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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. Which tax plan will prevail? The sponsors make their final appeal to legislators. How much is too much? A consumer group charges the state isn't doing enough to warn pregnant women about the dangers of eating mercury contaminated fish. It's the anniversary of the Big Wind. We'll talk to the folks at the Mount Washington Observatory. And it's time to think about spring planting. We'll take you outside. and then answer some common gardening questions. |
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Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. We begin tonight with a summary of today's news. |
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With less than a week to go before state legislators must choose a way to fund public education, several plans are still on the table. In Representatives's Hall today, lawmakers heard the sponsors of those plans make their final pitch. Here is what the various bill sponsors had to say, in their own words. CG:bUMP2\Legislators' Tax Plans\ ADJUSTABLE INCOME TAX PLAN House Bill 761 Representative Alf Jacobson\ CG:BUMP2\Legislators' Tax Plans\1% GROSS RECEIPTS TAX\House Bill 766\Representative Andrew Peterson\ CG:BUMP2\Legislators' Tax Plans\3.3% INCOME TAX House Bill 759 Representative Liz Hager CG:bump2\Legislators' Tax Plans\2.5% SALES TAX House Bill 767 Representative Peter Burling CG:Bump2\Legislators' Tax Plans\INCREASED BUSINESS TAX PLAN House Bill 50 Representative David Alukonis |
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The legislature takes up the education funding plans next Wednesday and Thursday. On Thursday, the bills crossover. The House bills go to the Senate and the Senate bills go to the House. |
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Power plants, factories and other businesses in New Hampshire continue to reduce their land, air and water pollution significantly. That's according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. Its new report says toxic emissions are down 17 percent from 1998 to 1999. The EPA reports since 1988, the state's pollution releases have dropped 83 percent, nearly double the 46 percent national average. |
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It's pollution from power plants behind the mercury contamination of freshwater fish and seafood in New England. Last month the EPA issued guidelines for pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems. Among them, limited their consumption of mercury tainted fish to once a month. But a new report from the New Hampshire public interest group and Clean Water Action says those guidelines don't go far enough. |
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The report made recomendations to the Food and Drug administration asking them to add certain fish including tuna steaks, oysters, and large mouth bass to the list of foods pregnant women should not eat because of possible mercury contamination. The full report can be found online at www dot-pirg-dot org. CG:BUMP2\For More Information on Contaminated Fish\Public Interest Research Group www.pirg.org FDA Advisory www.fda.gov NH Department of Health Services www.dhhs.state.nh.us |
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Some downpours today in some areas of the state.We checked in with the Mount Washington Observatory a few minutes ago and spoke with Katie Hess. She told us what we can expect tonight and tomorrow and gave us the conditions on top of Mount Washington. |
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CG:WEATHER\Mount Washington Observatory\Current Conditions\Temperature: 30 Degrees\Winds: South 35 Gusting to 42 MPH\Wind Chill: -5 Degrees\Freezing Rain, Freezing Fog, Visibility 150 Feet CG:WEATHER\Tonight\North & Mountains\Rain Turning to Drizzle\Fog Later this Evening\Temperatures: Upper 30s to Mid 40s\Winds: SE 10 to 15 MPH\ CG:WEATHER\Tonight\South & Coastal\Cloudy with a Chance of Drizzle\Areas of Fog\Temperatures: Lower 40s\Winds: West 15 to 25 MPH CG:WEATHER\Tomorrow\North & Mountains\Fog with a Chance of Showers\Becoming Windy\Highs Near 50 Degrees\Winds: West 15 to 25 MPH CG:WEATHER\Tomorrow\South & Coastal\Areas of Fog\Becoming Partly Sunny and Windy\Highs in the Upper 50s\Winds: West 15 to 25 MPH Currently on the summit the temperature is 30 degrees. Winds are out of the south at 35 gusting to 42 mph giving us a wind chill of -5 F. For current weather we have freezing rain, freezing fog and a visibility of 150 feet and have seen a little thunder and lightning this afternoon. Tonight North and Mountains: Rain early becoming drizzle with fog later this evening. Temperatures in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Winds out of the SE 10 to 15 mph. South and Coastal: Cloudy with a chance of drizzle and areas of fog. Temperatures in the lower 40s. West winds 15 to 25 mph. Tomorrow N/M: Fog with a chance of showers becoming windy. Highs near 50 degrees with West winds 15 to 25 mph. S/C: Areas of fog becoming partly sunny and windy. Highs in the upper 50's with west winds 15 to 25 mph. |
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Okay so the snow is off the lawn, or maybe you still can't wait for it to disappear. What do you need to do first to get the yard ready for spring and summer. We checked in with UNH Cooperativer Extension educator Nancy Adams to find out. |
