On Friday late morning it will be widely overcast, but mainly dry. The noon will bring partly sunny weather. In the evening clear weather will dominate. Morning temperatures will be around 8 °C. During the day they will reach a maximum of 15 °C. Low temperatures at night will be around 8°C. We have weak southwesterly winds.
On Saturday it will be overcast with light rain for a while. The afternoon will bring variable clouds with rain showers. In the late evening clouds with light rain will prevail. Morning temperatures will be around 8 °C. During the day they will reach a maximum of 10 °C. Low temperatures at night will be around 5°C. There will be brisk southwesterly winds, with strong gusts.


The "MythBusters" episode that aired Jan. 16 featured an AllTranstek taker car on tracks in Boardman, Oregon, just west of Umatilla. The show climaxes with the stunt team imploding the 30,000-gallon tanker.
In the teasers for the show the crew calls it their biggest endeavor ever in regards to cost, logistics and more. One can imagine purchasing a tank car to ruin is not cheap, and finding a stretch of railway to potentially blow it up isn't easy either. So glad the Mid Columbia could help!
The myth is that railroad employees washed a tanker with a hot steam spray, then sealed it. When the tanker cooled, the pressure differential made the car implode.
I'm just so excited little Boardman is now world famous!
Click here to see where they were filming on Google Maps.


Mechanical engineering is exceptionally dicerse. The spectrum reaches from house devices or the car up to airbusses and CAT scanner. In order to develop such products, the mechanical engineering has to combine knowledge from natural sciences, informatics and electrical engineering. Not only the products, but also the production systems itself are developed. The faculty of mechanical engineering is influencing the universitys' profile immensely.
This becomes clear by taking a look at the new areas of mechanical engineering like mechatronics and industrial automation, but also at the use of the computers in the product and production system development. New analysis and simulation technologies save time and money, innovative interaction forms like Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality simplify the usage of computers.
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This self-guided walk among 22 significant tree species celebrates the outstanding contribution made by Lindsay Pryor to Canberra's urban forest. Professor Lindsay Pryor (1915-1998) was a man of trees - he was an eminent Australian botanist; founder of the Australian National Botanic Gardens; Director of Parks and Gardens for the ACT; and the first Chair of the ANU Department of Botany.
Highlights of the Walk include a variety of eucalypts, including Pryor's namesake Eucalyptus pryoriana; a Giant Sequoia grown from a seed from the world's largest tree - California's General Sherman; a Lace-Bark Pine collected by Pryor from the Forbidden City, Beijing; a Parana Pine from Southern Brazil; and a stand of Lombardy Poplars that predate the ANU campus.
The Walk starts just outside the Hancock Library on the Australian National University's Acton campus. You can pick up a map of the walk, with information about all of the trees, from the Hancock Library or the Fenner School. Or download the ANU Walks mobile app, available on iOS and Android, which includes the Lindsay Pryor Walk, as well as many other heritage trails on campus.


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Miranda Lambert scholarship to help female musicians
Miranda Lambert arrives at the 49th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, April 6, 2014, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Al Powers/Powers Imagery/Invision)
NASHVILLE, TN -- Miranda Lambert wants more women to have the kind of success she's had, so she founded a new scholarship at Belmont University.
The six-time Academy of Country Music female vocalist of the year is performing an acoustic show in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday to raise funds for the Miranda Lambert Women Creators Fund. Lambert, who announced her divorce from country star Blake Shelton last week, will have an all-female lineup, including songwriters Natalie Hemby and Jessi Alexander, and artists Raelynn, Clare Dunn and Courtney Cole.
Lambert said in a statement that she wanted to break down the doors to women in music and "encourage and empower women to achieve their goals."
The scholarship will provide $40,000 to a female student in the university's Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business.
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As Imperceptibly as Grief by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson, poet to As Imperceptibly as Grief, is renowned for her unique ability to produce deep and meaningful feelings with just a few short words. No writer has ever been able to tap into the feelings of the audience with so few words. The brevity of her poetry allows for the depth of feeling to fill the minds of the readers. With this poem, Dickinson takes the feeling of "grief" and compares it to the passing away of the summer. This is interesting take on grief. She speaks of the feeling almost as if it were welcome feeling that slipped away too quickly. Somehow, Dickinson has an ability to draw her audience in and identify with readers and yet still take a completely unique view with her poems.
When readings Dickinson's poems, one must remember that death was her constant companion. Not only did Dickinson live very near a graveyard, but she also experienced loss from a very early age. Thus, the feeling of grief was something familiar to her. She does not necessarily seem to welcome it in As Imperceptibly as Grief, but she does seem to miss it when it is gone.
As Imperceptibly as Grief Analysis
Lines 1-4
The Summer lapsed away-
Too imperceptible at last
To seem like Perfidy-
The first four lines of As Imperceptibly as Grief reveal the speaker's feelings toward grief. As readers engage with the opening lines, they will likely identify with the feeling of grief, remembering past experiences which had brought about that particular feeling. The speaker opens with, "as imperceptibly as grief". This line, first, causes the readers to wonder why "grief" is described as something that is "imperceptible" or difficult to perceive, notice, or understand. It is not immediately clear whether the speaker suggests that grief is hard to notice in oneself, hard to notice in other people, or simply difficult to understand. That is the beauty of much of Dickinson's poetry. She uses words that leave it open for the readers to determine what the word means in the context of the poem. The following lines continue to give insight. She compares grief as something that doesn't last. Rather it will "lapse away" like the summer. This offers comfort to those experiencing grief. Even if the effects of grief never truly go away, the speaker here seems to promise that grief itself will not last forever, but will pass away quickly like the summer fades into fall.
A Quietness distilled
As Twilight long begun,
Or Nature spending with herself
Sequestered Afternoon-
With these lines, the speaker seems to welcome grief as something that is simply a normal part of the human experience, like the changing of seasons. It settles in the heart, like the stillness of a quiet night. To the speaker, her experience with grief was like a long twilight. For a time, it continued to grow darker and felt at times that the sun would never rise, that life would never have light, or joy, or happiness again. In the midst of the twilight, it is difficult to believe that the darkness will end, and light will shine again. These lines suggest that no matter the pain in the darkness of the night, healing and joy will come again. The sun will rise, and grief will fade.
Related poetry: I felt a Funeral, in my Brain by Emily Dickinson
Lines 9-12
The Dusk drew earlier in-
The Morning foreign shone-
A courteous, yet harrowing Grace,
As Guest, that would be gone-
With these lines, the speaker reveals that the sun does indeed rise even after grief. Here, the dusk symbolizes the fading of grief as the morning comes. This morning comes softly, like "harrowing grace". This is a fascinating term to use for the fading of grief. Most people would welcome the grace of healing. The new day symbolizes the fading of grief, but the use of the word "harrowing" suggests that it is not healing the speaker experiences after grief, but something different and more sinister. The speaker uses the word "courteous" to describe this feeling that comes after greif. This is an ironic word to use here. Most would consider the grace that comes after grief to be comforting or perhaps even healing. This speaker refers to the grace as "courteous, yet harrowing". This gives the readers a very ominous feeling about what is to come when grief fades. While the previous lines offered hope that grief would fade and the night would turn to morning, these lines seem to suggest that what comes after grief is something far worse. In fact, the speaker refers to the "harrowing grace" as a most unwelcome guest.
Lines 13-16
And thus, without a Wing
Or service of a Keel
Our Summer made her light escape
Into the Beautiful.
With the final lines of this poem, the speaker bids farewell to grief. While some would consider this to be a feeling of hope and healing, it is not presented so in this poem. Rather, the speaker gives the impression that the feelings which come after grief are that of an emptiness that cannot be borne. She describes the grief as having faded away, just like the "summer made her light escape into the Beautiful". It is almost as if the speaker wishes she could hold on to the grief she felt. She implies that this feeling was something beautiful, but now that it has escaped, she is left with nothing but a hollow emptiness where she wishes grief could be. .
Allisa Corfman
Allisa graduated with a degree in Secondary Education and English and taught World Literature and Composition at the high school level. She has always enjoyed writing, reading, and analysing literature.
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Q: Prove that positive and negative numbers with an absolute value with equations with a variable in bars, too, having two solutions. I've read this and it's known that positive and negative numbers with an absolute value such as $|9|$ and $|-2|$ in an equation with a variable also in those bars on the other side have two solutions because the variable can be itself or the opposite of it using the same number from the absolute value bar to replace the variable.  For example, for $|20|=|x|$, $x$ has two solutions, $20$ and $-20$ because the absolute values of those numbers are both $20$.  Prove that this can happen.

