He encountered Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley arriving late to his own show: "They were about 16 or 17, and they were holding the crowd 'til we got there. Larry Sparks, Roy Lee Centers, and Charlie Sizemore were among those with whom he played in the revived band. He decided to go it alone, eventually reviving The Clinch Mountain Boys. I went to Syd Nathan at King and asked him if he wanted me to go on, and he said, 'Hell yes! You might be better than both of them.'" But boy, I got letters, 3,000 of 'em, and phone calls. "I was worried, I didn't know if I could do it by myself. Ralph kept the band name when he continued as a solo act after Carter's death, from 1967 until his death in 2016.Īfter Carter died of complications of cirrhosis in 1966, after ailing for "a year or so", Ralph faced a hard decision on whether to continue performing on his own. Ralph and Carter performed as The Stanley Brothers with their band, The Clinch Mountain Boys, from 1946 to 1966. At King Records, they "went to a more 'Stanley style', the sound that people most know today." "James and his band were poppin' their fingers on that" according to Ralph. In fact, James Brown and his band were in the studio when the Stanley Brothers recorded " Finger Poppin' Time". The Stanley Brothers joined King Records in the late '50s, a record company so eclectic that it included James Brown at the time. Bill Monroe loved our music and loved our singing." Ralph Stanley gave his opinion on Bill Monroe's apparent change of heart: "He knew Carter would make him a good singer. Later, Carter went back to sing for the "Father of Bluegrass", Bill Monroe. I guess I wrote 20 or so banjo tunes, but Carter was a better writer than me." When Columbia Records signed them as The Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe left in protest and joined Decca. So we started writing songs in 1947, 1948. They soon "found out that didn't pay off-we needed something of our own. Īt first they covered "a lot of Bill Monroe music" (one of the first groups to pick up the new "bluegrass" format). They first performed at Norton, Virginia's WNVA, but did not stay long there, moving on instead to Bristol, Virginia, and WCYB to start the show Farm and Fun Time, where they stayed "off and on for 12 years". Drawing heavily on the musical traditions of the area, which included the unique singing style of the Primitive Baptist Universalist church and the sweet down-home family harmonies of the Carter Family, the two Stanley brothers began playing on local radio stations. Clinch Mountain Boys Īfter considering a course in "veterinary", he decided instead to join his older guitar-playing brother Carter Stanley (1925–1966) to form the Clinch Mountain Boys in 1946. So I sung a song with Carter on the radio before I even got home. my daddy and Carter picked me up from the (station), and Carter was playing with another group, Roy Sykes and the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys, and they had a personal appearance that night. He graduated from high school on May 2, 1945, and was inducted into the Army on May 16, serving "little more than a year." He immediately began performing when he got home: But I think I developed my own style of the banjo. She tuned it up for me and played this tune, "Shout Little Luly," and I tried to play it like she did. She played gatherings around the neighborhood, like bean stringin's. She had 11 brothers and sisters, and all of them could play the five-string banjo. He learned to play the banjo, clawhammer style, from his mother: had a little store, and I remember my aunt took it out in groceries. paid $5 for it, which back then was probably like $5,000. My aunt had this old banjo, and Mother bought it for me. I got my first banjo when I was a teenager. And I'd hear him sing songs like ' Man of Constant Sorrow,' ' Pretty Polly' and ' Omie Wise.'" As he says, his "daddy didn't play an instrument, but sometimes he would sing church music. The son of Lee and Lucy Stanley, Ralph did not grow up around a lot of music in his home. How Can We Thank Him for What He Has Doneġ6.Stanley was born, grew up, and lived in rural Southwest Virginia-"in a little town called McClure at a place called Big Spraddle, just up the holler" from where he moved in 1936 and lived ever since in Dickenson County. Ralph Stanley - Clinch Mountain Country ġ7.
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Version 5.5 fixed all of that and then some! Synching is fast and seamless so I can keep my iOS devices totally up-to-date, along with my Windows version on my laptop. I was one of the unhappy users that complained about the lack of WiFi synching capability when version 5 came out. I started using mSecure in version 4 and loved it. I actually generate and change my passwords frequently since I got PasswordManager, just as one should. PasswordManager can be synched with several different storage media and can export your data to a spreadsheet. It generates, securely stores and gives easy access to your passwords. This current version does everything anyone would want in a password manager. I understand you get more “features” for that $30 than just the biometric login, but why is that a pro feature in the first place? There are tons of apps out there where it is a basic feature so charging money for it seems like a money grab. I had touch login on my previous phone, but after upgrading to the iPhone 11 it is now locked behind a $30 paywall. Next feature that is missing is the biometric login. Actual quote from this weekend, “Sorry Wife, PasswordManager that we have used for years has decided to put the free version of backing up our data behind a paywall and I didn’t notice so our options are to spend $30 right now or just lose the data.” Thanks for that argument. Now all backups are a pro feature and when my wife and I bought new phones this weekend we were left high and dry without any way of backing up our data. This was a bit slow and clunky, but it was nice in the event something happened with my phone. You used to have the ability to create an email backup and automatic sync was a pro feature. If these features had always been on the pro version I would understand, but they started out free to draw in new customers and then were moved up after PasswordManager gained more recognition I don’t begrudge the company for making a pro version with more features, but they seemed to have pushed out some of the basic features into the pro version to force you to upgrade. I have used the free version MSecure for many years. The site covers an area of around 47 000 hectares and offers a variety of tourist attractions.įrom the N1 in Johannesburg, take exit 80 Roodepoort (M8 14th Ave) and get onto Hendrik Potgieter road (M47) heading north. 13 well explored fossil sites and over 200 caves are located within the cradle. Located just northwest of Johannesburg this area became a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to the large number of humanoid fossils that has been found here. More leisurely pursuits include picnicking, birdwatching, eyeballing big game at the Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve, spending time at the Lesedi Cultural Village to learn more about South Africa’s rainbow nation, or enjoying a meal at any of the area’s wide variety of restaurants.Cradle of Humankind is an UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Africa. A favourite weekend and holiday destination for Johannesburg and Pretoria, outdoor activities of all kinds abound, from cycling (there are great cycle trails), horse riding, fly-fishing, hiking, hot-air ballooning, adventure caving (with expert guides), rock-face abseiling (try a moonlight abseil), to kloofing, scrambling and climbing. However, “the Cradle”, as it’s affectionately known by locals, is not only about our fascinating human past – it’s also set firmly in the present. You’ll also be overlooking a landscape dotted with plains game as far as the eye can see with spectacular views over the Magaliesberg. You enter through the front of this mound into a huge exhibition space, but when you exit and look back, the same building has now been transformed into a hi-tech, futuristic structure that reinforces the idea of our human journey from ancient to modern. Maropeng is housed in the Tumulus Building, reminiscent of an ancient human burial mound. It’s believed that there are still thousands of hominin, plant and animal fossils yet to be discovered in the 200 caves of the Cradle.īe sure to browse the small but good exhibition centre at the caves before making your way to the nearby award-winning Maropeng Visitor Centre with its visitor-friendly interactive displays that encourage you to “Imagine”, “Explore”, “Contemplate” and “Discover”, the words inscribed on the concrete columns you see as you approach the site. Visit the network of the Sterkfontein Caves first to get an understanding of context (not if you’re asthmatic, claustrophobic or too bulky because there are small narrow spaces to navigate) and you’ll almost certainly see a palaeontologist or other scientist chipping away at rocks. Two-million-year-old stone tools have also been discovered here, as well as a collection of burnt bones that scientists believe are conclusive evidence that our ancestors harnessed fire (energy) here – a crucial technological innovation that ultimately led to men on the moon. All these fossils are known to be precursors of early humans, Homo sapiens, and are indicators of the complex journey that humankind has taken from its origins to the present day. In this network of limestone caves Mrs Ples, a 2.1-million-year-old Australopithecus skull was discovered in 1947 Little Foot, an almost complete hominin skeleton was chipped out in the 1990s and as recently as 2015 Homo naledi, a previously unknown species of extinct hominin, was discovered within the Rising Star cave system. There are 15 important fossil sites within the Cradle, including the world-famous Sterkfontein Caves, site of the world’s oldest and most continuous palaeontological dig. (Hominins belong to the group consisting of modern humans, extinct human species and all our immediate ancestors including members of the genera Homo such as Australopithecus, Paranthropus and Ardipithecus.) It’s a 47 000ha area of rolling grasslands, gently undulating hills and rocky outcrops, and it was here some three million and more years ago that hominins, the early ancestors of humans, roamed, made fire and fashioned stone tools. The Cradle of Humankind, one of South Africa’s eight World Heritage Sites and the only one in Gauteng, is approximately 45km north-west of Johannesburg. Razor stated that going forward all Hovertrax product that is manufactured, shipped and sold will be listed to UL 2272. Upon receipt, Razor will ship a replacement Hovertrax that is certified to UL 2272. UPDATE: Razor is encouraging owners of their Hovertrax products that are not certified to UL 2272 (the updated battery certification) to