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Students balance heavy loads for success
by Becca Meyer February 12, 2019 March 14, 2019
It's a juggling act for Sacred Hearts Academy senior Anika Galvan, with multiple college-level classes, after-school clubs and a part-time job filling her days.
"There's a lot of pressure on students because we're expected to excel in academics and extracurriculars just to get into college," Galvan, 17, said. "I am always thinking about my future, and I worry if what I'm doing now is enough to be successful."
While the pressure to maintain grades and to gain out-of-the-classroom experience is nothing new for teens, experts say the demand today is greater than ever.
Colleges accept less, want more
Academy Counselor Annaliza Miyashiro shows senior Kira Stone ways to manage her time through the use of digital apps. All photos by Tyra Tabayoyong.
"The academic demand has increased tremendously from when I was in school (more than a decade ago)," Academy Counselor Annaliza Miyashiro said. "College admissions are much more competitive, with (smaller) acceptance rates…and more students to compete with."
Colleges today accept nearly two-thirds of first-time freshmen, according to a report by the National Association for College Admission Counseling. The average acceptance rate for the 2016 fall semester was 65.4 percent, as compared to an average of 71 percent in 2001.
Top schools, like Stanford University, are also being more selective. In 2017, the school had its lowest-ever acceptance rate of 4.65, according to Ivywise.
Because of this, Miyashiro emphasizes not only earning good grades and test scores but also participating in extracurricular activities.[poll id="64″ align="right" background="on" border="all" shadow="on"]
"Students should go beyond the requirements, (such as doing) community service, getting involved in student life (and) extracurricular activities," she said. "But to make their college applications more competitive, they should take Honors or AP courses, take on leadership roles and commit to a particular project (or) service."
Galvin, who has been at the Academy since freshman year, is steadily headed in that path. This year, textbooks in world religions, honors pre-calculus, Advanced Placement (AP) physics and economics fill her book bag. She also laces up her ballet shoes three times a week, as a student in the Academy's dance program.
In addition to her academic workload, Galvan pairs up with an elementary-aged student, as part of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii program. During the summers, she dives into the Waikiki Aquarium's leadership program.
Gaining workforce experience
In addition to balancing various responsibilities in school, most teens today choose to work part-time in order to prepare for a lifelong career.
Studies show that students with part-time jobs are able to gain life skills. The list includes taking responsibility, multitasking, practicing social interaction and gaining a sense of independence through earning their own money.
For the past year, Galvan has been working at the Flip Flop Workshop, which is also her first job. The shop specializes in custom flip flop footwear. As an employee, Galvan meets customers visiting from around the world and assists them in creating their Hawaii souvenir.
Academy senior Anika Galvan makes custom flip flops as a part-time job with the Flip Flop Workshop.
"Having a job now will definitely put me ahead of others when I start working after college," Galvan said. "Employers look for those (who are) more experienced, rather than having to teach someone who is brand new to working."
With a head start in the workplace, Galvan said her biggest challenge is with time.
"At work, it can be stressful thinking about how much schoolwork I have to do afterwards, and when I do get home, I find it hard to actually get any work done," said Galvan, who gets home from work at about 10 p.m. She works a few days a week.
Finding time to spend with family and friends has also been a struggle for Galvan. She tries her best to fit this in because she feels it is important; however, it has been pushed further down her list of priorities in months leading up to graduation.
Focusing on school
Academy senior Aiyana Arnobit disagrees with adding more responsibilities outside of school. As the top of her class of more than 100 seniors, she has been nose-deep in her studies.
"Ka Leo" polled more than 50 high school seniors in the state on their involvement outside of the classroom. Infographic by Rebecca Meyer.
"Having a job in high school would be a disservice," she said. "It would prevent me from pursuing my academic workload or participating in various club activities."
Arnobit is taking almost all AP courses, from AP Japanese, to AP biology and AP literature.
"I want to get into highly competitive schools, so I need my classes and extracurriculars to be (challenging) in order for me to be a competitive student," Arnobit said.
In addition to her academic workload, Arnobit is the captain of the Academy's cyber defense team, as well as a member of the Center For Tomorrow's Leaders, a statewide nonprofit that grooms students into becoming political leaders. Arnobit also regularly participates in the school's math and coding teams.
With all of this on her plate, she maintains a 4.51 grade point average.
'Having experience is critical'
Like Arnobit, 2011 Academy graduate Jordan Nelson also chose to focus on school-centered activities during high school; however, looking back, Nelson said she would have done things differently.
"I was always a terrible student in high school and earned a C and B+ at best," she said. "I couldn't have imagined having a job, on top of my loaded extracurricular schedule."
Nelson took seven different courses each semester, in addition to being on the Academy's softball and canoe paddling teams.
Today, the 25-year-old is a resource recovery specialist for the Windward Zero Waste School Hui. The nonprofit works with windward Oahu schools to reduce waste, restore soil and educate students on sustainable practices.
Nelson's pursuit in plant and environmental protection sciences was not easy, she said, as her lack of prior work experience made it difficult to secure a job after college.
"I interviewed for a job with Department of Land and Natural Resources and didn't get it because another person had more experience," she said. "Having experience is critical; employers look at the degree, but they value the hands-on experience more."
After graduating from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Nelson moved to the Hawaii Island to work as a park ranger at the Kaupulehu Dryland Forest Reserve.
This notch on her resume helped Nelson secure her current job as a resource recovery specialist.
"Putting the kids in the workforce, when they should be enjoying their years in high school…is unfortunately the world we live in," Nelson said. "An undergraduate degree isn't enough anymore; you need experience. You need to do it all, even if it means taking on heavier loads."
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Meow: Can a Fat Cat Change Kids' Eating Habits?
When I first heard of "Meow", a tubby tabby residing at a Santa Fe animal shelter, I wasn't shocked when it was reported his current fighting, er lounging weight came in at a Rubenesque 39 pounds.
In a country that is has seen a 74% increase in obesity rates in the last fifteen year, it makes perfect sense that our loyal companions are being directly affected by America's downward spiral into larger sizes of expandable waistline sweatpants.
As "Meow's" elderly owner reportedly fed him decidedly unhealthy meals like hot dogs, the road to shedding most of his nine lives via a diet high in un-Friskies-like fare was obviously extremely fast and furryous.
He passed away a few days ago, a direct result of his weight.
In a world of animated animal pitchmen, hawking everything from sugary cereals to confectioneries, cookies & crap, why is it that we can't use overweight pets like "Meow" as poster critters to try pitching kids on forming habits far more beneficial than those shilled to them in Trojan Horses stuffed to the brim with high fructose corn syrup.
Sure, a hard sell indeed. Here's some fatty food for thought:
The CDC reports that the average number of children aged 2-19 that are obese in the US is now at 17%. That is roughly 12.5 million children classified as obese by their BMI (Body Mass Index). That figure has almost tripled since 1980. In 1977, children aged 2-18 consumed an average of 1,842 calories per day. By 2006, that had climbed to 2,022.
A study funded by the CDC and released on Monday projected that by 2030, 42 % of American adults will be obese, compared to 34 % today and 11 % will be severely obese, compared to 6 percent today.
Many looked at "Meow" as a funny fat cat, imagining he ate cheese out of an aerosol can and wrapped mice in bologna or Fruit Roll ups before devouring them whole. In the majority of reporting, his plight was mostly played for laughs. If America's Funniest Home Videos has taught this Nation anything, it's that other than a crotch shot, there's nothing funnier than a fat pet stuck in a dog door.
It doesn't help that The Today Show flew his royal rotundness from New Mexico to New York for a guest appearance, relaying the wrong message by rewarding the portly puss for being a Fatty. (I like to think Al Roker wouldn't have stood for this ten years ago.)
Would it be just as unscrupulous for educators, nutritionists and Parents to exploit "Meow's" sad, shortness of breath life, if it meant teaching children what a bad diet can lead too?
If a cartoon bear can berate kids on the dangers of forest fires or a trash hating owl can tsk, tsk them to death over the evils of pollution, perhaps it's high time to force a real, morbidly obese pet down the throats of our children. Maybe, just maybe, this could lead to healthier future for man & ultimately, beast alike.
Pets can't pack on the pounds without an enabler, nor can our kids. Until Nickelodeon lets "Boots" from "Dora the Explorer" succumb to Type 2 diabetes as a direct result of an excessive diet of Bananas Foster, show me another angle to make kids care about what they eat.
Perhaps a lovable, albeit girth challenged pussy-cat from New Mexico can show Jamie Oliver how a real revolution begins.
RIP Meow. I'm sure you're in a happier place, and Cat Jesus has you on a treadmill.
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DEAR CHRISTINE: She wants to marry, but I'm not sure yet
DEAR CHRISTINE
Dear Christine,
MY GIRLFRIEND AND I have been seeing each other for the past two years. I love being with her and she has most things that I want in a partner.
I consider myself to be lucky to have her and believe she is better than I deserve. We are both 29 and she is questioning where the relationship is heading as she wants to marry, settle down and have children.
I want all that too but I am having trouble with the notion of committing to her forever because I'm still attracted to other women, even though I have never cheated on her.
More worrisome is that I am afraid I'll meet someone I'm more attracted to somewhere down the road.
How can I be sure that she will make me happier than anyone else I may meet in the future?
– UNSURE
Dear Unsure,
You will always be attracted to other women. It's natural!
I'm sure your girlfriend will also be attracted to other males but it will not and does not mean you'll both want to have relationships outside of your relationship with each other.
Regardless of how attractive one's partner is, there are no guarantees that anyone – male or female – won't meet someone who is different and appealing at some point in the future.
But those who are mature and committed usually realise they have enough invested emotionally in their marriage and children that they can resist temptation. It's called being faithful and being a responsible adult.
As to whether or not you can be sure she'll make you happier than anyone else, I do not know, neither can you know or she know that for a fact. Life happens
However, take heart and don't chicken out.
If she is much better than you deserve, perhaps she is the one.
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Lately I'm on a mission. I am working with all my clients on it.
You see, every time I go into a home, I have a clear cut process. I talk with the owner, or my client, and they tell me the 'ultimate outcome' from having me work the space over.
A problem arises when it's actually time to throw it all away!
The excuses range from 'forgotten' (unadmitted!) sentimental value, to environmental concerns. These reasons are all perfectly fine, but they do tend to get in the way of a happy transformation of the home.
I had to come up with a solution to stop having these uncomfortable conversations. Enter upcycling.
The creative's answer to recycling, the underlying principle of upcycling is to take something you already have, and to transform it into something you want.
For example, this gorgeous vintage birdcage, previously gathering dust, has been transformed into a planter box for succulents. I will be adding that to my 'greening' of apartments everywhere!
From making vases out of expensive or interesting champagne and wine bottles, to reupholstering old armchairs, to creating lampshades out of old books and quaint baby mobiles out of dated trinkets, upcycling allows people to keep all their precious things, without the frustration of clutter.
And for the environmentally minded, it wins brownie points for its resourceful prevention of unnecessary waste and expenditure. There's something for everyone with this trend.


