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Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
on March 25, 2015, 12:01am
When Godspeed You! Black Emperor released their debut full-length, 1997's F♯ A♯ ∞, they burned down the walls separating heaven, purgatory, and hell in the wake of apocalypse. It only took 38 minutes. The album's championing moment, and maybe the band's best opening sequence to date, comes in the form of "The Dead Flag Blues", a deadpan soliloquy about a man's skepticism of the government and the decline of modern civilization. Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress is Godspeed's first single LP-length release since then, and as a nearly 20-year gap would suggest, the two records stand at opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. F♯ A♯ ∞ weeps violently. Asunder smiles faintly.
For Godspeed diehards, Asunder is nothing new. The band used to play the whole thing live under the working title "Behemoth" and trimmed what little fat there was for the studio version. That means their eschatology has moved from field recordings to doom drone. There's no war veteran babbling or ARCO AM/PM greeting here. Godspeed has gone the Hemingway route; there are fewer subsections, but the ones that made the cut are tougher. Asunder is polemical in its trudge, drawing out notes the way a politician pauses between words to emphasize their meaning. As with 2012's Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!, Godspeed pulls it off.
On Asunder, we inch closer to the final renovation of the universe. In the past, Godspeed outlined the end of the world as if it were a fiery consumption engulfing all we knew, so vicious and hopeless that it was best imagined in black and white. Asunder sounds more akin to the Zoroastrian doctrine. Recorded during late 2013 and 2014, it's a dramatic look at evil once again being destroyed — or perhaps as the one doing the destroying. Slowly, layers peel off and burn, but as they do, the distress of destruction becomes unrecognizable from the relief of peace. It's there in the album art: The front cover shows sheep grazing in the shadows, unaware of anything more than that moment, and the back sees scratched vermilion American dawn dahlias, like a beloved photo drawn out of storage.
"Peasantry or 'Light! Inside of Light!'" is a bleak rumination on catharsis via the acceptance of devastation. This winter saw record-breaking snowfall. Even on the first day of spring, it snowed all along the East Coast. The world is caving in on itself slowly, gently, with irony and ambivalence. "Peasantry" mirrors that with its opening drums and microtonal divergences that slap back and forth with gutting, titanic force. It's the sound of nature retaliating, burying us under its might while we sit at our bedroom windows, noses pressed against the glass. Once "Lambs' Breath" follows, we're flat in that field, letting tinny drone and tugged strings that recall Earth ease the buzzing in our heads. Godspeed has no antidotes for the modern day. This is the soundtrack of decline and the beauty of collapse.
The album title denotes "Asunder, Sweet" as the centerpiece of it all. The quietest of the four songs, it outlines Godspeed's apocalypticism through quarantined sonics. Sonar beeps call out repeatedly until they're slowly surrounded by dissonant violin, creating an uneasy drone of fear and instability that wobbles around like unformed thoughts bubbling up in your brain, but never popping. The longer it plays out, the more it feels like Mica Levi's Under the Skin score. We're brought to that same nightmarish, endless ocean of black goo to suffocate and die. Everything from political ignorance to animal cruelty has left humans divided, and the fracture creates a pool of unnerving anxiety, knee-deep in the shallow end and leagues deep at its worst. We're trapped in the belly of this horrible distress and the suffering is leaning toward death.
Thundering guitar offers a ladder out of the sludge and into the epic finale of "Piss Crowns Are Trebled". It's a classic Godspeed piece, throwing descending guitar and violin melodies into the frenzy of 3/4 time for 14 minutes, a song length more in line with their usual releases. Contrebasse rattles throughout. The focus on tone and timbre is obvious. They raise a magnifying glass to their usual dialectics, pulling emotion from composition that bends backward from its own weight. Godspeed validate the lack of field recordings by thrashing in unison, closing the album with signposts of the savage band that has proven what depth post-rock can create.
In 1997, Godspeed You! Black Emperor warned us these were truly the last days. Two decades later, they're biting their lips to keep from saying "I told you so." We knew the world would end. Yet here we are, dumping kindling into its flames. Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress is that same skyline, beautiful on fire, closer to slipping out of sight than ever — and the distress over its disappearance is strong enough to keep you awake long after the last rays fade.
Essential Tracks: "Piss Crowns Are Trebled", "Asunder, Sweet"
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This 6-day plan is unmatched in nature's beauty, exhilarating challenges, time-efficiency, and convenience. The highlights of the trek range from awe-inspiring summit view to the warmth of the forest greens, piquing up interests in all sorts of mountain lovers. You could be a nature treasurer, bird watching amateur, or a shutterbug with a dream of capturing the drama in the highlands, Chopt-Chandrashila-Deorital is a trek for all and fails none.
After breakfast at Retreat Centre (Rishikesh), which is also known as the pilgrim trail of Uttrakhand. From there you will meet your instructor and then you will be transferred to Ukhimath via Devprayag- a town marking the gorgeous confluence of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi and Rudraprayag making confluence of the Alaknanda and Mandakini River. Arrival at Ukhimath will be in the evening. You will check in at the hotel, have dinner, meditation, and overnight stay. Ukhimath is situated at an altitude of 1370 meters / 4500 feet above sea level.
Ukhimath is a small town the winter seat of Kedarnath, and a Hindu pilgrimage site in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand, India. During the winters, the idols from Kedarnath temple, and Madhyamaheshwar are brought to Ukhimath and worshipped here for six months.
In the early morning, you can see the snow-capped Himalayan ranges. From 6:00 to 8:00 a.m., there will be a yoga class. After your yoga class, enjoy your delicious breakfast at 8:30 a.m. After breakfast, pack your bag and get ready for a drive of approximately 40 minutes which will take you to Sari The traditional village is a pretty picture composed of little houses sketched across a mountain backdrop and lined with green patches of agricultural fields. A well-defined rocky trail will show you to the end, from where the Chandrashila summit is clearly visible and the Tunganath temple is a speck of color. After this point, it's a steep uphill bend on the ridge back of the mountain. From here you will start the trek to Deoria Tal through the dense forest of Rhododendron along with wildflowers and ferns.
The trek will take 2 to 3 hours. We go steadily up. At 7, 434 ft. village localities vanish from sight. Nearly 20 minutes from this point, we will be standing with the waters of Deoriatal glistening down a lurching gentle slope. A grand vista of Chaukhamba massifs is unveiled in the background of the lake. Set out the tents near the lakeside for an overnight stay. From 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., there will be a meditation class, dinner will be at 7:30 p.m. and at 8:30 p.m. the lights will be off.
In the morning from 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. enjoy a yoga class in the lap of the Himalayas, then after having your breakfast start trek to Chopta through dense forest and meadows. The trail is sprinkled with little shrines that stand out in the greenness by the red and yellow flags tied on them. It is a 12-kilometer trek. A resplendent view of the Chandrashila awaits on the other side of the forest margin. After the level-land, you will have to re-enter the forest now characterized by old oaks and maple beside the rhododendrons. This forms part of the Kedarnath Sanctuary, and with some luck, trekkers can spot red fox and other small wild things.
Along this line, Chandrashila and flanked by the adjoining Kala Parvat Peak gain prominence. You can find the way bending from here to Bisuri Tal lake and a small tarn named Nandikund, situated at the base of Kala Parvat. Further down as you progress, a silvery rivulet coming from Chandrashila meets your way. Here, you can fill your water supplies and move on taking a small wooden bridge on the stream. Shepards from local villages come here to graze their livestock. In the afternoon upon arrival at Chopta enjoy your lunch with a mesmerizing 360-degree view of snow-covered Himalayan peaks. In the evening, explore the beauty of Chopta. After that from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., there will be a meditation class, dinner will be at 7:00 p.m.and at 8:30 p.m the lights will be off.
From 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. enjoy a yoga class. After an early breakfast, start your trek to Tungnath which is the highest Shiva temple in the world. The trek runs on a well-defined concrete-bound trail from Chopta to the temple. Tungnath is situated at the height of 3680 meters above the sea level.
The trek is 3-kilometres upward and en-route you will find lush green meadows. You can witness a wide range of snow-capped Himalayas. Upon arriving, pay a visit to Tungnath Temple. After resting for a while, you can head out for Chandrashila peak, which is a kilometer away from Tungnath. At the end of a steep and arduous climb, the summit will be reached with a 360-degree view of the Garhwal and Kumaon mountains welcomingly lying ahead. Notable peaks in this panorama of grandeur are—Nanda Devi, Trishul, Nandaghunti, Dronagiri, Chaukhamba, and Kedar. Glimpses of the Thalaysagar and Gangotri ranges too could be made out at the edges. Later, you will trek back to Chopta and then drive one hour to Rudraprayag for dinner and overnight stay.
From 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. enjoy a yoga class, therefore an early breakfast. Drive back to Rishikesh. After some rest at 8:00 p.m there will be a group dinner and celebration at the Retreat center on the successful completion of the retreat.
Sushant Singh is a certified and registered yoga teacher (RYT) from Yoga Alliance USA. He teaches Hatha, Hatha flow, and multi-style yoga. He is very simple person with high state of intelligence and a very gentle soul. Everyone loves his true teaching and true nature. He born in Rishikesh in the holy place and he is doing yoga for the last four years. He is a yoga lover and also teaching from last three years in various yoga schools, personal workshops. He also has a diploma in Ayurveda treatments and teachings and now doing masters in yoga.
Rishikesh Yogalaya Yoga School is one of the most well-known names surrounded by devoted yoga enthusiasts, dedicated to spreading the ancient knowledge of yoga.


