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A new festival with an old heart.
Westport Arts Festival is delighted to announce Westival, the festival's new brand and identity. After 18 months of research and careful consideration on how to build on 42 years of success, 'Westival' was devised as the next big step forward. Westival, will continue to foster the thriving local arts and music scene of Westport, but also help solidify and promote the west of Ireland as a destination for significant cultural events, that will attract international talent and attention.
Fans of Westport Arts Festival can rest assured that the charm of the events unique to the original festival will still be part of the rebranded offering, they will be complemented by new and innovative experiences.
Westival also brings with it a date change, formerly running in September, this year's festival will take place from 23rd - 29th October 2019 incorporating the October Bank Holiday Weekend. The change of dates will be advantageous in attracting a new wave of visitors and activity to Westport after the hectic summer season has ended and is more suitable for engagement with school and college students, enabling the festival to nurture bright budding artists in the community and beyond.
The move from September to October also allows Westival to become a cosy and intimate indoor festival, encompassing all the fun of Halloween along with themed events and fireside antics. Unique venues, such as Holy Trinity Church with its gothic architecture and the state of the art Town Hall Theatre, will host some of the festivals' main attractions. Those seeking a more intimate atmosphere will find suitable gigs in Westport's famous pubs, along with other pop up venues throughout the town.
Westival 2019's full programme will be released in early September and will showcase a festival filled with local, national and international music, culture and artistic adventures, world premières and free family-friendly performances for all. The ethos of the new festival is to provide entertainment, connection and celebration for the people of Westport and the people who love Westport.
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Must the rears match the front and center?
Discussion in 'Archived Threads 2001-2004' started by Rick Pay, May 6, 2002.
I was wondering if it was absolutely necessary to have the same brand speakers for both the front, center, and rear surrounds? I'll be keeping Axioms for the front but may go different route for the rears.
I'm a big fan of matched speakers all around for various reasons. But it is more critical to have the front mains and front centre matched as that is where most of your sound will be happening.
But like i said, i think that if you can have matched sets all around, you'd be better to do that.
If a compromise must be made, then it would be in the effect speakers.
I just added another pair of M&K S-150's for my rear channels - so now I have five total, with M&K Tripoles at the sides for 7.1 - and the difference was staggering! The overall soundstage is seemless, and the rear 150's added a great sense of depth.
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Philadelphia 76ers Rookie Puts Salary in Trust: A Smart Choice?
Philadelphia 76ers' Michael Carter-Williams has trust fund to preserve salary.
BySUSANNA KIM
Michael Carter-Williams, of the Philadelphia 76ers, pictured during a game against the Toronto Raptors in Philadelphia, Nov. 20, 2013.
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Dec. 3, 2013 — -- A rookie NBA player for the Philadelphia 76ers is being lauded for his financial prowess in putting his salary in a trust that he can't touch for three years, possibly avoiding the fate of a famous basketball player who donned the same jersey and now can't pay child support.
Drafted 11th overall in the 2013 NBA Draft, Michael Carter-Williams, 22, is guaranteed $4.5 million over his first two seasons, but some of his salary is being put into a trust he can't touch for three years, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. In the meantime, he is living off his endorsement deals with Nike and Panini trading cards, the newspaper said.
A trust is probably something that one of the most famous 76ers, Allen Iverson, could have used. A "Sixer" from 1996 to 2006 then 2009 to 2010, Iverson said this year that he is broke and can't pay child support. The ex-wife of the 36-year-old former Georgetown University player demanded that he put over a million dollars into a trust fund for child support.
David Friedman, president of Wealth-X, which provides data on high net worth individuals, said that it was surprising that Carter-Williams' money is in a trust, because the player is very young and doesn't have a family of his own yet. Trusts are typically structures to pass wealth in a tax-optimized way and they allow control for the heirs, Friedman explains.
"Since he does not have to worry about either of these as the purpose of this type of structure, it's not apparent what his goal is," Friedman said. "On the other hand, in the wake of copious bankruptcies and mismanagement of finances by professional athletes, it shows he is trying to be a good steward over the money he is making."
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Matt Dzamba, director of sports marketing from creative agency Zambezi, said, "This kind of 'forced' discipline is a very progressive move for a pro athlete starting his career."
The lack of financial health is a major epidemic in pro sports, Dzamba said, with 60 percent of NBA players declaring bankruptcy within five years of their athletic retirement and some 78 percent in the NFL doing so, according to a Sports Illustrated report.
"With rookie contracts capped in the NFL and NBA, the ultimate financial success of many careers are determined by the second pro contract," Dzamba said. "Protecting the first contract by essentially locking it up takes a lot of pressure off the player both on and off the court."
From Hamilton, Mass., a suburb of Boston where his family still lives, Carter-Williams went to boarding school in Rhode Island and played basketball at Syracuse.
His mother, Mandy Carter-Zegarowski and her best friend are running Carter-Williams' management team, the newspaper reported.
"Our goal is to work with Michael to manage his money in a way that will secure his long-term financial future," Carter-Zegarowski said in a statement provided to ABC News. "Right now, the focus is not only to save as much as possible, but also to use his unique position to serve as a role model and give back to the communities that continue to support him and his career."
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"They are taking a proactive approach to make sure he doesn't spend all his money in a couple of years," writes Keith Pompey, staff writer for the Inquirer.
Based on a 2013 U.S. Trust Insights on Wealth and Worth study of adults with at least $3 million in investable assets, only two in five wealthy parents, or 42 percent, agree strongly that their children are or will be well-prepared to handle their inheritance. But few wealthy parents believe their children will be mature enough to handle their wealth before the age of 25.
Though the type of trust that Carter-Williams chose is not known, tax expert and attorney Kelly Phillips Erb said Carter-Williams' arrangement was an "unusual" arrangement for a lot of reasons, including the involvement of his parents in helping create the trust.
"Once you're no longer a minor, it's difficult for your parents to control your wealth. It's not theirs. It's his, no matter the intentions or if he's living in their house," she said.
The stories of young celebrities going broke or owing money to the IRS are not new.
In October, singer Aaron Carter, 25, the younger brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick, filed for bankruptcy. The travails of Lindsay Lohan, 27, and her courtroom drama often involved her need to support her family financially.
"Even if an athlete has a million dollars today, it has to last until you're 65," Phillips Erb said, adding Carter-Williams will be 27 in five years, which can be considered old for an athlete.
Phillips Erb said her "gut" was that Carter-Williams and his parents created the trust to protect his money from himself.
A self-settled trust would have certain protections but would have to have been blessed by a court, she said. A standard irrevocable trust is typically created for estate planning purposes. These can be broken but there would be tax consequences.
"In professional sports in particular, you're going to have health problems and your knees are going to go out," she said. "His parents are very smart to know he has a shelf life though they hope he'll go on to good things. But they don't want him to blow his money on a Lamborghini."
While putting money in a trust will prevent Carter-Williams from spending away his money immediately, it may also protect him from creditors after his assets. As a professional athlete, he could be the target of licensing and royalty lawsuits, Phillips Erb said.
Because many professional athletes are coming either straight from high school or only after a year or two in college, it may not be surprising that they need serious financial guidance with their million-dollar salaries.
Earlier this year, the father of Golden State Warriors rookie Klay Thompson said that he was going to ding his son's allowance after he was fined $35,000 for a fight during a game against the Indiana Pacers.
