My big news of the day was winning the Blue Diamond ring from Blue Steel! Yes, I actually won this beautiful $50 ring! I felt bad just taking the ring & running, so I'm going to do 4 things: 1) I bought matching earrings. 2) I offered to work for them as a distributor. 3) I will be offering up my Blue Steel pick of the day from now on. 4) I'm going to be a customer for life. LOL! I really like all their stuff! So if you ever click through & buy a featured Blue Steel item, please mention you clicked through LizC864's blog. I don't get anything (I'm not an affiliate), but I would like the mention because I would like to work with them officially at some point. CPR Monday.
Fitness Center Etiquette:
- Don't hog the weight machines. When others want to use equipment you've used for a while, offer to rotate your sets.
- If all the treadmills or any other cardio machines are taken, limit your time to give those who may be waiting a chance. Many gyms limit time on popular machines at peak periods. Abide by those guidelines.
Harbinger:
1: 1 that pioneers in or initiates a major change. 2: 1 that presages or foreshadows what's to come.
Some observers saw this as a harbinger for the industry, the start of a mass migration from print to digital.
When medieval travelers needed lodging for the night, they looked for a harbinger. In the 12th century, "harbinger" was used to mean "1 who provides lodging" or "a host," but that sense is now obsolete. By the late 1300s, "harbinger" was also being used for a person sent ahead of a main party to seek lodgings, often for royalty or a campaigning army, but that meaning has largely been left in the past too. Both of those historical senses are true to the Anglo-French parent of "harbinger," the word herberge ("lodgings"). The most common sense of the word nowadays - "forefunner" - was actually something of a Johnny-come-lately in English; its earliest documented use doesn't appear until the mid-1500s.
iBird Pro Guide to Birds:
▶ 50% off summer sale of Version 6.0 of iBird Pro Guide to Birds. Regular $29.99 now only $14.99.
▶ Scientific American magazine recommends iBird in August 2012 issue, see page 84.
As seen in Apple’s TV commercial “We have an app for that” (ibird.com/itchy), iBird is the world’s best-selling birding app, which comes with a powerful decision engine for identifying any bird species of North America in seconds. This latest update adds features that will turn anyone into a birding expert.
▶ BUYER’S GUIDE TO BIRDING APPS – Compare before you buy: ibird.com/compare
▶ INCLUDES 928 SPECIES FROM NORTH AMERICA AND HAWAII – no other app comes close to this number of species.
▶ INCLUDES 29 NEW SPECIES DRAWINGS.
▶ CLOUD SYNC – Automatically syncs Favs, Notes and Settings to the Apple cloud.
▶ 38 SEARCH ATTRIBUTES – search by color, shape, song, location, head and body patterns, flight style and much more. Includes a new way to search by color, tutorials on how to use the search and definitions of every attribute.
▶ AUDIO SONGS AND CALLS – iBird offers 5 hours of bird songs and calls from the gold standard of recordings; the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 154 more species song tracks than any other bird app!
▶ UNIQUE SPECTROGRAPHIC DISPLAY brings insight to the structure of bird songs by allowing you to view the sound's frequency components.
▶ SAVE & LOAD SEARCH - Now you can save, load, name and edit your favorite search attributes and use them over and over.
▶ CONFORMS TO ABA AND AOU STANDARDS – We are bringing iBird into conformity with the ABA and AOU standard for North America. Check the splits of the Winter Wren and Whip-poor-will.
▶ PHOTO CENTER - Photo Center is a gallery for storing and assigning your photos to specific species pages in iBird. It also allows you to share photos via Facebook, Twitter, or email them to friends.
▶ SLIDESHOW FOR ILLUSTRATIONS - Now you can watch not just photos but also illustrations in the slideshow with bird songs in the background.
▶ TAXONOMIC ORDERING IN FAMILY MODE – Now sort order of species in the Family mode is true taxonomic; alphabetic sort by Family is still available.
▶ OTHER NEW FEATURES – Retina icons, new search attributes: Color Prominent, Breast Color, Eyebrow head pattern. All photos have been given descriptive tittles.
