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1:20 am
Thu June 13, 2013

Stolen Civil War Sword on its Way Back to Brown University

A Civil War sword stolen from a Brown University collection in 1977 is on its way home.
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Nearly 30 years after it disappeared from the university’s collection, a federal judge in Virginia has ruled that the Civil War sword must be returned to Brown.

The sword belonging to Col. Rush Hawking was reported stolen back in 1977.

The ruling tracks the sword’s journey over the decades through at least four private collections.

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Education
8:45 am
Fri June 7, 2013

SVF Foundation Works to Preserve Endangered Livestock Breeds in Newport

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SVF works to preserve 30-40 types of heritage livestock considered in endangered.
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A llama stands guard over a flock of goats. SVF uses llamas to protect against predators like coyotes, and SVF officials say they have not lost a single animal to predators since they introduced the llamas.
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Heritage breeds need plenty of fresh air and exercise.
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A Tennessee Myotonic or fainting goat. Chip is the first frozen embryo brought to term at SVF and has become a mascot of sorts for the foundation.
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Feeding time at SVF.
All the barns at SVF are open sided to ensure good ventilation.
This surrogate mother cares for her lambs as though they were her own.
These lambs were once frozen embryos from the SVF repository.
SVF Lab director Dorothy Roof.
Stainless steel canister where genetic material is stored in liquid nitrogen.
Goblets that hold the samples.
Arapawa goats in the pasture, one of the most critically endangered breeds at SVF.
More goats in the pasture.
A lone goat.
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On Saturday Rhode Islanders have a rare opportunity to visit the Swiss Village Foundation in Newport. It’s an organization working to preserve heritage livestock breeds in collaboration with Tufts University. The site opens its doors to the general public just once a year because of concerns about microbes that could hurt the animals living there.

Rhode Island Public Radio’s Education Reporter Elisabeth Harrison arranged special tour to take you inside the foundation’s bucolic campus.

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Education
8:08 am
Fri June 7, 2013

Two Year Contract Renewal for Gist

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RI Board of Education Chair Eva Marie Mancuso and Commissioner Debora Gist listen to public testimony before the vote on her contract.
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After hours of deliberation … and discussion with Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist … the state's education board approved a new 2-year contract for Gist. The vote was 7 -3 with one abstention. Rhode Island Public Radio's Catherine Welch was there and has this report.

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Education
9:03 am
Thu June 6, 2013

Gist on the Bumpy Road to NECAP: This Will Get Better

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State Education Commissioner Deborah Gist's contract is up on Friday.
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The Rhode Island Board of Education is expected to vote tonight on a contract extension for State Education Commissioner Deborah Gist. She’s been weathering heavy criticism over the last few months from some parents, students and teachers, who complain that she ignores their concerns about all of the changes happening in Rhode Island public schools. One of the most controversial issues has been a new policy of standardized testing as a requirement for a high school diploma.

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