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After seeing the first bird in action, I was impressed and knew the children would be so thrilled with this toy. I ordered another bird with cage and extra single birds. Singing up a storm and repeating what you say, my boys fell in love. They have declared it one of the best toys they have ever had and want to collect each bird. Light weight you can carry the cage around. Birds sit on the perch in the cage and it can hold two birds. the cage also has a food & water bowl.
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Sweet always make me think of the great gatherings at my grandparent house on Christmas Eve. You've got to have chocolates for Christmas, right?
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Prize: One winner will receive a $25 Gift Card to Kohl's.
We enjoy snuggling up and watching a feel good family movie. Have you ever seen the movie Dolphin Tale or heard the true story of Winter? If you haven't then your in for a treat because, the story continues with the dolphin named Winter in Dolphin Tale 2. Believe me this story pulls at your heart strings. You will be wrapped up the story of this remarkable creature. The cast includes Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman, Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Austin Stowell, Bethany Hamilton.
Fall in love with Winter the Dolphin and learn how she survived losing her tale. Her life was in jeopardy until the craziest idea of a prosthetic tale could save her life. The only problem is would the dolphin actually accept a prosthetic in Dolphin Tale Part One.
The second part to Winter's tale could end up in her removal due to regulations of pairing dolphins together. She loses her surrogate mother Panama from old age and she is left alone. When healthy dolphin Mandy is declared fit to release in the wild, Winter is left without a possible pair friend. Until a baby dolphin is rescued it looks as if Winter will be sent to another aquarium. The baby dolphin is named Hope and her arrive could be the hope that Winter needs. Will I tell you the end, no you should see this for yourself and you will have your spirits lifted. What I will tell you is the bird Rufus is a character of his own. The kids really got a kick out of his antics. My son just purchased the Dolphin Tale 2 book from the book fair at school yesterday. This story has made a lasting impression in their hearts.
This would make a great holiday present but, why wait this movie is amazing and definitely a family must see. Dolphin Tale 2 arrives onto Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD on December 9 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
**Happy Holidays! Hope your family enjoys this story as much as my family.


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Math Class 11 math (India) Trigonometric functions Trigonometric equations
Trigonometric equations
Proof of the Pythagorean trig identity
Using the Pythagorean trig identity
Practice: Use the Pythagorean identity
Solving sinusoidal equations of the form sin(x)=d
Solving cos(θ)=1 and cos(θ)=-1
Practice: Principal solutions of trigonometric equation
Practice: General solution of trigonometric equation
Solutions to select NCERT problems
Math·Class 11 math (India)·Trigonometric functions·Trigonometric equations
- [Instructor] In the graph below, for what values of theta does cosine of theta equal one, and for what values of theta does cosine of theta equal negative one? And they've very nicely graphed it for us, the horizontal axis is the theta axis, and the vertical axis is the y-axis, and so this is the graph of y is equal to cosine of theta. And it makes sense with a unit circle definition, and I'll just make sure that we're comfortable with that, because with our unit circle definition, so let me draw ourselves a unit circle, and I'm just going to draw it very roughly, just so that we get the general idea of what's going on here. When theta is equal to zero, we're at this point right over here on the unit circle. Well what's the x-coordinate of that point? Well it's one, and you see when theta's equal to zero, on this graph, cosine of theta is equal to one. When theta is equal to pi over two, we're at this point on the unit circle, and the x-coordinate is what? Well, the x-coordinate there is zero. And you see once again, when we're at pi over two, the x-coordinate is zero, so this is completely consistent with our unit circle definition. As we move in the rightward direction, we're moving counterclockwise around the unit circle, and as we move in the leftward direction, we're moving counter, sorry. If we move in the rightward direction, we're moving counterclockwise, and as we're moving in the leftward direction along the axis in the negative angles, we're moving in the clockwise, we're moving in the clockwise direction around our unit circle. So let's answer their question. For what values of theta does cosine of theta equal one? Well we can just read the graph right over here. It equals one, so cosine of theta equals one, cosine of theta equals one at, at theta is equal to, well, we see it right over here. Theta is equal to zero, theta is equal to, well we've gotta go all the way again to two pi, two pi, but then it just keeps going on and on, and it makes sense. Theta equaled, or sorry, cosine of theta, the x-coordinate on this unit circle equaled one right when we were at zero angle, and we had to go all the way around the circle to get back to that point, two pi radians. But then it'll be again when we get to four pi radians, and then six pi radians, so two pi, four pi, six pi, and I guess you could see the pattern here. We're gonna keep hitting cosine of theta equals one every two pi, so you could really kind of view this as every multiple of two pi. Two pi n, where n is an integer, n is integer... is an integer. And that applies also for negative values. If you're going the other way around, if we're going the other way around, we don't get back until we get to negative two pi. Notice we were at zero, and then the next time we're at one again is at negative two pi, and then negative four pi, and then over and over and over again. But this applies, if n is an integer, n can be a negative number, and so we get to all of the negative values of theta where cosine of theta is equal to one. Now let's think about when cosine of theta is equal to negative one. So cosine of theta is equal to negative one at theta is equal to, well we can just look at this graph right over here. Well when theta is equal to pi, when theta is equal to pi, and let's see, well, it kinda goes off this graph, but this graph would keep going like this, would keep going like this, and you'd see it would also be at three pi. And you can visualize it over here. Theta, cosine of theta is equal to negative one when we're at this point on the unit circle. So that happens when we get to pi radians, and then it won't happen again until we get to two pi, three pi radians, three pi radians. And it won't happen again until we go to two pi, until we add another two pi, until we make one entire revolution, so then that's going to be five, five pi radians. And you can keep going on and on and on, and that's also true in the negative direction, so if we take two pi away from this, so if we were here, and if we go all the way around back to negative pi, it should also be the case, and you actually see it right over here on the graph. So you could think about this as two pi, two pi n plus pi, or you could view it as two n plus one, or two n plus one times pi, where pi is, sorry, where n is an integer. Let me right that a little bit neater, n is integer. At every one of those points, cosine, or for every one of these thetas, cosine of theta is going to keep hitting negative one over and over again. And you see it, it goes it goes from one bottom, where you can kind of valley to the next valley, it takes two pi to get to the next valley, two pi to get to the next valley. And that was also the same thing for the peaks. It took two pi to go from the top of one hill to the top of the next, and then two pi again to the top of the hill after that.
Principal solutions of trigonometric equation