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Scott from Robinson diagnosed my ac unit, recharged it with freon, and looked for possible leaks.
I had an emergency ac problem on the hottest day of the year (I think it set an all time high at 106) and I had a party in the evening with 60 people expected. I called Robinson and they saved the day. When I mentioned that I had a party starting soon, Robinson sent Scott over in just a few hours. He arrived on schedule and quickly diagnosed my unit. It was low on freon. Scott recharged the unit and checked the unit for any other problems. He got me back up and running in enough time to cool down the house before my guests arrived. Robinson saved the day!
A technician came to my home to give me an estimate for installing a heat pump in my basement. I never received the estimate.
I spoke with the VP of the company the week before they came out to give me an estimate. She indicated that she could give me an estimate based on what I told her over the phone. I waited several days for her to email the estimate and she never sent it. I called back and spoke with the Executive Assistant and she suggested that I have someone come out. I made an appointment for 5/24/2011. The technician was extremely late when he arrived. I kept calling to see if he was still coming and where he was located and I was finally able to get in touch with someone. The technician told me that the Executive Assistant would call me the next day with an estimate. I waited a few days and didn't receive anything. I called them, I sent an email via the company website, and I left a message on their voicemail. As of now, I have not received a reply at all. I never received an estimate. It will be 3 weeks on 6/14/2011 and still no response and no estimate. I feel like that is very unprofessional to do business in that manner.


Jack and Annie are brother and sister. They have a tree house filled with books. It is magic, because, every time they read a book, it takes them to the place and time where the story is set. In this way, they experience amazing adventures: it is like if they became part of the story. This is the magic of reading!!!
In the book I have just read, Jack and Annie went to Austria, into the Palace of the Empress. They had with them a magic flute to help them if they needed it. They found out that there was a zoo in the garden of the palace. They were surprised to see wild animals in Austira. I learned that it was, actually, the first zoo created in Europe.
The second thing that puzzled them was listening to a boy, six years old, playing the Harpsicord beautifully. This boy was Mozart, indeed. He was traveling around Europe with his father and `sister, showing his extraordinary talent.
Mozart played very seriously, but when he was not playing music. Jack and Annie discovered that he liked playing just like they did. Together they had a lot of fun.
The Magic flute mentioned in the title of the book is the name of an opera composed by Mozart; the last Opera he composed before dying.
I have always fun when i read a magic tree house book. I think these books are important, because they are able to entertain me, making laugh and imagine beautiful places. they give me many information, too.
This book, as many others of the series " Magic tree house Books" is a good combination of imagination and reality. When I read these books I learn many things having fun at the same time.