A: This is indeed possible because of the way the absolute value was defined geometricaly. $|x|=|x-0|=d$ is interpreted as ---what are the numbers whose distance from 0 is d. From this interpretation and revisiting the real number line we see that we have $d$ and $-d$ as the answer to the question. The same argument holds whenever we have $|x-c|=d$ what are the numbers whose distance from $c$ is d. Note again that we have 2 answer here one at the right of $c$ and one at the left.

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Gender Parity in the Workplace Is Possible. We Did It; You Can, Too
By Jessica Parisi
The conversation about workplace diversity is at the core of having a competitive, winning, market-leading culture.
By a "competitive" culture, I mean one that is both high-performing and big-hearted, one where your people can do the best work of their lives in service of your company's strategic intent and ambitions.
Let's focus on gender diversity. A 2015 McKinsey study shows that companies with more women board directors have 53 percent higher return on equity, 42 percent higher return on sales, 42 percent higher return on invested capital.
Yet companies are far from achieving gender parity and the pressure to do so is building. According to a study by executive consultancy Equilar earlier this year, the 3,000 largest U.S. public companies won't achieve gender parity until 2048. Blackrock, the world's largest money manager, stated that companies in which it invests must have at least two female directors.
In hopes that some of our steps will be helpful to others, I'll share what our company, BTS USA, did five years ago to increase the female representation from 16 percent then to 42 percent today. Our approach draws from our own leadership lessons gained in building our firm over the past 30 years, as well as insights gleaned from our work with CEOs focusing on the people side of strategy and seeking to create more diverse and inclusive workspaces in their own companies.
Here are the six steps we took to successfully shift our culture, hire with gender parity, and retain women at BTS USA.
Business leaders owned gender metrics — just like they own the revenue and profit results — not HR.
HR was not responsible for fixing our female-male ratio. We, the leaders of the organization, were responsible, and HR supported the process. I see many companies make the mistake of believing, "Our lack of gender parity is an HR problem." They then make their CHRO or head of diversity & inclusion responsible for fixing it. If BTS USA had our head of HR own this problem, we wouldn't have evolved. The business leaders are the ones who set the tone for priorities and what is valued or tolerated, and create the environment for which diverse candidates feel welcomed.
At the beginning, reporting out on the metrics made myself and our other leaders uncomfortable because the data was poor and we were unsure how it happened. Was it us? Was it our fault that we always had many more men than women applying to our consulting positions? Why didn't we have more parity? It certainly was not intentional. So we on the senior leadership team harnessed this discomfort, did a lot of self-reflection on how we subconsciously were contributing to the problem, and used it to quickly transition into becoming activists for the change.
We required the recruitment team to have an equal number of female and male candidates in the pipeline.
We knew that entry to the funnel and the recruitment pipeline was a key pain point for us. The first reaction from our recruitment team when we told them each recruitment season must have an equal number of male and female candidates was, "This is going to be so hard. We never have more than 25 percent female applicants." But we reinforced that this was a must, and that the team needed to get creative in making it happen.
They began by applying much more rigor and time in casting a wider net to ensure the early stages of the funnel were equal. We made sure we had women at early university job fairs to attract more female candidates.
Leaders and consultants also felt it was part of their role to be constantly recruiting, instead of it just being HR's job. We became more active on social networks and with our broader personal networks, always looking for great talent. We offered quarterly bonuses for referrals, of all candidates, to reinforce the help from our consultants to refer candidates who would be a great culture fit.
We altered the recruitment experience to help candidates see people like them in the company.
We leaned heavily on the female leaders and consultants to get more involved in recruitment and the candidate interviewing experience. If women candidates could talk with other women or even just see more women in the interview rooms, they would more naturally feel like they would belong at BTS.
It's also true that we are a consultancy, and the consulting business has a reputation for being an inflexible work environment and unaccommodating for employees with young children. But in fact, our global CEO is quite progressive and open-minded about letting employees do what they need for their lives. That information was shared to candidates, and I got on the phone with candidates to tell them my story of being a young working mother at BTS.
We eliminated the unconscious bias in our selection process by redesigning our interviewing protocol and processes to have structured questions, behavioral assessments and objective criteria.
Using a data-driven hiring strategy is a critical ingredient in minimizing unconscious bias in the job application and promotion process. Traditional selection and leadership development approaches often end up in a popularity contest with an overemphasis on subjective impressions. "Not a culture fit," or "didn't pass the airport test," has become the easiest way to reject someone. The problem is that those types of assessments often stem from open questions like, "Tell me about yourself?" or "How do you like to spend your free time?"
Such questions leave the interviewer only able to make judgments based on similarities or differences to themselves — appraisals that have nothing to do with role expectations, competence or real culture fit. Similarly, companies have a history of looking for candidates from the same set of universities or similar backgrounds to their current successful leaders, a practice that from the start severely limits the number of candidates who have a real chance at success.
To combat this, we first identified explicit observable behaviors that were critical to the success of the role at our company. These then informed our interview experiences and flow from beginning to end. Each experience had an observer scoring the interviewee against the observable behaviors, which in turn then informed job-fit assessments. Using behavior-based assessments not only eliminated a lot of remaining unconscious bias, but it also resulted in our female candidates scoring as high as our male candidates, whereas in the past they had scored lower in the interview process.
We became much louder and clearer about our flexible, big-hearted values and practices.
BTS is a Scandinavian company with a Scandinavian culture, and all our people get a lot of flexibility in their careers to be able to be present for the life experiences that matter to them and to evolve their careers based on their nonwork responsibilities. This had always been a part of our culture and values and was discussed in one-on-one meetings, but we were forgetting to actively voice this and share what we were doing more broadly.
It was critical for our leaders to get on a megaphone about our flexible values and practices. Our view is that maternity or paternity leave is only a few months in someone's lifelong career, so we cover for each other during that time. When a new mother returns, if she is still breastfeeding and needs to pump, we continue to cover for her as appropriate. Maybe that means we send an extra person to a client project, or someone takes on a mix of different responsibilities to make it work for this short period of time. It is easy to cover for colleagues in need — much easier than losing an existing employee's talent and tenure and starting over with a new person.
We leverage discovery-based learning and experiences in our recruitment, onboarding and throughout our people development and change priorities.
Any time you're trying to drive large-scale transformation, it's key to run experiments and hands-on learning experiences. There are many reasons for this, but a critical one here is that experiential learning removes the "Imposter Syndrome." When people get engaged in an experience they tend to forget they "don't belong" and dive in and perform just as well as their other colleagues. The behaviors exhibited as participants make decisions during the simulation also provide insight into business leadership success factors — including strategy development, data analysis, industry and market savvy, customer centricity, operational focus, profit optimization, critical thinking and more.
Every company's journey is different, but in instances like ours, just getting to gender parity doesn't mean the work is over. The entire process is ongoing, challenging work, sometimes requiring interventions, working sessions and coaching. But the difficult work pays off in not only better retention of talent but also in building a richer reservoir of ideas and perspectives, a critical ingredient to a high-performing and big-hearted, market-leading culture.
Jessica Parisi is president and CEO of BTS USA. Parisi started her career at BTS as a business analyst in 1999 and was promoted to lead BTS's U.S. Western Region and then to managing director of the BTS Leadership Practice. In 2016, she was named president and CEO.


