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    <title>Vermont Public Radio News</title>
    <link>http://www.vpr.net/news/</link>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <copyright>&#xA9; 2007 Vermont Public Radio</copyright>
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    <itunes:author></itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
    <description></description>
    <itunes:owner>
    <itunes:name>Vermont Public Radio</itunes:name>
    <itunes:email>podmaster@vpr.net</itunes:email>
    </itunes:owner>
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        <title>Filmmaker kicks off Quad festivities</title>
        <description><![CDATA[
Celebrations
for America's Independence today are intermingled with international festivities under way
in Vermont's largest city. Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven says the events commemorating
the arrival of Samuel de Champlain 400 years ago offer an opportunity to
creatively examine the history and culture that shaped the Champlain Valley we know it today.

]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[
Celebrations
for America's Independence today are intermingled with international festivities under way
in Vermont's largest city. Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven says the events commemorating
the arrival of Samuel de Champlain 400 years ago offer an opportunity to
creatively examine the history and culture that shaped the Champlain Valley we know it today.

]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/Spot-0704w.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85292/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:30:08 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[jay_craven, burlington_international_waterfront_festival]]></itunes:keywords>
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            <item>
        <title>Music camp celebrates anniversary with 31-piano round</title>
        <description><![CDATA[
Students at a piano camp in Bennington will celebrate the Fourth of July - and their camp's 40th anniversary - with a unique musical feat. Forty-two children will perform the Pachelbel Canon in rounds on 31 pianos. 

]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[
Students at a piano camp in Bennington will celebrate the Fourth of July - and their camp's 40th anniversary - with a unique musical feat. Forty-two children will perform the Pachelbel Canon in rounds on 31 pianos. 

]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/Spot-0703-04e-2.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85294/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:55:48 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[siena_faccioli, summer_sonatina_international_piano_camp, polly_van_der_linde, rebecca_krane, ]]></itunes:keywords>
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            <item>
        <title>Group plans July 4 "Tea Party" rallies</title>
        <description><![CDATA[On
Independence Day, there will be six tea parties in Vermont. Jon Wallace is the state's coordinator of &quot;Tea
Party Patriots.&quot; 
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[On
Independence Day, there will be six tea parties in Vermont. Jon Wallace is the state's coordinator of &quot;Tea
Party Patriots.&quot; 
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/2way-0703w.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85291/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:49:44 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[jon_wallace, tea_party]]></itunes:keywords>
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            <item>
        <title>Brandon man led Statue of Liberty renovation</title>
        <description><![CDATA[
Twenty-five years
ago, the Statue of Liberty underwent a major facelift to protect her copper skin and
strengthen her underlying frame.&nbsp;&nbsp; 


VPR's
Nina Keck spoke to the Brandon man who led that project.

]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[
Twenty-five years
ago, the Statue of Liberty underwent a major facelift to protect her copper skin and
strengthen her underlying frame.&nbsp;&nbsp; 


VPR's
Nina Keck spoke to the Brandon man who led that project.

]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/Spot-0403apn.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85293/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:34:19 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[blaine_cliver, statue_of_liberty]]></itunes:keywords>
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            <item>
        <title>Rates for Catamount Health remain steady</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Vermonters enrolled in Catamount Health Care
have received some good news.&nbsp; The two
insurance companies that administer the program both say their premiums will
remain stable for the next few months.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Vermonters enrolled in Catamount Health Care
have received some good news.&nbsp; The two
insurance companies that administer the program both say their premiums will
remain stable for the next few months.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/Spot-0702-03k.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85298/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:06:34 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[catamount_health, bob_kinzel]]></itunes:keywords>
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            <item>
        <title>National Guard announces details of Afghanistan deployment</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Fifteen-hundred members of the Vermont Army
Guard will go to Afghanistan early next year.&nbsp;
It will be the largest deployment of Vermont Guard members since World
War II.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Fifteen-hundred members of the Vermont Army
Guard will go to Afghanistan early next year.&nbsp;
It will be the largest deployment of Vermont Guard members since World
War II.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/Spot-0702-03z.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85297/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:02:32 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[steve_zind, vermont_national_guard, afghanistan]]></itunes:keywords>
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            <item>
        <title>VT Edition Interview: How Lake Champlain has changed</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Mary Watsin of the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources talks with VPR's Jane Lindholm about changes in Lake Champlain over the last 400 years.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Mary Watsin of the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources talks with VPR's Jane Lindholm about changes in Lake Champlain over the last 400 years.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/2009_0702_vtedb.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85296/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:25:09 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[champ400]]></itunes:keywords>
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            <item>
        <title>VT Edition: Samuel de Champlain's Life</title>
        <description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with David Hackett Fischer, author of the acclaimed Champlain's Dream about the Samuel de Champlain's life. 
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with David Hackett Fischer, author of the acclaimed Champlain's Dream about the Samuel de Champlain's life. 
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/2009_0702_vteda.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85295/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:56:28 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[champ400, david_hackett_fischer]]></itunes:keywords>
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            <item>
        <title>Abenaki Song a metaphor for cultural recovery</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The song Kwawtam is performed here by
Abenaki singer Marge Bruchac, a historical consultant and a traditional Abenaki
singer with a PhD in Anthropology.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The song Kwawtam is performed here by
Abenaki singer Marge Bruchac, a historical consultant and a traditional Abenaki
singer with a PhD in Anthropology.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2008/01/2008_0130_coda.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/79143/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:40:55 -0500</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[]]></itunes:keywords>
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            <item>
        <title>Burlington International Waterfront Festival</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Filmmaker Jay
Craven, producer of the Burlington International Waterfront Festival,
which begins today-says for this celebration, everyone connected in any way to
Champlain will be part of the festivities.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Filmmaker Jay
Craven, producer of the Burlington International Waterfront Festival,
which begins today-says for this celebration, everyone connected in any way to
Champlain will be part of the festivities.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/2way-0702w.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85289/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:08:18 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[jay_craven, burlington_international_waterfront_festival, champ400]]></itunes:keywords>
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        <title>Brattleboro considers removing reservoir</title>
        <description><![CDATA[
A hilltop reservoir in Brattleboro dating back to the late
1800s has been listed as a high hazard by state engineers. The reservoir has been unused for more
than thirty years - but not unloved, especially in the neighborhood that
surrounds it.

