{"id":8285,"date":"2019-09-26T05:55:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T09:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=8285"},"modified":"2019-09-26T05:58:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T09:58:40","slug":"september-26-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2019\/09\/september-26-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"September 26, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>September 26th is the 269th day of the year. There are 96 days remaining until the end of the year.<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<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-8290 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/09\/5851a947-trivia-night.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"100\" \/>Come by Sons of Kent for Rise House Trivia Night tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Trivia starts at 7. $20 per person, teams of 4.<\/p>\n<p>Email <a href=\"mailto:cktrivia@gmail.com\">cktrivia@gmail.com<\/a> for more info.<\/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\" \/>The <a href=\"http:\/\/myck.ca\/event\/true-fantasies-bridal-expo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">True Fantasies Bridal Expo<\/a> is Friday night at <a href=\"http:\/\/linksofkent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Links of Kent<\/a>\u00a0starting at 5:30.<\/p>\n<p>Everything involved with planning a wedding in one room!<\/p>\n<p>The expo is free to attend with the donation of a canned good. <a href=\"http:\/\/myck.ca\/bride-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pre-register<\/a> now to save you time when you arrive.<\/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-8291 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/09\/2803c1c9-speed-limit-110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"68\" height=\"80\" \/>As of today, the speed limit on the 402 goes up to 110 km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot project on select highways begins today on the 402, the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) from St. Catharines to Hamilton, and Highway 417 from Ottawa\/Gloucester to the Ontario\/Quebec border.<\/p>\n<p>This will mark the first time 400-series highway speed limits in Ontario have been adjusted since the 1970s when they were lowered from 113 km\/h during an oil crisis.<\/p>\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\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> is rolling out new celebrity voices for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Amazon-Echo-And-Alexa-Devices\/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=9818047011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexa<\/a>,they\u2019re using new technology to give Alexa smoother, more natural-sounding speech patterns<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1963 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/11\/93365685-amazon-alexa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"40\" \/>Later this year the first celebrity voice will be Samuel L. 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Amazon says more celebrities are coming in 2020, but there&#8217;s no word who yet.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon is also rolling out a &#8220;frustration detection&#8221; feature that&#8217;ll determine when you&#8217;re getting frustrated with Alexa screwing up your requests, and try to apologize.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DlOa9eP8hiw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\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-8289 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/09\/0ae958d9-creatable-world.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"30\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattel.com\/en-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mattel <\/a>just launched a line of gender-neutral Barbie dolls called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattel.com\/en-us\/creatable-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creatable World collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They say the dolls are free of labels. 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