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Pygmy DNA

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23andme just told me that I have no African Hunter-Gatherer ancestry. Heavy stuff. While I try to assimilate this heavily destabilizing information, why don't you enjoy an exploration of "the genetics of African Hunter-Gatherers"? Disappearing Way of Life Ancient Lineages Keepers of Diversity Pygmy Genetics  Linguistic Legacy Curious about African Hunter-Gatherer history, art, and traditions? Explore a few of the many nuances that make this population distinct.  Armed with this information you may now go forth and honey-hunt! Deep Forest Sounds of the Aka Pygmy People  "Intangible Heritage" 🤔   Intro to Khoisan Clicking Languages Confession: I initially misread "Khoe" as "Khloé"

What do you get when you search for PYM?

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1. The Philadephia Yearly Meeting (pym.org) This is a Quaker thing! But the website's hero carousel is troubling to say the least </3   We may have to table the poetry book club idea with this packed social calendar of ours: 2. A Turkish company that sells...uhm... I don't even know Do you know? 3. Maldives version of the Young Republicans @PYMYouth Youth wing of the Progressive Party of Maldives, which in 2012 condemned the UN for its advocacy of LGBTQ rights and religious freedoms (the party is Sunni Muslim). Not so #progressive after all. 4. An augmented reality iOS app called PYM+ Jury is out on the reason behind the name 5. Parish Youth Ministries of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia That logo though The following didn't fit in the screenshot so here you go. Be sure to click bookmark the YouTube link so you can share some Jesus bluegrass music with your parish at the next mass! Check out our PYM Slideshow! ...

Pym Poetics: A Reading List

In the Interest of advancing a Poetics of the Pym Species, the following Reading List* has been suggested by Scholars of the Science: English Romantics Early Romantics: William Blake Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Wordsworth Late Romantics: Percy Bysshe Shelley Lord Byron John Keats *This Reading List is incomplete and subject to revision by the aforementioned Scholars of the Science

Jenelle Evans had OLIVE GARDEN cater her wedding to David Eason.

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After swearing up and down I'd never watch Teen Mom 2 again because of MTV's complicity in the frequent neglect and documented abuse of Jenelle Evans' young children, today I caved. But nothing could've prepared me for the following: Hashtag breadsticks. PS Let us take a moment to admire the height difference between Jenelle Evans and David Eason , aka Soulmate No. 5 ( #justlikethenotebook ): 🍝💍

Meet me at the intersection of GoSMS & Gustav Klimt

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According to MoMA's online shop, customers like Rachel also liked the following 2 items: ...Just when you thought tofu stickers and art nouveau had nothing in common!

Pigeon Plush

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A pigeon stuffed animal exists. It showed up as an Amazon "gold box" deal of the day. Top Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars The 10" Hansa Pigeon brings joy to all that interact with it. By  Conor Hastings   on May 13, 2015 Verified Purchase This pigeon is honestly amazing. I don't think myself/the others in my office have ever experienced as much joy previously as we all do now everyday when we interact with Thomas. Whether it's the excited look he gives you when you arrive in the morning, the quizzical turn when you say something a bird just wouldn't quite understand, or when you just need a shoulder to cry on(or the bird equivalent of a shoulder), Thomas is always there for everyone. I just wish he could fly, he deserves it. 1 Comment     9 people found this helpful. 5.0 out of 5 stars Real enough for me. By Kevin McCloskey on March 26, 2016 Verified Purchase I like this bird. It has enough details to be of use explain...

Android apps for Jehovah's Witnesses (there was nothing else to call this post)

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I was recently browsing the Google Play Store when something got my attention: an app called "Congregation Territories". What could it possibly be? OMG, it's a Jehovah's Witness app! William Kelly   March 29, 2016 You can do anything you want with it no matter anywhere on Earth you live Apartments subdivisions tall buildings anywhere this afternoon be used I love this app and I cannot do without it the best thing is that it automatically updates itself this is the best app In fact, there are  many  Jehovah's Witness apps. "Rejoice?" By this point, my mind is saying "no", but my heart is saying "yes". And so, fellow pym, we are gathered here today to examine a few highlights of the popular genres of JW apps on the Google Play store. Because searching "jehovah witness" opens a Pandora's box. "Pandora's Box, a Botanicals Tin" / courtesy of Etsy (Lakshmi is that you? #Dhar...

"happy birthday, pygmy!"

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zulu: halala ngosuku lokuzalwa  elibhekwa njengabaThwa ! esperanto: feliĉan naskiĝtagon,  nana !   dutch: gelukkige verjaardag,  dwerg ! norwegian: gratulerer med dagen  pygmé !  danish: tillykke med fødselsdagen,  pygmæ ! finnish: hyvää syntymäpäivää,  kääpiö ! czech: všechno nejlepší k narozeninám, trpaslík ! lol the primary definition of  trpaslík  is 'gnome' casteshano: feliz cumpleaños,  enano ! galician: feliz aniversario,  pigmeo ! catalán: feliç aniversari,  pigmea ! basque: zoriontsu urtebetetzea  pygmy ! maltese: għeluq sninha,  pigmew ! corsican: TANTI AUGURI,*  pygmy !  *the caps are not my doing, it's exactly what google translate spat out. so, yeah, WISHING YOU AN AUSPICIOUS SESSION WITH YOUR AUGUR, pygmy! albanian: gëzuar ditëlindjen,  xhuxh ! (looks like it would sound like someone sneezing?) macedonian: среќен роден...

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posterity now

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420 weeks and 2 days ago: Welcome to COHOP 2007!!! Inbox x COÖP Coordinators   < coop@columbia.edu > 8/8/07 to  coop Congratulations on being admitted into the COHOP 2007 orientation trip! Get ready for four days of hiking through the gorgeous Catskills Mountains of upstate New York. Your coordinators, Kate and Lauren, are busy planning your trip this summer. You will be placed into a small group depending on what level of difficulty you signed up for and your personality.  (yay personality!) IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER 1. Move-in Wednesday August 22, 7AM-3PM At 3PM, all three COÖP programs will meet on South Lawn for fun times with your upperclassman leaders, and that is when you will bid adieu to your parents. 2.  Leave for the trip! Thursday August 23, EARLY 3.  Gloriously return to the city Sunday August 26, Afternoon We're going to have food and...