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Creating Real Wealth: by Ginny Sassaman
A dramatically different investment idea—called Slow Money—flies in the face of cultural pressure to constantly make ever greater amounts of money. Computerized global trading has so widened and sped up trading, that the financial world has come unfastened from the real world and real commodities.
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J.D. and Cheryl DeVos pitch in along with their workers at The Kimball Brook Farm Creamery in Hinesburg. Photo: Jan Doerler |
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Anya Rader Wallack and Healthcare Reform: Guiding One Big Elephant by Roberta Nubile
Vermont healthcare reform reminds me of the fable of the elephant and the blind men; comprehending the whole is tough. To do so, we need time to educate ourselves; attend or view the many public meetings; read hundreds of newspaper articles, blogs and reader responses; and pore over the state of Vermont's websites. Most of us cannot do that. We learn what we can through bits and pieces we pick up from passing conversations with friends who have encountered the elephant, or read snapshots in the news.
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Green Mountain Care Board Chair Anya Rader Wallack, Ph.D. has laid a strong foundation for the nation's first single-payer healthcare system. Photo: Alison Redlich |
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In late March, 2013, I announced with great sadness that I will be stepping down as Chair of the Green Mountain Care Board in September. By then I will have spent almost three years commuting between Rhode Island and Vermont to do this job. I had hoped I could lure my husband and son to Vermont, but that has not happened. They love where they are, and as a family we need to spend more time together.
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Winning an Education Against the Odds by Cindy Hill
Lack of childcare. No money for books. Family pressure to stay home or go to work instead of "wasting time" in college classes. Lack of examples to follow when no one else in the family has gone to college. A struggle with English as a second language. Physical disabilities that make getting to class virtually impossible. Bad experiences in primary and secondary education. Self doubt. The reasons to drop out of college are endless. Yet the majority of women entering Vermont's colleges succeed—some against incredible odds.
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An Arm and a Leg: by Katharine Hikel, M.D.
Vermont is the healthiest state in the union. For six years running, it has been ranked so by United Health Foundation, which analyzes data in 24 categories. Yet despite this track record, Vermonters paid an average of $7,500 per person for health care and insurance, with the state's total healthcare expenses projected to hit $10 billion by 2020.
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Scientists Preserve a Key Four-State Waterway by Allison Teague
The Connecticut River valley has been in use by humans for at least 11,000 years, as evidenced by the rock petroglyphs on its Vermont shoreline in Bellows Falls. It provided verdant land and good hunting grounds for early indigenous peoples. Indian corn fields flourished on both sides of the river in the rich floodplains along its entire length. The river, whose Mohican name, quinnitukqut, means "long tidal river," was the principle north-south travel route before roads and trains.
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Water enthusiast and river scientist Kate Kennedy says her favorite place is on the water. She is part of the multi-state team assessing the Connecticut River watershed. |
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The Truth Behind the Death Race by Lauren Walker
"I think I'll go for a run in the woods," Jane Coffey said one fateful autumn evening in 2010. I happened to be there, her neighbor at the time. Our two dogs were romping around, and Coffey's husband, Seth, and her three-year-old daughter, Aida, were playing in the grass. |
It took months for Jane Coffey to begin to recover. She slowly picked up the pieces. And finally, after a lifetime of athleticism, she returned to her body, which had so cruelly betrayed her. |
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