get is for now an open question. Certainly, with the Jetta and the Passat, VW of America recently has been moving in the opposite direction; Volkswagen insiders, though, tell us that the new Golf will be positioned above the Jetta so maybe the cost pressures won't be so intense. We'll see how much of its considerable charm the new Golf retains when it finally arrives at our shores, but our preview drive certainly was positive.
2015 Volkswagen Golf
On sale: Now (Europe); spring 2014 (USA)
Base price: $19,000 (estimated)
1.4-liter I-4 turbo
138 hp @ 4500-6000 rpm
184 lb-ft @ 1500-3500 rpm
2.0-liter I-4 turbodiesel
148 hp @ 3500-4000 rpm
236 lb-ft @ 1750-3000 rpm
6-speed manual
6-speed DSG
Drive: Front-wheel
Fuel mileage: N/A


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SJ - IM Brings Privacy and Lock-tight Security to World of Instant Messaging
Jan 22, 2014, 09:01 EST
NICOSIA, Cyprus, Jan. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Instant messaging (IM) has now surpassed text messaging as the preferred method for fast, text-based communications. Unfortunately, all of these messages are vulnerable to interception unless users take steps to protect themselves. SJ Software Development Group (http://safetyjabber.com/) has engineered a security solution for IM programs that's both easy to deploy and virtually impossible for hackers and spies to circumvent. Currently, SJ IM (Safetyjabber) is available for Windows, Mac OS X and iOS.
Encryption of instant messages is not just a concern for corporations. Individuals, too, can benefit from knowing their private communications cannot be read by anyone except the intended recipient. In addition, the software encrypts chat logs, so no one can pry into a user's chat history.
SJ is built on the XMPP (Jabber), OSCAR (ICQ) protocol, an open source protocol that powers countless IM clients. Users need not be technically inclined, as no initial configuration of the instant messenger is required. Once running, all messages are sent in complete anonymity. In the past, encrypting instant messages was a tedious, manual process that was beyond the skill or patience of ordinary users.
SJ IM provides the highest level of encryption (4096-bit) for instant messaging, but it works for more than just messages. The software also protects file transfers conducted via instant message pathways. Likewise, contact lists can be exported or imported using PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) keys and auto encryption OTR (Off-the-Record Messaging). SJ IM also enables security and anonymity when using the latest social media messaging services like Facebook Messenger.
Premium users of SJ IM also have access to Safetyjabber's Screen Saver utility. With the utility activated, bringing the desktop back to life requires a password; the utility also enables the use of hot keys to switch on the screen saver or send the computer into emergency shutdown. For convenience, the utility can easily be activated and deactivated. In organizational environments where privacy and security are paramount, the Screen Saver utility simply adds one more layer of protection to SJ IM software.
SJ Software is currently testing an Android version of SJ IM, with plans to bring the same robust level of security to the Android platform. For now, interested parties can learn more about the various SJ IM clients, as well as test drive a 30-day trial version here: http://safetyjabber.com/download.php.
About SJ Software Development Group
SJ Software Development Group Limited is a young company founded in 2011 by a team of professionals in the field of information security. The team has been active since 1997 with the creation of various web projects of different complexities and types. From 2011 onward, the company has been engaged in the development and implementation of security systems for jabber correspondence confidentiality.
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It's impossible not to fall in love with Dublin's stately Georgian houses, gregarious locals, laid back lifestyle and yes, even the rainy weather! This incredible city has a lifetime's worth of attractions, so don't be surprised if you want to come back as soon as you leave. Just some of the must-do's include pouring a pint of the 'black stuff' at the Guinness Storehouse, viewing the Book of Kells, and people watching on Grafton Street from Bewley's Cafe.
Stay at Croke Park hotel or Similar or hand selected Bed and Breakfast
Home to one of Ireland's finest exports, Waterford Crystal, this county is a sunny seaside retreat popular with families. The calm coastline is bordered with powdery golden beaches, with plenty of quaint villages along the coast to stop off in such as Dunmore East and Tramore. A visit to Waterford city with its medieval streets, castle, and of course, the Waterford Crystal factory, is a must.
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Known as 'the Kingdom', Kerry is the heart of ancient Ireland and still the most stunning spot on the island. From quaint seaside villages like Dingle (where a dolphin voluntarily puts on a show for the boats every afternoon) to the busy tourist spot of Killarney, not to mention one of the most breathtaking road trips in Europe, the Ring of Kerry, and the simply astounding Killarney National Park a visit to Kerry is unforgettable.
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by sdsichero » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:35 pmI'm still amazed it is coming here...