Though Thompson later said that his father was just joking about giving him an allowance, how to handle newfound wealth is something the National Basketball Association takes seriously.
The association hosts its NBA Rookie Transition Program to educate new players about financial literacy and planning for sometimes short-lived wealth, health management, and other challenges that the neophytes face.
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One of the most difficult challenges to first-generation wealth creators thinking about succession strategies is how to pass wealth from one generation to the next without destroying incentive or dividing the family, Friedman said.
"The most successful families have strategies that look at platforms such as philanthropic giving and family foundations as a way to inculcate and transfer family values to withstand the challenges presented by wealth," he said. "The structures that are created to optimize tax benefits need to be an outgrowth of broader strategies for passing wealth and values to the next generation to optimize the financial capital and human capital of the family."
Andrew W. Mayoras, attorney and co-author of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights!, shared a case that showed sometimes setting up a trust to protect your assets can backfire in an unexpected way.
One young adult was convinced by his parents to set up a trust when he received a large sum of money in a personal injury lawsuit.
"At first, his father was trustee and everything was fine," Mayoras said.
Then the father passed away, and a new trustee took over.
Mayoras' client ended up suing the new trustee because he was overly restrictive releasing the money.
"Years later, my client very much regretted his decision to set up the trust," Mayoras said. "Hopefully Carter-Williams won't end up in the same boat. While it's certainly a unique approach for the young athlete to safeguard his money, it does carry risk with it that it will be overly restrictive."
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3 Great Income Stocks Whose Dividends Should Double
Income investors like dividend stocks because the combination of current income and growth potential offers an attractive risk-reward relationship. Yet even some companies that have amply demonstrated their commitment to giving dividend growth to their shareholders don't always pay out as much as they could. In particular, Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW), Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS), and Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE: TR) could all double their dividends without endangering their ability to earn enough to cover payouts and reinvest in growth initiatives.
Sherwin-Williams paints a pretty picture
Sherwin-Williams has been a huge success story for investors over the years. Dividend investors have to be happy about the fact that the paint specialist has managed to boost its dividend every single year for 39 straight years, with the most recent increase coming in February.
However, what shareholders probably aren't entirely satisfied with is the size of those increases. Sherwin-Williams only managed a $0.01 per-share boost to its quarterly payout, and the current yield is less than 1%.
Sherwin-Williams paid less than 30% of its earnings over the past 12 months in dividends, and its prospects have never looked better. A healthy housing market continues to drive interest in consumer paint, and with the company's merger with fellow paint peer Valspar now complete, Sherwin-Williams has greater capacity to take advantage of favorable industry conditions. Doubling the dividend would put Sherwin-Williams in line with the average market dividend yield of around 2%, while still leaving its payout ratio low enough to be sustainable.
Cintas aims to move in the right direction
Slightly more encouraging on the dividend front is Cintas. The company specializes in uniform rental and other business services, and it has a long history of annual dividend increases that dates back 34 straight years. Yet with a dividend yield of less than 1%, Cintas isn't letting its shareholders participate fully in its growth.
Still, Cintas has put more effort into dividend growth than some of its peers. Last year's boost to its annual payout amounted to 27%. With solid results to start out the new fiscal year, Cintas is seeing a favorable environment in the job market translate into stronger fundamental business conditions. A current payout ratio of almost exactly 30% leaves Cintas room to consider a much larger increase later this month, which is typically when the company has rewarded its shareholders. Even a doubling of the dividend would leave Cintas with a typical 2% yield and a sustainable payout ratio of 60% of earnings.
A treat for dividend investors
Finally, Tootsie Roll Industries is well-known for its namesake candy. The stock has also been a tasty treat for its longtime shareholders, because the company has made increases to its dividend each year for 51 straight years. The only downside: a lackluster yield of just 0.95%, and sluggish past dividend growth of just 3% in its March 2017 payout increase.
Of these three stocks, Tootsie Roll has the greatest challenges to overcome. Current consumer trends favor healthy eating, and Tootsie Roll remains focused on its candy offerings. With much of Tootsie Roll's business coming from impulse buys at checkout aisles, the decline of brick-and-mortar shopping in favor of online purchases has also crimped Tootsie Roll's sales growth. Yet with the company paying out just a third of its income, Tootsie Roll could afford to reward its shareholders better even if its fundamental business is unable to grow earnings substantially in the immediate term.
Which stock is most likely to see dividends double?
Tootsie Roll is controlled by family shareholders, while Sherwin-Williams appears determined to remain fiscally conservative in light of its recent merger and concerns about future industry conditions. Cintas is the most likely to double its dividend, although it's likely to take a few years to get there. Keep your eyes on the uniform-rental specialist to see whether shareholders get a bigger payday later this month.
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If, like me, you spend a lot of time at trade, industry, and business networking events, you've probably accumulated a thick stack of business cards and a robust number of LinkedIn contacts. Or maybe you're one of those people who can instantly turn any chance encounter into an opportunity to engage in a conversation that leads to sharing professional pursuits (an almost uniquely American phenomenon, I'm told).
Either way, it becomes extremely difficult to maintain a meaningful dialogue with every single person in your Rolodex. Very few people who don't have the staff to handle such matters have that kind of time.
Of all those names and faces that populate our professional lives, most — including many that have all the hallmarks of becoming valuable, long-term relationships – end up lost in the multitude. As the number of our contacts grows over time, the prospect of taking action on each promising introduction becomes more and more daunting.
What can be done to change the dynamic? How do you turn the networking game from one of accumulating as many business cards as possible to one that results in a higher percentage of solid, mutually beneficial contacts?
Networking takes time and effort; it takes a willingness to ask, "What can I do to help you?" It also takes commitment to actually following through on the answer to this question. And it takes the ability to make quick calculations about which of the people you meet are worth your valuable time and attention.
For me, it is often a simple matter of deciding if I like you. That may sound ruthless, but I don't have time to suffer fools — and neither do you.
There are far too many people out there who will gladly take whatever you have to give without a genuine thought of returning the favor. Would you prefer to strike up a relationship with that guy, or would you rather accumulate a network of people who make your day enjoyable? Me too.
So, when I'm awkwardly hanging out by the coffee urn, or sticking my hand out to introduce myself just as you've put a forkful of salad into your mouth, how you respond is going to tell me a lot — maybe all I need to know.
If you laugh (appropriately) at my opening line, we're off to a good start. If you nod and grunt out an "uh-huh" while scrolling through your iPhone, or if you immediately start looking past me for a better prospect, you're wasting my time. I don't want to invest in anyone whose body language tells me that they think I'm beneath them.
On the other hand, if you treat me with simple grace and human dignity, there's a good chance I'll knock down a wall for you one day. Maybe not the next day, but as the relationship develops and we both earn the right, that day will come.
Networking does not come naturally to me, and so I've developed a few ways to overcome my tendency toward introversion. I set appointments for myself to follow-up with people and get updates on how a certain thing we previously discussed is working out, or I extend an invitation for coffee or cocktails. Maybe I've read an article that I can share. If there's chemistry, eventually those prompts will not be needed and the relationship will grow on its own.
I don't carry a bag. I don't have a quota, but I know that good things happen in business when our relationships go beyond the superficial. And if all that comes of this approach is you've made more friends, well, that's not a bad result.


