The Daily Populous

Friday June 23rd, 2017 evening edition

image for Arizona so hot weather map almost runs out of colors

It's going to be so hot, the high temperature map will almost run out of colors.

The trick is to get the colors to match the temperatures, as we have come to expect them.

So cold temperatures are usually blue and purples, and hot temperatures are varying levels of red.

Look at the color bank weatherbell.com had to use for the extreme heat today in Arizona and California.

With high temperatures expected to hit 120 degrees in the Phoenix area, all of the hot colors are all used up.

The next stage of heat, depicted by what I would call violet colors, is blown right through on this temperature map.

You can call your friends and relatives in Arizona that rub it in on our weather in January. »

Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop gets called out by NASA over healing stickers

Authored by money.cnn.com

NASA just called out Goop, the movie star's lifestyle brand, over wearable healing stickers that it promoted on its website.

The wearables, which cost about $60 for a pack of 10, come "pre-programmed to an ideal frequency" and "promote healing" by tackling "imbalances," the website claimed.

Earlier this month, Jimmy Kimmel asked Paltrow to walk him through another healthy living claim Goop had made. »

“Weird Al” Yankovic is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame

Authored by avclub.com

Hollywood is set to pay its respects to one of pop culture’s most beloved comedy figures, as “Weird Al” Yankovic announced today that he’s getting a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

The announcement was met with online congratulations from his numerous celebrity fans and friends, including Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson and Yankovic’s old Comedy Bang!

I just found out I’m getting a star on the HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME. »

Norway issues $1bn threat to Brazil over rising Amazon destruction

Authored by theguardian.com

Norway has issued a blunt threat to Brazil that if rising deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is not reversed, its billion-dollar financial assistance will fall to zero.

The oil-rich Scandinavian nation has provided $1.1bn to Brazil’s Amazon fund since 2008, tied to reductions in the rate of deforestation in the world’s greatest rainforest.

The Amazon fund currently supports dozens of projects which fight deforestation, work on land regulation and the environmental management of indigenous lands. »