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Gabby Sidibe Shares Hilarious Photo of Boyfriend Brandon & Cat Having a Stare Off
Gabby Sibide shared a photo in honor of her boyfriend, Brandon Frankel, and cat as they celebrated National Siblings Day. Brandon and the furry animal were pictured staring at each other adorably.
As the world recently celebrated National Siblings Day on Friday, Actress Gabby Sibide posted a picture of her boyfriend, Brandon, and her cat while they looked into each other's eyes.
Gabourey Sidibe at the 2018 Essence Black Women In Hollywood Oscars Luncheon | Source: Getty Images
In the photo, the cat was pictured sitting on a table across Frankel, who was positioned on a chair. The picture also featured a blue couch in the background. Gabby captioned the adorable photo,
"#NATIONALSIBLINGSDAY."
In a 2017 interview, the star opened up about her weight loss journey as well as her love life. She revealed that she had been single for a while and was ready to have a man in her life.
The actress explained that she realized months before that she was surrounded by gay men or women, neither of whom she could have a relationship with. She further said:
"I [didn't] see straight men, so I [wasn't] opening myself up to that because this is how the universe works for me: The second I decide something, it just happens."
An image of Gabby Sidibe's boyfriend, Brandon and her cat on National Sibling Day | Photo: Instagram/Gabby3shabby
When asked what her ideal man would look like, Sibide stated that she wanted a moderately tall man. She added that she preferred a man who is smart, funny, and ambitious. Gabby's wishes seemed to have been granted just two years after revealing she wanted a man.
While little is known about Brandon Frankel, he revealed on his Instagram bio that he works in the music, marketing, and branding industry.
In May 2019, Brandon dropped hints about being in a relationship with Sibide after he shared photos of the actress on his Instagram page. While Gabby maintained a low profile about the relationship, Frankel never got tired of showing off his famous girlfriend.
In an Instagram post last year, the 36-year-old received an end of the year tribute from her lover. The post featured a series of pictures of the couple alongside a heartwarming caption. He wrote:
"You're a ball of sunshine…….., and your excitement and passion for life and people/things you love truly lights up my heart."
Brandon also revealed that his love for the "Empire" star grew every day. He continued by affirming his love for the 36-year-old while adding that he loved being "her favorite dork."
Who Is Gabourey Sidibe's Fiancé? Inside the 'Precious' Star's Love Story with Brandon Frankel
In response to the post, Gabby took to her beau's comment section, where she described Brandon as her "favorite love song" while adding that he was "the cherry on top of this last decade and the foundation of the next."
In 2017, Frankel was named one of the branding power players by "Billboard" after working with A list celebrities such as Major Lazer and Yung Lean.
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Q: What do I need to know to do this kind of animation? I have an idea for android game, but since I am still a beginner in Android development especially animations and I don't know where to begin. Can somebody direct me at the right direction, please. I want to do the similar animation such as the jump animations in this game:

A: I just checked. This game is using OpenGL (which is not easy to learn).
Even the jelly cube has a slight 3D perspective to it.
One shortcut would be to use Unity
A second shortcut would be to buy/license some of the 3D models you want to use in your own game. There are several web marketplaces that specialize in selling stuff like that.
A third shortcut would to try to replicate the same effect in a 2D environment. It won't look as good, but you can still make a decent game even in 2D.


