If you check out the chart on Skyvector, you’ll see a light grey line over Fletcher that is marked VR 1800. That is a military training route. MTRs are designed for low altitude high speed training.

I worked in IT for a dozen years at two small Vermont colleges. I don't accept your guarantee. At both colleges, the librarians were deeply involved in the maintenance of and responsibility for the library websites. They worked collaboratively with IT for the technical aspects, but had full authority over the content.

Maybe they should convert those libraries into student housing.

Ah, apologies, I missed that one. Its hard keep up with whether things are terrible or normal when it changes every week.

Was it the N Word? If it was I'm not defending the N word.

This intersection is already a traffic shitshow.. ooff

You understand the books are unavailable in either scenario... right?

Check out the wrongful conviction podcast. There are people who have been wrongly convinced of murder with less evidence than there is in this case.

There's a quote from "the war on drugs" podcast that goes something like "cops have way cooler words for things than we do. What we would call 'getting robbed' or 'a jack move' they call 'civil asset forfeiture'"

Meet your newest VT sheriff

Did he get to keep the Rolex?

The mountains, the cold , and low population density make it bad for business -- but popular with those that value natural beauty. The valuing of beauty is an empathetic trait. Thus our more liberal policies. Liberal policies create a snowball effect that bring in more liberally minded people like being the first state to recognize gay marriage. Trying to help the homeless is also a more liberal policy

I wonder if this new president has any investments in book publishing companies. Someone should check his portfolio to ensure he’s not enriching his investment portfolio by way of directing state funds towards these publishing companies. Also, libraries seem like a low budgetary expense line item. I’m sure there are programs that are more expensive than libraries. Typically athletic programs top the expensive line item at universities. Why not eliminate them if the intent is to save money while preserving the educational integrity of the institution? Just seems fishy.

Both states have highly restrictive housing policies and extremely expensive real estate.

It seems unlikely to be a coincidence that rents and home prices have nearly doubled in our state at the same time homelessness has shot up.

And then the Jan 30 numbers show a continued upward trend, https://vtdigger.org/2023/02/08/vermont-surpasses-900-covid-deaths-while-state-levels-are-low/

Covid is the fourth leading cause of death behind heart disease, cancer, and things like ODs.

The most recent job description for the new Library Director at the merged school had in the first lines language that indicated it was a turn around position. It's still up at the Vermont Library Association website for anyone interested.

To be clear I don’t mean private jet like swanky jet liner. I mean like single seat fighter style jet.

I had this discussion with someone else recently and they mentioned that, apparently, there is someone or a few someone’s in the general area who own small training type jets.

The low altitude flight does raise the question of legality if not for training. But I can tell you the jet that I saw is not an American jet commonly used for training in our area (def not an F15, 16, 18, 22, 35 etc) almost looked like a Mig.

Hasn’t happened since but if it does I’ll check the flight radar.

The schools I’ve been working with have been getting clapped with a sickness that has all the symptoms of covid, but people do not test positive. Perhaps covid isn’t running amok, just some nasty flu-variant

Exactly what it is. Cope.

Don't overlook the staffing line either, you should have a certain ratio of librarians to students. Previous NECHE requirements had an entire section devoted to libraries but sadly this was all they left in the most recent revision.

Antidotally or anecdotally?

A cold?

In winter?

No way.

Time to stop the fear porn, Folks.

Yes. Academic licenses come in a variety of flavors: 1-user, 3-user, multiple users but limited to 365 checkouts in a year, and unlimited. Some, but not all, are DRM free. A number of mainstream publishers like Penguin limit to single user, so if it is a high circulation text the library is forced to buy several licenses at hundreds to thousands of dollars to satisfy demand. There are also annual hosting fees for some vendors like SAGE if you do not maintain a database subscription.

> I'm in pretty strong support the first amendment,

But yet you think you can decide what people can say or do.

"but you are not free to express a symbol of ideologies that tore this nation apart"

Seems someone does not really understand the first amendment here. It protects this speech specifically. You can not criminalize opinions no matter how much you wish you could.

Gets proof. Ignores proof. Blames the gov’t.

Sorry not the feds fault you’re dumb.