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Friday, June 24, 2011
Handspun Friday - Gunslinger
I've got 277yds, 3-ply. It's actually a little darker, but the camera wouldn't cooperate. At least this way one can see all the colors nicely. I like spinning any kind of BFL.
I've joined another KAL, just could not help myself. It's Through The Loops Summer Shawl KAL. You have to be a member of Kirsten's Raverly group though. There will be prizes at the end. I have chosen to knit Andrea's shawl. I've had this pattern for quite some time, and never got around to knitting it. I'm using some handspun yarn.
The pups are fine. We've had thunderstorms every day, and also during the nights. The pool filled up with rain water. Denny was a little spooked by thunder, and snuggled close to me. Nothing out of the ordinary happened with the pups. I've found out that Denny is grumpy whenever I'm grumpy, and vice versa. Happy has learned to open the lid where the filter basket of the pool is, because his floating toys get trapped there. I still have to get it out for him though.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
7 comments:
- momsue84 said...
I'd love to join the KAL, but I'm up to my eyeballs in plunges (26 pair), a Mystery KAL(Kitman Figueroa), and Romi's new ebook (trying to finish the old Ebook). I love Andrea's Shawl. Such a beautiful pattern. Milo was spooked by a storm last night, too. Have a terrific weekend!
- June 24, 2011 7:58 a.m.
- Wanderingcatstudio said...
I kinda wish I hadn't joined any KALs! Too much pressure!!!
My cats don't seem to notice the thunder unless it's shaking the house. Then they just want to snuggle!
- June 24, 2011 11:46 a.m.
- Beverly said...
Gorgeous yarn.
I started to join this one. I love her patterns and have several, but have yet to knit, but since I've failed miserably at most I've joined I decided it was best to bypass this one.
I can't wait to see what you knit.
- June 24, 2011 5:33 p.m.
- MrPuffy said...
That's so sweet that Denny mirrors your moods :) The knit along is tempting....
Beautiful spinning too, as always. Have a wonderful weekend!
- June 24, 2011 8:02 p.m.
- Sharon V said...
If I had seen gunslinger on the shelf, I would have passed it by, but seeing it spun up I'd have regretted it. The colors blended together so nicely. I love what you made it into. (BFL is my favorite to spin, too.)
- June 25, 2011 2:45 p.m.
- Grand Purl Baa said...
I always say the same thing for Fridays. Yum yum yum. But what else is there?
- June 25, 2011 11:54 p.m.
- 2paw said...
Your gorgeous pups make me laugh!! Happy is so clever and that Denny is worth his weight in frilly knickers!!
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INVERNESS, Scotland (AP) – Henrik Stenson held off a resurgent Phil Mickelson at the Scottish Open by shooting a 6-under 66 to take a two-stroke lead into the final round.
Mickelson was in a group of four players in a tie for second after making six birdies in his last 11 holes for a 66 on Saturday. His performance has the American talking up his improving links game before next week's British Open.
Branden Grace and first-round leader John Parry were tied with Mickelson after each shooting 66, along with J.B. Hansen (69).
Stenson, at 16 under for the tournament, has emerged from a prolonged slump and is showing the kind of consistent form that took the Swede to No. 4 in the world four years ago.
"I wouldn't say I'm far off that,'' said Stenson, who was as low as No. 230 in the rankings 18 months ago. "The way I played today, that was top-10 standard. It's as good as I have hit the ball all season.''
With the wind arriving late in the day and the sun again beating down, Castle Stuart was largely defenseless for a third straight round. But no one could pull away.
Chris Doak was the overnight leader but seemed to feel the pressure to become Scotland's first home winner in 14 years. He shot 73.
Gareth Maybin tied the week's lowest round of 64, putting him in a three-way tie for sixth with Raphael Jacquelin (65) and Peter Uihlein (70).
Accurate off the tee and creative as ever around the greens, Mickelson chose the ideal day to show off his full repertoire of skills.
American television was broadcasting a regular European Tour event live for the first time this weekend, with NBC fortunate enough to have Mickelson in contention.
The four-time major winner had four birdies in five holes playing into the wind. A delicate chip to within three feet set up another birdie at No. 16, and a 15-foot putt on the last hole lifted him briefly into the lead and drew one of the biggest cheers of the day.
"The last 11 holes were a lot of fun for me to play,'' he said.
Mickelson is seeking his first win in Europe in 20 years and first in Britain. That would prove the ideal way to go into the British Open.
"I have kept the ball in play as well as I ever have (on links),'' said Mickelson, who found 11 of 14 fairways on the undulating course in the Scottish Highlands.
Matteo Manassero made the tournament's first hole-in-one – acing No. 8 from 216 yards with a 3-iron hybrid.

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We all need Divine Mercy. As we enter more deeply into these critical and difficult times, the need to ask Our Lord to protect us and sustain our hope becomes more apparent. The purpose of this prayer blog is to help you understand the richness of Divine Mercy and to bring you into a deeper union with God through being merciful to others by action, word, and prayer, and by forgiving those who have hurt you. As you pray, and not just read, this blog, you will discover different spiritual realities that apply to your life.
This blog is a treasure. A serviceman stationed in Afghanistan, Dr. Clyde Redmond, had written to us explaining what a treasure the earlier edition of the Divine Mercy prayer book had been to him. He had read it every night and gained confidence that God would protect him.
This Divine Mercy blog is organized into 40 daily readings that focus on Pope John Paul II's encyclical, Rich in Mercy. It also includes other meditations on Divine Mercy that draw you deeper into this devotion.
Pope John Paul II said many times during his 26-year pontificate that Rich in Mercy was the most important encyclical he had written. In this encyclical he explains "that man cannot be manifested in the full dignity of his nature without reference...to God. Man and man's lofty calling are revealed in Christ through the revelation of the mystery of the Father and His love." To really get to know Pope John Paul II, enter into the meditations in this book.
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Our Lord told Saint Faustina, who later recorded this in her Diary (#699):
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Darrell Dexter to NDP: Become Liberals
Everything I read coming out of the province agrees that Dexter has largely abandoned the traditional marginal left agenda, and he's been doing it for years, tactically moving the party to attract mainstream support. It's common sense really, if you want to be a mainstream party, you need some appeal to the center, because, well, the "center" is by definition the mainstream. It's for this reason, that I denote an air of hypocrisy, which is muted simply because of a party moniker.
A tough pill to swallow. The lesson for the NDP, if you want to win become the Liberals. Make the speaker anonymous, don't give authorship to the platform or ideas, and just take it in. Then ask yourself which party do these ideals most closely align themselves with. I'll bet my shorts the vast majority of people would pick the Liberal Party, not the NDP.
Enjoy the love-in, if you close you eyes you can hear Dalton :)
24 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I hear Gary Doer, Roy Romanow, and even some of Alexa McDonough every time I see Darrell Dexter.
Not center but center left and progressive left. To win the NDP is becoming what the traditional Progressive Conservatives were. In fact, if you look closely Darrell is becoming as dry as -- Bob Stanfield!!!
- 10:06 AM, August 16, 2009
- Anonymous said...
I also understand that Dexter told Layton to stay away from the province during the campaign as his presence wouldn't be overly helpful...
- 10:07 AM, August 16, 2009
- Anonymous said...
Maybe Ignatieff have should stayed away from NS instead of campaigning for the NS Liberals - he didn't seem to do them any good. In general thought, it is unusual for federal leaders to campaign in provincial elections unless its their home province. The FEDERAL NDP gets a hiogher popular vote in NS trhan in any other province.
- 10:13 AM, August 16, 2009
- Anonymous said...
Anon 10:13,
The Grits are on their way back in NS. Official Opposition status. It will take years for the Nova Scotia PCs to regain respectability, thanks to the Atlantic Accord and Peter MacKay.
In fact, this also leads to this major irony. Dexter and Danny Williams becoming two step partners in fighting for a greater stake of offshore oil revenues. While in New Brunswick, Shawn Graham wants to implement a Christine Elliott style flat tax. Liberals supporting a flat tax and the NDP becoming more decentralist.
- 10:24 AM, August 16, 2009
- northwestern_lad said...
Steve... one quick point from the floor of said convention: To win you don't need to become Liberals, because Liberal run on left and govern on the right ;) Historically New Democrats actually govern on what they ran on... That's quite the big difference :)w
- 10:31 AM, August 16, 2009
- Anonymous said...
Liberals campaign from the left and govern from the right. The NDP campaigns from right and governs from the left!
- 11:01 AM, August 16, 2009
- Jerry Prager said...
Dalton McGuinty is a Progressive Conservative in the mold of Bill Davis, there's nothing particularly liberal about him except the degree to which Davis himself was a centrist liberalizer who continued the movement of his own party away from it's reactionary roots al la George Drew et al.
- 11:04 AM, August 16, 2009
- Jerry Prager said...
