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SEN. JOHN KERRY - "WELL FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A FEW DAYS, A NEW ENGLAND PATRIOT HAS WON ON THE ROAD." Winners and losers in the race for the white house. We'll have highlights and analysis. |
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Plus. They're now calling it the Sistine Chapel of the Mayan world. We'll show you the remarkable discovery made by a U-N-H archaeologist in the jungles of Guatemala. |
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And later. we continue our series of interviews with Granite state authors. This time we sit down with R.L. Berger. |
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Hello and welcome. I'm Mike Nikitas from NECN. New England Cable News, guest hosting tonight on NH Outlook. |
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The biggest round of primaries and caucuses yet took place Tuesday night with voting in seven states. When the results were in, John Kerry emerged as the biggest winner while the field of candidates continued to narrow. Richard Ager has this roundup: |
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Soundup: CNN tape 01;32:33 "John Kerry" For the second time in two days, a NE Patriot has won on the road.will beat GW Bush. Track: Sen. John Edwards picked up his first win - South Carolina where he was born. Bite: CNN tape 02:17:20 The truth is we still live in two different Americas.that works for everybody - that's what this election is all about. Track Edwards ran a close second in Oklahoma - which went to Wesley Clark. Bite: CNN tape 02:03:46 The results are in and we have won. Oklahoma is OK by me.this first election I've ever won. Track: It was a tough night for the rest of the candidates. Bite: CNN tape 01;22:45 I have decided tonight to end my quest for the Presidency of the USA.you bet I am. Track: Al Sharpton finished third in South Carolina but maintained an optimistic message. Bite: CNN tape 01:59:27 Tonight we started a movement that will transform.astounding boost in the arm for the Sharpton campaign. Bite: CNN tape 01:23:11 The votes are starting to come in and we're going to have a tough night but we're going to keep going and going. Track: The Dean campaign - and the others trailing Kerry - are focusing on the delegate count. Graphic: 2,161 delegates are needed win the nomination. Among the major candidates, Kerry currently has 244, Dean has 121, Edwards has 102, Clark has 70. Kerry Dean Edwards Clark Lieberman Kucinich Sharpton 244 121 102 79 25 5 2 Track: The race continues with caucuses on Saturday in Washington and Michigan and on Sunday in Maine. For NH Outlook, I'm Richard Ager. |
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If one candidate does not get a majority of delegates by the end of the primary season, the nomination could be decided at the Democratic National Convention being held in Boston in late July. |
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So what impact do last nights results have on the race? Reporter Julie Donnelly spoke with political expert Dante Scala at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics to get his take on how things are shaping up as we head for super Tuesday. |
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JULIE DONNELLY - "SO ANY SURPRISES ABOUT LAST NIGHT AFTER KERRY HAD SUCH MOMENTUM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE?" DANTE SCALA - "JOHN KERRY HAD A NIGHT THAT WAS VERY GOOD FOLLOWING UP ON NEW HAMPSHIRE. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE HE SHOWED A LOT OF BREADTH AND SUPPORT AMONG WEALTHY DEMOCRATS, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, POOR DEMOCRATS, MORE MODERATE DEMOCRATS. LAST NIGHT HE DID THE SAME THING. HE APPEALED ACROSS THE BOARD TO ALL SORTS EVER OF DIFFERENT DEMOCRATS. IT WAS ANOTHER STRONG NIGHT FOR HIM." JULIE DONNELLY - "WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER CANDIDATES, ANY SURPRISES THERE?" DANTE SCALA - "JOHN EDWARDS HAD A BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED VICTORY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS WAS HIS BACKYARD, JUST AS NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS KERRY'S BACKYARD. HE WAS EXPECTED TO DO WELL BUT HE DID A DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHICH WAS BETTER THAN EXPECTED. HE SEEMS TO HAVE SOME SUPPORT PERHAPS AMONG MORE MODERATE TO CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS, POORER DEMOCRATS AND ALSO SUPPORT AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS. THE BIG SURPRISE IN SOUTH CAROLINA LAST NIGHT WAS HOW POORLY THE REV. AL SHARPTON DID. THIS WAS EXPECTED TO BE HIS PLACE WHERE HE WOULD DO WELL. HE ONLY GOT ABOUT 20% OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN SUPPORT WHICH WASN'T ENOUGH TO GET HIM ANY DELEGATES IN SOUTH CAROLINA SO THAT WAS A BIG SURPRISE." JULIE DONNELLY - "WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT BLACK VOTERS IN THIS ELECTION?" DANTE SCALA - "IT SHOWS THAT AL SHARPTON IS LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE THE JESSE JACKSON OF 2004. BACK IN 1988 JESSE JACKSON WAS ABLE TO APPEAL TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS IN LARGE NUMBERS AND BECOME IN ESSENCE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AL SHARPTON IS NOT SHOWING THAT KIND OF APPEAL AT LEAST NOT YET." JULIE DONNELLY - "SO WHAT ABOUT WESLEY CLARK AND HOWARD DEAN?" DANTE SCALA - "WESLEY CLARK MANAGED TO STAY IN THE GAME JUST BARELY BY WINNING OKLAHOMA JUST BARELY OVER JOHN EDWARDS SO HE GOES ON TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. IT'S CLEAR THOUGH THAT HE'S GOT SOME TROUBLE. HE ADVERTISED HEAVILY IN THESE STATES THAT VOTED YESTERDAY WHEREAS JOHN KERRY WAS HARDLY ON THE AIR AT ALL AND STILL DID BETTER THAN HIM IN MOST PLACES SO HE'S GOT TO STRUGGLE TO SEE WHERE HE CAN DO WELL NEXT. HE'LL BE LOOKING TO PLACES LIKE VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE. HOWARD DEAN SAID HE WASN'T GOING TO DO WELL IN ANY OF THESE STATES YESTERDAY. HE DIDN'T. HE'S STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE HE'S GOING TO MAKE AN IMPACT, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE IN MICHIGAN OR WASHINGTON LATER THIS WEEK OR IN WISCONSIN. A KEY DATE TO KEEP IN MIND WILL BE TWO WEEKS FROM NOW IN THE WISCONSIN PRIMARY. DEAN'S GOING TO HOPE TO MAKE AN IMPACT AND JOHN EDWARDS NEEDS TO SHOW THAT HE CAN WIN OUTSIDE THE SOUTH." JULIE DONNELLY - "SO IS JUST WINNING STATES IMPORTANT? HOW DID THE DELEGATES FIGURE IN?" DANTE SCALA - "WELL, CERTAINLY STATES. IT'S IMPORTANT AS FAR AS KEEPING MOMENTUM GOING. AND JOHN KERRY CLEARLY SHOWS THAT HE'S THE FRONTRUNNER BY WINNING IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT STATES. IT DOES EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL ABOUT ACCUMULATING DELEGATES. BUT FOR SOMEONE LIKE HOWARD DEAN WHO IS BARELY IN SECOND PLACE NOW, YOU LOOK AT HOW HE FINISHED YESTERDAY AND IN MANY STATES HE DIDN'T FINISH WELL ENOUGH TO GET ANY DELEGATES. SO IT'S A REAL PROBLEM. HE IS SECOND RIGHT NOW BUT THAT COULD QUICKLY CHANGE IF HE ISN'T ABLE TO FINISH A STRONG SECOND OR EVEN THIRD PLACE IN FUTURE STATES." JULIE DONNELLY - "SO WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE THE LEGACY OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY IN TERMS OF SETTING THE TONE FOR THE ELECTION ALTOGETHER?" DANTE SCALA - "WELL, NEW HAMPSHIRE BASICALLY RUBBER-STAMPED WHAT THE IOWA CAUCUSES DID AND GAVE JOHN KERRY A BIG HEAD OF STEAM GOING INTO THE LATER PRIMARY STATES. IT REALLY UP-ENDED THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ABOUT HOWARD DEAN BECAUSE NOW HOWARD DEAN IS AN INSURGENT WITHOUT ANY MOMENTUM WHATSOEVER. IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE DID THAT TO HIM. BEFORE IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE JOHN KERRY WAS NOWHERE. NOW HE'S THE FRONTRUNNER." JULIE DONNELLY - "THANKS SO MUCH." DANTE SCALA - "YOU'RE VERY WELCOME." |
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Dean is pegging his hopes on Saturday's caucuses in Washington and Michigan, where he's been campaigning heavily. |
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Scholars are now beginning to learn from a remarkable discovery in Guatemala made by a University of New Hampshire archaeologist. Bill Saturno found what has been called "The Sistine Chapel" of the early Mayan world -- a 2000 year old mural. His discovery was made with skill and a heavy dose of sheer luck. Our Chip Neal has more. |
