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Welcome to the St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Fellowship website. Here you will find information about what our program has to offer you as you embark on your training in this exciting and dynamic field of medicine.
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center has been serving the Boston area since its founding by five Catholic nuns in 1867, and has been a major teaching hospital for the Tufts University School of Medicine for many years. The hospital has ACGME-accredited training programs in the specialties of internal medicine, general surgery, psychiatry and anesthesiology We have fellowship programs in pulmonary/critical care medicine, cardiovascular medicine, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology and hematology/oncology. Our unaccredited programs are in cardiothoracic anesthesia, peripheral vascular disease, and urologic laparoscopy and robotic-assisted surgery. We also have residents and fellows who rotate at the medical center from Tufts Medical Center in gastroenterology, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, infectious disease, ophthalmology, and nephrology.
In the four decades since its inception, the Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship Program continue to grow and expand, offering outstanding training experiences in a variety of settings, covering the full breadth of pulmonary medicine and critical care practice. Trainees directly participate in all aspects of care for a wide variety of patients, from those with common conditions to advanced thoracic malignancy and complex airway diseases.
As a member of the Steward Health Care Network, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center serves as the main tertiary referral site for a network of 11 hospitals across eastern Massachusetts. Advanced services and programs such as robotic-assisted surgery, advanced airway stenting, VLADS and minimally invasive heart valve replacement, a full range of thoracic and cardiothoracic surgery services, and access to the most advanced research protocols from bronchial thermoplasty to new drug trials for pulmonary fibrosis allow the fellow to directly contribute to the provision of state-of-the-art care and to the advancement of the field. Innovative programs such as the telemedicine critical care (eICU) service and interventional pulmonology provide the trainee with an unparalleled experience of the future direction of pulmonary and critical care medicine.
One of the hallmarks of the program is the close and collegial relationship between the fellows and the staff. Frequent daily interaction in the hospital, clinics and conferences allow for effective mentorship and professional exchange on a scale which is rarely achieved. Although our graduates practice across the globe in both clinical practice and academic positions, they always fondly think of St. Elizabeth's as a "second home" and remain members of our extended medical family.
I invite you to explore our website and consider all that St. Elizabeth's has to offer. Application to the program can be initiated online at the ERAS website.
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MIAA Division 4 South semifinals
POPE JOHN PAUL II (22-0) AT ARCHBISHOP WILLIAMS (15-5) at Stonehill College, 4 p.m.
The top-seeded Lions advanced into the semifinals on the backs of a pair of strong pitching performances in their 8-1 win over No. 17 Mashpee in the first round and 11-2 win over No. 8 Upper Cape in the quarterfinals. Ben Gibson fanned 12 against the Rams while Austin Houlihan struck out 10 Falcons in the first round. Pope John Paul II will look for more of the same against the No. 5 Bishops, who beat No. 12 Cohasset 3-2 in the first round and No. 4 Nantucket 16-10 in the quarterfinals. Collin Russell had the big game for the Lions vs. UCT, with three doubles and six RBIs. PJP II gets strong contributions from much of their lineup and hopes for a complete team effort against Archbishop Williams.
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Grammy-winning country star Marty Stuart will headline FestivalSouth 2014.
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FestivalSouth 2014 looks to have something to offer all music and art lovers as the two-week festival celebrates its five-year anniversary in the Pine Belt.
At a Friday press conference, area leaders and FestivalSouth Artistic Director Jay Dean announced this year's lineup of international, national and regional acts including a Grammy Award-winning country artist and a world-renowned Mississippi singer/songwriter/storyteller.
"This year's theme is 'From Bluegrass to Broadway,'" Dean said. "This year we will feature 46 different events at 22 different venues ranging from the ...


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Currently Have
- IBM PC / Compatible
- Texas Instruments TI-99/4A -- Wut? There are games for it?
Used to Have
- Commodore 64
- Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
- Sony PlayStation
All Time Favorite
- Fallout -- Best RPG ever.
- Homeworld -- Awesome ambience.
- Jagged Alliance 2: Gold Pack -- Great mix of RPG and strategy.
- Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos -- Awesome blend of gameplay and narrative.
Currently Playing
- Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura -- It's crashing a lot, so I have not progressed very far.
- Avernum 6 -- After having just completed Avernum 5, I've sort of put this game on the backburner for the moment for something new.
- Deus Ex -- I've put this game on hold until I can resolve some control issues.
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California Supreme Court
The issue of whether a defendant such as a pump and valve maker can be held liable for asbestos products made by another company and affixed post-sale such as by the Navy is frequently litigated. The First District appellate court chose to follow Washington State, holding that manufacturers are responsible only for their own products. The plaintiffs have appealed.
Status: PENDING. Amicus letter brief filed 11/12/09. Court granted cert petition 12/24/09. Amicus brief filed 2/22/10.


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Palmyra man
charged with trespass
A Palmyra man was arrested after he allegedly entered an apartment at the Buck Hotel, 32 W. Market St., three times on Sunday.
Thomas Hreniuk, 26, was charged with criminal trespass, criminal mischief and public drunkenness, state police said. He was placed in Lebanon County prison in lieu of $9,500 bail.
Hreniuk allegedly entered an apartment and stood in the doorway before he was taken downstairs to the bar area at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, state police said. About 30 minutes later, Hreniuk allegedly kicked in the door and re-entered the apartment and was again taken to the bar. Five minutes later, Hreniuk allegedly entered the apartment through an outside door before walking out of the apartment after he was confronted, police said.
Hreniuk was located later and taken into custody.
Dauphin County
Two victims involved
in fatal crash ID'd
State police at Harrisburg on Monday identified two Waynesboro, Franklin County, women as the victims of a fatal one-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 in East Hanover Township early Sunday.
Molly Kever, 20, was listed as the driver. Sara Ballard, 21, was a passenger.
Kever's Dodge Neon was traveling south on I-81 when it left the north side of the roadway, slid through the grass median, re-entered the roadway, crossed both lanes and struck a guard rail before coming to rest at 1:20 a.m. Sunday, police said.
Kever was declared dead at the scene. Ballard was transported to Hershey Medical Center, where she was declared dead.
Heidelberg Township
FARM ACCIDENT: Schaefferstown Fire Co., fire police and Schaefferstown and First Aid and Safety Patrol ambulances were dispatched to Cherry Lane and Gibble Road for a forklift that overturned. No one was trapped, according to dispatch reports.
Berks County
BURGLARY: Farnsworth, 71 Farnsworth Drive, Bethel Township, reported that someone entered the business by prying open a side door and stole approximately $1,775 in cash, a camera and various hand tools before fleeing the scene between 2 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday, state police at Hamburg said. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call police at 610-562-6885.
HARASSMENT: Two men called a convenience store employee outside the store on Midway Road in Bethel Township and fought him before they fled east on Midway Road at 12:40 a.m. Thursday, state police at Hamburg said. The suspects are described as a thin man, about 5-foot-6 to 6-foot, wearing capri-like pants, a black T-shirt and a baseball hat; and a man, 5-foot-6 to 6-foot, wearing pants and a black T-shirt, a baseball hat and glasses. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 610-562-6885.
FIRE ALARM: Myerstown's Goodwill and Keystone Hook & Ladder fire companies were dispatched to Glenn Mitstifier Garage, 512 Frystown Road, Bethel Township, at 4:12 p.m. Monday.
CRASH: A 17-year-old Palmyra boy lost control of his car while traveling west on Monroe Valley Road at the intersection with Moechlin Lane at 11:46 a.m. Sunday.
State police at Lickdale said that as the teen approached the curve near the intersection, he applied the car's brakes but lost control of the vehicle. Police said the car then crossed the double yellow line and into the lane of travel for another vehicle driven by Violet M. Witter, 23, Jonestown. The teenager's car struck the front bumper of Witter's car, then continued off the roadway and came to rest in a ditch to the south of Monroe Valley Road, while Witter's car was turned 90 degrees to the north at the point of impact, coming to final rest, police said. No one was hurt, police said. The 17-year-old driver, whom police did not identify, was cited with driving at an unsafe speed, according to police.
