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Why Bitcoin Price is Falling? History of BTC Price Ups ...
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Madbyte News - October 1, 2020
What was Bitcoin's value over the last several years on October 1st? In 2012 it was super low at $11 USD, with the first halving only 2 months away. In 2013 it was at $127 and the Cyprus banking crisis hit the financial markets. Also, during 2013 was the first time Bitcoin passed the price of gold for a brief moment.
In 2014 it was valued at $387. By the end of the year it was given the title by The Guardian as the worst investment of the year. Mt.Gox exchange had failed and Ethereum did its ICO (Initial Coin Offering) and the silk road website was taken down. Tim Draper bought a good chunk of Bitcoins at auction and was predicting it to go to $10,000.
In 2015 it was lower at $238 but in 2016 the price was at $614 with the second halving having happened. During 2017 it reached a lofty $4404. 2017 also was when ICOs became popular with a few blockchain projects raising over $200 million. In 2018 Bitcoin was at $6601 and the ICO frenzy died. During 2019 it was $8334 and some exchanges continued to get hacked. Bakt opens futures trading and bitcoiners are talking about the third halving in 2020. And so today bitcoin is valued at about $10,600.
Most of those years saw massive changes up and down in value. For example, in 2013, there was a massive rise of 10,250% from $12 to $961 but in 2014 it dropped 52%. If you look at Bitcoin valuations from the October 1st lens it seems like a great time to buy especially after a halving.
We continue to see Bitcoin as the number one crypto for a portfolio even though almost every week we see another new cryptocurrency pop up. Some of them even hit the top 10 on Coinmarketcap very quickly. For example, UNI (Uniswap) is up over 2700% on Binance since it was listed on Sept.17, 2020. But history shows that most altcoins over the long term are not very successful.
Be careful of FOMO but happy investing, From the Madbyte Team.
-- In summary, Bitcoin, on October 1st was: 2020 - $10600 2019 - $8334 2018 - $6601 2017 - $4404 2016 - $614 2015 - $238 2014 - $387 2013 - $127 2012 - $11
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batching in Bitcoin
On May 6th, 2017, Bitcoin hit an all-time high in transactions processed on the network in a single day: it moved 375,000 transactions which accounted for a nominal output of about $2.5b. Average fees on the Bitcoin network had climbed over a dollar for the first time a couple days prior. And they kept climbing: by early June average fees hit an eye-watering $5.66. This was quite unprecedented. In the three-year period from Jan. 1 2014 to Jan. 1 2017, per-transaction fees had never exceeded 31 cents on a weekly average. And the hits kept coming. Before 2017 was over, average fees would top out at $48 on a weekly basis. When the crypto-recession set in, transaction count collapsed and fees crept back below $1.
During the most feverish days of the Bitcoin run-up, when normal users found themselves with balances that would cost more to send than they were worth, cries for batching — the aggregation of many outputs into a single transaction — grew louder than ever. David Harding had written a blog post on the cost-savings of batching at the end of August and it was reposted to the Bitcoin subreddit on a daily basis.
The idea was simple: for entities sending many transactions at once, clustering outputs into a single transaction was more space- (and cost-) efficient, because each transaction has a fixed data overhead. David found that if you combined 10 payments into one transaction, rather than sending them individually, you could save 75% of the block space. Essentially, batching is one way to pack as many transactions as possible into the finite block space available on Bitcoin.
When fees started climbing in mid-2017, users began to scrutinize the behavior of heavy users of the Bitcoin blockchain, to determine whether they were using block space efficiently. By and large, they were not — and an informal lobbying campaign began, in which these major users — principally exchanges — were asked to start batching transactions and be good stewards of the scarce block space at their disposal. Some exchanges had been batching for years, others relented and implemented it. The question faded from view after Bitcoin's price collapsed in Q1 2018 from roughly $19,000 to $6000, and transaction load — and hence average fee — dropped off.
But we remained curious. A common refrain, during the collapse in on-chain usage, was that transaction count was an obfuscated method of apprehending actual usage. The idea was that transactions could encode an arbitrarily large (within reason) number of payments, and so if batching had become more and more prevalent, those payments were still occurring, just under a regime of fewer transactions.
Some sites popped up to report outputs and payments per day rather than transactions, seemingly bristling at the coverage of declining transaction count. However, no one conducted an analysis of the changing relationship between transaction count and outputs or payments. We took it upon ourselves to find out.
Introduction to batching
A timeline
Bonus content: UTXO consolidation
Bitcoin uses a UTXO model, which stands for Unspent Transaction Output. In comparison, Ripple and Ethereum use an account/balance model. In bitcoin, a user has no balances, only UTXOs that they control. If they want to transfer money to someone else, their wallet selects one or more UTXOs as inputs that in sum need to add up to the amount they want to transfer. The desired amount then goes to the recipient, which is called the output, and the difference goes back to the sender, which is called change output. Each output can carry a virtually unlimited amount of value in the form of satoshis. A satoshi is a unit representing a one-hundred-millionth of a Bitcoin. This is very similar to a physical wallet full of different denominations of bills. If you're buying a snack for $2.50 and only have a $5, you don't hand the cashier half of your 5 dollar bill — you give him the 5 and receive some change instead.
Unknown to some, there is no hardcoded limit to the number of transactions that can fit in a block. Instead, each transaction has a certain size in megabytes and constitutes an economic incentive for miners to include it in their block. Because miners have limited space of 2 MB to sell to transactors, larger transactions (in size, not bitcoin!) will need to pay higher fees to be included. Additionally, each transaction can have a virtually unlimited number of inputs or outputs — the record stands at transactions with 20,000 inputs and 13,107 outputs.
So each transaction has at least one input and at one output, but often more, as well as some additional boilerplate stuff. Most of that space is taken up by the input (often 60% or more, because of the signature that proves they really belong to the sender), while the output(s) account for 15–30%. In order to keep transactions as small as possible and save fees, Bitcoin users have two major choices:
Use as few inputs as possible. In order to minimize inputs, you can periodically send your smaller UTXOs to yourself in times when fees are very low, getting one large UTXO back. That is called UTXO consolidation or consolidating your inputs.
Users who frequently make transfers (especially within the same block) can include an almost unlimited amount of outputs (to different people!) in the same transaction. That is called transaction batching. A typical single output transaction takes up 230 bytes, while a two output transaction only takes up 260 bytes, instead of 460 if you were to send them individually.
This is something that many casual commentators overlook when comparing Bitcoin with other payment systems — a Bitcoin transaction can aggregate thousands of individual economic transfers! It's important to recognize this, as it is the source of a great deal of misunderstanding and mistaken analysis.
We've never encountered a common definition of a batched transaction — so for the purposes of this study we define it in the loosest possible sense: a transaction with three or more outputs. Commonly, batching is understood as an activity undertaken primarily by mining pools or exchanges who can trade off immediacy for efficiency. It is rare that a normal bitcoin user would have cause to batch, and indeed most wallets make it difficult to impossible to construct batched transactions. For everyday purposes, normal bitcoiners will likely not go to the additional effort of batching transactions.
We set the threshold at three for simplicity's sake — a normal unbatched transaction will have one transactional output and one change output — but the typical major batched transaction from an exchange will have dozens if not hundreds of outputs. For this reason we are careful to provide data on various different batch sizes, so we could determine the prevalence of three-output transactions and colossal, 100-output ones.
We find it helpful to think of a Bitcoin transaction as a mail truck full of boxes. Each truck (transaction) contains boxes (outputs), each of contains some number of letters (satoshis). So when you're looking at transaction count as a measure of the performance and economic throughput of the Bitcoin network, it's a bit like counting mail trucks to discern how many letters are being sent on a given day, even though the number of letters can vary wildly. The truck analogy also makes it clear why many see Bitcoin as a settlement layer in the future — just as mail trucks aren't dispatched until they're full, some envision that the same will ultimately be the case for Bitcoin.
So what actually happened in the last six months? Let's look at some data. Daily transactions on the Bitcoin network rose steadily until about May 2017, when average fees hit about $4. This precipitated the first collapse in usage. Then began a series of feedback loops over the next six months in which transaction load grew, fees grew to match, and transactions dropped off. This cycle repeated itself five times over the latter half of 2017.