Project X Zone Release Date Announced
by bkthomson » Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:09 ammore game play footage from Lego Marvel Super Heroes
by sdsichero » Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:01 amNext Xbox reveal due 21st May, costs $500 or $300 with a subscription, reports suggest
by SuperginraiX » Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:09 am
It's not that this would affect ME much since I have a constant internet connection but... well, actually it does since my "constant" connection cuts out every once in a while. It's bad enough that I randomly get kicked out of multiplayer because of it but how annoying would it be to be kicked out of a single player game?
And what about people who live in rural areas where a constant internet connection isn't the norm?
Hopefully, this "must be internet-connect to use" thing isn't actually happening. Yet. I mean, ten years from now? It makes sense. Right now? Still seems sort of pipe-dreamy.
by sdsichero » Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:50 pm
Or if the servers experience a Marvel 700 event
by sdsichero » Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:54 pmMicrosoft to Bring Omni-Spatial Gesturing & Glasses-Free 3D UI to Future Smartphones, TVs & Xbox Controller
by sdsichero » Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:17 amA lot of the same footage of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes but no commentary. x-posted in LEGO thread
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by SuperginraiX » Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:37 amAfter the disappointment of Bioshock Infinite, I needed to go do something a little more old school that would take me more than a week to play through. I went with the Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection so that I could play through all the Phantasy Star games. I'm right in the middle of the first Phantasy Star which is an unlockable Master System game on the Genesis Collection.
So I'm using the power of the X-Box 360 to play a 16-bit collection... and using it to play an 8-bit game.
I was worried that all the level grinding would burn me out. I could do all of that back when I was ten but modern games have made me impatient with the believe that I should level up just by playing the game and not by running in a circle for an hour just fighting random enemies. It turns out I'm just obsessive compulsive enough that the grinding in Phantasy Star is relaxing. It helps that I'm not waiting for the game to load every battle.
The pseudo 3D dungeons amaze me WAY more than they should. I mean, these are simplistic things that you can SEE how they did it and I'm used to ACTUAL 3 Dimensional games and I STILL THINK IT'S COOL.
The game is pretty fun. It's definitely an EARLY look at what RPGs could be. The characters are HARDLY characters but the cutscenes are nice. The vehicles require a few too many button presses but are otherwise cool. It gives me fond memories of playing Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior.
So, I'm covered for a few weeks on the gaming front.
by baggle » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:52 amI know that this is hardly a video game focused forum in general, but anyone else have some love for Guacamelee?
It's a really fun Metroidvania-style (referring to games like Metroid or Castlevania where you traverse a 2D world and usually unlock new abilities as you go which allow you to reach new areas) game with a luchador theme and art style. The combo system in the combat is surprisingly deep, and it's immensely satisfying to tackle a big group of enemies without letting them harm you because you've been suplexing one enemy into several others, causing splash damage.
The game also does the 'cross-buy' thing for PS3/Vita well. You buy it once and can play it on either platform (I've played exclusively on the Vita so far), and you can upload your save at any point to PSN so you can continue your game on the other system. I swear I'm not a shill for Sony, I just really like this game.
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Kofi Annan, the United Nation's mediator in Syria, will present a new proposal today for bringing international powers on board with his peace plan in hopes of avoiding both a full-out war and international powers acting beyond the auspices of the UN.
Western powers, fed up with Russian and Chinese intransigence on stronger action against the Syrian government, began threatening last week to take action outside the United Nations Security Council. US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice suggested they would have no choice but to act without UN authorization.
Much of the international community, as well as Syrians on the ground, have been calling the peace plan a failure for weeks. Violence has continued, and one of the most horrific events of the conflict – the Houla massacre, in which 108 Syrians were killed – happened several weeks after the cease-fire went into effect. There were reports yesterday of another massacre, this time in the village of Qubair in Hama region, with 86 dead, according to The Wall Street Journal.
UN monitors have so far been unable to get into the village to verify reports of the massacre, according to Reuters.
The thrust of Annan's proposal is a contact group that would bring the UN Security Council members – Russia, China, the US, Britain, and France – together with critical regional players, like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey, who back the rebels, and Iran, which supports President Bashar al-Assad, Reuters reports.
The goal is to create a plan for a "political transition" that would remove Mr. Assad from power and hold elections for his successor. The point of the contact group, according to diplomats speaking with Reuters, is to bring Russia on board with the idea of replacing Assad.
"We're trying to get the Russians to understand that if they don't give up on Assad, they stand to lose all their interests in Syria if this thing blows up into a major regional war involving Lebanon, Iran, Saudis," a Western diplomat told Reuters. "So far the Russians have not agreed."
