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Catfish Named Greedo For 'Star Wars' Character Is Actually A Perfect Fit Because The Alien Resemblance Is Uncanny
I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise that some biologists are also Star Wars fans, but this is the first time they've named a species after a character from the sci-fi series. After discovering a new species of catfish in South America, taxonomists named the catfish after the character Greedo from Star Wars , who appears in the film Star Wars: A New Hope and the TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. But this isn't just a case of a scientist taking liberties for the sake of his fandom. One look at the suckermouth armored catfish and Greedo the bounty hunter and it's obvious why these taxonomists chose the name.
The catfish was actually discovered back in 1998, when researchers came across it in the Gurupi River in Brazil. But it would go nameless for another 17 years. In 2005, Auburn University biology professor Jonathan Armbruster obtained the catfish specimens for a manuscript he was writing on the Peckoltia catfish genus. Finally, 10 years later, in 2015, Armbruster and his team of biologists — David Werneke, Milton Tan, and Chris Hamilton — examined the fish again and a light bulb went off. Armbruster told Auburn University's Newsroom site:
Chris looked at the specimen and said, "That looks like that guy from Star Wars." After a little prodding, I realized he was talking about Greedo. We then knew what the name had to be.
That name was Peckoltia greedoi.
The Peckoltia greedoi does bear a striking resemblance to Greedo.
It's true. They both have scaly skin, suction mouths, and large alien-like eyes — well, Greedo is an alien after all.
In the Star Wars universe, Greedo is a bounty hunter from the planet Rodia. He appears in two installments of the franchise, A New Hope and The Clone Wars. In A New Hope, Greedo is hired by Jabba the Hutt to capture Han Solo, which ends up being his last job because Han fatally shoots him in the head. The Clone Wars series takes place 20 years before A New Hope, and on that show, a younger Greedo, perhaps at the beginning of his bounty hunting career, is tasked by the Trade Federation with kidnapping Baron Papanoida's daughters, Che Amanwe and Chi Eekway.
But the uncanny resemblance wasn't the only reason Armbruster and his team chose the name. He told the Newsroom that he is indeed a fan of the films.
As a 7-year-old kid, I watched Star Wars in the theatre and it was a life-changing experience for me. I became a lifelong fan, and I now share that with my son. Greedo has always been a personal favorite of mine.
The new Peckoltia greedoi catfish is just one out of many species that he and his team are cataloging, which Armbruster describes as a seemingly never-ending process.
In biology, taxonomy is probably the most important science. We have not even completed cataloging all of the species found locally, and in places like South America, it sometimes feels like we have barely started. We need names to be able to discuss anything about the biology of the organisms, and it is the one branch of biology used by every biologist alive.
We'll be keeping our eyes peeled for the Peckoltia spock sometime in the future.Images: Auburn University/Flickr; Auburn University College of Sciences and Mathematics/YouTube; Lucasfilm


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Jestic has secured exclusive UK and Ireland distribution for the Ali Group brand, which manufactures modular and suited cooking ranges from its state-of-the-art factory in France.
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Anybody else remember May Day baskets? You made a little basket, put dandelions or candy in it, left it at the door of the girl next door's house, rang the doorbell and ran away. If she heard, she was obligated to chase you and give you a kiss if she caught you. (That never happened.)
Hey c'mon… winters were long in Minnesota…
On May Day 1926, Henry Ford gave his factory floor workers the ultimate May Day basket: the 40-hour work week, all the way down from 60 hours. Ford's office workers got their reduced workweek three months later.
Ford was progressive, and then some. Twelve years earlier, he'd given them another surprise: a raise from $2.34 per day all the way up to $5.00.[1] You had to love the man, and they did. Little wonder that productivity skyrocketed. Ford's employees were working lees, doing more, and now they could also afford to buy his cars — although only with prior approval from Ford's Sociological Dept, which looked after workers' personal, home, family, and financial health.
We've been living with Ford's 40-hour work week for 93 years now. Some people think maybe it's time for an upgrade — they suggest a four-day work week.
This position is backed up by Academic research. Multiple studies support the view that a shorter working week would make people happier and more productive, while OECD figures show that countries with a culture of long working hours often score poorly for productivity and GDP per hour worked.
