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2019 Ford Escape Redesign (Hybrid, Release Date and Etc)
The all-new 2019 Ford Escape refresh concept is given to customers they want. This redesign was implemented by Ford, listening to customers demanding more room space, better storage solutions, and driving design. 2019 ford escape redesign (hybrid, release date, titanium, and spy photos) - All this is found in this new design, it looks better, as well as showing larger eyes, although it still roughly the same dimension. Many sheet metal pieces are completely new, with only roofs, windshield, rear glass, and tumbling doors. Ford claims that its customers "equate tranquility with quality", and for this reason, the current quiet flight has also increased insulation, wind side mirrors, soundproof glass and body bottom shields. Other new or modified external features include LED taillights, modified wheels, vibrant grille shutters and windshield wiper wipers.
2019 ford escape redesign (hybrid, release date, titanium, and spy photos) - There's a bigger change in it. There is a redesigned steering wheel that not only looks better, but it feels great. In addition to the enhanced armrest, the central stack includes two cups of hypanthium and a telephone slot. There is an electronic emergency brake to replace the old lever and save the area. The vent has been improved, and now the USB port is more efficient at 2 amps, and of course, Ford's Sync 3 information system still exists in the large device screen. With the 2019 Ford Escape, Ford released its synchronized apps, enabling owners to check the propulsion level, lock and unlock the door, and start the engine from another location.
2019 Ford Escape engine spec - Powertrain selection is a great legacy, providing 3 of engines. The basic escape S adopts a natural aspirated 2.5-liter straight row four-cylinder engine, 1.5 liter EcoBoost four-cylinder engine replaces the previous 1.6 engine, the highest end is the Ford 2.0 liter EcoBoost 4 engine, the horsepower is 245 and 275 lb-ft of torque. A 2018 sporting event package can be designed as a 2019, with some improved security attributes, like adaptive cruise control, Lane-keeping AIDS, lane separation warnings, and so on.
2019 Ford Escape Redesign
Ford has been understood not only as a typical rolling point in the medium-term cycle, but just what we have said below. But if the 2019 old Ford Escape marketing stays like a hot pot, that's a win for everyone.
The lineup is still the same, with s,se and titanium trim levels flip. Base S continues its 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine, while SE and TI replace 1.5 and 2.0 liters from the all-new EcoBoost four-cylinder engine. These new engines have changed the 1.6-liter and 2.0-liter devices currently available. Six-speed automatic is common, but customers can choose front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive.
No performance specifications have actually been rolled out but are expected to be 2.5-liter mills to keep the current 168 horsepower score for the escape engine. 2019 ford escape redesign (hybrid, release date, titanium, and spy photos) - The 1.5-liter EcoBoost engine should offer similar performance to the 178 hp 1.6-liter EcoBoost engine, while the 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine should be exactly the same 245 horsepower as the engine on the large Ford edge.
When it comes to technology, the upgraded Ford Escape is equipped with countless digital driver aids, either standard or off-the-shelf. These include flexible cruise-wheel control systems, forward collision warning systems with braking aids, lane-keeping systems and enhanced park help. The same Ford's new sync connection allows you to access vehicles from another location through applications on smart devices. Innovations provide vehicle location, as well as important vehicle information such as tire stress, battery and gas levels.
Competitor: The latest escape score comes from the 2019 design. such as Honda CR, Hyundai Santa Fe Sports, Mazda CX-5, Toyota RAV4, Nissan Rogue, popular way of view and other major competitors.
2019 Ford Escape Redesign2019 Ford Escape interior - Given the external streamlining, 2019 Ford Escape allows for a charitable amount of internal space. Pole position is very slim, but relatively stable, only 2 adults have enough space, reasonable, because in the back size. The high level of the cargo floor leads to a large number of cargo areas, the back seat backrest can also flip their headrest, to achieve a simple one-time folding. And there's a smart power pod option, you can put your foot under the bumper and open it.
For the 2019 model, Escape contains a number of technical attributes, including information entertainment and security-related. With Ford's new sync connection, it allows you to remotely access your car via an application on your phone. The new security system includes an adaptive cruise control system and a front crash alarm system, a lane-keeping system and a powerful park rescue system. These add already available dead-end displays, as well as rear park aid.
(2019 ford escape redesign hybrid, release date, titanium, and spy photos) 2019 Ford Escape Release date and price - Ford Motor will be on sale in Ford's 2019 old Ford Escape in May, and in Friday Ford announced that it would start producing compact SUVs at the Louisville assembly plant. The release date of escape will be priced in more detail. Ford Escape 2019 doubtless continued to sell Ford at Ford dealership, Ford announced on Friday, as it began to grow in its Louisville portfolio of compact SUV production. At the release date of the escape, the price will no doubt be exposed more deeply.


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Fourth Annual Hops for Hope Scheduled for Sept. 22 at Raleigh Beer Garden
Local Breweries Partner with Corporate Teams to Create Original Beer for Event to Benefit Children's Flight of Hope
Morrisville, N.C. – The fourth annual Triangle Hops for Hope event will take place on Sept. 22, 2018, at the Raleigh Beer Garden. This fundraising event pairs 25 corporate teams from around the Triangle with 25 local breweries to create original beer and raise money for Children's Flight of Hope (CFOH).
Participants will showcase their creations to hundreds of attendees at an epic beer competition. All proceeds from Triangle Hops for Hope benefit Children's Flight of Hope, a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides air transportation for children across the country to access medical care. Last year's event raised more than $70,000 for CFOH.
"My team has been involved with Hops for Hope from the beginning and it really is the best beer event of the year. We get to collaborate with great local breweries to produce something truly unique. Working with the brewery is the behind the scenes tour you always wanted. I'm always surprised at how much the team personality influences the beer. Triangle Hops for Hope is open to the public and for a worthy cause, so I invite all my friends and family. The crowd is always fun, you get to hear people discuss all beers, and you'd be amazed at how much energy fills the tent when they announce the fundraising totals. The beer judging is a little nerve-racking and you don't win every year, but you do get to try every beer from our great brewing community," said Frank Jackson of Vines Architecture, Team Captain and Event Committee Member.
"Well, it's an amazing cause to support and you really feel like you're making a difference with this event. From a small brewery perspective, it is a great way to showcase your quality craft with a fun collaboration. You get your name in front of a lot of people who may not be familiar with your brewery and really get to build a relationship with your team," said Eric Llyod of Sub Noir Brewing Company, Brewery Participant.
General admission tickets are on sale now at www.trianglehops4hope.org. $25 admission includes unlimited tastings of the 25 unique beers and a wristband for re-entry. The event will take place in the back lot of Raleigh Beer Garden from 2-6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, and features live music, photo booth, merchandise for sale, and full bar and food menu.
About Children's Flight of Hope
Triangle Hops for Hope pairs corporate teams with local breweries to create an original beer. The main event is a festival that is open to the public, where teams and breweries showcase their creations in an epic showdown for awards and bragging rights. All proceeds from Triangle Hops for Hope benefit Children's Flight of Hope, a nonprofit organization that provides air transportation for children to access specialized medical care. Founded in 1991, CFOH is headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina and serves families from across the country. It is the only organization that offers its unique combination of commercial, charter, and corporate-donated private flights to ensure all clients can access treatment, despite medical, financial, or logistical constraints. Visit www.trianglehops4hope.org to learn more.
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Microsoft Windows is among the legendary names in the technology industry. But the year wasn't a big hit for the developers. Windows 8 got launched in October 2013. It had many bugs and the problems with it. The whole interface wasn't really impressive as everyone expected it to be. So, with the first OS Update, Windows 8.1, Microsoft wanted to make all the things right for their users.
This update, according to the feedbacks, is easier to use and browse through than the Windows 8 version. The interface looks the overall the same but the key features of the Windows 8.1 make it a better OS than the previous one. Let's jump to all the new features that Windows 8.1 have in store for you.
The New Lock Screen
On the lock screen, you can display the pictures of your loved ones and it will display one by one each time to switch on the device. This feature is really good and you can synchronize the images from Sky Drive or from inside the system as well.
