{"id":24882,"date":"2021-06-02T06:30:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T11:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=24882"},"modified":"2021-06-02T06:30:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T11:30:52","slug":"wednesday-update-152","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/02\/wednesday-update-152\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting visualization site I found yesterday: <a href=\"https:\/\/river-runner.samlearner.com\/?utm_source=morning_brew\">Drop a raindrop anywhere in the continental U.S.<\/a> and watch to see where it ends up as it flows through creeks, streams, and rivers. I dropped a drop in southern Iowa yesterday and watched it flow past Memphis in the Mississippi River.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/metrocity-of-memphis\/article\/22273\/removal-of--nathan-bedford-forrest-remains-begins-at-health-sciences-park\">Work began transferring the remains<\/a> of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, long a symbol of racial hatred, from Health Sciences Park to a private location. Digging up the tomb will take weeks. They can&#8217;t get him out of there soon enough as far as I am concerned. The Juneteenth celebration is planned for Health Sciences Park despite the fact that Gen. Forrest is unlikely to be gone by then.<\/p>\n<p>The DM reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/subscriber\/section\/neighborhoodsdowntown\/article\/22275\/renovation-coming-to-another-historic-building-in-edge-district\">another building in The Edge is up for renovation<\/a>. It&#8217;s at 413 Monroe, right across from The Rise Apartments in the old Wonder Bread location. The building houses commercial space, a warehouse, and what will be an apartment upstairs.<\/p>\n<p>The same DM article says that Bluefin is seeking permission to build a covered patio on the Main Street Mall. Gotta keep up with the neighbors Majestic Grille and Blind Bear, which already have the covered patios.<\/p>\n<p>It is fantastic to check <a href=\"https:\/\/covidactnow.org\/us\/tennessee-tn\/county\/shelby_county\/?s=1882802\">COVID Act Now<\/a> and see Memphis averaging only 7 new cases a day. Yesterday my apartment building took down the &#8220;must wear mask in elevators and common areas&#8221; signs.<\/p>\n<p>Got any tweens or teens interested in learning coding? CodeCrew and Cossitt Library are offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/283103606872965\">a free camp<\/a> this summer where participants will learn the programming language Python. Classes will be held every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 AM to noon for 6 weeks. Python is a great first language to learn and one of my current favorites.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/1d472721d56477175c229942fe5ccaad\/national-leave-the-office-early-day\">National Leave the Office Early Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency boat <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/thief-uses-stolen-dump-truck-to-steal-boat-from-mud-island\/\">was attempted to be stolen from Mud Island<\/a> on Sunday. The plan didn&#8217;t work, the thief took off, and the boat was recovered.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmcactionnews5.com\/2021\/06\/01\/m-development-could-come-pinch-district-memphis\/\">A 15-story mixed-use building<\/a> could be on its way to The Pinch District, at 465 N. Front. Hotel rooms, condos, and a restaurant are part of the plans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphisweather.net\/forecast.shtml\">The MemphisWeather.net forecast<\/a> has Memphis staying below 80 today with a 50% chance of rain today and 40% tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget the Grizzlies watch party in Fourth Bluff Park tonight. The fun starts at 7:30 with the game at 8:30. Go Grizzlies! Let&#8217;s bring a Game 6 back to Memphis! Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com\/1.0.0\/button.prod.min.js\" data-name=\"bmc-button\" data-slug=\"paulryburn\" data-color=\"#FF813F\" data-emoji=\"\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-text=\"Buy me a PBR\" data-outline-color=\"#000\" data-font-color=\"#fff\" data-coffee-color=\"#fd0\" ><\/script><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting visualization site I found yesterday: Drop a raindrop anywhere in the continental U.S. and watch to see where it ends up as it flows through creeks, streams, and rivers. I dropped a drop in southern Iowa yesterday and watched it flow past Memphis in the Mississippi River. Work began transferring the remains of Gen. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/02\/wednesday-update-152\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wednesday update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24882"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24883,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24882\/revisions\/24883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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