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Grasp the bar underhand (palms facing up) and pull it towards your head.
Perform this exercise in a slow controlled manner for best results. Read the instructions on the machine before performing this exercise.


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Profound shifting in the sands in the Middle East
Thursday 26 December 2013, 8:00am
Bill Neely
Former International Editor
A youth who survived a chemical weapons attack in Syria. Credit: REUTERS/Mohamed Abdullah
Never believe things can't get worse in the Middle East. The story of 2013 is that in the world's most dangerous region, they usually do.
In January, the UN estimated that 59,648 Syrians had been killed. Twelve months later that figure has doubled, and then some.
A thousand people a month are now being killed in Iraq.
Libya is a basket case of competing militias.
Jordan and Lebanon are straining to cope with the estimated 2.2 million people who have fled Syria.
Lebanon has seen the return of the car bomb and the daily gun battle.
Mohammed Morsi supporters clash with security forces in Cairo, Egypt. Credit: REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih
The Arab Spring is dead in Egypt, the military in power again, the elected president on trial.
Saudi Arabia is forcing out tens of thousands of migrants and exporting its aggressive Wahhabi ideology across the region.
And al-Qaeda is more deadly now than it has even been, in a region it hopes to convert into a caliphate.
Not a good year then.
And yet...
There were two astonishing developments no-one saw coming, both of which were a triumph for the much maligned diplomats of the West and Russia, who've not been having a good time solving the Middle East's myriad crises.
The first followed the worst chemical weapons attack the world has seen in decades, when hundreds of civilians were killed in Damascus in an attack blamed on Syria's army.
Ten days later, President Obama announced he would take military action against Syria. Just as suddenly, President Assad announced he would give up his chemical weapons stocks and after an astonishing day of diplomacy between two foreign ministers, John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov, military action receded and a stockpile Syria has never publicly admitted having was consigned to history's rubbish bin.
Syrian State TV shows pictures of gas canisters being destroyed. Credit: SANA/APTN
The second is just as startling a volte-face. Against all the odds, Iran and the West have done a deal on the country's nuclear programme. After decades of hostility, Tehran and Washington appear to be drawing closer together, or at least that's what the howls of protest from Jerusalem and Riyadh suggest. Saudi Arabia is pulling away from the US as a result.
Read: Iran deal 'halts progress on nuclear programme'
Politicians celebrate after striking a deal on Iran's nuclear programme. Credit: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
The sands are now shifting in the Middle East in as profound a way as we've seen in a decade, maybe more. But the risks are huge in a region commonly seen as a tinderbox.
And then there are the places where nothing has changed; the open sore that is Gaza and the broader lands where Israelis and Palestinians glare at each other and time bombs tick and America wrings its hands.
As 2014 dawns, perhaps only one thing is certain. Tens of thousands of Syrians alive today will be dead by the year's end. The world's deadliest war shows no signs of ending soon.
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Re: NASA - Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ( TESS ) updates
Quote from: Nomadd on 08/12/2020 05:55 pm
There's a question I had at the beginning I can't find the answer to. Will they be targeting some of Kepler's discoveries to compare results between the two? It seems like the extra data might help reduce the SNR, or whatever they call the optical version, for both.
Yes, pretty sure TESS re-observed the Kepler field in year 2 though I don't think I've seen any published results yet.
Edit: sectors 14 & 15
Because Kepler was looking at fainter stars and TESS is looking at brighter ones, there are only a few hundred which can really be looked at by both. This paper looks examines what more this will tell us: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.02826
--- Tony
« Last Edit: 08/13/2020 04:47 pm by jebbo »
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Star One
Potential Giant World Circling Tiny Star:
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TESS's Northern Sky Vista:
Its primary mission is now complete & it swaps back to the Southern Sky for its extended mission.
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« Reply #203 on: 03/29/2021 08:59 am »
The TESS Objects of Interest Catalog from the TESS Prime Mission
We present 2,241 exoplanet candidates identified with data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) during its two-year prime mission. We list these candidates in the TESS Objects of Interest (TOI) Catalog, which includes both new planet candidates found by TESS and previously-known planets recovered by TESS observations. We describe the process used to identify TOIs and investigate the characteristics of the new planet candidates, and discuss some notable TESS planet discoveries. The TOI Catalog includes an unprecedented number of small planet candidates around nearby bright stars, which are well-suited for detailed follow-up observations. The TESS data products for the Prime Mission (Sectors 1-26), including the TOI Catalog, light curves, full-frame images, and target pixel files, are publicly available on the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes.
« Last Edit: 03/29/2021 08:59 am by Star One »
Two new gaseous planets found by citizen scientists
Two new gaseous planets have been found orbiting a sun-like star 352 light-years from Earth -- and citizen scientists helped discover them while collaborating with astronomers.
The two exoplanets, which are planets that orbit stars outside of our solar system, are called planet b and planet c. They orbit a star known as HD 152843, which has a similar mass to our sun but is 1.5 times bigger and brighter.
Citizen scientists were able to help discover these planets by participating in Planet Hunters TESS. This NASA-funded project, available on the Zooniverse website, includes more than 29,000 people around the globe. It allows people to help search for exoplanets using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS mission.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/22/world/exoplanets-nasa-citizen-science-scn/index.html
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NASA's TESS Discovers Stellar Siblings Host 'Teenage' Exoplanets
Thanks to data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international collaboration of astronomers has identified four exoplanets, worlds beyond our solar system, orbiting a pair of related young stars called TOI 2076 and TOI 1807.
TOI 2076 and TOI 1807 reside over 130 light-years away with some 30 light-years between them, which places the stars in the northern constellations of Boötes and Canes Venatici, respectively. Both are K-type stars, dwarf stars more orange than our Sun, and around 200 million years old, or less than 5% of the Sun's age. In 2017, using data from ESA's (the European Space Agency's) Gaia satellite, scientists showed that the stars are traveling through space in the same direction.
Astronomers think the stars are too far apart to be orbiting each other, but their shared motion suggests they are related, born from the same cloud of gas.
Rondaz
TESS Maps Red Giants Across the Sky
TESS Tracks a Giant's Pulsations
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Tuning Into a Trio of Red Giants
Populating the brown dwarf and stellar boundary: Five stars with transiting companions near the hydrogen-burning mass limit
We report the discovery of five transiting companions near the hydrogen-burning mass limit in close orbits around main sequence stars originally identified by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) as TESS Objects of Interest (TOIs): TOI-148, TOI-587, TOI-681, TOI-746, and TOI-1213. Using TESS and ground-based photometry as well as radial velocities from the CORALIE, CHIRON, TRES, and FEROS spectrographs, we found the companions have orbital periods between 4.8 and 27.2 days, masses between 77 and 98 MJup, and radii between 0.81 and 1.66 RJup. These targets have masses near the uncertain lower limit of hydrogen core fusion (∼73-96 MJup), which separates brown dwarfs and low-mass stars. We constrained young ages for TOI-587 (0.2 ± 0.1 Gyr) and TOI-681 (0.17 ± 0.03 Gyr) and found them to have relatively larger radii compared to other transiting companions of a similar mass. Conversely we estimated older ages for TOI-148 and TOI-746 and found them to have relatively smaller companion radii. With an effective temperature of 9800 ± 200 K, TOI-587 is the hottest known main-sequence star to host a transiting brown dwarf or very low-mass star. We found evidence of spin-orbit synchronization for TOI-148 and TOI-746 as well as tidal circularization for TOI-148. These companions add to the population of brown dwarfs and very low-mass stars with well measured parameters ideal to test formation models of these rare objects, the origin of the brown dwarf desert, and the distinction between brown dwarfs and hydrogen-burning main sequence stars.
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An accreting white dwarf displaying fast transitional mode switching
