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  2. Standing desk - Wikipedia

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    A woman using a sit-stand desk in its standing position. Standing desks have been made in many styles and variations. Standing desks may be specialized to suit particular tasks, such as certain variations of the telephone desk and desks for architectural drafting. Some standing desks may only be used while standing while others allow users to ...

  3. Right to sit - Wikipedia

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    The right to sit refers to laws or policies granting workers the right to be granted suitable seating at the workplace. Jurisdictions that have enshrined "right to sit" laws or policies include Japan, Mexico, France, Spain, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Jamaica, South Africa, Eswatini, Cameroon, Tanzania, Uganda, Lesotho, Malaysia, Brazil ...

  4. Right to sit in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Some critics of New York's "Standing is Tiring (SIT) Act" have ridiculed the proposed law by comparing it to a scene from the Seinfeld episode The Maestro, where George Costanza provides a rocking chair for a security guard who must stand for the duration of his shift. The chair is so comfortable that the guard falls asleep and the store is robbed.

  5. Procedures of the United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    The southwest corner of the United States Capitol in Washington. The Constitution forbids Congress from meeting elsewhere.. A term of Congress is divided into two "sessions", one for each year; Congress has occasionally also been called into an extra, (or special) session (the Constitution requires Congress to meet at least once each year).

  6. Procedures of the United States House of Representatives

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    There are three types of House Committees, these are: 1) standing committees elected by members of the House, 2) select committees appointed by the Speaker of the House, and. 3) joint committees whose members are chosen according to the statute or resolution that created that committee.

  7. Sitting - Wikipedia

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    Sitting. Sitting is a basic action and resting position in which the body weight is supported primarily by the bony ischial tuberosities with the buttocks in contact with the ground or a horizontal surface such as a chair seat, instead of by the lower limbs as in standing, squatting or kneeling. When sitting, the torso is more or less upright ...

  8. Public speaking - Wikipedia

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    Public speaking. A red arrow indicating U.S. president Abraham Lincoln at Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1863, approximately three hours before Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, widely considered one of the most famous speeches in the American history. [1][2] Public speaking, also referred to as ...

  9. Police - Wikipedia

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    First attested in English in the early 15th century, originally in a range of senses encompassing '(public) policy; state; public order', the word police comes from Middle French police ('public order, administration, government'), [10] in turn from Latin politia, [11] which is the romanization of the Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeia) 'citizenship, administration, civil polity'. [12]