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English Is an Optimistic Language, Study Suggests  Livescience.com

Study of the Day: English Is an Overwhelmingly Positive Language  The Atlantic

Sarah Burke's Death: Can Gear Keep Up With Skiers?  LiveScience.com

Strong Veterans Lead Chippewas at Simmons Invite
Central Michigan University Chippewas
For the women's team, senior Stephanie Hurley won the 400m dash with a season-best time of 58.02. Senior Holly Anderson won the 3000m run in a runaway with a career-best time of 9:58.17. The runner up finished approximately 13 seconds after Anderson ...
Men's track and field team places second at Harvey InviteCentral Michigan Life

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Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Archives  VTDigger

New look for UVM building
WCAX
We are trying to get the Prius effect, in other words, if people learn about their behaviors, how they affect the energy efficiency in the building, that they'll change their behavior," said Mary Watzin of the UVM Rubenstein School.

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UVM environmental building goes green
BurlingtonFreePress.com
The old one didn't, and Rubenstein Dean Mary Watzin remembers what the summers were like in the old Aiken: “Awful.” “The working environment was horrible,” she said. “The building wasn't designed for year-round use.” The rehabbed Aiken not only has air ...

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Environmental gauges at the power dam in Essex win temporary reprieve
BurlingtonFreePress.com
"Nearest and dearest to my heart is that we depend on the gauges to measure how much phosphorus is reaching Lake Champlain," said Eric Smeltzer, the state's lake scientist. Water quality testing tells scientists the concentration of phosphorus in river ...

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Environmental gauges at the power dam in Essex win temporary reprieve
BurlingtonFreePress.com
"Nearest and dearest to my heart is that we depend on the gauges to measure how much phosphorus is reaching Lake Champlain," said Eric Smeltzer, the state's lake scientist. Water quality testing tells scientists the concentration of phosphorus in river ...

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We may be less happy, but our language isn't  Medical Xpress

Track and Field Team Set to Host Chippewa Invitational
Central Michigan University Chippewas
Fellow senior Stephanie Hurley is also looking to build upon her strong winning performance in the 300m dash (40.54) at Grand Valley, which is still good for 26th best in the nation. Like Ashcraft, she will also instead run the 400m dash.

Energy: Curbing urban greed
Nature.com
An overview of resource-guzzling US cities has lessons for us all, finds David Orr. Austin Troy concludes The Very Hungry City by writing: “Good cities are good places to live. But they take work.” In the United States, that is both the promise and the ...

Dundalk Argus
'More' woe for depleted Dundalk
Dundalk Argus
There was more injury woe for Dundalk as they lost Declan Mccabe in the build-up to the scrum and the hosts forged further ahead five minutes later when winger David Clavin worked a neat one-two with his full back to plunder try number two.

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Vermont Public Radio
Gauging A City's Hunger For Energy
Vermont Public Radio
UVM Associate Professor and Author Austin Troy has studied cities around the world, including Burlington, to gauge their "energy metabolisms." He has chronicled the findings in his new book, "The Very Hungry City: Urban Energy Efficiency and the ...

UVM author argues energy waste will economically tax cities
BurlingtonFreePress.com
That's the thrust of “The Very Hungry City,” a book by University of Vermont faculty member Austin Troy that will be published Tuesday. He looks at how dozens of cities across the country, and abroad, make use of energy to heat and cool buildings, ...

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The Sentiments of Cities  WIRED

Science Proves Twitter Really Has Become More Sad Since 2009 ...  Time Magazine

Is Twitter making us depressed? Study of tweets reveals 63m users 'are becoming more unhappy'  Daily Mail

Table4ME launches iPad host app for restaurants  Hotelier Middle East

A magical Mediterranean cruise  Hotelier Middle East