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A NEW study from Arizona State Uni-versity and the University of California San Diego quantifi es just how long it takes for cars to reach killer tempera-tures in either the sun or the shade.

It isn’t long on a hot summer day.The team tested six cars, including

two sedans, two economy cars and two minivans.

Left in the sun on a 37.7-degree-Celsius day in Arizona, it took just an hour for the interior temperature to hit 46.7 degrees. Dashboards heated up to a stinging 69.4 degrees and seats hit 50.6 degrees in that time.

The shade wasn’t much better.

Interior temperatures reached 37.7 degrees after one hour and seats were 40.6 degrees.

“These tests replicated what might happen during a shopping trip,” said Nancy Selover, an Arizona State University climatologist and research professor.

“We wanted to know what the interior of each vehicle would be like after one hour, about the amount of time it would take to get groceries. I knew the temper-atures would be hot, but I was surprised by the surface temperatures.”

“We’ve all gone back to our cars on hot days and have been barely able

to touch the steering wheel,” Selover said. “But, imagine what that would be like to a child trapped in a car seat.”

Heatstroke starts to cause damage when a child’s body tempera-ture rises above 40 degrees Celsius.

Selover’s team cal-

culated that a 2-year-old child left in any of the cars in their study would get that hot in an hour in the sun, and within two hours in the shade.

Gene Brewer, an ASU associate professor of psychology who studies memory, says it’s very easy to become distracted.

“Memory failures are remarkably powerful, and they happen to every-one,” he said. “There is no difference between gender, class, personality, race or other traits. Functionally, there isn’t much of a difference between forgetting your keys and forgetting your child in the car.”

Janette Fennell, president and founder of the car safety group Kids and Cars, agrees.

“If it was useful to charge parents, I think these cases might have ended. What people don’t understand is this has everything to do with failure of memory. It’s not a failure of love,” she said.

Now the organization is pressing for U.S. federal legislation requiring car seat alerts in all new vehicles, so

that babies are never left behind by mistake.

“You can’t buy a car today that doesn’t automatically turn off your headlights or remind you to turn off your head-lights. Who decided it’s more important to not have a dead car battery than have a dead baby?” Fennell asked.

In the meantime, her site offers ways to help lower the odds that a child will be forgotten in the back seat of a car.

■ Get in the habit of always opening the back door to check the back seat before leaving your vehicle.

■ Put something you’ll need like your cell phone, handbag or brief case, etc., in the back seat so that you have to open the back door to retrieve that item every time you park.

■ Keep a large stuffed animal in the child’s car seat. When the child is placed in the car seat, place the stuffed animal in the front passenger seat. It’s a visual reminder that the child is in the back seat.

■ Never leave children alone in or around cars.

(SD-Agencies)

Cars become hot death traps in just an hour

WHEN Christin Gilmer was a student in Judy Toensing’s Yuma, Arizona sixth-grade class, her

teacher left her a note in the margins of her report card.

“It has been a joy to have you in class,” the note read. “Keep up the good work! Invite me to your Harvard graduation!”

That was in 1997. More than two decades later, Toensing got a note back from her former student that left her “shocked, fl abbergasted (and) humbled,” according to CNN.

It was a letter from Harvard, hand-delivered by Gilmer, inviting her to attend the convocation ceremony where her former student, now 33-years-old, would receive a doctorate in public health.

“She lit a fi re in me that helping people is a powerful tool, and through education, you can better serve popu-lations in need. I will never forget her passion for others,” Gilmer told said.

She wrote in a thank you note on Facebook that Toensing had been one of the fi rst people to spark her interest in public health.

“Of these many amazing heroes, I met one of these teachers in the sixth grade, Ms. Judy Toensing, who taught me about current events, global health, and human rights,” Gilmer wrote. “She was the fi rst person who passionately conveyed the plight of people living with HIV/AIDS to me and started me on this journey.” In their class, the students also completed an intensive project looking at recycling in their town for which they interviewed the mayor.

The story of Toensing’s report card note caught the eye of Harvard school offi cials, who helped arrange a way for the teacher to go to Harvard from Yuma, where she still teaches sixth-and eighth-grade social studies, according to CNN.

“I thank you for your work ... and the work of so many other teachers at every grade level. It is so immeasur-ably important,” Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dean Michelle Williams said at the ceremony.

“You don’t just teach young people. You inspire them, and you propel them along a path of fulfi llment and service

Harvard gradsurprises teacher after 21 yrs

(From L) Gilmer’s mother, Gilmer and Toensing after the Harvard graduation ceremony.

“WHAT is that thing?” you may be wondering. So we’ll fi ll you in: Nike’s latest “it” item — the Benassi “Fanny Pack” slide, according to various style reports.

Nike has apparently put two of the ultimate summer staples together, creating the most functional — or questionable — item of the season.

A Nike spokesperson confi rmed that the slides are indeed launching but could not yet share additional details.

While you might think we’d be used to weird hybrid items by now — like the Helmut Lang leather bra bag, the Vetements “Lighter Heels,” or the Maison Margiela Glam Slam bag that resembles a quilt pillow — there’s still always the initial reaction or tweet that questions whether or not these major companies have run out of ideas and are simply playing with their customers.

At least the zippered-pouch feature on this latest creation serves a pur-pose that may, for some, transcend aesthetics. Plus, as the utilitarian trend (the more pockets the better) is one to be watching this summer, these Nike slides are sure to give it an athleisure twist. Perhaps this new product is not a bad idea at all.

According to Hypebeast, the slides will “hit retailers soon,” and we hope it’s sooner rather than later — before we change our minds.

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Nike sandals with mini fanny packs

to others. Your work is what makes our work possible. Thank you for every-thing you do, and please keep sending students our way!”

Toensing said she knew Gilmer would fi nd success.

“I have high expectations of all my students, so to hear that Christin had achieved this goal did not surprise me in the least,” Toensing told CNN. “I feel honored that Harvard chose to tell Christin’s story, her journey, and that I was a small part of that journey.”

Gilmer told CNN she wants to move back to Arizona to work in health, politics, and community development.

(SD-Agencies)

Christin Gilmer (R) and Judy Toensing, her sixth-grade teacher 21 years ago.Christin Gilmer (R) and Judy Toensing, her sixth-grade teacher 21 years ago. SD-AgenciesSD-Agencies

Toensing left Gilmer a note in the margins of her report card.