The Mormon settlers had been in Salt Lake City a very few years when Brigham Young told them to settle different parts of the territory of Utah. It was in 1854 that this colonization began. One destination was Fillmore. Fillmore was becoming an industrious city. Homes were being built and farmland cleared rapidly. As well as doing this, they had to be very careful how they treated the vast tribes of Piute Indians that were everywhere at this time.
It was in this new settlement that Culbert and Eliza Esther McCullough King made their home. Their house was a lovely place for this time. It was located half way up Main Street on the east side of town. This nice comfortable home of one room was made of red brick. The house had a fireplace, which was used for all cooking purposes. There was a bed, a table, a few chairs, and a small cradle, which was all, made out of their Utah grown trees.
Culbert King's occupation was a farmer and stock raiser. Some of their choicest animals were a pair of horses named Ned and George, and two excellent milk cows called Red and Cherry.


In this paper, we present a new validation method for subject-specific finite element (FE) modeling of the knee joint based on in vivo computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. Previously, several FE models have been developed for estimating the mechanical response of joint structures, where direct or indirect in vivo measurement is difficult or impossible. More recently, studies using MRI have provided clear visualization of the motion and deformation of the articular cartilage within the tibiofemoral (TF) joint space. Two methods have been introduced to validate in vivo subject-specific models: alignment of supine MRI with X-ray images and weight-bearing MRI. The size of the contact area between the femur and tibia was determined by computing the area of femoral cartilage that intersected the tibial cartilage. The result showed good agreement between non-weight bearing image aligned with X-ray and weight-bearing MRI images. This study may help to better define the relative importance of modeling validations for the development of subject-specific models.


