Waiting Out The Market
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It is Tuesday July 7th. Let’s start the podcast!
IT HAPPENED TODAY
• 1863: The United States began its first military draft; exemptions cost $100.
• 1865: Four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln were hanged.
• 1928: Sliced bread was sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It was described as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped”.
• 1954: Elvis Presley made his radio debut when Memphis, Tennessee, station WHBQ played That’s All Right.
• 2017: Tesla Motors produced its first mass-market car, the Model 3. The first 30 were delivered to customers later in the month.
• 2019: The U.S. beat the Netherlands 2-0 to win its fourth Women’s World Cup.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Chocolate Day
• Father-Daughter Take A Walk Together Day
• Global Forgiveness Day
• Strawberry Sundae Day
• Macaroni Day
NUMBER FOR THE DAY
80: Percentage of air in a marshmallow.
NEWS ATTACK!
- Americans have lost all hope of getting a summer body this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey of 2,000 Americans found that 63 percent are giving up on a summer body and are now focusing their efforts on achieving a post-quarantine body. 76 percent of 2,000 respondents shared they’ve gained up to 16 pounds during their time in isolation.
- When most nurses finish their long shifts caring for the sick, there is little else on their minds but seeing their families, eating and sleeping. Not so Damaris Silva who twice a week, when she finishes her shift at a Chilean hospital, picks up her violin and returns to the ward. Silva spends several hours walking the corridors of the hospital (in Santiago). She plays a mix of popular Latin songs, bringing a moment of levity for both patients — some of whom have spent weeks in COVID-19 critical care — and exhausted colleagues. Silva’s goal is to “give a little bit of love, of faith, of hope with my violin. Every time I do it, I do it from my heart.”
- Firefighters in Britain came to the rescue of small fox with its hind leg stuck in a wooden picnic table. The firefighters extracted the fox’s hind leg from the table, but the animal appeared to be injured so they waited with the animal until rescuers arrived to care for it.
- Illinois is one of the few states that’s coming out of COVID-19 pretty well. The state locked down in late March and its governor told residents to wear masks early on. Despite Illinois’ better-than-average situation, some residents aren’t happy and are planning — ready for this? — a Millions Unmasked March on July 25.
- Men who dance well are more likely to attract women. Scientists discovered that being able to pull off dance floor moves with the ease indicates strength and ability to produce healthy offspring. Researchers found that the men who women said looked attractive on the dance floor are actually physically stronger than those who are considered to have two left feet. This in turn indicates an ability to have strong children. injuries.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: SEWAGE TRUCK OVERTURNS IN NORTH CAROLINA _ A truck carrying sewage waste overturned in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Monday, blocking traffic. More than a dozen firefighters and EMS workers were at the scene using shovels to clean up the road.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: FOUR TONS OF GARBAGE REMOVED FROM APARTMENT _ More than four tons of garbage were removed from an elderly couple’s home in China. It took 12 hours for 20 workers to remove the piles of what they described as “trash” collected by the couple. Workers were forced to toss the garbage from the apartment’s fourth-story window to be collected below. When asked why he stored the trash instead of selling it, the husband said current recycling prices are too low and he was waiting out the market.
Water Cooler Question
75 percent of employers provide this free of charge to employees. (Coffee)
United States
