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Patriot Prayer rally organizer says he's not religious or white supremacist: 'I'm Japanese'
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SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) - Most people have not heard of the group Patriot Prayer until recently. The group claims to be for those who believe in free speech, love, freedom and truth. But from San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and other local politicians, there has been strong condemnation for the group's planned rally for Crissy Field this Saturday, August 26 in San Francisco.
KTVU spoke with the Patriot Prayer rally's organizer Joey Gibson on Wednesday ahead of the event. Gibson says he's being unfairly portrayed by politicians as a white supremacist and that that's also not the demographic his group is trying to cater to.
Gibson says he's absolutely not a white supremacist. "I'm Japanese. We have three black speakers, a couple Hispanic, an atheist, a transsexual. We're extremely diverse. It's really irresponsible for the leaders to call me a white supremacist. It's completely unfounded."
He referred to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi labeling him as such for publicity. Gibson added that Identity Evropa, a group identified by Southern Poverty Law Center as white nationalist has been kicked out of their events in the past. The group is just one of the 917 hate groups being tracked by SPLC. Patriot Prayer is not.
Gibson, who said he is not religious (although towards the end of his interview he says he's motivated by god and Jesus) and that he doesn't plan on forcing religion on anyone, says that what he preaches has nothing to do with skin color and is about what's "on the inside".
"Obviously we have extremists who try to show up," Gibson said when he denied Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi's, white nationalists and white supremacists would be welcome at the rally.
"There's a lot of liberals who peacefully protest all the time and it's awesome, and then you have these anarchists or Antifa who show up and hijack their message and commit violence and burn things down. Those anarchists don't represent the liberals that are peacefully marching down the street.
Gibson added that there are too many people that think people with different ideological backgrounds are their enemy. "The biggest problem we have right now is a lack of respect."
He said he wouldn't be preaching a conservative message and that in fact, many conservatives don't even like his message. For the record, Gibson told us he's pro-gay rights, against the Patriot Act and against the War on Drugs. "I don't like endless wars."
"You can't put me in a box. You can't say I'm a conservative. You can't say I'm a progressive."
Critics say Gibson presents himself one way and pulls the bait and switch at his rallies and what he promotes is much different. To that he responded, "show me the evidence."
Mayor Ed Lee has repeatedly encouraged the public to avoid the rally and says the group uses the guise of patriotism and religion in their name, but actually promotes violence, hatred and want to incite violence.
Lee stated this as fact and said he's been monitoring how Patriot Prayer acts in other cities.
Gibson said Lee and other politicians were not specific enough in their condemnation and could not cite examples of what it is they're talking about. He asked for Pelosi and Lee to speak out against Antifa.
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My purposes right now are merely experimental and for learning so Im not concerned with performance on large data or security right now.
Ive setup new LAMP stack (all latest versions) and my user can read/write MariaDB (GRANT ALL) via mysqli so all good.
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Gabriella Engels 20 is taking legal action against Grace Mugabe after accusing her of beating her with an extension cord and leaving her with a head wound, pictured. Courtesy photo.
The wife of Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe is facing legal action after being accused of attacking a young woman at a party in South Africa.
Grace Mugabe, 52, allegedly beat Gabriella Engels, 20, with an extension cord after finding her in a hotel with her sons Robert Mugabe Jr, 25, and Chatunga Mugabe, 21, at a hotel.
Miss Engels tweeted a picture of a wound on her head claiming it was caused by the first lady after she had been 'partying' with her sons.
The model, from Johannesburg, claimed Mrs Mugabe's guards watched on and did nothing to stop the violence, according to Zimbabwe news website Bulawayo 24.
Miss Engels wrote on Twitter: 'What is a girl compared to a women beating you and 10+ body guards standing back leaving her to do this s***,
'She split my head open in 3 places with an extension cord and used the plug to hit me.'
Miss Engels mother Debbie also wrote on social media that her daughter would be going to the police over the incident.
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70 years ago, Honor Frost dived into a well…
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Pioneer underwater archaeologist Honor Frost (HF Archive Special Collections)
Today (12 December, 2022) marks the 70th anniversary of the first dive by pioneering British underwater archaeologist Honor Frost.
Born in 1917, Frost carried out that dive in the winter of 1952 – not on the wreck of an historic ship in the Mediterranean Sea but in 6m of icy water, late at night in a snow-covered London garden.
Many years later she told BBC Women's Hour that a Polish engineer called Kazimierz Bobak had invited her to visit an "experimental well" in Wimbledon. "He had just invented a pump that coupled up with a complete diving-suit – it wasn't scuba – and he said that I could try it.
"As I always considered that any time spent on the surface was a waste of time I was very, very thrilled by this… They gave me a torch, so I got into the well and sat on the bottom for some time." Becoming absorbed in shining her light through dead leaves, she eventually thought: "'Oh dear, they must be pumping away!', because they had to pump for every breath of air that I took."
Weren't you frightened? asked the interviewer. "No, I suppose one should be… I have a respect for the sea, but I've never been properly frightened of water," she replied.
Immediately hooked on the idea of underwater exploration, Frost abandoned her career in art and theatre and, according to the Honor Frost Foundation, "began a new life-long, hugely influential, career in underwater archaeology".
Honor Frost examines a wreck site (HF Archive Special Collections)
A woman in the male-dominated fields of both diving and maritime archaeology in the 1950s, Frost found herself at the centre of the latter's development as a discipline. She would be one of the first archaeologists to demonstrate that excavations under water could be carried out to the same standards as on land, says the foundation.
But first she had to undertake her diver training, which she did in the warmer Mediterranean, where scuba was still being refined in the south of France. She was further inspired by being able to dive on the wreck of a Roman ship during her time there.
Frost told the BBC that she had been fortunate in joining the world's first civilian diving club. "In those days we didn't know very much about the medical side – diving physiology ‐ and certainly not about the apparatus, because it was being invented and people were just starting to produce it commercially.
"So the problem was always improving the designs, and I was very fortunate because I never had to buy anything – I was always given it to test out, like everyone else."
She went on to develop her archaeological skills when she joined another female archaeologist, Kathleen Kenyon, as a draughtsman for excavations in Jericho in 1957.
She then moved on to Lebanon to explore the ancient harbours of Byblos, Sidon and Tyre, developing in the process a special interest in ancient ports, harbours and anchors. Frost was convinced that anchors could play a key role in identifying wrecks and revealing ancient patterns of trade, and such artefacts continued to fascinate her throughout her life, says the foundation.
Honor Frost had a lifelong interest in anchors and what they could reveal (HF Archive Special Collections)
As early as 1958, Frost took part in the first excavation of a 13th-century BC Bronze Age shipwreck that had carried a cargo of copper and tin ingots and was discovered off the coast of Cape Gelidonya in southern Turkey.
During this project, the foundation says that Frost helped to develop new techniques to help diving archaeologists investigate sites. The project is now considered to have been the first systematic underwater excavation of a shipwreck.
"These hugely influential excavations were to play a crucial role in the development of underwater archaeology and pioneered techniques used today," it says. "Honor went on to dive on and excavate many more historic underwater sites and was instrumental in promoting maritime archaeology as a discipline."
She also helped to found the Council for Nautical Archaeology, served for many years on the council for the Society for Nautical Research and played a part in establishing the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology in 1972.
"Honor Frost was at the forefront of the evolution of maritime archaeology," sums up Alison Cathie, chair of the foundation's board of trustees. "Her exquisite drawings, meticulous attention to detail and her brilliant professionalism soon established her reputation.
"In 1968 she was commissioned by UNESCO to explore the port of Alexandria, identifying the remains of the lighthouse and a colossal statue of Isis. Soon after, she brought up a Punic wreck off the coast of Marsala, Sicily, which proved to be a really important excavation in many ways, and her foundation continues to contribute to research there."
Working on a Punic shipwreck (HF Archive Special Collections)
In Sidon in 1969 (HF Archive Special Collections)
Frost died in 2010, having left her valuable art collection to establish the Honor Frost Foundation. The organisation says that it continues to support underwater excavations, offers grants for research projects and promotes the advancement and research, including publication, of maritime archaeology.
It focuses mainly on the eastern Mediterranean, specifically Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus and Egypt. "Honor's legacy continues to inspire a new generation of divers to protect underwater heritage," it says.
The foundation also produces the podcast series Dive & Dig, the second season of which dropped in October, as reported on Divernet. It is presented by the foundation's maritime archaeologist Dr Lucy Blue and historian Bettany Hughes.
Also on Divernet: Coins Led Divers To Ancient Roman Shipwreck, Wanted: Underwater Archaeology Volunteers, LabMA: Opening Doors To Diving In Montenegro
Tags: Honor Frost, Honor Frost Foundation, maritime archaeology, pioneer archaeologist, underwater archaeology
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Hugh Macleod
A very interesting subject, I have a few things I picked up diving many years ago in the pacific
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REVIEW OF THE 1-YEAR FILMMAKING PROGRAM IN SOUTH BEACH, MIAMI
MIAMI FILMMAKING PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The New York Film Academy in South Beach, Miami, offers a film school experience like no other. As part of the Academy's philosophy of learning by doing, film students are behind the camera from day one and gain comprehensive filmmaking experience and knowledge at an accelerated rate, leaving the program with a fully-realized final project and extensive on-set experience. NYFA's conservatory-style 1-Year Filmmaking Program is a total immersion, hands-on experience for students interested in gaining the all-around filmmaking exposure necessary to make their own films.
Based on an academic year, the intensive curriculum is divided into three semesters. Courses encompass all of the disciplines required to create unique short films, including directing, screenwriting, cinematography, editing, and working with actors. Emphasis is placed on using these skills immediately in productions of the students' own creation, with each student both writing and directing several short films.
Throughout their year in the program, each film school student writes, shoots, directs, and edits eight films and works on 28 more. Students in the program receive over 1,000 hours of hands-on instruction and actual production experience as they utilize the New York Film Academy's professional facilities and shoot projects with industry-standard equipment in HD, 16mm film, and 35mm film. All projects are edited digitally.
SOUTH BEACH, MIAMI, 1-YEAR FILMMAKING REQUIREMENTS & ADVANTAGES
Our program is for people who have the passion and dedication to plunge into full-time filmmaking, and to commit themselves to a focused and demanding curriculum. The accelerated pace of the program necessitates that participants work with self-discipline, energy, and mutual respect.
As in all New York Film Academy filmmaking programs, the one-year course emphasizes hands-on learning. Film directing classes are not theoretical explorations; they are practical workshops designed to put students in the director's chair as quickly as possible, working with industry-standard equipment in premier facilities and locations. The New York Film Academy encourages students to take creative risks and find their own voices as visual artists.
By the time students complete their one-year film program they will have developed skills in all the filmmaking crafts, an enormous amount of production experience, eight films of their own, a one-year diploma, and an expanded awareness of themselves and others. Students' final films are celebrated in a school screening open to cast, crew, friends, family, and invited guests.
SOUTH BEACH 1-YEAR FILMMAKING PRODUCTION GOALS
Write, direct, and edit films of increasing complexity and length including a master's thesis film.
Mise-en-scène In their first film project, students are introduced to mise-en- scène, or directing a shot to visually tell a story. Students create a dramatic moment and concentrate on the dynamics of the shot that will best express it. This project exposes how the relationship between the subject and the camera creates drama. Students design and shoot a scene that has a beginning, middle, and end, learning to pay close attention to the choice of lenses, distances, and angles.
Since the story will be told within one long shot, the shot must be carefully staged to express as much as possible about the characters and their actions. Students learn to rehearse the shot for blocking of actors and camera until the scene works without needing to stop; only then should they roll camera. Students shoot their film in high definition video, then edit and screen their projects for critique and discussion.
Continuity Continuity is one of the fundamental principles of modern filmmaking. By making a "continuity film," students learn both the way cuts can advance the story while sustaining the reality of the scene, and the difference between "film time" and "real time." Students are challenged to make a film that maintains continuity in story, time, and space. The action in these films unfolds utilizing a variety of shots (10–15) in a continuous sequence (no jumps in time or action). In the continuity films, students must produce a clear, visual scene while maintaining the authenticity of the moment. Students write, direct, shoot, edit, and screen a film of up to three minutes. Students must thoroughly pre-plan and complete a series of essential pre-production elements including script, location scouting, shot list, floor plan, storyboarding, and schedule. \
Music & Montage Film The third project introduces students to the relationship between sound and film, as well as to narrative tools like montage and jump cuts. In this project, students are encouraged to explore a more personal form of visual storytelling. For this film, students choose a piece of music edit their images to work in concert with, or in counterpoint to, the music. Students should experiment with rhythm and pacing. Each student writes, directs, shoots, edits, and screens a film of up to four minutes. In addition to storyboards, students may use a still camera to plan their films to assist them in their choice of locations, angles, and lighting.
Quarter Film From the first week of the program, students begin developing their scripts in writing class for their fourth film.
This fourth film is more ambitious in scope than the previous exercises. It builds upon the foundation of skills and knowledge gained in the first part of the semester. Students may use sound effects, music, voice-over, and ambient sound to help tell their stories. The final project may be 3-10 minutes in length, keeping in mind, "less is more."
Each student must complete a production book that includes the following:
Statement of Objective: Idea of the film and stylistic approach in a concise statement.
Scenario: Shooting script, storyboards, and floor plan.
Analysis: Intention, realization, mistakes, crew work.
Films may be of any genre, and can be narrative, documentary, or experimental.
The Subtext This project challenges students to explore the relationship between dialogue and dramatic action. It serves as the students' first foray into directing a film with dialogue recorded on set. Students are provided with short dialogue-only scripts with no description of physical detail or action. The student director determines the "who, what, where, when, and why" of the story. Above all, each student director identifies the character objectives and dramatic beats of the scene.
Students will find that these elements determine the meaning of the dialogue and should deepen their understanding of text versus subtext. When the finished projects are screened in class for critique, students will discover how different directorial interpretations of the same scene reveal the characters and the impact and meaning of the story.
POV Each shot in a film expresses a point-of-view, and in narrative film, the point-of-view changes often, sometimes with each new shot. For the most part, point-of-view — which is often called narrative stance — is largely invisible to the audience; though the accumulated effect of the changes profoundly affects the way the audience interprets any scene. Students will analyze different ways to create a point-of-view through visual means: the POV shot, shot size, eye-line, camera height, movement, over-the-shoulder shots, lighting, color, and contrast.
