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July 1 general aid estimate released

Friday, June 29, 2018

Tom McCarthy, DPI Communications Director, (608) 266-3559

MADISON — About half of Wisconsin public school districts will receive more general aid in the 2018‑19 school year than they did for the 2017‑18 school year based on estimates released today by the Department of Public Instruction.

Available general aid totals $4.656 billion, which is a $72.75 million (1.6 percent) increase in general aid compared to last year. Due to changes in aid deductions from Milwaukee Public Schools for the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, the actual increase in general aid will be $74.8 million. Of the state’s 422 school districts, 56 percent (235) are estimated to receive more general aid in 2018-19, while 43 percent of districts (183) are expected to receive less aid. The estimate shows four districts will have no change in the aid between the 2017-18 and 2018-19 fiscal years. Though their aid is estimated separately, effective July 1, the Friess Lake and Richfield J1 school districts will consolidate as the Holy Hill Area School District, bringing the number of school districts in the state to 421.

Factors that comprise the general equalization aid formula — property valuation, enrollment, and shared costs — impact whether general aid for a district increases or decreases. District aid estimates can be found on the department’s School Financial Services website. Estimates are available as "Summary by Alphabet” and “Summary by Percent.”

State statute requires the department to compute an estimate of the general school aid each public school district will receive for the coming school year by July 1. School personnel may use the estimate to complete their annual budgets and project changes in property tax levies. On Oct. 15, the department will certify state general aid amounts for 2018‑19 based on audited 2017‑18 data. Estimated general aid to districts is subject to change.

The department’s July 1 aid estimate does not include per pupil categorical aid, which will be based on student membership from the 2018-19, 2017-18, and 2016‑17, school years (third Friday in September count). That aid of $654 per pupil will be paid in March 2019.

NOTES: Additional information about general and categorical school aids can be found on the Department of Public Instruction’s School Financial Services website. For lists of school district aid estimates, go to the general aid section.

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Review: Peak Organic Beer

Organic beer: OK, I’m in!

Peak Organic brews three beers out of its Portland, Maine headquarters, using organic barley and hops and, of course, 100% organic water. Can you taste the difference? Well, depends on what you compare it to.

I tried all three of Peak’s beers. Here are some comments.

Amber Ale – This is a very clean and traditional amber ale, probably my favorite of the three thanks to its nice balance and toasted notes, plus a sweetness that makes it really easy to drink. This is a nice beer on its own or with food. A-

Nut Brown Ale – More bitter and less smooth than the Amber. The Chocolate Malt doesn’t work as well as it should here, but it’s still plenty drinkable. Frankly it tastes a lot like the Amber. B+

Pale Ale – Imagine someone trying to knock off Bass and you’ve got this brew. Tastes like an IPA, with a strong orange flavor in it. Good. B+

Overall there’s not a whole lot of distinction among these three brews. I’d love to see a broader range of beers from Peak rather than just spins on ale preparations. Still, you won’t be disappointed with any of these beers. They’re all worth drinking and, hey, they’re organic, so they must be good for you, right?

Oh, and Peak: The cheesy customer-submitted pictures on the labels have got to go.

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September 25th, 2015

Dr. Kathy Swafford, a pediatrician in Southern Illinois, honored for excellence in rural healthcare.

The Illinois Rural Health Association awarded Dr. Swafford the Rural Physician of Excellence Award on September 14, 2015. The award recognizes Dr. Swafford’s work as a board certified pediatrician and specialist in child abuse prevention and treatment in 40 counties across southern Illinois.

We’re proud to have Dr. Swafford serving on our Medical Advisory Board to offer her expert opinion and unique insights.

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Community Partners Brighten Holidays for DSCC Families

December 22nd, 2017

DSCC's Springfield Regional Office wraps presents for a DSCC toddler in need.

DSCC families in need receive gifts and necessities from our generous community partners.

Partnerships are a crucial part of our mission to help children and youth with special healthcare needs connect to services and resources. For 80 years now, DSCC staff has developed relationships with social service agencies and community organizations across the state to help improve the lives of our children and families. During this holiday season, we are especially grateful for our community partners who’ve stepped up to ensure that some of DSCC’s neediest families have a merry Christmas.

In the Springfield Regional Office, Care Coordinator Robin Mahnken worked together with the Salvation Army in Jacksonville and her dedicated team of colleagues to deliver piles of wrapped presents for a sick 1-year-old in our program and her three siblings. The girl was born with Down Syndrome and a heart impairment that required surgery a few months later. In November, she developed an upper respiratory infection and was hospitalized and placed on a ventilator.

DSCC's Springfield Regional Office wraps presents for a DSCC toddler in need.

Springfield Regional Office staff wrap gifts for a DSCC toddler in need during their staff holiday party.

Robin has stayed in close contact with the girl’s mother since her admission to the hospital and learned the family is greatly strained financially. During the first week of December, the mother asked Robin to help find any available Christmas assistance for her children. Though the deadlines for many local charities’ assistance programs had already expired, Robin spoke with a director at the Salvation Army, who made arrangements for Robin to “shop” their facility for items on each of the children’s wish lists while the mother stayed at her daughter’s side in the pediatric intensive care unit.

“I anticipated receiving an article of clothing and one or two toys for each child.  I was overwhelmed by all of the gifts selected.  Volunteers called to me from every direction suggesting this or that for one of the children,” Robin said. “The director kept telling me I hadn’t selected enough.  I left with a carload of toys and clothing.”

With the mother in no position to wrap gifts at the hospital, Robin snapped photos of the items to show the mother and wrapped them herself. Robin saved the little girl’s packages to be wrapped by Springfield RO staff during their holiday party this week. Springfield RO members also donated funds to purchase a Walmart gift card for the family. Robin and her husband, with the family’s permission, delivered four huge bags of wrapped presents and the gift card to the appreciative family on Wednesday night.

Donations for eight DSCC families collected by Hope Fellowship.

Parishioners at Hope Fellowship donated gifts for eight DSCC families in need.

At our Lombard Regional Office, staff members have developed a special bond with their building neighbor, Hope Fellowship. This bond was strengthened last year when Pastors Jeff Brewer and Jon Trott helped the office cope with the difficult loss of their assistant regional manager, who passed away unexpectedly in November 2016. The pastors’ support of the Lombard RO has continued ever since and earlier this month, Pastor Jeff asked Program Coordinator Assistant Kim Firkins if any DSCC families in the Lombard office’s coverage area need extra help during this year’s holidays.