Accreting white dwarfs are often found in close binary systems with orbital periods ranging from tens of minutes to several hours. In most cases, the accretion process is relatively steady, with significant modulations only occurring on timescales of ~days or longer1,2. Here we report the discovery of abrupt drops in the optical luminosity of the accreting white dwarf binary system TW Pictoris by factors up to 3.5 on timescales as short as 30 minutes. The optical light curve of this binary system obtained by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) clearly displays fast switches between two distinct intensity modes that probably track the changing mass accretion rate onto the white dwarf. In the low mode, the system also displays magnetically gated accretion bursts3,4,5, which implies that a weak magnetic field of the white dwarf truncates the inner disc at the co-rotation radius in this mode. The properties of the mode switching observed in TW Pictoris appear analogous to those observed in transitional millisecond pulsars6,7,8,9,10, where similar transitions occur, although on timescales of ~tens of seconds. Our discovery establishes a previously unrecognized phenomenon in accreting white dwarfs and suggests a tight link to the physics governing magnetic accretion onto neutron stars.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-021-01494-x
Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-10-astronomers-white-dwarf.amp
TOI-2257 b: A highly eccentric long-period sub-Neptune transiting a nearby M dwarf
Thanks to the relative ease of finding and characterizing small planets around M dwarf stars, these objects have become cornerstones in the field of exoplanet studies. The current paucity of planets in long-period orbits around M dwarfs make such objects particularly compelling as they provide clues about the formation and evolution of these systems. In this study, we present the discovery of TOI-2257 b (TIC 198485881), a long-period (35 d) sub-Neptune orbiting an M3 star at 57.8pc. Its transit depth is about 0.4%, large enough to be detected with medium-size, ground-based telescopes. The long transit duration suggests the planet is in a highly eccentric orbit (e∼0.5), which would make it the most eccentric planet that is known to be transiting an M-dwarf star. We combined TESS and ground-based data obtained with the 1.0-m SAINT-EX, 0.60-m TRAPPIST-North and 1.2-m FLWO telescopes to find a planetary size of 2.2 R⊕ and an orbital period of 35.19 days. In addition, we make use of archival data, high-resolution imaging, and vetting packages to support our planetary interpretation. With its long period and high eccentricity, TOI-2257 b falls in a novel slice of parameter space. Despite the planet's low equilibrium temperature (∼ 256 K), its host star's small size (R∗=0.311±0.015) and relative infrared brightness (Kmag = 10.7) make it a suitable candidate for atmospheric exploration via transmission spectroscopy.
https://phys.org/news/2021-11-astronomers-sub-neptune-exoplanet-orbiting-nearby.html
This study re-confirms that Proxima b does not transit it's host Star from our viewpoint, and in fact no transits at all were discovered in the data for any other planet that may exist in the system larger than the size of Mars.
No Transits of Proxima Centauri Planets in High-Cadence TESS Data
Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and one of the most well-studied stars in the sky. In 2016, a planetary companion was detected through radial velocity measurements. Proxima Centauri b has a minimum mass of 1.3 Earth masses and orbits with a period of 11.2 days at 0.05 AU from its stellar host, and resides within the star's Habitable Zone. While recent work has shown that Proxima Centauri b likely does not transit, given the value of potential atmospheric observations via transmission spectroscopy of the closest possible Habitable Zone planet, we reevaluate the possibility that Proxima Centauri b is a transiting exoplanet using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). We use three sectors (Sectors 11, 12, and 38 at 2-minute cadence) of observations from TESS to search for planets. Proxima Centauri is an extremely active M5.5 star, emitting frequent white-light flares; we employ a novel method that includes modeling the stellar activity in our planet search algorithm. We do not detect any planet signals. We injected synthetic transiting planets into the TESS and use this analysis to show that Proxima Centauri b cannot be a transiting exoplanet with a radius larger than 0.4 R⊕. Moreover, we show that it is unlikely that any Habitable Zone planets larger than Mars transit Proxima Centauri.
TESS has found a new representative of the brown dwarf desert
The TESS space telescope has found a new massive brown dwarf, whose properties place it in an underexplored area - the brown dwarf desert. Scientists hope that further investigation of this object will help to understand exactly how such sub-stellar bodies are formed. A preprint of the work is available on the ArXiv.org website.
If you look at the properties of brown dwarfs, which are considered intermediate objects between stars and giant planets, you can notice the lack of bodies with a mass of 35-55 Jupiter masses, located less than three astronomical units from the parent stars of the main sequence. This phenomenon is called the desert of brown dwarfs, and it may be associated with different mechanisms for the formation of brown dwarf companions with low and high mass. In addition, this may be due to the peculiarities of the dynamic interaction of brown dwarfs of different masses with their stars. However, so far, scientists do not have enough observational data for such objects to understand their origin.
A group of astronomers led by Caleb I. Cañas from the University of Pennsylvania reports the discovery of a new massive brown dwarf TOI-2119.01, which has become another representative of the brown dwarf desert. It was originally found by the TESS space telescope using the transit method, and later the discovery was confirmed using ground-based telescopes.
The mass of the parent star, which became the red dwarf, is 0.53 solar masses, and the radius is 0.51 solar radius. The brown dwarf has a brightness temperature of 2,100 Kelvin and a mass of 67 Jupiter masses. It has been classified as an early L-type dwarf with a radius of 1.11 that of Jupiter. The orbit of TOI-2119.01 is highly elongated (eccentricity 0.3362), the dwarf makes one revolution around the star in just 7.2 Earth days, and one revolution around its axis - in 13.2 days.
The age of the dwarf has been estimated at 0.7-5.1 billion years, while evolutionary models of brown dwarfs usually consider a period of less than one billion years of life for such objects. Due to the fact that the exact age of TOI-2119.0 is still difficult to establish, it is ill-suited for imposing a constraint on theoretical models, so observations will continue. In addition, there may be a third body in the system, but this is yet to be verified.
Earlier, we talked about how the minimum mass for burning lithium in brown dwarfs did not fit into the model.
Alexander Voytyuk
https://nplus1.ru/news/2021/12/20/brown-dwarf-m-dwarf
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has now identified more than 5,000 possible exoplanet candidates – TESS Objects of Interest, or TOIs – mostly from a faint star search led by Michelle Kunimo, a postdoc at MIT. While TOIs are, by definition, unconfirmed, astronomers are confident additional observations will add to TESS's list of known exoplanets.
"This time last year, TESS had found just over 2,400 TOIs. Today, TESS has reached more than twice that number — a huge testament to the mission and all the teams scouring the data for new planets. I'm excited to see thousands more in the years to come!"
It will take additional observations by astronomers around the world to confirm whether a TOI is, in fact, an actual exoplanet. Three such confirmations were announced at the American Astronomical Society's winter meeting earlier this month.
A team led by Samuel Grunblatt, a postdoctoral fellow at the American Museum of Natural History and the Flatiron Institute in New York City, found three gas giants in TOI data. The planets have some of the shortest-period orbits around subgiant or giant stars yet found and one of them, TOI-2337b, likely will be consumed by its host star in less than a million years.
https://astronomynow.com/2022/01/24/astronomers-mining-an-increasingly-rich-trove-of-tess-exoplanet-data/
redliox
Arizona USA
For the extended mission happening now, what kind of plan is TESS following? There were several options ranging from repeating the prior pattern to scanning thin strips of the sky intensely. Any specifics on where it's pointing itself now?
"Let the trails lead where they may, I will follow."
-Tigatron
Yiosie
Quote from: redliox on 02/05/2022 09:09 pm
The observing strategy and timeline for the current extended mission is listed here:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/tess/extended.html
TESS is currently observing "Sector 48" at "an ecliptic latitude of +54°."
TESS has found a hot super-Earth around a very close red dwarf
09:55 11 Feb. 2022
The TESS space telescope has discovered a new hot super-Earth, which is located in a red dwarf system very close to the Sun. Further studies of this object can help astronomers understand the origin of the sub-Neptune desert - the lack of planets close to stars with masses of 1.4-2 Earth masses. The preprint of the work is published on the website arXiv.org.
One of the problems in exoplanetology has become the nature of the sub-Neptune desert . This is the name given to the observed lack of planets with masses of 1.4-2 Earth masses that are close to their stars, which separates super-Earths and mini-Neptunes. It is still unclear exactly what mechanisms lead to the formation of these types of planets and why the desert phenomenon occurs. Perhaps rocky super-Earths are born as a result of photoevaporation of the outer shells of mini-neptunes rich in hydrogen, or another mechanism for the loss of mass of the atmosphere. To understand this, scientists need to increase the sample of known exoplanets of these types and determine their parameters with great accuracy.