Introduction to Bing Search
The Bing Search option is being included in the operating system. This searching tool will search for you everything including both the world wide web and your system information. Like you are searching for a photo of "Bill Gates". The Bing search will search for "Bill Gates" on your system as well as on the web.
Multi-Tasking made easier
Windows 8.1 has another feature that will allow you multitasking. This means you can simultaneously use more than one app at a time. For example, if you click on a picture from your email, it will open the picture on the default picture application while you can still work on your emails.
The Updated Windows Store
The Windows Store for 8.1 updates is better than all the previous ones. This Windows Store has a collection of all the new, free and paid apps from both PlayStore and App Store. With the advanced AI as well, it will show you the recommended app that you need. There is an app description page which will give you a gist whether to download the app or not.
Access SkyDrive Offline
There is a new feature about the SkyDrive. Your files will be backed up automatically to the SkyDrive when you are connected to the Internet. But you can also access them while you offline, but it can be accessed offline on the system on which it was backed up.
Easily Navigable Settings
The settings of the Settings have changed to a great extent. Microsoft has introduced an easy to navigate menu where you can search for each and every setting that you need to change. You only need to enter what you are going to modify. This will show you a dropdown list from which you can choose from.
There is an auto-predict feature on the all-new Microsoft touchscreen keyboard. So, it will be easier for the user to type faster and with fewer mistakes.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
making wrapping paper with mommy
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lighting of the Christmas Tree at The Wharf
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silly boys
every 8th week, i have to work a late week at the imaging center from 12-8:30. a couple of wks ago when i came home around 8:30ish, i came home to the whole dining room being a tent. they made a "big tent" with the dining room table, quilts and blankets. brady cole thought it was the funniest thing ever and was giggling when i walked in the door. he was supposedly hiding, but also saying, "where's brady cole? " at the same time, meaning that he wanted me to find him under the tent. he likes to hide from me pretty often, but i'm pretty quick to find him with all the giggling he's doing.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
cheezy smiles
look at that cheezy little smile that boy gives these days. he loves for me to take pictures of him and then let him see them on the camera. he says "take a picture me, mommy" and then he gives that big grin. he's such a ham!
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just brady cole
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Thursday, November 06, 2008
trunk or treat at Christian Life Church
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ER visit
the sunday afternoon before halloween, we were headed out to a little halloween gathering, but were a little delayed due to brady cole slicing open his noggin. we were loading things up in buger's truck and brady cole was going around to his side to get in the car seat, but was pushing his tractor and not looking up. what to you know? he smacked the top of his head right into the trailer hitch on the truck. he was screaming and of course it was very scary to us considering the blood was running down his face and all over his shirt. needless to say, we were at the ER within 15 min. by the time we got there, he was doing just fine and asking "i at the hopital?" it wasn't as bad as we anticipated so thankfully they shaved a little hair off the top of his head and glued him back together with some dermabond. he's been doing fine w/ it and you can't even tell where they shaved his head. it's just itching him a little and we're just waiting for that clump of glue to come off now.
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BMW Group Malaysia has appointed Millennium Welt as its representative for the BMW Motorrad brand in Kuantan and the East Coast region. Millennium Welt is no stranger to the group, as it already represents BMW, MINI and BMW Motorrad in Seremban, and has BMW dealerships in Batu Pahat and Kuantan, the latter since 2016.
"We see great potential for growth in the East Coast for premium motorcycles and Millennium Welt has been a valuable partner for us in delivering the promise for BMW premium experience to our customers in Kuantan. We are confident they are the choice dealership to help us further cement our position in the region, now extending the impeccable premium experience to motorcycle enthusiasts in the East Coast as well," said Harald Hoelzl, MD and CEO of BMW Group Malaysia.
"With Millennium Welt Kuantan's appointment, we look forward to welcoming more riders from the East Coast region to 'Make Life A Ride'. The East Coast with its great windy roads down the coast is perfect for motorcycle riding but more importantly, the area delivers over 50 motorcycles annually and has the potential to grow steadily year on year," said Owen Riley, head of BMW Motorrad Malaysia.
Millennium Welt Kuantan now offers BMW cars and BMW Motorrad motorcycles, as well as MINI service at its 28,000 sq.ft. facility along Jalan Teluk Sisek in the state capital.


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A video involving a Ukrainian army sergeant, who came in support of the Russian invasion of Crimea, has gone viral on YouTube. However, now it is emerging that the army sergeant may have been an impostor, and in all probability a Russian soldier.
In the video, a guy in a military uniform, calling himself a Ukrainian army sergeant, claims that the Ukrainian forces are in face working alongside the Russian troops and there has been no pressure from the Russian soldiers.
The fake Ukrainian army sergeant further claims in the video that the nationalist television is spreading lies about the Crimea issue, and in fact there has been no provocation, as the people are working together with the Russian forces voluntarily. The video, which was posted on 8 March, has gone viral and has over a million views till now.
Ukrainian Defense Ministry, however, quickly came down on the self-titled "sergeant". It is now being established that the video is the handy work of "pro-Russian radicals."
A website, Stopfake.org, dedicated towards stopping false information and Russian propaganda claimed that the so-called Ukrainian "sergeant" is holding, an automatic AK-100 series gun and is something not used by the Ukrainian army. In fact, the machine gun is used by the following countries: Venezuela, Russia, Armenia, India, Indonesia and Kazakhstan.
Recently, Molly K McKew and Gregory A Maniatis, independent consultants who advise governments, told the Washington Post that Vladimir Putin was indulging in a 21 century warfare that involved Soldiers-of-no-nation and cyberattacks that will weaken the morale and increase the confusion in Ukraine.
The article stated that by using soldiers-of-no-nation for troublemaking and street-fighting, Putin remains unconstrained by the laws, rules and conventions governing warfare. The forces in Ukraine has Putin's hybrid of soldiers and terrorists: hidden faces, hidden command-and-control, hidden orders but undoubtedly activated to achieve state objectives.
Similarly he is resorting to cyber-tactics to interrupt the flow of information and add chaos.
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- Annotations December 28 2017
Analyzing an image before retouching is a crucial element to achieving a beautiful and natural result. You can learn all the techniques in the world, but if you don't know what to retouch, applying those long hours of training may prove complicated. Thanks to Capture One 11 and the brand-new Annotations tools, this whole process
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Capture One has been blurring the boundaries between RAW processing and photo editing and retouching for quite some time now, and version 11 continues to take that philosophy one step further with a number powerful of enhancements. With this latest release from Phase One, there's a lot to love about the product, and here are a few of my favorite things.


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A lift-the-flap book that lets little ones pet the pets!This interactive novelty board book encourages readers to help and play with different pets by lifting the sturdy flaps on each spread. Scratch the dog's ear, help the hamster's wheel spin around, and feed the hungry fish in this inventive and engaging book that teaches little ones how to be good pet owners.
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Charting the Ancestry of African Americans (Salas et al., 2005)
"Here, we make use of an African database of 4,860 mtDNAs, which include 948 mtDNA sequences from west-central Africa and a further 154 from the southwest, and compare these for the first time with a publicly available database of 1,148 African Americans from the United States that contains 1,053 mtDNAs of sub-Saharan ancestry. We show that >55% of the U.S. lineages have a West African ancestry, with <41% coming from west-central or southwestern Africa. These results are remarkably similar to the most up-todate analyses of the historical record."
In this blogpost i will be reviewing three scientific papers dealing with the haplogroups identified among African Americans and correlating their frequencies with possible African source regions. These studies can only represent the state of knowledge at the date of their publication naturally 😉 But they should be suggestive of the approximate regional distribution of African ancestry among African Americans.
– African-American mitochondrial DNAs often match mtDNAs found in multiple African ethnic groups (Ely et al., 2006)
– Charting the Ancestry of African Americans (Salas et al., 2005)
– Y Chromosome Lineages in Men of West African Descent (Torres et al., 2012)
For a most recent study (2013) on African American mtDNA see: "Mitochondrial DNA diversity in the African American population". I will however not discuss that paper as it makes no attempt to correlate American haplogroups with African regions of origin.