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Script Intro A University of New Hampshire archaeologist has found what is being called the "Sistine Chapel" of the pre-classic Maya world. 2 years ago on a trip to Guatemala, Bill Saturno discovered a 2000 year old mural painted on the inside wall of a Maya building that was attached to the back of a pyramid. It is a was a huge deal in the field of Maya studies. Chip Neal has the story. See mural Chip Track - the mural is located in a less than spectacular archaeological site in tiny San Bartolo, Guatemala. Saturno 13:15 There is a town that essentially exists only because of this project. There isn't a population nearby the closest population is about 50 kilometers away. SanBartollo is sort of listed as this place on the map but there is no one there. There's the 4 watchmen and then when we're there there is about 80 people Chip Track - Saturno discovered the mural after a grueling trip through the rain forest without food or water for two days. Saturno and his guides were not sure they would survive when they reached the archaeological site at San Bartolo. So, after the guides went off to try to find water Saturno took refuge in a tunnel. Saturno 6:20 **So looters had been there and they had dug this tunnel. And I thought it's bound to be cool in there. I'll just walk in there and sit in the dark and when they come back with the water and then everything will be fine But until then I'll just sit in the dark. So I did I walked into this tunnel which was cut into the base of this 80ft high pyramid which was covered in forest at this point it was about 2000 years old. Right past where the light entered I just sat down. Thinking why am I here. This is my spring break. I could be on a beach somewhere instead of doing this. ** But then I shined my flash light up on the wall and this is what I saw. It was the first image of the mural ever taken I had a digital camera with me. …7:25 And then right then I just started laughing just imagine yourself 2 days into this no food water exhausted sitting in a pile of bat droppings in the dark thinking you're going to die. ***And you look up and it's the first mural that's been found in 55 years. So that's just great I've found a mural and I'm going to die right here in front of it. Thank You Saturno 8:30 after finding it I was really also a bit nervous because of the guides we had I only knew one of them well and trusted him implicitly another I knew OK but the rest I didn't really know. So essentially finding something that one could argue was priceless and to be guided by folks that are very likely the same looters that uncovered it. You have to wonder what I say and how is that going to affect what happens next. If I say oh this thing is worth millions. Just kill me and you guys will be rich. So I didn't say anything about it 15:35 right after finding it we immediately reported it to the Guatamalan authorities and installed four watchmen at the site that lived there year round. And we sealed off the tunnel 13:50. We actually waited two full years before we began excavating any more of the mural. Just to do the tests on the environment and the material so that we could go about it with as much caution as possible. 18:10 this mural sort of provides a Technicolor vision of what the Maya thought were very important now some 700 years earlier. /the image that we get to see is sort a central scene in the creation mythology of the ancient Maya. the Maze god you can see his face highlighted, his eyes, his nose, the elongated head sort of representative of foliating corn plants. ***And he's emerging out of the underworld during his resurrection. The Maya conceived of two main deities as symbolic of this notion of death and rebirth. The sun god who obviously dies each day and is reborn the next. And the maze god who is also this sort of central unifying aspect of the agricultural cycle he is born and then he is cut down and killed but he is resurrected he comes back the next year you plant the seeds and back they come. 24:30 My conclusion is that murals aren't out of the ordinary in the ancient Maya world that they were everywhere you don't get a masterpiece like this you don't get the Cistine Chapel without practice it's not like oh I'll just try this out and see what happens and you get tadahhh it doesn't work that way. So if these things were at SanBartollo most likely they were everywhere. And if they were everywhere at 100 AD That's pretty impressive and that changes our conception of what Maya society was like at that time. 29:00 Here we have on this mural in addition to the art and mythology we have writing we have some of the earliest writing ever found in the Maya lowlands. 