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Happiness: There's an app for that  The University of Vermont

Post-Kyoto Climate Governance: Confronting the Politics of Scale, Ideology and Knowledge
Presenter: Asim Zia, Assistant Professor CDAE, UVM and Gund Fellow

In his Gund tea, Asim discusses key findings from his recent research about the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and the transition into a post-Kyoto climate governance regime. He includes analysis from his recently published book, "Post-Kyoto Climate Governance: Confronting the Politics of Scale, Ideology and Knowledge", which is followed by a lively discussion about the current state of international climate policy.

This event is part of the weekly Gund Tea Series, an opportunity for affiliates of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics and the broader University community to engage in robust discussion about topical research, current events, and relevant theory. The Teas host visiting scholars and research associates from around the world, as well as some of the Gund's very own fellows & students.

NC State in negotiations with buyer for 80000-acre Hofmann Forest
News & Observer
College dean Mary Watzin and Brenda Brickhouse, chairman of the board for the Natural Resources Foundation, sent a letter to faculty members and others last week saying they had identified a prospective buyer for the forest, which is valued at between ...

Crowdsourcing in Manhunts Can Work  Scientific American

Go Plant a Tree! 5 Odd Facts About Arbor Day  LiveScience.com

Dave Birkett analyzes and ranks Lions' biggest needs, position by position
Detroit Free Press
On the roster: Receivers Calvin Johnson, Nate Burleson, Ryan Broyles, Mike Thomas, Devin Thomas, Brian Robiskie, Terrence Austin, Troy Burrell, Dominique Curry, Patrick Edwards, Lance Long, Chastin West, Kris Durham. Tight ends Brandon Pettigrew, ...

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S&S Sugar Bush Open House this weekend
Pierce County Herald
RE/MAX associate Jason Stockwell is collaborating with his family's maple syrup company, S & S Sugar Bush, for its annual open house to raise funds for two local charities, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN) and Turningpoint. Talk about it. RE ...

Lions' biggest needs entering NFL draft
Detroit Free Press
On the roster: Receivers Calvin Johnson, Nate Burleson, Ryan Broyles, Mike Thomas, Devin Thomas, Brian Robiskie, Terrence Austin, Troy Burrell, Dominique Curry, Patrick Edwards, Lance Long, Chastin West, Kris Durham. Tight ends Brandon Pettigrew, ...

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Boho Theatre Explores Fantasy and Reality in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, 5/31-6/30  Broadway World

BoHo Theatre will present the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, by John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally, based on the novel by Manuel Puig, as the ...

Scouting the NFL draft: Wide receivers and tight ends
Detroit Free Press
Calvin Johnson, Nate Burleson, Ryan Broyles, Mike Thomas, Devin Thomas, Brian Robiskie, Terrence Austin, Troy Burrell, Dominique Curry, Patrick Edwards, Lance Long, Chastin West, Kris Durham. TEs on the roster. Brandon Pettigrew, Tony Scheffler, ...

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Videocabaret's THE WAR OF 1812 Continues at Young Centre, April 9  Broadway World

The video and slides from Jen Stamp's RACC seminar are now available.

The following topics were presented:
Vermont adaptation strategies,
EPA Regional Monitoring Networks,
Indicator analysis & freshwater biological traits database (macroinvertebrates)

Seven Days
A New Climate-Health Program Readies Vermont for Global Warming Ills
Seven Days
How will warmer temps transform Vermont? A report compiled for Gov. Peter Shumlin's climate-change team paints a grim picture. The report's author, NASA-funded atmospheric researcher Alan Betts of Pittsford, notes that since 1970 the average ...

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Impact of deregulation low: S&P
Taipei Times
We believe this relates to their difference in bargaining power versus their Chinese counterparts,” UBS Securities analyst Kelvin Chu (朱曉暐) said in a note on Monday last week. While relaxed regulations would encourage strategic partnerships between ...

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OZOMATLI Performs at Pasadena Playhouse Tonight  Broadway World

Photos from the 2013 CWDD Symposium on April 4th, 2013 are not posted on Facebook.

Record attendance capped off the research year at the VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development and Diversity (CWDD) 5th annual Student Research Symposium on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at the DoubleTree Hotel in South Burlington, VT.

This winter in Pittsford was again warm. Very few days had minimum temperatures below -10F. Periods of cold and snowy weather alternated with thaws that melted the snow.

In winter, cold air temperatures freeze the water in the first foot or two of soil. The deep soil temperature stays near 45F, much warmer than the air in winter. When snow cover insulates the ground from the frigid air above, the upward flow of heat from the deep soil can start melting the frozen soil from below. This happened more than once last winter.

I keep track of how long my garden soil is frozen by taking a shovel to my rye cover crop. To my surprise, I was digging again this year on March 11, the same date as last year when the winter was exceptionally warm. This year the unbroken period of frozen soil lasted a remarkably short 55 days, a new record. By March 24, I had turned over all my cover crop and was ready for spring — but until this past week, it was still too cold to plant!

Math pattern analysis shows Twitter users happier the farther they are from home  Phys.org

Record attendance capped off the research year at the VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development and Diversity (CWDD) 5th annual Student Research Symposium on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at the DoubleTree Hotel in South Burlington, VT.

Over 150 persons attended the symposium which featured 36 high school students representing 12 Vermont school districts, and 3 districts outside Vermont including from as far away as Puerto Rico, in addition to 38 undergraduate students from six Vermont colleges including the Community College of Vermont, and two universities in Puerto Rico. All of these students conducted research as a part of the Research on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin: New Understanding through Complex Systems (RACC) program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).