Bible Trivia Question:
Who was Abraham’s uncle?
A. Issac
B. Jacob
C. Moses
D. Lot
In The News:
- National Milk Chocolate Day. Solid chocolate, when combined with either powdered, liquid or condensed milk, is known as milk chocolate.
- Dick's Sporting Goods is following in the footsteps of Walmart and Target by closing on Thanksgiving. Because of the pandemic, retailers are concerned about crowds who gather for doorbuster sales that typically take place on Thanksgiving night and on Black Friday. Walmart announced the Thanksgiving closing last week. Target announced on Monday that its stores would not be open on Thanksgiving.
- Google Smart Tattoos. Google is working on smart tattoos that, when applied to skin, will transform the human body into a living touchpad via embedded sensors. The wearable project is called “SkinMarks” that uses rub-on tattoos… Here’s how the technology works. The sensor-driven tattoos are applied to a part of the body. The sensors can then be triggered by traditional touch or swipe gestures, like we perform on smartphones. There are a few gestures that are more specific to working on the skin’s surface. For example, you could squeeze the area around the tattoo or bend your fingers or limbs to activate the sensors.
- Uploading speeding videos. A man in China looking to show off his driving skills had his license revoked after he uploaded videos of himself speeding and driving aggressively. The man uploaded a total 32 videos that showed him weaving through traffic at high speeds and driving in emergency lanes.
- Fun Fact: See someone else do this and there’s a better than 50/50 chance you’ll do it, too. (Yawn) #funfact
- Low ceilings. The height of the ceiling in a space can seriously influence the way you work or interact within that space, according to behavior web site Psychology Today. The short version: We’re more creative when ceilings are higher, feel crowded and want people to stay away from us when the ceiling is below nine feet tall, can’t get cozy in spaces with really high ceilings, and benefit when ceiling heights vary from place to place. Good stuff to keep in mind when you’re looking for a good place to get work done.
- Google Employees get 12 more months. Google has decided its workers can return to the office in July … of 2021. Google plans to have its employees continue remote working for 12 more months due to COVID-19.
- Clothing related injuries. A report (from the Consumer Product Safety Commission) reveals 120,000 Americans suffer clothing related injuries each year. Like the woman who dislocated her shoulder while putting on a T-shirt. Or the woman who, while slipping into a nightie, fell and broke her nose… Apparently it’s common for people to hit themselves in they while pulling off socks… A man driving a snowmobile got his finger stuck in the coat pocket of a passing pedestrian… One woman caught her sweater on her earring and pulled it right through her earlobe.
- Blue lobster at red lobster. A rare blue lobster delivered to a Red Lobster restaurant in Ohio was spared from gracing a patron’s dinner plate when employees found it a new home at a zoo. The Akron Zoo said staff at the Red Lobster in Cuyahoga Falls spotted the blue crustacean in a delivery and recognized it as a rare specimen. The eatery contacted the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which in turn contacted the zoo about giving a new home to the lobster, which was named “Clawde” after Red Lobster’s mascot. A zoo employee traveled to the restaurant and brought Clawde to his new home at the Akron Zoo.
- Apple TV+ has only been around for a year but it took home two Daytime Emmy Awards last night for original content. Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 special won for Outstanding Single Camera Editing and Ghostwriter won for Outstanding Children’s or Family Viewing Programming. Apple TV+ is the first streaming service to win a Daytime Emmy Award.
- Trained Dogs identify COVID-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost 53 million people have gotten tested for the coronavirus in the United States since the start of the pandemic. However, it turns out, testing may not be the only thing that can alert you if you have the coronavirus. According to a new study, dogs may be able to tell if you have COVID-19 just as well as a test can. The German study (University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover) found that dogs, when properly trained, are able to distinguish human saliva samples that are infected with the coronavirus from those that are not with 94 percent accuracy… Researchers trained eight dogs from Germany’s Armed Forces for just one week. The dogs were directed to sniff the saliva of more than 1,000 people both infected and not infected with COVID-19. The samples were distributed at random, and neither the dogs nor their handlers knew if they were receiving an infected sample.