And of course George S Grant always argued that the CCF/NDP were a conservative party because they are essentially communitarian in their outlook. The real difficulty of self definition is with liberalism, and that's largely because CD Howe embedded the Liberal Party in corporatism, which is decidedly not liberal, Trudeau's Charter moved individualism a considerable degree, but then Chretien spent all his time spread Canadian corporatism around the world, and Paul Martin was never anything but a kinder gentler corporatist. Until Liberalism moves beyond corporatism, it's just a party of opportunism because it has abandoned the logic of individualism, what I call independent communitarianism, akin to Trudeau's Catholic personalism, and Protestant I and Thou. With the Harpercon/Harrisite abandonment of Progressivism, McGuintyism is the only opportunity Liberalism has, which is to say, Progressive Conservatism is which corporations remain more powerful than citizens.
- 11:17 AM, August 16, 2009
- Anonymous said...
Just from CTV News. The resolution to change the name did not make it to the convention floor.
So no Clause 4 Tony Blair imitation for Jack Layton. Ed Broadbent and Pat Martin gets to come home extremely happy.
I am of course delighted. No linkage to a Democratic Party that is allied to the likes of war hawks such as Robert McNamara and Richard Holbrooke.
I am sure Cam will correct me if my facts are wrong.
- 12:00 PM, August 16, 2009
- Anonymous said...
I think the comparison of McGuinty to Bill Davis is far fetched. There is a sort of anti-establishment feeling with Dalton that you don't see with the Big Blue Machine Toryism. The Ontario Liberals is still a Catholic communitarian party helped by demographic changes. It is no longer Orange Ontario as in the days of Whitney's Conservatives. This is what helps him, especially in his re-election campaign against the more establishment John Tory.
The irony is that Harper to become more communitarian than Harris in order to survive. Much more interventionist and may become more overtly Christian in defending Canada. Similar to the Christian Democrats in Europe, which has now dominated the discourse of the centre right.
- 12:10 PM, August 16, 2009
- Steve V said...
What does that mean exactly? They killed it before a vote? How is that possible, it was 7 on debate.
- 12:23 PM, August 16, 2009
- Anthony said...
In all fairness, it makes Dexter's job ALOT easier if he has Harper to demonize in Ottawa.
Should Ignatieff become PM and do a good job, suddenly his life becomes more difficult
- 1:01 PM, August 16, 2009
- Greg said...
Steve V. the name change was too far down the agenda and they ran out the clock on an omnibus amendment. Color me, happy.
- 1:37 PM, August 16, 2009
- Anonymous said...
Last time I checked the Liberals in NS when in government stole about 15 million and put in a slush fund. Last time I checked the Liberals paid nurses to leave the province. The last time I checked they cut health care to bone. Last time I checked the Liberals set out fishing quotas which killed the cod stocks and they never came back. Anyone who thinks Dexter is acting like the Liberals don't know what the Liberals did to this once prosperous province.
- 1:42 PM, August 16, 2009
- JimmE said...
Anon 1:42-
Really? Methinks ye needs check again.
-Slush fund? do you mean the in&out law-breakin' (Reformatories) or do you mean the folks who were not part of the Government & are doing time for fraud? So check again.
- Paid nurses to leave, really?
- I know that dippers like to think Muroney was a Liberal, but he ain't & just so you know, Cod collapse was on his watch. So check again.
- NS was a once prosperous province... during George H. Murray's day. So check again.
- 5:49 PM, August 16, 2009
- Anonymous said...
No I mean the Liquor kick backs Reagan father of Geoff Regan set up for the Liberal party to take 10 cents on every bottle of booze sold in NS. You know the Millions they stole put in a fund no knew about until the Savage years and that they never paid back the people of NS. The fund they still use to this day to fund their campaigns. You know the NS Liberal Slush fund.
Yes paid nurses to leave the province. This is when Dr Savage, You know the father of Mike Savage ruined Health care in NS, by cutting until it was almost gone and wait lists were so long people were dieing out side of Halifax.
It was the Liberals who started the consolidation of the cod fishing bisuness. They targeted the big fishing industry the put the small workers out of bisuness. It was then who killed the hand line fishing in 94-95 that lead to fisherman all over Atlantic Canada seizing DFO offices until the government would talk to them.
This is why the Liberals don't do great in NS. I mean the NDP was 1% behind them federally last election. The Liberals and Conservatives ruined this province and I can tell you aren't from here and no nothing of the horrible party politics we have seen which have driven strong Liberals and Conservatives to the NDP just so they can have a party that might be for NS for once.
- 6:17 PM, August 16, 2009
- Steve V said...
"Steve V. the name change was too far down the agenda and they ran out the clock "
They didn't even get to 5 on the list, and delegates purposely wasted time so there was nothing substantive. Amazing organizational skills, but then it always was about nothing, except the color blue and praising a Liberal, I mean NDP Premier.
- 6:45 PM, August 16, 2009
- Steve V said...
"This is why the Liberals don't do great in NS. I mean the NDP was 1% behind them federally last election."
Winning the most seats in recent history isn't "great"? And, don't let 2008 fool you, it was an anomaly.
- 6:49 PM, August 16, 2009
- Anonymous said...
"They didn't even get to 5 on the list"
I know you might not understand democratic procedures being from the Liberal party but the delegation voted to spilt the first motion. This made the first motion instead of 1 motion 7 or 8 resolutions. So yes they go to 5 on the list in fact they got through about 13 resolutions in around 50 minutes. Much better then the Liberal convention I watched.
- 10:28 PM, August 16, 2009
- JimmE said...
You are correct, I'm from New Brunswick. Just so you know, & you obviously don't, many folks were against draggers the so called best minds in the world were for them, Tory, Dipper or Grit that was the stupidity of the day. (FYi Cod has not been part of the NS or NB economy for like 60+ years, but you're prob. not that old!)
Guess what? If the Dipper PM of NS turn to a Grit & does not pave his county driveway, more power to him. And just so you know, Grits Makes stuff, Tories break, & Dippers mess stuff up. To paraphrase Steve V Dippers who do a good job have have become Grits.
Smile, life is too short to live with all your pent up hate.
- 12:02 AM, August 17, 2009
- Steve V said...
Is one member one vote a democratic procedure???
I'm lovin the weak tea rationalizations. Face it, the convention was about jack shit, apart from election prepardness, looking all blue and licking the toes of anyone associated with Obama. Call a spade a spade, don't flower.
- 12:09 AM, August 17, 2009
- Anonymous said...
Funny I see you didn't talk to the Liberal kick back's from Liquor sales. That was the reason they were kicked out in the first place and it is the reason why their wont be a Liberal government for another 10 years. I don't know if you fallowed the CH and CBC this election but every second comment was about them from normal people was Liberal Slush fund.
As for the cod stocks. Maybe you should the 20,000 people in NS who lost their jobs in 1992. Man Liberals have such short memories. I find it disgusting that you would marginalize these people and claim that NS was not dependent on these jobs. You show why the Liberals in NS have such a hard time. Instead of making a claim like that you could just say "yah everyone screwed up we are looking to the future."
- 12:41 AM, August 17, 2009
- Steve V said...
"You show why the Liberals in NS have such a hard time. "
Yes, consistently leading in the polls, winning the most seats, surely translates to this nonsense you're spewing. Yawn.
- 12:50 PM, August 17, 2009
- Anonymous said...
Steve V you seem to forget that the Liberals haven't run NS in 11 years. You seem to forget federally last election they beat the NDP by 1% of the vote. In 1997 the won 0 seats in NS.
As for them being ahead in NS, because no one polls NS you really don't know that and with the NDP poll really strong in the Atlantic I am betting almost all of that comes from NS. Unless you think the NPD are pull 25-30 in NB, NFLD, and PEI as well. If you think than the Liberals are in real trouble in Atlantic Canada then.
Spin on though spin on. In NS we remember what the Savage government did, what the Reagan government did. Slush fund is the word that comes to mind.
- 1:19 PM, August 17, 2009


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Every technology has an effect on life and Mother Earth. What is the impact of ham radio? Well, a typical rig requires a few pounds of various materials for its creation, and an average power input of a hundred watts or so while it's being used (the same amount that's needed to work a 100-watt light bulb). The equipment has a useful life of many years, and produces no emissions harmful to living organisms. Some large ham antennas are considered eyesores (as, on occasion, are windmills). Simple wire aerials, however, are seldom noticed.
The question of whether or not the human benefits of do-it-yourself radio are worth this price is a personal value judgment. Obviously, my evaluation is that they are.
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The on-the-air meetings mentioned in MOTHER EARTH NEWS are underway. The New Directions Roundtable is a scheduled get-together in which an individual presents an interest or concern of his own and a group rap session on that subject follows.
