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October 15, 2018 5:30 am Published by

LIFESTYLE

A New Zealand company wants you to pay for your next deep breath. Kiwiana is catching some heat for selling duty-free cans of “pure fresh New Zealand air” at the Auckland airport, according to a tweet by journalist Damian Christie. “You’ve got to be sh—g me. Also, $98 [New Zealand dollars], so not exactly a cute prank gift,” Christie wrote upon seeing the item.

The four-pack, which promises “the purest air you will ever breathe…harvested on the high ridges above the New Zealand snow line,” fetches about $100 New Zealand dollars, or $65 US, and claims to contain 130 to 140 “deep breathes” per can.

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A five-month-old Canadian is about to become the youngest person to visit all 50 U.S. states, thanks to her road-tripping parents.

Harper Yeats has been on an epic road trip since she was just eight weeks old, with her parents Cindy Lim and Tristan Yeats.

Both Lim and Yeats are originally from Australia and have been living in Toronto for over three years. Avid travellers, the pair have been sharing Harper’s road trip on social media.

Lim said it wasn’t until they crossed the border and looked into the All Fifty States Club that they had the idea of Harper becoming the youngest person in the club.

The family plans to complete their journey by stopping in their final state, Vermont, on Oct. 18.

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ENTERTAINMENT

“Venom” made another $35.7 million this past weekend, which was enough to win the box office for the second straight week.  It’s also the second straight week that it beat “A Star Is Born”.

 

“First Man” came in third, which was a disappointment.  It only made $16.5 million in its first week, despite having a budget of $60 to $70 million.

 

  1. NEW:  “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween”, $16.2 million.
  2. “Smallfoot”, $9.3 million.  Up to $57.6 million in its 3rd week

 

 

 

 

TODAY IS……………….

  • “Global Handwashing Day”, the 8th annual as part of a campaign to motivate people everywhere to wash their hands with soap, a key factor in disease prevention.
  • “Grouch Day”, a day to be grumpy, ungrateful, and cantankerous, and a day to allow grouches everywhere time to spout off.

 

  • “Cheese Curd Day”, cheese curds are the moist pieces of curdled milk either eaten alone as a snack, or used for other things. These are chiefly found in Quebec, Canada, in the dish poutine (made of french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy), and in the northeastern and midwestern United States. Curds are sometimes referred to as “squeaky cheese”

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

 

OCTOBER 15TH, 1994  Brooks & Dunn’s single “She’s Not the Cheatin’ Kind” hit Number One

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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS

92 year old Gerard Dunn, of Nova Scotia has been receiving mail from around the world thanks to a post that has now gone viral after his daughter went on line and asked for cards for his birthday the first he’s celebrating without his wife of 60 years Ellen who passed away in March.

 

Dunn is the grandfather of Mallory Burgess, a Grade 1-2 teacher at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School in Chatham. She has decided to do something locally and with the class is writing letters to local seniors including cards and letters for Christmas.

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BIRTHDAYS

[75] Penny Marshall, New York City NY, director (with “Big”, she became the first female director to have a film gross over $100 million)/actress (“Laverne & Shirley” 1976-1983)

 

[59] Emeril Lagasse, TV chef

 

[59] Sarah Ferguson, Duchess (former Duchess of York known as Fergie)

 

[49] Kimberly Schlapman, country singer (Little Big Town)

 

 

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RANDOM REPORT

  1. Michael Jackson’sfirst solo number one hit was the song “Ben” in 1972, from a horror movie called “Ben” about a killer rat.  Michael was 14 years old when he recorded it.

 

  1. Kodak invented the digital camera in 1975 but kept it a secret, fearing it would jeopardize photographic film sales.
  2. The Washington Redskins tried to get Andre the Giantto tryout to be a defensive lineman in 1975 . . . but he turned them down.

 

  1. In China, Spain, and Greece, people mix wine with Coca-Cola.

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FINISH WHAT I STARTED:
Have you had a chance to play with Google’s new ‘Smart Compose’ feature yet?

 

The Gmail service, which was announced in May, was recently rolled out to a larger group of users.  It’s a little freaky, a little creepy.  It doesn’t exactly compose your emails for you, but as it learns what you typically write, and how you write it, it starts to get pretty close.   The program uses machine learning techniques to evaluate what you are typing — and then suggests what to type next based on that analysis.

 

Gmail’s text suggestions appear in slightly lighter gray type at the end of the sentence you are writing. If you want to accept the computer-generated words, you can, and then move on to the next sentence.

 

In theory, the Smart Compose tool can speed up your message composition and cut down on typos.
 

