I was very late for work.
(http://www.masslive.com/news/worcester/index.ssf/2015/09/massachusetts_turnpike_clear_f.html)
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Self-control saps memory resources
Exercising willpower impairs memory function by draining shared brain mechanisms and structures
(http://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2015/sep/07/self-control-saps-memory-resources)
Remember the Grand Prix race that Boston will host Labor Day weekend 2016? Now that the Olympics furor has settled down, the Grand Prix race is getting some traction, but it might not be entirely funded with private money as previously stated.
From the article:
“Organizers for the Boston Grand Prix, represented by the same political insiders who had a major role in the Boston 2024 Olympics bid, have been quietly meeting with state and quasi-public agencies to hammer out contracts to tap public resources for the event, officials told the Herald.
The race through the city’s expensive waterfront district was initially billed by race officials and Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s administration as “privately-funded,” but now some state agencies and the event organizers are not ruling out public assistance.
“We’re still negotiating,” said Kate Norton, spokeswoman for the Grand Prix and a former Walsh aide, whose consulting firm, CK Strategies, was a key player for the disastrous Olympic bid. “Some of these roads are under state jurisdiction.”
(https://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/09/race_could_cost_taxpayers_big)
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Chris Osgood, the mayor’s new chief of streets, has said Boston is watching cities like San Francisco for the best ways to implement “dynamic parking.”
The initiative, which launched as a pilot in San Francisco in 2011, adjusts prices for parking meters throughout the day based on demand. The high prices in high-demand areas are meant to encourage drivers to spend less time parked there, so that at least one parking spot is free all the time on even the busiest blocks.
In San Francisco, the prices for on-street parking range from 25 cents to $7 an hour, based on data that shows how busy the blocks are at various times of the day. Boston currently charges $1.25 per hour.
In the areas where the city piloted the program, drivers reported that it took 43 percent less time to find a space, compared to 13 percent less time in other areas.
The mayor also vowed to crack down on double-parking downtown and said the city would be using new technology to stop vehicles from choking intersections at red lights, a practice known as blocking the box.
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Women in spotlight at Beantown Jazz fest
Happening this Saturday, September 26 from 12:00 noon – 6:00 PM on Columbus Avenue between Massachusetts Avenue and Burke Street
(http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/2015/09/women_in_spotlight_at_beantown_jazz_fest)
“I know our visitation is at 9 AM, and I saw the lady and the two young children sitting in the chairs,” Deputy Bussell said. “I assumed they were here to visit someone in our jail. When I walked back out a while later, the children were asleep, and the lady was still sitting there, so I inquired if she needed assistance.”
The lady had been evicted from her home in Oxford, Ohio where the children attend school. She stated she is in the waiting process for assistance with housing and should know something by Wednesday. Deputy Bussell, with the assistance of Dispatch Supervisor Miranda Sheppard, tried several shelters and other avenues to get them a place to stay. “Most of the shelters were overcrowded or there was a time requirement to be there and we were past that,” Deputy Bussell said. So he contacted a hotel in Oxford and booked a hotel for 10 days out of his own pocket.
Deputy Bussell took the family to the Walmart in Oxford. He told them to pick out clothes and to call him when they were ready to check out. The little boys asked if they could get shoes, and Deputy Bussell told them they absolutely could.
“He went to the Walmart when they were done and paid for everything,” Sheriff Jones said. “This is a true act of kindness. He did not tell anyone at work what he had done but the lady took a picture with him and posted it on Facebook. That’s actually how we found out. It was shared so many times that I got a phone call asking if I knew what a generous gesture my deputy did.“
(http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-deputy-goes-out-of-his-way-to-help-homeless-family)
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CDC releases new obesity map
Among women [who] sat for more than seven hours per day and who didn’t fidget much, their risk of mortality was 43% higher than those who sat for less than five hours. (When the team adjusted for things like smoking and drinking, the mortality risk for sitting for more than seven hours a day was still higher by 30%.)
But what was really interesting was that being more fidgety seemed to counteract this effect: That is, the middle- and high-fidgeting groups didn’t have any greater risk of death even sitting more than seven hours every day.
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