 an outdoors person....shirt off and soaking up the rays. I have always been a sun worshiper and have always had a dark skin tone. I have always been around warmer climates, beaches and sun. I have always not worried about skin cancer because I tan extremely easily and never really burn...maybe once or twice in my lifetime. As time has gone by, I have been noticing some small darker marks on my skin. In my mind, nothing drastic nor anything to get excited about. They are on my legs and arms. Just a few here and there. I poo-pooed it off as age spots.....nothing to concern myself with because they were only about 1/8" in diameter. Yesterday was a cloudy day, so I did not go outside...not even for my usual walk. I spent some time on this computer doing my usual traveling through the internet. I decided to do some research just for the heck of it. I typed in skin cancer photos. What an eye opener that was. While looking through the photos I found one that looked almost identical to a few of those spots that I had mentioned. It is called Basil Cell Carcinoma and based on what I have read, it is the most common forms of skin cancer. Now granted, I am not a doctor but based on comparing the picture to what I saw on my leg, I would put money down on it...BCC. After looking at the picture ( Basil Cell Carcinoma ), information about BCC and how to get rid of it, I went shopping for a dermatologist. I found one that I was comfortable with, at least by reading his credentials and background. I will call tomorrow and make an appointment to have him check my whole body out to determine which spots are or are not BCC. Then form a game plan to get rid of them before they decide they want to grow up and get bigger. After deciding on a dermatologist, I then gathered up all of my tanning lotions and oils and threw them all in the trash. I did a little research on SPFs and sunblocking lotions. I looked up which were considered best according to Consumer Reports...my go to guide when buying stuff. I found a couple of brands that were considered excellent and were at the top of the list. Veronica went to Walgreens for me....there is one right near her store. I ended up with 4 or 5 bottles of sunblock which had SPF factors of 50 and then some had 70. The real change for me will be the outdoors aspect of my life. No more running around with my shirt off and anytime I go out for any length of time, I am going to start slathering on the sunblock. I will still work outside and go for my walks but I won't be laying out specifically to catch any rays. I have noticed that as I get older, I have concerned myself more with my health and doing what I can to stay healthy. I stopped smoking around the end of June of last year and have been smoke free ever since...no desire at all to light one up. So as of today, I will be swapping my tanning lotion with high SPF Sunblocking lotion. I might not end up as dark as I currently am but at least I will be healthier. Like I said....Another Day, Another Life Change.For Milla Jovovich, now was the time for confessions. The star, the poster of Hellboy, has chosen to deliver with its 2.8 million subscribers on Instagram, may 14, to discuss the abortion to which she had recourse to two years ago. The actress of Resident Evil does not hide anything this time “atrocious“.
The star, 43-year-old has posted a very long message in response to the restrictions tougher and harder put in place in some places of the United States regarding the practice of abortion. Alabama has recently passed the bill the most restrictive in the country with a ban on almost total, even in cases of rape or incest, and the sentence for doctors performing ABORTIONS, with penalties ranging up to life in prison… A bill fought for by several stars, including actress Alyssa Milano. At the same time, the social network Twitter has also been shaken by the video of a woman, face hidden, to be escorted up to the last clinic practising abortion in Kentucky, while protestors were stationed all along the way!
Myself, I have had an abortion emergency
On his account, Milla Jovovich wrote : “I don’t like to do politics, and I try to do I do if I am forced and it is precisely the case today. If someone does not want to continue reading, I warned. Our rights, as women, to get the opportunity to perform the abortion in a secure manner by experienced doctors are once again attacked. (…) Abortion is already difficult enough from an emotional point of view for women who do not that they must, in addition, the risk of doing so under uncertain conditions and unhealthy. Myself, I have had an abortion emergency two years ago. I was 4 months pregnant and a half, I was shooting in eastern Europe. I lost the baby prematurely, and then I was told that I had to remain awake during the entire procedure.“
I have the stomach returned
And the actress to pursue her confidence by not hiding nothing of the trauma that it represents, reminding us that this is never a choice made lightly by women. “It was one of my experiences the most excruciating of my life. I’m still nightmares. I was alone and without any help. When I think of the women could be to undergo abortion in conditions much worse than this because of the new laws, I have the stomach returned. I found myself in one of the most severe depressions of my life and I had to work hard to get out. I took the free time on my career. I was isolated for months and I’ve been forced to post a face strong for my two beautiful children [Ever Gabo, aged 10, and Dashial Nws, 3 years, editor’s NOTE]. Thank god, I was able to find a way out of this personal hell without me to turn to drugs, but the memory of what I experienced and what I have lost will be with me until the day of my death“, she adds.
Milla Jovovich, in a relationship with Paul William Scott Anderson, concluded not to be able to “remain silent” while “so many things are at stake“."We interviewed farmers across the region to help us understand whether farm management practices may have been a contributing factor. We had some delays in getting the data from the field as farmers got busy just as we started approaching them for information. Until all this analysis is complete, we won't know if we need to gather more background information. We are expecting to have the results of all this work released to farmers from around mid to late May," he says.
DairyNZ has already released the results of its analysis of the blood and autopsy samples it collected from dairy cows. Richard says those findings indicated that the cows experienced liver damage consistent with known liver damage associated with cows grazing brassica forage crops, except the visible signs of illness seemed to be more severe.
Meanwhile, the analysis of plant material samples taken from Southland swede crops last year as part of the DairyNZ study is taking longer than expected because of delays in getting the necessary testing equipment from overseas.
"The testing of the plant samples has proved a real challenge for us. This has never been done before in New Zealand so we've had to organise an accredited commercial testing facility for glucosinolates (GSLs) - the compounds we are testing for in the swedes," says Richard.
"We needed the most up to date technology to provide us with the best chance to identify the issues with these swedes. The testing has to stand up to our high standards for scientific rigour. We have identified 27 GSLs that could have contributed to the issues with the swedes and we had to develop benchmarks to enable us to measure them correctly. We also needed the right equipment in place. These have had to be sourced internationally from three countries and that took quite a lot of time - much longer than we'd expected," he says.
"Now that the equipment has arrived we can start testing and we expect that process to take around six weeks. So the analysis of the plant samples should be complete by the end of May and the interpretation of that data by mid-July."
Richard says the cross-sector industry advisory group that he chairs has released advice to help farmers make key decisions this winter around transitioning and managing crops to feed their cows.
"There's already a lot of information on the DairyNZ website to help farmers -www.dairynz.co.nz/swedes. We're conscious that we need to help farmers with their decision-making while we wait for the full study to be completed," he says.
"Our key message for farmers is to be cautious when transitioning cows on to brassicas and fodder beet. Transitioning your cows well from grass to brassicas and fodder beet and offering the correct ratio of crop to forage supplement - both are essential. When allocating swede crops, we're advising farmers to be cautious if they see the plant showing signs of developing flowerhead, which increases GSL content, or if leaf regrowth is occurring."Magazine
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