Before i proceed some words of caution as usual, perhaps redundant for those who already know but it's worth repeating as many people still tend to be misinformed about the true meaning of their haplogroups.
- Haplogroups (Y-DNA, mtDNA) only represent a very limited portion of your total ancestry and often date back from many thousands years ago. Autosomal DNA testing is the only way to find out about your complete ancestry. See figures below for visualization although generally speaking you will have to go back more generations than just 3 or 4 to find out about your complete African ancestry.
- In fact you will have to trace back to your first African born ancestor carrying your haplogroup in a direct maternal or paternal line to determine the relative contribution of the haplogroup to your ancestry. For African Americans this could take you back at least 7 generations on average to the mid 1700's when most Africans arrived in the US (see this chart), but in some cases it might also take you back right to the 1600's! Going with a conservative estimate you could have 128 ancestors around 1750 but in the 1600's this will have increased exponentially to 1024! (see this link and also this one for a useful overview of the number of ancestors per generation). Of your dozens or even hundreds of African-born ancestors relocated to the US, your direct maternal/paternal ancestor would be only one, representing no more than 1% of your total ancestry, in most cases (see also "Fictional Family Tree incl. African Born Ancestors").
- A minority of African Americans get tested with non-African haplogroups, a further proof that only autosomal DNA can tell you about your complete ancestry. As the greater part of African Americans will obviously still be predominantly African depite having a non-African haplogroup. Theoretically speaking even a person who scores 99% African in a DNA test could end up with a non-African haplogroup! These haplogroups are usually testimony of minor European geneflow among the African American population. Interracial unions most often involved European American males as measured by European Y-DNA but a considerable % of African Americans also carry European mtDNA. This is unlike most other Afro-Diasporic populations, thereby constituting a distinct feature of AA genetics i suppose. According to several studies it's in between 8-10% (e.g. Stefflova et al. 2009. or Deason et al. 2012). Which might imply that generalizations about the nature of European admixture do not always apply as we all have individual family trees. Even if you personally do not have a European maternal haplogroup you could still have a European maternal ancestor through either your paternal family lines or those through your maternal grandfather, your maternal greatgrandfathers etc.
- For more helpful information see also:
- Understanding Your mtDNA HVR1 Results (Family Tree DNA)
African-American mitochondrial DNA's often match mtDNA's found in multiple African ethnic groups
[…] In addition, the finding that fewer than 10% of African-American mtDNAs matched mtDNA sequences from a single African region suggests that few African Americans might be able to trace their mtDNA lineages to a particular region of Africa, and even fewer will be able to trace their mtDNA to a single ethnic group. However, no firm conclusions should be made until a much larger database is available. It is clear, however, that when identical mtDNA haplotypes are shared among many ethnic groups from different parts of Africa, it is impossible to determine which single ethnic group was the source of a particular maternal ancestor based on the mtDNA sequence." (Ely et al., 2006, p.4)
" Many African Americans are interested in learning more about their African roots and are willing to pay to have their mtDNA analyzed in the hope that it will match DNA from a particular African ethnic group. However, as more than half of the mtDNA sequences in the African database are identical to sequences from other ethnic groups, African-American mtDNAs will be much more likely to match sequences from multiple ethnic groups than sequences from a single ethnic group. When this result is coupled with the fact that 40% of African-American mtDNAs did not match any sequence in the database, it is clear that matches to a single African ethnic group will not be the outcome for most African Americans, and even when a match to a single ethnic group is obtained, multiple matches may occur in a larger database.
Furthermore, for the typical African American, the maternal ancestor who was the source of the mtDNA was just one of hundreds of enslaved African ancestors. In fact, it likely that there has been more mixing of African ethnic groups in the Americas than has ever occurred elsewhere. Thus, the ancestors of virtually all contemporary African Americans came from a large number of ethnic groups located throughout the region from Senegal to Angola." (Ely et al., 2006, p.9)
This study might have a somewhat sobering message for those who are emotionally invested in their haplogroup test results. However in the interest of correctly identifying one's ancestors it should be required to be critical of DNA testing companies and to very carefully scrutinize their claims. Wholeheartedly celebrating a certain ancestral lineage only to be told later it was wrongly assigned or incomplete information was given can be very sobering as well afterall (see also "What Tribe Am I?").
Basically what's done in this study is that they compare an extensive database of "3725 mtDNA HVS-I sequences" with the mtDNA sequences of 2 African American samplegroups, one of them consisting of selfidentified Gullah's. The outcome of this comparison can be seen below (it's from their corrected paper version which appeared in 2007). For the Gullah samplegroup a perfect match with only 1 single ethnic group was found in 5 out of 74 cases and for the African American sample group it was 4 out of 97, implying that in about 95% of all cases no perfect single ethnic match was found! Rather a matching with multiple ethnic groups, sometimes also being from multiple regions, was a more typical finding. Undoubtedly this outcome is a reflection of widespread ancient population migrations across Africa and the continuous geneflow in between ethnic groups which themselves are also evolving all the time through ethnogenesis.
"Because only a small fraction of the sub-Saharan African ethnic groups have been sampled, and there are parts of sub-Saharan Africa that are poorly represented in our database (Figure 2), our database cannot be considered a representative subset of the sub-Saharan mtDNA gene pool. Nevertheless, it is clear that a much larger database is needed since 40% of the African-American samples analyzed have no exact match in our database." (Ely et al., 2006, p.9)
Above quote points out a major shortcoming of the study which concerns the coverage of their African database. Judging from their overview within the study (Figure 2, Table 7) it seems that especially crucial samples from Ghana and the Igbo were missing. The authors freely acknowledge this inadequacy themselves btw, regrettably the same can not always be said for commercial DNA testing companies…
Some other findings:
"Only one Gullah/Geechee mtDNA and one AFDIL mtDNA matched mtDNAs that are found exclusively in eastern Africa in the sub-Saharan database. This distribution of matches is consistent with the historical information that most North American slaves were originally from western Africa." [..]
"Surprisingly, five AFDIL mtDNAs matched only mtDNAs from the two Angolan samples that make up 4% of the database. This result is consistent with historical records indicating that a large proportion of the enslaved Africans brought to the Americas came from the West-Central African region of Angola/Congo region, and suggests that ethnic groups in this region of Africa need to be sampled more extensively." (Ely et al., 2006, p.7)
Charting the Ancestry of African Americans
"Our analysis (table 2) indicated, as before, that North Africa, East Africa, southern Africa, and even southeastern Africa (Mozambique) show no significant contribution to the African American mtDNA pool in the United States." (Salas et al., 2005, p.677)
As seen on top of this blogpost this study's main findings are that about 55% of African American mtDNA could be placed in West Africa and about 41% in West Central & Southwest Africa (Angola). This outcome is not very surprising if we compare it with documented slave trade records. Although the proportion of West Africa seems subdued, and the Central African share (incl. Angola) inflated. A splitup of about 75/25 could have been expected based on this graph below. But perhaps it's because the West Central African haplogroups (mostly from Cameroon, see this link for full overview) fall in between.
However like the authors mention themselves, mtDNA only tells part of the story, even when used in population studies.