]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[
A hilltop reservoir in Brattleboro dating back to the late
1800s has been listed as a high hazard by state engineers. The reservoir has been unused for more
than thirty years - but not unloved, especially in the neighborhood that
surrounds it.

]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/Spot-0702ape.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85286/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:46:50 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[chestnut_hill_reservoir, , brattleboro, wayne_carhart, matt_murawski, steve_barrett]]></itunes:keywords>
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            <item>
        <title>Satellite launch brings hopes of better cell service to rural Vermont</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The
successful launching of the world's largest commercial satellite could bring vastly
improved wireless cell phone coverage to rural parts of Vermont.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The
successful launching of the world's largest commercial satellite could bring vastly
improved wireless cell phone coverage to rural parts of Vermont.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/Spot-0701-02k.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85284/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:15:17 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[terrastar, satellite]]></itunes:keywords>
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            <item>
        <title>VT Edition: Reporter Ross Sneyd on new state regulations</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Reporter Ross Sneyd talks with VPR's Jane Lindholm about of new regulations on prescription drug marketing, smoking in workplaces, and new taxes.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Reporter Ross Sneyd talks with VPR's Jane Lindholm about of new regulations on prescription drug marketing, smoking in workplaces, and new taxes.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/2009_0701_vtedb.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85283/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:10:58 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[]]></itunes:keywords>
        </item>
            <item>
        <title>VT Edition: Peter Shumlin on VT Yankee, the budget and more</title>
        <description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Senator Peter Shumlin about Vermont Yankee, the state budget and the balance of power in Montpelier.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Senator Peter Shumlin about Vermont Yankee, the state budget and the balance of power in Montpelier.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/2009_0701_vteda.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85282/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:06:19 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[peter_shumlin]]></itunes:keywords>
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        <title>VPR visits last working round barn in Vermont</title>
        <description><![CDATA[VPR's Ric Cengeri speaks to the Robillards about their round barn, which dates back to 1908.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[VPR's Ric Cengeri speaks to the Robillards about their round barn, which dates back to 1908.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/2009_0701_coda.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85281/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:22:33 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[round_barn, robillard]]></itunes:keywords>
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            <item>
        <title>Dam removal brings energy, environmental trade offs</title>
        <description><![CDATA[
In
recent years more than 20 dams have been knocked down in the Northeast for environmental reasons. This month
marks the ten-year anniversary of one of the first: the Edwards
Dam in Augusta, Maine.&nbsp;

]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[
In
recent years more than 20 dams have been knocked down in the Northeast for environmental reasons. This month
marks the ten-year anniversary of one of the first: the Edwards
Dam in Augusta, Maine.&nbsp;

]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/Spot-0701HUB.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85275/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:07:53 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[dave_courtemarch, edwards_dam, jeff_reardon, trout_unlinited, fred_ayer]]></itunes:keywords>
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        <title>Officials say progress being made on State Hospital replacement</title>
        <description><![CDATA[
State
officials hope that regional hospitals and a new state institution will
ultimately replace the Vermont
state hospital in Waterbury. Vermont has been under pressure for years to close its
century-old mental health facility. But finding a solution has been difficult
and expensive.