The POV project teaches students to visually reinforce the dramatic point of view initiated in the screenplay. Students are given a short scene containing two characters with conflicting objectives. Each student will choose one of the characters to be the main character and then direct a short film using the visual tools explored in class to present the viewer with a clear and distinct point-of-view.
Semester One Film The semester one final film is a narrative digital film project of up to 10 minutes. This film should showcase all the lessons and techniques students learned in the first semester, emphasizing the Acting for Directors classes, production workshops, and individual exercises of the second quarter. Ideally, the semester one film should be a performance-driven film, with no more than three characters and one or two locations. However, students always have the option of shooting a documentary, music video, or experimental film for this project.
Year One Thesis Film This project is the culmination of the year's work. Each student's goal is to produce a fully realized short film that demonstrates his or her own artistic vision and point of view. Students work with larger crews and with more time allotted for pre-production, production, and post-production than the previous projects. Students prepare for this project with the assistance of all classes in the second semester — including the producing class, which is specifically designed to guide students through the pre-production of this project. Students must prepare detailed production books and receive a "green light" from the faculty to check out for their shoots. Each student can choose to shoot this film in one of three formats — high definition digital video, 16mm film or 35mm film.
1-Year Miami Filmmaking Program: Additional Requirements
Perform key crew positions on your classmates' films including: cinematographer, gaffer, sound recordist, assistant director, and assistant camera.
Direct and edit a sync-sound narrative film of up to 15 minutes (HD, 16mm, or 35mm).
Participate as a crew member on fellow students' films and group projects.
Shoot and edit scenes on 35mm film using Panavision cameras.
NYFA SOUTH BEACH 1-YEAR FILMMAKING LEARNING GOALS
Learn the art and technique of visual storytelling including directing, cinematography, editing, and post-production sound design.
Learn the fundamentals of digital video production and digital editing.
Survey of the documentary format with focus on styles, techniques, and elements of storytelling.
Fundamental training in acting craft and directing actors.
Immersion in screenwriting craft.
Advanced filmmaking craft including directing, casting, producing, sync-sound production, color cinematography, editing, and sound design.
Learn fundamentals of 35mm and HD.
Gain the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a high-pressure creative environment.
Develop the skills to direct a short film of up to 15 minutes in length.
Acquire in-depth experience working as a director, producer, assistant director, director of photography, assistant cameraperson, gaffer, and grip on student productions.
Mastery of nonlinear digital editing.
Foundational knowledge of film history.
Knowledge and practical application of aesthetic film theory.
SOUTH BEACH, MIAMI, 1-YEAR FILMMAKING PROGRAM: SEMESTER ONE OVERVIEW
Beginning on day one, students participate in an intensive sequence of classes including Director's Craft I, Camera & Lighting I, Digital Editing I, Production Workshop, and Screenwriting I. They extend and deepen their in-class learning by producing their own short 16mm films.
Throughout their time in the 1-year filmmaking program students will work in crews of three or four. Each student writes, produces, directs and edits film projects of increasing complexity. In addition, each student fulfills the essential roles of director of photography, assistant camera operator, and gaffer (lighting technician) on the films of her/his crew members. Thus, everyone has the extensive hands-on experience of working on multiple short films while also building a strong foundation of analytical and academic knowledge.
Students' project work is grounded in classes that ensure a deep analytical and theoretical knowledge of the filmmaking arts. Students conduct in-depth studies of the methods used by the great directors to affect their audiences and to trigger emotional responses. They will learn to use the 16mm Arriflex-S motion camera and its accessories, learn the fundamental theories and technical aspects of nonlinear editing, and shoot in-class exercises with the Canon 5D under the supervision of their instructor. Through combining student projects with in-class practices, students learn and incorporate the rules and tools of filmmaking into their work. First-semester students also study acting, learning to not only communicate with their actors but to draw out the best emotional outcome of a scene. Students also explore the foundations of screenwriting, workshopping ideas, writing loglines, treatments, rough drafts, and shooting their scripts.
SOUTH BEACH, MIAMI, 1-YEAR FILMMAKING PROGRAM: SEMESTER TWO OVERVIEW
The second semester of the 1-year film program challenges students to further develop their film craft both artistically and technically, and to progress beyond their earlier experiments with the medium. Classes prepare students for production of their final film, the production itself, and post-production. Advanced topics in directing, producing, screenwriting, and cinematography are instructed in intense classes consisting of both lectures and class exercises. This includes intensive instruction, demonstration, group sync-sound directing exercises, individual consultations, and pre-production (including casting, rehearsal, and location scouting), to help prepare students for a more ambitious, carefully crafted and mature film for their final project. On-set mentoring is provided in the sync sound production workshop class, where students direct or act as cinematographer on complex projects on-location. In screenwriting class, students develop the script for their final film. Instructors review both the artistic vision and the production planning of final film projects before approval is granted. Students will also have one-on-one consultations with instructors as they work through issues from their scripts. Second semester students also learn the traditions of film history, with the goal of positioning their own work within a legacy of cinematic art.
SOUTH BEACH, MIAMI, 1-YEAR FILMMAKING PROGRAM: SEMESTER THREE OVERVIEW
The focus of the third semester is the production of the one-year final film. These projects can be produced on high definition video, 16mm or 35mm film. Advanced courses support deeper investigation of film production, post production, screenwriting, sound design, marketing and visual effects skills.
In addition to directing their own final film, each student also learns to be a valuable collaborator by contributing as a crew person on five classmates' projects during the production window. This helps students learn valuable production skills and understand how other filmmakers overcome complex production difficulties and issues. Students spend an additional 20-40 hours a week beyond class time on projects. The Academy recognizes, as should students, that these hours will vary from student to student. Students are responsible for making their own film project schedule, which must be supervised and approved by an instructor.
The final phase of the 1-Year Filmmaking Program is devoted to post-production. During this phase, film students edit, receive instruction, and screen rough-cuts of the one-year final films.
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Mammillaria xaltianguensis ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung Mammillaria in der Familie der Kakteengewächse (Cactaceae). Das Artepitheton xaltianguensis verweist auf das Vorkommen der Art beim Dorf Xaltianguis im mexikanischen Bundesstaat Guerrero.

Beschreibung
Mammillaria xaltianguensis wächst meist einzeln oder gelegentlich auch Gruppen bildend. Die grünen Triebe sind zylindrisch geformt. Sie werden bis zu 20 Zentimeter hoch und 7 bis 8 Zentimeter im Durchmesser groß. Die Warzen sind leicht vierkantig. Milchsaft ist nur im Pflanzenkörper vorhanden in den Warzen nicht. Die Axillen sind mit spärlicher Wolle und mit 8 bis 12 Millimeter langen Borsten besetzt. Die 3 bis 5 Mitteldornen sind teilweise gehakt. Sie sind nadelig, purpurbraun bis gelblich braun mit rötlicher Spitze, die später weißlich wird und 6 bis 12 Millimeter lang. Die 16 bis 20 Randdornen sind borstenartig, durchscheinend weiß und 5 bis 6 Millimeter lang.

