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If you are looking after someone in Derbyshire there are a range of local services that offer information, advice and support.
If you've just become a carer it might be the information you need the most is about how to access support for the person you care for. If you are able to get more help for them, the burden on you as a carer can be lessened.
However, regardless of how much extra help the person gets from a care service, it's still very important for you to get the information, advice and support you need to help manage your caring role.
The Carers Trust have worked with carers to develop 'Time to Think About You' which is a series of questions you can ask yourself to help you think about how you're feeling and whether you want to access some support. You can find the questions on their website.
Listed below are some of the main information resources and services for carers who look after someone living in Derbyshire. You'll find other services to support your wellbeing in the looking after yourself section.
Our website has been designed to help carers living in Derbyshire to find reliable, up-to-date information and details of support services for carers.
The searchable Carers Directory includes details of carer support groups throughout the county, information services, services to help you get a break, dementia support, social activities and much more.
Key information for carers
You'll also find information about key services for carers, including:
carers assessments
Carers Emergency cards
and much more - please have a browse or if you can't find what you're looking for, contact us.
The Guide to Carers Services booklet gives a good overview of the services available to carers in Derbyshire. You can order a printed copy online.
Derbyshire Carers Association (DCA) are the lead provider for carers services in Derbyshire. They are commissioned by Derbyshire County Council and health services to provide support services for carers.
They carry out carers assessments and award Carer Personal Budgets on behalf of the Council. They also run support groups and activities throughout the county. You can find out more about them and the services they provide on the Derbyshire Carers Association page.
If you are caring for someone who lives in Derby City you can get support from the Universal Services for Carers service provided by Citizen's Advice Mid Mercia.
Support from Derbyshire County Council
All local authorities providing social care have a responsibility to support carers who look after an adult. You can find out more on the Care Act for carers and carers eligibility pages. If you're a young carer (under 18), see the young carers page. If you're a parent carer, please see the caring for a child page.
Derbyshire County Council and the Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Groups fund Derbyshire Carers Association to provide the Carer Support Service on their behalf. This includes carrying out carers assessments.
If they aren't already doing so, Adult Care may be able to provide support to the person you care for if they have care and support needs (subject to eligibility). This could include respite care for the person you look after so you can get a break from your caring role.
Local health services such as Derbyshire Community Health Services, Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust and Chesterfield Royal Hospital are keen to recognise and support carers who use, or support someone to use, their services.
Derbyshire Community Health Services provide services including minor injury units, health centres and a variety of out patient clinics. Their Patient Experience Team encourage carers to give feedback on their services as part of their Caring Always promises. If you have any queries or feedback about DCHS services and want to speak to someone, please contact the Patient Experience Team.
Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust provide mental health, young people and learning disability services. The Trust work to Core Care Standards, the Triangle of Care for Mental Health: Carers Included and work to involve and communicate with carers as much as possible.
The Trust also have lots of general information for carers on their website, including their Carer and Family Handbook.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital have a dedicated Carer Liaison Worker who can provide information, advice and support to carers.
Other local organisations who support carers
There are many other local organisations, services and charities who can offer support to carers. The Carers Directory has details of local services who can offer advice, information and support services.
If you need a help that is specific to the condition or illness of the person you care for, the 'caring for someone with' pages have details of organisations who may be able to help you.
There are also links to other local organisations in the 'other helpful websites' section below.
Peer support and online communities
Quite often carers just need someone to talk to who understand what they are going through. The Carers Directory has details of support groups and social activities for carers. In many cases the groups are set up and run by other carers.
If you struggle to get out to support groups, there are lots of online communities for carers which you can use at any time of the day or night. Some communities are national, or even international, while others are based locally. Many communities have question and answers sessions and guest blog posts which you can look to get advice and answers to queries.
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Caring can present all kinds of challenges, from filling in forms to coping with emotions.
Carers UK have an advice line where they offer information and support with claiming benefits, accessing services, employments rights for carers and much more. The line is open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm on tel: 0808 808 7777. Calls to the advice line are free from UK landlines and most major mobile networks.
Carers UK also have an online tool called Upfront where you answer a few simple questions about your situation to get the information and advice you need.
NHS Carers Direct is an advice line and web chat service for carers. The line is open Monday to Friday, 9am-8pm and weekends from 11am-4pm on tel: 0300 123 1053
Citizens Advice can offer help with practical, financial and legal matters. The Derbyshire branches of Citizens Advice centres are listed in the Carers Directory.
Rothera Sharp Solicitors and Derbyshire Carers Association have teamed up with to offer free legal advice clinics for carers.
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Many local and national organisations that have developed excellent information and advice guides for carers:
Age UK - advice for Carers
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The first phase of works around Warwick Town Centre is now complete and Priory Road was re-opened to traffic at the end of February.
The work in Priory Road has seen the widening of the footpath (Priory Park side) to accommodate both pedestrians and cyclists, localised footway widening on the opposite side of the road and the resurfacing of footways from Cross Street to Northgate.
A new road surface has also been laid and the construction of speed reduction features including a road hump, a raised junction section and speed cushions to complement the recently introduced 20mph speed limits.
Cllr Jeff Clarke, Portfolio Holder for transport and planning said: "We're delighted to have completed the first phase of works in Warwick Town Centre.
"Our aim is to make Warwick Town Centre a safer place for pedestrians and cyclists with improved traffic flows, reduced air pollution, and an enhanced town centre environment".
In addition to the improvement in Priory Road, work is in progress to provide a new zebra crossing along Cape Road as part of the Safer Routes to School programme.
The next phase of works for Warwick Town Centre will be Northgate Junction.
The County Council is currently working on the design for the junction and are looking to consult on this in the summer.


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William Barr Won't Check Robert Mueller, But He Should Check The DOJ
Democrats have nothing to fear in attorney general nominee William Barr, because he can't do anything about Special Counsel Robert Mueller. But he ought to clean up the DOJ.
On January 15 the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin hearings on President Donald Trump's nomination of William P. Barr to serve as attorney general. When the scheduled two-day hearings begin, Senate Democrats will likely pounce on statements Barr made about Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
In a memo Barr wrote to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last year, he questioned the propriety of an obstruction of justice investigation into Trump's firing of former FBI director James Comey, calling it "fatally misconceived." Barr also stated that "Mueller should not be permitted to 'demand' in-person question[ing] of the president."
Sen. Chuck Schumer points to this "unsolicited memo" to argue Trump should withdraw Barr's nomination. Democrats have nothing to fear, however, in Barr, just as they had nothing to worry about when Trump appointed Matthew Whitaker to serve as acting attorney general in November. For all the vapor-fanning hysterics surrounding Whitaker's appointment, the Mueller investigation has continued unabated.
That was by design: When Rosenstein appointed Mueller in May 2017, the breadth of the authority Rosenstein secretly bestowed on the special counsel assured a lengthy and sprawling probe that would be impossible to cabin.
Moreover, most Senate Republicans share their Democratic colleagues' sentiment that the Mueller investigation must continue undisturbed. Just last week, the Hill reported plans by senators, including Republican Lindsey Graham, to reintroduce legislation designed to protect the special counsel.
On Wednesday, Graham also discussed his conversations with Barr with the new judiciary committee chair, noting that there was "absolutely no indication [Barr] was going to tell Bob Mueller what to do or how to do it."
Graham reportedly said: "I asked Mr. Barr directly, 'Do you think Mr. Mueller is on a witch hunt?' He said no. 'Do you think he would be fair to the president and the country as a whole?' He said yes. 'And do you see any reason for Mr. Mueller's investigation to be stopped?' He said no. 'Do you see any reason for a termination based on cause?' He said no. 'Are you committed to making sure Mr. Mueller can finish his job?' Yes.'"
Graham added that Barr promised, if confirmed as attorney general, he would "err on the side of transparency" once Mueller released his special counsel report.
Notwithstanding this reality, the judiciary committee members will likely use their time questioning Barr to grandstand about the sanctity of the special counsel. Yet these same senators—on both sides of the aisle—will likely ignore the more significant threat to equal justice under the law evidenced by the Department of Justice's startling inaction about crimes that may lay at the door of Trump critics and Democrats.
For instance, the special counsel obtained indictments against several individuals connected with the Trump campaign for process crimes, yet the DOJ appears indifferent to similar—or more serious—offenses likely committed by those unconnected to Trump.
Both Michael Flynn, Trump's former national security advisor, and George Papadopoulos, a volunteer foreign policy advisor to the Trump campaign, were charged with making false statements to the FBI. In contrast, we have yet to see former DOJ deputy attorney general Andrew McCabe indicted on similar charges, even though the DOJ's inspector general's report strongly suggests such charges would be warranted.