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Taliban takes over Kabul airport after last U.S. troops leave, says efforts underway to restart flights People's Daily 01 Sep 2021 -- The Taliban deployed special forces at the Kabul airport on Tuesday hours after the last batch of U.S. troops left Afghanistan.
Secretary of Defense Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Milley Press Briefing DoD 01 Sep 2021 -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III; Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley; Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby
Deputy Secretary: How Industry Can Continue Supporting DOD's National Security Priorities DoD News 01 Sep 2021 -- BY Because of its sophistication, diversity and capacity to innovate, the U.S. Defense Industrial Base remains the envy of the world, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks said today.
Carl Vinson and U.K. Carrier Strike Groups Conduct 5th and 4th Generation Fighter Joint Interoperability Flights US Navy 01 Sep 2021 -- Fifth and fourth generation aircraft assigned to Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG), with embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2), and U.K. Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 21 conducted joint interoperability flights in the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, Aug. 26.
USS Paul Hamilton Completes Availability Early with Support from Southwest Regional Maintenance Center US Navy 01 Sep 2021 -- Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) successfully supported the early delivery of USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) from availability on Aug. 13.
Chinese coast guard wraps up fishery patrol in North Pacific PLA Daily 01 Sep 2021 -- A fleet of two ships dispatched by the China Coast Guard (CCG) has completed a patrol mission of 2021 to enforce fisheries law in the high seas of the North Pacific Ocean and has returned to the eastern city of Shanghai.
Lukashenka Says Belarus To Receive Huge Military Consignment From Russia RFE/RL 01 Sep 2021 -- Belarus's authoritarian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, says his country will soon receive a huge military hardware consignment from Russia, a sign of Moscow's continued support for the strongman amid an international outcry over his sometimes violent crackdown on dissent.
Russia to send huge military hardware consignment to Belarus: Lukashenko Press TV 01 Sep 2021 -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says Russia will soon deliver a huge consignment of military hardware to the country, including aircraft, helicopters and air defense systems.
OPENING CEREMONY INDO – KAZAKHSTAN JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE KAZIND-21 India PIB 01 Sep 2021 -- The India – Kazakhstan joint military exercise "KAZIND-21" commenced today at Training Node Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan.
CURTAIN RAISER INDIAN ARMY TO PARTICIPATE IN MULTI-LATERAL EXERCISE ZAPAD 2021 IN RUSSIA India PIB 01 Sep 2021 -- A 200 personnel contingent of Indian Army will participate in Exercise ZAPAD 2021, a Multi Nation exercise being held at Nizhniy, Russia from 03 to 16 September 2021.
Iran unveils Borhan system, Alborz 3-D radar IRNA 01 Sep 2021 -- Borhan system and Alborz 3-D radar were unveiled in the presence of Air Defense Force Commander Brigadier General Alireza Sabahi on Wednesday.
Thousands of machine guns, mortars to be bought for reserve force CNA 01 Sep 2021 -- The proposed budget of Taiwan's military has allocated funds to buy thousands of new machine guns and mortars to be deployed by the nation's reserve force in coming years to boost its defense capabilities.
After Afghan Events, Raab Says Britain Must 'Look At Our Own Capabilities' RFE/RL Gandhara 01 Sep 2021 -- British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has told a parliamentary committee that the country must assess and develop its own military capabilities to allow for specific missions without the United States.
UK enters next stage of Fleet Solid Support competition UK MOD 01 Sep 2021 -- Contracts have been awarded to four consortia, all of which include significant UK involvement, to develop their bids to build three new Fleet Solid Support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Royal Navy.
Russian-Led Military Group Struggles To Find Its Role - And Relevance - Amid Taliban Takeover RFE/RL Gandhara 01 Sep 2021 -- In early July, with the United States on the verge of moving up the deadline to quit Afghanistan and end its longest war, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was asked if Moscow might one day have to send its own troops back. He pointed to a Central Asian state that shares a lengthy, and very porous border, with Afghanistan.
Multinational exercise tests ship's upgrade Australia DOD 01 Sep 2021 -- HMAS Warramunga put her recently upgraded capability to the test during Exercise Malabar 2021.
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, September 1, 2021 The White House 01 Sep 2021
Secretary Blinken's Call with Bahraini Foreign Minister al-Zayani US Dept. of State 01 Sep 2021
Secretary Blinken's Call with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Al-Thani US Dept. of State 01 Sep 2021
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Syrian Forces, Iran-Backed Militias Intensify Deraa Attacks RFE/RL 01 Sep 2021 -- Syrian forces and pro-Iran militias heightened an offensive against a rebel enclave in a southwestern region on the border with Jordan and Israel, military and opposition sources say.
Fighting Breaks Out Between Taliban, Panjshiri Resistance After Failed Talks VOA 01 Sep 2021 -- Heavy fighting has started between Taliban fighters and anti-Taliban resistance forces based in the Panjshir valley after talks between the two sides failed to resolve their differences. A resistance spokesman claims a Taliban offensive was repulsed with the Taliban suffering heavy losses.
Afghan Resistance Fighters In Panjshir Battle Taliban As Thousands Head To Borders RFE/RL Gandhara 01 Sep 2021 -- More clashes have been reported between the Taliban and resistance forces in an area northeast of Kabul where the militants have yet to seize power, as thousands of people looking to flee the country continue to head to Afghanistan's borders after the withdrawal of U.S. forces put an end to a massive airlift.
EU Parliament President Chides Bloc For Failing To Accept Afghan Refugees RFE/RL Gandhara 01 Sep 2021 -- The president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, on September 1 criticized EU members' failure to "live up to its values" by responding to the Afghan crisis by taking in significant numbers of Afghans fleeing the country.
Afghan Central Banker Tells Reuters Limited Access To Reserves Should Be Allowed RFE/RL Gandhara 01 Sep 2021 -- A senior board member of Afghanistan's central bank has told Reuters that the U.S. Treasury and the International Monetary Fund should take steps to provide the Taliban-led government limited access to the country's reserves as the country lurches toward a possible economic disaster.
Britain In Direct Talks With Taliban To Ensure 'Safe Passage' For Nationals, Allies RFE/RL Gandhara 01 Sep 2021 -- Britain is in direct talks with the Taliban seeking to secure "safe passage" of its remaining nationals and allies out of Afghanistan after the group's takeover of the country.
U.S. Embassy Announces Project On Tajik-Afghan-Uzbek Border RFE/RL 01 Sep 2021 -- The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe on September 1 announced plans to build a border-guard facility on the Tajik-Afghan-Uzbek border, where tensions have risen in recent months as Taliban fighters captured Afghan regions that abut Central Asia's post-Soviet republics.
Afghanistan crisis: Food supply for millions could run out this month UN News 01 Sep 2021 -- Food stocks in Afghanistan could run out as soon as this month, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday, urging the international community to step up support for the country.
Complicated Jihadist Dynamics Pose Challenge for the Taliban VOA 01 Sep 2021 -- Buoyed by the West's withdrawal from Afghanistan, Taliban commanders say they are confident they can defeat the Islamic State terror affiliate, which claimed responsibility for last month's suicide bombing at Kabul airport, killing more than a dozen U.S. military personnel and at least 170 Afghans.
Uyghurs From Afghanistan Fear Deportation to China VOA 01 Sep 2021 -- As many as 2,000 ethnic Uyghurs born or living in Afghanistan have been placed in jeopardy by the Taliban takeover, with many fearing they will be deported China to join an estimated 1 million fellow Uyghurs in Xinjiang internment camps.
Pakistan Antiterror Units Raid Islamic State Hideout, Kill 11 Militants, Police Say RFE/RL Gandhara 01 Sep 2021 -- Pakistan antiterror units killed 11 Islamic State (IS) militants in a raid and shootout in the restive southwestern Balochistan Province, police say.
Hundreds Flee During Four Days of Fighting in Myanmar's Shan State Radio Free Asia 01 Sep 2021 -- Four days of continuous fighting between Myanmar's military and a rebel army in northern Shan state's Lashio city, near the country's border with China, have left at least 17 junta troops dead and forced hundreds of civilians to flee their homes to safety, local media and residents said Tuesday.
Dozens More Tibetans Are Arrested in Sichuan Over Dalai Lama Photos Radio Free Asia 01 Sep 2021 -- Police in western China's Sichuan province have ramped up their enforcement of a ban on photos of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, arresting a further 53 Tibetans found with the prohibited images in their homes last week, Tibetan sources said.
Armenia Claims Soldier Killed By Azerbaijani Sniper Near Border RFE/RL 01 Sep 2021 -- Yerevan has accused Azerbaijani snipers of opening fire on Armenian military positions near the border, the latest in a series of deadly incidents between the two neighbors since they fought a six-week war over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region last year.
UK announces £500,000 fund to support UNDP to respond to last year's Nagorno-Karabakh conflict UK FCDO 01 Sep 2021 -- The UK has provided half a million pounds to help clear landmines in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, to make the area safe, prevent injuries and save lives.
German Security-Company Employee Goes On Trial For Allegedly Spying On Bundestag For Russia RFE/RL 01 Sep 2021 -- An employee of a German security company contracted by the Bundestag has gone on trial on espionage charges after being accused of passing floor plans of buildings used by the German parliament to the Russian secret services.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's article titled "Russia-Uzbekistan relations in the modern period" for a special issue of the Budget magazine dedicated to the 30th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan, September 1, 2021 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Sep 2021
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on September 1, 2021 PRC MofA 01 Sep 2021
Seven Hong Kong Activists Sentenced for Taking Part in 2019 Anti-Government Protest VOA 01 Sep 2021 -- Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were sentenced Wednesday to lengthy jail sentences for taking part in an unauthorized protest in 2019.
Japan's substantial military budget expansion caters to US request, to meet with China's retaliation once involving Taiwan island Global Times 01 Sep 2021 -- Japan's defense authority has requested a record budget for 2022, which experts viewed as a move against China and shows Japan's aggressiveness for future military expansion under the cover of cooperating with the US strategy and concerns of Taiwan Straits tensions.
US lawlessness, Europe inaction responsible for status quo surrounding JCPOA: Iran FM Press TV 01 Sep 2021 -- Iran's foreign minister says the US's illegal measures and European countries' inaction on the American lawlessness are responsible for the current unfavorable situation that surrounds the 2015 nuclear agreement.
Defense diplomacy essential part of Iran's foreign policy: Amir Abdollahian ISNA 01 Sep 2021 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian stressed that defense diplomacy is an essential part of Iran's foreign policy.
Iran Says Fourth Round Of Saudi Talks Likely After New Government Formed RFE/RL 01 Sep 2021 -- Tehran is planning to hold a new round of talks with Saudi Arabia in Iraq after the new Iranian government is formed, state media reports.
Germany, France Urge Iran To Return To Nuclear Talks After Tehran Signals Delay RFE/RL 01 Sep 2021 -- France and Germany have called on Iran to immediately resume talks intended to revive the moribund nuclear deal with world powers, after Tehran said it could take another "two to three months" to get back to the negotiating table.
A Dozen Myanmar Militias Form Alliance to Overthrow Junta Radio Free Asia 01 Sep 2021 -- Branches of the People's Defense Force (PDF) militia from a dozen different regions in Myanmar have formed an alliance to collectively take on the country's junta, despite each group facing respective offensives since the military seized power seven months ago, members said Wednesday.
Assassination Plot Suspect Was Security Volunteer For Myanmar Ambassador Radio Free Asia 01 Sep 2021 -- New details have emerged about the alleged plot to assassinate Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations and how the conspiracy to attack this key critic of the nation's military junta was foiled.
Tens of Thousands Flee Homes in Magwe Region as Junta Troops Pillage Radio Free Asia 01 Sep 2021 -- Tens of thousands of civilians have fled their homes in Pauk township in Myanmar's Magwe region over the past week after troops loyal to the military regime set up camp and began raiding local villages in search of anti-junta militia members, residents said Wednesday.
On The Trail of The Overseas Movement Resisting Myanmar's Military Junta Radio Free Asia 01 Sep 2021 -- Overseas groups of exiles from Myanmar are increasingly organizing to support unarmed protesters against violence by the country's police and military in the wake of nationwide protests sparked by the military coup in February 2021.
U.S. and Ukraine Agree to Establish a Secure Communications Link for Risk Reduction US Dept. of State 01 Sep 2021 -- The U.S. Department of State and the Ukrainian State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection signed an Agreement for a 24/7 secure communications line through the National and Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NNRRC).
Joint Statement on the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership The White House 01 Sep 2021
Biden Assures Ukraine's Zelenskiy of Continued US Support VOA 01 Sep 2021 -- U.S. President Joe Biden assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at a White House meeting Wednesday that the United States remains firmly committed to Ukraine's sovereignty in the face of Russian aggression in its eastern region.
Remarks by President Biden and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine Before Bilateral Meeting The White House 01 Sep 2021
Biden, Zelenskiy Begin Meeting At White House With Talk Of Ukrainian Sovereignty RFE/RL 01 Sep 2021 -- U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have begun a widely anticipated meeting at the White House in which Kyiv is expected to seek greater U.S. help building up Ukrainian defense capabilities and U.S. participation in peace talks to resolve Ukraine's war with Russia-backed separatists.
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on the President's Upcoming Meeting with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine The White House 01 Sep 2021
Kyrgyz Interior Ministry Admits Wiretapping Of Activists' Phones RFE/RL 01 Sep 2021 -- Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry, under pressure from several activists, has admitted that the phones of "some people" were wiretapped for one month early this year.
Former Cambodia Opposition Head Wants Trial Limbo to End: Lawyer Radio Free Asia 01 Sep 2021 -- Four years after his arrest on unsubstantiated treason charges, former Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha wants to resume the long-suspended trial that has sidelined him from politics, his lawyer said Wednesday, the eve of the anniversary of his 2017 arrest.
UN Study: Weather Disasters Increased Fivefold in Last 50 Years VOA 01 Sep 2021 -- A new report released Wednesday by the United Nations indicates extreme weather events have increased fivefold over the past 50 years, while the number of fatalities related to those events has dropped.


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The Danish Growth Fund, (Vaekstfonden), has been the company's main investor since 2008.
"Establishing Universal Robots as the game changer and market leader in the market for collaborative robots has been a great achievement, and this acquisition will give Universal Robots the best possible opportunity to further develop its leading position. It will strengthen Universal Robots' position in Denmark and be a great benefit for the Danish high-tech industry going forward," said Ulrik Jorring, Vice Chairman of the Board of Universal Robots and Senior Vice President of the Danish Growth Fund.
A webcast to discuss the acquisition will be held on Wednesday May 13, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Interested parties should access the webcast at www.teradyne.com and click on "Investors" at least five minutes before the call begins. Interested parties can also call 1-800 865-4424 (U.S. and Canada) and 1-706-902-0224 (outside the U.S. and Canada). The conference ID is 47214450. A replay will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call. A replay will also be available on the Teradyne website, www.teradyne.com.
Universal Robots is a result of many years of intensive research in robots in Denmark's successful "Robotic Valley" situated in Odense, Denmark. The company was founded in 2005 by three researchers (Esben Ostergaard, Kasper Stoy and Kristian Kassow). They wanted to make robot technology accessible to all, and to make unique industrial robots that could automate and rationalize all industrial processes, that were affordable, flexible, user-friendly and safe to work closely with. The product portfolio includes the collaborative UR3, UR5 and UR10 robot arms named after their payloads in kilos. Since the first UR robot entered the market in December 2008, the company has seen substantial growth with the user-friendly robot arms now being sold in more than 50 countries worldwide. Average payback period for UR robots is the fastest in the industry with only 195 days. The company is headquartered in Odense, Denmark and has subsidiaries and regional offices in the U.S., Spain, Germany, Singapore and China. Globally, Universal Robots employs over 150 employees. For more information, go to www.universal-robots.com.
This release contains forward-looking statements regarding the transaction, Teradyne's future financial results, and Universal Robots' future business prospects and market conditions. Such statements are based on the current assumptions and expectations of Teradyne's management and are neither promises nor guarantees of future performance. There can be no assurance that these forward looking statements will be achieved. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those presently expected include: conditions affecting the markets in which Universal Robots operates; market acceptance of Universal Robots' new products; competition from larger and more established companies in Universal Robots' markets; the protection of Universal Robots' intellectual property; the retention of key employees; the need for regulatory approval of the transaction; Teradyne's ability to successfully grow Universal Robots' business; and other events, factors and risks disclosed in filings with the SEC, including, but not limited to, the "Risk Factors" section of Teradyne's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 5, 2015. The forward-looking statements provided by Teradyne in this press release represent management's views as of the date of this release. Teradyne anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause management's views to change. However, while Teradyne may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Teradyne specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Teradyne's views as of any date subsequent to the date of this release.