Further details of Annan's plan were leaked to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius. He writes that including Russia and Iran – the "key supporters" of Assad's survival – in the contact group gives them an incentive to help along his removal from power and the ability to protect their substantial interests in Syria.
The Russians' participation could help stabilize Syria during the transition, because they might get buy-in from the Syrian military, many of whose senior officers are Russian-trained. As Syria's main weapons supplier, Moscow has, over many decades, developed and cultivated contacts throughout the regime power structure.
Would Russia or Iran support this unconventional proposal? It's impossible to know. In recent days, the United States is said to have held exploratory talks with Russian officials who apparently have indicated some interest. Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said a week ago that Moscow wasn't wedded to Assad's remaining in power, but the Russians have done nothing to move the Syrian dictator toward the exit.
Russian news outlet RT reports that Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikhail Bogdanov said recently, "Moscow is not trying to keep Assad in power, his fate is in the hands of the Syrian people." And while in Beijing this week, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia considered it "necessary" to bring Iran into the diplomatic process because it has "real influence on different opposition groups," of which there are "not that many."
According to Ignatius, Russia has offered Assad exile, allowing him to avoid prosecution for war crimes.
But the inclusion of Russia and Iran also makes the plan a controversial one, he writes – some countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Israel, will not be happy about making Iran part of the diplomatic process. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Iran was "stage-managing" the Syrian government's crackdown and "reacted coolly" to the idea of including it more actively, according to Reuters.
Perhaps the biggest thing Annan's new proposal has going for it is the fact that there is still no other option that is palatable to the international community. All chatter about international intervention has been just that: chatter. The result of a failure is all too clear to everyone involved, Ignatius writes.
If Annan's idea for a contact group proves to be a non-starter, there aren't any obvious alternatives, other than a deepening civil war. Assad last week resisted the former secretary general's de-escalation proposals, such as withdrawing Syrian troops from conflict zones and releasing political prisoners. And if progress isn't made soon, Annan probably will have to abandon his peace effort — with all sides understanding this means a bloody war to the finish.


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- Game now supports 4:3, 5:4, and 16:10 aspect ratios.
- Item storage has been added. Players can now store items from their Inventory at inns. To leave items in storage or collect previously stored items, talk to innkeepers.
- A 'Junk' panel has been added to the Inventory to provide greater clarity in item classification.
- A new menu option has been added under 'Extras' – this enables players to view in-game animated sequences (flashbacks, memory flashes, dreams stolen by harpies) outside of the game.
- A 'Quickload' option has been added under the F9 key.
- The game's HUD can now be hidden in order to produce HUD-free screenshots! On newly installed game copies, the option to hide/show the HUD is available by default under the 'H' key. Users who have modified the key assignments on their installations should go to the 'Input Settings' dialogue of the Witcher 2 Configuration Tool to assign a key to this option. Please note that the game cannot be played with the HUD hidden.
- A counter has been added for items placed in quick slots.
- Players can now create multiple items in the Alchemy panel.
- Issue involving the game not running at 2560x1440 resolution has been resolved.
- Issues with nVidia 3D Vision technology have been resolved. Players no longer need to uninstall the related drivers.
- Assorted improvements have been made in the game's 3D Vision, SLI and Crossfire functionality.
- Assorted improvements have been made for running the game in Ubersampling mode on nVidia cards.
- Key bindings have been corrected to enable configuration of mouse buttons for use by left-handed players.
- Assorted key binding options have been added to facilitate configuration of controls and quick access to various in-game panels.
- Issue related to game settings being reset to defaults upon patch installation has been resolved. Patches no longer reset game settings.
- The configuration file is no longer over-written when the launcher/configuration tool is patched and over-written.
- The launcher now closes while the game is being patched, thus eliminating the resulting game patching error.
- The launcher now closes completely and no longer continues to operate in the background.
- 'Installed game version is invalid or incomplete' error in updater when free space on system drive is insufficient – message has been corrected to reflect more accurately the nature of the error.
- Mutagens are now alchemy ingredients. Minor mutagens drop more frequently than do major mutagens, though the overall mutagen drop rate has been reduced.
- Corrections have been made in the mutagen drop rate and in Thorak's store.
- 'Dragon' section of Prologue does not become available until after all assault-related sections have been completed, thereby softening the difficulty curve at the start of the game.
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- Quen Sign slightly de-buffed – Sign dissipates 20% faster after foes land a blow. Assorted minor balance issues related to this Sign have also been resolved.
