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Radio Interview: RACC member Alan Betts
The Mark Johnson Show with Alan Betts - 11-12-2014

University of Vermont taps FirstLight Fiber for 10G upgrade
Telecompaper (subscription)
The continuation of this mutually beneficial relationship, which began in 2006, is due in part to the North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (NECC) grants UVM received through its Vermont EPSCoR and Vermont Genetics Network (VGN) programmes ...

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The University of Vermont Selects FirstLight Fiber for 10G Network Upgrades
Marketwired (press release)
The continuation of this mutually beneficial relationship, which began in 2006, is due in part to the North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (NECC) grants UVM received through its Vermont EPSCoR and Vermont Genetics Network (VGN) programs ...

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The Express Tribune
November data: Car sales rev up 23%
The Express Tribune
During the first five months of fiscal year 2015, sales were up 8% to 56,339 units compared to 52,384 units in the same period last year. STOCK IMAGE. KARACHI: Sales of local car assemblers (including LCVs, vans and jeeps) during November 2014 stood ...

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VT activists to fight ban on state GMO laws
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MONTPELIER –A state representative and some activists will travel to Washington in a bid to stop a federal law that would pre-empt states like Vermont from requiring labels on genetically modified foods. Rep. Kate Webb, a Shelburne Democrat and a key ...

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Vermont residents willing to pay for Lake Champlain
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No," said Chris Koliba, a professor at the University of Vermont and contributor to the report. But Koliba is optimistic that residents' financial commitment to the state's water bodies is a step in the right direction. The state could leverage this ...

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Insurers in New York Must Cover Gender Reassignment Surgery ...  The New York Times

SLEEPING BEAUTY AND HER WINTER KNIGHT, Starring Disney's ...  Broadway World

The Express Tribune
Market watch: Index makes modest gains amid political impasse
The Express Tribune
KARACHI: The index closed up on healthy turnover and weathered negatives on politics as investors preferred to keep focus on macros and earnings. At close, the Karachi Stock Exchange's (KSE) benchmark 100-share index showed an increase of 0.23% or ...

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The Express Tribune
SPEL book-building: Offer oversubscribed as over 20m bids received
The Express Tribune
According to Arif Habib Limited, which is the book-runner to the offer, The Dutch Auction Method determined the strike price of Rs30 per share that is at a premium of 30% to the floor price of Rs23 per share. PHOTO: INP. KARACHI: The book-building ...

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Privatisation process: Floor price of ABL set at Rs105 per share
The Express Tribune
It approved 7.6% or Rs8.7 per share discount on the closing share price of the ABL on Tuesday. CREATIVE COMMONS. ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission Board (PCB) on Tuesday decided to start afresh the process to privatise Heavy Electric ...

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Residents willing to pitch in cash for Lake Champlain
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No,” said Chris Koliba, a professor at the University of Vermont and contributor to the report. “As a common asset, clean water is actually a lot more valuable to us than we give it credit for.” But Koliba is optimistic that residents' financial ...

Residents willing to pitch in cash for Lake Champlain
vtdigger.org
No,” said Chris Koliba, a professor at the University of Vermont and contributor to the report. “As a common asset, clean water is actually a lot more valuable to us than we give it credit for.” But Koliba is optimistic that residents' financial ...

BurlingtonFreePress.com
Ed spending - the issue that won't go away
BurlingtonFreePress.com
When Gov. Peter Shumlin spoke loudly last week about the need to control education costs and property taxes in Vermont, people noticed. His comments to curb spending echoed another public figure, Scott Milne, who came within a few thousand votes of the ...

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The Express Tribune
The Hindutva brigade's hate campaign
The Express Tribune
The writer is the editor and translator of Why I write: Essays by Saadat Hasan Manto, published by Westland, 2014. His book, India, Low Trust Society, will be published by Random House aakar.patel@tribune.com.pk. This week we had a minister separating ...

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Daily Mail
BBC presenters left exasperated by 'robot cameras' that constantly move in ...
Daily Mail
The BBC's new robotic camera system was introduced to cut costs, but exasperated news presenters continue to pay the price - to the amusement of viewers. Problems arose after their introduction when the broadcaster moved to its new London headquarters ...

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New Hampshire company accused of illegally dumping human waste, dairy waste
The Keene Sentinel
Timothy McNamara, an environmental enforcement officer with the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, wrote that he was first assigned to investigate claims of wrongdoing against the company in July 2013. His probe initially focused on two ...

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Wednesday, not Monday, is the worst day  Times of India

City Councilmen Cry "Porn" Over Pregnant Nude at MOCA ...  Hyperallergic

The majority of Vermont residents would pay to protect the state’s water quality, according to a University of Vermont survey released last month. But the public’s interest in paying to conserve water falls short of estimates pegging cleanup efforts at hundreds of millions of dollars.

The UVM study found residents would pay at least $40 per year through an increase to the state’s motor vehicle registration fee and water utility fee. Together, the state could raise $15.9 million annually for cleanup and conservation efforts, the report found.

“Is it enough? No,” said Chris Koliba, a professor at the University of Vermont and contributor to the report. “As a common asset, clean water is actually a lot more valuable to us than we give it credit for.”