You can call yourself financially liberated in case your credit score is great. This usually means that in the event you have credit score 650 you should be striving to enhance it. Your score represents your creditworthiness and also a bad score means you will be paying more for loans and credit and that is only if you can get them in the first place. Think about your score as the respect you have with all your potential creditors. Thus, you ought to be worried about it with your standing with your company.
Many people ask if 650 is a good credit score. Really, 650 is not the best credit rating on the market and in case you have a score within this range, it may be somewhat hard to borrow cash. Nevertheless, there are various approaches it is possible to reach 650, and in certain situations, it is possible to borrow money with no issues.
Many individuals that have a 650 credit score do not have any current derogatory items. For them, their rating is down within this range since they had a lot of overdue payments or other derogatory items in the past. Within this circumstance, it is going to be rather simple to borrow money. You will need to do some explaining when you sit down with a loan officer but your score will not be a barrier.
In other scenarios, the items which are bringing down scores are more contemporary. In case you have derogatory items in the past couple of months, it is going to complicate things and make it far more challenging to borrow cash. The lender will presume you do not manage your finances properly.
A third position that can result in you ending up with a score within this array is if you are presently utilizing a great deal of your credit. The way that you manage your present credit accounts for nearly a third of your credit rating. This usually means that if you are working with a lot of debt it can pull down your score in a huge way. This is simply enough to bring your score down to 650. If that is how it is for you, it will be rather hard to get a house or a car loan from the conventional lender. They will want to check your credit report and will see that you are not controlling your debt correctly.
Regardless of the reason behind the 650 score, then it is recommended that you do everything you can to enhance it. Borrowing money using a score within this range will be greatly costly, even if you are ready to be approved.
To improve your score, then you will need to manage your debt in a better way. Make your credit card debt paid off as fast as possible. Quit making overdue payments because they will affect you for seven years. Also, you should quit buying items that you cannot afford.


