![]() But if you want to get more specific, you have the power to do it.īoth Apple and Google are playing catch up when it comes to parental controls, although Google’s Family Link app is also very good and there are lots of third-party parental control apps out there. You could just set a daily time limit, bedtime hours when the tablet can’t be used, and an age range and be done with it. It’s relatively easy to set parental controls on a Fire tablet and you don’t have to drill down into specifics if you don’t want to. Amazon provides extremely granular tools for parents to dictate precise limits and even break allowances down into specific goals, so you might limit your child to one hour of screen time a day but specify that 30 minutes of it should be spent reading. There’s still some argument about how much screen time is safe for kids, but everyone is conscious that we need to impose some limits. They enjoy being able to choose their own content and install it without having to ask and the great thing is you have peace of mind they’ll never be accessing anything unsuitable. They’ll watch Spongebob or Teen Titans Go, they’ll play Star Wars or Peppa Pig games, and they’ll even dip into the odd app that looks vaguely educational. We’ve found that the kids love the content it serves up. However, you get a one-year subscription included with your new Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Edition tablet. It’s a subscription service that costs $3 per month for one child or $7 per month for a family of up to four kids if you have Prime membership, or $5 and $10 per month respectively without Prime. There are more than 20,000 books, movies, TV shows, and educational apps and games on offer as part of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited. The Kids Edition tablets are some of the most thoughtfully designed kid-focused electronics around. The content rotates, so there’s always something new and it includes lots of recognizable characters from Disney, Cartoon Network, PBS, Nickelodeon, and more. You’ll set their age and the age range of content you feel is suitable for them and Amazon will serve up a carefully curated buffet of cartoons, apps, and games that are age-appropriate. During setup you’ll create profiles for your kids, and there is the option to create multiple profiles and allow them to share a tablet if you like. The Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Edition dispenses with this problem entirely. No parent wants to allow their child free reign in the app store to install whatever they like, but that means kids are constantly asking if they can install this or that and you have to check it for suitability and then install it if you approve. ![]() The most common Amazon Fire problems, and how to fix them We also look at how responsive the screen is and how long the battery lasts when playing videos.Īll product information provided by the manufacturer is correct at time of publication.The best Android tablets in 2023: the 9 best ones you can buyĪmazon’s new Fire HD 8 tablets run faster, last longer, and start at $100 We evaluate the camera performance, along with the speaker sound quality and sharpness of movies and videos. When testing tablets, we test the boot-up time and processing speed to find out if opening apps, playing games and web browsing can be done with less lag. Just like other Amazon Fire tablets, you’ll see adverts and sponsored screensavers when your device goes to sleep and when you wake it up again. There are speedier tablets on the market and the camera takes disappointing snaps that lack detail. We also love the ‘picture-in-picture’ feature that lets you watch Prime Video, Twitch or Netflix at the same time as browsing the web, checking email, reviewing your calendar, or visiting Facebook. The parental controls are robust and the tablet's optional wireless charger props it up, so you can easily see it from across the room. It has hands-free access to Alexa - you just need to call Amazon’s voice assistant and it'll spring to life - and a ‘show mode’ that displays images and text related to Alexa’s answers on the screen. ![]() It's just as compact as the model before and the battery lasts more than nine hours when watching videos and nearly 12 when being used for lots of other tasks. It's simple to use and its storage space can be expanded with a MicroSD card slot, too. ![]() GHI expert verdictīest suited to those that want an affordable tablet to watch movies and play games on, the Amazon Fire HD Plus is smoother than it's predecessor and quicker to charge. This 8-inch tablet still has 32GB of storage space, but now comes with a more powerful charger that takes the power from 0% to 100% in four hours rather than five. Amazon has launched a beefed-up version of its Fire HD 8 tablet that has more RAM, which makes it smoother for watching movies, playing games and surfing the web on.