A team of astronomers led by Jonas Kemmer from the University of Heidelberg announced the discovery of the exoplanet GJ 3929b in the M-dwarf system, located 51.6 light-years from the Sun. Initially discovered by the TESS space telescope using the transit method, the discovery was subsequently confirmed using the CARMENES, SAINT-EX, LCOGT and OSN ground-based telescopes, which also helped to determine the parameters of the object.
The radius of the planet GJ 3929b was estimated at 1.15 Earth radii, and the mass at 1.21 Earth masses. This gives a bulk density value of 4.4 grams per cubic centimeter, which is comparable to Earth's average density, so the object could be a rocky exoplanet. A year on the planet lasts 2.61 Earth, it is at an average distance from its star of about 0.0026 astronomical units. The equilibrium temperature of GJ 3929b is estimated at 569 kelvin, which means that it belongs to the category of hot super-Earths.
The brightness of the parent star (which is one third smaller than our own) and the size of GJ 3929b make the exoplanet an interesting target for future research with the James Webb Space Telescope, which will be able to find its atmosphere, if any. In addition, there may be another exoplanet in the system with an orbital period of 14.303 days, however this has yet to be confirmed.
Earlier, we talked about how scientists found a hot Neptune in the Neptune Desert, another mysterious feature in a sample of known exoplanets.
https://nplus1.ru/news/2022/02/11/tess-hot-super-earth
TESS finds two rocky exoplanets around a red dwarf very close to the Sun
21:32 30 Apr. 2022
Astronomers using ground-based and space telescopes have discovered two rocky exoplanets that are 2-3 times heavier than the Earth near the red dwarf HD 260655 close to the Sun. They are expected to be explored by the James Webb Space Telescope in the future. A preprint of the work is available at arXiv.org.
Dwarf stars of the spectral type M are of particular interest to astronomers - planets with radii from one to four Earth radii are often found around such luminaries, and cases of detection of multiplanetary systems are not uncommon. If we take into account that observations of such stars make it possible to obtain fairly accurate estimates of the mass and radius of exoplanets orbiting them, then it becomes possible to determine how diverse the volumetric compositions of terrestrial exoplanets are and whether they have atmospheres.
A team of astronomers led by Rafael Luque of the University of Chicago announced the discovery of two exoplanets around the bright red dwarf HD 260655, which is 32.6 light-years from the Sun. The discovery was made by the transit method using the TESS space telescope and confirmed by the radial velocity method using the HIRES and CARMENES receivers mounted on ground-based telescopes.
The star has a mass of 0.43 solar masses and a radius of 0.43 solar radii, its age is estimated at 2–8 billion years, and its effective temperature is 3803 kelvin. The closest exoplanet to the star, HD 260655b, has a radius of 1.24 Earth radii and a mass of 2.14 Earth masses. This gives a volume average density of the planet of 6.2 grams per cubic centimeter, slightly more than Earth's average density. A year on HD 260655b lasts 2.77 days, the average distance from the star is estimated at 0.03 astronomical units, and the equilibrium temperature is 709 kelvin.
The exoplanet HD 260655c has a radius of 1.53 Earth radii and a mass of 3.09 Earth masses. The bulk density of the exoplanet is 4.7 grams per cubic centimeter. A year on HD 260655c lasts 5.7 days, the average distance from the star is estimated at 0.047 astronomical units, and the equilibrium temperature is 557 kelvin.
The researchers concluded that HD 260655 is unique in terms of comparative studies of rocky exoplanets. This is the third system closest to the Sun, containing an M-dwarf and several planets that periodically pass across the disk of the star. It is expected that in the future the James Webb Space Telescope will observe the newly discovered objects, which will look for their atmospheres.
Earlier we talked about how astronomers confirmed the existence of an Earth-like planet near Proxima Centauri.
https://nplus1.ru/news/2022/04/30/exoplanets-rocky
TESS Finds New Companion Exoplanet Inside Hot Jupiter's Orbit
Astronomers using the TESS space telescope have discovered a new exoplanet system in which an exoplanet companion is located inside the orbit of hot Jupiter. WASP-132c is the fourth such object, which does not fit into the high-eccentricity migration scenario that explains the formation of most hot Jupiters. The preprint is available at arXiv.org.
Since the discovery of the first exoplanet around a sun-like star at the end of the last century, objects like hot Jupiters have been one of the great mysteries of exoplanetology. These planets are characterized by radii greater than 8 Earth radii, orbital periods less than 10 days and represent a class of objects that have no analogues in our solar system. Traditional theories cannot explain the existence of gas giants so close to their parent stars, so scientists have developed new scenarios for the formation of such objects, such as migration in the circumstellar disk or the processes of gravitational interaction and scattering of planets. In particular, there is evidence that many of the hot Jupiters originally formed outside the snow line .in the system and then migrated closer to the star. However, none of the currently available scenarios can satisfy all model constraints derived from observational data, so the main pathways for the formation of hot Jupiters are still poorly understood.
One curious property of hot Jupiters that may indicate the path of formation is their uniqueness as planets in their system, although they may have distant companions. This absence of nearby companions is predicted by a high-eccentricity migration formation mechanism. In this case, the planet is transferred to an eccentric orbit due to the snow line under the influence of some gravitational perturbations, and eventually the orbit becomes circular and very close to its star. At the same time, such a mechanism leads to scattering and possible ejection from the system of other planets.
Of the roughly 500 confirmed hot Jupiters to date, only three have been found to be exceptions - WASP-47, Kepler-730 and TOI-1130. In these, hot Jupiters have at least one close planetary mass companion. Thus, the migration scenario with high eccentricity is unlikely; most likely, the systems were formed due to the migration of protoplanets inside the circumstellar disk closer to the star at the stage of their formation.
A team of astronomers led by Benjamin J. Hord of the University of Maryland announced the discovery of the fourth system containing a hot Jupiter and a companion planet close to it. We are talking about the orange dwarf WASP-132, with a mass of 0.78 solar masses, which is located at a distance of about 400 light years from the Sun in the constellation. The system was monitored by the TESS space telescope, which found the companion exoplanet using the transit method, and astronomers also used archival observational data from the CORALIE spectrograph of the ground-based EULER telescope to confirm the discovery.
The TESS data made it possible to refine the parameters of the hot Jupiter WASP-132b, found back in 2016 by the ground-based SuperWASP telescope. This exoplanet has a mass of 0.41 Jupiter masses, a radius of 0.754 Jupiter radii, and an orbital period of 7.13 days. Inside its orbit is the super-Earth WASP-132c, which has a radius of 1.85 Earth radii, an orbital period of 1.01 days and an upper mass limit of 37.35 Earth masses.
Dynamic modeling shows that the system is dynamically stable for a time scale of 100 million years. The scientists note that this discovery suggests that a mechanism other than the high-eccentricity migration scenario may play a significant role in the formation of hot Jupiters, and in the case of WASP-132, further observations are needed to refine exoplanet masses and confirm the discovery of WASP-132c.
Earlier, we talked about how scientists found an ultra-hot Jupiter falling on a star and for the first time recorded radio emission from such a planet.
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McCain Rises From The Ashes, And Heeeeeeere's Gov. Tim Pawlenty!
Dave Gorak
A couple years ago I, along with plenty of other folks, got pretty excited when Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced that he had had it with illegal aliens in his state and, by God, was going to do something about it.
Critics jumped all over what I, and plenty of other folks, thought was a true rule-of-law champion, calling his planned crackdown on illegals an election year stunt. Not so! I hissed at these charges. And then reality began to creep into my stupid, naive world where everybody is supposed to play by the rules.
Seeking to placate "immigrant rights" activists, Gov. Timmy went out of his way to tell the world that the Land of 10,000 Lakes actually was an "immigrant friendly" place and said he wanted an increase in the number of H-1B visas so foreigners could compete with his constituents' children for high-tech jobs.
Now we hear that Gov. Timmy plans to resume his stumping for Sen. John McCain after the latter's primary win in New Hampshire. And this announcement raises an interesting question:
Just how will Gov. Timmy's recent bombshell about renewing his battle against illegal immigration going to fly with "Amnesty John" McCain if the latter ends up sitting in the Oval Office?
Memo to Gov. Timmy: What's it going to be, your political career—or your country?


