For months, volunteers have met at Washburn Methodist Church on Wednesdays to gather, cut and tie plastic bags together to make washable, reusable beds for the homeless. Ten of the completed beds have just been donated to the McLean County Sheriff's Office for deputies to give out to those in need.
Peggy Hight, organizer of the Wil-Mat project in Washburn, and volunteer Elaine Carr presented the mats to the sheriff's department on March 18, asking them to pass them on to any individuals they meet that are homeless or otherwise in need.
Each mat takes over 1,000 plastic bags to make and are hand cut and woven by volunteers that meet at Washburn Methodist Church every Wednesday. The mats, since they are made entirely of plastic, are completely waterproof and can simply be re-tied if any of the loops happen to come loose or break. The mats are about three feet wide and six feet long and can be used either to sleep on and act as a barrier between the user and the cold or wet ground, or as a blanket to cover up with.


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A kickoff specialist is a special teams position in gridiron football. They are responsible for kicking the ball in the kickoff. These players tend to have a strong leg, often capable of making touchbacks, and capable of keeping a ball in the bounds of the field of play but do not have the accuracy or technique required to be a full-time placekicker or punter.

Placekickers usually double their role as kickoff specialists; pure kickoff specialists are now seldomly-used. Some kickoff specialists later become full-time placekickers, while some are marginal placekickers who are soon out of football.

Due to modern roster restrictions (and a 2016 rule change discouraging the kicking of touchbacks by awarding the receiving team possession at the 25-yard line instead of the 20), most NFL teams do not elect to have a kickoff specialist, and instead use their placekickers (or, less often, punters) on kickoffs. The most recent NFL kickoff specialist was Jordan Gay, who played the position for the Buffalo Bills under special teams coach Danny Crossman from 2014 to 2016. Prior to Gay's being claimed off waivers, Buffalo's kickoff duties were handled by Billy Cundiff and John Potter, who likewise were kickoff specialists during their time in Buffalo; for 2017, the team brought in former high school kicking phenom Austin Rehkow as a contender for the position but opted not to use a kickoff specialist that year. Other players who have spent at least some time as kickoff specialist for an NFL team since 2006 include Stephen Hauschka, Rhys Lloyd, David Buehler, Todd Carter, and Brandon McManus. As of the end of the 2014 NFL season, punters Thomas Morstead, Matt Bosher, Sam Martin, Pat McAfee, and Michael Koenen handle kickoffs. There is at least one example of a backup quarterback serving as a kickoff specialist; in 1965, Bob Timberlake did so for the New York Giants. In high school football and most other professional leagues, such as the Arena Football League and, until recent roster expansions, the Canadian Football League, one kicker handles all three kicking positions. Even college football teams usually do not use kickoff specialists, despite the much larger rosters at that level; however, if an underclassman has a stronger leg than the upperclassman kicker, but is not yet ready to assume placekicker or punter duties, they will usually handle kickoff duties while being the primary backup placekicker and punter.

American football positions
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Live or be Alive
What Are Self-Image & IDentity?
Who are we? Do you use your career title as a way to define who you are? It happens to many of us. This act only gets us into trouble when we solely define ourselves by our achievements.
It's simple and accessible to identify based on our career roles. It's something that we can use in passing, to answer the question "What do you do?" when we are meeting someone for the first time. But answering that question does not begin to describe all the hats we wear in this world. Perhaps you are a parent or a sibling. Or some other descriptor related to one of your hobbies. Sometimes these automatic responses become engraved into our sense of being. It's easy when we are connected to communities with others that share this similar identity.
Maybe the path to our identity is just that. It's a process. It's a way of encompassing all that we do and who we are as people. Think back to your childhood. How have your beliefs changed over the years? How did your identity shift from each life stage.
What Does Our Self-Esteem Have To Do With It All?
Our self-esteem is based on how we see ourselves and how we may judge ourselves against others. Do you compare yourself with others?
When we compare ourselves with others, we often see a sliver of this person's life on the outside. It's merely a snapshot among many. Unless we know that person intimately, we do not know what other struggles that that person encounters on a daily basis.
When we are sure about ourselves, others' appearances matter less to us. We are less impacted when we feel comfortable with who we are.
Self-image & Loving Ourselves
Positive self-image takes place when our realities align with who we want to be.
Let's go back to that childhood or college self. Who did we want to be? How did we see ourselves? Now, fast-forward--how does your current self align with your dreams from the past and present? Does this mean that you'd want to bring in some unconditional love for yourself?
But is there more? How do we identify ourselves beyond our roles? We can reframe our roles beyond ourselves. Perhaps it means using our skills to serve under-privileged communities twenty minutes away from our homes. How would you want to share your interests with others? What would bring you immense joy?
Find balance in all that you do.
Coping With Our Feelings

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KEARNEY, NE – The Nebraska Beef Council, in partnership with the Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri beef councils, hosted a select group of 27 registered dietitians from 10 states in Kansas City, for Nutrition Adventure 2017. The checkoff-funded event, held the last week of May, emphasized beef's nutritional profile and culinary versatility through practical applications and immersion experiences. The attendees were selected given their high level of involvement on social media and blog platforms.
Attendees at the checkoff-funded event learned about beef nutrition, including lean cuts of beef, optimal protein levels in the diet and emerging human nutrition research. Registered dietitian Holley Grainger provided the group with practical solutions to help families prepare for mealtime through interactive demonstrations. Afterward, the dietitians were tasked with utilizing unique and trendy ingredients to maximize taste, flavor, and eating experience during a hands-on beef cooking competition.
The group also took part in a hands-on session covering food photography, live videos and promotion to showcase recipes on their blogs. For Cheryl Mussatto, dietitian and columnist at Eat Well to Be Well, the program emphasized beef's nutritional value. "We don't need to be scared of beef. There are nearly 40 cuts of lean beef and it's leaner than it used to be. Beef is such a high-quality food with so many nutrients, consumers don't need to be afraid of beef. They can buy it for their family and serve it at home."
A highlight of the event was a tour of Tailgate Ranch near Tonganoxie, Kansas. There, the group visited with area beef producers and participated in a panel discussion with Kirk Sours, a cow-calf producer and manager of Tailgate Ranch; Dan Thomson, a veterinarian from the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine; Jack Klosterman, a feedyard operator with Grass Valley Feeders in David City, Nebraska; and Angie Siemens, vice president of food safety, quality and regulatory with Cargill Meat Solutions in Wichita. A variety of topics were addressed including factually defining conventional, organic, natural and grass-finished beef and the use of growth hormones in cattle.
For the attendees, the panel discussion provided insight to the beef production cycle. "We have a disconnect with our food. We sat next to farmers and saw first-hand what was going on," said Jana Mowrer, dietitian from Fresno, California. "It's completely opposite of what's in the media and documentaries." She added that the experience would help her when interacting with clients. "Dietitians are the ones working with people to help make their diets and create meal plans. We have to be able to provide correct information to consumers."


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Victoria County History - Berkshire
A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3
The hundred of Charlton: Introduction and map
A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1923.