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![]() We love educating Americans about how their government works too! Please help us make GovTrack better address the needs of educators by joining our advisory group. Vela saw his vote share narrow in 2020, and Republicans are in charge of redistricting before next year's midterm election. Please join our advisory group to let us know what more we can do. Filemn Vela won't seek reelection under new Texas map. We hope that with your input we can make GovTrack more accessible to minority and disadvantaged communities who we may currently struggle to reach. Our mission is to empower every American with the tools to understand and impact Congress. By joining our advisory group, you can help us make GovTrack more useful and engaging to young voters like you. Young Americans have historically been the least involved in politics, despite the huge consequences policies can have on them. Please sign up for our advisory group to be a part of making GovTrack a better tool for what you do. We hope to make GovTrack more useful to policy professionals like you. Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well. the LBJ National Grasslands, Texas public lands hold something special. The “ranking member” (sometimes “RkMembs”) is the title given to the senior-most member of the committee not in the majority party.įreshmen/Sophomores: Freshmen and sophomores are Members of Congress whose first term (in the same chamber at the end of the 114th Congress) was the 114 th Congress (freshmen) or 113 th (sophomores). We, the undersigned, urge you to co-sponsor H.R. Ranking Members (RkMembs): The chair of a committee is always selected from the political party that holds the most seats in the chamber, called the “majority party”. it became a vehicle for passage of unrelated provisions). Missing Bills: We exclude bills from some statistics where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill because the bill’s text was replaced in whole with unrelated provisions (i.e. Congressman Filemon Vela - Texas' 34th Congressional District Congressman Filemon Vela Join the team Support Our Campaign Your donation today will help us continue delivering bold, independent leadership for South Texas. Leadership/Ideology: The leadership and ideology scores are not displayed for Members of Congress who introduced fewer than 10 bills, or, for ideology, for Members of Congress that have a low leadership score, as there is usually not enough data in these cases to compute reliable leadership and ideology statistics. We gave Vela 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. “We have been working very hard in South Texas for years,” said Flores.GovTrack looked at whether Vela supported any of 40 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15), who currently represents a neighboring district and reportedly will not run in the special election. While still leaning toward Democrats, South Texas has seen a strong shift toward Republicans in recent election cycles and the GOP has ramped up efforts to gain more representation in the region.Īnother advantage that the GOP has over Democrats is that the nominee for the general election, Mayra Flores, has said that she plans to run in the special election, while the Democratic nominee is Rep. Under the boundaries that will be used in a special election, the median vote for Democrats was 54 percent. In 2020, the median vote in support of Democrats under the new boundaries was 60 percent. Under the district boundaries for current members - what would be used in a special election instead of the new congressional map drawn for the 2022 general election - the 34th Congressional District is more favorable toward Republicans. The early election to fill the remainder of Vela’s term through the end of the year presents a unique opportunity for Republicans to gain a new seat ahead of the next Congress. Abbott has renewed on a monthly basis for two years. The OAG affirmed that, “To the extent that the special election procedures established in the Election Code prevent, hinder, or delay necessary action in coping with the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey,” the Disaster Act permitted the governor to suspend those provisions.Įvery county in the state is currently under a disaster declaration for COVID-19 that Gov. Greg Abbott inquired the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) if his emergency powers under the Texas Disaster Act allowed him to suspend relevant election laws in light of the Hurricane Harvey disaster declaration affecting the counties of the district. To hold an election distant enough to meet filing requirements but before the other uniform election date in November, Gov. ![]() Not an ideal mode of transport when you are pregnant. TRAVELING BY MOTORCYCLE/SCOOTER (Riding Pillion) Must Read : Do’s and Don’ts for Healthy Pregnancy If you are on a long drive, take frequent stops where you are able to get out of the car and are able to stretch your legs and move around a bit. The upper shoulder strap should go above your belly through the center of the chest (in between your breasts). Buckle