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Just when I thought things couldn't get crazier Delaware does it. DE dropped VA from the list of states it honors in early Dec. 2012. Then they added them back but put this little note with the VA entry: (Virginia reciprocity will be revoked on December 7, 2013) See for yourself Here: http://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/...dweapons.shtml
I have no idea why they put them back or why they are waiting a year to drop them now. It took them a month and a half from the time they removed them until they added them back with their note. Every agreement I have seen has a clause for invalidating the agreement. They all have stated 30 days or a short time period. Why this is taking a year is beyond me! www.handgunlaw.us will be updated in the next few days to show this change and it will require some extra wording.
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BOSTON -- This game doesn't go to extras if Josh Donaldson is called safe at home plate in the third inning, like he thought he was.
But then, the A's wouldn't have been able to show off their trademark resiliency.View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- This game doesn't go to extras if Josh Donaldson is called safe at home plate in the third inning, like he thought he was.
But then, the A's wouldn't have been able to show off their trademark resiliency.View Full Game Coverage
In the end, they squeezed out a 10th-inning run on Yoenis Cespedes' infield single for a 3-2 victory to narrowly avoid a three-game sweep in Boston -- all made possible by one of Daric Barton's gutsiest plays to date in Boston's half of the inning.
The first baseman, brought in just for the 10th inning after an ankle injury to Josh Reddick forced Brandon Moss to right field, shrugged it off as something of a routine play. But it wasn't.
With Will Middlebrooks standing on second base with nobody out, Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a sharp grounder to Barton. The veteran didn't even so much as look at his bag, but instead fired the ball over to Donaldson at third to get a sliding Middlebrooks.
Jim Johnson proceeded to induce a double-play ground ball from Dustin Pedroia for the win.
"It's easy to say, 'I'll go over and tag first base and take the easy way out,'" said manager Bob Melvin. "What a terrific play. That's a gutsy play, because if he's wrong on that one, then they're in a position to move somebody over and win the game on a hit.
"Play of the game."
"That was, obviously, a play I thought about and have made before," said Barton, who hasn't made a start at first since April 28. "I anticipated a ground ball, knowing what [Bradley is] trying to do to get the guy over. I was still playing in -- just in case he bunted -- and it bounced right to me, just a little to my right. And [Donaldson] was around the bag, so as long as he was around the bag, I knew we had [Middlebrooks] in time."
Barton's instincts rewarded an extra-inning rally that began with a two-out double off the bat of Jed Lowrie, who ended up on third base following Chris Capuano's intentional walk to Donaldson and another walk to pinch-hitter Alberto Callaspo.
Red Sox manager John Farrell turned to ground-ball reliever Burke Badenhop to face Cespedes. The A's outfielder tapped a slow one to third baseman Middlebrooks, who made a nice barehanded grab but couldn't get it to first in time, allowing the go-ahead run to score.
"We've played a few of these games over the years with this group, but this is one where we get it handed to us a couple times and now we have to fight as hard as we can with basically no one on the bench," said Melvin. "Everyone contributed today. This team has shown to be very resilient, at times."
"You never want to get swept by a team," said Donaldson. "They've got a great ballclub over there -- and for us to continue to fight the way we did throughout the series, I think it shows the kind of guys we have here."
Having been held to just four runs over the first two games of this series, the A's got off to a quick start on Sunday. With two outs in the first, Donaldson drew a walk and proceeded to steal his first base of the year in advance of Moss' RBI single.
Donaldson reached base four times on the day, scoring twice, and has boarded at least once in each of his last 26 games.
In the third, Oakland's third baseman notched a two-out base hit and, in a familiar scene, headed home on another hit by Moss, this one a double. But Donaldson was called out on a close play at the plate, even after an umpire's review.
He would find his way home in the sixth, though, after getting hit by a pitch and scoring on Cespedes' fourth double in as many games.
Sonny Gray faced the minimum through four innings on 51 pitches, before giving up an RBI double to Grady Sizemore in the fifth. He ended the bases-loaded jam courtesy of a 1-2-3 double play on Bradley Jr.'s ground ball back to the mound.
"I faced Jackie Bradley in college with the bases loaded and one out, and he hit a ball right back to me and we turned a 1-2-3 double play," said Gray. "I was just picturing it in my head over and over and over -- and then I saw the ball coming to me, and the same thing happened. That was a huge turning point in the game."
Gray exited at 102 pitches after facing two batters in the seventh -- including A.J. Pierzynski, who led off the frame with a game-tying home run on a 3-2 fastball. He scattered six hits and two walks, while recording three strikeouts, over six-plus innings.
Oakland's bullpen carried things the rest of the way.
"We showed it was a complete team win today," said Gray. "It was a battle -- and you knew coming in, against this team at this park, it [was] going to be. It was really, really good to get this win going home."
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The only thing that matters is the score on the big board at the far end of a stadium, and at game's end it indicated that the Wittenberg Tigers had pulled out a hard-fought 20-17 victory over host Washington University.
The win moved the 21st-ranked Tigers to 3-0 on the season, heading into their 2011 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) home opener against Allegheny at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 (Watch Live • Listen Live • Live Stats). Washington University had posted a 9-1 record since losing to Wittenberg 37-7 a year ago, but the Bears are now 2-1 on the 2011 season.
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I'm normally not the kind of guy that complains about things like this in public, but this sort of ineptitude can't go unmentioned. I don't even know where to start. But to say that this was, by far, the worst match I've ever attended, seen, heard about or read about, would be an understatement. You can read about what the match was proposed to be here. Here's an excerpt:
So, you think you are hot as a long range shooter?
Come and prove your mettle at our first ever long range shooting competition under real field conditions.
You can boast about hits on the range all you like -- that is just bluster. This competition is the real deal.
You won't be sitting at a bench or shooting at known distances or on a flat firing line.
There was nothing "sniper" about this match.
There was nothing "Xtreme" about this match.
This was hardly even a competition.
We paid 100 dollars to sit in a fixed position all day long and have people move 3 (yes, THREE) steel targets from location to location.
Let me digress. When we arrived at the shooting location, we were greeted by a group of hunters out for opening weekend of quail season. As this was BLM land, motorcycle riders and hunters were everywhere. Many times, cease fire was called on account of quads, trucks, etc in our field of fire.
After the hunters promptly left the area, we were instructed to take one piece of identifiable gear to mark a position on a hillside where we would shoot for the enitre day. We could not move from this location once we started the match (you know, 'cause snipers don't move...I guess it makes it more Xtreme). We could not use angle cosine indicators, TIS slings, or laser rangefinders because they were "just fads and real operators realize they're just gimmicks and they stick with what has worked for years," or something to that effect.
