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BURLINGTON, Vt. Champlain College is rolling out a new degree in Digital Filmmaking. This fall, 30 students have switched into the new major as part of a soft launch of the new program a full year before the programs official start in Fall 2008.
In Champlains program, students will earn a bachelor of science in Digital Filmmaking, unlike the bachelor of fine arts with a concentration in filmmaking this is common in other film programs. Students will also choose to focus in one or more of four genres of filmmaking: narrative/dramatic, documentary, experimental or industrial/educational.
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Comcast and Microsoft Launch Microsoft Communication Services From Comcast for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
New offering provides SMBs with hosted corporate-grade e-mail, scheduling and document-sharing services backed by 24x7 support.
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Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne is celebrating their 25th year of business in Vermont as artisan picture framers and restorers of antique frames. An art gallery became an additional part of the business beginning in 1991.
Brad Sourdiffe and Joan Furchgott met in Vermont in 1975, and left for 6 years before returning in 1982. At that time they initially set up a frame restoration business operating out of their then home in Buel's Gore.
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The itinerary, with open press availability, includes:
10:00 - 10:45 a.m. ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
1:30 - 2:20 p.m. Vermont State House, Montpelier
2:45 - 3:30 p.m. Ben & Jerrys, Waterbury
3:40 - 4:30 p.m. Cold Hollow Cider Mill, Waterbury
Vermont is the Shanghai Small Enterprises Trade Development Service Center (SSETDSC) delegations first stop on a 14-day tour of 8 other destinations. Many of these stops include high profile tourism destinations around the country, but here in Vermont, their visit is all business.
Chris Barbieri, Director of the Vermont Chambers Asia Division, noted This delegation is coming to Vermont because of the relationship we have with the SSETDSC, and to pursue potential mutual business opportunities between the greater Shanghai region and Vermont.
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Hilversum, Netherlands - Nov 9th 2007
Tergooi hospital, a 330 000 sq-ft medical center in northern Holland, has adopted a Wi-Fi based tracking infrastructure that is assisting them in locating infusion pumps. Installed and integrated by Ship2Save, an RFID solution provider, in collaboration with École Polytechnique, a Montreal based University; the system uses Aeroscout asset tags to monitor movement and usage of intravenous pumps across various locations in the hospital.
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MONTPELIER The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration is extending the public comment period associated with the Circ-Williston Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation.
The original deadline for filing comments about the Circ-Williston Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was November 8. That deadline has been extended to November 21, 2007. The Circ-Williston DEIS has been publicly available since August 10, 2007.
We received indication that some people want additional time to provide detailed comment, said VTrans Secretary Neale Lunderville. With a study of this size, giving the public an additional two weeks to file comments regarding this important project is reasonable and appropriate.
The DEIS can be directly downloaded from the projects website at www.circeis.org.
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Bruce Seifer, Assistant Director for Economic Development, 865-7179
Does Your Organization Need More Innovative Thinkers?
Burlingtons Community and Economic Development Office is sponsoring a free workshop hosted by Forward Leap Consulting.
Five Ways to Unleash the Creative Potential Within Your Organization
When: Friday, November 9, 2007
7:30AM-9:30AM
Where: City Hall, conference room 12
Coffee and refreshments served
This interactive workshop will allow participants to discuss and generate solutions to innovative issues. A recent survey found 89% of responding employees felt that innovation was among their top five work priorities, 44% of those same respondents gave their organizations a low rating in how well the innovation process was understood.
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VtSBDC State Director, Lenae Quillen-Blume, announced that Steve Paddock has been selected as the 2007 State Star of Vermont Small Business Development Center.
I am pleased to make this announcement, and to recognize Steve for extraordinary contributions to businesses throughout Vermont. Steve Paddock, is the business advisor in Addison County and statewide Agricultural Program Director.
Steve Paddock was chosen by the VtSBDC for his exemplary performance which regularly reaches beyond normal counseling responsibilities. Steve has built a real presence with new and critical partners in the agriculture industry sector. He is a true business advocate and a professional, dedicated advisor to his clients. Steve is also recognized as a leader within his peer group, facilitating meetings and helping bring people together for effective results.
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Vermont Joins Emissions
Lawsuit Against Bush Administration
States Seek Authority
to Implement Auto Emission Standards
Montpelier, VT (11/8/07)
Vermont will join a California lawsuit that contends the EPA has unreasonably
stalled a decision that would force automakers to produce vehicles with cleaner
emissions, Governor Jim Douglas announced today.
The California lawsuit was
filed today in federal court in Washington to force the EPA to grant the state
a waiver under the Clean Air Act. That waiver is needed because Californias
standards are stricter than the federal regulations. California is still trying
to implement a 2002 state law that requires car makers to produce vehicles that
emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions by model year 2009.
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SOUTH ROYALTON, VT - In honor of Veterans Day, Vermont Law School will host a Veterans Health Care and Benefits forum on Nov. 9 to discuss how veterans can obtain benefits, the current status of state and federal benefits and health care programs, and the future of such programs. The forum will be held at 12:45 p.m. in the law school's Chase Community Center. The forum is being organized by the Vermont Law School Republicans.
The four panelists who will take part in the discussion are John Tracy, a representative for U.S. Senator Patrick J. Leahy; Richard Reed of the State Office of Veterans Affairs; Steve Willoughby of the Veterans Affairs Hospital in White River Junction and Leonard Doscinski, services officer for the Vermont chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend the event.
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Vermont's
war death toll highest in nation
Carsey Institute:
Rural Casualties Are Disproportionately High in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars
DURHAM, N.H. –When
the nation goes to war, all Americans are expected to make sacrifices. Today’s
rural Americans, however, are making the ultimate sacrifice in disproportionate
numbers, a fact sheet from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire
finds.
The fact sheet – “Rural
Americans Continue to Account for Disproportionate High Share of U.S. Casualties
in Iraq and Afghanistan” – is the Carsey Institute’s second
annual Veteran’s Day release of this data, drawn from U.S. Department
of Defense records.
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Vermont is The Healthiest
State in the Nation