- Issue with oil enhancements not working on silver swords has been resolved.
- Issue with Dragon's Dream bombs has been resolved. Damage to bosses from cast daggers has been reduced by one-half.
- Several optimization improvements have been made in the tavern in Vergen.
- Problem with music accompanying 'stealth' sequences has been resolved.
- Issue related to arm wrestling Bart Bargee has been resolved. Players can no longer win coin from this character endlessly.
- Option to fist fight woman praying at a statue in Vergen has been deactivated.
- Mini-game contestants at one of the in-game taverns now switch positions correctly without blocking one another.
- Problem involving Fenn's sword in combat has been resolved.
- Problems with herbalist's gloves have been resolved.
- In the Prologue, Geralt retains his steel long sword throughout, i.e., he is no longer automatically equipped with his default sword for the 'Assault' sequence.
- Problem with some nekkers being immortal has been resolved.
- Issue with triggered black screens blocking game progress has been resolved.
- Interactions no longer appear on nekker nests after these have been destroyed.
- The "Scent of Incense" quest no longer shows up as failed after being completed successfully.
- Sudden switch to gameplay just prior to cut scene involving Cynthia and Philippa has been eliminated.
- Triss, Roche and Iorveth are now de-spawned before the final credits roll.
- Guard pacing cycles have been corrected.
- The Redanian messenger in Henselt's tent can no longer be killed, preventing him from re-spawning.
- Elf woman in Vergen no longer strikes a T-pose.
- Rotfiends feeding on corpses no longer re-spawn after corpse is burned.
- Several fixes have been made in the functioning of in-game populaces.
- Numerous problems with cameras in dialogue sequences have been resolved.
- Assorted corrections have been made in dialogue sequences (including King Foltest's gestures on the town walls in the Prologue).
- A progression break in the 'In the Claws of Madness' quest has been eliminated.
The second entry in the Witcher saga is characterized by an incredibly gripping, mature and non-linear plot. In addition, the new combat system is even smoother and guarantees a greater variety of tactical possibilities.
The game is built upon completely new technology, designed from scratch by CD Projekt RED to develop role-playing games with non-linear plot. The new technology also delivers beautiful visuals, transporting players to one of the most vivid RPG universes ever.
The Xbox 360 version will be an enhanced adaptation of the PC game released to instant international acclaim in mid-May. Accordingly, it will incorporate numerous improvements and enhancements. Details will be announced over the coming months.
CD Projekt RED Executive Producer John Mamais stated, "We're very proud of The Witcher 2 and the highly positive reactions it has received from both our players and the media. Taking it to the Xbox 360 represents an exciting opportunity to introduce it to a new segment of the gaming audience. I'd like to stress that we are doing a full adaptation to the new platform, not just a straight port. Technology-wise, this means we are aiming to push its limits in order to get visual quality as close to high-end PCs as possible – and during E3, you'll see how good the results we've already achieved are. Gameplay-wise, it means we are looking closely at all the feedback we have received about the PC release, and are addressing it during the adaptation process to be sure we provide a superb, completely polished gaming experience. Of course, we are not changing our vision. The Witcher 2 for Xbox 360 will have exactly same flavor, that of deep, mature, non-linear role-playing."
John Mamais also commented on the planned release date, "Some people may be disappointed that the game is scheduled for the end of the year, not earlier. Market-wise, that might be profitable, but I think everyone has had enough of ports rushed to different platforms, so we really don't want to follow this path. As always, quality and the players' experience are paramount for us. So now, we have a few precious months to focus on delivering a superb RPG to Xbox gamers, and we are going to do that"
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For his turn as dwarf king Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," actor Richard Armitage drew inspiration from a very different regal figure created not by J.R.R. Tolkien, but rather William Shakespeare.
"I was in a production of 'Macbeth,'" Armitage told Hero Complex on the occasion of the film's release last December. "So I went back to all my notes about 'Macbeth,' because I just felt there was something about that character unwinding that was relevant to Thorin unwinding in this story."
Thorin, of course, plays a key role in the first of Peter Jackson's planned three-part adaptation of Tolkien's beloved 1937 children's novel, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," which makes the trek to Blu-ray and DVD this week.
Audiences have a new opportunity to enjoy Armitage's performance as the mighty warrior who joins forces with an initially reluctant Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) to reclaim his homeland and the treasure that's been stolen by the dragon Smaug.
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In the brief video above, Armitage says that he's optimistic that the film will stand the "test of time" in the same way Jackson's earlier Tolkien movies have.
