According to a preliminary investigation published in March in the International Journal of Workplace Health Management by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Business, employees who bring their dog to the office can cap the amount of stress experienced during the day, and improve job satisfaction for all.

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Skibound said it was liaising with the school, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Embassy in Italy.

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The 2006 Commonwealth Games swimming championships in Melbourne caused great excitement in our school when former pupil David Carry won gold medals in the 400m freestyle and individual medley events.

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He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and remains a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Yet a new survey, conducted by Robert Blendon at the Harvard University School of Public Health, and the New York-based Commonwealth Fund, suggests that the British are much less unhappy with their health service than Americans, and see little reason to redesign their health-care system.

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Now, with just a little less than a month to go before school starts, Gov. Deval Patrick has announced a two day sales tax holiday in the Commonwealth.

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