Author: Cecil Larson

November 16, 2017 Saginaw Valley State University student Taylor Taraski's study on the mobility of Division II football players won high praise at a recent regional sports medicine conference. Taraski, an exercise science major from Oxford, Michigan, won the Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Presentation award for her presentation, “Movement Deficiencies in Division II Male Football Athletes as it Related to Class and Position.” He presented Saturday, Nov. 11 at the Midwest chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine conference in Grand Rapids. Taraski's study involved examining 43 student-athletes by measuring their physical performance…

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Iowa State University teams representing France and Poland tied for 3rd place at the Midwest Model European Union (MMEU) held at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in April. MMEU is an educational simulation of the Council of the European Union and its ministries, designed to help college and university students learn about the functioning of the European Union through a hands-on simulation where team members play the roles of prime ministers and presidents, commissioners, ministers. , and diplomats, who spent three days discussing policy, resolving differences, building compromises and charting the course of European integration. France team MMEU is attended…

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Indiana is one of several states that relies on the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that its schools protect children from asbestos. In high doses, it can cause cancer and other diseases. But a new report of the internal supervision of the organization shows that the EPA is not prioritizing asbestos. The EPA oversees most states, but conducted only 13 percent of all asbestos compliance inspections from 2011 to 2015. States responsible for their own asbestos monitoring did 87 percent. This means that states that do not do their own monitoring do not receive as many compliance inspections. …

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Typically, late February is a time when pockets of freezing air still regularly sink into the Lower 48 from the Canadian tundra. This year, waves of unusually mild weather will sweep this region.Prevailing warmth is the winter story in the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes and parts of the Northeast. Almost the entire contiguous United States is warmer than average due to warm oceans, the El Niño climate, and human-induced climate change. Much of Canada is too extremely mildwith many cities poised to record their warmest winter on record.The Midwest is experiencing a “lost winter.” Here's what that means.Some cold air…

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Tribune Staff Report | South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA — The Art League's next luncheon and speaker series features Randall Roberts at 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 21 at Riverside Terrace, 426 Lincoln Way E.Assistant curator at the Midwest Museum of American Art in Elkhart, Roberts will talk about the museum's permanent collection, which spans the 19th through the 21st centuries.In this talk, with visuals, he will highlight important but sometimes overlooked works from the museum's collection that mark important milestones in American Art History. In doing so, it will provide commentary on the artist's biography, process and intent, as well as the…

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Hospice of Cincinnati unveils new hospice care unit Hospice of Cincinnati has opened a new inpatient unit at The Christ Hospital. The hospital is located in Mount Auburn, Ohio, with the new inpatient unit featuring 10 patient beds, a chapel and a family gathering area. The hospice center will allow for a smoother transition to hospice care among eligible inpatients and emergency patients, as well as home and community referrals, according to Gayle Mattson, president and CEO of Hospice of Cincinnati/HOC Navigators. “This is a tremendous opportunity to offer skilled hospital care to patients who are too frail or unstable…

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Heavy snow, gusty winds creating a blizzard in parts of the Midwest Winter storm watches and warnings are in effect ahead of the second snowstorm in a week to affect the Central States.Welcome to the Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather. It's Friday, January 12, 2024. Start your day with everything you need to know about today's weather. You can also get a quick update of national, regional and local weather whenever you want with it The FOX Weather Update podcast.The Midwest was hit by another winter stormHeavy snow and gusty winds create a blizzard in parts of the Midwest.…

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Another major pulse of record heat is forecast for late February from the Upper Midwest to the East Coast as the “lost winter” for much of the region continues.Temperatures are forecast to rise at least 20 to 40 degrees above average, setting hundreds of records between Monday and Wednesday.The heat is expected to surge north ahead of a powerful low pressure system that will sweep across the country. As it pulls warm and moist air northward, it should also produce fuel for Strong thunderstorms possible across parts of the Midwest and South on Tuesday and Wednesday.The expected mild weather could…

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A new restaurant in a familiar location in downtown Columbia is now open.Sage, a cafe focused on US Midwest cuisine owned by Kaitlyn Schlacks and chef Tabitha Casey, is at 11 N. Ninth St., the former home of Coffee Zone, which closed in November.”Midwest cuisine, to me, aspires to be true and authentic without being a copycat of the original or fancy riffs on its root,” Schlacks wrote in messages to the Tribune.The restaurant is open daily from 7am to 4pm. Menu highlights shared online include toast with a varied selection of toppings, made-to-order whole wheat waffles, cookies and brownies,…

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