Likewise, nothing has come of former Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley's criminal referral to the DOJ of dossier author Christopher Steele. That referral highlighted evidence indicating Steele lied to the FBI concerning his leaks of the dossier to various media outlets.
The public facts also suggest Steele engaged in unregistered lobbying, a crime for which Mueller indicted Trump's former campaign chair, Paul Manafort, yet the DOJ has taken no action against the former British spy. Nor does it appear the DOJ will do anything about Comey's apparent leaking of classified information—also a federal crime.
Then there's former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, another target of the Mueller team. Among other things, Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign-finance violations related to payments he made to film prostitute Stormy Daniels—charges critics rightly call non-crimes. Squeezing Cohen on supposed campaign-finance violations is even more appalling when compared to the government's inaction in the face of evidence that the Clinton campaign conspired with the Democratic National Committee to launder $84 million in violation of campaign-finance laws.
The DOJ also seems indifferent to the crimes committed during the judiciary committee's hearings on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. I'm not talking about Christine Blasey Ford's false testimony. I mean the criminal referrals of lawyer Michael Avenatti and his client, Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick, whom the public pretty much uniformly agrees lied in statements to the judiciary committee. In his referral, Grassley laid out all of the evidence necessary for the DOJ to obtain a quick indictment of the duo, but nothing.
Likewise, the DOJ has yet to charge a man who accused Kavanaugh and his high-school pal, Mark Judge, of raping a woman in Rhode Island in the 1980s. The man who made the accusation later recanted, but to date no charges have been filed.
Why not? And why the disparate treatment between those connected to Trump and those at odds with the president? Maybe it is only a matter of time, and maybe John Huber—the U.S. attorney tapped by former attorney general Jeff Sessions to investigate the FBI and DOJ's handling of the probe into Hillary Clinton and the Trump campaign—is keeping his powder dry.
But right now, it appears the answer is politics, pure and simple. The judiciary committee should ensure that is not the case, or that it will no longer be the case under Barr's leadership. So when Barr appears before the judiciary committee tomorrow, the senators should press the attorney-general hopeful on these points.
Barr should likewise be asked to provide the same pledge of transparency for the matters senators referred to the DOJ, just as he signaled would govern his handling of the special counsel investigation. And if Barr's responses indicate he does not take these inquiries seriously, then he doesn't deserve to serve as attorney general.
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Through collaborative relations and innovative approaches, METRO will be an industry leader in delivering timely and efficient service that is transformative by providing multi-modal interactions for communities to connect to everyday work and life opportunities.
METRO's mission is to provide safe, clean, reliable, accessible and friendly public transportation services to our region.
Customer Service, 713-635-4000
Customer Service Call Center representatives answer questions and assist with any inquiries regarding METRO services. Bilingual personnel are available to provide information in many languages.
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METRO is excited about bringing enhanced transit services to your neighborhood. We have several initiatives focused on providing great transit infrastructure for our customers. Here you will learn more about projects in active construction. You can see METRO's progress and find out when you can start enjoying more quick, convenient and easy services.
The Texas State Legislature authorized the creation of local transit authorities in 1973. In 1978, Houston-area voters created METRO and approved a one-cent sales tax to support its operations. METRO opened for business in January 1979. The Authority has transformed a broken bus fleet into a regional multimodal transportation system.
History of METRO Video
METRO serves these cities:
Piney Point
Major portions of unincorporated Harris County are also included.
Member Government Agencies
City of Houston
Mayor Sylvester Turner City of Houston
14 Multi cities
Mayor Andrew S. Friedberg City of Bellaire
Mayor Robert P. Lord
City of Bunker Hill Village
Mayor John Skelton City of El Lago
Mayor Brian T. Muecke City of Hedwig Village
Mayor Russell Herron City of Hilshire Village
Mayor Merle Don Aaron, Sr. City of Humble
Mayor Jim Pappas City of Hunters Creek Village
Mayor William M. "Bill" Hastings
City of Katy
Mayor Yolanda Ford Missouri City
Mayor Mark Kobelan City of Piney Point Village
Mayor Glenn Patterson City of Southside Place
Mayor Tom Ramsey City of Spring Valley Village
Mayor Jon Keeney City of Taylor Lake Village
Mayor Bob Higley
City of West University Place
County Judge and Commissioner
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County Judge Lina Hidalgo
Commissioner Rodney Ellis Precinct 1
Commissioner Adrian Garcia Precinct 2
Commissioner Steve Radack Precinct 3
Commissioner R. Jack Cagle Precinct 4
Our board has nine members. Five are nominated by the Mayor of Houston and confirmed by Houston City Council. Two are appointed by the mayors of METRO's 14 other member cities. Two are appointed by the Harris County Commissioners Court.
(C) Appointed by the City of Houston Mayor, Confirmed by Houston City Council
(H) Appointed by Harris County Commissioners Court
(M) Appointed by the mayors of the 14 multi-cities in METRO's service area
Carrin F. Patman,
Chair (C)
Jim Robinson,
CFE, First Vice-Chair (H)
Don Elder Jr.,
Second Vice-Chair (M)
Troi Taylor,
Secretary (C)
Lex Frieden (C)
Bob Fry (M)
Lisa Gonzales Castañeda,
P.E., (H)
Terry Morales (C)
Sanjay Ramabhadran (Ram),
P.E., (C)
Monthly Board Meetings are typically held at 10 a.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month in the Lee P. Brown METRO Administration Building, 1900 Main St., 2nd Floor.
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METRO Services
METRO has 1,236 active buses. METRO is currently purchasing compressed natural gas (CNG) and clean diesel buses.
METRORail consists of three light-rail lines: the Red Line (North), Green Line (East End) and the Purple Line (Southeast), totaling 22 miles of rail. Our fleet consists of 76 light-rail vehicles. The Red Line opened in 2004 as the Main Street Line and today is 12.6 miles long. It carries 55,000 passengers daily, making it one of the nation's most traveled lines, based on boardings per track mile. The Purple Line (6.7 miles) and the Green Line (3.2 miles) opened in May 2015.
METROLift is a complementary paratransit service offered by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County in accordance with the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). METROLift provides transportation for persons with disabilities who cannot board, ride or disembark from a regular METRO fixed-route bus, even if that bus is equipped with a wheelchair lift or ramp. METROLift is a curb-to-curb service, with assistance beyond the curb provided when needed, due to disability.
HOV / HOT (Express) Lanes
METRO operates a system of High Occupancy Vehicle/High Occupancy Toll (HOV/HOT) Lanes, referred to as Express Lanes, on the Southwest, Gulf, North, Eastex and Northwest freeways. These lanes are open free to buses, vanpools, carpools and motorcycles and single-occupant vehicles during some hours if they pay a toll.
Direct nonstop service to Downtown, the Texas Medical Center or other major employment centers in the METRO service area is available from Park & Ride lots. Park & Ride facilities also serve as staging areas for vanpools and carpools.
Transit Centers are sheltered waiting areas located where several bus routes and/or METRORail converge. METRO's Transit Centers serve as efficient "hubs" to allow bus and/or METRORail riders from various locations to assemble at a central point to take advantage of express trips or other route-to-route transfers. Limited parking is available at select transit centers.
Employer and Commuter Services
METRO provides many services to employers and employees, such as commuter tax benefit information, organizing vanpools/carpools, computerized ride matching, origin/destination mapping and on-site events.
RideSponsor: This program encourages employees and members to ride METRO as a way to relieve demand for parking and improve air quality. Interested? Call 713-739-4015.
RideShare: This free program matches commuters to vanpools and carpools in eight counties. METRO's network of HOV lanes bypasses congestion and allows commuters to get to work or home faster. For more information, call 713-224-RIDE, or toll-free, 1-888-606-RIDE.
METRO STAR (vanpool): If a group has at least five people willing to ride together, the group is eligible for STAR service and incentives to help underwrite the cost of the vanpool. STAR is ideal for those who live or work where METRO bus service is not available. For more information, call 713-224-RIDE, or toll-free, 1-888-606-RIDE.
Emergency Ride/Guaranteed Ride Home: Qualified METRO commuters can get home in the middle of a workday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, if there's an emergency and there's no midday bus service. METRO will arrange free, immediate transportation, usually a taxi ride.
Regional Mobility Improvements
Motorist Assistance Program (M.A.P.): METRO, the Harris County Sheriff's Department, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the Houston Automobile Dealers Association, and Verizon Wireless sponsor the M.A.P. with trucks and vans, staffed by Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies. The M.A.P. vehicles patrol about 150 miles of freeway. The M.A.P. service from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays. METRO allocates approximately $3 million annually to M.A.P. through its General Mobility Program.
