{"id":15495,"date":"2020-06-09T09:35:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T13:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=15495"},"modified":"2020-06-09T09:36:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T13:36:57","slug":"on-todays-show-412","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2020\/06\/on-todays-show-412\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u27a2 The provincial government is taking a regional approach for Phase 2 of reopening Ontario<\/p>\n<p>A total of 34 regions of the province will be allowed to move onto Phase 2 starting Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Those not permitted to move onto Phase 2 include the Windsor-Essex region, Sarnia-Lambton, Toronto, Durham, Halton, Haldimand-Norfolk, Peek, York, Niagara and Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>A number of things will be allowed to reopen including hair cutting businesses, restaurant patios and all places of worship which will be limited to no more than 30 per cent of the building capacity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 A Mom in California posted a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/06\/05\/woman-scolds-mom-for-letting-kids-drive-toy-car-without-license\/\">video<\/a>\u00a0on TikTok after a random woman scolded her for letting her kids drive around in a Power Wheel even though they don&#8217;t have a driver&#8217;s license.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 In many countries, Fridays are the least likely day for workers to call in sick. People are much happier and likely to go to work on Fridays. Fridays also tend to be the day where the workplace atmosphere is most social and positive. On the other hand, Monday is the most common sick day. Except in Australia, where the most common sick day is Tuesday<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THIS WEEK\u2019S NETFLIX (Canada) RELEASES:<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>\u27a2 June 9:<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cModern Family: Seasons 9-10\u201d (Comedy): \u00a0The ninth and tenth seasons of the show are added to the first eight, which are already on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 June 10:<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cLenox Hill\u201d (Netflix Documentary): \u00a0An intimate look at the lives of four doctors \u2014 two brain surgeons, an emergency room physician, and a chief resident \u2014 as they navigate the highs and lows of working at New York City\u2019s renowned Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 June 12:<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cDa 5 Bloods\u201d (Military Drama): \u00a0Spike Lee\u2019s newest film tells the story of four African-American Vietnam vets searching for the remains of their fallen squad leader, as they confront the lasting ravages of the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 A little girl asked her dad to come splash around in a puddle with her, so he did.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buitengebieden_\/status\/1268652504163770369\">sounded<\/a>\u00a0like.\u00a0 (This was one of the top trending videos yesterday.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cStrawberry Rhubarb Pie Day\u201d, honoring the popular pie that mixes the sweet and the tart. Rhubarb is a very old plant. Earliest records date back to 2700 BC in China where it was cultivated for medicinal purposes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cPet Memorial Day\u201d, is an opportunity to celebrate the lives of our pets that have a special place in our hearts forever<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenny Chesney<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Happen Twice&#8221; went to Number One in 2001<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>FORBES 2020 HIGHEST-PAID CELEBRITIES:<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>1. Kylie Jenner ($590 million): Sold 51% of Kylie Cosmetics, pocketed $540 million.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Kanye West ($170 million):\u00a0 His deal with Adidas launched him into billionaire-hood.<\/li>\n<li>Roger Federer ($106.3 million):\u00a0 The world\u2019s highest-paid athlete for the first time, thanks to a portfolio of lucrative endorsement deals.<\/li>\n<li>Christiano Ronaldo ($105 million):\u00a0 $45 million in endorsements didn\u2019t hurt.<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Messi ($104 million):\u00a0 $80 million in salary, plus he launched his own clothing line and opened a retail outlet in the past year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton \u2014 are among the highest-paid celebrities of 2020, according to Forbes magazine. Bryan comes in at #62 with earnings of earning $45.5 million in the last 12 months. Shelton is at #70, earning an estimated $43.5 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>FOUR RANDOM FACTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cashews are the only nut that you can&#8217;t buy in its shell . . . because the shells are toxic.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\u201cJay\u201d used to be slang for \u201cfoolish person.\u201d So, when a pedestrian ignored street signs, he was referred to as a \u201cjaywalker.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Ceiling fans were invented in the 1860s and were powered by running water, a turbine, and belts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>McDonald&#8217;s second-biggest market is France.\u00a0 The U.S. is number one.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of therapy dogs have gone digital to help kids with their reading skills.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The organization based out of Washington, D.C. that, among its services, allows kids to read out loud to a therapy dog to help develop their reading skills and gain confidence while doing so.