Does this take place before Silver went natural?
Merry Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanzaa/whatever, ye filthy perverts.
Hoookayyy, now to consider...should i wash my undergarments orrrr...throw them away...?
Understanding that it not only gets dirty to fast but she keeps getting knocked out of, torn off of, or shrunken out of it is a big part of understanding why she hates all clothing at this point.
Maybe she should just paint on her clothes. Of course, that would bring on an accident involving a cartload of paint remover. A nice change from the usual cartload of manure, eh ?


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Last year at the summer meeting we decided that we will have a meeting again this year, even when the forum is getting smaller and smaller. Are you still interested? If yes, we have to decide when and where.
Last year we said that we will meet at my place every year until Nora is allowed to travel, so that would be Dresden, Germany. But if anyone has other suggestions, please say so.
Concerning the date, do you have any preferences? For me the whole summer is still free, so you can choose. So anyone who is interested, please reply in this topic and say at what dates you can and cannot participate.
Post subject: Re: AND SUMMER MEETING 2016: Anyone interested?
for how many days you plan that meeting?
The meeting is from Friday to Sunday, but everyone is free to come whenever he wants to and stay as long as he wants to. Great that you are coming!
Finally being able tocome over and meet everybody.
I am not sure of dates though, so I would love to hear when it is so I can take up my vacation days at work and visit germany.
Just looked it up on google maps, its only a 9 hour drive from where I live..
We also would like to come to the AND meeting!
So great, Arike, Jana and Anni!
I have added you all to the list. TitSumPiBa will be soooo excited to have you here and play with you.
I would love to come as well!
Hihi, so cool! I thought that we might not even have a meeting this year, and now it's only a few hours since I started this thread and we already have quite a list of participants.
Jaz, I am really curious how you will like TitSumPiBa. When I met Panti, I somehow felt as if he was so much more "there" in a way, much more into you, more intense. Not in any physical sense but like one of these people who look right into your eyes and capture your attention and keep it on them. It might be different when you see him every day, but after I met Panti, I was wondering whether my horses would seem somewhat pale to you. Not in any negative sense, more like anemone nemorosa when you are used to tulips. So I am very curious!
I feel this as well, and every single time I am with him. He is very special for me, and I don't even try to compare other horses to him. He is Panti, my Panti. And he actually asked whether he could come along, but I explained that it is very far and I wanted to start him in the trailer on shorter trips first.
The only date that is already blocked with me is the 9.9-11.9.
i have vacation from 25.7. till 5.8.
Seems like there is only one possible date, because Anni and Jana can only come after July 22, and Nora is on holidays for the last two weeks of July and school starts again here at August 08.
This means that the meeting should be August 05-07.
Anouk, will you be on holidays until Sunday (August 07) or is it possible for you to join us on Saturday and/or Sunday? And is there anyone who wants to come but cannot make it at this date? In this case, we could still pick the next weekend and Nora could join us a bit later (Friday evening or Saturday morning). I'd have to figure out a way to get the horses home before the meeting (with Nora being at school during the week), but if it is necessary, there will be a way.
We'll have to see how it fits in at work, but 2 days off should be possible!
Sorry for this late respons, but I am interested too!
I have no idea yet what my summer will look like, but if I have the time I would love to join again (And maybe I can convince my mom or Linda or both to join me ).
Wonderful, Els! And yes, please bring your mom and Linda!


