15 Aug
Weather
Expectations
Week 33
Day
227 Flag Today 72°/51°
Wind 18mph
Gusts 21mph
Risk of fire: Low Active Fire: 717 miles away
Nearest Lightning: 14 miles
away Humidity: 46%
Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Partly Cloudy Breezy
July Averages: Temps: 82°\51° 9
days with rain
Today’s Observances:
Banana Day: thru 16 Link
Best Friends Day
Chauvin Day
Check The Chip Day (Those Implanted in Pets) Link
Chef Appreciation Day Link
Clear The Shelters Day
Green Data Day
National Honey Bee Day Link
International Geocaching Day
International Homeless Animals Day
National Leathercraft Day Link
National Relaxation Day
Weekly Observances:
Sturgis
Rally: 7-16 Link
Elvis Week: 8-16 Link
Assistance Dog Week: 9-15
National Resurrect Romance Week: 9-15
Weird Contest Week: 9-15
National Bargain Hunting Week: 9-15
World
Karaoke Championships: 10-13 Link
Safe + Sound Week: 10-16 Link
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over: 12-9/7 Link
World
Photography Week: 12-26 Link
National
Hobo Week: 13-16 Link
Great
American Stamp Days: 14-17
Fresh Quotation:
Today’s Reflection:
Another good weather day. Weather guy says the monsoon will be
disappearing soon. I’ve sure enjoyed these daily rains.
This morning I headed out for a much needed pedicure. Another
upside to my recent medical situation: I’ve been getting regular pedicures for
over a decade. The only problem is when they start to massage my feet, I am extremely
ticklish. I always must tell her as my foot starts pulling away. Today, I was
not the least bit ticklish and had a great foot massage. A nice change for sure.
Last night the AZ Cardinals beat the LV Raiders in a decent preseason
game. Tonight it will be the Broncos v Falcons. Hoping for great game.
Today is Code Talker’s Day. Thanks for your service.
Mangione, the guy who killed the CEO of a Healthcare Insurance Company
pleaded guilty. He is hoping that the Federal prison will be better for him
that a state prison and that his sentence will be shorter because the case is
about stalking, whereas the state case is 2nd degree murder and can’t
be pursued due to a NY law about double jeopardy. Nobody will know until December
when he is sentenced.
I very much enjoy my twice daily conversations with my brother
since my medical situation. This morning when I called, he was still in bed. It was 8:30 his time. Laura had an early flight
to Mexico City and he was up about 3:30 to see her off before returning to bed.
He was glad I called and got him up as he has a bus day ahead. I told him that
was what a good big brother does.
Historical events
Cool to know:
Four times more people speak English as a second language
than as a native one.
While more people speak English as a second language, nearly three times more people
speak Mandarin Chinese natively.
English has nearly two billion people learning it as a second language and only
350 million people speaking it natively.
Today in
Science:
Around 56 million years
ago, a sharp rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere led to severe global
warming that transformed the planet’s surface. A detailed reconstruction of an
ancient ecosystem suggests that this transformation included a widespread decline
in forest cover. The study1, published in Science on
13 August, has parallels for what could happen as a result of human-driven
climate change, say the authors.
“We’re seeing that now
all over the world. Many forests are in states of decline,” says co-author
Regan Dunn, a palaeoclimatogist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County in California.
This sudden warming
event, called the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), was one of the most
notable climatic upheavals in Earth’s history. The volume of CO2 released
during that period is thought to be roughly equivalent to the total human
emissions that would be released by the end of the twenty-first century under a
pessimistic scenario. The ancient surge of CO2 raised global
average temperatures by between 5 and 9 °C, changing the climate for more than
150,000 years.
Using fossils, sediments
and other geochemical evidence preserved from this time, researchers have begun
to piece together a picture of abrupt changes to Earth’s ecosystems that took
place in response to this warming. The make-up of forests changed, with
broad-leafed trees in the mid-latitudes giving way to landscapes dominated by
ferns. Rivers supercharged by a water-logged atmosphere carried away more
sediment. Soils stored less carbon.
Dunn and her colleagues
sought to get a clearer view of how these shifts changed the structure of
forest canopies. This can reveal information about changes in carbon storage in
ecosystems, says Dunn. “It’s really telling you something about how the forest
is functioning.”
The ancient analysis was
aimed at shedding light on a question ecologists have today: how will Earth’s
ecosystems respond to rising levels of CO2? Higher concentrations of
the greenhouse gas trap more heat, boosting temperatures and shifting patterns
of precipitation in ways that can stress plants. However, more CO2 also
acts to fertilize plants, and there’s wide uncertainty about how these opposing
forces will affect forests of the future.
Picture of the Day:
Martin Lewis is the
winner of the Our Moon category with a stunning detail image featuring Plato’s
East Rim. The stark lighting and heavy shadow add an element of mystery to an
otherwise well-known fixture of space.
“This close-up of the
Plato crater has become one of my favorite photographs of the Moon. This image
of the east rim being hit by the Sun’s rays is wondrously unique and proves
that, no matter how often we look at the Moon, it always has many more wonderful
sights for us to observe,” says judge Brobby.
Harper’s Index from Funny Times:
Portion of 16-year-old American boys who have
gambled in the past year: 1/2
Of 11 year-old boys who have: 1/3
Today’s Birthdays:
Jennifer Lawrence Movie
Actress 36 years old
Birthplace Indian Hills, KY
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Joe Jonas Pop Singer
37 years old
Birthplace Casa Grande, AZ
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Ben Affleck Movie Actor
54 years old
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Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor
[1789-1821] @51 Stomach cancer or arsenic
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Anthony Anderson TV Actor 56
years old
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Anne, Princess Royal Princess 76
years old
Birthplace England
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Debra Messing TV Actress
58 years old
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Julia Child Chef [1912-2004]
@91
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That’s
All for Now
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