Thank you, rmalarz. That response was very kind and helpful.

This whole discussion is so over my head that I cannot even begin to follow it. Perhaps a definition or two would be a beginning--I understand the general meaning of "ETTR", but would someone please enlighten me (briefly, please) about the meaning of "EBTR"?

[quote=Ysarex]When historical facts are in question …

Forrest was a product of his times, as was every white person in the South at that time. If Forrest is "criminal pig filth", by your reasoning, the same would have to be said of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and every white person in the South.

When the final surrenders were made in the war, the southerners were told that they were to return to their homes, there to be unmolested by the government so long as they obeyed the laws. The southerners took them at their word, went home, and elected representatives to Congress, only to be told by Congress that they would not be allowed to take their seats in Congress. The government thus unlawfully molested them by depriving them of the right of representation in the national legislature. Almost simultaneously, the carpet-baggers and reconstruction officials, in order to garner black support and legitimate their plans of fraud and graft, told them that they would be re-enslaved if they voted for the former Confederates. Thus, using an irresponsible race-based ploy, they drove a wedge between blacks and whites in the South that persisted for approximately 100 years.

The whites resisted in practically the only way available--intimidating and frightening the ignorant and superstitious blacks. With the blacks and carpetbaggers in control, the South was well on its way to becoming a howling wasteland by the time that Reconstruction was ended. Virtually every white man, woman, and child supported the return to white political control. Under notions of vicarious liability, you effectively classify every one of them as "criminal pig filth." Your agenda seems to be to propel all whites into paroxysms of guilt and self-flagellation, leading to reparations and other socialist utopian programs.

With regard to the KKK, broad and sweeping statements about what it did or did not do are irresponsible simply because nobody really knows what it did and did not do. It supposedly originated as a prank among some students around Sparta, Tennessee, and much of its activity seems to have been merely attempts to frighten people. Certainly it was not the monolithic entity which you and others envision. Very likely some klan members sought to propagate such an image to make its capabilities appear greater than they actually were. I can almost imagine that you get up at night and peek under your bed to see if a klansman is hiding there. The point is, you cannot and do not know whether Forrest was responsible for any murders in the capacity of a klansman. And it should be noted, that according to the popular line of history, after about three years, Forrest ordered the Klan to be disbanded, he having decided that it would become too violent and lead to unwanted problems with the federal government. I emphasize that the mere fact that some young thug today may call himself a klansman and/or dress up in a sheet or pointy hat does not necessarily mean that he is/was a part of any extended and organized body.

Well, just for starters, there already are, and have long been, several "Civil War Parks" where some semblance of history is presented--included among them, in addition to Gettysburg, are Antietam, Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Fort Sumter, Vicksburg, Shiloh, Stone's River, and Chickamauga, just to name a few that readily come to mind. But the reading of books, real books by real historians, researched and footnoted, is virtually the only way to learn about the war. And then one must develop the wherewithal to weed out the fluff and chaff from the substance. Simply strolling around parks and reading markers such as "Jones's Battery, Blazeaway Artillery Battalion, was posted here at 8:30 A.M. on the morning of Friday April 6th, etc." is not really going to be very helpful. Even Ken Burns' notable documentary is too truncated to do more than just orient one to the big picture. It takes dedication and effort to get at "the truth"--merely reading placards on busts and monuments won't even come close.

[quote=Ysarex]A letter from one of Forrest's own sergeants, Achilles V. Clark....

Offered for your consideration are the following works, to wit:
1.Henry, Robert Selph, Nathan Bedford Forrest: First With the Most
2.Jordan, Thomas and J.P. Pryor, The Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. N.B. Forrest, and of Forrest’s Cavalry
3.Lytle, Andrew, Bedford Forrest and His Critter Company
4.Mathes, J. Harvey, General Forrest
5.Sheppard, Capt. Eric William, Bedford Forrest: The South’s Greatest Cavalryman
6. Wills, Brian Steele, The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest
7.Wyeth, J.A., Life of Lieut-General N.B. Forrest
8.Maness, Lonnie E., An Untutored Genius: The Military Career of General Nathan Bedford Forrest
9. Hurst, Jack, Nathan Bedford Forrest, A Biography

They refute your spurious sources, tit-for-tat, much more fully than I could hope to do in this limited space.

One should keep in mind that a public perception of a "massacre" served several purposes for the Yankee officers and leaders. First, on a localized level, it would tend to deflect from the Union army hard and embarrassing questions regarding the poor performance of the Union officers and soldiers at Fort Pillow and in West Tennessee. Second, it would help to whip up northern enthusiasm for continued support of the war. Indeed, it was becoming clear that war weariness was about the only obstacle to Union victory and unconditional surrender by the South. Third, many Union officers and leaders wanted a "hard" post-war reconstruction, some solely for the financial advantages and rewards which would become available, others for the purpose of bringing the Southern whites to heel according to their own exalted sense of moral superiority. The specter of "massacre" would grease the skids, so to speak, for an easy sell of their ideas and programs to Congress and the northern electorate.

Finally, one must ask, if the evidence is so overwhelming that Forrest ordered a massacre, why was he never charged with war crimes and prosecuted, even after the war? Within days after the battle at Ft. Pillow, Congressional investigations got underway and sifted through immense amounts of alleged evidence. Surely, if the evidence was so compelling, there were plenty of legal minds of the ilk of Edwin Stanton and Gen. "Beast" Butler who could have managed a prosecution. The only practical conclusion is that the examining authorities realized that the evidence, such as it was, did not support a prosecution; and, rather than risk public trial and possible vindication of Forrest, they realized, quite correctly it seems, that a campaign of innuendo and slander would serve their purposes quite as well with none of the risks and possible embarrassments of trial.

