Building Vermonters' credit

Vermont’s CASH Coalition, which helps low-income people build assets, is expanding outreach activities to include more Free Credit Report Review Days, free tax preparation, and Earned Income Tax Credit advice.Consumer credit - Vermont ; Credit counseling ; Tax credits - Vermont

The CTA Sensitivity to Lorentz-Violating Effects on the Gamma-Ray Horizon

The arrival of TeV-energy photons from distant galaxies is expected to be affected by their QED interaction with intergalactic radiation fields through electron-positron pair production. In theories where high-energy photons violate Lorentz symmetry, the kinematics of the process $\gamma + \gamma\rightarrow e^+ + e^-$ is altered and the cross-section suppressed. Consequently, one would expect more of the highest-energy photons to arrive if QED is modified by Lorentz violation than if it is not. We estimate the sensitivity of Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to changes in the $\gamma$-ray horizon of the Universe due to Lorentz violation, and find that it should be competitive with other leading constraints.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figures, typos corrected + references added, results unchanged. Matches version accepted by JCA

HiRES airborne geophysical surveys in the UK: the Anglesey magnetic perspective

This paper provides a comparison of vintage, UK national scale aeromagnetic data and modern, high resolution airborne data using a case study across the island of Anglesey, NW Wales. Deeper responses associated with magnetic basement are masked by a near-surface Palaeogene dyke swarm. In order to extract shallow and deeper basement features both data sets are processed in a consistent manner using azimuthal and spectral filtering procedures. A joint assessment is then carried out on the resolution capabilities of both data sets using established edge and depth location methodologies

My Dream Girl

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Alcohol assessment and feedback by email for university students: main findings from a randomised controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: Brief interventions can be efficacious in changing alcohol consumption and increasingly take advantage of the internet to reach high-risk populations such as students. AIMS: To evaluate the effectiveness of a brief online intervention, controlling for the possible effects of the research process. METHOD: A three-arm parallel groups design was used to explore the magnitude of the feedback and assessment component effects. The three groups were: alcohol assessment and feedback (group 1); alcohol assessment only without feedback (group 2); and no contact, and thus neither assessment nor feedback (group 3). Outcomes were evaluated after 3 months via an invitation to participate in a brief cross-sectional lifestyle survey. The study was undertaken in two universities randomising the email addresses of all 14 910 students (the AMADEUS-1 study, trial registration: ISRCTN28328154). RESULTS: Overall, 52% (n = 7809) of students completed follow-up, with small differences in attrition between the three groups. For each of the two primary outcomes, there was one statistically significant difference between groups, with group 1 having 3.7% fewer risky drinkers at follow-up than group 3 (P = 0.006) and group 2 scoring 0.16 points lower than group 3 on the three alcohol consumption questions from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C) (P = 0.039). CONCLUSIONS: This study provides some evidence of population-level benefit attained through intervening with individual students

Grasslands of the World

An introduction to the Grasslands of the World, detailing their importance, explorer\u27s impressions, and human interaction with nature. The Masai [sic] are also a nomadic people whose principal interest and sole wealth are in cattle and goats