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Drive for social justice sparks almost 40 years of supporting workers' rights globally
July 8th, 2021|
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The determination of an Australian nurse and committed member of the ANMF to support marginalised workers across the globe helped set the foundations of Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA which has since provided support and justice to many worldwide.
In 1983 when humanitarian nurse Helen McCue was working in refugee camps and providing nurse education services for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Palestine, she observed the solidarity and aid that Norwegian People's Aid, a trade union organisation from Norway provided for people on the ground.
From her observations, Helen felt the Australian union movement needed to offer similar levels of assistance to their comrades overseas, APHEDA's EO Kate Lee said.
"She was particularly interested in the lives of the nurses in those camps, how affected and traumatised they were, and really felt strongly that the workers needed to be supported as much as the people that they were supporting," Ms Lee said.
On her return, Helen contacted then ACTU President Cliff Dolan and set out her proposal to establish a global justice organisation. With his assistance and the broader Australian union movement's backing, Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA was born, setting in stone a mission that now encompasses the support of "strong unions and social movements, sustainable development programs, global solidarity and support in times of crisis."
Helen McCue early APHEDA
Today, APHEDA works in thirteen locations in Southeast Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East, and Southern Africa in partnership with 39 local unions and community organisations through 30 projects and campaigns.
APHEDA's work has included actively supporting causes such as the Anti-Apartheid movement and the liberation of Timor Leste while also helping those communities in developing countries develop infrastructures that support strong worker's movements.
While a key part of APHEDA's work is assisting with union organising, Ms Lee said the organisation had developed a multi-pronged approach in aiding communities over time. This includes defending and developing women's rights, climate justice and "the rights of migrant workers and refugees".
Currently, APHEDA is building a movement in Australia to join unionists and campaigners across South East Asia to support their struggle to ban Asbestos and eliminate asbestos-related diseases.
While Asbestos is banned in Australia, Ms Lee said many Asia-Pacific nations continued to use the dangerous material as part of construction activities, creating significant risks for workers on the ground and their families.
"As the markets have shrunk [in Europe and Australia], the Asbestos industry has found new markets, and those markets have been growing until recently," she says, adding that India, Indonesia and Vietnam are among the countries that have experienced increased demand.
"We're up against an industry lobby that's determined to hold on to the very last bit of its market.
APHEDA's campaign, Asbestos. not here. not anywhere, which is its flagship concern for the next four years, aims to ban Asbestos in Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos and Cambodia, while also aiding and abetting the global movement for a total ban on Asbestos.
It's a big campaign, and with several other APHEDA projects on the go, Ms Lee says there are plenty of ways for union members to get on board, whether through member, fundraising, education, lobbying or other contributions.
"We want to build a stronger sense of international solidarity," Ms Lee explained.
"We want to develop new ways to do that, and we want to ask all workers and as many unions as possible to be part of that with us."
For more information on APHEDA's work and the ways you can contribute as a member of the trade union movement, visit the organisation's website apheda.org.au
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Innocent Voices
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(Voces inocentes)
Original Theatrical Poster
Luis Mandoki
Lawrence Bender Productions
MUVI Films
Organizacion Santo Domingo
Polychrome Pictures
Chava
Carlos Padilla
Kella
José Maria Yazpik
Mama Toya
Ofelia Medina
Ana Paulina Caceres
Cristina Maria
Xuna Primus
The Priest
Daniel Gimenez Cacho
Innocent Voices (Voces inocentes) is a 2004 Mexican war drama. It depicts the tragedy of the children during the Salvadoran Civil War. Eleven years old boy Chava is the narrator of the story.
The following weapons were used in the film Innocent Voices:
1.1 M1911 Style Pistol
1.2 Unidentified revolver
2.1 Unidentified shotguns
3 Rifles
3.1 Unidentified rifle
4 Assault Rifles
4.1 M16
4.2 M16A2
4.3 AR-18
4.4 AKM
4.5 Norinco Type 56
4.6 Various AK
5.1 Vickers Mk.1
6 Other Weapons
6.1 Hand Grenades
7.1 Armored Car
7.2 Gun Crates
M1911 Style Pistol
Chava's uncle Beto (José Maria Yazpik), a guerrilla fighter, holds an M1911-style pistol in one scene. M1911 style pistols are used by the officers of the government troops.
For comparison: World War II Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP
In the scene when the schoolboys are recruited to army, the officer of the government troops carries an M1911-style pistol with pearl grips in holster.
Beto draws his pistol.
The grip and the trigger guard that is more angular than on original M1911 pistols are seen.
The barrel is seen.
A general view of the pistol.
A Sergeant of the government troops fires his pistol at a loudspeaker on the church building that transmits a forbidden song.
The wooden grips of the pistol in holster of an NCO.
An officer executes boys, captured in the guerrilla camp.
The officer is gunned down and drops his pistol.
Unidentified revolver
What appear to be some revolver is very briefly seen in hands of a guerrilla fighter.
Unidentified shotguns
Guerrillas use pump action shotguns. These guns are seen very briefly and unclear.
A pump action shotgun is very briefly seen in hands of a guerrilla fighter during the night shootout.
A guerrilla fighter holds a shotgun with extended magazine tube during the attack on the village. Other guerrillas are armed with M16 and AK.
A guerrilla fighter at the left fires a shotgun.
Unidentified rifle
During the attack of the guerrillas on the village, one fighter fires an unidentified rifle from the bell tower.
A fighter with a rifle on the bell tower.
He fires at government soldiers.
Most Soldiers of the Salvadoran Army are armed with M16/SP1 assault rifles with 20- and 30-round magazines. Guerrillas also use M16s.
M16 (or Colt AR-15 SP1) with an A1 "birdcage" flash hider, used to resemble the M16A1. This version has a 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm
In the opening scene one of the soldiers, escorting arrested boys, holds an M16/SP1.
Soldiers, patrolling the village, carry M16/SP1 assault rifles.
A good view of the handguard and front sight of the M16 in the scene when the schoolboys are recruited to army.
A good view of the M16/SP1 with 20-round magazine in the same scene.
A closed-up of the M16/SP1 in hands of a child soldier.
A child soldier fires his M16 in air to impress former classmates.
A soldier with M16/SP1.
A child soldier with an M16/SP1 during the battle with guerrillas.
M16A2
Some soldiers and guerrilla fighters are armed with M16A2 assault rifles.
Colt M16A2 - 5.56x45mm
In the opening scene one of the soldiers, escorting arrested boys, holds an M16A2.
A soldier at the left holds an M16A2.
A soldier with M16A2.
A guerrilla fighter holds an M16. The A2 handguard is seen.
A soldier at the background holds an M16A2 during the execution of the boys, captured in the guerrilla camp.
AR-18 assault rifles are also seen in hands of several soldiers.
ArmaLite AR-18 – 5.56x45mm
A soldier at the background holds an AR-18. Note the folding buttstock and the shape of the magazine well.
A soldier at the left holds an AR-18.
Raton (Hector Jimenez) carries an AKM assault rifle.
AKM - 7.62x39mm
Raton holds the AKM. The slant muzzle compensator can be seen.
Raton carries the AKM.
A general view of Raton's AK.
Norinco Type 56
Some guerrilla fighters are armed with Norinco Type 56 assault rifles. During the shootout between guerrillas and soldiers, Chava picks up a Type 56 gun.
Norinco Type 56, milled receiver model without bayonet - 7.62x39mm
A killed guerrilla figher holds an AK.
A close view of the receiver.
Chava picks up the AK.
Chava aims at a child soldier... but recognizes his former classmate and can't shoot. The hooded front sight of the Type 56 is seen.
Various AK
Some other guerrilla fighters are armed with AKs that are seen only in distance so it's impossible to identify the exact model.
A guerrilla fighter holds an AK during the attack on the village.
A guerrilla fighter at the right fires an AK.
A guerrilla fighter fires an AK (AK-47 or Type 56) during the night attack of the government troops. The image is mirrored.
Vickers Mk.1
A water-cooled machine gun that seems to be a variant of Vickers Mk.1 Machine Gun is mounted on the turret of the government armored car. The machine gun lacks a barrel inside the water jacket, and the shooting is imitated.
Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun - .303 British
The machine gun on the turret of the armored car. Note the wide opening of the water jacket and the lack of the barrel itself.
The flame is seen inside the water jacket.
A soldier fires at the guerrilla sniper of the bell tower. Note the lack of the cartridge belt.
Guerrilla fighters use hand grenades during the attack on the village. The grenades are seen only in distance.
A fighter throws a grenade.
The grenade is seen in midair.
Armored Car
The government troops use an armored car against the guerrillas. Its main gun seems to be a mockup.
The armored car moves on the village street.
The main gun is seen.
The main gun seem to be a mockup.
The armored car in the village after the battle.
Gun Crates
The gun crates in the guerrilla camp are marked "M16/HBAR. Cal .223".
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Crescent conflict going to city hall
By: Cody Sellar
Posted: 4:00 AM CDT Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2021
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Wellington Crescent residents Jutta Essig (from left) Bill Hamlin, Sharon Kirk, Atul Sharma and Celia Rodd are in support of open streets.
It's a street fight that has pitted Winnipeg's elites against each other.
This article was published 23/6/2021 (213 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The tug of war over closing Wellington Crescent to vehicles, so cyclists and pedestrians can use the tony boulevard almost exclusively, is headed toward a showdown at city hall Thursday.
A small group of residents rallied Tuesday to show support for current rules that restrict vehicles to one block of travel from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily from Academy Road to Guelph Street.
The "Open Streets" program affects several streets across the city that are popular with cyclists and pedestrians and is scheduled to continue till Nov. 5.