Dauphin County
OVEN FIRE: Campbelltown Volunteer Fire Co. was dispatched to a dwelling fire at 333 Park Ave. in Derry Township at 8:14 p.m. Sunday.
DWELLING FIRE: Palmyra Citizens Fire Co. was dispatched to 37 Sweet Arrow Drive, Hummelstown, at 12:54 p.m. Monday.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Anthony Moeller, 850 Hoffer Road, Annville, told state police at Harrisburg that someone damaged his mailbox at 529 Pine Road, East Hanover Township, between midnight and 6:30 a.m. Friday. Damage was estimated at $100.
North Lebanon
CRASH: A car driven by Katherine Hayes, 17, of 68 Clover Place, North Cornwall Township, pulled out from a driveway in the 1600 block of Heilmandale Road and collided with a car driven by Herbert Yingst, 72, of 45 McGillstown Road, North Annville Township, that was traveling west at 12:45 p.m. Sunday, police said. No injuries were reported. Both cars were towed.
FIRE ALARM: Annville's Union Hose, Cleona, Ebenezer and Speedwell fire companies, city fire crews and First Aid and Safety Patrol were dispatched to Valspar, 3050 Hanford Drive, at 8:20 p.m. Sunday.
CRASH: Glenn Lebanon, Rural Security and Weavertown fire companies and First Aid and Safety Patrol were dispatched to North Seventh Street and North Eighth Avenue for a head-on collision at 3:49 p.m. Monday.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: An unknown object was used to dent a white fence in the 100 block of Elm Avenue between midnight and 5:43 p.m. Saturday, state police said. A garden hose was cut with a sharp object. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 717-865-2194.
HARASSMENT: William Stutzman Jr., 52, of Fredericksburg, was charged after he allegedly punched Jeffrey Geesaman, 54, of Fredericksburg, in the neck during an argument on Route 22 just east of Legionaire Road at 10:49 p.m. Saturday, state police said.
CRASH: Fredericksburg Fire Co. was dispatched to Golf Road and South Pine Grove Street for an accident at 4:02 p.m. Monday.
SPILL CONTROL: Fredericksburg Fire Co. was dispatched to Saams Lane and South Pine Grove Street at 3:56 p.m. Monday.
THEFT: Money and credit cards were taken from a vehicle on South Walnut Street between midnight and 6:15 a.m. May 10, state police said. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 717-865-2194.
North Cornwall
PHONE TAKEN: A Lebanon woman who left her cellphone in a restroom at Golden Corral, 1147 Quentin Road, told police that the phone was not found after she called the restaurant at 1:45 p.m. Sunday. The white iPhone 4S had a clear case. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 717-274-0464.
CRASH: A vehicle driven by John Hollopeter, 63, Manheim, was traveling north on Route 72 when it struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Drew Shimko, 38, Jonestown, that was stopped just south of Rocherty Road at 12:42 p.m. Sunday, police said. No injuries were reported.
VEHICLE CHASE: Taquan Bradford, 20, Lebanon, was charged with fleeing or attempting to elude police, reckless driving and several other traffic offenses after a chase in the area of 120 S. 16th St. at 2:29 p.m. Saturday, police said. Bradford drove his vehicle through an alley and side street before parking it in a private lot.
HIT AND RUN: A gray truck backed into an unattended First Aid and Safety Patrol ambulance at White Deer Run, 3030 Chestnut St., at 6:49 a.m. May 13, police said. During an investigation, police determined that Keith Adams, 29, Jonestown, was the driver of the truck. Adams was cited with an accidents involving unattended vehicle or property offense and other traffic offenses.
STOLEN PLATE: Charles Spivey, 19, Harrisburg, was charged with receiving stolen property, fraudulent use or removal of registration plate and unauthorized use or removal of registration plate after police determined that he was allegedly aware that a stolen registration plate was attached to his vehicle in a parking lot at Highland Glen apartments at 2:30 p.m. May 13, police said. Spivey allowed others to operate the vehicle, according to police.
FIRE ALARM: Neversink, Friendship and Cornwall fire companies, city fire crews and First Aid and Safety Patrol were dispatched for smoke in the laundry room at Elmcroft, 860 Norman Drive, at 11:29 a.m. Monday.
South Lebanon
DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Michelle Stoner, 34, of 699 Cherry St., was charged with using vulgar language during an argument with another parent at a children's baseball game played at AES Ironwood Park at 6:20 p.m. Friday.
South Londonderry
DUI: Steven Bedard, 40, Canada, was charged with driving under the influence after a vehicle stop at Lynmar Avenue and Route 322 at 6:35 p.m. April 26, police said. His blood-alcohol content was 0.154 percent, according to police. The legal limit is 0.08.
DUI: Jasmine Kinsey, 23, of 709 S. Second St., South Lebanon Township, was charged with driving under the influence, driving under suspension and two other vehicle citations after a traffic stop in the first block of North Railroad Street at 2:37 a.m. May 5, police said.
SPILL CONTROL: City fire crews were dispatched to 1124 Lehman St. for an oil spill from a disabled vehicle at 4:46 p.m. Monday.
CRASH: Annville's Union Hose and Cleona fire companies, First Aid and Safety Patrol and Central Medical Ambulance Service of Cleona were dispatched to an accident at 119 S. White Oak St. at 5:40 p.m. Monday.


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How to Admit You are Depressed
This may seem like a silly article but for some people it can be difficult to admit that they feel depressed.
According to statistics 1 in 4 of us at some point in our lifetime suffer with a mental health problem. The likelihood of this being depression is even higher as it is one of the most, if not the, common mental health illnesses. However many people feel that asking for help or going to a doctor shows a sign of weakness or feel they are not " ill" enough to be going to a doctor. One of the biggest fears that accompanys that is that the doctor might say " you are suffering from depression" or even worse for some " i will make a referral to the community mental health team for an assessment".
Depression is an illness. End of. There is no discussion or debate regarding that. So why do so few seek help? Shame. Because when you are suffering from depression, your confidence and self esteem is also at rock bottom and you do not feel that you are worth the help. It is not a sign of a weakness in you asking for help. A doctor will not change his attitude just because you are not seeing him about a ear infection. If you are referred it is because the doctor feels that you would benefit from more specialist advice. Lets put it this way if you broke your leg and it needed an operation, you would want to see an orthopedic surgeon instead of your GP, wouldnt you? Well the same applies here, they are just giving you even more of a chance of a full recovery.
So How Do I Ask For Help?
I am not going to go through the symptoms of depression because there are so many articles about that and besides many of them are exactly the same. What i want to do is give you ways of asking for help, which many articles do not cover, they just say go to your GP. They do not actually say what to expect in the long run.
The first thing you have to do is admit to yourself that you are ill. If you feel down most of the time, have very few pleasures left anymore, find it difficult to do things and concentrate then you are probably suffering from Depression. The thing with depression is it can be a short lived thing where you may experience it for a few months or more long term where it may carry on for months on end, or you suffer repeated episodes. What matters to you though, whether it is short lived or not, if it is bothering you where you find daily tasks hard, you need help.
Go and see your GP. Preferbly one that you have seen before is likely to be more beneficial. Try and not worry about the appointment, after all they see people all the time with depression. Here are a few things you could start off with:
- Over the past couple of —————– ( put in how long you have felt this way) i have been feeling increasingly depressed.
- I am feeling really very low at the moment and do not know why i am feeling this way.
- I am having difficulty concentrating at school, college/ work. I do not know why though and it is getting me down.
It may seem silly but once you have started the conversation the doctor will ask you questions about various aspects of depression.
The doctor may well decide to prescribe an antidepressant for a few months. They take a couple of weeks to kick in so keep with them. You do have a choice with medication and with referrals so if you do not want them, do say.
Like i said you may be referred to the local community team. Again this may be daunting but it is the same procedure as with the doctor. They have more knowledge on the illnesses and medications, so it is worth seeing them.