the belt over your hip bones under your belly. Wear your seat belt WITHOUT FAIL, even if you are in the back seat. While traveling by local commuter trains within the city, try and avoid the super-rush hours where you may need to stand for long and the train is jam-packed with commuters. Choose the lower berth for you instead of the middle or upper berth in the sleeper coaches. The universal precautions mentioned above would apply while traveling by train. Choose an aisle seat for yourself as this will help you straighten your legs and move in and out easily. Inside the airplane, move out of your seat once every 30 mins and walk down the aisle. Traveling to areas in the world where Zika virus outbreaks have been reported is not recommended if you are pregnant. ![]() It is recommended also to not travel by air in certain conditions like pre-eclampsia, placenta previa / low lying placenta if you are carrying more than 1 fetus (twin or triplet pregnancy), or if you are in labor. Air travel is not recommended after 36 weeks. Hence if you are in the last third of your pregnancy, enquire from the airlines before booking tickets. All airlines will allow travel till 28 weeks of pregnancy, and many allow till 34-36 weeks. If going on a holiday abroad, always buy travel insurance, and take the vaccines that are recommended.Īs long as you and your baby are fine, air travel is safe till 36 weeks of pregnancy. ![]() Always carry your pregnancy hospital notes, memorize your due dates, carry sanitary napkins, over-the-counter medications like pain-killers, anti-vomiting medicines, and your prescribed medicines. Universal precautions include that avoid strenuous work, do things slowly rather than running around and take rest in between, wear loose-fitting clothes, drink plenty of fluids and walk and stretch at regular intervals. Generally traveling is safe when you are pregnant. A very common question I am asked from my antenatal patients is about how safe is traveling in pregnancy. Heights, Ruth entered eternal life on Saturday, Aug. ![]() 29, 1930, to Howard and Bernadette Marnan of Chicago Burial will be inĪssumption Cemetery, Glenwood, Ill. Wednesday, at Our Lady of the Wayside Parish, 432 W. SCHAEFER - Ruth Agnes - A funeral Mass for Ruth Agnes Schaefer will be heldĪt 9:30 a.m. Native of Carrigaholt, County Clare, Ireland. 38th-st., to Nativity church by carriages to 49th and Halsted-st.ĭepot. SCANLON - Thomas Scanlon, beloved husband of Margaret, nee Canty, fond father of Josephine, brother of MichaelĪnd Patrick Scanlon and the late Mrs. Park-av., Tuesday, April 29, at 9 a.m., to St. Native of County Clare, Ireland member of St. SCANLAN - Martin Scanlan, April 26, 1913, beloved husband of Mary, nee Doherty, fond father of May and Martin. Leo's church, where high mass will beĬelebrated, thence to Mount Olivet. John Mangan, 7700 Lowe-av., by autos to St. Amelia Mangan, nee Scanlan native of Carrigaholt, CountyĬlare, Island. SCANLAN - Catherine Scanlan, beloved sister of Mrs. at Burke-Sullivanįuneral Home, 5018-20 Chicago avenue. loving mother of John, Anne, David, Nancy, Thomas, June, George,Įthel and the late Charles grandmother of 34 great-grandmother of one. SAYERS, Ethel - beloved wife of the late Charles A. Torp, no date or newspaper, submitted by source from Schmidt Funeral Home, 2056-58 Belmot av., to June 24, beloved wife of Martin dear mother of James and Thomas dear daughter of Evelyn Sulester.įuneral Monday, June 29, at 2 p.m. from Lachawlcz Funeral Home to All Saints Church where a requiem mass was solemnized. Funeral services were held Friday, June l, at a.m. Joseph, Peter and daughter, Monica Bruzas and six grand-children. She was a member of St Ann's Society: Ideal Club and the 9th Ward Lithuanian Democratic Club. Born in Lithuania she had been a resident of this community for 40 years. Pauline, of Edbrooke, died Monday, May 28, in her home. SAPP, Elnora - nee Pleasants of 5433 Ridgewood court, aged 96 years beloved wife of the late George Sapp, fond Belmont avenue, to Our Lady of Angels church. Funeral Monday, 9 a.m., from the Montclair Funeral Home, 6901 W. Marie (Louis) Schmidt, Nick (the Greek), Charles (Ann), and the late Joseph grandmother of eight great-grandmother of four sister of Tony Rini and the late George, Mariana Caccamo, Josephine Cardone, and Rose Caccamo. SANTORIA, Lena, nee Rini, beloved wife of the late Sam loving mother of Mrs. Member of Schleswig Holsteiner Frauen Verein. ![]() SALZER, Doratha - nee Feldt, April 26, 1930, late of 557 Briar-pl., beloved wife of Frederick A. SALLIDGER, Charles - A citizen of Chicago, named Charles Sallidger, was run over on Wabash avenue in that city a few days ago, by a run-away team, and so badly injured that he died in a few hours. ![]() Victor, Joseph, William, Catherine, Maria and Martha of Brussels, Belgium. ![]() SALES, Louise - wife of William mother of Charles, Jeannette Bright, Mary Huges and Constance Booth. from Ostapa Funeral Home, 5325 Fullerton, at Lorel avenue, to St. Mark and Lucille fond great-grandfather