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The solid red line in the above chart is fees in BTC terms (not USD) and the shaded red area is daily transaction count. You can see the cycle of transaction load precipitating higher fees which in turn cause a reduction in usage. It repeats itself five or six times before the detente in spring 2018. The most notable period was the December-January fee crisis, but fees were actually fairly typical in BTC terms — the rising BTC price in USD however meant that USD fees hit extreme figures.
In mid-November when fees hit double digits in USD terms, users began a concerted campaign to convince exchanges to be better stewards of block space. Both Segwit and batching were held up as meaningful approaches to maximize the compression of Bitcoin transactions into the finite block space available. Data on when exchanges began batching is sparse, but we collected information where it was available into a chart summarizing when exchanges began batching.
Batching adoption at selected exchanges
We're ignoring Segwit adoption by exchanges in this analysis; as far as batching is concerned, the campaign to get exchanges to batch appears to have persuaded Bitfinex, Binance, and Shapeshift to batch. Coinbase/GDAX have stated their intention to begin batching, although they haven't managed to integrate it yet. As far as we can tell, Gemini hasn't mentioned batching, although we have some mixed evidence that they may have begun recently. If you know about the status of batching on Gemini or other major exchanges please get in touch.
So some exchanges have been batching all along, and some have never bothered at all. Did the subset of exchanges who flipped the switch materially affect the prevalence of batched transactions? Let's find out.
3.1 How common is batching?
We measured the prevalence of batching in three different ways, by transaction count, by output value and by output count.
The tl;dr.
Batching accounts for roughly 12% of all transactions, 40% of all outputs, and 30–60% of all raw BTC output value. Not bad.
3.2 Have batched transactions become more common over time?
From the chart in 3.1, we can already see a small, but steady uptrend in all three metrics, but we want to dig a little deeper. So we first looked at the relationship of payments (all outputs that actually pay someone, so total outputs minus change outputs) and transactions.
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The first thing that becomes obvious is that the popular narrative — that the drop in transactions was caused by an increase in batching — is not the case; payments dropped by roughly the same proportion as well.
Dividing payment count by transaction count gives us some insight into the relationship between the two.
In our analysis we want to zoom into the time frame between November 2017 and today, and we can see that payments per transactions have actually been rallying, from 1.5 payments per transaction in early 2017 to almost two today.
3.3 What are popular batch sizes?
In this next part, we will look at batch sizes to see which are most popular. To determine which transactions were batched, we downloaded a dataset of all transactions on the Bitcoin network between November 2017 and May 2018from Blockchair.
We picked that period because the fee crisis really got started in mid-November, and with it, the demands for exchanges to batch. So we wanted to capture the effect of exchanges starting to batch. Naturally a bigger sample would have been more instructive, but we were constrained in our resources, so we began with the six month sample.
We grouped transactions into "batched" and "unbatched" groups with batched transactions being those with three or more outputs.
We then divided batched transactions into roughly equal groups on the basis of how much total output in BTC they had accounted for in the six-month period. We didn't select the batch sizes manually — we picked batch sizes that would split the sample into equal parts on the basis of transaction value. Here's what we ended up with:
All of the batch buckets have just about the same fraction of total BTC output over the period, but they account for radically different transaction and output counts over the period. Notice that there were only 183,108 "extra large" batches (with 41 or more outputs) in the six-month period, but between them there were 23m outputs and 30m BTC worth of value transmitted.
Note that output value in this context refers to the raw or unadjusted figure — it would have been prohibitively difficult for us to adjust output for change or mixers, so we're using the "naive" estimate.
Let's look at how many transactions various batch sizes accounted for in the sample period:
Batched transactions steadily increased relative to unbatched ones, although the biggest fraction is the small batch with between 3 and 5 outputs. The story for output counts is a bit more illuminating. Even though batched transactions are a relatively small fraction of overall transaction count, they contain a meaningful number of overall outputs. Let's see how it breaks down:
Lastly, let's look at output value. Here we see that batched transactions represent a significant fraction of value transmitted on Bitcoin.
As we can see, even though batched transactions make up an average of only 12% of all transactions, they move between 30%-60% of all Bitcoins, at peak times even 70%. We think this is quite remarkable. Keep in mind, however that the 'total output' figure has not been altered to account for change outputs, mixers, or self-churn; that is, it is the raw and unadjusted figure. The total output value is therefore not an ideal approximation of economic volume on the Bitcoin network.
3.4 Has transaction count become an unreliable measure of Bitcoin's usage because of batching?
Yes. We strongly encourage any analysts, investors, journalists, and developers to look past mere transaction count from now on. The default measure of Bitcoin's performance should be "payments per day" rather than transaction count. This also makes Bitcoin more comparable with other UTXO chains. They generally have significantly variable payments-per-transaction ratios, so just using payments standardizes that. (Stay tuned: Coinmetrics will be rolling out tools to facilitate this very soon.)
More generally, we think that the economic value transmitted on the network is its most fundamental characteristic. Both the naive and the adjusted figures deserve to be considered. Adjusting raw output value is still more art than science, and best practices are still being developed. Again, Coinmetrics is actively developing open-source tools to make these adjustments available.
We started by revisiting the past year in Bitcoin and showed that while the mempool was congested, the community started looking for ways to use the blockspace more efficiently. Attention quickly fell on batching, the practice of combining multiple outputs into a single transaction, for heavy users. We showed how batching works on a technical level and when different exchanges started implementing the technique.
Today, around 12% of all transactions on the Bitcoin network are batched, and these account for about 40% of all outputs and between 30–60% of all transactional value. The fact such that a small set of transactions carries so much economic weight makes us hopeful that Bitcoin still has a lot of room to scale on the base layer, especially if usage trends continue.
Lastly, it's worth noting that the increase in batching on the Bitcoin network may not be entirely due to deliberate action by exchanges, but rather a function of its recessionary behavior in the last few months. Since batching is generally done by large industrial players like exchanges, mixers, payment processors, and mining pools, and unbatched transactions are generally made by normal individuals, the batched/unbatched ratio is also a strong proxy for how much average users are using Bitcoin. Since the collapse in price, it is quite possible that individual usage of Bitcoin decreased while "industrial" usage remained strong. This is speculation, but one explanation for what happened.
Alternatively, the industrial players appear to be taking their role as stewards of the scarce block space more seriously. This is a significant boon to the network, and a nontrivial development in its history. If a culture of parsimony can be encouraged, Bitcoin will be able to compress more data into its block space and everyday users will continue to be able to run nodes for the foreseeable future. We view this as a very positive development. Members of the Bitcoin community that lobbied exchanges to add support for Segwit and batching should be proud of themselves.
Remember that we said that a second way to systematically save transaction fees in the Bitcoin network was to consolidate your UTXOs when fees were low? Looking at the relationship between input count and output count allows us to spot such consolidation phases quite well.
Typically, inputs and outputs move together. When the network is stressed, they decouple. If you look at the above chart carefully, you'll notice that when transactions are elevated (and block space is at a premium), outputs outpace inputs — look at the gaps in May and December 2017. However, prolonged activity always results in fragmented UTXO sets and wallets full of dust, which need to be consolidated. For this, users often wait until pressure on the network has decreased and fees are lower. Thus, after transactions decrease, inputs become more common than outputs. You can see this clearly in February/March 2017.
Here we've taken the ratio of inputs to outputs (which have been smoothed on a trailing 7 day basis). When the ratio is higher, there are more inputs than outputs on that day, and vice versa. You can clearly see the spam attack in summer 2015 in which thousands (possibly millions) of outputs were created and then consolidated. Once the ratio spikes upwards, that's consolidation. The spike in February 2018 after the six weeks of high fees in December 2017 was the most pronounced sigh of relief in Bitcoin's history; the largest ever departure from the in/out ratio norm. There were a huge number of UTXOs to be consolidated.
It's also interesting to note where inputs and outputs cluster. Here we have histograms of transactions with large numbers of inputs or outputs. Unsurprisingly, round numbers are common which shows that exchanges don't publish a transaction every, say, two minutes, but instead wait for 100 or 200 outputs to queue up and then publish their transaction. Curiously, 200-input transactions were more popular than 100-input transactions in the period.