Kim worked with the Lombard office’s managers and assistant managers to check with staff for families in need. Staff suggested a total of eight families, and Kim collected information about each family member and provided it to Hope Fellowship. Hope Fellowship’s parishioners purchased gifts for each family member. Their gifts include diapers, wipes, a homemade fleece blanket, pajamas, DVDs, gloves, hats and a generous assortment of gift cards for gas, groceries and various stores and restaurants. Hope Fellowship also provided stockings for each child and parent.

Kim coordinated the receipt of gifts, and Lombard’s Care Coordinators are delivering the items to the families.

Further north at our Rockford Regional Office, a Care Coordinator learned that a toddler was being discharged from a transitional care facility earlier this month after being separated from her family for a year.

Presents collected for a DSCC family in need by the Rockford Salvation Army

The Salvation Army in Rockford opened its doors for a DSCC family in need.

“This little one became part of a bustling home of five brothers and sisters who were overjoyed to welcome her home,” her Care Coordinator Shan Johnson said.

On Dec. 14, the toddler’s mother told Shan that she had no Christmas presents for the children.

Shan contacted the Rockford Salvation Army, who “without hesitation” opened their doors for Shan and let her into their warehouse on a Sunday afternoon to handpick gifts for the children. They even provided gift bags.
“I will never walk past a (Salvation Army) red kettle again without thinking about this happy miracle,” Shan said.

A big thank you to these organizations, our staff and all of our community partners for their support and service to our families throughout the year!


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FUJIFILM starts with membrane production in the Netherlands

FUJIFILM Manufacturing Europe B.V. in Tilburg, The Netherlands, held the official start of the new production line for membranes. Shigehiro Nakajima, President and COO of FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation opened the new production line together with the Japanese Ambassador Tsuji, The King’s Commissioner Van de Donk and the President of FUJIFILM Manufacturing Europe B.V., Peter Struik. This opening of the new production line symbolizes a new step in the 32 year history of Fujifilm in Tilburg. A membrane is a fine filter which for example can purify gas or water. For Fujifilm, the membranes are a new product and also a completely new market.

The ceremony’s theme focused on innovation and the value from innovation. In the innovation dome, visitors were guided through the transition of Fujifilm, the change from just photographic products to the development of new technology platforms. Distinctive in the transition was the closure of the factory for the colour negative film in 2006. Mainly due to the increase in digitization, Fujifilm decided to focus more on the development of alternative products. The company used for this purpose their knowledge and experience which was accumulated by the production of photo paper, colour negative film and offset plates. With each of these product groups, a thin layer of coating is placed on a bearer, a core technique which Fujifilm is now continuing to use in the production of membranes.

Over the past years, Fujifilm has developed a new technology platform, whereby different types of membranes can be produced for water and gas separation. The new production line expands the production capacity for membranes among others suitable for gas separation. The coated membrane are rolled onto a pipe and finished as gas separation modules. The customer can use the gas separation modules in the gas fields to separate gasses from each other. An example of the application of Fujifilm modules is to purify natural gasses from CO2.

The developed membrane technology platform is also applicable for the production of so-called ion exchange membranes. These are membranes suitable for water purification. These ion exchange membranes can also be used for the generation of ‘blue energy’, an alternative energy source, resulting in energy generation from the difference in salt concentrations between salt and fresh water. At this moment, there are ongoing tests, with among others a trial installation at the dam in the Netherlands.

The purification of gasses or water fits well in the sustainable business operations at Fujifilm. The company works continuously on the preservation of products and processes. For example the five wind turbines on the site and the afterburner for waste gasses in the offset plate factory. In the autumn of this year, a start will be made with the water purification plant on the Fujifilm site, which is a joint venture with neighbouring companies to purify their waste water.

Fujifilm has recently started with the market introduction of the gas separation modules and will focus on the growth of their market share. The membrane market share is at this moment limited and it is the ambition of Fujifilm to become a market leader in the development and production of gas separation membranes within five years.

About FUJIFILM Manufacturing Europe B.V.
FUJIFILM Manufacturing Europe B.V. in Tilburg is one of the largest production establishments of Fujifilm outside of Japan. The company was established in 1982 and approximately 900 employees work on the site which is 63 Hectare large. Fujifilm Tilburg produces aside from membranes, also photo paper and offset plates and has its own Research Laboratory.

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Dutch unemployment falls by 5000

Figures released today by Statistics Netherlands put the number of unemployed people in the Netherlands at 395 thousand in March 2011, after adjustment for seasonal effects. This is the equivalent of 5.1 percent of the labour force.

The number of unemployed was lower than in February. Figures published by the Institute for the implementation of employees’ insurances (UWV) show that both the number of people looking for work and the number of unemployment benefits claimed were lower in March.

Over 50 thousand fewer unemployed than twelve months ago
Seasonally adjusted unemployment was 5 thousand lower in March. The number of unemployed people has fallen almost consistently in the past twelve months, and was now 51 thousand lower than in March last year.
The decrease in the past year was mainly among people younger than 25 years of age. Youth unemployment was 34 thousand lower than twelve months previously. In spite of this, the number of young people with a job is hardly higher than a year ago. This is mainly because more people in this age group are in education.

Fall in jobseekers in technical sectors
The number of unemployed jobseekers registered with the Institute for the implementation of employees’ insurances (UWV) fell by 9 thousand in March, to 487 thousand. Fewer people were looking for technical jobs in particular. This was mainly caused by a decrease in the number of people looking for work in the construction sector (-4 thousand). Compared with one year ago, 36 thousand fewer jobseekers were registered with the UWV.

Nearly 10 thousand fewer unemployment benefits
The number of people claiming unemployment benefit fell by 10 thousand in March to 270 thousand. The decrease was mainly for men (-9 thousand). Compared with one year ago, 48 thousand fewer people were claiming unemployment benefit. The number of new claimants was nearly 38 thousand and the number of people who stopped claiming unemployment benefit was just over 47 thousand. Most benefits (55 percent) ended because claimants had found a job.

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Public Orthodoxy: Orthodox Theology and Economic Morality

Today at Public Orthodoxy, the blog of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University, I have an essay on the need for Orthodox theology to more seriously engage modern economic science. The argument would likely apply in some degree to other theological traditions as well.

I write,

Personal relationships and the monastic life have different norms than impersonal markets. This does not mean that markets have no norms, nor that the norms of markets should overrule any other concerns. But it does mean that if we wish for our economies to be more moral, whether we hail from the political right or left (or somewhere outside of that simplistic binary), we must first understand what they are and how they function.

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What’s it Like

There's a pretty picture of some yellowish leaves here. It's pretty. Trust me.More pretty yellowy leaves.

