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Emotions and cancer
A guide for people with cancer, their families/whānau and friends
This information discusses the emotional effects of cancer. Everyone with cancer copes in their own way. The diagnosis may cause you to feel a range of strong emotions such as fear, anger, denial, sadness, guilt, loneliness, uncertainty, and hope. These are all natural reactions.
This information provides practical suggestions about how to talk to others about cancer, treatment and how you're feeling. The information begins by explaining the common emotions you may feel. People often say that understanding what they may be feeling helps them cope better. A cancer diagnosis will affect relationships with family/whānau, and friends and each person has their own way of coping. You'll find some suggestions for working together to adjust to these changes. There is also information included for people caring for someone with cancer and the emotions they may feel.
The emotional effects of cancer can continue or begin long after treatment. It is common for people to feel anxious about minor signs of illness or pain, worrying that the cancer might come back. This information explores some of these emotions. You don't need to read this information from start to end – just read the parts that are useful to you. You may find it helpful to go back to parts at different times.
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The Department of Dentistry has a general practice residency, accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation. The year-long program trains six residents per year in hospital dentistry, advanced general dentistry procedures, and providing care for children and adults with physical, developmental, and chronic medical disabilities.
The Department of Dentistry also serves as a training site for residents in Pediatric Dentistry (USC), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (LAC+USC), and Periodonitics (VA West Los Angeles). Dental hygiene students from Cypress College and dental students from USC also complete assignments at Rancho's Dental Center.
For more information visit: General Practice Residency in Dentistry
Contact Konita Wilks, DDS at email@example.com or (562) 385-7251
Educational Materials
The Rancho Observational Gait Analysis System is a well-known method for teaching a systematic approach to analyze gait. It is utilized internationally as a foundation for movement analysis related to gait. The materials utilized in teaching this system are available for sale by contacting Rancho Research Institute (formerly known as Los Amigos Research and Education Institute or LAREI) at (562) 385-8111 or visiting their website at http://ranchoresearch.org/education/materials/.
Another gait resource developed at Rancho as part of a NIDDR Field-Initiated Development Grant (#H133G100268) is the RanchoGait app. This app is the first in a series of apps to provide instruction on how to evaluate normal and pathologic gait with the final app aimed at prescription of lower extremity orthoses. The app is intended to be used as a stand-alone learning aid or in coordination with an in-person course as a supplement to principles presented in a lecture/lab-based format. To download the app for iPhone™ or iPad™, please find it in iTunes: (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ranchogait/id648279272?mt=8 or for Android smartphone in Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ranchorep.android.mops)
This material is the property of the Pathokinesiology Service, the Physical Therapy Department, and/or Rehabilitation Engineering at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center and may not be copied or otherwise used without the express written permission of the authors.
Post-Operative and Nociceptive (Traumatic) Acute Pain Expected Practice
Improving Opioid Safety: Pain Coping Skills Training for Health Practitioners across Los Angeles Department of Health Services
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02 Pain Coping Skills Training Course Intro and Overview TRT 42:10
03 Rationale Gate Control Theory TRT 13:52
04 Progressive Muscular Relaxation TRT 31:32
05 Progressive Muscular Relaxation Feedback and Summary TRT 20:55
06 Mini Practice Modeling TRT 18:59
07 Mini Practice Feedback and Summary TRT 19:49
08 Activity Rest Cycle Modeling TRT 18:11
09 Activity Rest Cycle Feedback and Summary TRT 17:59
10 Pleasant Activity Scheduling TRT 18:57
11 Pleasant Activity Scheduling Feedback and Summary TRT 11:56
12 Concepts of Motivational Interviewing TRT: 1:33:13
13 Brief Action Planning Overview TRT 20:10
14 Brief Action Planning Modeling TRT: 10:54
15 Brief Action Plan Feedback and Summary TRT 7:52
16 Problem Solving Modeling TRT 25:50
17 Problem Solving Feedback and Summary TRT: 9:19
18 Real World Application TRT: 32:28
Physical Therapy
The Physical Therapy Department supports two post-professional Physical Therapist Residency programs (Neurologic and Orthopedic); including continuing professional education for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, internships for students in entry-level PT and PTA programs, and tours and customized training for visiting international physical therapists. Educational materials related to observational gait analysis are available for purchase through our partner organization, Rancho Research Institute, at http://ranchoresearch.org/education/materials/
Post-graduate Clinical Residencies
Rancho is committed to fostering professional development within our profession. We offer post-professional opportunities through our Clinical Residency Program in Neurologic Physical Therapy and by serving as a clinical site for the University of Southern California Clinical Residency Program in Orthopedic Physical Therapy. Both Residency Programs are credentialed by the American Physical Therapy Association through the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education. Residency experiences provide opportunities for ongoing mentoring and didactic coursework designed to provide a theoretical basis for advanced practice. The primary purpose is to provide vision and leadership in neurologic and orthopedic physical therapy practice.
Clinical Residency Program in Neurologic Physical Therapy
The University of Southern California/Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (USC/RLANRC) Clinical Residency Program in Neurologic Physical Therapy combines the academic resources of a premier physical therapy education and research institution with the storied history and clinical and research expertise of one of the nation's leading rehabilitation centers. Our joint purpose is to provide vision and leadership in neurologic physical therapy practice.
The mission of the USC/RLANRC Residency in Neurologic Physical Therapy is to prepare movement dysfunction specialists in neurologic physical therapy who exhibit professionalism through:
- Evidence-based practice
- Patient-centered practice
- Commitment to scholarship and advancement of the field of Neurologic Physical Therapy.
Movement dysfunction specialists in neurologic physical therapy will possess a foundation for practice in the theoretical underpinnings of neurologic PT practice, including neuroscience, motor control and learning, and motivation and behavior change, and build upon that through evidence-based practice. Program graduates will demonstrate knowledge and skill in physical therapy differential diagnosis, prognostic and etiologic insights, and an orientation toward outcomes assessment that lead to efficient and effective physical therapy interventions and optimal patient outcomes, including enhanced quality of life and mitigation of disability.
Residency graduates will demonstrate skill in the assessment and treatment of adults with neurologic dysfunction at any level along the neuraxis (peripheral nerve to cortex) with a stable or degenerative condition between the acute or chronic stages of the disease process.
Residency Training
Residency program goals will be achieved through a combination of formal and informal educational methods and roles:
Direct care provision as well as mentored clinical practice on the inpatient and outpatient services of Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center or USC Physical Therapy Associates/Keck Hospital of USC. Clinical mentors include USC neurologic PT faculty as well as Rancho Neurologic Clinical Specialists.
Mentoring by USC physician neurologists via care provision in specialty clinics of the Department of Neurology at USC.
Participation as teaching assistants in courses addressing neurologic content and skills in USC's entry-level Doctor of Physical Therapy program.
Enrollment in coursework via the Neurologic Physical Therapy Professional Education Consortium: http://ptneuroconsortium.org/
Preparation of a case report or scholarly paper for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
The Residency begins in early August and runs for a period of one year.
Graduates of APTA-accredited entry-level programs in Physical Therapy may apply for the program. Residents must be eligible for and obtain licensure as a Physical Therapist in the State of California at or near the beginning of their residency program. Recent graduates as well as experienced clinicians are encouraged to apply.
Application and Further Information
The University of Southern California and Rancho Clinical Residency Program in Neurologic Physical Therapy combines the academic resources and superior physical therapy education and research capacities of USC with the clinical expertise and prominence of Rancho as a leading national rehabilitation center. For more information, visit USC's neurologic residency site.
Contact info:
Beth Fisher, PT, Ph.D.