List of office and department phone numbers
Office/Departments
Board Members 713-739-4834
Executive Office 713-739-4832
Community Outreach 713-739-4018
Hearing and Speech Impaired 713-635-6993
Customer Comments 713-658-0180
METROLift Information 713-225-0119
RideShare 713-224-RIDE or 1-888-606-RIDE (7433)
Lost & Found 713-658-0854
METRO Police 713-224-COPS (2677)
Media Information 713-739-4040
Learn More About METRO
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METRO's Headquarters
Lee P. Brown METRO Administration Building
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Operations & Support Facilities
Buffalo Bayou 810 N. San Jacinto St., Houston, TX 77002
Central Stores 1220 McCarty St., Houston, TX 77029
Fallbrook 111 Fallbrook Dr., Houston, TX 77038
Field Service Center 1215 Labco, Houston, TX 77029
Hiram Clarke 4175 Uptown Dr., Houston, TX 77023
Kashmere 5700 Eastex Fwy., Houston, TX 77026
METROLift Contract Facility 1215 Labco, Houston, TX 77029
First Transit (METROLift) 3250 Telephone Road
Yellow Cab (METROLift) 1406 Hays Street
Northwest 5555 Deauville Plaza Dr., Houston, TX 77092
Polk Street 5700 Polk St., Houston, TX 77023
Rail Operations Center (ROC) 1601 W. Bellfort, Houston, TX 77054
Service and Inspection Facility 5880 Texas Street, Houston, TX 77011
West 11555 Westpark Dr., Houston, TX 77082
Houston TranStar - 6922 Old Katy Road
Houston TranStar is the regional transportation and emergency management center for the greater Houston area. TranStar is home to METRO Police Communications, which include the camera surveillance of Park & Ride lots, police dispatch, and coordination with the city of Houston's SafeClear towing program.


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Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Program: It's Not Difficult to Understand Why People are Angry
by Dr. Robert Luebke
Director of the Center for Effective Education, John Locke Foundation
There are plenty of reasons to get angry about President Biden's Executive Order to transfer about $300 billion in student loan debt to taxpayers. A few of the major themes highlighted in recent commentary include:
It's inflationary. The cost of the plan ($330 billion) torpedoes the Democrats week-long commitment to Inflation Reduction Plan ($124 billion in savings over 10 years.
It discourages sacrifice and good behavior. Our entire lives our parents and others have told us to work hard and pay your bills. Biden's plan is a gut punch to every mom or dad who pulled a double shift or socked away extra money so their son or daughter didn't have to take out loans while in school.
It's a sham. While the plan, purports to help those in need. Most loan dollars in question claim to help those in need. However, most of the dollars go to students enrolled in graduate programs in lucrative fields and who will or could now pay back the large sums necessary to enroll in law school, medical school, or other high-paying fields. Forty seven percent of federal loans go to students in graduate school. Struggling students with no job prospects? Hardly. Mitch Kokai. Highlights this point in Student Loan Forgiveness as Welfare for the Rich
It's a slap in the face. That's how every young person feels who decided to forego college, enter the trades or an apprenticeship program or start a business. Biden's policy asks those who didn't go to college and those who dutifully paid off their college loans to help pay off the loans of those who made bad career choices or who are now in programs where they can readily afford to repay federal student loans.
Lastly Americans should hate this policy because President, doesn't possess the authority to make such a decision. Charlie Cooke at National Review said it colorfully and said it best when he wrote:
It [Biden's debt forgiveness plan] would represent a middle finger to the Constitution, which vests legislative power in Congress, not the president. It would represent a middle finger to Congress, which has not given the executive branch the authority to give $10,000 each to millions of college students. It would represent a middle finger to the Department of Education, which found last year that it "does not have statutory authority to provide blanket or mass cancellation, compromise, discharge, or forgiveness of student loan principal balances, and/or materially modify the repayment amounts or terms thereof." Nancy Pelosi confirmed last summer that "the president can't do it –so that's not even a discussion." Not everybody realizes that," she said, "but the president can only propose, delay but not forgive." Biden's response? A middle finger.
President Biden deserves every ounce of blowback that he's getting. Americans are compassionate people. They aren't fools. The policy is ill-conceived and should be challenged at every level. It's a sure sign that not only are radical progressives in control at the White House; but also that they are very willing to shred the Constitution to troll for votes in November.
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Smartphones and tablets have become the standard browsing tools for a majority of users. Some websites that are not optimized for mobile devices are not too bad when viewed on a smartphone. However, most desktop sites are difficult to read, navigate, and find information on when viewed on a mobile device. The result is higher Bounce Rates and lower Conversion Rates for users on mobile devices.
So, what exactly is 'Responsive Web Design'?
The emergence of responsive web design is largely due to the rapid growth of smartphones and other mobile devices. More people are using smaller-screen devices to view Web pages.
Responsive web design is an approach that a web designer uses to create a website that "responds to" or re-sizes itself depending on the type of device being used to view it. The objective is to have one website with elements that respond differently when viewed on devices of different sizes. The result is an optimal viewing experience across a wide range of devices, such as desktop monitors, laptops, iPads, tablets, and smartphones.
Note: In 2012, Google recommended responsive web design as the best strategy for smartphone-optimized websites.


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New England Myths & Legends: The Ruins Of Hanton City, Rhode Island
Dina Fantegrossi
Not far from present day Smithfield, Rhode Island lie the remains of a mysterious village known as Hanton City. The isolated inhabitants disappeared sometime before the turn of the century, leaving nothing behind but a few stone foundations, a burial site and a dam.
Nearby Rhode Island residents often refer to Hanton City as the Lost City. Much like the mystery of Roanoke, Virginia – albeit on a much smaller scale – no one knows for sure what became of its villagers. During its existence, Hanton City was just another farming community, although the residents took care to remain isolated from the surrounding towns.
This standoffish behavior led to rumors that the town was made up of runway slaves, lepers, or victims of some other communicable disease. Mutterings of evil, witchcraft and supernatural behavior occurred within the surrounding villages, but there is no historical record of conflict between settlements.
A final theory seems to be the most likely scenario. During colonial times, Rhode Island was known to be fiercely independent and devoted to separating from England during the American Revolution. Scholars who have studied Hanton City believe that it may have been made up of a small group of Loyalists who remained devoted to the king and their former homeland. They may have chosen to live in isolation from the rest of the state, or they may have been banished to do so.
Only three headstones in the tiny Alfred Smith Cemetery of Hanton City can be read, and they all bear the name Smith – Alfred, Eliza and Emor. Whether or not this is a clue to the village's purpose and fate has never been determined.
Curious visitors to the Smithfield area will have a difficult time locating the stone walls and crumbling foundations that represent the remains of Hanton City. The area is almost completely choked with vegetation throughout the seasons, and the land is now owned by The Dow Chemical Company. Rumor has it they plan to level the remnants of the village and develop the land.
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iGen Cnema. Moving Image Consumption and Production by Post-Millennials
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CS special issue 2/2018, edited by Mariagrazia Fanchi, Alexandra Schneider and Wanda Strauven, aims at analyzing Post-Millennials' cinema experiences and practices.
Power, Multidirectionality and Contingengy. Political Struggles over Representation,Decision-Making and Technology
Using different starting and entry points (based, inter alia, on journalism studies, organizational communication, game studies, discourse theory, visual communication), the collection of articles included in this special issue sheds light on the logics of political struggle. In particular, this special issue allows reflecting on the distinction between struggles over and struggles through, very much in line with Plekhanov's distinction between the means and aims of political struggle, and his argumentation for the alignment of both in socialist strategy.
The Remaking of Truth in the Digital Age
Many thought Brexit would not win and Donald Trump could not be elected. An entire media apparatus that was increasingly certain came to produce confusion instead. We are now said to be in a "post truth" time, one where debate over truth has been replaced by a chaos of facts. The more information grows, the more knowledge seems to retreat, and the thought vacuum is increasingly filled with hate speech, hoaxes, and so-called fake news. The aim of this issue is to introduce a critical perspective amidst this wave of anti-inclusionary and counter-informative forces, without falling in the equally undesirable opposites of cynical functionalism (truth is merely what works) or a new, patronizing positivism: truth as a matter of numbers, a sovereignty of data that ends up killing reality, by neutralizing its uncountable aspects.
Media, Creative Industries and Crisis in Italy. Cycles and Anticycles between Society and Communication
The special issue addresses the development of the media system and creative industries in relation both to the major economic crises and to the role played by innovation in making the media – with respect to the crisis itself – assume a cyclical or anti-cyclical role.
Fashionating Images. Audiovisual Media Studies Meet Fashion
The aim of this special issue is to explore this intersection and, consequently, the cross fertilization between fashion studies and media studies, with particular regard to audiovisual media, such as cinema, television, advertising and digital video.