 

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HOW TO CHARGE YOUR PHONE FASTER:
→ Airplane mode:  The less your phone processor is doing, the faster it will charge. So, putting it into airplane mode can help, but will mean no internet or cellular connectivity.  (You CAN go a few minutes without it, can’t you?)

→ Don’t light up the screen:  The screen is the biggest battery drain, so resist the urge to keep looking at it, if you can.  (I said, you CAN go a few minutes without it, can’t you?)

→ At least turn off Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS and NFC:  If the temptation to use your phone while it is charging is too much, turn off those battery-draining features to help it charge faster.  (I’m pretty sure I can do without NFC, being that I have no idea what it does…)

→ Use the ‘fast charging’ feature:  Phone manufacturers have made fast charging a priority in recent years.  Some brands include this feature, which can boost your phone’s charge by 50% in 30 minutes.  

→ Get a different plug:  While Apple smartphones don’t have a fast-charge feature built in, iPhone users can charge their devices quicker by using the wall plug that comes with an iPad. Their larger five-volt/2.4-amp bricks charge the company’s phones faster.

 

 

 

 

MONDAY OCTOBER 15TH             

 

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

[75] Penny Marshall, director (with “Big”, she became the first female director to have a film gross over $100 million)/actress (“Laverne & Shirley” 1976-1983)

[49] Kimberly Schlapman, country singer (Little Big Town)

 

  1. The Boston Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 7-5 last night (October 14th) in Boston to tie the best-of-seven American League Championship Series at 1-1. Game 3 will be Tuesday in Houston.

The Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers will play Game 3 of the National League Championship Series tonight (October 15th) with the series tied at one.

 

Tonight’s Monday Night Football game

San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers (8:15 p.m. ET)

 

  1. RYAN GOSLING’s“First Man” bombed, opening in third place with $16.5 million.  “Venom” took the top spot at the box office for the second straight week, with $35.7 million.  “A Star is Born” finished in second again.

 

  1. A ticket sold in Ontario claimed the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.

The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Oct. 17 will again be approximately $5 million.

 

Once again this week, no winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw.

There were also 42 Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up for grabs and 14 of them were won by a total of 18 ticket holders across the country.

The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Oct. 19 will remain at approximately $60 million, but the number of Maxmillions prizes will increase to 53.

 

  1. A woman in Wyoming may drop out of a city council race . . . because it turns out she had a secret identity online where she sold USED UNDERWEAR.  She says it was, quote, “an error in judgment . . . if you want to run for public office, probably not a good idea.”

 

Locally…..

Today is the last day for on line voting in the Municipal Election and coming up Wednesday we’re holding a “Meet the Mayoral Candidates” night starting at 7 on CFCO.

 

Lasalle beat the Chatham Maroons 5 – 2 last night at Memorial arena. Next action for the Maroons is Saturday night in London and you can hear that game on CFCO.

 

 

 

DIERKS BENTLEY ‘COMES ALIVE’ OUT WEST – (10/03/2018)

Dierks Bentley has a deep connection to the mountains out West. He grew up in Arizona, climbing those mountains and exploring everything the outdoors had to offer. Mountain living was the impetus that eventually formulated Dierks’ latest album, The Mountain, so it was a very natural thing.

FAST FACTS

Dierks is nominated for a handful of CMA awards, including album of the Year for The Mountain, as well as Male Vocalist and Musical Event of the Year for “Burning Man” with Brothers Osborne. The CMA Awards will be broadcast live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena November 14th at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

 

 

Kane Brown Is Married . . . And He Got a Tattoo of His Wife’s Name

KANE BROWN and his fiancée Katelyn Jae got married on Friday at a farm near Nashville.

And he’s already showing off a tattoo of her name that he got on the side of his hand.

As far as a honeymoon, they’re all about peace and quiet.

Quote, “We chose someplace that we both love and can just completely relax and spend time appreciating nature, each other . . . and no cell service.”

It looks like they’re going to be off the grid for at least a couple of weeks.  His short film debuts November 2nd, and his new album will drop a week after that.

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Somebody Stole $5,000 of Gear from Lindsay Ell’s Rental Car

Somebody broke into LINDSAY ELL’s rental car while she was at a writing session in L.A.  She posted a photo of herself at the airport looking pretty bummed.

 

She wrote, “My full backpack got stolen.  My wallet.  Lost about $5,000 of gear.  Still have my guitars.  The only part I’m really sad about is losing song and picture files that were on my hard drive and I hadn’t backed up yet.”

 

The only bright side is that people heard about it and reached out pretty quickly.  Someone even arranged for her to pick out a new backpack.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer