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I got another tag in the Mystery Blogger Award! Check out my previous ones, here and here!
Thanks to Ava the Nerd for the nomination. You should all check out her blog cause it's fab and super cute!
- Put the award logo/image on your blog
- List the rules.
- Thank whoever nominated you and provide a link to their blog.
- Mention the creator of the award and provide a link as well. Thanks Okoto Enigma, again, for creating this tag!
- Tell your readers 3 things about yourself. (I'm running out of facts so I'll skip this one)
- You nominate 10 – 20 people.
- Notify your nominees by commenting on their blog.
- Ask your nominees any 5 questions of your choice; with one weird or funny question (specify).
- Share a link to your best post(s)
I have no more facts to write about myself! I'm facted out lol, so I'm going to skip right ahead to the questions!
What's your favourite colour?
My favourite colour is pink. I prefer pastel / baby pink shades, but pretty much all kinds of pink are my jam!
Describe yourself in three words.
Kooky, loud & shy.
(What an oxymoron! Loud & shy. But it's true… get to know me and I'm loud and crazy, otherwise I'm very timid and shy!)
If you were an animal, which one would you be? (this is the weird one)
A bear! I love bears, they're my favourite animal, and I think they probably have a pretty good life. They don't get hunted for anything (maybe their fur but you don't hear much about bear hunting), they sleep all winter long (life goals) and they're so cuddly looking!
Current favourite character (from anything you're reading/watching at the moment)
Agh. I'm on like page 11 of my newly started book (The Witchfinder's Sister) so I can't really choose based on opinion for this one, but I'm going to go with Grace, the young servant.
As for TV, I don't really watch much of it, but I'm sort of in the midst of watching Parks & Rec again… my favourite is Ben… always Ben 💘
What is the one thing you're most afraid of?
Going blind. My eyesight is terrible as it is, but actually going blind is my worst nightmare. Imagine having to rely on other senses and other people to help you out, all the time. It would (does) terrify me! I watched a Spanish horror/thriller called Julia's Eyes that did not help my fear at all (but it was a good movie though!!!)
It feels like I have tagged everyone ever in this tag. Plus my brain is totally frazzled right now so I can't think of any questions to ask, so I will not be tagging anyone in particular this time around.
Please feel free to do this tag if you would like and just take the questions I answered!

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There are 16 circles in this image.
Can you find the 16 circles in this wild optical illusion?
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There are 16 circles in this image.
Can you find the 16 circles in this wild optical illusion?
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Vogue Italia September 2014
Peter Lindbergh Photography
"When the child was a child, it was the time of these questions.
Why am I me and not you ?
Why am I here and not there ?
When did time begin, and where does space end ?"
Peter Handke, Wings of desire
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Mariacarla Boscono by Peter Lindbergh
Styled by Clare Richardson
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Learning to see | A person history of photography (1947-2012)
Take some time to read the complete PDF … you'll see !
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… What are you two looking at? my Old Man would ask.
Nothing much.
Are you teaching her to see?
I guess I am.
… Together we sat for an hour or so and watched. I don't
remember everything I saw that day while sitting there in that small boat with my Old
Man but I do know I was there, in every sense of the word, with every sense of my
body, taking in what I could. Once again I was learning to see and it was so fulfilling
it was almost painful. I don't remember if I had a tear in my eye but I should have. …
… Everyone has a vision of the truth. We can all find it and photograph it as we see it.
When that is done, the beauty will be revealed. Finding your truth may be closer than
you think. …
… Learning to see appears to be taken for granted. Yet
outside the speech centre of the brain, the visual cortex is the largest single area of
the brain dealing with function other than movement and sight is responsible for
80% of sensory input and learning for a sighted person. For some strange reason we
expect it all to be working perfectly from the moment the child sees the light at the
end of the tunnel, so to speak. …
… If we learn to see as the child does, we open a new world to our vision and add to
our own experiences. We learn about people and places. We see the connections
and relationships. We share in a world as no other generation has ever done before.
Don't let the world pass you by. Stop for a while and ponder. Learn to see as others
do. …
… It was said of Ansell Adams that, after spending many hours in his darkroom,
processing the results of many days of photographing his beloved landscapes, he
would occasionally burst into the daylight holding a freshly exposed and still dripping
print and utter excitedly 'I think I have got it'. …
… I remember seeing a documentary many years ago when a group of journalists and
anthropologists ventured into the Highlands of New Guinea to find a group of
indigenous people who had never had contact with people outside their own village.
One of the photographers took a Polaroid image of a village member and showed
him the photograph. At first the villager was bemused. He had no idea who it was.
He then became terrified when it was explained it was an image of him because he
thought the photograph contained part of his 'soul'. Slowly he realized the
significance of what he held in his hand and he smiled deeply, shared the photograph
with his family. …
This PDF is made available by Tom Dinning on the condition that it is used freely to
teach others how to see.
All contents are protected by copyright laws and cannot be reproduced without the
express written permission of the author.
Tom Dinning can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Other material by the author can be viewed at http://tdinning.blogspot.com.au/ and http://notesfromthecamera.blogspot.com.au/
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Did you see what I saw !?!


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Much to Franc's disgust, I brought back more junk than I took up to Nelson. Lizbet's church was having a garage sale on Saturday. If we helped put things in place, we could buy in advance of the crowd. I found a beautiful ceramic bowl and a one cup measure in the form of a cream jug with a rooster decoration. Very discrete, the rooster was. Lizbet found a rug in excellent condition which she needed to protect her newly finished floors.
I sorted out the books. Now there's a dangerous thing to ask me to do, with my love of books. By the time I was finished, I had two tables full of books sorted mostly by size – paperbacks and hard cover – with a box or two of fashion magazines. The price was ridiculously low and I came home with two Atlases, one by Reader's Digest, the other by the New York Times, some old text books on art and ceramics. Nonetheless, I needed two cardboard boxes to carry them all.
Lizbet knows my weakness for second hand and antique stores, garage sales and bazaars. She took me to Trail's Sally Ann and down the street, a mostly furniture second hand store. I didn't find anything in the first. In the second, there was a lot of new furniture in old styles made in Thailand, so most of it wasn't too interesting. But the owner was unpacking some auction lots and I found some original silk screen prints that needed an art rescue. Franc grumbled and cursed under his breath as he was packing the car. After all, I was going to have to move soon. What was I doing accumulating more stuff.
"What do you need all this for? he snapped; but he knew better than to do more than that.
"I've learned that it's her money and she can spend it where she wants." he professed to Lizbet. Well spoken, I thought. After thirty years of our tempestuous relationship, he restrains his efforts to direct my every choice and guide my footsteps in his version of righteousness. Besides, he didn't have an atlas, wanted one, and would be only be too happy to take one off my hands.
Car packed and ready, we drove away at seven thirty after a quick coffee. Knowing Franc's driving history, I packed a pair of hard boiled eggs and a half bag of Hawkins' cheezies. Franc doesn't like to stop en route. We had a ten hour journey in front of us (if I was driving) that he could turn in to an eight hour one just because we didn't stop. Add to that he believes that he was born to race the Formula One. There were stretches of road where his fear of authority was overridden by the vast number of trees standing guard instead of Royal Canadian Mounted Police. As a matter of principle, he always exceeded the speed limit by ten clicks an hour. Coming down mountain hills or racing past a loaded semi truck trailer, he could add another twenty, on occasion.
As we hit Paulson Pass just past the Trail connector, a fine hail rained upon the windshield with a hissing sound but it didn't stay on the ground. As it lost force, the sky settled into a dull overcast cloud that did not quit us until Grand Forks. Here the willows were almost fluorescent yellow with the newly soaring sap. A steady wind stirred the branches. All the trees were sporting a tender new green.
Unlike the trip up, I was wide awake and our conversation flowed over the events of the past ten days, the successes in the domain of repair and renovation, the possibilities for the house, Lizbet's and my excursions. The conversations was punctuated with Franc's observations on the weather as the car's digital reading of outside temperature vacillated from three to ten to fourteen to seven to seventeen to eleven Celsius as we drove up mountains and down and then into the Okanagan semi desert.
In Greenwood, we stopped at the bakery cafe. I bought a delicious and sinful cinnamon apple and pecan something aruther (how do you spell that?) and a virtuous whole grain loaf. Franc had a scone drizzled with icing. I just pecked at that sinful thing. We carried our coffees away and were back on the road within ten minutes.
"What happened to the philosophy you've been handing me lately that we are retired and there's no need to hurry?" I asked. He grinned sheepishly as we pushed onwards at a speed that flirted the authorities. "That doesn't apply to driving," he said.
As we came down the steep slopes of Anarchist Mountain into the town of Osoyoos, we could see mountains across the valley still defined by the late spring snows. Camera at the ready, I snapped at the things through a rain spattered windshield that I would have liked to stop and photograph standing at the side of the road, or at least stopped, window rolled down. With some wheedling and cajoling, I convinced him that, if we were not going to stop for coffee in Osoyoos, we could at least stop at the first place that had an orchard fully in bloom so that I could take decent photos. We were just outside Cawston when we chose a good size roadside orchard. I know the limits of his patience and don't take much time on these occasions. Luck was with me though. He had discovered a stand of dark coloured lilacs close by and had to go smell them. It gave me a full five minutes of clicking close ups of the blooms and distant shots down to the horizon of the orderly rows of apple trees.
I returned to the car with my digital trophies.
Franc called to me "Bring the car up here" which I did. "You drive for a while now" he added which I also did. When he got in the car, he was carrying three or four branches of lilac. I only felt slightly guilty. There was a whole wall of them, a hundred feet of frontage. They would not be missed.
We drove past Keremeos with it's fruit stands, past our friends' trailer park because they were down with flu and didn't want visitors. At Hedley, I made a forced stop and chose a cafe rather than the gas station. I'm a nuisance to cafe owners. I'm allergic to caffeine.
As the young waitress brewed a new pot of decaf, she chatted. I asked her about the mines and she confessed she did not know much about Hedley. "This is only my second season and I've only been here two weeks this time. I'm a Seasonal Worker" she proclaimed, as if it were a badge of honour. She was a Native girl in her early twenties with a lovely, friendly nature and a soft warm coloured skin. She had an air of self possession and contentment.
Franc who had urged me to hurry so we could get going, waited outside, claiming not to want another coffee. But just as my coffee was ready, he came in saying, "Is that my coffee?" and we waited while she then brewed a new pot of regular for him. As we waited, our conversation turned to weather. It had been hot all day in Hedley. It was twenty degrees now. "I like the heat," she said. "It's part of what I come for. It can get pretty hot in summer time with the heat accumulating in the rock face up back."
The interior of the whole cafe was walled in pine set on a forty-five degree angle, with an overlay of huge jigsaw-cut geometric patterns between the two big windows. On three of the large wall surfaces there were murals depicting mining life, equipment and the surrounding countryside. Up above the bar, there were recent paintings of Hedley by a Penticton based artist. "All for sale," the waitress assured me. I dared not bring home another piece of art work. These were being well cared for and did not need rescue.
Before we got in the car, we stopped to admire the bizarre garden just next door to the cafe. A lady was poking about in it, weeding and hoeing. We congratulated her on her creativity and admired her decidedly western-looking inukchuks – balancing stones.
Like the temperature, we had watched the gasoline prices vacillate as we passed from town to town. It was a dollar seven in the Kootenays, a dollar twelve in Grand Forks, Osoyoos and Hedley.
Now, as we drove along the Similkameen River, it was full with early spring run off. I had rarely seen it full to the top of the banks. There was little snow left on any of the peaks along our route. It seemed to all be here in the river. On the occasional time we spotted a snow load, high up, I attempted to get a picture. The twelve times digital was a boon on the camera as was the graphic image stabilizer, but nothing could correct the motion of Franc's fast driving nor the winter's crop of potholes in the road.
Gas in Princeton was one dollar eight, but we passed on by. Just west of Princeton, up the top of the first long hill, just past the Sandman hotel, Franc had reconsidered. Gas at one twenty four in the Lower Mainland was a ridiculous price. Coming up, it had been a dollar nineteen in Hope. We'd fill up here and have some left for when we got home.
As we were filling up, I noticed an Asian family with an energetic girl about ten years old. She was pulling her father to see something and I followed her gesturing to see a tiny herd of four deer grazing about 50 metres away. I got out of the car to stretch my legs and followed the family, taking pictures of the deer all the while.
Now wild life is a different matter. Franc can be convinced to take his time where animals, especially wild ones, are concerned. We lingered quite a while as we watched these graceful deer move about, grazing. When they showed us their four white bottoms and brown tails in unison and sauntered off as if the presentation was now over, we, too, turned and went back to the car.
It's a surprisingly long drive from Princeton to the East Gate of Manning park. Along this route, pine trees have been ravaged by the pine beetle. In an effort to control the spread of this damaging pest, huge stands of pine have been destroyed and rows and rows of very young fir trees have been planted in their place in neat rows. All snow was gone except on one stand of trees, high up. It was a curious that had snow on one side only of the fir trees, as if the snow had been applied by spray bomb.
It was on this stretch of road that we were stopped by the Accident Citizen Patrol. Two elderly gentlemen wearing fluorescent red with yellow cross vests guided a backlog of traffic past an eighteen wheeler that had beached on its side like a great whale. There wasn't much more of the accident to see. It was impossible to tell if anyone had been hurt though the traffic moved slowly around the behemoth. It's a perilous road for semi truck trailers.
A little river was raging beside an open stretch of road, undercutting the river banks. The brush beside and now in it, had turned red with sap, giving a warm relief from the ocher and tan monochrome of lately departed winter. We drove through Manning Park, passing heavily loaded transport trucks at a great rate. We were not here for the scenery. Rather, this was a great rally race and Franc had hopes of winning. At this elevation, the surroundings had lost the fresh white coat of winter, but the tender green of spring was yet to come. We were soon out of the park, destination Hope.
There is a lovely marshy area about thirty miles east of Hope called Sunshine Valley. On one side of the road, there is a broad, flat marshy lake; on the other, there are many ski cabins lining the highway. It looks quaint, but we've never stopped to explore. From this point onwards down to Hope, there were lots of freshly capped peaks to be seen.
Through a now bug-spattered windshield, I tried to take photos of these. Once, when I began to swear under my breath in words that should not be printed, Franc made a concession and slowed to ninety so that I could get a decent shot of a truly beautiful mountain top, but there were several, so in the end I just had to take lots of photos and
weed them out later.
We barreled past Hope, along the base of these giant volcanic Coastal mountains, past little rushing waterfalls at the road side, past Herrling Island which always visually pleases me with its almost consistant stand of deciduous trees – entirely ash, it looks like. It takes on a soft look, as if it were a large green pillow a giant could rest his head on.
From Bridal Falls, to Agassiz, to Chilliwack, the mountains are gradually left behind. The Fraser Valley spreads out flat, in some of the best farmland in the nation. It's become a fully sunny day. There are brilliant clouds lumbering across the sky like mighty cotton elephants. Large shadows follow them below, on the ground. Everything is green. Fields are planted and growing. Fruit trees have flowered and the petals all gone. Vegetation is in full leaf. Farm houses, out buildings, and silos spot the fields at good distances from each other. On the right side of the highway far in the distance, Vancouver's coast mountains rise out of the sea, looking like pale blue cut outs against a slightly lighter sky, set off with a luscious spring leaf green. Clouds, so habituated to gathering before them and making their offering of rain, today are gathered behind them like a backdrop in a theater.
On the left, the south side of the highway, there are corrals and fences, plowed fields and planted, of strawberries, blueberries, Christmas trees, cereals, hops.
Bridal Falls, Chilliwack, Sumas, Abbotsford, Clearbrook, Matsqui, Aldergrove, Langley, Cloverdale, Surrey: the huge farm buildings for mushrooms, pigs, poultry and dairy appear; there are industries and warehouses; housing complexes, shopping centres, hotels, car, truck and RV dealerships; golf ranges, overpasses. We are on the freeway now. The exits have flown by and we are home to Franc's place in a record seven and a half hours complete with two coffee stops. We're back in civilization now.
On the streets of Surrey, the cherry trees are past their flowering. Azaleas compete with them for attention in fiery bloom. There are traffic signals with pre-greens, buses, lamp standards, telephone and electrical lines, signs on everything. Cars everywhere. We are home.


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SA's intelligence chief applies for interdict against state security boss
Cape Town - The Inspector-General of Intelligence, Setlhomamaru Dintwe, has applied for a court interdict against State Security Agency head Arthur Fraser to prevent him from interfering with his work.
Dintwe said Fraser, the director-general of the SSA, has been obstructing the functioning of his office in order to stop it from investigating serious allegations against him.
The tug of war has seen Dintwe stripped of his security clearance. He said Fraser's actions were unconstitutional and he had no choice but to turn to the courts.
"Given the brazen and unlawful actions by the Director-General, I have made an urgent application to the High Court for an order setting aside the revocation of my security clearance and an interdict against the Director-General from interfering with my functions.