What’s it look like where you live?

This leaf is red. And I have no idea if it's upside down or not. THESE LEAVES ARE RED AND ORANGE

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Happy October 3rd!

Actually, there’s really nothing particularly special about October 3rd, save a few birthdays, deathdays and national holidays. And it hasn’t exactly been a happy day around here. But I figured starting off an entry with “Miserable October 3rd!” wouldn’t go over too well. Of course, I could’ve dispensed with an opening altogether and just posted the fall-ish photos I took today and left it at that…Which is what I’ll do now:

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I had no plans to take any photos today, so this isn’t much. But I needed some car repairs done, and while waiting I found myself just walking around outside a bit.

The leaves are so pretty. Every day when I drive to work I travel a road canopied by deciduous trees, that lately have been such a pleasant sight. I can’t remember any autumn looking this nice. No photo I could ever take would ever do it justice. All this serenity and beauty is a bit of a stark contrast to my gloomy, pitiful mood today. But I’m about to go make myself some dinner and then curl up in my favorite spot and lose myself in a good story, so I’m sure things will look up..Plus, my weekend officially starts in about 11 minutes…YES.

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Making An Idol Of The Constitution

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, a Constitutional bull dog, is going after the Obama administration and its nomination of Judge David Barron to the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals.  To which I hope he is successful in denying.  The last thing we need is another liberal on the court.

In 2013, Paul filibustered the nomination of CIA Director John Brennan on basically the same point he is using here against Judge Barron.  What Paul wants to know is if the administration and Judge Barron believes we (Americans) still have a Fifth Amendment right to due process — as written in our United States Constitution.

Now I must admit I nearly always agree with Paul and I love his passion to root out anyone who would not hold the Constitution up as our most precious legal document, but I simply can’t agree with his assessment of why he is doing what he is doing this time.

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The issue at hand is whether or not U. S. citizens have a right to due process before being blown to smithereens on the field of war by a drone or other tool of military combat.  I say of course not!

Rarely do we see conservatives or libertarians playing the where’s the Constitution Waldo game when it comes to war, defending the innocent, defending America’s interests or defending liberty itself.

obama-drone-cold-killer-cowboyIn my humble opinion, the first people who should be killed during war are those American traitors who joined with the enemy (such as with Muslim jihadists) in an effort to kill Americans or incite others to kill there former countrymen.  Due process?  The drone strike or Tomahawk missile is the process by which they get their due.  I have no time for distinctions between nationalities of those on the battle field.  An enemy is an enemy!  Our job is to kill the enemy not ask them for identification and proof of insurance.

I have no issue whatsoever with a drone strike killing radical Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki or Islamic extremist Samir Khan, whether or not they were American citizens, whether or not they are eating Cheerios and playing cards in a mountain cave hide out or firing RPGs at U.S. troops.

But perhaps we can put at ease the minds of Paul and others (who worship the Constitution like a “golden calf”) by simply having a quick hearing and revoke their citizenship.  If a court or panel agrees that the actions and motives of the “traitor” are sufficient, then we simply go ahead and make sure the appointment is kept for them to meet their maker.  Fuel up that drone and send her on her way.  Lady liberty has her eye on the cross-hair and her finger on the trigger.

Of course, surrender, and we will give you due process.  Get captured, and we will give you due process.  Commit to fighting on the battle field of war — where ever that might be — and you will likely die in vain.

Removing barbarians who aim us harm will always be the right thing to do, no matter where they were born and no matter where they received their passport.

May the bombs land lightly upon your head, and may posterity forget that you, detestable traitor, were ever our countrymen.

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Young moon and Venus February 16 to 18

Just after sunset – February 16 to 18, 2018 – try to catch the waxing crescent moon and the planet Venus. As seen from across Earth, they’ll sit low in the west, in the sunset direction, shortly after the sun goes down. And they’ll quickly follow the sun below your western horizon! Here are some tips on catching them.

The moon and Venus rank as the brightest and second-brightest celestial objects in our nighttime sky. And yet it’ll take a heroic effort to catch Venus after sunset now, especially with the eye alone.

The moon will be tough on February 16, but easier on February 17 and 18.

View larger. | Robb Low in San Diego caught the young moon (lower right of tree) and Venus (bottom right) on February 16! He wrote: “Being a big fan of EarthSky and the upcoming young-moon-and-Venus appearance, I was excited to seeing the clouds clear … Went out to a bluff overlooking the ocean at Scripps Institute of Oceanography to catch the green flash and a great show. I was able to capture Venus still shining bright right up to the very edge of the horizon.”

Binoculars and telephoto camera lenses will make the view easier to catch.

You’ll need an unobstructed horizon in the direction of sunset.

On February 17 and 18, the lighted portion of the lunar crescent will be pointing toward Venus. If you get a photo, please do submit it here.

Brett Joseph caught Venus over Oregon on February 10, 2018, and wrote: “The return of Venus as evening ‘star.’ Photo taken from an airplane above Oregon on Saturday, February 10, around 6:05 p.m. Sony RX100M2 through three airplane windows.” Notice Venus is in very bright twilight now! It’ll appear higher above the sunset in the weeks ahead.

The moon turned new on February 15 at 9:05 p.m. UTC, causing a solar eclipse. New moon marks the moon’s official transition out of the morning sky and into the evening sky.

After sunset on February 16, we expect the moon to be easier to catch from the world’s Western Hemisphere (the Americas and Hawaii) than the world’s Eastern Hemisphere. That’s because the moon will be farther east of the sun at more westerly longitudes, so it’s likely to stay out longer after sunset.

For the same reason, the American West Coast has some advantage over the American East Coast for spotting the young moon. From the western United States, Venus will set about 40 minutes after sunset and the moon will set about one hour after sunset. Click here to find out when the moon sets in your sky, remembering to check the moonrise and moonset box. If you live in the U.S. or Canada, click here to find out when both the moon and Venus set in your sky. It’s possible that you might catch the moon and not Venus after sundown.

The moon will continue to move eastward of the setting sun for the rest of February 2018. Day by day, the moon will stay out longer after sunset until the full moon lights up the sky all night long on March 1 to 2.

Venus, meanwhile, will be edging eastward from the setting sun, too, but more slowly than the moon. When will it become easy to glimpse after sunset? Maybe by the end of this month. Maybe not until early March. Just after mid-March, though, you’ll have another shot at the moon and Venus. See the chart below.

You might not see Venus at all in February 2018. But try your luck around March 18 to 20, when the young moon meets up with it after sunset. Bonus! Mercury will be there, too. Read more.