Initially, presentations are on 14,253 kilohertz at 3 p.m. EST and on 7,163 at 5:30 p.m. EST, Sundays. Discussions begin immediately thereafter on 14,243 and 14,283 for the early session, and 7,163 and 7,233 for the later session. (if you're a ham who wants to get involved and you don't hear any of the above activity, drop me a line. Circumstances may have necessitated a change of time or frequency.)
Needed immediately are gathering places where we can meet like-minded folks. Since some frequencies may not work out, for one reason or another, participant lists will be kept as up-to-date as possible in future issues of MOTHER EARTH NEWS. Remember that these are target frequencies subject to prior occupancy by other hams. If "our" location is occupied, tune a few kilohertz to either side.
We also need a distinctive call. How about "CQ New Directions"? As our numbers grow we can get more specific with signals such as "CQ Homesteaders" or "CQ Wind Power". ("CQ" is a general call inviting any station to answer.)
A serious thought, gentle folk: Let's be good neighbors to our more tradition-oriented brethren on the ham bands. Those who have lived a life 40, 50 or 60 years long based on a certain set of values and assumptions will naturally feel threatened and upset whenever their beliefs are questioned or challenged. If we care about these people as fellow human beings, we'll gently encourage openness while remaining open and avoiding a smug attitude ourselves. (Once we're convinced we have "the" answer, it's all over for us too.)
Let's be on guard, then, against drifting into the righteous self-satisfaction of a new elitism. The truths I accept today I accept tentatively, and increasingly realize that they will no doubt prove to be partial. The tradition-oriented hams are into some valid partial truths too. The task is to stay open to all inputs, and keep sifting.
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"Hey! What's with this 'frequencies', 'kilohertz', 'CQ' and all that?"
OK—now that the message to the "already" hams is out of the way—gather 'round, all you "want to become" hams. First subject: technical terms and abbreviations.
When we're first exposed to a concept that is new to us, it generally takes a number of words to get the idea across. Once the meaning is grasped, however, the whole explanation can be replaced by a word or two—a technical term—and it's not necessary to use the long-winded statement every time we want to refer to the concept.
I intend to use plain English as much as possible in this column and to minimize the technical jargon, but there are some common time saving expressions and abbreviations that you'll want to know. My intention is to define these new terms the first time they appear, if their meaning isn't made clear by context.
Let's begin with frequency, something that most of us already understand in musical terms. For example, middle C struck on the piano makes some of the strings vibrate up and down 256 times per second. The motion causes the air to compress and decompress at this same rate, and we hear a sound which some can identify as middle C. If the note A is struck, we hear a tone of 440 cycles per second or 440 hertz. (About 10 years ago some erudite group did away with the very descriptive term cycles per second and substituted hertz in honor of Heinrich Hertz, one of the founders of radio.) We perceive vibrations in the air at frequencies ranging from 20 hertz to 15,000 or 20,000 hertz (15 or 20 kilohertz ) as sounds.
Another set of very interesting and useful vibrations exists, not in the air, but in electric and magnetic fields. This "electromagnetic" radiation occurs at frequencies ranging from the audio level up to astronomically high rates.
Some frequencies of electromagnetic radiation can be perceived directly by our bodies. If a device happened to emit radiation at 545,000,000 million cycles per second (megahertz) we would detect the emission as green light. If the frequency were 10,000,000 megahertz, we would feel it as radiant heat.
Most such vibrations, however, are not detected directly by our senses. Ultraviolet (UV) light, X-rays, gamma rays and cosmic rays are all too high in frequency. Other unperceived levels of radiation—which vibrate at a slower rate than light or heat—are the so-called radio frequencies. They're all around us right now, unnoticed.
Ham radio has been assigned frequencies in this scheme. Note that the various communication services are assigned not just single frequencies but bands of frequencies. The AM broadcast band, for example, extends from 540 kilohertz to 1,600 kilohertz. The stations are spaced at even 10 kHz intervals within these limits, so that there are 106 spots available. (Since the range of a broadcast station is limited, many can be assigned to each frequency without interfering with one another.)
Hams, too, have their own place in the electromagnetic field. In fact, they have more than one: Through some remarkable human foresight (or bureaucratic error), amateurs have been allotted many different bands in various regions of the radio spectrum. Moreover, they're not told—as broadcasters are—to operate on specific frequencies within their territory but are free to move around within prescribed limits.
How Ham Radio Works
A ham radio transmitter generates energy at a specific frequency and feeds it to a launching device called an antenna. This mechanism may be simply a wire of appropriate length, 30 or 40 feet above the ground, or a more complex structure of aluminum tubing. In either case, it takes the energy and thrusts it out into space.
What happens then depends upon many factors. If the antenna is simple, the energy heads away from it in straight-line paths and in almost all directions. At frequencies around 100 megahertz (those assigned to FM and TV broadcasting), it almost invariably keeps going in those same paths. Since the earth curves and the people who are to receive the transmission live on its surface, they must not be far away from the source or this line of-sight signal will pass high above them.
The signal will more often than not pass over them, that is, if it weren't for an interesting phenomenon in the 3 to 30 megahertz (3,000 to 30,000 kilohertz) range. The atmosphere 50 to 200 miles above the earth becomes ionized. That is, the intense solar energy which bombards the earth is able to pry electrons off the few gas atoms floating around at that altitude. This charged ionosphere acts like a mirror to the energy of certain frequencies arriving at certain angles, and bounces the transmission back down to the planet's surface. There it may be picked up by a receiving antenna and/or reflected off the globe back toward the ionosphere. Under optimum conditions, transmitted signals can bounce halfway around the world via multiple reflections.
Which frequencies will be reflected, and how much energy will be lost in the "mirror", depends on the time of day or night, latitude, season of the year and various happenings on the sun. Solar flares mess up transmission. Sunspots are helpful, but come and go in an 11-year cycle. Since we're approaching the worst part of their current period, there are only three amateur bands particularly suited to New Directions Radio at the present time (as compared to five useful bands at a sunspot maximum).
What we can expect in the way of radio wave propagation—transmission characteristics—on these three bands is summarized below:
Normal Transmission Capabilities of the 80, 40, and 20 meter Amateur Bands
| ------------- Range in Miles --------------
Amateur Band | Frequencies | Midday Early Morning/ Late Evening/Dawn
Early Evening
75/80 meters 3,500 - 4,000 kHz 0-250 0-20, 100-1,000 0-20, 200-2,500
40 meters 7,000 - 73,000 kHz 0-20, 100-800 0-20, 300-2,000 0-20, 1,000 up
20 meters 14,000 - 14,350 kHz 0-20, 700 up 0-20, 1,000 up 0-20 only
Notes: The 75/800 and 40 meter bands are subject to high static interference levels on summer evenings, after dark.
The 40 meter band is shared with foreign broadcasters and interference can be troublesome at night.
On the 20 meter band, the conditions are usually good to some distant part of the world from early morning to mid-evening.
Note the poor coverage of nearby areas in many cases: The signals actually bounce or skip over adjacent territory and return to earth at a greater distance. Each of the bands is split up into smaller sub-bands according to class of license and permitted modes of transmission, but propagation is fairly uniform on all frequencies within a given range.
So much for the transmission of a raw signal. Now let's make this "carrier" take a message along with it. The process of adding intelligence to the transmitted energy is called modulation and here are the more popular variations:
MORSE CODE OR CW gives the most miles of transmission per watt of transmitter power under normal conditions. It also requires the simplest and least costly equipment. The main disadvantage is the slow rate of information transfer. . . as few as five words per minute for a beginning novice, up to 20 or 25 wpm for a very proficient operator. (Now you know why all those dumb abbreviations used by ham operators got started!) In sending code, the telegraph key simply turns the transmitted energy on and off.
VOICE OR PHONE modulation is much more popular today than any other mode of ham operation. Modern single sideband (SSB) transmitters simply take the natural audio frequencies of the human voice (300 to 3,000 hertz) and move them to a frequency in an amateur band: 14,200,300 to 14,203,000, for example. The miles per watt of "reach" with this method are not as great as with code, although the system has much better range than commercial stations generally realize in the AM broadcast band. The disadvantage of SSB is that the signals sound unintelligible—like Donald Duck—unless carefully tuned in on a receiver designed for single sideband reception. (Most portable shortwave receivers, for example, do not have the necessary BFO—beat frequency oscillator —to make SSB-carried voice understandable or SSB-modulated code audible.)
SLOW-SCAN TELEVISION OR SSTV is a technique by which pictures are converted to audio frequencies in a special TV camera or scanner. The weird whistling sound which results is then sent by a regular single sideband voice transmitter. At the receiving end the "sound" is reconverted to a picture which is "painted" in yellow light on a special picture tube. (The SSTV equipment, bought new, costs about $600 in addition to the cost of the basic SSB voice transmission equipment.)
RADIO TELETYPE OR RTTY is a possibility for all you former typists out there in the woods. Surplus teletype machines are available for $100 or so and can be attached through an adapter box (more money) to an SSB voice transmitter. You type on your keyboard, and the ham at the other end gets your message printed out on his machine.