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As well of taking care of internal changes to allow your website to perform better in search engine results, MB Web Design can also provide consultation on external strategies to drive traffic to your website.
Each client's requirements are unique, so there is no 'cookie cutter' technique to generate results.
Keyword and market research We don't do anything without establishing how search users expect to find your business, its products and its services. Sometimes the obvious search phrases are not viable to target. We always recommend the most cost-effective goals.
On-site SEO Your website needs to perform well in search engine results while still catering to your target market. We ensure your website content does not suffer from "keyword stuffing" and other techniques that could fall foul of Google's filtering, while also pitching each page as perfectly as possible towards the that page's specific search niche.
Technical work Slow-loading pages, incorrect code and outdated systems are among the main reasons why a website might not perform. We can advise on technical and aesthetic changes to your website to improve its usability for visitors and search engines alike.
Competitor analysis and monitoring From the beginning, we keep our eyes on what your competitors are doing. The top ranked websites for your search phrases are obviously doing something right! We analyse what they are doing well, where their web links are coming from, and what they are saying on their website to perform so well in the search results. Armed with this information, we can attempt to not just match but better their efforts.
Link building Link building forms the largest part of your monthly outlay. We only seek high quality links on behalf of our clients. There are several ways to do this correctly, but even more ways to do it badly! Beware of SEO companies who merely outsource your link building to the lowest bidder, or merely purchase links outright. All link building is achieved in-house. We look for legitimate, organic ways to grow the number of links pointing to you. Remember, it is not solely about the quantity of links pointing to your website, it is vitally important to seek relevant and authoritative web links.
Content development Relevant, current content is important to encourage repeat visits from web visitors and the search engines. Where appropriate, we can help you generate this content each month.
Attracting "long tail" search traffic Generic search phrases are often difficult (in terms of time, and resultantly financially) to compete for. Longer, more specific terms stand a far better chance of success while still accurately describing the products and services that your business offers.
Linking strategies For companies that employ multiple websites, we implement a company-wide linking strategy to best divert the eyes of your customers and the search engines to your most important pages.
Analytics tracking For large campaigns, Analytics tracking is employed to assess which of your top ranked search phrases are generating the most traffic, or creating the highest customer conversion rate. Where appropriate, we can then determine whether SEO for certain phrases provides sufficient value for money to continue pursuing.
In-house recommendations Wherever opportunities present themselves we can advise on things that you can do in-house to help with the SEO effort. For example, encouraging companies that work closely with the company to link back to you, or ensuring that press releases are supplied with an appropriate URL for web links.
We conduct an initial phone consultation to establish which markets your business operates in, and what your goals are. Using this information we conduct keyword research and prepare a proposal; if you specify a budget we will let you know what is feasible to achieve.
Alternatively, if you already know which search phrases you wish to target, tell us and we will provide a monthly estimate.
A typical SEO contract lasts a minimum of 12 months and is invoiced by the month.
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Cigarettes After Sex Release New Single "You're All I Want"
By Lia Pikus | May 26, 2020 | 1:14pm
Photo by Ebru Yildiz, single art courtesy of artist Music News Cigarettes After Sex
American ambient dream-pop band Cigarettes After Sex have released a single titled "You're All I Want." Last Wednesday, the band posted a video to their Instagram account, with the lyrics "there is no other love, it's only yours" flickering over a black backdrop. On May 25, the band followed up with an official drop announcement, featuring the single's artwork and title. The song, which dropped earlier today, is the first music the band has released after their sophomore album, Cry, which was released in October of 2019.
"Recorded in the summer of 2017 during the sessions for our second album, Cry, the initial takes of the song were finished in the courtyard of the house we were staying at in Mallorca, late in the evening, right as a thunderstorm was rushing in over us," says frontman Greg Gonzales. "Almost 3 years later, having just moved to LA, I finally wrote the lyrics & they ended up telling a story I saw as a fantasy or dream involving my girlfriend & I. Sort of reversing our roles & retelling the way we met, while imagining what a sweet future might look like together…"
The single is hypnotically dreamy, submerged guitar and whispered vocals echoing over a blend of keyboard and drums. "There is no other love/it's only yours/you're all I want/all the love," Gonzales croons in the chorus. The seamless fusion of vocals and instrumentals makes the mellow track both perfect for ambient mood-setting or intentional listening (tip: Close your eyes while listening to the song for the ultimate Cigarettes After Sex experience).
There's currently no definitive answer as to whether "You're All I Want" is part of an upcoming project or a standalone track. Listen to the new single below. Further down, watch Cigarettes After Sex's 2017 Paste studio session.
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The Warren Report claiming Oswald was the sole Assassin of JFK never seemed plausible or believable. The fact that many of the JFK files still aren't public (after 50 years) has helped fuel beliefs of a cover-up.
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"It was around 11:30 that morning when we first heard about the shooting," Frazier said recently at his Northern Virginia home. Now 94, memories of events that transpired five decades ago are indelibly etched in his mind.
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Q: NodeJS & Express cookie issue with IE I'm having some issues with the cookie for a sessionID returned by Express to the browser. For consecutive requests the received cookie is not being passed back, hence generating a new session for each request. The login-state can not be maintained.
This issue only seems to be occurring on IE11 and below on an OS lower than Win10 or so (eg: IE11 on Win7). Edge, Chrome, Safari, FF... no issues.
Some more context:
We have two applications, say one.example.com and two.example.com. With requests from both applications the logged-in user should be kept track of.
The MEAN stack accessible on two.example.com returns set-cookie headers for one day, HTTP only, with a domain of '.example.com' on path '/'.
When I load a page with say, 10 resources, all these requests receive a new cookie for the sessionID. Even on consecutive page loads. The cookie is never returned back to the server.
HTTP trace from Chrome:
GET http://localhost:3000/
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
set-cookie: test=123
set-cookie: webSessionId=s%3Av6R-...