Venus will continue moving eastward from the sunset until it reaches its greatest eastern elongation in the evening sky on August 17, 2018.

Bottom line: After sunset on February 16 to 18, 2018, you might (or might not) catch the moon and Venus near the sunset point on the horizon at evening dusk.

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Here are some basic QA on wiring up your electric projector screen controls for easy operation. It includes links to setting your projection screen’s drop levels as well as how to set up a 12 volt trigger to coordinate your screen’s drop and rise with the projector’s power cycle.

*The discussion below is based on actual chat transcripts with the omission of any personal/confidential material to protect the customer’s privacy. An example in this case is to change the contact’s identification name/number to “Customer” or a generic name.

[16:14] Matt: Question about one of your screens ... the vmax 106 xwh2 e24

[16:15] Matt: for the 12v hookup, can I wire up a 3.5mm mono cable setup?

[16:15] Matt: In other words, it looks like the output from the screen is the rj45 to two wires?

[16:16]        Johnny: yes you can see a short video of this setup from this link here:

[16:16]        Johnny:

[16:17] Matt: Cool ... I'll have a look :-)

[16:17] Matt: Also the black border at the top is 24"

[16:17] Matt: can I reset it to (say) 16" ?

[16:18]        Johnny: Yes, that is the vertical limit switch.  Please see link to the instructions on how to set the limit switches on your screen:

[16:18]        Johnny:

[16:18]        Johnny: You will be setting the bottom limit adjustment to reduce the top black masking

[16:18]        Johnny: Step 1: Before starting the procedure, you will have to lower your screen material until it stops on its own

[16:18] Matt: nice one :)

[16:18]        Johnny: Step 2: then insert the Allen wrench key into the bottom key hole and turn it 1-2 full circles clockwise.

[16:19]        Johnny: Step 3: after turning the Allen key, you will not see any adjustment being made to the screen. So you will have to raise the material up for about 5 seconds, then press stop, and then bring the screen material back down again. You will then see the material has been stopped at a shorter setting

[16:19]        Johnny: Step 4: Next, you would keep repeating this procedure until you reach the required height for your top black masking

[16:19] Matt: just watching that video ... excellent

[16:20] Matt: one more question ... around 1:25 in the video there is an 'eye'

[16:20] Matt: which looks to be an IR eye

[16:20] Matt: ??

[16:20]        Johnny: Yes, that is an extended IR eye receiver for hidden or in-ceiling applications.

[16:21] Matt: …and is that part of the screen body already?

[16:22] Matt: I guess my question is, would I need to add an IR dongle into the rj45 port?

[16:23] Matt: ooo ... no :)

[16:23] Matt: just looking at the left end cap and it's there

[16:23]        Johnny: That is used if the sensor window will be blocked like in an in-ceiling installation. So you would plug in that IR eye extender to the bottom of the screen

[16:23]        Johnny: So you can still use the IR remote

[16:24] Matt: Got it ... so if it's in plain view there there's no need for a dongle?

[16:24] Matt: …since the IR just works built-in?

[16:24]        Johnny: Yes that’s correct.

[16:24] Matt: cool :)

[16:25] Matt: Thank you very much for the links and the info

[16:25]        Johnny: My pleasure, You’re welcome

[16:25]        Johnny: Thank you for your interest in Elite Screens, and hope you have a great day.

[16:25] Matt: ooo .. one final thing

[16:26] Matt: the mounting holes might not line up with the wall studs

[16:27] Matt: so I was thinking of using toggle bolts

[16:27] Matt: all good?

[16:27]        Johnny: Certainly, you can use those as well.  We also offer screens with sliding brackets to make installation easier.

[16:27] Matt: :thumbsup:

[16:28] Matt: awesome ... thanks again ... looking forward to getting it all hooked up this weekend

[16:28] Matt: thanks again Johnny

[16:28] Matt: Have a good day

[16:28]        Johnny: sure your welcome

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The Ever Present Gossip Mill

They met on a blind date. It was a whirlwind romance. In ten years they had six kids, I was number four.

She had no idea he’d be so abusive.
In 1957 they moved into a little house in Arlington, Virginia. My father got through the days with at least one bottle of vodka. My mother did her best to get away from him. She called the police, we escaped to hotels, but she always went back. She said she felt safer knowing where he was.

 One April night when I was ten, he held her at gunpoint at the dining room table. She got away and locked herself in their bedroom. All night he tried to get in. By morning he was enraged. With a sledgehammer, he beat down the door. She closed her eyes and fired from the small pistol she had squirrelled away. My father stumbled into my brother’s bedroom, fell to the floor, and died.

Not long after the dust settled, Mother moved us ten miles south and a world away. For me, it was the start of a whole new life.

Unable to sell the old house, it sat vacant for months. People broke in and camped. They vandalized the walls and fixtures.

One Saturday morning, Mother dragged us back to clean. By early afternoon, I escaped to the front porch. A young boy I’d never met walked up. With his hands shoved deep in his pockets, he shuffled his feet, looked down at the sidewalk, and shot glares up at me. After a few minutes, in one run on sentence, he blurted out:
“A woman shot her husband in that house, then she buried him under the picnic table in the back yard, and he comes back and haunts the place.”

For the first time in my life, I got slammed with the pain of gossip. How, I wondered, could I ever explain the tragedy that happened behind these walls? How my father’s death broke the spirit of my mother. And damaged the souls of the siblings I loved.

To this day, I get squeamish when conversations turn to gossip. When I find myself adding my part, my stomach churns. I’ve never quite figured out how to back out without sounding self-righteous. More than once, I’ve been accused of being naïve for refusing to believe that so and so is sleeping with him or her.
There’s always more to every story. And always more people whose feelings can get hurt. This story is my reminder to keep things to myself. To honor other’s secrets. And to not add to the ever present gossip mill.

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Continuing the discussion in my last post, I’d like to look at one particular serial killer — David Berkowitz, aka the Son of Sam, who terrorized New York City in 1976 and 1977 — and see if the spirit-possession hypothesis fits the facts of the case.
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Last Monday marked the fifth anniversary of the death of 33-year old journalist Michael Hastings, who was truly in a class of his own, as you will see when you watch these clips. There is no mainstream journalist today with such a deep grasp of policy, the mental agility, articulation and a steadfast commitment to the truth as he had.

It was widely reported that at 4:30AM on a Tuesday morning, he was traveling at 100 miles per hour and that his new Mercedes exploded when he hit a tree.

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2. Vietnamese Shredded Chicken Salad. This bright and colorful salad takes a few simple ingredients like fresh peppers, carrots and cabbage, and adds a big dose of wow factor with a Vietnamese-style dressing. If you’re taking the salad to work, add the dressing just before serving to keep it crunchy.

