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The aerial application of yellow straw continues to mitigate soil and ash runoff from the mountainous terrain leading to Seaman Reservoir, drinking water resource for the City of Greeley, on Friday, July 20, 2012, near Fort Collins, Colo. Red areas are burnt trees with pine needles that will fall tho the ground and form a mulch. Green areas are the remaining healthy trees that provide shade and protection to promote the growth of ground cover plants and shrub. Because of steep terrain, helicopters must be used to quickly deliver 1,800 tons of straw to Forest Service lands, and private and other lands that receive a seed mix and straw to promote ground cover plant growth on ash-covered lands. In total, 1,800 tons of straw will be applied during the 14-day operation. One quarter of the cost was paid by the City of Greeley and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded the remainder. The Hewlett Gulch Fire was started by a camper’s alcohol stove, on May 14, at the saddle of a picturesque mountain ridge along the Hewlett Gulch Trail of Poudre Canyon, in the Roosevelt National Forest, 60 miles north of Denver. At it’s peak, more than 400 firefighters were battling fires being pushed by 50 mph winds that helped blacken over 12-square-miles of dry ground cover, brush and trees. Many of the trees were already dead and tinder dry from beetle-kill. The water in the reservoir remains clean and clear, while downstream water flow has gone from famous Colorado clear water to nearly black flows of water heavily laden with ash, silt, and burnt debris that recent thunderstorms have already washed down from the mountainsides. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Salamanca Place, part of historic docks area of Hobart is lined with a long row of simple Georgian sandstone warehouses that were built in the 1830s to store fruit, grain, wool, whale oil and imported goods from around the world.
Salamanca Place began taking shape in the late 1820s, when the number of ships carrying whale products, import and export goods, immigrants and convicts in and out of the harbour became too much for the Old Wharf at the foot of Hunter Street. In 1830 the Government agreed to build a new wharf where Salamanca Place now exists. New Wharf, as it was known, soon became one of the great whaling ports of the world and as Tasmania’s export trades increased, the need for dockside warehouses quickly grew.
Hundreds of convicts, housed in hulks moored at New Wharf, were used to quarry out the cliffs behind Salamanca Place, cut the stone and build the row of sandstone warehouses that now line Salamanca Place.
Askin Morrison was a merchant who arrived in Tasmania in 1829. In the early 1830s he imported a cargo of tea from China that reputedly made him a profit of 10,000 pounds. It is thought that he used this money in 1834 to purchase a parcel of land fronting New Wharf. Morrison built a warehouse for his import and export business on the property (now 65 Salamanca Place), where he stored whale oil and products. By 1844 he had purchased an adjacent block and built a second warehouse (67 Salamanca Place). The building was built with a gantry at the first floor level that could lower barrels of whale oil straight out of the building onto a ship’s deck.
Adjacent to Morrison’s first warehouse, Richard Willis, a merchant who arrived from London in 1834, built a warehouse with a covered archway leading to stables in a courtyard at the rear (65b Salamanca Place). Willis imported pianos, wines and silverware until his business collapsed in the 1840s depression. When he lost his building to a creditor, Morrison quickly purchased it at a bargain price.
In 1853 Morrison bought another warehouse from Captain William Young, a whaler and timber merchant who also owned 600 acres of forested land on Bruny Island.
Brothers, Hugh and John Addison originally built the two four-storey warehouses (77-79 Salamanca Place) in 1843 on land purchased from Captain James Kelly. John Addison, an architect, designed the buildings to flank the pre-existing Kelly’s Lane.
Throughout the nineteenth century, the whalers dramatically diminished the whale populations in the waters surrounding Tasmania, leaving some species on the brink of extinction. By the late 1800s Hobart’s whaling days were over and the row of warehouses that lined New Wharf were given new life as fruit processing and jam producing factories.
Tasmania’s climate was well suited to growing stone and small fruits and the export market for jam and processed fruit expanded rapidly in the 1890s. During the next 50 years, many Salamanca Place buildings were expanded into each other to accommodate hundreds of workers producing millions of tonnes of jam and tinned fruit for export all over the world.
Many of the factory workers lived in Battery Point, directly behind Salamanca Place. Throughout the early twentieth century Battery Point was a rough working class suburb, filled with jam factory workers employed by IXL Jams in Hunter Street or WD Peacock & Sons in Salamanca Place.
In 1910 IXL purchased the Salamanca Place jam factory from WD Peacock, but it continued to operate as before and was known simply as Peacock’s factory. After the onset of World War II the factory produced pure fruit juice and cordials as well as canned fruit and pulp for jam.
As jam and fruit sales slowed through the 1960s, many of the warehouses fell into a state of decline, with various buildings and floors rented out and others remaining unoccupied for years. The boom years that gave Tasmania its identity as “The Apple Isle” lasted until Britain entered the European Common Market in 1971 and Tasmania’s main fruit export market collapsed as a result.