29:30 We know what part of it says but actually it's so early that we don't know everything that is says. 30:20 Only one of them can be read actually it's this last one it says ahow it means lord. 5:59 *** We are learning things that could never be more important right now. Because if you think about the sort of artistic marvel of this mural it was painted before 100 AD It's important to note that by 100 AD the site of San Bartollo is abandoned. Everyone is gone. So, 50 years after this work of art is created there is virtually no one living at this site. A civilization that we would see as thriving at San Bartollo 50 years later is packed up and moved on. So it serves as a reminder to us today that things can change pretty quickly. And understanding how ancient societies achieved greatness as we would perceive it and then things fall apart fairly quickly it's never a lesson that you can learn too many |
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William Saturno has gone back to San Bartolo where he continues the excavation project. And he is offering 6 University of New Hampshire students a study abroad program of a lifetime. By the way his work was featured in the December issue of National Geographic Magazine and the San Bartolo project will be part of an upcoming National Geographic PBS special. |
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Finally tonight, we continue our series of conversations with Granite State authors, who were recently recognized by the New Hampshire Writer's Project 2003 Literary Awards. Producer Barrett Lester sat down with L.R. Berger. She is the co-recipient of the Jane Kenyon Award for Outstanding Book of Poetry for her book The Unexpected Aviary. |
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BARRETT LESTER - "YOU'VE WRITTEN OF YOUR WORK THE WORLD DARES US TO LOVE IT. THAT TERRIBLE STURDY POIGNANT BRAND OF LOVE THAT CAN SOMETIMES BE WRESTLED OUT OF A CONDITION OF OUR LIFES. MY COMBS ARE DRIVEN BY AN UNGOING NECESSITY TO TAKE UP THE STAIR. TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR POETRY REFLECTS YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE." L.R. BERGER - "THAT'S A HUGE QUESTION. I THINK THINK LIFE DEMANDS CONSTANT AND RELENTLESS ACTS OF RECONCILIATION. IN SOME WAYS FOR ME POEMS ARE ALWAYS DOING THAT WORK OR HELPING IN THAT WORK." BARRETT LESTER - "CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES ABOUT HOW THAT HAS WORKED FOR YOU." L.R. BERGER - "I THINK ENCOUNTERING ANY DARKNESS IN LIFE, ANYTHING LARGER THAN OUR CONSCIOUSNESS IS TUNED IN A DAY-TO-DAY WAY TO DIGEST THAT SOMEHOW THE MEDIUM OF POETRY GIVES ME-- AND I THINK MANY POETS-- A VEHICLE TO ENTER INTO. IT'S ALMOST LIKE EVERY POEM IS A KIND OF ARK THAT YOU BUILD IN ORDER TO NAVIGATE SAFELY THROUGH AND SOMETIMES IT FAILS. BUT OFTEN ENOUGH IT SUCCEEDS SO THAT YOU TRY IT AGAIN AND AGAIN." BARRETT LESTER - "I WANT TO KNOW, L.R., HOW DOES BEING A PSYCHOTHERAPIST INFLUENCE YOUR WORK?" L.R. BERGER - "I THINK BECAUSE BOTH ARTS-- BECAUSE I THINK PSYCHOTHERAPY IS AN ART. OF COURSE, IT'S AN ART THAT YOU'RE PRACTICING WITH SOMEONE ELSE ALL THE TIME-- BUT I THINK THAT IT REQUIRES. BOTH REQUIRE A QUALITY OF LISTENING AND A WILLINGNESS TO ENTER INTO LARGE TERRITORY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE TRUTH MORE FULLY, IN ORDER TO, AS I SAID EARLIER, AIM AT SOME KINDS OF RECONCILIATION EITHER WITHIN THE SELF OR WITH OTHERS AND SO MUCH OF THE WAY I WORK IS THAT FRAGMENTS OF EXPERIENCE FIND A WAY TO BE BROUGHT INTO RELATIONSHIP IN MY POEMS AND I THINK THAT'S TRUE IN THE WORK OF PSYCHOTHERAPY ALSO. THAT THERE'S A QUALITY OF DIGESTION, EMOTIONAL DIGESTION AND INTEGRATION THAT'S MADE POSSIBLE IN THE WORK OF THERAPY OUT ITS BEST, AND I THINK IN THE WORK OF A POET AS WELL." BARRETT LESTER - "INTERESTING. NOW THE TITLE OF YOUR BOOK "THE UNEXPECTED AVIARY," COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU SHOW THAT TITLE." L.R. BERGER - " I CAN. THAT'S ACTUALLY A QUESTION I CAN ANSWER MORE EASILY. WHEN I WROTE