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Now joining me to talk about what farmers are facing with the season being a few weeks behind and with some tips for all of us on our gardens.Otho Wells joins me in the studio.Otho thanks for coming in. |
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I'd like to thank my guest Otho Wells for being with us this evening. |
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CG:BUMP2\For More Information\UNH Cooperative Extension ceinfo.unh.edu |
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In business news, Negative word on the labor and retailing fronts worked as a plus on wall street. Investors saw todays news as fuel for another interest rate cut from the Fed. |
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The Dow Jones Industrial Avereage went up 113 points to a little under ten-thousand-127. The Nasdaq rose 62 points for its fourth straight gain to close at 19 hundred-61. CG:STOCKS\Dow\10126.94\+113.47\NYSE\601.74\+6.74\American Stock Exchange\883.90\+6.85\Nasdaq\1961.42\+62.47\S&P 500\1183.50\+17.61 |
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Health has been the focus of a continuing series in Hanover this month. The Dartmouth Medical School is holding what has turned out to be sold out sessions on the impact of screening, prevention and complementary therapies on personal health. Earlier this week, Doctor Joshua Hamilton, an associate professor with the medical school, talked about the significance of the label "Natural" when it comes to vitamin pills. |
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2:26 There's no soul to these chemicals they can't tell where they came from, they don't know whether they're natural or synthetic so when someone tries to sell you something and they say well this tablet of vitamin C is better for you because it's a natural source of vitamin C. But it's still in a tablet, it's not in orange juice which would be natural. They've extracted it out and stuck it in a pill. And um the acid doesn't know if it came from an orange or it came from a laboratory, and neither does your body. Your body doesn't care. They are both foreign substances and they'll either use it or get rid of it. And that's a really important thing to remember because um, it's being used as a marketing ploy, this concept of things being natural. So when someone tells you something's natural in an advertisement they're trying to tell you two things. First of all they're trying to tell you there's a difference between natural and synthetic and secondly that if it's natural it's inherently better, it's superior. Um now I would argue that getting vitamin C from your food is superior to vitamin C from a tablet and that's because when you drink a glass of orange juice you are getting all kinds of other good things to go along for the ride, but if you're gonna take a pill it doesn't matter where it came from.3:37 |
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The Dartmouth Community Medical School forums continue for the next five weeks. While the forums are sold out, you can see summaries here on NH Outlook, and see and hear the complete presentation on our website. nhptv.org. |
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That's it for this edition of New Hampshire Outlook. For all of us here at New Hampshire Public Television, thanks for joining us. Good night. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Journalists from around the state talk about the week's top stories.from down to the wire tax debates to concern over foot and mouth. Join us tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Monday on New Hampshire Outlook. Maine versus New Hampshire. Who owns the Naval Shipyard? The US Supreme Court Hears the case. A full report Monday at 7:30 for New Hampshire Outlook. |
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OnCam:Ally Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Maine versus New Hampshire. Who owns the Naval Shipyard. The US Supreme Court Hears the case. A full report tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tomorrow on New Hampshire Outlook - Journalists from around the state will talk about the week's top stories. Heading the list will be tax plans for education funding. |
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Soon, you'll be able to travel from Portsmouth to Provincetown without getting caught in traffic. A new ferry service linking Portsmouth and P-town will begin weekend runs next month with daily service beginning in June. The 400-person ferry will leave Portsmouth at nine a-m. and the return trip will leave Provincetown at five p-m. Travel time is two hours and half hours. The cost - thirty-five dollars round trip for adults. Ferry service will run through October 8th. |
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DaimlerChrysler is recalling more than 700-thousand Dodge Ram pickup trucks in New Hampshire and twenty other so-called "salt-belt" states.The company says a spring on a hood latch can corrode from winter salt and cause the hood to fly up unexpectedly. All New England states are included in the recall which involves 1994 through 1999 models. |