Meanwhile, one company in New Zealand that trialed a four-day working week last year confirmed it would adopt the measure on a permanent basis.[2]
Academics who studied the trial reported lower stress levels, higher levels of job satisfaction and an improved sense of work-life balance. Critically, they also say workers were 20% more productive.
Three-day weekend, anyone?
From this article about a presentation on the four-day work week at the recent World Economic Forum conclave in Davos, Switzerland.
Another WEF article indicates that research reveals an inverse relationship between hours worked (units of input) and productivity (units of output). The extra day off per week raises employee morale, improves health and wellbeing, and yes, raises productivity. And although some jobs really need to be staffed more days per week. that's readily addressed through job-sharing.
It seems intuitive, doesn't it, that happier, better rested workers will do more, and probably do it better, in less time? Not everyone is so easily convinced — here's a sample of articles that do their journalistic best to present both upsides and downsides, while barely concealing an overall thumbs up: Wired, Huffington Post, Stuff.
From what I can tell from a review of those articles and several others like them, the dividing line between pro and con seems to be how comfortable corporate managers and politicos are with the word "progressive." The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company is the one that took the four-day plunge, and these days New Zealand is floating on a progressive tide — see these articles: Business Insider, Business Insider, The Independent.:
Next time, we'll start looking at some other common advice about how to improve the workplace, such as finding your true calling/vocation, getting a sense of meaning and purpose in your work, following your dreams, doing what you love, etc. Good advice? Bad advice? We'll look into it.
[1] That was for the male workers; the females got the same raise two years later.
[2] These are the researchers who conducted the New Zealand pilot.
If you like Kevin Rhodes's posts, you might enjoy his new Iconoclast.blog, which focuses on several themes that have appeared in this blog over the years, such as how belief creates culture and culture creates behavior, and why growth and change are difficult but doable. You can also follow Iconoclast.blog on Facebook.


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I decided a few years ago to build a dining table. This was my first DIY building project, and when I started, I had no clue what I was doing. Through building this project, I learned a lot about building and I learned that I really enjoyed DIY.
I wanted to build a counter-height table, so I searched websites looking for plans and eventually came to find these plans at www.ana-white.com (I took ideas from both of these plans for and used them to create a counter-height dining table).
I had no idea that I would be blogging about it one day, so I only took one picture of the build.
Here is the table now.
The table is solid and has held up over the years, although the wood filler I put in the gaps between the boards has cracked as the table top has shifted. While I am happy with the project, I would make some changes if I were building it today. I would not use the 2×8 boards I used on the table top. The 2×8 boards were cumbersome to work with, and it makes the table very heavy. Also, I would probably not use pocket holes to make the table top. In the next few years, I plan on replacing the table top, but for the money I saved by building rather than buying and for the years of use for my family, I am very satisfied with it as my first build.


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We are using the two we have left tonight.
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American Legion Post 88 is sponsoring a spring festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the post, 3662 Spring Park Road, to benefit Duval County Special Olympics. It's an emotional subject for Jesse McDonald.
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Hi community
I have a little problem
I have a parallel process (OP_70), and I've created two observers for verify its state, as you can see in the programming, every three parts in buffer BF5, the sensor activates and move them to OP_70, but, if the number of Mu's is less than Capacity_OP70, BF5 don't move the parts, this happens when almost the totality of my production has finished and two parts stay there. I have attached an image
I hope you can help me...
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Hi Charly,
when you say "observers", it might be good to tell us what attribute on which object they are observing, since you didn't upload the model. Also, there is no "sensor" in your model, because you have only place-oriented objects (there are "sensors" in Plant Simulation as well, but they are something else).
Regarding your problem, of course there will remain some parts on BF5 if your production quantity is no integer-multiple of 3. If you only have 1 MU-class, you may use getNo to get the MU-ID and compare it to the total-production quantity, which must be stored in e.g. a global variable-object, say v_totalNumMUs.
Then you could use something like
if (BF5.numMU = Capacity_OP70 OR BF5.cont.getNo >= v_totalNumMUs - (v_totalNumMUs mod Capacity_OP70) + 1) and ...
in your method.
Let me know if it helps, Alex
Hi Alex
Thanks for your reply
Sorry I forgot to tell you some details, I was wrong when I said that I have added two observers, I created one more, numMU in BF5, an empty and operational state in OP_70. I attached a little model with a similar arrangement I'm working. I have a similar problem in a couple of stations, but I think if I can solve this problem, maybe is possible apply the same approach to other stations.
Before asking for help my idea was as you say, create a global variable with the total number of Mu's of a specific type and then compare it with the "StatNumIn" of BF5 when was equal move the parts to OP_70. I have four type Mu's if I use a table with a sequence the problem partially disappear because next parts make the programmed cycle works.
Regards, Charly
Hi Charly,
I have a professional license so I cannot open your model. But I expect that basically your problem will still remain, unless you use "Sequence Cyclical" in your source, because then you (probably) have an infinite amount of MU's and there won't be any "leftover" MU's.
Another frequent option would be a timeout:
(BF5.numMU >= CapacityX OR EventController.SimTime - BF5.myLastMU >= 300)
With such an approach, there will never be MU's that get stuck permanently.
Cheers, Alex
Hi Alex
Thank you so much for your reply, don't worry about the model...
I use a sequence of parts in the source but not cyclical, so I have a defined number of Mu's, and I already have a solution for the problem, I use the StatNumIn attribute of the buffer to compare the number of parts to have entered with respect to plan production.
Anyway I appreciate your help and your comments, with your reply I have learned another way to solve a problem
Regards, Charly
One note: if you use the statistics-reset after a warmup phase, StatNumIn will be reset, too, and no longer match the total production quantity. But since you are probably not using this feature, your approach should be safe.


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UNFRAMED I a video installation and performance by @edyoung55 of @smac_gallery, multimedia presentations by @A4Arts and a sculptural installation by Asemahle Ntlonti of The Project Space.— Investec Cape Town Art Fair (@ICTArtFair) January 29, 2019
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ALSO READ: Inside the Inspiring Home of the Goodman Gallery's Owner and Director Liza Essers
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Every DU-HA
Behind Seat storage bin is custom designed to fit a particular model of truck.
This DU-HA for the 201 Ford F550 Regular Cab is designed to fit
behind your existing back seat. It's constructed from heavy duty polyethylene and comes with a lifetime warranty. This
pickup truck behind seat organizer model also acts as a legal gun case in most states and will securely hold 2 guns.
To install the DU-HA you'll have to temporarily remove the jack. Once the DU-HA is installed, the jack can be re-installed in its original position.
See pictures below.
Additional Du-Ha behind seat storage pictures are at the bottom of this page.
This unit
fits the 201 Ford F550 Regular Cab
Installation Guide
Comes in Black only.
*Does not fit with factory Sub-Woofer
Black 20054
DU-HA will fit perfectly with WeatherTech, Husky Liners and factory
floor liners/floor mats installed.
Take all of this...
...and have it securely
stored in the DU-HA.
This DU-HA hold 2 guns in the upright position.
DU-HA with no dividers can
store larger items.
DU-HA 2-piece STANDARD organizer/gun rack is made of soft material so it doesn't damage guns.
Holds 2 rifles with scopes.
This "wanna be DU-HA" comes standard in your truck from the factory.
It barely holds anything
compared to the real DU-HA.
From this...
...to this.
The DU-HA is designed without a lid, so items may be stacked twice as high and larger items will fit without problem.
Don't abuse your guns this way.
The Ford factory tray was not
made to hold guns.
Store guns safely and securely in the DU-HA.
Which one would you rather have? The one in front comes standard in your truck. If you want a real storage unit, buy a DU-HA.
DU-HA gun racks have two ends. One end will hold 2 guns, the other will accommodate one gun.
Comes in 3 matching
interior colors: Black, gray and tan.
Gun racks can carry 2 guns on one side or 1 gun on the other side.
6 slots are cut out of the DU-HA to allow straps, bungee cords, or velcro strips to hold guns or cargo in place, as shown in next picture.
Close up of slots for straps.
DU-HA shown with rifles strapped in to prevent being bounced around.
DU-HA shown with straps in place. Straps not included.
DU-HA fastens securely to floor by re-using the three existing
bolts removed from factory tray.
Jack stays secured in it's original place after installing the DU-HA. Jack tools can be stored behind the DU-HA as shown in this picture.
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Google has launched its annual Santa Tracker to count down the days until Christmas, serving up holiday games and educational resources.
This year, the festive offerings include coding games to make a dancing elf and one to create original artwork. Not only that, there is an elf filter available via a "Santa Snap" game on the Android app: "You can fly your jetpack-ed elf around the globe in Google Maps and take 'elfies' with famous world landmarks."
