{"id":2959,"date":"2019-02-07T05:55:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T10:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=2959"},"modified":"2019-02-11T10:26:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T15:26:20","slug":"february-7-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2019\/02\/february-7-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"February 7, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-54690\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/ef794108-cksy_5_things_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"46\" height=\"90\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2961 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/02\/16bf2425-theatre-kent-40-years.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"50\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatrekent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theatre Kent<\/a> presents Neil Simon&#8217;s Barefoot in the Park opening tonight at the Kiwanis Theatre.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2967 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/02\/475810c0-barefoot-in-the-park.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"40\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tonight, Friday and Saturday at 7:30.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available online at <a href=\"https:\/\/secure1.tixhub.com\/chatham-kent\/online\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CKTickets.com<\/a> or by calling 519-354-8684.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2962 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/02\/83d0a948-chatham-maroons.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2964 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/02\/4611c570-komoka-kings.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-406 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/fd341b29-cksy_5_things_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"62\" height=\"78\" \/>Rare Thursday night home game for the <a href=\"http:\/\/chathamjrmaroons.pointstreaksites.com\/view\/chathamjrmaroons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatham Maroons<\/a> tonight at Memorial Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Puck drop is at 7 against the Komoka Kings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2963 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/02\/0eafda7e-dresden-kings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"35\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2965 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/02\/2d495838-blenheim-blades.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"36\" \/>Game 2 of the Jr C 1st Round series between the <a href=\"http:\/\/ohakings.pointstreaksites.com\/view\/ohakings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dresden Kings<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/ohablades.pointstreaksites.com\/view\/ohabblades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blenheim Blades<\/a> is tonight at Blenheim Memorial Arena at 7. Dresden leads the series 1-0.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54692 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/3acb2f67-cksy_5_things_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"90\" \/>There are 230 new emojis coming this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2960 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/02\/848b9153-emojis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"90\" \/>Lots of emojis focused on disabilities, including people in wheelchairs and Seeing Eye dogs have been added.<\/p>\n<p>Also new animals, including the flamingo, sloth, skunk and new foods, including a waffle, butter, onions, and a juice box.<\/p>\n<p>Once the platforms you use perfect their own versions of all the icons from Emoji 12.0, the new collection will begin to roll out to users.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2728Unicode Emoji 12.0 \u2014 Final for 2019\u2728<br \/>What do mechanical arms, people holding hands, otters, and waffles have in common? They\u2019re all part of Unicode 12.0!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L1kohHSZfZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/L1kohHSZfZ<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Unicode?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Unicode<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Emoji?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Emoji<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UVwC45fhGe\">pic.twitter.com\/UVwC45fhGe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Unicode Consortium (@unicode) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unicode\/status\/1092880956669669376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54688 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/63a1a3cf-cksy_5_things_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"65\" height=\"90\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2966 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/02\/19e621fb-megakota.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"120\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/donald-trump-merge-south-and-north-dakota-into-megakota-fa69def5-27c1-44e1-b206-e8674c2e0f5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petition<\/a> to merge North and South Dakota has surpassed 18,000 signatures.<\/p>\n<p>A guy named Dillan Stewert wants to merge North Dakota and South Dakota and called the new state MegaKota. And so they all don\u2019t have to get new U.S. flags, Stewart suggests making Puerto Rico a state.<\/p>\n<p>If MegaKota became a thing, it would instantly become the fourth- largest U.S. state by land area.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54689 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/3a9171bb-cksy_5_things_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"89\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Major League Baseball<\/a> is considering a change to force relief pitchers to face a minimum of three batters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-863 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/10\/ee87bb6a-mlb.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"30\" \/>They want to speed up the game by stopping teams from playing the match-up game, and bringing in pitchers to only face one batter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What MLB rule changes would you like to see?<\/p>\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ken_Rosenthal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ken_Rosenthal<\/a> breaks down the latest proposals on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MLBNHotStove?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MLBNHotStove<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sozNLu4ZbY\">pic.twitter.com\/sozNLu4ZbY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBNetwork\/status\/1093152470782693378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0Theatre Kent presents Neil Simon&#8217;s Barefoot in the Park opening tonight at the Kiwanis Theatre. Tonight, Friday and Saturday at 7:30. Tickets are available online at CKTickets.com or by calling 519-354-8684. Rare Thursday night home game for the Chatham Maroons tonight at Memorial Arena. Puck drop is at 7 against the Komoka Kings. 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