The latest meme created by JWR:
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Truth Be Told, Both Of Them
Are “Rich Men North of Richmond”
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“Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.” – 2 Corinthians 7 (KJV)
On August 19, 1960, American pilot Francis Gary Powers was sentenced to 10 years’ confinement by the Soviet Union for espionage following the U-2 Affair, but in 1962 he was later released in exchange for the Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
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August 19th is also the birthday of Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1906-1971). Farnsworth was an American inventor who is best known for his image pickup device that formed the basis for the fully functional and complete all-electronic television system. Among his many other inventions was the Farnsworth-Hirsch fusor, a small nuclear fusion device that remains a viable source of neutrons. At his death, he held over 300 patents, mostly in radio and television.
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We are seeking entries for Round 108 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $840,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. We recently polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics. Refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic. Round 108 ends on September 30th, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.
In place of another feature article that I had planned for today, I’m posting a recap of a recent laptop computer problem, with some lessons learned.
To start, I should mention that I’ve been a Macintosh user for my home computers since 1986. My first Mac was a Macintosh Plus, purchased just after I got off of active duty as an Intelligence Corps officer. This was before I was ever married. I’ve owned a whole succession of improved Macs since then. Since the turn of the century, most of those have been alloy-case MacBook laptops. I’ve always been fairly good about keeping backups, and that has saved my bacon, on several occasions. In recent years, I’ve used the Time Machine backup utility, with 1-Terabyte large form-factor hard drives in a Sabrent quick-change desktop hard drive docking station. With two vertical slots, this docking station vaguely resembles a bread toaster, so I naturally nicknamed it “The Toaster.”Continue reading“Lessons From A Hard Disk Crash”
To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year. We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those –or excerpts thereof — in the Odds ‘n Sods Column or in the Snippets column. Let’s keep busy and be ready!
Early in the week, we had an extended family outing at the Silverwood theme park, near Athol, Idaho. That was a lot of fun and gave us our annual “fix” of rollercoaster rides.
I made some more progress on firewood felling, hauling crosscutting, spitting, and stacking. I did so much chainsawing that I ended up with some sore fingers. So I took a pause for a few days in any additional sawing and splitting.
Now, Lily’s report…Continue reading“Editors’ Prepping Progress”
“Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord.
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.” – Isaiah 60:1-15 (KJV)
On August 18, 1896, at least according to lore, more than 200 outlaws from regional gangs gathered at Brown’s Hole (near the intersection of the borders of Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah), where Butch Cassidy (aka Robert Leroy Parker, pictured) proposed to organize a Train Robbers’ Syndicate, which became familiarly known as the Wild Bunch.
August 18th is also the birthday of Meriwether Lewis, an American explorer, soldier, politician and public administrator that is best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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Today we present another entry for Round 108 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include:
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More than $840,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. We recently polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics. Refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic. Round 108 ends on September 30th, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.
(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.)
Another aspect of wounds to consider is whether or not necrotic (dead) tissue is present. Necrotic tissue is “dead” or non-viable tissue that delays the progression of healing. There are a few types you may find. Eschar is black or brown and described as hard or leathery. It firmly attaches to the wound bed and obscures the depth of the wound. Gangrene is tissue decay secondary to an interruption of blood flow to a specific area of the body. This is most seen in the distal extremities, but it can affect muscles and internal organs. Another necrotic tissue type is hyperkeratosis, more commonly known as a callus. Observed to be either white or gray, it varies in texture from firm to soggy based on the moisture level of the periwound area. If a wound is covered is obscured by a thin, stringy or mucinous, clumpy layer—this is likely slough. Slough tends to be yellow in color, moist, and loosely attached to the wound.
There is a helpful classification system used to simplify wound bed coloration. Conveniently, it is dubbed the red-yellow-black system. If the area is red/pink, protect the wound. Granulation tissue should be present, so a slightly moist environment may be most helpful. If you see yellow, slough should be removed and drainage should be absorbed. Black tissue indicates thick eschar that needs to be debrided.Continue reading“Basics of Wound Care – Part 2, by D.C.”
Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. In this column, JWR also covers hedges, derivatives, and various obscura. This column emphasizes JWR’s “tangibles heavy” investing strategy and contrarian perspective. Today, we look at the slowdown in house construction. (See the Economy & Finance section.)
At Gold-Eagle.com: Only a Retail Gold Standard Could Dethrone the Dollar.
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Is the world on the cusp of Bretton Woods 3.0, 52 years after Nixon closed the gold window?
Linked over at the Whatfinger.com news aggregation site: US Building Permits Stagnant In July As Mortgage Rates Top 7%.
