Vermont's Community Magazine®

Vol. II, No. 2Veterans Day / ThanksgivingNov. 9th, 2001
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In This Issue ...

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"That's why I believe the way we started approaching this whole mess -- with bombast and we-they, good guys-bad guys, good versus evil -- was very much the wrong way to go about it.  And I think we've learned a little bit.  But America tends to do this, and the media tends to push you in that direction.  And that's what the rest of the world sees." 
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 Intelligence Quotient
An Interview with Retired CIA
Intelligence Officer & State Senator
Gerry Gossens [D-Addison]  
in Politics & Gov't
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In the Service  ...
in Honor of Veterans Day
in Working Together

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The Battle of Inchon
Korea, January 1951

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A refreshing approach ...

Student & Faculty Work
from the New

Springhouse
School of the Arts

in Arts & Craft

Bamboo Brush Study
Maria Sengle, student
Acrylic

[Urn]
Erika Geiger, Faculty
Clay

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Thoughts for Thanksgiving
in  Religion & Spirit

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Misty Knoll Farm's Vermont Range Flock
in Food & Dining

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Operation Compassion Renewal
  by John McClaughry
The Ethan Allen Institute
in Business & Finance

"The program would appeal to the idealism of millions around the world. It would be cheap compared to what the U.S. will necessarily spend on its military campaign. It could proceed through Ramadan, a month when Western military action against Muslims is likely to provoke criticism among our Muslim allies. It is only part of the solution, but it can work  ..."

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Ramadan
One of the Five Pillars of Islam
in Religion & Spirit

Vermont Deer Season
with the 2001 Big Game
Report Stations
in Sports & Rec.  

The World Trade Center
Six Weeks After the Attacks 
in Out & About

In the darkening days of November ...
Home Is Where the Hearth Is
in House & Home

Anthrax, 
Separating
Fact from
Fiction
in Health & Medicine

Anthrax bacteria can survive in dry earth for decades, but are susceptible to a variety of things, including, according to Harrison's [Principals of Internal Medicine], "boiling for 10 min. ... treatment with oxidizing agents such as potassium permanganate or hydrogen peroxide, or by dilute formaldehyde."  Harrison's also notes that "most strains of B. anthracis are susceptible to penicillin."  ...  Why, then, is there the focus on Cipro and concern about adequate supplies of antibiotics for the treatment of anthrax? ...

Vote in this Month's Straw Poll:  Should the U.S. Stop Its Genetic Engineering of Anthrax?

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DownStreet Neighborhood
Almost Pulls Off
Div. II Soccer Sweep
in Sports & Rec

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Also in This Issue ...  {For complete listing, click here ...}
Good Eats:  Turkey & Stuffing, An Old Vermont Recipe 
       from Countryman Press
Veterans Day:  For Those Who Have Fallen, Taps and Other Bugle Calls
On the Farm:  Will There Be a Dairy Compact?
Local Writing:  Ground Zero, Two Weeks After by Edward Bailey
Sounds Around:  Shaker Songs of Thanksgiving & Praise
Life Lines:  The Face in the Mirror, by Tom Verner    
Focus On:  How Are Vermont's High School Students Doing? 
       Part 1:  A Look at High School Graduation Rates in Learning & Ed.
This Month's Puzzle:  Fantasy and Forever by Shamms Mortier
The Book Worm:  A Local Group's Reading List on the Current Crisis
Travel ... Here & There:  Overseas Travel, How Safe Is It?
The Economy:  Tax Breaks, Round Two
Tech Bytes:  Microsoft's Flight Simulator, Can It Really Teach You to Fly?
Computer Tutor: Communicable Diseases, An Anti-Virus Primer
The Movies:  A Prophecy from the Past? Terry Gilliam's Brazil
Work:  Tough Jobs
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