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    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:18:52 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Nuclear Power Up For Debate At UVM</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87128/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Whether
or not new nuclear plants should be built is up for debate this afternoon at the University of Vermont's Janus Forum. Arguing against more plants is
Tyson Slocum of the group Public Citizen. He'll be speaking with author and
journalist William Tucker. 
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	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:45:22 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Radio Lab: Yellow Fluff and Other Curious Encounters</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/47586/</link>
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This week, hear stories of the strange kinds of relationships scientists have with science, including a tale of a trip to the Arctic in search of the great unknown.&nbsp; &nbsp;The Moth Radio Hour returns later this month!

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	<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Fletcher Allen Launches Computer System For Patients</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87116/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Fletcher Allen hospital will launch a new computerized system this summer to
help patients learn more about their health while they recuperate from surgery
or an illness. Officials
say the bedside lessons are aimed at reducing the chance of patients ending up
back in the hospital.

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	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>VT Edition: Candace Page On Managing Forests</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87081/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Burlington Free Press environmental reporter Candace Page about managing forests and woodlots to increase the amount of carbon they remove from the air.
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	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:00:14 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>New Tritium Levels Highest Yet</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87072/</link>
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Levels of
radioactive tritium in two new test wells at Vermont Yankee are the highest yet
found near the Vernon reactor.

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	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:34:51 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Hydro Developers Seek Streamlined Permitting Process</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87059/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Vermonters are lining up to redevelop old dams or produce
power through new methods that don't require dams. But despite new government incentives to develop
green energy, these small hydro projects aren't getting built.

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	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:34:12 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Radio Lab: Diagnosis</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/47585/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[This week on Radio Lab, hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich step behind the curtain that divides doctors and patients and find the complicated mix of empathy and gallows humor. 
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	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>VT Edition: PTSD Research</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87021/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Steve Zind talks with Dr. Matthew Friedman about what researchers have learned about its causes and treatments, and the link between repeated deployments and increased risk of developing PTSD.
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	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:24:32 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Unemployment Up, Funds Dwindling</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/47821/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[As Vermont borrows $58 million to cover unemployment payments through March, we examine potential systemic changes that could lead the program back to solvency.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/47821/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>VT Edition: Howard Dean on the health care bill strategy</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86980/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Bob Kinzel talks with former Governor Howard Dean about the strategy he thinks Democrats should use to pass a meaningful health care reform bill. 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Elephant Listening Project’s Katy Payne Coming To St. Johnsbury</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86973/</link>
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For 20 years Katy Payne has been
listening to sounds most humans will never hear. The sounds are the ultra-low
rumblings of elephants that carry messages over great distances, and inspired
what's come to be known as the Elephant Listening Project. 

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	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:50:09 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Radioactive Tritium Has Been Found At Other Nuclear Plants</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86968/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Vermonters have been getting a lesson in radioactive tritium over the past two
weeks because of the discovery of contamination at Vermont Yankee.&nbsp; But other
Entergy reactors in Massachusetts and New York also have similar leaks. 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Scientist Edwin Lyman Explains Tritium</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86960/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[But
just how worried should people be about the discovery of tritium at Vermont Yankee? To get to the
science behind the headlines regarding tritium we got in touch with Doctor
Edwin Lyman, a senior scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington.
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	<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:50:52 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>More Radioactive Tritium Discovered At Vermont Yankee</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86957/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[There's been yet another discovery of radioactive tritium at Vermont Yankee. This
time the tritium was found in a concrete-lined vault containing pipes near the
reactor.
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	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Much Higher Levels Of Radioactive Tritium Reported At Vermont Yankee</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86954/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
State
officials say more radioactive tritium has been found at the Vermont Yankee
nuclear plant _ at much higher levels than were found in a test well nearly two
weeks ago.

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	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:55:40 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Racetrack To Become Green Mountain Energy Park</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86944/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The long-defunct Green Mountain Race Track in
Pownal could soon be generating electricity. The track's owners say prospective tenants are
lining up to become part of their proposed Green Mountain Energy Park. 

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	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:50:17 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>VT Edition: Cardiac Rehabilitation</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86935/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Dr. Philip Ades of Fletcher Allen Health Care and the UVM College of Medicineabout why cardiac rehabilitation works, and how it fits into the debate over health care costs and insurance coverage.
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	<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Progressive Party Issues And Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/47759/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Two members of the Progressive caucus in the House discuss their approach to key issues facing lawmakers.&nbsp; Also, how cardiac rehabilitation saves money and improves health care outcomes for patients with serious heart problems. And an excerpt from a talk by former ambassador Peter Galbraith about policy in Afghanistan.
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	<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Radio Lab: Sperm</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/47583/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The person who discovered sperm thought he was seeing the smallest incarnation of a human soul. If that was the case, why so many wasted souls? This Saturday, Radio Lab turns to the animal kingdom to answer that question.
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	<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>VT Edition: Elliot Burg On Lead Restrictions</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86881/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Elliot Burg, an assistant attorney general about a new law that restricts the use of lead in plumbing fixtures and a few other industrial products.
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	<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:46:56 -0500</pubDate>
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