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7-1-05
Listening
to our customers:
Decisions based on objective input
Whether your work
place is in the public or private
sector, it’s always insightful
and productive to reflect on the quality
of your efforts. That is why the transportation
department joins virtually every major
public agency and private business
in conducting annual performance reviews.
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A Declaration of Independence
When
in the Course of human events it becomes
necessary for one people to dissolve the
political bands which have connected them
with another and to assume among the powers
of the earth, the separate and equal station
to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's
God entitle them, a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires that they should
declare the causes which impel them to the
separation.
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Transportation
secretary addresses Boise group
"The transportation
system is the engine that drives the nation’s
economy,” Norman Y. Mineta asserted in a presentation
last week to the City Club of Boise. “Economic
growth depends on the safe and reliable movement
of people and goods,” the U.S. Transportation
Secretary told a capacity crowd. “That’s
why passage of the transportation bill is so critical.
Without passage, we are robbing local governments
of their ability to plan for future transportation
needs.”
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Keeping
the lanes clear
Idaho’s
new “Quick Clearance” law, promoted to
the state legislature by the Idaho Transportation
Department and Idaho State Police, became effective
today (July 1). The law is intended to improve safety
and traffic flow on Idaho’s interstates and
major divided highways. The law requires motorists
involved in a collision that does not cause a death
or injury to drive their vehicles to a shoulder, median
or emergency lane if they can safely do so.
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Teens
learn aviation from ground up
Twenty-three
teens from all regions of Idaho and as far away as Trout
Creek, Mont., assembled in Boise this week to learn
more about aviation and aerospace fields at the annual
Aviation Career Education (ACE) Academy. ITD’s
Division of Aeronautics presents the annual event.
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Humor
is good for the soul
Humor has been associated with positive mental and
physical states. The advantages of using humor to
cope with stress have been widely studied, and it
has been demonstrated that people who have a good
sense of humor (and who laugh often) tend to cope
better in difficult situations. Humor has also been
associated with lower levels of depression and anxiety.
Humor is also linked to better pain management and
immune system functioning.
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