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" opened in December and went on to gross more than $300 million at the domestic box office.
The second installment of the trilogy, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," is scheduled to journey into theaters Dec. 13, while the final film, "The Hobbit: There and Back Again," will be be released Dec. 17, 2014.
The final film originally had been set to open July 18, 2014.
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Same here Idaho Spud - the Swedish Chef is so funny - love him too.
Just love them all. : )
Yeah and Beaker - thanks Tony.
Checking out the video.
Another one for Halloween, with one of my favorites. Beaker. Muppet Labs Experiment 2Q975: Carve-O-Matic.
The Swedish Chef is hilarious. My favorite muppet.
Thanks for the video link Tony - I just love Halloween!
For Halloween 'Carven Der Pumpkin'. The Swedish Chef.
This one is great too. Love it. Will post something ASAP. Wonderful.
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Tucker's kick lifts Ravens past Dolphins 26-23
Tucker's kick lifts Ravens past Dolphins 26-23
Oct. 06, 2013
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Frantically trying to protect a slim lead late in the fourth quarter, the Baltimore Ravens' pass rushers let Ryan Tannehill slip away to throw for a big gain.
The next time they made sure he didn't escape.
Elvis Dumervil sacked Tannehill for a 5-yard loss in the final minute to push the Miami Dolphins to the edge of field-goal range, and two plays later Caleb Sturgis missed a 57-yard try, giving Baltimore a 26-23 victory Sunday.
Baltimore finished with six sacks, three by Terrell Suggs.
"We weren't perfect, but we made plays we needed to," Suggs said.
Justin Tucker kicked a 44-yard field goal to put the Ravens ahead with 1:42 left.
Then Tannehill, under pressure all day, scrambled to his left before completing a 46-yard pass to Brandon Gibson on fourth down to keep the Dolphins' hopes alive and give them a first down at the 34.
Dumervil pushed them back to the 39.
"We had good coverage, and I was able to make the play," he said.
That might have been enough to make Sturgis miss. He was wide left with 33 seconds to go.
"Bad time to miss," said the rookie, who had been 10 for 10. "I wanted to make sure I got it there. Unfortunately I hooked it pretty good."
The Ravens (3-2) rediscovered their ground game, bounced back from a loss last week at Buffalo and won on the road for the first time this season.
The Dolphins (3-2) lost their second game in a row, with their pass protection again a culprit. Tannehill came into the game with 18 sacks, the most of any NFL quarterback.
"It's hard to function offensively when you're going backward," coach Joe Philbin said. "We're going to fix the problems we have. We're not going to sweep them under the rug."
Baltimore's Joe Flacco passed for 269 yards and had one interception after throwing a career-high five interceptions last week. He had three completions of at least 40 yards, and each set up a score.
The Ravens ran for a season-high 133 yards. Ray Rice rushed for a season-best 74 and caught six passes for 28. Torrey Smith made six catches for 121 yards.
Despite being outgained and outplayed, the Dolphins mounted a furious rally. Trailing 23-13 with 10 minutes left, they scored twice in 95 seconds.
Reshad Jones tied the game at 23 by returning an interception 25 yards for a touchdown. Flacco was throwing from the goal line on third down when his right arm and the ball were hit by Dion Jordan, and the pass fluttered to Jones, who ran untouched for the score.
"Stuff happens," Flacco said. "You get mad at yourself for a couple of seconds, then you go to the sideline to regroup."
"Joe never gets fazed," coach John Harbaugh said. "He's not going to get rattled."
Flacco moved Baltimore 34 yards to set up Tucker's tiebreaking field goal, his fourth of the day. The score triggered a roar, with perhaps 10,000 Ravens rooters in the crowd of 68,342.
"How many fans did we have here?" Harbaugh said. "It seemed like half the stadium. They were loud the whole game."
Flacco led drives of 80, 73 and 94 yards on the Ravens' first three possessions of the second half, each resulting in a score to transform a 13-6 deficit into a 23-13 lead.
Tannehill couldn't quite keep up. He finished 21 for 40 for 307 yards with one touchdown and no turnovers, but the Ravens' sacks cost Miami 35 yards.
"We knew coming in they had a good pass rush," Tannehill said. "Especially when you get behind 10, we knew they were going to be teeing off. As a unit we just all need to step up and do everything we can to handle the pass rush."
The pressure was fiercest in the fourth quarter, when Suggs had all of his sacks.
"My wife told me, 'Bring mama home three sacks,'" he said. "It came down the stretch and it was time to get going."