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THE HUNDRED OF CHARLTON
CONTAINING THE PARISHES OF
BARKHAM HURST SWALLOWFIELD
FINCHAMPSTEAD SHINFIELD
The above list with the tithing of Earley in Sonning (fn. 1) represents the extent of the hundred in 1831. (fn. 2) Since that date there has been a readjustment by the addition of the liberty of Broad Hinton in Hurst, which was annexed to Berkshire in 1844, having previously, although situated geographically in the hundred of Charlton, belonged legally to the county of Wilts. Portions of Swallowfield and Shinfield, also in the county of Wilts., were added to Charlton at the same time. (fn. 3) All the above-mentioned townships except Broad Hinton are given in the Domesday Survey of the hundred, and at that date Remenham, Sonning (which then included all the parishes in the present hundred of Sonning) and Wargrave were also included. The whole was then assessed at 44 hides, which was less than a third of the pre-Conquest assessment. (fn. 4)
Index Map to the Hundred of Charlton
Before 1224 Sonning had been withdrawn by the Bishops of Salisbury and formed into a hundred, and Wargrave had also been separated from Charlton, (fn. 5) whilst Remenham was added to Beynhurst before 1286. (fn. 6) From that time until 1844 the extent of the hundred remained unaltered. (fn. 7)
The hundred of Charlton was one of the seven hundreds of Windsor Forest. It remained in the hands of the king. (fn. 8) and its jurisdiction was probably eventually merged in that of the court of the Seven Hundreds of Cookham and Bray. (fn. 9)
1. This tithing is taken under the hundred of Sonning.
2. Pop. Ret. (1831), i, 10.
3. Stat. 2 & 3 Will. IV, cap. 64; 7 & 8 Vict. cap. 61. These places were legally in the hundred of Ashridge, which was appurtenant to the hundred of Amesbury in Wilts. See under Sonning Hundred.
4. V.C.H. Berks. i, 329–30, 335, 340, 359. Broad Hinton was apparently forest land in 1086 and is not mentioned by name.
5. Assize R. 36 (9 Hen. III), m. a.7. Wargrave is here called a 'villata,' later a hundred.
6. Lay Subs R. bdle. 73, no. 6.
7. Ibid. bdles. 73, no. 5, 7; 74, no. 246; Ct. R. (Gen. Ser.), portf. 154, no. 13; Index Villaris (1680).
8. Hund. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 9.
9. Ct. R. loc. cit. (court of the Seven Hundreds held 4 & 5 Hen. V for the townships in Charlton Hundred and some of the townships in Beynhurst and Ripplesmere Hundreds), cf. Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII, i, 94 (suit of court for Finchampstead owed to hundred of Cookham and Bray).


The long-awaited เครดิต ทดลอง เล่น ฟรี 1000research report is out!? Seralini et al the authors.? And the news is as has been rumoured:? It's not the glyphosate that's the main problem; it's the formulants.
Abstract: The major pesticides of the world are glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH), and their toxicity is highly debated. To understand their mode of action, the comparative herbicidal and toxicological effects of glyphosate (G) alone and 14 of its formulations were studied in this work, as a model for pesticides. GBH are mixtures of water, with commonly 36–48% G claimed as the active principle. As with other pesticides, 10–20% of GBH consist of chemical formulants. We previously identified these by mass spectrometry and found them to be mainly families of petroleum-based oxidized molecules, such as POEA, and other contaminants. We exposed plants and human cells to the components of formulations, both mixed and separately, and measured toxicity and human cellular endocrine disruption below the direct toxicity experimentally measured threshold. G was only slightly toxic on plants at the recommended dilutions in agriculture, in contrast with the general belief. In the short term, the strong herbicidal and toxic properties of its formulations were exerted by the POEA formulant family alone. The toxic effects and endocrine disrupting properties of the formulations were mostly due to the formulants and not to G. In this work, we also identified by mass spectrometry the heavy metals arsenic, chromium, cobalt, lead and nickel, which are known to be toxic and endocrine disruptors, as contaminants in 22 pesticides, including 11 G-based ones. This could also explain some of the adverse effects of the pesticides. In in vivo chronic regulatory experiments that are used to establish the acceptable daily intakes of pesticides, G or other declared active ingredients in pesticides are assessed alone, without the formulants. Considering these new data, this assessment method appears insufficient to ensure safety. These results, taken together, shed a new light on the toxicity of these major herbicides and of pesticides in general.
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Why won't the powers-that-be take agriculture seriously?
Is the tide really turning?


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Blood of Redemption (2013)
Action, Crime, Drama
Giorgio Serafini, Shawn Sourgose
Dolph Lundgren, Billy Zane, Gianni Capaldi, Vinnie Jones, Robert Davi, Robert Miano, Massi Furlan, LaDon Drummond
Lundgren is the Bodyguard
Axel (Dolph Lundgren) has worked for mob family: Serge Grimaldi (Robert Miano) and sons Quinn (Billy Zane) and Kurt (Gianni Capaldi) for a long time and they are like family to him. It is why he is quietly suspicious when cousin Hayden (Robert Davi) asks Serge if he can bring his nephew Campbell (Vinnie Jones) into the family business. But when Serge is murdered it is Quinn who ends up arrested and Axel ends up on the run as he is framed for the murder. Now living in the shadows Axel seeks out Loryn (Jelly Howie), Quinn's girlfriend, to help him solve the puzzle as to who did it so that he can clear his name and get his life back.
There are some movies where I am convinced those who made the movie have forgotten the basic fact that the audience won't have read the script and made a movie which whilst they might know what is happening leave the audience scrabbling for information online to really understand how the pieces fit together. "Blood of Redemption" is one of those movies which in a strange way impressively does its own thing but does so ignoring that the audience need to be able to follow and make sense of the storyline as it plays out. As such whilst we have a murder of a mob family patriarch and a former bodyguard trying unravel who was behind it there are elements in "Blood of Redemption" which leave you scratching your head such as how the heck does the son of a mob boss make it in to the FBI?
But whilst I could ponder what happened to "Blood of Redemption" I have to be honest and say this is a movie which focuses more on style and action than on a logical storyline. As such we have some snappy visual elements including some freeze frames, we also have the growling narration from Axel when it comes to his thoughts on what is going down in various scenes and there is of course the action although that is mostly heavy edited stuff which quite literally dials up the volume on the gun shots. The thing is that the action lacks the same consistency as the storyline which makes this a movie which ends up a bit all over the place.
What this all boils down to is that "Blood of Redemption" might have been a good movie on paper with a good storyline but the finished movie ends up messy and in truth the sort of movie which once it is over you could go back and watch again so you can understand what is going on except it isn't entertaining enough to warrant a second viewing.
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← The Perfect Storm
What a distance we have fallen →
Police must lose Robocop image
How humiliating that perhaps the greatest city in the world, known to everyone since the very first Caesar, has fallen to the latest incarnation of the Vandals. What happened last week has been headline news all around the world to what should be the huge embarrassment of every person living in these islands.
How did it happen? It happened because a group of amoral young people saw an opportunity to unleash their feral instincts and have what was to them some real fun. Underpinning this was a unique chance to help themselves to items that their state handouts would not allow them to buy. They did not set out to harm anybody, but that was the inevitable consequence. They just wanted everyone to get out of their way so they could do as they pleased. Where did the forces of law and order feature in all this? First they were caught asleep on their watch with the only two senior officers who might have made a difference pushed out of their job because of pettifogging nonsense over phone hacking. So the 'Great Met' was rudderless. They should have been monitoring the Twitters and realised that in today's joined-up world they can get advanced warning of what is likely to happen. Wake up Met, the Internet is here! Then when they did spring into action they stood back, looking like RoboCops, and stared out from behind their shields. Were they afraid?