of three. SAFJAN, William - beloved husband of the late Anna devoted father of Blanche and Aurelia dear grandfather of (Arlington Heights, IL) - Augsubmitted by Sara Hemp] He was preceded in death by his parents, John J. Grandchildren, Kayla Francis, Morgan Marie and John Joseph IV and special friend, Survivors include his wife, Margaret 'Marge' (nee Grabowitz) children, John J. Sacht was a member of Chicago Truck Drivers Union 705 Hubertīorn June 15, 1927, in Chicago, he died Sunday, Aug. View email addresses of contributors hereĪ funeral Mass for John J. **We regret that we do not have the time to conduct personal research for you of ANY If you were directed here through a link for which you paid $ for, youĬan access much more FREE data via our Cook County index page at Īlso make sure to visit our main Illinois Genealogy Trails History Groupįor much more statewide historical/genealogical ![]() ![]() ![]() Microsoft’s internal benchmarks suggest that the improved graphics framework is 50 percent more efficient when it comes to CPU usage. With DirectX 12, developers will see a lot of instant improvements to their games compared to DirectX 11. Having developers rushing to work with DirectX 12 is a sign that Microsoft is well positioned to execute on its UWP plans. Microsoft is behind Sony’s PlayStation in the console space, and the Windows organization is widening its scope to focus on the larger $99.3 billion gaming market instead (where PC online games thrive worldwide). During a presentation at the company’s Build conference for developers today in San Francisco, Spencer spent much of his time emphasizing the many ways Microsoft is trying to make it easier for developers to deploy their games and apps to a variety of devices - like Xbox One, desktop, and HoloLens - while still having the tools to optimize performance for each thanks to the Universal Windows Platform initiative. Most developers are not hesitating to upgrade to Microsoft’s latest graphics programming interface.ĭirectX 12 is the latest entry in Microsoft’s bundle of APIs (application programming interfaces) for getting the most out of visuals on Windows 10, and it has seen faster adoption among developers than any previous DirectX, according to Xbox boss Phil Spencer. Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don't worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. ![]() Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a fun little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventureA Vibrant Adventure for All: Explore a colorful world at your own pace, help. Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy - available Jan. Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Pikuniku - Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems.Cinderella – An Interactive Fairytale - full game and demo.I’m not sure who still harbors much fondness for this old THQ game, but bringing it back a few months after its 15th anniversary will likely delight some people. It first launched on GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox back in 2003. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles. I’m showing my age here, but also tucked into this week’s update is Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy, a platformer I distinctly remembered Nickelodeon plugging hardcore as a kid. Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. First pressing limited to 1000 unitsSingle LP - red colored vinylIncludes download cardMusic by Calum Bowen DOES NOT include collectors enamel pin. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. T-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more, designed and sold by independent artists around the world. If you like goats, you will like Goat Simulator. High quality Pikuniku-inspired gifts and merchandise. 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This section of the article does not provide a complete profile of the subject. Batman suggested that they should release Plastic Man, thus revealing he was contained in this device for an unknown period of time. Terrific in the Lunar Batcave, he unveiled an egg-shaped containment unit that bore Plastic Man's logo. The two had a son named Luke, who would gain elastic powers himself and become the superhero Offspring. Īt some point, O'Brian married and divorced a woman named Angel McDunnagh. Plastic Man was active with the team known as the All-Star Squadron. They all ran away from the scene of the crime but O'Brian got thrown off the car when they judged his injuries too severe but instead of dying he was reborn as the shape-shifting hero Plastic Man. One night he and his accomplices got hired to steal some documents from a chemical plant and while recovering them they were surprised by a guard and a shootout followed, the guard was killed and a stray bullet hit a chemical container that spilled its contents on Eel. Patrick "Eel" O'Brian was a petty criminal doing almost any job that payed cash. Interested in turning his life around, O'Brian became the new superhero Plastic Man.