\u27a2 The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of some blood donor clinics in Chatham-Kent because they are unable to meet social distancing rules.<\/p>\n
The regional manager of donor relations, Marisa Gatfield, said Canadian Blood Services is following orders from the Public Health Agency of Canada about social distancing and mobile services like the one in the Chatham area will put people too close to each other while donating blood. Gatfield said the following Chatham-Kent blood donor clinics are cancelled: April 21 and\u00a0 April 25 in Chatham, May 5 in Dresden, and May 12 in Ridgetown.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u27a2 The Bluewater Recycling Association near Exeter said in a Facebook post titled “Most Unwanted — April Edition” that someone put a metal sword into a “blue box” recycling bin. The post said the sword “was found before going through our machinery or it could have caused damage to our machines and serious safety issues for our employees.” The association said the sword’s former owner might have been better off turning the weapon over to a second-hand store. “Just because something is made of metal and may be perfectly recyclable at a local scrap yard, does not mean it is acceptable in the blue box for recycling,” the post said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 There’s a guy in San Francisco who lives on the ground floor, and his kitchen window faces the street.\u00a0 So he’s been\u00a0making coffee\u00a0and handing it out to essential workers for free.\u00a0 He even stole his kid’s gorilla claw toy to use, so people don’t have to get too close when he hands them their cup. (clip)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong>,\u00a0Jimmy Fallon<\/strong>, and\u00a0Stephen Colbert<\/strong>\u00a0hosted the\u00a0“One World: Together at Home”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0concert on Saturday night.<\/p>\n Performers included\u00a0Lady Gaga<\/strong>,\u00a0Taylor Swift<\/strong>,\u00a0Lizzo<\/strong>, the\u00a0Rolling Stones<\/strong>,\u00a0Elton John<\/strong>,\u00a0Billie Eilish<\/strong>,\u00a0Celine Dion<\/strong>,\u00a0Keith Urban<\/strong>,\u00a0Kacey Musgraves<\/strong>,\u00a0Camila Cabello<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Shawn Mendes<\/strong>, and TONS more.<\/p>\n You can watch individual performances\u00a0here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0. . . or watch all EIGHT HOURS of it\u00a0here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 A man is apparently upset after his girlfriend buried his beans. The account of what happened has been seen on Twitter, but it may have been originally posted on Reddit. According to the post, the author bought 30 cans of beans and 15 cans of chickpeas in preparation for the lockdown.<\/p>\n The story goes that he was making chili and discovered his beans were missing. He says his girlfriend told him she buried the beans in the woods with the intention of saving them for \u201cif things get bad.\u201d Apparently, the argument escalated and the couple stopped speaking to each other. Their story has garnered over 23 thousand responses.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n 2010 [10] \u2018Deepwater Horizon\u2019 drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and beginning an oil spill that lasts 6 months (\u201cDeepwater Horizon\u201d, a movie version of the disaster<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The\u00a0Glen Campbell<\/strong>\u00a0hit “Southern Nights” went gold in 1977<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n “Doomscrolling” Is When You Read Depressing News for Hours . . . <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n There’s just NOTHING mentally healthy about reading depressing pandemic news all day long.\u00a0 So why are so many of us ADDICTED to it?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There’s a new term that describes sitting around, scrolling through your phone, reading depressing news for hours and hours:\u00a0 “Doomscrolling.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So what can you do instead?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A new survey asked people what they’re doing to stay mentally healthy right now.\u00a0 And here are the top five answers . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0_______________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n FOUR RANDOM FACTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n The ad agency turned him into a movie character when he got popular, but they couldn’t use him in nationwide ads because of exclusive local deals.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n For 12-year-old South Dakota student Rylee Anderson, the algebra concept of graphing a function just didn’t make sense. Since her classes are now all remote due to the coronavirus pandemic, Anderson emailed her teacher for help. She expected some emails, or maybe even a phone call from her teacher, Mr. Chris Waba.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But then the doorbell rang — and she saw Waba, standing on her porch, holding a whiteboard and marker, ready to teach. “My mom got all the questions wrong when she helped me before,” she said and when her teacher received her email, he responded — but could tell she was still struggling with the lesson.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Knowing that she lived just right across the street, Waba picked up his whiteboard and headed over for a special one-on-one lesson, one that still complied with social distancing rules. For 10 minutes or so, Waba squatted on Rylee’s porch as he went through three math equations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rylee stood on the other side of the screen door, nodding her head as she followed along and took notes. “He made it easier to understand,” Rylee said. “I appreciated him coming over.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rylee’s dad, Josh Anderson, who is the head coach of Dakota State University’s football team, shared the moment on Twitter. His post has since garnered hundreds of retweets and thousands of likes. “The picture just shows the length that which teachers will go to help their students at any cost during these times,” Josh Anderson said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Waba, who has been teaching at Madison Middle School for 27 years, said it was a spur-of-the-moment decision. “I’m a better communicator face-to-face than (on) the telephone and I think students learn better that way,”<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [83] George Takei, actor (\u201cMr. Sulu\u201d on Star Trek 1966-69 and in 6 movies)\/over 10 million Facebook followers<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [71] Jessica Lange, actress (Oscars-\u201cBlue Sky\u201d, \u201cTootsie\u201d)\/(\u201cAmerican Horror Story\u201d 2011-2018)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [50] Shemar Moore, actor (\u2018Derek Morgan\u2019 on \u201cCriminal Minds\u201d)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [44] Joey Lawrence, (\u201cBlossom\u201d 19910-1995)<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Tips from People Who Are Used to Working from Home<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Working from home takes some getting used to, unless you were ALREADY doing it.\u00a0 A new survey talked to over 3,000 people who worked from home before the crisis hit.\u00a0 Here are eight pieces of advice they had for newbies . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0_______________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n EXPERTS: DON\u2019T SHARE YOUR YEARBOOK PHOTO ON FACEBOOK (04\/17\/2020)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n You may have noticed a trend of people sharing their high school senior yearbook photos on social media. Most say they\u2019re doing so in support of the class of 2020, whose proms and graduations have been cancelled or postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But you might want to resist the urge to do so yourself. The Better Business Bureau and cybersecurity experts are warning that the information people provide with these photos could be used by hackers to steal people\u2019s identities.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is because the name of the high school you attended and the year you graduated are answers to common security questions that hackers can use to gain access to your bank account and credit cards. With that information it then only takes an internet search to find out more about you, such as your date of birth and where you live.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anthony Townsend, professor of information systems at Iowa State University says, \u201cPeople don\u2019t realize how much they may be damaging themselves by providing that kind of information. There would be enough there to encourage some malicious person to try to cozy up to you and try to extract even more information from you.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n People who don\u2019t like to take risks should allow only people they trust to view their posts and should not allow search engines to link to their profile.<\/p>\n \u00a0__________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n PROMISING THE MOON:<\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n
\n\u261e \u2018Four-twenty\u2019 became an emblematic number for dopers in the 1970s. It comes from the time 4:20 pm, the secret \u2018burn time\u2019 originated by a group of pot-smoking students at California\u2019s San Rafael High School in 1971.
\n\u261e Marijuana is the most lucrative domestic crop in the USA, worth $52 billion \u2026 more than corn and wheat combined. Of that, 87% of sales are on the black market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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\n<\/u><\/strong>Here\u2019s an interesting way to spend some of that spare time that your kids suddenly find at their disposal: NASA and the International Space Station National Lab have developed a range of programs and activities for children who are stuck at home these days \u2013 including a training program to become an astronaut.<\/p>\n