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KIEV (Web Desk) – Engineers in Ukraine have revealed a revolutionary way to save plane passengers in an emergency case.

The design shows an aircraft with a detachable cabin that releases in emergency situations.

During take-off, landing or flight, the redesigned cabin detaches from the plane and safely lands on the ground or water – saving everyone’s lives on board.

“Surviving in a plane crash is possible,” said Vladimir Tatarenko, aviation engineer.

“While aircraft engineers all over the world are trying to make planes safer, they can do nothing about the human factor,” he told LiveLeak.

Tatarenko is the mastermind behind the design and has been working on this project for the past three years, according to Independent.

Parachutes are attached to the roof of the cabin that are instantly released when the cabin is detached from the plane.

There are also rubber tubes that inflate to cushion the impact to the ground or water, and the inflatable devices seem strong enough to keep the cabin afloat.

“The existing technology of using of Kevlar and carbon composites for fuselage, wings, flaps, spoilers, ailerons, tail will be used during the design,” Tatarenko explained.

“It allows to partly compensate the weight of parachute system.”

The design includes a storage space that holds passengers’ luggage underneath the cabin, so there won’t be any lost luggage during the flight if it has to detach.

Despite a mixed reaction from all over the world, a questionnaire conducted by the inventor has found that 95% of people would be willing to buy a more expensive ticket in order to use such a safety system.

This isn’t the first design the Ukrainian engineer has produced. Last year, Tatarenko received patents for an invention with an escape capsule system that would rescue passengers on board.

The capsule would be released within seconds of the emergency situation and through a rear hatch at the tail end of the plane.

Once ejected, two gunpowder engines will take control to slow down the speed and then a parachute will pop out.

But, according to Tatarenko, it could not save lives if the plane explodes inside or comes under a rocket attack.


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Day to Day (D2D) was a one-hour weekday American radio newsmagazine distributed by National Public Radio (NPR), and produced by NPR in collaboration with Slate. Madeleine Brand served as host since 2006. Topics regularly covered by D2D included news, entertainment, politics and the arts; contributors included familiar NPR personalities, reporters from NPR member stations, writers for Slate, and reporters from Marketplace, a show produced by American Public Media. D2D premiered on Monday, July 28, 2003, and fed to stations from noon ET with updates through 4:00 p.m. ET. It was the fastest growing program in NPR's history.[1]

Day to Day
Genre News: analysis, commentary, features, interviews, specials
Running time ca. 50 minutes
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
Syndicates National Public Radio
Hosted by Madeleine Brand
Directed by Kathryn Fox, Shereen Meraji, Andy Houlihan, Ki Sung
Produced by Steve Proffitt
Chip Grabow
Neal Carruth
Sarah Spivack
Martina Castro
Kenya Young
Executive producer(s) Deborah Clark
Recording studio NPR West
Culver City, California
Original release July 2003 – March 20, 2009
Audio format Stereophonic
Podcast Podcast / RSS feed

On December 10, 2008, NPR announced Day to Day would be canceled with its final episode to be broadcast on March 20, 2009.[2] According to NPR as of December 2008 Day to Day was airing on 186 stations and attracting a weekly cumulative audience of 1.8 million listeners.[3]

According to Dennis Haarsager, NPR's acting CEO, D2D was not "attracting sufficient levels of audience or national underwriting necessary to sustain continued production" now that NPR's projected budget deficit for the 2009 fiscal year grew from $2 million in July, to $23 million in December.[4]

The final data released after March 2008 showed that the program had a weekly cumulative audience of 2,036,400, placing it third nationally behind only Talk of the Nation and Fresh Air for all midday public radio programing.[5]

Day to Day began as a co-production with the then-Microsoft-owned Slate that was "targeted for midday broadcast" and designed to "showcase newsworthy topics with a smart, savvy and spontaneous approach" with a "diverse family of contributors from both NPR News and Slate"; it was the "first program collaboration NPR has initiated with a commercial media outlet in its 33-year history."[6] The partnership was criticized in the Online Journalism Review for "possible conflicts on Microsoft coverage (or lack thereof)" and the "cross-media advertisements and underwriting" plans.[7]

Day to Day debuted on public radio stations in July 2003.[6] and was the first NPR newsmagazine produced at NPR West studios in Culver City, California, near Los Angeles.[8]

While Day to Day was divided into segments similar in length to those on Morning Edition and All Things Considered, there were at least two major differences: the C segment was divided into two sections; and the program had a shorter total running time—one hour compared to two for the larger newsmagazines.

Day to Day began with a sixty-second billboard, wherein Alex Chadwick and Madeleine Brand talk about what will be coming up on the show. The billboard is followed by the standard NPR newscast from one minute past to six minutes past the hour. Some stations utilized the last 2.5 minutes of the newscast to deliver local midday news reports. A thirty-second music bed follows, and then Segment A begins.

Segment A (duration 12:29) contained the top story of the day, and usually synopses of longer-term issues viewed through the lens of current events. Segment topics ranged from the American judicial system to economics to geopolitics to conversations with notable newsmakers, and more. Segment A closed at nineteen minutes past the hour and leads into a two-minute station break.

At twenty-one after, Segment B (duration 7:49) began. Segment B composed the remainder of the first half-hour, and as such continued coverage on important news events of the day, or segued into lighter culturally or socially relevant stories. Segment B closes at 28:50 past the hour, and goes into a local break until the bottom of the hour.

At half past the hour, Day to Day returned with Segment C1 (duration 5:14), usually reserved for updates on stories presented in the first half-hour, or different angles on major news stories. Segment C2 (duration 3:59) was home to the Marketplace report, a discussion about an item of business news with a reporter from Marketplace, capped with a short preview of that evening's program. C2 ended at 39:30 after the hour.

Following another thirty-second music break, Day to Day entered Segment D (duration 8:59). There was little specificity to the content of Segment D; stories ranged from international and domestic issues to long-term reports on a variety of topics. Segment D ran from forty minutes to forty-nine minutes past the hour, and another two-minute station break ensued.

Segment E (duration 8:20) began at fifty-one minutes past the hour. For the show's first three years, it was divided into Segments E1 and E2, which lasted roughly three and a half minutes each. On February 20, 2007, Day to Day combined the two E segments into one long one. Segment E was usually devoted to commentary and light features, including "The Unger Report", a satirical take on news and current events. Time permitting, Segment E was followed up by the credits, and Day to Day came to a close.

For its first two and a half years, Day to Day was usually hosted by either longtime NPR host and correspondent Alex Chadwick or NPR news host Madeleine Brand. On January 16, 2006, Chadwick and Brand began co-hosting each program.[9]

On Friday, November 7, 2008, Chadwick anchored his final broadcast on the show. Brand continued to anchor the remainder of Day to Day's run, along with rotating co-hosts.

NPR personalities Noah Adams, Alex Cohen and Mike Pesca often served as substitute hosts for the program.

  1. ^ "Quick! Find a voice! And be funny about it!" (Press release). 28 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
  2. ^ "NPR Announces Cuts to Staff, Programs" (Press release). National Public Radio. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
  3. ^ "NPR layoffs top system's damage report" (Press release). 22 March 2004. Archived from the original on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
  4. ^ Steve Proffitt. NPR: RIP D2D. 10 December 2008. Accessed 10 December 2008. National Public Radio.
  5. ^ "Filling midday vacancies" (Press release). 13 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
  6. ^ a b "NPR and Slate Magazine to Produce Weekday Radio Program Day to Day Premieres in July 2003". National Public Radio. 12 May 2003. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
  7. ^ Slate, NPR Partnership Could Be More Big Media Than Public Radio, a June 3, 2003 article by Mark Glaser from Online Journalism Review
  8. ^ "NPR Establishes Major Production Center in California NPR West Opens November 2, Expanding Network's Presence and Reach" (Press release). National Public Radio. 16 October 2002. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
  9. ^ Luke Burbank (20 January 2006). The Growing Popularity of Laughter Therapy (.MP3) (Audio). Day to Day, NPR. Event occurs at 00:04:06. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
  10. ^ Brian Unger's "Unger Report" from the NPR website
  11. ^ Michelle Singletary's "Color of Money" financial segments from the NPR website
  12. ^ Xeni Jardin's "Xeni Tech" from the NPR website
  13. ^ Scott Carrier's "Building Young Assassins In Juarez" from the NPR website


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Planetary equilibrium temperature

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The planetary equilibrium temperature is a theoretical temperature that a planet would be at when considered simply as if it were a black body being heated only by its parent star. In this model, the presence or absence of an atmosphere (and therefore any greenhouse effect) is not considered, and one treats the theoretical black body temperature as if it came from an idealized surface of the planet.

Other authors use different names for this concept, such as equivalent blackbody temperature of a planet,[1] or the effective radiation emission temperature of the planet.[2] Similar concepts include the global mean temperature, global radiative equilibrium, and global-mean surface air temperature,[3] which includes the effects of global warming.

Calculation of semi-blackbody temperatureEdit

If the incident solar radiation ("insolation") on the planet at its orbital distance from the Sun is Io, the amount of energy absorbed by the planet will depend on its albedo a and its cross-sectional area:

Note that the albedo would be zero ( ) for a blackbody. However, in planetology, more useful results are obtained by accounting for a measured or assumed planetary albedo  .

The infrared power radiated by the planet as thermal radiation will depend on its emissivity and its surface area, according to the Stefan–Boltzmann equation:

where Pout is the radiated power,   is the emissivity, σ the Stefan–Boltzmann constant, A the surface area, and T the absolute temperature. For a spherical planet, the surface area is  .

The emissivity is typically assumed to be  , as would be the case for a perfectly emitting blackbody. This is often a good assumption, as emissivities of natural surfaces tend to be in the range of 0.9 to 1, e.g.  .

The equilibrium temperature is then calculated by setting Pin=Pout. Thus,

Theoretical modelEdit

Consider a spherical star and a spherical planet. The star and the planet are considered to be perfect black bodies. The planet has an albedo and only absorbs a fraction of radiation, depending on its surface characteristics. The star emits radiation isotropically according to the Stefan–Boltzmann law which travels a distance equal to the orbital distance of the planet, D. The planet absorbs the radiation that isn't reflected by the albedo of the surface, and heats up. Since the planet is also a black body which emits radiation according to the Stefan–Boltzmann law, it will emit radiation and lose energy. Thermal equilibrium exists when the power supplied by the star is equal to the power emitted by the planet. The temperature at which this balance occurs is the planetary equilibrium temperature and is equal to:

Where   and   are the temperature and radius of the star.

The equilibrium temperature is neither an upper nor lower bound on actual temperatures on a planet. Because of the greenhouse effect, planets with atmospheres will have temperatures higher than the equilibrium temperature. For example, Venus has an equilibrium temperature of approximately 227 K, but a surface temperature of 740 K.[4][5] The Moon has a black body temperature of 271 K,[6] but can have temperatures of 373 K in the daytime and 100 K at night.[7] This is due to the relatively slow rotation of the Moon compared to its size, so that the entire surface doesn't heat evenly. Orbiting bodies can also be heated by tidal heating,[8] geothermal energy which is driven by radioactive decay in the core of the planet,[9] or accretional heating.[10]

Detailed derivation of the planetary equilibrium temperatureEdit

The power absorbed by the planet from the star is equal to the power emitted by the planet:

The power input to the planet is equal to the solar irradiance (i.e. power received per unit area) of the star at the distance of the planet, Io, times the fraction absorbed by the planet (1 minus the albedo), times the area of the planet illuminated by the star:

Io, the solar intensity at the distance of the planet from the sun, is equal to the luminosity (i.e. total power emitted) of the star divided by the area of the sphere that all of the star's radiation is cast on at the distance of the planet. This yields:   [5]

Any incoming power to a black body is radiated as heat according to the Stefan–Boltzmann law  .

(The emissivity   is usually expected to be very close to 1, and thus is often left out). Multiplying by the area, the power emitted by the planet is:

Setting these equal:

The luminosity of the star is equal to the Stefan-Boltzmann constant, times the area of the star, times the fourth power of the temperature of the star:

Inserting this into the previous equation, it can be shown that:

By assuming that the emissivity   is equal to 1, this reproduces the equation in the previous section. The equilibrium temperature does not depend on the size of the planet, because both the incoming radiation and outgoing radiation depend on the area of the planet.

Calculation for extrasolar planetsEdit

For extrasolar planets the temperature of the star can be calculated from the color of the star using Planck's law. The calculated temperature of the star can be used with the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram to determine the absolute magnitude of the star, which can then be used with observational data to determine the distance to the star and finally the size of the star. Orbital simulations are used to determine what orbital parameters (including orbital distance) produce the observations seen by astronomers.[11] Astronomers use a hypothesized albedo [12] and can then estimate the equilibrium temperature.

See alsoEdit

  1. ^ Wallace, J.M., Hobbs, P.V. (2006). Atmospheric Science. An Introductory Survey, second edition, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ISBN 978-0-12-732951-2. Section 4.3.3, pp. 119–120.
  2. ^ Stull, R. (2000). Meteorology For Scientists and Engineers. A technical companion book with Ahrens' Meteorology Today, Brooks/Cole, Belmont CA, ISBN 978-0-534-37214-9., p. 400.
  3. ^ Wallace, J.M., Hobbs, P.V. (2006). Atmospheric Science. An Introductory Survey, second edition, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ISBN 978-0-12-732951-2., p.444.
  4. ^ "Venus Fact Sheet". Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  5. ^ a b "Equilibrium Temperatures of Planets". Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  6. ^ "Moon Fact Sheet". 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  7. ^ "What's the Temperature on the Moon? | Lunar Temperatures". Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  8. ^ "Planetary Science". 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  9. ^ Anuta, Joe (March 27, 2006). "Probing Question: What heats the earth's core?". Penn State.
  10. ^ "accretional heating –". Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  11. ^ pages 3-4
  12. ^ page 16

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Streetwear Color Rich Ultramoist Lipstick in Berrylicious Review, Swatches and LOTD

By Shreoshe

Hello girlies, how are you all doing? I hope you had a lovely weekend. With the end of Navratri and Durga Puja this year, its time for another important festival in India… the festival of lights, “Diwali”. I hope you all are geared up to celebrate the day with much joy and fun. Today, I ‘ll be reviewing a gorgeous berry lipstick from Streetwear, a product from the house of Revlon cosmetics.

As the name suggests, it is a true berry shade, perfect to complement your festive look and comes very cheap. This lipstick is from their recently relaunched version of Color Rich Ultramoist range. Read on to know why you should have this shade in your kitty!

Price: INR 180 for 4.2g

Shades Available:

  • Shades of Susie : 1 Fire Your Ex, 2 Very Vampire, 3 Reviting Rouge, 5 Foxy Fantasy
  • Shades of Aisha : 6 Puzzle Me Pink, 7 Mystic Mauve, 8 Berrylicious, 9 Ruby Riddle, 11 Pink Passion, 12 PS I am Sexy
  • Shades of Shanaya : 14 Chic Cappucino, 15 Iconic, 16 Hot Ginger, 17 Pink Champagne, 18 Runway Russet, 19 Pink Pirouette, 20 Rhythmic Bronze, 21 Crisp Caramel.
  • Shades of Simeran : 25 Pink Persuasion, 26 Berry Dreamy, 27 Spell Bound, 28 XoXo, 29 Persion Blush, 30 Please Me Pink

My Take On the Product: The product comes in a black plastic bullet with a transparent lid on which the name of the lipstick is written along with a comic face of a girl. See the picture below to get an idea.

The packaging is not very sturdy but not too flimsy too and could be  carried around with little care. These lipstick are visually very attractive and all the products in this range have similar packaging.

Coming to the shade, berrylicious, it is a gorgeous true berry pink  shade with red undertones and will flatter fair to dusky skin tones equally. The finishing of the lipstick is creamy which settles on the lips as semi matte after few minutes.

The staying power of this shade is almost 3 hours which is quite good at this price range. The lipstick has a mild fragrance which does not bothers me much. It is recommended to use a lip liner to avoid bleeding of the lipstick.

The lipstick gets transferred easily but since the lipstick has a creme finish, I do not use a lip balm underneath while wearing this. Overall, this lipstick from Streetwear is a decent product which comes in very cheap price.

Pros: 1. Pretty shade

2. Moisturizing

3. Stays for almost 3 hours

4. Lots of shades to choose from

Cons: 1. Gets transferred easily

2. Packaging could have been a little better in quality

Rating: 4.5/5

Will I Recommend it?: Of course, this a wonderful berry shade which comes for only 180 bucks so why miss it?!

Have you tried Streetwear Color Rich Ultramoist lipsticks yet? How do you like them? Share with us in the comments below…..

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Know Your Enemy: The Sun

Know Your Enemy: The Sun

I was not fully aware of the sun's energy until I was 24 years old. That was the year I shaved my hair and I gave myself to the baldness level Michael Jordan. You do not realize how much sun your hair keeps outside your scalp until you are bald. It gave me an appreciation of what ants feel when they see a child with a magnifying glass.

A few years after shaving my head, I went to the doctor for a routine checkup. She warned me: "You should not leave the house without sunscreen, even if you go in your car, you will receive radiation." Then she made a sound in case I had missed her subtle use of the word "radiation". I listened to his advice, and wore a hat and sunscreen smeared on my arms every day.

For a while.

Then I stopped.

I stopped when I started reading about the benefits of vitamin D. I became interested in my health at my 32 years, which, apparently, many people do. My link to all things health until then was Psychology Today, which is a magazine that I strongly recommend. It was from Psychology Today that I learned that vitamins are something that I must put into my body intentionally. Vitamin D is an important one, and the most effective way to obtain it, I learned, was from the sun.

So, now I only use sunscreen when I'm away for long periods of time. Have I made the right decision? Is this healthy? Am I getting enough vitamin D?

Or do I run the risk of exploding while I'm heading to my car?

It's not you, sun, it's me

Humans evolved to adapt to their environment, and they did it under the sun. As a result, our bodies grew acclimatized to being outside. So, how is it that some people have skin cancer and some are deficient in vitamin D?

Penn State anthropology professor Nina Jablonski says it's because humans are globally mobile, and the adaptation mentioned above was specific to our true original environments. The more we move from our ancestral lands, the greater the risk we have of losing the adaptations that once gave us an evolutionary advantage.

Nearly two million years ago melanin developed in humans to regulate the body's reaction to ultraviolet rays. The pigment allowed enough ultraviolet radiation in the body to produce vitamin D, and humans became dependent on solar energy. Melanin also protects the skin against intense UV radiation. When humans migrated from the equator to places like England and Russia, they lost pigmentation.

Enter the wheel, the gasoline engine and the jet plane. Now humans of different pigmentations live and vacation around the world.They also live mostly in cities, where their exposure to the sun is limited, and their ability to produce vitamin D is reduced. Jablonski's research points out that health problems occur when people do not get enough sun or when there is a mismatch between their pigmentation and ultraviolet radiation.

If your skin is dark, says Jablonski, you have more melanin pigment than if your skin is clear. This means that some of your ancestors evolved in a sunny place with high levels of UV radiation and that you have some natural sun protection function. If your skin is clear, this means that some of your ancestors evolved with lower levels of UV radiation and that your skin is more sensitive to intense sunlight. By observing your own skin, you can learn a lot about the solar conditions in which your ancestors evolved.

Jablonski urges people to consider their geography and lifestyle when making decisions about their health. Is there a strong sun all year? Do you spend more time outdoors or indoors?

"By evaluating these simple parameters of your life, you can find out if your skin color adapts well to your location and lifestyle or if there is some level of inequality," Jablonski explains. "Most people these days he has to compensate in some way for the lack of correspondence between his skin and his location and / or lifestyle. "

For people with darker skin who live in places with weak sunlight and who work inside, this means that they must compensate for the lack of vitamin D production by making sure they receive adequate vitamin D supplements, says Jablonski.

Diet alone is not an option when it comes to getting enough vitamin D.

For people with lighter skin living in places with intense sunlight, compensating for a mismatch between pigmentation and location means use sunscreen, clothing and other forms of sunscreen to protect against the harmful effects of UV radiation.

"Like the other inhabitants of the Earth, we develop under the sun, and basically we are well adapted to sunlight," says Jablonski. "The problems we have with the sun today that result in having Very little or too much sunlight is our creation and is mainly due to modern lifestyles, and the fact that we live much longer than most of our ancestors.When we understand and appreciate this, we can make an adequate compensation through our behavior and culture. "

Fear of the Sun

Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy medical director of the American Cancer Society, has skin cancer. Lichtenfeld was attending a meeting about the Medicare rate - oh, the exciting life of a modern healer - when one of his colleagues tapped him on the shoulder and led him out.A group of five dermatologists who were in the meeting made an intervention and told him that a nodule on his face had to be removed immediately. They scheduled the appointment and a dermatologist removed a basal cell. Lichtenfeld appeared a week later at the congress to raise awareness about skin cancer with a bandage on his face.

Like Lichtenfeld, more than 3, 5 million Americans are diagnosed annually with skin cancer. Skin cancer constitutes approximately half of all cancers diagnosed in the country. If that number seems high, remember that the skin is the largest organ of the human body, and performs a wide variety of important functions, which include, for example, prevent your insides from falling on the ground.

The vast majority of the 3.5 million skin cancer diagnoses is non-lethal basal cell and squamous cell skin cancer. Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer. It is responsible for an estimated 76,690 new cases per year and is the cause of approximately 9,480 deaths per year.

Lichtenfeld says that the hypothesis linking sun exposure to skin cancer is solid, even though some dermatologists have said otherwise. One of the reasons why this hypothesis is problematic is that it is possible to have deadly skin cancer without being exposed to the sun. Melanomas can be caused by hereditary conditions or other conditions such as medications.

Regarding vitamin D, Lichtenfeld believes that it is best received through supplements.

"Most experts understand that being outdoors is part of a healthy lifestyle," he says. "What people need to know is that they should follow sunscreen behavior when they go outdoors, especially When they go to the beach, what they should not do is look for the sun as a source of vitamin D. "

"Supplements are cheap and available over the counter, it's a much safer way to get vitamin D than looking in the sun."

I asked the doctor if it was realistic to expect the whole country to buy the supplements at the same time as engaging in sunscreen behavior.

"They should do it," says Lichtenfeld. "Body experts believe that vitamin D replacement should be part of our daily habits, and it's much safer and much less expensive to take vitamin D than it is to deal with the skin cancer epidemic we have in this country. "

What's wrong, I asked him, 20 minutes of sun on his skin?

"Twenty minutes of sunshine in the middle of winter in Portland, Maine, is very different from 20 minutes of sunshine in the middle of summer in Phoenix, Arizona," says Lichtenfeld. "Different people have different skin types, and The effects of the sun on the skin are cumulative over time.You have someone with clear skin, and you can get burned or receive cumulative damage over time.Twenty minutes a day is very variable. Varies by individual. It varies by location. "

Lichtenfeld encourages everyone to" Put on-Put-on. "Put on a shirt, apply 30+ sunscreen, put on a coat,

" Tanning is a sign of damage the skin, "he says." It protects you, yes, but protects you from further damage. It is a response to harm, not a healthy response. "

Our friend, the sun

However, the sun confers many health benefits A 2008 report published by Nathaniel M. Mead says that excessive exposure to UV rays means only 0.1% of the total global burden of morbidity, according to the report of the World Health Organization 2006 "The global burden of morbidity due to ultraviolet radiation".

Mead's study indicates that Many of the diseases related to excessive exposure to UV rays are relatively benign -except malignant melanoma- and occur in older age groups, due to the time lag between exposure and manifestation or the requirement for cumulative exposure. Skin is common, but often not fatal, The same WHO report from 2006 notes that the largest annual disease burden could result from inadequate UV exposure.

Living at higher latitudes --don There is less exposure to UV rays - it has been shown to increase the risk of death from Hodgkin's lymphoma, breast, ovarian, colon, pancreas, prostate and other cancers. Low levels of vitamin D have also been linked to multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and infectious diseases.

You can see how this poses a dilemma for the medical community. It is possible for people to stay out of the sun to avoid skin cancer, which is largely non-fatal, and as a result they are putting themselves at risk for the deadliest diseases and cancers.

"If you do a risk-benefit analysis, sunlight increases the risk of skin cancer but reduces the risk of cancers that kill Americans," explains Dr. John Cannell, executive director of the Vitamin D Council. "Sunlight is very beneficial."

Sunlight also gives benefits beyond the production of vitamin D. It has been shown that it helps to conceive sleep, slow down depression and possibly more. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have recently discovered that exposure to the sun can help reduce blood pressure. It is a small study, but if its results are maintained over time, it could lead more experts to conclude that a reduction in blood pressure is more beneficial to the population than the risk of non-melanoma skin cancer.

Sun and Supplements

I did not know this before I interviewed him, but I follow a plan similar to what Cannell recommends, which is a combination of sun insurance and supplements.So far it has worked for me.

When the whole body is exposed to direct sunlight for short periods, it produces vitamin D quickly, close to 1,000 units per minute. The Vitamin D Council recommends 5,000 to 10,000 units per day. (You can read more about the sun's recommendations and the American Cancer Society's recommendations in the links below this story.)

Americans living south of Atlanta have the advantage of good direct sunlight throughout year. Above Atlanta, during what Cannell calls winter vitamin D, Americans should take vitamin D supplements, since there is not enough sunlight or vitamin D in the diet to meet the body's needs. I encourage you to consult with your doctor and see what he recommends.

Remember: each person's body is different, and your body is also affected by the place where you live geographically. So be smart. And, if one day you read a story about a man who exploded in the driveway of his house, sorry, it was a mistake on my part.

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