FCC Licensing
Why should I need a license from the federal government just to bounce a little energy off Mother Nature's bountifully provided ionosphere?" It's the old question of governmental control versus anarchy. Regulation always seems to end up being unfair to someone. Without it, however, the weak tend to get clobbered.
You can argue the question all you like, but we still have to face the fact that operating a ham transmitter without a license subjects one to the very real possibility of a $500/day fine. The licensed ham who knowingly communicates with an unlicensed station (or breaks any other FCC rules) subjects himself to that same penalty and runs the further risk of losing his operator's permit. That's a heavy trip to lay on someone else. Let's work the airwaves strictly "by the rules" so we don't give anyone so inclined a "legal" excuse to wipe out alternative-oriented radio.
"Well, what can I do and what can't I do if I get a license?" First—in addition to using the various modes already mentioned—you'll be able to eliminate some long distance phone bills if you can contact a ham with a phone patch who lives in the same local telephone calling area as the person you want to talk to. (A patch is a device that connects the transmitter and receiver audio of an amateur radio station into the telephone circuit.)
You can also take advantage of a new FCC rule with interesting ramifications for communes. The regulation says, "The licensee of an amateur station may permit any person to participate in amateur radio communication from his station provided that a [licensed] control operator is present and continuously monitors the radio communication to ensure compliance with the rules." Which means that anyone in the group can operate the equipment, use the station call letters—do the complete ham radio thing—just as long as one member has a license, is present, and listens to what's going on. Another plus for communal or cooperative operation is the low per-capita cost of the equipment when several people share one station.
Furthermore, you can operate away from the home station location. . . in the woods, from another house, on a bike, in a truck, or on a boat in the middle of the ocean. Many foreign countries will let you transmit from within their borders if you have a U.S. license.
Except for the Novice level (which is intended just to get you started), ham licenses are renewable for five-year periods upon payment of a $4.00 fee. No additional test is required. Once you're in, you're in. Unfortunately, the application fee for a new permit is up to $9.00.
While there's no way to contact another ham on demand (unless he leaves his receiver on and tuned to your calling frequency), you're free to operate as much as you want to and can set up schedules to meet friends on the air at a given time, on or near a given frequency.
Along with these privileges, the FCC lists a strange mix of prohibited activities. Using your station for any "pecuniary or business interest" is forbidden. So is "broadcasting" to the general public, transmitting music, sending secret codes, using "obscene, indecent, or profane words, language or meaning". There are also a few other restrictions that come a bit closer to common sense.
Getting That License
A whole lot of stuff has been published on how to get your ham license. Some of it's good, some so-so, and some is junk you wouldn't want at any price. I'm in the process of collecting and wading through a stack of books, pamphlets, and code courses, but won't have the job completed and reviews ready 'til next issue. For those who can't wait, here are some partial results.
THE RADIO AMATEUR'S LICENSE MANUAL, published by the American Radio Relay League. This is a big bargain and an absolute must. It contains complete details on the licensing procedure, locations of FCC examining points and schedules of tests, study questions and answers for all classes of license, and the complete FCC amateur rules and regulations. The work is updated frequently to include recent rule changes, so send to ARRL for your copy...the one in the library, or even for sale by your local radio store, is probably out of date.
AMECO RADIO AMATEUR QUESTION AND ANSWER LICENSE GUIDE, available from Comtec Books. Not a substitute for the ARRL License Manual, or as big a bargain, but a good supplementary source of study material for the Novice and General Class licenses. Worth the price.
I've had an opportunity to review four code courses so far, and will have a detailed analysis when all the results are in. The only one I've yet seen that I can recommend without any reservations is the Pickering Radio CODEMASTER CM-1. The tape provides instruction and practice material up to nine words per minute (somewhat beyond the Novice requirement). Another tape, CM-11/2, provides additional practice material at higher speeds to prepare for the Conditional and General Class exams from Pickering Radio Company.
'Til next issue. Peace.
Cop (WØORX)
Copthorne Macdonald is the inventor of slow-scan television—a method of amateur radio transmission that allows ham operators to both hear and see each other during shortwave broadcasts. Cop hopes, through this series of articles, to organize an SSTV communications network among MOTHER EARTH NEWS people.
New Directions Gathering Frequencies
Amateur Band | Frequencies | Modulation | License Class allowed
Mode(s) to Transmit
75/80 meters 3,733 kHz Code N, C, G, A, E
3,898 kHz Voice C, G, A, E
3,853 kHz Voice, SSTV A, E
40 meters 7,133 kHz Code N, C, G, A, E
7,233 kHz Voice C, G, A, E
7,163 kHz Voice, SSTV A, E
20 meters 14,283 kHz Voice C, G, A, E
14,253 kHz Voice, SSTV A, E
G = General A = Advanced E = Extra N = Novice C = Conditional


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Battle the evil hordes of Zombies, Pirates and Robots hell bent on revenge after your countless assaults on their strongholds. You decapitated them in Zombie Headmash 5. You stole their loot in Pirate Torment Gold Fever 6. You terminated them in Electroshock 3. For years you've been defeating the forces of evil and robbing them of their ill gotten gains. Now they've joined forces and it's payback
Fast and furious, my gawd!
I like it, not really my type of game but it's pretty fun.


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Morning Session Quotes - Day One
SOPOT, Poland — Led by the fantastic performances of some first-time national team members, Team USA advanced nine athletes out of qualifying rounds in the morning session at the 14th IAAF World Indoor Championships. The meet runs Friday-Sunday, March 7-9, in Ergo Arena.
Americans David Verburg (Gainesville, Fla.) and Kyle Clemons (Lawrence, Kan.) won their respective 400-meter heats, as 46.62 gave Verburg the win in the second heat and Clemons dominated the last 100 meters of his heat, crossing the line in 46.42.
Quartermilers Francena McCorory (Hampton, Va.) and Joanna Atkins (Minneloa, Fla.) easily advanced to the evening's semifinal. Atkins crossed fourth in the second heat in 52.61 and advanced on time, while McCorory was second in heat 3 at 52.36, crossing the line with Denisa Rosalova (CZE).
Ryan Whiting (Port Matilda, Pa.) advanced to Friday evening's shot put final with a 20.75/68-1 toss on his first attempt to surpass the automatic qualifying mark of 20.70m/67-11. Kurt Roberts' (Ashland, Ohio) last throw of 20.17m/66-2.25 was just short of qualifying for the final. Whiting is the defending champion in the event and has the world-leading mark of 22.23m/72-11.25.
A pair of season's bests for Ashton Eaton (Eugene, Ore.) set him on track for a solid performance on the first day of the men's heptathlon. Eaton matched his personal best of 6.66 to win the men's 60 meters in the first event of the heptathlon and had a season's best in winning the long jump with a leap of 7.78/25-6.25. The defending champion and world record holder in the event leads through the morning session with 2,012 points.
Sharon Day-Monroe (Los Angeles, Calif.) got the pentathlon off to a great start, turning in a personal best 8.43 in the 60-meter hurdles for 1,032 points. Day-Monroe was also solid in her second and third events of the morning, clearing 1.84m/6-0.50 for 1,029 points in the women's high jump. Shot put was equally good to Day-Monroe, as she used her final throw of 14.95m/49-0.75 to move into second with 858 points.
The American record holder in the pentathlon, Day-Monroe closed the morning session with 2,919 points to sit just behind the leader, Nadine Broersen (NED), who has 3,035 points after the first three events.
Shannon Rowbury (Beaverton, Ore.) ran a season's best 8:58.85 in a very experienced, controlled women's 3,000m heat to finish fourth and move on to the final. Gabriele Grunewald (Minneapolis, Minn.) advanced on time, finishing sixth in 8:58.10 in the second heat.
In the men's 1,500 meters, Will Leer (Marina del Rey, Calif.) finished third in heat three with a time of 3:38.02 and advanced to the final with the third-fastest time overall. Heat three was run much like a final with Ethiopia's Aman Wote winning in 3:36.75. Two-time Olympian Lopez Lomong (Portland, Ore.) swung to the outside and hit an all-out sprint with 150 meters to go to finish fourth in his 1500m heat, but was unable to advance in 3:48.06.
Chanelle Price (Knoxville, Tenn.) ran the third-fastest time in the women's 800m heats to advance to the final after finishing second in her heat. Ajeé Wilson (Philadelphia, Pa.) didn't advance after crossing the line in 2:02.90 in fourth in heat two.
Neither American in the men's 800m advanced. USA Indoor champion Erik Sowinski (Iowa City, Iowa) was fourth in his 800m heat with a time of 1:48.04. Despite a season's best of 1:47.29, Nick Symmonds (Eugene, Ore.) also did not advance.