"I have also asked the Court to order the Director-General to co-operate in respect of my investigations, including the investigations regarding complaints against him. I have furthermore asked the Court to put in place measures to ensure my personal security."
The DA said it would be writing to President Cyril Ramaphosa to request that he suspend Fraser pending an investigation into the allegations against him which include threatening and intimidating Dintwe, not cooperating with the Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence, and employing "underhand(ed) tactics".
The party said it had vehemently opposed Fraser's appointment by then-president Jacob Zuma in September 2016 because it was aware of his past.
"Since then our worst fears have been realised with the politicisation of the intelligence services, perhaps epitomised by the dubious intelligence report that was used as a pretext to fire then-Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, and his deputy in March 2017.
"In September of the same year we asked the IGI to urgently probe allegations of a covert unit operating within the SSA targeting Zuma's political opponents and reporting directly to him and then-Minister of State Security, David Mahlobo," the DA said.
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Have you ever thought about having your Y-chromosome DNA tested? Perhaps you were adopted, and wonder who your biological family is. Maybe you would like to know (as I would) who was the father of one of your ancestors. Or you'd like to know what ethnic groups your male ancestors were from.
Many of these questions can be answered, in terms of the male line, by Y-chromosome DNA analysis.
Since females do not have a Y chromosome, a male relative who is a direct descendant of the male in question would have to take the test for her.
For Y-chromosome DNA, there are two types of tests: STR (short tandem repeat) tests, and SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) tests.
Scientists have discovered that Y chromosomes are passed from father to son virtually unchanged. Over time, there may be slight changes, or "mutations", which occur during replication of cell DNA, but the majority of Y-chromosome DNA remains the same. When a mutation does occur, all male descendants of the man carrying the changed Y-chromosome DNA will have that mutation. When a second mutation occurs, all of that man's descendants will carry that mutation as well as the first one, and will be a distinct sub-group of the group with the first mutation. Essentially, these represent "branches" on the human Y-chromosome DNA tree.
Geneticists have developed ways of measuring the likelihood that the nearest common ancestor was a certain number of generations away in the family tree, depending on the number of mutations in the Y-chromosome DNA. Therefore, if two men are tested and their Y-chromosome DNA is virtually identical, the conclusion is that they share a common ancestor. The more closely they match, the nearer the common ancestor was. Hence, the more markers are tested, the more accurate the results are, and the more likely it is that an ancestral link between two individuals can be related to a particular time period or number of generations in the past.
This test is called an STR (short tandem repeat) test, which looks at the number of repeats of a particular strand of Y-chromosome DNA at various markers. It provides a person with their personal haplotype (the chart of the number of STRs at each marker tested). When combined with a comparison of family trees between tested individuals, this can be a powerful tool for a genealogist.
The following video illustrates how one man used this test to find his birth parents.
For a more in-depth look at DNA and its application to family history, see DNA Testing Adviser.
It seems there is a sequel to Richard's story. Through further testing and investigation, he has learned that a different male member of his paternal family was his biological father. Richard has written a book about his journey to find his biological parents, which is advertised on the DNA Testing Adviser website.
Add a story about the results of a Y-chromosome DNA study - perhaps your own?
The uses, and limitations, of this type of testing are further illustrated in the case of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the US. Beginning in 1802, rumours appeared in the press that Jefferson, following the death of his wife in 1782 (who extracted a promise from him on her deathbed that he would never marry again), had fathered some, if not all, of the six children of Sally Hemings, a slave in his household. In the America of that day, it was illegal for such a relationship to exist, and it would have been regarded as scandalous. Jefferson, who had a policy of never responding to personal attacks, made no comment one way or the other.
The rumours have persisted, even to the present day. Many of Sally Hemings' children claimed descent from Jefferson; one went so far as to change his name from Eston Hemings to Eston Hemings Jefferson in 1852.
Naturally, Jefferson's family (his immediate family consisted of six children, among whom only two daughters lived to adulthood) denied the allegations. Some claimed that Jefferson's nephews, Peter and Samuel Carr, had fathered Sally's children, which, according to them, accounted for the light-skinned children's resemblance to Jefferson. However, two of Sally's children explicitly stated that they were Jefferson's children, and this belief was passed down through the generations of descendants.
I'm sure that Thomas Jefferson thought that he would take whatever secrets he may have had with him to the grave.
Enter DNA testing, in 1998, approximately 200 years later. At that time, a team of geneticists led by Dr. Eugene Foster did a Y-chromosome DNA study intended to set the persistent rumours to rest one way or the other. Since Thomas Jefferson and his wife had no male offspring, they used DNA from male descendants of Field Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson's uncle), John Carr (grandfather of Peter and Samuel Carr), Eston Hemings, and Thomas C. Woodson (Sally Heming's first-born son).
The results of the study showed no genetic link / relationship between male descendants of John Carr and the Hemings descendants, although Thomas Woodson's male descendants had a Y-chromosome which closely resembled that of the Carr male descendants. Neither was there a relationship between Field Jefferson and Thomas Woodson.
It did, however, establish that a carrier of the Jefferson Y-chromosome had fathered Eston Hemings (born in 1808), the youngest of Sally's children. The problem, of course, was that there were about 8 male Jeffersons living in the area at the time that Sally's children were conceived, a few of whom had visited Monticello, the plantation which Thomas Jefferson owned and where Sally Hemings was a slave.
After reviewing all of the surrounding circumstances and evidence, the study's authors concluded that, while it was possible that other Jefferson relatives were responsible, the simplest and most probable conclusion was that Thomas Jefferson had fathered Eston Hemings.
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation formed a research committee, which reviewed all of the available evidence which the Foster study had used, and concluded in its report dated November 1998 that Thomas Jefferson most likely had fathered Eston Hemings, and that it was possible that he had fathered all six of Sally Heming's children.
The Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society then commissioned a group to review essentially the same materials, and in 2001, they reached a different conclusion: that it was very unlikely that Thomas Jefferson had fathered any of Sally Hemings' children, and that it was more likely that his brother, Randolph Jefferson, was the father of some of her children.
The debate therefore continues. While some continue to state that Thomas Jefferson was not the father of Sally Hemings' children, most have come to accept that this is most likely the case. It is noteworthy that Thomas Jefferson freed all of Sally Hemings' children and a few of her brothers, some prior to his death, and some under the terms of his will - the only slave family unit which was freed.
Sally herself was not freed, but not long after his death, Jefferson's daughter allowed her to leave Monticello. She went to live with two of her sons.
This example clearly illustrates the limitations of the Y-chromosome STP test. While it can narrow down the possible common ancestors to a fairly small group who carried the same DNA markers, it is not possible to state definitively, based on the DNA evidence alone, which of the men in that small group was the father. Nevertheless, the DNA evidence, combined with the circumstantial evidence surrounding the case, certainly points to Thomas Jefferson or a very close relative of his as the father of Eston Hemmings.
Another recent study, this one from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, tested the Y-chromosomes of a number of men in Ireland and Scotland. It was discovered that a large number of men in these two areas had the same Y chromosome.
The study indicated that the Y-chromosome appeared to trace back to one person. The researchers looked at a number of surnames that came from that area, and tested the Y-chromosomes of those family members to see whether there was any genetic connection between those families and the genetic profile. They concluded that all of those tested with those surnames were descendants of the same man.
To the researchers, this suggested that "Niall of the Nine Hostages", a 5th-century warlord who died about 405 A.D., and whose descendants were "kings" in various areas all over Ireland and in parts of Scotland, could be the ancestor of as many as one in every 12 Irish men.
Niall and his descendants, powerful chieftains, dominated Ireland for six centuries. In the northwest area around Ulster that was their "powerbase", 21.5% of men were found to carry the same Y-chromosome, and 98% were in haplogroup R1b, compared to 90% in southeast Ireland.
Astounding results, dating back about 1600 years!
SNP testing looks at mutations in the Y-chromosome. Males who share a specific mutation all belong to a particular branch, or haplogroup, of the male population, and are descended from a common male ancestor.
Y-chromosome STR results provide the personal haplotype, while Y-SNP results provide the haplogroup. Although Y-STR results can point toward what an individual's haplogroup might be, the haplogroup can only be confirmed by a Y-SNP test.
Y-chromosome DNA testing is widely available throughout North America. One US company has placed its kits in drug stores throughout the US; most, however, send out a kit to the address provided when an order is placed, with instructions on how to use it. Kits can be ordered over the internet, or by telephone. Many US-based companies also provide their services to Canadians, although I did find a few companies operating in Canada, as well. Where companies do surname projects, prices tend to be discounted if you are joining a surname group.
Each company appears to offer its services a little differently. For example, one company offers a Y-string 44-marker test for $109, and a Y-SNP test for $130, while others offer a test which appears to be a combination of the two for a slightly lower price than those two done separately. Others offer a "Y-string" test, but do not specify the number of markers tested. As potential customers, we therefore would be wise to ask lots of questions as to what is included in the price before deciding which company to use. Prices appear to range between US$109 and US$268, depending on the number of markers tested and what is included in the analysis.
For companies operating in Canada, prices range between C$119 for 12 markers and C$229 for 44 markers. It is unclear whether these prices include an SNP test as well, with migration information and haplogroups.
For a listing of the big players in the field, and a comparison of their y-DNA products and pricing (as of 2008, unfortunately), click here. While some of the information may be somewhat dated, it gives a general idea of who the main companies are, and the types of y-DNA services offered.
The prices listed are not meant to be an exhaustive list of the price ranges available in both countries. It is likely that there are higher- and lower-priced kits available from other suppliers, depending on what is included in the package. The prices shown are meant to serve only as guidelines. Further, prices keep changing as competition grows, and as researchers expand the possibilities with new discoveries in the genetic area, resulting in newer, more sophisticated tests being offered.
As of 2017, while there may be other players still in the field, the 'main player' in this field, for genealogists, at least, is Family Tree DNA.
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Literary Style:
Mitchell is a genius at investing a reader in what's happening on the page—a 950 page novel went past much more quickly than I'd have guessed. This is not to say that I think she couldn't have used a good editor or better pacing at times (about which a little more is said below), but she clearly had a talent for writing, and it's appreciated. Most of her central characters are really compelling—the enigmatic but undeniably charismatic Rhett, the saintly (yet appealing) Melanie, the brooding lost "knight" Ashley, etc. Even her relatively minor white characters, like the Fontaines and Tarletons, like Miss Pittypat and Archie, have a liveliness to them. There's no question that, as you read, you become personally involved in the storylines, rooting for certain outcomes. The death of a major character is genuinely moving, and its aftermath hushes the rest of the story. Had Mitchell not died well before her time, I think she might have risen to more prominence as an American author—perhaps not its most "literary", since I don't think her use of language and theme is especially deep or insightful (though it might have grown with time), but among its most popular, and for many good reasons. There is a reason this book stands at the front of sales figures in the United States—of the books produced by American authors, none have outsold it, and I can see why. And yet, if you've been following my progress through the novel, you know my feelings don't stop there.
Scarlett is a major obstacle for me, and I think there's little that can be done about her—she is the novel, and your take on her will inevitably dominate your feelings about the book itself. Every other character distances themselves from the reader at times, sometimes hundreds of pages at a time, but Scarlett never gives us breathing room. Mitchell wants us to encounter her very closely….but why? There is a tragic arc to Scarlett's life—she matches the classical definition of the tragic hero whose flaw is her downfall—but to me that arc doesn't pay off. In part this is because I think the novel is too unwieldy in length to give resonance to her story: by the time Scarlett is ready to face her flaw and acknowledge her tragedy, it has been too long for me. Like Rhett, I had been willing to wait for her, but not that long—her revelations at the end are no more appealing to me than they are to Rhett, and like him, I no longer give a damn about her. I think there were opportunities to avoid this in the novel, but Mitchell would have had to write a very different book, and almost certainly a much shorter one, in order to make it work for me. And frankly, I'm not sure Mitchell wants the character to work—a tragic hero, in the end, at least gets the benefit of realizing what they've become. Scarlett undoes this personal growth, though—her last lines in the novel more or less mirror the last lines in the film, if that's your only tie to the story. It's as though the aging Lear, holding the dying Cordelia in his arms, is bending over her and with the last lines of the play says "Dear, tell me how much you love me." It feels a bit profane—as though the character and the work are punching the reader who has let down any guard. I had at least tried to invest myself in Scarlett's growth, in her ability to recognize the emptiness of her "old charm", etc., only to find at the end that she is not moved. Even Macbeth, the tyrant and slayer of children, earns something true and good in his final cry of "Lay on, Macduff", his willingness to face Fate and not to run from it. But Scarlett is denied this, and to me it reads, as it has for much of the book, as though Mitchell has nothing but contempt for Scarlett—as though she wants to punish Scarlett for being herself as much as Booth Tarkington punished Alice Adams. I know not everyone reads the character, and her relationship to the author, in this way, but the feeling is too overwhelmingly present for me to understand how else to see her.
Lastly, what can I say about this novel's attitude towards race? I'll give one example to explain how complicated this is for me—at one point, midway through the novel, I am fully invested in a very tense chapter. All of the characters we know and care about are working against a very difficult circumstance, in which the wrong word or action may mean death for several beloved people. I know I personally was almost on the edge of my seat as I read, hoping they would beat the odds, hoping that no one would be caught, cheering them on: Mitchell's writing was working very well. And then I stopped and realized what I was doing. All of these characters were in trouble because they, as members of the Ku Klux Klan, had killed a free African-American man in an act of vigilante justice, and I was cheering their ability to escape without being caught by the soldiers stationed in Georgia for the prevention of this kind of violence. And the disgust I felt for myself and the characters and the author and the whole weird mess of the situation was really awful.
Now, I know the novel can be read in all sorts of ways: all I can tell you is how I read it. I don't like being caught up like that, any more than I like a novel to get me rooting for a rapist to assault a woman and get away with it, any more than I could read a novel about the Holocaust and be rooting for the Gestapo to find the Jews hidden in the attic. I'm not saying that a novel can't help me explore what it must be like to be a man who commits sexually violent acts, or what it was like to be a German citizen in 1942 and to see the world through those eyes. I've read novels that helped me explore those viewpoints in ways that unsettled me and challenged me, but didn't make me feel as though I was being co-opted, being asked to stand on the sidelines and cheer. GWTW is the latter kind of experience, for me as a reader, and for that reason I found many moments of my reading experience deeply unpleasant, to the point that I didn't see at times how I could continue (in spite of my investment in the characters and in the resolution of the plot). This is a big complicated novel, and I know there are a lot of places to grab hold of it—I could even feel that complexity as I read, but for some reason I couldn't grab a hold of it in any way but the way I did. I can't explain why.
Historical Insight:
There are two different grades to be given here. As an insight into the South in the 1930s, and as it must have been for Mitchell to grow up in throughout the early 20th Century, it is astonishingly important: a novel that expresses all the complex relationships Southerners had to the idea of the "Lost Cause" and the antebellum South and the imposition of Northerners and their values, etc. I think there are echoes here also of the hunger and fear that gripped many families during the Great Depression, since Scarlett goes through real deprivation at Tara at the end of the war, and I think there's something powerful to explore there also. This is a vitally important book for understanding how the world and the country's past look through the lens of that society, and Mitchell is very good at providing a wide range of characters and experiences to help illuminate her vision of the war and its aftermath.
But this book has also imprinted on the minds of many Americans a vision of the South and of Reconstruction that is appallingly misinformed—it depicts slavery in the kindest, gentlest possible way, without anyone to challenge or offer context for shockingly bold claims about how nice life was for slaves and how much they appreciated it (and really preferred it to freedom in a number of respects). It depicts Reconstruction about as accurately as the Nazis depicted German Jews in the Weimar Republic—it regularly plays up stereotypical racist images of freed black men as lazy, peanut-eating, barefoot, illiterate idiots who divided their day between voting illegally to tax ex-Confederates and give the money to carpetbaggers, taking wages and then doing no work for their employers, and sexually assaulting any white woman they could get their hands on (knowing that the Yankee courts would always protect them, no matter how many white women they raped). I really can't pull any punches here—the descriptions of Reconstruction are almost criminally irresponsible, and I can't forgive them under any flag labeled "fiction". It was, as far as I can tell, what many Southerners truly believed in the 1930s—that, had it not been for the noble members of the Klan, the South would have lost every cent it had to Northern thieves, and every white woman would have been raped or murdered with impunity. But it is almost unendurable for me to read. These little snippets about the Reconstruction era only occur every so often—in total terms, maybe only 1% of the book is given over to the kind of content I'm describing. But it doesn't take much to really turn my stomach, and much of this certainly did.
Given all of that, how can I encapsulate my response in a phrase? I'll say it this way: under my unscientific rating scale, I'll give Gone With the Wind a "let the reader beware". I think it is one of the most important books in the nation's history. I think anyone wanting to understand the nation's history with race, anyone wanting to understand the North-South dynamic, and anyone wanting a window into how this nation changed and grew over the course of the 20th Century almost has to read this. It would be required reading in any class I tried to teach on those subjects. And I think it has many moments where, away from the elements that disturb me so much, it is powerful storytelling by one of the nation's better yarn-spinners—Mitchell might have been our Dickens (if not our Shakespeare), given time to grow. But I do not think I will ever be able to read it again. I know many people who, given their preferences as readers, would get no joy, and much pain, from trying to read it even once. For those who can read it, I think there is something important about approaching the book thoughtfully—ready to interrogate your own feelings, informed about the real history of the period, willing to let the story work on you as it goes. This is probably the most troubling and problematic book I will read in my Pulitzer journey, as well as one of the most important to the nation. It is almost certain to be the most memorable of the Pulitzer winners, for me personally. And I think I'll have to leave it there.
The Last Word:
It's one of my testaments to Mitchell's talents as a writer that, unlike most of the novels I've read for this blog, I wasn't keeping an eye out for a good "last word" passage as I finished—I was too engrossed in the events, to attentive to the conversations, to pick out the right bit for sharing. As always, I hope to show you some of her most characteristic writing and a glimpse of the novel at its peak—moreover I give her the last word, and not myself, in a chance to win you over if she will. As it is, I've come back to the novel and am a bit uncertain what to select: in the end, I've decided to share a bit of Rhett Butler being blunt with Scarlett, which to me is almost always the high point of the book. This isn't their very last conversation, but it comes late in the story, when Rhett is ready to let Scarlett have a bit more truth than even he usually loads upon her. The topic, as usual, is her feelings for him, her feelings for Ashley Wilkes, and Rhett's rising level of frustration:
"Oh, yes, you've been faithful to me because Ashley wouldn't have you. But, hell, I wouldn't have grudged him your body. I know how little bodies mean—especially women's bodies. But I do grudge him your heart and your dear, hard, unscrupulous, stubborn mind. He doesn't want your mind, the fool, and I don't want your body. I can buy women cheap. But I do want your mind and your heart, and I'll never have them, any more than you'll ever have Ashley's mind. And that's why I'm sorry for you."
"Sorry—for me?"
"Yes, sorry because you're such a child, Scarlett. A child crying for the moon. What would a child do with the moon if it got it? And what would you do with Ashley? Yes, I'm sorry for you—sorry to see you throwing away happiness with both hands and reaching out for something that would never make you happy. I'm sorry because you are such a fool you don't know there can't ever be happiness except when like mates like. If I were dead, if Miss Melly were dead and you had your precious honorable lover, do you think you'd be happy with him? Hell, no! You would never know him, never know what he was thinking about, never understand him any more than you understand music and poetry and books or anything that isn't dollars and cents. Whereas we, dear wife of my bosom, could have been perfectly happy if you had ever given us half a chance, for we are so much alike. We are both scoundrels, Scarlett, and nothing is beyond us when we want something. We could have been happy, for I loved you and I know you, Scarlett, down to your bones, in a way that Ashley could never know you. And he would despise you if he did know. . . . But no, you must go mooning all your life after a man you cannot understand. And I, my darling, will continue to moon after whores. And, I dare say we'll do better than most couples."


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Pamela Anderson: We Need To Stop The Senseless Whale Slaughter
For hundreds of years, the people of the Danish Faroe Islands have been herding migrating pilot whales and other small cetaceans into shallow water and slaughtering them. Entire family units are destroyed, wiping out several generations of animals at a time. The Faroese claim that without the meat from these cetaceans, the people would starve. Whether or not people would have starved in the past without eating pilot whale is irrelevant. There is certainly no one in the Danish Faroe Islands who would go hungry today, much less starve, if no more cetaceans were killed. This "grindadrap" has no place in modern civilization. Even the meat of these creatures is dangerous to consume. The E.U. does not allow such activity, but the Faroe Islands manage to side-step restrictions with their overfishing and harm to marine mammals.
I have traveled to the beautiful Faroe Islands today to publicly oppose the needless killing of intelligent, sentient pilot whales and other dolphins and to stand with Sea Shepherd and their 2014 Operation GrindStop campaign. It is important to understand we are not against the Faroese. We are for the whales and dolphins. We are their voice. But the eyes of the world are upon the Faroese today and it is now time to end this archaic abomination called the Grind. I support Sea Shepherd's efforts to end this cruel and ruthless massacre of defenseless whales and dolphins who are highly intelligent and so much like us. They have families like we do, they love them and care for them like we do, they have their own language and individual names for one another like we do, and a very complex social structure like we do.
The killing is a stain on this pristine country which no longer needs the meat of these animals to survive. When we know better. We do better. And we now know that these are sentient creatures who suffer greatly not only during the slaughter but during the very stressful drive itself.
On a panel with Lamya Essemlali, President of Sea Shepherd France.
These slaughters are not for survival. There are very few things that happen like this, that are this brutal. We have to put this behind us and move on, and let the whales swim freely by. And I think it's much more important for us in the future to save our oceans and the biodiversity of our oceans, and to know that the whales are important too.
They are very socially complex animals and their entire families are being killed in front of them in a manner that would never be permitted in any slaughterhouse in the world. In addition, the meat of these animals is tainted with toxic contaminants including mercury, which is particularly harmful to pregnant women and young children.
Young people probably feel pressure to follow in the footsteps of their ancestors. I think this is the perfect time to not listen to your parents, to think for yourself. Maybe there's going to be a movement like there have been movements for many other things in the world where you look inside yourself and say "Is this something I should be doing just because my parents did it and my grandparents did it?" This is a new time and the world is at risk. I think this is the generation that has to stand up and say "That was then, this is now; this is what I'm going to do."
I am fortunate to have some of my family with me today. They are surfers. What a beautiful eco-tourism destination these islands would make if only you would bring the grind to a halt. But until then the waters remain tainted with blood, staining the reputation of the Faroese.
The time has come to stop the grind.
Watch the whole Sea Shepherd panel here.


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Sherwin Williams Paint Reviews
Best House Paint
Some people are convinced Benjamin Moore is the best. They do have excellent paints, but they're also pretty expensive. Sherwin Williams also sells quality paints and stains at more affordable prices.
I have used almost all of the Sherwin Williams paints at one time or another. This article provides a few Sherwin Williams paint reviews. The reviews are based on a few of their paints that I use the most.
ProMar 200
ProMar 200 is my most widely used paint for walls because the price is reasonable and it provides a quality paint finish. The eggshell finish, if rolled on walls properly, does not leave roller marks. The cost is between $24 to $30 per gallon, depending on the finish selected. A flat finish is the cheapest and gloss is the most expensive.
ProMar 200 is the only paint I recommend from the ProMar brand at Sherwin Williams. Stay away from ProMar 400 and ProMar 700 because the coverage is terrible as well as the quality of the paint.
There is also a newer zero voc ProMar 200 paint and I highly recommend it. It only costs an extra $1 to $2 per gallon and there are no hazardous paint fumes. The paint also dries a lot faster than regular house paint, so you can begin applying the second coat shortly after painting the first coat. I use zero voc paint a lot and I've been very pleased with it.
I use interior SuperPaint for walls in high end homes and I prefer exterior SuperPaint for most of my exterior paint jobs. The cost is roughly $35 per gallon. SuperPaint is a great exterior paint, but if you're repainting the inside of your home, ProMar 200 will do just fine and it will save you money. If you pay the extra price for SuperPaint though, it is better than ProMar 200, in terms of quality.
SuperPaint covers very well. It is possible to get away with only 1 coat if the color you're painting is similar to the old paint color underneath, but I don't recommend painting only 1 coat for exterior application.
The durability of SuperPaint is very good, especially for exterior painting. I highly recommend it for aluminum siding and it's great for painting over previously painted wood. It is backed by a 25-year warranty.
CHB is great for ceilings. Even though the label on the can says 'wall paint', you can paint it on ceilings too and it looks excellent. I have painted dozens of ceilings with CHB and it's by far one of the best paints I have ever used for ceilings. It doesn't dry in a shiny finish or leave roller marks like Behr ceiling paint does.
In newly constructed homes, paint contractors and builders often use CHB to paint the first coat on bare drywall. CHB is cheap and works great for hiding imperfections on drywall. It dries in a completelty flat finish and makes old ceilings look brand new. If you like ceiling paint to be completely flat, without the shiny look, there is absolutely no sheen in the CHB paint finish.
There is no reason to spend a lot of money on ceiling paint, especially since some of the expensive ceiling paints leave roller marks (Behr paint). However, if you think you'll need to clean your ceilings, don't buy CHB because it doesn't clean easy without leaving marks and if you like shiny paint on the ceiling then buy something else. DO NOT paint CHB on walls, unless you're a landlord looking for a cost-effective way to repaint your rental unit.
You won't find CHB on the shelf at a Sherwin Williams store, but they have it in the back of the store. Ask the store clerk.
If you want your exterior paint finish to last for years, Duration paint is definitely a good choice. The problem is that it costs at least $50 per gallon. I don't use it very often for my business due to the cost, but I have used it a few times and I thought it was excellent paint.
The coverage is great and Duration is self-priming over previously painted surfaces. It is important to know though that Duration cannot be used as a primer over bare wood outside. It is only self-priming over a previouly painted surface. For bare wood, you will have to apply an oil-based primer before applying Duration.
Duration is extremely durable, which is why the product is backed by a lifetime warranty. If you plan to live in your home for a long time and you need to repaint the outside, it makes sense to spend the money on this paint if you can afford it, but if you want to save money and still use a durable paint, choose SuperPaint instead. Your paint finish will last.
This article is accurate and true to the best of the author's knowledge. Content is for informational or entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for personal counsel or professional advice in business, financial, legal, or technical matters.
Questions & Answers
My painter used ProMar 200 on my walls. It covered my family room wall well, but there are roller marks on my hallway walls. They were repainted, but there are still roller marks. What's the problem? We used the same color but a different can of paint.
ProMar 200 isn't the greatest paint to begin with. I don't use this paint anymore. My article is quite old and outdated. Different factors could have caused the roller marks, but it's possible the paint hadn't fully cured yet in between coats, or a low-quality paint roller was used. Rolling technique also plays a role. If the painter didn't roll correctly or rolled back into drying paint, this will definitely leave noticeable roller marks on doors and walls.Helpful 39
If you no longer use ProMar 200 interior paint, then what do you now use?
I use Duration a lot. Cashmere is good too. For cabinets and trim, I've been very pleased with Emerald Urethane. All from Sherwin Williams.Helpful 37
What do you think, Promar 200 or Emerald for interior walls?
Definitely Emerald, or Duration.Helpful 33
Our builder used Sherwin Williams ProMar 200 flat on the walls of our townhouse, Just brushing up against the walls leave marks. We just moved in and need to touch up a few areas. Would it be possible to use a better quality paint to touch up these areas?
Yes, but the touch ups won't totally blend in using a different product, even if the color is the same. You'd have to use another flat paint that looks the same as ProMar 200 flat when dry, but even then, it's not going to look right. And if you use a glossy paint it will look worse. It's unfortunate the walls were painted with ProMar 200 flat. That's a horrible choice for walls. I would just repaint the entire walls that get touched the most with a washable paint like Duration, using the satin, or matte finish.Helpful 15
We are trying to decide between ProMar 200 and their pre-catalyzed epoxy for walls in a dance studio and lobby. Price is an issue with the epoxy - thoughts on whether going with the ProMar will be ok? Will eggshell fine for either?
I wouldn't use ProMar 200 for the walls in your studio. My article is a little outdated. Although I've never used the epoxy you referenced, it will be far more durable than ProMar 200.Helpful 12
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Our builder used Sherwin Williams ProMar 200 Flat paint in our townhouse. Just brushing against it leaves marks. Is there a better quality SW paint I can use for touch ups or do I have to use the same? I would repaint but we just moved in.
Has anyone ever used the SW Sher Scrub? Do you know if it is washable? Any other thoughts? My contractor wants to use this on my house and I am not sure....
Hi matt. What will u Recomend to use to paint walls now in 2018
These are contractor prices or sale prices. Not list prices. And some of them are contractor paints which means unless you have a contractor account you don't get them for those prices.
My painter used the Sherwin Williams paint Pro Mar 200, recommended by Customer Service. The color wasn't mixed right and the coverage was poor. My painter said it was bad paint at the outset, but we had already purchased. Painter recommends Diamond Vogel. Never again Sherwin Williams!
My painter used Promar 200 on my family room and hallway. The family room turned out great. But hallway showed roller marks and streaks. He repainted hallway again. It still showed roller marks. Is it possible the paint was mixed improperly?
has anyone used any PPG products, they have some really decent stuff and very cost effective better then Sherwin Williams. Nothing was better then gool ole Duron products though when SW took over things went downhill fast they kept changing the labels and formulas for all their products and i just hate their customer service. Painter for over 30 yrs
Superpaint for $35 in what market??..usually that stuff sells for $50-60 and not better than Ben Moore' s Ben Line of paints. Also Coronado line of paints which Ven Moore sells covers much better than promar 400 any day, even Glidden Paint/primer flat or flat/matte will do better.
i have used Behr, Sherwin Williams, Dutch Boy and Benjamin Moore, Valspar and off brand names.
Benjamin Moore is the best value and covers great.
Interior professionally painted and after 17 years I just wash it with TSP and it looks like new. Stained the cedar outside and it covers in one coat after prepping with TSP. Looks great.
Behr takes 2 coats to get the coverage BM has.
Sherwin Williams is like Behr. cheap paint.
Dutch Boy is excellent but expensive. One prject didn't stack up and had to touch up spots. I use primer, scape, prime, TSP, paint.
I apprenticed for a union painter.
Valspar is like Ace paint, depends on the project I wouldn't use it for my house. Ok for bird house.
I like rustoleum spray paint for metal and outdoor patio furniture.
I am a long time user of Sherwin Williams paints after having used Kelly Moore for a number of years. I tend to use a mix of Promar 400 and Promar 200 with the walls being the Promar 400 flat and doors / trim being the Promar 200 satin or semi gloss. Makes a really nice job for a good cost / quality ratio.
Many ask me why flat paint to which I respond that no wall is perfect but very much the opposite with flaws and multiple bumps and bulges. Even new walls tend to have bad tape and texturing anymore. Flat paint simply hides those imperfections where satin or gloss paints tend to highlight them. The more sheen the more the flaws show up. Many will say the gloss paints will wash better but with a good paint any wall will wash well which is another reason I like the Promar brand. Great durability and will not wash off.
I always use Sherwin Williams paint. I recently used some old paint I had in my basement that was left over from seventeen years ago. It was a type of paint they do not carry anymore, but it was off-white satin, which was on the wall originally and I just wanted to freshen up the room. One coat did it. I have enough left over for the hallway as well. My local store could not believe it worked.
There are even recipes you can find online or in books that show you how to make your own natural paints.


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The simpler media website CMS
I want to convert a number of databases from menalto gallery 2 to zenphoto. I started with the simplest and was successful.
Now I am working on a more complicated, or at least deeper database, folders within folders within folders.
I have ftp'd the folders into zenphoto's albums folder. Zenphoto recognises all the base folders and the images in them automatically, but not the images within folders within other folders.
Is there some way I can get it to recognise them all without simply paging through the whole thing viewing each album as I go? 3,777 images in 336 folders - about 30 folders in zenphoto/albums - the rest further down.
Zenphoto recognizes on request on the front end when someone visits the album because it is different to other gallery CMS file system based. If you visit the backend album edit tab all should be recognized. Also please read here about image discovery and caching of resizes image versions: https://www.zenphoto.org/news/caching/
The backend Album edit is better because you can see how many albums are in an album, but I still had to drill down to show every included album on the screen in order to get them added to the database - I have done this now for the 3777 images in this database (3 short still!) - but what I will do when I get to the database with 800,000 images I don't know.
Probably have to take a different approach. Currently I add the pics and then go through the Zenphoto database to pick up the data from the existing menalto gallery database.
You don't have to do this manually. It will happen whenever you visit a related page on the backend or you or someone on the frontend.
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Thank you, I'll try that with the next database conversion and let you know how it goes.
Keep in mind if import db data from gallery to Zenphoto that the images/albums on the file system must be present before doing that. Otherwise the file system will overwrite your data imported.


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Deck layouts, review of facilities, activities, amenities
Iona deck plan review at CruiseMapper provides newest cruise deck plans (2020-2021-2022 valid floor layouts of the vessel) extracted from the officially issued by P&O UK (P&O Cruises) deckplan pdf (printable version).
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No matter what's going on with LA Fashion Week, designer Bettina Hubby is taking her wares on the road and we're intrigued.
Sunday, October 12 at "3pm sharp," 40 people (max) will get on a chartered bus for a fashion/music/art extravaganza that ends with a party at design lifestyle shop A+R. Per the release: "this one-time event will transport an exclusive audience...to 10 sites of significance in Bettina's eastside Los Angeles neighborhood. Each stop will involve live performances by a hand-picked team of local artists and musicians outfitted in site-specific garments created by Bettina."
It will cost you though, $250 per person to be exact, which also includes food and drink from Mama's Tamales and Silverlake Wine, a goodie bag and "other surprises." If interested, call (323) 793-0295 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. [RackedWire]
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Ringing Round Two
With the rain and floods finally drying up it was time for the second round of adult catching. With the troops rallied - from Prague and Bruno and Studenec - the six long days of catching began. Our field house, which consists of a kitchen and two bedrooms (one of which is really the living room), was soon home to ten people and things got a little cozy.
I am used to getting up to band birds at 3:30 in the morning and sneaking around a quiet, dark house. Well, when ten people are up that early with only 15 min to go before heading to the field site, breakfast and bathroom use and just moving through the hallway becomes pretty chaotic, and no one is really awake enough to manage it gracefully. One morning in particular, I was the first one up and went to the kitchen to start the hot water kettle, because we all need our caffeine, and I nearly stepped on two guys in boxers sleeping on the kitchen floor. I had no idea who they were or when they arrived and I think we were all a little startled. The brain has trouble understanding things like this at 3:30 in the morning. I don't think I actually said anything to them, I just turned around and wandered to the bathroom to brush my teeth instead and processed the event after ingesting my caffeine. Turns out they were potential grad students who had come to check out the field and had arrived after I had gone to bed. Finding no other floor space, they took up residence in the kitchen. I am not sure if they knew we were getting up at 3:30, but they were certainly woken up at that time.
We banded for six days at four field sites and captured 245 adults, a little over 100 of which were new birds that we had not caught the first time around. There was also one female who we caught five times in a row because she seemed to get a thrill out of throwing herself into the net. During this time we also had to keep up with our other fieldwork for the cross-fostering study, so we spent our days actually living and breathing barn swallows, and not sleeping very much. To make things a little more challenging, Tomas brought a cold with him from Prague, and like our own mild version of Typhoid Mary (Typhoid Tomas has a nice ring…) he proceeded to give it to everyone. Within two days 6 of us had it, which given our cramped living conditions it is no mystery how it spread. So with runny noses we banded and counted and measured and collected samples and filled out data sheets…
There were several highlights worth mentioning in that six-day blur of swallows. First Tomas decided that someone needed to learn to count parasites, to continue my legacy after we leave. He volunteered Adella and Romana, who made an effort to try and look excited for my benefit. I guess even the glasses fashion statement is not enough to make someone want to count tiny parasites for hours. Feeling a little bad about making anyone else do this task that I seem to have dedicated my life to, I attempted to teach them the subtle art of parasite counts. It was no easy task. Joey put on the glasses and tried to count feather mites for about two minutes, and then decide that she had absolutely no interest in learning to count parasites. Adella and Romana, not having the luxury of a choice, were forced to soldier on.
Joey and I also got to take part in an exciting sexual trait manipulation experiment. It was a first for me, though Joey took part in a similar experiment that happened in Colorado in 2009. The basic idea is that barn swallows, though they may appear to be monogamous, faithful little birds, actually do a lot of sleeping around - the scientific term being extra-pair copulations (which sounds so much less risque). The number of extra-pair copulations a female participates in depends on how good her mate is. So, the evil scientists come around and determine how much paternity a female allocates to her mate in their first clutch of eggs, and then we manipulate his attractive trait (this is the evil part), and look at how the female adjusts paternity allocation in the second round of chicks. Here in Europe the game is all about how long your tail streamers are, or at least that is what we think is going on. To figure this out, we catch all the males at a site, cut their tail streamers off, and then shuffle them so we reattach them to different birds using tiny pins and super glue. The birds then end up shorter, longer, or the same (control) and we see whether their females step out on them more or less compared to the first brood. You have to admit that is pretty clever. Joey and I were a little heartbroken about our record male. He had the longest tail streamers we had ever measured, 141mm (the longest in CO is 121). He was one studly dude, but unfortunately ended up with the short end of the experimental stick and had his manly streamers swapped with one of the shortest males in the population losing a full 3 cm! Both of those male were in for a bit of a change when we released them.
The other exciting event was that Joey and I learned, and then attempted for ourselves, how to collect avian sperm samples...the delicate art of the cloacal massage. Happy to report that we were both successful at getting the birds to ejaculate and donate some of their swimmers to science. Our mothers would be proud, and Joey can tell her sister that she actually does molest birds for a living. It takes just the right positioning and pressure and it's impossible not to make crude jokes in the process. There is also the reward or watching those little guys zoom around under the microscope.
You will be happy to know that it is now over 90 degrees and humid here.
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- November 23 Sat - November 24 Sun: Annual Made on Honor Market Providence, RI
- November 23 Sat - October 15 Tue: Thanksgiving Centerpiece Workshop Westport, MA
Annual Made on Honor Market
Saturday, November 23 12:00PM - Sunday, November 24 6:00PM | Providence, RI | directions
Hi Neighbor!
The Made On Honor Market returns for all of your holiday shopping needs on Saturday and Sunday, November 23rd and 24th! This year the market is moving to the stunning WaterFire Arts Center at 475 Valley St. in Providence!
We'll be showcasing OVER 100 of our favorite small businesses, makers, and artists from both here in Rhode Island and all around the country! Join us for two full days of shopping, eating, drinking, and meeting the faces behind some of OUR favorite brands!
Best part? The event is entirely FREE and open to the public!
Hosted by Narragansett Beer at the WaterFire Arts Center: 475 Valley Street, Providence, RI.
Contact Narragansett Beer at (401) 437-8970 or by e-mail for more information.
Thanksgiving Centerpiece Workshop
Saturday, November 23 5:00PM - Tuesday, October 15 7:00PM | Westport, MA | directions | website
Thanksgiving Centerpiece Workshop
Saturday November 23rd 5-7PM
The Store at Weatherlow Farms, Westport MA
$90 per person
Celebrate the colors and textures of our New England fall with Phoebe from Weatherlow Florals. Learn to construct a simple but lush centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table using only seasonal flowers and foliages grown here at Weatherlow Farms. You can look forward to fresh heirloom chrysanthemums and lisianthus, dried summer flowers and pods, foraged fruiting branches, and other beautiful fall bits from the farm. Get advice on choosing the right vase for your space, learn how to process flowers for arranging so that they last, and see fun ways to mix dried and foraged materials from the fields and woods around us into composed floral arrangements. Snack on seasonal bites and beverages from the farm kitchen, featuring our herbs and edible flowers.
All materials and instruction included.
Workshop limited to 15 attendees.
All sales final and non-refundable.
Hosted by Weatherlow Farms at the The Store @ Weatherlow Farms: 845 Sodom Road, Westport, MA.
Contact Mark Gleicher at (401) 259-6198 or by e-mail for more information.


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I'm officially jobless now.
My last day at work was Friday. It was very sad saying goodbye to all of my co-workers and friends after seven years together. I'm still sad. It feels surreal. Now, I'm back to having to start from scratch and look for a new job. No, I haven't even started.... I was secretly hoping they would change their minds and not lay off all the peeps in my position... well, more like I was in denial. Actually, I'm still in denial and in an obvious rambling mode. I was offered a position to stay but it was part time and it was taking a step backwards. Taking a part time position and staying with the people I love wouldn't help me pay the mortgage so I had to turn down that offer. Bummer.
On the other hand, I get to spend some amazing quality time with the kiddos, this I'm happy about.They are full of personalities and constantly have me laughing. As they say, its a blessing in disguise, the twins will never be this little again so I'm just going to enjoy them as much as I can.
Oh, and before I forget. You know this huge Mega Millions that just passed? I said I would win, and I did... $10..... guess I should have been a little more specific with my wishes, huh? o.O.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Jobless and Mega winner... all in one day!
Posted by Shanny at 5:31 PM
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LOL. Well that will buy you some more tickets. Sorry to hear about your job, but glad you get to spend more time with the kidlets.ReplyDelete
Well after lots of celine outle time, energy, blood, Celine Purse sweat, tears and frustration, i managed to tie something... definitely not celine bag anywhere near as stunning as i had hoped but Celine Tote since i had not done my hair, Celine Luggage tote something needed to cover it. And here we go.... i'm celine handbag not even going anymore if this thing does not decide to act righReplyDelete
Maybe $10 is just the beginning! LOLReplyDelete
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"Because I'm a [damn] Christian."—Will Campbell
I'd scarcely clicked "Publish" on my last post "Needed-Damn Christians"—when I realized I needed to say more. I'd told the story of the late Will Campbell and his unique ministry to folks on all sides of political and religious divides. I described his presence at the long-delayed murder trial of Ku Klux Klan leader Sam Bowers. Bowers had allegedly ordered the killing of a number of civil rights activists, most notably Vernon Dahmer—in the mid-1960's! In 1998, thirty-twoyears after the fact, Bowers stood trial again in Mississippi, this time with new evidence and a realistic chance of being convicted. Campbell spent some of the time at the trial sitting with Dahmer's large family on one side of the courtroom–and about the same amount sitting with Sam Bowers, who sat all alone on the other side. When a reporter asked why he did this, Campbell growled, "Because I'm a damn Christian." I concluded that our fragmented society needs more "damn Christians" who will share the "ministry of reconciliation" (2 Corinthians 5:20) modeled by Jesus and pursued by Campbell, Martin Luther King, and countless others. I said, "I believe the church's place relative to the red and blue faultline running through American society is standing tall with our feet planted firmly on both sides… with neighbors who are easy to love and with those we struggle to love."
But I hadn't said much about how we arrive at that conviction, or what equips us for that uncomfortable and challenging stance. Then the Pulse Nightclub shooting happened early Sunday morning. It brought folks together. It also re-opened some old wounds and re-started some old arguments:
- Omar Mateen's anti-gay feelings clearly informed his choice of target. Those feelings still live in many hearts and minds.
- He was an admirer or supporter of Isis. That's enough to reanimate both rational concern over terror and misinformed or simply mean-spirited anti-Muslim prejudice. The ongoing investigation seeks to determine the exact nature and strength of that connection in this incident.
- His primary weapon was an assault rifle like the ones banned from sale in this country until 2004. We're having that yelling match again.
Thirty or so hours after the shooting, before all the dead are identified and their loved ones notified, the noise around these divisive issues grows ever louder. Politicians speak out, seeking every advantage. Activists on both sides strain to shout down the opposition. But if we're simply yelling past each other, once again we'll generate plenty of heat but precious little light.
What if some "damn Christians" dare to love our neighbors more than our ideology? Something could change. If we behave differently, the future would play out differently. Don't misunderstand me. I have very strong convictions about these issues. But beyond the issues are our relationships with our neighbors. "If it is possible," Paul urges us, "so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all." (Romans 12:18 NRSV)
So I offer here a framework within which we who follow Jesus might find ways to "live peaceably" with "all sorts and conditions of persons" while still maintaining the integrity of our convictions.
- We see and honor the image of God in every person.
"God created humanity in God's own image, in the divine image God created them, male and female God created them." (Genesis 1:27 CEB)
Every human being bears the divine image. No exceptions. No exclusions. No weasel words. No fudge factor. Sharing this divine DNA makes all seven billion of us family–for better or worse! That includes all those folks who post their ridiculous nonsense online (and who feel the same way about our brilliant, witty, profound posts); folks from places whose names we can't possibly twist our tongues around; folks with whom we fit perfectly and folks with whom we clash catastrophically; folks who energize us and folks who drain us; folks with whom we feel welcome and folks who just give us the creeps. All of us, in all our glory and uniqueness, created alike bearing the divine image. All means all. "Damn Christians" practice the spiritual discipline of looking for the divine image, no matter how hidden, marred, or disfigured, in every human being.
- We recognize every person as someone for whom Christ died.
"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his…one and only Son…so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life." John 3:16 MSG
Still no exclusionary clause. "…whole and lasting life" is God's will for each of us and all our divine kin on this planet. Not exactly the message we get from our "I've got mine and I'll take yours if I want it" culture. Claiming God's gift doesn't require a dazzling resume or a twenty-page application. It requires only "believing"–trusting with our whole being– that the way of life we see in Jesus leads away from destruction toward more and better life than we'd dared to imagine.
Easy to say, but very hard to accept. Abundant negative evidence exists, much provided by so-called "Christians" in the form of both actions and deadly silence. Our not-yet-believing neighbors want to be told less and shown more. "Believing" takes what God always knew it would take—incarnational evidence.
- We will embody Christ for others through everything we do and are.
"Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn't think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what…When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human!" Philippians 2:5-7 MSG
That's all it takes. Just turn my back on this 21st-century privileged, entitled, "I want it all" culture. Climb down the ladder I've worked so hard climbing up. Invest myself in folks from whom I thought I'd managed to insulate and isolate myself. Give up my self-important illusions and just be my created-in-the-divine-image self. All that takes is someone who …didn't think so much of himself…" "didn't …cling to…status…" "…set aside…privileges…took on the status of a slave, became human." It takes some "damn Christian" foolish enough to follow Jesus to places and people most folks say aren't worth the effort; foolish enough to believe "God loved the world…" means the whole creation and everyone who's ever been or ever would be a part of it. Some damn Christian like Miss Velma Westbury. According to Will Campbell, Miss Velma often said, '"If you just love the folks what's easy to love,that really ain't no love at all…If you love one, you have to love'em all."
"Of course," Campbell points out, "some folks said Miss Velma was crazy."


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Do you have an electric garage door opener that is malfunctioning? If so, you might have thought about doing the troubleshooting. It's not that you can't, but you have to be careful. Anything that utilises electricity can be dangerous. A few of the troubleshooting and maintenance steps might not be so bad, but if you get to working on the inner parts of an opener, you have to know what you're doing.
That being said, it would be a good idea to at least get familiar with garage door openers, specifically the one that you have. As you learn more about them, you can more easily tell what may be going wrong if yours is acting up. What if it were a simple fix, something you needed to do without taking the opener apart?
There are indeed times when people call repairmen and end up discovering the problem was quite simple. If you need a garage door technician to repair or replace your opener, that's completely understandable. No one should operate on a garage door opener without the proper certification. Yet what if you found out that based on the issues the opener is having, there is a simple obstruction that is causing it to malfunction?
If something like that were the case, you could easily fix the problem. That's why it can be helpful to know more about your electric garage door opener. If nothing else, you can better explain the problem you are having when you talk to the repairman on the phone to schedule an appointment.
That would be a good thing because perhaps at that point you could get a better quote over the phone. Learn more about your electric garage door opener and what important troubleshooting steps you might use without putting yourself in danger.


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Green Curry Noodle Soup with Basil Lime Chicken
Green Curry Noodle Soup with Basil Lime Chicken
Part of surviving the horrible regimen of Brian being on call for Snapfish (especially during the holidays) is finding interesting new things for us to eat: I stay occupied and available for the momentary periods of chatting, and we both get to eat tasty food and enjoy the wines that pair with them.
As I was scouring the food magazines this morning while he was on an endless call because the photo portion of Walgreens was imploding on itself, I found this recipe in Martha Stewart Living from December 2011.
Green Curry Noodle Soup with Basil Lime Chicken
Adapted from recipes in Martha Stewart Living, January 2011
•10 ounces Chinese wheat noodles (mein) or rice noodles
•1 tablespoon safflower or peanut oil
•1⁄4 cup plus 1 tablespoon Thai green curry paste
•4 cups chicken stock
•1 14 ounce can low-fat unsweetened coconut milk
•1 lemon
•Garnish: lemon, basil leaves, thinly sliced English cucumbers
1.Boil noodles according to package directions. Drain, and rinse under cold water. Toss with 1 teaspoon oil.
2.Heat remaining 2 teaspoons of oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook curry paste, stirring until fragrant. 1-2 minutes.
3.Whisk in stock. Raise heat, and bring to a boil.
4.Whisk in coconut milk. Cook until just simmering (do not boil).
5.Cut lemon in half and squeeze 1 half into saucepan. Cut remaining half into 4 wedges. Divide noodles and soup among 4 bowls. Add chicken (see recipe below). Garnish with your choice of garnishes.
Basil Lime Chicken
Adapted from recipes in Martha Stewart Living, January 2011
-serves 4-
•2 tbsp fresh lime juice (2 or 3 limes)
•1 tbsp safflower oil
•2 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
•2 tsp sugar
•1 large shallot, thinly sliced into rings
•kosher salt
•2 boneless, skinless, free range, organic chicken breasts (about 8 oz each) pounded to an even thickness of 3/4 inch
•1 cup basil leaves
1.Stir together 1 tbsp lime juice, oil, soy sauce, sugar, shallots and 3/4 tsp of salt in an 8-inch square baking dish.
2.heat broiler. Arrange chicken on top of shallots in dish. Broil 8 inches from heat source until lightly browned, about 7 minutes. Flip chicken, arranging shallots around sides. Broil until chicken is cooked through, 6 to 7 minutes more. Let stand for 5 minutes. Slice chicken crosswise. Reserve the pan juices.
3.Transfer chicken and reserved pan juices to a bowl. Toss with basil and remaining tbsp lime juice.
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