There is a terrible disconnect between the police and the lawless underclass, who view them as the despised enemy; someone, who in their take on the world, can be to blame for the boring pointlessness of their lives. But who, we have to ask ourselves, is truly to blame? Back we have to come as I said in my last spiel to the lack of values inculcated at family level. And who encouraged that? Why, the 'bleeding hearts' who said that discipline at all levels – be it at home, school, the policeman on the beat – should be eased. Reasons must be sought for bad behaviour. We must try not to be so judgemental. And as if we were not storing up enough trouble for the future with such policies, we failed to give these luckless kids a decent education.
A few decades ago there was one arm of the state which might still have saved these sad cases of hopelessness: the military. Two years before the mast (National Service) would have knocked some real sense into them and taught them many real and valuable skills. They might even have come to take some pride in their country's military prowess down the centuries and come to love her. But, alas, we must deal with the situation as we find it now. First of all we must get behind the Education Secretary's revolution in the classroom. Then we must support the policies which encourage people into work and penalise the workshy and the malingerers. But most all we must do everything we can to reinforce the family and ditch the silly notion that a father isn't altogether necessary.
I am pleased that we did not rush into using water cannon, rubber bullets and tear gas. The foreigner may be shocked at the images coming out of London and elsewhere, but he should not get supercilious and start tittering. Germany, France, Greece and others have all resorted to these but, except for Northern Ireland, we never have. And our policemen are virtually alone in the world in not being seen to strut the streets with a pistol at their hip. Such is the British way and the foreigner stands in awe at such law enforcement. We have ethnic groups who do not yet understand these things, but in time they will.
Meantime, it would help if our police stopped dressing up like Robocops. If they are to connect with these feral young people they should look as casual as possible, not like someone who has leaped straight out of 'Grand Theft Auto' or some computer game they have been playing… someone they have just zapped into oblivion. Even our 'Bobbies' on the beat are padded out to an absurd degree and no longer look normal. Mrs. Thatcher's police faced worse violence during the miners' strike without these scary looking outfits, but yet they managed to contain the situation. But the difference is that they got stuck in; they didn't cower behind their shields and allow the collieries to be torched. It was just the same when the print unions took on Rupert Murdoch at Wapping. All done without a lot of show-off, expensive paraphernalia, but with a determination to oppose lawlessness at any cost, even to themselves. I bet the boys presently in Helmand Province would laugh their socks off (or perhaps weep) at such pusillanimous as we have seen on the streets of London recently.
Ian Blair, the former head of the Metropolitan Police, has so much to answer for with his politicising of the police and his insistence on political correctness. What a disgrace that we must now refer to him as Lord Blair! But in all this sad litany of woe there is a very great silver lining: we can now be sure that the police will not allow themselves to be caught again with their pants down at the London Olympics next year.
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Born Derek James Craig in 1939, I was stripped of my identity and renamed Thomas Humphreys in the Foundling Hospital's last intake of illegitimate children. After leaving the hospital at 15, I managed to find work in a Fleet Street press agency before being called up for National Service with the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars who were, at that time, engaged with the IRA in Northern Ireland. Following my spell in the Army, I sought out and located my biological parents at age 20. I then became Thomas Humphrey Mackenzie and formed the closest of relationships with my parents for the rest of their lives. All this formed the basis of my book, The Last Foundling (Pan Macmillan), which went on to become an international best seller.
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Note Bene: You could also just cut and paste.
When you run it you will be prompted to pick a new editor, do such.
Also, on a second hand note, I would just like to ask the Fetch staff why they have created a script which assumes that we own BBedit?
Thanks for posting that. I want to add that in Fetch 4.0.3 you can choose "Specify external text editor..." from the Obscure Options pop-up menu in the Misc. section of Preferences instead of running an AppleScript.
As for why Fetch has BBEdit as its default editor, that's because BBEdit is a great product, and was the first to support the AppleEvents that Fetch uses to work with external editors.


Azure Mountain is a day hike perfect for those looking for a short walk with a great reward. The one mile trail to the summit covers steep yet navigable terrain. There are plenty of flat areas for water breaks and rest stops. While it is steep in some areas, with appropriate stops it is suitable for families with small children.
The hike travels up 1000 ft of elevation gain through a mixed hardwood forest with great potential for wildlife viewing. The summit includes a 35-foot fire tower that affords 360 degree views of the St. Lawrence River Valley and Northern Adirondacks. From the summit, views of the northern Adirondack boreal forest are stunning and on a clear day you can see the peaks of Whiteface, Colden, Gothics, Marcy and Algonquin.
Expect about an hour hike for moderate hikers, bring water and snacks and an extra layer for warmth on the summit.
Whether you're looking for a nice walk with the dog, a short trail run, miles of winding mountain bike trails, or a place for cross-country skiing in the winter, the Clarkson trails are the place to go. Beginning at the main entrance at the open field and lumber yard, the trail quickly forks. Bearing right, the trail continues on the loop with a short side trail on the right leading to an observation deck with views of a swamp home to a beaver hut and an osprey nest. Continuing on the trail, there is a short trail to the left which can be made into a 1 mile loop, or continuing on the full loop for a 1.7 mile trip. This multipurpose trail is also used by the ROTC and has elements of the obstacle course along the trail. Additionally, there are several miles of mountain biking trails of varying difficulties which wind in and out of the main multipurpose trail.
Coney Mountain is an ideal option if you are looking for a short hike with great views. The trail winds gradually around the mountain for just over a mile, across easy to moderate hiking terrain. Walking at a comfortable pace, the hike may take around 30 minutes to reach the summit at an elevation of 2265 feet. The summit is open rock, and offers one of the best 360 degree views in the region.
This is an easy two mile round trip to an impressive 60 foot waterfall on the North Branch of the Grasse River. Starting from the trailhead off Donnerville Road (sometimes spelled Downerville), the trail heads downhill through a mixed deciduous and hemlock forest, crossing two bridges before a short uphill, and then a final descent to the falls. Beaver and porcupine activity is evident adjacent to the trail. A lovely designated campsite is located next to the falls, perfect for a quick overnight backpacking trip. The upper falls is a series of small cascades, which channel into a narrow chute for the final drop. Old stone walls next to the waterfall are remnants of an old mill once located at this site.
The Lampson Falls Trail provides relatively easy access to one of the largest and most popular waterfalls in the North Country. These impressive falls drop 100 feet over a smooth rock face into a large, swirling pool at the bottom. Down the trail from the falls, there is a small beach area with safe swimming in an eddy on river right. The trail to the falls is wide, flat, and accommodates wheel chairs. From the top of the falls, the trail narrows and drops steeply down to the beach, then continues over a rocky outcrop opposite the waterfall. In summer, many people stop here to pick blueberries, sunbathe, and admire the falls from the rocks. To complete the loop, look for yellow trail markers on the trees that will lead you on a path along the river. This section can be overgrown in the summer, but offers a scenic views of the Grasse. After about a mile of walking along the river, near the remnants of an old bridge, the trail turns right and continues gradually uphill on an old forest road. It eventually links into the main trail just above the falls. Parking is available along Rte. 27 year-round, and the trail system is popular with skiers and snowshoers in winter.
Mt. Arab is a great hike for families and those looking to enjoy some amazing views after a very short hike. The trail is short but can be steep at times, still great for hikers with kids and pets. You follow the trail through a dense hardwood forest before emerging at the summit in a mixed conifer forest with great autumn color around the end of September to early October.