We were overlooking a valley with a road going through the bottom. Bruce held out his arms and said we needed to pick a position in which we could see "from here to here", motioning with his arms. Then he gives a brief description saying "from the road here to the road out there." Pretty exact if you ask me. So, being that my partner cancelled and I had to shoot alone, I picked out a spot that looked good to me. The targets would be placed along the road all the way down the valley. So the spot I picked offered me kneeling/sitting shots at the close stuff and a more stable prone postion for the long stuff. So after we all pick out our spots, he THEN tells us that all day we'll be shooting from the prone position.
I told him it would've been nice to know that prior to picking our spots. He said he'd "note that down for next time." From the very first stage there were competitors not able to see the targets. They were told tough luck. Must suck being a parapalegic sniper with no ability of locomotion.
So we all get into position and the 3 targets are set up from 200 to 300 yards. They are a 9"x12", an 18"x14"(or so), and an 18"x24" steel plate. We are instructed that this would be shot prone, with bipod and rear bag. Now I'm not the best shot in the world, but these seem like some awefully big targets for shooting supported prone. But I wasn't going to argue with easy points. The COF was to get 2 minutes to range the targets and then wait for your turn to fire. From there, it was 1 round for spot on the closest target (~200 yards), and then 3 rounds for score on each of the 3 targets.
After everyone completed the COF, Bruce and Co. jumped in the Jeep, went down the road and moved the targets. This time the targets were from 300 to roughly 425 or so. We had another couple minutes to range them and then shoot them exactly like the last stage. This time however, we had to use our packs as front supports. Super Xtreme, no?
So off they go again in the Jeep to move targets. This time, from what I can remember, one target is placed at around 300, one around 500 and one around 825. One of the targets is placed in a recess off the road where its not visible to 5 of us. By this time we had had just about enough of the BS and moved ourselves up the hill for a better position. We were initially told that this would be fired from an unsupported prone position. A few rounds into it, noticing no hits, he said we could use a "natural" support...like a rock, the ground, etc. We all do OK from our new position, but since we moved to be able to see the targets, we all got a zero on that stage.
Noticing the trend of more distance, less support, we figured the next COF would be off-hand, no sling to 1k, but they ended up bringing the targets back to 300-450 or so. This time it was unsupported prone. As an aside, I think I went just under 3 hours without pulling the trigger between stage 3 and stage 4. It sucked to say the least. Anyway COF was 4 rounds to each target in 2 minutes 30 seconds. It was almost more Xtreme than I could handle, but I managed.
Well thats about all I can remember. I've blocked the rest from my memory. I don't post this to rag on Bruce or Shooters-Edge, but to inform people on what they're getting into with his competitions. If you think this COF is
My hats off to the RO's. They put in a long day's work.
All I can say is ...WOW.
I dunno what to even say to that.
Thank you Ryan for stepping up and posting an honest AAR. I know you are not one to bi*ch about much and to have you fire it up like this things must of been XTREMELY bad. (Just teasin)
It shows people that if they come into our shooting arena..charge 100.00 per head that they need to really earn that 100.00 vs what this is..a total rip off from what I am reading.
If Bruce had any intergrity and wants to show his face in this shooting arena he would refund everyone and take the hit on his end.
Just my 2 cents from a guy that didnt have the balls to take a chance to make the trip..i am a not extreme..just a regular ole trigger puller on a square range with no braggin rights.
Well alrighty then.
Vu did not have the best day at our milsurp rifle match today, but it sounds like he had way more fun than you did.
Maybe the MD will learn from this, but he might have a hard time getting people to try it again.
ETA: 3 HOURS without pulling the trigger? WTH?
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I'll just say a short note . . . Ryan pretty well summed it up . . . I'm not going to rag as I know after my matches I read the forums like an actor reads Variety to see the reveiws . . . I'll just say that even though I hate square ranges and love field shooting there has to be a essence of fairness and organization when you set up a match, even under field conditions . . . and that was lacking.
Right from the getko, it wasn't fair from any position you were shooting. the guys that won, had the best field of view and were completely flat. joe and i were shooting on rock chips on a downward slope of 25degrees. some guys were shooting flat, but had no field of view on some shots. that's just how it was.
I guess todays Zoo trip was better then shooting for one time. 3.00 VS 100.00, Plus I got to see some babes.....
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Right from the getko, it wasn't fair from any position you were shooting. the guys that won first place had the best field of view and were completely flat. joe and i were shooting on rock chips on a downward slope of 25degrees which was the most difficult to shoot from. some guys were shooting flat, but had no field of view on some shots. that's just how it was. there are variables too like the wind. some shot in close to 20mph winds while some shot in 10mph winds, but that's how it goes.
the fact of matter is, it's his match. he can do whatever he wants. we also can do whatever we want with our money. plain and simple.
in the end, it was fun for me. i was hot and tired, but shooting is still always fun for me but it was not a $100 worth of fun.
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Yes you did post this to rag on Bruce and Shooters-Edge, and rightfully so, for 100 bucks should be a lot more than that... I wouldnt have fired one round and packed up left home and asked for my money back.
This is Bruce's / SE's match, they needed to put on a match that is on par with their training... hmm maybe they did.
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come on now, where are all the pics, sounds like you couldnt shoot much anyways because of no FOV... should have plenty of time for pics of the brush/rocks around you
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Well that sounds like it was not even close to what was posted -To All,
I would like to thank everyone for your interest.
The reason for limiting to 308 is to level the playing field ballistically. I once shot in a competition where all 308s were grouped with 300 Win Mags and 338 Lapuas. None of the 308s placed in the top 10. So, this is not ballistically level. Only true 308.
This is meant to be a very tactical shoot. When you are hanging off a hillside,
shooting down into a valley at an extreme angle, having short time limits to mil the targets, and to shoot, you will be challenged. I did a test of some of the relays with a few guys and I can tell you that if you don't know your stuff, you won't do well.
As far as my hype, there are far too many jokers who think they are good shooters because they can shoot to 800 yards at known distances off benches with wind flags. Frankly, they won't cut it. So, I was trying to challenge some of them to attend. If you took it badly, get a thick skin. This competition is NOT about catering to your sensitive feelings.Finally, I have had a few e-mails about my background. I will be placing a short bio on my web page. I will post a link here. For the record, I have never claimed to be an operator. I have claimed to have taken multiple LE sniper classes and the Marine Sniper training at Pendleton, as well as taught
there on a part time basis. I have also taught many LE snipers -- don't always publicize this -- as well as operators and many civilians in all walks of life. I will go through all of this in my web post.
Am I the real deal? Talk to anyone who has taken my classes. I am thorough, detailed, tell lots of stories about my training experiences (at least), and give a lot of value for the money I charge. I do know what I am talking about and can sucessfully convey that information to others.
After you have read my bio, you can decide for yourself.
Like everything I do, I am anal retentive and have planned the firing sequences, shooting restrictions, and logistics down to a nat's ***. That's what you want from a professionally run competition. I have given lots of training out in the area, know it well, and know how to make your life miserable during the competition.
Hope this answers any questions. Will get the bio posted next week.
Hope you will take the time to read it.
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If my partner and I had attended to this mess, we would be pissed and want to know where all the money went. This kind of action has the potential to hurt future matches run by good MD's.
