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International relief agencies say they face a humanitarian crisis in trying to help nearly one million Sudanese who have fled their homes in the midst of a civil war in western Sudan.
Mohammad Ali, who is now in Farchana refugee camp, about 50 kilometers from the border with Sudan, says he is a lucky man. As he tells his story, he chops wood to make one of the small stools he sells for $2 apiece so he can buy food for his wife and six children.
In Sudan, the 45-year-old Mr. Ali was a farmer and herdsman. But he says he gave up that life and fled to Chad at the beginning of this year after his village was bombed by the Sudanese military.
Mr. Ali says he will not go back to Sudan until the war is over, and for now, he is just thankful to have a tent at the Farchana camp, run by the United Nations refugee agency.
"It is a million times better here because it is secure and stable," he said. "We have enough water and though we need more food, we can buy it elsewhere."
The Darfur conflict is a war between black African rebel groups and Arab militiamen backed by the Sudanese government. The fighting began a year ago, when the rebels accused the Arab-controlled government of neglecting Darfur's predominately black population.
The refugees say they are victims of ethnic cleansing, as the Arab militia, called the Janjaweed, drives them from their villages. They say the Janjaweed receives weapons and air support from the government of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. The government denies the charge, and says the rebels have no basis for political grievance. Sudan says the rebels are really just criminal gangs.
President al-Bashir last month declared the fighting over, with the government in control of major population centers. Relief agencies dispute this, and say the government is hampering efforts to deliver aid to the 700,000 people inside Sudan who have been uprooted from their homes by the fighting.
The director of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees office in Chad, Alphonse Malanda, says the Sudanese refugees are in desperate need of international assistance.
"What they are saying is that they fled because of the bombing by the Sudanese army, and they had to abandon their belongings," said Mr. Malanda. "They came into Chad without anything. So they need an urgent humanitarian response."
The UNHCR has issued an appeal for nearly $22 million from the international community for the refugees in Chad. So far, only $1 million has been pledged.
The program director of the Paris-based charity Medicins San Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, Michael Neuman, says only 7,000 of the 110,000 Sudanese refugees in Chad are housed in camps run by international relief agencies.
"The security situation is very difficult and unstable in the whole area and fighting is kind of reaching the Chad territory," he said. "We can see incursions of militias from Darfur into Chad, preying on the civilian refugees and this has led the humanitarian community to the relocation of those refugees into camps. So far, based on the three camps that have been set up, the move is very slow. And we are very worried actually about the remaining population that will stay in the border areas."
One of the refugees at the Farchana camp, Ahmed Abdullah Hussein, is a 55-year-old farmer. He says he and he family fled to Chad with just the clothes on their backs after the Janjaweed attacked his village near the Sudanese city of Geneina. He says he no longer trusts the Sudanese Arabs.
"Those people killed our mothers, our fathers, and they stole our property," he said. "How can we sit down with them again? We need our own separate country, our own government. If not, this conflict will just be repeated."
The United States has expressed grave concerns about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. The State Department says as many as one million people are at imminent risk of their lives.
Washington has called on the Sudanese government to disarm the Janjaweed, enter into peace talks with the rebels, and permit aid workers safe and unhindered movement inside Darfur.
There has been no public response from the Sudanese government to Washington's appeal.


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1. If the slate is currently coated with an unknown sealer, test on a small area first and allow to stand for 24 hours. If a reaction occurs, the sealer will need to be stripped before applying. 2. All surfaces should be thoroughly cleaned. Grout and mortar residue must be removed before sealing the surface. Use Diggers Hydrochloric Acid (mix 1 part acid with 8 parts water) and wash off completely to ensure no white patches are caused by acid residue left trapped under the sealer. 3. When surface is dry, sweep off any dust with a soft broom. 4. Diggers Slate Sealer should be applied when surface is cool e.g. early in the morning. Apply to surface using a soft brush (75–100mm) to avoid creating streaks in the acrylic coating.5. Allow the first coat to dry for 2 hours before applying a second coat. A minimum of 2 coats should be applied to any new unsealed surfaces. Use multiple coats to achieve a glossy finish.6. Allow the final coat to cure for at least 24 hours before use. Clean up with Diggers Xylene.
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How to Install a Pole Pruner Blade
Pole pruners are simple to use and save energy -- and unlike power tools, they have parts that are inexpensive and easy to replace. Study your pole trimmer -- they're each a bit different -- they typically contain parts that slide together and are secured by one or more bolts put through both parts. The exception is the rope that operates the lopper on many pole trimmers, which traverses a number of pulleys.
Pruning Saw Blades
Disassemble the old blade by removing the bolts that hold it onto the pole shank or head of the trimmer. Treat the bolts with a little spray cleaner-lubricant to loosen them if they are old and corroded. Use an adjustable wrench or socket wrench that fits the bolts. Set the bolts aside.
Wrap the old blade in newspaper and discard or recycle. Clean the old bolts with solvent and a clean rag before reusing them.
Unwrap the new blade and slide it into the slot that held the old blade.
Reattach the bolt or bolts through the shank and tighten firmly.
Lopper Blades
Lay the pole on its side. Remove the return spring. Inspect this spring and replace it with a new spring.
Unbolt the pulley base if it is attached to the blade.
Remove the retaining bolt or bolts, clean and set aside. Slide the old blade back out of the head.
Push the new blade, sharp side forward, through the pruner head and slide it through the head.
Bolt the new blade into place in the head.
Reattach the rope pulley and return spring.
Things Needed
- Cleaner-lubricant
- Wrenches
- Clean rags
- Replacement blade
- Replacement springs, rope, bolts
- Because the design of pole trimmers varies so widely, buy a replacement blade made specifically for your trimmer.
- Always dispose of used blades safely.
- Replacement heads work in the same way as blades -- pull the old head off and slide the new on on -- or in -- the shaft and replace the bolts.
- When in doubt, replace worn springs and ropes for safety's sake.
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Funds of Funds: Madoff's Victims or Enablers?
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IS EVERYBODY WHO LOST MONEY with Madoff truly a "victim?" Or should they have known better, especially while they where getting returns that were too good and too consistent to be true?
I'm not talking about the scores of relatively unsophisticated but well-to-do investors who were dazzled by the reputation of Bernard Madoff, the accused mastermind of the biggest scam of all time, an alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme. They felt lucky to get back past the velvet rope to join the exclusive club of millionaires whose money grew month-in, month-out while tended by the secretive Madoff.
Nor do I refer to the charitable organizations whose good works will now go undone because they trusted Madoff with their endowments. Already, some charities whose money was invested with him have had to let employees go, just in time for the holidays.
No, it is the supposedly sophisticated investors who channeled money to Madoff who should be held to task. Investors placed money with big banks and funds of funds to do the kind of research and due diligence that they were not able to do on their own. For that, they paid these intermediaries fat fees -- and for what? To be fleeced along with the naïve investors who just went along blindly based on Madoff's reputation.
But some of Madoff's investors didn't care how he generated his returns -- as long as he continued to churn out a percent or so a month, without the volatility of the stock market.
Paul Kedosky quotes a colleague on his Infectious Greed blog (paul.kedrosky.com):
"While many dopey investors in Madoff's funds thought he was actually running a 'split strike option' strategy (and most of those people had no idea what that meant), most of the smart investors didn't. They just thought he was using the trading order flow from his securities firm to run a lucrative insider-trading operation, and they were happy to get a piece of it."
While goofy, Kedrosky continues, that makes more sense than believing "any even marginally clueful investor" bought into a strategy that most knew couldn't work as he claimed. These wise guys are really mad now they find they're not in with the scammers, but among the scammees!
That may be way too cynical to explain all the investments by big, prestigious European banks. But it is difficult to figure how so many funds of funds -- whose very job is to separate the sheep from the goats -- could have been taken in. And it is even more astounding what they got paid to do it.
Bloomberg News estimates Fairfield Greenwich Group, which had invested with Madoff for almost 20 years, would have pocketed about $135 million for sending clients funds to the now-disgraced financier.
Maxam Capital Management sold a fund that was invested solely with Madoff. Sandra Manzke, the head of Maxam, told the Wall Street Journal she was "wiped out."
Indeed, not only was Madoff inflating his returns, he effectively was boosting those of the entire hedge-fund industry. The Credit Suisse/Tremont index of hedge funds actually fell 4.15% in November, a sharp downward revision from the small 0.71% drop originally reported for the month. CS/Tremont wrote down to zero three funds exposed to Madoff -- Kingate Global Fund, Fairfield Sentry and Rye Select Broad Marke -- which sent the equity-market-neutral-strategy group down 40% for the month, from an originally reported gain of 0.85%.
A long-time professional in hedge-fund operations shakes wonders how Madoff could have attracted money, not from little, old ladies in Palm Beach, but from fund-of-fund pros.
As reported, Madoff used a tiny, unknown accountant for audits while his own market-making firm handled trading and operations, including custody. That was the supposed attraction to the supposed wise guys: Madoff could front-run his customers' orders, something he has denied in the past.
"I couldn't get dollar one if we didn't have, if not a Big Four, then top five, six or seven, accounting firm. And I would have to clear through a prime broker," this pro explains. How Madoff was able to attract vast sums of professional money, without those prerequisites, remains among the thousands to be answered in this burgeoning case.
Besides the devastating impact on the actual losers, Madoff's scheme surely will further undermine confidence.
Just as the American public has been disabused of the notion that house prices only go up, they already were becoming increasingly wary of investing in assets such as equities. Risk aversion is palpable with Treasury bills hovering near zero percent. One broker says the only thing his clients want these days are short-term prerefunded municipal bonds backed by U.S. governments held in escrow.
Fear is understandable for unsophisticated investors who lost money in Madoff's scam. That professionals were taken in is incomprehensible.
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Many people like me get into trouble in their college years. During their first taste of real freedom, they also get inundated with free credit card offers. They enjoy spending however and whenever they want, then find themselves unable to make the necessary payments and mired in debt.
By the time I graduated from college, my credit score was in sorry shape. I matured after that and got steady employment, and then found myself wanting to rebuild my credit history and use credit responsibly again. Bad credit will not hunt you forever. It takes time, but getting a bad credit credit card is a good first step. My credit is now flawless and gets me the best rate possible for my mortgage.
If your credit score looks bad you can take the steps to repair it. Find out what your credit score is by obtaining a credit report. This will allow you to analyze your situations and utilize the credit options that are now available to everyone.
The number two step is to choose between an unsecured credit card that carries an astronomical interest rate or a bank-sponsored secure debit card. After you obtain credit report scores on yourself, look into the cards your bank offers and consider your account history. Do you tend to write bad checks? Do you balance your checkbook regularly and correctly? If you have a shaky history in respect to either question, take a closer look at bad credit credit cards options.
So you've decided on the "bad credit credit cards" route. You do have choices so check out the options available. Will this be secured with a deposit of your own money? Will it be unsecured but with a huge interest rate? What is the annual fee? After a period of good repayments, will they drop the interest rate? Can you pick you're the day each month to pay so you can match it up with your paycheck? Do they have any bonus programs? What are the minimum income requirements?
Do not just be grateful to get the card, you have rights and choices. Be most careful with the interest rates. Some can go as high at 22% – run, do not walk from that card. Anything under 20% is a decent find for an unsecured credit card for someone with bad credit history.
Now that you're on your way to getting back on track, keep on top of your credit score. Take a look at an updated score every so often to check that your new credit card company is reporting on-time payments. If you're noticing a difference, call your company company to request it. By the time you're wondering, "What is my credit score?


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Over the weekend I received an email from a reader who made my DIY night crème and enjoys it enough to send an inquiry about what regimen I use for the daytime.
Well, my first tip is to drink lots and lots of water. That's the best anti-aging skincare advice I can give you. When I don't drink enough water, I can see it on my face. Along the same lines, eat lots of berries and green leafy vegetables, because they are loaded with anti-oxidants that can help reduce the signs of aging. And the other most-important tip for anti-aging is to wear sunscreen! This is something I caught onto too late, and I attribute whatever aging my skin is showing to being lax about sun protection earlier in life.
A few friends and I were talking recently about the benefits of wearing sunglasses too. They don't just help the eyes. They prevent constant squinting, and squinting causes wrinkles!
I also make my own essential oil daytime skincare products. Of course, this natural skincare recipe is made from essential oils, just like the night creme.. It does not contain any oils that are light sensitive, so it can be applied after the shower and worn under makeup.
If there are one or two oils in this skincare recipe that you do not have in your arsenal, do not fret. You can still make this fabulous lotion! You can also make adjustments as necessary. For example, if I had Rose Oil in stock I would probably replace the Melrose Oil with 5 Drops Rose Oil plus 5 Drops Melaleuca Oil.
½ Cup Organic Coconut Oil
1 Tbsp Shea Butter
1 Tbsp Water
1 Tbsp Honey
8 Drops Melrose Oil
8 Drops Carrot Seed oil
5 Drops Juniper Oil
5 Drops Geranium Oil
5 Drops Helichrysum
5 Drops Lavender
5 Drops Patchouli (not pictured)
5 Drops Jasmine Oil (not pictured)
5 Drops Melaleuca
– Place the Coconut Oil and Shea Butter in a glass bowl.
– Combine essential oil ingredients in a separate glass bowl.
– Blend lightly.
– Add in the water and honey. Continue blending lightly.
– Slowly add in the essential oil ingredients.
– Continue blending until the oils are well dispersed among the Coconut Oil and Shea Butter base.
As a reminder, coconut oil is the primary base because it is a powerful natural moisturizer that can help to delay the onset of wrinkles. It contains Vitamin E for protecting skin cells and fatty acids that have antifungal properties. When applied topically, coconut oil may feel a bit greasy on the skin at first, though it absorbs very quickly. Shea butter is a fantastic natural moisturizer and honey was included for it's antiseptic properties.
If you find that you want a lighter mixture, feel free to add 1 Tsp Water or 1 Tbspn Aloe to the recipe.
For those of you who make this one, please write and let me know your thoughts!
Please note that I am not a dermatologist or other type of doctor, nor to I play one on this blog. While I (and thousands of others) think essential oils are fabulous, it should be noted that are not regulated by the FDA to treat, diagnose, cure or prevent any disease.


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A Call for All Young Women
A lot has happened since the books Created to Be His Help Meet and Preparing to Be a Help Meet were published. Created has been translated into eight or ten languages and there have been thousands of Created and Preparing classes all over the world. We have received many letters from ladies and girls sharing what they have learned. Our most active blog is PreparingToBeAHelpMeet.com with girls and married ladies sharing what God has taught them. Through the letters and the blogs I have learned much that has helped me in addressing your needs. Here are a few examples.
Men were created in God's image. God breathed the breath of life straight into Adam. It is mind-boggling to think that mere man is in God's own image. In effect, man is in the likeness of God. God feels, he thinks, and he loves just as does his creation. Just as Eve was created to meet a need in Adam, so we meet a need in God. That is strange to me. We all know that God is three persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We learned in Created to Be His Help Meet that, as men were created in God's image, so each man predominantly expresses one of the three aspects of God's image.
As Adam was created in God's image, Eve was created in Adam's image. God could have shaped two clay figures and breathed life into both, but he chose to take the woman from the man's own flesh and bone. I have come to see that tiered process as very significant, making it consistent with nature that the woman should be the helper in the chain of command.
God did not create women as he did men, strongly fixed in one type or another. Being created in the image of man, we are more muted and flexible in our types. If a woman were a strong Command type married to Mr. Steady, that would cause terrible conflict in the marital relationship.
If we were to attach colors to the three types, Command men would be red, the Steady man would be blue, and the Visionary would be yellow. Few men are a 100% pure type/color. Most men are one type with just a touch of another type to mellow him out. But this article is not about men, but rather about us girls and our adaptability of color.
The woman was called to be her man's helper, to fashion herself to be what he needs her to be. It is quite a calling. In order to do this a woman needs to be a kaleidoscope, a full array of color. One woman might be strong in red, but she also has all the other colors so that she can blend her life into that of her man. God provides us with all that we need to fulfill our calling. For example, at this time in my life as a Help Meet I am required to be a writer, office director, web planner, wife, grandmother and, last, but certainly not least, a country woman. If I had to give myself a color or type at this time in my life it would be a bright orange: half red, half yellow. I have been put into a role that requires leadership and creativity. As I was growing up my color was blue (servant) so I have had to adapt quite a bit. If I had married a different man I would likely not be a writer, an office director, web planner or a country woman. How different my life would have been!
I might have married a factory worker who lived in the city. I could have lived my whole life in a rented apartment, worked as a domestic for extra income, and had just two children. I would have still loved the Lord because that is who I am, a lover of God. Most everything else in my life would have been different; what I learned, how I dressed, what I enjoyed, and where I went. I think that I would have grown potted plants full of herbs and salads on my balcony. My color would have been green, mostly blue but some yellow so that I might raise children strong in spirit.
