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Would-be bombers no 'rocket scientists'
... enough research on how to get it to go off,' said Jimmie Oxley, a professor of chemistry with the University of Rhode Island. 'I hate to say that because it's like throwing down a gauntlet, saying, 'Hey, you need to study more,' but I think it's ... Comment?
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Capital gains, estate taxes change in R.I.
... wages, bank-account interest or other so-called ordinary income, said Mark Higgins, dean of the University of Rhode Island's College of Business Administration. As a result, taxpayers will pay Rhode Island tax on that profit at "whatever their ... Comment?
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Suspects 'aren't rocket scientists' in using explosives
... enough research on how to get it to go off,' said Jimmie Oxley, a professor of chemistry with the University of Rhode Island. 'I hate to say that because it's like throwing down a gauntlet, saying, 'Hey, you need to study more,' but I think it's ... Comment?
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Suspects not 'rocket scientists' with explosives
... enough research on how to get it to go off," said Jimmie Oxley, a professor of chemistry with the University of Rhode Island. "I hate to say that because it's like throwing down a gauntlet, saying, 'Hey, you need to study more,' but I think it's ... Comment?
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5 Steps to Making Change That Lasts
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... those new habits stick. Prochaska, director of the Cancer Prevention Research Center at the University of Rhode Island, has identified five key stages of change. In the first, you admit to having a vague sense that you need to alter your behavior; ... Comment?
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College student had 'cool head,' 'kind heart'
... by her father Wednesday night in a backcountry mansion, was a junior psychology student at the University of Rhode Island . She graduated from Greenwich High School in 2007. Ashley Oliver , a West Hartford resident who met Dobrzanski during the ... Comment?
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URI lab joins battle to halt terrorists
... Center of Excellence in Explosives Detection, Mitigation, Response and Characterization at the University of Rhode Island. In second-floor labs on the Kingston campus, students, shielded by protective glasses, probe ways to remove the potential ... Comment?
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Charlotte Tabbed as Top Team in Atlantic 10
... Track & Field Championships will be held Feb. 19-20 at Mackal Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Rhode Island. 2010 Women's Indoor Track & Field Predicted Order Of Finish ( 2009 A-10 Championship finish in parentheses ) 1. Charlotte (1st) ... Comment?
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Terrorists test new bomb methods
... co-director of the Center of Excellence in Explosives Detection, Mitigation and Response at the University of Rhode Island. Oxley said a 1993 study "explored many of these issues. The terrorists, however, didn't catch up to what we were talking ... Comment?
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More Rhode Islanders using College Planning Center
... and track, is applying to Holy Cross, Trinity, the University of Delaware, Syracuse, the University of Rhode Island, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Northeastern, just to name a few. She is considering studying Spanish, nutrition or ... Comment?
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University of Rhode Island Scientists Coordinating First Ever Ocean Census
... don't know how many fish are in the ocean, or how much marine life is living in the waters. The University of Rhode Island is attempting to take a census of the ocean's fish. Taking a lead in coordinating a global effort, scientists are working to ... Comment?
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Kids in pjs raise Kayla's hopes for second lung transplant
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... the dogs more than people sometimes," Boschetti jokes. Gilbert was studying animal science at the University of Rhode Island until she underwent her transplant. "The transplant people don't want me working with animals because they don't know enough ... Comment?
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... s BS in mathematics from the University of Vermont and his MS in experimental statistics from the University of Rhode Island. Comment?
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Security Experts Reconsider Scanners After Attempted Attack
... the Center of Excellence in Explosive Detection, Mitigation, Response and Characterization at the University of Rhode Island, said anything is hard to detect if you're not looking for it. He added that airport security already has machines that can ... Comment?
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Keeping flying passengers safe involves many tools
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... Carol Oxley, co-director of the Center of Excellence in Explosives Detection, a program at the University of Rhode Island, said initial panic reactions to terrorism scares tend to subside, as was apparent in this case. To me, the classic ... Comment?
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He 'always knew Westport was special'
... since worked in every department in the store. He graduated from Westport High in 1972 and the University of Rhode Island, where he earned an MBA, in 1981. At age 55, he's in his last semester at Brown University to earn his masters in public ... Comment?
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Why It's Not Easy to Detonate a Bomb on Board
... Center of Excellence in Explosives Detection, Mitigation, Response and Characterization at the University of Rhode Island at Kingston. (See pictures of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.) The explosive Abdulmutallab allegedly used is called pentaerythritol ... Comment?
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... but their brain. Dr. James Prochaska, director of the cancer-prevention research center at the University of Rhode Island and co-author of the book "Changing for Good" (Harper Paperbacks, $12.99) says most behavioral changes, such as losing weight ... Comment?
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Why airport security failed to catch bomber
... present in detonating cords and sheet explosives," said Jimmie Oxley, an explosives expert at the University of Rhode Island. PETN was widely used in terrorist plots in the 1970s and 1980s, and as a result was among the first detectable explosives ... Comment?
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Airport Security: Why It Failed
... present in detonating cords and sheet explosives," said Jimmie Oxley, an explosives expert at the University of Rhode Island. PETN was widely used in terrorist plots in the 1970s and 1980s, and as a result was among the first detectable explosives ... Comment?
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