The CLS has always been a little unique in the Mercedes range, in terms of design it stands out from the rest of the range with it's unusual shape and four seat layout.
It's a luxury car that manages to be cool looking while remaining practical.
Even the first generation which wasn't the best looking version has become a very desirable used car.
Now there's an estate version which Mercedes call "Shooting Brake" which is a very old term for a car that would take the landed gentry with their shotguns on expedition to go hunting.
Of course that term isn't used anymore, now it's about a style of car.
The CLS is a very useful estate, there's a huge boot with lots of nets and cubby holes for all sorts of shopping and not one place to put a dead animal.
Mercedes have done a lot of work on the electronics of the car,.
I hooked up my bluetooth phone in seconds with just a couple of clicks and I was ready.
Even the radio was easy to use with one big button for volume that's right in the middle of the dash where it should be.
Electric seats and an electric tailgate that not only opens remotely but closes from the drivers seat; you wouldn't want to get your hands dirty closing the boot now would you?
Nothing is ever the same as other cars though, Mercedes tend to do control layouts in their own way.
On the left of the steering wheel there's one stalk that does the wipers front and rear, indicators and washers that takes a bit of getting used to.
There's also the parking sensors that are a series of lights, the more lights that are on the closer you are to an object, the beeping nose doesn't happen until you are too close to something.
I would prefer the noise to be on all the time, it's reassuring.
Driving the CLS is a joy, it's ultra quiet at cruise and totally refined no matter what the road surface is like.
The 6 speed auto box does a good job at hiding the gear change no matter the conditions.
The engine is so quiet it's hard to tell what the revs are when you're using the flappy paddles.
However, the car won't let you too far into the red line, it'll just change gears.
There is a sort of laziness to the gear shift when you're in a hurry though.
Pulling away from traffic lights or jumping into a roundabout makes for a little lag in the shift which might make you miss your chance.
This car would suit the long distance driver.
It suits someone who needs a lot of room in the boot and maybe wants to carry the family on a long drive because it's so comfortable and has that lazy luxury feeling.
Of course if you are in the market for something that's very different on the roads of Ireland you should drop into the experts.
Sheehy Motors Naas 045 906666 are Kildare's premier Mercedes dealer and you'll be able to see what the CLS Shooting Brake has to offer.


AIM: To identify the psychological interventions for which there is consistent, high quality evidence of efficacy in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHOD: A computer-aided search and manual screening of identified papers was conducted. Randomised controlled trials published in English in peer-reviewed journals, assessing the use of psychological interventions in adult patients with RA were included. RESULTS: Thirty-four papers published between 1981 and 2009 encompassing 31 studies with 2021 patients were included.
BACKGROUND: In addition to pharmacotherapy and patient education, guiding patients to an optimal psychological coping with the disease is part of a comprehensive management. Data on the effectivity of the numerous psychosocial interventions are sparse and the outcome parameters are not well-defined. AIM: Introduction and differentiation of cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based interventions offered to patients with rheumatoid arthritis with the target of improving resilience.
For many years Western Medicine has considered the immune system to be separate and independent from the central nervous system. However, significant scientific advances and research discoveries that occurred during the past 50 years have presented additional facts that the immune system does interact with the central nervous system with mutual influence. This article provides a systematic review of the literature on the connection between the brain and the immune system and its clinical implications.
Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for chronic conditions has increased in recent years. CAM is immensely popular for musculoskeletal conditions and patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) frequently try CAM. This review summarises the trial data for or against CAM as a symptomatic treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. Collectively the evidence demonstrates that some CAM modalities show significant promise, e.g. acupuncture, diets, herbal medicine, homoeopathy, massage, supplements.
Despite a growing interest in uncovering the basic mechanisms of arthritis, medical treatment remains symptomatic. Current medical treatments do not consistently halt the long-term progression of these diseases, and surgery may still be needed to restore mechanical function in large joints. Patients with rheumatic syndromes often seek alternative therapies, with homeopathy being one of the most frequent. Homeopathy is one of the most frequently used complementary therapies worldwide.
BACKGROUND: Clinically relevant drug-drug interactions (DDIs) must be recognized in a timely manner and managed appropriately to prevent adverse drug reactions or therapeutic failure. Because the evidence for most DDIs is based on case reports or poorly documented clinical information, there is a need for better assessment of their clinical relevance.
van den Bemt, Patricia M. L. A.
Jansen, Tim L. Th A.
van de Laar, Mart A. F. J.
Brouwers, Jacobus R. B. J.
The objective of this systematic review is to evaluate data from controlled clinical trials testing the effectiveness of tai chi for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Systematic searches were conducted on Medline, Pubmed, AMED, British Nursing Index, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycInfo, The Cochrane Library 2007, Issue 1, the UK National Research Register and ClinicalTrials.gov, Korean medical databases, Qigong and Energy Medicine Database and Chinese databases up to January 2007. Hand-searches included conference proceedings and our own files.