It would have been easy for me to have married a committed Southern Baptist minister. My color would have been purple, part blue to serve but part red to lead. It is a queenly color, as Baptists like their pastors' wives to have dignity. I would have worn simple conservative suits, stockings, and slight heels, kept my hair done prim and proper, and my nails clean and painted. I would have been a Sunday School teacher, planned Vacation Bible Schools, and promoted my husband in his calling. I would have been a lover of God, because I love him. But I would have been a different lady, certainly not the country woman I am today.
But then, I might have married an Amish-type-man, living plain, dressing plain, and speaking German. I would have never touched a computer, but spent my life having 12 children and working the land. You would never know me as me, but I would still be me, only I would be meshing into the man to whom I was a helper. I would still be a lover of God, because I love him, and in loving him I would have put forth an effort to honor God by honoring and reverencing my husband, as God has written in Ephesians 5:33, "…and the wife see that she reverence her husband." "Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands" (1 Peter 3:1).
When a girl marries a man she becomes a new person. She becomes his bride, his woman, his helper. It is God's will that her life be fashioned to help him. If a girl comes into marriage knowing that she is equipped and appointed to be this one new person, then she can adapt and find fulfillment in her new self-expression.
This past week the local Preparing class invited two older mothers to share their experiences in marriage. It was quite sobering, and some of the girls came away from class unnerved by the burdens of marriage. What the mothers wanted to convey to the girls was, "Learn now while you are young to honor your husbands. Learn patience to continue in your role as a Help Meet, and commit yourself to God now while you are young so you can avoid some of our trials and errors as we struggle to find our way."
Today's culture, our own selfishness, and our lack of knowing God's Word all play a part in making marriages miserable. What you learn as a young unmarried woman can change your life more completely than you can imagine. If you are wise you will learn to become a many-colored girl. Don't say to yourself, "I am a Go-to Girl and not a Servant." Rather say, "I am learning to be anything I need to be. I want to be a servant, I need to learn to lead and teach, and I will learn to be creative because my husband may need me to be all of these." Practice being flexible in your likes and dislikes, how you feel about things, and what you hope to accomplish. Start striving to shape your life to help others, and hide God's Words in your heart concerning becoming a wife. Lastly, make a written commitment to honor the man God provides for you. Choose a life's verse that you write down on the cover of your Bible, one that goes along with your commitment. All these things will shape you for your coming marriage, enabling you to avoid the many pitfalls that entangle so many. Making yourself ready for any eventuality in your future marriage demands much practice if you want a glorious marriage.


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Here is our final set of web marketing tips to help small business owners compete on a level playing field with their larger rivals on the web.
You can read part 1 here.
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26. Why not create a "site map" – not only is this useful for your visitors, but will also help the search engines find their way around the site.
27. Make use of "header" tags (H1, H2, H3, etc.) to break up your site content and create some order to your pages. Search engines will see text contained within such tags as being relatively important and will rank pages accordingly. As ever, don't overdo it though.
28. There's no point optimising your pages unless you know what people actually search for on the web. Use tools like wordtracker.com and the Google AdWords keyword suggestion functions to see what people are searching for.
29. Vary your TITLE and DESCRIPTION tags across your site's pages. If your site pages are similar in content, try to focus on different aspects of each page's contents rather than using the same keyword phrases each time.
30. If your site merits it, try to get included on news aggregator services like newsnow.co.uk and Google News. Each time your site is updated, these engines will spider your latest news and you should gain new visitors.
31. Age seems to be a very important factor in the way search engines rank websites. You might consider buying an older domain and benefiting from this longevity factor.
32. Try to get your site listed in the "Open Directory" at www.dmoz.org, as well as the Yahoo Directories (UK and Worldwide). These are believed by many to have a strong impact on how "important" you site is seen to be by search engines.
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Greetings friend:
Despite my profound respect for the good you are doing in the world for the Internet, I cannot agree to this wave of anti-white male-ism you appear to be engaged in (reference your recent email).
At your leisure, read this:
By taking cognizance, I mean giving it more than a dismissive glance. By any rational standards Google is engaged in an obvious, clear, forthright, proud, explicit pattern of anti-white male discrimination, which can be defended only by saying "they deserve it", or "it is not discrimination when it is done to white males", or "the greater good demands it". Any way you argue it you end up in an ugly moral and intellectual position.
It is evident where all this anti-white male animus leads, and it is not to any place pretty, desirable, just or liberal. Nor a place where people such as yourself will prosper being, as you are, a white male and exceptionally gifted. None of us are immune to the tides of history, not even you. By which I mean that the forces you are seeking to unleash will not stop, will not abate until the momentum behind it is exhausted, leaving not merely Harvey Weinsteins in its wake, but Garrison Keillors. Indeed, the history of the twentieth century gives me no confidence that this movement will not end in bloodshed. It is one thing to have an anti-Semite raging against the Jews, for example, but to have a white male sneering against white males strikes many as being ………….one searches for the word…. absurd?
It is stuff like this that makes me believe that Trump will be re-elected, and quite handily. There are a lot of white males out there, and their wives, daughters, sons and dependents, who believe their life chances are being blighted by this kind of prejudice and racial and sexual discrimination.
A liberal and democratic society demands liberals and democrats. I am concerned that we are descending into the grossest forms of tribalism, authoritarianism, and legally-sanctioned racial and sex-linked privileges. The Left affects to believe that Trump and conservatives are the cause. To the contrary, the forces that are impelling this outcome are coming from what the Left would call "progressives".
You have known me for long enough to know I believe every word I have said, and I am not speaking for personal advantage – to the contrary, I would reckon – but to appeal to your reason and better nature.
Think carefully about where all this stuff you preach is going.
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- To describe the methods for calculating the pre-existing or upcoming national measures for stroke in England: the CCG Outcomes Indicator Set; and NICE Quality Standard for Stroke measures.