I hope i have said everything that may be of help to you, but if not contact me and i will explain for you.
Related articles
- Higher chocolate consumption linked to depression (ctv.ca)
- Does Dysport increase depression? (realself.com)
- Help for Depressed Latinos Often Hampered by Stigma (nlm.nih.gov)
- Is Depression an Adaptation? (3quarksdaily.com)
- I'm on a journey (loungesessions.wordpress.com)
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The Kyoto Protocol
In December 1997, representatives from both the developed and the developing world met in Kyoto to negotiate their participation in a multilateral treaty that would seek to reduce global emissions. The treaty was underwritten by governments and is governed by global legislation enacted under the UN's shield. Under Kyoto's main principle, governments are separated into developed countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries (which have accepted greenhouse gas emissions reduction obligations); and developing countries, referred to as Non-Annex 1 countries (which, although they do not have legally binding greenhouse gas caps, must submit and monitor their annual greenhouse gas inventory).
The Kyoto Protocol came into force in February 2005. As of January 2007, 166 countries and other governmental entities had ratified the Accord. Notable exceptions include the United States and Australia, although they are signatories. Ratifying countries have committed to reduce, by 2008-12, their emissions by 5.2% below their 1990 levels. The Protocol provides three mechanisms:
- Emissions trading among Annex 1 countries;
- Joint Implementations (lls), which allow Annex 1 nations to obtain emission credits (Emission Reduction Units ¬ERUs) for projects that reduce emissions in other Annex 1 countries; and
- Clean Development Mechanisms (CDMs) whereby Annex 1 countries can obtain permits (Certified Emission Reduction units - CERs) for projects that reduce emissions in non-Annex 1 countries.
The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)
The EU ETS is considered the paradigm of environmental markets. Above all, it represents the European Union's commitment to spearhead efforts to combat climate change, both by setting an example, and by fulfilling its pledge to reduce its emissions by 8% from 1990 levels by 2012. The EU ETS came into effect in January 2005, prior to the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, and is the largest multi-country, multi-sector, greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme.
In the first phase (2005-07), the EU ETS includes some 12,000 installations, representing approximately 45% of total EU CO2 emissions. The sectors included in this phase are: power generation; ferrous metals production and processing; chemical processes: minerals; and pulp, paper and board. The European Commission has announced its intention to include aviation in the EU ETS in the second phase (2008-12), given the large and rapidly growing emissions of the sector. The proposed directive will cover emissions from flights within the EU from 2011, and all flights to and from EU airports from 2012.
The principal objective of the EU ETS is to internalize the external cost of carbon, i.e. institutionalize the 'polluter pays' principle and use market forces to encourage innovation and carbon reduction initiatives. However, critics remain skeptical whether the resulting carbon price will prove sufficient to drive or induce the requisite innovation for the EU to reach its Kyoto emissions reduction targets.
Through the Linking Directive, the EU allows both the corporate and the private sector to participate in the wider Kyoto scheme by allowing the trading of government permits, namely CERs. The number of such permits that a corporate is allocated to use for compliance purposes is capped and regulated at the national level (and are part of the National Allocation Plan (NAP) proposals), following strict EC guidelines.
" NAPs are a direct function of each country's progress vis-a-vis its own Kyoto targets and the EC's directives. In the first phase, several countries allocated themselves annual allowances covering 12% more CO2 than they actually produced in 2005, which led to a near-collapse of the market in April 2005 (from €30 a tonne to €14). But Phase II NAPs, the first of which were announced in November 2006, sent, in the words of the EU Environment Commissioner, Stavros Dimas, " ... a strong signal that Europe is fully committed to achieving the Kyoto target and making the EU emission trading scheme a success". The result seems likely to be an average cut of nearly 7% below the 2005 emissions level. In addition, the Commission has indicated that it will limit the proportion of allowances that can be offset by external credits, namely CERs and ERUs.
Going global
Greenhouse gases, unlike aerosols, diffuse quickly through Earth's atmosphere, so that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is equally effective regardless of where the reduction is effected. Kyoto recognizes this through its flexible mechanism tools, which allow countries to use externally gained credits to offset domestic emissions. Similarly, as mentioned above, the EU extended this principle to the corporate sector, allowing companies to use those external credits for their compliance needs. However, trading between countries is limited. Each nation is charged with its own responsibility to retain its emissions within its pre-agreed cap, both by trading offsetting credits and through domestic abatement actions.
Japan recently stressed the importance that it attaches to a balance being struck between the use of external credits and domestic abatement action.
Clean Development Mechanisms
Emissions Trading Schemes, and the CDM mechanism, are effective tools in helping countries achieve reductions in the most cost-effective way, on a global scale. At the same time, as emphasized, for example, by Cooper (2006), such schemes carry with them an inherent risk of corruption because of the potential scale of transfers between countries. This specific system is run by the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) and is a project-based reduction mechanism, designed in particular to minimize corruption risk. The procedures involved, from the early stages of the project to actual issuance of those credits by the UN, tend to be complicated and lengthy. Specifically, in the CDM world, CERs may be produced only from UN-registered projects that have been verified by independent Designated Operating Entities (DOEs) approved by the UN. Issuance of CERs is then undertaken only by the Executive Board of the UNFCCC, and is irrevocable. This process requires considerable due-diligence, throughout the project's life (5-7 years, on average).
Currently China is the biggest 'host' country for CDMs (44% of the global total). India has the largest number of registered projects, but they are on average smaller (50,000 credits per annum per project). To date, the great majority of issued CERs have come from large-scale HFC23 (Hydro-fluorocarbon 23) projects, which have the potential to generate hundreds of millions of credits. Those credits will be key for future Kyoto negotiations.
The demand for CERs comes either from the private sector, mainly to meet corporate compliance obligations, or from the public sector, in the form of governmental purchasing schemes. So far, the biggest buyers in the governmental compliance market have been Japan (through its global corporations) and some EU countries, whereas Canada recently revised downward its procurement plan.
Overall, however, most of the European Union's activity is still originated by private-sector initiatives, targeting mainly the EU compliance market. The public sector seems to be lagging, perhaps with the most notable exception being the government of the Netherlands, which has committed to many external projects - 23 JIs and 4 CDMs - for a total contracted volume of 18m tonnes of CO2.


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2014 Hyundai Elantra GT 5dr HB Auto w/Blue Int User Reviews
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Great all around carBy Amish (I am an Owner), May. 02, 2015I went out to buy the Elantra Sedan as I really like it, but ended up with this instead. Why you ask? Well, it is far more practical thanks to the rear hatch and I think it looks better. Plus, it seem... more
2014 Hyundai Elantra GT OverviewThe 2014 Hyundai Elantra GT comes in one 5-door hatchback body style that looks much like the Elantra sedan in the front, but quite different from behind. With a completely different roofline, as well as crisp lines that wrap around the back of the car, as well as a prominent rear spoiler, this model carries itself with the sophistication--and more upright look--of a European hatchback.
The Elantra GT is about nine inches shorter than the sedan, while it's slightly taller and its wheelbase is about two inches shorter, which means that there's slightly less rear legroom compared to the sedan. With seating for up to five, the Elantra GT has a rear seatback that folds flat for more cargo space and is split 60/40. Additional storage includes a cooled glove compartment, a sliding armrest, a front storage tray and a space under the cargo floor--all in addition to cup/bottle holders and door pockets.
A brand new 173-horsepower, 2.0L 4-cylinder engine powers the front-wheel-drive Elantra GT, and with it, a choice between a 6-speed automatic or 6-speed manual transmissions--both of which get strong acceleration from the engine while also optimizing efficiency. Fuel economy ratings for the GT, at 24 mpg city, 34 highway with the manual or 24/33 with the automatic, are almost as good as those of the Elantra sedan. All models include an ActiveEco function that helps smooth driver and powertrain responses to improve fuel economy in real-world driving.
