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         <title><![CDATA[Strategic state financing]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sunday March 14, 2010    
Rep. Cynthia Browning



The legislative bills to finance the operations of state government are emerging from committees in the Vermont House. The primary approach to solving the problem of balancing the state budget may be to cut spending. If so, I agree with this. I do not want to raise taxes and I do not want to shift state obligations onto the town property tax.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:31:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Time for education transformation]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sunday March 14, 2010    
Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann



Recent news reports have brought an increased focus on our state&rsquo;s education system, and the situation in which our state, our schools and our communities now find themselves. Simply put, we are in a freefall. School boards across the state this year attempted to address the skyrocketing property taxes Vermonters are paying, but even as]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:30:35 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sugaring season  already underway]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday March 12, 2010    
S pring is not far away according to the calendar.  Cold nights that are belowfreezingand warm days are the harbingers of the Vermont maple season!Maple producers have been working in their sugar bushes and sugar houses in anticipation of making maple syrup.  The season is already underway.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:58:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[The quest for free money]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday March 12, 2010    
T he accuracy of the 2010 U.S. Census will be critical.  Itsimportancecannotbe understated.  Itis used, in addition to seeing how many folks are residing in the U.S., by state legislators for reapportionment, by advertisers to determine market penetration and by nonprofit organizations for allocation of grant funds.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:49:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Are failing schools putting America at risk?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday March 12, 2010    
T oday, Washington is so focused on expanding the size and influence of our federal government at the expense of taxpayers that they are overlooking one of the greatest security risks facing our nation -- our failing education system.



Our broken education system is failing America&rsquo;s children while countries around the world, our own global competitors, are]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:48:52 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Things heard on the tour]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday March 11, 2010    
Brian Dubie



Since I launched my "Jobs Tour" in Rutland on Jan. 13, I have traveled  all over Vermont, listening to what employers tell me Montpelier should do to help keep the jobs we have, restore the jobs we&rsquo;ve lost and add the jobs we need.



On my visit to Bennington on Jan.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:06:43 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Living with cancer]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday March 11, 2010    
Martha Carr



I am a second stage, Clark Level IV, and an in situ first stage, survivor of melanoma and I&rsquo;m living with cancer. I want to get that out right up front because the idea of living with cancer doesn&rsquo;t regularly make the news, especially when talking about melanoma.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:06:41 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Memories on paper]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday March 11, 2010    
Harriette Leidich 



I hope that all you people who depend on CVPS for your power will read their "Keeping Current" throwaway that comes with your monthly statement. There is always new pertinent information about safety measures and what not to do in a crisis.



This past month they stressed that "water and electricity don&rsquo;t mix" and what not to do.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:04:43 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[A theater of war]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday March 10, 2010    
Telly Halkias



While it&rsquo;s nearly impossible to capture the devastation of combat in words, authors have had better luck wresting with the psychology of soldiers in the aftermath of battle. Considering the anguish inherent in conditions such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a traveling show of award-winning actors is taking drama as therapy to a new]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:43:44 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[The gift of sight]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday March 10, 2010    
Joe Bushika



A few days ago I went to my eye doctor for my annual checkup. After a short wait, a female technician ushered me into the doctor&rsquo;s exam room, my wife following to make sure I don&rsquo;t do or say something stupid. As usual while waiting to see the doctor, a technician comes in and makes a cursory exam of my eyes, asking me to read a chart a few]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:43:43 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[A pal to the bitter end]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday March 10, 2010    
Alden Graves



Question: How many times does a dumb mule have to get hit over the head with a club before it realizes that ol&rsquo; Marse doesn&rsquo;t really have its best interests at heart?



Even with vows from corporate flacks to continue the valiant fight, it looks like the sun is finally setting on the Vermont Yankee nuclear power facility in Vernon.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:41:43 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Abolish more state boards]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday March 9, 2010    
John McClaughry 



By a combination of state employee layoffs, pay freezes, suspension of payments into the Education Fund, and increased taxes on estates and capital gains, this year&rsquo;s (FY10) General Fund budget will be nominally balanced. But the Feb. 24 "Vermont Revenue and Budget Picture" presentation by the Joint Fiscal Office shows a yawning gap for FY11:]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:41:30 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Educational growth industry]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday March 9, 2010    
Charles R. Putney



A recent issue of the primary publication for colleges and universities, the "Chronicle of Higher Education," highlighted two colleges that, the "Chronicle" said, were taking their own route to education. The two institutions are both in Bennington: Bennington College and Southern Vermont College.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:40:36 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obscuring the issues]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday March 8, 2010    
In his column "It Requires Work and Will" (Banner, March 5), Lee Hamilton states that bipartisanship "means not exaggerating disagreements for political gain, but instead assessing realistically where differences lie and then coming up with pragmatic and serious approaches to bridging them.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Mar 2010 22:56:12 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Run women, run]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday March 8, 2010    
There is no lack of crises and major policy debates for Americans to grapple with: Two wars, financial reconstruction, job restoration or re-invention, healthcare reform. And those are just the largest, and most immediate ones.



 That there are American voices and perspectives missing or underrepresented in these policy debates is indisputable.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Mar 2010 22:56:06 EST]]></pubDate>
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