Radio Recap (Tuesday 03/24/2020)

Bible Trivia Question:
What animals attacked the Isrealites when they complained against God about food?
A. Poisonous snakes
B. Rats
C. Lice
D. Locusts




In The News:

- Seeking information on the Coronavirus. It's found in the Featured section on the front page.

- American Diabetes Association Alert Day is observed annually on the fourth Tuesday in March. This one-day “wake-up call” informs the American public about the seriousness of diabetes and encourages all to take the diabetes risk test and learn about your family’s history of diabetes.

- 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are going to be postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound. Pound said Monday that the “parameters going forward have not been determined, but the Games are not going to start on July 24…” The games will likely be moved to 2021, with the details to be worked out in the next four weeks and information coming in stages.

- Dog delivery. Feeling lonely while under quarantine? Why not get a furry pal to keep you company in the meantime? The Harris County Animal Shelter in Houston is in search of fosters to help them care for a large intake of dogs they received in the past few days which has caused overcrowding. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the shelter will deliver the pups to your car as part of its social distance policy that helps protect the community and its staff members. The HCAS is allowing residents to foster a pet for as long as they want.

- Street wedding. In New York, Reilly Jennings and Amanda Wheeler tied the know while still practicing social distancing. The ceremony took place with Reilly and Amanda on the street, their friends a safe distance away, and the officiant shouting the vows from a fourth-floor balcony. Their wedding was supposed to be in October, but the couple decided to move things up because of the coronavirus.

- National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day celebrates raisins coated in a shell of either milk chocolate or dark chocolate.

- t-shirt flush. A Northern California city is asking residents not to use T-shirts as toilet paper as panicked customers exhaust toilet paper aisles nationwide. The City of Reddng California tweeted: “Remember, if you use anything other than toilet paper, Bag it. Don’t flush it.”

- Amazon offers Kids Shows Free. Here's something pretty cool. Amazon is making kids shows like "Peppa Pig" and others available for free during the coronavirus self-isolation. This "free for all" initiative is aimed for the pre-school kids up to age 11. To take advantage of the free programming simply log into your Amazon account and enjoy it.

- Asteroids to visit. NASA says that Earth is being visited by a total of six asteroids this week. The biggest space rock in the group is larger than the Empire State Building. The first asteroid that will enter the planet’s neighborhood is called 2020 FF. This asteroid, which is the smallest in the group, has an estimated diameter of about 85 feet. It is currently traveling across space at a speed of almost 13,000 miles per hour. 2020 FF flew past Earth at around midnight Eastern Daylight Time this (Tuesday) morning. It was roughly 3.8 million miles away… The second asteroid will arrive around midnight (EDT) tonight. It’ll be around 2 million miles from Earth… Trailing behind is an asteroid coming within 3.5 million miles Thursday night (7:39PM EDT)… The asteroid that’s larger than the Empire State Building is coming late Thursday night. It’ll be 4.1 million miles away… Closely following that won is is a 128-footer coming Saturday morning… The last asteroid that will approach Earth will zip by Sunday afternoon.

- Netflix rumor. False messages are circulating on social media and in text messages that claim Netflix is offering free passes to people in isolation during the coronavirus pandemic if they visit a specific link. A Netflix spokesperson said Monday that the company is not involved in a promotion to offer free passes around the coronavirus pandemic.

- Skipping Zoom Meetings. As the world’s workforce continues to move online — working from home during the coronavirus pandemic — employees are finding creative ways to appear more online than they really are. Take Zoom. According to its website, there’s a feature that, when turned on, can tell hosts if chat participants have navigated away from the active Zoom window for more than 30 seconds. Simply put, your computer snitches on your when you’re paying more attention to Facebook than you are a morning meeting… Crafty teens figured out that they could cheat the system while attending online classes by looping a video or just adding a still image as their custom background in Zoom Rooms. While Mrs. Such and Such drones on about the greatest French artists, teens can leave their laptop running while enjoying Animal Crossing on Nintendo’s Switch, or whatever it is kids do these days… Adults have taken notice too. Matt Buckley recently went viral in a tweet showing how easy it is to disappear from meetings by adding a custom still image of himself to appear present.




Fun Fact:
In a survey, women said this makes them the happiest. (Sleep) #funfact




Matt's Musing:
How do you know if the gas pump has a virus? It doesn't fill well.... #musing



Matt's Pick Song:
“Stronger” by Taranda Greene



Bible Trivia Answer:
A. Poisonous snakes (Numbers 21:4-6)