Bible Trivia Question:
What moved the stone away from the tomb?
A. the object moved itself
B. the 12 Apostles
C. the earthquake
D. an angel
In The News:
- National Zoo Lovers Day encourages us to explore our local zoos. Each year millions of people visit zoos and learn about the many animals that live there. Also known as zoological parks, many of them serve as breeding centers. However, with them closed due to COVID-19, some allow you to visit Virtually.
- Grow flowers. Looking for an extra mental boost this spring? If you’ve never tried planting a garden, you’re missing out on some surprising benefits beyond the home-grown salads. A study (Anglia Ruskin University) finds that gardening improves body image. Researchers found that people who garden have significantly higher levels of body appreciation, body pride, and appreciation for their body’s overall functionality.
- Closed on Easter. It's just been announced that major chains Target, Lowe's, and Trader Joe's will be closed on Easter Sunday. The reasoning behind the closing is simply to give their employees a break after they've worked so hard during the coronavirus pandemic. Lowe's also announced that the over 300,000 employees won't lose pay or hours because of the closure.
Sprouts, Costco, and Sam's Club have also announced that they will be closed on Easter Sunday.
- There’s a covid app for that. Want to know if you have coronavirus? Just cough at a microphone on your smartphone. It sounds silly but that’s the idea behind a new experimental app built by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. With the help of artificial intelligence, the app analyzes the sound of your cough (assuming you have that symptom) and other vocalizations to determine whether or not you sound sick with COVID-19… Once you’re logged in you’re asked to cough three times and then do some regular speaking. This includes reading through the alphabet and holding vowel sounds until you run out of breath, giving the system an idea of your overall lung capacity. The app’s algorithms then crunch all your data and give you a score from 1 to 10. The higher your score, the closer your readings resemble someone who has COVID-19.… The app is obviously still early in its development and testing, and the team that built it is by no means suggesting that the results it produces should be used to diagnose a coronavirus infection in anyone.
- Nike Face Shields. When Nike was handed the opportunity to get involved in the country’s fight against coronavirus, there was only one way to respond — just do it. Nike announced its factories are pivoting to make full-face shields and powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) lenses to help healthcare workers in need. The company is repurposing collar-padding from shoes, cords from apparel, and the plastic used to make the brand’s signature Air soles to make the face shields… New Balance also got into the mask-making production last week with hopes of making 100,000 a week.
- Egg $ go Up. The price of eggs has exploded in the past several weeks, with the prices averaging $3.01 per dozen at the end of last week compared to the 94 cents per dozen they were selling for at the beginning of March. Supermarkets are ordering anywhere from four to six times their typical amount, but a key issue is that last year the egg producers lost money and actually shrank their flock. It takes up to five months to raise a hen to an age where you can get eggs, so there’s not a lot of incentive for farmers to react.
- Mayor’s wife caught at party. The mayor of a small city in Illinois warned citizens that he had ordered police to break up parties and issue citations to enforce the state’s stay-at-home orders that are meant to slow the coronavirus pandemic. But when the officers did so, they found his wife at one of the gatherings… On Monday, Alton, Illinois, Mayor Brant Walker issued a statement on Facebook saying police had found his wife at a bar in the city that was operating in violation of the governor’s stay-at-home orders. Walker said he was embarrassed and apologized to his constituents. He wrote: “My wife is an adult capable of making her own decisions, and in this instance she exhibited a stunning lack of judgement.” She will face “the same consequences for her ill-advised decision as the other individuals” caught at the event.
- CBS to show Iconic Movies. For five straight Sundays starting May 3, CBS will show iconic movies from its corporate sibling Paramount Pictures’ library, starting with Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. The network is filling the void left by shows that aren’t able to film due to COVID-19. … On May 10 CBS will show Forrest Gump, followed by Mission: Impossible on May 17, Titanic on May 24 and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on May 31.
