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Wasowicz said she thinks this is a statewide issue, so she doesn’t think there’s much MU alone can do to assert authority regarding crosswalks.
In 2014, 198 distracted-driving crashes in Boone County were reported to the Missouri State Highway Patrol and about 47 percent resulted in injuries.
In an effort to curb distracted-driving, Rep. Michele Kratky, D-St. Louis, introduced House Bill 27 this month to the Missouri House of Representatives. The bill would prohibit drivers of non-commercial vehicles from texting while driving in Missouri, with the exception of voice-recognition hands-free texting. A hearin...
Wasowicz said she thinks today’s society’s constant need to multitask is attributing to pedestrian-vehicle accidents.
“I’ve seen it countless times, even within the last two days, where people are just going through campus, and they’ve clearly got their phone in their hand, and they think that it’s fine,” she said.
Boone County Northern Commissioner Janet Thompson said while distracted driving is a major issue, distracted walking is also a frequent factor in these types of accidents.
Fourth Ward Councilman Ian Thomas is a co-founder of Columbia’s PedNet Coalition, an advocacy group that promotes active transportation and now works for advocacy group America Walks.
“Not only were three pedestrians struck on Thursday and one of them died, but there have been three pedestrian deaths in the last three months,” Thomas said.
Coincidently, on Jan. 22, when the three pedestrians were struck, Secretary for Transportation Anthony Foxx launched the “Mayor’s Challenge for Safer People and Safer Streets,” which focuses on improving pedestrian and bicycle safety, according to a U.S. Department of Transportation news release.
Despite recent accidents, in the past five years, the amount of pedestrian-related crashes has decreased by about 26.4 percent from the previous five years. There have been about 21.5 percent less injuries and 33 percent less fatalities.
Thompson said because students are used to having cars stop for them to cross, they’re not as aware of traffic in non-university situations as they should be.
“We as a community, as everybody who is involved in getting from one place to the other, should be more aware of our surroundings,” she said.
Though Wasowicz said she wasn’t walking in violation of the crosswalk, she understands that many do. She said she wishes others would understand that it isn’t worth it in the long run.
Wasowicz also said there’s a mentality on campus that only freshmen look both ways before crossing the street.
Keeping eyes on the road can save lives, Thompson said.
“If you have a distracted driver and you have a distracted pedestrian, that’s a bad combination and sometimes a lethal combination,” she said.
Stonehenge — the world’s most famous prehistoric monument — may have started as a giant burial ground for the stone age elite as early as around 3,000 BC, a new study has found.
London: Stonehenge — the world’s most famous prehistoric monument — may have started as a giant burial ground for the stone age elite as early as around 3,000 BC, a new study has found.
Researchers led by archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson excavated more than 50,000 cremated bone fragments, of 63 individuals buried at Stonehenge. Pearson, who has been working at the site and on nearby monuments for decades, believes the earliest burials long predate the monument in its current form, ‘The Guardian’ repo...
London: Comet Pan-Starrs, which is making a rare visit to the inner solar system this week, and will fly past the sun, could pose danger to the eyes of astronomers. The comet also known as C/2011 L4 will not be seen on earth again until the year 112,000.
Experts have warned that amateur astronomers should not try to see it. Rev Kate Kay of Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth said the comet is going around the sun, and there is always a danger that if people try to look at it when it is near the sun, their eyes could get damaged.
New York: Archaeologists have unearthed 20 Stone-Age skeletons, dating between 8,000 and 4,200 years ago, around a rock shelter in Libya’s Sahara desert.The burials spanned thousands of years, suggesting the place was a persistent cemetery for the local people, researchers said.
“It must have been a place of memory. People throughout time have kept it, and they have buried their people, over and over, generation after generation,” said study co-author Mary Anne Tafuri, an archaeologist at the University of Cambridge.
New York: Capuchin monkeys judge the social interactions of others and hold biases against individuals behaving selfishly. Study investigated how monkeys in captivity reacted to different third-party social interactions.
In one study, capuchins watched two actors engage in reciprocity exchanges, in which one actor handed over several balls to another, who then either reciprocated or selfishly kept all the balls.
The second study involved a similar setup, but this time one actor helped or refused to help another actor who was struggling to open a container.
When it comes to trash, Emmaus officials are hoping residents will put a lid on it.
The borough doesn’t require residents or businesses to put their trash in a garbage can. Some people simply put their garbage in bags out on the street throughout the course of the week, said borough Manager Shane Pepe.
That could change if council members adopt a new ordinance that would require people to put their trash in cans. The ordinance would go into effect one year from adoption and would allow containers up to 50 gallons. There are no minimum requirements.
“The reason why we’re looking to have containers for garbage is because of beautification, eliminating torn bags or rodent access to them, and it’s more efficient for a hauler to pick up one container than what you’re currently seeing here,” said Councilman Jeff Shubzda.
The proposed ordinance would also require people to flatten any corrugated cardboard they put out for recycling.
Putting plastic trash bags on the street is a regular practice in Emmaus. Fernando Cardenas, the owner of Lifestyle Barbershop on Main Street in Emmaus, said he was thinking about the bin issue last week, when he brought the newly opened business’ garbage bags to the curb. He has another location in Easton, where there...
“It would be more sanitary and easier [if the borough required bins],” he said.
In a survey that went out last year, 58 percent of residents said the borough should mandate trash cans, officials said.
Chad Balliet, the owner of South Mountain Cycle and Cafe on Chestnut Street, puts his garbage out in trash cans. Trash bins can keep animals out of garbage and cut down on odors and bugs. They add to curb appeal, he said.
Borough officials decided to review their trash ordinance after they received a letter from the state Department of Environmental Protection in May 2018. The DEP wrote to tell the borough it wasn’t eligible for a roughly $110,000 grant for recycling containers because the ordinance wasn’t in line with state laws.
Pepe said the borough was compliant with the laws, which require things like monthly curbside recycling collection and recycling at community events. They just weren’t codified in the borough’s ordinance.
Emmaus last year hired Whitetail Disposal of Perkiomenville for their trash and recycling services. Their formal waste hauler, J.P. Mascaro, came under fire after Emmaus residents reported trash collectors throwing recyclables in the garbage. The borough fined Mascaro more than $4,000.
The Deep River Congregational Church, 1 Church Street, Deep River, has been preparing for its Annual Flea Market and Rummage Sale which will be held on Aug. 20, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. on Marvin Field and on the grounds around the church, runs from 8:30 a.m. – 3: p.m. with over 80 vendors, who bring a wide variety of items to...
Buyers aren’t liars; they often just don’t know what they want until they see it.
The very first time I heard the expression “buyers are liars” was shortly after I started working as Realtor. I was annoyingly surprised that someone would actually say that. So cynical. Buyers aren’t liars, they just know what they like — or so I thought.
Virginia Tech’s Buzz Williams made one of the softest moves I’ve ever seen from a basketball coach Monday night against Duke.
Duke Star Grayson Allen was at the free throw line near the end of the game when Va. Tech fans broke out into “bullsh*t” chants.
Seems very reasonable given the stakes of a major game against Duke. Well, Williams never got the memo because he grabbed the microphone and told the students to stop cussing.
What is Williams thinking here? Rule number one of playing at home is that the fans have to be ruthless. It should be like a war zone in that arena. I want the road team to be on the edge from the moment they roll into town until they load up the busses to leave.
What I certainly don’t want is my head coach telling the fans to shut up and stop cussing. Give me a break. Those fans have probably been drinking since noon in anticipation for this game. They’ve been thinking about it for the past week, and they showed up with some energy.
What’s not to love about that? Williams should have grabbed the microphone and whipped the crowd into a frenzy. He should have told them to crank things up a few more levels.
It’s such a soft move that it’s almost emasculating for Williams. I would be embarrassed if Bo Ryan ever grabbed the microphone while I was at Wisconsin and told us to calm down. I guess that’s just the difference between coaches who dominate and coaches who win just enough to get by. Either live with a championship me...
Loveland resident Taylor Summer knows missing the bus can be a costly mistake.
Running just a few minutes behind schedule will leave her stuck at a bus stop for a full 60 minutes, the time it takes for the next bus to arrive.
As Loveland's transit system begins to feel the effects of a nearly 15 percent jump in population over the past six years, city leaders are looking to rework its service to help alleviate congestion and provide more reliable transportation.
The city's plan is twofold: Revamp paratransit service in an effort to save costs and free up staff and then use that savings to add a commuter route on one of Loveland's major thoroughfares starting in 2018.
"Our system was kind of at a breaking point," Public Works spokeswoman Jodi Lessman said. "It was either look outside the box or look at more buses to provide more services."
City of Loveland Transit, or COLT, now has three bus routes that operate six days per week, with buses arriving at each stop once per hour. For comparison, Fort Collins' Transfort has 20 routes, operates seven days a week and includes the MAX line, which arrives about every 10 minutes.
The proposed plan for COLT would mark the first time the city has attempted to use transit as a tool to ease traffic congestion, Lessman said, adding that congestion has been particularly bad along U.S. Highway 34 with the city's recent growth.
The hope is that a commuter route along U.S. 34 with greater frequency will reduce traffic along the arterial, Lessman said.
One proposed route would run east and west on U.S. 34 from near Wilson Avenue to the Centerra shopping center east of Interstate 25. Another possible route would run north and south along U.S. Highway 287. The city will choose between the two.
Before either route can be established, COLT must first rework its paratransit service. To save costs and staff, the city of Loveland is working to join a contract between the city of Fort Collins and Shamrock Taxi. Under that contract, Fort Collins pays the taxi company to operate its paratransit service.
That contract could save the city of Loveland about $70,000 per year as it would no longer need to pay drivers with commercial driver's licenses to operate paratransit service. Those drivers would then be free to help staff the new commuter route.
Adding Loveland to the contract would not cost Fort Collins any additional money, said Craig Dubin, Transfort's communications and administration manager.
