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...late July, the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) released hundreds of pages of a previously buried 2003 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) study that identified the cell phone as a serious safety hazard when used on the road. A bill introduced last month in the Senate would require all states to impose a ban on texting while driving; 17 states (including, most recently, Illinois, on Aug. 6) and the District of Columbia have passed such a ban, and seven states have outlawed driver use of handheld communication devices altogether. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood considers cell phones such a problem...
Meanwhile, the CAS is calling for more draconian measures. Now that it has uncovered the NHTSA research, it is filing a petition calling for all new cars to have a device installed that allows only emergency calls. "We do not see how [NHTSA] can turn down a problem that's rapidly turning out to be as bad as drunk driving," says Clarence Ditlow, CAS's executive director. "We're asking that technology be installed in cars to disable their cell phones whenever you shift out of park...
...McCarty writes in an e-mail that the planned reductions would mostly affect teaching assistants from outside of Harvard, and that any cuts to CA employment would be roughly the same size as usual yearly fluctuations in hiring. Approximately 250 CAs are hired each semester, according to McCarty...
...says he and his staff have started to label - but not remove - those that have proven not to be the real deal. To cope with the drastically shrinking market, Zheng says the museum will gradually shift its focus to scientific research, cooperating with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to study dinosaurs and early birds. After all, Zheng says, it was never about the money. "I don't care for Mercedes," he says when asked why he drives a battered VW Santana 2000. "If I ever have an extra dime, I will use it on fossils...
...wonder about the benefits of such a convenient setup? How about that freshman who takes nightly study breaks with their experienced PAF? Before you end a long-distance relationship with your high school sweetheart, here are a few things to keep in mind: 1) Professors, TFs, Tutors and CAs: completely off limits. According to the university document entitled “Sexual Harassment and Unprofessional Conduct: Guidelines in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences” (online for your convenience), “Officers and other members of the teaching staff should be aware that any romantic involvement with their...