]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[
State
officials hope that regional hospitals and a new state institution will
ultimately replace the Vermont
state hospital in Waterbury. Vermont has been under pressure for years to close its
century-old mental health facility. But finding a solution has been difficult
and expensive.

]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/07/spot-0701apd.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85274/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:02:42 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[vermont_state_hospital, michael_hartman, michael_fisher, thomas_huebner]]></itunes:keywords>
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        <title>Outlook for more stimulus money improves</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Vermont is seeking more than $200 million in stimulus money for a variety of smart grid and broadband projects.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Vermont is seeking more than $200 million in stimulus money for a variety of smart grid and broadband projects.
]]></itunes:summary>
        <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/06/spot-0630-01K.mp3" length="1122328" type="audio/mpeg" />
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/06/spot-0630-01K.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85271/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[energy, efficiency, stimulus, money]]></itunes:keywords>
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            <item>
        <title>In search of audience etiquette</title>
        <description><![CDATA[As we enter the summer theater season here in Vermont, VPR's Tim Johnson is finding it harder and harder to find a quiet place to watch anything.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As we enter the summer theater season here in Vermont, VPR's Tim Johnson is finding it harder and harder to find a quiet place to watch anything.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/06/2009_0630_coda.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85270/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:47:29 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[tim_johnson, audience_etiquette]]></itunes:keywords>
        </item>
            <item>
        <title>VT Edition: Next year's heating fuel prices</title>
        <description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Rutland Herald business reporter Bruce Edwards about how consumers are weighing their options to pre-buy heating fuel for next winter.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Rutland Herald business reporter Bruce Edwards about how consumers are weighing their options to pre-buy heating fuel for next winter.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/06/2009_0630_vtedb.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85269/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:41:48 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[heating_oil]]></itunes:keywords>
        </item>
            <item>
        <title>VT Edition: Vermont's dairy industry status</title>
        <description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Agriculture Secretary Roger Allbee about the prospects for Vermont's dairy industry in the face of plummeting prices.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Agriculture Secretary Roger Allbee about the prospects for Vermont's dairy industry in the face of plummeting prices.
]]></itunes:summary>
        <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/06/2009_0630_vteda.mp3" length="14844554" type="audio/mpeg" />
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/06/2009_0630_vteda.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85268/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:29:12 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[dairy, milk_prices]]></itunes:keywords>
        </item>
            <item>
        <title>Plant experts warn of late blight </title>
        <description><![CDATA[
Plant
experts are warning farmers and backyard gardeners to guard against a fungus
that has the potential to wipe out tomato and potato crops across the region. The
disease is known as &quot;late blight,&quot; and it's what led to the Irish potato famine
at the middle of the 19th century.

]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[
Plant
experts are warning farmers and backyard gardeners to guard against a fungus
that has the potential to wipe out tomato and potato crops across the region. The
disease is known as &quot;late blight,&quot; and it's what led to the Irish potato famine
at the middle of the 19th century.

]]></itunes:summary>
        <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/06/spot-0630apr.mp3" length="1127761" type="audio/mpeg" />
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/06/spot-0630apr.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85265/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:41:01 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>State hires advisor in case FairPoint files for bankruptcy</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The state of Vermont has hired a bankruptcy expert to prepare for the
possibility that the region's dominant land-line phone company will default on
its debt.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The state of Vermont has hired a bankruptcy expert to prepare for the
possibility that the region's dominant land-line phone company will default on
its debt.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85264/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:52:37 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Welch: Climate bill will be big boost to Vermont</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Vermont is expected to receive roughly $50 million a year to help retrofit
older buildings and to provide new tax credits for homeowners. 
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Vermont is expected to receive roughly $50 million a year to help retrofit
older buildings and to provide new tax credits for homeowners. 
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85263/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Stories From The Lake: Appreciation</title>
        <description><![CDATA[After tourism and recreation became firmly established in the region, a new appreciation grew for Lake Champlain's beauty and natural resources. Today, we explore how people are honoring the lake's heritage and preserving it for future generations.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[After tourism and recreation became firmly established in the region, a new appreciation grew for Lake Champlain's beauty and natural resources. Today, we explore how people are honoring the lake's heritage and preserving it for future generations.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85235/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[champ400, stories_from_the_lake]]></itunes:keywords>
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        <title>VT Edition: Human impact on birds and their habitat</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Burlington Free Press reporter Candace Page talks with VPR's Jane Lindholm about how humans impact birds and their habitat.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Burlington Free Press reporter Candace Page talks with VPR's Jane Lindholm about how humans impact birds and their habitat.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85262/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:32:27 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[candace_page]]></itunes:keywords>
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        <title>VT Edition: Staycationing in Vermont</title>
        <description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Vermont author, Helen Husher, author of Off the Leash: Subversive Journeys Around Vermont about great places to take a vacation in Vermont.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Vermont author, Helen Husher, author of Off the Leash: Subversive Journeys Around Vermont about great places to take a vacation in Vermont.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85261/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:16:35 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Stories From The Lake: Celebrations</title>
        <description><![CDATA[
As railroads and bridges take hold in the Champlain Valley, the region's focus shifts to from shipping to tourism. Join VPR's Mitch Wertlieb as &quot;Stories from the Lake&quot; continues. 