Bill, if you can, contact him and see if this Xtreme sniper instructor and shooter will come to your($25.00 ) match and show shoot.
You think those prize coins were cheap?
Is it all about money for you?
And everyone who registers and pays by October 6 gets a t-shirt.
Yes I do think those coins are inexpensive and so are t-shirts.
Gentelman, Bruce is a good guy and he knows his trash. You guys are making such a big deal when someone is trying to just put on a fun get together. Stop giving him trash and either sign up, bring your gear and send rounds down range or just dont sign up. Bruce shouldnt have to give you his SRBs so you can enjoy a fun shooting meet. What happend to just supporting your fellow gun owners and just enjoying shooting? eyesfromafar
This is why people like Vu are smart enough to ask questions and want know his SRBs,qualifications, how the money is spent....
as 4thseal wrote, I wonder what his classes are like?
Sorry about the ramblings but I hate to see this happen to our sport,especially when everyone in Cali wants to have a couple of big matches every year in our own backyard.
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+1 It really does hurt our shooting sport when some yahoo rips off folks like this.
I wouldnt even want to think what you and Mike would of said if you guys would have gone to this event.
Comments like this is what I got from Bruce:
"The fact that I am not mentioned in the Tactical Long Range Community
is simply an indication that you guys are in your own little cocoon."
This is what your 100.00 was for:
As far as the fee is concerned, the fact that this competition is on
BLM land is part of what drives the cost. I have to have help, which
I have to pay, there is some equipment I have to partially pay for,
such as the metal targets used, I have to pay all of the expenses
for myself and the assistants -- gas, hotel, food, etc.. And, then, there is the cost of the
coins and the t-shirts. None of this is free. And, I have to compensate
for the lack of facilities by "creating" my own facilities."
I would think 100.00 per head would justified more than 3 targets.
"I don't have a problem with your asking questions.
I think some of them are inappropriate -- like the one about the
costs -- which honestly is none of your business. I answered
anyway out of courtesy."
As a consumer I believe we all have the right to see what our money is buying. Doesn't look like Bruce feels this way.
"Welcome to the real world
of sniping.
This is pretty close to the final phase of shooting.
This is very very tough. If all of your competitions have
been on flat shooting ranges with nice flat firing lines
you will be screwed."
Yah well doesn't look like I was the one screwed....more like the competitors in this event.
Right now Right here...I would like to invite Bruce to next years TBRC. Since we shoot on a square range he should be able to clean house and take home first with no problems.
Bruce...165.00 will get you in. We feed ya, we give you liquids to drink and you can show us that us how easy it is to shoot on a square range.
May 30th and 31st of 2009. I hope we see you on our firing line with this far of advance notice.
I took Bruce's Long Range Rifle and Precision Ballistics 1 class this past July. It was a 2-day course where we learned basics of known-distance long-range shooting. The first day where we were at Angeles was pretty excellent, I felt like I learned a lot... IE how to properly dial in the scope, establish mechanical zero, get dope for varying ranges. The second day we went to Mojave to do known-distance shooting on his steel targets. Day 2 was not nearly as good as day 1... too many mishaps and problems and we spent most of the day laying around in prone position. In eight hours on Day 2, I think I probably fired 20 rounds.
I was actually debating coming to this match. I am glad I saved the 100 bucks and ammo.
wtf Vu,
Before letting this guy into the show, have him come to our 1k/steel match. He might be a good shooter but if he is a tool (just guessing by his responses to you), why even bother wasting a spot at the TBRC.
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It is worth it to me to see what the man that claim square ranges aren't sh*t can do. He is highly trained so this should be a cake walk.
On one hand he says that you have to shoot 308Win to be fair to everyone, then on the other he sets the targets so that some people can't see them because that's "Xtreme". Then if you move position (like a real sniper) you are disqualified.
When I saw this "match" posted originally it sounded to tacticool for my taste, I'm sorry that see that I was correct.
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Frank, there was nothing realistic about this match at all. For a match that was purported to be the real deal, it was a colossal letdown. I think we've all posted these things to mostly warn others about what really goes on.
Lots of guys out there selling snake oil. Beware.
You know, that's just utter BS. We chose a decent position, just as you could have. We you assigned a position? Nope. It was YOUR choice. Bruce said "Choose your positions carefully!" Some people chose a flat position, but we did not. We were off on the side of that hill, just like a lot of other people. Your statement is false.
Bruce was VERY clear about where the targets would be, sorry some people didn't pick up on that. The match wasn't perfect, there was room for improvement, but all in all I thought it was easily worth the price of admission. Considering Bruce had enlisted the help of four really cool and really professional people to help him organize, set up, manage, and referee this event it was a bargain. It was a BEAUTIFUL spot, a gorgeous day, challenging conditions, and short time limits. People didn't score as well as they hoped. I know I missed a LOT.
And another thing, neither myself or my partner were the best shooters in the group. We were just lucky enough to have shot equally well, and the best shooters didn't necessarily win because it was a TEAM competition.
It wasn't an accident. My shooting partner and I have taken a lot of time, energy, and money to practice as much as possible, and shoot decently. I love shooting, and we thought this would be a lot of fun and a great challenge. We spent hours on the phone talking about approaches to this competition. WE WORKED HARD. You should apologize for making it out as though it was us receiving some kind of handout that you yourself were arbitrarily locked out of. It's just not true, and it speaks volumes about you.
EVERYONE had to deal with difficulties on that hill. What would work for one relay, wouldn't work for another. Wind conditions were very variable. Shooting was often uncomfortable. Positions mattered.
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nice pictures at least someone found the time between COF to take some extra pics... :P
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I will make you all a deal.... Im shure I can talk ryan into helping me put you on a match and BBQ. I will have ladies to cook while we shoot. Ryan has a spot, we can combine our steel. Hell entry fee is a spliting food how ever many ways......
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Sorry you guys didn't have a good time. I thought it was cool, and others did too. My partner and I didn't think we had a chance in hell of winning, but we really put the effort in. Maybe you should design a match. I'll pay $100 to attend yours too. If it's better, I'll say so honestly.
ETA - I was responding when you guys were talking about making your own match. Well, we're on the same page then.
I see Randall sleeping on the hill. he didnt happin to roll away right?
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i had fun at the match. i always have fun shooting, and i met two really cool guys at the match and spent alot of time talking to them. but it was not worth the dough.
i'm just saying, there was advantages and disadvantages from where you picked your spot. shooting comfortable makes a huge difference, and being able to see your shot makes a huge difference.
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My 2 Cents Worth
Because most of these comments are unjustified, I was going to post a lengthy response to the comments on this forum. However, on second thought, it's not worth it. (I mean the 10 page response that I drafted.)
I have no problems with CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. I self criticise and revise quite a bit after every shooting activity that I conduct. I made hundreds of notes during the competition about changes that I will be making for the next time.