Ride quality is a step firmer in the GT than that of the sedan, but the reward of the firmer sport suspension and special V-beam rear suspension with integral rollbar is handling response that's more confident and capable. In addition, three driver-selectable modes for the electric power steering system--comfort, sport and normal--allow you to compensate for different kinds of driving, and different expectations.
There's essentially one trim level for the 2014 Elantra GT. Standard equipment includes heated front seats, a Bluetooth hands-free interface with voice recognition, a trip computer, keyless entry and steering-wheel audio controls. A 172-watt, 6-speaker sound system with iPod connectivity, USB input, and Bluetooth streaming audio is also included, while an optional unit with a navigation system adds SiriusXM Satellite Radio and incorporates traffic and data information, plus weather, sports and stock info.
Hyundai Blue Link, a system that combined infotainment features, smart-phone connectivity and safety services, is also included in all Elantra GT models.
Options for the GT are limited to two packages. A Style Package brings an even sportier suspension tune, along with a lower-profile 17-inch wheel-and-tire combination, plus a panoramic sunroof, leather upholstery, leather trim, a power driver's seat and aluminum pedals. The Tech Package separately adds the navigation system, dual-zone climate control, proximity-key entry and push-button start.
2014 Hyundai Elantra GT Model Changes
The Elantra GT enters 2014 with a brand new engine across the entire model range. It's a 2.0L 4-cylinder unit that replaces the smaller 1.8L 4-cylinder previously standard on the Elantra GT. With a tiny bump in size, comes a big bump in power, the new engine makes an additional 25 horsepower over the unit it replaces, making the Elantra GT more powerful than the majority of cars it is direct competition with, such as the Mazda3.
2014 Hyundai Elantra GT Value
The Elantra GT appeals to those who want a hatchback that's slightly larger and more substantial than subcompact models (like Hyundai's Accent) that's more premium-feeling, yet still budget-minded. The new GT also carves out a sportier driving experience compared to the sedan, and it competes with the Ford Focus, Mazda3, Toyota Matrix and Volkswagen Golf, among others. According to Hyundai it has more passenger and cargo space than any of those models. It's also the first Elantra model with a driver knee airbag.
Hyundai also boasts that the Elantra GT is the lightest 5-door hatchback in the compact segment--and that contributes to its nimble driving feel and good gas mileage. Compared to the Elantra sedan, the Elantra GT has a firmer sport-tuned suspension and it's the first vehicle in this segment to add a feature like the Driver Selectable Steering Mode.
2014 Hyundai Elantra GT Strengths
Fashionable design; versatile interior layout; crisp handling; good gas mileage; sophisticated infotainment features and options
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Jane Jamison – April 2014 (Mature content)
Independent, strong Mayla Weaton thinks Romeo and Juliet had it easy. At least they never had to deal with men changing into animals. Soon after finding out that shifters really exist, she realizes she's in love with three werebears. She manages to accept their furry counterparts, but how can she keep her father from skinning her lovers and hanging their hides on the wall?
Werebears Jadon, Curt, and Josh Barberson find their mate at the barrel end of a loaded rifle. Their choices? Either give her up or attack her father to keep her with them. Their inner Grizzlies are all for making her father turn tail and run, but either choice means they could lose Mayla.
Then when the werewolves of Forever, Texas stick their muzzles into the mix, things really get hairy. Can't a bear take a mate without everyone trying to tear them apart?
Her Bear Lovers (Werebears of Shatland, Texas 1) is the first book in a new spin-off series to my popular Werewolves of Forever, Texas series.
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Mayla Weaton is hunting with her father and brother when she gets a pebble in her boot and has to stop to get it out. Just as she's finished, she realizes someone—or something—is near.
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All at once, she straightened up. A tickle of unease zipped up her spine as though something was about to happen.
She didn't believe in a sixth sense, but she did believe in instincts. And her gut told her she wasn't wrong. But what was it?
In the next instant, she knew something very large was heading her way at a dead run. The flash of silver-tipped brown she caught out of the side of her eye came and went, transforming into tanned skin right before she turned her head to see what it was.
The impact was rough, ramming into her like a defensive end for a pro football team. Her gun went flying and her feet lost their purchase with the ground. The world spun around her, then all at once, she was on her back, her breath knocked out of her.
The bang of her gun came next, but she barely heard it. Instead, she blinked once, then twice, trying to get her blurred vision to clear.
Hell and damnation! What happened?
When her sight finally came back to normal, she stared up at the man who lay on top of her. His chest, harder than any rock she'd ever thrown at her brother, pushed against her breasts. Heat, the kind that came from deep inside her, whipped around her abdomen. Her gaze flowed up to wider-than-humanly-possible shoulders. He gawked down at her, his soulful brown eyes locked to hers. Strange bits of amber colored them.
She liked his face. More than liked it. Strong jaws sported the rugged kind of stubble she'd always found sexy. His blond hair was shaved, giving him that bald-but-not-really-bald appearance that she found attractive. If he hadn't had his hands on either side of her arms, capturing them to her sides, she would've run her palm over his head, then let it glide down to skim over his stubble.
Although his face was mesmerizing, she couldn't help but drop her gaze down again to scour over that godlike chest and see what she might find below. He was, after all, naked, and by her way of thinking, just asking for it.
"What're you doing out here?"
His voice matched the rest of him, masculine, eliciting a reaction from her that shook her to her core. Sensations she hadn't known existed sprang to life in every inch of her, but even more so between her legs. But it was more than attraction, more than the pounding of her heart. She drew in a breath, taking in his unusual scent. Was it musk? Were pheromones kicking in big time? His aroma was different. Musky, yes, but tinged with a spiciness she couldn't identify.
She jerked her eyes back to his. "Hold up. I could ask you the same thing. Especially since you're running around butt naked."
She should've been terrified, but she wasn't. Even though he was naked and obviously strong, she didn't pick up the feeling that he was dangerous. In fact, she sensed quite the opposite.
He glanced to the right and saw her rifle. "You're a hunter?"
"No. I just like the feel of cold, hard steel in my hands."
If he got her sarcastic joke, he didn't show it.
She wasn't afraid, but that didn't mean she shouldn't be cautious. That included getting back on her feet.
"Look, Tarzan, I don't know who you think you are, but I'm not answering anything until you get off me."
"My name's not Tarzan."
She almost laughed at his confusion. Was he simpleminded? Or simply clueless when it came to humor?
"Get off me."
Was he joking now? At last, alarm tickled the back of her neck.
"What do you mean 'nope'?"
"Don't want to."
From his stilted speech, she wondered if she should've called him Tonto. "Look, big guy—"
"Name's Josh."
She tried to squirm out of his hold, then felt the brush of his cock against her leg. Her jeans couldn't hide his hardness, but worse, her jeans hadn't stopped the quick bolt of electricity zapping into her. The sensation both confused and excited her.
Maybe she should play nicer until she could get away. After all, a man running around in his birthday suit had to be a card short of a full deck. Which answered her earlier question.
He's simpleminded. Or a pervert.
"Please, Josh. I'd really like for you to get off me now." Instead of fighting to get free, she lay still, hoping not to brush up against him again. He might take it as an invitation.
She gritted her teeth and told herself to keep that in mind. And yet, when they'd touched for that brief moment, she'd gotten a sizzle from him. Like when someone walks across carpet in socks then touches someone and gives them a shock. Except this sizzle was a lot stronger and went straight for the part of her that was already heating up.
"Answer my question first."
Simpleminded maybe, but persistent.
"Yeah, I hunt. But the season's over for hunting naked men, so you're safe."
Was that the hint of a smile? She relaxed a little. She could be just as persistent as he was. "Now will you please get off me?"
About the author
Jane Jamison has always liked "weird stuff" as her mother called it. From an early age she was fascinated with stories about werewolves, vampires, space, aliens and whatever was hiding in her bedroom closet. To this day, she still swears she can hear growls and moans whenever the lights are out.
Born under the sign of Scorpio meant Jane was destined to be very sensual. Then one day she put her two favorite things together on paper and found her life's true ambition: to be an erotica paranormal romance author.