Italian Quality Cinema. Institutions, Taste, Cultural Legitimation
The goal of issue 3/2016 – which could hardly be more timely, due to the industrial, normative, and cultural challenges that await Italian cinema after the promulgation of the Law 220/2016 – is to define what constructs the idea of quality in contemporary Italian cinema, from 2000 up to the present.
Bodies Exposed. Dramas, Practices and Mimetic Desire
In the contemporary anthropological scenario of dualism between body and mind, exasperated by the general exposure to the mimetic desire of a divine body and of a body that is plastic, manipulable, replaceable, interchangeable, the theatre and the performing arts have the double function of criticism and of proposal, in which the development and the care of the individual people, of the community and of the social body are pursued through work with the body and on the body, singular and plural. This issue of CS is devoted to the exposition of the body in the society of images, spectacle and social media, and is divided into two sections, critical and experiential.
Snapshot Culture. The Photographic Experience in the Post-Medium Age
From the 2000s onwards, various social and technological events made photography more accessible, ubiquitous, public, cheap, democratic, immediate and shared than ever before, paving the way to a renewal of photographic experience. The editors of this issue, Adriano D'Aloia and Francesco Parisi, propose the term 'snapshot culture' to refer to the combination of technological, aesthetic and practical shifts in contemporary photographic scenario.
Being Humans. The Human Condition in the Age of Techno-Humanism
Technological artefacts that only twenty years ago were but evocative objects have now become ordinary presences in our life: from artificial implants to mass cosmetic surgery and body manipulation, from new forms of permanent media interconnection to interaction with artificial intelligences. Hence a number of new crucial questions arise, related to our living together in the age of post-humanism. Nowadays, when technology is no longer a tool, or even just an environment, but is wearable and incorporated, and can act retroactively on the very structure of the organism, what are the main challenges we have to face, and the main narratives for making sense of this new human condition?
TV Genres in the Age of Abundance. Textual Complexity, Technological Change, Audience Practices
The concept of "genre" generally points to the question of how to understand a text in relation to others, and this framework is a legacy of traditional approaches in literature found within the humanities, from the Aristotelian distinction between tragedy and comedy to the classic "universal archetypes" described by Northrop Frye. In what ways is a text (a novel, a film, a tv program…) similar or different to others around it? Why does that matter? What is the value in separating texts from each other? The answers to these questions play an important role in helping understand many aspects of the production, distribution and reception of various kinds of media texts. This special issue of Comunicazioni Sociali, edited by Massimo Scaglioni and Ira Wagman, gives attention to questions of genre the study of television.
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by Lew Daly and E.J. Dionne, Jr.
President Obama has signaled a sharp break from many Bush Administration policies, but he remains committed to federal support for religious social service providers. Like George W. Bush's faith-based initiative, though, Obama's version of the policy has generated loud criticism—from both sides of the aisle—even as the communities that stand to benefit suffer through an ailing economy. God's Economy reveals that virtually all of the critics, as well as many supporters, have long misunderstood both the true implications of faith-based partnerships and their unique potential for advancing social justice.
Unearthing the intellectual history of the faith-based initiative, Lew Daly locates its roots in the pluralist tradition of Europe's Christian democracies, in which the state shares sovereignty with social institutions. He argues that Catholic and Dutch Calvinist ideas played a crucial role in the evolution of this tradition, as churches across nineteenth-century Europe developed philosophical and legal defenses to protect their education and social programs against ascendant governments. Tracing the influence of this heritageon the past three decades of American social policy and church-state law, Daly finally untangles the radical beginnings of the faith-based initiative. In the process, he frees it from the narrow culture-war framework that has limited debate on the subject since Bush opened the White House Office for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in 2001.
A major contribution from an important new voice at the intersection of religion and politics, God's Economy points the way toward policymaking that combines strong social support with a new moral focus on the protection of families and communities.


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Hamzah Sheeraz exclusive: It'll be a spectacular fight against Skeete
For every dream made true in Hollywood, thousands more are dashed. Young hopefuls flock to tinsel town hoping to be discovered and handed a shot at fame and fortune. Before they know it, they are lost in the crowd.
Hamzah Sheeraz is leaving as little to chance as possible. Sheeraz moved out to California earlier this year and barely a week seems to pass without the 22 year old junior middleweight turning up at another famed California gym, looking for hard work. For all the latest fight odds, visit our sportsbook.
The Ten Goose Gym, the Wild Card, the Brickhouse. Have we missed any out? "Robert Garcia's Academy," Sheeraz (13-0, 9 KO's) told 32Red. "Oh, and Buddy McGirt's."
"My trainer, Ricky Funez, has got all the links for sparring. When I first got out to America Ricky knew that I wanted to mix it with the best. In the first camp we were just getting used to each other but this is the second one now and as soon as I landed we knew we wanted to spar everyone.
"That's what we've done. We've got the rounds in with people like David Benevidez and all the top boys. It's been great and come December 4th I'm more than confident to be honest with you."
The weather may be warmer in California but for a young, unknown British fighter, life is harder. Sheeraz could easily stay at home in his comfort zone, hand choosing sparring partners and comfortable in familiarity.
Out on the west coast, Sheeraz is the sparring partner, his reputation as one of British boxing's most promising young fighters counting for little. Life may be lonelier and training demanding but the benefits are clear.
"I think it's the fact that you're getting in there and holding your own. It's one thing getting in the ring with people and getting beaten up. It's another holding your own and knowing that you're on that level with them," he said.
"That's what really helps. Being around these people, watching them and learning little things. It all comes together at the end of the day. This is probably the first fight I've had where I'm more than excited to get in the ring and we're still a week away."
Sheeraz was a child when Amir Khan successfully set out to seek his fortune in Hollywood and Ricky Hatton tried to add some new tools to his box with a late career move to train under Floyd Mayweather Snr. He was still in his cot when Lennox Lewis dominated the heavyweight division from his American base. Sheeraz wasn't fixated on crossing the Atlantic as a young fighter but he has studied boxing history and has noticed a pattern.
"You know what I did realise? That a lot of British fighters would get to world title level and have a good win and a couple of defences. They'd then come up against top, top opposition, lose and then reset and go to America after a loss.
I thought, 'Why do that after a potential loss when I've got good backing from my sponsors? Why not get my arse out and relocate out there now?' I know it takes sacrifice but that's what boxing is about.
"Short term pain, long term gain. It works. It opened my eyes when I first went out there because you start noticing little things that you take for granted when you're over here. It makes me all the more hungry and and the more willing to succeed, God willing."
If the move to America was designed to wring as much as possible out of his natural ability then this weekend's intriguing clash with Bradley Skeete has been chosen as the fight to announce Sheeraz properly to British boxing fans.
A series of eye-catching performances on undercards have impressed his promoter, Frank Warren, and toughened his mind and body to the realities of fighting for a living but beating one well known domestic opponent can elevate a fighter's profile more than a string of dominant victories over hard but anonymous foreign opposition.
"100%. Bradley is a British fighter, he was an outright British champion and he's known over here," Sheeraz said. "These other fighters I've fought have been tough but nobody has heard of them. People just start saying, "Oh, here we go. He's in with another bum."
"At the end of the day you get tired of it. When you get in that ring you want people to take notice of you and your victories so Bradley Skeete was the perfect name. I've got to get in there, get the job done and hopefully become a force to be reckoned with."
To do that, Sheeraz will need to bridge a massive gap in experience. Skeete has engaged in more title fights than Sheeraz has had professional contests. If Sheeraz does come out on top, it is unlikely to be because he has produced something Skeete has never seen before. It will be because he was the better man in the night. If he can do that against a fighter with Skeete's pedigree, expect Sheeraz to be pushed towards the head of Warren's stable.
"I see every fight as a test and on paper it is my biggest test. Experience wise, he's had more title fights than I've had actual fights. he's been in these championship fights and he's been boxing a lot longer than I have but to be honest and to put it bluntly, if I was his age and hadn't won a world title I wouldn't be boxing anymore.
He's a great name and from his point of view it's a perfect fight to come back to. He's got a young, ambitious guy in front of him and from an experience point of view he'll think that will be pivotal. It'll be a spectacular fight and one I'm looking forward to
"If he loses he's gotta retire. There's no point in him carrying on boxing. He's gonna come in with all guns blazing. I saw one of his interviews where he said he's gonna smash my face in. I really hope he tries. It won't be ending well for him."
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What Is a Frosted Malted?