Telephone: (323) 442-2796
E-mail: email@example.com
Shenette Davis
Telephone: (562) 385-7061
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Orthopedic Physical Therapy
Rancho offers a newly established clinical site option for the Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency Program at USC. The USC Orthopedic PT resident at Rancho gains the unique experience in orthopedic PT management of neurologically involved patients. For more information, visit USC's orthopedic residency site.
Contact Program Director:
Michael O'Donnell, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Jason Cozby, DPT, OCS
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Graduates of APTA-accredited program in physical therapy may apply to the programs. Residents must be eligible for and obtain licensure as a physical therapist in the State of California.
Graduate Medical and Professional Physical Therapists
The Physical Therapy Department supports two post-professional Physical Therapist Residency programs in Neurologic and Orthopedic physical therapy, continuing professional education for physical therapists and physical therapist assistant professionals, internships for students in entry-level PT and PTA programs, and tours and customized training for visiting international physical therapists. Educational materials related to observational gait analysis are available for purchase through our partner organization (Rancho Research Institute, http://ranchoresearch.org/).
Residency Program in Neurologic Physical Therapy (post-professional)
The University of Southern California/Rancho Clinical Residency Program in Neurologic Physical Therapy combines the academic resources and superior physical therapy education and research capacities of USC with the clinical expertise and prominence of Rancho as a leading national rehabilitation center. For more information, please click here or visit USC's neurologic residency site.
Contact Program Director: Beth Fisher, PhD, (323) 442-2796 or email@example.com
(Rancho) Shenette Davis at email@example.com
Residency Program in Orthopedic Physical Therapy (post-professional)
Rancho offers a newly established clinical site option for the Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency Program at USC. The USC Orthopedic PT resident at Rancho gains the unique experience in orthopedic PT management of neurologically involved patients. For more information, visit USC's orthopedic residency site. For more information, please click here or visit USC's orthopedic residency site.
Contact Program Director: Michael O'Donnell, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT at email@example.com
(Rancho) Jason Cozby, DPT, OCS at email@example.com
Residents must be graduates of APTA-accredited programs in physical therapy to enroll in residency programs. Residents must be eligible for and obtain licensure as a physical therapist in the State of California.
Clinical Education (for students already enrolled in accredited PT or PTA programs)
Rancho Los Amigos accepts approximately 35 physical therapist and physical therapist assistant students each year for clinical education internships. Students may achieve internships through several routes, including: selection by their academic program if their program is a regularly affiliating institution with Rancho/Los Angeles County or selection on the basis of their personal accomplishments relevant to the Leadership for Effective Intercultural Competence Program (LEIP), with a one-time inter-institutional agreement between Rancho/County of Los Angeles and their academic program. Specialty research internships may also be available to students. Please (click here) for more information about our clinical education program.
"Rancho has a very strong clinical education program. Instructors are all extremely dedicated to student learning and non-instructors are also eager to provide insight. The site provides students with diversity, challenge, professionalism, and skills to encourage excellence in our services to patients.
"Unanimous, throughout all staff, I witnessed sensitive and appropriate interactions between staff and patients all the time. Difficult patients were treated with the same respect and those attitudes were promoted among all staff to students.
[Recent PT student interns]
Restoring health, rebuilding life, and revitalizing hope for persons with life changing illness, injury or disability.
Student interns at Rancho Los Amigos have a unique opportunity to develop skills in critical analysis, professional leadership, and intercultural practice, while serving the needs of a socioeconomically diverse clientele. Student placements at our Los Angeles County hospital are offered in acute inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and medical-surgical services for adult and pediatric patients with various neurological, musculoskeletal, and medical diagnoses. A high premium is placed on students' early and responsible independence, resourcefulness, and initiative in clinical and professional activities. We generally accept students only on their final or near-final clinical experiences.
For interested students, there are two primary ways to achieve a clinical education placement at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center: (a) students utilize previously established regular affiliation arrangements between their academic institution and Rancho Los Amigos (County of Los Angeles) and are selected by their PT/PTA program to fill one of those program-allotted slots or (b) students, with the assistance of their academic program, apply through the Leadership for Intercultural Competence (LEIP) program and are awarded a personal slot after Rancho and their academic programs execute a one-time affiliation agreement.
Leadership for Intercultural Competence (LEIP) Program
If you are a capable PT or PTA student with long-standing evidence of commitment, skills, and leadership for intercultural practice/competence, the Leadership for Intercultural Competence (LEIP) Program at Rancho may be for you. We award several slots for these exceptional individuals over and above those we allot annually to strong academic programs. Once selected, the opportunities and expectations for students in the LEIP program are identical to those of other student affiliates. Program participation by students from majority as well as minority cultural groups is welcome. Culture is broadly defined, encompassing various sociocultural dimensions and includes, but is not limited to, age, disability, education, ethnicity, gender, language, life experience, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic background.
Program Contact:
Application for regular or LEIP slots are available only in the Spring of each year (usually we have an early April filing deadline) for internships in the following calendar year. For further information, please contact your school's DCE or Rancho's Clinical Education Administrative Assistant, Dearlise Sowell, at firstname.lastname@example.com or (562) 385-7065.
Professional Visitors Program
The Professional Visitors Program at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center provides tours and other customized experiences to visiting healthcare professionals from other countries as well as the United States. We offer tours that include a general overview of our facility and the services provided. Depending upon the needs of the individual or group, we can provide more customized Physical Therapy Department specific experiences that might include a tour of Rancho's Pathokinesiology Laboratory (which both conducts research and provides clinical instrumented diagnosis of complex gait impairments).
Other opportunities are extensive instructional programs that could include shortened versions of Rancho Gait Courses. All tours can be tailored to the needs of the requesting party.
To find out more about our Professional Visitors program, including our fee schedule, or to arrange a tour, please contact Debbie Levin at (562) 385-6237 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Ortho Diabetic Amputation Program
Residents rotate from the Department of Orthopedics, USC Keck School of Medicine
Resident level PGY I, rotation period 5 weeks at Rancho
Contact the Department of Orthopedics, USC Keck School of Medicine
Surgical Arthritis Program
Residents rotate at Rancho from the Department of Orthopedics, USC Keck School of Medicine
Resident level PGY 4 or PGY 5, rotation period 5 weeks
Contact the Department of Orthopedics, USC Keck School of Medicine
Urology Program
Specialized program to deal with complicated urological problems in spinal cord injury patients. Residents rotate from the Department of Urology, USC Keck School of Medicine
Resident Level PGY 3, rotation period 4 months
Postgraduate fellowship level offered at Rancho
Contact Dr. David Ginsberg
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Pressure Ulcer Management Program
The Rancho plastic reconstructive program focuses on all types of pressure ulcers, hip infection, and heterotopic ossification in spinal cord injury patients and other disabled patients. Residents rotate to Rancho from the Division of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery at USC Keck School of Medicine, and Division of Plastic Surgery at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine.
Rotation period 2 months and 1 month
Resident level PGY 5
Fellowship offered at Rancho
Contact Salah Rubayi, M.D.
E-mail: email@example.com
Neuro-Surgery Program
This program deals with the neuro-surgical needs of Rancho patients with spinal cord injury, epileptic patients, and A.B.I., such as cranioplasty.
Fellows rotate from Neurosurgery Department, USC Keck School of Medicine.

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As one TV dance competition with famous faces comes to a close, another begins with unknown hoofers looking for stardom, and Cat Deeley says the eighth season of "So You Think You Can Dance" kicks even higher than before.
"My big expectation is I want to see something different," says host Deeley. "Every single year we raise the bar, and what the dancers are really kind of getting a grip with is that we need to see their personalities too, and we need to see something a little bit different."