Organizer Sharon Kirk said the group represented a fraction of overall support to keep the street closed to vehicles, pointing to an online petition she and her husband organized that collected nearly 500 signatures over two days.
"I'm a counsellor, so I fully believe having a safe place to exercise enhances the mental well-being of everyone, not just during COVID times, but moving forward," Kirk said. She said the program improves the neighbourhood's "community feel."
On the opposite side, a group of residents has submitted letters to city hall asking it to lift restrictions for vehicles on the street. Some argue traffic congestion has moved to nearby Academy Road, while others say people should be allowed to drive down the crescent and look at the landscaped yards.
Gail Asper wrote it is "simply unfair to ban all vehicles from having any opportunity to experience Winnipeg's most beautiful street" and that the prioritized access to cyclists is "discriminating against thousands of Winnipeggers."
Resident Brenlee Carrington-Trepel compiled a 68-page document that includes dozens of letters from residents who complained about the program. That prompted city hall to consider lifting the ban on vehicles on weekdays as of Sept. 7
In an email, Carrington-Trepel said more than 100 residents have contacted her and want "to keep Wellington Crescent part of the Open Streets program as a Sunday and holidays bike route after Sept. 7." She notes the street had closed on Sundays and holidays "for decades."
She declined to speak further before council votes.
Resident Atul Sharma said the letters exaggerate the inconveniences of the program.
"I actually resent people speaking for me and saying that these are insurmountable obstacles," he said. "They're minor inconveniences."
Sharma has a disability which forces him to use a walker. He said he uses an adaptive bicycle to get exercise. The bike is wider than a regular bike, he said, which makes it difficult to safely coexist on the road with cars.
Some of the residents who want the street open said the project discriminates against the disabled, but Sharma disagrees.
"This opens the crescent up to them. We see them. We see them in electric wheelchairs, being pushed along by family members, using adaptive vehicles. I think it expands opportunity."
One major concern for resident Jutta Essig is making Winnipeg's transportation culture safer and environmentally friendly. The mother of three from Germany said she and her family used to bike everywhere in Europe, but when she moved to Winnipeg, she noticed a lack of bicycle infrastructure. When a close friend was hit while biking on Wellington Crescent, her habits changed, she said.
"From that moment on we went into North American lifestyle that we use the car for every little commute. It bothered me, but there was no option," she said.
Anders Swanson, executive director of Winnipeg Trails Association, a non-profit that advocates for sustainable infrastructure, said reopening the street early to motorists would be a step in the wrong direction.
"We can't declare climate emergencies then roll back the simplest thing we've done," he said. "That's not leadership."
He said "Open Streets" is a "drop in the bucket" in terms of what needs to be done to boost active transportation. He commended residents who showed up on Tuesday, but said the issue affects everyone in Winnipeg.
"Access to fresh air is a right," he said. "The ability to drive is not."
The city conducted a survey about "Open Streets" in November 2020. At the time, 83 per cent of Wellington Crescent residents responded positively to the idea, out of the 48 per cent who answered the survey. Kirk said she believes this poll still represents her neighbourhood.
In research conducted for the program in 2020, Wellington Crescent had the most cyclists and pedestrians during two 12-hour periods. The second-busiest street was Wolseley Avenue.
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Cody Sellar is the reporter/photographer for The Times. He is a lifelong Winnipegger. He is a journalist, writer, sleuth, sloth, reader of books and lover of terse biographies. Email him at cody.sellar@canstarnews.com or call him at 204-697-7206.
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Should the city reevaluate the Open Streets program?
Yes, as a step toward permanent active transportation routes in those areas Not until the current period of Open Streets has concluded No, keep it temporary and seasonal
Yes, as a step toward permanent active transportation routes in those areas 30% (105 votes)
Not until the current period of Open Streets has concluded 10% (34 votes)
No, keep it temporary and seasonal 60% (212 votes)
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"Azrael" has a bit of flash and a lot of scenery chewing by various characters, which is all fun. But the story isn't moved forward a lot, and it lacks the weight of some previous episodes.
The episode name, "Azrael," doesn't lie — we see a lot of the character in this episode. It gives us his origin, and also a decent amount of him in action. It doesn't really move the larger plot forward a lot, but it's pretty fun to see Azrael in action, and see Strange in action too. There are some good moments in this episode, but it's not as sharp as some of the episodes that have come before.
Azrael starts out as Reanimated Theo Galavan, who still doesn't thrill me. I don't know why, but I just can't get excited about that character. But once he becomes Azrael, I'm more on board; I can at least see the potential for fun there. And his almost innocent puzzlement over his current situation is campy fun. Strange is good in this episode, too, and it seems he's going farther over the edge all the time. When Peabody is giving you side-eye and all but calling you crazy, you'd better dial it back a little. Strange is really playing God in this episode, giving Galavan a story suited to his own ends and molding him in the image he wants, to do his bidding. He goes so far as to get him a replica Sword of Sin and a suit of armor — both of which are pretty cheap-looking, but innocent Galavan buys it all. And Strange is so inspired by the success of his technique of introducing a story for Theo to latch onto that he excitedly looks through books for stories for all the other patients/subjects. One passage he comes across sticks out, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and I am going to use FBI's patented Superior Speculation (trademark DW) and say that this is a hint at a new villain on the way: The Mad Hatter. For some reason, I feel like it might not be till next season, but I think he's probably on his way. Regardless, with Strange's ever-increasing mania, I think the inmates have taken over the asylum here, and it will be fun to watch as Strange gets even, er, stranger.
And speaking of inmates running the asylum, we see Nygma in prison. He is the smartest one in there, and he works everyone expertly. Nothing gets by him — including the fact that orderlies and doctors keep taking inmates into a certain hallway, from which the inmates never return. He thinks it's a way out, but he uses his puzzle-solving skills to find where they go, and it's … not good: Indian Hills, where he hears screams coming from behind many different closed doors. Edward is becoming one of my favorite characters — I like how he seems to have come into his own now, even if "his own" = being bad. He really has become more fun than he used to be, now that he's playing up the villain side unabashedly. He's loosened up since going over fully to the bad side, and I like his over-the-top campiness.
It's fun being bad, apparently.
We get a quick glimpse of my other favorite, Penguin, this week, too. And I just have to say … Guys. He is sitting in the house with the corpse of Grace still rotting at the dining table. He is Penguin, he should be able to dispose of a corpse with no problem! Why is she still there? Penguin, I love you, but get a grip.
This episode relies pretty heavily on viewers' knowledge of the Batman universe and what lies down the road. When we see Azrael making a showy entrance at GCPD, climbing the walls and crashing through windows, and then Bruce walks up and sees it, entranced, we suddenly know where he gets his inspiration for his later signature moves. It IS pretty impressive. And we see the difference between Jim, who will stay on the side of the police and eventually become Commissioner Gordon, and Bruce, who will become frustrated by the limitations of the law and will take matters into his own hands. And we can see both their points. Jim talks to Barnes and tries to tell him the truth about things that have been happening, and Barnes says it sounds insane. Which, yes, it totally does, but this is Gotham City, where a crime boss calling himself The Penguin ruled the underworld and a band of Maniax went around wreaking havoc all over the city, so you'd think he'd have a higher threshold for the crazy. And also, Jim has a point when he yells at Barnes (I do mean he yells — he actually shows a bit more range in this episode, so good on Ben McKenzie) that Barnes is hard to tell things to because he is stubborn and wants to stick to the way things "should" be, to the detriment of GCPD. Barnes talks to Jim about being on the side of the law, because otherwise they're no better than the criminals. And of course this reinforces Jim's feelings of the same.
Bruce sees a hint of his future.
In contrast to the route we know Jim will take, Bruce spends much of the episode trying to get Jim and Barnes to go after Strange, now that Jim is convinced Strange is behind the Wayne murders and is involved in something bad, what with bringing Victor Fries (aka Freeze) back from the dead, and now Galavan. (Strange doesn't learn from his mistakes, does he?) And why is Bruce Wayne, a teenager, telling the police how to run their investigations? Barnes tells him as much, too, when he's all "Sit DOWN, son, I'm not answering to you." Anyway, we can see how Bruce's view differs from that of Jim and Barnes, and we see their paths starting to veer slightly away from each other.
In a bit of foreshadowing, Barnes says that Jim probably would love to take his place one day — and that day might come sooner than either of them would like, as Barnes is stabbed (with the easily broken "Sword of Sin" — and there's a funny moment when it breaks, and Azrael looks surprised and disappointed) in a fight with Azrael. During the fight, Azrael is knocked around a little, and his mask comes off in front of Barnes, who is shocked to see Theo Galavan, whom he thought was dead. But then he is stabbed, so he doesn't have time to do anything with this new information. After the fight, Jim shoots at Azrael as he runs away, causing him to fall off the side of a building — on live TV news, while he is unmasked. So we can assume most of the city will know that the former mayor, who was pronounced dead, is dead no more. And in fact, we see Penguin, Tabitha, Butch, and Barbara reacting to the news, in various ways. It will be interesting to see how all that plays out.
FBI SCORE: 7.5 out of 10. "Azrael" has a bit of flash and a lot of scenery chewing by various characters, which is all fun. But the story isn't moved forward a lot, and it lacks the weight of some previous episodes.