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I remember the day that I first got the chance to get out to the range and shoot my first match. It was a great day. One of the other shooters lent me one of his pistols and a hundred rounds just so that I'd be able to join in on the fun and shoot that day.
After that, it was all a matter of time before I picked up what I needed to start Cowboy Action Shooting. I found out that I needed to join the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) to shoot with that club as it was a SASS affiliated club. So I looked SASS up on a Google search and found their website at SASS.
Once there, I found out what I needed to do to join. And yes, I saw on their website that they have an Internet forum called the Wire.
Actually they have more than just one forum going at once. They have the SASS Wire, the SASS Saloon, a SASS Wire for Mounted Shooters, a SASS Wire for Classifieds, a SASS Wild Bunch Wire, and a SASS Wire for the Territorial Governors, if I'm right. And all are geared to their members.
I'd have to say that the SASS Wire is their main board. This discussion board has a lot of great topics and is really a great place to go to if you're just starting in Cowboy Action Shooting. You can get a lot of questions answered. And yes, that was my initial reason for joining that forum.
I remember how I got bitten by the Cowboy Action Shooting bug. I was so eager to learn as much as I could about this new type of shooting. And yes, though I'd been shooting all my life, this was new to me.
I had already had a taste of the fun and the great fellowship at the range, so now I needed to know the rules and the "how comes" of the sport. The SASS Wire came in very handy.
The big reason that I liked the Wire being there at the time was because I really didn't want to be a PITA (pain in the ass) out at the range by asking people a whole lot of questions about this and that. That's why I was happy to find out that SASS had a discussion board.
Once I was on there, there was no getting off of it for the longest time. I read a lot, and I have to admit that I asked every dumb question that a new member could think of. No kidding, it was great.
I read about what members were talking about with the hopes that they were talking about some of the questions that I had and wanted to ask. And yes, I found great information. And friends, all sorts of subjects are talked about.
From shooting tips, gun talk, and good conversation, to just about anything under the sun. From the advantages and history behind shooting two handed verses one handed shooting, to Custer's screw up at the Little Big Horn and other Old West history. From shooting sweep sequences and patterns, to the pluses and minuses of using different calibers, different guns, and different powders. From talking about the latest assault from the Liberal Left on the 2nd Amendment, to news about recently introduced guns. Yes, it's all there.
Sometimes the talk gets heated, but for the most part it's just great talk between friends. The topics are called threads, and I'm thinking it's called that because of the way the talk weaves in and out of the topic sometimes. But then again, that's just my guess.
A few weeks ago a member posted a link to another shooting forum that was talking about our sport of Cowboy Action Shooting. The discussion ranged from who those guys were, to why are these guys talking about our sport since they have never shot with us, to well let them go and talk because there may be one or two who might be interested in joining us at a match.
I took a look at the other site and thought that some of these guys would probably enjoy shooting with us. And of course it was very clear that some wouldn't. After all, they were just jerks who wouldn't be happy no matter what they were doing.
Sure, as with any organization, SASS has a few shooters who are not as friendly as one would hope. And yes, I can attest to meeting a few from time to time. And granted, some ranges are sort of "cliquish." But frankly, that happens in any sport, club, or organization.
If you don't think so, you obviously hadn't gone to a few VFW Posts where the cliques are so bad that a fellow veteran can feel totally unwelcome. As for the SASS forum, the Wire, yes there are those who come off like "know-it-alls," and a few can be taken as "mean-spirited" or "forum bullies." But all in all, SASS folks are great. And really, that's why I was surprised at that other forum?
Frankly, I have to say that I was amazed that a lot of folks on that other forum talked about shooting in a way the sort of sounded like they never shot before. It was as if they really never get out to a range much, or any range at all ever as far as that goes.
All had certainly never been to a SASS match, either a local monthly match or one of our bigger annual matches, anyone in this sport could tell that by the way they were talking. Many of those guys sounded sort of odd, almost as if reading a prepared script. It was more as if they were just reading what they knew out of a book. It didn't sound like first hand knowledge.
And yes, I believe that shooting is sort of like a hangover. You can talk about it all you want, but unless you've actually experience it you're just guessing how it feels.
Like with many things in life, it really is that way with shooting. Unless you've had a pistol, or rifle, or shotgun in your hand and actually fired it, then you're probably just going with what you've seen on TV, or the movies, or maybe read about, or something that you may have been told.
And being real honest here, that other discussion board is not alone when it comes to people who talk about shooting but actually don't shoot much. Some people on the SASS Wire talk a great game, yet they are the first to admit they don't get out to shoot as much as they would like to.
After reading some of the posts on that other forum, I was amazed at what some of those people were saying. They talked about things that they were just ignorant about. And yes, some people on there seem to go on and on almost relishing some crazy idea that we at SASS weren't growing as an organization or that SASS and Cowboy Shooting was a dying sport.
Well, to paraphrase someone else, the demise of SASS and Cowboy Action Shooting is greatly exaggerated. I don't know if our membership is getting older or not, but the fact is is that we are also growing in number.
Want evidence? Here's some great evidence.
When joining SASS, we members pick an Alias and we get issued a badge with a badge number on it. It is our membership number. It shows folks just how many members SASS has had, or roughly still has.
Since I'm originally from Hawaii, and I was taught to Cowboy in the old Paniolo style by my grandfather, my alias is Paniolo Cowboy. Yup, I'm him!
My badge number is 75875, and I started in 2007. SASS is now issuing badge numbers in the high 90,000 range. Friends, that's called growth.
One of the complaints that I read is that our members are aging. Well aren't we all. And yes, it sure beats the alternative! But let's get real here and be honest, the fact is that everyone joining SASS is not only in the 60s or 70s age group.
I'd say that we probably have a higher percentage of members in their 50s and 60's, but the fact is that we also have kids that shoot in SASS as well. Some aren't just "kids" as in "anyone under 70," but really are kids. Yes, they are kids.
