Week 13 Day: 79 Ave. sky cover: 40% \
Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 55° \23° Wind: 9mph \
Gusts: 15mph
Extreme risk
of fire \ Nearest active fire: 313mi \ nearest
Lightning: 1199mi
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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International Brain Awareness
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National Cherry Blossom Festival Link |
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American Chocolate Week Link |
Daily Observations
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Clouds
coming in but a warm nice day. No precipitation
in the forecast.
I will be
missing our next discussion group as I’m in Tahiti. The topic is Xi’s
China. Sounds interesting. After a small
hassle with phones and messages, I got everything set up. I know they will have
a great discussion.
Living in
the high desert, I hear a lot about solar energy. I just read an article about
solar production by state. CA is #1 with 17,498KW/h. Then #2 is AZ with 2924KW/h.
Here’s how
much electricity various appliances use:
Ø 50″ LED Television: around 0.016 kWh per
hour
Ø Electric dishwashers: around 2 kWh per
load
Ø Most ovens are around 2.3 kWh per hour
Ø Electric water heater: 380-500 kWh per
month
Ø Refrigerator (24 cu. ft frost free Energy
Star): 54 kWh per month
Ø Clothes Washer (warm wash, cold rinse):
2.3 kWh per load
Ø Clothes Dryer: 2.5 – 4.0 kWh per load
Ø Air Conditioner (3 ton 12 SEER): 3.0 kWh
per hour
Ø Nissan Leaf Electric Car – 40 kWh per
full battery charge
Guess solar
is part of the answer.
Favorite Memes
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A bit of Humor
What word
looks the same backwards & upside down?
SWIMS.
Trivia
The Human
Brain
Scientists
claim that the most complicated and mysterious thing in the universe is the
human brain. Scientists know more about stars exploding billions of light years
away than they know about the brain.
Aristotle
(384 BC - 322 BC) believed that the center of thought was the heart, and that
the brain's function was merely to cool the heart. It was an early Greek
physician, Alcmaeon of Croton (c. 6th century B.C.), who was the first to claim
that the brain, not the heart, is the central organ of sensation and thought.
In South
America, scientist have discovered deliberately made 'skull holes' that may
have been made to treat painful headaches, brain disease, or to let 'evil
spirits' out of the head. Called 'trepanation,' the process of making those
holes was incredibly painful. The high number of trepanized skulls suggests
that this brain surgery was commonplace.
Contrary to
the popular belief that humans use just 10 percent of their brain capacity, humans
actually use virtually every part of the brain, and most of the brain is active
all the time.
Historical Events
Ø 1602 – The Dutch East India Company was
established.
Ø 1760 – The Great Boston Fire of 1760
destroyed 349 buildings, but no reported deaths.
Ø 1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s
anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was published.
Ø 1854 – In Ripon, Wisconsin, former
members of the Whig Party formed the Republican Party.
Ø 1916 – Albert Einstein’s Theory of
General Relativity was published in Annalen der Physik.
Ø 1923 – The Arts Club of Chicago hosted
the opening of Pablo Picasso’s first United States showing.
Ø 1964 – The precursor of the European
Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) was established.
Ø 1985 – Libby Riddles became the first
woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Ø 1999 – Legoland California, the first
Legoland outside of Europe, opened in Carlsbad, California.
Birthdays Today
@98 – Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer,
and screenwriter (d. 2020)
91 – Hal Linden,
American actor
@76 – Edgar Buchanan, American character actor (d.
1979; pneumonia)
@74 – Fred Rogers, American children’s television
host (d. 2003; stomach issue)
74 – Bobby Orr,
Canadian ice hockey player
@71 – William Hurt, actor (d. 2022; cancers)
@69 – Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (d.
1975; liver cancer)
65 – Spike Lee,
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
64 – Holly Hunter,
American actress
@41 – Chester Bennington, Linkin Park singer (d.
2017)
