You know the rubbish the suburbanite developer didn't want because he couldn't legally fill it in with trash and build on it so it was dedicated preserve.
Some of the spikes in cancer are due to the small populations of the town, where one cancer case can quickly spike above what the state-wide average would suggest for a similar demographic.
Cancers compared to expected cancer levels based on age/gender demographics in Albany County
Municipality
Bladder
Bone
Brain
Breast
Colorectal
Esophagus
Kidney
Larynx
Leukemias
Liver
Lung
Mesothelioma
Nasal
NHL
Oral
Other
Ovary
Pancreas
Prostate
Soft_Tissue
Stomach
Testis
Thyroid
Uterus
Total
Albany city
19%
−38%
−18%
11%
5%
32%
6%
44%
−6%
67%
26%
−7%
−10%
7%
−4%
19%
−4%
10%
−4%
−7%
6%
15%
−36%
−10%
9%
Berne town
−3%
−100%
110%
5%
1%
32%
32%
−76%
3%
−5%
8%
−100%
−34%
3%
−4%
16%
−22%
−39%
−16%
50%
−15%
55%
7%
34%
3%
Bethlehem town
33%
−11%
−6%
21%
−16%
11%
29%
−0%
5%
8%
9%
63%
−27%
13%
23%
20%
6%
13%
−4%
−22%
−12%
45%
1%
−21%
9%
Coeymans town
26%
53%
−0%
−4%
3%
−6%
39%
−12%
−15%
−5%
68%
−28%
−7%
42%
80%
17%
−68%
23%
−12%
24%
−32%
66%
23%
−3%
15%
Cohoes city
37%
−100%
−16%
−6%
11%
10%
39%
−5%
−7%
12%
58%
−49%
98%
20%
−27%
−9%
−4%
−29%
−3%
−30%
−52%
32%
−28%
9%
6%
Colonie town
19%
−46%
−4%
7%
3%
−22%
−2%
10%
10%
−14%
16%
−26%
−50%
14%
9%
11%
−12%
−1%
−8%
−25%
−22%
3%
−5%
−6%
4%
Green Island town
60%
−100%
−19%
−11%
45%
−5%
37%
27%
−19%
61%
81%
−1%
21%
10%
11%
7%
27%
−20%
3%
1%
−40%
30%
−33%
19%
17%
Guilderland town
27%
−78%
32%
15%
−17%
28%
−1%
−23%
−14%
−25%
6%
45%
−20%
−9%
−10%
6%
−9%
−8%
−9%
−27%
−1%
−15%
−2%
9%
1%
Knox town
−20%
−100%
77%
39%
−0%
69%
9%
−73%
2%
47%
−15%
135%
−28%
−25%
6%
13%
−49%
−32%
−22%
32%
32%
9%
2%
46%
3%
New Scotland town
34%
−47%
30%
24%
15%
21%
15%
−3%
9%
−21%
2%
102%
27%
−7%
45%
18%
−50%
−15%
−9%
14%
−32%
90%
15%
−4%
9%
Rensselaerville town
25%
−100%
35%
−6%
4%
−50%
−3%
−67%
−10%
−49%
37%
−100%
−8%
9%
−4%
30%
31%
−73%
−12%
189%
−29%
133%
−43%
−7%
3%
Watervliet city
54%
−100%
10%
19%
21%
2%
0%
40%
0%
38%
56%
−14%
−45%
0%
40%
8%
−22%
18%
−1%
35%
6%
−19%
−23%
−27%
15%
Westerlo town
−4%
−100%
98%
9%
−0%
71%
−11%
−75%
−27%
−52%
22%
1%
−100%
4%
25%
26%
−5%
−60%
−14%
143%
−25%
171%
17%
2%
5%
Andy Arthur, 12/23/22. NYS Cancer Mapping Project, aggregated to town level.
I still think teaching base 10 math in school is is one of the most idiotic things they do. So few things in the physical world are based around base 10 except for human fingers and toes. Nothing in the real world grows in powers of ten but lots of things double.
If children learned base 2 math and the sixteen hexadecimal digits they would be so much smarter and could learn math so much quicker at a younger age. Plus they would have a much better way of understanding the physical world and relative values of things.
Binary, base 2 math is so simple… It’s just shifting digits…
No times tables to learn though for compactness you might want to write your results in hex, so 0x4, 0x8, 0x10, 0x20, 0x30. To write hex you have to know the sixteen digits but they are easy to convert from binary – they’re groups of four digits with a shift / carry for the overflow – But that’s optional to use hex.
Or maybe more like 4:30 AM. Throughout my vacation I ended up getting up early with the time change to maximize my day, often retiring to bed around 7 or no later than eight.
I think I sleep better when I go to sleep earlier and truth be told, I like the extra time in the morning to sip my coffee and work on my blog. I might replace my evening walk this winter with a morning one before my shower then there would be more daylight when getting in my steps.
Earlier to bed would save energy by less heat and light in the evening and certainly wouldn’t be a bad habit to get into.