GET http://localhost:3000/lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css
Cookie: test=123; webSessionId=s%3Av6R-...
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Set-Cookie: test=123

seen Chrome returns the session, it is not returned by express for the second request
HTTP trace from IE:

response for first requested resource

request for second resource

response for second requested resource
The test123 is a hardcoded cookie I set on every request (regardless whether it has been returned)... by using res.setHeader('Set-Cookie', 'test=123');. At one point I was looking at the difference between a 'set-cookie' and 'Set-Cookie' (as can be seen in above screenshots), but that does not seem to impact IE.
So I started to play around with the other cookie properties (expiry date, domain, path, secure & http only) as soon as I provide a domain... the test-cookie is not returned by IE.
In our setup '.example.com' really is a requirement. The domain does not contain an underscore (_). In dev & tst it does contain a hyphen "two-dev.example.com". But the IE(11) problem also exists on prd (two.example.com).
Anyone has any idea as to why IE refuses to return cookies with a domain?
This sh*t is driving me bananas
using: express 4.13.1; express-session 1.11.3; cookie-parser 1.3.2

A: I think I found the cause... the domains we are using are two-letter domains e.g. one.xx.yy & two.xx.yy. So setting the Domain-part of the cookie to .xx.yy is causing IE to ignore the cookie, I recon.
Anyone can confirm this issue is still valid on IE11?

How to set cookies for two-letter domains in IE8?

And/or how to circumvent this? Besides the obvious of using other domains.

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Q: Parsing out multiple lines with LPeg in Lua I have some text file with multiple lines block like
2011/01/01 13:13:13,<AB>, Some Certain Text,=,
[
certain text
         [
                  0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                  8: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                 16: 0 0 0 9 343 3938 9433 8756
                 24: 6270 4472 3182 2503 1768 1140 836 496
                 32: 326 273 349 269 144 121 94 82
                 40: 64 80 66 59 56 47 50 46
                 48: 64 35 42 53 42 40 41 34
                 56: 35 41 39 39 47 30 30 39
                 Total count: 12345
        ]
    certain text
]
some text
2011/01/01 14:14:14,<AB>, Some Certain Text,=,
[
 certain text
   [
              0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
              8: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
             16: 0 0 0 4 212 3079 8890 8941
             24: 6177 4359 3625 2420 1639 974 594 438
             32: 323 286 318 296 206 132 96 85
             40: 65 73 62 53 47 55 49 52
             48: 29 44 44 41 43 36 50 36
             56: 40 30 29 40 35 30 25 31
             64: 47 31 25 29 24 30 35 31
             72: 28 31 17 37 35 30 20 33
             80: 28 20 37 25 21 23 25 36
             88: 27 35 22 23 15 24 34 28
             Total count: 123456
    ]
    certain text
some text
]

Those variant-length blocks exist between text. I want to read out all numbers after : and keep them in individual arrays.
In this case, there will be two arrays:

array1 = { 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 343 3938 9433 8756 6270 4472 3182 2503 1768 1140 836 496 326 273 349 269 144 121 94 82 64 80 66 59 56 47 50 46 64 35 42 53 42 40 41 34 35 41 39 39 47 30 30 39 12345 }
array2 = { 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 212 3079 8890 8941 6177 4359 3625 2420 1639 974 594 438 323 286 318 296 206 132 96 85 65 73 62 53 47 55 49 52 29 44 44 41 43 36 50 36 40 30 29 40 35 30 25 31 47 31 25 29 24 30 35 31 28 31 17 37 35 30 20 33 28 20 37 25 21 23 25 36 27 35 22 23 15 24 34 28 123456 }

I found lpeg may be a light-weighted way to achieve it. But I'm totally new to PEGs and LPeg. Please help!

A: LPEG version:
local lpeg            = require "lpeg"
local lpegmatch       = lpeg.match
local C, Ct, P, R, S  = lpeg.C, lpeg.Ct, lpeg.P, lpeg.R, lpeg.S
local Cg              = lpeg.Cg

local data_to_arrays

do
  local colon    = P":"
  local lbrak    = P"["
  local rbrak    = P"]"
  local digits   = R"09"^1
  local eol      = P"\n\r" + P"\r\n" + P"\n" + P"\r"
  local ws       = S" \t\v"
  local optws    = ws^0
  local getnum   = C(digits) / tonumber * optws
  local start    = lbrak * optws * eol
  local stop     = optws * rbrak
  local line     = optws * digits * colon * optws
                 * getnum * getnum * getnum * getnum
                 * getnum * getnum * getnum * getnum
                 * eol
  local count    = optws * P"Total count:" * optws * getnum * eol
  local inner    = Ct(line^1 * count^-1)
--local inner    = Ct(line^1 * Cg(count, "count")^-1)
  local array    = start * inner * stop
  local extract  = Ct((array + 1)^0)

  data_to_arrays = function (data)
    return lpegmatch (extract, data)
  end
end

This actually works only if there are exactly eight integers on
each line of the data block.
Depending on how well formed your input is this may be a curse or a
blessing ;-)
And a test file:
data = [[
some text
[
some text
         [
                  0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                  8: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                 16: 0 0 0 9 343 3938 9433 8756
                 24: 6270 4472 3182 2503 1768 1140 836 496
                 32: 326 273 349 269 144 121 94 82
                 40: 64 80 66 59 56 47 50 46
                 48: 64 35 42 53 42 40 41 34
                 56: 35 41 39 39 47 30 30 39
                 Total count: 12345
        ]
    some text
]
some text
[
 some text
   [
              0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
              8: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
             16: 0 0 0 4 212 3079 8890 8941
             24: 6177 4359 3625 2420 1639 974 594 438
             32: 323 286 318 296 206 132 96 85
             40: 65 73 62 53 47 55 49 52
             48: 29 44 44 41 43 36 50 36
             56: 40 30 29 40 35 30 25 31
             64: 47 31 25 29 24 30 35 31
             72: 28 31 17 37 35 30 20 33
             80: 28 20 37 25 21 23 25 36
             88: 27 35 22 23 15 24 34 28
    ]
    some text
some text
]
]]

local arrays = data_to_arrays (data)

for n = 1, #arrays do
  local ar   = arrays[n]
  local size = #ar
  io.write (string.format ("[%d] = { --[[size: %d items]]\n  ", n, size))
  for i = 1, size do
    io.write (string.format ("%d,%s", ar[i], (i % 5 == 0) and "\n  " or " "))
  end
  if ar.count ~= nil then
    io.write (string.format ("\n  [\"count\"] = %d,", ar.count))
  end
  io.write (string.format ("\n}\n"))
end

A: My pure Lua string library solution would be something like this:
local bracket_pattern = "%b[]" --pattern for getting into brackets
local number_pattern = "(%d+)%s+" --pattern for parsing numbers
local output_array = {} --output 2-dimensional array
local i = 1
local j = 1
local tmp_number
local tmp_sub_str

for tmp_sub_str in file_content:gmatch(bracket_pattern) do --iterating through [string]
    table.insert(output_array, i, {}) --adding new [string] group
    for tmp_number in tmp_sub_str:gmatch(number_pattern) do --iterating through numberWHITESPACE
        table.insert(output_array[i], tonumber(tmp_number)) --adding [string] group element (number)
    end
    i = i + 1
end

EDIT: This does work properly with an uptaded file format either.