Die 1,7 Zentimeter langen Blüten sind mehr oder weniger hellrosa bis gelblich oder auch bis karminrot. Die grünen Früchte haben eine gelbliche Spitze. Sie enthalten braune Samen.

Verbreitung, Systematik und Gefährdung
Mammillaria xaltianguensis ist in den mexikanischen Bundesstaaten Guerrero und Michoacán verbreitet.

Die Erstbeschreibung erfolgte 1973 durch Hernándo Sánchez-Mejorada.

Es werden folgende Unterarten unterschieden:
 Mammillaria xaltianguensis subsp. xaltianguensis:Die Nominatform hat hellrosa bis gelbliche Blüten, die bis zu 1,2 Zentimeter lang werden.
 Mammillaria xaltianguensis subsp. bambusiphila :Die Erstbeschreibung erfolgte 1986 als Mammillaria bambusiphila durch Werner Reppenhagen. David Richard Hunt stellte die Art 1997 als Unterart zu Mammillaria xaltianguensis. Die Unterart hat karminrote Blüten, welche bis zu 1,7 Zentimeter lang werden.

In der Roten Liste gefährdeter Arten der IUCN wird die Art als "", d. h. mit keinen ausreichenden Daten geführt.

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Mammillaria (Kakteen)
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Has the Big Bang breakthrough been foiled by dust? Researchers claim discovery has major flaw
Using the BICEP2 telescope, scientists looked at specific patterns in light waves within the faint microwave glow left from the Big Bang
They found pattern which they believe was caused by gravitational waves
New claims say signal came from dust in the Milky Way Galaxy
By Mark Prigg
The groundbreaking experiment to detect what happened in the first billionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang may have been foiled by dust, it has been claimed.
The experiment was hailed as a look at the very brief moment of time at the beginning of everything when the universe expanded very rapidly - a theory called cosmic inflation.
However, researchers now say the team did not take into account dust in the Milky Way Galaxy which may have rendered their readings useless.
Scroll down to see the moment the stunned Stanford scientist is told his theory is correct
Black hole batteries might also help verify Einstein's theory of general relativity, which assumes that when two giant objects merge, they propagate gravitational waves. In 2014, a team operating the Bicep2 telescope said they had found the waves, or at least signs they existed (pictured) but their results were proven inaccurate
Scientists view the the universe as being made up of a 'fabric of space-time'.
This corresponds to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity which was published 1916.
Objects in the universe bend this fabric, and more massive objects bend it more.
Gravitational waves are considered ripples in this fabric.
They can be produced for instance, when black holes orbit each other or by the merging of galaxies.
Gravitational waves are also thought to have been produced during the Big Bang.
Two independent analyses now suggest that those twisting patterns in the CMB polarization could just as easily be accounted for by the dust.
'Based on what we know right now… we have no evidence for or against gravitational waves,' Uroš Seljak, an astrophysicist at the University of California, Berkeley, a co-author of one of the latest studies, told Nature News.
However, James Bock, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and a co-leader of the BICEP2 experiment, said that although his group's main paper 'has been revised based on many referee comments and resubmitted' for publication, the evidence for gravitational waves 'is certainly not being retracted'.
The problems are the latest in a series of claims that the experiment was flawed.
Online rumours earlier this year also claimed that the scientists who reported the find have now admitted to making a mistake.
The team missed a key detail in its analysis of galactic dust, the rumours say, making it more likely that the signal came from a source other than gravitational waves.
That's out of this world! Homemade helium space balloon... An eggs-traordinary find! Ancient reptile fossils shed light...
Physicist Adam Falkowski of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of Orsay, France, on Monday reported that 'experts now put a finger on what exactly went wrong in BICEP' in a controversial post.
'Among this understandable excitement, we have been aware that the signal has to be confirmed by other experiments before the discovery is established,' he wrote.
However, the team behind the experiment has hit back.
'We've done no such thing,' principal investigator John Kovac at Harvard University told New Scientist.
'We tried to do a careful job in the paper of addressing what public information there was, and also being upfront about the uncertainties.
'We are quite comfortable with the approach we have taken.'
Scientists, from left, Clem Pryke, Jamie Bock, Chao-Lin Kuo and John Kovac smile during a news conference at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge to announced their groundbreaking results on gravitational waves in March
However, confirmation of the experiment won't be known until another group either supports or opposes their finding, which could happen later this year.
According to Albert Einstein when something very explosive like this happens it leaves ripples in space-time known as 'gravitational waves'.
The very first gravitational waves can tell us about the birth of the universe and scientists have discovered they leave imprints in cosmic microwave background radiation - the afterglow of the Big Bang - as they pass through space.
The theory suggests that this intial spurt would have taken the infant universe from something infinitely small to something close to the size of a marble.
Earlier this year experts hailed the experiment as a massive step forward - but admitted the theory needed more work.
'It's just unbelievable quite honestly,' Professor Peter Ade, who helped build the instrument that detected the waves, told MailOnline.
'This is confirming what is, to me, a wacky idea.
'The next step is quite clear; to confirm the data with another technology.'
This graphic shows the universe as it evolved from the Big Bang to now. Nasa scientists believe that the universe expanded from subatomic scales to the astronomical in just a fraction of a second after its birth
The finding by the Bicep2 telescope (pictured) in the South Pole could rank with the greatest discoveries about the universe over the last 25 years
Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in Massachusetts built super-sensitive radiation detectors and installed them in the BICEP2 radio telescope at the South Pole to find these 'ripples in the sand.'
Nine years later they found these swirling patterns in cosmic background radiation created by the gravitational waves caused by the very beginnings of the universe.
Many scientists already believed that an initial, extremely rapid growth spurt happened, but finding this evidence has been a key goal in the study of the universe.
The results have been described as 'spectacular', and are expected to result in a Nobel prize for the scientists
The discovery gives us a window on the universe at the very beginning when it was far less than one-trillionth of a second old. The work still has to be reviewed by other scientists, but there is already talk of a Nobel prize.
'It's what's I would term Nobel prize winning physics,' continued Professor Ade. 'Just who that prize goes to, however, will be up for debate.'
Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, or CMB for short, is a faint glow of light that fills the universe. Pictured is the microwave radiation from the whole sky, captured by the European Space Agency's Planck satellite
According to Albert Einstein when something very explosive like this happens it leaves ripples in space-time known as 'gravitational waves'
HOW DID ASTRONOMERS FIND THE GRAVITATIONAL WAVES?
A telescope at the south pole, called BICEP2 (Background Imaging of cosmic Extragalactic Polarisation) was used to search for evidence of gravitational waves.
The instrument, which scans the sky from the South Pole, examines what is called the cosmic microwave background, the extremely weak radiation that pervades the universe.
The background radiation is not precisely uniform. Like light, the relic radiation is polarised as the result of interacting with electrons and atoms in space.
Computer models predicted a particular curl pattern in the background radiation that would match what would be expected with the universe's inflation after the big bang.
It did this by detecting a subtle property of the cosmic microwave background radiation. This is radiation that was created in the Big Bang and originally discovered in 1964.
BICEP2 measured the large-scale polarisation of this microwave radiation. Only primordial gravitational waves can imprint such a pattern, and only if they have been amplified by inflation.