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Q: JNI and Shared memory I use JNI to access shared memory segments previously created. I use a Java/Jni read/write function which could either take the address of the shared buffer, or the id of the mapped region.
Unfortunately, it seems like every time I call the read/write functions I have to remap the segment using the function below. Is there any way to get round this? I would like (i have tried this, but it didn't work, to only have to map  the segment once, and simply use the void* addr parameter in the future, as opposed to every time I call the JNI method read or write, to have to call map_shared_memory. The current code works well, but remains relatively slow. Hence the desire to minimise seemingly unnecessary operations.
void* map_shared_memory(int id) {
     void* addr;
     if (id == 0)
         return NULL;
     addr = shmat(id, NULL, 0);
     shmctl(id, IPC_RMID, NULL);
     if(addr<=0)
         perror("Error Mapping Shared Memory: ");
     return addr;

}

A: I suggest a collaboration between a class ShmFactory which opens (or create) the Shared Memory and and ShmAccess which offer read/write methods.
interface ShmAccess
{
   void read( shmId, byte[] bytes );
   void write( shmId, byte[] bytes );
}

interface ShmFactory
{
   public native ShmAccess open( int shmId );
}

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A new born baby believed to be a day old has been rescued from a toilet pit at Sovie EP Basic School in the Kpando Municipality.
The baby, who is believed to have been left in the pit for more than six hours, was rescued last Wednesday, February 6, 2019, after its cry caught the attention of some users of the toilet.
An eyewitness, Kporvuvu Florence, who spoke to DAILY GUIDE, said she visited the school at about midday when the baby was rescued. According to her, two teachers accompanied by a pupil of the school reported that they had heard the cry of a baby in their school pit latrine.
She joined the headmaster of the school and some teachers to go and rescue the baby. When they entered the toilet, they could not see the baby from the sitting pot as the pit was engulfed in darkness.
When they went behind the toilet and accessed the pit from there, the baby which was crying profusely was found wrapped in a red cloth with the umbilical cord still attached, giving an indication that it was a freshly delivered baby.
The police were quickly alerted. They in turn alerted some personnel at the Social Welfare Office who took over the case.
An officer at the Kpando District Office of Social Welfare confirmed the incident, saying the baby had maggots all over its body when it was rescued.
He added that preliminary investigation suggested that the baby had been in the pit since early morning. This was because some children who used the toilet about that time said they heard the cry of the baby.
After the baby had been rescued, it was sent to a CHPS compound where the umbilical cord was cut before being transferred to the Margaret Marquette Catholic Hospital at Kpando.
Officials of the hospital said the baby was alive and responding to treatment.
The police and the Social Welfare Office have since commenced investigations to found out the person that dumped the baby inside the toilet pit. They are therefore appealing to the public to share timely information to help apprehend the perpetrator(s).
Meanwhile, the Social Welfare Office is appealing to the public, NGOs, philanthropists and individuals to make some donations to help cater for the baby.
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package algorithms.decryptpassword;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

class Result {

  /*
   * Complete the 'decryptPassword' function below.
   *
   * The function is expected to return a STRING.
   * The function accepts STRING s as parameter.
   */
  public static String decryptPassword(String s) {
    List<Character> chars = getListOfChars(s);

    for (int i = 1; i < chars.size(); i++) {
      Character currentChar = chars.get(i);
      if (currentChar == '*' && i >= 2 && Character.isUpperCase(chars.get(i - 2)) && Character.isLowerCase(chars.get(i - 1))) {
        char temp = chars.get(i - 1);
        chars.set(i - 1, chars.get(i - 2));
        chars.set(i - 2, temp);
        chars.remove(i);
        i--;
      }
    }

    for (int i = chars.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
      Character currentChar = chars.get(i);
      if (currentChar == '0') {
        chars.set(i, chars.get(0));
        chars.remove(0);
      }
    }

    return chars.stream().map(Object::toString).collect(Collectors.joining());
  }

  private static List<Character> getListOfChars(String s) {
    List<Character> chars = new ArrayList<>();

    for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
      chars.add(s.charAt(i));
    }
    return chars;
  }
}

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I must have been 17 years old when I bought this vintage skirt at the flea market. It was the perfect hippie skirt, romantically grazing the floor with each step, and I adored its floral print, which reminded me of several Kabyle dresses my mother had passed on to me.
Flash forward a few years later, the skirt didn't fit anymore, and I thought it would be nice to remake it into something else, such as a Kabyle dress, or more likely a blouse, depending on the amount of usable fabric. The only problem was, I was just a beginner sewer at the time and I didn't feel up to the task yet, fearing to waste what felt like particularly precious fabric. So I unpicked the skirt, and I put the pieces at the bottom of my budding refashion pile.
When Thread&Needles announced a sewing contest around the theme of travel, I immediately thought of that old project of mine, thinking about my travel to Algeria when I was a little kid: I had gone with my brother to meet our family and discover the country, and I had been given the cutest little pink custom made Kabyle dress, which I had kept long after it had become too small, and later replaced with my mother's floral print dresses.
I drafted my own pattern, i.e. I copied the dress that fits me best and just changed the underarm area a little bit so that I could wear the blouse without a tank underneath, and drafted a neckline facing instead of adding a self fabric yoke lining as in the dress I copied. I chose to make a blouse and not a dress both because I didn't have enough fabric and because I liked the idea of a more casual version, worn with jeans or shorts in summer. I thought about adding the patch pockets because I had just enough fabric left that I didn't want to waste, and I must say I think they look quite nice and they are also pretty useful!
I was afraid the blouse would be too short (due to fabric restraints), so I was also relieved when I tried it on and saw that it looked exactly how I had pictured it. Dare I say, even better, with the addition of the cute little patch pockets!


The USPTO's final First Inventor To File rules and Examination Guidelines were published in the February 14, 2013 edition of the Federal Register. While many of the final rules are identical to the proposed rules, there are some important changes to note.
In the final Examination Guidelines, the USPTO takes the position that secret sales do not qualify as prior art under 35 USC § 102(a)(1). In explaining its position, the USPTO notes that its interpretation of "on sale" is influenced by the "or otherwise available to the public" language in the statute, which it reads as indicating that § 102(a)(1) as a whole relates to "public" activities. Thus, in the USPTO's view, the Metallizing Engineering decision does not apply to applications subject to the AIA.
As noted in the Guidelines themselves, the Guidelines do not have the force of law. Thus, these and other positions taken in the Guidelines likely will be subject to litigation and ultimately resolved by the Federal Circuit or Supreme Court.
In the proposed Examination Guidelines, the USPTO indicated that an inventor's earlier public disclosure would not be effective to disqualify a subsequent third-party disclosure under 35 USC § 102(b)(1)(B) or third-party application under 35 USC § 102(b)(2)(B) if there were even "insubstantial changes, or only trivial or obvious variations" between the disclosures. In the final Examination Guidelines, the USPTO has tempered its interpretation of the "shielding disclosure" prior art exceptions to permit minor variations between the disclosures.
A Declaration under 37 CFR § 1.130(b) will be required to disqualify a third-party disclosure or third-party patent application.
In the proposed rules, the USPTO proposed to require certain statements in "transition" applications that straddle the March 16, 2013 First-Inventor-To-File effective date, e.g., applications filed on or after March 16, 2013 with a priority claim to an application filed before March 16, 2013. The USPTO proposed to require a first type of statement for transition applications that contain (or ever contained) a claim with an effective filing date on or after March 16, 2013, and a second type of statement for transition applications that do not include such claims, but that do disclose "subject matter not also disclosed in the prior-filed … application." In the final rules, the USPTO retains the requirement to make the first type of statement, but abandons the requirement to make the second type of statement.
This requirement is set forth in 37 CFR § 1.55(j).
If the priority application was filed or submitted in a "participating foreign intellectual property office" that permits the USPTO to obtain a copy of the application, and the USPTO receives a copy of the priority application from the foreign intellectual property office or a certified copy of the priority application while the U.S. application is pending and before grant.
If the Applicant provides an interim (non-certified) copy of the priority application within the 4/16 month time period and files a certified copy of the priority application while the U.S. application is pending and before grant.
If the Applicant otherwise shows "good cause" for belated filing of a certified copy of the priority application.
These rules are set forth in 37 CFR § 1.55(f)-(i).
Are You Ready For March 16?
The USPTO is hosting a free "public forum" on Friday, March 8, 2013 at the USPTO's Alexandria campus, to discuss the First-Inventor-To-File rules and Examination Guidelines, and address the new fees and the micro entity discount that take effect later in March. The forum will run from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time and will be webcast on the USPTO's AIA webpage.
This week, IPO is offering a one day program on AIA Strategy Considerations on Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at the Grand Hyatt Washington, in Washington, D.C. You can read more details about the program and register here.


