{"id":3686,"date":"2019-03-15T05:55:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T09:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=3686"},"modified":"2019-03-15T05:16:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T09:16:40","slug":"march-15-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2019\/03\/march-15-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"March 15, 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\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3710 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/03\/b53199d9-gigantic-garage-sale.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ckanimalrescue.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CK Animal Rescue<\/a> is hosting a Gigantic Garage Sale a the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ckcc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bradley Centre<\/a> tomorrow from 9-1.<\/p>\n<p>Over 100 garage sale vendors under one roof!<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free, canteen is open.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><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=\"59\" height=\"74\" \/>Soggy weekend ahead in Chatham-Kent.<\/p>\n<p>Rain off and on today, expecting 2-4 millimeters, turning to flurries overnight into Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority expect of some flooding in low-lying areas from Delaware down to Chatham.<\/p>\n<p>The sidewalks along the river in downtown Chatham are expected to flood again, but not as high as they were last month.<\/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\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3711 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/03\/77943c70-shamrock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"47\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/03\/77943c70-shamrock.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/03\/77943c70-shamrock-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/03\/77943c70-shamrock-695x598.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 47px) 100vw, 47px\" \/>It&#8217;s St. Patrick&#8217;s Day on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish national holiday began as a \u2018solemn religious observance\u2019 to honor St Patrick (389-461 AD), patron saint of Ireland. It\u2019s a public holiday in Ireland, Montserrat, and the Canadian province of Newfoundland &amp; Labrador.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3713 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/03\/a9bd56ff-leprechaun-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Some facts \u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s been an Irish holiday for 1,500 years.<\/li>\n<li>The world\u2019s largest St Patrick\u2019s Parade is in NYC where over a million spectators and 100,000 participants are expected. A tradition since 1762, the 2-mile parade lasts about 6 hours.<\/li>\n<li>It was first celebrated in Canada in 1765 in Qu\u00e9bec City QC.<\/li>\n<li>Since 1965, the Chicago River has been dyed green for the \u201cChicago St Patrick\u2019s Parade\u201d, an idea conceived when a plumber was observed using green dye to trace leaks from a building.<\/li>\n<li>Green is associated with St Patrick\u2019s Day because it\u2019s the color of Spring, Ireland, and the shamrock.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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-1301 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/10\/79d70f5d-facebook-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> went down Wednesday, it affected 2.3 billion users, and was the biggest outage they&#8217;ve ever had. They blamed it on a server issue.<\/p>\n<p>Then yesterday, Apple had an iCloud outage. And Gmail and YouTube also had issues this week. It&#8217;s still not clear if they&#8217;re connected.<\/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\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-863 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/10\/ee87bb6a-mlb.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"65\" height=\"40\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Major League Baseball<\/a> is instituting some new rules, most of which are meant to speed up the game.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commercial breaks during innings will be shortened by 20 seconds to 2 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Pitchers will be required to face a minimum of three batters in a game beginning in 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Mound visits will be reduced from six to five during games beginning this year, and perhaps reduced to four visits in 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CK Animal Rescue is hosting a Gigantic Garage Sale a the Bradley Centre tomorrow from 9-1. 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