'It's just amazing,' added theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss of Arizona State University, who was not involved in the work. 'You can see back to the beginning of time.'
Another outside expert, physicist Alan Guth of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said the finding already suggests that some ideas about the rapid expansion of the universe can be ruled out.
Right after the Big Bang, the universe was a hot soup of particles. It took about 380,000 years to cool enough that the particles could form atoms, then stars and galaxies.
Billions of years later, planets formed from gas and dust that were orbiting stars. The universe has continued to spread out.
Professor Krauss said he thinks the new finding could rank with the greatest discoveries about the universe over the last 25 years, such as the Nobel prize-winning discovery that the universe's expansion is accelerating.
The new results were announced by a collaboration that includes researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the University of Minnesota, Stanford University, the California Institute of Technology and Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The team plans to submit its results to a scientific journal this week, said its leader, John Kovac of Harvard.
This image shows temperature fluctuations, indicated by variations in colour, of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Researchers say since the CMB is a form of light, it exhibits all the properties of light, including polarisation (shown by black lines). The changes in polarisation are thought to be caused by gravitational waves
The 14-billion-year-long history of our universe. It shows the main events that occurred between the initial phase of the cosmos -- where its properties were almost uniform and punctuated only by tiny fluctuations - to the cosmic structure that we see today, ranging from stars and planets to galaxies and galaxy clusters
For their research, astronomers scanned about two per cent of the sky for three years with a telescope at the South Pole, chosen for its very dry air, to aid in the observations
For their research, astronomers scanned about two per cent of the sky for three years with a telescope at the South Pole, chosen for its very dry air, to aid in the observations.
They were looking for a specific pattern in light waves within the faint microwave glow left over from the Big Bang.
The pattern has long been considered evidence of the rapid growth spurt, known as inflation. Professor Kovac called it 'the smoking gun signature of inflation.'
The scientists said the light-wave pattern was caused by gravitational waves, which are ripples in the interweaving of space and time that sprawls through the universe.
The BICEP2 telescope's focal plane uses novel technology, developed at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to build an array of devices that use superconductivity to gather, filter, detect, and amplify polarised radiation from the cosmic microwave background. Each pixel is made from a printed antenna sensitive to polarised millimeter-wave radiation
A full-sky map of the oldest light in the universe. Colors indicate 'warmer' (red) and 'cooler' (blue) spots. Nasa has called this image the best baby picture of the Universe ever taken
If confirmed, the new work would be the first detection of such waves from the birth of the universe, which have been called the first tremors of the Big Bang.
Arizona State's Krauss cautioned that it's possible that the light-wave pattern is not a sign of inflation, although he stressed it's 'extremely likely' that it is.
It's 'our best hope' for a direct test of whether the rapid growth spurt happened, he added.
Professor Krauss and other experts said the results must be verified by other observations - a standard caveat in science.
Marc Kamionkowski, a theoretical physicist at Johns Hopkins University who didn't participate in the work, called the detection of the light-wave pattern 'huge news' for the study of the cosmos.
'It's not every day you wake up and learn something completely new about the early universe,' he said.
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UFC 183 Preview
Posted by thesportsjunky on January 29, 2015 · Leave a Comment
The UFC has started their year off with some massive fights but UFC 183 will be one of the most anticipated fights of the year. Most of the excitement has been built due to the return of the most dominant champion in UFC history. Anderson Silva was the most dominant fighter to ever step into the octagon winning the middleweight title in his second fight in the UFC. After that win in 2006 Silva continued to hold the title for a total of ten title defences, a UFC record. No fighter had been as dominant in the UFC as he had almost cleared out an entire division. There was nobody that could challenge the champion and it seemed like he was going to end his career undefeated. There has rarely been a fighter that can clean out almost an entire division by himself. That is what Silva did as there were not many fighters left in the division that could beat him. Then came Chris Weidman who beat Silva, not once, but twice to take the middleweight title and end an eight year championship reign. The last fight between them was the one that kept Silva out for a year and had many believing he was ready to retire. During the fight Silva continued to unleash kicks on Weidman who continued to check them until finally Silva went again and broke his own leg. Now just over a year from breaking his leg he is ready to return to the octagon and go after the belt that he lost. Silva won't be the only fighter returning to the octagon though as his opponent will also be making his first appearance in over a year. Nick Diaz is one of the most polarizing figures in MMA and much of that has to do with his attitude. That attitude was the reason he took time off from fighting after losing to Georges St. Pierre in March 2013. After that fight, one that Diaz believed he won, he said that he was done with fighting and since then he has not been in the octagon. Since then he has stated that he is fine with returning but he does not want to climb up the rankings, he only wants big fights that are going to be worth it. That type of fight came up for UFC 183 as he had the chance to take on one of the biggest names in the UFC in a main event of a pay per view event. Both fighters are somewhat similar in that they have the stand-up game to compete with anyone and very underrated Jiu Jitsu that can end a fight quickly on the mat. The difference between them is the attitude they bring to the octagon. Silva is a come and composed fighter who has always looked at peace when he walks into the octagon. Diaz is a different story as he is the picture of anger with a stare that nobody wants to be on the wrong side of when they face him. They take that attitude into their fighting styles as well with Silva waiting for his opponents to come after him and let him counter to earn a knockout. Diaz, on the other hand, comes after his opponents and looks to make them so uncomfortable with his pace and aggressiveness that their defence eventually cracks and he earns the KO. With the two competing styles it should make for a great match but there is one major question, will Silva be the same? The question stems from the broken leg that he suffered and his layoff after losing two straight fights. It is plenty of things that Silva has never dealt with and he will have to get all of that out of his mind in a main event of a pay per view event with plenty of people watching. The talk is not the same for Diaz because he didn't go out on an injury and the thing that makes him so great is his fire, which will likely never go away. Silva was once the greatest fight in the UFC and now he is trying to reclaim that title while Diaz is trying to end the coronation and spoil the party. It will be a close fight as both fighters have the ability to end it but Silva has been waiting for this moment for too long and will take the win with a third round TKO to announce his return to the UFC.
As a legend returns to the octagon in the main event one fighter is trying to get to that level at some point will enter his biggest fight. Kelvin Gastelum was the youngest winner of The Ultimate Fighter in the history of the show but has not received a lot of hype since then. He has remained on main cards and has slowly climbed the welterweight rankings but still he is not usually mentioned among the most exciting fighters to watch. For that he often gets overlooked as a potential title contender in the welterweight division, especially with the battle going on at the top. Yet he holds one of the longest win streaks in the UFC and continues to prove that he has what it takes to be a top contender. With five straight wins including two submissions, Gastelum is looking to make his name known at UFC 183. One of those submissions came in his last fight against by far his best opponent of his career. When Gastelum choked out Jake Ellenberger in the co-main event of UFC 180 it was a message that he was ready to make some noise in the division. Now he gets that chance again in taking on a top three fighter in the welterweight division. Gastelum will face-off with Tyron Woodley in an attempt to enter the title conversation but Woodley won't make it easy. He continues to make his mark on the division and despite a loss to Rory MacDonald he remains one of the best welterweights in the UFC and is looking to take his own shot at the title. It is all about making an impression for both fighters in this co-main event and it is sure to be a close one. Gastelum does not seem to be great at any one aspect of the sport but he is so well-rounded that he also does not have many weaknesses. His wrestling background makes it seem more comfortable on the ground and has the ability to end fights there while he has yet to show knockout power. Woodley is also a well-rounded fighter with a wrestling background but prefers to stand and use his strength and athleticism to put fighters away. If either one can win impressively they will find their way to the mess at the top of the division and begin being mention among the top three contenders.