There seems to be some feeling that in order to be extreme you have to be humping. Sorry, pure BS. It's mostly about picking the shooting platform and getting the first round hit without mechanical aids and compensating for things like wind, extreme angles.
I don't recall any statement in the announcement that you'd be humping. The focus is on the last two phases. If you go back to my announcement, you will see the conditions that I announced and everyone was stressed under all of these. It showed -- see the comments on the scores below.
As far as the scramble, I warned everyone that they had to have a clear position to shoot to all elements of the road.Some people made bad decisions even after the warning. I had no obligation to tell anyone that all shots would be prone. A person who had taken the training would know that you try to shoot prone all the time and would try to get a clear view of the road from a prone position.
NO ONE SHOT WELL. The HIGHEST score was 25/40 shots or 62.5%. So, NONE of you guys shot worth crap. The average score was 20/40 or 50%. That means if you competed, you had a 50% chance of getting a first round hit. The requirement at the sniper school on a flat range is 100%. If it was so easy, how come the scores were so low?
The reviewer complained about only 3 targets. It's not the number of targets but how difficult to get the hits. Plus, I wasn't going to plant the targets and leave my $1000 worth of custom targets out in the desert unattended. The distances that the reviewer states were all wrong -- maybe that's why he didn't hit many of those targets. Before you criticise, you really do have to get the hits.
My restriction on mechanical devices was pre-anounced. If he didn't like it, he shouldn't have shown up.
As far as the value, well, I spent about 60 hours planning this (including a 25 page competition plan), about 6 hours getting all the equipment together(we had a lot of recovery equipment in case a vehicle broke), and about 12 hours on the day of the competition. Getting 20 guys out to a remote set, having them each shoot 40 rounds, under very extreme downhill, windy conditions in a safe manner, and have everything go smoothly is a complex task. I did all this. Want to know how much I made for all that effort: $0! That's right, the cost of everything ate me alive. I did all that work for free.
This is real simple. You guys can think whatever you want.
Frankly, I don't give a rat's ***.
I know what I've done before this competition.
I know I delivered what I promised on the flyer.
Don't come back. Many people will but I'll do the thing with
only 6 people if need be.
It was not flat. Yes, we had a good field of view. THAT WAS THE POINT! When you chose your position, did you purposefully select a spot with an obscured view of the area along which you were clearly told the targets would be located? Well, uh, judging from your post, yes you did.... So that's Bruce's fault?
Bruce said that the targets would be located along the path of that road on the opposing side of the canyon. And they were. Why on Earth did you choose a such bad position, only to complain about it here as if it wasn't YOUR choice? Sour grapes? Puhlease.
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we got the gps coordinates. shoot a pm to ar15barrels.
by the way, i have no sour grapes. frankly all this drama is just drama to me. my family comes first, and shooting is on the back burner.
a combination of serious shooters and a definition of precision rifle shooting is just too much for me. i'm gonna do more informal shooting like the old days and drink a few cold ones after. that makes me still like shooting.
At least someone is comfortable bringing their 1000$ custom steel targets out and leaving them down range
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Cultural belief systems around the world provide evidence of cruel slaughtering of humans and animals in the name of their gods. Using traditions of sacrifice enable a whole group of people to participate in such savagery. We may not kill people in modern religions, but many bind the minds of their followers to think the highest good is to submit, to obey, to sacrifice oneself for the good of others. A healthy culture provides opportunity for individuals and societies to flourish. If one flourishes and makes provisions to see that all have opportunities to flourish, the culture can thrive. It is a sense of community that builds trust and respect and all attitudes that mutually support each other.
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Life in those days was brutal and short. Certainly among the Aztecs, whose human sacrifice was widely reported.
Then again, during the same era, what were the Europeans doing?
1502: First reported African slaves in The New World ultimately, I read, about 5 million africans were killed by the slave trade, in addition to the 7 million who were hunted down and transported. (#s from my poor memory)
1506: At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1519–21: Hernán Cortés leads the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
and basically lots and lots of wars.
and of course the SPanish Inquisition, which to me is just another drawn out form of human sacrifice....García Cárcel estimates that the total number processed by the Inquisition throughout its history was approximately 150,000; applying the percentages of executions that appeared in the trials of 1560–1700—about 2%—the approximate total would be about 3,000 put to death. Nevertheless, very probably this total should be raised keeping in mind the data provided by Dedieu and García Cárcel for the tribunals of Toledo and Valencia, respectively. It is likely that the total would be between 3,000 and 5,000 executed. again, wiki.
Not a very compassion group of people following a hate filled dogma! History is full of this kind of carnage. I wish all people had the experiences you and I have been able to share, writing about our gardens, and the ways we fix our produce, and sharing with friends. You have taught me so much about gardening and what it means to be a friend, and I don't think you are diminished by being such a wise and good friend. In fact, we both flourish; at least I hope so.
I love this time of year, seeing the coming dormancy and preparing plants to survive another winter gives me kind of a feeling of continuity. Things are dormant, they spring to life, grow and develop into wonderful tastes and sights and smells, then begin to go dormant again. Truly a wheel of the year. I'm looking forward to watching your gift of potato onions grow in my garden.
You have taught me a great deal too. I'm grateful.
This fall is especially good for me. I have so many things to plant and get ready for next year. Summer is not the best time for that. But I did a lot. Now I can let up on the watering while dormancy sets in. There are more fruit trees and vines to plant, and raised beds to construct.
There is a strange small hill behind the house, where I've been obtaining soil for the raised beds. It's artificial, and is an odd shape, location, and height. I want to flatten it. I keep commenting that if I find bones there it will be bad. I hope not to find a cache of skulls like you posted here! Maybe the hill is just left over from construction, 45 years ago. I hope so!
Then I will be excited about Spring coming, to see if it all survived, and the trees make leaves, and some bloom. My sacrifices (or contributions) to the earth.... compost, trees, bulbs, perennials, herbs, vines, more compost....
As a group, we have certainly nothing to be proud of.
And what's the Christian religion founded on? A human sacrifice! And in honor of that slaughter, every Sunday, good Christians around the world engage in ritual cannibalism - or, if you're a Catholic, actual cannibalism. How much more "spiritually" advanced than the Aztecs, are we?
I think many religions have an element of god-sanctioned blood lust. it's a way to satifsy a base, generally taboo instinct, without being punished for doing so. Plus, increase power, land, wealth by the winning side.
SB, I agree (mostly) with your thoughts. Where I differ, considering there are no such thing as "gods," is the idea of a god-sanctioned blood lust. In my humble opinion, it's a human sanctioned blood lust. Humans are responsible for the degeneracy, blood lust, murder, and repression of our fellow primates. We can blame all the supernatural deities we want. Ultimately, if you want to see an angel or a devil, as a human, look in mirror.
Should have been more clear. priest- and king- and preacher- and politician- sanctioned blood lust, as projected conveniently onto fictitious but useful claims of gods.
