Thousands of Vermont residents lost power Monday after a freezing rain storm downed trees and power lines. The damage occurred primarily in Windham County and the outage was confined to Central Vermont Public Service customers. "The amount of tree and ice damage in that area is absolutely astonishing," said Christine Rivers, a CVPS spokeswoman. The extended power outage is proving to be especially problematic in the face of this week's low temperatures. At least 225 households were still without power as of Wednesday at 5 p.m., according to Anne Skrocki, a Duty Officer for Vermont Emergency Management.
Andrew Bernard, senior associate director of the Center for International Business at the Tuck School of Business was appointed as independent director on the National Stock Exchange's Board of Directors on Wednesday. Bernard, who is also professor of international economics at Tuck, has been at Dartmouth since 1999 and is a widely known economist. His research has been featured in top academic journals and throughout the media. Dennis Cuneo, former Senior Vice President of Toyota Motor North America Bernard, will serve as a second independent director on the NSX's Board of Directors. "We are at a significant juncture in this Exchange's history, amid a backdrop of a dramatically changing industry," said Joseph Rizzello, NSX CEO and Chairman of the Board of NSX Holdings in a press release. "The addition of these distinguished Directors to NSX's Board is a tremendous asset as we enter this new era."
Researchers at Dartmouth Medical School have found that taking calcium supplements over the course of four years can offer protection against colorectal polyps that may lead to cancer long after intake of supplements has stopped. Dr. John A. Baron and Dr. Maria Grau are the authors of the study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. This study is a follow-up to the Calcium Polyp Prevention Study, which included 822 of 930 original study subjects. It reports that 31.5 percent of patients who ended the calcium supplementation five years ago developed new polyps, whereas 43.2 percent of the patients who did not take calcium developed new polyps. "It really does look like calcium interferes with carcinogenesis in the large bowel," Dr. Baron told medical website WebMD. "The fact that this reduction in risk persisted for years after people stopped taking calcium is really amazing."
