A Woman Is Holding an Essay Contest . . . and the Prize Is Her $1.7 Million House<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nThere’s a woman named Alla Wagner in Millarville, Alberta, and she’s been trying to sell her house for several months.<\/p>\n
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It’s in a rural area about 45 minutes outside of Calgary, it’s almost 5,000 square feet, and it’s got three bedrooms, a wine cellar, and amazing scenery.\u00a0 But no one was biting at the price:\u00a0 $1.7 million.<\/p>\n
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So Alla came up with a new strategy.\u00a0 She’s holding an ESSAY CONTEST . . . and she’s going to give the house to whoever writes the best 350-word essay.<\/p>\n
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There’s a fee of $18.75 to enter the contest, and Alla won’t give away the house until she’s got 68,000 entries . . . since that comes out to the asking price of the house.<\/p>\n
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She says she’s already getting thousands of entries every day.<\/p>\n
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And if you’re wondering what she’s looking for in an essay, quote, “How will moving here change someone’s life?\u00a0 Why would they enjoy cutting the grass?\u00a0 Why would they love being here? . . . I want someone to tug on my heart strings.”<\/p>\n
______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nTODAY\u2019S GOOD NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nA high school senior in Clearwater, Florida named\u00a0Olivia Jones\u00a0caused a crash last month that may have actually SAVED someone’s life.<\/p>\n
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She was sitting at a red light when she noticed a woman slumped behind the wheel in the car next to her.<\/p>\n
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At first she thought the woman was just texting, because she was looking straight down.\u00a0 But then Olivia realized she was having a SEIZURE.\u00a0 And the woman’s car was drifting into oncoming traffic.<\/p>\n
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So without hesitating, Olivia pulled out in front of the woman’s car . . . hit the brakes . . . and let her crash into the back of her.<\/p>\n
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Once they were both stopped, Olivia opened the woman’s door, put it in park, and called 911.\u00a0 And it may have saved her life.\u00a0 EMTs got there about two minutes later.<\/p>\n
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Olivia ended up with a dent in her back bumper, and was a little worried her parents would be angry at her.\u00a0 But obviously they were cool with it.<\/p>\n
______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\nBIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n[83] Alan Alda, actor (\u201cM*A*S*H\u201d)<\/p>\n
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[38] Elijah Wood, actor (\u201cThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey\u201d, \u201cThe Lord Of the Rings\u201d trilogy)<\/p>\n
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[21] Ariel Winter, actress (\u2018Alex Dunphy\u2019 on \u201cModern Family\u201d since 2009)<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n_______________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nIF YOU COULD ONLY HAVE ONE TYPE OF DESSERT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
A poll of over 1,600 online voters reveals which type of dessert they would eat for the rest of their lives if they could only choose one:<\/p>\n
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32% ice cream\/ frozen yogurt\/ sherbert<\/p>\n
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23% pie\/ cheesecake<\/p>\n
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13% cookies\/ brownies<\/p>\n
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12% cake\/ cupcakes<\/p>\n
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11% chocolate\/ fudge<\/p>\n
______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/u><\/u><\/p>\nRANDOM REPORT <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- The title for\u00a0“Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”<\/strong><\/em>was censored in several other countries.\u00a0 In Finland it was “The Spy Who Bumped Me” . . . Croatia had “The Spy Who Groped Me” . . . and China had “The Spy Who Liked Me a Lot”.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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\n- Until the 1960s, the most reliable pregnancy test was injecting a woman’s pee into a frog.\u00a0 If she was pregnant, her hormones would cause a fungus to grow on its back.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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\n- The word “selfie” was used for the first time on an online message board in Australia in 2002.\u00a0 A guy posted a photo of his lip after he cut it drinking at a friend’s 21st birthday party.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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\n- Nazi Germany claimed part of Antarctica in 1939.\u00a0 There are lots of theories why . . . from setting up a naval base to contacting UFOs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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STUDY: JUST FIVE MINUTES IN NATURE WILL INCREASE HAPPINESS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nFeeling blue? You should consider stepping outside for a few minutes.<\/p>\n
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In a new study, researchers found that participants who spent just five minutes sitting in nature experienced an increase in positive emotions. They asked participantsto put away all electronic devices and focus on their setting (an outdoor park or a windowless room) while remaining seated for five minutes.<\/p>\n
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Each person was also asked to scale a range of emotions. The data revealed those sitting outside experienced an increase in emotions before and after the test, while those in the indoor setting did not.<\/p>\n
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Additionally, those who spent just five minutes outside reported feeling a sense of awe.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0____________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/u><\/u><\/p>\nMONDAY JANUARY 28TH<\/sup> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nTODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n[83] Alan Alda, actor (\u201cM*A*S*H\u201d)<\/p>\n
[38] Elijah Wood, actor (\u201cThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey\u201d, \u201cThe Lord Of the Rings\u201d trilogy)<\/p>\n
[21] Ariel Winter, actress (\u2018Alex Dunphy\u2019 on \u201cModern Family\u201d since 2009)<\/p>\n
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\n- “Glass”\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>won the box office for the second straight weekend, making another $19 million.\u00a0 That isn’t a HUGE haul . . . but there wasn’t much competition.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Two new movies,\u00a0“The Kid Who Would Be King”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0“Serenity”<\/strong><\/em>, both bombed, earning just $7.3 million and $4.8 million respectively.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\n- No winning ticket was sold for the $24.3-million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
However, the guaranteed $1-million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Quebec.<\/p>\n
The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Wednesday will be approximately $30 million.<\/p>\n
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No winning ticket was sold for the $17.4 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw.<\/p>\n
The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw this Friday 1 will be approximately $26 million.<\/p>\n
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\n- The Oscar Mayer Company is taking applications for its next fleet of Weinermobile \u201chotdoggers\u201d \u2013 aka drivers.\u00a0 They are accepting resumes through Jan. 31 for an unspecified number of one-year positions beginning in June.\u00a0 The job listing promises a competitive salary and a \u201ccompany car guaranteed to turn heads\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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\n- Amazon is launching a self-driving delivery\u00a0robot\u00a0named Scout.\u00a0 James Corden says the only ‘scouts’ he wants on his porch are to sell cookies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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DIERKS BENTLEY IS ‘ALL IN’ WITH NEW TV PROJECT\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nDierks Bentley<\/strong>\u00a0is a busy man, and he\u2019s always got something new going on in his life and career. Not only is he a singer-songwriter-entertainer, but he\u2019s a bar owner (Whiskey Row) with several locations, a husband, father and so much more. He\u2019s also an Executive Producer of a new Fox TV project that he hopes gets picked up by the network.<\/p>\nIn order to commit what little spare time he has, Dierks says he has to be “all in,” and as he tells us, he definitely is for this foray into TV.\u00a0[<\/strong><\/p>\nDierks is reportedly also be at the helm of a reality television show based on his \u201990s cover band,\u00a0Hot Country Knights<\/strong>. You can catch those guys on tour as part of Dierks’ current\u00a0Burning Man<\/em>\u00a0tour.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nGarth Brooks’ New Album is Called “Fun” and It’ll Be Out This Spring<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nIn his latest Studio G,\u00a0GARTH BROOKS<\/strong>\u00a0announced that his new album is called\u00a0“Fun”<\/strong><\/em>, and it’ll be out this spring.\u00a0 He chose that title because he’s been having a blast recording it . . . and he took that spirit to the album.<\/p>\nQuote, “It’s just been a fun process to go through, especially being off from touring, where you don’t have to worry about if your voice is going to be able to go in for sessions or not . . . you just get to go in anytime you want.<\/p>\n
“We’re going to wrap up [recording] this week. \u00a0Maybe one more session, but I think this is going to be it for us as far as cutting stuff. \u00a0It should be out probably sometime this spring.”<\/p>\n
It’ll include his two latest singles,\u00a0“All Day Long”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0“Stronger Than Me”<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0You can pre-order it now on Amazon dot com<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nTYLER HUBBARD, LUKE COMBS, THOMAS RHETT ARE CMA TRIPLE PLAY AWARDS WINNERS – <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nFlorida Georgia Line<\/strong>‘s\u00a0Tyler Hubbard, Luke Combs<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Thomas Rhett\u00a0<\/strong>are among the recipients of the 10th annual CMA Triple Play Awards, an honor presented to songwriters who pen three Number One songs within a 12-month period based on the\u00a0Country Aircheck, Billboard\u00a0<\/em>Country Airplay and\u00a0Billboard\u00a0<\/em>Hot Country Songs charts.<\/p>\nObviously FGL has a knack for charting hits, but it’s their songwriting that Tyler and\u00a0Brian Kelley\u00a0<\/strong>are truly passionate about. They hope that ultimately their songwriting will be as much a part of their musical legacy as their music, if not more so.<\/p>\nThe event takes place on Tuesday, February 19th at Marathon Music Works in Nashville.<\/p>\n
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