Fun Fact:
In a normal lifetime the average person will eat 200 pounds … Peanuts. #funfact
Matt's Musing:
Will skipping school to bungee jump… get you suspended? #musing
Matt's Pick Song:
“I Can’t Keep From Singing” by Sisters
Bible Trivia Answer:
D. an angel (Matthew 28:2)
A. the object moved itself
B. the 12 Apostles
C. the earthquake
D. an angel
In The News:
- National Zoo Lovers Day encourages us to explore our local zoos. Each year millions of people visit zoos and learn about the many animals that live there. Also known as zoological parks, many of them serve as breeding centers. However, with them closed due to COVID-19, some allow you to visit Virtually.
- Grow flowers. Looking for an extra mental boost this spring? If you’ve never tried planting a garden, you’re missing out on some surprising benefits beyond the home-grown salads. A study (Anglia Ruskin University) finds that gardening improves body image. Researchers found that people who garden have significantly higher levels of body appreciation, body pride, and appreciation for their body’s overall functionality.
- Closed on Easter. It's just been announced that major chains Target, Lowe's, and Trader Joe's will be closed on Easter Sunday. The reasoning behind the closing is simply to give their employees a break after they've worked so hard during the coronavirus pandemic. Lowe's also announced that the over 300,000 employees won't lose pay or hours because of the closure.
Sprouts, Costco, and Sam's Club have also announced that they will be closed on Easter Sunday.
- There’s a covid app for that. Want to know if you have coronavirus? Just cough at a microphone on your smartphone. It sounds silly but that’s the idea behind a new experimental app built by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. With the help of artificial intelligence, the app analyzes the sound of your cough (assuming you have that symptom) and other vocalizations to determine whether or not you sound sick with COVID-19… Once you’re logged in you’re asked to cough three times and then do some regular speaking. This includes reading through the alphabet and holding vowel sounds until you run out of breath, giving the system an idea of your overall lung capacity. The app’s algorithms then crunch all your data and give you a score from 1 to 10. The higher your score, the closer your readings resemble someone who has COVID-19.… The app is obviously still early in its development and testing, and the team that built it is by no means suggesting that the results it produces should be used to diagnose a coronavirus infection in anyone.
- Nike Face Shields. When Nike was handed the opportunity to get involved in the country’s fight against coronavirus, there was only one way to respond — just do it. Nike announced its factories are pivoting to make full-face shields and powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) lenses to help healthcare workers in need. The company is repurposing collar-padding from shoes, cords from apparel, and the plastic used to make the brand’s signature Air soles to make the face shields… New Balance also got into the mask-making production last week with hopes of making 100,000 a week.
- Egg $ go Up. The price of eggs has exploded in the past several weeks, with the prices averaging $3.01 per dozen at the end of last week compared to the 94 cents per dozen they were selling for at the beginning of March. Supermarkets are ordering anywhere from four to six times their typical amount, but a key issue is that last year the egg producers lost money and actually shrank their flock. It takes up to five months to raise a hen to an age where you can get eggs, so there’s not a lot of incentive for farmers to react.
- Mayor’s wife caught at party. The mayor of a small city in Illinois warned citizens that he had ordered police to break up parties and issue citations to enforce the state’s stay-at-home orders that are meant to slow the coronavirus pandemic. But when the officers did so, they found his wife at one of the gatherings… On Monday, Alton, Illinois, Mayor Brant Walker issued a statement on Facebook saying police had found his wife at a bar in the city that was operating in violation of the governor’s stay-at-home orders. Walker said he was embarrassed and apologized to his constituents. He wrote: “My wife is an adult capable of making her own decisions, and in this instance she exhibited a stunning lack of judgement.” She will face “the same consequences for her ill-advised decision as the other individuals” caught at the event.
- CBS to show Iconic Movies. For five straight Sundays starting May 3, CBS will show iconic movies from its corporate sibling Paramount Pictures’ library, starting with Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. The network is filling the void left by shows that aren’t able to film due to COVID-19. … On May 10 CBS will show Forrest Gump, followed by Mission: Impossible on May 17, Titanic on May 24 and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on May 31.
Fun Fact:
In a normal lifetime the average person will eat 200 pounds … Peanuts. #funfact
Matt's Musing:
Will skipping school to bungee jump… get you suspended? #musing
Matt's Pick Song:
“I Can’t Keep From Singing” by Sisters
Bible Trivia Answer:
D. an angel (Matthew 28:2)
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