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Starc led the Australian bowling attack, hitting speeds over 140km/h throughout the 4-1 Ashes win. He was the series' top wicket taker, with 31 at an average of 19.93. At nearly 36, he has never looked fitter at a time when most fast bowlers have retired, and was deservedly man of the series. His strike rate is very low - a wicket every 46.2 balls, and his career figures are now 433 wickets at 26.51.
The English batter at the non-striker's end is Jacob Bethell, whose 154 in a losing cause was his debut century not just in Tests but also first-class cricket.
This was on the fifth day of the Sydney Test and while the Dally Messenger stand in the background wasn't opened, 211,000 people attended overall, exceeding 200,000 for the first time (not bad with seats in the stands for the first four days of up to $200 a ticket!)
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Crimson Rosella
Platycercus elegans
Description: There are several colour forms of the Crimson Rosella. The form it is named for has mostly crimson (red) plumage and bright blue cheeks. The feathers of the back and wing coverts are black broadly edged with red. The flight feathers of the wings have broad blue edges and the tail is blue above and pale blue below and on the outer feathers. Birds from northern Queensland are generally smaller and darker than southern birds. The 'Yellow Rosella' has the crimson areas replaced with light yellow and the tail more greenish. The 'Adelaide Rosella' is intermediate in colour, ranging from yellow with a reddish wash to dark orange. Otherwise, all the forms are similar in pattern. Young Crimson Rosellas have the characteristic blue cheeks, but the remainder of the body plumage is green-olive to yellowish olive (occasionally red in some areas). The young bird gradually attains the adult plumage over a period of 15 months
Similar species: The adult Crimson Rosella is similar to male Australian King-Parrots, but differs by having blue cheeks, shoulders, and tail, a whitish, rather than red, bill and a dark eye. Immature Crimson Rosellas also differ from female and immature King-Parrots by having blue cheeks, a whitish bill and a more yellow-green rather than dark green colouring.
Distribution: There are several populations of the Crimson Rosella. Red (crimson) birds occur in northern Queensland, in southern Queensland to south-eastern South Australia and on Kangaroo Island. Orange birds are restricted to the Flinders Ranges region of South Australia, while yellow ones are found along the Murray, Murrumbidgee and neighbouring rivers (where yellow birds meet red birds they hybridise, producing orange offspring). Red birds have been introduced to Norfolk Island and New Zealand.
Habitat: Throughout its range, the Crimson Rosella is commonly associated with tall eucalypt and wetter forests.
Feeding: Crimson Rosellas are normally encountered in small flocks and are easily attracted to garden seed trays. Once familiar with humans, they will accept hand held food. Natural foods include seeds of eucalypts, grasses and shrubs, as well as insects and some tree blossoms.
Breeding: The Crimson Rosella's nest is a tree hollow, located high in a tree, and lined with wood shavings and dust. The female alone incubates the white eggs, but both sexes care for the young. The chicks remain dependent on their parents for a further 35 days after leaving the nest.
Calls: The Crimson Rosella has a range of calls, the commonest being a two-syllabled "cussik-cussik". It also has a range of harsh screeches and metallic whistles.
Minimum Size: 32cm
Maximum Size: 36cm
Average size: 34cm
Average weight: 129g
Breeding season: September to January
Clutch Size: 4 to 8 (usually 5)
Incubation: 20 days
Nestling Period: 35 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Platycercus-elegans)
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Inwoners van Teheran en andere Iraanse steden zijn in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag opnieuw de straat opgegaan om te protesteren tegen het regime, ondanks harde repressie.
Beelden op sociale media tonen dat demonstranten ook in Mashhad, de op een na grootste stad van Iran, tot in de vroege ochtenduren verwikkeld waren in gevechten met de ordediensten.
Volgens mensenrechtenorganisaties zijn sinds het begin van de protesten, inmiddels vijftien dagen geleden, tientallen doden gevallen. Bronnen in ziekenhuizen melden aan BBC Persian dat sinds het begin van de landelijke protesten zeker 110 lichamen zijn overgebracht naar ziekenhuizen in Teheran en Rasjt.
De demonstraties begonnen uit onvrede over de hoge kosten van levensonderhoud, maar zijn uitgegroeid tot een bredere beweging tegen het islamitische bewind.
De Iraanse autoriteiten hebben het internetverkeer sinds donderdag grotendeels platgelegd, volgens critici om het harde optreden van de veiligheidsdiensten aan het zicht te onttrekken.
DEN HAAG (ANP) - De politie heeft een Amber Alert uitgegeven voor een vermist kind. Het gaat om de 10-jarige Wendy uit Rotterdam.
Het meisje is voor het laatst gezien zaterdagmiddag rond 13.00 uur, toen ze haar woning aan de Paul Krugerstraat verliet. Ze zou naar een winkel aan de Hilledijk gaan, maar is daar niet aangekomen, zegt de politie.
In het Amber Alert is een signalement van het meisje verspreid. Een Amber Alert wordt uitgegeven wanneer sprake is van een vermist minderjarig kind dat mogelijk in levensgevaar verkeert.
