Over the Counter: Don't let summer get under your skin. Try these natural summer health tips
Be mindful of poison ivy and how to treat exposure. When trekking through dense woods and even backyard overgrowth, remember to wear long pants and high socks to reduce contact with poison ivy. When treating poison ivy, look for special poison ivy soap that contains oat bran, bentonite clay (a fine powder formed from volcanic ash used as a topical treatment for thousands of years) and essential oils of Salix alba (white willow), sassafras and grindelia camporum. These natural tips are just a few ways to keep skin protected and healthy while enjoying what the rest of summer has to offer. Readers with questions about natural or homeopathic medicine, compounded medications, or health in general can e-mail gary@naturalcompounder.com or call 781-893-3870.
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August 09, 2021 15:20 UTC
MassDOT completes two more Pike bridge replacements; paving work this week
All lanes on the Pike (Interstate 90), as well as Parkerville Road and Flanders Road have reopened for travel. The bridge replacements are part of a project that called for eight Mass Pike bridges between the Rte. Paving of all affected eastbound bridges takes place starting at 7 p.m. Friday. This work will not require local road lane closures or a crossover. There will be various lane closures on the Pike, however.
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August 09, 2021 14:03 UTC
Impossible Foods names insider Borecky as CFO ahead of potential listing
(Reuters) -Impossible Foods on Monday appointed insider David Borecky as its chief financial officer, ahead of a potential stock market listing that could value the Beyond Meat rival at about $10 billion. Borecky, who had been serving as the interim finance chief, had earlier held positions at fintech giant Stripe and payments services company Square Inc. Reuters reported in April that Redwood City, California-based Impossible Foods was seeking to go public through an IPO or a merger with a special purpose acquisition company. The company on Monday also announced the appointment of Leilani Gayles as its chief people officer. Founded in 2011, Impossible Foods is backed by high-profile names including Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates, Google Ventures and UBS Group AG.
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August 09, 2021 13:52 UTC
Balanced Body® Unveils New Metro™ IQ® Reformer, an Affordable Option for Premier At-Home Pilates Workouts
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Balanced Body®, the world’s leading resource for Pilates and integrated movement equipment and education, today launched the Metro™ IQ® Reformer – a high-quality, versatile and affordable machine specifically designed for exercising at home. The Metro IQ – which weighs just over 85 lbs. “What stands, literally, between the deconditioning cycle and health is movement – regardless of where you physically ‘are.’ The Metro IQ Reformer is an excellent way to work a 20-minute sweat into your day-to-day routine to recharge your mind, body and vitality.”The Metro IQ Reformer – which weighs just over 85 lbs. Balanced Body has 200+ employees and is headquartered in Sacramento, California, where most of its equipment is manufactured. For more information please visit www.pilates.com or follow Balanced Body on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.
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August 09, 2021 12:56 UTC
White Lotus star Murray Bartlett talks artful intimacy, Jennifer Coolidge, and the importance of queer casting
I think that’s what this show is holding the mirror up to, that these characters are all aspects that live inside of us. He’s on, he’s acting for all these guests, and he’s kind of maneuvering this whole fantasy that they’re living out on their vacation. Eventually, we think it becomes our reality, and so I think he’s like, “What the fuck? I’ve always been a bit of a people pleaser, and I don’t think that’s necessarily a good trait. Even though I don’t think that I act on those impulses — hope to God that I don’t — I probably do at some points.
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August 09, 2021 12:51 UTC
Cargill, Continental Grain to buy chicken producer Sanderson Farms for $4.5 billion
(Reuters) -Commodities trader Cargill Inc and agricultural investor Continental Grain Co will buy chicken producer Sanderson Farms Inc for $4.53 billion, the companies said on Monday, at a time when meat prices have been soaring due to strong demand. Cargill and Continental Grain will pay Sanderson Farms shareholders $203 apiece, representing a premium of about 11% to the stock’s closing price on Friday. Shares of Sanderson Farms rose 8% to $196.65 in premarket trading on Monday. Sanderson Farms, which sells frozen chicken to several U.S. retailers and restaurants, processed over 4.8 billion pounds of meat in fiscal 2020. Last year, Sanderson Farms rejected an unsolicited takeover offer of $142 per share from investment firm Durational Capital Management.
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August 09, 2021 12:02 UTC
Metro Atlanta schools report more than 950 COVID cases in first days
The highest counts were at Drew Elementary School, which had eight cases, and Jackson High School, which had six cases. Masks: RequiredEnrollment: Around 51,000 studentsCherokee County School DistrictThe Cherokee County School District reported 196 active cases of the coronavirus Friday after one week of school. The highest numbers were reported at Etowah High School, where there 17 reported cases and Woodstock High School, which listed 16 active cases. Elementary schools reported the highest total with 86 cases, while there were 47 cases in middle schools and 52 cases in high schools. This includes 61 students at Whitewater Middle School, 32 students at Starr’s Mill High School and 30 students at McIntosh High School.
