Radio Recap (Monday 03/30/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
God told Joshua to select twelve men to pick up WHAT as they crossed the Jordan River.
A. Seashells
B. Stones (Joshua 4:1-9)
C. Turtles
D. Clams





In The News:

- National Virtual Vacation Day, reminding us all to relax, recharge, and rejuvenate no matter where we are. Vacations restore our minds, bodies, and souls. Studies show that taking a vacation lowers the risk of heart disease. They also help hone our problem-solving skills and promote overall brain health. Furthermore, we’re more satisfied with the money spent on vacations than on material goods. However, virtual vacations do not require money, packing, or transcontinental flights. All you need to achieve a virtual vacation is your imagination and free VR apps or a VR headset. If you can dream it, you can achieve a virtual vacation. Enjoy an exciting African safari. Or hike the exotic Amazon rainforest. Then hit the beach in Bali, or join in the festivities at Mardi Gras. Explore a space vacation if you dare! Adventurers to armchair travelers thrill at the possibilities.

- Playing video games. Finally, no one can criticize you for staying inside and playing video games all day. In fact, the World Health Organization is recommending it. At long last, playing video games is now the healthiest thing you can do. Last week, WHO launched the 'Play Apart Together' campaign, suggesting video games as a safe social activity that can connect people socially while helping flatten the curve. It's ironic considering that just last year WHO identified 'gaming disorder' as an official illness.

- Do not share equipment. Two medical professionals helping the college sports world sort through the coronavirus pandemic offered cautionary words in terms of what athletes can do since team activities have been halted, and what athletics programs may be able to do weeks and months from now. During a live conversation on the NCAA’s Twitter channel, the association’s chief medical officer recommended that athletes not engage in any activity that involves sharing a ball or other equipment and that they not train with more than one other person.

- on this day in 1993: In the Peanuts comic strip, Charlie Brown hit his first home run.

- Baby chicks are hot. The combination of a big jump in unemployment, anxious free time for those not struggling with illness, and financial instability has created a number of strange moments in economics. Here’s another: For the next few weeks, baby chickens are next to impossible to find. Apparently when times are tough, people want chickens. Chick sales go up during stock market downturns and in presidential election years. … Some buyers are simply replenishing their flocks, having put in orders weeks or months ago. But many people who have bought chicks in the last week are first-timers… According to the Agriculture Department, last week wholesale egg prices rose more than 50 percent in some parts of the country, because of demand; eggs have been running low if not sold out altogether in many stores in the United States. The egg supply is normal, of course; demand just grew significantly.

- National Doctors Day honors the professionals for their dedication and contributions to society and the community. Their dedication puts the patient first time and again. On National Doctors Day, we say “thank you” to our physicians for all that they do for us and our loved ones.

- Sleep study. Getting a good night’s sleep is hard for many adults and that often means poorer health, lower productivity on the job, more danger on the roads and a less vibrant sex life. Many experts say adults need a minimum of seven to nine hours of sleep a night. A poll for the National Sleep Foundation showed that three-quarters of adults say they frequently have a sleep problem, such as waking during the night or snoring. Only half of those polled were able to say they slept well on most nights.

- Clothing and video calls. A survey of stay-at-home workers in the United States suggests 12 percent of workers have kept their cameras switched off during video calls due to a lack of clothing. 44 percent of those surveyed admitted they dressed in more professional attire specifically for video meetings, while 16 percent said they had re-arranged their homes to look more professional in the background of a video call. A total 11 percent of respondents reported seeing "something that they considered unprofessional" in the background of a coworker's video call. The survey also suggests 56 percent of workers feel their opinions are heard less in video calls than during an in-person meeting and 25 percent believe their contributions aren't being acknowledged as much as when working in an office.

- National Pencil Day honors the writing utensil that has done more than just teach millions the alphabet and draw straight lines. It’s also helped win wars and enabled amazing art. 1858: Hymen Lipman patented a pencil with an attached eraser.

- Gov tracking movement. Government officials across the U.S. are using location data from millions of cellphones to better understand the movements of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic and how they may be affecting the spread of the disease. The federal government, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state and local governments have started to receive analyses about the presence and movement of people in certain areas of geographic interest drawn from cellphone data. The data comes from the mobile advertising industry rather than cellphone carriers. The idea is to create a portal for federal, state and local officials that contains geolocation data in what could be as many as 500 cities across the U.S. to help plan the epidemic response… The data — which is stripped of identifying information like the name of a phone’s owner — could help officials learn how coronavirus is spreading around the country and help blunt its advance. It shows which retail establishments, parks and other public spaces are still drawing crowds that could risk accelerating the transmission of the virus.

- Sofa spillage study. How many times have you spilled food or drink on your sofa? Does 6,960 times sound right? According to a study, over the course of a 12-year life of a sofa we’ll spill food and drinks on it 6,960 times. Really?

- Window driver. A driver in England disregarded the country’s coronavirus lockdown to make a 220 mile round trip to pick up some $20 windows he bought on eBay. And when he was stopped by police, officers discovered his wife in the trunk because there wasn’t enough room for her to sit in the car.





Fun Fact:
Each year, the average person eats about 30 pounds of … Lettuce #funfact






Matt's Musing:
I hate mixed messages. They're great...! #musing




Matt's Pick Song:
“Love Came Calling” by Triumphant



Bible Trivia Answer:B. Stones (Joshua 4:1-9)