"Of course, these results indicate only the maternal component of the American gene pool. Further research on Y-chromosome and autosomal markers is clearly needed to test whether the contribution of females and males to the African American gene pool has been symmetrical or asymmetrical—research for which, again, large African databases of such marker systems will be needed, such as are now becoming available for mtDNA. With the acceleration of data acquisition now under way, these analyses will no doubt be possible in the near future." (Salas et al., 2005, pp.678-679)
Similar to the first study reviewed the authors caution against overestimating the predictive scope of mtDNA in individual DNA testing as opposed to population studies:
"Considerable caution is therefore warranted when dealing with claims in the popular media (such as the acclaimed and prestigious BBC television documentary Motherland: A Genetic Journey, first shown in the United Kingdom in 2003) and those made by genetic ancestry–testing companies about their ability to trace the ancestry of certain American (or, for that matter, European mtDNAs to a particular locale or population within modern-day Africa. Our analyses stand as a warning to unsuspecting members of the public who may be seduced by such promises" (Salas et al., 2005, p.679)
Y Chromosome Lineages in Men of West African Descent
"Abstract: Rice production was a key industry of many colonial South Carolina low country plantations. Accordingly, rice plantations owners within South Carolina often requested enslaved Africans from the so-called ''Grain Coast'' of western Africa (Senegal to Sierra Leone). Studies on the African origins of the enslaved within other regions of the Americas have been limited. To address the issue of origins of people of African descent within the Americas and understand more about the genetic heterogeneity present within Africa and the African Diaspora, we typed Y chromosome specific markers in 1,319 men consisting of 508 west and central Africans (from 12 populations), 188 Caribbeans (from 2 islands), 532 African Americans (AAs from Washington, DC and Columbia, SC), and 91 European Americans. Principal component and admixture analyses provide support for significant Grain Coast ancestry among African American men in South Carolina. AA men from DC and the Caribbean showed a closer affinity to populations from the Bight of Biafra."
Even given the inherent limitations of haplogroup assignment these results seem to make historical sense although the analysis perhaps was overtly focussed on establishing an exclusive link between South Carolina with the Grain Coast a.k.a. Upper Guinea. It's mostly in line with my previous discussion of the Gullah language and South Carolina runaway slaves. There is in fact another study dealing specifically with the maternal haplogroups of the Gullah, but it's not available online so i couldn't read it entirely. Its main conclusion seems to be again in support however:
"Genetic distance estimates indicated a close relationship of Gullahs and Jamaicans with Sierra Leoneans, while African Americans living in Charleston and the West Coast were progressively more distantly related to the Sierra Leoneans "
For the full abstract of that study see this link: "Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes reveal maternal population genetic affinities of Sea Island Gullah-speaking African Americans".
To return to the Y-DNA study these were the population samples they used (also to be seen in the map above), it seems that especially crucial samples from Ghana & Congo/Angola were missing.
"population samples: Afro-Caribbean subjects were
recruited from St. Thomas (N =113) and Kingston, Jamaica
(N = 75). African Americans were recruited from Washington, DC
(N = 106) and Columbia, S.C. (N = 426). African American and
Caribbean subjects were recruited for various cancer genetic
studies [36,37,38,39]. West African samples (N =508), included 48
Bini from Edo State, Nigeria; 64 Ibo from Enugu State, Nigeria;
18 Hausa from Jos, Nigeria, 49 Yoruba from Ibadan, Nigeria; 61
Yoruba from Lagos, Nigeria; 28 Urhobo and 21 Itsekiri from the
Warri Delta region of Nigeria; 34 Kru from Freetown, Liberia; 47
Mende and 34 Temne from Freetown, Sierra Leone [38]; 19
Mandinka from Dakar, Senegal; and 85 Bamileke from Yaounde,
In below graph their main finding of the South Carolina samples (AASC) being distinct from the other Afro-Diasporic sample groups (JM, ST & AADC) is clearly shown by the way it's most closely clustering with the Mandenka (MAN) samples from Senegambia.
A final overview of their findings is fascinating but also a bit puzzling. The African American samples from South Carolina (AASC) are being shown as having shared Y haplotypes with all the African sample groups, the highest number being shared with Nigerians (Yoruba's, Igbo & Bini), the Upper Guinean groups coming in second place. However the other African Americans from Washington DC (AADC) and the West Indians (JM & ST) hardly share any Y-haplotypes, except amongst each other. Perhaps it's because of the absence of Ghanaian samples but it's also peculiar that only a few shared matches are found with the Igbo (IBO) samples while otherwise it's mostly the Bamileke (BAM) from Cameroon or European Americans (EA). As a concluding observation it's perhaps telling that the African samplegroups themselves have plentiful matches between each other; the Mandenka are sharing several Y haplotypes with the Yoruba for example.


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"The issues are well known. What borders should a Palestinian state have? Should it be independent or confederated with an existing Arab country? Should it be armed or demilitarized? Should it be at all?"
But those concerns overlook a fundamental issue not fully set forth by President Obama in his Cairo speech. That issue is how to stop the education of Palestinian children to hate Jews.
The President spoke, as always, diplomatically. "Those things," in fact, are more than impediments; they are nail-packed bombs under the possibility of peace. As long as television programming for Arab children features puppets spewing hatred for Israel and cheerfully committing themselves to jihad; as long as streets in Palestinian-controlled areas are named in honor of vicious murderers of Jews; as long as Palestinian schools teach canards about Israel and use maps of the region that do not indicate the existence of a Jewish State – issues of states and borders and settlements are purely academic. The Talmud teaches (Shabbat 21b) that "the learning of youth" is the most strongly absorbed, remaining indelible into later years.
It's an age-old lesson that children learn from the adults. And I believe with all my heart that there will be no peace in the Middle East until Arab children are taught that Jews are not dogs, or pigs or monkeys, criminals and murderers. We can only hope that day comes soon.
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Intimidation and violence among school children is apparently increasingly rising, as are college shootings. Just as, facing intimidation resembles mistreatment and may result in the exact outcomes as that of mistreatment. College intimidation is quite common nowadays. Just don't overlook, ceasing something amiss isn't a crime. Read more


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On this anniversary, we remember and honor those who gave their lives for others - the passengers who battled the terrorists and brought down the plane in a Pennsylvania field before it could reach Washington. The brave men and women who gave their lives at the Pentagon and at Ground Zero in New York City.
America is resilient. America is a nation of hope and stronger because of 9/11. We understand more than ever that freedom comes with a price. And, like the steel Cross that rose out of the ashes of the destruction at Ground Zero, the spirit of the American people continues to rise to new heights - no longer victimized by fear, intimidation, and the hate exhibited by the terrorists.
We pray for our nation - our safety - our security. Yes, there is still pain and suffering from that day ten years ago. But, we're grateful for the healing and hope that's occurred in the years following 9/11, too.
Joyce Meyer
Joyce Meyer
September 11th was a dark day in our history and the families that lost loved ones that day are in our prayers. Romans 8:28 says to them that love God ALL things work together for good. As we remember the attacks of that day, we can rest assured that even in tragedy, God is with us and He is drawing our nation back to Him. He is causing ALL things to work together for our good.
Greg Laurie
Greg Laurie
As we observe the 10th anniversary of 9/11, most of us remember that day so clearly, including where we were and what we were doing when we stopped to watch our televisions as the first, and then the second tower of the World Trade Center collapsed in a heap of rubble. We realized that a whole new kind of battle had begun—even more than a military conflict, though it includes that; this is a war of ideas, a war of beliefs. But the weapons of our warfare, the Bible says, are not physical; they are mighty through God to the bringing down of strongholds. This battle ultimately will not be won with M-16s, it will be won with John 3:16, telling a lost culture that God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. We need to redouble our efforts to get the gospel out, because this is the message that America and the world need to hear; it's the most appropriate thing to focus on as we mark the 10th anniversary of one of the darkest days in America's history. As Christians, let us all refocus our efforts on sharing the gospel with anyone who will listen.
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An Ode to 9/11
Cascading towers, eroding hope, Unimagined devastation, beyond all scope; Sadness deepened, an enemy defined, Patriotism arisen, hearts realigned.
Fathoming not the hand fate dealt, A time of uncertainty, in His presence I knelt; I shall never forget innocence lost, For a nation at peace, an inconceivable cost.
Amazing resilience shone in our eyes, Though heroes have fallen; like the Phoenix we rise; With endurance, we soldier on to run the race, Thanking God for His sufficiency of unending grace.
Recalling that day, ten years come and gone; I will never forget, though life lumbers on; Remembering the loss, a sorrow so heavily weighed, For all Christ died, the price now paid.
He is my Refuge as the arrow by day flies, Wickedness banished before my very eyes; Under His wings, a place of dwelling, I unfailingly find, A truth worth telling: Salvation is mine!