We ran into more curiosities when researching this piece, but we'll leave those for another time.
Future work on batching might focus on:
Determining batched transactions as a portion of (adjusted) economic rather than raw volume
Looking at the behavior of specific exchanges with regards to batching
Investigating how much space and fees could be saved if major exchanges were batching transactions
Lastly, we encourage everyone to run their transactions through the service at transactionfee.info to assess the efficiency of their transactions and determine whether exchanges are being good stewards of the block space.
Antoine Le Calvez has created a series of live-updated charts to track batching and batch sizes, which you can find here.
We'd like to thank 0xB10C for their generous assistance with datasets and advice, the people at Blockchair for providing the core datasets, and David A. Harding for writing the initial piece and answering our questions.
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Top 10 of The Biggest Cryptocurrency Hacks and Scams Ever
If you have been around the cryptocurrency industry long enough, you will know that one of the biggest risks faced by users is the loss of funds through hacks on cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges.
Online exchanges are prime targets for hackers and thieves on the internet. This is mainly because of the amount of funds that are kept on these platforms. For hackers that have succeeded in stealing funds from such platforms, the amounts are usually huge.
As much as individual users try to play their roles in securing their accounts by using personal passwords, PINs and codes, there is a higher layer of security that lies in the hands of the platform providers. Once this is breached, the individual security efforts become irrelevant.
Over the years, exchanges and wallets appear to have improved in terms of security as the frequency of hacks and platform breaches have reduced. What used to be a common occurrence in the industry has become a rare development, with hacks now few and far between.
Let's take a look at the top 10 of the biggest cryptocurrency hacks and scams ever.
10. Bitcoin Gold ($18 Million)
In May 2018, the theoretical 51% attack possibility was proven in a heist that saw a breach in Bitcoin Gold which cost the protocol $18 million.
In this heist, hackers used 51% raw computing power to seize control of the network and carry out their ulterior plans effectively. Ciphertrace and other security outfits in the ecosystem believe that the algorithm weaknesses in Bitcoin Gold's Proof of Work (PoW) transaction verification may have enabled the success of the theft.
9. Geth ($20 Million)
In June 2018, the Ethereum client Geth was hacked and ETH worth $20 million was stolen. This incidence was reported by blockchain security firm, Cyphertrace. During the hack, JSON-RPC port 8545 was exploited. This is the port that initiates ETH send transactions.
All the ETH wallets that were affected by this breach was drained by the thieves, accumulating to the quoted $20 million equivalence based on the price of ETH at that time.
8. Bancor ($23.5 Million)
In July 2018, about one month after the Geth incident, decentralized cryptocurrency exchange, Bancor was hacked and $23.5 million worth of crypto stolen. This particular event raised some eyebrows in the cryptocurrency industry, redefining the general opinion of decentralized exchanges being prone to hacking.
The process involved the exploitation of a security flaw in a wallet that was used to update some of the smart contracts on the exchange. Bancor, which was one of the most successful ICOs of 2017, raising $153 million during its token sale, was forced to shut down after the hack.
7. Coinrail ($40 Million)
Coinrail was hacked in June 2018, and $40 million was stolen from the exchange. The South Korean exchange which ranked among the top 100 exchanges by volume, suspended its services shortly after the hack.
According to sources from the exchange, the tokens that were stolen included NPXS tokens from the Pundi X project, ATC from Aston and the NPER project's NPER token.
Binance ($40.7 Million)
Binance exchange was hacked in May 2019 and 7,000 Bitcoins were stolen from the platform. The value of the Bitcoins stolen at the time was about $40.7 million.
To achieve their aim, hackers were able to steal API keys, two-factor codes and some other key information to access the wallets. According to the exchange, the incident impacted only about 2% of its total Bitcoin holdings as all other wallets are secure.
Affected wallets were promised a refund through the exchange's Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) arrangement. This is a policy that the exchange uses to prepare for rainy days. A portion of fees charged on the exchange is set aside in order to ensure that platform users do not bear the brunt during occurrences such as this.
5. Zaif ($60 Million)
Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Zaif was hacked in September 2018 and $60 million was stolen in the process. The theft was possible after hackers gained authorised access into the exchanges hot wallets, making away with huge amounts of Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and MonaCoin.
The exchange's asset reserve could not cover the loss, therefore it reached an agreement with a Japan-listed firm called Fisco to receive a $44.5 million investment in exchange for a major share of ownership.
4. Bitfinex ($77 Million)
The Bitfinex hack of August 2016 was a popular event that rocked the entire cryptocurrency industry. The hack occurred at a time when cryptocurrencies appeared to be shifting gears in terms of awareness and development. As a matter of fact, the aftermath of the event saw the Bitcoin price drop by 20%.
After the hack, Bitfinex issued cryptographic tokens to its users that were affected by the hack, all of which the exchange announced to have bought back by April 2017.
3. BitGrail ($187 Million)
$187 million worth of Nano tokens were stolen from BitGrail in February 2018. The reported theft was announced weeks after the unauthorized transfer was initiated. This information was from evidence retrieved from the Nano blockchain explorer by skeptics.
While BitGrail recognized the concerns of it users, it however stated that it is impossible for it to refund the stolen amount.
2. Mt. Gox ($460 Million)
The Mt. Gox scandal remains one of the biggest stains on the cryptocurrency industry. In February 2014, Mt. Gox was hacked and as much as $460 million was stolen from the exchange. In the wake of this, the exchange's CEO, Mark Karpeles issued a statement that accepted responsibility on behalf of his company.
"We had weaknesses in our system, and our bitcoins vanished. We've caused trouble and inconvenience to many people, and I feel deeply sorry for what has happened, " he said.
At the time, Mt. Gox was the world's largest Bitcoin exchange that looked impressive from the outside, but many who claimed to know about the internal workings accused the company of a messy combination of poor management, neglect, and raw inexperience.
The size of this event left a huge dent on the reputation of Bitcoin and the crypto industry at large. It took a long time before the market picked up again, and for users to regain confidence in the industry. The exchange has since gone down and ceased to exist.
1. Coincheck ($500 Million)
The biggest theft in the history of the cryptocurrency industry happened in January 2018, when Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coincheck was hacked. A total of NEM tokens worth $500 million were stolen in the process.
A statement from the exchange accepted the blame and took responsibility for the breach. According to reports, rather than storing its customers' assets in offline wallets, the assets were stored in hot wallets that were connected to the internet. Coincheck also reportedly failed to protect the wallets with standard multi-signature security protocols.
Having traced the destination of the stolen funds, NEM developers created a tracking tool that would allow exchanges to automatically reject stolen funds.
Hacks and massive theft of cryptocurrencies have contributed to the setback experienced by the technology. Each of the events takes a hit on the confidence of investors and willing participants who may not be sure of how the affected exchanges will handle the situation.
The industry is however learning from past experiences, as the frequency of such hacks have reduced, while in some cases, modalities are being put in place to ensure that end users do not bear the brunt of such events, just like the case of Binance.
The NEM developers' response to the Coincheck hack has a way of rendering stolen funds unspendable, as long as other members of the community comply. However, no one knows how long this will last, and if the hackers will be able to nullify the traceability of the stolen coins yet.
The action by the developers will discourage hackers and thieves, but is yet to restore value to the end users whose funds have been stolen.
For the industry to grow as it should and become stable, security of funds need to be established. Exchanges and developers are continuously making efforts to ensure that funds and transactions within the industry remain safe at all times.
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Dr. Aronovitz had two offices in which he performed the procedure but recently decided to consolidate everything into his Warren, Michigan office. "The decision was more personal than anything; I decided I wanted to be able to focus more on patient care and less on driving back and forth to appointments." Now the doctor is available five days a week in his new office and has more time to spend with his family. His new office has a brand new, state-of-the-art operating room featuring the most up to date technology. He splits his time performing hair and facial plastic surgery and ear, nose and throat procedures. "I like the differences every day – it mixes it up – just doing one thing a day can burn you out and I don't want that to happen." To stay current, Dr. Aronovitz also maintains affiliations with many important medical societies, including The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) and The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS).