Below are examples of technical data sheets. These are sheets that provide detailed information about the product you are studying or designing. See previous Technical Data Sheet Page. A technical data sheet can be completed during the research section, development section or it can even be one of the final sheets of a Product Design project. The sheet includes factual / statistical detail about the product including the dimensions, weight, functions, colour, materials and more aspects.
QUESTION: Attempt the technical data sheet for a mobile phone shown below.
The sheet below could be used as a data sheet for your design project.


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January 17, 2021 | Secrets Behind Sunquakes May Lurk Beneath the Solar Surface
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"Enigmatic and Strange" – 300-Million-Year-Old Fish Resembles a Sturgeon, but With Key Differences
TOPICS:EvolutionMarine BiologyPaleontologyPopularUniversity of Pennsylvania
By University of Pennsylvania June 24, 2020
A re-examination of a 300-million-year-old fish, Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri, revealed that its lifestyle more closely resembled that of the bottom-dwelling sturgeon, rather than the stealthy pike, as was previously believed. University of Pennsylvania researchers, led the study of the "enigmatic and strange fish." Credit: Nobu Tamura
Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri recasts the notion of what it means to be a 'primitive' vertebrate, according to Penn paleontologists Lauren Sallan and Jack Stack.
Sturgeon, a long-lived, bottom-dwelling fish, are often described as "living fossils," owing to the fact that their form has remained relatively constant, despite hundreds of millions of years of evolution.
In a new study in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, researchers led by Jack Stack, a 2019 University of Pennsylvania graduate, and paleobiologist Lauren Sallan of Penn's School of Arts & Sciences, closely examine the ancient fish species Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri, which lived around 300 million years ago in an estuary environment in what is today New Mexico. Although they find the fish to be highly similar to sturgeons in its features, including its protruding snout, they show that these characteristics evolved in a distinct evolutionary path from those species that gave rise to modern sturgeons.
The find indicates that, although ancient, the features that enabled Tanyrhinichthys to thrive in its environment arose multiple times in different fish lineages, a burst of innovation that was not previously fully appreciated for fish in this time period.
"Sturgeon are considered a 'primitive' species, but what we're showing is that the sturgeon lifestyle is something that's been selected for in certain conditions and has evolved over and over again," says Sallan, senior author on the work.
"Fish are very good at finding solutions to ecological problems," says Stack, first author on the study, who worked on the research as a Penn undergraduate and is now a graduate student at Michigan State University. "This shows the degree of both innovation and convergence that's possible in fishes. Once their numbers got up large enough, they started producing brand new morphologies that we now see have evolved numerous times through the history of fishes, under similar ecological conditions. "
The first fossil of Tanyrhinichthys was found in 1984 in a fossil-rich area called the Kinney Brick Quarry, about a half hour east of Albuquerque. The first paleontologist to describe the species was Michael Gottfried, a Michigan State faculty member who now serves as Stack's advisor for his master's degree.
"The specimen looks like someone found a fish and just pulled on the front of its skull," Stack says. Many modern fish species, from the swordfish to the sailfish, have protuberant snouts that extend out in front of them, often aiding in their ability to lunge at prey. But this characteristic is much rarer in ancient fishes. In the 1980s when Gottfried described the initial specimen, he posited that the fish resembled a pike, an ambush predator with a longer snout.
During the last decade, however, several more specimens of Tanyrhinichthys have been found in the same quarry. "Those finds were an impetus for this project, now that we had better information on this enigmatic and strange fish," Stack says.
At the time that Tanyrhinichthys roamed the waters, Earth's continents were joined in the massive supercontinent called Pangea, surrounded by a single large ocean. But it was an ice age as well, with ice at both poles. Just before this period, the fossil record showed that ray-finned fishes, which now dominate the oceans, were exploding in diversity. Yet 300 million years ago, "it was like someone hit the pause button," Sallan says. "There's an expectation that there would be more diversity, but not much has been found, likely owing to the fact that there just hasn't been enough work on this time period, especially in the United States, and particularly in the Western United States."
Aiming to fill in some of these gaps by further characterizing Tanyrhinichthys, Stack, Sallan, and colleagues closely examined the specimens in detail and studied other species that dated to this time period. "This sounds really simple, but it's obviously difficult in execution," Stack notes, as fossils are compressed flat when they are preserved. The researchers inferred a three-dimensional anatomy using the forms of modern fishes to guide them.
What they noticed cast doubt on the conception of Tanyrhinichthys as resembling a pike. While a pike has an elongated snout with its jaws at the end of it, allowing it to rush its prey head-on, Tanyrhinichthys has an elongated snout with its jaws at the bottom.
"The whole form of this fish is similar to other bottom dwellers," Stack says. Sallan also noticed canal-like structures on its snout concentrated in the top of its head, suggestive of the locations where sensory organs would attach. "These would have detected vibrations to allow the fish to consume its prey," says Sallan.
The researchers noted that many of the species that dwelled in similar environments possessed longer snouts, which Sallan called "like an antenna for your face."
"This also makes sense because it was an estuary environment," Sallan says, "with large rivers feeding into it, churning up the water, and making it murky. Rather than using your eyesight, you have to use these other sensory organs to detect prey."
Despite this, other features of the different ancient fishes' morphology were so different from Tanyrhinichthys that they do not appear to have shared a lineage with one another, nor do modern sturgeon descend from Tanyrhinichthys. Instead the long snouts appear to be an example of convergent evolution, or many different lineages all arriving at the same innovation to adapt well to their environment.
"Our work, and paleontology in general, shows that the diversity of life forms that are apparent today has roots that extend back into the past," says Stack.
Reference: "Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri, a long-rostrumed Pennsylvanian ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii) and the simultaneous appearance of novel ecomorphologies in Late Palaeozoic fishes" by Jack Stack, John-Paul Hodnett, Spencer G Lucas and Lauren Sallan, 22 June 2020, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa044
Lauren Sallan is the Martin Meyerson Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies in the School of Arts & Sciences' Department of Earth and Environmental Science and the Department of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jack Stack was a 2019 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He is now a master's student at Michigan State University.
Sallan and Stack collaborated on the paper with John-Paul Hodnett of Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission and Spencer G. Lucas of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
The study was supported by the University of Pennsylvania Paleontology Summer Stipend, Greg and Susan Walker Endowment for Student Research in Earth and Environmental Science, 25.40 Paleontological Society Student Ambassador Award, University of Pennsylvania Grant for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research, and National Science Foundation CAREER Award (Grant 1846777).
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Landsvirkjun signs loan agreement
On 12 November, 2004, Landsvirkjun signed a loan contract amounting to EUR 50 million (some 4.3 billion ISK) with the European Investment Bank (EIB) in Luxembourg.
Financial performance of Landsvirkjun during first half of 2004
In the first six months of 2004, Landsvirkjun operations showed a loss of ISK 645 million, while the same period last year had presented a profit of ISK 1,480 million.
Visit Landsvirkjun´s Power Stations
Thousands of Icelandic and foreign guests are familiar with the Landsvirkjun power plants after visiting them in recent years. During the summer, we invite guests to open-house days, exhibitions, and artistic events at our stations throughout the country.
Agreement on plan for Norðlingaalda Diversion
After thorough work of the negotiating committee commissioned by Landsvirkjun and the united district of Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur, agreement has been reached on a plan for the Norðlingaalda Diversion.
Landsvirkjun Scholarships presented
The Landsvirkjun Scholarships were presented for the first time today. These scholarships are intended to support postgraduates at the master's and doctoral levels who are working on their final dissertations. It is anticipated that Landsvirkjun will present its scholarships annually in the future.
Minister for the Environment issues ruling on power plants at Núpur and Urriðafoss
The Minister for the Environment has issued a ruling on the assessment of environmental impact of hydropower plants in the lower Þjórsá river. Construction of the power plants at Núpur and Urriðafoss was accepted, subject to conditions presented in the ruling by the National Planning Agency. The Minister for the Environment added a number of conditions in her ruling.
Contract on electricity transmission for Nordic Aluminium expansion
The first contract on electricity transmission which has been completed within the new business environment in Iceland's electrical affairs was signed today. The agreement is between the Transmission Division of Landsvirkjun, on the one hand, and Suðurnes Regional Heating and Reykjavík Energy on the other.
Landsvirkjun's financial performance in 2003
In 2003 Landvirkjun's operation achieved a profit of ISK 1,551 m, and net cash provided by operating activities amounted to ISK 5,601 m. At the end of the year, the company's total assets were ISK 134.5 billion and the equity ratio was 30.6%.
National Planning Agency accepts Bjarnarflag Power Plant and Bjarnarflag Line 1
The National Planning Agency has ruled on the environmental impact of Bjarnarflag Power Plant and Bjarnarflag Line 1, in the district of Skútustaðahreppur. Involved are an electric power station of up to 90 MW and a high-voltage line of 132 kV. The project is accepted subject to conditions.
Supreme Court ruling on Kárahnjúkar environmental impact assessment in favour of Landsvirkjun and the Icelandic State
Today, Thursday 22nd January 2004, in a verdict of the Icelandic Supreme Court, The National Power Company (Landsvirkjun) and the Icelandic State were acquitted of all claims of Icelandic Nature Conservation Association (INCA) an three other plaintiffs regarding the legitimacy of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure of the Kárahnjúkar Power Plant.
Power and prejudice
An article by freelance journalist Susan De Muth containing sweeping criticism of the Kárahnjúkar project and Icelandic society in general published on November 29th in the Guardian Weekend supplement of English newspaper The Guardian, has provoked a strong reaction in Iceland.
Contract for Electromechanical Equipment signed
Landsvirkjun and VA TECH Escher Wyss GmbH signed a Contract Agreement for Contract KAR-30 Electomechanical Equipment, today.
Landsvirkjun and the Icelandic State Cleared of Charges
A District Court has ruled on behalf of Landsvirkjun and the Icelandic State in the case brought by the Nature Conservation Society of Iceland and others, demanding that the Ruling by the Minister for the Environment on Kárahnjúkar Power Plant be declared invalid.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Making hydrogen available to the public
Hydrogen and renewable energy. Conference in Reykjavík 24-25th of April. How will hydrogen be available to the public in the near future?
Landsvirkjun Consultation Meeting
Landsvirkjun's annual consultation meeting was held today with Kárahnjúkar Power Plant as its central topic. Various aspects of the construction project were presented and prospective work was shown in three-dimensional graphics.
Contracts Signed With Impregilo
Mr Fridrik Sophusson, Managing Director of Landsvirkjun, and Mr Gianni Porta, Project Manager at Impregilo, today signed contracts on the construction of the Kárahnjúkar dam and headrace tunnel. The contracts amount to about ISK 38 billion excluding VAT and have been signed in the wake of the confirmation of a power contract between Landsvirkjun and Alcoa last Sunday.
Contracts with Alcoa signed
Over one thousand people were in attendance at the signing of Alcoa's contracts with the Icelandic government, Fjarðabyggð and Landsvirkjun, which took place in Reyðarfjörður on Saturday. The signing itself took about 40 minutes, as the contracts numbered 14, some both in Icelandic and English, and there were 42 documents altogether.
Prequalification for electro- and hydromechanical work
After a prequalification process six companies have been selected to take part in a tender for electro- and hydromechanical work which is part of the Kárahnjúkar hydroelectric project.
Request for tenders
Landsvirkjun requests tenders for constructing the power station of Kárahnjúkar Hydroelectric Plant in Fljótsdalur valley, Iceland.
Landsvirkjun agrees to sign contract with Impregilo
At a meeting this morning the Landsvirkjun Board of Directors agreed to authorize the Managing Director to sign and present to the Italian contracting firm Impregilo a letter of authorization for the construction of the Kárahnjúkar dam and intake tunnel for the Kárahnjúkar hydropower station.
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Explore a variety of particle setups in Houdini, starting from a simple system, building to more intricate setups.
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Particles are used to simulate large quantities of objects that would be too cumbersome to animate by hand. They work in event and rule based systems, allowing animators to quickly and easily create complex natural behaviors that respond to the laws of physics. In this tutorial, we get a look at a variety of particle setups in Houdini, starting from a simple system and building up to more intricate setups. This tutorial will become a foundation for later particle works and explorations of the flip fluid solver in Houdini.
We discuss what a particle system is and how it compares to standard point animation in Houdini.
Our first particle system. We discuss emitter properties and build a simple system, coloring the particles over their lifespan.
Particle streams and groups are discussed and compared.
This chapter focuses on using image maps and textures with particles. We see how to inherit texture coordinates and color from an emitter and how to use a texture map to control the distribution of particle birth.
Here, we get a very quick walkthrough of vops and vex, which we use to adjust our simulation – using properties from an image to affect forces within the particle network.
This chapter shows how to get particles to collide with other objects in the simulation.
We build a simple confetti simulation to demonstrate adding spin and rotation to particles.
We look at the curve force tool to show how particles can be art-directed along a curve guide geometry.
Getting into some mograph-style simulations, a quick setup for particle trails and streaks is shown.
Elaborating on previous examples, we build a missile system. Here, missiles are guided toward targets, which explode on contact.
Particle-particle interaction. We discuss the interact pop and its uses and limitations.
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