Jane spends at least six days a week locked in her office surrounded by the characters she loves. Every day a new character will knock on the door of her imagination. Her plans include taking care of her loving husband and three furry kids (Shih-tzus, not bears), traveling, and writing at least twelve books a year.
BookStrand.com author page
Amazon.com author page
B&N author page
Web site
Also by Jane Jamison
Werewolves of Forever, Texas series
Pleasure, Texas series
Men for Hire series
Mountain Wolf Pack series
Interview with Holly Hewson
HH: Jane, thank you so much for talking with us at TRS. Your featured book is Her Bear Lovers and is the first in your Werebears of Shatland series. First, what can you tell us about this sizzling series?
JJ: The Werebears of Shatland, Texas is a spin-off series to my bestselling Werewolves of Forever, Texas series. Like that first series, it's hot, fun, romantic, and filled with action. Fans of the Werewolves of Forever, Texas books will remember that the nearby town of Shatland is filled with all kinds of supernatural beings including werebears, vampires, and more. As I was writing book ten of the werewolf series, I started getting story ideas for the werebears and that's when I came up with Her Bear Lovers. After all, cowboy werebears are just as sexy as werewolves. They're bigger (ahem!), of course, but they're just as loyal, hot, and loving as werewolves. The werewolves run Forever, but the werebears rule Shatland.
HH: How does Her Bear Lovers kick it off?
JJ: Mayla Weaton is on a hunting vacation with her father and brother. She's lagging behind her family, when all of a sudden, she's run over by Josh Barberson, one of three werebear brothers. Sexual attraction hits them, but she's thrown when the man lying on top of her changes into a grizzly bear and runs off. What's she supposed to do? Shag him or shoot him?
HH: What do you like best about Mayla and what will readers like about her?
JJ: I like a lot about Mayla, and that's true of all my heroines. If I didn't like them, I wouldn't write about them. Mayla's a strong woman who is smart, loyal, witty, brave, and loves her family. She's an overall good woman that I would love to have as a friend in real life.
HH: What do you like best about Jadon, Curt, and Josh and why will readers love them?
JJ: The Barberson brothers are the complete package. They're handsome and sexy, of course, but it's their personalities that grab Mayla's attention and that's what will grab the reader's attention as well. Jadon, the oldest brother, is the one who keeps the other two more rambunctious brothers in check. But that doesn't mean he's tame. He's as wild for Mayla as Curt and Josh are. Josh is the impulsive one. Literally running into Mayla is a result of one of his impulsive acts. Curt is the glue that bonds the brothers together. He's witty which means he loves joking around like Josh, but he's still grounded enough to help Jadon stay sane.
HH: What can you tell us about the books to come in this series?
JJ: Mallory's Bears (bk 2 – releasing 4/25) tells Mallory Quinn's story. She's an animal activist who runs into Rick and Gunner Northman while investigating the way they're raising their cattle. She's feisty, but ready to find the men who can tame her.
The third book in the series is still being written, so I'm going to keep the details of that book under wraps for now. But trust me, it's going to be great!
HH: What else do you have in store for lucky readers?
JJ: I'm writing as fast as I can! Right now, I'm concentrating on getting more Werebears of Shatland, Texas books written as well as more for my very popular Pleasure, Texas contemporary, non-paranormal romances. Her Cowboy Doms (Pleasure, Texas 1) is a BookStrand.com bestseller and the second book in the series, Trusting Her Doms, will be available May 6th. If I could clone myself I would. Maybe then I could get all the stories in my head down on computer.
HH: What inspires you in your writing?
JJ: I'm not sure you'd call it inspiration. Instead, I think it's more like a compulsion. I have to write. There's no other choice for me. I started writing poems as a kid, then slid into a singing/songwriting career after college. After getting married and becoming a stay-at-home mom, I still needed a creative outlet so I started writing books. Now it's not only a compulsion, but an addiction. If I didn't write, I'd go crazy!
HH: What are you reading?
JJ: I don't get a lot of time for reading because I prefer to write whenever I can. It's kind of like the shoemaker with no shoes. He's too busy making shoes for everyone else to have shoes of his own. When I do get the chance to read, I tend to jump between several books. On my Kindle right now, I have The Maze Runner, as well as the Divergent series, and several books from fellow Siren Publishing authors.
HH: What goals have you set for yourself this year?
JJ: I'm going to write as much as I can while still taking weekends off (per my husband's repeated requests). For a while, I wrote seven days a week, but he wants his time with me, too. Besides, a girl can't write great romance if she's not taking care of her own romance, right? So, yep, the weekends are just for hubby now.
HH: Where can readers find you online?
JJ: Please check out the links below for more information about me and my books.
http://www.bookstrand.com/jane-jamison (my BookStrand.com author page)
http://tinyurl.com/d2u8hbm (my Amazon.com author page)
http://tinyurl.com/cfbdwf5 (my B&N author page)
http://janejamison.com/ (my website)
https://www.facebook.com/janejamisonauthor (My Facebook page)
https://twitter.com/JaneJamison1 (Follow me on Twitter)


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This is the story of a locally owned radio station, an aging newsman and a portable toilet.
Come to think of it, it's also the story of a house in McSherrystown, and each of the following: a box of women's belts, two Weed Eaters, some old makeup bottles and a 16-foot trailer with fold-down ramps.
Oh, and it's a story of found love between two people determined to live out their later years on the go in Hanover, smiling hand-in-hand.
If you've got all that, here's how it starts:
"Good morning. You're in the WHVR Yard Sale."
You can't mow the lawn with a busted rotator cuff in your shoulder. Well, you can't pull the cord to start the mower, anyway.
So Harold Pitman called the radio station in Hanover.
After all, the North Carolina native grew up with "Swap and Shop" on the radio down there, and he thought maybe he could get a deal. What he got was a long-time local show here where people call in to buy and sell, and then a call from a woman on the other side of Hanover.
And when he drove over and looked, he found she was offering a hydrostatic mower with an electric starter, practically brand new. Her husband had passed away, and she just didn't want the reminder anymore.
It must be worth a couple hundred dollars, Pitman thought, but he asked how much.
"Take it," the woman said.
But Harold Pitman wasn't raised that way. He made her at least accept $20 for it.
Who could have imagined where that would lead?
"I always say, if you're going to do something, do it right."
That's what John Stengle always says. At 80, retired and still kicking, the former parts delivery man has said it plenty.
He said it when he put the roof on that little house in McSherrystown a few years back, when he got the heavy-duty shingles. He said it when he added the garage, and when he made sure the walkway was squared up along the backyard clothesline.
Thing is, pretty soon it was clear that two-bedroom wouldn't hold years' worth of collecting. All the yearbooks and old fans and kids' toys, they just don't fit, said the man in the corduroy ball cap and suspenders. Even with all the selling.
Stengle would call up the radio station and list the latest for sale for local listeners - maybe a couple wheelbarrows, maybe a like-new extension ladder.
"I was noted for my ladders," he said.
Then he'd leave whatever it was out in the driveway and whoever wanted it could come by and take a look. If they liked it, he said, they could just leave the money inside the screen door.
"I'd come home and be tickled pink," he said.
But that was a while ago now.
If you're going to be in the WHVR Hanover Yard Sale, you best know a bit of history.
The station's much-loved and long-followed buying and selling forum began in 1987, according to current station manager Tim Michaels. It was a novelty at the time - letting listeners call in and offer items for sale - but it was soon embraced by those looking for a deal. Eventually it was expanded from 30 minutes to an hour-long format.
Yard Sale's been around for 25 years now.
Over that time the station, which is set back off High Street in the spider-web shadow of a steel tower, has received hundreds of thousands of calls.
But many calls, Michaels said, are from folks who just happen to be regular listeners, and who use Yard Sale to feel a little bit closer to the community.
They call to share local news. Or when a parent dies. Or just to say "hello," and then offer for sale some odds and ends from the garage.
"If you really listen to Yard Sale, you find it's more than the buying and selling," he said. "People talk about their friends, their town. That's what gives it its unique flavor."