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Best Swimming Beaches in Los Cabos
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At the tip of the Baja Peninsula, the Pacific Ocean meets the Sea of Cortez, which can create strong waves and currents, but this doesn't mean that ocean swimming in Los Cabos is impossible. It just means you need to know the answer to the question, "what beaches can you swim at in Cabo San Lucas." While most Cabo San Lucas beaches will have signs posted about swimming conditions, knowing where to find a Los Cabos swimmable beach will save you time on vacation. Whether you're hoping to get some exercise in, try snorkeling, or simply splash in the waves, spend your days at one of these swimming beaches in Cabo San Lucas.
What Beaches Can You Swim at in Cabo San Lucas?
Many of the most stunning, spacious, and popular beaches are ideal for ocean swimming in Los Cabos. Avoid rocky shores where waves pound the beach and head to one of these swimming beaches in Cabo San Lucas to stay safe in the water. The top spots for swimming in Cabo are Medano Beach, Chileno Beach, Santa Maria Beach, the Cannery Beach, and Lover's Beach.
Medano Beach
Because many tourists ask "Can you swim in Cabo?", it's reassuring to note that the majority of the top all-inclusive resorts are on Medano Beach, the most accessible Los Cabos swimmable beach. Located by the downtown marina, this large stretch of sand is the ideal place to spread out your towel and spend the day, especially since it's lined by restaurants and bars where you can grab a bite and drink after splashing in the waves. Medano Beach is also one of the Cabo San Lucas beaches with Blue Flag certification, a recognition of the community's commitment and efforts to protect the local environment and make sure that Medano Beach is a safe area for locals and visitors.
Chileno Beach
Chileno Beach, another Blue Flag beach, is one of the swimming beaches in Cabo San Lucas that's an ideal spot for snorkeling. While there are a few craggy rocks along the sides of the beach where tropical fish are abundant, the waves here are gentle enough for easy ocean swimming in Los Cabos while watching for tropical fish under the surface of the water. However, because there's little shade on the beach and few places to buy food or drinks nearby, you'll want to bring an umbrella, snacks, and water with you.
Santa Maria Beach
To escape crowds of tourists, head out of town to Santa Maria Beach, another Los Cabos swimmable beach. This large, horseshoe-shaped beach has plenty of golden sand to lay on, and the turquoise waters are typically very calm here and perfect for swimming in Cabo. However, if you're worried about what beaches can you swim at in Cabo San Lucas, it's important to keep in mind that there are fewer people here and it's farther from town, so swimming by yourself in the ocean isn't advisable.
The Cannery Beach
While there's no longer tuna cannery here, the name has stuck, but you may also hear it called Playa Coral Negro. Despite being located near the heart of downtown Los Cabos, the Cannery Beach has far less tourists than other spots, making it the perfect place for a quick escape. It has jaw-dropping views of Land's End and the rocky cliff surrounding Los Cabos, and its peaceful waters will ease your worries when you question "Can you swim in Los Cabos?"
Lover's Beach
Of all the spots for swimming in Cabo, Lover's Beach is the most iconic spot to jump in the water. Located at Land's End, half of the beach faces the Pacific Ocean and the other half faces the Sea of Cortez. The Pacific Ocean side is known as Divorce Beach, where strong waves crash against the rocks, but Lover's Beach on the other side is a popular spot for snorkeling, kayaking, and paddleboarding.
The strong currents that form when the Pacific Ocean meets the Sea of Cortez cause many first-time travelers to ask "Can you swim in Cabo?" While there are some rocky spots you'll want to avoid, there's also a variety of Cabo San Lucas beaches where the water is calm and safe. This city wouldn't be known as paradise without these scenic spots to jump in the water and float on the waves.
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Sotheby's Puts Earrings Up For Sale Worth 50 Million Dollars
On 10 April I attended an event at Sotheby's in London, where the most expensive earrings ever put up for sale at an auction house were presented. They were made in the Toi&Moi style – one earring is decorated with a blue diamond Apollo, and the second with a pink diamond – Artemis.
"We have named them after Apollo and Artemis, a twin brother and sister of great power and beauty who were among the most widely venerated of the Ancient Green deities. These are diamonds of great distinction, with extraordinary presence, as we are honoured that Sotheby's has been chosen to bring them to auction in May" said David Bennett, Worldwide Chairman of Sotheby's International Jewellery Division.
Apollo Blue is a fancy blue diamond of the incredibly rich Fancy Vivid Blue shade and the irreproachable Internally Flawless, Type IIb, purity grading, weighing a total of 14.54 carats. It is the largest diamond with such parameters of purity and colour that has ever appeared in an auction house. According to the American Gemmological Institute the colour of Artemis Pink is Fancy Intense Pink, its purity is VS2, Type IIa, and it weighs 16 carats. Nature blessed Apollo and Artemis with an incredible purity of crystal with a beguiling transparency. It must be noted that the blue diamond belongs to the most elite Type IIb group, to which only half a percent of pure diamonds belong. The stone owes its unusually deep blue colour to the presence of boron in its composition.
The guide price for the auction lot ranges from 50 to 70 million dollars, a sum that many of the large jewellery giants cannot muster. Therefore, no matter how stunning the stones look in their existing setting, Sotheby's offers the opportunity of buying the diamonds separately – the pink one for 12.5 to 18 million dollars and the blue one for between 35 and 50 million dollars. The Magnificent Jewels and Nobel Jewels auction, at which this lot will be put up for sale, will take place on the 16th May in Geneva at the Mandarin Oriental hotel.
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Ex-cop of Springboro seeks bail after conviction for wife's death tossed
By Dan Sewell - Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — A former suburban police official in Ohio will request to be let out on bail Monday as authorities decide whether to retry him in the death of his wife, who was killed during a botched burglary that prosecutors say he staged to scare her into moving.
A hearing was set in Warren County for former Springboro Police Lt. Thomas "Jim" Barton.
His 2005 manslaughter conviction was overturned last year in federal court. The U.S. Supreme Court last month declined to consider reinstating his conviction, letting stand a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that authorities improperly withheld evidence that could have helped Barton's defense.
The appeals court also expressed skepticism about the testimony of a key prosecution witness.
Warren County authorities are opposing bail for Barton. They have until September to give him a new trial or free him.
Prosecutors said Barton, 60, hired men to stage a burglary because he wanted to scare his wife, Vickie, into moving from their rural home to Springboro to improve his chances of becoming chief of police in the small city, which is near Dayton. Authorities charged Barton after a cold-case team in 2003 examined his wife's 1995 death.
He was convicted of complicity to involuntary manslaughter and to aggravated burglary and sentenced to up to 50 years in prison.