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"It was off to the House of Lords... where I was privileged to speak at the launch of a book by Methodist minister, Rev David Haslam. A Luta Continua (The struggle continues) is a memoir of David's ministry. David has been deeply committed to working for justice in the world. He was at the forefront of the campaign to challenge the apartheid government in South Africa in the 70s and 80s by pressing for companies to stop investing there. He has worked for justice for Dalits, some of the most oppressed people in the world. He's argued for the urgency of action on climate change. And he's pushing for tax justice by transnational corporations."
For a summary of the Good Faith Book Club's discussion of his book, click here. For directions to Stoke Mandeville Methodists, click here.


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Giraffeglobal March 27, 2020 2 min read
Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN)plc has joined other banks by donating $130,000 or N50 million to tackle the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria.
The donation was made into a fund set up by 54gene, an African genomics research, services and development company working closely with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the bank, the money will help increase Covid-19 testing capacity in the country by up to 1,000 additional tests a day, by buying testing instruments and critical biosafety materials such as biosafety cabinets and personal protective equipment urgently needed to keep frontline healthcare workers safe.
The bank stated that the procured equipment will be installed in general hospitals and laboratories across the country, and will remain in place even after the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, to be used in the case of future outbreaks.
In addition, there will also be extensive training and support to medical practitioners and volunteers working across the country to curb the menace.
Announcing the donation, Chief Executive Officer, Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc, Emeka Emuwa, said community is one of the core values at the bank noting that there is no better time to live this value than now.
According to him, a critical need for the country at this time is to scale up its testing capabilities and give a better chance of slowing the spread of the virus.
"We are therefore pleased to be supporting 54gene who is directly collaborating with NCDC and World Health Organisation who are coordinating Nigeria's Covid-19 response," Emuwa said.
While commending Union Bank on its donation, Chief Executive Officer, 54gene, Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong said the rapid and assured response from some of Nigeria's most reputable institutions, such as Union Bank, to join the fight against this deadly disease is highly welcome.
"They, like us, understand the need for a multi-stakeholder, co-ordinated plan, that can be implemented almost immediately, as we work together as a community, side-by-side, to fight Covid-19 and protect our population," Emuwa said.
Last week, Union Bank, which had already been proactive in rolling out stringent safety and hygiene practices within its branches and service locations, took the lead in activating remote work for its employees, directing more than 70 per cent of its employees in non-service functions to work from home starting Monday, March 23, 2020.
Union Bank also announced the launch of a toll-free customer care number 0800 700 700 which customers can call free of charge at anytime of the day or night to get help with banking issues.
Emuwa said these initiatives underscored Union Bank's commitment to containing the spread of the virus while actively supporting the communities within which it operates
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Our volunteer board is dedicated to providing guidance and raising funds to keep Community Ministry serving those in need. These are the individuals to whom we owe thanks.
I have chosen to serve on the board of Community Ministry because I was looking for a new opportunity to volunteer and support communities in Colorado. Previously my time volunteering has been exclusively hands-on and I want to learn how to best support nonprofits from an organizational level. I am hoping that my experience in business management, event planning, and crowdfunding will allow me to help Community Ministry continue to grow and provide crucial support to families in the Denver area.
I was once that young mom without a job trying to figure out how to feed my daughter and pay rent. I can't think of a better way to repay those who assisted me during that time than to serve on the board of Community Ministry.
I believe the many things that Community Ministry provides (food, school supplies, holiday baskets, help with utility bills, other resources, and basic health screening) is a vital benefit to the community. My involvement is to offer hope, encouragement and also to sustain and grow the resources of CM.
Christians are called to be God's hands in the world. I am privileged to be one of many working to reduce hunger in southwest Denver.
For a couple years I delivered food to Community Ministry as part of Light of the World's Second Helpings ministry. Then Joyce asked if I'd be interested in joining the Board. How could I say no? It's been a privilege to support such a caring organization that helps feed and clothe our less fortunate brothers and sisters.
As a church pastor I've seen firsthand the amazing support that Community Ministry provides to area residents when they are at their most vulnerable. It's my pleasure to support CM by serving on the board, and participating in ongoing food, clothing, and holiday gift-baskets for our neighbors in need.
I became involved with Community Ministry when I was laid off from my job in 2008. I was enrolled at Metro State University but had the need to volunteer and make a difference in my community. CM was in my neighborhood and they needed the help. I assisted the food bank manager and learned of all the wonderful programs that were available at Community Ministry. It was definitely something with which I wanted to be involved. Ten years later I am still involved with this amazing resource that is in my community.
As a community member, recipient, volunteer and board member I am uniquely placed to see all aspects of Community Ministry and help address the needs of the people we serve.
Although we have only a few part-time staff, they give 100% effort every week. They work hard to ensure the services continue as smoothly as possible. Tell 'em, "Thanks" if you recognize them, along with all of the other regular volunteers we are privileged to have.
The majority of my life has been spent managing food pantry's and related programs. I love working with the volunteers who give so generously of their time and energy to make our programs successful. Working with the families who use our services reminds me that we are all so close to being in the same position and will need someone to reach out and give us a helping hand. My desire to provide the highest quality fresh and nonperishable food items to the families who depend on us to help them survive. I work tirelessly with agencies such as Food Bank of the Rockies (FBR) and Food Exchange Resource Network (FERN) and Hunger Free Colorado to develop best practices for food pantries in the Denver Metro area. Mentoring agencies in how to set up and run a self-choice food pantry has been rewarding and challenging as each pantry faces different obstacles and in helping them succeed in making this model work for them.
Service and organization are the words that describe my professional, volunteer and personal life. As early as high school I used my administrative abilities to organize activities for my church youth group. This desire to organize activities carried on in college as I worked on youth conferences, with my post college experience as and activity director in retirement facilities and in volunteer positions at my children's schools. My desire to help others further their professional careers lead to my volunteer work with Rocky Mountain Ophthalmic Personnel where I served as Secretary/Treasurer for 17 years. Education was a large part of my job as an ophthalmic technician. In addition to my job duties, I wrote informational brochures for parents on various eye conditions and started support groups for families with children having similar eye conditions. As a volunteer at my children's school's I planned activities for the students and staff and revitalized the PTO into a vital part of the school programming. Volunteering for Community Ministry in various areas and becoming the board president allowed me to use all of my skills to make a difference in the lives of my neighbors in southwest Denver. Now, serving as the Executive Director for Community Ministry I am able to focus on expanding services through collaborating with other agencies, administration and fundraising.
I love my community. As part of the staff at Community Ministry I get to do that at a very hands-on level. When I was in need, Community Ministry helped me with more than just food. They encouraged me to look beyond my own needs and reach out to help others. Everyday I feel so honored to be serving my neighbors.
Knowing that anything I do to help others can make a difference in their lives has been the driving force behind everything I do. As a music teacher I strived to help children learn to integrate the creativity and discipline they needed for succeeding in music into their academic performance. My heart has always been drawn to helping people struggling with basic needs so becoming a part of Community Ministry's staff was a no brainer. Now I use those same skills I used as a teacher behind the scenes to help Community Ministry as it reaches out to those in need and to those who have the means to provide those needs.
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Nadezda Petrovic is the most prominent Serbian painter who sealed the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century with her amazing art. She was born in Cacak in 1873 and died in Valjevo in 1915. Nadezda was trained to be a teacher and went along to the private drawing classes. Although, after education, she could work as a teacher of drawing, she wanted to specialize in painting and went to Germany where she was absorbing European knowledge and artistic developments. There, in Munich, is inspired to paint the nature of which it retains throughout life. She traveled throughout Serbia painting its landscapes.
In 1910 she was at the Autumn Salon in Paris, painted with the big names of world art such as Kandinsky, Matisse, Bonnard, Vijar. However, at home, her art was incomprehensible and received the negative criticism. After the outbreak of the First Balkan War, she has worked as a nurse on the battlefield and painted the bloody areas. Only after her death, the society recognized her as a significant artist who changed the world even during her life.
Her figure in bronze is located in front of the building Pavle Beljanski, on the square, Trg galerija, in Novi Sad, and represents the work of sculptor Mira Sandic. The figure is set in 1995.


