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Our morals and values have changed unfortunately!!! Leaving our world threads unraveling...makes me sad, :(. whatever happened to compassion,empathy and caring???

good show- thank you

If only there were some way to check on structures as they are used, see if they need repairs, fend off demolition. I guess not. One day they're in full use, the next day they have to come down. That's just the way it goes.

You can find more coverage of the Crown Point Bridge by VPR News here: http://www.vpr.net/content_by_tag/crown_point_bridge/

i can't wait to get this book. it sounded wonderful. i hope steve will sign it someday! any plans to tour the state's independent booksellers, like Northshrie?

Loved the interview when I heard it!

As an instructor in biology, I really appreciate these. My only complaint is that perhaps they have skim over the protocols a little too quickly, so that the process of science is obscured.

I absolutely love this program - whatever they happen to be talking about is totally fascinating!

Thanks for posting what is going to be on VT Edition in the mornings before it airs. Very helpful and very appreciated! Keep up the good work, VPR!

Annie, We love to hear from listeners about what works, what doesn't, and how it could be better. Thanks for the feedback, and for listening! Jonathan Butler, VPR

A casino in Stowe? Seriously? I know we can be more creative than that for coming up for alternatives to fill budget short-falls.

Hey Sal, you know, I thought of you last night when the Yanks won (thanks to your profile pic!). Congrats. I am also a dyed-in-the-wool Sox fan, but I wanted to pass along to you what Mitch wrote to another listener this morning:

"I do like to have some good-natured fun with that rift from time to time...but you are quite correct that such a comment--however true--without a corresponding acknowledgment of the Yankees accomplishment is evidence of bias."

Mitch did issue a "mea culpa" at the end of Morning Edition this morning and gave credit where it's due to the Yankees,... Read More
their fans, and their 27th World Championship.

Hope that helps! And...we'll always have next year. : )

Michelle Jeffery, VPR

So I was right, he is a Redsox fan. :=) All in fun.

I will change my avatar back tommorrow, but if I can't have it up today, then when?

Craig, thanks for the comments. If you missed the commentary by Rich Nadworny to which Craig refers, it's available here: http://www.vpr.net/episode/47278/ - Jonathan Butler, VPR

HI Craig, I was talking in general about all of the services, actually. But you make a good point and it wasn't my intention to say FairPoint has no satisfied customers.

On the other hand, as a rural resident, I think you deserve better than DSL, frankly. And while it's good that Fair Point is a little better than Verizon on this, I don't think it's good enough.

The argument against connecting rural New England has always been that it doesn't make economic sense to wire up the hills. Maybe it doesn't for a privately owned company. But it does make sense from an economic development standpoint. And whether that's fiber or wireless, and whether it's FairPoint or BT, who cares. ... Read More

When you're able to connect as fast as someone in Burlington, let alone New York or Tokyo, then I'll be happy.

Hi Rich, I am fortunate in Eden where our DSL is perfectly fast enough for most non-video applications, including my home business needs. I can't imagine rural VT affording fiber to each home, At about $50 for both phone and DSL, what better option would I have ? By the way; Fairpoint DSL is more than a little better than dial-up on a Verizon phone connection!!

Thanks for listening Nicole (and Suzanne)! We love the feedback. - Jonathan Butler, VPR