A: Try this code, which does no use LPEG:
-- assume T contains the text
local a={}
local i=0
for b in T:gmatch("%b[]") do
        b=b:gsub("%d+:","")
        i=i+1
        local t={}
        local j=0
        for n in b:gmatch("%d+") do
                j=j+1; t[j]=tonumber(n)
        end
        a[i]=t
end

A: phg already provided a nice LPeg solution for your question but here's another one using LPeg's re module. The syntax is closer to BNF and the operators used are more 'regex' like so this solution may be easier to grok.
re = require 're'

function dump(t)
  io.write '{'
  for _, v in ipairs(t) do
    io.write(v, ',')
  end
  io.write '}\n'
end

local textformat = [[
  data_in   <-  block+
  block     <-  text '[' block_content ']'
  block_content <- {| data_arr |} / (block / text)*
  data_arr  <- (text ':' nums whitesp)+
  text      <- whitesp [%w' ']+ whitesp
  nums      <- (' '+ {digits} -> tonumber)+
  digits    <- %d+
  whitesp   <- %s*
]]
local parser = re.compile(textformat, {tonumber = tonumber})
local arr1, arr2 = parser:match(data)

dump(arr1)
dump(arr2)

Each block of data array gets captured into a separate table and returned as one of the outputs by match.
With data being the same input as above, two blocks are matched and captured and so 2 tables are returned. Inspecting these two tables gives:

{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,343,3938,9433,8756,6270,4472,3182,2503,
  1768,1140,836,496,326,273,349,269,144,121,94,82,64,80,66,59,56,47,50,46,64,35,42
  ,53,42,40,41,34,35,41,39,39,47,30,30,39,12345,}
  {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,212,3079,8890,8941,6177,4359,3625,2420,
  1639,974,594,438,323,286,318,296,206,132,96,85,65,73,62,53,47,55,49,52,29,44,44,
  41,43,36,50,36,40,30,29,40,35,30,25,31,47,31,25,29,24,30,35,31,28,31,17,37,35,30
  ,20,33,28,20,37,25,21,23,25,36,27,35,22,23,15,24,34,28,}

A: I know this is a late reply but defining much less grammar the following pattern finds opening [ and captures every number that is not suffixed by : until a closing ] is reached. Then repeats the whole block until nothing is matched.
local patt = re.compile([=[
    data    <- {| block |}+
    block   <- ('[' ((%d+ ':') / { %d+ } -> int / [^]%d]+)+ ']') / ([^[]+ block)
]=], { int = tonumber })

You can capture all recovered arrays at once in a table with something like this
local a = { patt:match[=[ ... ]=] }


text:
Desperate refugees fight over food as UN says EIGHT MILLION flood-stricken Pakistanis are in 'urgent need' of food
By Mail Foreign Service
Updated: 04:57 EDT, 22 August 2010
Pakistan publicly thanks nuclear rival for aid as India offers to do everything it can to help
Tired, desperate and starving, these two men come to blows as they fight over a food package handed out by a local charity.
With more than 20million people displaced by flooding that is now officially the worst disaster Pakistan has ever faced, the humanitarian crisis has only just begun.
The men are among eight million people who the UN has classified as being in urgent need of assistance.
Desperate: Refugees fight to get food donated by a local charity in the village of Karamdad Qureshi in Punjab province. Some 20million people have been affected by the worst flooding in Pakistan's history
More than four million Pakistanis have been made homeless by nearly three weeks of floods, the United Nations said on Thursday, making the critical task of securing greater amounts of aid more urgent.
The aid does, however, appear to be coming in.
Pakistan yesterday thanked its neighbour and rival India for donating £3.2million in aid to the flood-ravaged country.
Waterworld: Pakistan family wait for help as floods surround...
Wrapping up a hurriedly called two-day meeting of the United Nations General Assembly to spotlight the immediate need for aid, Pakistan's UN ambassador Abdullah Haroon welcomed the donation, saying the disaster transcended any differences and the country was grateful for the offer.
India's UN ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri said £3.2million in relief supplies was an initial offer and the government was ready to do more to assist the relief effort.
He said India would also 'be privileged' to assist in Pakistan's medium and long-term recovery.
Iran also announced that it was doubling its contribution to £6.4million.
Humanitarian crisis: People displaced from flooded areas jostle for a bag of donated wheat flour in Shah Jamal, near Muzaffargarh (above), while a frightened woman braves the crush by an aid truck (below)
But UN humanitarian chief John Holmes stressed that the the UN pledges had to be turned into 'real money' to buy food, tents, drugs and water purification tablets and then to be delivered to those in need - 'a huge challenge'.
Then, the UN would try to get farmers to start planting again and determine 'the infrastructure damage and reconstruction cost which will no doubt be in the billions of dollars', he added.
Pakistan also thanked the rest of the world for opening its wallets and said the millions of flood victims now knew that nations and people around the globe were standing with them.
Mr Haroon said the initial outpouring from around 70 countries was 'indeed heartening' and 'a good beginning'.
But he stressed that the country would need much more help in the months and years to come.
At the start of the meeting on Thursday, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said donors had given just half of the £295million the UN had appealed for to provide food, shelter and clean water for to up to eight million flood victims over the next three months. He insisted all the money was needed now.
Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said at the end of Thursday's session that he was assured the £295million goal 'is going to be easily met'.
Displaced: Vehicles lie on their side as people flee the flooded areas around Basera, near Muzaffargarh
Catastrophic: The flooding is officially the worst disaster in Pakistan's history
Mr Holmes said after yesterday's session ended that the UN appeal was not yet fully funded.
'At the moment, we're about 70 per cent funded, about $350million dollars (£224million),' he said.
'The situation in the last few days has improved very significantly in terms of funding... I think (the appeal) will be funded soon'
During the general assembly meeting, Mr Holmes said, countries also announced contributions directly to the Pakistani government, UN agencies and humanitarian organisations.
'My guess is that there's a couple of hundred million outside the appeal' that will go to helping flood victims, he said.
Aid groups and UN officials had worried about a slow response to the flooding, theorising that donors who had spent heavily on a string of huge disasters in recent years were reluctant to open their wallets yet again.
Temporary structure: Residents cross a bridge built by the army in the flood affected area of Kasbag Gujarat
Protective: A woman holds her son tight as she crosses a damaged bridge in Kasbag Gujarat
Mr Haroon thanked the United Nations - especially Mr Ban, who flew to Pakistan, and general assembly president Ali Abdessalam Treki, who called the aid meeting - for showing compassion and taking action when others did not.
'The message from here to the people of Pakistan is, do not give up hope. It is difficult. It will take time, but we have standing with us the community of the world,' Mr Haroon said.
On Thursday, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton announced that the US, already the biggest donor, would contribute an additional £38.4million, bringing its total to more than £96million, and that about £59million would go into the UN's relief coffers.
The European Union raised its pledge to more than £115million, and Mr Qureshi said Saudi Arabia would be giving '$100million plus (£64million)'.
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Conservation efforts in Cambridge increase water vole numbers
By apearce1 July, 2019 No Comments
Work by national charity, the Countryside Restoration Trust (CRT), in Cambridge has resulted in the return of priority conservation species, the water vole.
Led by the CRT and the The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, in partnership with the Environment Agency, the Bourn Free project began in 2011 on the CRT's flagship farm Lark Rise, with the aim of restoring native wildlife to the Bourn Brook.
"In 2011, there were no signs of water vole in a 500 metre stretch of the brook, despite them being active on other parts of the stream, and it being the perfect habitat for this native mammal," says Dr Vince Lea, CRT's head of wildlife monitoring.
Water voles are a priority species under the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework, and one of the key reasons for its decline is the non-native North American mink.
"We started trapping mink on the Bourn Brook in the winter of 2010/11, so the remnant population had chance to breed safely in the absence of the predator," explains Dr Lea.
"Since then we've had eight breeding seasons when the brook has been free of mink, and being prodigious breeders like most rodents, the voles have rapidly spread along the entire length of the brook."
In April 2019, a survey found signs of water vole in all five, 100-metre sections of the brook and a total of around 80 field signs, including 23 dropping related indicators, 17 feeding signs and 40 burrows.
Dr Lea explains water voles are rarely seen, so monitoring of 'latrines' where they mark their territory and droppings, along with feed stations which are areas where they chew vegetation, all demonstrated a rise in the local population.
"Control of this key predator, along with careful habitat management, has almost certainly had an impact on the current population. The number of latrines is also a strong indication of the number of breeding females as they make these territorial markers."
Commenting on the Bourn Free project, CRT chairman Robin Page says this work is integral to the charity's purpose – to support a living, working countryside.
"It's wonderful news that water voles have made such a tremendous recovery, which all stems from good habitat management and population management of a non-native predator," says Mr Page.
"We look forward to seeing the native water vole species continue to increase on Lark Rise Farm."
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Solar observation is the scientific endeavor of studying the Sun and its behavior and relation to the Earth and the remainder of the Solar System. Deliberate solar observation began thousands of years ago. That initial era of direct observation gave way to telescopes in the 1600s followed by satellites in the twentieth century.