Notes: Dolphins DE Cameron Wake, nursing a left knee injury, started but played only briefly. Miami LB Dannell Ellerbe hurt his shoulder in the second quarter. CB Nolan Carroll left the game in the third quarter with a rib injury. ... Ravens G Kelechi Osemele was sidelined by back spasms. ... An interception by Baltimore's James Ihedigbo was overturned, with the replay judge determining he was out of bounds. ... Bernard Pierce had a 28-yard run, the Ravens' longest this season. ... Miami's Mike Wallace had seven catches for 105 yards, but also dropped at least two passes.
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AAFP's CFS Information Sheet: Smack in the Face for Patients
Re: Toni Bernhard's blog, "Another Blow to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Sufferers"
Following are a few reader reactions to the American Academy of Family Physicians' description of CFS as "a disorder that causes you to be very tired." (Apparently failing to note that the FDA pronounced ME/CFS a "serious and life threatening disease" in September.)
• What's in a name. I've always thought that the best reply to nonsense like this spewed out by the AAFP was: "Calling ME Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is like calling diabetes Chronic Thirst Syndrome." Covers about the same territory. – W
• Yep, that is an insult for sure… The CFS name in North America was a means to discredit the symptoms & allow the insurance companies to deny its physiological basis vs. the psychobabble model we now use…. How many more people have to lose their lives from these diseases or by their own hands before the medical community wakes up? – A
• Let's hope change comes soon. Yes, people are dying from this illness. I hope with all my heart that the medical community changes its thinking on it… and soon. All my best – Toni
Video of Dr. Byron Hyde's Oct 27 Presentation
On Oct 27, the Massachusetts CFIDS/ME & FM Association (www.masscfids.org) hosted a presentation of fresh insights on ME/CFS research past and present by Byron Hyde, MD – Founder and Director of the Nightingale Research Foundation in Ottawa, Canada. Click here to view the three-part video coverage of his presentation: 1) General and CFS, 2) Fibromyalgia, and 3) Questions.
As Dr. Hyde explains, "One of the biggest issues for patients is getting a physician to RUN tests, then KNOW what the results mean, and finally what to try for TREATMENT." A written summary of his talk will be posted soon.
Could Chronic Bartonella Explain Some ME/CFS?
Re: "Do the Bacteria Behind Cat Scratch Fever Cause Chronic Fatigue (Syndrome)?"
This Scientific American brief by Marissa Fessenden notes an emerging suspicion that the little-understood Bartonella bacterium may also be connected to many cases diagnosed as Lyme (in 46.6% of those diagnosed before referral for testing), arthritis (20.6%), CFS (19.6%), and fibromyalgia (6.1%). She's citing an article published in the May 2012 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases which also notes Bartonella's strategies for eluding detection in the body.
Don't Let ME/CFS Be Mislabeled a 'Mental Disorder'!
Re: "Physical Illnesses May Soon be Labeled 'Mental Disorders'"
In this "Turning Straw Into Gold" blog post, Toni Bernhard urges us all to help protest a section of the soon-to-be-published Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) which encourages healthcare providers to define 'unexplained' illnesses as mental disorders. Read the criteria they use for a "Somatic Symptom Disorder," and it's hard to see how anyone with ME/CFS would escape. By "liking" their blogs and commenting in overwhelming numbers, we can help Toni and fellow Psychology Today blogger Dr. Allen Frances send the message that this will not stand.
Dr. Chia Video on Viral Involvement in ME/CFS
Re: "ME/CFS Alert #38: Dr. Chia on His Son's ME/CFS & Remission"
Dr. Chia explains his belief that viruses – especially certain enterovirus 'cousins' of polio viruses – are cell-invading seeds of unexplained illness.
Two Childhood Symptoms Often Predict IBS
Re: "The Natural History of Irritable Bowel Syndrome"
Two GI symptoms in childhood are often unrecognized early manifestations of adult IBS, according to this recent controlled study. The researchers found IBS patients recalled frequent diarrhea (at 7 times the rate for healthy controls) and abdominal pain (at more than 4.3 times normal). No association was found for other childhood symptoms including colic, constipation, and migraine.
Kenny De Meirleir to Present at WPI
Kenny De Meirleir, MD, PhD, a world-famous, Belgium-based ME/CFS clinical researcher, will speak in Reno at the University of Nevada's CMM/WPI Auditorium on Monday, January 28. We can find no details on the topic or specific time yet, but Whittemore-Peterson Institute suggests it will provide more soon on its Facebook page.
Test for Lyme Treatment Effectiveness
Re: "The Lymphocyte Transformation Test for Borrelia Detects Active Lyme Borreliosis and Verifies Effective Antibiotic Treatment."