DEN HAAG (ANP) - In een opslagloods aan de Van Ostadestraat in de Schilderswijk in Den Haag is in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag een grote brand geweest. In de omgeving heeft de brandweer een tiental woningen ontruimd, laat een woordvoerder weten.
De brand is inmiddels onder controle en bewoners kunnen terugkeren naar hun huizen. Er is niemand gewond geraakt.
De eerste melding van de brand was iets na 01.00 uur. Er kwam veel rook vrij en de hulpdiensten rukten massaal uit. De brandweer is nog bezig met nabluswerkzaamheden.
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An R&D lab under America's Energy Department annnounced this week that "Neuromorphic computers, inspired by the architecture of the human brain, are proving surprisingly adept at solving complex mathematical problems that underpin scientific and engineering challenges."
Phys.org publishes the announcement from Sandia National Lab:
In a paper published in Nature Machine Intelligence, Sandia National Laboratories computational neuroscientists Brad Theilman and Brad Aimone describe a novel algorithm that enables neuromorphic hardware to tackle partial differential equations, or PDEs — the mathematical foundation for modeling phenomena such as fluid dynamics, electromagnetic fields and structural mechanics. The findings show that neuromorphic computing can not only handle these equations, but do so with remarkable efficiency. The work could pave the way for the world's first neuromorphic supercomputer, potentially revolutionizing energy-efficient computing for national security applications and beyond...
"We're just starting to have computational systems that can exhibit intelligent-like behavior. But they look nothing like the brain, and the amount of resources that they require is ridiculous, frankly," Theilman said.For decades, experts have believed that neuromorphic computers were best suited for tasks like recognizing patterns or accelerating artificial neural networks. These systems weren't expected to excel at solving rigorous mathematical problems like PDEs, which are typically tackled by traditional supercomputers. But for Aimone and Theilman, the results weren't surprising. The researchers believe the brain itself performs complex computations constantly, even if we don't consciously realize it. "Pick any sort of motor control task — like hitting a tennis ball or swinging a bat at a baseball," Aimone said. "These are very sophisticated computations. They are exascale-level problems that our brains are capable of doing very cheaply..."
Their research also raises intriguing questions about the nature of intelligence and computation. The algorithm developed by Theilman and Aimone retains strong similarities to the structure and dynamics of cortical networks in the brain. "We based our circuit on a relatively well-known model in the computational neuroscience world," Theilman said. "We've shown the model has a natural but non-obvious link to PDEs, and that link hasn't been made until now — 12 years after the model was introduced." The researchers believe that neuromorphic computing could help bridge the gap between neuroscience and applied mathematics, offering new insights into how the brain processes information. "Diseases of the brain could be diseases of computation," Aimone said. "But we don't have a solid grasp on how the brain performs computations yet." If their hunch is correct, neuromorphic computing could offer clues to better understand and treat neurological conditions like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Phys.org publishes the announcement from Sandia National Lab:
In a paper published in Nature Machine Intelligence, Sandia National Laboratories computational neuroscientists Brad Theilman and Brad Aimone describe a novel algorithm that enables neuromorphic hardware to tackle partial differential equations, or PDEs — the mathematical foundation for modeling phenomena such as fluid dynamics, electromagnetic fields and structural mechanics. The findings show that neuromorphic computing can not only handle these equations, but do so with remarkable efficiency. The work could pave the way for the world's first neuromorphic supercomputer, potentially revolutionizing energy-efficient computing for national security applications and beyond...
"We're just starting to have computational systems that can exhibit intelligent-like behavior. But they look nothing like the brain, and the amount of resources that they require is ridiculous, frankly," Theilman said.For decades, experts have believed that neuromorphic computers were best suited for tasks like recognizing patterns or accelerating artificial neural networks. These systems weren't expected to excel at solving rigorous mathematical problems like PDEs, which are typically tackled by traditional supercomputers. But for Aimone and Theilman, the results weren't surprising. The researchers believe the brain itself performs complex computations constantly, even if we don't consciously realize it. "Pick any sort of motor control task — like hitting a tennis ball or swinging a bat at a baseball," Aimone said. "These are very sophisticated computations. They are exascale-level problems that our brains are capable of doing very cheaply..."
Their research also raises intriguing questions about the nature of intelligence and computation. The algorithm developed by Theilman and Aimone retains strong similarities to the structure and dynamics of cortical networks in the brain. "We based our circuit on a relatively well-known model in the computational neuroscience world," Theilman said. "We've shown the model has a natural but non-obvious link to PDEs, and that link hasn't been made until now — 12 years after the model was introduced." The researchers believe that neuromorphic computing could help bridge the gap between neuroscience and applied mathematics, offering new insights into how the brain processes information. "Diseases of the brain could be diseases of computation," Aimone said. "But we don't have a solid grasp on how the brain performs computations yet." If their hunch is correct, neuromorphic computing could offer clues to better understand and treat neurological conditions like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
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