U.S. Indoor Champion Inika McPherson (Houston, Texas) cleared 1.92/6-3.50 in the women's high jump but did not advance, finishing 12th.
The meet will be streamed live online on UniversalSports.com throughout the weekend with primetime broadcast coverage on Universal Sports beginning at 8 p.m. ET Friday-Sunday. Click here for local listings.
A full timetable of events can be found on IAAF.org. The official hashtag for the IAAF World Indoor Track & Field Championships is #Sopot2014. Join the conversation along with USATF on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.


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Legislators to Decide on Silencers for Hunting
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers will decide in coming months whether to allow the use of silencers on hunting guns.
A legislative committee recently endorsed a bill to end the state's prohibition on silencers. The full Legislature will consider the issue in the general session starting in January.
Proponents of allowing silencers say they would protect hunters' hearing from the muzzle blast of their rifles. They also say silencers would reduce noise pollution for people who live near hunting areas.
But some opponents say using silencers would be unsporting, giving hunters yet another unnecessary technological advantage over wildlife.
More than half the states allow silencers and the number is growing. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is taking no position, saying it sees arguments for and against allowing silencers for hunting.
In a September KOWB News Center Poll, 67% of respondents said that they did not believe the use of silencers while hunting was a good idea.


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Review: Book brings JFK's heady final days to life
"JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President" (Penguin), by Thurston Clarke
For a blunt-titled book with a tragic conclusion that every reader knows from the start, Thurston Clarke's "JFK's Last Hundred Days" manages to surprise and even occasionally to delight.
This book is about life, a quick-pulsed three months of life, before it's about death. It's about forward movement and daily accomplishments, often history-making ones, before it's about lost opportunities and, as the Israeli statesman Abba Eban characterized the assassination of the young president in his prime, "one of the most authentically tragic events in the history of nations."
It's worth noting that among these 100 days were some that John F. Kennedy himself called his happiest.
The story line of these days takes the reader from early August 1963 through his death on Nov. 22. The book has the feel of a wide-ranging diary, each chapter focusing on a successive week or even a single day. It details Kennedy's personal dealings — playing with his young children, John and Caroline, in the Oval Office, for example, or singing sentimental songs at the family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass. — as well as his political maneuverings and presidential actions. At times, the events are laid out hour by hour, but never tediously.
This was a time in which civil-rights activism was rising toward a crest. We see Kennedy conferring with black leaders and, in one testy White House meeting, with the white leadership of Birmingham, Ala., amid deadly violence there. As the March on Washington plays out at the Lincoln Memorial, we see the president listening at an open White House window with a black doorman as the throng sings "We Shall Overcome."
We watch Kennedy plunge into foreign policy — pursuing back-channel contacts with the Cuban and Soviet leadership, wrestling with what to do about Vietnam, where a coup that his administration fostered ends with two South Vietnamese leaders being murdered. We're privy to his horse-trading with congressional leaders, including his successful effort to win Senate ratification of the seminal Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Politics then was about bipartisan deal-making and constructiveness, as Clarke shows. He quotes Kennedy in what could be a rebuke of today's bitter gridlock: "Let our patriotism be reflected in the creation of confidence in one another, rather than in crusades of suspicion."
The subtitle, "The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President," makes clear from the outset that this is an admiring chronicle.
Kennedy skeptics may be dubious of some of its implied or stated projections. Would the Civil Rights Act have passed if he hadn't been killed? Would he have found the way out of Vietnam that he sought, or an approach to Russia and China that could have hastened the Cold War's end?
Kennedy-phobics may roll their eyes at the book's implication that JFK was becoming a better husband toward the end. While not glossing his philandering history, it argues that something changed between Jack and Jackie Kennedy after the death of their infant son, Patrick, in August 1963. Citing times and places, Clarke suggests that JFK passed up specific liaison opportunities with other women; he also quotes multiple observers as noticing previously unseen loving looks and demonstrative gestures between the normally cool, private couple.
Such observations illustrate the highly effective research method employed by Clarke, whose previous book subjects have ranged from Pearl Harbor to Raoul Wallenberg.
Small, telling details about JFK get hoovered up along with the big things, such as policy debates recorded by secretly installed Oval Office microphones, to create immediacy and surprise. When the always restless Kennedy doodles during dull meetings, Clarke's descriptions of what he draws give a glimpse into the president's mind.
On Nov. 21, during his final trip, he made a doodle on the stationery of a Texas hotel. This one wasn't his typical impatient scribbling. He drew "a sailboat heeling slightly in the wind," Clarke writes. "He put a diamond-shaped figure above it, perhaps one of the kites he and John had flown off the back of the (presidential yacht) 'Honey Fitz' the previous summer. ... This one was evocative and serene."


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Retinal vein occlusion is a blockage of the small veins that carry blood away from the retina. The retina is the layer of tissue at the back of the inner eye that converts light images to nerve signals and sends them to the brain.
Alternative Names
Central retinal vein occlusion; Branch retinal vein occlusion; CRVO; BRVO
Retinal vein occlusion is most often caused by hardening of the arteries (
Blockage of smaller veins (branch veins or BRVO) in the retina often occurs in places where retinal arteries that have been thickened or hardened by atherosclerosis cross over and place pressure on a retinal vein.
Risk factors for retinal vein occlusion include:
- Atherosclerosis
Diabetes High blood pressure(hypertension)
- Other eye conditions, such as
glaucoma, macular edema, or vitreous hemorrhage
The risk of these disorders increases with age, therefore retinal vein occlusion most often affects older people.
Blockage of retinal veins may cause other eye problems, including:
- Glaucoma (high pressure in the eye), caused by new, abnormal blood vessels growing in the front part of the eye
- Macular edema, caused by the leakage of fluid in the retina
- Sudden blurring or vision loss in all or part of one eye
Exams and Tests
Tests to evaluate for vein occlusion include:
- Exam of the retina after dilating the pupil
Fluorescein angiography Intraocular pressure
- Pupil reflex response
- Retinal photography
- Slit lamp examination
- Testing of side vision (visual field examination)
Visual acuity
Other tests may include:
- Blood tests for diabetes, high cholesterol, and
- Blood tests to look for a clotting or blood thickening (hyperviscosity) problem (in patients under age 40)
The health care provider will closely monitor any blockage for several months. It may take 3 or more months for harmful effects such as glaucoma to develop after the occlusion.
Many people will regain vision, even without treatment. However, vision rarely returns to normal. There is no way to reverse or open the blockage.
You may need treatment to prevent another blockage from forming in the same or the other eye.
Its important to manage diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol levels. Some people may need to take aspirin or other blood thinners.
Treatment for the complications of retinal vein occlusion may include:
- Focal laser treatment, if macular edema is present
- Injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) drugs into the eye. These drugs may block the growth of new blood vessels that can cause glaucoma. This treatment is still being studied.
- Laser treatment to prevent the growth of new, abnormal blood vessels that leads to glaucoma
Outlook (Prognosis)
The outcome varies. Patients with retinal vein occlusion often regain useful vision.
It is important to properly manage conditions such as macular edema and glaucoma. However, having either of these complications is more likely to lead to a poor outcome.
Possible Complications
- Glaucoma
- Partial or complete vision loss in the affected eye
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you have sudden blurring or vision loss.
Retinal vein occlusion is a sign of a general blood vessel (vascular) disease. Measures used to prevent other blood vessel diseases may decrease the risk of retinal vein occlusion.
These measures include:
- Eating a low-fat diet
- Getting regular exercise
- Maintaining an ideal weight
- Not smoking
Aspirin or other blood thinners may help prevent blockages in the other eye.
Controlling diabetes may help prevent retinal vein occlusion.
Sanborn GE, Magargal LE. Venous occlusive disease of the retina. In: Tasman W, Jaeger EA, eds. Duanes Clinical Ophthalmology. 2013 ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2013:vol 3, chap 15.
Reiss GR, Sipperley JO, Gaitan JR. Glaucoma Associated with Retinal Disorders and Retinal Surgery. In: Tasman W, Jaeger EA, eds. Duanes Clinical Ophthalmology. 2013 ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013:vol 3; chap 54E.
Wu L, Arevalo JF, Roca JA, Maia M, Berrocal MH, Rodriguez FJ, et al. Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study Group (PACORES). Comparison of two doses of intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) for treatment of macular edema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion: results from the Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study Group at 6 months of follow-up. Retina. 2008;28:212-219.
Kreutzer TC, Alge CS, Wolf AH, Kook D, Burger J, Strauss R, et al. Intravitreal bevacizumab for the treatment of macular oedema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008;92:351-355.
Crouch ER, Crouch ER, Grant TR. Ophthalmology. In: Rakel RE, ed. Textbook of Family Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 41.
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Franklin W. Lusby, MD, Ophthalmologist, Lusby Vision Institute, La Jolla, CA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.


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BERNINA 3 Series - The Fabulous 50s
Added Nov 24, 2010
Columbus, Ohio, ...