]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[
As railroads and bridges take hold in the Champlain Valley, the region's focus shifts to from shipping to tourism. Join VPR's Mitch Wertlieb as &quot;Stories from the Lake&quot; continues. 

]]></itunes:summary>
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85233/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:49:31 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[champ400, stories_from_the_lake]]></itunes:keywords>
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        <title>Middlesex improves school’s energy efficiency</title>
        <description><![CDATA[
Over
the weekend, a group of volunteers in central Vermont got caked with dust and sweat as they worked to make
an elementary school more energy efficient. The
project will cut fuel oil use by about 30 percent. 

]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[
Over
the weekend, a group of volunteers in central Vermont got caked with dust and sweat as they worked to make
an elementary school more energy efficient. The
project will cut fuel oil use by about 30 percent. 

]]></itunes:summary>
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85257/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:49:06 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[elliot_burg, rumney_memorial_school, energy_smart, energy_efficiency, paul_zabriskie]]></itunes:keywords>
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        <title>Welch helping Democrats round up climate change votes</title>
        <description><![CDATA[
Congressman
Peter Welch has helped the Obama administration and House Democratic leaders
round up votes for a major climate change bill.

]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[
Congressman
Peter Welch has helped the Obama administration and House Democratic leaders
round up votes for a major climate change bill.

]]></itunes:summary>
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85256/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:08:13 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[peter_welch, climate_change, ross_sneyd]]></itunes:keywords>
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        <title>Dartmouth researcher says the way doctors are paid should change</title>
        <description><![CDATA[A Dartmouth researcher has a plan that would dramatically change
the way health care providers are paid in this country.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A Dartmouth researcher has a plan that would dramatically change
the way health care providers are paid in this country.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85255/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:02:22 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[dartmouth, elliott_fisher, bob_kinzel, health_care]]></itunes:keywords>
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        <title>Cape Wind in Mass. has lessons for Northeast</title>
        <description><![CDATA[
It's
not easy to get a wind turbine approved in the Northeast that's proposed for a
ridgeline or another vista. But perhaps the biggest wind power battle in the
region has been over a stretch of open ocean, near Cape Cod in
Massachusetts.

]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[
It's
not easy to get a wind turbine approved in the Northeast that's proposed for a
ridgeline or another vista. But perhaps the biggest wind power battle in the
region has been over a stretch of open ocean, near Cape Cod in
Massachusetts.

]]></itunes:summary>
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85254/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:38:22 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[cape_wind]]></itunes:keywords>
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        <title>Bennington hospital deficit balloons to $22 million</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Officials at Bennington's Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
are projecting a 22 million dollar budget deficit by the end of its fiscal year
in September.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Officials at Bennington's Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
are projecting a 22 million dollar budget deficit by the end of its fiscal year
in September.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85253/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:15:30 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[, susan_keese, southwestern_vermont_medical_center, mark_novotny]]></itunes:keywords>
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        <title>VT Edition: Healthcare quality vs. cost</title>
        <description><![CDATA[VPR's Bob Kinzel talks with Dartmouth's Doctor Elliott Fisher about important research studying the link between health care costs and the quality of the care patients receive.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[VPR's Bob Kinzel talks with Dartmouth's Doctor Elliott Fisher about important research studying the link between health care costs and the quality of the care patients receive.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/06/2009_0626_vteda.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85252/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:08:51 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[health_care]]></itunes:keywords>
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        <title>VT Edition: John Dillon on the week's top news stories</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Reporter John Dillon joins VPR's Bob Kinzel to discuss some of the week's top news stories.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Reporter John Dillon joins VPR's Bob Kinzel to discuss some of the week's top news stories.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <link>http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2009/06/2009_0626_vtedb.mp3</link>
        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85251/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:08:35 -0400</pubDate>
                <itunes:keywords><![CDATA[]]></itunes:keywords>
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        <title>Voices in the week's news: June 26, 2009</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Vermont's unemployment rate steadied, a showdown loomed over state layoffs, lawmakers kept pushing for Yankee decommissioning legislation, Governor Douglas talked healthcare reform in Washington.&nbsp; These were some of the voices in the news this week.
]]></description>
        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
        <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Vermont's unemployment rate steadied, a showdown loomed over state layoffs, lawmakers kept pushing for Yankee decommissioning legislation, Governor Douglas talked healthcare reform in Washington.&nbsp; These were some of the voices in the news this week.
]]></itunes:summary>
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85250/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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