Thursday, March 15, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Goth Chic~ Kate Moss
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The March 2012 issue of W Magazine features Kate Moss in a wonderfully dark and creepy series of photos by Steven Klein. On newsstands now!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Cemetery... little story.
is
in the old cemetery in Cagliari,
Sardinia, and the sculptor
of this work, and many others is Giuseppe Sartorio.
Isobel Gowdie
Ask a Mortician- Episode 6
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Ask a Mortician, Episode Six!
As always, Thank you Caitlin.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Cupcake Vending Machine- of course in Los Angeles!
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Technology is a wonderful thing!
CUPCAKES!
Friday, March 2, 2012
The Blue People of Troublesome Creek, Kentucky
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I heard about these people today and found it fascinating! Genealogy sites provide this story:
Not myth or legend; The Blue People of Kentucky were an isolated enclave
of Appalachian people who lived with an embarrassing skin discoloration
until a young hematologist took notice and found a solution. As the
story goes, Martin Fugate, a French orphan, settled on the banks of
eastern Kentucky's Troublesome Creek around 1820 to claim a land grant.
He married a red-haired American named Elizabeth Smith with a very pale
complexion. Little did they know that their union would create shades
of blue people!
In the early 1960's, this blue malady caught the attention of Madison Cawein, an inquisitive hematologist from the University of Kentucky. Curiosity drove him to Hazard where he was introduced to a nurse, Ruth Pendergrass, who had met a "dark blue" woman. She was one of the "blue" Combses who lived up on Ball Creek and was a sister to one of the Fugate women; her brother, Luke, was also blue. The search for blue people ensued. Patrick and Rachel Ritchie, who lived in Hardburly, were also blue. Cawein eventually found a small population of people in the back woods of Appalachia, many with a blue skin disorder. The afflicted were embarrassed about their condition and adamant about talking to Cawein. Eventually, Cawein gained their trust and began taking blood samples. Tests for abnormal hemoglobin were negative. Then he began to construct the family genealogy and traced their roots back to Martin and Elizabeth Fugate.
Cawein was determined to find a cause and possibly a solution to help this small group of isolated Appalachian people. In his research, he found a 1960 article by E. M. Scott that was reported in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Scott's research had found hereditary methemoglobinemia among Alaskan Eskimos and Indians caused by an absence of the enzyme diaphorase from their red blood cells. Methemoglobinemia is a rare hereditary blood disorder that results from excess levels of methomoglobin (metHb) in the blood. "Methomoglobin is an oxidized form of hemoglobin that has a decreased affinity for oxygen, resulting in a reduced ability to release oxygen to tissues." This results in brown blood giving Caucasian patients a bluish hue to their skin.
The blood disorder is inherited as a simple recessive trait - meaning that to get the disorder, a person would have to inherit two genes, one from each parent. One could inherit the gene, not get the blood disorder, but pass the gene on to a child. The gene would most likely appear in an inbred line. Martin Fugate carried the recessive gene and the odds that he could have married a woman with the same recessive gene were overwhelming - but that is exactly what happened.
Fortunately, Cawein was able to find an antidote for the blood disorder - methylene blue which acted as an electron donor. The antidote worked quickly but patients were required to take daily doses as it passed quickly through the urine. At last they were free of their "blue" shade and were no longer embarrassed.
Cawein, in researching the family lines in Perry County, Kentucky and with the help of Fugate Family Bibles, found in fact, that the Fugates had married Fugates, had married first cousins, and had intermarried with families whose surnames were: Combs, Smith, Ritchie, and Stacy. They lived in isolation and married the girl next door, even if they had the same last name, and consequently passed the gene on to many generations. Martin and Elizabeth had seven children, four being born blue; Zachariah, who was blue, married his mother's sister. Written family records do not indicate Martin's skin color, but family legend says he was blue. Eventually, the recessive gene began to disappear once coal mining and the railroad opened the community to outsiders. This small enclave was no longer isolated and they began to disperse and marry outside of their little clan diminishing the effect of the "blue" gene.
In online research, there was no mention made of "blue" people as recorded in the genealogy book, The Fugate Family of Russell County Virginia, published in 1986, but it has been confirmed in the Fugate discussions on the Genforum. It is almost certain that Martin was a descendant of the Fugate family of Russell County, Virginia and probably of French origin. It is documented that Fugates were born in the colonies in the mid 1600's but the original progenitor has not been confirmed. Different spellings of the surname sometimes include "Fugett" and "Fugitt". Mary (Dawley) Fugate, who answers quite a few queries and also helped compile the genealogy book, indicates that the siblings of Martin Fugate were not blue but he must have been a carrier. She also states that the union of Martin and Elizabeth were probably not the originators of the gene as their marriage took place too late. There was a Zachariah Fugate who was married to a Mary Smith; both carried the gene which resulted in blue children. Mary Fugate said that the gene is very dominant in the Smith line but there is still no concrete answers as to what couple started the shades of blue people.