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An interesting piece about private credit: Post-SVB crisis, this debt market juggernaut is poised to grow even more.
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Michael ‘The Big Short’ Burry Just Bet 90% of His Portfolio That the Stock Market Is About to Crash.
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‘China’s Blackstone’ Misses Payments, Faces Government Scrutiny.
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Saxo: Global Market Quick Take: Asia – August 16, 2023.
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Bond traders prepare to brave ‘painful’ yield curve bets as rate hikes slow.
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World Bank: Pacific Economic Update – Recovering in the Midst of Uncertainty, August 2023.
“Good judgement is the result of experience, and experience the result of bad judgement.” – Mark Twain
On August 17th, 1999, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck near İzmit, Turkey, killing more than 17,000 people and leaving some 500,000 homeless.
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Today we present another entry for Round 108 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include:
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More than $840,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. We recently polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics. Refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic. Round 108 ends on September 30th, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.
This article is intended to provide readers with a simple overview to wound care and a general understanding of related terms. I am a licensed Physical Therapist Assistant who spent time training in wound care as it relates to that specific healthcare discipline. Physical therapy’s role continues to expand when it comes to wound observation, treatment, and patient education. Much of this information will be valuable to “preppers” due to the assumed lack of easy access to medical care. It will hopefully give readers confidence in recognizing and treating certain common wound types and provide a better idea of what types of first aid dressings to purchase. Wounds improperly treated can be detrimental to one’s overall health – affecting all other systems within the body in addition to the first observed damage to the integumentary system.
Note: For this piece, burns will be considered separate from other wound types for clarity
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The first thing to consider when observing the wound is the phase of healing. This will determine the most important steps to take. There are three overlapping phases. Immediately after a wound occurs, our bodies initiate the inflammatory phase, lasting roughly from day 1 to day 10. This stage is characterized by the five cardinal signs of inflammation (tumor/swelling, rubor/redness, calor/warmth, dolar/pain, and functio/loss of function). As these cardinal signs begin to subside, the body will enter the proliferative phase (from 3 to 21 days). Here, formation of new tissue, called granulation tissue, begins. Capillaries, or blood vessel endings, start to bud and fill the wound bed. They create a positive environment for the development of epithelial cells that will become the new epidermis, or outermost layer of skin. Finally, we have the maturation phase. This phase can last anywhere from 7 days after the injury to 2 years post-injury. The differentiation of cell types is observable through the formation of a scar, originally immature, raised, and red. Later, the scar will be distinguishable by a pale, flattened, pliable surface. A mature scar typically possess 75-80% of the strength seen in the original tissue. Keloid or hypertrophic scarring may also occur, meaning the skin remains raised due to excessive collagen lysis (formation).Continue reading“Basics of Wound Care – Part 1, by D.C.”
SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, some news of yet another new coronavirus variant.
In The Express: Scientists demand Britons wear face masks as new Covid variant spreads. A pericope:
“Dubbed BA.X, online virus trackers have found the virus in Denmark and Israel, although this has not yet been independently verified.
Some scientists are already calling for new measures to be introduced – but others say it is too early to determine whether the variant could lead to another pandemic.”
Mike D. sent us this link: Study: Most Americans have been “vaccinated” for covid whether they wanted it or not due to “shedding”. Here is a quote:
“According to the experts at CU, aerosol transmission of antibodies represents “an entirely unrecognized mechanism by which passive immune protection may be communicated.” In other words, the fully jabbed are spilling the vial contents not only inside their own bodies by getting pricked but also to others who come near them simply through proximity.
“Whether antibody transfer mediates host protection will be a function of exposure, but it seems reasonable to suggest, all things being equal, that any amount of antibody transfer would prove useful to the recipient host,” the research team stated.”
“History has shown that a government’s redistribution of shrinking wealth, in preference to a private sector’s creation of new sources of it, can prove more destructive than even the most deadly enemy.” – Victor Davis Hanson
August 16, 1888 was the birthday of British archaeological scholar and military strategist T.E. Lawrence—who was best known for his legendary activities in the Middle East during World War I, which earned him the nickname “Lawrence of Arabia”.
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On August 16th, 1841, President John Tyler vetoed a second attempt by Congress to re-establish the Bank of the United States. In response, angry supporters of the bank gathered outside the White House and burned an effigy of Tyler.
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Ready Made Resources — one of our original advertisers and the first writing contest prize donor — has added an interesting new line of freeze-dried beef to their catalog. The company is called Whole Cow. Their specialty is certified vaccine-free beef, from Texas.
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Today we present another entry for Round 108 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include:
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More than $840,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. We recently polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics. Refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic. Round 108 ends on September 30th, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.