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E-tolls and ANC 'continually sucking us dry': EFF
30 October 2013 - 15:43 By Sapa
Toll gantry. File photo.
Image: SIMON MATHEBULA
Implementation of e-tolling will rob Gauteng residents of their hard-earned money, the EFF in Gauteng said.
"Already our people can't cope with the high cost of living, high petrol prices and yet they must be sucked dry continuously?" spokesman Patrick Sindane told reporters in Johannesburg.
"We completely reject the introduction of the e-toll system."
The Economic Freedom Fighters called on citizens, civil society and anyone opposed to e-tolling to reject the system, as it represented a "systematic and well planned robbery by the [President Jacob] Zuma-led African [National Congress] government".
To this end, the EFF would be staging a protest on Friday in the Johannesburg CBD and march to the offices of the premier and transport department to hand over a memorandum.
"We are trying to build a Gauteng we are proud to live under. Life must not have a price tag," Sindane said.
"[Residents] know petrol is expensive and now they have to pay more?"
He said Gauteng instead needed a government that responded to the needs of people. Instead of public money being spent on e-tolling, it should be spent on meeting the needs of the poor, such as housing.
While the ANC-led government may have brought political freedom to South Africa, the country was nothing without economic freedom.
"They [the government] are continually sucking us dry," Sindane said.
He said people should boycott getting e-tags, as those who did endorsed the poor remaining in poverty, given the waste of public funds on e-tolls.
"Are you calling upon our people to respect laws that are unjust?"
A legal challenge to e-tolling by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Appeal on October 9. Outa announced on October 18 it did not have money to continue the legal fight against e-tolling.
"We still owe our lawyers R1.8 million and it will cost R1.5m to continue. We realised that we are out of money," chairman Wayne Duvenage said at the time.
Outa's argument remained that the SA National Roads Agency Limited and the government did not conduct a proper public participation process.

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Q: Using high charts' 'rows' property from the 'data' module Here is the relevant high charts api.  High charts has this great js fiddle demo to show how using the rows property works.
The issue I am having is when I only want to grab selected data from a table whose rows are dynamically generated.
The strategy I foresee using is for each row of data I want, to assign it a class, grab it, and then push the data into an array which is inside that rows property.
I think I am grabbing the data ok. I think the issue is the syntax from my code is not matching up correctly to how the rows property wants it.
My js fiddle attempt. If I can get that example to work then I should be good.
Here is how the highcharts api demo for rows shows the syntax:
data: {
  rows: [
    [null, 'Ola', 'Kari'], // series names
    ['Apples', 1, 5], // category and values
    ['Pears', 4, 4], // category and values
    ['Oranges', 3, 2] // category and values
  ]
}

And here is how I am attempting to grab the rows I want:
data: {
  rows: [
    [null, 'Names' ],
    /* Section that is not working
     * Don't know how to make it match the high charts syntax */
    $('.the_name').each(function() {
      var ary = [];
      ary.push($this).text();
      ary.push(($this).closest(".the_count").text());
    });
  ]
}

A: Try the code below:
var rows = [[null, 'Names' ]];
$('.the_name').each(function() {
               var ary = [];
               ary.push($(this).text());
               ary.push($(this).parent().children(".the_count").text());
                rows.push(ary);

            });

Now, replace the row attribute in chart to calculated row array.
http://jsfiddle.net/favLqs50/2/

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