NPR

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Former Officials Say White House’s Use Of Secret System Is Unusual, ‘Disturbing’ : NPR

The whistleblower complaint released Thursday charges that White House officials attempted to limit access to potentially damaging details about President Trump's call with Ukraine's president by using a classified system reserved for highly sensitive information. If this allegation is true, former National Security Council officials say, it would represent a highly unusual misuse of procedures that were created to keep America's most important intelligence secrets safe.

They've been abusing the secrecacy system for a long time, when politicians of both parties do embarrassing thing.

How a bouncing ball could save the lives of farmers

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AG Daily: How a bouncing ball could save the lives of farmers

In 2016, 417 farmers and farm workers died from a work-related injury in the United States and 312 in Japan, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2018 agricultural safety report. And overturning tractors are the leading cause of death for farmers around the world.

In order to reduce the rate of overturned tractors, researchers in Japan have developed a model for understanding the conditions that lead to a tractor overturning from an unlikely source: They based their model on one used to understand the unpredictability of a bouncing ball.

September 27, 2019 Morning

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Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! One week until my October Road Trip. 🍂Five weeks to November 🥧. Mostly sunny and 50 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind.

I’m excited that I will be leaving for vacation in a little over a week. 🍂Always happens so fast. Not sure how many leaves I will see on the way down but by the time I’m West Virginia there should be some good colors. I always enjoy the drive down there, especially through Pennsylvania. So far the first day of the trip looks nice, although Sunday afternoon into evening might be rainy as I go down to West Virginia. Bummer. But at least it appears that I will be far enough south that I will have warm weather, while New York freezes that week.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 72 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 17th. Maximum dew point of 51 at 11am. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Should be a nice afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 68 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 2017.

The sun will set at 6:44 pm with dusk around 7:12 pm, which is one minute and 47 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 70 degrees. The dew point will be 49 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 56 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 55 degrees at 1am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 8th. Maximum dew point of 50 at 6am. South wind 6 to 8 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 52 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1947.

Tomorrow will have isolated showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 82 degrees at 4pm. 15 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 9th. Maximum dew point of 65 at 5pm. Southwest wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 62 degrees. The record high of 83 was set in 2014.

Tomorrow the plan is to go to the Guilderland library and continue scanning 📷 and copying documents for Save the Pine Bush. Then I might go for an afternoon hike in the Pine Bush. 🐸 Assuming we don’t get a bad thunderstorm in the afternoon. The Pine Bush is beautiful this time of year.

Looking ahead to Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 70. North wind around 8 mph. ☀ Maximum dew point of 56 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 67 degrees.

Sunday I’ll hike Bennett Hill and probably go out to my parents house for Sunday dinner. 🍲 I probably won’t stay overnight as I have to drop off my truck on Monday to get the squeaky wheel checked out. Plus I don’t want to drive at night in case I have problems. I am hoping that the issue isn’t major, but I’d rather have it fixed then get stranded somewheres in the back country of West Virginia.🔧

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until November 🥧 when the sun will be setting at 5:48 pm with dusk at 6:18 pm. On that day in 2018, we had rain showers, mostly cloudy and temperatures between 59 and 48 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 54 degrees. We hit a record high of 78 back in 1950.

Hiding Out From Rain