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LIFESTYLE

A 27-year-old guy named Joshua Mason took his 28-year-old girlfriend Katie Davis on an eight-mile hike on Saturday afternoon to the top of Jasper Peak in Boulder County, Colorado. And when they got to the top, he PROPOSED to her.

She said yes, and then it was time to head down the mountain to celebrate.  But it started getting DARK and they got LOST.

They wound up getting saved by a hiker who found them a few hours later and led them to his camp.  Sheriff’s Deputy Dan Walter says the engagement is still on.

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The big key to you becoming a better, more productive, and happier employee is . . . Fridays off every single week.

There’s an economist at the University of Oxford in England and he says that studies show that we’d all be better workers if we always had three-day weekends.

Quote, “I would argue the four-day work week is spot on in striking that right balance between improving the work-life balance and unlocking . . . productivity gains.  This outweighs the net reduction in productivity from working a day less.”

In other words, you’ll get more done in four days than you do in five . . . if you can start spending that fifth day doing anything BUT working.

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ENTERTAINMENT

• “Venom” (PG-13, Action/Adventure):  (Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams)
• “A Star Is Born” (R-Rated, Drama):  A musician helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

(Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott)

Lady Gaga was Stephen Colbert’s guest and she said she prepared for months for her role in A Star is Born by just being natural, no make up or hair color.  Although it makes her feel uncomfortable, it was also liberating because no one knew who she was. 

SUNDAY-
• “The Walking Dead” (AMC): Season 9 premiere

• “Dancing With the Stars: Juniors” (ABC): The premiere of the series in which 12 celebrity kids perform choreographed routines with professional junior ballroom dancers.
• “Shark Tank” (ABC): Season 10 premiere

TODAY IS……………….

“World Teachers Day”, begun by UNESCO in 1994 as recognition for the vital contribution teachers make to education & development. Over 100 countries now observe the day.

1921 The World Series is broadcast on radio for the 1st time

(NY Giants beat NY Yankees 5 games to 3)

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

Lady Antebellum were at #1 on the US County chart with Own the Night which won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album at the 54th Grammy Awards.

Four singles were released from Own the Night, “Just a Kiss”, “We Owned the Night”, “Dancin’ Away with My Heart” and “Wanted You More”.

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RANDOM REPORT

1. The first pregnancy tests were created in Egypt in 1350 B.C., where a woman would pee on wheat and barley seeds.  If the barley grew, it meant a boy . . . wheat meant a girl . . . and neither meant she wasn’t pregnant.  But it was less than 30% accurate.

2. Nolan Ryanhas more strikeouts and no-hitters than any other pitcher in baseball history, and was a first-ballot Hall of Famer.  But he never won a Cy Young award for being the best pitcher in a season.

3. Chris Kirkpatrickhelped found ‘NSYNC after he auditioned for the Backstreet Boys and got rejected.

4. Scientists have figured out that if the Kool-Aid Man was real, he WOULD have the force to break through a brick wall . . . but about one-third of his Kool-Aid would splash out in the process.

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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS

There’s a 9-year-old kid in South Dakota named Javier Amos who’s been battling leukemia.  And the best news is he’s now in remission.

But he also just did something pretty cool for his classmates last month . . .

The Make-a-Wish Foundation recently approached his family and said they’d grant any wish he wanted.  So he could have gone to Disney World, or met his favorite athlete.

But instead, he asked them to throw a pizza party for all his FRIENDS at school.

The Make-a-Wish people showed up at his school last month, and threw everyone a huge pizza party that also included zoo animals, bounce houses, and laser tag.

Javier got to ride to the party in a police car.  And when he showed up, everyone was waiting for him with signs they made.  And they were all chanting his name.

The head of Make-a-Wish in South Dakota said he’d never seen anything quite like it.  And yes . . . it sounds like Javier’s pretty popular at school these days.

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BIRTHDAYS

Jesse Eisenberg is 35.  “The Social Network”, “Zombieland”, and “Batman v. Superman”.

Kate Winslet is 43.

Mario Lemieux is 53.  Hockey legend.

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SHOULD YOU EAT THE FUNKY BREAD?
You find a chunk of mold on your bread, should you cut off the gross part or chuck the entire loaf?  While the practical person in you says you can eat around it, science says otherwise.

A specialist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says that she doesn’t recommend eating it, even if you cut off the mold first.  “With soft food, it’s very easy for the roots [of the mold], or the tentacles, or whatever creepy word you want to use, to penetrate” deeper into the food.  That’s right.  Just because you can’t see mold, doesn’t mean that you aren’t eating it.

What you don’t see are the microscopic root threads underneath. So, what looks like “clean” bread may actually be teeming with mold threads.

Plus, moldy foods may also have invisible bacteria growing along with the mold.  And another thing?  If mold appears on one slice of bread, there’s a pretty good chance that there are spores already growing on the rest of them.

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HEALTH NEWS

If you have trouble motivating yourself to get up off the couch to get stuff done, it’s not a sign you’re lazy.  It’s a sign that you’re HUMAN.