Although the story here does not end, To God be the glory Who triumphs over sin!
Dr. Charles Stanley
Dr. Charles Stanley
We all remember that September morning 10 years ago when a string of deliberate and deadly terrorist attacks sent our nation into confusion, outrage, and despair. It's at times like these, when we are crippled by our circumstances, that the Father can be our strong tower of refuge. In Proverbs 18:10 we read, "The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous runs into it and is safe." God can—and will—work through every situation in your life to bring you closer to Him. And He will turn evil to good when you commit to trust Him with all of your heart.


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We'd like to thank the few players that have contacted us with feedback in the last day or two. Keep it coming!
We have today submitted an update to Hungry Birdz and Hungry Birdz FREE in response to that player feedback, which we hope will go live very soon.
Improvements are as follows:
- Arcade mode visual tweak to improve viewing of 'food requirements' per bird
- Much improved touch response when 'whacking hawks' in all game modes… especially useful in Survival Game!
- Fixed a bug where if you whacked a hawk in Arcade/Nature while directly over a bird it would also feed the bird your selected food – particularly infuriating if you had 'bad food' selected and killed your bird!
On that second point, we've managed to vastly improve our own High Scores in Survival mode! Let's see how it improves yours! Happy hawk whacking!


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Zipcar co-founder Robin Chase has called on urban authorities to embrace multimodal transport in a bid to improve mobility. "The value of a car-dominant city has reached its zenith," she says in an interview with ITS International. "The city regulatory and physical infrastructure has been built on a personal car-dominant infrastructure. We have spent the last 100 years making car travel in cities the most convenient and cheapest way to the exclusion of everything else." That creates problems, she continues. "Today, mayors and cities are signalling by price that they are indifferent as to whether you take your zero emissions and small footprint bike or a 25 year-old car that pollutes heavily or indeed a shared taxi or public transit. Currently the city is signalling that 'all those things are the same to us'." Chase, who also spoke at ITS International's MaaS Market Atlanta conference, is keen to avoid demonising the car as a travel mode - but is not convinced that developments such as automated vehicles will ease congestion. She is one of the influencers behind the recently-published Shared Mobility Principles developed by a group of NGOs and adopted by a range of public bodies and mobility players. The principles call for fair pricing of different mobility options. "The point of doing road congestion pricing and kerb access pricing is so we can start getting at fair user fees across all modes," she insists. "Personal cars are not paying a fair share and because of that we have been responding to the wrong price signals which is why we don't have enough walking, biking or shared transport modes."


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St Mungos fight goes on
St Mungo's bosses trying to reinstate 'race to the bottom' T&Cs
Bristol stall
St Mungos Unite reps have had a great response on stalls outside a series of staff conferences in London and Bristol. As well recruiting new members they have new volunteers to be reps.
St Mungo's Unite members, who went on strike in 2014 in defence of pay and decent services for clients and won, are now angry that senior management are attempting to get rid of an agreement that has been place in for five years and has stopped the race to the bottom on pay that's widespread in the housing sector.
London stall
Just as in the dispute in 2014, management are again attempting to slash terms and conditions such as reducing annual leave entitlements and carrying on with an unsustainable sickness policy that effectively punishes staff for being sick.
Low paid staff
Management claim that the current agreement capping the use of junior staff makes St Mungos uncompetitive. But this is completely false - during the five years in which the agreement has been in place contract income has more than doubled.
The agreement currently prevents management from restructuring teams to include ever increasing numbers of low paid staff.
Management, too, have become heavy-handed in their approach to staff – there is an excessive use of discipline, with even St Mungo's executive director Helen Giles admitting herself that the number of disciplinary cases is significantly higher than in the rest of the sector.
In a blatant violation of privacy, staff are now being required to report their personal outside activities, and are also forced to wear tracking devices without any reasonable justification.
Antagonistic stance
What's more St Mungo's management has taken an antagonistic stance towards the union – they've threatened to ban Unite from central inductions should they say anything negative about the charity. Management has stopped providing lists of staff to Unite, in breach of the union's recognition agreement.
St Mungo's Unite members are also incensed that the housing charity last year violated its own principles when senior management passed client information on to immigration enforcement agencies for the unlawful purpose of deporting EU rough sleepers.
Staff had repeatedly warned management that their policy was unethical, damaging to St Mungos reputation and potentially unlawful. The branch has supported these warnings reflecting concern across the homelessness sector.
Industrial action ballot
Unite regional officer Tabusam Ahmed, who confirmed that the union has begun the dispute process procedure this week, said Unite will likely move to a ballot for industrial action soon.
"Today's stall outside the staff conference was meant to engage with both members and non-members about the mounting issues they are facing at work with the charity," she said.
"We've begun the dispute process because our housing workers have had enough of management making it as difficult as possible for them to carry out their vital jobs. So far management have refused to listen to any of our concerns.
"St Mungo's Broadway workers' successful strike action in 2014 shows what we can accomplish when we stick together to defend our pay, terms and conditions. We've won before, and we'll win again."
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Sometimes a hot summer day calls for a crisp, cool salad. Now, we're not talking about any salad because this one is slightly indulgent. This combines crispy chickpeas, fresh kale and tomatoes, vegan parmesan and always creamy caesar dressing.
You can use the greens of your liking, but I suggest kale because of how well it absorbs the dressing when you let it refrigerate. Additionally, Biolife parmesan and Daiya caesar dressing (or homemade) pair the best together. The sharpness of the parmesan with the tangy, saltiness of the chickpeas and dressing really knock this salad out of the park.
This is such a great quick lunch option, meal prep, or a side dish for dinner. It comes together in under 15 minutes and requires little to no prep. I've even subbed bac'n bits (did you know they're vegan and made from textured veggie protein??) for the chickpeas when under a time crunch.
It's really only a matter of throwing some ingredients together and thoroughly massaging the kale to let it absorb the creamy dressing! What's your favorite salad go-to? Which dressing do you always have to have on hand? Let me know in the comments!
5 Ingredient Caesar Salad
- 4 cups chopped kale
- 1 cup halved tomatoes
- 1/2 grated non-dairy parmesan cheese
- 1/2-1 cup non-dairy caesar dressing
- 1 can chickpeas, rinsed
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- Step 1 Preheat oven to 400F
- Step 2 Rinse and drain 1 can of chickpeas
- Step 3 Toss chickpeas in salt, pepper, paprika and lemon juice
- Step 4 Spread evenly onto baking sheet
- Step 5 Cook for 10-15 minutes
- Step 6 Combine ingredients and coat evenly in dressing
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I'm building up a PC to use as a mame box using a friend's old parts.
It started as a Asus P5B Deluxe with an E6600 and 2GB RAM. I purchased an additional 2GB RAM and a E8400 CPU cheaply.
The RAM arrived first, I upgraded this and the E6600 + 4GB RAM ran fine. I had to turn on 'memory remapping' in BIOS (or something like that) to get the PC to see 4GB RAM (not 3).
So the E8400 arrived, I installed it and I couldn't boot into windows (various BSOD). I reinstalled the E6600 and it booted fine.
Eventually I removed two of the RAM sticks, back down to 2GB (Corsair), reinstalled the E8400 and it appears to boot fine (I haven't tested it extensively)
The RAM sticks are: 2x Corsair 1GB XMS2-6400 2x Samsung 1GB 1Rx8 PC2-6400U
So these worked fine with the E6600 but not the E8400. I see there is a bump in FSB bus speed to 1333 with the new processor. I have updated the BIOS to the latest release which definitely supports to the E8400.
So, my goal is to be able to use all the hardware I have and I haven't managed to get there.
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Cinemechanix: Return of Attributes?
