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Overwork Killed More Than 745,000 People In A Year, WHO Finds : NPR

Working long hours poses an occupational health risk that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, the World Health Organization says.

People working 55 or more hours each week face an estimated 35% higher risk of a stroke and a 17% higher risk of dying from heart disease, compared to people following the widely accepted standard of working 35 to 40 hours in a week, the WHO says in a study that was published Monday in the journal Environment International.

 

Truth in Advertising

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With all apologies to P.J. O’Rourke and Mario Cuomo, I suggest the major political parties rename themselves to:

  • The Fun Suckers
  • The Big Mean

This would comply with recent regulations put forward by the “The Fun Suckers” to comply with recently adopted Truth in Advertising regulations because we don’t want our cars to burn us to death when they crash.

Moose Island

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Looking across Indian Lake towards Moose Island from Watch Hill at the lake.

Taken on Sunday May 16, 2021 at Indian Lake.

Campfire

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Dusk camping along Branch Pond Road at the Green Mountain National Forest during Memorial Day Weekend 2019.

Taken on Sunday May 26, 2019 at Branch Pond.

Lewey Lake

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Sitting down by one of the campsites watching the storm roll by.

Taken on Sunday May 16, 2021 at Lewey Lake.

NPR

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As Lumber Prices Climb, Some Mill Their Own : NPR

The price of lumber has more than doubled over the past year, and economists warn that things might stay this way for a while. That's why people like Hans Dow are getting crafty.

"I was like, well, I want a sawmill. I can make a lot of stuff with it. I also need to learn how to weld ...," Dow says as he hefts a 9-foot log onto the deck of his hand-built sawmill. It sits in the corner of his South Anchorage, Alaska, backyard.

Dow spent the winter in his garage building this sawmill from scratch. He collected the scrap metal and the machinery parts from all over the city. He says his brother urged him to take on the project.

It seems like low-cost sawmills are proliferating all around lately. I think some of it's cheaper equipment imported from China and just the growing cost of lumber from mills, especially on farms and off-grid homesteads where they often have a lot of trees to chop down.

Vaccinated people can largely stop wearing masks – syracuse.com

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NY adopting CDC guidance: Vaccinated people can largely stop wearing masks – syracuse.com

New York — New York is adopting new guidance from the federal government that will allow people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to largely stop wearing masks in nearly all settings.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the new mask guidelines last week. It allows fully vaccinated people to stop wearing masks outdoors and indoors, even in large crowds. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today New York will adopt the CDC guidance starting Wednesday.