AWARDS and ACCOLADES for iBird:
■ MACWORLD'S "BEST REFERENCE APP 2009: 4 ½ out of 5 mice."
■ O'REILLY "BEST IPHONE BIRDWATCHING APP 2009"
■ RUNNER UP: 2011 BEST APP EVER AWARD FROM 148APPS.COM
Standard Features:
■ Parameter driven search engine lets you identify birds quickly, so you spend more time observing and less time reading.
■ Search by Shape, Size, Habitat, Color, Family, Song, Length, Weight, Flight Pattern, Wingspan, and much more.
■ Taxonomic and Alphabetical Family sort options.
■ Hand-drawn full sized color illustrations, with perching and flight views.
■ Multiple professional photographs for each species showing sexes and seasons.
■ Professionally recorded bird calls and songs for almost every species.
■ Shake your device while on a species page to automatically select a new species and play a random bird song.
■ Extensive identification, behavior, and habitat information.
■ Full color range maps.
■ Links to detailed Birdipedia pages and hundreds of Flickr photos for each bird (requires internet connection).
■ Bookmark birds as Favorites for fast access.
■ Date and time stamped Notes for every species account.
■ Use Favorites lists as life list, yard list, travel lists, etc.
■ Favorites and Notes are auto synced to the cloud for backup and editing.
■ Species, common, and family names in English, French, and Spanish (text is English).
As a standalone iPhone app, iBird does not require an Internet connection for access to the information in its database. This does mean that the application is large, so please be patient when downloading from iTunes.
▶ Scientific American magazine recommends iBird in August 2012 issue, see page 84.
As seen in Apple’s TV commercial “We have an app for that” (ibird.com/itchy), iBird is the world’s best-selling birding app, which comes with a powerful decision engine for identifying any bird species of North America in seconds. This latest update adds features that will turn anyone into a birding expert.
▶ BUYER’S GUIDE TO BIRDING APPS – Compare before you buy: ibird.com/compare
▶ INCLUDES 928 SPECIES FROM NORTH AMERICA AND HAWAII – no other app comes close to this number of species.
▶ INCLUDES 29 NEW SPECIES DRAWINGS.
▶ CLOUD SYNC – Automatically syncs Favs, Notes and Settings to the Apple cloud.
▶ 38 SEARCH ATTRIBUTES – search by color, shape, song, location, head and body patterns, flight style and much more. Includes a new way to search by color, tutorials on how to use the search and definitions of every attribute.
▶ AUDIO SONGS AND CALLS – iBird offers 5 hours of bird songs and calls from the gold standard of recordings; the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 154 more species song tracks than any other bird app!
▶ UNIQUE SPECTROGRAPHIC DISPLAY brings insight to the structure of bird songs by allowing you to view the sound's frequency components.
▶ SAVE & LOAD SEARCH - Now you can save, load, name and edit your favorite search attributes and use them over and over.
▶ CONFORMS TO ABA AND AOU STANDARDS – We are bringing iBird into conformity with the ABA and AOU standard for North America. Check the splits of the Winter Wren and Whip-poor-will.
▶ PHOTO CENTER - Photo Center is a gallery for storing and assigning your photos to specific species pages in iBird. It also allows you to share photos via Facebook, Twitter, or email them to friends.
▶ SLIDESHOW FOR ILLUSTRATIONS - Now you can watch not just photos but also illustrations in the slideshow with bird songs in the background.
▶ TAXONOMIC ORDERING IN FAMILY MODE – Now sort order of species in the Family mode is true taxonomic; alphabetic sort by Family is still available.
▶ OTHER NEW FEATURES – Retina icons, new search attributes: Color Prominent, Breast Color, Eyebrow head pattern. All photos have been given descriptive tittles.
AWARDS and ACCOLADES for iBird:
■ MACWORLD'S "BEST REFERENCE APP 2009: 4 ½ out of 5 mice."
■ O'REILLY "BEST IPHONE BIRDWATCHING APP 2009"
■ RUNNER UP: 2011 BEST APP EVER AWARD FROM 148APPS.COM
Standard Features:
■ Parameter driven search engine lets you identify birds quickly, so you spend more time observing and less time reading.