Prehistory
Stratigraphic data suggest that solar cycles have occurred for hundreds of millions of years, if not longer; measuring varves in precambrian sedimentary rock has revealed repeating peaks in layer thickness corresponding to the cycle. It is possible that the early atmosphere on Earth was more sensitive to solar irradiation than today, so that greater glacial melting (and thicker sediment deposits) could have occurred during years with greater sunspot activity.
This would presume annual layering; however, alternative explanations (diurnal) have also been proposed.

Analysis of tree rings revealed a detailed picture of past solar cycles: Dendrochronologically dated radiocarbon concentrations have allowed for a reconstruction of sunspot activity covering 11,400 years.

Early observations
Solar activity and related events have been regularly recorded since the time of the Babylonians. In the 8th century BC, they described solar eclipses and possibly predicted them from numerological rules. The earliest extant report of sunspots dates back to the Chinese Book of Changes, . The phrases used in the book translate to "A dou is seen in the Sun" and "A mei is seen in the Sun", where dou and mei would be darkening or obscuration (based on the context). Observations were regularly noted by Chinese and Korean astronomers at the behest of the emperors, rather than independently.

The first clear mention of a sunspot in Western literature, around 300 BC, was by the ancient Greek scholar Theophrastus, student of Plato and Aristotle and successor to the latter. On 17 March AD 807 Benedictine monk Adelmus observed a large sunspot that was visible for eight days; however, Adelmus incorrectly concluded he was observing a transit of Mercury.

The earliest surviving record of deliberate sunspot observation dates from 364 BC, based on comments by Chinese astronomer Gan De in a star catalogue. By 28 BC, Chinese astronomers were regularly recording sunspot observations in official imperial records.

A large sunspot was observed at the time of Charlemagne's death in AD 813. Sunspot activity in 1129 was described by John of Worcester and Averroes provided a description of sunspots later in the 12th century; however, these observations were also misinterpreted as planetary transits.

The first unambiguous mention of the solar corona was by Leo Diaconus, a Byzantine historian. He wrote of the 22 December 968 total eclipse, which he experienced in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey):

The earliest known record of a sunspot drawing was in 1128, by John of Worcester.

Another early observation was of solar prominences, described in 1185 in the Russian Chronicle of Novgorod.

17th and 18th centuries

Giordano Bruno and Johannes Kepler suggested the idea that the sun rotated on its axis. Sunspots were first observed telescopically on 18 December 1610 (Gregorian calendar, not yet adopted in England) by English astronomer Thomas Harriot, as recorded in his notebooks. On 9 March 1611 (Gregorian calendar, also not yet adopted in East Frisia) they were observed by Frisian medical student Johann Goldsmid (latinised name Johannes Fabricius) who subsequently teamed up with his father David Fabricius, a pastor and astronomer, to make further observations and to publish a description in a pamphlet in June 1611. The Fabricius' used camera obscura telescopy to get a better view of the solar disk, and like Harriot made observations shortly after sunrise and shortly before sunset. Johann was the first to realize that sunspots revealed solar rotation, but he died on 19 March 1616, aged 26 and his father a year later. Several scientists such as Johannes Kepler , Simon Marius, and Michael Maestlin were aware of the Fabricius' early sunspot work, and indeed Kepler repeatedly referred to it his writings. However, like that of Harriot, their work was otherwise not well known. Galileo Galilei almost certainly began telescopic sunspot observations around the same time as Harriot, given he made his first telescope in 1609 on hearing of the Dutch patent of the device, and that he had managed previously to make naked-eye observations of sunspots. He is also reported to have shown sunspots to astronomers in Rome, but we do not have records of the dates.  The records of telescopic observations of sunspots that we do have from Galileo do not start until 1612, for when they are of unprecedented quality and detail as by then he had developed the telescope design and greatly increased its magnification.  Likewise Christoph Scheiner had probably been observing the spots using an improved helioscope of his own design. Galileo and Scheiner, neither of whom knew of the work of Harriot or Fabricius vied for the credit for the discovery. In 1613, in Letters on Sunspots, Galileo refuted Scheiner's 1612 claim that sunspots were planets inside Mercury's orbit, showing that sunspots were surface features.