This full-text article in the Open Neurology Journal suggests use of the LTT performed about four weeks after antibiotic therapy for Borrelia infection can be a useful way to follow up on the therapy's effectiveness.
Patient Conference Call on 'Redefining Exercise in CFS', Jan 14
On Monday, Jan 14, the CDC will host a conference call for ME/CFS patients from 3:00 to 4:00 pm Eastern time. The topic of the meeting will be "Redefining Exercise in CFS Through Redefining Aerobic Activity," and the presenters will be two experts from the Ft. Lauderdale-based Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine – Director Nancy Klimas, MD, and clinical exercise physiologist Connie Sol, PhDc. For details, and to submit questions for Klimas and Sol to answer, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
One More Ampligen Trial Needed, Or Can Patient Petition Help?
On Dec 20, an FDA Advisory Committee voted 9-4 not to recommend Ampligen as a candidate for commercial approval at this time, and suggesting another study is needed. Ability to improve on Ampligen is indeed unpredictable, but many people lacking other options are desperate for the opportunity to chance it.
Accordingly, a petition to the FDA, posted on iPetitions.com (http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ampligen/#sign_petition), allows people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME to register their desire to have an opportunity to try Ampligen therapy if they wish. Will the ME/CFS community and its advocates muster the target 2,000 signatures or more? The FDA will render a decision on whether to conditionally approve Ampligen for ME/CFS on Feb 2.
CFS/ME & Gulf War Illness Patient Conference, Jan 26 in Miami
More than a dozen experts will speak about CFS/ME and Gulf War Illness research & treatment on Jan 26 at a patient conference sponsored by Nova Southeastern University's Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine in Ft. Lauderdale. Experts include Dan Peterson, MD; Gordon Broderick, PhD; Mady Hornig, MD; Connie Sol, MS; Irma Rey, MD; Sue Levine, MD; Nancy Klimas, MD; Dolores Perdomo, PhD; Lynn Rafferty, PharmD; Scott Carlson (Exec. Dir. Chronic Fatigue Initiative); and Rebecca Halstead (Army Brigadier General, retired). For more information and to register (minimum donation $25), click here.


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The loonie rose 0.34 of a cent to 90.47 cents US.
European Union foreign ministers agreed to slap travel bans and asset freezes on 21 people from Russia and Crimea they have linked to the push for the secession.
Also, U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order that names seven Russian government officials as sanctions targets. The U.S. Treasury Department also is imposing sanctions on four Ukrainians, including former president Viktor Yanukovych.
And Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his government is also putting economic sanctions and travel restrictions on senior people in Russia, Ukraine and Crimea.
Analysts say this approach targeted at individuals as opposed to general trade indicates that western powers don't want to escalate an already fragile situation.
On the economic front, Statistics Canada said that Canadians added $2.3 billion of foreign securities to their holdings in January. It was the fourth straight month of such investment.
At the same time, foreign investors acquired $1.1 billion of Canadian securities, mainly in equities. As a result, the agency said that cross-border transactions in securities generated a net outflow of funds for a second consecutive month.
And U.S. factory production surged 0.8 per cent in February, nearly reversing a 0.9 per cent plunge in January that was due mainly to weather.
On the commodity markets, copper was unchanged at US$2.95 a pound after a string of negative data from China sent prices down eight per cent last week.
April crude dipped 81 cents to US$98.08 a barrel. Gold prices faded $6.10 to US$1,372.90 an ounce after nervous investors pushed prices ahead last week.
Traders also looked ahead to Wednesday afternoon when the U.S. Federal Reserve makes its next interest rate announcement, followed by a news conference with new central bank chair Janet Yellen.
Traders will be looking for any change in a gauge the Fed is using for interest rate guidance — the jobless rate. Generally, markets aren't expecting a rate hike from the Fed until the middle of next year at the earliest.
Also, the Fed will likely send the message that the economy is strong enough to carry on with its program of cutting back on its bond purchases, the stimulus program that kept long term rates low and encouraged a strong rally on stock markets.
Markets expect the Fed to cut its monthly bond purchases by another $10 billion to $55 billion a month.
Meanwhile, Chinese officials announced on the weekend that exchange rate controls would be modestly eased. It was the latest step in a plan to eventually let the yuan float freely.
The yuan reversed course recently after strengthening steadily for years. Analysts believe the central bank is guiding the exchange rate lower against the U.S. dollar in an effort to discourage speculators from moving money into the country to profit from the yuan's rise.