Some of the best deals Harold Pitman's ever gotten were on Yard Sale, he said.
There was the patio set left out on the porch - only $40 for the table and chairs. There was the refrigerator he paid $50 for. He went to sell the old one on Yard Sale then, and what do you know? He got $50 for that one.
Yes, there's been as much selling as buying, Pitman said, the latest with a call in to the show recently. It's the guy with the trailer, he began. And now a Porta Pottie.
And it's gotta go.
Just another day at 1280 AM, a place where not too long ago Harold's wife, Millie, called in asking for help. A friend up the street struggling and out of work had a garden coming in, she explained, and no way to jar up all those vegetables for the cold winter ahead.
She asked: Anyone out there have some old canning supplies?
The next day, there were about 10 boxes of jars on her porch.
"You meet some very, very lovely people," Millie Pitman said.
"How you doing today, Gil?"
"I don't know," says the voice oozing out of the radio, "they haven't told me yet."
Gil Sheffer's voice - the baritone cynicism laced with self-deprecation - is the voice of a newsman. A man with a certain weariness for this wayward world of ours, but who picks up the phone anyway, hopeful in spite of himself.
He's not apt to talk about it, though.
You can perhaps get this much: Sheffer moved to Gettysburg in 1956, then to Washington, D.C., for a while before returning. He read the news at several radio stations along the way, though these days he prefers the call-in show.
He's 69 years old and retired, though he'll stroll into the station in Hanover tomorrow around 6:30 a.m. He has a wisp of a white mustache, and he keeps a plastic Coke bottle of water in a desk drawer, which he'll sip while we hear from "our" sponsors.
But beyond that, you're more apt to get a story about the show. Or about horse manure.
A guy called Yard Sale a few years back, Sheffer explained, peddling a pile of it. Five bucks for a pickup full, the guy said, then left his number.
"I guess it was getting deep over there," Sheffer said.
But it's those stories out there on the other end of the line that make the show unique.
"It almost becomes a family," he said, checking the clock and climbing back into his headphones.
On this day, it starts with a heavy, handmade bedspread. You could probably use it for a decorative throw rug.
It's red, green and beige, and it's 5 ½ feet by 9 ½ feet. It's $65.
Not interested? No problem.
How about an old box of women's belts? Maybe a wooden welcome sign with some deer on it?
No? Well then maybe the next caller.
We've got a 1996 16-foot trailer with fold-down ramps, and a 2008 Pontiac G6. The former will run you $1,200, the latter $12,500.
So, call any time?
"You got 'er," says the caller. "And you have a good day now."
Thus it continues.
Barbells and wheelbarrows and some old Avon bottles and seven pieces of 8-foot oak baseboard. A couple five-gallon buckets of paint and a Stratocaster guitar.
Hot Wheels. Easter baskets. China closets (you haul.) A table saw.
A commercial, and now we're back. And you're in the WHVR Yard Sale.
Riding mower: $575. A set of wheelbarrow wheels: $25, down from $35. The guy with the red couch and loveseat again: $500 or best offer for the pair.
The guy with the old Dodge motor home. Now he's trying to sell a portable toilet.
And a guy selling something else: A two-bedroom house in McSherrystown. It has a brand new garage, he says. Only $135,000 on Yard Sale.
Call now.
"I always say the best thing a man can have is memories."
That's what John Stengle always says. And you can't help but notice when he says it, he's usually looking at his wife, Mary Jane.
The two are coming up on their five-year anniversary, says a small woman with dogs on her fleece coat. It's Sept. 1.
They met at a local auction house, John Stengle said. And through Yard Sale, too. He'd call all the time, after all.
They two eventually married in a quaint ceremony at Hanover First Church of God. He from Seven Valleys, and she a Spring Grove resident. John, long a delivery truck driver, and Mary Jane, for years a nursing assistant at the Brethren Home before she retired. Each have two grown girls, each their own grinning gaggle of grandchildren, ripe to be spoiled.
And each lost a spouse a few years back, memories that stall the conversation to thoughtful silence.
But new memories, that's what it's about, John Stengle says, restarting a tour of that house in McSherrystown.
It was Mary Jane's, her husband explains, but the two moved together to Hanover a few years back, where there was more room for all of John's auction and radio-show finds.
Still, here is a custom-built garage and an updated kitchen. In the bathroom, you've got candy-pink tile and a laundry chute down to the basement, something sure to save your back. There's plush carpet, and a big window out to the street.
And there are two metal lawn chairs, side by side, their legs touching on the blue linoleum.
Maybe a young couple could start a life here together, someone suggests.
After all, there's the shed outside, which John had built to make Mary Jane's walk to the garbage can a little shorter.
There's the walkway out back - squared right up snug to the 15-foot clothesline - so Mary Jane could hang laundry while standing on the white cement, her husband smiling out the kitchen window. "That way, she didn't have to get her feet wet in the grass," says the man in the corduroy ball cap.
And here on the kitchen counter is a clunky old radio. It has a tuning dial and a little orange tab- a stake of sorts, planted long ago at a place called 1280 AM.
It's a claim, granting these: the right to know your neighbors; to help one another; to each day talk it out together. And if you're willing, to listen.
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"Yard Sale" can be heard on WHVR 1280 AM at 11.a.m. weekdays.


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GARRISON, FLEMING HODGES (1824–1887). Fleming Hodges Garrison, judge and Confederate officer, was born in Fayette County, Georgia, in 1824 to John and Emily Hopson (Johnson) Garrison. By 1840 Garrison relocated to Rusk County, Texas, where he farmed and married Sarah W. Lacy on December 28, 1851. This couple had three sons and two daughters. By 1860 Garrison was a successful farmer and owned five slaves. During the Civil War, he enlisted as a captain in Company C of the Fourteenth Texas Cavalry at Camp Liken on February 15, 1862. He was promoted to major on May 8, 1862. Garrison's service with this unit included the battles of Corinth in 1862, Vicksburg in 1863, and the Atlanta Campaign of 1864. He was slightly wounded in the arm while fighting at the battle of Shelbyville on April 20, 1863. He spent time in hospitals during the war due to pneumonia and resigned on May 17, 1864, because of a recurring lung condition. After the war, Garrison returned to Rusk County, where he farmed and practiced law. In 1875 his wife passed away, and on September 24, 1879, he married Susan Webb Menefee. This couple gave birth to one son and three daughters. In 1877 Garrison won election as justice for precinct three in Rusk County. His second wife, Susan Menefee, died in August 1887. Garrison died on November 19, 1887, and was buried next to his first wife at Harmony Hill Cemetery in Henderson, Rusk County.
Confederate Military Units From Rusk County (http://www.ladytexian.com/TXRusk/military/confunits.htm), accessed May 11, 2006. Kathryn Davis Hopper and Carolyn Reeves Ericson, Rusk County Rebs (Nacogdoches: Ericson Books, 1998). John Hawkins of Tavistock, Devonshire and descendants including Sir John Hawkins (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~markfreeman/hawkins.html), accessed March 10, 2011. Field Officers Serving in Texas Confederate Regiments (http://history-sites.com/~kjones/txoffs.html), accessed March 10, 2011. Dorman H. Winfrey, A History of Rusk County, Texas (Waco: Texian Press, 1961).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Aragorn Storm Miller, "GARRISON, FLEMING HODGES," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fgaat), accessed November 29, 2015. Uploaded on April 4, 2011. Modified on April 13, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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mIRC Windows, all time favourite.
KVIrc Cross-platform and open source
irssi Open source and cross platform, textmode
BersIRC Windows, freeware
BitchX Unix console, seems to be favourite on all flavours of unix.
Epic Unix client with good scripting and bot features
Xchat Unix GUI. It also releases an Windows version as shareware.
Silverex (X-Chat 2) is releasing freeware Windows builds.
XChat-WDK HexChat Improved X-Chat, Freeware.
Ircle Macintosh.
Snak Macintosh, great IRC client.
Amirc Amiga client, dont forget: you need MUI to run it.
