Lat: 37.7° N Current Conditions: 47.4°F/8°C, Clear Astronomy: December 21, 2013 Rise: Set: Actual Time 7:15 AM PST 4:49 PM PST Civil Twilight 6:46 AM PST 5:18 PM PST Nautical Twilight 6:13 AM PST 5:51 PM PST Astronomical Twilight 5:41 AM PST 6:23 PM PST Moon 9:05 PM PST 9:48 AM PST Waning Gibbous, 81% of the moon is illuminated Length of Visible Light 10h 32m Length of Day 9h 33m Tomorrow will be 0m 2s longer
A Thanksgiving Day Prayer
Father, we around this table thank Thee:
for Thy great gift of life,
that Thy love for us is not dependent upon any unworthiness of ours,
for good health,
that we know neither hunger nor want,
for warm clothes to wear,
for those who love us best,
for friends whose world of encouragement have often chased away dark clouds,
for the zest of living,
for many an answered prayer,
for kindly providences that have preserved us from danger and harm.
We thank Thee that still we live in a land bountifully able to supply all our needs, a land which still by Thy Providence knows peace, whose skies are not darkened by the machines of the enemy, whose fields and woodlands are still unblasted by flames of war, a land with peaceful valleys and smiling meadows still serene.
O help us to appreciate all that we have, to be content with it, to be grateful for it, to be proud of it --not in an arrogant pride that boasts, but in a grateful pride that strives to be more worthy.
In Thy name, to whose bounty we owe these blessings spread before us, to Thee we give our gratitude.
Amen.
-- Peter Marshall
As of this post on 6 November 2013, the latest Windows desktop Apple iTunes version is 11.1.3.8. The name of this version's execute file is iTunesSetup.exe. The file size is 96,322 KB.
No setup execute file or such is ever required as a pre-requisite for downloading iTunes. If one comes across a purported iTunes download site that does not list an iTunes version number, or a pre-requisite download for a setup.exe files is the first order of business, boogie out of the site quickly.
The official site for a first time iTunes download is: Apple iTunes Downloads. Subsequent updates are available from within the installed desktop app.
- a L'envoi iPad 3 post
Zaggfolio augmented
Anita Kerr
many-faceted musician
born 31 October 1927
It's nearing the time of harvesting the Fuyu persimmons. It's very sweet tasting already. The birds know it, too. They have been pecking at a few of ripening fruits on the tree. Enough of sharing this sweet fruit with the birds, said I.
A net is now draped over the persimmon tree to prevent further pilfering.
Up until my upgrading from the iPhone 4S to the 5s, I have been using the Silent ringtone (see sidebar for my custom made iPhone Silence ringtone) to ignore all unassigned contacts or unknown calls. I still use this ringtone to sort out who's who, and see if that person should be added to the contacts list and assigned a custom non-silence ringtone.
For persistent plaguy pests, I assigned them as pseudo-contacts. Then I quarantined these privacy intruders by using the iOS 7's "Block this Caller" on the iPhone. I will delete these contacts later. This method is much safer than the outright straight blocking of unfamiliar numbers. I could always unblock them later if they turned out to be relatives, friends, or friends of friends who had called with new or unfamiliar phone numbers. In any case, the final disposition of the blocked telephone numbers may be rendered at Settings>Phone (or Messages or FaceTime)>Blocked.
When unsolicitors calls are blocked, these vermin get a busy signal on their phones. Similarly, their spam and phishing text-messages get routed to Buzz Lightyear's "infinitas amplius!"
My brand new iPhone 5S was delivered on the afternoon of Monday, 7 October. By the same evening the iPhone 5 is up and running, and with all of the iPhone 4S apps successfully migrated. The iOS 7 iPhone 4S is now the iPod Touch 4S Touch. With its SIM card and iTunes services intact, I am well pleased. I also configured the former iPhone 4S to have the capability to make free VoIP calls in the United States and Canada using my Google Voice number via WI-FI.
Setting up the iPhone 5S Touch ID has been a revelation. I have had both of my thumbs bio-scanned on the unit's Home button/Touch ID sensor. Given I hold and operate my iPhone or other wireless/cordless devices mostly with my left hand, it didn't take long to master the Touch ID to unlock the iPhone. My right thumb, however, was all thumbs. It took longer to learn the positioning of the thumb correctly, and applying the right (pun) pressure on the sensor for 'Open Sesame' to work.