Deeley also looking forward to seeing an old friend back among the judging panel.
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The day's top national and international news.
"The big major change in the judges this year is that Mary Murphy's back, and to be perfectly honest, I can't wait," she says. "Mary has this enthusiasm that is completely infectious and she just puts a very positive spin on it. She doesn't take any rubbish from Nigel and I think we kind of missed her a little bit on the panel."
As SYTYCD's seasons have unfolded, Deeley thinks the show's gotten even sharper in identifying true dance pros of the future, be they on the path to becoming performers or choreographers.
"The one thing that we've now got quite good at is spotting that star quality, and it's difficult sometimes because it's kind of indefinable," she says. "It's that certain something special that means that you see somebody and for whatever reason, you can't quite take your eyes off them and they hold you. That's what we're always searching for."


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Delicious and smoky vegan refried beans with a hint of chipotle chili peppers.
Back home in India, a rectangular two-burner stove would stand in almost every middle-class kitchen. Fom one end a green pipe would run through a hole in the soapstone countertop to a bright-red metal cylinder.
In the '90s when I got married and first set up house, those cylinders were precious. You often had to wait months if not years to get one from the government-run oil and gas companies, and once you did it was like winning the lottery. Because the only option to a gas stove in those days was a kerosene one that took ages to start up, or one of those square electric hotplates that burned the food before they cooked it.
The cylinders — about three to four times the size of the little white ones you can buy for outdoor grills here in the United States – would last about a month after which you would call the supplier and they would send over a replacement in a few days.
The cylinder-wallah would arrive in a loud, clanging contraption that looked like a bike dragging a metal cart piled precariously with the cylinders. At the foot of the apartment building, he would hoist one of the heavy cylinders over a sweat-drenched shoulder, walk up a few flights of stairs if the building didn't have an elevator (and many in Bombay didn't), snap the new one into place and take away the old one.
Figuring out when to call for your replacement was a science. If you called too early, it was possible the new one would come in before you actually ran out. If you called too late, it was back to the kerosene stove until you got your replacement.
Last year, when we traveled to Leh in north India, one of the most delightful sights we saw was when a truck crammed with cylinders would make the rounds of the homes and monasteries perched steeply on craggy hills in the lap of the Himalayas. The monks would negotiate narrow stairs to get their replacements, cylinders on shoulders. In the villages down below, men, women and children would line the streets, waiting patiently for the truck.
Here in the United States we are used to the luxury of piped gas. You don't have to worry about the gas ever running out or about red cylinders and cylinder-wallahs, but I'd be lying if I said I don't sometimes think fondly of those old days when I knew the value of this precious natural resource and used it more reverentially than I probably do now.
When we bought our house four years ago, it came fitted with an electric stove. Although the electric stoves here are quite sophisticated, I am not a big fan (although many cooks might disagree). So I was really thrilled when, finally last week, we replaced it with a gas range.
I find gas stoves cook more gently and evenly than their electric counterparts. For instance, the banana nut bread I made in my new oven, with my own often-tried-and-tested recipe, took many more minutes to cook at the same temperature in the gas oven, but it also browned more evenly.
As I re-cook some favorites that I've blogged about, I shall be going back to those posts, especially the ones with recipes that needed baking, and add in in any differences in cooking times and temperatures for the gas oven.
Now finally, here's a little bit about today's recipe: basic but heartily delicious Mexican refried beans fired up with some smoky chipotle chilis in adobo sauce.
Refried beans aren't really fried, just simmered in water until they are done. So despite the unhealthy-sounding name that makes one picture two vats of boiling oil (one to fry and the other to re-fry!) these are actually tremendously healthy.
I used black beans, but pinto beans are also often used to make refried beans, and if you can't find those where you live, just go with any old bean you can lay your hands on.
Enjoy, everyone!
Refried Beans With Chipotle Chilis
- 1 cup dried black beans , soaked for a few hours and then cooked until tender enough to mash (can substitute with about 2 cups of washed and drained canned beans)
- 1 tbsp canola or other vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion , finely diced
- 4 large cloves garlic , minced
- 2 tsp chipotle chilis in adobo sauce (use less or more if you like yours milder or spicier)
- 2 cups of water or the bean-cooking liquid
- Salt to taste
- Heat the oil in a saucepan.
- Add the onions and cook, stirring, over medium-high heat until they are richly golden brown. It will take about 8-10 minutes. Don't burn the onions.
- Add the minced garlic and stir for another minutes.
- Add the chipotle chilis, finely chopped, and stir in. Then quickly add the beans.
- Use the back of your ladle or better still, a potato masher, to mash the beans. I don't mash mine completely because I like the texture.
- Add the water or liquid, bring to a boil, and allow the beans to simmer away for another 10-15 minutes until the liquid has reduced.
- The beans should still have some liquid when you take them off the heat because they will thicken up on standing.
- Top with a dollop of vegan sour cream or soy yogurt and serve hot or cold with some tortilla chips. You can also roll 'em up inside of a burrito, heap them on a taco, or eat them as a terrific side dish with some guacamole and rice. These are very versatile.
For an original Tibetan recipe straight from Ladakh, try my Vegan Momos with Artichoke Hearts.
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May 2, 2013
The Plant Clinic is the authority that many gardeners turn to when they see a problem with their plants, such as an unfamiliar insect or a browned branch. You can bring in a sample to the clinic just across from the Visitor Center or email a picture.
The expert staff and volunteers also can help with identification—for example, if you just moved to a new house and have no idea what those shrubs in the yard are, or if you want to know for sure what kind of evergreen you have to make sure you prune it the right way.
But before you even have a plant, the Plant Clinic can provide valuable advice about which one to buy. Looking for a crab apple variety that has pink flowers, purple leaves and small fruit? Need help deciding on the right groundcover under a Norway maple? Wondering what shrub might be able to handle the hot sun next to a driveway? Just ask. Call 630-719-2424 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The more you know about your site, the better and more specific advice the Plant Clinic can provide. So before you call, email or visit, think about how many hours of sun your spot gets each day, which direction it faces, and what the soil is like.
And if you just want to browse, there is a wealth of Plant Clinic advice online at mortonarb.org/plantadvice for choosing and caring for trees, shrubs, perennials, and grasses.


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Federal Judge Blocks NY Stop-and-Frisks Without Suspicion
On Tuesday, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against the Bronx Trespass Affidavit Program's (TAP) "stop-and-frisk" practices when performed without reasonable suspicion.
Judge Shira Scheindlin of the Federal Court District of Manhattan ruled that aspects of the stop-and-frisks used by the New York Police Department were unconstitutional because officers were stopping individuals outside of residential buildings without sufficient suspicion that they were trespassing. Scheindlin also issued an injunction against stop-and-frisks by officers unless there is substantial evidence that an individual is trespassing. She is also considering ordering the NYPD to adopt a written policy that defines the limited cases in which an individual may be stopped as part of TAP.
"While it may be difficult to say where, precisely, to draw the line between constitutional and unconstitutional police encounters, such a line exists, and the NYPD has systematically crossed it when making trespass stops" Scheindlin wrote in her decision. "The evidence of numerous unlawful stops at the hearing strengthens the conclusion that the NYPD's inaccurate training has taught officers the following lesson: stop and question first, develop suspicions later."
As part of the TAP program, property managers authorized the NYPD to patrol inside residential buildings and arrest those they find trespassing. However, Judge Scheindlin found that officers were frisking individuals that were only seen entering or leaving the building even if the individuals were guests or residents who did not have their identification.
"For those of us who do not fear being stopped as we approach or leave our own homes or those of our friends and families, it is difficult to believe that residents of one of our boroughs live under such a threat. In light of the evidence presented at the hearing, however, I am compelled to conclude that this [is unconstitutional]," concluded Scheindlin.