By: James Holloway
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Malted Milk Ball History
A frosted malted, also called a malted milk or simply a malt, is a frozen dessert similar to, but usually thicker than, a milkshake. The frosted malted rose to prominence in the early 20th century in the United States, eventually giving its name to the "malt shops" that were such an important part of teenage culture between the 1930s and 1950s. Although malt shops are hard to find in the 21st century, you can make this nostalgic treat at home.
When British pharmacist James Horlicks and his brother William developed malted milk in the late 19th century, they didn't intend for it to become a dessert. Made from malted barley, flour and powdered milk, malted milk was originally intended as food for infants. However, malted milk soon caught on among other markets, including explorers, who liked it for its easy portability. It appears to have been in the early 20th century that people began incorporating malted milk's rich, sweet flavor into desserts. Horlicks' original product remains popular as a nutrition drink for children in India.
Frosted Malted Milk
As milkshakes and similar desserts gained in popularity following the introduction of the electric blender and freezer, malted milk became a common ingredient. A "frosted malted milk" was made with ice cream and malted milk powder, to create a frozen dessert with a rich, roasted taste. A malt was typically thicker than the more liquid milkshake; a 1939 ad for frosted malteds describes them as "the drink you eat with a spoon."
Making a Frosted Malted at Home
The key ingredient in a frosted malted is malted milk powder; this can be found near powdered milk in most supermarkets. As with milkshakes, the exact recipe for a malt can vary, but the basics are the same. A 3-to-1 mixture of chilled milk and ice cream are blended together with a small amount of malted milk powder until they reach a smooth, creamy consistency. For a single serving, a tablespoon of malted milk powder should do it. A malt should be served in a tall chilled glass.
By the 1930s, frosted malteds were a popular sweet treat. By 1940, the US Department of Agriculture was tracking consumption of frosted malteds as part of its overall survey of consumption of milk products. Frosted malteds were served in restaurants and drugstores, as well as small stands. No longer a standard, frosted malts can still be found in some ice cream parlors and restaurants whose menus preserve these traditional desserts. Because of this association, malts make a great treat for 50s-themed parties.
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Dr James Holloway has been writing about games, geek culture and whisky since 1995. A former editor of "Archaeological Review from Cambridge," he has also written for Fortean Times, Fantasy Flight Games and The Unspeakable Oath. A graduate of Cambridge University, Holloway runs the blog Gonzo History Gaming.


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NATIONAL COLLEGE STUDY: Evergreen named to study on education
The Associated Press — Dec 19th, 2000
OLYMPIA (AP) - The Evergreen State College will be among a select group of schools charting a new course for undergraduate education.
The college has been named one of 16 leadership institutions by the Association of American Colleges and Universities' Greater Expectations Initiative.
"The project is going to attempt to stimulate a national conversation about the liberal arts - where we are, where we're going," Provost Barbara Smith said. "Evergreen is in some ways one of the most successful and radical examples of how to reinvent an institution with a focus on teaching and learning."
Evergreen is in company with Duke University, Hampshire College, the U.S. Air Force Academy and the University of Michigan. Seventy-three applied to be leadership institutions. Judges visited the campuses of the semifinalists.
The initiative is funded by a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Carnegie Corp. The goal is to define the purpose of a college education at a time when more people are going to college.
Participants will work with groups outside the college community: primary and secondary schools, government, the private sector and community groups.
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HomeNewsKent Police enquiries in relation to baby deaths at East Kent Hospitals
Kent Police enquiries in relation to baby deaths at East Kent Hospitals
May 24, 2021 Kathy Bailes News 2
QEQM Photo Chris Constantine
Kent Police officers are making enquiries into the concerning number of 'avoidable' baby deaths at East Kent Hospitals Trust.
The investigation, revealed by The Independent newspaper today (May 24), comes while an independent inquiry – commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement and headed Dr Bill Kirkup – is looking into the cases of some 200 families who have come forward.
The Kirkup inquiry came alongside a report by the Health and Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) which found recurrent patient safety risks at the Trust maternity sites at QEQM and William Harvey Hospital and an inquest in relation to the death of seven day old Harry Richford and care of his mum Sarah at QEQM Hospital in 2017.
East Kent Hospitals Trust has already pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to discharge its duty to provide safe care and treatment, resulting in avoidable harm, in the case of the Richford's. Sentencing for this – which can be an unlimited fine – will be on June 18 at Folkestone Magistrates' Court before Judge Barron
The Independent says the police enquiry is believed to centre on the possibility of opening a criminal investigation and bringing charges related to corporate manslaughter and/or gross negligence manslaughter.
It may centre on the death of Harry Richford. The inquest had heard of the "panic" after Harry was born by emergency Caesarean section during which his heartbeat kept dropping. Harry died seven days after his delivery from a condition caused by a lack of oxygen. An independent report said he might have survived had there not been a delay in resuscitation at his birth that caused irreversible brain damage.
Coroner Christopher Sutton-Mattocks agreed with that conclusion and said Harry and his parents had been 'failed.' The Care Quality Commission later brought the prosecution which East Kent Hospitals pleaded guilty to.
Officers are understood to have been in contact with those on the Kirkup inquiry which was initially launched in February 2020.
The independent review was one of a series of actions to bring in urgent improvements to the East Kent maternity services and examine what went wrong and why in a large number of cases.
The investigation is to examine the management, delivery and outcomes of care provided by the maternity and neonatal services at East Kent University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust during the period since 2009.
The Independent Investigation will aim to complete its research by Autumn 2022.
Detective Chief Superintendent Paul Fotheringham, Head of Major Crime at Kent Police, said: "We received information in August 2020 relating to baby deaths in east Kent hospitals.
"This information is being assessed and detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate are carrying out a scoping exercise, whilst making a number of enquiries."
In a statement the Richford family said: "We welcome any police investigation to help uncover the truth and allow learning to happen which will help prevent this happening to any others in the future."
A spokesperson for East Kent Hospitals said: "We have not been contacted at all by Kent Police, however, should they open an investigation we would of course cooperate fully.
"We thank the families who have come forward to share their experiences of using our maternity services with the independent investigation. We welcome the independent investigation, the lessons that can be learned and continue to do everything possible to support the investigation team in its work."
County Councillor Karen Constantine, who is a former head of South England for the Royal College of Midwives, said a full public inquiry should be held.
She added: "It's due to the bravery and fortitude of those families who have stepped forward to respond to Dr. Bill Kirkuk's independent report that we are making progress toward creating a safer maternity environment. It is of course extremely sad and concerning that a corporate manslaughter charge is now under consideration.
"Notwithstanding a charge being bought, I believe we will need a full public inquiry if we are going to comprehensively understand what has happened and how to implement the steps needed here, and elsewhere, to prevent a repetition of these preventable tragedies and to rebuild public trust in our local maternity services.
"Nothing is more important than ensuring the clinical safety, health and well-being of mothers and their babies. That East Kent Hospitals Foundation Trust has let down so many women and babies is a disgrace, for which they are rightly sorry.
"I'm concerned that these terrible failings and concerns about safety at QEQM will pave the way for a closure or downgrading of maternity services in Thanet. Especially with a larger reorganisation of hospital provision in East Kent currently underway. I can see a scenario emerging where a brand new maternity unit within or alongside the new hospital proposed for Canterbury ( or elsewhere in East Kent), may be proposed. This would be disastrous for Thanet women and is not the answer."
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Kathy Bailes. So is the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate referring to existing crime complaint, of misconduct in public office, against one of Karen Constantine's Labour colleagues who sat on Clinical Commissioning Group?
Strange that Karen, now purporting to promote inquiry, jumped ship from TDC to shut inquiry down.
Sandra who gave Info to Dr Bill on behalf of others affected
Not before time that Police have been involved, just how many babies needed to die before the message got across? As I have given information about instances dating back 30 years where it is still so raw to the parents concerned, in several cases tragically ending in a breakdown in the relationship as well as mental breakdown for some who wrongly thought they were to blame.In those days, their G.P.s looked after maternity cases at Margate Hospital and sadly something like cord round unborn baby's neck going undetected while in the birth canal ended it's life but never any follow up and thankfully many went on to have perfect babies after. These were not under the current investigation but it has re-opened many old wounds for some for which I hope they find someone trustworthy to help them get through it.


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Mille Regretz - Pecourt
Composition by Pierre-Édouard PECOURT for 3 women's or equal voices SMA A cappella. Laureate of the composition contest organized by À Coeur Joie Hauts-de-France "Josquin toujours présent" : 1st prize category B.
Mille regrets, Composition by Pierre-Édouard PECOURT for 3 women's or equal voices SMA A cappella.
Laureate of the composition contest organized by À Coeur Joie Hauts-de-France "Josquin toujours présent" : 1st prize category B.
"Mille regretz" is a short work, written for equal voice a cappella choir, in direct reference to the famous song loved by Charles V.