The unanimous ruling last year by a 6th Circuit panel said the state's case relied heavily on a witness who presented an "unsupported, shifting and somewhat fantastical" story at trial, and suppression of evidence made it more difficult for Barton to discredit the state's theory. No one else was ever charged.
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5 Back Training Myths You Probably Believe
And How to Really Build a Bigger Back
by Lee Boyce | 03/22/17
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Experienced lifters know that pulling exercises require more attention to detail than pushing exercises. Even once you get past the beginner stage, there's a level of mind-muscle connection and neuromuscular awareness that needs to go into back training for it to even "take." Logic is too often thrown out the window for the sake of another grip-and-rip set. Time to dispel some myths.
1 – The Dumbbell Row is a Good Lat Builder
Don't get me wrong. Rowing movements will hit the muscles of the upper back surrounding the scapulae, but you'll get more bang for your buck by using other rowing exercises instead of the one-arm row. This is because of the body's position relative to the dumbbell.
However, if you're going to do dumbbell rows, you can easily optimize the movement pattern to better hit the lats. Use more of an arcing motion that "drags" the weight towards the hip and it'll hit the lats hard. It doesn't take a 160-pound dumbbell and a contortionist twist at the torso to make an exercise like this do its job.
2 – If You're Pulling, You're Training Your Back
It's rare to see a lifter properly initiate a pull by first retracting his scapulae. Many lifters may understand this concept, but still not properly put it into practice. If this is done, most upper back-dominant movements won't need a lot of weight to elicit a good stimulation and hit a target rep range.
Furthermore, compensatory motions, like the classic torso "jerk" pattern people use to bring the arms towards the body, usually negate any back involvement whatsoever. When we take out excessive body English, momentum, and ego from the picture, it's worth asking if it's even possible for 90% of lifters to get a properly isolated back pump when using heavy resistance on the lat pulldown or seated row for reps.
Even those who know how to retract the scapulae first often make the mistake of setting the shoulders "once and for all." In other words, they keep them depressed and retracted for the entire duration of the set. That's a recipe for technical disaster. Having good control of the shoulder blades means both making them stay put and allowing them to move. That translates to setting them and then releasing them.
The benefit of "releasing" the shoulder blades between reps is simple: You're no longer holding an isometric and you give your body the opportunity to reset into a stronger position and allow for greater circulation to the muscles in the process.
If you're not good at doing this, a smarter alternative would be to break things down to their derivatives. Powerlifters who are weak at their lockout practice lockouts. Take a page out of their book by practicing scapular initiations from various angles.
The Scap Pull-Up
They could turn into a workout in themselves for the rhomboids, lower traps, and rotator cuff muscles.
3 – The Lats Are the "Wings" Outside the Shoulder Blades
I'm tired of hearing people complain of sore lats after a back workout while pointing to the area beside their armpit. It's a common anatomical misconception that the lats only create width. Not so. They actually go right down to the lumbar region and are also instrumental in developing thickness.
Guys who struggle to develop size will get a lot further by realizing this and tapping into deeper, lower-lat tissue to help increase front-to-back trunk volume. When most people think "lats," they think pulldowns or chins. But if you're using poor form, there's a good chance neither of those exercises will do the job, especially when you consider the force angles needed to zero in on the lat fibers.
An example of a potent supplement to lat training would be the cobra pulldown, which allows the elbow a bit more integrity of motion, and also allows the lat to work from a greater stretched position compared to a standard grip pulldown.
The Cobra Pulldown
All of this should make you rethink the purpose of exercises like weighted pull-ups for lat development. I'll wager that 60% of lifters who are "strong enough" to do them aren't doing them right.
4 – The Dumbbell Pullover is a Good Lat Exercise
The dumbbell pullover has been an old-school bodybuilding staple for ages. For the record, I'm not bashing the exercise itself – rather the implement being used. Many use pullovers, in part, to train the lats. But the force angle used in a dumbbell pullover will only hit the top half of the lats, and only through about 40% of the movement, at most.
Once the weight passes eye level and approaches the chest and abs, gravity takes over and the shoulders, chest, and triceps begin to bear the load. And that's without considering that it's pretty hard to make the back contract and lock/unlock the shoulder blades while you're lying directly on them.
To make the best of a bad situation, set up an overhead cable pulley and a dual-handled rope (or bar if that's all you have) in front of a bench. Lie across the bench as you would in a conventional pullover, only grab the ropes instead of a dumbbell.
Since the resistance will now pull your arms overhead towards the cable pulley (and not down towards the floor), you can use your lats to contract directly against the resistance for a much greater percentage of the movement pattern. Problem solved. For best results, use a decline bench.
5 – Low Rep Training is Good for Back Size
With the exception of deadlifts, you usually don't need to do low-rep sets when training back. The muscles of the back (especially the scapular muscles) are really there to help keep our posture erect. They maintain the long contractions that help stabilize the spine and shoulder blades and help us walk tall.
Training the muscles for endurance zeroes in on this capacity. Just like the quads respond well to high-rep training and lots of time under tension, the same holds true for the upper back. This doesn't mean you have to chase sets of 30 reps on your seated rows; it just means you can avoid chasing sets of 3 or 5. Super-high reps would lead to grip fatigue and the arms taking over anyway.
Instead, use supersets or even compound sets – choosing one grip-intensive lift like rows or chins, and one that doesn't involve grip nearly as much, like stiff-arm pushdowns. Extending the time under tension is a great way to do high lactate training and blast the back.
6 – You Should Always Do Pull-Ups
Pull-ups are one of the most important tools for upper body strength and development, but they don't have to be part of every back program. And they shouldn't be viewed as a prime choice for posture correction. As an example, kyphosis (a forward curvature of the upper spine) is a common issue. To fix this, it's easy to gravitate to pull-ups or chins as a default major movement.
But based on the body's starting point, the overhead position can be very harmful to the shoulders, which will present immobility in the presence of a kyphotic spine. Those with kyphosis are far better off doing more rowing motions than pull-up motions. Here's a more detailed explanation of this problem:
Related: Pull-Ups: You're Doing Them Wrong
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13th S. 2021: Courage to Approach
June 26, 2021 ~ Deacon Stephen
Today's homily is for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 27, 2021, and the readings can be found by clicking here.
Today's Gospel juxtaposes the disciples' lack of faith last week during the storm with two people who are commended for their great faith–the woman with the hemorrhage, and the man whose daughter was sick. As was said in the Aleluia, "Our Savior Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life to light through the Gospel."