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Cloud Backup
This howto will describe a method for automatically backing up your funtoo install to the internet, in this case dropbox, but any online storage will do. Gentoo describes a method of creating a stage 4 archive. The problem with a stage 4 is that it is large and it archives a lot of unnecessary files. Such as applications that can be reinstalled from an emerge world. Instead, this method will aim for more of a "stage 3.5."
This method does not attempt to backup everything. The intention is only to backup the system. Optionally you can also archive and copy your /home folder if you have enough online storage.
Use Case
A backup machine currently provides network drives on a home LAN to allow clients on the LAN to backup to, using apps such as Time Machine (Mac) and Genie Timeline (Windows). As this machine is the backup machine it doesn't have anywhere to backup to itself. In this situation a backup solution is provided by backing up to somewhere online - dropbox. If a restore from the backup is required, the client machine's backups would be trashed, and the backup machine restored.
Automatic Backup Archives With Etckeeper
Etckeeper is a tool that is used to save versions of /etc, including meta-data in a version control repository such as git. As etckeeper is not in the funtoo portage tree, layman is used to provide an overlay.
At the time of this writing, 13. October of 2014, the etckeeper ebuild is part of funtoo's portage tree. So you don't have to install it from an overlay but just emerge it. As this ebuild comes from an unofficial source it is possible that it will not be existent, in which case you should follow the install instructions via layman
Install etckeeper via layman
Before you install layman it is worth mentioning that you probably want USE="git subversion" in /etc/portage/make.conf. After adjusting use flags, to install layman you run:
# emerge layman
In order to backup the layman configuration, but not the portage overlay trees, make the following modifications to the default install. Tell Portage about layman-fetched repositories by adding the following line to /etc/portage/make.conf:
source /etc/layman/make.conf
Modify the following lines in /etc/layman/layman.cfg:
storage : /var/lib/layman installed : /etc/layman/installed.xml make_conf : /etc/layman/make.conf
Add the bgo-overlay. As described on their web page, bgo.zugaina.org.
# layman -o http://gpo.zugaina.org/lst/gpo-repositories.xml -L # layman -a bgo-overlay -o http://gpo.zugaina.org/lst/gpo-repositories.xml
More information about layman can be found here: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/overlays/userguide.xml
Then unmask and install etckeeper.
# emerge etckeeper --autounmask-write # emerge etckeeper
To update layman overlays do:
# layman -S
If you see the following error, apply this fix:
# emerge etckeeper Calculating dependencies... done! >>> Verifying ebuild manifests !!! A file is not listed in the Manifest: '/var/lib/layman/bgo-overlay/sys-apps/etckeeper/files/etckeeper-gentoo-0.58.patch' # cd /var/lib/layman/bgo-overlay/sys-apps/etckeeper # ebuild etckeeper-0.58-r2.ebuild manifest # emerge etckeeper
Configure etckeeper
Move any config files that do not live in /etc. i.e. Check /root for any files to be archived, such as iptables scripts, and move them to /etc.
because funtoo uses Boot-Update, this means that /boot/grub/grub.cfg does not need to be archived.
To ensure your portage world file is archived, make the following link:
# ln /var/lib/portage/world /etc/world
Initialize the git repository:
# etckeeper init Initialized empty Git repository in /etc/.git/ # etckeeper commit "Initial commit."
If you don't already have a cron daemon installed, emerge one now:
# emerge vixie-cron
git will only create a new version (commit) if there are changes from the previous one.
Write a cron job to save an hourly version of /etc by creating the file /etc/cron.hourly/etckeeper:
#! /bin/bash
etckeeper commit "Hourly auto-commit"
Encrypt and copy backups online
Copy To Dropbox
# emerge dropbox
Add a dropbox user:
# useradd dropbox
Write the dropbox init files in /etc/conf.d/dropbox:
# Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, v2 or later
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-fs/dropbox/files/dropbox.init-1.0,v 1.4 2007/04/04 13:35:25 cardoe Exp $
depend() {
need localmount net
after bootmisc
start() {
ebegin "Starting dropbox..."
for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
start-stop-daemon -S -b -m --pidfile /var/run/dropbox-$dbuser.pid -N $NICENESS -u $dbuser -v -e HOME="/home/$dbuser" -x /opt/dropbox/dropboxd
eend $?
stop() {
ebegin "Stopping dropbox..."
for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile /var/run/dropbox-$dbuser.pid
eend $?
status() {
for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
if [ -e /var/run/dropbox-$dbuser.pid ] ; then
echo "dropboxd for USER $dbuser: running."
echo "dropboxd for USER $dbuser: not running."
eend $?
Start dropbox now and at boot time:
# chmod 0755 /etc/init.d/dropbox # /etc/init.d/dropbox start # rc-update add dropbox default
After starting the dropbox daemon, it will provide a http link. You will need to visit this site just once to associate your computer with your dropbox account.
Write the cron job to make the backup archive and move it online. Create the file /etc/cron.daily/backup:
#! /bin/bash
cd /etc
git bundle create /tmp/backup.bundle --all
cd /tmp
mv -v -f backup.bundle /home/dropbox/Dropbox/Private/
Make the script executable:
# chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/backup
Encrypt Backups
It is a good idea to encrypt your backup before moving it online. This can be done with gpg, using a symmetric (password only) or public/private key encryption. Additionally you can chose to sign the backup to check its integrity before restoring.
# emerge gpg
Symmetric Encryption
There is no preparation required to use a symmetric key as all that is required is simply a passphrase. Just modify the cron job. Edit /etc/cron.daily/backup:
#! /bin/bash
cd /etc
git bundle create /tmp/backup.bundle --all
cd /tmp
echo 'encryption_password' | gpg -o backup.gpg --batch --homedir /root/.gnupg -vvv --passphrase-fd 0 --yes -c backup.bundle
mv -v -f router.gpg /home/dropbox/Dropbox/Private/
Remember to change encryption_password
If you forget this password the backup will be unusable. Lose the password and you lose the backup.
As there is now sensitive information in this file, you might want to remove read permission:
# chmod og-r /etc/cron.daily/backup
Private/Public key Encryption
Make a private/public encryption/decryptions key pair. The public key will be used to encrypt and the private key to decrypt.
# gpg --gen-key
The public key is used to create the encrypted backup and needs to live on the computer being backed up. A copy of the private key needs to be made and stored securely in another place. If this machine becomes unbootable, and this is the only place the private key lives, the backup dies with it. The private key should not be kept:
- In the same place as the back up
- On the machine being backed up
The private key is the only key that will decrypt the backup. Lose this key and/or it's password and you lose the backup.
List the private keys:
# gpg -K
sec 2048R/0EF13559 2012-01-21
uid my_key <firstname.lastname@example.com>
ssb 2048R/67417FEB 2012-01-21
The private key can be exported using either the key name or key number. In this case "my_key" or "0EF13559". To cut and paste the key. Ie, if logging in remotely.