Although the physical aspects of sunspots were not identified until the 20th century, observations continued. Study was hampered during the 17th century due to the low number of sunspots during what is now recognized as an extended period of low solar activity, known as the Maunder Minimum. By the 19th century, then-sufficient sunspot records allowed researchers to infer periodic cycles in sunspot activity. In 1845, Henry and Alexander observed the Sun with a thermopile and determined that sunspots emitted less radiation than surrounding areas. The emission of higher than average amounts of radiation later were observed from the solar faculae.
Sunspots had some importance in the debate over the nature of the Solar System. They showed that the Sun rotated, and their comings and goings showed that the Sun changed, contrary to Aristotle, who had taught that all celestial bodies were perfect, unchanging spheres.

Sunspots were rarely recorded between 1650 and 1699. Later analysis revealed the problem to be a reduced number of sunspots, rather than observational lapses. Building upon Gustav Spörer's work, the wife-and-husband team of Annie Maunder and  Edward Maunder suggested that the Sun had changed from a period in which sunspots all but disappeared to a renewal of sunspot cycles starting in about 1700. Adding to this understanding of the absence of solar cycles were observations of aurorae, which were absent at the same time, except at the very highest magnetic latitudes

. The lack of a solar corona during solar eclipses was also noted prior to 1715.

The period of low sunspot activity from 1645 to 1717 later became known as the "Maunder Minimum". Observers such as Johannes Hevelius, Jean Picard and Jean Dominique Cassini confirmed this change.

19th century

Solar spectroscopy

After the detection of infra-red radiation by William Herschel in 1800 and of Ultraviolet radiation by Johann Wilhelm Ritter, solar spectrometry began in 1817 when William Hyde Wollaston noticed that dark lines appeared in the solar spectrum when viewed through a glass prism. Joseph von Fraunhofer later independently discovered the lines and they were named Fraunhofer lines after him. Other physicists discerned that properties of the solar atmosphere could be determined from them. Notable scientists to advance spectroscopy were David Brewster, Gustav Kirchhoff, Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Anders Jonas Ångström.

Solar cycle

The cyclic variation of the number of sunspots was first observed by Samuel Heinrich Schwabe between 1826 and 1843.
Rudolf Wolf studied the historical record in an attempt to establish a history of solar variations. His data extended only to 1755. He also established in 1848 a relative sunspot number formulation to compare the work of different astronomers using varying equipment and methodologies, now known as the Wolf (or Zürich) sunspot number.

Gustav Spörer later suggested a 70-year period before 1716 in which sunspots were rarely observed as the reason for Wolf's inability to extend the cycles into the 17th century.

Also in 1848, Joseph Henry projected an image of the Sun onto a screen and determined that sunspots were cooler than the surrounding surface.

Around 1852, Edward Sabine, Wolf, Jean-Alfred Gautier and Johann von Lamont independently found a link between the solar cycle and geomagnetic activity, sparking the first research into interactions between the Sun and the Earth.

In the second half of the nineteenth century Richard Carrington and Spörer independently noted the migration of sunspot activity towards the solar equator as the cycle progresses. This pattern is best visualized in the form of the so-called butterfly diagram, first constructed by Edward Walter Maunder and Annie Scott Dill Maunder in the early twentieth century (see graph). Images of the Sun are divided into latitudinal strips, and the monthly-averaged fractional surface of sunspots calculated. This is plotted vertically as a color-coded bar, and the process is repeated month after month to produce a time-series diagram.

Half a century later, the father-and-son team of Harold and Horace Babcock showed that the solar surface is magnetized even outside of sunspots; that this weaker magnetic field is to first order a dipole; and that this dipole undergoes polarity reversals with the same period as the sunspot cycle (see graph below). These observations established that the solar cycle is a spatiotemporal magnetic process unfolding over the Sun as a whole.

Photography
The Sun was photographed for the first time, on 2 April 1845, by French physicists Louis Fizeau and Léon Foucault. Sunspots, as well as the limb darkening effect, are visible in their daguerrotypes. Photography assisted in the study of solar prominences, granulation and spectroscopy. Charles A. Young first captured a prominence in 1870. Solar eclipses were also photographed, with the most useful early images taken in 1851 by Berkowski and in 1860 by De la Rue's team in Spain.

Rotation
Early estimates of the Sun's rotation period varied between 25 and 28 days. The cause was determined independently in 1858 by Richard C. Carrington and Spörer. They discovered that the latitude with the most sunspots decreases from 40° to 5° during each cycle, and that at higher latitudes sunspots rotate more slowly. The Sun's rotation was thus shown to vary by latitude and that its outer layer must be fluid. In 1871 Hermann Vogel, and shortly thereafter by Charles Young confirmed this spectroscopically. Nils Dúner's spectroscopic observation in the 1880s showed a 30% difference between the Sun's faster equatorial regions and its slower polar regions.

Space weather
The first modern, and clearly described, accounts of a solar flare and coronal mass ejection occurred in 1859 and 1860 respectively. On 1 September 1859, Richard C. Carrington, while observing sunspots, saw patches of increasingly bright light within a group of sunspots, which then dimmed and moved across that area within a few minutes. This event, also reported by R. Hodgson, is a description of a solar flare. The widely viewed total solar eclipse on 18 July 1860 resulted in many drawings, depicting an anomalous feature that corresponds with modern CME observations.

For many centuries, the earthly effects of solar variation were noticed but not understood. E.g., displays of auroral light have long been observed at high latitudes, but were not linked to the Sun.

In 1724, George Graham reported that the needle of a magnetic compass was regularly deflected from magnetic north over the course of each day. This effect was eventually attributed to overhead electric currents flowing in the ionosphere and magnetosphere by Balfour Stewart in 1882, and confirmed by Arthur Schuster in 1889 from analysis of magnetic observatory data.

In 1852, astronomer and British major general Edward Sabine showed that the probability of the occurrence of magnetic storms on Earth was correlated with the number of sunspots, thus demonstrating a novel solar-terrestrial interaction. In 1859, a great magnetic storm caused brilliant auroral displays and disrupted global telegraph operations. Richard Carrington correctly connected the storm with a solar flare that he had observed the day before in the vicinity of a large sunspot group—thus demonstrating that specific solar events could affect the Earth.

Kristian Birkeland explained the physics of aurora by creating artificial aurora in his laboratory and predicted the solar wind.

