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Apple Launching March Activity Challenge for Apple Watch to Celebrate International Women’s Day
The Activity Challenge will be displayed on the Apple Watch as a notification in the days leading up to the event, and to earn the International Women’s Day award, Apple Watch users will need to do a workout of any kind for at least 20 minutes.
On March 8, show your support for the empowerment of women everywhere. Do any workout for 20 minutes or more to earn this award. Record your time with the Workout app or any app that adds workouts to Health.
Apple Watch owners who earn the award will unlock a dedicated badge in the Fitness app, plus they will get a series of animated stickers that can be used in the Messages and FaceTime apps.
The International Women’s Day award follows new challenges that were introduced for Lunar New Year, Black History Month, and Heart Month in February.
This article, “Apple Launching March Activity Challenge for Apple Watch to Celebrate International Women’s Day” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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The best Fitbit for monitoring every type of activity
Is it time to get in shape? Or get more serious about monitoring your health and fitness progress? Sounds like you need a fitness tracker. And let’s be honest, when it comes to fitness trackers, one name stands above all others: Fitbit.
Fitbits came onto the scene in 2007 and the much-loved device is so ubiquitous that just the name “Fitbit” is common parlance for any kind of step-counter.
Today, Fitbits come in a lot of shapes and sizes and have multiple functions, whether you’re looking for something that truly just measures your steps or has a heart monitor, GPS, and other functionalities built-in as well. And really, the sky is the limit with the latest models: Some measure your temperature, stress, and give you reminders that you can in fact take a recovery day off your workouts.
They exist across a wide range of prices that reflect how technically oriented they are, too. And yes, there are Fitbits for kids, too. Read on for the best Fitbit models, from basic models to ones that are like a personal health tour right at your wrist.
What do Fitbits actually do?
At their most basic, Fitbits were invented as a sort of wearable pedometer, originally existing just to track your steps. Of course they’ve become more tech-savvy (and more complicated) since then: These days, they come in a range of models, each of which offers its own unique combination of Fitbit’s technology and sensors. They can stand in as phones, push app notifications to you, and even pay for your Starbucks latte — plus, keep an eye on more important matters, like heart health and sleep tracking.
What features do Fitbits have?
The most expensive Fitbit models offer a slew of features, mostly available through sensors. These involve keeping an eye on your heart beat variability, measuring your temperature around the clock, and even monitoring your stress levels as the company begins what will surely be a longer foray into the mindfulness aspect of health. A lot of the running and swimming Fitbits — yes, you can wear some of them in the pool and shower — also advise you when to take a recovery day.
What do Fitbits look like?
Fitbits have sleek, minimalist aesthetics, with bands that you can swap in and out and clock faces that you can customise for a display that suits your mood. Some are slimmer while others have a more Apple Watch-like, square display.
Ultimately, they’re designed to blend in with everyday life. There are no hefty runner-style watches or wrist-based eyesores.
How much do Fitbits cost?
There are a wide range of Fitbits out there that begin at under £100 and go up to a significant chunk of change. How much you want to spend might depend on why you’re using it (as a workout buddy versus an all-day companion) and what kind of features you want to be sure are included.
What is the best Fitbit?
There is a Fitbit out there that’s perfect for you and your lifestyle. To help you find it, we have lined up a selection of the best models for every type of task.
These are the best Fitbit fitness trackers in 2023.
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Blood-Curdling BIGFOOT ACTIVITY & SOUNDS reported at Mattagami Lake, Ontario
A Mattagami Lake, Ontario cottage owner recalls the tree-whacking sounds and blood-curdling screams emanating from the forest around his property for the past 20+ years.
“I bought a cottage on Mattagami Lake in June 2000. Mattagami Lake is located approximately 90 kilometers south of Timmins, Ontario off Highway 144 towards Sudbury. It’s a water-access cottage and all the lots in our area are in the 1.5-acre range. We spend all of our summers there ever since then. I also grew up spending all my summers at our family cottage since the age of five so I’m no stranger to being surrounded by forest and I’m very familiar with the sounds of nature and wildlife that occupy the area.
As kids, we used to wander off into the odd logging roads behind our cottage in the middle of the night with no flashlights and no care in the world. We had never come across anything remotely scary strange or unexplained. Anyway, back to adulthood.
One night about 10 years ago my wife and I are out of a cottage on an early spring weekend. I believe this is either late April or early May the only other people around us that weekend were our neighbors two doors down on one side of us and my wife’s parents three doors down on the other side of us. I know our neighbors well. They’re in the 70s and they never wander around outside after dark nor are my wife’s parents.
It’s about 9 15 PM and getting dark fairly fast. My wife and I are sitting by the fire behind the cottage facing the woods. The forest behind our cottage is vast for many miles. My wife decided to retire to bed about this time. After she went inside for bed I was sitting there quietly staring at the fire when I heard what sounded like three whacks at a good distance behind the cottage. It’s hard to say exactly how far it was because I wasn’t sure what I heard. I estimate that it might have been somewhere between half a kilometer to one kilometer straight back based on the trailing echo from the sound. I didn’t pay much attention to it but I did notice the sound. I wondered about it for a minute or so.
Another 10 to 15 minutes goes by and then I heard it again. The same thing, three whacks. But this time it is considerably closer and louder and there’s a lot less echo. I thought maybe a moose was hitting antlers against a tree but at that time of year, they don’t have their antlers yet. Besides, the three consistent whacks seemed too well-timed and way too loud for that. I sat there for a good 15 minutes trying to figure out what the noise could be. Then after about 15 minutes, I heard the same three whacks again, but this time it was really close, probably within several hundred feet. I immediately rose up out of my chair. This wasn’t making any sense to me. The bush is thick back there and it was pitch black by this time and there was no light to be seen. I’m standing by the fire with only a pen-sized LED flashlight. I could barely see the tree line from the fire. I was concerned and I thought about going to the garage for an ax, but I didn’t want to get away from the cottage at this point so I quietly and slowly walked along the deck toward the front of the college. I stopped there for a few minutes and listened for a bit, then slowly walk back again toward the back of the cottage. I stood there listening attentively.
After a moment the three whacks came again but now it was probably less than 100 feet away right at the tree line somewhere behind the fire pit. I immediately ran towards the front of the cottage, went in, and locked the door. I made my way to the back bedroom to look out at the firepit. I peeked my head up the window carefully and expected to see someone or something walking around back there. I saw absolutely nothing. I didn’t hear anything.
It took me several hours to find sleep that night. My heart was still racing as I tried to figure out what the hell had just happened.
Something else happened out there a few years later but I was not alone this time. At least 10 of us were out there that night and we heard a blood-curdling scream from a few hundred yards away. Everyone stopped talking immediately and we all looked at each other wondering what the hell that was. Soon after the same type of scream can be heard way back in the forest as if it was answering the first screen. I scoured the internet listening to all kinds of animal sounds and screams and nothing comes close to what we heard that night.
Was it a Bigfoot? We have never seen anything closely resembling a Bigfoot, but I believe that’s what we have around us.
Transcribed source: The Round Table Of Knowledge By HTH
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