At the summit there is a lookout tower with maps to help identify surrounding landmarks, and a ranger station that is kept up by the Friends of Mount Arab group. From the summit and fire tower you can see Arab Lake, Tupper Lake, and the northwest foothills of the Adirondacks. On a clear day you can see all the way to some of the high peaks.
The Munter Trail, part of Clarkson University's trail system, is a wide, level, packed sand trail that follows the Raquette River south to the entrance of the Bayside Cemetery. Along the trail there are a number of picnic spots, as well as boardwalks perfect for fishing or enjoying the view of Fall Island. The trail can be accessed from a number of points, with the two main trailheads located at the rear of the Stewart's Shop on Maple St. or behind the Clarkson University Walker Center behind Hantz Field. The closest public restrooms are located at the Stewart's, a great excuse to pick up a cone of ice cream after your walk.
The Red Sandstone trail, maintained by the ADK Laurentian Chapter, offers great views of the Raquette River through varying terrain. Beginning at the South entrance, the trail follows the Raquette River rapids and passes a quarry and dam before meeting a junction at 1.5 miles. At the junction is the parking area for the north entrance of the trail and the access road from CR 59 to the north entrance leads left. The trail continues heading right with a stairway over the aqueducts to a trail which closely follows the shoreline. The trail forks near the entrance to Sugar Island, bearing right, the trail continues on a loop around Sugar Island with an option to take a left for a shorter loop, or continue forward on the trail for a 7 mile round trip back to the south entrance. There are interpretive signs provided by the ADK throughout the trail which detail the history of the Raquette River and the local area. This is a great trail for all ages and can be used for a short mid-day outing, or half a day of exploration.
The Remington Trail, also known as the Partridge Loop, is a popular paved 3.2 mile loop that winds its way around the Partridge Run Golf Course. The trail is great for bikers, walkers, roller bladers, and runners. There are two main entry points for the loop, one off Riverside Drive and the other off Sullivan Drive next to the golf course parking lot that doubles as trailhead parking. There is a playground found 0.1 mile from the Sullivan Drive entrance.
Southville State Forest Trail is a great loop that offers pleasant views of the west branch of the St. Regis River. Beginning at the southern trailhead (yellow markers) the trail passes through dense pine forests before descending and heading north along the river banks. The trail turns and ascends toward the road and meets at a junction with the northern trail entrance (red markers). Continuing forward, the northern trail leads back to the West Stockholm Southville Rd, or, bearing right, the trail loops back on itself to make a 2.5 mile loop.
The Stone Valley Trail is a scenic trail offering great opportunities for waterfall viewing, wildlife watching, and learning about local history. The 7.8 mile loop parallels the Raquette River, including the dramatic 1.5 mile stretch below the dam in Colton. Along the way, look out for several informational kiosks describing the natural surroundings and the history of the Raquette River. Multiple iconic North Country waterfalls, including "The Tubbs," are located along the trail. Most of the larger falls are located along the first 1.5 miles of trail from the south (Colton) side of the loop. Most hikers opt for the shorter, but very scenic, out-and-back option. During the summer months, whitewater kayakers can be seen braving the raging rapids through what is known as one of the most technical stretches of river in the Northeast.
The cross country trail at SUNY Canton is a pleasant, mostly flat path along the Grasse River. It can be accessed from the footbridges over the Grasse off Riverside Drive, behind the Roos House Athletic Center, and from Parking Lot 6 on the SUNY Canton campus. From the footbridges, continue along the paved path, then along grass area between the road and the river until the trail enters the woods, where it is more distinct. In the spring look for an impressive display of trillium in bloom on both sides of the trail as you enter the woods. The trail winds through lowland forest and old field habitats until it eventually emerges behind the athletic fields, where you can go left towards the athletic center or right and around the baseball fields before climbing up to Parking Lot 6. This is also a great trail for cross country skiing in winter.


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An Argument for Electrical Stimulus Devices
For those who remain at larger residential institutions, the horrors of yesteryear have generally ended. In 2012, however, a ten-year-old video surfaced, showing disturbing image of an electric shock device at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton Massachusetts. Staffers tied one student to a restraint board and shocked him 31 times over seven hours, ignoring his screamed pleas to stop. The Rotenberg Center is the only one in the nation that admits to using electric shocks on people with developmental disabilities, including autism. Center officials said that they had stopped using restraint boards but insisted that shocks were necessary in extreme cases to prevent officials insist the shock program is a last resort that prevents people with severe disorders from hurting themselves or others. Though a majority of the FDA's Neurological Devices Panel said that such devises pose "an unreasonable and substantial risk of illness or injury," the agency had not banned them as of 2014.
At The Wall Street Journal, Harvard professor Paul Peterson argues against the proposed FDA ban on electrical stimulus devices, citing the example of his own 45-year-old son David.
Denying treatment to people with disabilities when it is available to others violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. In its 1997 ruling in Judge Rotenberg Educational Center Inc. v. Commissioner of the Department of Mental Retardation, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court unanimously affirmed a lower-court finding of contempt against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for its interference with the use of electronic stimulus devices. The FDA's proposal ignores that decision.
The FDA claims that alternative treatments are available. It is wrong. After trying many other institutions and therapies, including the drugs Mellaril, Thorazine, Haldol, Ritalin and Noctec, David in 1988 entered the highly regarded Neurobehavioral Unit at the Kennedy Krieger Institute that specializes in the treatment of self-injurious behaviors. Specialists explored a wide variety of treatment protocols, including various drug therapies. After four months, the center's experts, finding no effective alternative, agreed that placement at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center was the best available option for David. Our local school district authorized the placement.
The FDA asserts that skin shocks are no longer necessary but it provides no documentation that drugs are effective for people like my son. In the past, drug therapy aggravated David's self-injurious behavior. The use of psychotropic drugs also poses multiple risks of physical and psychological side effects. By contrast, skin shocks have no demonstrated side effects beyond a temporary redness to the skin that usually disappears within minutes.
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Covering Kamala Harris
Op-Ed: My grandmother was named Kamala. And now, so is my vice president. Why that matters
Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20.
(Andrew Harnik / Associated Press)
By Dipti S. Barot
My grandmother's name was Kamala. She was born in a small slice of western India at a time and a place where the gift of learning was not equally bestowed between genders. If my father's memory serves correct, she was married in her early teens and hardly had the benefit of a fourth-grade education. Nevertheless, she raised six children who became college graduates, replete with advanced degrees.
My aunt's name was Kamala. My mom describes her as the sweetest sister-in-law one could ever dream of. I never met her because her life was cut short on a highway in Uganda as was the life of her youngest child. My mom and three of her sisters, not yet teens, were each assigned to care for one of Kamala's surviving four children, a great charge at such tender ages.
My niece's name is Kamla. She is a biracial child of immigrants, named in honor of the grandmother she was destined to never know. A businesswoman, an athlete, she grew up in an America where her life was less circumscribed by limitations of the Kamalas who came before her.
My vice president's name is Kamala. Kamala Devi Harris. She, too, is a biracial child of immigrants. Our mothers wore saris and were raised in a strict patriarchal culture where they forged paths to become women to be reckoned with, raising brown-skinned daughters to be reckoned with.
Kamala means lotus flower. Devi means goddess. Kamala is also another name for Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, usually seated serenely on her lotus-flower throne, bright pink lotuses clutched in two of her four hands, a plate of gold coins overflowing in abundance at her feet.