# gpg -a --export-secret-key 0EF13559
To create a key file:
# gpg -o private_decryption.gpgkey --export-secret-key 0EF13559
Now store this key somewhere secure. The backup is only as secure as the private key.
Modify the cron job at /etc/cron.daily/backup:
#! /bin/bash
cd /etc
git bundle create /tmp/backup.bundle --all
cd /tmp
gpg -o backup.gpg -r 'my-key' --batch --homedir /root/.gnupg -vvv --passphrase-fd 0 --yes -e backup.bundle
mv -v -f backup.gpg /home/dropbox/Dropbox/Private/
Replace "my-key" with the appropriate name from the key list. Also note the change from -c for symmetric encryption to -e for private/public key encryption.
Sign Backups
Create a 2nd private/public (signing) key pair. The private key is used to sign and the public key is used to check the authenticity/integrity.
# gpg --gen-key
The password for this key will be required in the script below.
In this case the private key is required to sign the backup and the public key is used to check the integrity of the backup. Follow a similar process as above to copy the public key to to another computer/storage media.
List the private keys:
# gpg -k
-K lists private keys while -k lists public keys.
Then export this public key via cut and paste:
# gpg -a --export <key name or number>
Or to create a key file:
# gpg -o public_signing.gpgkey --export <key name or number>
Now store this key somewhere secure.
Modify the backup cron job at /etc/cron.daily/backup:
#! /bin/bash
cd /etc
git bundle create /tmp/backup.bundle --all
cd /tmp
echo 'signing_key_password' | gpg -s -o backup.gpg -r 'my-encryption-key' --batch --homedir /root/.gnupg -vvv --passphrase-fd 0 --yes -e backup.bundle
mv -v -f backup.gpg /home/dropbox/Dropbox/Private/
the script will require the password for your private (signing) key to sign the backup. Replace "password" with the password for your signing private key.
And as there is sensitive information in this file don't forget to remove read permission.
# chmod og-r /etc/cron.daily/backup
To Restore From A Backup
This restore will assume your are starting with a new blank disk. Start by performing a stage 3 install, upto and including section 5 "Chroot into your new system." http://www.funtoo.org/wiki/Funtoo_Linux_Installation
Then the restore process is:
- Download backup from dropbox
- Decrypt
- Clone
- Link world file
- Emerge world
- Compile the kernel
- Restore grub bootloader
- Reboot
Download backup from dropbox
Log into your dropbox account and find your backup file. Move it to a public area if it isn't already in one. Then right click on it and click "copy public link." Now on the computer to be restored, delete the contents of the /etc folder and download the backup file.
(Need to check if this needs done before chrooting into the new install).
# cd /etc # rm -rf * # cd /tmp # wget http://dl.dropbox.com/link-to-backup-file/backup.gpg
if you have to copy the link from another computer and therefore can not cut and paste it, there is a "shorten link" option.
If you used a public/private key to encrypt, and optionally signed the backup, import the decryption and signing keys.
- The decryption key is the private key of the encryption key pair - private_decryption.gpgkey
- The signing key is the public key of the signing key pair - public_signing.gpgkey
To import the keys by cut and paste:
# gpg --import <<EOF
The last line after pasting the key should be "EOF"
Repeat for both keys.
To import the keys by file:
# gpg --import private_decryption.gpgkey # gpg --import public_signing.gpgkey
Decrypt the backup:
# gpg -d backup.gpg > backup.bundle
If the backup was signed and you have correctly imported the signing public key you should see a message similar to:
gpg: Good signature from "my_signing_key <email@example.com>"
# git clone /tmp/backup.bundle /etc/
Link world file
# ln /etc/world /var/lib/portage/world
Emerge world
# emerge --sync # layman -S # emerge -uDaNv world
Compile the kernel (genkernel)
If you have genkernel set to save config files (the default):
# cp /etc/kernels/kernel-config-x86_64-<latest version>-gentoo /usr/src/linux/.config
Otherwise use the currently loaded kernel's config:
# zcat /proc/config.gz > /usr/src/linux/.config
Then compile the kernel:
# genkernel --oldconfig --no-mrproper all
Restore grub bootloader
# grub-install --no-floppy /dev/sda # boot-update
Adjust the device as required if installing to another location.
# reboot


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Tiwai could lead way in new-deal aluminium
Tuesday - The owner of New Zealands only aluminium smelter says the country could have a bright future producing low-emissions aluminium for a carbon-constrained world.
Govt gives Foodstuffs $1m for green vehicles
Tuesday - Food giant Foodstuffs is to get more than a million dollars of public money as part of a drive towards low-emissions vehicles.
BP faces shareholder challenge over carbon targets
11 Dec 18 - BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil face a shareholder challenge to set carbon targets in line with the Paris Agreement, as a green group seeks to repeat its success in pressuring Shell to set environmental benchmarks.
New round opens for Taranaki permits
29 Nov 18 - The process to issue new exploration permits in the last part of the country in which they are allowed is under way.
Biofuel land grab will squeeze natures space
22 Nov 18 - Growing enough greenery to provide cleaner fuel and slow climate change will need a biofuel land grab: a 10 to 30-fold rise in land devoted to green crops.
Dead fish new power behind high-polluting cruise ships
20 Nov 18 - Waste fish parts will be used to power ships in a new initiative to use green energy for polluting cruise liners.
NZ scientists work on safer batteries
16 Nov 18 - New Zealand researchers have created a new plant-based electrolyte that could be the key to making safer and more environmentally friendly batteries.
EECA wants feedback on $14m energy fund
14 Nov 18 - The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority is seeking feedback on its proposed $14 million energy levy-funded activities for next year.
Oil and gas exploration ban becomes law
8 Nov 18 - New oil and gas exploration is now banned from New Zealands waters and from most of its land.
Big hydropower dams unsustainable, says study
8 Nov 18 - Large-scale hydropower dams are unsustainable in the developing world, according toi new research.
Compressed air could be our energy friend
30 Oct 18 - If energy storage were available at sufficiently low cost and high performance, renewable energy would rapidly displace all other generation forms.
Oil countries will have to change their ways
30 Oct 18 - A changing energy system is posing critical questions for many of the worlds largest oil and gas producing countries, the International Energy Agency says.
Hydrogen offers hope for island dwellers
29 Oct 18 - Hydrogen power and renewable energy offer hope to islanders and others in remote communities who now have to rely on fossil fuels.
Offshore wind farms could tame hurricanes
25 Oct 18 - When high winds meet tall sails in the right place, somethings got to give. Offshore wind farms might lead to weakened hurricanes.
NZ signs hydrogen agreement with Japan
24 Oct 18 - New Zealand and Japan are working together to transition away from a reliance on fossil fuels with the signing of an agreement on hydrogen, says energy minister Megan Woods.
Solar is here to stay, but where are the boats?
24 Oct 18 - There's nothing novel about vehicles using alternatives to the internal combustion engine, but solar and battery-powered boats are rarely in the conversation.