Matt's Musing:
45 minutes on the treadmill is no big deal if you don't turn it on... #musing
Matt's Pick Song:
“The Love Of The Lord” by George Younce
Bible Trivia Answer:
D. Lot (Genesis 12:5)
- Google Smart Tattoos. Google is working on smart tattoos that, when applied to skin, will transform the human body into a living touchpad via embedded sensors. The wearable project is called “SkinMarks” that uses rub-on tattoos… Here’s how the technology works. The sensor-driven tattoos are applied to a part of the body. The sensors can then be triggered by traditional touch or swipe gestures, like we perform on smartphones. There are a few gestures that are more specific to working on the skin’s surface. For example, you could squeeze the area around the tattoo or bend your fingers or limbs to activate the sensors.
- Uploading speeding videos. A man in China looking to show off his driving skills had his license revoked after he uploaded videos of himself speeding and driving aggressively. The man uploaded a total 32 videos that showed him weaving through traffic at high speeds and driving in emergency lanes.
- Fun Fact: See someone else do this and there’s a better than 50/50 chance you’ll do it, too. (Yawn) #funfact
- Low ceilings. The height of the ceiling in a space can seriously influence the way you work or interact within that space, according to behavior web site Psychology Today. The short version: We’re more creative when ceilings are higher, feel crowded and want people to stay away from us when the ceiling is below nine feet tall, can’t get cozy in spaces with really high ceilings, and benefit when ceiling heights vary from place to place. Good stuff to keep in mind when you’re looking for a good place to get work done.
- Google Employees get 12 more months. Google has decided its workers can return to the office in July … of 2021. Google plans to have its employees continue remote working for 12 more months due to COVID-19.
- Clothing related injuries. A report (from the Consumer Product Safety Commission) reveals 120,000 Americans suffer clothing related injuries each year. Like the woman who dislocated her shoulder while putting on a T-shirt. Or the woman who, while slipping into a nightie, fell and broke her nose… Apparently it’s common for people to hit themselves in they while pulling off socks… A man driving a snowmobile got his finger stuck in the coat pocket of a passing pedestrian… One woman caught her sweater on her earring and pulled it right through her earlobe.
- Blue lobster at red lobster. A rare blue lobster delivered to a Red Lobster restaurant in Ohio was spared from gracing a patron’s dinner plate when employees found it a new home at a zoo. The Akron Zoo said staff at the Red Lobster in Cuyahoga Falls spotted the blue crustacean in a delivery and recognized it as a rare specimen. The eatery contacted the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which in turn contacted the zoo about giving a new home to the lobster, which was named “Clawde” after Red Lobster’s mascot. A zoo employee traveled to the restaurant and brought Clawde to his new home at the Akron Zoo.
- Apple TV+ has only been around for a year but it took home two Daytime Emmy Awards last night for original content. Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 special won for Outstanding Single Camera Editing and Ghostwriter won for Outstanding Children’s or Family Viewing Programming. Apple TV+ is the first streaming service to win a Daytime Emmy Award.
- Trained Dogs identify COVID-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost 53 million people have gotten tested for the coronavirus in the United States since the start of the pandemic. However, it turns out, testing may not be the only thing that can alert you if you have the coronavirus. According to a new study, dogs may be able to tell if you have COVID-19 just as well as a test can. The German study (University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover) found that dogs, when properly trained, are able to distinguish human saliva samples that are infected with the coronavirus from those that are not with 94 percent accuracy… Researchers trained eight dogs from Germany’s Armed Forces for just one week. The dogs were directed to sniff the saliva of more than 1,000 people both infected and not infected with COVID-19. The samples were distributed at random, and neither the dogs nor their handlers knew if they were receiving an infected sample.
Matt's Musing:
45 minutes on the treadmill is no big deal if you don't turn it on... #musing
Matt's Pick Song:
“The Love Of The Lord” by George Younce
Bible Trivia Answer:
D. Lot (Genesis 12:5)
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