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Mid-Michigan entertainment weekend, September 24-26 and beyond – The Morning Sun
By Judith D. Perez Last updated Sep 22, 2021
Courses: Fundamentals of colored pencils for teenagers aged 12-17, Saturdays, Sept. 25th-Nov. 6 ($ 140); Watercolor Workshop, 4 p.m., Sept. 25 ($ 55), Art Reach of Mid Michigan, 111 E. Broadway St., Mt. Pleasant, artreachcenter.org, 989-773-3689.
Rare images from the Tuskegee Institute: early 20th century images at grpmcollections.org/Detail/collections/335. Also historical pictures of Lincoln, lumberjacks, WW1, others.
"Windows GR": Art exhibition at The Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW, Grand Rapids, free with general admission (2-12 USD) and at grpm.org/exhibits/.
Wonderfully Done: The Artis Collection of African American Fine Art, Wednesdays through Fridays 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saginaw Art Museum, $ 7, $ 5 students / seniors, 1126 N. Michigan Ave., Saginaw, saginawartmuseum.org/exhibition/wonderfullymade, 989- 754-2491.
Pendulum Lounge: Thursdays 4.30pm-8pm in the Midland Center for the Arts, 1801 W. St. Andrews St., Midland, live music, cocktails, small plates, visual arts demonstrations, trivia, more, indoor / Outdoor, Midlandcenter. org / shows-tickets / pendel-lounge.
Used book sales: 10 a.m. Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, Veterans Memorial Library, 301 S. University, Mt. Pleasant, [email protected], 989-773-3242.
Mt. Pleasant Discovery Museum: 10 am-6pm daily, $ 8, seniors, group, and military discounts, 5093 E. Remus Road, Mt. Pleasant; mpdiscoverymuseum.org, 989-317-3221.
Homestead Farm: Farm-Related Activities of the 1870s, 1 pm-5pm, 400 S. Badour Road, Midland. Free, chippewanaturecenter.org.
Mt. Pleasant Speedway: 7:45 p.m. September 24, gates open 5:00 p.m., 4658 E. River Road, Mt. Pleasant, 989-773-2387.
Bats-Masters of the Night: Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW, Grand Rapids, included with museum admission ($ 13, $ 12 seniors, $ 8), grpm.org/bats, 616-929-1700.
POPnology: Pop Culture and Technology Exhibition, $ 13, $ 12 seniors, $ 8 children, Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW, Grand Rapids, grpm.org.
Try Hockey: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm September 26th, free for children, equipment and instructions available, ICE Arena, 5165 E. Remus Road, Mt. Pleasant, 989-400-1637, registration at fb.me/e / 1dBQYOY5w.
Bike tour: 6-8pm Sept. 27, Trail Ride starts from the CMU-RC area; Street group departs from Motorless Motion, 121 S. Main St., Mt. Pleasant; facebook.com/MidMidCycling.
Farmers Market: Saturdays 9 am-2pm, Broadway Street, Downtown Mt. Pleasant, Thursdays 7:30 am-2pm, Island Park, 301 E. Andre St., Mt. Pleasant, facebook.com/mpfarmersmarket.
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Harvard: Gun control does not reduce crime
Matthew Patrick
A Harvard study titled "Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide?" is sure to put gun control advocates into a tizzy after it validated what has long been known among second amendment supporters, that gun control does not reduce crime.
The Harvard study looked at figures for "intentional deaths" throughout continental Europe and juxtaposes them with similar data from the US. When they did, they were shocked to discover that contrary to the popular liberal mantra, gun control did not reduce crime and actually may have helped increase murder and suicide rates.
Among the examples cited by the study was Russia, where the rate of gun ownership is 4,000 per 100,000 inhabitants the murder rate was 20.52 per 100,000. By contrast, Finland where the rate of gun ownership is significantly higher at 39,000 per 100,000 the murder rate was almost nonexistent at 1.98 per 100,000.
While some might say Western Europe has a different culture in America, the Harvard study found similar trends when examining murders in the United States. Gun control supporters around the world frequently attempt to claim that America is the most violent nation because of the Second Amendment and its easy accessibility to firearms. However, the study reveals that America actually comes in seventh place when it comes to murders, behind Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Polaris and the Ukraine. Gun control advocates have also claim that a person is more likely to be killed by their own weapon than they are by a stranger. However, these figures are arrived at by including suicide attempts. In the suicide category, America comes in number 22.
Showing the stark difference between gun control versus the Second Amendment, in Russia were handguns are banned, the murder rate is 30.6 per 100,000, while in the US the rate is a mere 7.8.
The Harvard study is simply another in a long line of research that validates that gun bans actually increase the murder and violent crime rate. Professor John Lott Jr., conducted a study of crime rates in the United States by County back in the 1990s. His research caused him to publish the results in his book "More Guns, Less Crime," which was just released in a new edition this year. Lott has frequently criticized gun control proponents noting that the statistics they quote are frequently dishonest.
One of the frequent claims made by gun control supporters, including the president is that 40 percent of gun sales do not go through a background check.
Lott noted that over 90 percent of the 40 percent number involved inheritances and gifts between family members such as a father passing a firearm down to his son or daughter.
He also noted the study was conducted before the Brady bill was passed and researchers only interviewed 250 gun purchasers, asking them if they had went through a background check.
Another claim is that background checks have prevented 1.7 million people who were denied by the check from buying a gun.
Lott says while that number may sound impressive, the majority of those 1.7 million were false positives resulting from people having similar names to someone who is prohibited from owning a gun.
"The late senator Ted Kennedy was on the no-fly list five times because his name sounded similar to a terrorist. Using Obama's logic about the 1.7 million felons stopped from buying guns, we would have to say DHS stopped five terrorists from boarding a plane each time Kennedy's name came up. Of course, that is absurd."
Related Topics:background checks, Banning Firearms, does not reduce crime, false positives, gun control, Gun control supporters, Harvard, intentional deaths, second amendment supporters, suicide rates
Matthew Patrick is a book editor and ghostwriter. He covers politics and business news for US Finance Post.