Media Resources: Businessweek 1/8/2013; Huffington Post 1/8/2013; New York Times 1/8/2013; Wall Street Journal 1/8/2013


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AP's Fisker Claims Fall Flat
The Associated Press is making an unsupported claim that the Obama administration knew electric automaker Fisker was missing milestones required for its loan guarantee well before it froze the loan in mid-2011 by taking newly obtained documents out of context.
The AP article, published the day of a House hearing on the loan guarantee granted to the troubled company, appears to be based on what a Department of Energy official characterized in an email to Media Matters as "selectively released" documents from Republican politicians leading that hearing.
The article's lede claims that the documents "show that the Obama administration was warned as early as 2010 that electric car maker Fisker Automotive Inc. was not meeting milestones set up for a half-billion dollar government loan, nearly a year before U.S. officials froze the loan." However, neither of the documents it cites substantiates that claim.
The first document was an internal email speculating that Fisker could miss a milestone that it met five days later, as AP noted six paragraphs in:
Aoife McCarthy, a spokeswoman for the Energy Department, said the June 2010 email was taken out of context.
"The document shows that one person at a meeting discussed the possibility that Fisker might not meet a financial commitment" required by the Energy Department, McCarthy said in an email late Tuesday. DOE received the needed certification five days later and subsequently made the loan payment, she said.
The second document is from April 2010 -- before the loan agreement had even been officially closed -- and thus before milestones had kicked in, as a DOE official explained in an email to Media Matters (emphasis added):
In advance of today's hearing, Committee Republicans have selectively released a few documents that distort and confuse the facts. An Associated Press story, for example, erroneously reports that "the Obama Administration was warned as early as 2010 that electric car maker Fisker Automotive Inc. was not meeting milestones set up for a half-billion-dollar government loan."
That claim, which is false, is based upon two pieces of evidence presented in the story, both of which are irrelevant and neither or which supports the claim.
1) The story says that a document from April 2010 listed out "milestones that Fisker had not yet met." Fisker, like all of our projects, had to demonstrate that it was meeting certain milestones in order to receive disbursements from the loan. But since the loan was [not] finalized and closed until April 23, 2010, those milestones hadn't even kicked in yet.
2) The story also quotes an email from June 2, 2010, in which a Department contractor discussed the possibility that Fisker might not meet a financial commitment, which had to be certified as met by the company before a loan disbursement. The Department received that certification five days later, and subsequently disbursed on the loan."
Fox News and Fox Business are already promoting AP's claims without noting DOE's response to AP.


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I recently picked up King of Dragon pass for my iPhone, since I heard the story-based gameplay was similar to The Banner Saga and I wanted something to distract me until Chapter 1 gets released. I've read through the entire manual, but I'm still a bit overwhelmed by all the options available to me, especially with the multitude of gods in the pantheon, with each god having multiple rituals to choose from. Between farming, trading and diplomacy, magic, and war, I'm not sure what I should be concentrating on at the beginning, and I'm suffering from analysis paralysis as I try to balance each of the options available. (the small iPhone screen doesn't make it easier to try to gauge the strength of my faming, warriors, clan happiness, etc. - because each is on a different screen)
I know some Banner Saga players have played King of Dragon Pass, and I wondered if anyone veterans had suggestions about what to concentrate on at the beginning of the game. Should I work on building up my food supply? My military defenses? Or my alliances with other clans?
P.S. I've played the Civilization games, and other strategy computer games, but most of them are good at starting you out with only a few decisions and then slowly making things more complicated over time. King of Dragon Pass feels like I'm being dumped in the deep end.


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Security changes not likely after state capitol bomb threat
Man claims he had fire bombs in backpack Tuesday
Officials with Gov. Scott Walker's administration said security changes at the state capitol aren't likely after a bomb scare Tuesday.
Capitol police were on the job Thursday in the rotunda where, just 48 hours earlier, they stopped what many said could have been a serious threat.
Kvon Smith, of Milwaukee, was arrested. Officials said he was carrying a backpack with what he claimed were Molotov cocktails -- fire bombs -- just hours before Walker's State-of-the-State address.
The bomb squad was called in as the area around the building was secured.
State Rep. Mandela Barnes was in his office steps away when that security threat occurred.
"It was quite a scare on Tuesday to see there was a bomb threat," Barnes said.
But Barnes said he doesn't believe there's a need for tighter security there.
"I think this was an isolated incident, and as far as more safety precautions at this moment, not necessary," Barnes said.
State Sen. Leah Vukmir, who has been a target of threats during her time in the Senate, agreed that access should remain open, but said this latest threat has some lawmakers reassessing security.
"I think it does spark a conversation that is already happening in the building. What more should we do, or is everything working just fine?" Vukmir said.
Vukmir and others commended the Capitol police for diffusing the security threat in a very public building, where people come and go freely.
The suspect in Tuesday's incident walked right through the doors into the rotunda, as anyone can on any day. And folks in charge of security there at the Capitol said that's not likely to change after this incident.
"I don't think we're going to see any changes there, from the fact that they are able to keep it safe. The building is safe now it was safe on Tuesday, and they were able to handle that threat when we had all of our highest elected officials in one place," Department of Administration spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis said.
Marquis said security measures are constantly reviewed, and in this case, she said, everything worked as it's supposed to.
Walker said he called the Capitol police officers to thank them for their good work is stopping that threat.
Smith's fate is now in the hands of the Dane County district attorney.
Smith is being held at the Dane County Jail while the district attorney decides whether Smith will face any criminal charges.
Police are recommending prosecutors charge him with four felony counts of possessing a Molotov cocktail and one felony count of creating a bomb scare.


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Streets are a vital part of livable, attractive communities. Everyone, regardless of age, ability, income, race, or ethnicity, ought to have safe, comfortable, and convenient access to community destinations and public places–whether walking, driving, bicycling, or taking public transportation.
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- We have developed a versatile software package for the simulation of di-electron production in pp and dp collisions at moderate beam kinetic energies (1-2GeV). Particular attention has been paid to incorporate different descriptions of the Dalitz decay Δ rightarrow Ne + e - via a common interface. In addition, suitable parameterizations for the virtual bremsstrahlung process NN rightarrow NNe + e - based on one-boson exchange models have been implemented. Such simulation tools with high flexibility of the framework are important for the interpretation of the di-electron data taken with the HADES spectrometer and demonstrates the wide applicability within the field of nuclear and hadronic physics.


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A 2011 Retrospective Through the Millions of Eyes of Twitter [VIDEO]
2011 was a year of big news. Political revolutions, natural disasters, astounding innovations, stories of inspiration, hope and loss — all of it was captured and disseminated in real time on Twitter.
The information network came of age in 2011, with more mainstream adoption, a couple of redesigns and new traffic records. What was once a simple stream is now a dynamic site of suggestions, connections and multimedia.
For those of us who rely on Twitter to see and share what's happening now, the news of the world arrives in little 140-character packets. And when big news breaks, the packets start flying.
The video above is a 2011 retrospective look at the big stories, as seen through the tweets that broke and shaped them. It comes to us courtesy of our friend Jeremiah Warren.
Were you on Twitter when a big story broke? Where did you see it first? How did you participate as the news unfolded? Share your 2011 Twitter stories in the comments below.


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With our impending 3-month trip to Asturias coming ever closer, we thought it'd be a good time to look back on our years here, and compile some "Best Of" lists. We'll start with Day Trips. As is always the case when creating lists, we've had to leave a lot of great things out… but these are our favorites. In the next few days, we'll be publishing more Top Fives!
