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	<title>Peter's Soapbox &#187; Politics</title>
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	<description>Aikido, comics, eating well, information security, open source, mountain biking, and caffeine - this blog has everything!</description>
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		<title>School Choice and Consolidation in Vermont</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/03/07/school-choice-and-consolidation-in-vermont/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/03/07/school-choice-and-consolidation-in-vermont/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bethel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the Vermont Yankee debate has died down, the current hot topic before Vermont&#8217;s state government is school choice. Here&#8217;s what I think on this.
The education system in this state is a joke. As a graduate (Whitcomb High School class of 1990), former employee (Teacher &#8211; Computer Technology, Randolph Area Vocational Center, 1993-1994) , [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bethel Votes to Withdraw from Windsor Northwest Supervisory Union</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/03/06/bethel-votes-to-withdraw-from-windsor-northwest-supervisory-union/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/03/06/bethel-votes-to-withdraw-from-windsor-northwest-supervisory-union/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bethel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a summary of the highlights of this week&#8217;s school budget meeting:

The chair of the school board announced that the superintendent has been put on administrative leave.
The school board asked if the taxpayers would borrow $480,000 to pay back, over a period of three years, the debt that has been accumulated.
Townspeople attempted to get details [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bethel Town Office: Still Can&#8217;t Get Through</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/01/27/bethel-town-office-still-cant-get-through/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/01/27/bethel-town-office-still-cant-get-through/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bethel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=905</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Four years later, the song remains the same.
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		<title>Public Education</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/08/31/public-education/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/08/31/public-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A client of mine, who really feels more like a colleague on most days, just sent this little gem which pretty much sums up the state of public education in this country today. Take a listen and tell me what you think.
School Answering Machine Message
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Useful and Fun Bash Prompt Tweaking</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/05/13/useful-and-fun-bash-prompt-tweaking/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/05/13/useful-and-fun-bash-prompt-tweaking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 21:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Techspeak]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine gave me the following code, which he pulled off of http://serverfault.com. The site&#8217;s still in beta, and I don&#8217;t have an account there so I can&#8217;t actually get the full source URL, but here&#8217;s the code:
RESET="\[\017\]"
NORMAL="\[\033[0m\]"
RED="\[\033[31;1m\]"
YELLOW="\[\033[33;1m\]"
WHITE="\[\033[37;1m\]"
SMILEY="${WHITE}:)${NORMAL}"
ANGRY="${RED}:(${NORMAL}"
SELECT="if [ \$? = 0 ]; then echo \"${SMILEY}\"; else echo \"${ANGRY}\"; fi"
PS1="${RESET}[\u@\h]: \w \`${SELECT}\` ${YELLOW}${NORMAL}\$ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scam Alert of the Day (Or How Not to Try to Scam People)</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/11/13/scam-alert-of-the-day-or-how-not-to-try-to-scam-people/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/11/13/scam-alert-of-the-day-or-how-not-to-try-to-scam-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Techspeak]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got this email this morning, to our technical support mailbox:
Thu Nov 13 09:51:09 2008     billy_biros2003@cantv.net
Subject:     Pls, I need your kind urgent attention!
Date:     Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:20:11 -0430
To:     billy_biros2003@cantv.net
From:     "billy_biros2003@cantv.net" &#60;billy_biros2003@cantv.net&#62;
Dear ,
Pls, I need your kind urgent attention!
I am reaching you with faith after covering your information from reliable source on net. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Fresh Ubuntu, Fiber Optics, and Divorce</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/10/10/on-fresh-ubuntu-fiber-optics-and-divorce/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/10/10/on-fresh-ubuntu-fiber-optics-and-divorce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bethel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ManPageMinute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Techspeak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community fiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ECFiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiber optics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fresh ubuntu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gnsa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[man page minute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[separation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay all, I&#8217;ve been silent for far too long, and I figured it was time to come out with some official statements for the benefit of the (albeit small) community that has formed around the Fresh Ubuntu podcast, and also for my other friends whom I haven&#8217;t had a chance to touch base with on [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bethel Signs on to EC Fiber</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/05/08/bethel-signs-on-to-ec-fiber/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/05/08/bethel-signs-on-to-ec-fiber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 21:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bethel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Techspeak]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=202</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From this week&#8217;s Select Board Meeting Minutes:
With respect to the Town joining with others through the ECFiber Interlocal Contract to develop and implement a communications system, Chairman Fox stated that the Town appears to be in receipt of sufficient legal advice to confirm that the draft Interlocal Contract for formation of “ECFiber” should now be [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>gAIM -&gt; Pidgin -&gt; Funpidgin -&gt; Carrier?</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/05/07/gaim-pidgin-funpidgin-carrier/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/05/07/gaim-pidgin-funpidgin-carrier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Techspeak]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a little program out there known as Pidgin, which is an open-source messaging project formerly known as gAIM. It supports communications with all of the popular chat platforms out there, like AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, and Jabber. I have been using it for years and love it.
However, there [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>ECFiber/VTA Editorial in Today&#8217;s Valley News</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/29/ecfibervta-editorial-in-todays-valley-news/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/29/ecfibervta-editorial-in-todays-valley-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bethel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Techspeak]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[See this editorial in today&#8217;s Valley News for a pretty good summary of the state of ECFiber with respect to the VTA.
]]></description>
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