From the book of Wisdom we heard a foundational truth, "God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living…God formed man to be imperishable; the image of his own nature he made him." This is God's plan: unity, love, wholeness, and life! Brokenness, sin, sickness, sadness, and death are not of God, but are of the evil one; of Satan and of those who follow him. But life and light, and love and truth, are of God and are the distinguishing characteristics of his disciples.
Both the woman with the hemorrhage, and Jarius' daughter were at the very edge of existence. Not in the center lane living in the fullness of life, but on the edge–like those who tragically, live along the train tracks, the freeways, under bridges, and along the margins we still see today, no doubt both by their own doing, but also due to a variety of circumstances beyond their control; they live along the edge.
For twelve years the woman had been suffering, and bleeding, and had spent all she had. Pitifully, she dragged herself along the ground just to touch the tassel of our Lord. She had hit rock bottom. No money. No family. And her hemorrhaging made her ritually unclean, unfit for the community. What faith, to know that when everyone and everything else had failed–our Lord would not. That's beautiful.
It's no coincidence that Jarius' daughter was also twelve years old, alive only for as long as the woman had suffered. Certainly she had means–her father being a synagogue official–yet both of their futures were bound up in Jesus. The little girl was in her room and near death as well. Both of these lives were separated from family, friends, and the community, but our Lord brings them back…because of their faith. That's what he does.
My brothers and sisters, we too need to call upon the name of the Lord, and in our brokenness and sinfulness, reach out in faith to touch his tassel in the sacrament of reconciliation. But we also need to call upon the angels and saints, and ask for their prayers that we might be strengthened and experience the fullness of life for which God has destined us.
I think it's important to point out that the woman was healed because of her faith, and Jarius' daughter was healed because of his faith. This Gospel is a wonderful example of what protestant Christians teach about the importance of knowing Jesus and personally calling upon him for mercy and healing. They are right and it's powerful. But it's also a wonderful example of the power of intercessory prayer! On the strength of Jarius' faith, and on his intercession for his daughter's sake, she is healed. Both women return to life, return to family, return to the community, and share in the goodness of the Kingdom of God revealed in Jesus.
And finally, we need to be intercessors for others as well. The saints of the Church did not start caring about bodies and souls only when they entered heaven, but were concerned about them, and, like our Lord, reached out to them along the highways and byways during their lifetime–and so should we. We are called to share our Lord's concern for the homeless and the helpless, the addicted, and those who have hit rock bottom. First and foremost, we must pray for others, our sons and daughters, and the helpless, hungry, and homeless. Pray for their healing and their conversion. But also look into ways that organizations are supporting them in their temporal needs. Organizations like Food for the Poor, Unbound, The Wheel Chair Foundation, The Men's Shelter, the Gospel Mission, and many others, who are in the trenches of bringing life, dignity and hope, to the broken, the addicted, and those on the margins of society. Join me in prayer for these organizations and their good work, but also in supporting their economic needs. St. Paul's letter to Corinth is for us, "your abundance at the present time should supply their needs, As it is written: Whoever had much did not have more, and whoever had little did not have less." What do you have yet still to offer to others in need?
Today's Gospel challenges us and all to be the woman who reaches out to our Lord, but to also be Jarius, and go to Jesus so that others might find life, find joy, and return to the table of dignity, of hope, and resurrection.
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Date of Passing: October 07, 2018
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Obituary: Hollywood Reporter
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Peggy McCay was an American actress whose career began in 1949, and included theatre, television, soap operas, and feature films. IMDb lists more than 130 different roles, mostly on television series and TV movies.
McCay made prolific appearances on episodic TV in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, but may be best known for originating the roles of Vanessa Dale on the CBS soap opera Love of Life (a role she played from 1951–55), and Caroline Brady, which she played from 1983 to 2016 on NBC's Days of Our Lives.
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Kane would have had a hat trick by now.
Half-decent strike from Wilshere, there.
KKLEIN wrote: ITV lost their HD feed for around 30 seconds and switched it to SD. Such a great channel!
To be fair, it's not just ITV. I'm watching ESPN and they had the same feed problems.
That has to be a red.
Yep they said it's weather issues and the feed from Slovenia ,I think a lot don't forgive itv for the previous balls ups.
Wilshere has had a great game.
Come to think of it, I don't remember Wilshere scoring an ordinary goal, each one is like a gem. Ramsey is like that too, for two midfielders who previously didn't score many goals they've both got quite a gallery of goals.
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Suffocate Peon wrote: Come to think of it, I don't remember Wilshere scoring an ordinary goal, each one is like a gem.
He has definitely scored some memorable ones recently.
Hopefully we can hold on now!
Of course there is no chance they will score in 5 plus mins against the mighty England.
Andy Townsends ITV contract ends in 3 minutes!!
Wilshire very good. Rooney should have scored 3. Sterling had a good game. Some solid performances in midfield, but sometimes not enough creativity. But the centre backs are rubbish and the full backs a bit lightweight.
Monkey Man wrote: Andy Townsends ITV contract ends in 3 minutes!!
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Since Jan. 1 of this year, according to congressional testimony presented Thursday by the Government Accountability Office, the Federal Aviation Administration has authorized 106 federal, state and local government "entities" to fly "unmanned aircraft systems," also known as drones, within U.S. airspace."
We are now on the edge of a new horizon: using unmanned aerial systems within the homeland," House Homeland Security Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Michael McCaul R.-Texas said as he introduced the testimony…via CNSNews.com.
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Attorney General Eric Holder gave a much publicized speech at Northwestern law school on Monday, in which he attempted to explain the Obama administration's constitutional authority for killing U.S. citizens abroad without judicial oversight. Holder in part claimed that there is a difference between "due process" and "judicial process", the latter of which—according to him—is not guaranteed under the Constitution. The speech was predictably and widely criticized in legal circles on Fifth Amendment grounds (see here, here, here, here, and here), but an overlooked section of his speech should also give constitutional experts pause: Holder's stance on the FISA Amendments Act (FAA) and warrantless wiretapping. Continue reading →
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#include "common.h"