The city of Valencia offers enough diversion for any length of trip, but it's worthwhile to get out and see some of the other incredible spots which are nearby. We took a lot of day trips during our time here, but these are the five which we enjoyed the most, in no particular order.
Found just a few kilometers south of Valencia, the natural park of the Albufera is home to an enormous freshwater lagoon. From the city, you can bike there in less than an hour, and be rewarded with some incredible nature… dunes, wetlands, birds and fauna, the beaches of El Saler, and beautiful nature trails. The village of El Palmar is found deep within the Albufera and is world-renowned for its paella restaurants.
El Palmar – The Perfect Day Trip
Bike Trip to Saler and the Albufera
El Palmar and the Albufera – Another visit
Sagunto is famous for its Roman theater, and its hilltop castle which stretches over a kilometer. A must-see for history fans, "Saguntum" was a powerful Roman city, and the first to be attacked by Hannibal. It's just a short train trip away from Valencia.
Sagunto: City of Ruins
Sagunto, Part II
There are a lot of great opportunities for biking in the Valencian Community, but the trip we most enjoyed was around the Montgó Mountain, between the touristy seaside villages of Dénia and Xàbia. Even without the bike trip, both towns are worth visiting; particular Xàbia with its crystal blue water and beautiful coastline.
Bike Tour around the Montgó: Dénia-Xàbia
Alcoy, with its magnificent old town and castle, is worth a visit any time of year. But it's especially impressive in late April, when the Alcoyanos put on Spain's biggest Christians & Moors Festival. For three days, marchers, dancers, musicians and animals fill the streets. I've never seen anything like it.
Alcoy – Christians & Moors Festival 2009
Mentira – Alcoy's Awesome Party Drink
Valencia Scenic Drive: Alcoy to Altea
With trains leaving the Estación del Norte about every half-hour for Xàtiva, there's very little excuse to miss out on this fascinating town south of Valencia. The Castle of the infamous Borgia family is the highlight, but there is a lot to see and do in this city of the Setabenses.
Day Trip to Xàtiva
Xàtiva – Introduction & History
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The Klumps could be coming back for Round 3.
"You know what, there might be another 'Nutty Professor,'" Eddie Murphy told Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson at the LA premiere of "Shrek Forever After" on Sunday, breaking the news of a sequel script. "We kind of wrote something that might be kind of funny."
Whether or not the film hits theaters, he added, depends on just how funny it is.
"If the studios want to do it, we'll do it," he told Shaun. "If you don't see it, the studio was like, 'This isn't funny.'"
News of a possible sequel was first reported in 2008, when The Hollywood Reporter noted that such a project was in the early stages of development.
1996's "The Nutty Professor," a remake of the 1963 Jerry Lewis classic of the same name, and the 2000 sequel "The Nutty Professor II: The Kumps," were both a hit with viewers, each earning over $120 million at the box office.
Eddie — who reprises his role as Donkey in the upcoming fourth and final "Shrek" movie — said that another "Beverly Hills Cop" isn't out of the question, either.
"I don't know, they've been developing that 'Beverly Hills Cop' [sequel] for years and years and years," Eddie said. "I don't know what 's going on with that."
In the meantime, Eddie's paying homage to the film's producer, Jerry Bruckheimer – he'll introduce the first installment at a tribute to the Hollywood heavyweight on Monday.
"I'm going to be there with the other old actors, introducing our old movies," he laughed. "No, but these movies were all special pictures, and all done by Jerry Bruckheimer. We're honoring him."
"Shrek Forever After" is due in theaters May 21.
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Somewhere in France
August 14, 1918
Dear sister Madaline:
We received our weekly issue of mail and as usual I received my share. I received three letters from you three from Anna two from Priscilla and a few friends of mine. Their are quite a few of my friends writing me sometimes three times a week but the Wulferst have forgotten me and of course I am doing the same. I am not going to waste my good time writing to people who do not appreciate it. In fact I am so busy either drilling or writing my folks and friends that I really cannot be interrupted by writing people that never write me. Although both Wulferst and I are still the greatest friends. Did you receive my photo. I wrote a letter to John yesterday. Guess I will close now will write again tomorrow, I am.
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"Secure Communities enhances public safety by enabling ICE to identify and remove criminal aliens more efficiently and effectively from the United States," said Secure Communities Acting Assistant Director Marc Rapp. "As we expand ICE's use of biometric information sharing nationwide, we are helping to keep communities safe and ensuring the integrity of our immigration system."
With the expansion of the use of biometric information sharing to these two counties, ICE is using this capability in 77 of 88 Ohio jurisdictions. Across the country, ICE is using this capability in 1,286 jurisdictions in 42 states. As a result of ICE's use of this enhanced information-sharing capability, which began in October 2008, ICE has removed more than 72,000 criminal aliens - more than 26,000 of whom were convicted of felonies such as murder, rape, kidnapping and the sexual abuse of children. ICE continues to work with its law enforcement partners across the country to responsibly and effectively implement this federal information sharing capability and plans to reach complete nationwide deployment by 2013.
Prior to the implementation of Secure Communities, fingerprints taken of individuals charged with a crime and booked into state or local custody were checked for criminal history information against the Department of Justice's (DOJ) criminal history records. Once it is activated in a jurisdiction, the fingerprints that jurisdiction submits to DOJ's biometric system to check for criminal history records are also automatically sent to DHS' biometric system to check against its immigration law enforcement records. When a match is discovered, ICE evaluates the specific case to determine the individual's immigration status and takes appropriate enforcement action. ICE prioritizes removing criminal aliens convicted of the most serious crimes such as major drug offenses, murder, rape and kidnapping. ICE also gives high priority to other threats to public safety, such as aliens with known gang affiliations, drunk driving arrests, or fugitives, or those who frequently try to game the immigration system.
The biometric systems are maintained by DHS's US-VISIT program and the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS).
"US-VISIT is proud to support ICE by providing comprehensive, reliable information to assist in the smart and effective enforcement of our immigration laws," said US-VISIT Director Robert Mocny. "By enhancing the interoperability of DHS's and the FBI's biometric systems, we are helping federal, state and local government better protect our communities and our nation."
"Under this federal information-sharing initiative, ICE will be utilizing FBI system enhancements that allow improved information sharing at the state and local law enforcement level based on positive identification of incarcerated criminal aliens," said Daniel D. Roberts, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division. "Additionally, ICE and the FBI are working together to take advantage of the strong relationships already forged between the FBI and state and local law enforcement necessary to assist ICE in achieving its goals."
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A 21st-century oil boom in the Lone Star State
The Texas oil industry for several decades seemed headed into territory best described by the old saying "all hat and no cattle."
But the state appears awash again in oil and gas, with drilling in fields across the state, including one West Texas shale formation that could dwarf both the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas and North Dakota's famous Bakken Shale.
Texas recently had 839 drilling rigs operating — nearly half of all rigs in the U.S. and 22.7 percent of rigs worldwide, according to the Feb. 15 Baker Hughes Rig Count.
And most of those rigs were working in five regions of the state: the Permian Basin in West Texas, the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, the Granite Wash in the Panhandle, the Barnett Shale in North Texas and the Haynesville Shale in East Texas.
"You'd be hard pressed to find anybody who saw this coming," said economist Karr Ingham, noting that there are more drilling rigs in the Permian Basin than during the 1980s boom. "That's a stunning turn of events right there."
West Texas has a multitude of overlapping oil fields, but the Cline Shale has created a stir. The formation runs about 140 miles north to south and about 70 miles wide through Howard, Glasscock, Reagan and Sterling counties.
Early estimates for the Cline, based on Devon Energy's exploration in the area, put the estimated recoverable reserves at 30 billion barrels of oil.