They're called Buckaroos, and we're all real proud of them. Frankly, I have to say that watching them shoot is a kick in the pants. Those kids have a great time!
So yes, I'd say that we have a pretty wide variety of ages represented.
Granted the majority might be a little older, but that's just how life works. Especially when one considers that some of us didn't join in on the fun until after we retired and finally had the free time to get involved in something that we never had the time for before.
Another thing to think about is that our whole nation is aging, and as a result it may be a sign of how much people enjoy SASS. Heck, no one feels like giving it up even if they are getting up there in years.
As far as the other people on that other shooting board talking about what size loads we use, or our clothing requirements, or if we require hats, or if our guns are too expensive? Well, first off that all part of our sport.
We have a minimum and maximum criteria for the size of loads that are acceptable. We also have requirements on dress that same as some other sports do, and yes we like folks to look like Cowboys if they are going to shoot Cowboy Action Shooting.
I find it interesting that no one at the range gives a rip what the next guy is shooting, or whether or not he or she is shooting light loads, or if it goes pop instead of boom.
Although I do have to admit that someone once asked me if my loads were so heavy that they were going to screw up the targets, because yes replacing or fixing targets cost clubs money. But that was only once, and I was shooting some very hot loads. So I understood his concern.
And for you folks that have never seen it, well BP makes a lot of smoke. When some of the guys and gals shoot BP, I think they actually enjoy the idea that they smoke out everyone around you.
Then of course after they shoot, well heck, then they have to wait a minute for the smoke to clear because they can't see the target to shoot again. And yes, especially if the wind hadn't swept the BP smoke away so that the counters could see if they really were hitting the targets or not.
Now do I really care what some joker on another shooting forum says about Cowboy Action Shooting?
Well, I honestly don't. For me, I take offense to some things in life but what someone says on another discussion board ain't one of the things high on my list of give-a-shit-items.
Then again, as everyone knows, I do get a little steamed when misinformation is being passed around about something that may be near and dear to me.
In Cowboy Action Shooting, some of our shooters wear some interesting clothing. Mostly we dress in the period that we're shooting, and just so happens we are shooting only guns from the years just prior to the year 1900.
The years considered the heyday of the Old West mostly. Guns from the 1860s to 1890s. Although these days SASS is trying out a category to allow people who want to shoot 1911 pistols, but everyone still dresses Cowboy.
For some folks they go all out, and yes some of the ladies look absolutely stunning.
And then there are guys like me, who don't go so far and stick with the John Wayne School of dressing Cowboy for the matches.
Then again, I remember when one Saturday my wife and I drove over to the range to see about joining in on the fun. It was a few weeks before my first match and the range was clearing out. The shooters had just ended their match and a lot of folks were already putting their stuff away and leaving.
He was a nice guy who was soon joined by a friend, so the three of us stood there and chewed the fat for a bit about the guns that were needed, when they met to shoot, and some other things like how there are all sorts of Clubs that shoot there on other weekends.
Then one of the guys looks at me and says, "And hey, looks like you already have your Costume!" We all laughed, shook hands, and said goodbye.
Then once I got back in my truck, I looked at my wife and said, "Costume? They think I'm wearing a Costume?"
My wife and I had a laugh about that, really because this was what I wear everyday. I wear boots, jeans, a long sleeve shirt, and my Resistol hat in the winter. In the summer I wear a straw "Cowboy" hat, and have for more years than I'd like to owe up to.
So when some people say, "Oh, the guns and clothing are so expensive!"
I can't help but say to myself, "Oh come on, give me a break." My first thought is usually about my jackass ex-brother-in-law who spent his family into a financial hole buying golf clubs and other recreational habits.
As for Cowboy Shooting? Friends, if you already dress casual Cowboy like most of us Cowboys do on an everyday basis, then what's the problem?
But if you want to order $45 Wild Rags, and buy $65 special "era-correct" shirts, and go get a $300 pair of mule ear boots, along with a $250 Stetson hat, then have at it pard.
For me, well I wasn't born rich and have never made that thing called "disposable income." In fact while I made some pretty good money in my time, I never made enough money in my life to live extravagantly.
So for me, well I buy my shirts at Wal-Mart and I wear jeans. I buy my boots when they're on sale. And yes unlike some folks, I really use my boots all the time and not "just for the matches."
As for hats, well I have a few of them, and honestly I've had Cowboy hats all my life. And yes, the one that I use when I'm at a match is the same one that I wear around on a daily basis. If I remember right, it ran me around $65 on sale at a Western Wear Store in Livermore, California.
As for guns, well some sports cost more than others. Guns are not cheap unless of course you buy used guns. But heck, I have a nephew who owns Snow Boards that cost over $500 each. And yes, he owned 3 of them.
In fact that's light considering my friend who bought his daughter a $2800 horse to ride once a month in a gymkhana. It cost him over $350 a month to board the horse, and another $90 every 8 weeks to shoe the horse.
So let's be realistic here and agree that some things cost more than others.
In the case of my friend buying his daughter a horse. Well, she used the horse four times and became disinterested with riding. He was going to sell the horse, but she begged her dad not to sell the horse. Imagine that.
I have horses and I thank God that I can keep them here on my property. If I had to board my horses, I wouldn't be able to own the horses that I have.
Shooting equipment can be a one time investment, if you want it to be. Or like anything else, if you can afford to go out and buy a rifle or pistol or shotgun every time you turn around -- than you just might do it.
For me, I have the guns that I need for Cowboy Shooting and I'm happy with what I have. I actually got lucky in the respect that I had been collecting some of the guns over a long period of time.
So yes, when I wanted to go into Cowboy Shooting, all I had to do was buy a second Ruger Vaquero pistol and I was ready to go.