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KAMASUTRA: A VALENTINE FOR ADULTS ONLY
By PLS*
Once upon a time, around 1700 years ago, there was a very smart guy in India named Vatsyayana. He wrote, in Sanskrit, about sex or pleasure or desire or love, depending on how you want to translate kama. More to the point, he tells how to seduce, swooningly please and keep a lover. Sexual anxiety has been around for a long time. Sexual fantasies, too.
Like Kinsey and Freud and other Westerners who wrote about sometimes yummy, sometimes scummy sex, Vatsyayana used an academic facade like a condom to protect himself from criticism on the grounds of prurience and pornography. He was writing a sutra aka treatise, and he studded it with references and deferences to this scholar and that commentator. If footnotes are lacking, it's only because they hadn't been invented yet. (A terrific introduction to a recent translation by Western scholars makes up for that.)
Or maybe we should imagine Vatsyayana as the Hugh Hefner of his time, hiding behind the hottest scholarship to help wealthy idle playboys gratify their itches. Borrowing, in a way, from religion, too. Go to any museum of Asian art and take a look at ancient and medieval Indian sculpture. Better yet, go to the temples of Khajuraho or Konarak. Nymphs with bustlines even Dolly Parton would envy. Erections to put a mere ruler to shame. Nipple pinching. Creative groping. Group sex. And most sculpted, officially, to depict the sphere of the gods and goddesses and their passionate devotees. And don't forget to check out the paintings and palm leaf manuscripts. As often as not, you can have your frissons and be spiritual, too. In your imagination anyway, which is good enough, most of the time, for most of us.
Actually ancient India had more than its share of intellectuals like Vatsyayana. One of the earliest mathematical treatises came from India, along with the invention of the zero, which I'll take the liberty of calling a yoni, or a female symbol, for present purposes. (Guess what the 1 becomes then?) So it's hardly surprising that, for Vatsyayana, sex is like a logical or mathematical game, an exhaustive matrix of possibilities and combinations to keep the beloved from becoming jaded, bored, unresponsive, ready for a change of face and phallus.
At one point Vatsyayana speaks of 84 varieties of sex. Later he speaks of permutations of nine. The two don't quite match, it seems to me, but the habit of mind is clear and culturally persistent, it seems. Have you ever wondered why modern Indians are so good at math and science and software design? But I digress. Here are some more numbers.
There are four kinds of embraces, says Vatsyayana: the twining vine, climbing-the-tree, rice-and-sesame and milk-and-water. There are also four ways of bringing bodies together: touching, stabbing, grinding and pressing. We must also consider the potential of scratching, biting and kissing, the latter of which consists of three modes: casual, throbbing and brushing. Etc. Etc. Etc. This is sex as a series of to-do lists.
Meanwhile, there are eight kinds of vocalization during the sex act: screaming, whimpering, groaning, babbling, crying, panting, shrieking and sobbing. To wit, the performance you suffer through when you're trying to get to sleep in hotels that haven't invested in soundproof walls. Vatsyayana knew every sound and syllable.
But first the playboy has to get his lover into bed, and Vatsyayana has hints for placating (or deceiving) one's own wife (or wives) while seducing (successfully and without undue scandal) women of every possible status, including: virgins, courtesans or used women, other men's wives. More matrices. Or should I say mattresses? Followed by advice about how to get out of liaisons when they pall. And then how to resume an affair whose premature termination one regrets! This treatise is nothing if not thorough.
The Kamasutra is purely about the pursuit, heightening and prolonging of sensual pleasure, for males and females (the female part being pretty extraordinary back then in India and largely unthinkable in the West until fairly close to our own time). It's not about morality. It's not even about sentimentality and romance, according to Sanskritists Wendy Doniger (University of Chicago) and Sudhir Kakar (Harvard), who have written a very engaging introduction to their fine recent translation, which has been published in full by Oxford University Press. There's also a cute palm-sized collection of excerpts that would make a charming little valentine for non-prudish prospects or partners. Although this version is far from exhaustive, even it presents some interesting challenges for those who have fantasies of uniting exotically.
Warning: many of these entwinings are more likely to lead to hysterical laughter than to orgasm.
Why? Let's consider ordinary yoga, another Indian contribution. There are the asanas most of us can do: the downward dog, the cobra, a warrior pose or two and maybe even a headstand, with or without the assistance of a wall. And then there are the weird contortions demonstrated by lean, smooth-skinned swamis in loincloths, the sort of pretzeling and balancing that belongs strictly on the roster of today's X-treme sports.
And, while I'm on the pitfalls of praxis, here's a bit of advice. Despite Vatsyayana's submersive suggestion, don't bother to try anything elegant in hot water. Some personal experiments in a lovely Japanese bath in Kyoto were extremely unsuccessful. As for cold water, who could stay in long enough to assume such complex postures? And then there's the decidedly unseductive danger of goose bumps.
But don't despair. Vatsyayana makes room for invention and spontaneity. In speaking of the joys and varieties of scratching (tiger's claw, peacock's foot, hare's leap, lotus leaf), he quotes "scholars" who say,
because the things people can imagine are infinite, and there are infinite kinds of dexterity, and one can learn anything by practice and repetition, and passion is at the very heart of cutting with the nails [that's scratching, again], who could survey all the forms?
Not even Vatsyayana, it seems, who adds: "For even passion demands variety."
In the end, then, Kamasutra isn't a textbook so much as an inspiration.
*With apologies (and thanks) to Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, with whom I took and thoroughly enjoyed a course in "Sanskrit Literature in Translation" the year before I joined the foreign service.
Illustrations: reclining lovers from cover of Oxford editions; detail of pointing couple from a portfolio of Bundi Painting published by the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
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Q: Solve for $x$ in elliptic curve $y^2 = x^3 + ax + b$ Given $y$, is it possible to solve for $x$ in the elliptic curve equation $y^2 = x^3 + ax + b$ over a finite field?
Or is it known to be as difficult as say, something like the discrete logarithm problem via a reduction argument?
Specifically I would like to know this for the secp256k1 curve over field = $\mathbb{Z}_p$, with:
modulus $p = 2^{256} - 2^{32} - 977$; $a = 0$; $b = 7$;
order of base point = $2^{256} - 432420386565659656852420866394968145599$.
(The curve equation is simply $y^2 = x^3 + 7$.)

Note: Because the field has the property that $p \not\equiv 2 \!\! \mod \! 3$, it's not possible to compute a cube root via a simple exponentiation by Fermat's little theorem.
Side note: The opposite is feasible; given $x$ it is easy to calculate the two possible values of $y$ on this elliptic curve.

A: This answer is for the concrete values of $p,a,b$ given in the question;
it relies on $p\equiv 7\pmod{9}$, $a=0$, $\left(\frac{b}{p}\right)=-1$.
The key property is that $p-1$ is divisible by $3$, but not by $3^2$.
Instead $p+2$ is divisible by $3^2$.