extern enum bst_result_t bst_result;

CREATE_FLAG(flag_is_connected);
CREATE_FLAG(flag_short_subscribe);
CREATE_FLAG(flag_long_subscribe);

static struct bt_conn *g_conn;

#define ARRAY_ITEM(i, _) i
const uint8_t chrc_data[] = { LISTIFY(CHRC_SIZE, ARRAY_ITEM, (,)) }; /* 1, 2, 3 ... */
const uint8_t long_chrc_data[] = { LISTIFY(LONG_CHRC_SIZE, ARRAY_ITEM, (,)) }; /* 1, 2, 3 ... */

static void connected(struct bt_conn *conn, uint8_t err)
{
	char addr[BT_ADDR_LE_STR_LEN];

	bt_addr_le_to_str(bt_conn_get_dst(conn), addr, sizeof(addr));

	if (err != 0) {
		FAIL("Failed to connect to %s (%u)\n", addr, err);
		return;
	}

	printk("Connected to %s\n", addr);

	g_conn = bt_conn_ref(conn);
	SET_FLAG(flag_is_connected);
}

static void disconnected(struct bt_conn *conn, uint8_t reason)
{
	char addr[BT_ADDR_LE_STR_LEN];

	if (conn != g_conn) {
		return;
	}

	bt_addr_le_to_str(bt_conn_get_dst(conn), addr, sizeof(addr));

	printk("Disconnected: %s (reason 0x%02x)\n", addr, reason);

	bt_conn_unref(g_conn);

	g_conn = NULL;
	UNSET_FLAG(flag_is_connected);
}

BT_CONN_CB_DEFINE(conn_callbacks) = {
	.connected = connected,
	.disconnected = disconnected,
};

static void short_subscribe(const struct bt_gatt_attr *attr, uint16_t value)
{
	const bool notif_enabled = (value == BT_GATT_CCC_NOTIFY);

	if (notif_enabled) {
		SET_FLAG(flag_short_subscribe);
	}

	printk("Short notifications %s\n", notif_enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled");
}

static void long_subscribe(const struct bt_gatt_attr *attr, uint16_t value)
{
	const bool notif_enabled = (value == BT_GATT_CCC_NOTIFY);

	if (notif_enabled) {
		SET_FLAG(flag_long_subscribe);
	}

	printk("Long notifications %s\n", notif_enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled");
}

BT_GATT_SERVICE_DEFINE(test_svc, BT_GATT_PRIMARY_SERVICE(TEST_SERVICE_UUID),
		       BT_GATT_CHARACTERISTIC(TEST_CHRC_UUID,
					      BT_GATT_CHRC_NOTIFY | BT_GATT_CHRC_READ,
					      BT_GATT_PERM_READ, NULL, NULL, NULL),
		       BT_GATT_CUD("Short test_svc format description", BT_GATT_PERM_READ),
		       BT_GATT_CCC(short_subscribe, BT_GATT_PERM_READ | BT_GATT_PERM_WRITE),
		       BT_GATT_CHARACTERISTIC(TEST_LONG_CHRC_UUID,
					      BT_GATT_CHRC_NOTIFY | BT_GATT_CHRC_READ,
					      BT_GATT_PERM_READ, NULL, NULL, NULL),
		       BT_GATT_CCC(long_subscribe, BT_GATT_PERM_READ | BT_GATT_PERM_WRITE));

static volatile size_t num_notifications_sent;

static void notification_sent(struct bt_conn *conn, void *user_data)
{
	printk("Sent notification #%u\n", num_notifications_sent++);
}

static inline void multiple_notify(const struct bt_gatt_attr *attrs[2])
{
	int err;
	static struct bt_gatt_notify_params params[] = {
		{
			.data = long_chrc_data,
			.len = LONG_CHRC_SIZE,
			.func = notification_sent,
			.uuid = NULL,
		},
		{
			.data = chrc_data,
			.len = CHRC_SIZE,
			.func = notification_sent,
			.uuid = NULL,
		},
	};
	params[0].attr = attrs[0];
	params[1].attr = attrs[1];

	do {
		err = bt_gatt_notify_multiple(g_conn, ARRAY_SIZE(params), params);

		if (err == -ENOMEM) {
			k_sleep(K_MSEC(10));
		} else if (err) {
			FAIL("multiple notify failed (err %d)\n", err);
		}
	} while (err);
}

static void test_main(void)
{
	int err;
	const struct bt_gatt_attr *attrs[2];
	const struct bt_data ad[] = {
		BT_DATA_BYTES(BT_DATA_FLAGS, (BT_LE_AD_GENERAL | BT_LE_AD_NO_BREDR)),
	};

	err = bt_enable(NULL);
	if (err != 0) {
		FAIL("Bluetooth init failed (err %d)\n", err);
		return;
	}

	printk("Bluetooth initialized\n");

	err = bt_le_adv_start(BT_LE_ADV_CONN_NAME, ad, ARRAY_SIZE(ad), NULL, 0);
	if (err != 0) {
		FAIL("Advertising failed to start (err %d)\n", err);
		return;
	}

	printk("Advertising successfully started\n");

	WAIT_FOR_FLAG(flag_is_connected);
	WAIT_FOR_FLAG(flag_short_subscribe);
	WAIT_FOR_FLAG(flag_long_subscribe);

	/* Long characteristic [attr=value] */
	attrs[0] = bt_gatt_find_by_uuid(NULL, 0, TEST_LONG_CHRC_UUID);
	/* Short characteristic [attr=descriptor] */
	attrs[1] = &attr_test_svc[1];

	for (int i = 0; i < NOTIFICATION_COUNT / 2; i++) {
		multiple_notify(attrs);
	}

	while (num_notifications_sent < NOTIFICATION_COUNT / 2) {
		k_sleep(K_MSEC(100));
	}

	k_sleep(K_MSEC(1000));

	if (num_notifications_sent > NOTIFICATION_COUNT) {
		FAIL("The notify callback is called more than expected\n");
	}

	PASS("GATT server passed\n");
}

static const struct bst_test_instance test_gatt_server[] = {
	{
		.test_id = "gatt_server",
		.test_post_init_f = test_init,
		.test_tick_f = test_tick,
		.test_main_f = test_main,
	},
	BSTEST_END_MARKER,
};

struct bst_test_list *test_gatt_server_install(struct bst_test_list *tests)
{
	return bst_add_tests(tests, test_gatt_server);
}