■ Search by Shape, Size, Habitat, Color, Family, Song, Length, Weight, Flight Pattern, Wingspan, and much more.
■ Taxonomic and Alphabetical Family sort options.
■ Hand-drawn full sized color illustrations, with perching and flight views.
■ Multiple professional photographs for each species showing sexes and seasons.
■ Professionally recorded bird calls and songs for almost every species.
■ Shake your device while on a species page to automatically select a new species and play a random bird song.
■ Extensive identification, behavior, and habitat information.
■ Full color range maps.
■ Links to detailed Birdipedia pages and hundreds of Flickr photos for each bird (requires internet connection).
■ Bookmark birds as Favorites for fast access.
■ Date and time stamped Notes for every species account.
■ Use Favorites lists as life list, yard list, travel lists, etc.
■ Favorites and Notes are auto synced to the cloud for backup and editing.
■ Species, common, and family names in English, French, and Spanish (text is English).
As a standalone iPhone app, iBird does not require an Internet connection for access to the information in its database. This does mean that the application is large, so please be patient when downloading from iTunes.
If you're the type that tends to cook once & eat all week, make sure you have plastic containers that work well in your fridge design. Reserve a space in your fridge for leftovers! This will make preparing dinner the rest of the week quick & easy.
This Solid Titanium with Black Twister Design Ring is for the bad boys
tribe, with sliding alternative designs that makes it another classic
piece. With a shiny finish it will help you portray a strong sense of
style with bold look, suits any occasion.
On this day in 2003, the United Kingdom records its
first-ever temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Throughout the
month, an intense heat wave scorched the European continent, claiming
more than 35,000 lives.
August 2003 was the hottest August ever
recorded in the northern hemisphere and broke all previous records for
heat-related deaths. France was the worst hit, with almost 15,000
victims, followed by Germany, where approximately 7,000 people died.
Thousands also died in Spain and Italy. A majority of the victims were
elderly, very young, or chronically ill.
When a person experiences extreme heat, their bodies can struggle to
cool themselves—which can prove especially dangerous in the very old,
very young or already ill. If a person's internal body temperature
reaches 104 degrees Fahrenheit, the organs can began to fail and the
person can eventually die. The Washington, D.C.-based
Earth Policy Institute estimates that more people die every year from
heat than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined.
In addition to directly causing deaths, the extreme heat also caused
massive fires. In Portugal, 10 percent of the country's forests were
destroyed and 18 people were killed in the fires. The heat also caused
glacial melt, flash floods and avalanches in Switzerland.
Scientists project that, because of global warming, the earth's
average temperature will continue to rise, reaching 42.44 degrees
Fahrenheit by the end of the century, a gain of 2.5 degrees. Because of
this, the World Meteorological Organization predicts that the number of
annual heat-related deaths might double by 2023. Most researchers
agree that the only way to stop the slow rise in global temperatures is
to reduce levels of the carbon-dioxide emissions that contribute to
global warming.
They hire people every week at some companies, & where they attended college is a minor blip on the radar screen. The fact is most employers don't care where you went to college. It's what you learn & being able to use that knowledge in the marketplace that's really valuable. Knowledge is king, & we live in a knowledge-based economy. If you can't retain & apply what they're teaching, then the only thing more worthless than a college degree is a college pedigree.
What 1963 hit single by the Kingsmen did the FBI clear of obscenity
charges after finding its lyrics “unintelligible at any speed”?
What humorous newspaper comic strip was born in 1978 after its creator failed to syndicate his first cartoon series, Gnorm Gnat?
Garfield. Cartoonist Jim Davis hit the big time when he switched from gnat to cat. Gnorm had appeared in only one publication, The Pendleton Times in Pendleton, Indiana.
Which domestic device was invented 1st, 2nd, & 3rd?
A. Dishwasher
B. Sewing machine
C. Vacuum cleaner
BCA. Modern dishwashers are descended from the hand-powered invention by Josephing Cochrane in 1886. She never washed dishes herself & only invented it to prevent her servants from chipping her fine china.
Who was the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd to host the Oscars?
A. Ellen DeGeneres
B. Whoopi Goldberg
C. Chris Rock
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