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In less trying times, the kids and dogs would meet at a Washington-area library, but due to COVID-19, the program has moved to the video-conferencing app Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each reader is paired with two dogs who listen to the story during the 30-minute sessions.<\/p>\n<p>The director of the program says &#8220;The dogs don\u2019t care if you mispronounce or stutter over a word,\u201d. The dogs also help the children cope with the isolation of staying at home during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because it\u2019s gone virtual, the program is now available to Canadians as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[59] Michael J Fox, actor<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[57] Johnny Depp, actor<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[39] Natalie Portman, actress<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>PHASE TWO FOR ONTARIO<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The provincial government is taking a regional approach for Phase 2 of reopening Ontario<\/p>\n<p>A total of 34 regions of the province will be allowed to move onto Phase 2 starting Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Those not permitted to move onto Phase 2 include the Windsor-Essex region, Sarnia-Lambton, Toronto, Durham, Halton, Haldimand-Norfolk, Peek, York, Niagara and Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses and services that will be permitted to reopen with proper health and safety measures in place in regions entering Stage 2 include:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-Outdoor dine-in services at restaurants, bars and other establishments, including patios, curbside, parking lots and adjacent properties<\/p>\n<p>-Select personal and personal care services including hair cutting services.<\/p>\n<p>-Shopping malls under existing restrictions, including food services reopening for take-out and outdoor dining only<\/p>\n<p>-Tour and guide services<\/p>\n<p>-Water recreational facilities such as outdoor splash pads and wading pools, and all swimming pools<\/p>\n<p>-Beach access and additional camping at Ontario Parks -Camping at private campgrounds<\/p>\n<p>-Drive-in and drive-through venues for theatres, concerts, animal attractions and cultural appreciation, such as art installations<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether a region has moved to Stage 2, the province will also increase the limit on social gatherings from five to 10 people across the province starting on Friday. Additionally, all places of worship in Ontario will be permitted to open limited to no more than 30 per cent of the building capacity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>LOCKDOWNS ARE MAKING CHILDREN MORE OBESE DUE TO POORER DIETS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus lockdowns are unfortunately affecting kids in a negative way\u2014they\u2019re worsening childhood obesity. The issue is that kids are doing less physical activity and also eating poorer diets. University of Buffalo researchers found that obese kids in Italy actually ate more junk food and watched more TV at the expense of physical activity during the COVID-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Compared with the same time last year, the kids ate one extra meal and added nearly five hours of screen time per day, and at the same time cut physical activity by more than two hours per week. The lockdown also allowed obese kids to sleep for an extra half hour compared to what they would normally sleep. Study co-author, Professor Myles Faith, says, \u201cChildren and teens struggling with obesity are placed in an unfortunate position of isolation that appears to create an unfavorable environment for maintaining healthy lifestyle behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing these adverse collateral effects of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown is critical in avoiding the depreciation of hard-fought weight control efforts among youths afflicted with excess weight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TUESDAY JUNE 9<sup>TH<\/sup> \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[59] Michael J Fox, actor<\/p>\n<p>[57] Johnny Depp, actor<\/p>\n<p>[39] Natalie Portman, actress<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The provincial government is taking a regional approach for Phase 2 of reopening Ontario<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>A total of 34 regions of the province will be allowed to move onto Phase 2 starting Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Those not permitted to move onto Phase 2 include the Windsor-Essex region, Sarnia-Lambton, Toronto, Durham, Halton, Haldimand-Norfolk, Peek, York, Niagara and Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>A number of things will be allowed to reopen including hair cutting businesses, restaurant patios and all places of worship which will be limited to no more than 30 per cent of the building capacity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>A middle school in Minneapolis was already struggling to make sure students got enough to eat during the pandemic.\u00a0 Then the grocery stores were looted during the protests.\u00a0 So they put out a request,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kare11.com\/article\/news\/local\/george-floyd\/minneapolis-middle-school-overwhelmed-by-food-drive\/89-527715d0-2ef0-4f6e-97cb-a21b9f4e9c92\">hoping<\/a>to get 85 meal kits donated . . . and THOUSANDS of people answered the call.\u00a0 By Sunday morning, the entire front lawn of the school was covered with bags of food.\u00a0 One of the organizers said a parent came up with the idea, and volunteers from a child hunger charity showed up to help deal with all the donations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Today is National Donald Duck Day, and also his 86th birthday.\u00a0 He made his debut on June 9th, 1934 in a cartoon called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/A5dowCyaP7I?t=116\">The Wise Little Hen<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0 It featured a chicken character looking for someone to help her plant corn.