Google's Santa Tracker is available for Chrome, iOS and Android. There is an Advent-style calendar on the Santa Tracker home page that will continue to publish new holiday games and information from now until December 24.
As of this writing, Google's Advent calendar has a link to its Santa Tracker Android app, a coe instruction game for building a snowflake, holiday translations and a link to the following "Day at the Museum" video:


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Vallejo startup Intermodal Structures builds heavy duty, high tech into modular classrooms, offices
Intermodal Structures
Vallejo's Mare Island has been attracting modular construction companies in recent years, but Intermodal Structures is taking a more simplified approach to large-scale production.
Rather than stick-build residential dwellings with wood or metal studs as is being done in the hulking former Navy submarine periscope factory across the street on the island's waterfront, Intermodal Structures is taking a hybrid approach to manufacturing, according to co-founder Craig Severance.
"Rather than being vertically integrated, we outsource manufacturing of components with lower margin, but retain design, sales, marketing and assembly of higher-margin components," Severance said.
A supplier in Shanghai welds together a frame with the dimensions of a standard 40-foot-long, 320-square-foot oceangoing shipping container, sans the corrugated metal siding typical of them. The frames arrive in the Port of Oakland and are trucked to the Mare Island warehouse at 251 Bagley St., subleased from XKT Engineering. Once there, the modules are decked out with mechanical and electrical systems, including specially designed ductwork and high-end audio-visual equipment.
"These are not shipping containers, but they can be loaded inside one," Severance said.
Part of the company's strategy is to make the modules "future proof." That means to design them to be truly relocatable, reconfigurable and reusable. Each iMod moment frame has 6 tons of heavy steel, allowing the modules to be connected together horizontally and vertically, up to two high. Strength of the frame allows for modules to be installed without walls, creating columnless rooms, terraces and atriums. But integral to the strength of shipping containers are the metal shear walls, so additional framing has to be added if holes are cut in the siding.
Intermodal Structures recently moved into the Mare Island factory and is working to outfit a six-module, two-story office building to the Long Beach Unified School District, the third-largest in California. The modules are set to be ready to ship this month, but the site pad is not expected to be available for delivery until September, Severance said.
This is one of several buildings the company has constructed in its nine-year history, but the project represents a renewed marketing focus on education, health care, hospitality and insurance markets, Severance said.
"One in six Californians spend time in classrooms, so that's a vertical ripe for exploration," he said.
It's estimated that 12 percent of the 960 public school districts in California will need to replace $22 billion in classrooms in the next five years.
The company is approaching school districts with large numbers of aging relocatable classrooms, promoting the ability to add and remove classrooms vertically or horizontally in a few days. One-story classroom buildings can be converted into two stories, and vice versa. The modules going to Long Beach have been relocated nine times in the past six years, for different applications on East and West coasts, Severance said.
The California Division of the State Architect, which approves school designs, in March of this year issued a project certification for Intermodal Structures's one- and two-story relocatable classroom buildings, with four classrooms and terrace modules on each floor. The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest district in the nation, has approved Intermodal Structures and another company to seek contracts to replace about 5,000 relocatables, or over 5 million share feet.
Such classrooms and school offices can be outfitted for around $200 a square foot and assembled on site in two hours. The company can quote such low numbers by outsourcing much of the manufacturing and focusing on high-volume contracts, rather than vertically integrating production onsite and selling modules individually, Severance said.


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Update 2:15
An anticlimatic afternoon session. But with the Jo-Willy upset this morning, we're not complaining.
Nadal closed out Fish to win 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.
He'll face Murray in a juicy matchup on Friday.
The undercard will be Tsonga-Djokovic.
Update 2:00
Andy Murray is into the semis with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 breeze past Lopez.
On Court 1 Mardy Fish is down a break to Nadal.
Update 1:25
It's alive! Mardy Fish breaks Nadal to win the third set 7-5. And the comeback is on (kinda).
Meanwhile Murray is on serve in the third.
Update 1:10
Andy Murray just pulled out the second set. He looks on his way to the semis.
Meanwhile, Mardy Fish is putting up a fight in the third against Nadal. But he's still down two sets. It's 4-4, on serve.
Update 12:30
Andy Murray won the first set 6-3 over Feliciano Lopez.
Meanwhile, America's hopes are dimming as Rafa Nadal is up 5-3 in the second after winning the first set.
