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NZ Top 10 – February 16th, 2018

This week’s countdown:

10. Big Daddy Weave – Jesus, I Believe
9. We Are Messengers – Point to You
8. Jeremy Camp – Word of Life
7. Elevation Worship – O Come to the Altar
6. Zach Williams – Old Church Choir
5. Micah Tyler – Different
4. Matthew West – Broken Things
3. Matt Maher – Your Love Defends Me
2. Lauren Daigle – O, Lord
1. Tenth Avenue North – Control

Our New Music Friday songs:

Zach Williams – Fear is a Liar  CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO LINKwilliams fear
Natalie Grant  – More Than Anything CLICK IMAGE FOR SONG
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Thanks for listening!
– Joe

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Fun facts about Valentine’s Day

  • About 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged in US each year. That’s the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.
  • Women purchase 85% of all valentines.
  • In order of popularity, Valentine’s Day cards are given to teachers, children, mothers, wives, sweethearts and pets.
  • Parents receive 1 out of every 5 valentines.
  • About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets.
  • Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day are the biggest holidays for giving flowers.
  • Worldwide, over 50 million roses are given for Valentine’s Day each year.
  • California produces 60 percent of American roses, but the vast number sold on Valentine’s Day in the United States are imported, mostly from South America. Approximately 110 million roses, the majority red, will be sold and delivered within a three-day time period.
  • 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.
  • Men buy most of the millions of boxes of candy and bouquets of flowers given on Valentine’s Day.
  • In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.
  • The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare’s lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine’s Day.
  • Richard Cadbury invented the first Valentines Day candy box in the late 1800s.
  • Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone, an “Improvement in Telegraphy”, on Valentine’s Day, 1876.
  • Amongst the earliest Valentine’s Day gifts were candies. The most common were chocolates in heart shaped boxes.c

AS PROMISED, here are the “clean” Winter Olympics-themed Valentine’s love lines you can try out on your significant other (my daughter would call these ‘Dad’ jokes):

  • Are you an ice skater? You’ve got a great figure.
  • I’m no curler, but I think I could sweep you off your feet!
  • Hey, are you a skiing event, ‘cause I would travel cross-country for you!
  • My gold medal might be shiny, but it looks like a dull penny compared to that sparkle in your eyes.
  • Your legs must be tired because you’ve been speed skating through my mind all night.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

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Who Knew? Handwriting still matters!

Today we’re exploring the value of thank you’s…and the EXTREME value of the handwritten card or note.

In our digital age, the time and effort of a handwritten note is STILL valued.  Why?

John Coleman’s article in the Harvard Business Review from 2013 still resonates.  Read the full article here. He shares that:

  • Handwritten notes mean more because they cost more, as handwritten notes convey a deeper investment in your gratitude.
  • Handwritten notes have permanence and have nostalgic value!

This 2017 Nancy Olsen article in Forbes also gives 5 great reasons to hand write your card.  She says:

  • Sometimes it seems that manners are teetering on the edge of extinction, so it’s the right thing to do!
  • It sets you apart
  • Gratitude is good for the brain – we are wired to best express ourselves without electronic communication

    We did a handwriting trivia question today!
    “When writing on an unlined sheet of paper, what instrument can you use to ensure a straight edge and lines?”
    The answer? A T-Square!

    Congrats to Jennie from Howard who guessed correctly!

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Lilly

 

 

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Stamp of Approval!

Mystery Monday

Today Malisa hid a stamp in the Mystery Box – it took several clues, several calls and finally, Jen from Mount Vernon solved the mystery!  She wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Thanks to everyone who bought tickets to the WNZR Valentine’s Banquet – we’re looking forward to a great time Friday.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

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Who Knew? Peanut Butter edition…

Today is Peanut Butter Day, so we’re sharing fun facts from the National Peanut Board.

The link to the article is HERE, but some of the highlights include:

  1. It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.
  2. By law, any product labeled “peanut butter” in the United States must be at least 90 percent peanuts
  3. The average peanut farm in the U.S. is 100 acres.
  4. Two peanut farmers have been elected president of the USA – Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter.
  5. There are six cities in the U.S. named Peanut: Peanut, California; Lower Peanut, Pennsylvania; Upper Peanut, Pennsylvania; Peanut, Pennsylvania, Peanut, Tennessee; and Peanut West Virginia.

