We as human beings see beauty. Theres a sense of balance, of order, to beautiful things. But where does that sense come from . And what does algebra or geometry have to do with it . Can we quantify the beauty of a butterfly . Welcome to the world of symmetry. Crystals, snowflakes, shells, geometric shapes, flowers, Decorative Arts such as the tilings of the alhambra palace in spain; they all share something besides what we might call beauty, and that something that is imicit in the sort of regularity or selfsimilarity is symmetry, a symmetry we experience with satisfaction and pleasure in our everyday lives. Often, that which eerience as symmetry is simply the final picture. But how did that beautiful, symmetric pattern come into being . With some close and careful inspection, anyone can see that symmetry starts with a basic motif which is then manipulated in time and space. Mathematicians call such manipulations transformations, or, though this might be confusing, we also call them sy
About 115 Miles Per Hour, thats a major hurricane, category three. We have confirmation that, from the naples airport that we did have maximum sustained winds of 112 Miles Per Hour, with gusts as high as 135 Miles Per Hour. At the present time, the max winds have come down a little bit. Theyre about 110 Miles Per Hour, and the system now continues acceleration to the north at about 14 Miles Per Hour. At the present time, the center of the system is just north of the naples area, and its moving away from that region. We expect the system to continue up the coast of florida in the next couple of days crossing the tampa area later tonight and into early tomorrow. Were forecasting this to maintain hurricane intensity through the tampa area as most likely category one hurricane. So well be anticipating Hurricane Force gusts, sustained winds of Tropical Storm force possibly sustained of Hurricane Force, also storm surge up to 58 feet in that area and, again, very heavy rainfall with totals u
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