You hear again and again how much representation matters — how you can't be what you can't see. So it was inevitable that we would witness scenes of women across the country, women of all skin tones, weeping with joy and hugging their daughters and celebrating in the streets because Kamala Harris was elected to the second-highest public office in the land. She rose to power on the shoulders of the mountains of women piled cairn-like under her, women who tried and failed, women who tried and were swatted down, women who never really got a fair chance to try at all.
A joyous celebration springs up at the Berkeley house where Kamala Harris grew up
On a block along Berkeley's Bancroft Way, in front of the small, yellow house where the vice president-elect grew up, there was a small but festive gathering.
A few months ago a lovely white child who is growing up in my very lovely white hometown was prattling on and on to me about things in that perfect endearing way that only children of a certain age do, and then abruptly said to me, "Your skin is brown like dirt."
I immediately attempted to jujitsu this moment into a teachable one because it was expressed malice-free, with all the wide-eyed innocence of a curious child. I explained to her that I like to think of my skin as more of a milk chocolate, and then lightly tap-danced around skin color and differences.
I can't help but wonder what four years of Kamala Harris in the news — her caramel skin glossy on magazine covers and reflected on front-page news spreads — will do to the psyche of the next wave of lovely white children who grow up in my very lovely white hometown. I have to hope that the jump between my skin reminding a child of dirt and my skin reminding her of just about anything else is somewhat narrowed because of Vice President Kamala Harris, even if by a wisp of an eyelash width.
When I graduated from college, one of our wise faculty members opened the ceremony by noting that during the commencement roll call the harder the names become to pronounce, the greater the sign that we are making progress as a society. It was my father's favorite moment of my graduation, and let me note that I delivered the valedictory, yet decades later that is the moment he relives with joy.
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I wish the harder-the-names-are-to-pronounce metric could be the definitive sign of progress. But in reality, it doesn't work so neatly. And true progress is not won so easily.
My dear friend Rose had her home in Oakland stolen from her during the subprime crisis. She knows she won't get her house back just because a woman born in Oakland who looks like her named Kamala ascended to the vice presidency of this country. It's a fact she knows all too well because she lost her home under the presidency of a Black man named Barack.
We can be in awe of the power of a symbol while simultaneously acknowledging its limits. We can hold these two realities, allow ourselves joy while looking forward and saying, onward. Because it is not about where you go or how high you reach, but about whether you uplift others along the way.
Kamala. A lotus flower that ascends above the surface. It remains to be seen whether the ascension of Vice President Kamala Harris will uplift the millions of Roses of this nation, those who lifted her up every step of the way.
Dipti S. Barot is a primary care doctor in the San Francisco Bay Area. @diptisbarot
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Eriksen's contract with Inter Milan was terminated on medical grounds.
The Denmark midfielder suffered a cardiac arrest while playing for his country at Euro 2020. He was later fitted with a heart-starting device, which Italian rules prohibit players competing with.
"I didn't speak recently with Christian and for sure, it was fine to see him on a pitch and to see that he's kicking a ball.
"We are talking about a really important player, but especially a top man, and what happened [last] summer was not good for the people that work with him and the people that know him.
"I was scared at that moment and now to see him again ready to play football is a great news, and I think for Christian the door is always open," Conte said at a news conference on Friday.
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1. Other pages in this release
Commentary on topics covered in the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is split between three separate bulletins in 2021. Other commentary from the latest ASHE data can be found on the following pages:
Low and high pay in the UK: 2021
Gender pay gap in the UK: 2021
2. Main points April 2021
Interpreting average earnings data is difficult at the moment; in July we published a blog: How COVID-19 has impacted the Average Weekly Earnings data, which explains the complexities of interpreting earnings data in the current climate; compositional and base effects are likely to affect the growth rates, as the data for April 2020 was affected by both the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in terms of wages and hours worked in the economy, and also disruption to the collection of data from businesses; this means that comparisons with 2020 need to be treated with caution, and we would encourage users to focus on long-term trends rather than year on year changes.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees was £611 in April 2021, up 4.3% on a year earlier; this growth is the highest since 2008.
Across all jobs, median weekly earnings in April 2021 increased by 5.3% from a year earlier on a nominal basis; when adjusted for inflation, they increased 3.6% in real terms over the year; between April 2019 and April 2020 they remained unchanged in nominal terms and decreased by 0.9% in real terms.
Pay increased for most workers in 2021, but particularly those that were most affected by the pandemic in 2020, most notably younger employees, men and the lowest-paid occupations.
The average number of paid hours increased by 1.5% between 2020 and 2021 after falling 1.4% between 2019 and 2020; employees who lost hours in 2020 are the biggest drivers of the increase in 2021, such as those in the accommodation and food industry, those aged 16 to 17 years, and those in elementary occupations.
The proportion of employees furloughed with reduced pay fell from 12% in 2020 to 6% in 2021; younger workers and those working in accommodation and food services and arts, entertainment and recreation were more likely to be furloughed with reduced pay when compared with workers in other occupations.
In 2021 gross weekly earnings for full-time employees increased most in the lower paying occupations such process plant and machine operatives (9.1%) and elementary occupations (7.7%); skilled trades also saw a large increase (9%) after having the largest decrease between 2019 and 2020 (negative 6.5%); the highest paying occupations had the smallest increases between 2020 and 2021.
Gross weekly earnings for full-time employees increased in the construction industry (16.8%) mainly due to furloughing with loss of pay for this industry decreasing from 27% in 2020 to 5% in 2021; the accommodation and food services industry saw an increase of 4.6% despite high furlough rates with loss of pay in 2021 (45%).
Statistics in this bulletin relate to the pay period that includes 21 April 2021, at which time approximately 3.7 million employees were on furlough under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS); this is fewer than during the period covered by ASHE 2020 when approximately 8.8 million employees were furloughed. The estimates in this bulletin include furloughed employees and are based on actual payments made to the employee from company payrolls and the hours on which this pay was calculated, which in the case of furloughed employees are their usual hours.
3. Employee earnings and hours worked
Interpreting average earnings data is difficult at the moment; in July we published a blog: How COVID-19 has impacted the Average Weekly Earnings data, which explains the complexities of interpreting earnings data in the current climate. Compositional and base effects are likely to affect the growth rates, as the data for April 2020 was affected by both the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in terms of wages and hours worked in the economy, and also disruption to the collection of data from businesses. This means that comparisons with 2020 need to be treated with caution, and we would encourage users to focus on long-term trends rather than year on year changes.
As such, average pay growth rates are likely to be slightly inflated in the latest year because of these complexities. More people were furloughed and on reduced pay in April 2020 than in April 2021, so this will cause a base effect on growth rates, as people moved off furlough in April 2021. In addition, this is also affected by a fall in the number and proportion of lower-paid jobs, compared with before the pandemic (composition effect). The complexity and length of assumptions that need to be made make it difficult to provide an estimate for these effects. Extensive work has been carried out as part of the production of Annual Weekly Earnings, which can provide further insight into the possible scale of the impact of these effects on earnings.
Figure 1: Median weekly pay for full-time employees was £611 in April 2021, but the impact of the pandemic on earnings mean that the longer-term trend should be taken into consideration
Gross median weekly earnings by employment type, UK, April 2011 to 2021
Source: Office for National Statistics – Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)
Estimates for 2021 data are provisional.