This allows us to follow an approach for cuberoots analogous to the one
used for finding squareroots when $\frac{p-1}{2}$ is odd.
Set $g$ to a primitive root modulo $p$. Here, $g\equiv 3\pmod{p}$ works.
Then $\rho = g^{(p-1)/3}$ is a primitive 3rd root of unity in $\mathbb{F}_p$.
The other one is $\rho^2 = -1 - \rho$.
Suppose $(x,y)$ is a point on the curve with given finite $y$, thus $y^2 = x^3 + b$. Set $c = y^2 - b$. Then $c\not\equiv 0\pmod{p}$ because the given $b=7$ has $\left(\frac{b}{p}\right)=-1$, thus $b$ is a nonsquare modulo $p$. So we have a nonzero $c = x^3$, therefore
$$c^{(p-1)/3}\equiv1\pmod{p}$$
If you cannot trust that $y$ really belongs to a point on the curve, you might want to check that.
Set $x_1 = c^{(p+2)/9}$. Then $x_1^3\equiv c^{(p+2)/3}\equiv c^{(p-1)/3}c\equiv c \pmod{p}$, so $x_1$ is a candidate for $x$ in the sense that $(x_1,y)$ is in the curve. The other candidates are $x_2 = x_1\rho$ and $x_3 = x_1\rho^2 = -x_1 -x_2$. No more points with the given $y$ exist
because we are working in a field,
so an equation of degree $d$ can have at most $d$ solutions.
Basically we have used the fact that $p-1$ is divisible by $3$ only once,
hence the order of $c$ in $(\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z})^\times$, call it $m$,
must be coprime to $3$.
Therefore there exists a multiplicative inverse $k$ of $3\pmod{m}$,
and $c^k$ effectively gives a cuberoot of $c$. (Of the three possible
cube roots, $c^k$ gives the one that is itself a cube.)
For $p\equiv 7\pmod{9}$ we have found $k=\frac{p+2}{9}$;
if $p$ were congruent to $4\bmod{9}$ instead, we would find $k=\frac{2p+1}{9}$.

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Cam Newton finally returned to his old self. The dual-threat quarterback was finally able to run effectively for the first time this season, as he ran the ball 17 times for 107 yards and his first rushing touchdown of the season. He also added 284 passing yards and two touchdowns through the air. Based on these stats, you would think the Carolina Panthers won.
The Cincinnati Bengals converted 10 third down conversions on 16 attempts, missing only one in the first half. Giovani Bernard had his first career 100+ rushing yard day as he ran for an 89-yard touchdown. Andy Dalton completed 33 of his 43 passes for 323 passing yards and two touchdowns. Based on these stats, you would think the Cincinnati Bengals won.
As we all know, stats can be misleading. Neither of these teams won, as for the first time in the Panthers' 20-year history, they tied 37-37.
Down 34-31 after a furious back-and-forth rally, Carolina was able to drive down the field and get in position for kicker Graham Gano to hit a 44-yard field goal as time expired to send the game into overtime.
Cincinnati got the ball first and drove right down the field. Carolina stopped them and forced Mike Nugent to hit a 42-yard field goal.
Carolina did the same thing, driving down the field and getting stopped. Gano hit a 36-yard field goal to tie it up at 37 with only two minutes left.
On their next drive, Andy Dalton was nearly perfect, completing eight of his nine passes. After Panthers defensive end Charles Johnson drew a roughing-the-passer penalty, it set Nugent up to hit the game-winner.
With only two seconds left, the Bengals snapped the ball. It was a clean snap, a clean hold, a strong kick.
Both teams played well offensively. Newton took over the Carolina offense with his rushing. After running only 14 times for 42 yards to start this year, he set a career high in rushing attempts with 17 and led the team with 107 rushing yards.
Dalton was efficient and made solid plays all game. Even after throwing two interceptions, he stayed calm and nearly led his team to victory.
Defensively, neither did spectacular. Normally, both of these teams are known for their defense. However, combined, they allowed 944 total yards and 74 points. Both teams only had to punt the ball once. In fact, this was the highest-scoring game that ended in a tie in NFL history.
One of the biggest things that stood out was how both kickers for these teams missed field goals that could have easily been made. Missed opportunities and penalties were plenty in this one. They combined for 21 penalties and 179 penalty yards.
The Panthers are now 3-2-1 after their first tie in franchise history. They head to Green Bay next week to face the 4-2 Packers. The Bengals, now 3-1-1, will travel to Indianapolis to play the 4-2 Colts.


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Unlike the previously discussed GBP CAD, if there is one FX pair that has precisely followed my road map over the last 6 Weeks it's this one.
From the rally up to the Daily Triangle and the retrace down to the combined 200 MA and old fib level support followed by continuation of the rally back up to the triangle resistance, AUD:JPY moved beautifully and exactly as suggested. Yet I've stillnot taken a trade!
We've come to a point where planning the next move isn't quite so obvious. It's now time for the Market to tell us where it wants to go, but the charts do hold some clues.
Firstly looking at the Hourly chart, the bull flag formation was something I'd been watching in preparation of posting the analysis here ahead of a break out. However, that break out happened sooner than I'd allowed for and I didn't get the opportunity to buy the break. So the next step will be to wait for a pull back that should re-test the trading range prior to the break out, support in the region of the small red horizontal line could be an attractive long entry if other time frames and MACD confirm the move.
In conclusion, price is currently at technical resistance so the current price level is not the safest of entries for a long position, but it does appear that technical's continue to favour the upside overall and therefore I'm not looking to short this resistance, but rather buy a retrace and manage the trade accordingly. Below 80.50 and the bullish idea is scrapped.
My view on longer time frames still remains the same as the previous AUD:JPY analysis which can be found here.
I was so close to entering long last night but decided I'd be better off entering on a confirmed break of the triangle so eventually settled on setting an overnight limit order.
Because of this entry I'm not as comfortable with short term risk/reward so will be watching the trade closely and probably wont allow it to go into a loss on the basis I should be able to re-enter at better levels on a pull back or break out back test.
Just not happy with my entry. Closed at 82.93 for a 10 pip profit.
Will also remove this trade from the swing trading log as it's not really a swing trade just yet.


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Published November 20, 2020 7:39 pm
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State officials say this order is similar to the one issued in March at the beginning of the pandemic shutdowns. This order does not mean you cannot go outside whatsoever after 10 p.m. You can still make food or grocery store runs or walk your dog; just make sure you do not do it with friends or members of other households.
The farmers market was still drawing a good crowd in Watsonville for a Friday night. While everything closes down long before 10 p.m., starting Saturday, the limited stay at home order for COVID-19 Purple Tier counties in California means all non-essential work, movement and gatherings have to stop between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
"It does mean that I can still go to the grocery store at 11 if that grocery store is still open to pick up milk or eggs or whatever I need," said Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state Health and Human Services secretary. "Yes, I can walk my dog at 11pm if that's your tradition and routine."
Restaurants can even stay open past 10 p.m. to do take out and deliveries.
"We urge people, in a limited way, to use restaurants in that way. And for all you restaurant operators and owners, that's certainly an opportunity to keep some amount of business going," said Dr. Ghaly.