call Razor toll-free at 86 from 8 am to 5 pm PT, Monday through Friday. Razor will send consumers a shipping carton and pre-paid return label to return their Hovertrax to Razor. Affected serial numbers beginning with 55X120-01, 55X120-02, 55X110-01, 55X110-02 or 55X230-01 are included in the recall. (I have reached out to Swagway and Razor for comment on the CPSC recall and will update with any response.) If manufacturers are looking for another shortcut to sell product, perhaps one of them will take the handlebars off a bike and call it a land speeder. Hoverboard Scooter IGREATPOWER VICT18650 10S2P 36V 4.4Ah Li-ion Battery Pack Replacement. UL CE Hoverboard Scooter IGREATPOWER 25.2V 2.6Ah 2.0Ah Li-ion Battery Pack Replacement. Hoverboard Scooter CHY-10S2P 36V 4.0Ah Battery Pack Replacement Li-ion Battery. I don't think the current iteration of the hoverboard is going to be the hot holiday gift two years in a row. JETECH JT-BC200-10 36V 4Ah 144Wh Lithium-ion Power Battery With UL Certificate. There are companies working on actual hoverboards though, such as Arx Pax and their 'Hendo' hoverboard. The Omni Hoverboard is the first propeller-based aeronautical vehicle for a free-standing pilot. D-Sporting Goods Battery Mounting Bracket Frame Case for 6. While consumers might shrug at the danger posed by exploding batteries in a luxury device, most of the people using hoverboards are kids. Or at least, it has the ability to explode irrationally built into it. What the CPSC is warning is that if your hoverboard hasn't exploded yet, it most likely will. Regardless, the future doesn't look too bright for hoverboards.Ĭould this be the end for the vaulted self-transportation device that seemed to bring us back into the future? Perhaps. UL hasnt tested any hoverboards, therefore, 'UL. Going forward, I'm sure their little scooters will have safer battery construction, especially after a recall. Hoverboard fires could be 'd ue possibly to overcharging because the battery charger and battery pack dont talk to each other,' says Drengenberg. If you are going to buy another wheeled device that consumers insist on calling a hoverboard, buy it from a company that isn't on the recall list.Įven though Razor currently owns the original hoverboard patent it seems that it had little effect on product already in production. Swag is the important shopping distinction here. Oh right, it was Swagway that was recalled. Trade Commission recently banned all hoverboards that aren't from Segway. I have no clue as to why you'd want to buy another hoverboard when this battery issue still isn't settled. Since there are 52 weeks in a year that means there are 26 biweekly pay periods, which means this payment strategy would be equivalent to paying a 13th monthly payment each year, which can help buyers save $10,000's & years of loan payments. By default our calculations set bi-weekly payments to half of the monthly payment. These features are turned off by default on the mobile version to save screen space.Īmortization Tables: Clicking on the "show amortization tables" link reveals options to display monthly or yearly amortization tables & to compare monthly versus biweekly payments. 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Real estate portals like Zillow, Trulia,, Redfin, & Movoto list current & historical property tax payments on many properties. One can't simply look at the old property tax payment on a home to determine what they will be on a forward basis, as the assessed value of the home & the effective rate may change over time. Those who rent ultimately pay this expense as part of their rent as it is reflected in their rental price. Property Tax: this is the local rate home owners are charged to pay for various municipal expenses. Extra payments applied directly to the principal early in the loan term can save many years off the life of the loan. If a home buyer opts for a 30-year loan, most of their early payments will go toward interest on the loan. The 30-year fixed-rate loan is the most common term in the United States, but as the economy has went through more frequent booms & busts this century it can make sense to purchase a smaller home with a 15-year mortgage. 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Home Value: the appraised value of a home. Now you must be wondering that every photo editor does that. Of course, you can use the Alt+Shift+S keyboard shortcut as well. To save an image as a project, click on the Save button. Later, when you need to make any changes to them, open the project file and continue editing it. Similar to the prominent photo editors, you can save your images as projects. Similarly, if you add multiple filters and effects and want to compare the edited image with the previous preview, click the Compare icon or press Spacebar. Just click on the Original icon at the bottom. While editing, PhotoScape X lets you view the original file anytime. To use it, go to the Edit tab, then tap on the Quick Menu icon. Thankfully, the Quick Menu comes to the rescue where you have access to many features directly in one window. Since PhotoScape X packs a ton of features, it becomes difficult to access some of them right from the home window. 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Wherever PhotoScape X lets you choose a background for any effect or tool, instead of going with a color or theme, you can set it as transparent. Then choose the background of your choice from the provided options. To do so, check Circular Crop box under Crop function first. In Circular Crop, PhotoScape X lets you choose the background for the four corners from solid colors, gradient, and themes. Further, you can also copy the cropped portion directly to the clipboard. Above that, it lets you save the cropped area directly and thereby saves your time. PhotoScape X offers the basic crop utilities such as various crop sizes and circular/perspective crop. That’s one of the reasons I prefer PhotoScape X. That makes it easier to use than other image editing suites which expect you to remember shortcuts, and you need to hover on the icons to figure out the tools. If you check the screenshot carefully, each tool icon has a name under it. 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The little printer that couldn’t: The Dymo LabelWriter fails to connect Instead, an error message appeared that said the printer was “offline” or “not connected.” However, after I updated to OS X 10.9.4, I could no longer get any labels to print. The printer was working fine under OS X Mavericks 10.9.3. Click Next.Ĥ.The surprising source of the failure is that the Dymo Label software is incompatible with the latest version of OS X. Although your printer may not be an HP printer, this driver generally works for a large number of printers. Once the Windows Update is done, Click HP under Manufacturer and Click HP LaserJet 4 under Printers. Click Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings. If nothing happens to print, you can repeat the above steps to install the HP LaserJet III or contact Customer Support.ħ. Once the Windows Update is done, click HP under Manufacturer and Click HP LaserJet 4 under Printers. Right Click on your printer and select Printer properties.ĩ. 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Mostly used as a mixer in cocktails, one imbiber said that it was the cleanest, most natural crisp mint he’d ever tasted in drink, Lee said. However, the company only distributes 10 different types of gin and liqueurs.Ī lower-proof version of the peppermint schnapps received rave reviews from guests and clients in the tasting room. For Lee, this means creating the liqueurs and mixers that go along with crafting cocktails - currently about 60 in total. “Fundamentally, our goal is to help bartenders make the best cocktails they can,” Lee said. Lee Spirits Company has been making the schnapps to serve in its pre-Prohibition style cocktail lounge, Brooklyn’s on Boulder St., explained Ian Lee, co-founder of Lee Spirits Company. Colorado Springs-based Lee Spirits Company has bottled one of the purest iterations of this flavor with its Rocky Mountain Peppermint Schnapps, perfect for mixing in cocktails or simply sipping straight. Whether it’s the first lick of a candy cane as a child or the sweet memories of mojitos as an adult, mint holds a special place for our taste buds. There are certain flavors that are almost visceral in the way they conjure memories. So, you know the vodka was good if we bought a bottle and brought it home over the mountains to Omaha.Holiday Fun in a Bottle Makes Great Colorado Gift We brought home their Chairlift Warmer, the Barrel Aged Gin, and Vodka. It was a fun tasting, where we even got to talk to the distiller about some of his products and try some interesting things. They also make whiskey, gin, an aged gin, vodka, and an agave spirit. It’s delightful and a new favorite around here! It won a gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2018. We were too stunned to speak, LOL!īut seriously, if you can get your hands on some, do so! It’s a European Alps styled liqueur, with enough sugar, but not enough to make it a syrup. We used a specialty Peppermint Schnapps for our hot chocolate in this recipe, but that’s because we did a tasting at Telluride Distilling in Telluride, Colorado last summer! And this Chairlift Warmer won our hearts over. To make this Peppermint Schnapps Hot Chocolate, simply add the Peppermint Schnapps to this rich and decadent warm cocoa! Top it with some whipped cream and crushed candy canes for a great extra treat! Or, a boozy marshmallow is a great addition as it slowly melts! We have other boozy hot chocolate recipes, Verte Chaud and Spiked Hot Chocolate, too! You can also use green Creme de Menthe, but it will change the color of your cocktails or hot chocolate if that’s important to you!īasically Adult Hot Chocolate, this recipe is one of the easiest and most common ways to spike your hot chocolate. Are there any substitutes for Peppermint Schnapps? White Creme de Menthe can be a substitute: it is a lighter mint flavor. Peppermint schnapps is consumed in the winter or during the holiday season, and is popular in Apres Ski Cocktails, too! Also great in chocolate based cocktails, like in this Peppermint Schnapps Hot Chocolate. Peppermint schnapps is a clear mint flavored liqueur. This post contains affiliate links for products that we think you as readers might find useful, and we make commission off of these! For more details about our affiliates, click our Disclosure and Contacts Page. Make this great, decadent sip perfect for all winter long! This creamy hot chocolate sipper is perfect for cold winter days, especially sitting by the fireplace! This makes a perfect Apres ski cocktail! Topped with whipped cream and crushed candy canes, a peppermint schnapps hot chocolate is a must make!ĭo you want an amazing hot drink for winter sipping? Try our Peppermint Schnapps Hot Chocolate! It’s rich and chocolaty with a cool peppermint finish. |