4New is the first blockchain solution in the world for waste to energy conversion. It's a tangible and eco-friendly solution that is taking the world by storm. 4New is currently offering coins for investors who are interested in getting involved with the first-ever waste to energy conversion and treatment facility. It will be entirely based on the blockchain network.
4New is based on the idea that waste to energy conversion is a new necessity. They claim 4New will solve multiple problems that the entire world is facing: waste is in surplus and energy is running out. By using 4New, these social and global issues will be remedied and the environment, and people, will benefit.
The supply chain will go from the collection of waste to the conversion and generation process that will supply electricity. This electricity will be sold in units to the national grid.
On top of the concept behind 4New being a ground-breaking way to reduce waste and produce energy, 4New is also utilitarian in nature. It's lucrative because everyone uses electricity on a regular basis, and waste will never stop being produced. 4New sees it like this: rather than trying to reduce the amount of waste produced or reduce the amount of energy we consume—since both are inevitable to some degree—why not instead harness the energy that can be produced by this waste? That's what drives 4New forward.
4New says they will successfully integrate the real-world waste disposal process with blockchain technology to take that waste, convert it to energy, and sell those energy units.
4New is offering coins throughout October, November, and December 2017. The decentralized blockchain network 4New runs on uses the 4New Coins as a currency. These coins will be used in all transactions for acquiring and selling waste and energy. The ledger of 4New will contain all transactions and will display an auditable journal of every purchase and sale 4New carries out. All parties involved or associated with each transaction will be able to see the ledger entry—including potential disputes, reconciliation, and revenue leakage, which will all be controlled as much as possible.
The 4NEW decentralized, the distributed ledger is where all actors in any industry will be able to transact using the KWATT coin. The coins are smart contracts which establish a binding relationship between transacting parties and provide a value for each transaction.
KWATT Token currently is an ERC20, Ethereum based smart contract. Upon completion of the blockchain development, the token will be swapped to the KWATT Coin that will interact with our blockchain. The total coin offering is for three hundred million coins (300,000,000). This is a hard cap limit for the crowd sale offering.
In the beginning, they will generate 10 megawatts of power every hour. 1 megawatt is equivalent to 1000 kilowatts these powers 1000 households per day. This equates to 10000 households a day per hour or the plant will generate enough power 240,000 households a day.
Users can decide which cryptocurrencies they want to mine with their KWATT Coin power. They will have access to the top twenty minable coins. The configuration will automatically determine the necessary hash rate for the particular coin, and the reward will be credited to the account connected to a 4NEW Wallet.
You can purchase 4NEW coin KWATT various different ways. You can purchase via ETH, BTC, PIVX, DASH, Paypal, USD and GBP bank transfers. When you are ready to purchase you need to have Myetherwallet or some kind of wallet that accepts ERC20 tokens. Do not send from an exchange address as you will not get any coins and you will not get your coins back. Depending on how you want to pay they have detailed instructions on how to do it for each payment method.
With the right team in place, success is assured. They have assembled the finest group of industry experts in the blockchain, energy, business, and marketing to produce a platform built for achievement. Hailing from all over the world, 4NEW is being guided by the best the industry has to offer. If you look over all of the team members and everyone that is on the advisory board. They have a highly experienced in all of their fields involved at every end of the project. 4NEW has a winning team to forward their project very far in the future.
4NEW looks to be a new great company with a big future because of they a heavy hitter team. The project itself isn't over-ambitious and offers a new way of mining and energy use using a blockchain. The cost of the coin vs the supply is right on target and you could see huge gains on the appreciation of the coin in a few months once they start buying the plants and developing their one of a kind blockchain. 4NEW will have much success because they are the only program with this type of project. Not to be confused with Power Ledger. This project actually creates energy and mining resources for the coin holders. Rather than buying and selling renewable energy on a blockchain like Power Ledger. 4NEW will be a new leader in the mining space with its cheap renewable energy. Another positive is that they will burn all tokens not sold in the ICO giving this even more potential. They have already reached their soft cap and will be buying one plant soon. With the remaining ICO funds, they will buy 2 more plants. This will drive up the coin price immensely. At writing this post the price is 1$ a coin and changes 9am est every day to the price of Ethereum. This is not financial advice but this is a solid ICO. Invest at your own risk.


It's always exciting to receive news from the riding safari guides in Africa. Their stories and pictures make it hard to be sitting at a desk in the UK, rather than on a horse in the bush. Here's a round-up of recent news and new safari rides.
Great Plains has opened stables in the Masai Mara allowing clients staying at its own properties, Mara Plains and Mini Mara, as well as those on neighbouring concessions such as Kicheche, to experience the renowned wildlife of the area from horseback as a morning or afternoon ride.
Riders who are confident at all paces can enjoy an exhilarating outing with opportunities for fast canters. An alternative option, the plains ride, is a gentler two hour excursion, generally at walk and trot and in open areas with good visibility.
Kaskazi Horse Safaris operates riding safaris in northern Tanzania and among new itineraries on offer is the Serengeti migration ride which offers the chance to ride among the wildebeest migration in this extraordinary wilderness area.
Other safaris include Natron flamingo ride – where you might spot millions of breeding flamingos – and during which you will ride through an exceedingly beautiful landscape, and the Kilimanjaro elephant ride, a big game ride which explores the beautiful wilderness area dominated by mountains Meru and Kilimanjaro. We're looking forward to checking out these exciting rides – expect feedback soon in a blog or newsletter.
One of our favourite African riding safari partners, Wait A Little, is in the process of rebuilding its rooms. The new design will provide light and airy accommodation, each room with a bath and outside shower as well as a shady verandah – perfect after a long day in the saddle.
Owners Gerti and Philip Kusseler offer three incredible riding itineraries through the wildlife rich Karongwe Private Game Reserve close to the famous Kruger National Park in South Africa.
Catering for experienced riders a holiday here will ensure exciting, up-close game sightings and sporty riding on wonderfully schooled horses.
A great addition to Uganda's safari offerings is Nile Horseback Safaris' multi-day riding safari which offers fabulous riding around the source of the River Nile. Over the course of the seven day ride, guests will explore tea plantations, rain forest, traditional Ugandan villages, jungle, and open plains. The views are spectacular and while big game is not prolific there is wonderful bird viewing and monkeys galore. It's another we are due to trial shortly and we'll keep you posted with further details.
It was great to catch up with the Offbeat Safaris team at Badminton Horse Trials last month. Some lovely news is that Simon Kenyon, who worked alongside Tristan for many years, will be heading up the guiding team. Born and brought up in Kenya, Simon is a proficient horseman and superb guide and will, we are sure, run the riding safaris in the same spirit of adventure for which they have become so famous.
As you can see there are many styles of riding safari, with differing terrain, wildlife and pace of riding. For an African riding safari get in touch with us either on the phone, meet face to face, email or live chat and let us help you choose. Aardvark Safaris have large depth of knowledge when it comes to riding safaris – chat to Alice, Francis, Lucinda and Jo. We have ridden with them all, slept in the beds, eaten the food and met the guides!


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package com.intel.analytics.bigdl.dllib.utils.tf.loaders

import java.nio.ByteOrder

import com.intel.analytics.bigdl.Module
import com.intel.analytics.bigdl.dllib.nn.abstractnn.DataFormat
import com.intel.analytics.bigdl.dllib.nn.tf.{MaxPoolGrad => MaxPoolGradOps}
import com.intel.analytics.bigdl.dllib.tensor.TensorNumericMath.TensorNumeric
import com.intel.analytics.bigdl.dllib.utils.Log4Error
import com.intel.analytics.bigdl.dllib.utils.tf.Context
import org.tensorflow.framework.NodeDef

import scala.reflect.ClassTag

class MaxPoolGrad extends TensorflowOpsLoader {

  import Utils._

  override def build[T: ClassTag](nodeDef: NodeDef, byteOrder: ByteOrder,
    context: Context[T])(implicit ev: TensorNumeric[T]): Module[T] = {
    val attributes = nodeDef.getAttrMap
    val (pW, pH) =
      if (getString(attributes, "padding") == "SAME") {
        (-1, -1)
      } else {
        (0, 0)
      }
    val strideList = getIntList(attributes, "strides")
    Log4Error.invalidInputError(strideList.head == 1, s"not support strides on batch")
    val kernelSize = getIntList(attributes, "ksize")
    Log4Error.invalidInputError(kernelSize.head == 1, s"not support kernel on batch")

    val format = getString(attributes, "data_format")
    val poolgrad = format match {
      case "NHWC" =>
        Log4Error.invalidInputError(strideList(3) == 1, s"not support strides on depth")
        val strideW = strideList(1)
        val strideH = strideList(2)
        val kW = kernelSize(1)
        val kH = kernelSize(2)
        MaxPoolGradOps[T](kW, kH, strideW, strideH, pW, pH, DataFormat.NHWC)

      case "NCHW" =>
        Log4Error.invalidInputError(strideList(1) == 1, s"not support strides on depth")
        val strideW = strideList(2)
        val strideH = strideList(3)
        val kW = kernelSize(2)
        val kH = kernelSize(3)
        MaxPoolGradOps[T](kW, kH, strideW, strideH, pW, pH, DataFormat.NCHW)
      case _ =>
        Log4Error.invalidOperationError(false, s"not supported data format: $format")
    }
    poolgrad.asInstanceOf[Module[T]]
  }
}

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