I've been brainstorming the whole "attribute + skill" idea from last week and even though it doesn't really fix the problems created by a freeform skill list, it does introduce the idea of encouraging players to think about how their characters are doing something instead of just what they're doing. It's kind of like the rule in newer versions of D&D where some weapons get a bonus for Strength and others get a bonus for Dexterity. My biggest reservation is that I don't see an easy way to just add the idea to the existing rules. Any new bonus that gets applied to all or nearly all rolls is going to change the roll ranges and add new complications, so sticking attributes or something like it is going to basically mean yet another redesign of the character creation system and basic dice mechanic. Since this is still very much brainstorming, this week I'm just going talk out loud (and maybe incoherently) about some of the ideas that I've been tossing around.
Why Attributes?
The thinking behind leaving out attributes in the first place was that it was unnecessary because a character's competence in fiction is more often a factor of the character's role in the story (Hero Factor) than natural ability. So the assumption was that all characters are slightly above average in all of the things you would normally describe with attributes and the players who wanted their characters to be better or worse could do that with Edges and Drawbacks. But realistically, very few players choose "strong" or "smart" or "charming" or whatever when they're creating a character. This was also true of the QAGS idea that Body, Brain, and Nerve were holistic and you could describe variations (a character who's strong, healthy, and agile, but ugly or weak, sickly, and clumsy but good looking) with Flaws and Skills. Even if they did, when you think about it, it's an even bigger "broad skills" problem than something like "Fighting" or "Educated." Also, characters in fiction aren't just defined by whether or not they're a protagonist. Sure, Hero Factor goes a long way, but most characters are heroic in a specific talent department that's not necessarily a skill: Tony Stark's intelligence, The Bride's fighting abilities, Ferris Bueller's charm, whatever.
There are also some practical reasons to re-introduce the idea of skills. For one thing, it's kind of awkward to write rules when the players are constantly told to vaguely "make a roll," meaning that the players roll d12+Hero Die + whatever Edges apply. It's just seems weird because we're used to "make a strength roll" or "make a history roll" or whatever, but you can't really say that when strength and history are just two possibilities from an non-existent and infinite list of freeform skills. Aside from avoiding the awkward "make an appropriate roll" constructions in the rules, attributes can help prevent situations where everyone's making the same roll (since they all have the same Hero Factor and nobody has relevant skills) whenever everything about the situation screams that certain characters should have a better or worse chance of success than others. Tyrion Lannister should have a better chance than Podrick or realizing that someone's trying to lure him into a trap, but if we make the (admittedly wrong) assumption that they have the same Hero Factor, Tyrion only gets a bonus if he has some appropriate Edge like Detect Lies or Read People or something. A perception-type attribute could fix that problem.
I'll circle back to this when I start talking about rules changes (possibly next week), but you may have noticed that a lot of the Trademarks are kind of a roundabout way of creating characters with high attribute scores. Brawler is a character with a high Strength, another is high Dexterity/Agility/Whatever, there are several variations that are high Brain or Charisma, etc. A few (like Monster Hunter and A Very Particular Set of Skills) don't fit the bill, but a lot of the existing Trademarks are really just high attribute scores in disguise. I didn't realize it when I added Trademarks, but if you look over the list of sample Trademarks it's pretty obvious.
What Attributes?
If I decide to create an attribute-like trait type, the big question is "What are the attributes?" Before getting into how detailed the attributes should be (Is there a holistic Body attribute like in QAGS, or multiple attributes that describe physical ability, like Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution in D&D?), there's a question of what the attributes are defining. I think there are three main categories to choose from:
- Traditional: These are the kinds of attributes most gamers are used to, where each attribute kind of describes the character's natural ability in whatever areas the game designer thinks are important: Strength, Reflexes, Charm, Endurance, Perception, and so on. The biggest advantage here is that it's familiar and checks off all the "why have attributes?" boxes I talked about before.
- Super-Skills: In this scheme, the attributes are more like broad skill groups than raw talent. So you might have things like Combat, Mechanical, Covert Ops, Magic, or whatever. One pro of this option is that you can customize it to the setting: a fantasy game has a Magic attribute, cyberpunk has Hacking, etc. The biggest con is that since some characters would zero in some Attributes, the most logical way to do it would be "Pick X Attributes," which removes the standardization and default roll perks of having attributes in the first place (and may necessitate rules for dealing with a zero in the attribute). It's also less clear-cut which attribute applies (is lockpicking Mechanical or Covert Ops?), which could be a good thing or a bad thing.
- Style: This is somewhere between the two previous options, with wishy-washier traits like Forceful, Sneaky, Athletic, Precise, Charming, etc. I like it because it's the most straightforward way of making the attribute about how the character is doing the thing: Intimidation is Forceful, a well-reasoned argument is Precise, flattery is Charming, etc. That's also a con because putting what stat to use in the players' hands has an equal chance of leading to creativity or ridiculousness depending on the players. It also, once again, removes the standardization that makes attributes handy from a design perspective. And it's kind of a broad stroke approach that can be weird if you're not playing a genre where broad strokes work (The character with a high Sneaky has a pretty good chance for rolls involving petty theft, international intrigue, sneak attacks, or computer hacking).
There's also the option of mixing and matching the three categories (like Star Wars d6, which had some traditional stats mixed in with things like "Technical" and "Fighting"), which is very tempting. With clear definitions and rules for dealing with overlap, it could be set up to allow for some of the benefits of all three options. Of course, it could also result in a huge, confusing mess, but at this point the whole system is a huge confusing mess. Luckily I'm still managing to convince myself that working through the messes is the key to making the game work the way I want it to. This may be an indication that my brain is broken.


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Lucky you. Your sales pitch to prospects is working and clients are stacked up like planes landing at O'Hare. Receivables are numerous and the balance sheet rocks. So how can it be that you almost didn't make payroll (again)? How can you come up short on cash, with all the business you've created?
Like so many business owners, especially those who are new or who suddenly acquire a competitive advantage that creates a tidal wave of business, you did not recognize the signs that a cash-flow crash was impending, regardless of how much money was scheduled to flow into your coffers. You placed your primary focus on creating business (which is vital), but neglected to monitor the ebb and flow of revenues and expenses (which are vital). Every business owner must keep an eye on the money ball and take corrective actions as needed, if we want to keep the business alive and thriving because quite perversely, as sales go up, cash can go down.
Here is one example of how a cash-flow crash might happen. As business expands, staying on top of accounts receivable becomes more time-consuming. Those in service businesses (like website design or public relations) may find that clients, oftentimes larger businesses whose names we crave for our client list, may unilaterally decide to pay receivables in 60 days, instead of 30 days. Meanwhile, you have payroll, office rent, phone bills, auto insurance and numerous other operating expenses that are due somewhere between right now and 30 days.
Another cause of cash-flow crashes is improper pricing. You may sell a ton of T-shirts but if the profit margin is too thin, you'll find that excellent sales volume as demonstrated by number of items sold does not overcome an inadequate mark-up. Revenues generated will not cover expenses. It will be necessary to either acquire the product less expensively, or raise the price.
A growing business brings up still more issues that keep its owner awake at night: capital expenditures. You will need to decide whether or not and when (or not) to upgrade office equipment, open a new office or move to larger quarters, or hire more workers to keep up with the growing number of customers.
Fail to invest in capacity and you leave money on the table, plus dissatisfied customers who are likely to kill you on social media. Get fooled by the romantic delusion of further growth, invest in demand that never materializes and you are stuck with potentially crippling debt that can bankrupt the business.
That is quite the dilemma and only the best fortune-teller can give the right answer. John Terry, of Churchill Terry business advisers in Dallas, TX, recommends that the business owner focus on one question only when evaluating the possibility of making large capital investments: will it bring money in the door? If not, find a less expensive alternative or learn to make do without it. Successful business owners learn to preserve and protect liquidity. Here is an effective antidote:
- Hire a savvy bookkeeper or accountant to function as the business controller ( full or part-time)
- Each week, collect the data on key financial indicators: accounts payable, accounts receivable, available cash and the quick ratio (cash + receivables / current liabilities + payables) to monitor that all-important liquidity
- Each month, collect the data on these indicators: accounts receivable turnover ratio (how long does it take to get paid?), the operating cash-flow ratio (cash-flow from operations / current liabilities) and the pre-tax net profit margin
It is imperative that you are able to pay obligations when they are due and for that you need cash in hand. Analyze the above indicators weekly and monthly and learn what is really happening behind the scenes of your business. Track the available cash trends over time.
