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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Hello All, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Attached is the paper that I submitted for publication. It has been considerably revised compared to the draft that I posted on Aug. 13. Even though I have not participated much in the group discussion recently, the group influenced this paper. I visualized that I was writing to convince the skeptical members of the group. The Abstract is below. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#000066'>Abstract:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#000066'> Analysis of the gravitational wave (GW) designated GW150914 shows that this wave encountered spacetime as being a very stiff elastic medium. The source of this stiffness can be determined by analyzing wave amplitude, frequency, intensity and propagation speed. The implication is that GW150914 encountered vacuum energy density (VE density) of about 6.7 x 10<sup>31</sup> J/m<sup>3</sup> at 250 Hz. This energy density is about 10<sup>40</sup> times more than the critical energy density of the universe. While this finding is incompatible with general relativity, it is compatible with the VE density expected for zero-point energy at 250 Hz. Higher frequency GWs should encounter higher energy density which reaches 10<sup>112</sup> J/m<sup>3</sup> at Planck frequency. VE is proposed to be the biggest component of the universe by a factor of 10<sup>120</sup>. The conflict with general relativity can be resolved if VE does not create its own gravity. Instead VE is proposed to be the homogeneous, passive energy which is distorted (curved) by the wave properties of matter. The multiple fields of the standard model are proposed to be multiple resonances of a single VE spacetime field.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif'>John Macken<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria Math",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>