I had bought my my first Ruger Vaquero when they first came out. Compared to my "New Model" Ruger Vaquero, I like the "Old Model" version much better -- but that's for another article later.
Since I've started shooting Cowboy, after a few years, I replaced the rifle that I was using. I replaced my old Navy Arms Henry Rifle in .44-40 with a used Marlin 1895 in .45 LC to go along with my Ruger Vaqueros. And friends, I wouldn't trade them for anything.
For most of us who shoot Cowboy Action Shooting, we have the attitude that "you can never have enough guns!"
As for ammo, well luckily my father-in-law Nickle Jim reloads ammo and that cuts down my cost to a few dollars a match verses a lot more money a month for ammunition.
So as you can tell, it all depends on how you want to do it. There are ways of going into things without breaking the bank, whether it's shooting Cowboy Action Shooting, or Trap, or Sporting Clays.
Heck, I know two guys who are getting their gear together. They've decided to share the cost of the guns and will share their guns during a match. Since one is heavier than the other, and has the waistline to prove it, they have to buy individual holsters and gun belts.
When it comes to shooting a match, all they have to do is get on the same Posse and have one shoot early in the lineup. They can do it until they get their own guns.
Depending how they go about buying their equipment, together they will spend close to $2000 for their two new single action pistols, a side by side shotgun, and a lever action rifle, and a gun cart. Spending is all up to how much spending you want to do.
There are some real good deals on holsters and gun belts out there. In fact, here is a link to a website that has a great competition Starter Rig.
Click this link to see a Great Starter Rig
One of the reasons I recommend the rigs on this site is because the rigs are recommended by Deuce Stevens, who happens to be one of our Top Shooters in SASS.
Also remember that many of the Gun Clubs have websites with listings of guns and gear for sale, and used guns can save a Beginner a lot of money when he or she is just getting started.
After your gear and your guns, it's just a matter of getting ammo and going to the range to have some fun.
And yes, it's all about fun. You know, fun, 楽しい, развлечение, diversión, lustig, 乐趣 ... yes, fun! No matter what language you say it in, it has to do with having fun!
Most people have a great opinion of Cowboys, and once they go to a match then they'll usually see how much fun it is. Fun is the name of the game for everyone out there. At least everyone who I've met anyways.
Fun is what it's all about. Fun is shooting fast, and shooting slow. Fun is making a lot of smoke, trying to shoot clean with no misses, and just as it is out there booming away with heavy loads.
Fun is the fact that you're among friends and pards, and shooting "your game." It is the fact that you're outside soaking up the sun and fresh air, Well, OK, fun is the smell of gunpowder as well! Yes, fun is to be had in all sorts of ways.
It happens out there at the range all the time. From someone like me who goes out there to strictly socialize with friends and pards who don't care if I shoot as slow as molasses, to someone who steps up to the stage firing line and shoots so fast that he or she is a blur of speed and accuracy. Everyone at the range has there own definition of fun.
I respect people, and I certainly respect folks enough to allow them to shoot their own game. What I have seen more and more is people coming to the range and seeing how much fun everyone is having, and then wanting to get in on the fun.
Most folks really care if it looks like fun or not. And let's be honest, fun is almost always the bottom line when folks want to do things away from home.
As for the people on the other discussion boards, well they really don't know what they're talking about. Honestly, if they went to a range and shot with any SASS Club then they'd be welcomed and have fun. They should try it before knocking it.
As a friend once told his teenage son who was always pretty opinionated, "You should learn to listen more and keep your mouth shut so you never sound like an idiot, instead of opening it and erase all doubt from the minds of those around you."
Cowboy Action Shooting is a wonderful shooting sport, and the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) has members and club affiliations all over the world - probably because it's a real good organization.
I can only recommend what I know is good for me and you, and I'd recommend joining the fun and shooting with the pards at any match anytime you get the chance. For me, today I'm talking about Cowboy Action Shooting on here.
But tomorrow, well tomorrow I will get to go out the the range and shoot with the High Sierra Drifters which is my home club.
We are not as big as some Clubs, but they are a great bunch of folks. In fact, I can honestly say that SASS members are some of the best people around. Everyone gets along, all are pretty much like minded, and all are there to have fun. And why not, after all, it's the Cowboy way!
And yes, that's just the way I see it.


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When visiting your future mother in-law, be prepared to eat A LOT. I have learned "jedi Steffy" (ye-dee) which means "eat Steffy", and usually she says this to offer MORE, aka seconds. I say "ne" (neh), which means no, but she still puts food on my plate. There is no such thing as "no more". It's like visiting your grandparents house and they ask you if you are hungry, you say no, but they feed you anyways. Same thing here.
Milka making lisnato tjesto which translates to a puff pastry. She puts sesame seeds on top as well. Me and Ivan tried making this a few months ago.
Her name is Milka, like the Swiss/German brand chocolate sold throughout Europe. She doesn't know or speak English, but I'm sure she understands some. Like the other day I ask her something in English and she replies, "something like that". I was shocked I even told Anita (Ivan's half sister).
Milka is a great mother, wife, and cook. She works as an aid at a rehabilitation centre for special needs' children. She deserves the attention of this blog post because she works very hard, and her partner Niko as well, to give her family the best lifestyle they can, even though they cannot afford a lot. She does most of the housework, and occasionally nags Anita to help clean. When she cooks or bakes she doesn't follow a recipe because they are "all in her head", or in other words, memorized. All the food I have tried so far has been excellent and I wish I had the skills to make the meals she prepares. I look up to her because she is very knowledgeable, especially with cooking. I think to some degree Anita and Ivan take her for granted and fail to realize how much she really does for them. I don't mean that in a negative way, but I think they don't display enough appreciation for all that she does for them, even if it means helping her out when she doesn't ask, or call her up randomly and ask how she is doing. I tell Ivan all the time, "Skype your mom, she misses you!", but with busy work lives and an 8-hour time difference, sometimes it is hard to do so. I regret not communicating more with his family through face-to-face conversations, but I stay in contact with Anita and she updates her with my latest Facebook posts.