In a contemporary writing easily accessible, and of meditative and melancholic essence, this miniature aims at revisiting the text published in Antwerp in 1549, by trying to find a new form of expressiveness, following the well-known masterpieces of the Renaissance.
"I was fascinated by the purity and the very condensed form emanating from the writing of Josquin Desprez (to whom this song is generally attributed), a true genius of combinatorics, he who left us the summits of musical architecture having influenced those who also contributed to build the European musical heritage".
The work won first prize in the equal voices / women's choir category in the "Josquin, toujours présent" composition competition organized by Choralies / A Coeur joie Hauts-de-France in 2020.
Informations about the composer of this work for 3 equal voices choir SMA a cappella :
His first contacts with the choral world go back to a childhood in the Picardy countryside. Animated very early by an interest in sharing and transmission, Pierre-Edouard founded his first choir at the age of twenty-two.
Trained in the conservatories of Lille and Paris, as well as initially in choral conducting by Anne POELEN at the Lille University, he regularly completes his approach to choral singing and perfects his skills under the guidance of Nicole CORTI, Géraldine TOUTAIN, Marianne GUENGUARD, Valérie JOSSE and Benoît GRENÈCHE.
Pierre-Edouard is a professor of music with a Master's degree in music writing from the CNSMDP (with honors). He teaches in high schools in Abbeville and Amiens, and is involved in professional and internal Agrégation exam trainings for choral conducting. He presently conducts the choir Vox humana in Amiens, which focuses on contemporary a cappella repertoires.
Performing time : 5 minutes
Mille regretz
Je ne puis me tenir d'aymer
Tenez-moy en vos bras


LAUSANNE (AFP) – Ninteen more Russian rowers were banned from the Olympics on Tuesday, taking the toll of the nation s athletes suspended from Rio to 108 after explosive revelations of state-run doping across Russian sport.
As the list of suspended Russians grew, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) continued to face fierce criticism for failing to ban Russia outright.
Germany s Olympic discus champion Robert Harting launched a savage verbal attack on IOC president Thomas Bach, calling his compatriot "part of the doping system not the anti-doping system".
Bach fired back that the decision to leave individual sports federations to decide which Russians could compete "respects the right of every clean athlete around the world," Bach noting that would-be Russian Olympians must clear "the highest hurdles" to be green-lighted for the Games, which start on August 5.
Five canoeists and two modern pentathletes were barred, with the number of Russians banned since Sunday standing at 41.
They are in addition to 67 track and field athletes already banned by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
While there was good news for Russian athletes competing in judo, equestrian, tennis and shooting, World Rowing (FISA) came down hard, banning 22 of Russia s 28 rowers.
FISA said that those banned were "not at all considered to have participated in doping" but were being excluded as they "do not meet the conditions established by the IOC".
With just six rowers Russia can only compete with one boat in Brazil, a men s coxless four, after qualifying five boats.
Pavel Sozykin was the competitor banned by World Sailing, with the other six Russian sailors allowed to compete, and a replacement for Sozykin will be allowed.
The International Canoe Federation (ICF) said it had taken "swift action" to remove five canoe sprint paddlers from Rio after the release of additional information naming those implicated in the McLaren report.
The report by Canadian law professor Richard McLaren for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) detailed an elaborate doping system in Russia directed by the sports ministry that affected more than 30 sports.
The banned five included Alexey Korovashkov, a five-time world champion who won a bronze medal in London four years ago, and Alexander Dyachenko, who took gold in a doubles kayak sprint.
"This is a bitter blow for the Olympic movement and we are saddened that our sport is implicated. We have taken swift action and removed all offending athletes where doping evidence exists," said ICF secretary general Simon Toulson.
Modern pentathlon s governing body said Maksim Kustov and Ilia Frolov had been implicated in the McLaren report and were being booted from Rio.
The report linked both to the so-called "Disappearing Positive Methodology", meaning their positive drug tests at a Moscow laboratory in 2014 were never reported.
Time was running out for federations to scrutinize Russian competitors, some of whom are already in Brazil.
In addition to the ban on Russia s entire track and field team over doping, seven swimmers, two weightlifters and a volleyballer have also been barred.
Yuliya Stepanova, the Russian 800m runner who lifted the lid on systematic doping and corruption in Russian athletics, is making one last-gasp appeal of her ban from the Rio Olympics.
Her inclusion is actually backed by the IAAF and many anti-doping officials, who have praised her whistleblowing efforts, but was nixed by an IOC ethics commission.
Four-time world breaststroke champion Yulia Efimova also announced plans on Monday to also appeal her ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Matthieu Reeb, CAS secretary general, told AFP in an email it had yet to receive the appeal.
Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko — a key figure in the McLaren report who has been banned from Rio — has voiced confidence that the "majority" of the country s 387-member team would be declared eligible for Rio.
In some rare good news for Russia, the International Shooting Sport Federation said that all 18 competitors nominated by Russia had been cleared because they had no positive drug tests on their record and were not mentioned in the McLaren report.
Most Russian competitors will fly out on Thursday, but it remains to be seen how many will actually take part in the Games because several federations have yet to weigh in.


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After being stranded on 9/11, Shirley Brooks-Jones gave back
Brooks-Jones started a fund for students in a small town in Newfoundland after a local Lions Club looked out for her—leading to lifelong friendships and Broadway
By Marie-Danielle Smith September 8, 2021
Shirley Brooks-Jones, 2021 (Photograph by Maddie McGarvey; Mural photograph: Courtesy of the town of Gander )
This profile is part of a series called 'Living in the shadow of 9/11,' which looks at how the worlds of five extraordinary people changed, twenty years later.
When she was a girl, Shirley Brooks-Jones, the eldest of nine siblings, needed a pair of glasses her family struggled to afford. It was a local Lions Club in southeastern Ohio that funded her first eye doctor appointment, and her first pair of specs. Imagine Brooks-Jones's surreal gratitude at the age of 65 when, during a tumultuous few days that would change the course of her life, it was another local Lions Club that came to the rescue—this time in Newfoundland.
Brooks-Jones was one of some 8,000 travellers whose airplanes were grounded at Gander International Airport after the United States closed its airspace on Sept. 11, 2001. She remembers noticing the "nose to tail, wingtip to wingtip" chaos of parked planes after Delta Flight 15, which had departed from Frankfurt en route to Atlanta, touched down. She remembers the calm of the pilot as he explained that New York City's twin towers had been attacked.
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After a 28½-hour wait on the tarmac, the stranded pilgrims were guided onto school buses that brought them to places of respite not far from the airport. When Brooks-Jones's bus pulled up to its destination, she looked up and saw a sign: "Lewisporte Lions Centre." Tears began streaming down her face. Another woman asked if she was alright. "I told her the Lions were still taking care of me," she says.
When it was time to go home a few days later, Brooks-Jones was racking her mind for ideas to repay the community for taking such good care of so many strangers. "When we tried to leave some money, nobody would take anything," she says. On the plane ride home, she and several other passengers came up with an idea to set up a scholarship fund for high-schoolers in Lewisporte.
Brooks-Jones, who lives in Columbus, Ohio, worked with the Columbus Foundation to set up an endowed fund for graduates of Lewisporte Collegiate high school. The 341 students who've received Flight 15 scholarships to date have gone on to become doctors, nurses, engineers and teachers. A recent recipient is on a waitlist for Ohio State University. Brooks-Jones says she's invited the student to live with her, if they're admitted.
Before 2001, Brooks-Jones didn't know much about Newfoundland. Now, she is an honorary graduate of Lewisporte Collegiate, as of 2005, and a recipient of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador, as of 2007. The Broadway musical Come From Away features a character based on Brooks-Jones. "When I got to meet the person who portrays me, he picked me up and swung me around, and tears going down his cheeks, thanking me for what I had done," she says. "To me it's so neat how invested these actors and the cast and crew are in what happened in Newfoundland."
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Those few days so altered the course of Brooks-Jones's life that she says she pinches herself every day: "How could I have been so fortunate?" The relationships that came out of the involuntary detour have blossomed over the two decades since. Brooks-Jones counts Lewisporte's mayor and his wife among her closest friends—she jokingly refers to them as her 10th and 11th siblings—and she has been back to visit 29 times. After her 85th birthday this month, Brooks-Jones says she hopes to return for the 20th anniversary of her introduction to the place she calls her "second home." As soon as she can make it, she says: "I'm on Air Canada, buddy."
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Laws for Getting My Last Paycheck from My Employer
By Grace Ferguson
What if My Wages Were Not Reported for Unemployment?
What Hours Count Towards an Hourly Rate?