Some fun peanut butter questions to ask your friends…

  • crunchy or creamy?
  • what’s your favorite jelly or jam on a PB&J?
  • crust-on or crust-off?
  • white or wheat bread with PB?  Or crackers?  Pretzels?

Today’s trivia question to win the Troyer’s of Apple Valley $5 certificate was:

Where was Thomas Jefferson’s peanut farm?
Answer: Monticello, Virginia

Congratulations to Erinn of Mount Vernon!

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Lilly

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Mystery Monday…and Malisa!

Mystery Monday

Today we introduced our new Monday co-host for the spring semester of the show…

Malisa (pronounced mah-LEE-sah) Simco is a sophomore double major in Journalism and Media Production/American History from Portsmouth, Ohio.  This is her first semester on WNZR after completing the Introduction to Radio Performance course this fall.  She’ll be pinch-hitting for Lilly, who has two Monday afternoon classes this spring.

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Malisa got right into it today with trying to figure out what was in the Mystery Box ! Our item today was a Gingerbread Cookie K-Cup.  Congratulations to Randy from Centerburg, who guessed correctly and wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

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Game Time Tuesday – Winter Jam

Winter Jam week continues – today we focused on Building 429 and shared Rachel Rinehart’s conversation with lead singer Jason Roy.

Our trivia today was, in what year was Building 429 formed?  The answer? 1999. Congratulations to Spencer of Utica who won the Winter Jam 2018 passes!

Our Song Poetry lyrics today were:

Washed in the blood of your sacrifice,
Your blood flowed red and made me white;
My dirty rags are purified.

The answer was ‘Clean’ by Natalie Grant. Congratulations to Esther from Mount Vernon who wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe and Hannah

 

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Mystery Monday – Winter Jam!

Mystery Monday

Today we launched Winter Jam Week on The Morning Thing and the Afternoon Drive – that means artist conversations and pass giveaways all week!

Today our trivia question was about Newsong and we shared Daria Swisher’s conversation with band member Eddie Carswell.

Q: In what church and in what city was Newsong founded?
A: Morningside Baptist Church in Valdosta, Georgia

Congratulations to Kyndall from Gambier, who won the passes and the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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Bittersweet Chocolate: Who-Knew?

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Today is a bittersweet day, simply because it’s bittersweet chocolate day! Yes! Every year on January 10th, we celebrate Bittersweet Chocolate Day! So, now that you know that, did you also know that November 7th is National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds?
Fun, right?

Here are some more fun facts about Bittersweet Chocolate!

  • In America, bittersweet chocolate starts around 70% or more of cacao. Higher percentages of cacao lower the amount of sugar in your chocolate, but usually raise the amount of cocoa butter used. This ratio of cacao to sugar determines if it is bittersweet, semi-sweet, or sweetened.  If you decide to add fine dark chocolate to your routine, make sure it’s true dark chocolate. Sometimes milk chocolate will have food coloring to make it look like dark chocolate. Checking the cacao percentage is probably best.
  • When you watch movies, Hollywood has some pretty neat tricks of faking things like food and blood. But what about faking blood with food? Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, “Psycho” which actually took 7 days to shoot.
  • There are about 5 to 10 milligrams of caffeine in one ounce of bittersweet chocolate, 5 milligrams in milk chocolate, and 10 milligrams in a six-ounce cup of cocoa; by contrast, there are 100 to 150 milligrams of caffeine in an eight-ounce cup of brewed coffee. You would have to eat more than a dozen chocolate bars, for example, to get the amount of caffeine in one cup of coffee.
  • A single chocolate chip provides sufficient food energy for an adult to walk 150 feet; hence, it would take about 35 chocolate chips to go a mile, or 875,000 for an around-the-world hike.
  • Due to its high cocoa content, bittersweet chocolate can be kept for years if stored in the correct conditions.
  • The Aztecs loved and valued the cacao bean so highly that they used it as currency during the height of their civilization.
  •  Dutch-process cocoa is additionally processed with alkali to neutralize its natural acidity. Natural cocoa is light in color and somewhat acidic with a strong chocolate flavor.
  • Natural cocoa is commonly used in recipes that also use baking soda; as baking soda is an alkali, combining it with natural cocoa creates a leavening action that allows the batter to rise during baking. Dutch cocoa is slightly milder in taste, with a deeper and warmer color than natural cocoa.
  • Dutch-process cocoa is frequently used for chocolate drinks such as hot chocolate due to its ease in blending with liquids.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Lilly

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