Between 2013 and 2016, Loveland saw a 71 percent increase in paratransit riders who used the service more than 100 times per year and a 52 percent increase in trips booked by people with disabilities.
"We have the potential to provide better coverage (with the contract with Shamrock Taxi)," Lessman said. "Right now we're having to deny seniors rides, mainly on Friday and Saturday, because we do not have the capacity with drivers and buses."
COLT hopes to launch the new commuter route in the first quarter of 2018 and is evaluating which route would be the most popular among residents, Lessman said.
"(There's a) desperate need for both," Kelli Wesaw said about the route options on Facebook. "I work on (U.S.) 34, I don't have a vehicle right now."
The goal is for buses along the new commuter route to arrive every 30 minutes, a welcome possibility for riders.
"The timing would be a lot better," Summer said. "It would mean I'm less likely to be late for appointments."
The commuter route would likely operate during the same hours as the city's existing bus routes — 6:48 a.m. to 6:40 p.m. weekdays and 8:48 a.m. to 5:40 p.m. Saturdays.
Fort Collins City Council has to approve Loveland's request to join its contract with Shamrock Taxi.
The matter is not currently scheduled for a vote, Dubin said. Transfort hopes to have it on the City Council agenda in December or early January.
Coloradoan reporter Alicia Stice covers breaking news and transportation. Email her at astice@coloradoan.com or follow her on Twitter at @AliciaStice.
City of Loveland Transit, or COLT, is exploring two potential commuter routes, beginning in 2018.
One option would run east and west on U.S. Highway 34, from about Wilson Avenue to the Centerra shopping center east of Interstate 25.
The second option would run north and south along U.S. Highway 287.
Buses would run every 30 minutes.
The routes would likely operate from 6:48 a.m. to 6:40 p.m. weekdays and 8:48 a.m. to 5:40 p.m. Saturdays.
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Londoners are the most miserable at work, says a survey by HireScores, a recruitment agency-scoring website. Over 70 per cent of the capital's workers are already thinking about getting a new job from day one, while only 11 per cent of employees in the south west are unhappy in their jobs.
Depressingly, only 10 per cent of all survey respondents believe their manager would try to keep them if they were to resign, while 21 per cent think their managers would simply set about organising their leaving do.
In a separate report, communications consultancy CHA's "Worthwhile Work" also found south-westerners more content than their London counterparts, who hanker after more meaningful roles that have a positive impact on society.
So what is it about London? HireScores' managing director, Lisette Howlett, speculates that job insecurity and the high cost of living contribute to a feeling of dissatisfaction among London workers, while the relaxed lifestyle of Devon, Bristol and the south west makes for a more positive workforce.
Yet UK earnings are high and jobs are plentiful: labour market figures show employment at its highest level since records began in 1971, average earnings have increased and vacancies are at a record high.
So what makes us happy at work?
But Brits are nothing if not contradictory: while the index puts competitive salary at the bottom of the happiness-factor list, it's the second biggest reason for being unhappy at work. There's no pleasing some people.
For some tips on how to be one of the UK's best companies to work for check out the special awards in the annual Best Companies list.
LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) Attorneys for a death row inmate from North Texas who shot to death a city employee who was taking photos of junk piled up at his family’s property say their client is delusional and should not be executed because of his mental illness.
Adam Ward insists he was defending himself 11 years ago when he killed code enforcement officer Michael Walker outside the Ward family home in Commerce, about 65 miles northeast of Dallas. Ward, 33, is set for execution Tuesday evening in Huntsville.
Ward’s lead trial attorney and court documents describe him as delusional.
In a videotaped statement to police following his arrest, Ward said he believed Commerce officials long conspired against him and his father, described in court filings as a hoarder who had been in conflict with the city for years. Evidence showed the Ward family had been cited numerous times for violating housing and ...
Ward’s attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution, renewing arguments that he is severely mentally ill and contending that his execution would be unconstitutional because of evolving sentiment against executing the mentally ill. The high court has ruled that mentally impaired people, generally de...
State lawyers, who said evidence showed Ward’s IQ as high as 123, said courts have not exempted mentally ill offenders from the death penalty and disputed Ward’s arguments about changing attitudes regarding capital punishment of the mentally ill. The Supreme Court has held that mentally ill prisoners may be executed if...
Evidence of Ward’s delusions, paranoia and bipolar disorder was presented at his 2007 trial and resurfaced in earlier unsuccessful appeals. The Supreme Court last October refused to review Ward’s case.
Witnesses said Walker was taking pictures from the perimeter of the Ward property on June 13, 2005, when they got into an argument. Ward, who had been washing his car, sprayed the city worker with water from a hose.
Dennis Davis, Ward’s trial lawyer, says the code officer told Ward that he was calling for back up, and in Ward’s mind this meant police were on their way to kill him.
“He had no idea that was the exact wrong thing to say to that person,” Davis recalled last week.
Walker pulled out his cellphone, made the call and waited near the back of his truck. Ward went inside the house, emerged with his gun and started firing.

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