20th century

Observatories
Early in the 20th century, interest in astrophysics grew in America, and multiple observatories were built. Solar telescopes (and thus, solar observatories), were installed at Mount Wilson Observatory in California in 1904, and in the 1930s at McMath–Hulbert Observatory. Interest also grew in other parts of the world, with the establishment of the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory in India at the turn of the century, the Einsteinturm in Germany in 1924, and the Solar Tower Telescope at the National Observatory of Japan in 1930.

Around 1900, researchers began to explore connections between solar variations and Earth's weather. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) assigned Abbot and his team to detect changes in the radiation of the Sun. They began by inventing instruments to measure solar radiation. Later, when Abbot was SAO head, they established a solar station at Calama, Chile to complement its data from Mount Wilson Observatory. He detected 27 harmonic periods within the 273-month Hale cycles, including 7, 13, and 39-month patterns. He looked for connections to weather by means such as matching opposing solar trends during a month to opposing urban temperature and precipitation trends. With the advent of dendrochronology, scientists such as Glock attempted to connect variation in tree growth to periodic solar variations and infer long-term secular variability in the solar constant from similar variations in millennial-scale chronologies.

Coronagraph
Until the 1930s, little progress was made on understanding the Sun's corona, as it could only be viewed during infrequent total solar eclipses. Bernard Lyot's 1931 invention of the Coronagraph – a telescope with an attachment to block out the direct light of the solar disk – allowed the corona to be studied in full daylight.

Spectroheliograph
American astronomer George Ellery Hale, as an MIT undergraduate, invented the spectroheliograph, with which he made the discovery of solar vortices. In 1908, Hale used a modified spectroheliograph to show that the spectra of hydrogen exhibited the Zeeman effect whenever the area of view passed over a sunspot on the solar disc. This was the first indication that sunspots were basically magnetic phenomena, which appeared in opposite polarity pairs. Hale's subsequent work demonstrated a strong tendency for east-west alignment of magnetic polarities in sunspots, with mirror symmetry across the solar equator; and that the magnetic polarity for sunspots in each hemisphere switched orientation from one solar cycle to the next. This systematic property of sunspot magnetic fields is now commonly referred to as the Hale–Nicholson law, or in many cases simply Hale's laws.

Solar radio bursts

The introduction of radio revealed periods of extreme static or noise. Severe radar jamming during a large solar event in 1942 led to the discovery of solar radio bursts.

Satellites

Many satellites in Earth orbit or in the heliosphere have deployed solar telescopes and instruments of various kinds for in situ measurements of particles and fields.
Skylab, a notable large solar observational facility, grew out if the impetus of the International Geophysical Year campaign and the facilities of NASA.
Other spacecraft, in an incomplete list, have included the OSO series, the Solar Maximum Mission, Yohkoh, SOHO, ACE, TRACE, and SDO among many others; still other spacecraft (such as MESSENGER, Fermi, and NuSTAR) have contributed solar measurements by individual instruments.

Modulation of solar bolometric radiation by magnetically active regions, and more subtle effects, was confirmed by satellite measurements of the total solar irradiance (TSI) by the ACRIM1 experiment on the Solar Maximum Mission (launched in 1980). The modulations were later confirmed in the results of the ERB experiment launched on the Nimbus 7 satellite in 1978. Satellite observation was continued by ACRIM-3 and other satellites.

Measurement proxies
Direct irradiance measurements have been available during the last three cycles and are a composite of multiple observing satellites. However, the correlation between irradiance measurements and other proxies of solar activity make it reasonable to estimate solar activity for earlier cycles. Most important among these proxies is the record of sunspot observations that has been recorded since ~1610. Solar radio emissions at 10.7 cm wavelength provide another proxy that can be measured from the ground, since the atmosphere is transparent to such radiation.

Other proxy data – such as the abundance of cosmogenic isotopes – have been used to infer solar magnetic activity, and thus likely brightness, over several millennia.

Total solar irradiance has been claimed to vary in ways that are not predicted by sunspot changes or radio emissions. These shifts may be the result of inaccurate satellite calibration.  A long-term trend may exist in solar irradiance.

Other developments
The Sun was, until the 1990s, the only star whose surface had been resolved. Other major achievements included understanding of:
 X-ray-emitting loops
 Corona and solar wind
 Variance of solar brightness with level of activity and verification of this effect in other solar-type stars
 The intense Fibril state of the magnetic fields at the visible surface of a star like the sun
 The presence of magnetic fields of 0.5×105 to 1×105 gauss at the base of the conductive zone, presumably in some fibril form, inferred from the dynamics of rising azimuthal flux bundles.
 Low-level Electron neutrino emission from the Sun's core.

21st century

The most powerful flare observed by satellite instrumentation began on 4 November 2003 at 19:29 UTC, and saturated instruments for 11 minutes. Region 486 has been estimated to have produced an X-ray flux of X28. Holographic and visual observations indicate significant activity continued on the far side of the Sun.

Sunspot and infrared spectral line measurements made in the latter part of the first decade of the 2000s suggested that sunspot activity may again be disappearing, possibly leading to a new minimum. From 2007 to 2009, sunspot levels were far below average. In 2008, the Sun was spot-free 73 percent of the time, extreme even for a solar minimum. Only 1913 was more pronounced, with no sunspots for 85 percent of that year. The Sun continued to languish through mid-December 2009, when the largest group of sunspots to emerge for several years appeared. Even then, sunspot levels remained well below those of recent cycles.

In 2006, NASA predicted that the next sunspot maximum would reach between 150 and 200 around the year 2011 (30–50% stronger than cycle 23), followed by a weak maximum at around 2022. Instead, the sunspot cycle in 2010 was still at its minimum, when it should have been near its maximum, demonstrating its unusual weakness.

Cycle 24's minimum occurred around December 2008 and the next maximum was predicted to reach a sunspot number of 90 around May 2013. The monthly mean sunspot number in the northern solar hemisphere peaked in November 2011, while the southern hemisphere appears to have peaked in February 2014, reaching a peak monthly mean of 102. Subsequent months declined to around 70 (June 2014). In October 2014, sunspot AR 12192 became the largest observed since 1990. The flare that erupted from this sunspot was classified as an X3.1-class solar storm.

Independent scientists of the National Solar Observatory (NSO) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) predicted in 2011 that Cycle 25 would be greatly reduced or might not happen at all.

References

External links

 NOAA / NESDIS / NGDC (2002) Solar Variability Affecting Earth NOAA CD-ROM NGDC-05/01. This CD-ROM contains over 100 solar-terrestrial and related global data bases covering the period through April 1990.

 Recent Total Solar Irradiance data updated every Monday

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