I didn't even make it as far as cleaning my house (the 4th thing I do each day) but the FD had a great County Meeting last night. Check out 1st Response Photography on facebook to see the pics (that's me up by the pump panel). It's a new quarter in the FD, that means a fresh start on my quarterly call volume. Let's hope for more calls made this quarter than last. I really can't stand missing calls. Quit having them when I'm unavailable! Pool party Saturday!
As a rule, how long will a so-called '8 Day Clock' run without winding?
Bloom:
Developed by ambient pioneer Brian Eno and musician / software designer
Peter Chilvers, Bloom explores uncharted territory in the realm of
applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Part instrument, part
composition and part artwork, Bloom's innovative controls allow anyone
to create elaborate patterns and unique melodies by simply tapping the
screen. A generative music player takes over when Bloom is left idle,
creating an infinite selection of compositions and their accompanying
visualisations.
"Bloom is an endless music machine, a music box for the 21st century. You can play it, and you can watch it play itself." - Brian Eno
Features
- 12 different mood settings
- Random mood shuffle
- Adjustable delay
- Shake to clear
- Evolve when idle
- Sleep Timer
Recommended for headphones or external speakers.
"Bloom is an endless music machine, a music box for the 21st century. You can play it, and you can watch it play itself." - Brian Eno
Features
- 12 different mood settings
- Random mood shuffle
- Adjustable delay
- Shake to clear
- Evolve when idle
- Sleep Timer
Recommended for headphones or external speakers.
Choose 1 grocery store to shop at consistently. This allows you to learn the store's layour, prices, & even the workers who can help you if you're lost or if an item is sold out.
After a flurry of rumors, DaimlerChrysler chairman Dieter
Zetsche announces on this day in 2006 that the company's urban-focused
Smart brand--already popular in Europe--will come to the United States in early 2008.
Smart--an
acronym for Swatch Mercedes ART--began as a joint venture between
Swatch, the company known for its colorful and trendy plastic watches,
and the German automaker Mercedes-Benz. The result of this collaboration
was the Smart ForTwo, which measured just over eight feet from bumper
to bumper and was marketed as a safe, fuel-efficient car that could be
maneuvered easily through narrow, crowded city streets. The ForTwo
debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1997 and went on sale in nine
European countries over the next year. Despite its popularity among
urban Europeans, Smart posted significant losses, and Swatch soon pulled
out of the joint venture. Despite these setbacks, Mercedes maker
DaimlerChrysler (now Daimler AG) made an initial foray into the North
American market, launching the Smart in Canada in 2004.
On June
28, 2006, Zetsche announced Smart's planned U.S. launch, declaring:
"The time has never been better for this--and I am convinced that the
Smart ForTwo as an innovative, ecological and agile city car will soon
become just as familiar a sight on the streets of New York,
Miami or Seattle, as it is today in Rome, Berlin or Paris." Between
2003 and 2006, as reported by the German newspaper Handelsblatt,
DaimlerChrysler (now Daimler AG) had taken a loss of some 3.9 billion
euros (around $5.2 billion) on the Smart brand, and the company looked
to the U.S. market as a way to bring the brand into profitability. It
had initially planned a 2006 release in the United States, but pushed it
back; the skyrocketing price of fuel gave the company the impetus it
needed to introduce the Smart, which was designed to achieve 40 plus
miles per gallon under normal driving conditions.
Marketed as
"a small car with a big urban solution," the Smart was inevitably
compared to another small, odd-looking vehicle that had arrived in the
United States from Germany nearly four decades before: the Volkswagen
Beetle. Though early interest in the Smart resulted in more than 30,000
early registrations by September 2007, skeptics pointed to several
factors that might hurt the Smart's sales among American consumers,
including the popularity of gas-electric hybrid cars like the Toyota
Prius (reportedly more fuel efficient than the Smart) and that of
another small (though much larger than the Smart) urban-friendly car,
the Mini Cooper.
Don't: Drive recklessly. Never zip from lane to lane (without signaling,) driving like a maniac & endangering the lives of others.
Don't: Tell racist or ethnic jokes. Never pass along unfunny "jokes" that insult the listener's intelligence, while smearing entire races & populations.
Don't: Look down on servers & sales help. Never treat workers as if they were somehow beneath you.
Hiring is an investment, & some investments return better than others. I think that's biblical. You don't need a warm body in a chair. You need a God-sent person who is the exact fit for your community. Otherwise, don't hire them. Be okay with not hiring anyone unless that right person comes in & there's no question they're a slam dunk.
Life is no fun without homemade sugar cookies, slathered in frosting.
Name all 6 children from The Brady Bunch:
Greg, Marcia, Alice, Jan, Cindy, Carol, Peter, Bobby.
Greg, Marcia, Jan, Cindy, Peter, & Bobby.
Simplify the menu. Try to make everything ahead so you have only 1 last-minute food to prepare, in addition to grilling.
Sobriquet:
A descriptive name or epithet : nickname.
Baseball players have long been known by colorful sobriquets such as "The Georgia Peach" (Ty Cobb) & "The Splendid Splinter" (Ted Williams).
This synonym of "nickname" has the same meaning in modern French as it does in English. In Middle French, however, its earlier incarnation soubriquet referred to both a nickname & a tap under the chin. The connection between these 2 meanings isn't clear, but we do know that the "nickname" meaning of "sobriquet" was well established in French by the time English-speakers borrowed the term in the mid-17th century. In current English, the spelling "sobriquet" is most common, but "soubriquet" is an accepted variant.
Tau Day (1979)
Tops of your houseplant pots are coated with a crust. What is it?
What has holes all over it but still holds water?
What's the best light source for an underwater garden, started in a 10-gallon fish tank? What plants should you grow in such a garden?
A fluorescent aquarium grow light, which is more easily controlled than the sun. Provide an anchor for your plants with 2" of coarse aquarium gravel. Choose handsome underwater species, combining different shapes & textures as you might in a traditional garden. Possibilities include Cabomba caroliniana, which has lacy, dark green leaves; Myriophyllum, with its fine, dark, hairlike foliage; & Vallisneria americana, whose ribbonline foliage is a medium green. Underwater plants can be purchased at aquatic nurseries & tropical fish stores.
When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What is the day after this day?
Thursday.
Which instrument has the highest, 2nd highest, & 3rd highest pitch?
A. Piccolo
B. Oboe
C. Flute
Which island nation is the smallest, 2nd smallest, & 3rd smallest?
A. Pitcairn
B. Nauru
C. Tuvalu
BCA. Pitcairn is noted as being the least populated territory in the world.
Who introduced the first oranges and lemons to Florida?
Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon, in 1513. They were planted in St. Augustine.
You probably know that an HOV is a high occupancy vehicle, but what is an ROV?
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