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Free Ride: The Stuff I Talked About

Here is the stuff I talked about during the show.

Numbers in the News

Veggies are hot. You hear a lot about all the comfort foods that people have been reaching for over the last year, but it seems just as many people are reaching for healthy stuff  — particularly vegetables. 70% of people in a new survey say they have been eating healthier than ever — and 39% said their stay-at-home time has led to them eating more veggies. 68% said they have been using veggies more in their cooking and in more innovative ways. (SWNS)
Speaking of healthy eating … Move over paleo and vegan diets, there’s a new diet in town … and it’s a combination of both of those popular diets. It’s called the “pegan” diet. Created by physician and nutrition author Dr. Mark Hyman, the diet is basically 75% plant-based – with some animal products allowed … like grass-fed meat and butter, organic eggs, and wild-caught fish. (Insider)

The Michael Bolton Thing

Lanco Video

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Who is downtown metal cow?

This story is for anyone who has walked by the dog park and said, “Hold up. Is that a metal cow?”

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Sources:

https://www.fredericknewspost.com/archive/city-adds-bronze-calf-to-public-art-collection/article_43def6a5-7f18-598f-9872-aa4f60a5a9c7.html

https://www.visitfrederick.org/listing/%E2%80%9Cbecky-the-calf%E2%80%9D-sculpture/3071/

https://www.fredericknewspost.com/archive/adam-lubkin-sculpts-a-tribute-to-fredericks-agricultural-heritage/article_5b1fc900-a7af-535a-815c-713525760662.html

 

Closings and Cancellations- 2/19/2021

Frederick County Public Schools – all virtual instruction day.   Employees encouraged to telework.  Staff who must report on a two hour delay.  All insperson student activities are canceled. 

Carroll County Public Schools will be opening two hours late, with a re-evaluation of weather conditions in the morning. A final decision will be announced no later than 7:15 a.m.

Jefferson County Schools students and teachers are on remote learning. Essential snow removal personnel, please report on time. Staff in the central office are on a two-hour delay

Washington County Public Schools operating on Code V (virtual) status onStudents will continue instruction through distance learning online. No students will be in schools.  The school day will run on the Stage 4 modified school day schedule,  community meal sites are closed.

Loudoun County Schools – and Offices are closed.. All distance-learning and hybrid classes are canceled. Instructional staff should not report to work. There will be no food pick-up at LCPS schools. All activities on school campuses are canceled

Howard County Public Schools – virtual instruction, all buildings are closed. Meal service canceled. 

Berkeley County Schools – open with remote learning

St. John’s Region Catholic School – closed for in person learning.   It will be a virtual synchronous learning day. 

New Life Christian School – Virtual Only

Fairfield Area School District – 2 Hour Delay

Greencastle-Antrim Schools – Closed

Waynesboro Area School District – 2 hour delay

Gettysburg Area Schools District – operating on a two-hour delay All instruction K-12; in-person, remote, and GASD online, will operate on a two-hour dela.

Howard County Community College – Code Yellow until NOON. Campus opens at 12:00 p.m.

Mount Saint Mary’s – Classes and business operations will be conducted remotely.

Shepherd University – Will Open at 11:00 AM

FCC will open at 11AM, virtual instruction will continue

Hood College – Offices will open  and classes will begin at 10:30.

Children’s World Early Learning Centers – Walkersville and Frederick Delayed opening until 8AM.

The Learning Tree School Early Learning Center and School Aged programs delayed until 8AM

Federal Government –  will OPEN with a 2-hour delay and have the option of allowing unscheduled leave/telework

Frederick County Government – opening at noon.  Employees will operate under administrative leave until noon, all COVID-19 vaccine clinics scheduled for today are canceled.  First doses for Saturday and Sunday were canceled due to no deliveries this week. 

Fort Detrick will open at 10 a.m. under a delayed opening.  Mission critical employees report on time.  Access gates open at 9:30, Nalin Farm Gate open 24/7 Expect delays entering the installation

Loudoun County Courts are closed. The affected courts are the Loudoun Circuit Court, General District Court and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.

Montgomery Circuit Court – will open at 10AM

Clarke County District Court – Closed

Carroll County Government offices will open at 10 a.m

Carroll County Circuit Court will open at 10:30 AM

Carroll County District Court will opening at 10AM, Staff reports at 9:30AM Washington County Circuit Court will open at 10AM.

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Lawyers Vs. Attorneys…Is There A Difference?

Since they’ve been in the news a lot lately, have you ever wondered if there’s actually a difference between an attorney & a lawyer?

As a general rule, the terms lawyer & attorney are pretty much interchangeable. Originally, the term “lawyer” was used generally for any person who’d been trained in the law. Some of America’s founding fathers are good examples of lawyers, men like John Adams & Thomas Jefferson.

While a lawyer is someone who’s studied & graduated from law school, they’re not necessarily seen as someone who’s passed the bar exam which would allow them to “practice law” before a court. Without a passing bar exam grade, you can’t be admitted to practice law in state or federal courts. The term “attorney at law” was created around 1768, as education in the U.S. improved & law became its own discipline. “Attorney at law”, which was later shortened to just “attorney”, was initially used to denote a professional qualified to give legal advice and/or represent a party in court.

Today, though, the terms attorney & lawyer are used interchangeably, mostly because the need for distinguishing the right to practice law became so well defined with the expansion of individual jurisdictions in our judicial system, and also because the qualifying degree today to sit for the bar exam is actually a professional doctorate degree (usually the Juris Doctorate).

There are some who graduate from law school but never even sit for the bar exam. And that’s okay: law degree is excellent to have for a lot of different areas of business & government, things other than the practice of law. So, while they’re interchangeable, you could also be a lawyer but not an attorney at law.

Got a Mundane Mystery you’d like solved? Send me a message via social media (@AndyWebbRadioVoice), or shoot me an email at [email protected].

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What Purpose Do Wisdom Teeth Serve?

While not everyone has them, chances are that you or someone you know has had the unfortunate experience of having to have wisdom teeth removed. For some, it’s not a difficult experience. For others, like yours truly, it’s one of the worst things they’ve ever been through. But the question comes up: why, if we have all have to have them removed, do humans even get wisdom teeth? What purpose do, or did, they serve?

Firstly, why are they called “wisdom teeth”? They developed that name since they come in later than other teeth, usually when you’re older and, hopefully, wiser. And, while they may be considered useless by modern-day humans, that wasn’t always the case. Our primitive ancestors ate meats, roots, leaves…stuff so tough they make beef jerky feel like mashed potatoes in comparison. Those extra molars at the back the mouth, which we now call wisdom teeth, developed to aid our forebearers with eating to survive.

As humans evolved over the millennia, however, our brains have gotten progressively bigger & our facial position has moved farther down & inward on our skulls. It was about the time that primitive humans began walking upright that other changes to facial structure occurred, such as the protruding jawbones of early man gradually moving backward toward the base of the skull & neck. That made the jaw itself shorter & left no room for those four “wisdom teeth” (or 3rd molars).

So, what purpose do wisdom teeth serve? None now. Well, not except for dentists, who get paid a lot of money to take them out.

Got a Mundane Mystery you’d like solved? Send me a message via social media (@AndyWebbRadioVoice), or shoot me an email at [email protected].

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