Big Gas wants exploration ban put on hold
17 Oct 18 - Five of the countrys biggest users of natural gas want the Governments ban on exploration for new reserves put on hold while a detailed assessment of the role of gas is carried out.
Bioenergy will lead the way, predicts IEA
11 Oct 18 - Modern bioenergy will lead the global expansion of renewable energy up to 2023, the International Energy Agency says in its latest forecast.
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If you are new to Linux and are using Ubuntu, you may find it frustrating that there's no instant option to easily hide/show desktop icons just like in Windows. But there's no need to worry as there are several ways to minimize or eliminate your desktop clutter and hide some or even all the icons from your Ubuntu desktop.
Hiding home, computer, network, drives, and trash desktop icons:
To hide the home, computer, network, drives, and trash icons, simply open Configuration Editor by pressing Alt-F2, type gconf-editor, and run it.
Inside the Configuration Editor, navigate to apps --> nautilus --> desktop. At the right-hand pane, you should see several checkboxes. Just uncheck the box that corresponds to the icon that you would like to hide.
Hiding all the desktop icons:
To hide all the icons from your Ubuntu desktop including perhaps your downloaded files and documents, open the Configuration Editor, navigate to apps --> nautilus --> preferences, and then locate show_desktop item from the right-hand pane. Uncheck the box and voila, all of your desktop icons should be gone by then.
Hiding desktop icons using Ubuntu Tweak:
If you have already installed this popular application called Ubuntu Tweak, you can use it in hiding your desktop icons in a simpler way than I've shown above.
Using Ubuntu Tweak, just go to Desktop Icon Settings, and then uncheck the icon or icons that you would like to hide. For those of you who have not installed Ubuntu Tweak yet, just get it using Synaptic Package Manager or through Ubuntu Software Center.That's about it.
If you have other ways in hiding Ubuntu desktop icons, share them with us via comment.


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Inbound Marketing vs. Outbound Marketing
Why Marketers Today Prefer Inbound Marketing If you think about it there are just two basic types of marketing, inbound marketing and outbound marketing. The focus of each is completely different and each involves different techniques. Outbound or Traditional Marketing. Outbound marketing can be thought of as the more traditional marketing techniques businesses employed before the Internet existed. It involves getting your marketing messages to the largest number of people


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Data Breach Puts Focus on Beefed-Up Card Security
Supervalu's Confirmation of Hit Set to Intensify Push to Introduce Chip Cards
A data breach that hit customers of nearly 1,000 grocery stores around the U.S. is likely to intensify a push by banks and retailers to introduce a new generation of credit cards designed to be more secure.
A string of high-profile intrusions at retailers such as Target Inc. and Neiman Marcus Group and restaurant chain P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc. had already kick-started a drive to roll out cards embedded with microchips, which are widely used around the world....


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Tigers Explode in Game One to Earn Split at Murray State
Murray, Ky. - The Tigers used four doubles and a Lindsey Burgess home run in the sixth inning of game one to earn an Ohio Valley Conference split with Murray State. Tennessee State grabbed game one 5-3, while the Racers picked up the 7-1 win in game two. TSU improved to 12-31, 3-14 in the OVC. The Racers moved to 18-23, 9-9 in conference.
The Tigers outhit Murray State on the day 18-10. Kiarra Freeman led the hit parade with four hits in seven at bats. Kacie Daugherty, Jennifer Givens and Burgess all collected three hits, while Audrey Sensing and Brianna Roberts recorded two knocks a piece. Ashley Haynes recorded the final hit for TSU.
The Tigers opened the scoring in the third inning of game one as Roberts led off with a double off the fence in right field. After a Tayler Shimizu sacrifice bunt advanced Roberts to third, Givens grounded out to short allowing Roberts to break for home. The freshman slid head first to reach the plate ahead of the throw to put the Tigers up 1-0.
With Murray State leading 3-1, TSU came to the plate for the eventful sixth inning. Givens and Freeman hit back-to-back doubles to give the Tigers two runners in scoring position for Daugherty. The freshman left fielder drove a 1-0 pitch into right center for the third consecutive double and evened the score at 3-3. Two batters later, Burgess hit a high fly ball that landed just on the other side of the fence in left field to give TSU a 5-3 lead. Haynes continued the extra base barrage with a double down the right field line, but was thrown out at third trying to stretch it to a triple.
Shea Morris would make the score stick as she retired the final seven batters she faced. Morris improved to 8-16 as she scattered six hits and one walk as she struck out nine.
The Tigers opened game two with five hits over the first three innings and stranded six runners, including leaving bases loaded in the first. In the bottom of the third, the Racers took advantage of a Tiger error and two hits to score four runs, all unearned, for the early lead.
Olivia Gamache surrendered seven runs, just two earned, as she was charged with the loss and fell to 4-15. The junior hurler struggled a bit with control as she issued six walks and hit four batters. Gamache was able to record a career high in strikeouts, as she fanned eight Murray State batters.
In the seventh, the Tigers scored their lone run on a two-out single off the bat of Daugherty. Givens was able to score from second making the final score 7-1.
TSU returns home to host Austin Peay for a doubleheader at 1:00 pm on Sunday. Both games can be heard on tsutigers.com.


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Younger female heart attack patients had significantly higher rates of risk factors and generally poorer health than similar-age male patients, data from an international study showed.
Women who were 55 or younger at the time of myocardial infarction (MI) had significantly higher rates of obesity, diabetes, heart failure, kidney failure, and history of stroke (P<0.001 for all comparisons), according to Rachel Dreyer, PhD, of Yale University, and colleagues.
Younger female patients had significantly worse scores on surveys of general health as compared with male MI patients in the same age range (P<0.001). Overall physical function, quality of life, and frequency of angina also were worse among women than men of the same age at the time of MI, they reported at the American Heart Association Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions in Baltimore.
"Compared with young men, women under 55 years are less likely to have heart attacks, but when they do occur, women are more likely to have more medical problems, poorer physical and mental functioning, more chest pain, and a poorer quality of life in the month leading up to the heart attack," Dreyer said in a statement.
"We need to develop better methods for recognizing and treating young women with chest pain to optimize their quality of life and potentially prevent a heart attack," she added. "General health and disease-specific health status assessments are valuable tools for healthcare providers to measure the burden of disease in patients. These should be standardized into clinical practice, much like assessments for other traditional heart disease risk factors."
Overall rates of MI are similar between men and women, but the age distribution differs substantially. Men tend to have heart attacks at a younger age, but rates among women catch up after menopause.
Nonetheless, some younger women do develop MI. Few studies have examined health-related characteristics of women who have MIs at younger ages. An international research team sought to fill in some of the missing data by conducting a large observational study known as VIRGO (Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients).
Investigators enrolled 2,990 men and women who were 18 to 55 at the time of acute myocardial infarction. As specified by the protocol, women accounted for two-thirds of the patients. Clinical data came from the patients' medical records, and information about health status was obtained during interviews that included three health questionnaires: Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ), Short Form 12 (SF-12), and EuroQol (EQ-5D).
