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Shots – Health News : NPR

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IRS Rule Change Permits Employers To Give Workers Midyear Insurance Choices : Shots – Health News : NPR

This month, the IRS announced that it would let employees add, drop or alter some of their benefits for the remainder of 2020. But there's a catch: Your employer has to allow the changes.

The new guidance applies to both employers that buy health insurance to cover their workers and those that pay claims on their own, called self-insuring. It's unclear how many employers will take advantage of the new flexibility to offer what amounts to a midyear open-enrollment period. If you're wondering what your company will do, ask.

Trump shares tweet that says masks represent ‘slavery and social death’ – Business Insider

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Trump shares tweet that says masks represent ‘slavery and social death’ – Business Insider

President Donald Trump shared a tweet on Thursday that argued the mandated use of face masks to control the spread of the coronavirus represents a "culture of silence, slavery, and social death."

The argument against masks was made by a right-wing columnist in The Federalist, a conservative online publication, and claimed that mandating the safety measure was "anti-American" and signaled "indefinite government expansion."

Yeah, wearing that bandana over my face in this hot weather today isn't much fun. So I just avoid stores, but then again, I am an anti-social individual.

Erie Canal Images – Mohawk River Aqueducts

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Erie Canal Images – Mohawk River Aqueducts

East of Schenectady were two aqueducts which crossed and re-crossed the Mohawk River: The Rexford Aqueduct (or Upper Mohawk River Aqueduct) at Rexford, and The Crescent Aqueduct (or Lower Mohawk River Aqueduct) twelve miles downstream at Crescent.

In order to avoid steep, rocky terrain, Canvass White, C.E. devised the plan, approved in 1821, for the canal route to cross and re-cross the Mohawk River at Alexander's Mills (adjacent to Rexford) and at Fonda's Ferry (near Crescent). Continuing in operation until the new State Barge Canal System opened in 1916, a major portion of the Rexford Aqueduct was removed in 1918. The entire Crescent Aqueduct was removed in 1915, and nothing remains but a few stones at each end.

Fur use – Perspective from a retired forester and wildlife manager — Furbearer Conservation

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Fur use – Perspective from a retired forester and wildlife manager — Furbearer Conservation

The Furbearer Conservation project, which originated in 2014 merely as a web-based, pro-hunting/trapping postboard for greater New England, has evolved into a full fledged resource and commentary on both wildlife management policy, and the ever-changing future thereof. Its truly fascinating once one puts down the proverbial pitchfork and torch, and resides as a casual observer on the sideline rather than the no-nonsense pro-hunting warrior who once typed before you.

Translation: I do strongly support regulated aspects of hunting and trapping of abundant mammalian species - more-so on the grounds of beneficial (and sustainable) use and management; but my attention and interests have definitely shifted to more of a spectator sport. I’ve become accustomed to drudging up some good talking points and science-based references for why regulated hunting and trapping are beneficial on the modern landscape, and let you, the reader, take the content for what its worth. After all, society as a whole ultimately must decide the fate of the hunter (and trapper) and the wildlife in which he/she pursues. I’ve found people really don’t like being talked at as much as being spoken to - interpret that how you will.

In other words, my constituents and I compile research and talking points that support the idea of managing wildlife, discuss the conflict that surrounds the challenging aspects of living with wildlife, and hurl it against this proverbial web-based cork-board for your viewing and thought-provoking pleasure. You’re welcome.