Employees are on adult rates, pay is unaffected by absence unless furloughed.
Full-time is defined as employees working more than 30 paid hours per week (or 25 or more for the teaching professions).
The data have been adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH). The CPIH figures are based on the All Items Consumer Prices Index (including owner occupiers' housing costs) of inflation for April.
Download this chart Figure 1: Median weekly pay for full-time employees was £611 in April 2021, but the impact of the pandemic on earnings mean that the longer-term trend should be taken into consideration
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The Annual Survey for Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is based on employer responses for a 1% sample of employee jobs, using HM Revenue and Customs Pay As You Earn (PAYE) records to identify individuals' current employer. Throughout this bulletin, the terms jobs and employees are used interchangeably. ASHE estimates for 2021 and 2020 are subject to more uncertainty than usual as a result of the challenges we faced in collecting the data under government imposed public health restrictions. More information is available in the Measuring the data section.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees was £611 in April 2021. This compares with £586 in April 2020, where weekly pay was first affected by the pandemic, and £585 in 2019. The latest estimate continues the upward trend we were seeing before the coronavirus pandemic.
Figure 2: Across all jobs, median weekly earnings in April 2021 increased by 5.3% from a year earlier on a nominal basis; when adjusted for inflation, it increased 3.6% over the year
Annual percentage change in real and nominal median gross weekly earnings for all jobs, UK, 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021
Download this chart Figure 2: Across all jobs, median weekly earnings in April 2021 increased by 5.3% from a year earlier on a nominal basis; when adjusted for inflation, it increased 3.6% over the year
Median weekly earnings among all employees increased by 5.3% in April 2021, compared with April 2020. They were unchanged in April 2020, compared with a year earlier (Figure 2). When adjusted for inflation using CPIH, median weekly earnings for all jobs were up 3.6% in April 2021, compared with April 2020, after a decrease of 0.9% in real terms between 2019 and 2020. This upturn in growth applies to both full-time and part-time employees.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees was £611 in April 2021, up 4.3% on a year earlier. This growth is the highest since 2008, but reflects changes in the workforce because of furlough and compositional effect.
Median weekly pay among part-time employees increased (by 6.4% in nominal terms and 4.6% in real terms), which is a similar pattern to recent years. Part-time employees tend to be paid less per hour and are more affected by increases in National Minimum Wage rates. However, other factors such as flexible working patterns can change employee job profiles from full-time to part-time, whilst retaining the higher hourly pay rates.
Figure 3: Growth in both real hourly pay and weekly pay for full-time employees was positive in 2021
Real gross weekly earnings growth against real gross hourly earnings growth for full-time employees, UK, 1998 to 2021
Source: Source: Office for National Statistics – Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)
Download this chart Figure 3: Growth in both real hourly pay and weekly pay for full-time employees was positive in 2021
Figure 3 shows the relationship between growth in weekly earnings and growth in hourly earnings, in real terms (adjusted for inflation) for full-time employees.
Hourly earnings are normally calculated as the amount of pay made to the employee, divided by the hours of work that pay relates to. In April 2020 and 2021, employees were furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). The hourly pay comparison between 2020 and 2021 and other years in Figure 1 is still consistent, since it relates to pay per hour that the employee is being paid for, and not pay for hours actually worked.
In 2021 full-time employees, on average, experienced an increase in both hourly pay (positive 1.7% in real terms) and weekly pay (2.6%) compared with 2020. The larger increase in weekly pay compared with hourly pay was mainly because of an increase in hours worked.
The increase in hourly pay and decrease in weekly pay in 2020 was last seen in 2009 during the economic crisis, suggesting that employers are inclined to cut employee hours ahead of pay rates in times of economic challenge.
Figure 4: Full-time men's weekly earnings increased by 5.5% between 2021 and 2020 after being the only group to decease between 2019 and 2020 (down 1.9%)
Percentage change in gross median weekly earnings by employment type and sex, UK, 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021
Download this chart Figure 4: Full-time men's weekly earnings increased by 5.5% between 2021 and 2020 after being the only group to decease between 2019 and 2020 (down 1.9%)
Between April 2020 and April 2021, median gross weekly earnings for male full-time workers increased from £618 to £652 (5.5%). This follows a decrease of 1.9% the previous year. During this same period, the median gross weekly earnings for full-time women increased from £544 to £558 (2.7% increase); this follows a 3.0% increase last year (Figure 4). This is most likely because of a greater proportion of men returning to full pay after being furloughed with loss of pay in 2020. There are greater increases in gross weekly pay for all younger employers (aged 16 to17 years, up 15.9%, and aged 18 to 21 years, up 10.0%) and older (aged 60 years and over, up 7.9%).
Figure 5: Average total paid hours increased most for younger and older age groups
Percentage change in average (mean) total paid hours by age group, all employees, UK, 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021
Download this chart Figure 5: Average total paid hours increased most for younger and older age groups
Average paid hours worked for all workers increased by 1.5% (0.5 hours) between 2020 and 2021, after falling 1.4% (0.5 hours) between 2019 and 2020. Employees who lost hours in 2020 are the biggest drivers of the increase in 2021 (Figure 5).
The largest increases occurred in the younger age groups, aged 16 to 17 years (12.5%) and aged 18 to 21 years (3.3%), and the older age group, aged 60 years and older (3.3%). The increase in the younger age groups is a recovery from the pattern between 2019 and 2020, where the largest falls occurred in those aged 16 to 17 years (negative 11.4%), and those aged 18 to 21 years (negative 6.1%). This reflects the sectors and occupations in which they were employed.
Figure 6: In April 2021, annual percentage growth in gross median weekly earnings was higher for the private sector compared with the public sector
Percentage change in average gross median weekly earnings for full-time employees in the public and private sector, UK, April 2004 to 2021
Grey vertical lines represent discontinuities in 2004, 2006 and 2011.
Download this chart Figure 6: In April 2021, annual percentage growth in gross median weekly earnings was higher for the private sector compared with the public sector
Public sector gross median pay for full-time employees has increased 2.5% in 2021, compared with 2020, the same increase as between 2019 and 2020 (Figure 6). The private sector had a larger increase in 2021, compared with 2020 (3.6%), after having decreased between 2019 and 2020 (0.8%).
Industries that operate predominately in the private sector, such as construction, hospitality and retail, have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, as they have a higher proportion of furloughted workers. Public administration, education and health have continued with steady growth as fewer employees were furloughed. The comparative analysis of private and public sector earnings is complex because of the different structural characteristics of the sectors.
Figure 7: The occupations most affected by the pandemic in 2020, particularly the lower paid, have shown the greatest weekly pay increases in 2021
Growth in gross weekly full-time earnings by occupation for 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021, UK
Occupations as defined by the Standard Occupational Classification 2010.
Download this chart Figure 7: The occupations most affected by the pandemic in 2020, particularly the lower paid, have shown the greatest weekly pay increases in 2021
Nearly all of the occupation groups saw an increase in full-time gross weekly pay between 2020 and 2021 (Figure 7). The lower paid occupations saw the largest increases, including elementary occupations, and process, plant and machine operatives. The higher paid occupations such as managers, directors and senior officials, and professional occupations, have seen the smallest increases. The lower paid occupations have been most affected during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Seeing people move off furlough, as well as a recovery in hours worked and increases in the National Minimum Wage, affects workers in these occupations.