\u00a0 But Donald was too lazy and pretended to have a stomach ache.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Ever heard of the &#8220;dorkfish&#8221;?\u00a0 Here&#8217;s comedian Bill Engvall to explain.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>FAT CAT, ROUND HOUND:<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>It seems people aren\u2019t the only ones who are packing on the pounds during the coronavirus quarantine. According to a new survey, about 33% of pets have beefed up since the lockdown started in March. (They asked the owners, not the pets.)<\/p>\n<p>The survey found that 25% of people say their pet has only gained \u201ca little weight\u201d, while 8% said that their furry friends \u201cgained a lot of weight\u201d. How does this happen? 40% of respondents said they are feeding their pets more snacks and treats these days.<\/p>\n<p>And similar to humans who are struggling to stick to a regular exercise routine while confined to their homes, it seems that park closures and spending more time indoors are also affecting the waistlines of our pets.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BRAD PAISLEY SAYS QUARANTINE HAS SPARKED CREATIVITY <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has given us all a lot of quality family time, and for artists and songwriters, it has also offered plenty of time to create new music.\u00a0<strong>Brad Paisley<\/strong>, for one, is taking the opportunity to write and record songs. [&#8220;I think the music that&#8217;s gonna be made during this, and I know myself creatively, I&#8217;m taking advantage of this, and not all songs will be shaped at all by this but they will certainly be a product of having the time to do these things right now, and I think there&#8217;ll be some real creativity come out of this from not just me but a lot of different people when this is all said and done. I expect an album when I&#8217;m done. I think I will have one. I&#8217;m four or five songs in to this project I think.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Brad will be on \u201cLate Night with Seth Meyers\u201d (NBC\/CTV): TONIGHT<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>OLD DOMINION SHARE SOME PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Old Dominion<\/strong>\u00a0have shared some previously unreleased tracks that were originally recorded for past projects. The three songs are \u201cI\u2019m On It,\u201d which was recorded originally to be on the band\u2019s debut album\u00a0<em>Meat And Candy<\/em>, but ended but being replaced for their hit \u201cSong For Another Time\u201d last minute, \u201cCan\u2019t Get You,\u201d the studio version that was replaced for a live version on their sophomore offering\u00a0<em>Happy Endings<\/em>, and \u201cGoes Without Saying,\u201d a song from an independent EP recorded before signing a record deal. The tracks are available digitally everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Old Dominion lead singer\u00a0<strong>Matthew Ramsey<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>[<\/strong>&#8220;When we were growing up, the bands that we idolized sometimes would release songs that didn\u2019t make the album, and rarities and B-sides and things like that, so we thought it might be cool to hear some music that didn\u2019t make the first two albums. We\u2019ve got a collection of songs that we\u2019ve been teasing a little bit on socials and stuff, but we want to let you guys listen to the whole thing, so they\u2019re a little raw, a little unpolished, but happy to get some new, technically old, music out.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Some Country Stars Are Itching to Go Back on Tour . . . Others, Not So Much<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taste of Country has been asking country stars how they&#8217;ve been coping since the pandemic ground touring to a halt.\u00a0 Some are cautiously waiting it out while others are busting at the seams to get back out there. \u00a0Here are a few responses:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trace Adkins:<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8217;d like to get back to work, doing what I love to do, working with my guys. \u00a0I&#8217;m not stir crazy, I&#8217;m staying busy doing things, but I&#8217;d like to get back to work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Craig Morgan:<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8217;m nervous for people in our business. \u00a0I think there&#8217;s gonna be a lot of people, a lot of artists, a lot of musicians, publishers, even labels to some degree, that won&#8217;t survive this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase Rice:<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8220;In six months, they gotta let us go play. \u00a0You gotta keep people safe . . . [but] they gotta let us go play and the people that are healthy can decide if they want to come or not. That&#8217;s what the American constitution is about is us having the choice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clay Walker:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;Since I have multiple sclerosis, my risk of mortality with this is double what a normal person&#8217;s is. \u00a0So it&#8217;s definitely got my attention. \u00a0Especially after\u00a0<strong>Joe Diffie<\/strong>\u00a0dying and seeing\u00a0<strong>John Prine<\/strong>\u00a0[pass away.]\u00a0 I really regret the fact that we&#8217;re seeing people politicize this. \u00a0It&#8217;s the last thing that we need.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 9th ","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":15223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 06:38:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/mornings\/2020\/06\/on-todays-show-412\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15496,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15495\/revisions\/15496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}