In short, the Yankees were unable to defeat Forrest in actual battle, but in their diabolical schemes, they utilized lies and slander to vilely discredit him and lay the groundwork for their rapacious program of reconstruction in the South.






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I have read a great deal about the Civil War and all the biographies that I know of about Gen. Forrest. My great-grandfather of Haywood County, Tennessee was a member of Forrest's 12th Tenn. Cavalry and left us specific anecdotes about the great raid on Memphis and his being captured at Nashville. I am justifiably proud of his heroism and sacrifice. Gen. Forrest was necessarily harsh and hard-driving, but his impact and effect upon the course of the war, if nothing else, justifies his remembrance in history. In fact, he may very well have been the greatest cavalry commander of all time.

Forrest was not consumed by racial hatred--if he had been, we would have been left with mass executions of the type and scale committed by Hitler and his Nazi cohorts. He had the means and ability to do it if he had been so inclined. Therein lies a major difference between memorials to Hitler vis-à-vis memorials to Forrest.

Immediately after the war, the South was crushed--her men dead, her economy in shambles, her government in the hands of carpet baggers, scalawags, and Union reconstruction forces. She had no means to erect memorials until sometime later, after there had been some recovery. Then, when the passing of many who had lived thru the war was imminent, the urgent need for memorials was recognized, and monuments were erected.

Ysarex and his rabid, left-wing, pseudo politically correct cohorts have their own agenda to support by demonizing Confederate monuments and Gen. Forrest. That agenda is sufficiently palpable to all who wish to examine their positions that it is unnecessary to restate it here. In his spurious rant, he claims that Confederate monuments are the work of the "Klan" (whatever that is/was), and that Gen. Forrest was a virulent race-hating "child burner". There is absolutely no credible evidence to support such patently ridiculous assertions and urge all fellow "hoggers" to dismiss from your consideration such false and repulsive claims.

I know this must be a stupid question, but anyway here goes: I understand about calibrating a monitor, but how does one "calibrate" a printer?

[quote=RGTX]I have a Canon 6D and I want to get a flash …..

All of the suggestions offered above are good. However, I would recommend something like a used Canon 430exii. It has enough power to give you all the fill flash that you seem to be looking for, and it is smaller than the Canon 580/600 series as well as the Yongnuo 560 series flashes. By setting it to "manual" (M), it will become essentially the same as the other "simple" flashes mentioned that do not have a plethora of buttons, etc.; then if you decide that you want to exercise any of the more sophisticated capabilities of this flash, then you have it all there at your fingertips. And, you can probably pick one up in decent condition on ebay for as little as $40 if you are careful.

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[quote=Pytrouble]Hello Hedgehoggers. I have had a Pixma Pro-100 for at least four years ….

There is, I think, a way to get a "diagnosis" for your printer's problem. The procedure applies, so far as I know, to all Canon Printers, not just the Pixma Pro series. The printer has to be connected to the computer by a usb connection, not wirelessly connected. I cannot recall whether the procedure is done via a Canon "utility" or through the printer's own program/operating system. A diagnosis does not solve the problem, but it could point you in the right direction for taking corrective action. Sorry I am not able to be more specific at the present time.
Perhaps you could try searching through the printer user manual to find more information. Also, going through some of the Canon "help" channels might be useful. Or, Calling 1-800-OKCanon might eventually get you over to someone with some answers.

Best regards,

Thanks for your quick replies. I was just about to let you know that I had no luck trying to "reinstall" the Canon Print Studio Pro plug-in either. After awhile, I may try giving a call to Canon as you suggested.

Best regards,

Until recently, I had the basic desk-top version of Photoshop; then, I got a message saying that an update to Photoshop 2020 was available, so perhaps without thinking clearly, I "updated" to Photoshop 2020. Now, the Canon Print Studio Pro plug-in, which I had in the previous version for use with a Canon Pro 100 printer, is missing. When I attempted to open the Canon Print Studio Pro app, I got a message to the effect that I did not have a version of Photoshop that was "supported" by that app/plug-in. I think I have seen some discussion about a possible "work around" or "fix" that would allow the plug-in to continue to be used with Photoshop 2020, but cannot seem to find it now. Can anyone help, please?

Thanks to all for your replies--every little bit helps. Special thanks to markngolf for taking his time to talk to me by phone, providing needed direction and encouragement.

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Thanks for your reply. Would you mind telling me what type of backup--whether full, incremental, or differential--that you use/prefer and why you chose that type? And if you use incremental or differential, how many interim versions before making a subsequent full backup? I hope my question makes sense....

Earlier this year I purchased the Acronis backup software for my Windows 10 computer. I am using external WD hard disc drives for backup. I have installed it and suppose that it is working the way that it is designed to do--but I don't know because I understand so little about it. It takes forever to display the contents of "backed up" folders/files. I have found this program to be (to me) inordinately confusing, particularly with its options of a "full backup", a "differential backup", and an "incremental backup. The same applies for terminology like "scheduled backups and versions" and "recovery" vis-à-vis just copying what is needed from back-up folders/files.

I need, I think, simple step-by-step instructions, preferably written and illustrated, on the use of this software, but cannot seem to find anything that even comes close, certainly not the instructions provided by the producer of the software. Can anyone suggest anything?

Please do not bother to talk to me about alternative "cloud" options and cloud-related back-up solutions. The internet speeds available in my area make the cloud impractical, and my experience with Amazon Photos and the like has been disappointing.

I agree, both with respect to waiting and use of 3rd party ink and paper. My general experience has been that the better deals and packages during any given year appear in the fall and before Christmas.