Lirc another Acorn IRC client. More feature rich according to some(and I cant check that )
upIRC for users who like to IRC on their PalmOS
Valinor these guys have a very complete list up of clients for a bunch of OS's.
ScrollZ console client based on ircII.
IceChat freeware Windows client.
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Smuxi, cross-platform, F/OSS, GUI and core seperated
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CRT, very nice shareware telnet/SSH program.
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Geektools Whois client, excellent little tool to search up abuse handles for IP's and hosts.
RSSOwl, a free cross-platform RSS Reader – recommended!
IRC websites
IRC.org, the original home of IRC.
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IRChelp.org, shame on you if you need this!
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Netsplit.de, lots of statistics on all major networks. Defenitally worth to browse by every once in a while.
bash.org a quotes database, check for hours of entertainment
SearchIRC, search engine for IRC.
IRC Soft Russian language website with news, articles and downloads.
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Egghelp.org, THE bot if you are searching for an all round bot. Possibilities are endless by using one or more extra addon scripts that are downloadable freely over the net.
EggHeads, another good eggdrop resource.
Windrops,The name sort of says it already, Eggdrop bots compiled for the Windows OS.
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As it happens, I just saw this via On Demand myself -- a service I didn't even realize I had until last week. Although I had to do some searching on the cable company's help page to figure out the right code to enter to buy the movie; they don't make it easy to find or give any clear instructions. Unfortunately the movie was "formatted to fit your screen" rather than letterboxed, so I didn't quite get the full experience. But at least I've seen the movie now, and it was worth it. Definitely one of the best DC Universe DVD movies they've done, though of course they had to leave out a lot of great stuff from the comics miniseries, and the actors playing Superman and Lois were a little bland.
I felt they did a good job of creating a look that reflected Quitely's style while being cleaner for animation; in some ways I actually prefer it to Quitely's art. I was disappointed that they didn't use Leo Quintum's coat of many colors but just put him in a solid violet jacket.
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I was in San Francisco last week meeting with California Casualty, a dynamic insurance company coming up on its 100th anniversary and considering hiring us to produce their company history book.
I spent some time in Haight-Ashbury, a district known for being at the centre of the hippie movement in the 1960s. If you're looking hard for it, the neighbourhood still has a subversive undertone but it's buried fairly deep underneath an awkward collision of tacky tourist traps and mainstream brands like Ben & Jerry's.
The same can be true of a company's brand. We work regularly with companies that are approaching 100 years old, and even older, and I have had several candid conversations wtih CEOs who believe they are still perceived the way they were 25 or 50 years ago.
Heritage and tradition are extremely valuable assets, and they can translate to fierce customer loyalty, but only if the company is still true to its roots. The challenge for all of these leaders of venerable organizations is how to take advantage of modern efficiencies while preserving the merit of the past.
A client asked me recently: should a company stay true to its roots…or evolve? It's a question that is being answered every day by employees and customers – all he has to do is ask: Who are we now?


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In the report of the "Faculty Task Force on Governance" (May 23, 1994) JOINT UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES (hereinafter referred to as University Policy Committees or UPCs) were discussed as a means of assuring collaboration in University policy. At a retreat in June between the Administration and the Task Force, issues surfaced regarding responsibility and respective competencies, relations to other University decision structures, and relations to other University stakeholders. A follow-up committee composed of Paul Locatelli, Steve Privett, Don Dodson, Ruth Davis, David Skinner, and André Delbecq was formed to clarify the character of UPCs and the many specifics that remained to be resolved. As of the first of January 1995, the group was expanded by inviting Bob Senkewicz and Tim O'Keefe of the experimental University Coordinating Committee (UCC), and Kathy Ferguson, chair of the Staff Personnel Committee, to join in the discussion. This charter was initially formed from weekly meetings during the winter and spring quarters 1995. It was revised in June 2003, to reflect changes in the governance system (such as the creation of the position of Provost) since it was first developed. This revision was suggested by Ruth Davis, then UCC chair, but not approved at the time. During its 2007-08 term, the UCC, chaired by Dan Ostrov, worked with all the UPCs to update the 2003 revision. The UCC approved this updated version in the spring of 2008.
Key parameter concerns were to achieve a UPC formulation that would not create another layer of bureaucracy or impede timely decision making or innovation, but would be guided by principles of good practices in governance, would recognize legitimate differentiation of spheres of responsibility and competence, and would ensure collaboration.
To emphasize the policy responsibilities of these bodies, their name was changed from Joint University Committees to University Policy Committees.
The nine principles of good practices in governance that were outlined at the retreat in June and subsequently nuanced by the Faculty Senate leadership, will guide the formation or improvement of current University committees and the development of governance structures. These principles will also be used to measure the effectiveness and productivity of the UPCs. A formal review process of the UPCs will be developed.
The normative principles for good practices in governance that will serve as guides for developing structures and processes and for making decisions are
1. Strengthen academic excellence and the Catholic and Jesuit identity of the University in a mutually reinforcing way. 2. Ensure that the Statement of Purpose guides policy development, decision making, and priority setting. 3. Exercise collaboration based on the recognition that Santa Clara University can flourish only if there is a healthy sense of community in which all members have a role in working for the common good. 4. Recognize the domains of primary authority and responsibility of the various University components and expect participants in the process to be held accountable for carrying out their responsibilities. 5. By means of clear and appropriate communication be open, accessible, and understandable to members of the University community. 6. Be efficient, effective, and productive. 7. Foster innovation and change. 8. Strive for continuous improvement and a culture of active participation. 9. Ensure timely and effective response to the changing external environment.
The UPCs will be the final collaborative bodies with the authority to:
UPCs will be established in the following areas, which do not necessarily correspond with existing committee structures:
Academic Affairs, Faculty Affairs, Planning Action Council (formerly University Planning Council December 2007), Staff Affairs, Student Affairs, University Budget Council, (Budget Advisory Committee dissolved May 2004) Descriptions of committees, memberships, and minutes.
UPCs will recommend and monitor the effectiveness of major policies and major strategic initiatives. Examples of issues would include
Prudential judgment about what is substantive is dependent on the majority opinion of the relevant UPC or the University Coordinating Committee.
UPCs are, therefore, the final locus of dialogue in collaborative policy formulation prior to approval by University administration and, in the case of contractual changes to the Faculty Handbook, by the Faculty Senate. Each UPC will meet as often as necessary to carry out its charge, but at least twice each year. It is expected that faculty, staff, students, and administrators will work closely to resolve differences and that the normal outcome of UPC deliberations will be the approval of their recommendation by the appropriate administrator. The administrator is expected to provide a response to the recommendation within 45 days, and before a policy goes into effect.
In rare instances where a UPC and appropriate administrator are unable to reach agreement, even after further discussion following the administrator's response, the UPC may submit its position document to the President or through the President to a Trustee Committee for consideration.
Trustees hold the ultimate legal and moral responsibility and authority for the University, and therefore, must ultimately determine and approve University policies and major strategic changes.
Policy concerns could be initiated bottom up from individual constituents within the University community, top down from UPCs or administration, or laterally from committees and councils of the University community. UPCs will decide whether an issue falls within their domain.
In instances where there is dispute or lack of clarity regarding which UPC is the appropriate policy body, the University Coordinating Committee will make a domain decision (which could involve forming a special purpose University policy task force).
There are two classical approaches to composition of policy making bodies: a representational approach with maximum feasible participation, or a competency-based approach with smaller, efficient problem-solving groups.
We have selected the competency-based approach in light of several weaknesses of large representative committees: the glacial slowness of such decision structures, their tendency to increase political behavior as opposed to problem-solving behavior, and the excessive costs in time and energy of a large number of people in a relatively small University having to be extensively involved in the multiple UPCs.
