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| Cell phones not just dangerous while driving | Two tragic cases in the news this week have been linked to workers who were on their cell phones while on the clock. The death of an autistic man left in a sweltering van in Bucks County and a fatal Duck Boat accident on the Delaware River last summer have both been tied to inattentive workers… |
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| ‘Why Iowa?’ explains state’s key role in nomination process | The jab at Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses is a running joke among politicians who dismiss the event as hokey or inconsequential. But the dig is a bit off-base, according to a new book by the University of Iowa’s Caroline Tolbert and fellow political scientists David Redlawsk of Rutgers… |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø's Shannon Point Marine Center approved for $400,000 NSF grant | |||
| More Than Money | The rhetorical volleys exchanged in the battles over collective bargaining in such states as Ohio and Wisconsin have aimed straight for the gut. When governors and legislators have proposed bills to strip the collective bargaining rights of public employees -- a group that in those and other… |
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| The Great Hang Up: Clown? What clown? | How much do you miss right in front of you when you're using your cell phone? It turns out you might even miss a spectacle. In a groundbreaking study out of Western Washington University, researchers wanted to see how distracting a cell phone can be with the help of a clown on a unicycle.… |
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| Group to study border wait times | The Border Policy Research Institute (BPRI) at Western Washington University has received $49,000 in funding to conduct field research on wait times and lane reconfiguration at the border. |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø's Urban Transition Studio to Show Presentation on Transit-Oriented Communities March 8 at City Hall | |||
| Studying wait times at modified truck fast lane | Western Washington University has received $49,000 to conduct field research on wait times and lane reconfiguration at the U.S.-Canada border; the university's Border Policy and Research Institute will collect and analyze data on wait times as part of a pilot to examine alternative use of… |
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| Does Zone Pilates Work? | Though there are currently no available studies that focus specifically on zone Pilates, a study from Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida, showed that Pilates mat exercises improve upper and lower body flexibility and lower back and abdominal muscle endurance. Another study from Western… |
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