Seasonal variations may become evident. You may have to step up collections of receivables or approach certain clients about speeding up payments. You may have to request more money up-front before taking on certain projects, so money will come in faster. You may need to trim expenses. You may need to raise prices. The decision of whether to invest in capital upgrades will become clearer.
There are software programs that will track important data and help business owners resolve problems and set priorities. Accounts receivable, cash, inventory and liquidity can be monitored, along with confirmation on whether the business is on target to meet budget and revenue goals. For those businesses that get a lot of repeat business, it is also possible to track the profitability margins of key clients.
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So, I'm hoping that in the near future there will be some new nieces or nephews in my future and I'm kind of in love with this new shop I ran across ClaraLoo. She has the cutest nursery decor and I'm excited to share it all with you!
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We tend to lean towards two decor styles… Country or Beachy. I've landed in something that is more like Country Cottage to combined the two as best I can so I love ClaraLoo's outdoorsy nursery decor.
Clicking on the picture will take you directly to that item in her shop.
She's got tons of shapes and colors and they are just darling so be sure to pop over to her shop and take a look. As always thank you for supporting small and handmade business.


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East meets West: Mounted Encounters in Early and High Mediaeval Europe
By Jurg Gassmann
Acta Periodica Duellatorum, Vol.5:1 (2017)
Abstract: By the Late Middle Ages, mounted troops – cavalry in the form of knights – are established as the dominant battlefield arm in North-Western Europe. This paper considers the development of cavalry after the Germanic Barbarian Successor Kingdoms such as the Visigoths in Spain or the Carolingian Franks emerged from Roman Late Antiquity and their encounters with Islam, as with the Moors in Iberia or the Saracens (Arabs and Turks) during the Crusades, since an important part of literature ascribes advances in European horse breeding and horsemanship to Arab influence. Special attention is paid to information about horse types or breeds, conformation, tactics – fighting with lance and bow – and training. Genetic studies and the archaeological record are incorporated to test the literary tradition.
Introduction: The Germanic kingdoms that established themselves in the Roman Empire of the West in the 5th C did not exist in a vacuum, they interacted with outside powers. Initially defensively, as Muslim forces first overran North Africa and then – in Iberia and Gaul – encroached on the European kingdoms as well; and further during the Crusades, as Europe transitioned from the defensive to the strategic counter-offensive.
The equine side of these encounters has received little attention, and where it has, statements are often made and conclusions drawn which at the very least require testing against the archaeological and literary record. Several authors hypothesise that European breeding and horsemanship received decisive impulses from these encounters – these hypotheses shall here be tested.
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The Jefferson School Spirit trail was dedicated in memory of Lee Wardall on Tuesday, June 5. Mr. Wardall taught physical education at Jefferson for many years and impacted hundreds of lives during his tenure.
Pam Dodge and a host of volunteers and donors made the trail possible.
The trail includes a crushed granite portion at the trail head, a sign dedicating the trail to Mr. Wardall, and a trail that circumnavigates the school property. It runs through the woods to offer students a place to get in touch with nature, promote physical fitness, and a place for quite reflection.
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The end of Rage reminded me very much of the end of Crysis: a sudden change from an environment that was creative, if a bit worn out, to generic, shiny, corridor running. We have seen more than our share of post-apocalyptic wastelands in the last few years, but I will admit that Rage had the best looking one. They looked so good there were enough quests to send you through each one twice, ala Halo. (I guess I feel like game name dropping today) There were drippy, gooey parts where mutants had made nests out of hastily stolen human entrails. There were wrecked buildings tilted to impossible angles. And it all looked noticeably better than Fallout and on par with Gears of War 3. I don't understand why the abandoned it for a climax set in the levels that Bungie threw out with the breakfast banana rinds and used coffee grounds ten years ago.
Ok, time to stop talking about a game by talking about other, better games.
Rage was so hollow that when it was done all I thought was 'that's is?' Three discs, a terabyte of uncompressed data in the final build (according to Cliffy B, at least) and all they managed was around five different areas across less than twenty hours of gameplay. It wanted to be big and free roaming, but there is just not enough content there to make it work. What you end up with is a corridor shooter strung together by driving sections that are actually more entertaining than the shooting. Not a recipe for success, much less a reason to make a second game to use the engine it is trying to sell.
And yes, Chance, the shotgun was good, but not that good. The weapons were so pigeon holed as to what they were for killing that the combat became paint by the numbers. The shotgun was for killing mutants, the regular assault rifle was for killing unarmored raiders, the authority assault rifle was for killing the authority, the sniper rifle was mostly useless as the handgun did the same thing when combined with half a binoculars, I never used the crossbow or the glaive that looked like a refugee from Krull and the rocket launcher was for anything big. Perhaps I was spoiled by Resistance 3, but boring.
|No, it wasn't cool then either.
I have seen just enough best of the year lists now to have my opinion of Bastion validated. It is a nice warm feeling that every once and a while my opinions line up with the rest of the gaming populace as opposed to being in stark opposition. Everyone liked Bastion, and for mostly the same reasons. Best of all it was a self contained experience. It tells a story from beginning to end, and while it's action may not keep up with Outland, the other downloadable heavyweight from last year, it never got in the way of anything either. An excellent game, regardless of delivery method.


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National Geographic's cover photographer - Nick Cahill grew up in San Mateo and graduated from Sierra Nevada College. At the age of 18, he picked up a camera to take photos and videos of his home built race car. After receiving a grounding foundation of arts, and graduating from SNC in Lake Tahoe, he really honed on his landscape photography skills in combination with his outdoor adventure lifestyle. His night time astro-galaxy images were first inspired in the Lake Tahoe area where the sky was dark while the stars illuminated brightly. Experimenting one night with a friend he managed to capture the Milky Way vertically which would later become the cover shot of National Geographic's Limited Edition, "Guide to the Night Sky" taken at Speedboat Beach, CA. His images usually require some sort of vigorous activity with matching conditions in order to capture these moments in time. He and his girlfriend converted a 1988 Thomas school bus that they have been living full time in for over one year. They've traveled throughout the Pacific Northwest, all the way down to Cabo Mexico and back - with his camera by his side. Cahill solely prints his art on dye-infused aluminum that brings vibrancy and life to all of his images, and the material is sure to last lifetimes. Cahill will be sharing his favorite images and stories from his bus life on the road and how he captured some of those moments.
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Current News and Press For 2019
The All-Inclusive Wellness Retreat of the Year in New England is New Life Hiking Spa in Killington, Vermont.
Killington, Vt., March 8, 2019 – At New Life Hiking Spa & Wellness Retreat in Vermont's Green Mountains, gorgeous hikes, fresh food, incredible massages, and a 40+ year history combine for a destination wellness vacation for singles, couples, and small groups.
All Inclusive Wellness Retreat of the year!
New Life Hiking Spa was recently chosen as the All-Inclusive Wellness Retreat of the Year – New England and the Leading Provider of New England Outdoor Adventure Experiences in the recent Lux Travel & Tourism Awards.
New Life Hiking Spa has started off 2019 with a lot of attention regarding their wellness retreats and has been included in the following articles:
- "Five Best Wellness Escapes in New England" by Yankee Magazine in the January 2019 issue.
- "Ten Best Wellness Resorts of 2019" by Tripsavvy in February 2019.
- "If You Want to Invest in a Wellness Program" – 10 powerful paths to finding optimum wellness and a better you" in Spirituality & Health Magazine January/February 2019 issue.
- "15 Weekend Getaway Spas for Every Type of Occasion" in Town & Country Magazine, January 2019.
- "Top 100 Spas of 2018" (New Life Hiking Spa was listed #1) by American Spa, January 2019 issue.
- "17 Weight Loss Spas & Fitness Retreats for 2019" by Travel to Wellness
- "Five Spa Properties Paving the Way to Guests' Health" by Day Spa Magazine
For 20 weeks we offer different fitness levels & packages for all guests! Book Now!