The Fabulous 50s – Bernina 3 Series "Party through the Decades" dress was inspired by my 1953, all metal, sewing machine. It's the only machine I've ever owned and it weighs about 40 lbs! Or at least it certainly feels like it when I have to lug it about. My dress is a modern interpretation of the classic full circle skirt, inspired by pin-up girls like Betty Paige and Marilyn Monroe and the rockin' house wives who created an iconic fashion that would be envied for decades.
This product is for sale
By girlofmanycolors at Etsy
Material Notes
Silk velvet, polyester striped taffeta, silk slip, invisible zipper, boning
- Season
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
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- Evening Wear, Rock, Victorian, Vintage
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Dec 2, 2010, 05.34 PMby Dani Restercher
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That's a shame your outfit really rocks. I love the shorts in the same fabric so much it's unreal – i'm a student now and really can't afford to buy them (sadly) but if you ever share or sell the pattern do post on burda!
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Its a 1953 Singer 401A. Thanks for the compliments guys! My computer is broken right now, or I would have uploaded more photos…I'm going to work on getting some more garments up on my etsy this weekend!
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Hallmark television series in Telluride searching for location
The Hallmark Channel's ballyhooed television series in Telluride is now on its third potential filming location as production deadlines loom, but the head of Colorado's Office of Film, Television and Media is confident filming will begin soon.
"I think it's all been resolved," said Donald Zuckerman, the commissioner of the state's film office whose incentive program helped lure the Hallmark Channel's series "When Calls the Heart" to the state. "They found some private land that works and the owner appears amenable."
Producers of the family-friendly television series – the first narrative series in Colorado since 1991 – initially hoped to erect a set built to mirror 1910 Telluride on an old mining tailings pile that hosts a not-yet-built residential development outside town. But the 120-acre Idarado Legacy project includes 37 homesite owners and each would need to approve filming.
"That never could have happened. We don't even know where all these people live," Zuckerman said.
A second site in the Ilium Valley on Forest Service land would have required grading and other work as well as an approval timeline that didn't fit filming deadlines, Zuckerman said.
Producers are now negotiating for a third site, identified by the Telluride Daily Planet as land near Alta Lakes owned by Meg Whitman, the chief executive of Hewlett Packard. Zuckerman said the owner of the land was amenable to filming and a deal is near.
Producers eyed Silverton, Georgetown and Central City but opted for Telluride based on its proximity to an airport and high end lodging for stars like Jean Smart, Lori Loughlin, Erin Krakow and Daniel Lissing, Zuckerman said.
Production of the first season's seven episodes is set to begin at the end of July and filming could leave as much as $17 million in San Miguel County, including wages for local workers and extras. That's the kind of impact Zuckerman and Gov. John Hickenlooper were hoping for when they revived the state's flagging film incentive program with a promise of 20 percent cash rebates on all film production spending and a unique loan guarantee program.
The Hallmark series marks the largest fish landed with the new incentive program.
Zuckerman said Telluride and county officials are eager to host the filming but increasing production costs and land-use regulations are slowing plans.
"The vast majority of the citizenry wants it but there's always that NIMBY factor and there's always somebody would like it but not in their frontyard," he said.


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So today I had another brikwars with my friend Payton with his huge amount of vehicles. There was quite a few moments when we had to pause game so we wouldn't choke from laughter. W played on a table and a wooden board with a city, desert and factory. I decided to try something new where one person set up on the two edges and the other person starts in the center with more troops. You'll recognize my Aquaraider army, with my battle tank, and dropship. This war hooks to the immortal war since I decided to join the immortals and Payton is very anti immortal. We are fighting over control of the Raider valley city which is used for transporting war gear. It can't be allowed to fall into the wrong hands.
This is the setup with aquaraider soldiers guarding the city, my planes holding the factory, and Payton's AT-AT. There is going to be carnage.
Here is some of Payton's vehicles and men including his tank, and mech suit. There is also some of the factory terrain.
Here is a squad of my soldiers with a medic, a tank, and an armored car with rocket launchers and two to chain guns. This squad actually survived for a while. Which is amazing for my squads.
Payton's slightly drunk, and messed up robot. It did almost nothing for the whole game, but its still cool.
The people mower complete with detaching airplane top, side blades as wheels, a lawn mower underneath, and missile launchers on the side.
First damage, with my tank losing a structure point and some turret armor, nothing to bad. Payton's walker is also injured by my tank.
The people mowers aircraft which tried to suicide into my tank which did nothing except blowing its self up. This did not help him at all.
His mech suddenly disappears after being hit in the crotch with a missile. The pilot feels the pain and is also knocked out. The whole mech is gone. Awesome.
His men start attacking the dropship with any weapon they can but almost don't even scratch it.
One of my airplanes is shot down by a freeze ray and falls into the mind field. Luckily the plane doesn't get blown skywards. No carnage .
This airplane is shot down and the pilot is trapped inside. He is forgotten till later. Hes not much help. Still no death.
My dropship is attacked by a drilling vehicle and a pack of c4 which blows open the side and kills one guy. He is unceremoniously tossed out the the door onto the hard ground. Finally more death.
Here he is dead as a dodo. In fact he couldn't be deader.
The first golem is killed and its owner saddened. He died from the napalm cannons on the dropship. He lost both his arms.
The airplane is suddenly set upon by creatures of all shapes and sizes including a clone of Boba Fat. They rip of the cockpit and proceed to try to kill the pilot.
The mine field explodes killing a few and covering the field with blood. My sniper team is decimated.
The dropship comes down from a well placed bazooka in the napalm containers. Which then hits the napalm cannons, and kills the pilot. That's a quarter of my pilots dead.
The other golem is killed by the dropship crashing, and the owner bursts into tears for about 3 turns. We forgot about him for that long.
The walker is brought down by shooting its front leg apart. It didn't crush anybody, but made for an awesome photo.
Another picture of the crash and the tank behind if you can see it. Some people complain that brikwars because your mocs get destroyed. We think its the best thing.
Combat between Payton's hero( in white), my flame thrower, my sniper/bazooka, and Payton's crazy men. This was not resolved this turn.
A squad of my infantry abandon the tank and run like the wind away from the lawnmower, that is in a really bad mood.
My flamethrowers backpack explodes killing him, the clone, and churning up the red bricks. The backpack had a 1d6 blast radius, and it was already leaking fuel. By now Payton is running out of troops, and vehicles.
The mad scientist who piloted the AT-AT kills him self and his head falls to the floor, staining the carpet red. His body still lays on the table.
A bazooka troop is cut in half by a lieutenant, and red bricks fly. Doesn't the guy look happy.
Three of my men are harpooned, and shot to death. We ran out of see through red then. Using almost all of it on this. The guy with the harpoon through him fell forwards and impaled himself deeper.
One of my troops head and helmet are shot apart. The sniper is later stomped on for this. Still isn't it a great scene. Lets give him a round of applause.
My sniper and the lawnmower are both killed. The lawnmower being shot by ten normal infantry. The heavy weapons also shoot. The pilot survives though against all odds.
My soldiers not having to worry about the lawnmower charge towards the surviving members of Payton's army. 10 men remain.
Three of the last survivors fight for their lives in vain. Rockets sweep over head and grenades fall detonating on impact.
Three other survivors trudging through the mine field filled with corpses and blood. They know they stand no chance but they will die trying, or drinking maniac beer which awaited at home for them.
The strange drone ends up trying to squish my pilots head.
Payton's tank is destroyed and the other survivors run for it.
Raider valley is secured by the immortal empire. All hail warhead. The war equipment will arrive as soon as our forces are built again. The crazy Payton's are dead. This city is destroyed to. Along with anything remaining of the survivors.


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In the last two weeks, residents have called for overnight parking to be returned to the streets surrounding the park to alleviate the overcrowding on side streets.
But Ernie Chirichella, the former president of the Juniper Park Civic Association, recalled fighting to remove parking from Juniper Boulevard South and Juniper Boulevard North years ago after numerous complaints were sent to the civic and community board.
"You had thousands of young people coming from all over the city in their cars, hanging out there, riding around, playing loud music, drinking until all hours of the night," Chirichella remembered. "They would have to sweep up used condoms and beer bottles the next day. It was really something you had to see."
According to Chirichella, police officers did their best to reign in the overcrowding around the park. Eventually, overnight parking was made illegal in a majority of the area surrounding the park.
He added that residents were looking to sell their houses and move because of the commotion, and it was the parking ban that brought sanity back to the neighborhood.
"It was a joint effort from the civic, the community board, police and the people that lived around the park," he said. "In my opinion, this saved the whole community."
A resident from the neighborhood testified before Community Board 5 in Queens last week suggesting the reinstatement of parking around the park to help address a lack of street parking.
As per the current situation, 104th Precinct Community Affairs Officer Thomas Bell said they still get some complaints about speeding and parking in the area.