The governor's office says this order is aimed at curbing social activities and gatherings that experts say are behind the surge in cases. Cities like Watsonville and Salinas have already seen problems with these types of parties.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office says they will focus on large gatherings once curfew starts. There is already a countywide noise ordinance that takes effect at 10 p.m.
Both the Monterey County Sheriff's Office and Salinas police say they will take an educational and scouts-honor approach to the curfew, but will enforce if needed.
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I am just starting to use Pandas. I have exported a few geodatabase tables to csv files to load into Pandas DataFrames. I know there has to be a more direct or efficient way to load data from a geodatabase table or feature layer into a Pandas DataFrame. Can any Panda users suggest a better method of getting geodatabase data into Pandas?
I figured it out. Here is the code. Now I just need to create a couple utility functions to split my datetime fields before creating the NumPy array from the feature class and then to reassembly my datetime information once I get it into Pandas.
Melanie...suggestions for next time you post, make sure to use something like Posting Code blocks in Esri GeoNet so your code is formatted correctly. This is important in many languages, and Python in particular (and I assume in turn Pandas, but I haven't worked with it yet).
edit: and you may want to edit your post and clean up the code....not very useful as is.


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Home/2013/Take it one day at a time . . .
The last few weeks have been really busy in terms of communications through my website. I have had two nursing students- one from California and one from Kentucky – whose professors have shown my YouTube video in their class. This is not the first time either; my sister in law's teacher also showed my video to their class a few weeks ago. First of all, I am so pleased that my video is impacting these teachers enough to want to share with their students (and is even reaching people as far away as California and Kentucky). This is great awareness for Guillain-Barre, and great learning for these future nurses. Secondly, it makes me even happier to know that these students, who don't even know someone with GBS, are that impacted by my video, that they are buying my book and reaching out to email me to tell me how I much I have inspired them.
I have also been in touch with numerous patients and family members of those dealing with GBS in the last few weeks. One lady, a young woman in New Zealand, was diagnosed just 9 weeks after the birth of her child. She has a severe case like mine and is in the ICU breathing on a tube. It brings back a lot of memories, thinking back to that time when I was so paralyzed that I couldn't even hold my newborn Casey…but look how far I have come now, and one day she will be able to hold her child again. I've been in touch with her family, and they have already read my book to her. I hope that she found it comforting; knowing that there is someone out there that has gone through what she is. One of the mains reasons I wrote my book is for situations like this, and I hope it helps not only her but her family as well.
I have also been in touch with a young man in England, who posted my video on his Facebook page for others to see what he is going through. He is 26 years old, which is the same age that I was when I was diagnosed. He has just learned that he is going to be a father to his first child which is one more reason for him to fight as hard as he can to get back to his life.
This week I started Chalean Extreme, another home workout program. It's quite a bit different than Insanity so far, which I'll need to get used to. Chalean Extreme is more focused on weight training where Insanity is high intensity cardio. I'm used to working out at a very fast pace with a very high heart rate…where this is slower movements but with extremely heavy weights. Don't get me wrong, it is still very difficult, just a different workout is all. I'm not able to lift all that much yet either but I know as the weeks go by I will get stronger and stronger, just like with Insanity.
Our family is headed to Golden this weekend, to go visit my cousin and his girlfriend, and we are going to hit up the ski hill on Sunday. I am so excited; it's been over 3 years since I've skied and I'm looking forward to getting up on the hill again. But of course I am a little nervous; I haven't skied since GBS so it's hard to say how I'll do but I'm willing to give it a try! My ankles are still weak but I am overall stronger, so hopefully that helps me.
At the end of April, my mom and I are heading to Toronto for a GBS Conference. I am really looking forward to meeting even more people that have been through what I have, to some degree. I am certainly not there to sell my book but I'm sure a few will be sold to those wanting to hear more about what I went through. And again I hope that those currently struggling with issues from GBS find my story beneficial and inspiring.
Meeting the many people that will be at the conference will remind me that although GBS is a rare disease, there is still a shocking amount of people who have had it or will get it. Thinking about some of the people I have been in contact with this past week, who are going though similar things that I did, brings back a lot of memories and I can't help but feel terrible for them. It gives me that same feeling I felt back in ICU – that pit in the bottom of my stomach- thinking about all they are going through and all that they are going to endure over the next months- even years. They really have no idea, and there really isn't a way to prepare them for it. But the best thing about GBS is that there is a high chance of making a full recovery. It will take time, but these people have every reason to believe that they can get their life back. And not many diseases allow for that.
It may feel like you are never going to wake up from this nightmare but I assure you, one day you will. There is a light at the end of the tunnel even if you can't see it right now. Stay positive and take each day at a time. Don't stress about your future, just focus on getting through the challenges you are facing right now. You can deal with tomorrow's challenges, tomorrow. You will get through this. Surround yourself with positive people that will lift you up rather than bring you down. Instead of always thinking about the things that you are unable to do, try to find things that you are able to do, that make you happy and do them every day. When I was in the ICU, the little things for me included watching the news in the morning to help ease the isolation feeling and my mom reading me my Facebook wall to lift my spirits. And when I was recuperating at home, it was spending time with friends to take my mind off of my illness. Find a hobby that you love, and do it. It's these little things that will help you get through your days. GBS is the hardest thing you will ever face in your life. And you may not think you are strong enough to handle it, but I assure you, you are stronger than you know. And one day I promise, you will look back and see just how far you have come. I know I do, every day.
GBS awareness in any way for people who have no idea what you are talking about is great – I wish more people could be educated, thanks Holly – have a great time in Toronto! What a great place for a conference!
You continue to amaze and inspire me Holly. Looking forward to going to Toronto with you. We've been on an amazing journey, the toughest ever, and now we get to continue from a place of purpose and passion. Not many mothers get to do that with their daughters! What an honor!!!!


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"Josie" is the first song I've ever written with someone else. My amazingly talented friend Dan Harris and I wrote the song over a night in Brooklyn. We ended up recording… Read More
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Josie Lyrics
Oh, Josie
You may be from Jersey
But you're a menace, give me heart attacks
So here's your awkward pop-punk track
Come on and show me
The way you're moving, grooving, overload
Can you star this episode?
(Can you star this episode?)
Tell me if I'm worthy
'Cause to tell you how I feel is scary
But fear is only temporary
I hope your lips will taste like mine forever
Does waiting only make it better?
(I don't know) How to handle situations
Without my feelings complicating evеrything
Is this how it's supposed to be?
At twenty-onе, you're doomed to fail, so
Here's to going off the rails for you
So here's to all you put me through, Josie
When somebody's filling up your Camry
Aren't you getting sick of Jersey?
Wasted love and rent at Atlantic City
Gamble me away in pity
How to handle situations
Without my feelings complicating everything
At twenty-one, you're doomed to fail, so
So here's to all you put me through
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na (Ooh)
1 contributor
"Josie" is the first song I've ever written with someone else. My amazingly talented friend Dan Harris and I wrote the song over a night in Brooklyn. We ended up recording a demo the next day and instantly fell in love with the tune. Goes to show that trying new things and surrounding yourself with likeminded people can go a long way.
(Me and Dan)
Ben Green, Dan Harris & Jackson Velli
Dan Harris & Jackson Velli
Ivakota Studio in Washington, D.C.
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