September 20, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy Average is High 70 ๐ŸŽ‘ ! Won’t be that hot today but it’s a true sign that autumn is coming on Tuesday. Next Sunday has More Night then Day ๐Ÿ€ผ/strong>๓“€ฎ Partly cloudy and 41 degrees at the Black Creek Marsh WMA. โ›… Calm wind.The skies will clear around 8 am.

Out hiking and bird watching ๐Ÿฆ after the first frost of the year here. Cool but nice. Still not a lot of leaves in color and while I saw a doe ๐ŸฆŒ and some Blue Jays, a big fat Catbird and accidentally flushed out a grouse ๐Ÿ•Š I am hearing more birds than actually seeing them.

Had a quick cup of coffee โ˜• and made some pancakes ๐Ÿฅž before rushing out here for the first break of daylight. I hope I remembered to turn off the kitchen stove but if not the stove is on low and its a cast iron pan ๐Ÿณ so I’m not worried. ๐Ÿ˜ฏ It’s mostly just a waste of electricity and maybe a need to regrease the pan after washing.

In the afternoon I’ll probably hike at Partridge Run ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿป although I’m still considering my options. ๐Ÿ’ญ I am heading out to the folks house for Sunday dinner later on. Going to cool but still a nice day. Might want to get out there early so I don’t have to drive home when it’s pitch black out. With the rut underway, ๐Ÿ†I find myself constantly scanning left then right, to avoid possibly hitting a deer ๐ŸฆŒ.

Today will be partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny ๐ŸŒž, with a high of 59 degrees at 2pm. 12 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 17th. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 8 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 79 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 1946.

Solar noon ๐ŸŒž is at 12:50 pm with sun having an altitude of 48.2ยฐ from the due south horizon (-22.6ยฐ vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour ๐Ÿ… starts at 6:20 pm with the sun in the west (266ยฐ). ๐Ÿ“ธ The sunset is in the west (272ยฐ) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:58 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:24 pm, which is one minute and 48 seconds earlier than yesterday. ๐ŸŒ‡ At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent ๐ŸŒ’ Moon in the southwest (234ยฐ) at an altitude of 16ยฐ from the horizon, 226,859 miles away. ๐Ÿš€ The best time to look at the stars is after 7:59 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies ๐ŸŒ„ and temperatures around 57 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 14 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have patchy frost after 4am. Otherwise, clear ๐ŸŒƒ, with a low of 35 degrees at 6am. 15 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 31st. Light northwest wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 50 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1973.

My socks ๐Ÿงฆ were absolutely gross again when I took them off last night. I don’t know if it’s the boots ๐Ÿ‘ข or just my sweaty feet with the corn meal ๐ŸŒฝ based foot powder ๐Ÿ‘ฃ that replaced the talcum powder which isn’t sold anymore due to asbestos contamination. But they are soaking against in the laundry soap so I’m hoping the muck will come out. I will agitate them a bit and rinse them before pulling out of the bucket and putting in the wash – they just aren’t coming out real clean.

Still need to get the new battery ๐Ÿ”‹ in my laptop. It should really improve the rate of battery life but unfortunately on this laptop it’s not a plug ๐Ÿ”Œ and play battery, you have to physically disassemble things with care to replace the battery.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Last Sunset After 6:30 PM ๐ŸŒ† with dusk at 6:59 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 59 and 41 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 1891.

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Inside Michael Caputoโ€™s time at HHS – POLITICO

โ€˜It just created a public relations nightmareโ€™: Inside Michael Caputoโ€™s time at HHS – POLITICO

After it became clear in mid-April that his administration’s response to Covid-19 was threatening his reelection, President Donald Trump considered a leadership shake-up within a health department whose rivalries and battles with the White House had hampered efforts to contain the virus.

Instead, Trump made a different move: He personally intervened to place his campaign aide Michael Caputo — a confidant of disgraced operative Roger Stone who had himself come under scrutiny for his ties to top Russian officials — as assistant Health and Human Services secretary for public affairs. Trump — not HHS Secretary Alex Azar — approached Caputo about the job, and Caputo has repeatedly emphasized that he works for the president, health officials told POLITICO.