The study population had a median age of 48, which did not differ between the sexes. Clinical data showed that in the month before MI significantly more of the women (P<0.001) were affected by:
- Obesity -- 54% versus 47%
- History of stroke -- 6% versus 3%
- Diabetes -- 40% versus 27%
- Heart failure -- 6% versus 3%
- Renal failure -- 13% versus 9%
More men had a history of dyslipidemia (72% versus 66%, P=0.0001).
Analysis of the health-status questionnaires consistently showed that women had significantly worse (P<0.001) physical and mental function:
- SF-12 physical summary: 45 versus 42
- SF-12 mental summary: 48 versus 44
- EQ-5D visual analog scale: 66 versus 63
- SAQ angina frequency: 86 versus 82
- SAQ physical limitation: 86 versus 78
- SAQ quality of life: 86 versus 82
The results paint a picture of female MI patients who are sicker than perhaps many cardiologists and other clinicians have recognized, said Sharonne Hayes, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., who was not involved in the study.
"Younger women, compared with younger men, have a much lower rate of heart attack, but when they do have a heart attack they are much more likely to die," Hayes told MedPage Today. "I think the results of this study help us by showing that these women do have risk factors. In fact, they have very significant risk factors compared with men."
"This will help us to focus our prevention efforts and to better recognize these individuals so their outcomes are better," she added.
From the American Heart Association:
- Science News from QCOR 2013
- 15-Year Trends in Awareness of Heart Disease in Women: Results of a 2012 National Survey
Dreyer and co-investigators reported no relevant conflicts of interest.
- Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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American Heart Association Quality of Care and Outcomes ResearchSource Reference: Dreyer R, et al "Sex differences in pre-event health status of young patients with acute myocardial infarction: The VIRGO Study" AHA QCOR 2013; Abstract 96.


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Tanglewood cancels Fourth of July fireworks
Tanglewood cancels Fourth of July fireworks
Tanglewood Park will not have its annual Fourth of July fireworks this year.
Forsyth County Parks and Recreation officials made the announcement in a news release Monday morning.
Michael Anderson, parks and rec director, said they haven't been able to find a sponsor this year. It costs about $10,000 to put on the fireworks show, and they have used corporate sponsors in the past to help pay for it, Anderson said.
Held for a number of years, the Fourth of July celebration had was more than just fireworks. Gates to the steeplechase track typically opened several hours before the fireworks began so families could picnic.
It also featured such activities as horseback riding, swimming, fishing and paddleboats.


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Some people have taken their love for Unix and Linux on the streets literally by displaying their Unix/Linux-related personalized license plates. Though I haven't actually seen one in real life yet, I have collected several photos that will show some of these cool custom license plates in action, which I'm going to share with all of you.
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Markets: What a Difference a Year Makes
From bear market fears and historic volatility to edging towards historic highs, Steven Russolillo joins Markets Hub with a look at how markets have changed from October 2011 to now. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... the ... obviously in this crisis on hard times last year has been phenomenally smile across the board small caps large caps you name it ... joining me now is MarketBeat rider Steber slow Steve ... the economy stinks the most fantastic yet how how can this be what will Pursell what a difference a year makes to I mean this is just truly amazing right now we we looked back to October for it so says that's often we look back one year ago ... and this marked the bottom of the recent bottom of the stock market so after all this summer a volatility that we had a crazy up the ups and downs ... the market was on the verge of a bear market ok that that twenty percent decline from a peak ... everything just looked horrible terrible ... thus Lord one year later ... and stocks are up across the board as you said the Dow was up twenty five percent the SB five hundred is up thirty percent small caps are they ... everything is the big right now I'm you see it not just the sauce the same commodities gold is up from the year-ago oils up from a year ago so all these markets look good right everything looks good ... yet as you as you point out the economy still stinks and so does that and it sounds to me like a house to be some level of ... disappointment coming in we have an economy that isn't living up to what the market telling it ... at some point people are going to town on the aspects for the IU having ... other people were just waiting for the inevitable or the people believe ... this is your this is really been a sustainable rally phase that is that the big question paid out of the I hate to get that one of the big reasons why the market is is so much higher from where was your go is what that not only has ... done ... well what other central banks across the globe have done to sort of ... them boost their economies to stimulate growth the police that they tell you do with it that they wanna do but essentially they're just ... flooding that the financial system with liquidity and so and so this is about and what's interesting about that the Dow runs Thompson's in the same time you have ... stocks which are a risky asset to them so well ... you have safe havens often well look I mean that that record label running into Treasurys is that ... because of the central bank action is that why you can have this ... bifurcation of both safety and risk ... rally so sharply that's exactly what it is you know you have the Fed making its move and they wanna keep rates low and so the oval hole adages don't fight the Fed and so that some people are doing right now ... but no Treasurys have rallied sharply so yields are low ... and stocks have rallied sharply but if you look at some of the figures in the economy ... they are not looking so good action film looking very similar to where we were just one year ago so you will get to the jobs market take ... up we get the job support on Friday where expecting about modern eighteen thousand jobs added ... not grey Knotty not not terrible without losing jobs that's a good sign but still nothing to get excited about one year ago the economy added hundred and three thousand job so was actually the same job growth ... from one year back ok with the jobs with the GDP ... GDP in the second quarter and third quarter of two thousand eleven ... came in at two point five percent and one point three percent ok ... so is a slow growth economy ... right now we just entered GDP revision up for the second quarter of this year we had a couple weeks ago ... that came at one point three percent and then for the third quarter were expecting one point five two percent ... so ... the growth levels are the same ... the cookbook is the same jobs market is essentially the same ... yet ... the stock market the bond market everything else had these huge rallies that is largely because of what the Fed and central banks of time and not just what's really going on and on and then could you talk to money managers you ... know what is the thing that we can change or pay is it is the job market the most worried about ... is that central banks and you ... will unwinding some of the status that had what it is a bunch of things that you can look at the markets at this the discharge of this changes when they get out of the steel long equity position what is getting a lot people Agus up that night what the people are worried that maybe the Keely Valley that scene of the so-called quantitative easing that the Fed has ... has implemented on the economy the QE rally may be stalling out I think you've seen over the last two weeks here is that ... the Fed came in and outs Kiwi three in mid September in a big rally the day of but since then the market hasn't really done much so people are saying wait a minute ... that that is unable to spark all these rallies over the last few years ... is that out of bullets is the can it would keep doing that and so ... I think that's the big worry rate now is that if the Fed if the Fed action is unknown to the same impact on the market that it's had in the past ... what is going to spur prices to go even higher here it is a good indeed ECan will the economy is pretty much the same position it was in ... the style action you before that so ... that's I think it's a bit wary rate that will make sure I thank you so much for joining us to a ... nation read more about what bullets are left undone for both the Fed and the market ... I on MarketBeat blogger Steve as lead writer ...