Homemade cookies!
Niko helps out as well of course, and he also rolls out his own cigarettes with fresh tobacco. He is the father of Anita, but not Ivan and they both get along very well. He also does not speak English but I have taught him some words and he has done well. The three of them make a great family, but they are lonely without Ivan and miss him very very much. Soon Anita will be all grown up and will find herself in the workforce so she can buy her own makeup, clothes, and cigarettes (shh don't tell her mom or dad).
Oblatne (wafers) with caramel and walnuts. Tastes similar to baklava.
Income in Croatia is mediocre, but nothing like in Canada. The average monthly salary here is about 5,700 kuna which converts to about $1,150 CAD. Homes are usually purchased, not mortgaged, and final renovations take time to complete because not everyone has the money to pay for it all upfront. People live a good life here, it's not like they live on dirt floors or anything. Most people are very up-to-date with fashion and their homes are very modern. The food is fresh, free of those harmful GMO's, and is generally healthy–except for those devilish sweets.
Most families have this in their homes. It is basically a fire pit used to keep the room warm. Ivan's family, like many others here in Croatia, are unable to afford a central heating unit such as a furnace or radiator because they can be quite expensive. I am sleeping with a heater in Ivan's room for the length of my stay, but even with this in operation, the electrical bill can be costly as well.
Today Anita and I made lunch together. It is chicken with a white sauce and pasta, similar to chicken fettuccine alfredo. Milka is working all day today and Anita took the day off school to spend the last day with me before I leave tomorrow afternoon.
By the way, this is Anita. She is 16. This photo was taken last summer during my first visit to Croatia. Isn't she gorgeous?!
Yesterday I purchased some much-needed goodies from the local grocery store, Interspar. Shown above is Lino Lada duo (milk and hazelnut spread), bubblemint Orbit gum, and two mini Pelinkovac liquor bottles which I will get my future Dutch friends to try. Pelinkovac is derived from a wormwood plant. It tastes bitter and is quite similar to Jägermeister.
As I spend my last full day here in Croatia, I am thankful for Ivan's family for giving me a roof over my head and delicious homemade meals during my short visit. This evening me and Anita are invited to Ivan's fathers' house for dinner as we met up with him at Arena Centar yesterday for coffee. He is Ivan's biological father and his name is Ante. He is also very tall like Ivan, if not a little bit taller, and also resembles Ivan quite a bit. I met Ante during the summer in Cista Velika which is a small village near Dalmatia at the seaside. The Kegalj village is also very close to Cista as well.
I hope everyone in Canada is doing well and I look forward to posting more in the next few days!


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I was just dinking around with Geo::WeatherNOAA, which does most of the work in this CGI. I just thought it was cool how easy it is to home-grow a weather forecast webpage. I am using the make_noaa_table function from the module, which returns formatted html--there are also functions that return in plain text so you can format as needed...
I use a file cache for results since it takes 5 seconds or so to return data from NOAA. If the cache is more than an hour old, it will retrieve the data and overwrite the cache. Otherwise, data just gets pulled from the file.
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That's not literally possible. How would you like to simulate it? Change color or flash between colors? Underline? Become bigger? Have some sort of "glow" around them (by using a different background color)?
The simplest version would be to have the :hover pseudoclass in CSS to change any basic text properties. But that will only work for  tags and may not be enough for what you want.
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The only way to make this truly look like it is made of "glitter" or for it shine would be to use an animated image, I think. Flash could do this, or you could use an animated gif. But that gets a little more complicated than just JS or CSS.
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Current silver prices are rebounding from the metal's recent fall.
Silver prices rose nicely on Friday, June 3. The shares of iShares Silver Trust ETF (NYSE Arca: SLV), which can stand as a proxy for silver prices, climbed more than 2.5% to end at $15.61.
Today (Monday) the spot price of silver was up $0.05 to $16.44.
The main driver for higher current silver prices is the poor U.S. jobs report announced on June 3.
Although the overall employment rate declined to 4.7%, the number of jobs added to payrolls across the country was only 38,000, far less than the 158,000 economists were predicting. A portion of the shortfall was attributable to a strike by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) workers, but only a portion.
Expectations of a More Dovish Fed Are Why Current Silver Prices Are Up
The news indicates that the economy is weaker than the Fed thought. As a result, while many economists expected the Fed to raise interest rates in June, it is now considered much less likely to happen in June, or even during the summer. Only 4% of economists polled by CME FedWatch now believe a rate hike will take place this month. Prior to the jobs report, more than 20% did. In addition, just over one-third of economists now believe a rate increase will occur in July.
While the news sent stock prices broadly down (the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 30 points on the day), it was excellent news for both silver and gold prices, which rose the same 2.5%.
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Yes, it is true, Paul is sick today and I am tired. We had plans to go to the beach but Paul had a fever all night. So, change of plans. We would have got out of the house and gone somewhere close by but the freeway was closed for the day. YEP! The ENTIRE FREEWAY CLOSED, only one too! Crazy huh!
So, today, I had nothing better to do than my HAIR. Yep, here is a fun hairstyle I got from myyellowsandbox.blogspot.com and I finally got it to look right!
|Sorry, I took a nap on it. But Paul says it still looks cool.
|Abby's version. Wish I had someone taking my pictures like hers!
I also found these funny pictures on my phone of L. Because both Paul and I weren't on our best game today, we let the kids watch t.v. a bit. L used my phone to watch Netflix. I guess she didn't just watch t.v. . . .
What a silly girl! Got to love her!
Love always ~ Wendi