"We get complaints all the time around the park in regards to individuals staying in the park after hours and drinking in the park," Bell said. "They usually have their cars parked illegally around the park."
While Bell could not comment on whether he felt there would be any more crime if parking was brought back to the park, he noted that their officers would continue to patrol the area to the best of their ability.
"When we get a complaint, we are out there," he said.
Chirichella worries that the same problems would once again resurface if parking was brought back to the Juniper Valley Park.
"If you take those signs down, in my opinion you'll get the same crowd of people back," Chirichella said. "If they could come up with a plan that would alleviate the inevitable problem then that's fine." Although Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley said allowing parking on the street might solve the matter, she recognized there are concerns with residents who lived through the problems of the past.
"Removing the no standing signs around Juniper Valley Park could help the neighborhood's parking troubles, but I understand there are serious concerns about abandoned vehicles and loitering," Crowley said. "I look forward to working with the community to find a solution that benefits the entire community."


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Eagerly awaited by scientists and academics worldwide, Feynman's famous Lectures on Physics, now on CD For more than thirty years, Richard P. Feynman's three-volume Lectures on Physics has been known worldwide as the classic resource for students and professionals alike. Ranging from the most basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as Einstein's general relativity, superconductivity, and quantum mechanics, Feynman's lectures stand as a monument of clear exposition and deep insight. Responding to the tremendous clamor for the original audio tapes from which the Lectures on Physics were transcribed, Basic Books is releasing Feynman's original recordings, remastered for modern audio equipment and reorganized for cohesiveness and convenience. Timeless and collectible, these CDs will serve as a comprehensive library of essential physics by a legend in science.
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Raised in Queens, New York, Richard P. Feynman received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1942. Despite his youth, he played an important role in the Manhattan Project, going on to teach at both Cornell and the California Institute of Technology. In 1965 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his research in quantum electrodynamics. Many remember his work on the Challenger Commission, in particular his famous O-ring experiment, which required little more than a glass of ice water (and a healthy disrespect for standard procedure). Besides his work as a physicist, Feynman was at various times an artist, dancer, bongo player, and safe cracker. He died in 1988.
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|2011-09-13, 23:16
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1) So did WB's crew and Marco in specific from WB's order. Like I said before, he felt in debt to WB as well but he never join WB.
2) So far helmsman isn't a position that was stressed in OP and Jinbe haven't shown any helmsmen-ship that Usopp, Sanji, Zoro, Franky can't match with Nami giving the order.
3) He doesn't have difficult past of personal nature not when compare to SH or even Vivi and Hancock. yes he grew up in slums but so did every one from Sun Pirate and the Death of Fisher Tiger and Otohime impacted everyone on Fisherman Island no just him. In fact it probably impact Shirahoshi a lot more than Jinbei.
4) True, but so is Shirahoshi in this regard. And if anything have Jinbei, the most well respect and strongest Fishman to "serve" under human, even if a one who iis saving their kingdom, might do more to damage the relation than help.
I'm not opposing Jinbei join, but I just don't see how it can happen as I don't see Jinbei's case to be better than Shirahoshi.
|2011-09-13, 23:17
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|2011-09-13, 23:23
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: in the recesses of my convoluted mind...
seriously though, why do fans keep talking about who's the next straw hat to join, that jinbei is the most probable choice, etc.? i mean, we're not even sure if luffy will get his next crew member in this arc, it could be the next arc or the next, or if he will ever get another one at all. i understand the excitement and people can't help discuss about it but this is oda we're talking about. the guy usually has reasons to back up his choices. whether we think that person is a deserving straw hat or not is not up to us. this is his world, his story, and he's in control. let's just sit back and wait, shall we?
as for the chapter, i'm surprised that decken was killed off like that. but then again maybe oda has some other plans. if there's anything i've learned from reading one piece is to never assume anything or else i'll just embarrass myself from assuming wrong.
|2011-09-13, 23:29
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4) Only the extremists (Hodi, Arlong, etc.) have that mentality. The general populace are more scared of being persecuted, if anything. The superiority complex you speak of is an entirely different matter.
|2011-09-13, 23:30
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True, but it's a role that was used to show more of Nami's talent than anything and as I said, you claim Jinbei to be superior helmsman, I claimed that he hasn't show a thing that anyone in SH can't match. But really, it was a role being occupied by whoever is available at time. The only time SH would be in need of superior helmsman-ship it'll be during battle, but in that case Jinbei would be better served as a fighter, hence eliminate the need of such a role. (Personally I think Franky showed better helmsman skill than Jinbei had shown so far.)
Agree to some point, I mean consider Luffy and Shirahoshi's situation before. everyone jumped to conclusion despite Shirahoshi's attempt to clear things up. Maybe it won't harm the relation, it's not going to improve either.
Actually in that point, having Shirahoshi join SH and marks Luffy as her protector would have better effect furthering Human-Fish people relation than Jinbei serving under Luffy IMO.
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|2011-09-14, 00:23
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this chapt was good Sanji and Jimbei toying with that whatsoever
"Giant-taking-pill-to-get-stronger" was badass!
( Jimbei's kick was smething else ) and Sanji
making that "Giant-taking-pill-to-get-stronger"
get up was badass 2 but, Zoro with just ONE page still took ALL the
spotlight... his Intro is just Badass as
|2011-09-14, 00:42
|Link #67
I'm almost there!
The whole argument about what "role" Jimbei would be assuming he does join is kinda pointless because we already have people in the crew whose role on the ship is kinda pointless, but they're still there.
Namely, Robin. Shes an archeologist. And an awesome archeologist. And thats all she needed. Also Brook was a musician. Much wanted by Luffy, sure, but a musician is still kinda pointless, and we still have one. And he fits right in, regardless.
I personally don't think Jimbei is going to join, but it would be no biggie if he does. I'm not gonna freak is he doesn't have an important or needed role on the ship.
|2011-09-14, 01:44
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Agree, the issue I have was it seems some people think Jinbei is destined to join SH and yet they can't seem to accept that Shirahoshi or Caribou has just as good a chance given the non-strength related reasons they stated. Most of those were also the same people that were against Hancock to join yet fail to see that there are even less indication to support Jinbei's case now than Hancock back than.
I really don't care if Jinbei join or not, it just that I can't see how Jinbe joining makes any sense story-wise when compare to say, Shirahoshi or even Caribou...
But I got to say the topic does spurt some discussion.
|2011-09-14, 02:09
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Jinbe...very unlikely will join...Hatchi....maybe but i find him far too weak..
in the future..
Mr 2..bone grey..u guys should see this coming....an Okama joining the SH is very possible...already got a pet animal/robot/skeleton..next is OKAMA....
another hunch of a possible joining member..u guys arent gonna buy this but..
Crocodile!!!!!.....in imple Down,,,Iva said he knew Croco weakness,meet him when he was a rookie...i am guessing....Iva n Croco Clash...and Croco lose....and...IVA turn croco boy into a MAN!!!!!!!!! just why Okama Croco boy is afraid of Iva as he might tell anyone the truth that Croco was a Girl Before!!!!!!!!!
if u guys have read chapter 00...the strong world thingy...u cant even see the face of crocodile back then...u can only see the back of his/her head..smoking cigar..even the anime doesnt show it...but other char like mihawk/gecko moria/flamingo was shown clearly...
Croco an OKAMA!!!!!!!!!
|2011-09-14, 05:53
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: By the vending machine, drinking tea.
Bon-chan fo' life!
But really...it all depends on how you look at things. If you want Jinbe to join, you'll look at things in a completely different light.
These arguments are pointless and I for one will stop here.
On another note...I still want to see Robin vs Hyouzou...but oh well.
|2011-09-14, 08:28
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Going by things, this is how I think the rest of the matches are going to unfold.
Chopper vs Daruma (quite obvious)
Franky vs Dosun (quite obvious too)
Robin & Brook vs Ikaros (you are trolled, giant squid, no water for you to suck)
Nami & Usopp vs Zeo (mirage tempo + various types of plants = the carpet has nowhere to run)
|2011-09-14, 09:42
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I'm almost there!
I've been wanting a big 1v1 fight with Robin forever. Not just short lived ones like her and Yama, or Pell.
I just want everyone to get a 1 on 1 fight really to show off in more detail their new strengths.
|2011-09-14, 10:30
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^I'm kind of unsure about Hammond at this point, to be honest. While I do think he has a badass design and all, he kinda just seems to be plain fodder at this point (unlike Hody, who is more or less glorified fodder ). Maybe if he overdosed on some ES I can see him getting some action, but considering we haven't really seen him outside of crowd scenes since his last encounter with Luffy, I don't think Oda intends to put much focus on him anymore, sadly......