įollowing the cosmic upheavals of the Rebirth period, this character's history was revised. The chemicals didn't kill him, though, instead giving him the incredible power of elasticity. Eel seemingly died in the incident, having been flung into a barrel of chemicals that melted him into a pile of human goop. However, the meeting was interrupted by Owlman, who agreed that organized crime was against his values and murdered most of the men in attendance. Eel, as well as his crime partner Skizzle Shanks, waited outside the meeting with anticipation. Eel's boss, fearing that the Crime Syndicate's version of evil meant exclusively costumed criminals, organized a meeting with other high-ranking mobsters in the Chicago area to discuss bribing Ultraman to get on his good side. Allegations in that case were Menendez took gifts and free private jet trips from now-convicted Medicare fraudster Salomon Melgen.Patrick "Eel" O'Brian was a petty mobster in Chicago prior to becoming a superhero.Īfter the Justice League had seemingly been killed by the Crime Syndicate of Earth 3, the villains declared that the world now belonged to the forces of evil. In 2018, Menendez had criminal charges against him dropped after a separate corruption the trial had ended in a hung jury. Supreme Court has issued a series of decisions narrowing the definition of public corruption. Menendez declined to comment on any of the allegations, citing the ongoing “inquiry.” What they can’t do is take money or gifts in exchange for an official act.”Ī spokesperson for Sen. They can advocate for businesses within their jurisdictions. “A senator can certainly help somebody in his or her state,” Rosenberg said. Sources familiar with the matter said investigators want to know if Egyptian officials knew of the ties between IS EG Halal and the senator’s wife and whether there was any effort by any Egyptian official to try to run a foreign influence operation connected to Menendez. Seven longtime companies across the globe were suddenly fired by the Egyptian government and those firms lost millions in business to the Edgewater firm - a firm run by a Christian with little prior experience in Islamic certification of international meat imports and exports. In 2019, IS EG Halal was awarded an exclusive contract with the Egyptian government to certify Halal meat exports worldwide. She referred NBC News to past statements in which the senator acknowledged an ongoing “inquiry” and said that “should there be any official inquiries, the senator is available to provide any assistance requested of him or his office.” Senate rules state in part that gifts to a member or someone close to him are considered gifts if a senator “has reason to believe the gift was given because of the official position.”Ī spokeswoman for Menendez declined to comment when asked if the senator or his wife received a Mercedes, free rent, money or jewelry from the IS EG Halal business or associates. None of the items appear listed on Menendez’s Senate disclosure forms. ![]() In addition to the investigation into any possible quid-pro-quo scheme, sources familiar with the matter said IRS criminal investigators are looking into whether the alleged gifts were properly accounted for on tax filings by the senator and his wife. ![]() But scientists have realized that just isn’t the case, based on the data gathered from an increasing number of instruments imaging Earth’s innards-including the thousands of seismometers of the National Science Foundation’s EarthScope project, as well as the onshore and underwater arrays of the Cascadia Initiative, all of which were used in this latest study. Researchers once thought that at any given subduction zone, the diving plate simply curls down into the deep, dropping in a sheet like a curtain, Hawley explains. These collisions often form what are known as subduction zones, where oceanic plates take the plunge while continental plates ride high. ![]() They grind against one another, pulling apart at some edges and colliding in others. “But we may discuss this for some years to come.” Teasing apart a tearĮarth’s crust is fractured into an interlocking network of tectonic plates, whose slow-motion dance has shaped the surface of our planet. “I think there are certainly good ideas,” says Martin Streck, a volcanologist at Portland State University who specializes in the geologic activity of the Pacific Northwest. Other scientists are greeting the new model with curiosity and excitement, but they also caution that it needs more testing before it can become geologic canon. ( Find our what might happen when Earth’s tectonic plates grind to a halt.) “What we are looking at right now is the death of an oceanic plate,” Hawley says. ![]() What happens when such plates are swallowed up is still unknown-but it’s a fate that awaits all of the planet’s oceanic plates. The Juan de Fuca is one of the few remaining fragments of the once mighty Farallon plate, which North America began languidly consuming some 180 million years ago as the supercontinent Pangea broke apart. What’s more, the study is giving scientists a peek into the final moments of a tectonic plate’s life. Find out the origins of our home planet and some of the key ingredients that help make this blue speck in space a unique global ecosystem. Such a tear could also explain a string of curious volcanism that swoops across a broad swath of Oregon.