Imogen Edwards created this piece of art.
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A Harpenden seamstress has created a community embroidery project to mark the legacy of lockdown.
Katherine Hall, who runs Some Might Say Crafts tutorials, was inspired to set up the Harpenden Lockdown Embroidery Project to document people s pandemic experiences and their hopes for the future.
It has already had interest from more than 100 people, including schools, care homes, church groups, nurseries, Scouts and Brownies, but she would love to see this number grow.
Katherine, 39, said she started the project after being inspired by the book Threads of Life by Clare Hunter, which reveals how sewing has influenced world history over the centuries.
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BRATTLEBORO â Harris Hill Ski Jump, touted as an annual boon to the local economy, isnât happening this year and the impact will be felt throughout the business community.
âMy sense is that the restaurants will probably feel it more than anyone else does,â said Greg Lesch, interim executive director at the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce. âPeople bring food up to the hill or have food afterwards.â
The Brattleboro Food Co-op tends to see record sales for sandwiches and heavy foot traffic in the deli, said Jon Megas-Russell, marketing and community relations manager.
The Pros and Cons of Afternoon Naps by Anjanee Sharma on January 29, 2021 at 6:20 PM Research has found that adults over the age of 60 who took afternoon naps scored higher on a cognitive test for mental agility than those who didn t nap.
The research team, led by Dr. Lin Sun, studied physical and cognitive health in 2,214 people over age 60 residing in large cities in China. 1,534 of these people took regular afternoon naps while 680 did not. For both groups, nappers, and non-nappers, the average length of nighttime sleep was around 6.5 hours.
All of the participants had to undergo health checks and cognitive assessments. They also underwent the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) to check for dementia, which included 30 items measuring several aspects of cognitive ability and higher function such as visuospatial skills, working memory, attention span, problem solving, locational awareness, and verbal fluency.
Ambulance firm settles suit with pregnant employee lmtribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lmtribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Washington Ambulance Company Settles Suit With Pregnant Employee December 30, 2020
Ambulance company American Medical Response will settle a discrimination lawsuit after it refused to provide a pregnant Spokane, Washington employee a temporary reprieve from heavy-duty work, regulators announced Monday.
AMR will pay $162,500 to a paramedic to resolve a lawsuit brought by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which alleged that rather than offer her light-duty work, the company told her to take unpaid leave for the final days of her pregnancy.
The company, based in Colorado, provides medical transportation for the city of Spokane and several other surrounding communities.
In response to questions from The Spokesman-Review, AMR spokesperson Nicole Lee said the company “applies appropriate policy and practice changes with each new change in law and had already changed its practice in Washington state before this lawsuit was starte