Nice sunset over Settles Hill
Where does your plastic go? Global investigation reveals America’s dirty secret | US news | The Guardian
What happens to your plastic after you drop it in a recycling bin? According to promotional materials from America’s plastics industry, it is whisked off to a factory where it is seamlessly transformed into something new. This is not the experience of Nguyα» n Thα» Hα»ng ThαΊ―m, a 60-year-old Vietnamese mother of seven, living amid piles of grimy American plastic on the outskirts of Hanoi. Outside her home, the sun beats down on a Cheetos bag; aisle markers from a Walmart store; and a plastic bag from ShopRite, a chain of supermarkets in New Jersey, bearing a message urging people to recycle it.
Why Do Dogs Look So Sad? – The Atlantic
Dogs, more so than almost any other domesticated species, are desperate for human eye contact. When raised around people, they begin fighting for our attention when they’re as young as four weeks old. It’s hard for most people to resist a petulant flash of puppy-dog eyes—and according to a new study, that pull on the heartstrings might be exactly why dogs can give us those looks at all.
A paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that dogs’ faces are structured for complex expression in a way that wolves’ aren’t, thanks to a special pair of muscles framing their eyes. These muscles are responsible for that “adopt me” look that dogs can pull by raising their inner eyebrows. It’s the first biological evidence scientists have found that domesticated dogs might have evolved a specialized ability used expressly to communicate better with humans.
June 18, 2019 Morning
Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Next Tuesday is Primary Day π³οΈ. Dark skies and clouds and 65 degrees at in Delmar. β No rain yet. π¦ I brought my umbrella, I’m thinking I might need it later. β Calm wind. The dew point is 58 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 6 pm.
By the time I got home I didn’t get to sleep right away π΄ but I still woke up early. It’s tough with the sun rising so early. Just a few more days left until session is done for the year. πThen I will get my jackets dry cleaned and put on the hangers hopefully for a long time. βΊ I’m glad the weekend forecast continues to look quite nice.
Today will have a chance of showers, mainly after 10am. Cloudy π¦, with a high of 74 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 2nd. Maximum dew point of 63 at 2pm. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It became very sticky as the day progressed. The high last year was 97 degrees, which is the record. This has been a much cooler spring this year. Summer in two days.
The sun will set at 8:36 pm with dusk around 9:11 pm, which is 18 seconds later than yesterday. π At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies π and temperatures around 71 degrees. The dew point will be 64 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 15 hours and 18 minutes of daytime, an increase of 11 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy π§, with a low of 62 degrees at 4am. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 8pm. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 64 degrees. The record low of 38 occurred back in 1950.
On this day in 1971, President Richard Nixon declares that illegal drugs are “public enemy number one”, which becomes popularized as the “War on Drugs”. πππ¬π» Also in 1983, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space. Ride, captain ride, upon your mystery ship. π
As previously noted, next Tuesday is Primary Day π³οΈ when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:12 pm. On that day in 2018, we had mostly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 78 and 55 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 80 degrees. We hit a record high of 95 back in 1898.