State Vs. Federal Minimum Wage
Federal Employee Adverse Action Rights
FLSA Audit Checklist
If you no longer work for an employer but are owed wages, that employer is legally required to pay you all monies due. This includes all wages earned up until your separation date. However, your employer has rights, as well. The time frame for paying final wages often depends on your state of employment and the manner in which you were terminated.
The Fair Labor Standards Act is the federal law that governs minimum wage, child labor, record-keeping and overtime for most jobs in the United States. Federal law requires an employer to establish regular paydays and pay employees in a prompt manner, but it does not require your employer to pay final wages immediately upon separation.
Most states set a time frame for an employee's final wage distribution. Whereas regular paycheck distribution time frame normally depends on whether an employee is exempt or nonexempt, final wages often depend on how the employee was terminated. For example, in California, if an employee was fired or quits and gives at least 72 hours of notice, final wages are due immediately upon separation. If she quits without giving 72 hours of notice, final wages can be paid up to 72 hours after separation.
Final pay applies to regular and overtime wages earned up to the date of separation; however, other types of wages might apply as well. Some states require an employer to include accrued vacation time in an employee's final wages, regardless of how she was terminated; others leave it up to company policy. In the latter case, if your employer has a written and established policy, he must follow it. For example, under a company policy that requires you to give at least two weeks' notice to obtain unused vacation pay, if you were fired, this rule does not apply to you, but if you quit and gave the appropriate notice, it does. The state might have specific rules concerning bonus and commission payout, which often depends on the terms of the agreement. Also, if you signed an employment contract stipulating that you're eligible to receive severance pay, your employer must honor the agreement.
Wage Claim
If your employer does not pay you by the required time frame, mail or deliver a letter to him requesting payment. If he still fails to comply, contact your state's Department of Labor for its procedures on filing a wage claim. In many cases, you are required to fill out a form on which you state details of your termination, such as the separation date and the amount of money owed, with relevant attachments such as wage statements and employment contract. The department investigates your claim. If it agrees with you, it may order your employer to pay you wages due. Depending on your state and the situation, your employer might be required to pay you penalties as well. The state has a time frame by which claims must be filed.
The state might require that you try other administrative remedies, such as filing a wage claim with the labor department, before filing a lawsuit in court. A lawsuit is particularly effective if your state labor department does not handle certain types of payment recovery, if it does not have the authority to order your employer to pay wages or if the time frame to file with the labor department has passed but the time frame to file with the court is still in effect. If your claim exceeds the amount allowed in small claims court, contact the state Superior Court for its procedures on filing a lawsuit; consider using an attorney in this case. If you and several employees were not paid final wages, you can all pool your claims as a class action and use an attorney to represent you as a group. The court can order your employer to pay your court and attorney fees.
U.S. Department of Labor: Last Paycheck
Texas Workforce Commission: Final Pay
The Legal Aid Society of San Francisco: Getting Your Final Paycheck
Nolo: Do You Have an Unpaid Wage Claim?
Employee Issues: Payday Requirements
U.S. Department of Labor: How Is Severance Pay Calculated and When Is It Due?
Nolo: Chart: Final Paychecks for Departing Employees
U.S. Department of Labor: State Labor Offices
Grace Ferguson has been writing professionally since 2009. With 10 years of experience in employee benefits and payroll administration, Ferguson has written extensively on topics relating to employment and finance. A research writer as well, she has been published in The Sage Encyclopedia and Mission Bell Media.
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Everyday Hearing > 7 Best Headphones for Kids for Safe Listening
7 Best Headphones for Kids for Safe Listening
Last updated on December 13, 2019 | Originally published on July 24, 2018 Written by Duncan Lambden. Reviewed by Lindsey Banks, Au.D.
Best Headphones for Kids
Puro Sound Labs BT2200 Premium Kids Headphones
See them on Amazon
Keep reading below to see our full list and all the information you need before buying.
1. What do the studies show?
2. Can headphones actually be safe?
3. Our top 7 headphones for kids
4. 2 tips from our audiologist
5. How loud is too loud and how long is too long?
What do studies show about headphones and hearing loss?
Headphones have been around since the 1950s, but it wasn't until the past 15-20 years (when devices like the iPod were created) that they really became a point of contention for audiologists worried about hearing loss.
Even studies by otolaryngologists and audiologists in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) have had conflicting findings.
For example, there was good news in one study showing hearing loss rates among teens using headphones had dropped significantly from 22.5 percent in 2007 to 15.2 percent in 2010.
But more recently another study showed a correlation between the likelihood of hearing loss in children who use headphones versus those who don't.
Can headphones actually be safe for kids to use?
There are 2 major features to look for:
1. Noise cancellation. In terms of listening safety, noise cancellation is the most important feature. Noise cancellation prevents the user (ideally) from turning the volume up higher than is necessary due to loud ambient sounds.
Imagine sitting in the family room trying to watch your favorite TV show while the laundry is running in the adjacent room and your sibling or roommate is walking around talking on the phone. Unavoidably you end up turning the volume up to drown out those unwanted sounds.
This is bad for your ears.
That's where noise cancellation comes into play.
There are two types:
Active noise cancellation. This is the preferred type. This is accomplished via electronics in the headphones that emit a sound wave 180° out of phase with the ambient noise. This wave essentially cancels out the surrounding sounds without diminishing audio quality.
Passive noise cancellation. This type relies on an "acoustic seal" where the headphone closes over top the ear (usually only accomplished with close-backed over-ear headphones) to block out background noises. Having passive noise cancellation is better than nothing, but relies too heavily on a perfect fit.
2. Volume limiting. The best of the best headphones for kids (and all the ones on our list below) will have some sort of built in volume limit. This means no sound played through the device will exceed a specific decibel level (usually 85 dB). This is an important feature, but even the New York Times has found that sometimes it doesn't work exactly as intended.
Top 7 Best Headphones for Kids
Note: Almost all of the headphones below come in multiple colors beyond just the single color shown in the table.
1 Puro Sound Labs BT2200 Premium Kids Headphones Wireless, Volume Limited at 85 dB See it on Amazon
2 Puro Sound Labs Junior Jams Wireless, Volume Limited at 85 dB See it on Amazon
3 Nabi Headphones Wireless, Volume Limited at 80 dB See it on Amazon
4 LilGadgets Untangled Pro Premium Children's Headphones Wireless, Volume Limited at 93 dB See it on Amazon
5 Buddyphones Foldable Volume Limiting Kids Headphones Wired, Volume Limited at 85 dB See it on Amazon
6 JLab Audio JBuddies Kids Volume Limiting Headphones Wired, Volume Limited at 90 dB See it on Amazon
7 AmazonBasics Volume Limited On-Ear Headphones for Kids Wired, Volume Limited at 85 dB See it on Amazon
2 final tips from our audiologist
Tip #1: Use the built-in volume limiting features in your devices
Children and teenagers are most likely using headphones (or hearables) with Apple (iPhone, iPad, etc.) or Android products. And most of these products have media settings that allow for safer listening.
For example, we personally use a Samsung Galaxy S8 and you can find media settings under: Settings > Sounds and vibration > Volume > Top Right Vertical Ellipsis > Media Volume Limiter.
Simply turn the above setting to "ON" and you can even set a PIN number so your child can't physically increase the volume past the limit you set.
Here's what it looks like in action:
In the above example (without a PIN) the Samsung Galaxy S8 gives a high volume warning when you cross over the threshold (that you can set).
This is super helpful as a reminder of "Hey, maybe you don't need to crank your music up quite so loud."
Tip #2: Limit the amount of time your child listens to their audio devices using headphones.
The next best thing you can do to protect their hearing from damaging music or sounds is to limit how long they are exposed to music or movies via headphones.
For example, giving them a time limit of 30 minutes or 1 hour at a time will help limit their sound exposure and prevent damage to their hearing. Some devices even have a time-limit built in so you can have it shut off when it reaches that pre-set time.
If you think of your ears as a muscle, it helps to give them rest every now and then.
How loud is too loud and how long is too long?
There have been two long time standards by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
Prolonged exposure to sounds above 85 dB can cause hearing loss. Prolonged is typically defined as a time weighted average of 8 hours.
Any exposure to sounds above 120 dB can cause immediate hearing loss. It is believed that your stapedius muscle will activate above 115 dB in order to alter the positions of the ossicles to reduce response to loud sounds.
The relationship between increasing the intensity of a sound and its damage to the inner ear is not linear. Meaning, while sounds around 85 dB for 8 hours may be tolerable, it can not be extrapolated to mean that sounds at 100 dB are manageable for ~4 hours.
In fact, it's not even close. 100 dB sounds are only save for approximately 15 minutes.
Headphones aren't the enemy
Music is beautiful, even many television shows or movies can be beautiful or at least educational or helpful.