By comparison, the U.S. Geological Survey estimates the Eagle Ford holds up to 7 billion to 10 billion in recoverable reserves, while the Bakken Shale could hold as much as 4.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil.
Benjamin Shattuck, an analyst with Wood Mackenzie in Houston, said just 80 to 100 wells have been drilled in the Cline, and data is sketchy so far. He expects the industry in six months will have twice as much information on Cline Shale as it does now.
"Operators are doing their best to keep the result confidential," he said. "The big thing in the Cline is that results so far have been good."
Peggy Williams, editorial director with Hart Energy, said the Permian Basin, with more than 400 drilling rigs operating, is the most complex field in the state, with both horizontal and vertical drilling in multiple geologic horizons. The formations are so thick that they're using vertical hydraulic fracturing, the process of using water, sand and chemicals pumped at high pressure to break open dense rock.
"It's a very prolific conventional basin that produces in many, many zones," Williams said. "If you're in an area that's produced a lot of oil, it's a good place to look for more oil. In the Permian you have a world-class petroleum basin. There's just oil all over the place."
Hart Energy estimates the Permian Basin could produce 1.65 million barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2020, just from unconventional drilling that uses hydraulic fracturing.
The company estimates South Texas' Eagle Ford Shale could produce 2.4 million barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2020.
"It's enormous, enormous," said Williams. "That's more than some OPEC countries produce."
In the Fort Worth area, the Barnett Shale is the grandfather of unconventional drilling — the place where operators first used both horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
Although drilling has declined, with most of the recent business activity coming in the form of asset sales, Chris Robertson, an analyst with Wood Mackenzie, said it's still the third most productive U.S. gas field behind the Marcellus in Pennsylvania and the Haynesville in Louisiana.
"The Barnett is very well understood," he said. "It's a good source of cash flow that's predictable."
And natural gas prices have started to rise a bit from historic lows, driving a slight uptick in drilling in the Barnett. "Rigs have started to return to these dry gas plays," Robertson said. "It's nothing to write home about, but they are returning."
In East Texas, there were 21 drilling rigs targeting the Haynesville/Bossier Shale as of Feb. 15.
The formation is more productive and lucrative in Louisiana, but it primarily produces natural gas, so operators are largely drilling because they must if they want to hold onto their mineral leases.
But there's one area of the field, the Cotton Valley formation in Rusk, Panola and Harrison counties, where companies have been able to produce a higher proportion of the more profitable crude oil and natural gas liquids.
"In the Haynesville right now our view is that operators can make money in the top-tier core areas," Robertson said. "On average there's no economic reason to be drilling other than to hold acreage or to explore the liquids prone areas in the Cotton Valley."
In the Panhandle, 47 drilling rigs were recently targeting the Granite Wash, a tight sandstone that extends into Oklahoma. "There's quite a lot going on there, too, even though it's primarily natural gas," said Ingham.
Most of the state's drilling is focused on finding crude oil because dry natural gas is selling near historic lows. But the heat content of the Granite Wash gas is so great that it sells at a premium of 30 percent to 50 percent over standard prices.
"You can sell it for more, so the natural gas and the liquids are a big deal up here," Ingham said.
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The name mahogany was first used for wood of Swietenia mahagoni, sometimes referred to as Spanish or Cuban mahogany, later also for the wood of the closely related Swietenia macrophylla, sometimes referred to as Honduras mahogany. This wood is famed for its use in making furniture (see Chippendale) as easy to work, stable in use, and displays a beautiful reddish sheen when polished. Today, all species of Swietenia are listed by CITES, i.e. protected.
The name "mahogany" is also widely used for that of the African genus Khaya (closely related to Swietenia), more correctly African mahogany.
Used in the plural, "mahoganies" may refer to the wider group of all the timbers yielded by the three related genera Swietenia, Khaya and Entandrophragma. The timbers of Entandrophragma are traded under their individual names, sometimes with "mahogany" attached: for example "sipo" may sometimes be called "sipo mahogany".
In addition the timber trade deals with many so-called "mahoganies" with various adjectives attached, notably "Philippine mahogany". These woods have nothing to do with mahogany proper.
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Wolters Kluwer Completes Acquisition of Tagetik
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting announces that it has today completed the acquisition of Tagetik. The agreement to acquire Tagetik was originally announced on March 7, 2017
Tagetik is a leading provider of corporate performance management solutions, supporting the processes and workflow of the Office of the CFO. Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting will bring together its existing corporate offerings, including its internal audit solution, TeamMate, with Tagetik to create a new business unit – Corporate Performance Solutions.
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Wolters Kluwer reported 2016 annual revenues of €4.3 billion. The company, headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs 19,000 people worldwide.
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Royal Enfield's new Continental GT, like its namesake of the Sixties, is a stylish café racer with low handlebars, bright red paintwork and racing-style humped seat. A rapid roadburner with a price tag to match, then?
Hardly. In fact the original Continental, one of the last bikes built before Royal Enfield closed its original factory at Redditch, south of Birmingham, in 1967, was a tuned 250cc single aimed at young riders.
This visually similar Continental GT of almost half a century later is the most powerful and glamorous bike yet from Royal Enfield's new factory in Chennai, India. But it's still a simple, air-cooled single-cylinder roadster that produces less than 30bhp and costs just over £5,000.
The Continental is a development of Royal Enfield's old favourite, the Bullet, which has been modernised during the past decade while keeping its appearance and character intact. In that time Enfield has established itself as India's premium brand and increased annual production to more than 150,000 bikes.
Even so, it looked to Britain once again for inspiration when it came to the Continental. It was designed in collaboration with Northumberland-based Xenophya, while for chassis expertise Enfield chose Harris Performance of Hertford, famed for building frames for Barry Sheene.
The engine is a mildly tuned version of the Bullet's traditional, pushrod-operated unit. A larger piston takes the capacity from 499 to 535cc; hotter cams and revised throttle bodies (even the Bullet is fuel-injected these days) increase peak power output by a couple of horsepower. Even so, the claimed maximum of 29bhp looks feeble when some middleweights develop four times as much.
But the joy of the Continental GT is that it combines the Bullet's brand of easy, non-threatening performance with considerably increased style and chassis ability. The look is authentic and in some ways the ride is, too. You can even fire the engine with a kickstarter.
Despite the Continental's racy image, the riding position dictated by the café racer-style clip-on bars is not too aggressive. The Enfield's firm suspension is not ideal in town, but the bike is slim, light and manoeuvrable. Its engine is flexible for a mid-sized single, and changes efficiently through its five speeds.
Inevitably the GT is happier out of town, where you can ride quite hard even at legal speeds. The handling is very stable, while taut suspension, Pirelli tyres and fairly generous ground clearance add to the appeal. The single front disc and Brembo caliper give excellent stopping power. On the motorway there's mild vibrations through the handlebars by about 4,000rpm and 70mph in top. And if you're not in a hurry it's as fun as it's economical.
Royal Enfield's improved quality control means the classical experience should be backed by reliability. Better still, the starting price of £5,199 has a pleasantly old-style feel, too. Provided you're content with style and period charm, rather than speed, the Continental GT hits the spot.