Įarth is the only planet known to maintain life. For instance, as the southern limb of the split rotates away, its motion could be the cause of strong earthquakes that rattle off the coast of southern Oregon and northern California, the new model suggests. But the presence of such a feature could be the root of a number of hazards at the surface, helping scientists more accurately identify future dangers. “I know that this seems like this little tear is a long way down,” Hawley says. In a study recently published in Geophysical Research Letters, Hawley and his coauthor Richard Allen suggest that the missing piece is not just a hole, but a tear that’s slowly splitting the plate apart at least 93 miles beneath the surface. Such a feature must be affecting the surface-and he wanted to know how. He wasn’t the first to notice this gap, but it nagged at the back of his brain. Hawley, however, was distracted by a peculiar region below central Oregon where it appears that a chunk of the Juan de Fuca plate is missing. There, the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate plunges under the North American plate, building strain throughout the region and prompting fears of the massive earthquake that could strike when it releases. student at the University of California, Berkeley, Hawley is fascinated with the geologic complexities of the Cascadia subduction zone, a giant fault off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Something was nagging at William Hawley, and it was more about what was missing than what was there.Īs a Ph.D. ![]() Titanium and zinc oxide are well tolerated by all skin types, including sensitive, and less likely to cause a reaction. These block a wide range of UV wavelengths and are photostable, meaning you don’t have to reapply as frequently (though you should still stick to the two-hour rule). There are two main ingredients that act as physical blockers-titanium and zinc oxide. Mineral sunscreens act as a physical barrier between you and UV rays, scattering the light when it hits your skin. Chemical sunscreens tend to be more irritating, as allergies to the active ingredients are more common. Some chemicals have been linked to endocrine disruption, although the data isn’t conclusive. Second, there have been studies suggesting that chemical sunscreen ingredients like oxybenzone and octinoxate can seep into water while you swim and bleach coral reefs. ![]() The first: They need to be applied more often than mineral sunscreens because they’re not photostable and break down upon exposure to UV light. There are a few drawbacks with chemical sunscreens. Because of their properties, chemical filters tend to be more cosmetically elegant and can be formulated into lightweight moisturizers and oils. This process takes about 15 minutes, so if you’re using chemical sunscreen filters, then you should be giving yourself at least that much time before heading outdoors. These work by absorbing the sun’s rays, turning it into heat, then releasing said heat through skin. Chemical sunscreens use organic materials like oxybenzone, avobenzone, homosalate, octinoxate, octocrylene, and octisalate to offer sun protection. There are two types of sunscreen filters: chemical and mineral. (And remember: These sunscreens should be used in addition to hats and protective clothing, and wearing any of them doesn’t excuse you from spending time in the shade, since no sunscreen can completely prevent sun damage.) To find the best facial sunscreens to use, we asked Stein and 11 more dermatologists and skin-care professionals to recommend sunscreens for different skin types and activities. This can be tricky, though, especially if you’re prone to breakouts or have sensitive skin. ![]() You should always reapply sunscreen after every two hours in the sun, Stein says, even if you don’t burn easily. Jennifer Stein, a dermatologist at NYU Langone Health, says everyone should generally look for s unscreens with broad-spectrum coverage (which protects against UVB rays that cause burning and UVA rays that cause lasting damage) and an SPF of 30 or higher, and she notes that a high SPF doesn’t mean you can go hours without reapplying. It helps with everything from hyperpigmentation to fine lines to acne, and protects skin from sun damage, which can lead to a host of other problems. Nearly every skin concern can be exasperated by not wearing SPF. It’s a daily must-do, right up there with washing your face. After years of beauty reporting and countless conversations with dermatologists and estheticians, I’ve learned that sunscreen is a nonnegotiable, year-round thing. |
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