I don't believe the answer is to avoid them, simply to avoid over indulging in them at the expense of your ears.
ReSound Hearing Aids Reviews – Overview and Prices
Deaf-Friendly Assisted Living: What You Need to Know


Eep! Yep.i don't like to talk about my story ideas with anyone.
Yikes! definitely wrong! I wan't talk about my books to anyine especially whilst it is still in the working it all out, moulding stage. Even when umpteen drafts are done I still don't talk about it or let anyone see it unitl it's what I call 'fit to visit'. Then I let everyone in!
Uhh yeah, I don't think I would have been so nice, lol! You put me in that position and then want to tell me your story ideas? Write your own book, lol! Wow. Just... wow.


Fish fight: Ikan cupang (betta fish) are handed out to residents of Kota Baru housing complex, Tasikmalaya regency, West Java, on Friday as part of the local authority's antidengue fever camapign. The local health agency reported that 64 people had contracted the fever, five of whom died.(Antara/Adeng Bustomi)While residents in Greater Jakarta have to endure the suffocating smell of insecticide spray or fogging, which has intensified with the dengue fever alert period this rainy season, those living in Marunda subdistrict, Cilincing district in North Jakarta, can live in peace as they have taken preventive measures the natural way.
Before the dengue fever alert period hit Jakarta in February, residents in Marunda subdistrict planted 2,000 lavender plants and placed chopped lemongrass in different corners of their homes to get rid of mosquito larvae.


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The Higher Organising Committee of IDEX and NAVDEX and the International Defence Conference concludes preparations for the 2021 edition
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International participants at IDEX and NAVDEX 2021 exempt from quarantine on arrival in UAE
Abu Dhabi, UAE, 11 January 2021: The Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC), the organiser of the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX 2021) and the Naval Defence Exhibition (NAVDEX 2021), held under the patronage of the President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, from 21-25 February, has received approval from the Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre for all badge holders to be exempted from the 10-day quarantine procedure on their arrival into Abu Dhabi.
This step has been taken to facilitate the arrival of international delegations from all over the world. International visitors to the UAE must present their event badge, printed on A4 paper, at any border, to be exempted from the quarantine, and they will not be required to wear tracking wristbands. Detailed protocols to facilitate the entry of delegations and support their participation, are being finalised in collaboration with relevant authorities in the UAE, and an update will be published on a later stage.
Matar Saeed Al Nuaimi, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre, part of Department of Health – Abu Dhabi, said: "Through our decision to exempt participants of the IDEX and NAVDEX 2021 exhibitions from the quarantine period, the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi is keen to promote business activity in the emirate. We worked closely with ADNEC as a strategic partner throughout the pandemic on a number of initiatives that ensured the health of the community. Accordingly, we are confident of their ability to implement rigorous precautionary measures including the necessary PCR tests that ensure the health and safety of visitors and exhibitors attending this event.
"Participants exempt from quarantine procedures still must observe the strict guidelines in place before entering the emirate of Abu Dhabi. In doing so, they will ensure the implementation of preventative measures, safeguarding the highest standards of health and safety for all residents."
"We will co-ordinate extensively with authorities to facilitate the entry of participants to the conference, supporting their attendance by preserving the health of those around them," Al Nuaimi concluded.
Humaid Matar Al Dhaheri, Managing Director and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company, commented: "This exemption demonstrates how IDEX and NAVDEX are leading the recovery of business activity following the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, it will showcase how Abu Dhabi continues to lead as a regional capital for the business tourism sector. We maintain our support to welcome the world, once again, in spite of the ongoing global conditions caused by the pandemic."
Al Dhaheri added: "This stride demonstrates the UAE's and ADNEC's robust range of flexible infrastructure and operational capabilities, capable of safely organising a global mega-event. Since the beginning of the pandemic, stringent precautionary and safety measures have been our foremost priority.
"This exemption has been enabled by the continued cooperation and support from our strategic partners and stakeholders. Such support has allowed us to continue to strengthen the position of this event, building on its success and continuing to attract a wider range of visitors and exhibitors. In attracting such a high calibre of international companies, IDEX and NAVDEX will continue to showcase the latest developments in the defence sector."
Through the IDEX, NAVDEX, and the International Defence Conference, ADNEC aims to attract global expertise in the land, sea, and air defence industries, localising knowledge in the UAE. The 15th edition of the IDEX and NAVDEX exhibitions is a distinguished global platform which highlights the national defence sector and its infrastructure. Further, the exhibitions will showcase the latest in cutting-edge technology in these sectors, following the global innovation trends of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
A wide raft of health and safety measures have been designed and implemented across IDEX 2021, NAVDEX 2021 and the International Defence Conference, ensuring the safety of all participants. All those attending will be required to follow the social distancing measures and the wearing of face masks is being mandated across exhibition facilities, ensuring the safety of all attending the events.
About Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC)
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) is part of ADQ, one of the region's largest holding companies with a diverse portfolio of major enterprises spanning key sectors of Abu Dhabi's diversified economy.
ADNEC is a leader in managing and developing international strategic centres and was founded with a vision to become the leading destination for popular, high-profile international conferences, exhibitions and congresses in the Middle East and North Africa. It owns and operates the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, the largest exhibition venue in the MENA region.
In addition, ADNEC also includes ExCeL London, Al Ain Convention Centre, Aloft London ExCeL, Aloft Abu Dhabi, Andaz Capital Gate Abu Dhabi, ADNEC Services LLC, Capital Hospitality, and IDEX LLC.
ADNEC Group is working on developing its network of companies and is on a mission to enhance business tourism in Abu Dhabi by creating a platform that enables event organisers to realise their goals of connecting people via world-class events and venues and delivering best-in-class services to exceed stakeholder expectations.
For more information, please visit: http://www.adnecgroup.ae.
Preparations for the exhibitions and conference are on schedule, with widespread participation from international decision-makers and official delegations
Abu Dhabi, UAE, 6 January 2021: The Higher Organising Committee of the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX 2021), the Naval Defence Exhibition (NAVDEX 2021), and the International Defence Conference, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, has announced the completion of preparations for the two exhibitions, held from 21-25 February at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, in addition to the International Defence Conference that will take place on 20 February at the ADNOC Business Center.
IDEX and NAVDEX and the International Defence Conference are organised by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC), in cooperation with the Ministry of Defence and the General Command of the UAE Armed Forces. The events showcase the latest developments, technologies and innovations in the defence industry, support the development of the national defence sector and forge new relationships between major international companies.
The committee confirmed that both exhibitions and the accompanying conference will be held on schedule, without disruption. The events are attracting wide interest and participation by companies and delegations alike, as the final preparations are made. The committee aims to organise an exceptional edition during the economic recovery from the impact of COVID-19 and strengthen the position of Abu Dhabi as a leading regional leader in the business tourism sector.
The committee affirmed that official invitations have been sent to exhibitors and conference delegates and that confirmation of participation has been received from many official delegations from countries all over the world, in addition to decision-makers, experts and specialists from across the sector. The positive response confirms the pivotal position and role that both events play in the specialised defence sector and the status of the exhibitions at the regional and international level.
The committee emphasised that the UAE is an attractive and safe destination that welcomes visitors from all over the world, and is fully prepared to host the world again in Abu Dhabi. To facilitate exhibitors and visitors' participation, a wide range of processes are being implemented. Additionally, a set of precautionary and preventive measures have been developed to ensure the health, well-being, and security of visitors and participants, in cooperation with ADNEC and all relevant authorities.
Additionally, the Naval Organising Committee of NAVDEX confirmed that a large number of naval vessels and boats from countries around the world will arrive in February, to be displayed at the ADNEC Marina during the exhibition. The Committee is currently finalising plans to launch a number of new naval vessels during the exhibition.
The Organising Committee of the International Defence Conference 2021 stated that it has completed the final list of conference speakers and participants to accompany IDEX and NAVDEX. The conference will be held as a hybrid event for the first time, bringing together experts and specialists from all over the world at the ADNOC Business Center and on-line, to discuss the Prosperity and Development of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology and the Protection in the Era of the 4IR.
The upcoming edition of the International Defence Conference will highlight the key role that Abu Dhabi plays in advancing the global defence industries and the importance of international cooperation to find a formula for restructuring defence systems in the face of future challenges.
ADNEC has implemented a wide range of strict precautionary and preventive measures to ensure the safety of visitors and participants, in accordance with the highest global health and safety standards. Thermal scanners will be set at all entrances, sanitisation and disinfection procedures will be taking place throughout the day using fogging machines. All visitors and participants will be required to have a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) COVID-19 test. In addition, social distancing measures and the wearing of personal protective equipment (PPE) is being mandated across facilities.
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