Open just 20 weeks a year when hiking is at its peak in Vermont, New Life Hiking Spa offers hiking for every fitness level from beginner to advanced. Over 1,000 guests from around the globe come to New Life Hiking Spa every season. Guests who are looking for a wellness retreat, a getaway to relax and rejuvenate and get a new outlook on life can find it at New Life Hiking Spa in Killington, Vermont.
An affordable wellness retreat for all adults
Over the years, New Life Hiking Spa has become known as one of the original wellness retreats and it is also the most affordable. All-inclusive prices range between $229 – $269 per person/per night. Packages are offered with stays between 3 – 21 nights.
New Life Hiking Spa has earned top accolades from major publications including one of the best weight loss retreats in Health Magazine and the #1 U.S. destination spa in Travel + Leisure Magazine in 2016.
Reservations are now being taken for the upcoming 2019 season, (May 16 – September 30) and can be made at www.newlifehikingspa.com or by calling 802-353-2954. Early booking specials apply.
For full press release for the 2019 Travel & Tourism Award click here: PR Newswire 3/8/19
Book Now, the 2019 season reservations are now available!
New Life Hiking Spa & Wellness Retreat's 2019 season dates will be May 16 – September 30. The reservation line is open and we are currently taking reservations for the upcoming season. Contact us online or give us a call at 1.802.353.2954.
Press for New Life Hiking Spa in 2018
Just in time for New Life Hiking Spa's 40th Anniversary, the popular hiking and weight-loss resort is returning home to Killington Mountain, Vermont. Moving back to the property New Life spent almost a quarter of a century, the newly renovated Killington Mountain Lodge will offer spectacular lodging accommodations to accompany New Life's award-winning wellness programming.
New Life Hiking Spa is one of the oldest and most established destination spas in the United States. It has been listed as the #1 spa on Spas of America Top 100 Spas list for three consecutive years and was named the #1 Destination Spa in 2016 by Travel + Leisure Magazine.
Founded in 1978, New Life Hiking Spa was created by Jimmy LeSage, M.S. on Stratton Mountain, Vermont and moved to the newly built Inn of the Six Mountains on Killington Mountain in 1990. For 24 years, New Life operated each spring-fall season at the Inn and experienced tremendous growth by offering affordable, authentic and all-inclusive hiking spa and wellness retreats. The Inn of the Six Mountains was sold in 2014 to Innisfree Hotels and New Life has been operating out of another hotel in the Killington vicinity for the past three years.
"The renovations are now complete at the former Inn of Six Mountains and has reopened as the newly re-branded Killington Mountain Lodge," says Jimmy LeSage, founder, and director. "We are ready to move back for our 40th Anniversary. The staff and I are extremely excited to offer these wonderful accommodations to our guests. It's like we are returning home after a huge renovation."
The New Life program accommodates up to 50 guests at a time, and each year people travel from around the world to attend 21 night extended wellness vacations, eleven-night weight loss retreats, five-to-ten night Jump Start Getaways and two-to-four night mini-wellness escapes.
All-inclusive packages include a private room with a private bath, three levels of guided hikes every day, all fitness classes and wellness programming, three freshly prepared healthy meals each day, snacks, cooking demos, and nutrition lectures and one massage for each three-night stay. Prices range based on length of stay from $229 – $279 per person, per night.
Located at the Appalachian Trail and Long Trail, New Life offers diverse terrains that will challenge hikers at every level. Because the number of guests is limited, each visitor is able to focus on his or her individual needs with the support of New Life's superb staff, who help guests change eating, exercising and living patterns over time. Plan ahead and secure your spot for 2018, as New Life Hiking Spa often sells out months in advance. The 2018 dates will be May 17 – October 1.
New Life Hiking Spa In the News for 2016
July 6, 2016 – Mendon/Killington, VT
New Life Hiking Spa is ranked No. 1 on the Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2016 list of Top Domestic Destination Spas
Travel + Leisure Magazine announced today that New Life Hiking Spa has won the coveted spot as the number one domestic destination spa. The announcement was made on the Today Show this morning and will be featured in the August issue of Travel + Leisure that hits the newsstands on July 15th.
For the complete article and the listing of the top ten in the United States click here:
Founded in 1978 by Jimmy LeSage, M.S., New Life Hiking Spa is the spa world's truly authentic, low-key wellness getaway. This award-winning hiking spa program is offered just 20 weeks a year when hiking is at its peak in Vermont.
This is the first time in the history of the award that a Vermont hotel or spa has won the number one spa.
In the News for 2015
New Life Hiking Spa in Vermont is a Winner in the Spafinder Wellness 365 Wellness Travel Awards
November 10, 2015 – Killington, VT
Spafinder Wellness 365TM recently announced winners of the 2015 Wellness Travel Awards at a press event held at the World Travel Market in London. New Life Hiking Spa in Killington, Vermont won the Award for Best for Affordability & Budget Spa.
The Wellness Travel Awards recognize the demand for healthier travel options and honor hotels, resorts, destination spas and retreats worldwide offering the best wellness vacations and experiences. Winners were selected by a panel of 33 travel and wellness industry editors and experts, who nominated 504 properties for consideration before narrowing the field to finalists in 53 countries and regions and by consumers who voted for their favorite locations across various categories.
Awards were presented by Mia Kyricos, the chief brand officer of Spafinder Wellness, Inc. "We are honored to recognize the best in wellness travel from all corners of the globe," said Kyricos. "Our objective is to help travelers identify options for their ideal wellness vacations, while also recognizing the excellence and innovation that exists in this rapidly growing sector of the travel industry."
About Spafinder Wellness, Inc.
Spafinder Wellness, Inc. is the world's largest marketing, gifting, incentives, and rewards company for the wellness industry and the leading consumer resource for feeling good and living well all year round. With now over 26,000 wellness partners worldwide, including wellness travel destinations, fitness, yoga and Pilates studios, spas and salons, plus access to 4,500 massage therapists through Zeel's on-demand massage services, millions of people find the resources and inspiration to keep well every day via the Spafinder Wellness 365™ brand. Learn more at https://www.spafinder.com.
About New Life Hiking Spa, Inc.
Founded in 1978, New Life Hiking Spa has been a pioneer in the destination spa industry and has become nationally recognized as an affordable fitness and wellness destination. New Life is open each year spring through fall when hiking is at its peak in the Green Mountains of Vermont. The 2016 season will run from May 12th – October 3rd.
Known for its exhilarating hiking program, delicious healthy meals and a comfortable atmosphere, New Life Hiking Spa offers the chance to experience the peace of the outdoors in a down-to-earth, country inn environment. It is ideally suited for small groups, couples or individuals trying to improve their wellness level and de-stress. New Life offers a variety of vacation options from 2-4 night mini-getaways to 11 night or longer weight loss and wellness retreats.
All-inclusive prices range from $229 – $269 per night. Prices include a room, three healthy meals per day, fresh fruit and vegetables as snacks, one guided hike every day (three levels offered per day to accommodate everyone's fitness needs), all fitness and yoga classes, one massage for every three-night stay and evening lectures and cooking demos.
More information on New Life's programming can be found online at https://newlifehikingspa.com.
In the News 2013
- New Life Hiking Spa – Pick for Best Hiking Retreat
- MSN picks New Life Hiking Spa as one of Ten Wellness Retreats to Jumpstart a new you
- Rand McNally picks New Life Hiking Spa as one of 5 Soothing American Spas
- AARP Picks New Life Hiking Spa as one of 5 Budget-Friendly Luxury Health Spas
In the News 2012 and older
- The Pioneer Spas: New Life Hiking Spa
- Top 10 Fitness Vacations in the World – MSNBC
- 8 Places to Take a Vacation and Lose Weight (onMSN.com)
- Top 10 places to get in shape – MSNBC
- America's Healthiest Spas: Four Great Weight-Loss Spas
- Weight loss vacations picked – Shape Magazine
- Weight loss vacations that work – Shape Magazine


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