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This week, the US Art Critics Association (AICA-USA) announced its annual awards recognizing artists, curators, museums, galleries, and other cultural institutions for their work in the past year.
Topping the list in the category of "Best Project in a Public Space" was Sarah Sze for her High Line Art installation, Still Life with Landscape (Model for a Habitat).
Emerging from the shooting perspective lines of the landscape of the High Line, the sculpture extends through space like a perspective drawing in three dimensions. The artwork is simultaneously an observatory, an experiment, and a metropolis, evoking urban construction, scientific models, and attempts to capture nature in situ.
Sarah Sze's sculpture, Still Life with Landscape (Model for a Habitat), is a favorite with visitors and migrating songbirds. High Line staff fill the sculpture with bird seed, fruit, and other foods to attract birds, and butterflies and other beneficial insects.
A temporary installation originally commissioned in 2011 by our then curator Lauren Ross, the piece will be on view until June of this year.
Read more about current and upcoming High Line Art projects.


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ITEM #5460 Triangle Accessory Tray
This Triangle Accessory tray provides a convenient place to set many of the things and amateur astronomer may be using through the night, eyepiece, chart, red flashlight etc. While not only providing a temporary storage function, this tray also increases the overall stability of the tripod and decreasing any vibrations seen through the telescope. With holes spaced approx 9.5 apart this tray fits many other non standard mounts too.
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Yamaha Pacifica 510V, White
Yamaha Pacifica 510V, WhiteDetails
This award winning Yamaha Pacifica 510V electric guitar matches vintage vibe with modern performance. A no-nonsense rock guitar, the Pacifica 510V has the style of classic custom made LA electrics and one special pick-up that produces the tone of three!
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The video below shows the full range of Yamaha Pacifica Electric Guitars. To skip straight to the Yamaha Pacifica 510V please go to 3 min 50 seconds.
Three Pickups in One
Designed to be player-focused, the popular Pacifica range offers sound, feel and versatility ready for any style or stage. When Yamaha set out to design the 510V guitar, they decided to try and make their first single pickup electric guitar. The result is a cool looking, sleek body with a unique expanse of bare scratchplate in the middle! The solo pickup is none other than a new version of the impressive Seymour Duncan P-Rails which produces humbucking, single coil and P-90 tones with the aid of a three way selector switch! Yamaha worked with Seymour Duncan to create this Trembucker version and so have exclusivity on the Trembucker-spaced P-Rails for OEM use.
Hot-Rod Vintage Looks
The modified, vintage style of the Yamaha Pacifica 510V comes partly from the gloss top coat over a vintage tinted neck. The Maple neck is smooth, substantial and very comfortable to play. As highly playable as any boutique guitar. The tinted, gloss-finished neck with the aged mint-green pickguard are unmistakeably custom-shop hot-rod cool!
Versatility With Focus
The unique P-Rails pickup on Yamaha's Pacifica 510V provides a wealth of tonal possibilities. The single pickup design sacrifices nothing in terms of versatility but gives your sound focus like no other guitar. The humbucker sound is hot with plenty of grunt for fat, full sounding rock chords. For those classic rock riffs this guitar has a host of options with the single coil tone whilst the P-90 sound is highly usable for rock and blues. The volume and tone controls allow even greater versatility and tweaking of your sound.
Solid Alder Body with Premium Hardware
The Yamaha Pacifica 510V has a solid Alder body, a feature often found only on more expensive guitars, which forms the backbone of Yamaha's quality sound. This is complimented with a selection of quality hardware. The TUSQ XL nut and string tree is precision engineered to couple the strings' vibrations to the neck and bring out hidden harmonics and richness in every note. 500 times more slippery than graphite, the Teflon-impregnated material eliminates string-binging and ensures tuning stability even with heavy tremolo use or massive string bends. Precision, pro-spec Grover locking machineheads lock strings automatically for stable tuning and ultra-fast string changes and the Wilkinson VS50 Bridge matches precision zinc saddles with a hardened steel, knife-edge baseplate and zinc block for outstanding feel, stability and tone.
Body & Bridge:
- Body: Alder
- Bridge: Wilkinson VS50-6
- Colour: White
Neck & Fingerboard:
- Neck: Maple
- Construction: Bolt-On
- Scale Length: 25 1/2" (648mm)
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Radius: 13 3/4" (350mm)
- Frets: 22
Pickups & Hardware:
- Pickups: Seymour Duncan Trembucker P-Rails
- Tuners: Grover Locking Tuner
- Pickup Switch: 3 position lever
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
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