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August 09, 2021 11:34 UTC
'You are forever a hawk': Hudson hires alum Scott O'Connor to head boys hockey program
Scott O'Connor was a freshman when the Hudson boys hockey team won the 1978 Division 1 State Championship at the old Boston Garden. Now, 40 years after he graduated from Hudson High, O'Connor returns to his alma mater to take over the boys hockey program. He also has a daughter Riley, who will be a senior at Hudson High this upcoming school year and plays field hockey and lacrosse. All four of those coaches were Hudson High alums. O'Connor will be the fifth hockey coach in the last 71 years to be a Hudson alum.
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August 09, 2021 09:56 UTC
Bidders line up for Haifa port with final sale in sight
A new container terminal run by China’s Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) is opening this year just up the coast and Haifa port will have to be upgraded to compete. Final offers are expected around October, an official with the Government Companies Authority (GCA), which is handling the sale, told Reuters. Contenders come from Israel, Europe, India and the United Arab Emirates, which only last year normalised ties with Israel. The GCA official said the sale was “an orderly, international process”, adding: “geopolitics is not a factor”. “We want the port of Haifa to become a major port for general cargo, cars, roro (roll-on/roll-off ships) and cruise (liners),” DAO Shipping’s CEO Danny Ungar told Reuters.
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August 09, 2021 09:22 UTC
Pickleball: The popular sport you've (probably) never heard of
Created in the 1960s in Washington state, pickleball is best described as a combination of other sports, resulting in a hybrid sport that even couch potatoes can enjoy. The game is played on a badminton-sized court split by a net. Now, he competes in tournaments in different states, coaches in towns like Millis and senior centers, and is the pickleball coordinator at Kingsbury Club Medfield. And that makes the game a lot more fun.”If you've played tennis or racquetball ...“It’s not like tennis where you spend years serving and chasing the ball. You actually start hitting a pickleball over the net the first time you practice,” said Dennis Pollard, the coordinator of the Marlborough Ward Pickleball Steering committee.
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August 09, 2021 09:00 UTC
Schools playing catch-up after year with COVID. Here's a look inside Sudbury's program
Just after 1 p.m., handfuls of children are scattered around Cristina Baez and Sarah Riordan's classroom on one of the final days of a summer school program at Haynes Elementary School in Sudbury. The groundwork for the summer program began in January. "We worked together with all the players, especially the teachers because the teachers really know the kids best," said David Gaita, program director. Teachers monitored how students were doing and wrote progress reports at the end of the program, so students' teachers this fall know how far they've come. Throughout the five-week program, kids celebrated silly sock day, riddle day, joke day, and dance party day.
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August 09, 2021 09:00 UTC
With MCAS cleared as a grad requirement, Marlborough man receives diploma 3 years later
Instead of a diploma, Boyd received a certificate of attainment. Passing scores on all three tests has been a graduation requirement since 2003. Because the MCAS had been waived as a graduation requirement, he could now receive his diploma. After high school, Boyd attended the district's post-graduate program, Learning in Functional Environments Program or LIFE. After getting the phone call in July, he went to Marlborough High School where he was handed the diploma.
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August 09, 2021 08:26 UTC
Indonesia president to review virus curbs as regional cases surge
Improved indicators could see malls and restaurants reopen in Jakarta with limited capacity, the Straits Times https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/jakarta-to-ease-curbs-as-covid-19-cases-hospital-admissions-fall-sources reported. But while curbs could be eased in Jakarta, on Saturday President Joko Widodo signalled that a surge in cases in parts of Sumatra, Kalimantan and Papua may require tighter measures. “When cases are huge, people’s mobility needs to be stemmed,” he said. The spread of the Delta variant, first identified in India, has put regions with weaker healthcare systems under considerable strain. The occupancy of intensive care beds in Gorontalo, on Sulawesi island, has surpassed 90%, while the level in three regions on Sumatra island was above 80%, according to health ministry data released on Sunday.
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August 09, 2021 07:07 UTC
Tokyo Olympics organisers report 28 new Games-related COVID-19 cases
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo Olympics organisers reported on Monday 28 new Games-related COVID-19 cases, bringing the total since July 1 to 458 cases. Japan concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Sunday, while the Paralympics are slated to start Aug. 24. (Reporting by Eimi Yamamitsu; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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August 09, 2021 04:30 UTC
New York Governor Cuomo’s top aide resigns amid sexual harassment scandal
(Reuters) -A senior aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Sunday in the wake of a state attorney general’s report that the governor sexually harassed 11 women. Her name was mentioned 187 times in the 168-page report that was released on Tuesday. The New York State Assembly’s Judiciary Committee has scheduled a meeting to address impeachment proceedings on Monday at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT). She told state investigators that Cuomo fondled her breast on one occasion, the most serious allegation the governor faces. “People don’t understand that this is the governor of the state of New York.
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August 09, 2021 02:51 UTC