To ensure the iPhone 5s gets unlock at no more than two Touch-ID attempts, I maxed out on the number of five finger scans allowed. I scanned my left thumb three times at slightly different positions on the sensor, and two for the right thumb.
I see no point in having some of the other digits scanned into the iPhone 5S. The required pass code is the Plan B to unlock it on the dash. Any finger can keying in the pass code on the device's virtual keypad.
This is a workaround for a new YouTube audio bug started on 3 October 2013 for Windows OS browsers.
The problem: The YouTube speaker/volume control button on the bottom left of the player is muted and locked "x". It won't unlock upon clicking.
Mystery/Thriller - Dan Brown, "Inferno."
Science Fiction - Jack Campbell, "Beyond the Frontier: Guardian."
22 September 2013 1730 Hours PDT Log Current Temperature and Condition: 74° F | 23° C Clear Astronomy: 22 September 2013 Rise: Set: Actual Time 6:52 AM PDT 7:00 PM PDT Civil Twilight 6:25 AM PDT 7:26 PM PDT Nautical Twilight 5:55 AM PDT 7:57 PM PDT Astronomical Twilight 5:24 AM PDT 8:27 PM PDT Moon 8:58 PM PDT 10:12 AM PDT Length of Visible Light 13h 0m Length of Day 12h 08m Tomorrow will be 2m 24s shorter. Waning Gibbous, 85% of the Moon is Illuminated.
Fiction Fantasy - Audrey Niffenegger, "The Time Traveler's Wife."
Fiction Historical - William Napier, "Attila."
Fiction Historical - C.S. Forester, "The Good Shepherd."
Summer
Christina Rossetti
Winter is cold-hearted,
Spring is yea and nay,
Autumn is a weathercock
Blown every way:
Summer days for me
When every leaf is on its tree;
When Robin's not a beggar,
And Jenny Wren's a bride,
And larks hang singing, singing, singing,
Over the wheat-fields wide,
And anchored lilies ride,
And the pendulum spider
Swings from side to side,
And blue-black beetles transact business,
And gnats fly in a host,
And furry caterpillars hasten
That no time be lost,
And moths grow fat and thrive,
And ladybirds arrive.
Before green apples blush,
Before green nuts embrown,
Why, one day in the country
Is worth a month in town;
Is worth a day and a year
Of the dusty, musty, lag-last fashion
That days drone elsewhere.
June 21, 2013 1700 Hours PDT Log Current Temperature and Condition: 91° F | 33° C Clear Astronomy: June 21, 2013 Rise: Set: Actual Time 5:42 AM PDT 8:29 PM PDT Civil Twilight 5:11 AM PDT 9:00 PM PDT Nautical Twilight 4:32 AM PDT 9:39 PM PDT Astronomical Twilight 3:47 AM PDT 10:23 PM PDT Moon 6:46 PM PDT 4:01 AM PDT Length of Visible Light 15h 48m Length of Day 14h 46m Tomorrow will be 0m 3s shorter. Waxing Gibbous, 97% of the Moon is Illuminated.
Western - William Johnstone, "The Drifter."
Modern Classic - Wilson Rawls, "Where the Red Fern Grows."
Science Fiction - David Weber, "Mission of Honor."
1 June 2013, last day of this vacation.
Heritage Hall, the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, AB
2013-06-01, Canon PowerShot SD780
Viewed from the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, AB
2013-06-01, Canon PowerShot SD780
Viewed from the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, AB
2013-06-01, Canon PowerShot SD780
Viewed from the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, AB
2013-06-01, Canon PowerShot SD780
Bow Falls, Banff, AB
2013-05-31, Canon PowerShot SD780
Panorama (reduced size): Mt. Fairview and Lake Louise, AB
2013-05-30, Canon PowerShot SD780
Panorama (reduced size): Emerald Lake, BC
2013-05-30, Canon PowerShot SD780
Emerald Lake Lodge, BC
2013-05-30, Canon PowerShot SD780
Kicking Horse River and Natural Bridge, Yoho NP, BC
2013-05-30, Canon PowerShot SD780
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