Update 11:55
Nadal broke Mardy Fish three times in the first set en route to a 6-3 first-set win.
Looks like that foot is doing just fine.
Update 11:25
It's over. Tsonga comes all the way back to beat Federer 3-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Unbelievable stuff on Centre Court. Federer loses after after holding a two-set lead for the first time ever.
He'll face Djokovic on Friday morning.
Update 11:10
Jo-Willy holding serve after that break. It's 4-3 with the big Frenchman serving.
By the way, Federer is 178-0 when he has a two set lead.
Update 10:55
Djokovic is through to the semis. He had a horrible second set, but came back nicely. 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 for the Djoker.
But the big story is Jo-Willy Tsonga. He just broke Federer's first service game in the fifth set. The GOAT is on the ropes.
Update 10:45
To the fifth set we go in Federer-Tsgona. Jo-Willy looked dead in the water after dropping the first two sets, but he's not backing down here.
Meanwhile, Tomic has composed himself nicely and he's still on serve, 5-5.
Update 10:30
Tomic has overcome an early break to make it 4-4.
Tsgona is really serving well, and is up 4-2 with Federer serving.
You gotta think one of these is going to make it to a fifth set.
Update 10:10
Tsgona battles back to win the third set 6-4. Federer still up two sets to one, but it'll be tougher now.
Over on Court 1, Djokovic got a huge early break in the fourth set. Things looking bleak for Tomic.
Update 10:00
Djokovic was looking really shaky early in the third, but he seems to have righted the ship. He won the set 6-3 after being down 1-3.
He's up two sets to one going into the fourth.
Meanwhile, Tsgona is serving to win the third set in his match with Federer.
Update 9:25
Tomic shows some resolve to take the second set 6-3.
Federer took a second-set tiebreak 7-3. He's now one set away from the semis.
Things have really heated up in this match, highlighted by Tsonga hitting a diving volley only to have Federer coolly hit a winner back into an open court.
Update 9:05
Signs of life from the underdogs here in the second sets.
Tomic gets a break then holds serve to take a commanding 4-1 lead.
Tsonga and Federer on serve, 4-3.
Update 8:45:
Federer serves it out to take the first set, 6-3.
Djokovic one-ups him to win his first set 6-2.
Well, that was easy. Just a half hour into these matches and the underdogs are looking hopeless.
Update 8:30:
Federer and Djokovic both got early breaks. Not the start the underdogs wanted.
Fed's up 4-1 with Tsonga serving. Djokovic is up 3-1 with Tomic serving.
Play has begun in London.
First up, we have Roger Federer taking on Jo-Willy Tsonga on Centre Court, and Novak Djokovic taking on Bernard Tomic on Court 1.
When the Federer/Tsonga match is over, Andy Murray takes on Feliciano Lopez.
And when Djokovic/Tomic is done, Rafael Nadal takes on true American patriot Mardy Fish.
Should be a fun morning and afternoon.
Here are a few storylines to keep an eye on:
- Will Nadal's foot hold up? Rafa's uncle told ESPN that his nephew's foot is "100 percent fine." But he had an MRI yesterday, and we don't really know how it will affect him until he's on the court.
- Will the Big Four make it back-to-back semifinals? It'd make for an absolutely crazy Friday in London, with Federer-Djokovic and Murray-Nadal.
- Will Andy Murray's mom blow Feliciano Lopez a kiss (the Brits have it at 10-1)? True story.
One last thing, keep an eye on Tomic. We have four massive underdogs today. Three of them are known quantities. Tomic is not. And that makes him the best bet to pull an upset.
Check in for updates throughout the morning.


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By Teresa Watanabe
Los Angeles Times
July 7, 2007
One is an Armenian American priest who resides in Pasadena, the other a Rwandan minister who lives half a world away in Kigali. Across culture and distance, however, Father Vazken Movsesian and Benjamin Kayumba share a powerful if tragic bond: their peoples' traumatic legacy of genocide.
Movsesian lost dozens of relatives, including a grandfather, during the early 20th century massacre of about 1.2 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire, which became the modern republic of Turkey.
For Kayumba, the scars are more recent. He lost 152 relatives, including both parents, during the 1994 slaughter of more than 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus by Hutu extremist militias.
The men also share a conviction: that only forgiveness can ultimately heal themselves and their communities.Read the Full Story