Figure 8: Weekly full-time earnings in most industries increased in April 2021 compared with April 2020
Growth in gross weekly full-time earnings by industry for 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021, UK
Industries as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification 2007.
Download this chart Figure 8: Weekly full-time earnings in most industries increased in April 2021 compared with April 2020
The increase in full-time gross weekly pay between 2020 and 2021 (4.3%) has been driven by a number of industries, such as construction (increased 16.8%) and manufacturing (8.3%). Construction saw those on furlough with a reduction in pay decrease from 27% in 2020 to 5% in 2021, whereas accommodation and food still saw the highest level of furlough, with loss of pay at 45% in 2021 and a weekly pay increase of 4.6% in 2021, compared with 2020 (Figure 8).
Figure 9: Weekly full-time earnings in all regions increased in April 2021 compared with April 2020
Median gross weekly earnings for full-time employees and percentage change from previous year, by workplace regions and countries, UK, April 2021
Download this chart Figure 9: Weekly full-time earnings in all regions increased in April 2021 compared with April 2020
Northern Ireland saw the highest growth (8.8%) in April 2021, compared with April 2020 (Figure 9). This large growth has been driven by a change in the composition of the workforce, where there has been an increase in higher paid jobs and a decrease in the number of lower paid jobs. This is alongside Northern Ireland having a large fall in the number of jobs that were furloughed with loss of pay (16% in 2020 and 7% in 2021). London had the smallest growth, which is linked to having a higher proportion of higher paid jobs, compared with the rest of the UK. In 2020, London had the lowest rate of furlough with reduced pay.
The interactive chart in Figure 10 allows you to view the median pay levels in all local authorities.
Find what the median gross weekly pay is in your area by searching for or selecting an area from the drop-down list in the interactive chart.
Figure 10: Median gross weekly earnings for full-time employees for all local authorities by place of work
UK, April 2021
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Median annual pay for full-time employees was £31,285 for the tax year ending 5 April 2021, down 0.6% on the previous year. Annual pay for the year ending April 2021 will be more affected by the coronavirus pandemic as only two months of pay for the year ending April 2020 would have been affected..
The interactive chart in Figure 11 allows you to compare earnings across occupations, in terms of annual pay.
See what the median annual earnings are for your occupation by searching for or selecting your occupation from the drop-down list in the interactive tool.
Figure 11: Annual full-time gross pay by occupation
4. Furlough with reduced pay
In 2021, the Annual Survey for Hours and Earnings (ASHE) questionnaire asked employers whether an employee was on furlough during the pay period of 21 April 2021 to allow classification of furloughed jobs receiving reduced pay. For 2020, this information was supplemented with the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) data to identify if an employee was furloughed; however this resulted in an undercount of approximately 20% against the CJRS. Therefore, the estimates of furlough will be on a slightly different basis.
Table 1 shows the proportion of furloughed employees who received a reduced rate of pay as reported by employers and recorded as "loss of pay" on the survey by working pattern, region, age group, occupation and industry sector.
Proportions of furloughed employees with reduced pay should not be used in isolation. CJRS statistics published monthly by HMRC, with analysis by scheme size, sector, geography, gender and flexible furlough are considered the official statistics.
Table 1: Percentage of furloughed jobs with reduced pay - for all employee jobs
Furloughed
with reduced
(% of all jobs)
(000's)
12 28,365 6 28,446
15 8,575 10 8,159
11 2,943 6 2,956
8 4,192 5 4,107
Managers, directors and senior officials
Professional occupations
Associate professional and technical occupations
Administrative and secretarial occupations
Skilled trades occupations
Caring, leisure and other service occupations
Sales and customer service occupations
Process, plant and machine operatives
Elementary occupations
Section A: Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Section B: Mining and quarrying
Section C: Manufacturing
Section D: Electricity, gas, steam
and air conditioning supply
Section E: Water supply; sewerage,
waste management and remediation
Section F: Construction
Section G: Wholesale and retail trade, repair
of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Section H: Transportation and storage
Section I: Accommodation and food
Section J: Information and communication
4 1,131 3 995
Section K: Financial and insurance activities
Section L: Real estate activities
Section M: Professional, scientific and
Section N: Administrative and support
Section O: Public administration and defence,
compulsory social security
Section P: Education
Section Q: Human health and social
Section R: Arts, entertainment and recreation
Section S: Other service activities
Reduced pay in ASHE refers to employees who received pay at a reduced rate (a 'loss of pay') due to absence from work. In the case of furloughed employees it covers employees who did not receive a top up to 100% of pay from their employer.
Those identified as furloughed in 2021 comes directly from ASHE. For 2020 this is supplemented data from CJRS – therefore the estimates of furlough will be on a slightly different basis.
Download this table Table 1: Percentage of furloughed jobs with reduced pay - for all employee jobs
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The proportion of employees furloughed with loss of pay has decreased from 12% to 6% between April 2020 and April 2021. Men have seen a bigger decrease (13% to 5%) than women (10% to 6%). This is reflected by larger decreases in industries where men make up a greater proportion of employees, such as construction, where the furlough with loss of pay rate has decreased from 27% to 5%. Accommodation and food (45%) and arts, entertainment and recreation (32%) remain high. For 2021, the younger age groups were still the most likely to be furloughed with loss of pay, but this decreased between 2020 and 2021.
5. Employee earnings data
A detailed set of data tabulations containing employee earnings estimates from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) broken down by aspects such as age, region, occupation and industry are available.
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings: 2021 provisional and 2020 revised results
Dataset | Released 26 October 2021
The tables show employee earnings estimates as outlined in the ASHE guide to tables.
Full-time is defined as employees working more than 30 paid hours per week (or 25 or more for the teaching professions). Part-time is defined as employees working less than or equal to 30 paid hours per week (or less than 25 hours for the teaching professions).
A measure of the average. The median is calculated by identifying the exact middle point in a set of observations. When the observations are ranked from lowest to highest, the median is the value in the exact middle of the observed values. It is the Office for National Statistics' preferred measure of average earnings as it is less affected by a relatively small number of very high earners than the mean is.
National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is a minimum amount per hour that most workers in the UK are entitled to be paid. There are different rates of minimum wage depending on workers' ages and whether they are apprentices. The NMW applies to employees aged 16 and 22 years. The government's National Living Wage (NLW) was introduced on 1 April 2016 and applies to employees aged 23 years and over.
On the ASHE reference date in April 2021, the NMW and NLW rates were:
£8.91 for employees aged 23 years and over
£8.36 for employees aged 21 to 22 years
£4.30 for apprentices aged 16 to 18 years and those aged 19 years or over who are in the first year of their apprenticeship
Real earnings
Real earnings (earnings adjusted for inflation) are calculated by adjusting nominal (unadjusted) earnings using the CPIH (Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs). The CPIH is the most comprehensive measure of inflation. It extends the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) to include a measure of the costs associated with owning, maintaining and living in one's own home, known as owner occupiers' housing costs (OOH), along with Council Tax.
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) is a common classification of occupational information for the UK.
7. Measuring the data
The analysis in this bulletin is based mainly on weekly pay, which is affected by both hourly rates of pay and hours worked/paid for (and the incidence of being furloughed in 2020/21). The accompanying Low and high paid jobs bulletin looks in more detail at the distribution of pay based on hourly rates, and is of particular use when considering policy around the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates.