As far as Robin or Brooke goes, I too am now considering the possibility of either one or both of them taking on Ikaros. As was already pointed out, his water-draining spears shouldn't work on the soul king, and the amount of limbs Robin can sprout obviously far outnumber the squid-man. Personally, I'm also now kinda hoping that Nami will take on Caribou when he eventually reappears, because it would be really badass to see one of the "weak trio" finally take down a Logia by themselves.
Also, am really glad that we finally dropped the "Jinbei should join" debate for the time being (of course it'll inevitably rear its ugly head again as long as the storyline is still running, but I'm just gonna enjoy the calm for now ).
|2011-09-14, 10:55
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|2011-09-14, 11:17
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Well, it was nice while it lasted.....
But since we're talking about Jinbei, here's to hoping that he'll finish off Wadatsumi with a super-powered version of the ocean splitter technique we saw from that one merman from Foxy's crew (only this one would literally split the entire ocean in half!).
|2011-09-14, 11:34
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I'm almost there!
...I'll just grab my coat and leave then....
(but I do like the idea of it being an animal + bullet)
|2011-09-14, 11:34
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In all seriousness, who amongst the Fishmen can really fight against Robin? The Trio can undoubtedly beat all of them, maybe even all of them by themselves (e.g. 1 against all), but damn if Robin's powers don't also lend her the ability to take down all of the fighters as well. Consequently, I don't know if she will fight if only because she should be able to beat anyone she fights easily.
|2011-09-14, 11:41
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OKANOGAN Food, winter hats and toys will be distributed Saturday morning in the Omak-Okanogan Community Christmas Basket Program.
Distribution starts at 8 a.m. at the Okanogan County Fairgrounds Agriplex, 175 Rodeo Trail Road. As many people as possible will be allowed inside the building during distribution so they don't have to wait outside in the cold, co-chairwoman Constanza Smith said.
Basket recipients are asked to bring along a phone, electric or city utility bill to prove residence in Riverside, Conconully, Omak, Okanogan or Malott, Smith said. Arrangements can be made for limited basket delivery for shut-ins.
Each basket will contain food for Christmas dinner, along with staples for a week.
In Omak and Okanogan, school groups are helping with the basket program.
In Omak, high school students collected non-perishable food last week to support the basket program.
During the week, Omak collected 1,443 canned and dried goods, 821 pounds of potatoes and $351.29 cash.
"This was double the number of items on record from last year," Associated Student Body adviser Randy Smith said.
Rewards were offered for the amount of food gathered.
One of those rewards was paid off Monday, when Principal David Kirk took on Omak senior Jacob Cutrell on the wrestling mat.
Kirk held his own for two rounds against Cutrell — the reigning regional champion and sixth-ranked wrestler in 1A — before Cutrell clinched the victory by pin at the 4:30 mark.
In Okanogan, students are collecting money for the basket program, with the effort culminating in the annual Polar Plunge. The more money raised, the more people will plunge, sophomore Laura Brown said.
The plunge is set for 2:30 p.m. Friday on the football field. The Okanogan Fire Department provides a portable pool and cold water.
"It's basically to give back to our community," Brown said.
Classes, from sixth-grade through seniors, compete against each other. Daily prizes include cookies and candy canes.
For each pre-set level of donations achieved, one more class of students will plunge, followed by the staff, principals and a school board member. This year's designated board member is Monte Andrews.
Along with the food, the Christmas Basket Program includes toys provided by area motorcycle groups and hats made and collected by the Caps for Kids program. The latter also includes mittens and coats.
Betty Wilson of the Gold Wing Touring Group said the goal is to have $4,000 worth of toys available. Donation cans, the annual Toy Run and business donations support the program.
Toys will be purchased Friday and taken to the Agriplex for distribution the following morning. Toy donations can be arranged by contacting Wilson at 509-422-3438.
Caps for Kids, spearheaded by Vickie Ledger of Omak, last year donated 1,800 hats to the Omak-Okanogan Community Christmas Basket Project and local schools. The goal is to give as many this year.
More than a dozen women knit, crochet and create hats on weaving looms. Some also make scarves. Ledger supplies much of the yarn, which people donate and she purchases at yard sales.
She also scours sales for coats, boots, gloves and hats; business donations also help, she said.
Basket organizers with the Omak Kiwanis Club and Omak-Okanogan Civic League draw on a variety of businesses, clubs, school groups, churches and others to provide donated food, cash and meat certificates. The goal is to assemble at least 280 baskets, Smith said.
Donations will be accepted from 4-7 p.m. each evening through Friday at the Agriplex. Bulk donations will be assembled those days into apple boxes provided by Gebbers Farms.
Holiday dinner suggestions include a meat certificate (small, $10, or large, $12-$15), plus canned vegetables (corn and beans suggested), potatoes, cranberry sauce, stuffing mix and dessert mix.
Suggested staple items include rice, beans, cereal, jelly, peanut butter, syrup, pancake mix, oil, tuna, main dish mixes, powdered milk, flour, noodles, soup and fruit or juice.
Donations of individual food items can be made, or a business, group or family can donate a complete basket, organizers said.
Cash donations can be made to the Community Christmas Basket Account at the Omak branch of Wells Fargo Bank, 21 W. First St.
Smith said monetary and meat certificate donations are especially needed this year, since the account isn't as healthy has it has been in past years.
Basket organizers often have to supplement donated food with purchased items to round out the baskets' contents.
She said Okanogan County is one of the poorest areas in the state and more people seem to be in need this year than ever before.
U.S. Census statistics show one in five people in the county were living below the federal poverty level by the end of 2011.
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Exercise may be just as effective as drugs at treating common diseases, according to a large study.
The research, on more than 339,000 people, found being active was just as good as medicine for those with existing heart disease and in the prevention of diabetes.
It also appeared to be a more effective treatment than drugs for people who had suffered a stroke.
Experts at the London School of Economics, Harvard Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine in the United States examined the findings of 305 trials on four conditions: pre-diabetes, heart disease, stroke and heart failure.
Of the studies, 57 looked specifically at the effect of exercise and included 14,716 people.
More than 200 trials examined drug treatment for the conditions, such as the effects of statins, beta blockers and anti-platelet therapy on preventing significant illness in those with heart disease.
The results showed that exercise was just as effective as drugs in treating people with heart disease and whose blood sugar control suggested they were at high risk of diabetes.
The results on heart failure were more unclear, with diuretic drugs being found to be more effective than exercise and all other types of drug treatment.
The findings were most impressive for stroke, with exercise found to be more beneficial than drug treatment.
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Writing online in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the team concluded: "Our analysis suggests that exercise potentially had similar effectiveness to drug interventions with two exceptions.
"In the case of stroke rehabilitation, exercise seemed to be more effective than drug interventions.
"In heart failure, diuretics outperformed all comparators, including exercise."
The experts said their findings suggest "exercise interventions should therefore be considered as a viable alternative to, or alongside, drug therapy.
"Indeed, an increasing number of experts recommend prescribing an 'exercise pill' as a preventive strategy to reduce morbidity and mortality."
Drug regulators should also consider forcing pharmaceutical companies to compare drugs with exercise rather than just a placebo.
"In cases where drug options provide only modest benefit, patients deserve to understand the relative impact that physical activity might have on their condition," they added.
The team said in the UK only 14% of adults exercise regularly at a time when prescription drug use has risen sharply.
An average of 17.7 prescriptions for every person were dispensed in England in 2010, compared with 11.2 in 2000.
The authors point out that the amount of trial evidence on the mortality benefits of exercise is considerably smaller than that on drugs, and this may have had an impact on their results.
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Amy Thompson, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "An active lifestyle brings many health benefits.
These researchers suggest doctors should think more about prescribing exercise to ward off heart disease and stroke.
"However, there is limited evidence comparing the effect of exercise to that of drugs. Further research is needed to contrast the two treatments before we can draw any firm conclusions.
"Medicines are an extremely important part of the treatment of many heart conditions and people on prescribed drugs should keep taking their vital meds.
"If you have a heart condition or have been told you're at high risk of heart disease, talk to your doctor about the role that exercise can play in your treatment."
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Dr Peter Coleman, deputy director of research at the Stroke Association, said: "We know that exercise, as well as intensive physiotherapy, can have a vital role in helping patients recover after a stroke.
"Moderate physical activity for example can reduce the risk of stroke by up to 27%. However, exercise alone should not be considered an alternative for patients taking prescribed medication, as advised by their GP.
"This study suggests that exercise could be beneficial in increasing life expectancy compared to blood-thinning drugs. We would like to see more research into the long-term benefits of exercise for stroke patients."
Dr Matthew Hobbs, head of research at Diabetes UK, said: "We already know that the best way to reduce your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes is to maintain a healthy weight by combining being regularly physically active with eating a healthy balanced diet.
"NHS guidelines for the prevention of Type 2 diabetes already reflect this, so these findings, which show that increased physical exercise is at least as good as drugs in preventing Type 2 diabetes, simply reinforce what should already happen in practice."