You can read about the condition that causes these unique folks to be blue HERE
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Leap Day 2012!
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Happy Leap Day!
February 29 is a date that usually occurs every four years, and is
called leap day. This day is added to the calendar in leap years as a
corrective measure, because the earth does not orbit around the sun in
precisely 365 days.
February 29, known as a leap day in the Gregorian calendar, is a date that occurs in most years that are evenly divisible by 4, such as 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Years that are evenly divisible by 100 do not contain a leap day, with the exception of years that are evenly divisible by 400, which do contain a leap day; thus 1900 did not contain a leap day while 2000 did. Years containing a leap day are called leap years. February 29 is the 60th day of the Gregorian calendar in such a year, with 306 days remaining until the end of that year.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Anne Rice- New Novel " The Wolf Gift"
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"The Wolf Gift" features a handsome young reporter in the Bay Area who
finds himself at the center of the story when he's attacked by a
werewolf, and turns into a wolf man himself. (He documents his new hairy
look with his iPhone.) He's not your typical feral, rampaging beast:
The lunar cycle has no effect on him, he learns to control his
transformation and he only unleashes his beastly appetite on the truly
wicked."
You can read more about the book and an interview with Ms. Rice HERE
Saturday, February 18, 2012
The Woman in Black
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I have been posting about this film on the GTS Facebook for quite a spell now. I thought to post the trailer here just in case it was not yet known to all. The house, sets and costumes are fabulous!
Our parents warned us to stay far away.
When the tide fills in, she comes out to play.
She searches the land, for a lost one.
Wailing and calling, until the dawning sun.
She enters the village, before the first frost.
Searching for children, to replace her long lost.
One by one, she takes them away,
Back to the marsh, Where forever they'll stay.
She'll never give up until she gets him back
No one can stop, the woman in black.
............
Have you seen her?
The Woman in Black
She once lost a boy
Now she's come back.
Our parents are worried
They make such a fuss.
For if she can't find him
She'll take one of us.
During afternoon tea,
There's a shift in the air
A bone-trembling chill,
That tells you she's there.
There are those who believe
The whole town is cursed.
But the house in the marsh
is by far the worst.
What she wants is unknown,
but she always comes back.
The specter of darkness,
The Woman in Black.
There's a shift in the air
A bone-trembling chill,
That tells you she's there.
There are those who believe
The whole town is cursed.
But the house in the marsh
is by far the worst.
What she wants is unknown,
but she always comes back.
The specter of darkness,
The Woman in Black.
Daniel Radcliff is looking like quite the gentleman these days.
Gothic greetings to Russia & beyond
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Литературные произведения Запорожского готического портала
Interview with Gothic Tea Society mistress
04.02.2012
Gothic Tea Society has one of the best Gothic Blogs in
the world. We obtained an interview with Wednesday Black (GTS Mistress) to
understand what could be the reasons of the success.
Gothic.zp.ua: When you’ve understood
Gothic is yours?
Wednesday Black (Gothic Tea
Mistress): Since I was a little girl I have been attracted to
darker aesthetics. Cemeteries, Skeletons, and other things that most people
consider creepy.
Gothic.zp.ua: What was your reason to
organize Gothic Tea Society?
Wednesday Black (Gothic Tea
Mistress): I began The Gothic Tea Society as a blog of my own
macabre interests. As the blog picked up followers, it became a place to bring
together people in the Gothic community. The internet allows Goths from all over
the world to share ideas, fashion, music, and much more. I enjoy being able to
share with other Goths this way.
Many Thanks to Vasyl Cothurnatus for including the Gothic Tea Society on this lovely dark site.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Charles Dickens 200, Google Art
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Google tribute to
Charles Dickens who turns 200 today!
Charles John Huffam Dickens 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic novels and characters.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Exploded Skull
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A Beauchene Skull, also known as an exploded skull, is a disarticulated human skull that has been carefully reassembled on a stand with jointed, movable parts that allow for the opening and studying of the skull as a whole or each piece individually.
The concept of the exploded skull was first introduced byLeonardo da Vinci, seen in his anatomical drawings.
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