Royal Enfield Continental GT
Tested: 535cc four-stroke single, five-speed transmission
Price/on sale: £5,199 (£5,499 as tested)/October
Power/torque: 29bhp @ 5,100rpm/32lb ft @ 4,000rpm
Top speed: 90mph (est)
Fuel tank/range: 175 miles @ 70mpg (est)
Verdict: Cute retro café racer, short on speed and thrills but offering classical single-cylinder character with sound handling, economy and low price
Telegraph rating: Four out of five stars


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University of Vermont
Rev. Daniel Clarke Sanders, D.D. (1800 - 1814)
When The University of Vermont was incorporated by the state legislature on November 3, 1791, its nondenominational charter was the first in the country to specify clearly that the rules, regulations, and by-laws shall not tend to give preference to any religious sect or denomination whatsoever. Although the trustees were granted broad governing powers, they waited almost a decade before they established the new institution in Burlington. It was not until October 17, 1800, at a meeting chaired by Governor Tichenor, that the corporation elected Daniel Clarke Sanders to serve as the first president of the university.
Daniel Sanders was born in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, on May 3, 1768. He graduated from Harvard College in 1788 before receiving his license to preach in 1790. He went on to obtain a master's degree from Harvard in 1791, and in May 1792, he began to preach in Vergennes, Vermont, where he met and married Nancy Fitch, a native of Canterbury, Connecticut. They had a family of eight children, five of whom later died in the Vermont epidemic of 1812–13. In June 1794, Sanders was ordained as the pastor of the Vergennes Congregational Church at an annual salary of four hundred dollars, then the largest salary in Vermont.
Unfortunately, the Reverend Mr. Sanders never received his full salary, and he left Vergennes in 1799 to accept an invitation to be a Congregational preacher in Burlington while also establishing a preparatory academy. His primary reason for coming was, to quote his own words, to get into operation the University of Vermont. In 1794 the trustees had authorized the construction of UVM's first building — a president's house (later known as the Old Yellow House). In October 1799, the corporation voted that Sanders could have use of this house and Wfty acres of adjoining land. During this period, the citizens of Burlington pledged $2,310 to create a brick edifice and procure a library and philosophical apparatus for the university. This was a remarkable sum, considering that the census listed only 816 total residents in the town at this time. One year later, when Sanders was elected president, his salary was set at six hundred dollars a year, together with the house (which was also a student dormitory), plus the four hundred dollars he earned from the Burlington church.
When the first class of four students enrolled at UVM in 1800, Sanders faced a formidable challenge. As Professor Julian Lindsay explains in his early history of UVM, During the first years of the University's life, Daniel Clarke Sanders was Praeses, Curator, Secretarius, Bibliothecarius, and Professor, to which should be added eruditus. The campus consisted of Wfty acres of woods 277 feet above Lake Champlain with no road running through it. In addition to felling very large pine trees to help clear ten acres for the college site, Sanders served as the entire faculty for seven years. During this period, he taught Latin and Greek, chemistry and mineralogy, anatomy, surgery, and belles-lettres, involving up to ten hours a day in personal recitations. He also catalogued the university's first library, consisting of thirty-one volumes, and helped plan the construction of the first college edifice. All of this time he continued to serve as pastor of his Burlington church.
The first class of four students, who each paid a tuition of twelve dollars a year, graduated in 1804. In 1806 the College Edifice was completed at a cost of more than twenty-four thousand dollars. It was four stories high and 160 feet long, containing a chapel, seven large public rooms, and forty-five chambers for students. The new astronomical and philosophical apparatus included two twenty-four-inch globes, a telescope, planetarium, quadrants, and additional instruments worth seven hundred dollars. A new subscription of five thousand dollars was raised, chiefly from the loyal citizens of Burlington, to help defray these costs.
During the next five years, the fledgling university continued to grow. The corporation adopted an official seal in 1807. This same year James Dean, a graduate of Dartmouth, was named as a tutor, and two years later he was elected as UVM's first full professor in mathematics and natural philosophy. In 1811 the playwright and jurist, Royall Tyler, was appointed professor of jurisprudence, while also serving as chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, and the Rev. Jason Chamberlain was appointed professor of Greek and Latin. President Sanders continued to teach and write. In 1809 he was awarded an honorary doctor of divinity degree by Harvard, and in 1812 his major scholarly study, A History of the Indian Wars, was published.
More than 120 students attended UVM from 1800 to 1814 during Daniel Sanders' tenure as president. Two graduates in the class of 1810 were Jacob Collamer, later United States senator, and Timothy Follett, the first president of the Rutland and Burlington Railroad. Despite such progress, the university faced chronic financial troubles due in large part to the depressed economy caused by the Embargo Act of 1807, which cut off trade with Canada and led to the War of 1812. UVM turned to the state for help in 1810, when the charter was revised to provide for the election of eighteen trustees by the legislature. There is no evidence, however, that state appropriations were forthcoming. As a result, the corporation retained the annual tuition fee of $12.00, but in 1811 students were also charged $.50 a year for their rooms, plus $1.42 a week for board. Apparently the students ate a starchy diet, because in 1813 the board charge was again raised to $1.75 a week, with the proviso that it would be reduced to $1.50 if the price of wheat after harvest should not exceed $1.50 a bushel.
During the War of 1812, Burlington became headquarters for the northern department of the United States Army. More than four thousand troops jammed into the town and constructed a battery on the high bluff overlooking Lake Champlain. The next two years were a period of crisis for both the university and President Sanders. Five of his children died in an epidemic that started among the soldiers in 1812–13. In January 1814, Ira Allen, the flamboyant and controversial entrepreneur and land speculator who had founded the university, died bankrupt in Philadelphia. The College Edifice in Burlington was seized by the government and turned into an army barracks. Instruction was suspended, and President Sanders was forced to dismiss the students and send them off to other colleges after his own contract was terminated. Despite his incredibly energetic work on behalf of the university, he left with the blessing of some of the trustees who, according to Lindsay, objected to his Unitarianism and laxity in prayers.
In 1815 Sanders was installed as pastor of the Congregational Church in Medfield, Massachusetts, a position he held until 1829. He later served in the Massachusetts legislature and continued to preach until illness made his later years difficult. He died at the age of eighty-two on October 18, 1850, almost fiffty years after the day he was installed as the first president of The University of Vermont.
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Download Henry VI, Part 1 Study Guide
Henry VI, Part 1 Summary
(Critical Survey of Literature for Students)
The great nobles and churchmen of England gather in Westminster Abbey for the state funeral of King Henry V, hero of the Battle of Agincourt and conqueror of France. The eulogies of the dukes of Gloster, Bedford, and Exeter, and of the bishop of Winchester, profound and extensive, are broken off by messengers bringing reports of English defeat and failure in France, where the dauphin, taking advantage of King Henry's illness, had raised a revolt.
The gravest defeat reported is the imprisonment of Lord Talbot, general of the English armies. Bedford swears to avenge his loss. Gloster declares that he will hasten military preparations and proclaim young Prince Henry to be king of England. The bishop of Winchester, disgruntled because the royal dukes had asked neither his advice nor his aid, plans to seize the king and ingratiate himself into royal favor.
In France, the dauphin and his generals, discussing the conduct of the war, attempt to overwhelm the depleted English forces. Although outnumbered and without leaders, the English fight valiantly and tenaciously. Hope of victory comes to the French, however, when the Bastard of Orleans brings to the dauphin's camp a soldier-maid, Joan la Pucelle, described as a holy young girl with God-given visionary powers. The dauphin attempts to trick her by having Reignier, the duke of Anjou, pretend to be the dauphin. La Pucelle sees through the trick easily and, just as easily, defeats the dauphin in a duel.
The followers of the duke of Gloster and the bishop of Winchester fight in the streets of London, and dissension between church and state grows because of Winchester's efforts to prevent Gloster from seeing young Henry. The mayor of London decries the unseemly conduct of the rioters.