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After a long, cold winter, Spring time in New Hampshire offers some relief. Snow becomes streams and wildlife reappears. It's also a time for maple sugaring. "We've been making maple syrup here for seven years." Steve Tullar is a teacher at Merherimet School in Madbury. For seven years, they've been firing up the boiler in the school parking lot and turning sap into syrup. This year, however, things are going to be different. "We thought why not build a house to boil and it could be used as a classroom other parts of the year." The sugarhouse project started last fall in Steve Tullar's fourth grade classroom. He and his students invited in Don Black, a UNH Cooperative extension forestry specialist. "They really dive into this, they love it." "It's hands on and that's what I like about this." "The students are involved in every step of the process. They learn to measure board feet the environment the forestry industry" After teaching them about board feet in the classroom, Don and Steve turn the kids loose into the school woodlot. "When they are outside the kids are unpredictable with regards to what they learn. They see things that we don't they have questions" "We are learning all about trees" After measuring the trees, the students learn about harvesting them. Don Quigley loves to talk about trees. He's a professor of forest technology at UNH. "The goal for me is to open their minds." He's opening a few eyes as well. Don and some of his forestry students are giving a lesson that the students won't easily forget. "We want them to understand how the forest works, how to manage it, how to use it wisely…" "This is the type of education I wish I had." Parents have gotten involved as well. Jim Davis is this boy's dad. "He's excited about seeing the whole process. The whole class is. Very few of these kids have ever seen a tree being felled." Every step taken toward finishing the sugar house is a learning process. "I'm having a blast doing this. It is a lot of fun and the students are having fun. This is my job and I love sharing what I know." Once the logs are drawn, they're quartered. The students enjoy front row seats as they watch their trees being turned into milled timber. It's been five months since the student's first classroom lesson. It was anticipated that by this time the sugar house would be up and running. It has either snowed or rain everytime we went to work on it. We are hoping that we'll be able to build it in two weeks. It's too late to boil in it this season, but we'll be ready for next year." So, it's back to the parking lot for one more year. "One of the biggest lessons we get is problem solving that life gives us." In the end, the house did go up - by hand. In the process, the students learned some math, history and perhaps some carpentry skills. ".and team work. They all helped pull on ropes. They turned their lessons into practice." When asked what was the best part of this whole experience. This student answered the question like a true fourth grader. "The tasting" |
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DATE: 4/12/01 TOPIC: With less than a week to go before state legislators must choose a way to fund public education, several plans are still on the table. In Representatives's Hall today, lawmakers heard the sponsors of those plans make their final pitch. Here is what the various bill sponsors had to say, in their own words. SEGMENT LENGTH: 6:28 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Representative Alf Jacobson\ Representative Andrew Peterson\ Representative Liz Hager Representative Peter Burling Representative David Alukonis |
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DATE: 4/12/01 TOPIC:Now joining me to talk about what farmers are facing with the season being a few weeks behind and with some tips for all of us on our gardens.Otho Wells joins me in the studio SEGMENT LENGTH: 5:00 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Otho Wells\Gardening Expert |
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DATE: 4/12/01 TOPIC:Okay so the snow is off the lawn, or maybe you still can't wait for it to disappear. What do you need to do first to get the yard ready for spring and summer. We checked in with UNH Cooperativer Extension educator Nancy Adams to find out. SEGMENT LENGTH: 4:37 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Nancy Adams\UNH Cooperative Extension |
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DATE: 4/12/01 TOPIC:Health has been the focus of a continuing series in Hanover this month. The Dartmouth Medical School is holding what has turned out to be sold out sessions on the impact of screening, prevention and complementary therapies on personal health. Earlier this week, Doctor Joshua Hamilton, an associate professor with the medical school, talked about the significance of the label "Natural" when it comes to vitamin pills. SEGMENT LENGTH: 1:11 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Joshua Hamilton, PhD\Assoc. Prof. of Pharmacology & Toxicology |
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Gary Matteson/Chairmain of the Board. NH Stories/New England Anemones & Molly Hodgson Smith, Exec. Director NH Stories. |