The estimates in this bulletin are based on information gathered from a sample of 1% of employees in the UK. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the achieved sample size on ASHE was approximately 180,000 each year. However, given the challenges to data collection during the coronavirus pandemic and response rates not recovering, the final achieved sample size was 144,000 for 2020 and 140,000 for 2021. As such, ASHE estimates for 2020 and 2021 are subject to more uncertainty than usual.
All estimates for 2021 are provisional and relate to the pay period that includes 21 April 2021, at which time 3.7 million employees were furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). For 2020 this was 8.8 million. Furloughed employee jobs received 80% of normal pay from the scheme, to a maximum £2,500 a month. Employers were able to top up employees' pay, but they were not required to; the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has estimated that approximately a half of employees had their pay topped up for both years.
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) collected actual payments made to the employee and the hours on which this pay were calculated, which in the case of furloughed employees would be their usual hours.
As with 2020, we have revised the exclusion criteria for the 2020 and 2021 data tables to be "those employees who were not furloughed but whose pay was affected by absence". This results in the ASHE data tables excluding 4.4% of employee jobs in 2021 and 6.0% in 2020 (compared with approximately 5% in previous years).
The 2020 and 2021 ASHE estimates have been weighted using the new reweighted Labour Force Survey (LFS) weights from July 2021. You can find out more about the latest reweighting of the LFS in our article.
Our Guide to interpreting ASHE estimates addresses common questions about the data. Further information about ASHE can be found in quality and methodology on our Guidance and methodology page and in the Quality and Methodology Information (QMI) report.
8. Strengths and limitations
The strengths and limitations of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) can be found in the Quality and Methodology Information (QMI) report and the Guide to sources of data of earnings and income.
9. Related links
Webpage | Updated regularly
Average weekly earnings of people in the UK and information on the gender pay gap and low pay. Data from Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) and the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE).
An overview of and comparison between Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) and Average Weekly Earnings (AWE): 2017
Article | Released 14 September 2017
An overview of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings and Average Weekly Earnings, comparing the differences between the two headline outputs.
UK labour market overview
Bulletin | Monthly
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
Public and private sector earnings in the UK: 2019
The results of statistical models that explore the relationship between mean hourly earnings and a range of independent variables, based on Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2019 provisional results data.
Index of Labour Costs per Hour, UK: July to September 2020
Bulletin | Released 15 December 2020
Changes in the cost of employing labour, analysed by sector and industry. Experimental statistics.
Contact details for this Statistical bulletin
Nicola White
earnings@ons.gov.uk
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Home » Car Racing » Features » For Sale » Gallery
1989 Aston Martin AMR1 Group C Heads to Auction
Submitted by msr on July 31, 2017
Images by Simon Clay, courtesy RM Sotheby's
This 1989 Aston Martin AMR1 Group C is one of just four AMR1s remaining. It was driven by Brian Redman and David Leslie in period and is a successful historic racer in the modern day.
It will head to the auction on the 18th of August at RM Sotheby's' Monterey sale.
Emerging into an intensely competitive period of sports car racing, the AMR1 was an all-new design for the 1989 season. The model got off to a somewhat rough start, with AMR1/01 crashed in testing and Aston Martin missing the first round of the season. Its debut would take place the following month at Circuit Dijon-Prenois, where it finished 17th in the Coupe de Dijon.
AMR1/01 was joined by AMR1/03 for the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans. Both cars would qualify poorly, securing just 32nd and 40th place. The race itself was somewhat more promising, with AMR1/01 finishing 11th. Aston Martin would skip another round of the championship, Trofeo Repsol at Circuito Permanente Del Jarama, before returning for round 4 at Brands Hatch with the car you see here.
The car, AMR1/04, was built up as one of two AMR1 Lightweights. The 920 kilogram machine was powered by a 6-litre Aston Martin/Callaway RDP87 V8 that could comfortably and reliably put out 700 horses.
It was finished in time for the 480 km of Brands Hatch, for which Brian Redman and David Leslie would share the wheel. The pair was finally able to unlock the AMR1's potential, finishing fourth overall behind the Sauber C9 of Kenny Acheson and Mauro Baldi, the Blaupunkt 962C of Frank Jelinksi and Bob Wollek and a second C9 driven by Jean-Louis Schlesser and Jochen Mass.
AMR1/04's next outing would be at the Nürburgring for the ADAC Trophy, where Leslie and Redman would take it to 8th overall. The 480 Kilometers of Donington saw the car improve to 6th overall, while the Coupes de Spa unfortunately produced its first retirement when a connecting rod failed.
The car was bought direct from the Aston Martin factory by its current owner. He has raced it extensively in historics since early 2000, including the 2003 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
It was treated to a refresh before 2013, when Brian Redman once again hopped on board to run the car in the Monterey Historics, setting a fastest lap in the race that was two seconds clear of anyone else.
In exceptionally original condition, with an excellent race history covering both its period and contemporary racing, this most successful of Aston's AMR1s will be auctioned in just a few weeks at RM Sotheby's Monterey sale. The Monterey sale will be held over the 18th and 19th of August at the Portola Hotel & Spa in Monterey, California. This car will be auctioned on Friday the 18th and is expected to fetch between US$475,000 and $675,000.
For the full details, hit the RM Sotheby's website here.
Images by Simon Clay courtesy RM Sotheby's
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1 Killed, 1 Injured in Des Moines Car Accident | LaMarca Law Group, P.C.
One person was killed and another injured in an Iowa car accident Thursday.
According to officials with the Iowa State Patrol, one person was killed in an accident on Highway 330 in Jasper County shortly after 7:00 a.m. Police say a car with four passengers was traveling southbound on Highway 330 near the intersection of F17 when the accident occurred.
According to the Iowa State Patrol accident report, a vehicle pulled out in front of the southbound car, causing it to collided with the passengers' side of the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The victim's identity has not been released, pending notification of family members.
Troopers say one person in the southbound car was transported by ground ambulance to Mercy Medical Center for treatment. No information on the nature or extent of the victim's injuries was immediately available. The victim's identity has not been released.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims' families and friends during this difficult time.


A few weeks ago, Josh and I celebrated 19 years of marriage. It seems like a long time, and honestly it feels like a long time. We have been through so much together.
I decided that it was time to plan something fun for us to do. I thought I was thinking small by wanting to get a hotel for one night here in Nashville. Well…. the downside to being the it city is that hotel costs are outrageous. I'm talking $400 per night outrageous. So that was a big fat no!
I called my mom to see if she would brainstorm a fun cheap idea with me, and she mentioned that she had plenty of airline points to spare. So, we started looking up the cheapest places to fly. Vegas? Too many points. New York? Still too many points.
So in a matter of an hour, I went from one night in Nashville to two nights in Orlando. I was ecstatic, because I knew that Josh and I needed a little time away together. We have both been really exhausted and burnt out, and we needed to be able to connect. So this was really a huge blessing for us.
Other than the tiny hotel room, we had so much fun. We were just amazed for the first couple of hours that we actually were going to have two days with no kids. I can't remember the last time that happened. We rode a huge roller coaster together, which was terrifying, but fun. We walked around holding hands and reveled in the fact that it wasn't our kids that were crying or complaining!
My only complaint is that our vacation was way too short! But even though that was all that we had time for(Could afford!), I am so grateful that we were able to get away. It was refreshing for both of us, and some much needed alone time.
Now that we finally got away for a few days, I can't wait until we are able to do something again. I am thinking next time it needs to be a beach trip!


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