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Vouchers still vouchers by any other name
mySanAntonio.com
... a system of education that is good for all of our children or one that is good for a only a few? The answer to that question at a policy level will determine the future of our community and our state. Brian Woods is superintendent of the Northside ...

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Lawmakers eye ban on powdered alcohol
San Antonio Express-News
Alaska, Delaware, Louisiana, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia have outlawed powdered alcohol, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Maryland became the latest when its comptroller announced a voluntary ban this week as part ...

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Greene: GIV Budget Cuts
Vermont Public Radio
Executive Director, Karen Taylor Mitchell says that “GIV is committed to recruiting the most under-served students in the state: it serves foster kids, migrant workers' kids, kids who've survived trauma, Asberger's or ADHD sufferers, the bullied and ...

VT weighs turbo-charge from Hydro-Québec  Burlington Free Press

VT weighs turbo-charge from Hydro-Québec  Burlington Free Press

An Alternative History of The Nation  Reason

The Nation is turning 150. The left-wing weekly won't have its actual birthday until July 6, but it released its anniversary issue this week—a 268-page mammoth ...

An Alternative History of The Nation - Hit & Run : Reason.com  Reason

The lost libertarian leanings of a long lived leftist magazine.

Terasem Foundation Aims to Explain Its Cyberconscious Mission  Seven Days

Impressive Pak Day parade held after seven years  The News International

Impressive Pak Day parade held after seven years  The News International

ISLAMABAD: A highly impressive joint military parade by the armed forces took place here on Monday after a gap of seven years to commemorate the historic ...

Another successful Symposium. Thanks to the over 200 participants who made it all possible.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell joined Senator Pat Leahy at the Leahy Center Environmental Summit Friday, March 20.

Both addressed the about 150 regional environmental leaders including Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux of the Vermont EPSCoR RACC team, Jewell as keynote, then spent time inside the science center.

A whole group meeting of consortium members from Delaware, Rhode Island and Vermont meet in person to conduct their second annual meeting on the University of Delaware campus on March 23, 2015. The meeting was held in Townsend Hall, location of the NEWRnet social dimensions class taught by Dr. Kent Messer, to graduate students in DE, RI and VT via video-conference. Over 38 NEWRnet members from all three states attended in person along with several members participating remotely by video-conference due to travel constraints. Also attending were External Advisory Committee (EAC) members, Drs. Sidney McNairy and Stephen Swallow. The day-long meeting provided an opportunity for small group breakout sessions on the sensors network, social dimensions, data management and external engagement combined with whole group discussion and integration of groups. An Executive Committee Meeting was also held to discuss recent AAAS recommendations and next steps which Dr. Dan Leathers, PD from DE, presented for discussion to the whole group. Finally, a very productive whole group discussion on next steps moving forward concluded the very useful meeting. Thanks to DE EPSCoR for hosting such a well organized day!

Trevor Gearhart, RACC Graduate Research Assistant, Patrick Clemins, VT EPSCoR Cyber Specialist, Lindsay Wieland, Director, VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development and Diversity (CWDD) at Saint Michael's College and Lillian Gamache, Project Coordinator, visited legislators at the Vermont Statehouse on Friday, March 20, 2015 to share recent news and provide information about VT EPSCoR's impact across the state. Many legislators stopped by to learn about the high school outreach program, the research and cyber-infrastructure improvements that VT EPSCoR has invested in partnership with numerous stakeholders and aligned with state priorities. Several legislators were aware of recent testimony provided by RACC members to policy and decision makers during a February House Committee meeting.

We present evidence of increasing persistence in daily precipitation in the northeastern United States that suggests that global circulation changes are affecting regional precipitation patterns. Meteorological data from 222 stations in 10 northeastern states are analyzed using Markov chain parameter estimates to demonstrate that a significant mode of precipitation variability is the persistence of precipitation events. We find that the largest region-wide trend in wet persistence (i.e., the probability of precipitation in 1 day and given precipitation in the preceding day) occurs in June (+0.9% probability per decade over all stations). We also find that the study region is experiencing an increase in the magnitude of high-intensity precipitation events. The largest increases in the 95th percentile of daily precipitation occurred in April with a trend of +0.7 mm/d/decade. We discuss the implications of the observed precipitation signals for watershed hydrology and flood risk.

Our analyses suggest that most of CMIP5 ensembles fail to capture both the trends and variability observed in historical precipitation when run in hindcast. This raises concerns of using such products in driving hydrologic models for the purpose of obtaining reliable runoff projections that can aid researchers in regional planning. A subset of five climate models among the CMIP5 ensembles have shown statistically significant trends in precipitation, but the magnitude of these trends is not adequately representative of those seen in observed annual precipitation. Adjusted precipitation forecasts project a streamflow regime described by an increase of about 30% in seven-day maximum flow, a four days increase in flooded days, a three orders of magnitude increase in base flow index, and a 60% increase in runoff predictability (Colwell index).

Understanding Daily Climate at Northern Latitudes
Dr. Alan K. Betts
Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, VT 05763
akbetts@aol.com
http://alanbetts.com
Lyndon State
March 23, 2015

The News International
Impressive Pak Day parade held after seven years
The News International
Next to enter the arena were the formations of Mirage and F-7P aircraft under the command of Wing Commander Mushfiqur Rehman and Wing Commander Asim Zia respectively. Besides the fighter aircraft, airborne surveillance platforms of the PAF also ...

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Daily Times
Air Chief Sohail Aman leads fly-past at Pakistan Day parade
Daily Times
Next to enter the arena were the formations of Mirage and F-7P aircrafts under the command of Wing Commander Mushfiqur Rehman and Wing Commander Asim Zia respectively. Besides the fighter aircraft, airborne surveillance platforms of the PAF also ...
Air Chief leads fly-past on Pakistan Day ParadeBusiness Recorder (press release) (blog)

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Pakistan Today
Air chief leads fly-past on Pakistan Day Parade
Pakistan Today
Next to enter the arena were the formations of Mirage and F-7P aircraft under the command of Wing Commander Mushfiqur Rehman and Wing Commander Asim Zia, respectively. Besides the fighter aircraft, Air Borne Surveillance platforms of the PAF also ...

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