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A New GOP Strategy for Funding Education

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, March 7, 2001.

John Dowd, the NH Republican Party's new chairman (www.nhgop.org) has outlined his ideas on solving the state's education funding dilemma. He says it can be done without any new broad-based taxes. One key facet is a constitutional amendment
that would limit the courts' role in education funding. We'll talk with him about that and other aspects of his plan--including a strategy for targeting aid to the neediest schools. And we'll get a different perspective
from former State Senator and former gubernatorial andidate Mary Brown. Laura Knoy hosts.

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Music as a Communal Activity and a Healing Process

By John Walters on Wednesday, March 7, 2001.

Kathy Lowe is a musician, songwriter and photographer living in New London, NH. In recent years, she's followed an interesting musical path. In order to bring her audiences into the performance, she writes music she can teach to them, and passes out instruments to make each song a group activity. Her latest CD is called "No Separation."

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Using chaos to improve the Net - and turn a profit

By John Walters on Wednesday, March 7, 2001.

Kevin Short, who teaches mathematics at UNH, specializes in chaos theory. His research has led to a new method of data-compression that could make the Internet run much faster. His work in this field led to the creation of Chaoticom, a for-profit venture of UNH, to explore the commercial potential of Short?s research.

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