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WORTLEY HALL is a Georgian mansion now owned by the working-class movement. Located between Sheffield and Barnsley in South Yorkshire and sitting in 26 acres of picturesque formal gardens and woodland, it has a rich history. It was originally the ancestral home of the earls of Wharncliffe — the lords of the manor of Wortley. Wortley Hall was built from the wealth of the Wharncliffe family, derived primarily from coalmining in South Yorkshire, and generations of one family had enjoyed privil...

University of Michigan Hospital workers show what ‘reconstituting’ COVID vaccine means Simply put: It means adding saline to vaccine to prepare for immunization Tags:  ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan Medicine plans to have 55 frontline workers receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. Tom Mann, the director of occupational health at the University of Michigan Hospital, described what needs to be done to get the vaccine to these workers. “We have to coordinate with our pharmacy team, our sup...

Editorial: Monday Shorts: Dixie lives — and we rejoice Dixie, a 9-year-old Pit Bull mix owned by Dr. Richard Warner, of Buckland, is tended to by EMTs in an ambulance after being rescued from McLeod Pond in Colrain by firefighters Thursday afternoon.  COURTESY PHOTO/COLRAIN FIREFIGHTERS’ ASSOCIATION Published: 12/13/2020 2:25:11 PM Here are some brief thoughts on recent happenings in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region. Our emergency heroes to the rescue It was a close call for ...

Bernardston’s Santa mailbox returns to Cushman Park to spread holiday spirit Tom Mann, left, stands alongside Santa’s mailbox, with Salvatore Arnone dressed as Santa, in 2018 in Bernardston’s Cushman Park. Any letters submitted to the mailbox with a return address by Dec. 24 will receive a reply letter from Santa. Contributed Photo/Tom Mann Modified: 12/10/2020 3:30:56 PM Related stories BERNARDSTON — Letters dropped in the magical mailbox in Cushman Park this December will be sent dir...

Issue of false equivalence? the idea that both sides are somehow equally to blame for the dysfunction in washington? >> i think this was a huge deal what happened here. in a couple of respects. one is, this is a real challenge straight up to the media. and hes echoing what soar people have said, tom mann in his book, its even worse than it looks argued that look, the republican party now is different from the past. you cant just say democrats have moved left and republicans have moved right. no,...

republican party that repeatedly says no. its a message meant to cut through the noise and reach the gop people. its a party swallowed up by the tea party. but dont take my word for it. take speaker boehners. >> im not going to into enter into this dissension between the tea party and the republicans. because its a distinction youre going to have a hard time finding. >> by the speakers own admission, theres no distinction between the tea party and the republicans. president obama is al...

>> the civil rights act, voting rights act, medicare, education, a remarkable period. there were three elections. 58, 60 come and 62. there were 24 new members elected, 11 of the same party. you only had 11 seats the changed hands. if you compare the 1950s and 1960s, two decades juxtaposed, you get total different readings about their performance. a lot of things happen. the assassination of an american president, manages to muscle things thro...

then the first american president to visit that country. you can see air very happy to see him. in such a unique moment that the only time ive seen this many hands and the president. im sure this is service. and the final chapter is called spread to the finish. this is the moment that the president leaves the oval office the very last time january january 20th 2009. was there a years earlier today when the president walked to the door for the first time. in through the years i always w...

>> im not going to read that the 25,000 word series. they told me i could, but i want to thank the team that helped me put this together. the first is david, the editor of slate. he forces each of us to do, to take a month out of the year to write about something other than our day-to-day journalism. forces us to think in different ways and more expansive way. that is a dream for any journalist to do once in a lifetime. he force...

>> woodruff: aimed at reducing vietent crimes on school grounds it is the latest push in the gun-control debate. it includes proposals for revised state laws to allow trained personnel to carry firearms on school grounds, training for designated school personnel to handle active shooting incidents, and mental health pilot programs to reduce bullying and identify potential threats. this review comes as congress continues to pursue gun-control legislation. the republican-led house has no...