THESE POEMS, THIS IS ACTUALLY MY THIRD BOOK. I SCRAPPED MY FIRST TWO BOOKS. WHEN ORGANIZING. WHEN I HAD DECIDED THAT I WAS ORGANIZING THE POEMS, MORE RECENT POEMS, INTO A BOOK I WAS LOOKING FOR AN ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE BECAUSE I HAD THIS SLEW OF POEMS AND I WAS LOOKING AT THEM AND TRYING TO CREATE SOME KIND OF SEQUENCE WHICH IS AN ART IN AND OF ITSELF. I NOTICED WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS PERHAPS TO ANYONE ELSE, SOMETHING THAT I HADN'T NOTICED BEFORE WHICH IS THAT THERE WAS A BIRD OR REFERENCE TO FLIGHT OR SOME SUGGESTION OF A BIRD IN ABSOLUTELY EVERY POEM. AND I THEN WENT ON TO WRITE TWO OF THE POEMS IN THIS BOOK AS A WAY TO EXPLORE ONE IS THE TITLE POEM, "THE UNEXPECTED AVIARY," WHICH IS JUST IS AN EFFORT TO COME TO TERMS WITH WHAT THIS MIGHT MEAN. SO THE BOOK BECOMES A KIND OF AVIARY FOR ALL THE BIRDS. AND THE WAY THE BIRDS KNIT TOGETHER SO MUCH ELSE IN THE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE RECENTLY SAID, IS THE BOOK ABOUT BIRDS? OF COURSE IT'S NOT. BUT BIRDS INHABIT THE POEMS AND IN SOME WAY HELP ME AND HELP MY VOICE TO DISCOVER SOMETHING FURTHER BEYOND THEM." BARRETT LESTER - "WOULD YOU READ US A POEM FROM YOUR BOOK." L.R. BERGER - "SURE. I THINK I'LL READ A POEM THAT ADDRESSES SOME OF WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS ONE OF THE POEMS THAT WAS WRITTEN LATER ON IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARTICULAR BOOK. INTERMEDIARIES. IT CAME OVER ME IN THE ORCHARD. ACRES OF APPLE TREES BLOSSOMING AND I HAVE WALKED INTO THE THICK OF THEM. THERE I ONLY KNOW THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL, THE WAY YOU KNOW ANYTHING FROM A GREAT DISTANCE. ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE ORCHARD IS ONE YOUNG POPULAR DOING WHAT POPLARS DO IN A RISING AND FALLING WIND, QUIVERING AND BEING STILL AGAIN. IT TAKES THAT POPULAR TO DELIVER ME INTO THE LUSCIOUSNESS OF THE ORCHARD. ONCE IN ONE OF THE FAMOUS CHURCHES OF FLORENCE, I FOLLOWED A PATH INTO A SMALL HIDDEN COURTYARD AND STARTLED AN OLD WOMAN IN A KERCHIEF WATERING GERANIUMS. I HAD ONLY HEARD OF THE SPIRIT IN THAT CHURCH THE WAY I HAD FIRST KNOWN THE BEAUTY OF THE ORCHARD. LOOKING AT THE POPLAR I REMEMBERED THIS WOMAN ASKING ME TO FILL HER PAIL WITH WATER AND PASS IT BACK TO HER. AND HOW LATER I ENTERED THE CHURCH. UPON REENTERING IT, BIRDS WERE APPEARING AND DISAPPEARING INTO AND OUT OF THE ORCHARD'S BLOSSOMS. I WANTED TO TELL YOU THIS. THE POPLAR AND THE WOMAN STANDING ON A CHAIR IN HER KERCHIEF TO REACH THE GERANIUMS, THEY DID WHAT THE BIRDS HAVE ALWAYS MANAGED FOR ME." BARRETT LESTER - "BEAUTIFUL." L.R. BERGER - "THANK YOU." BARRETT LESTER - "WHAT ROLE DO YOU THINK POETRY PLAYS IN SOCIETY TODAY?" L.R. BERGER - "ANOTHER HUGE QUESTION." BARRETT LESTER - "HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF WRITING POETRY TODAY?" L.R. BERGER - "I THINK THAT POETRY MAKES POSSIBLE-- AND I THINK THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRUE-- POETRY MAKES POSSIBLE GIVING VOICE TO VOICES THAT ARE SUPPRESSED OR UNHEARD. SO ANY CULTURE HAS A DOMINANT VOICE. POETRY BY ITS NATURE SEEMS TO AFFORD AN ALTERNATIVE VOICE, A SPACE TO INHABIT AND I THINK THAT'S AN ESSENTIAL AND PRECIOUS PURPOSE FOR POETRY." BARRETT LESTER - "ABSOLUTELY. AND I HOPE THIS IS NOT TOO BROAD A QUESTION BUT I'M CURIOUS AS TO YOUR INFLUENCES." L.R. BERGER - "MY INFLUENCES ARE MANY. BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT MY EARLIEST INFLUENCE WAS DICKINSON. AND I CAME UPON DICKINSON IN GRADE SCHOOL THROUGH THE GREAT WISDOM AND CHARITY OF A GRADE SCHOOL TEACHER WHO CAME TO MY DESK AND JUST PUT DOWN. I WAS MUTE AT THE TIME IN SCHOOL. AND JUST PUT DOWN A COUPLE OF VOLUMES OF POETRY, ONE BEING DICKINSON. AS A CHILD YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT DICKINSON IS A VERY DENSE POET TO TAKE IN. BUT OVER THE YEARS SHE'S BEEN A POWERFUL INFLUENCE FOR ME DRILLING INTO HER COMPLEXITY." BARRETT LESTER - "THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH US TODAY." L.R. BERGER - " YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU." |