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Early in the week I began taking the camping things over to load into Mona's huge basement. The space filled quickly as we knew would be the case. Wayne began trying to zero in on tow equipment and the vehicle he wanted to pull behind. We had originally thought about getting a small truck for hauling motorscooters, but we're not sure we really want to do that after some thought. We don't like the Chevy Colorado or the Dodge Dakota, our only real choices. By Wednesday, I was test driving cars on Wayne's short list. First was the Honda CR-V which we both liked, but seemed "austere" so I tried the Chevrolet Equinox, but the dealers are stuck on "full price" and although we liked the car, we didn't like it that much. On Thursday, I tried the Ford Escape at Alexander and it became my favorite. I think it was Wayne's favorite too. We will work toward the trade.
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Not enough, apparently, Eagin responds to Xadria after Firn steps out of the car. He props himself up on his cot and looks at the bird that seems to be reading over Xadira's shoulder. So what's with that thing? Like I know it looks like a bird and acts like a bird, but from what I've heard it isn't really a bird. Does it eat?, he halfling questions as he gets up and walks over, eyeing the bird closer.
"Fawkes is capable of eating, but he does not require sustenance. He is a fey spirit in hawk form." He hops off my shoulder for a moment and circles around the cramped space before landing on my opposite shoulder.
"It certainly is an impressive looking animal" Ütés adds prying her eyes away from the maps. "Tell me, Xadira, can the fey take on the shape of other animals as well?"
Nix sits cross-legged in a corner, the Robe of Stars drawn about her. The Astral Plane, Ruven said. I wonder what that's like? Nix sends her awareness probing outwards, and attempts the jump across the planes of existence.
In the Soldier's Car
Firn, you enter back into the chaos of cheers and jeers that is the raucous soldier car. Most of the soldiers are engrossed in their game and don't even know you had entered, left, and re-entered the car. One soldier, on the side of the group closest to you watched you walk in, back out, and then back in. She walks over and slaps you on the back. Still getting your land legs?, she says with a snort of laughter. She grabs a stein nearby and shoves it into your hands. Drink this, it'll help, or at least you won't care you're on a train, she snorts again.
In the Hero Car
As you sit around, each taking up your own tasks and pre-mission rituals the car is actually quite calm. The thrumming engine of the car has been relegated to a sort of droning background noise. It's not altogether pleasant, or unpleasant. As the time ticks by Nix absentmindedly seems to be playing with her cloak when, suddenly, she is no longer there. Where she sat is just an empty cot.
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"It's like a boat," Firn says, mantra-like even as he takes the offered stein and drains its contents. At the very least, it leaves a better taste in his mouth than the previous occupants.
The genasi wipes his lips with his sleeve. "The roof," he says to the soldier, half-turning back towards the car he arrived from, "is there a safe way to inspect it?"
Aelar sits forward when Nix disappears, "Nix, where'd you go?"
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Well this is kinda boring! Nix thinks to herself. Not even any ground to walk on. I wonder how one might move around here. Not that there's anywhere to go. Nix looks in the direction she saw the robed figure, and wills herself forward...
Do I hear Aelar calling my name?
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Hearing Aelar call out to Nix, Ütés throws her maps to the side, and reaches for one of her daggers. She'll walk over to NIx's cot and investigate. "Did no one see her leave?" she asks looking at Aelar.
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"No need to panic, everyone. I'm sure Nix is testing out the properties of her new robe. I would do the same with my rod, but alas it would be best to save its charges for Salar." I sigh, placing my books back into my bags. I can always read more later when the others are asleep. "So. Are we exploring this transport vessel?"
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"Ah, I see..." Ütés says, a little embarrassed that she hadn't realized what had happened.
Aelar considers Xadira's explanation for a moment before sitting back and relaxing, "Yeah, that sounds about right," then he pulls out the hilt of his new sword and spends a little bit of time looking it over, extending and retracting the magical blade and becoming as familiar with it as he can.
Nix looks out across the endless expanse. Why would anyone come here? What were they thinking when they added this ability to this otherwise awesome cloak? She practices swimming through the featureless silvery sea, but she soon tires of it. Hmm...I wonder how long I've been gone? Have the others noticed me missing? Maybe I should go back. Nix focuses on a mental image of her cot in the train and wills herself to return to her own world.
Nix suddenly pops back into existence on her cot as though nothing had changed. She was only gone for moments, but she herself is completely unaware of how much time could have passed until she is back. It was as if the place where she was had no use or meaning for time.
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Alumni Challenge Volleyball Team to Doubleheader
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The UHD women's volleyball club teams (white and blue) faced off with a team of alumni Monday, March 4, for a doubleheader match in the Student Life Center. The task for Team Old School was simple, win at least one set and get to at least 20 points in every set. The former UHD players started slowly in their first match falling behind to Team White, which won the match.
The second match paired Team Old School and UHD's Team Blue, a number of reinforcements had arrived for the alumni team. They lost the first set 25-17 but found a good rotation and won the next set 25-22 to shock Team Blue, which eventually won the match.
After the game, the alumni expressed their appreciation for being invited back and their enjoyment of playing against the current students. The alums received gift bags full of UHD goodies donated by the Department of Advancement and External Relations and Sports & Fitness.
The Old School versus New School games were the brainchild of Richard Sebastiani, director of Sports & Fitness, who hopes to make this an annual tradition and to eventually raise funds for student scholarships through these events. Sebastiani believes these are excellent opportunities to keep alumni connected to their alma mater and a great and fun way to recognize the former "legends" of UHD club sports.
Pre-game greetings.
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Puccini, gelato, and climate change education
The Italian government announced last week that it would introduce mandatory lessons on climate change, in every grade, beginning next September 2020.
By Renée Loth Contributor,Updated November 25, 2019, 4:00 a.m.
Tourists and residents resume their normal routine at a bar in Venice, Italy, after the city experienced its worst flooding in more than 50 years.Emiliano Crespi/Associated Press
Among the many things to admire about Italy — Bernini fountains, Puccini opera, chestnut gelato — we can now add that country's public education system. Don't laugh. Placing itself in the vanguard of environmental education, the Italian government announced last week that it would introduce mandatory lessons on climate change in every grade beginning September 2020.
The plan is relatively modest: adding roughly one hour of instruction in environmental sustainability per week. But sustainable development also will be woven into other subjects, such as geography and physics.
Meanwhile, here in the greatest country, we are limiting the use of scientific data in developing environmental and public health regulations, and science teachers are afraid to utter the words "climate change" in their classrooms.
Italy's move comes from its new minister of education, Lorenzo Fioramonti. Formerly a university economics professor, he came in for criticism when he encouraged students to walk out of class and join the global climate strike in September, just days after he was appointed. "The entire ministry is being changed to make sustainability and climate the center of the education model," Fioramonti said in an interview with Reuters.
The trouble with the initiative is that Italy can't hold onto a government any better than President Trump can hold onto a fact.
Fioramonti is part of a coalition government of two rival political factions brought together only in a marriage of convenience. An equally inspiring initiative to mandate news literacy in Italian high schools, targeting 4 million students, foundered last year when the government changed. Again.
Still, give Italy's current leaders points for recognizing the gravity of the climate crisis and the importance of educating the next generation of citizens — who will, after all, be its primary victims. In the United States, whether to include climate change in science curricula is left up to individual school districts, with predictably uneven results.
In 2013, a group of educators from the National Science Teachers Association and 26 states produced the Next Generation Science Standards, intended to be a kind of common core for STEM classes. Ten states, from Alaska to Texas, have declined to adopt the standards, which include the concept that human activities affect global warming. Other states are openly hostile.
A bill introduced this year in the Florida legislature would allow school districts to teach "different worldviews," according to its sponsor, on scientific theories deemed "controversial." These include evolution and climate change (but not gravity or the moon landing — at least not yet). In Montana, a bill would have required the state's public schools and even colleges to teach that nature, not human activity, causes climate change. That proposal was tabled in a legislative committee earlier this year.
Even in communities that embrace climate literacy, most teachers have not been fully trained. According to the National Center for Science Education, less than half of US science teachers have had any formal coursework on climate change, and fewer than 20 percent had continuing education credits in the topic. In Massachusetts, climate change has been a formal part of the state's science education standards only since 2016.
Climate realists in the states can expect no help from Washington, where a tide of antagonism toward scientific facts has been cresting since Trump took office. Under his rule, career scientists are barred from speaking at conferences, websites are bowdlerized, and the respected National Climate Assessment is threatened by political appointees who want to soften its most dire conclusions.
In the past few weeks the news from Italy has been heartbreaking.
Record flooding in Venice has destroyed a jewel box-full of national treasures, as warming oceans and melting ice sheets thousands of miles away contribute to the devastation. The regional council chambers in the historic Palazzo Ferro Fini were flooded minutes after councilors rejected budget items designed to combat climate change, so Italians can be stupido, too.
Officials say 70 percent of Venice was submerged last week. How many more drowned canaries in a flooded coal mine do we need?
Renée Loth's column appears regularly in the Globe.