The competency-based model for UPCs has a typical size of five to nine members (normatively the optimal size in the theoretical literature for effective problem solving), and has several features that ensures that the decision making will reflect rich input from relevant stakeholders:
The membership of each UPC will be defined according to its charge and the expertise and perspectives required for it to function effectively. The University Coordinating Committee is responsible (jointly with the President in the case of the Planning Action Council) for appointing competent members to each UPC. The University Coordinating Committee will seek information from constituent groups and administrators involved in making the appointments, and will need to develop an "interest/expertise" data base to allow for efficient selection (or replacement) of members. The UCC may remove any of its appointed UPC members if warranted. For example, a member with three consecutive unexcused absences from their UPC meetings would generally warrant removal.
The administrator who regularly receives a policy recommendation from a UPC will serve on the Committee or appoint a designate. The administrator will also be available for consultation and collaboration with the committee as necessary throughout their deliberations.
Each UPC will have a clearly defined second level of consultants representing those whose perspectives, information resources, and concerns are likely to be needed in committee deliberations (for example, University Librarian, Associated Students of Santa Clara University (ASSCU) President, Director of Information Technology, department chairs, program and center directors, Faculty Senate/Staff Assembly Council members, etc.). In the case of major policy matters each UPC will be responsible for publicly defining additional second level advisors with whom they will consult in the process of their deliberations.
This does not preclude any constituent group from requesting that a UPC provide them an opportunity to share information or to discuss a policy initiative under consideration by a UPC.
UPCs will have different compositions to reflect the legitimate differentiation of spheres of responsibility and principles of good practices in governance, and to ensure timely decision making and innovation.
In the case of major policy matters, each UPC will be responsible for publicly defining processes by which they will obtain review comments from key stakeholders at critical decision points (problem definition, solution elements, final recommendation) in their deliberations.
Since there are numerous points from which new policies may be initiated, UPCs would have a special responsibility to assure sufficient communication with the University community by:
1. Publishing agenda prior to UPC meetings 2. Briefing other key decision makers and constituent groups 3. Soliciting input from the University community, and 4. Systematically reporting its actions to the campus community.
The agenda visibility fostered by this model provides an opportunity for constituency groups, such as the Faculty Senate Council and the Staff Assembly Council, to make their views known at any of the critical decision points mentioned above.


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Treviso Park Hotel Villa Leon D'oro
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Just a few Km from Venice/Treviso/Jesolo Lido/Eraclea, etc. Just 2 Km from the San Dona' di Piave railway station, 5 minutes from the Tessera/Venice airport.
Splendid, completely renovated late XIX century Villa surrounded by a lovely park, 4-star Hotel in a historic building with unusual comfort for its category.
The rooms are all sound-proofed, have wood floors, Venetian stucco walls, king or queen-sized bed, 21-inch color TV with menu control, video-recorder and safe with magnetic badge. There is a 50 liter refrigerator-bar, closed-circuit terrestrial and satellite TV, the satellite channels with satellite dish and digital decoder, terrestrial TV, telephone plug for Internet connection, e-mail service, 5-channel wired radio in each Atec Tutondo room, with possibility of generalized notification, air conditioning with digital controls, telephone recharge.
It is possible to open the door while lying on the bed. It is possible to call for room service, do-not-disturb service, wake-up service, all supervised by the Hotel Gyr system for room status, and Uny gyr system for general technological wellness. The bath has hydromassage shower with six side jets plus one overhead jet, the bath has self-cleaning hydromassage.
The bathrooms are completely lined in marble: Carrara white, Verona red, Guatemala green or Marquinia black depending on the floor. The bathrooms have hair drier, towel heater; there is a 15" TV and telephone in the s.r. bathrooms, and an exercise bike in the superior and deluxe rooms.
Just a few Km from Venice/Treviso/Jesolo Lido/Eraclea, etc.
Just 2 Km from the San Dona' di Piave railway station, 5 minutes from the Tessera/Venice airport.
Approximately 10 minutes from Ca' Noghera Casino in Tessera Venice.
The facility is very convenient and easy to reach since it is located at the San Dona'/Noventa/Jesolo exit off the A4 VE/TS highway, just 500 meters from the exit.
By train
Go to the San Donà/ Noventa/Jesolo railway station and then take the bus approximately 4 Km to Noventa di Piave
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By plane
From the Marco Polo airport of Tessera
By bus
ATVO bus (Airport Service from Marco Polo airport in Venice) with air conditions buses with large baggage compartment.
By taxi
It takes approximately 15 min to reach the Hotel, passing through Fossalta di Piave.
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By car
Take the Noventa San Donà di Piave exit from the A4 VE/TS highway, at the traffic circle follow the indications to San Donà – Jesolo. At 500 meters you will find Villa Leon D'Oro.
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ALBANY -- A slideshow by an environmental activist dramatically showed the mossy-green mountains of West Virginia blasted into moonscapes by mining companies that the activist said is supplying coal to power plants in Georgia.
"It is all connected," said Dave Cooper, who gave his Mountaintop Removal Roadshow at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Albany Welcome Center on North Front Street.
"Using electricity here in Georgia increases the destruction in the mountains," Cooper said. "The coal from the mountains is burned here and affects the environment."
About 15 people sat silently watching the slides and listening to Cooper describe the pictures in his slide show.
The simple way to explain this type of mining, Cooper said, is to think of a mountain as a layer cake with the coal as the icing between the layers. To get to the icing between the layers, coal miners blast the away top of a verdant mountain so they can scoop the coal from the surface.
"It takes about a year to turn a forested mountain and its surrounding trout streams into barren gray dessert," Cooper said. "Rock and dirt left after the coal is extracted is dumped over the edge of the flattened mountaintop and left to bury streams and contaminate drinking water."
The debasement of the environment doesn't stop at the West Virginia border, Cooper said. The coal is shipped to Georgia and burned to generate electricity.
Burning coal also generates mercury, a toxic metal that pollutes the air and drifts down into rivers and streams.
"The majority of mercury falls within 50 miles of coal plants," stated a handout by the Flint Riverkeeper group that hosted Cooper's presentation.
There are four new coal-fired power plants in planning stages for south Georgia, said Gordon Rogers, executive director of the Flint Riverkeeper group.
Plans call for power plants in Ben Hill, Worth and Early counties. He didn't say where the fourth could be located.
"We don't need to build these plants. The answer is conservation," Rogers said. "The way to vote against building power plants is with the power bill. Just use less."
If Georgians cut their power use by 10 percent, the state could have enough power from existing sources until 2015, Rogers said.
Future energy generation could come from solar panels, wind turbines and even the burning of less toxic materials, such as wood chips and sawdust, Rogers said.
That sat well with at least one man in the audience.
"This country needs to depend on other sources like wind, solar and nuclear power," said T. Gray Fountain of Albany. "It seems like other countries are doing it. We've got to get on the ball."
More like this story
- Show links coal power to pollution ( January 27, 2010 )
- Company gives up on Early coal plant ( December 12, 2011 )
- Georgia Power asking to close 15 coal and oil units statewide ( January 7, 2013 )
- Georgia Power set to release energy plan ( January 27, 2013 )
- Flint Riverkeeper awards presented ( October 5, 2011 )


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|A qualitative exploration of the impact of a 12-week group exercise class for those moderately affected with multiple sclerosis.
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|Purpose: The evidence base to support therapeutic exercise for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) is improving; however few studies have considered the patients' perspective. This study aimed to explore the experiences and views of people moderately affected with MS following participation in a 12-week exercise programme. Method: Twenty people with MS participated in a group exercise class. Subsequently, four men and ten women took part in one of two focus groups. Semi-structured questions were used to elicit participants' views on the exercise class, outcomes from exercise and the exercise class and any perceived facilitators or barriers to exercise. Data were analysed using a general inductive method. Results: Benefits to participating in exercise for those with MS included social support and symptom improvement. Psychosocial factors, symptoms and lack of service emerged as exercise barriers. Three inter-related themes emerged; (1) The exercise class developed as a bridge to allow participants to realise, (2) the benefits of the class, helping them to overcome and (3) barriers to exercise. Conclusion: Taking part in an exercise class was a positive experience for people with MS. Healthcare professionals should work with exercise professionals to provide feasible exercise opportunities to help those with MS benefit from therapeutic exercise. [Box: see text].
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