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Well that's for this edition of our program. On the next New Hampshire Outlook - the first in a series on health insurance reform in the U.S. A look at the high cost of prescrption drugs. What do you do when you have a catastrophic illness? We'll meet one family searching for options. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. A look at the high cost of prescrption drugs. What do you do when you have a catastrophic illness? We'll meet one family searching for options. Join us tonight at 10:00. |
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TRACK 1: AS PRETTY AS THE SNOW MAY BE, IT BRINGS WITH IT EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES AND SKYROCKETING HEATING BILLS. WITHOUT HELP, MANY NEW HAMPSHIRE FAMILIES HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HEATING AND OTHER NECESSITIES LIKE FOOD AND MEDICINCE. BASS SOT: LIHEAP'S BEEN AROUND FOR CLOSE TO 30 YEARS NOW. DEVOLPED AS A RESULT OF THE ENERGY CRISIS. ENERGY COSTS ARE MUCH HIGHER NOW EVEN IN REAL DOLLARS THAN THEY WERE 30 YEARS AGO. ENERGY IS REALLY A NECESSITY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN COLD CLIMATES. TRACK 2: IN WASHINGTON, REPRESENTATIVES JEB BRADLEY AND CHARLIE BASS ARE AMONG A GROUP OF 80 REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE SENT LETTERS TO PRESIDENT BUSH. THEY ASKED FOR IMMEDIATELY RELEASE OF $100 MILLION FOR THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. LIHEAP HELPS LOW-INCOME PEOPLE NATIONWIDE PAY FOR HEAT. $1.45 BILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED BY THE STATES. OF THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS RECEIVED $12 MILLION. BRADLEY SOT: LIHEAP IS GIVEN TO STATES ON A PER CAPITA BASIS, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE QUALIFY AND IT IS DONE ON A GRANT PROVISION AND STATES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGN THE PROGRAM THAT THEY SEE FIT FOR THEM. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE'S CASE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE BENEFIT LEVEL IS A LITTLE BIT GREATER FOR AN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY. IT'S 185% OF POVERTY SO AN INDIVIDULA FAMILY GETS MORE HELP THAT WAY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. TRACK 4: BASS SUGGESTED THAT LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE CONTACT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO APPLY FOR LIHEAP FUNDING. TRACK 5: BUT THE PROBLEM, ACCORDING REPRESENTATIVE BASS, IS THAT FEW NH RESIDENTS ARE APPLYING FOR ASSISTANCE. TO DATE, 9,300 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WHEN. AND IN ORDER FOR THE MONEY TO BE RELEASED BOTH THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND NH RESIDENTS NEED TO SHOW THE FEDERAL GOVERENMENT THAT THE MONEY IS NEEDED. TO FIND OUT IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR LIHEAP CONTACT GOVERNOR CRAIG BENSON'S CONCORD OFFICE AT 271-8817. BASS SOT: THE DEMAND VARIES FROM WEEK TO WEEK DEPENDING ON WHAT THE WEATHER IS. TRACK 7: FOR NH OUTLOOK, I'M KAREN WHELAN IN WASHINGTON. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 02/04/04 22:00 HOST: Mike Nikitas Length: 10:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, winners and losers in the race for the white house. We'll have highlights and analysis. Plus. They're now calling it the Sistine Chapel of the Mayan world. We'll show you the remarkable discovery made by a U-N-H archaeologist in the jungles of Guatemala. And later. we continue our series of interviews with Granite state authors. This time we sit down with R.L. Berger. The biggest round of primaries and caucuses yet took place Tuesday night with voting in seven states. When the results were in, John Kerry emerged as the biggest winner while the field of candidates continued to narrow. Richard Ager has this roundup. So what impact do last nights results have on the race? Reporter Julie Donnelly spoke with political expert Dante Scala at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics to get his take on how things are shaping up as we head for super Tuesday. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager, Julie Donnelly NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Sen. John Kerry\Democratic Presidential Candidate, Sen. John Edwards\Democratic Presidential Candidate, Gen. Wesley Clark\Democratic Presidential Candidate, Sen. Joseph Lieberman\Democratic Presidential Candidate, Rev. Al Sharpton\Democratic Presidential Candidate, Gov. Howard Dean\Democratic Presidential Candidate, Dante Scala \NH Institute of Politics |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 02/04/04 22:00 HOST: Mike Nikitas Length: 8:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, winners and losers in the race for the white house. We'll have highlights and analysis. Plus. They're now calling it the Sistine Chapel of the Mayan world. We'll show you the remarkable discovery made by a U-N-H archaeologist in the jungles of Guatemala. And later. we continue our series of interviews with Granite state authors. This time we sit down with R.L. Berger. Scholars are now beginning to learn from a remarkable discovery in Guatemala made by a University of New Hampshire archaeologist. Bill Saturno found what has been called "The Sistine Chapel" of the early Mayan world -- a 2000 year old mural. His discovery was made with skill and a heavy dose of sheer luck. Our Chip Neal has more. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: William Saturno\Archaeology - UNH |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 02/04/04 22:00 HOST: Mike Nikitas Length: 8:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, winners and losers in the race for the white house. We'll have highlights and analysis. Plus. They're now calling it the Sistine Chapel of the Mayan world. We'll show you the remarkable discovery made by a U-N-H archaeologist in the jungles of Guatemala. And later. we continue our series of interviews with Granite state authors. This time we sit down with R.L. Berger. Scholars are now beginning to learn from a remarkable discovery in Guatemala made by a University of New Hampshire archaeologist. Bill Saturno found what has been called "The Sistine Chapel" of the early Mayan world -- a 2000 year old mural. His discovery was made with skill and a heavy dose of sheer luck. Our Chip Neal has more. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: William Saturno\Archaeology - UNH |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 02/04/04 22:00 HOST: Mike Nikitas Length: 8:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, winners and losers in the race for the white house. We'll have highlights and analysis. Plus. They're now calling it the Sistine Chapel of the Mayan world. We'll show you the remarkable discovery made by a U-N-H archaeologist in the jungles of Guatemala. And later. we continue our series of interviews with Granite state authors. This time we sit down with R.L. Berger. Scholars are now beginning to learn from a remarkable discovery in Guatemala made by a University of New Hampshire archaeologist. Bill Saturno found what has been called "The Sistine Chapel" of the early Mayan world -- a 2000 year old mural. His discovery was made with skill and a heavy dose of sheer luck. Our Chip Neal has more. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: William Saturno\Archaeology - UNH |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 02/04/04 22:00 HOST: Mike Nikitas Length: 9:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, winners and losers in the race for the white house. We'll have highlights and analysis. Plus. They're now calling it the Sistine Chapel of the Mayan world. We'll show you the remarkable discovery made by a U-N-H archaeologist in the jungles of Guatemala. And later. we continue our series of interviews with Granite state authors. This time we sit down with R.L. Berger. Finally tonight, we continue our series of conversations with Granite State authors, who were recently recognized by the New Hampshire Writer's Project 2003 Literary Awards. Producer Barrett Lester sat down with L.R. Berger. She is the co-recipient of the Jane Kenyon Award for Outstanding Book of Poetry for her book The Unexpected Aviary. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Barrett Lester NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: L.R. Berger\Poet, The Unexpected Aviary |
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Many New Hampshire families are working hard to stay warm this winter. Some are struggling to pay their home heating bills. There's a new federal program are struggling to pay their home heating bills during a particularly cold winter REPORTER NAME HERE has more on how New Hampshire congress members are working to keep granite state residents warm. |