According to a study by evolutionary biologists from the University of British Columbia in Canada, it turns out we’re all HARDWIRED to be LAZY.

So when you DO get motivated to do stuff, your brain has to work extra hard and use lots of energy to overcome human nature.

But why are we built to be lazy?  Because it helps our bodies save energy . . . and for ancient humans, that was a big advantage, because it meant you could use your extra energy for hunting and survival.

How long should you spend at the gym to get a full workout?  The more reps the better, right?  Slow down, Schwarzenegger.  You might be happy to hear that when it comes to bodybuilding, a report says that if your strength exercises are longer than 13 minutes, you’re wasting your time.  Men who performed just one set of 8-12 reps using weights heavy enough to exhaust their muscles, benefited as much as those who did five times as much work.  To achieve these results, the participants were required to “train to failure”, meaning that they worked out so hard that they were unable to complete another set.  Researchers suggest three 13-minute sessions per week.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 5^TH            

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Jesse Eisenberg is 35.  “The Social Network”, “Zombieland”, and “Batman v. Superman”.

Kate Winslet is 43.

Mario Lemieux is 53.  Hockey legend.

1. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers won the opening games of their National League Divison Series yesterday (October 4th) to kick off the baseball post-season playoffs.

The Dodgers topped the Atlanta Braves 6-0, and the Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2, getting the win on a two-out single in the 10th inning. Game Two of both matchups will be played today, as will the opening games of the American League Division Series between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, and the Cleveland Indians and Houston Astros.

New York Yankees fans doused an Oakland fan in beer during Wednesday’s Wild Card game, and the video went viral.  The A’s figured out who he was, and are sending him some swag, and tickets to a game in Oakland next year.

Billy Crystal was on the Tonight Show and joked about how baseball players thank God after hitting a home run . . . but never question him after striking out.

2. The New England Patriots beat the Indianapolis Colts 38-24 last night in a game that saw Patriots quarterback Tom Brady get his 500th career touchdown pass. Brady threw three touchdown passes to reach the mark, and is now third on the all-time list behind

Peyton Manning, who has 539, and Brett Favre, with 508.

3. “Venom” is out this weekend.  It’s up against Lady Gagaand Bradley Cooper in the latest “A Star Is Born” remake.

4. Sometimes people quit their jobs in a subdued nature, but not a postal worker in New Jersey. The U.S. Postal Service said a worker in Pennsauken, New Jersey decided to quit on the job and left thousands of envelopes on the side of the road.

No explanation was given for why the postal worker left the mail on the side of the road, but the Station Post Office staid in a statement that they would deliver the mail.

Tim McGraw Released Two New Songs Yesterday

As expected, TIM MCGRAW released a new song yesterday called NEON CHURCH.

Then he surprised us by dropping a second one titled THOUGHT ABOUT YOU.  He gave props to the digital age for allowing that to happen.

QUOTE, “I love that there are no rules anymore and I can give fans more music at once.  I really felt that both of these songs were ready to be heard and will absolutely give a sense of where I’m going with my next project.”

Eric Church On Why He Refuses to Fill His Songs with Hooks

Although they won’t admit it, most country artists live and die by how many hit records they have.  And if that means recording songs with clever hooks that people love, but then get tired of, who cares.  They’ll record another one.

That’s what sets ERIC CHURCH apart.  His songs may not grab you right away, but once you start listening, you’re going to keep coming back.  He says one of the secrets to that is letting the songs have a “huge amount of space.”

QUOTE, “That’s my biggest beef with Nashville.  They have studio guys who try to find a hook or a part.  [But] sometimes the silence or space is the part.  The coolest part is non-part.  Or non-solo.  Don’t put a [stupid] solo there.  Let it be.”

Eric says you can expect “a lot of space” in his new album, “Desperate Man”, which is out today.

In a different interview, Eric revealed that DESPERATE MAN“ is his favorite video of all time.  He loved the “shady characters” that he and his band got to play . . . and is thrilled that his musical hero Ray Wylie Hubbard was a huge part in it.

LUKE BRYAN ‘MORE EXCITED’ ABOUT SEASON TWO OF AMERICAN IDOL

Luke Bryan, Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and host Ryan Seacrest have returned for their second season of American Idol together on ABC. The foursome have started traveling the country auditioning hopefuls, and Luke tells us he’s very much looking forward to a more relaxed season two.

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JASON ALDEAN’S CONCERT FOR THE CURE RAISES BIG MONEY – (10/05/2018)

On the heels of closing out his 2018 High Noon Neon tour this past weekend, Jason Aldean celebrated his annual “Concert For The Cure” at his own Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Rooftop Bar in Nashville on Wednesday (October 3rd). This year’s fundraiser, along with a portion of ticket sales from Jason’s tour all year, raised a total of $459,509 for Susan G. Komen Central Tennessee. To date, he has raised more than $4.1 million for Susan G. Komen chapters across the country.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer