Freedom Fest
This is the eighth in a series of articles from FreedomFest 2021, an annual libertarian-oriented conference hosted by Dr. Mark Skousen, an economist and Presidential Fellow at Chapman University in California. This article covers a lecture by political organizer Adam Friedman on the new phenomenon of “ranked-choice” voting that is all the rage in certain political circles (primarily Democrat and Libertarian). He was the Get Out The Vote (GOTV) organizer for New York City’s recent mayoral primary that incorporated the ranked-choice methodology. He advertises himself as “a lifelong New Yorker, a cartoonist, a cat lover, and a passionate advocate who has been involved in campaigns for human rights, prison justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.” Friedman is the founder of Rank the Vote.
WHAT WE FOUND:
According to the American Cancer Society, SPF (sun protection factor) correlates to how much protection a sunscreen offers against UVB rays. They say that SPF 15 filters 93% of UVB rays, SPF 30 filters 97%, SPF 50 filters 98% and SPF 100 filters about 99%.
But here’s the twist: that’s only true if you use the right amount of sunscreen, an entire shot glass-full, reapplied every two hours.
“This is based on the assumption that people apply a very large amount of sunscreen which they absolutely do not, Dr. Friedman, chair of the dermatology department at GWU, said. So technically above an SPF 50 you re not going to get that much more protection from UVB; however, because people don t apply enough, there is a dilutional effect. So for example, 100 ends up being like a 50, 50 ends up more being like a 25.
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Where to next? Javier Ríos does not know.
For 24 years, the trailer park at 1509 Dickerson Pike W.C. Company Mobile Home Community has been where Ríos calls home.
The 56-year-old pays $450 a month to keep his mobile home there the only affordable option for his family of five to remain in gentrified East Nashville, he said.
So when a lease termination notice arrived at his home in June, telling him to move out by the end of August, Ríos was stunned. It was like if they would have just thrown cold water on my shoulders, he said in Spanish.