The English and the French renew battle, and Lord Salisbury and Sir Thomas Gargrave, the English leaders, are killed by a gunner in ambush. Meanwhile, Lord Talbot, greatly feared by the French, takes command of English forces in the Siege of Orleans. Enraged by the death of Salisbury, Talbot fights heroically, on one occasion with la Pucelle. At last, the English swarm into the town and put the French to rout. Talbot orders Salisbury's body to be carried into the public marketplace of Orleans as a token of his revenge for that lord's murder.
The countess of Auvergne invites Lord Talbot to visit her in her castle. Fearing chicanery, Bedford and Burgundy try to keep him from going into an enemy stronghold, but Talbot, as strong-willed as he is brave, ignores their pleas. He whispers to his captain, however, certain instructions concerning his visit.
On his arrival at Auvergne Castle, the countess announces that she is making him her prisoner to save France from further scourges. Talbot thwarts the countess by calling for his soldiers, who storm the castle, eat the countess's food and drink her wine, and then win the favor of the countess with their charming manners.
In addition to continued internal strife resulting from Gloster's and Winchester's personal ambitions, new dissension arises between Richard Plantagenet and the earl of Somerset. Plantagenet and his followers choose a white rose as their symbol, while Somerset and his supporters choose a red rose. In the quarrel of these two men, the disastrous Wars of the Roses begins. In the meantime, Edmund Mortimer, claiming to be the rightful heir to the throne, is released from confinement. He urges his nephew, Richard Plantagenet, to restore the Plantagenet family to its rightful position. Youthful King Henry VI, after making Plantagenet the duke of York, is taken to France by Gloster and other lords to be crowned king of France. In Paris, Talbot's chivalry and prowess are rewarded when he is made the earl of Shrewsbury.
In preparation for the battle at Rouen, la Pucelle wins Burgundy over to the cause of France by playing upon his vanity and appealing to what she terms his sense of justice. The immaturity of King Henry VI is revealed in his...
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TAMPA � Florida Gov. Rick Scott � who has made his handling of the state's economy the main thrust of his re-election campaign � got more to boast about on Friday.
TAMPA � Florida Gov. Rick Scott � who has made his handling of the state's economy the main thrust of his re-election campaign � got more to boast about on Friday.
The state's unemployment rate dropped to 7.2 percent in April � putting Florida below the national average for the second straight month. National statistics showed that Florida had the third largest jump in jobs in the nation behind Texas and New York.
Scott touted the numbers at a stop at a Tampa manufacturing firm and used it to argue that his push for tax cuts and other moves have helped the state recover from the Great Recession.
"This is proof that our plan of lower taxes and less regulation and having a pro-business attitude...is working in our great state," Scott said.
The new unemployment rate � which is a drop of 0.3 percent from the previous month � is the lowest it has been since September 2008. There are now an estimated 680,000 Floridians out of work.
Nationwide, employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and the unemployment rate fell to a four-year low of 7.5 percent.
Scott intended to bask in the news during his visit to Heat Pipe Technology, a company owned by Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate run by famed investor Warren Buffett.
But instead, he was forced to answer questions about his decision to reject a proposed deal with Internet retailer Amazon.
The Associated Press first reported on Thursday that the governor turned down a deal that would have led to the construction of at least one Amazon warehouse in the state and brought hundreds, potentially thousands, of jobs with it.
Amazon's arrival in the state, however, would have meant that Floridians would have to pay sales tax on Internet purchases made through the company.
Amazon wanted to defer collecting the state's 6 percent sales tax until next February or when its warehouse was open and occupied. The Seattle-based retailer has reached similar arrangements in several other states across the country.
But a decision to reach a deal with Amazon could have opened up Scott to criticism during his re-election year that he was in favor of taxing Internet sales.
"My job is to make sure I do the right thing for taxpayers of this state," Scott said. "Based on the opportunity I had at the time it didn't make sense. I haven't seen something I think is good for Florida taxpayers."
Scott campaigned in 2010 on his "7-7-7" plan which called for massive tax cuts as part of seven steps to revive Florida's economy over a seven year period.
The Republican governor has been unable, however, to get the Legislature to enact the large tax cuts he wanted since he took office. Meanwhile, his poll numbers since 2011 have steadfastly shown that a majority of Floridians do not approve of the job he has been doing.
Scott on Friday signed into law a bill that exempts manufacturers from having to pay state sales taxes on equipment purchases for three years. The tax break starts in April 2014 and runs until April 2017, and it is expected to save manufacturers more than $100 million a year.
The legislation (HB 7007) was one of Scott's top priorities during the legislative session which ended earlier this month.
But Florida legislators also included in the bill measures to increase the oversight of financial incentives used to lure companies to the state. Critics have raised questions about the use of incentives, especially in light of some companies receiving money and then going out of business.
The new law also creates a new nonprofit corporation to oversee money awarded to the state from lawsuits connected to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
There remain legal questions about the bill because it did not pass by a supermajority in the Florida House.
Florida's Constitution states that normally any bill that affects local taxes must pass by a two-thirds vote.
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Fans and family members of singer Jenni Rivera celebrated her music and "perfectly imperfect" life Wednesday at a Southern California memorial service that included memories shared by the children of "La Diva de la Banda."
The service, featuring several musical tributes, at the 6,000-seat Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City was described by Rivera's family as a "celestial graduation." Jackie Melina Campos, one of Rivera's daughters opened the service with a tribute to her mother, who died with six others Dec. 9 in a northern Mexico plane crash that remains under investigation.
Another daughter held back tears as she described her mother's comforting words.
"All I hear in my mind, day and night, 'Chiquis, you have to be strong,'" said daughter Janney "Chiquis" Marin. "I know that's what my mom wants from all of us. To stand strong with no fear, for the queen is still here."
Marin then addressed her mother, whose red casket was on a stage in front of a speakers' podium.
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"All I want to do is make you proud," she said. "I can't wait to hug you and smell the perfume on your neck. Like you always say, 'I'll catch you on the flip-side.'"
The service opened with a video on a large monitor as Rivera's family entered the seating area. The video flashed the Spanish words for "woman," "character" and "force." Fans chanted "Jenni, Jenni" between speakers, including long-time manager Pete Salgado.
"We all have heroes," Salgado said. "We admire them for their ability to be strong. I think that defines Jenni.
"Jenni made it OK for women to be who they are. Jenni also made it OK to be from nothing with the hopes of being something. Jenni, to us, was perfectly imperfect."
Rivera, 43, sold more than 15 million copies of her 12 major-label albums. Free tickets to the public memorial service were snapped up in less than one hour Tuesday afternoon.
"It was very hard to get in," a fan told NBC4 Wednesday morning outside the Gibson Amphitheatre. "We got here at 4:30 in the morning. Her songs inspired a lot of women. She was, for me, the best."
"I never had the opportunity to go to her concert and it felt like she was completely present," said Vanessa Perez, fan. "I think that's the best way to explain it, she was definitely present."
Other fans arrived outside the venue without tickets. Some swarmed Rivera's two brothers as they distributed tickets near a gate, according to the Associated Press.
After the service, which continued for more than two hours, many fans brought single white roses to place in front of the ruby red casket.
Her soulful singing style and her honesty about her tumultuous personal life won her fans on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. She was also an actress and reality-TV star.
Born in Long Beach, Calif., Rivera -- a mother of five who was once married to Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Esteban Loaiza -- launched her career by selling cassette tapes at flea markets. By the end of the 90s, she won a major-label contract and built a loyal following that knew her as the "Diva de la Banda."
Many of her songs deal with themes of dignity in the face of heartbreak, which Rivera spoke of openly with her fans.
She had recently filed for divorce from her third husband, was once detained at a Mexico City airport with tens of thousands of dollars in cash, and publicly apologized after her brother assaulted a drunken fan who verbally attacked her in 2011.
Rivera's burial will be private.