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NGC 4385 (również PGC 40564 lub UGC 7515) – galaktyka spiralna z poprzeczką (SB0-a), znajdująca się w gwiazdozbiorze Panny. Odkrył ją Albert Marth 22 marca 1865 roku. Jest to galaktyka gwiazdotwórcza.

Zobacz też
 Lista obiektów NGC

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4385
Galaktyki gwiazdotwórcze
Galaktyki spiralne z poprzeczką
Gwiazdozbiór Panny
Obiekty astronomiczne odkryte w 1865

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Weekend Thought: Our Material Abundance
Mar 24th, 2012 by wintercow20
From a story on the Memristor:
When Bell Telephone Laboratories announced the invention of the transistor in 1948, the press release boasted that "more than a hundred of them can easily be held in the palm of the hand." Today, you can hold more than 100 billiontransistors in your hand. What's more, those transistors cost less than a dollar per billion, making them the cheapest and most abundant manufactured commodity in human history. Semiconductor fabrication lines churn out far more transistors than the world's farmers grow grains of wheat or rice.
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3 Responses to "Weekend Thought: Our Material Abundance"
RIT_Rich says:
Yes but think of all the greed that went into it.
Trey says:
I'm in the semiconductor industry. Even then, these numbers always impress. Here's an interesting tidbit about your dishwasher:
"The ability to produce moderate functionality at incredibly low prices enables new mass markets (like the microprocessor running Linux in a microwave oven, or a dishwasher that has more compute power than existed in the world in 1950)."
That's from this article ca. 2005:
http://www.electroiq.com/articles/sst/print/volume-46/issue-7/features/fab-management/using-learning-curve-theory-to-redefine-moores-law.html
Other quotes:
' Bob Noyce, co-founder of Intel, wrote in 1977 [7] "…further miniaturization is less likely to be limited by the laws of physics than by the laws of economics." ' (I think physics and economics go hand-in-hand. See EUV below.)
"Moore's second law, the cost of new fabrication facilities seems to rise exponentially over time". (Indeed. A $2B fab might be $200M for the building. The rest is equipment.)
"[A] stepper in 1980 cost $500K, while a scanner today may run more than $10M." (Scanners/steppers are the tools that project light through a photomask/template on to the wafer in the photolithography process. The next generation of scanners using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light are going to be > $100M. They first have to work 10-20x faster than they do today. They are mainly slow because it's hard to produce EUV light, meaning physics.)
"Moore's Law is not a law; it is an act of will. Considerable effort is devoted to its continuation because there is a strong economic incentive to do so."
Rod says:
I'm reminded here of a joke most people posting here have probably heard —
What do you call a computer geek who wears a short-sleeve white shirt and a pocket protector ten years from now? Boss.


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