By 1974 the Peacock Factory on Salamanca Place had been closed down and was on the market. Fortunately, a group of visionary locals, including Claudio Alcorso (one of Tasmania’s great arts advocates), saw the potential to establish a vibrant community and arts centre in Hobart’s working port area. They formed the Community and Art Centre Foundation, established objectives for the potential Centre and pressured the State Government to purchase the old Peacock Factory. The Salamanca Arts Centre came into being in 1976 when the State Government purchased the seven historic sandstone warehouses in Hobart’s Salamanca Place (along with a cottage in Kelly Street) for the people of Tasmania.
The Government leased the buildings to the Foundation for 99 years at a peppercorn rent. In exchange, the Foundation became responsible for repairing and maintaining the dilapidated buildings and managing a range of diverse arts programs and events, to be funded through space and venue hire to artists, arts organisations and commercial tenants. Teams of committed and tireless volunteers moved in to clean out nearly 200 years of industrial dust and grime and bring the buildings back to life.
Today, the Arts Centre is the cultural hub of Hobart and the heart of the arts in Tasmania. The buildings themselves house visual and performing arts practitioners, craft and design professionals, film companies, galleries, craft and design shops and retail outlets, arts organisations and public spaces. Rich in history and alive with contemporary arts experiences, exhibitions, music and theatre performances, readings, festivals, forums and workshops.
In 1995, after considerable opposition from the Battery Point Progress Association and the Salamanca Traders Association, the Hobart City Council approved a development application for the Salamanca Quarry. The Salamanca Square complex, comprising apartments, shops, restaurants, offices, residential accommodation and a public square, was completed in 1997.
The wharf and warehouses that serviced the clippers have evolved into a plaza of cafés, restaurants and shops; with pubs, artists, galleries, craft shops, alfresco dining and nightlife adding to the atmosphere of the place. On Saturdays, Salamanca Place takes on a different look and festival atmosphere when it hosts the famous Salamanca Market. Over 300 stallholders congregate to sell produce and craftwork from all over Tasmania as buskers, artists and performers provide entertainment.
References:
Salamanca Arts Centre
A Quarry Speaks, Anthony R. Hope, 2006
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Helicopters come and go in the continuing aerial application of straw to mitigate soil and ash runoff from the mountainous terrain leading to Seaman Reservoir, drinking water resource for the City of Greeley, on Friday, July 20, 2012, near Fort Collins, Colorado. A Bell UH-1H (2-blade rotor) and A-Star Model B (3-blade rotor) take turns picking up loads of straw from the landing zone at the foot of the reservoir spillway. The 100-150- cables hold and release loads of certified straw weighing 1,400 – 2,000 pounds. Forest service lands received straw, while private and other lands receive a seed mix and straw to promote ground cover plant growth on ash-covered lands. In total, 1,800 tons of straw will be applied during the 14-day operation. One quarter of the cost was paid by the City of Greeley and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded the remainder. The Hewlett Gulch Fire was started by a camper’s alcohol stove, on May 14, at the saddle of a picturesque mountain ridge along the Hewlett Gulch Trail of Poudre Canyon, in the Roosevelt National Forest, 60 miles north of Denver. At it’s more than 400 firefighters were battling fires being pushed by 50 mph winds that helped blacken over 12-square-miles of dry ground cover, brush and trees. Many of the trees were already dead and tinder dry from beetle-kill. The water in the reservoir remains clean and clear, while downstream water flow has gone from famous Colorado clear water to nearly black flows of water heavily laden with ash, silt, and burnt debris that recent thunderstorms have already washed down from the mountainsides. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Forever Grateful Ranch is in Chowchilla, CA, 150 miles east-southeast of San Francisco, CA, where owner Jim Chew grows pistachios using dual-line drip micro-irrigation, and utilizes a no-till grass cover crop. Nov 19, 2018.
Additional support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS), includes incentive funding toward irrigation water management, soil moisture monitoring, a no-till grass cover crop, nutrient budgeting, and compost applications.
Mr. Chew grew up 20 miles north in Stevenson, CA where his father raised beef-cows. He then attended Modesto Junior College. After receiving an associate degree, he joined the Peace Corps who sent him to Africa. While there Chew developed a 4-H program in Lobatse, Botswana, where he taught and supervised modern swineherd management, and subsistence family farming plots. In the suburbs, about 90 miles northwest of Johannesburg, he operated a feeding program that provided meals and soap for those in need.
He returned to California and Fresno State University to study plant and animal sciences. But, before long he headed to Richmond, CA to be with his future wife, Maryam. While there he graduated with an engineering degree. For the next 15-years, he was an engineer in the San Francisco Bay area. Throughout that time he was a single foster parent to 15 children. Saving money from his civil service employment allowed him to move back to the Merced County area and purchase this home and orchard.
Now disabled with a prosthetic leg, he receives some help from USDA AgrAbility. AgrAbility seeks to enhance the quality of life for farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural workers with disabilities.
Work on the pistachio farm varies through the seasons. This week he is using a soil moisture monitoring station to help determine how much irrigation water his trees need. He also applies compost (at a rate of 10 tons per acre) in the fall to hold on to soil moisture and deliver nutrients to the trees over the winter.
However, first, he and his son Sonny will prepare his tractor for the task of pulling a large blower that is used to remove debris and “mummy nuts” from the berms, a pest control practice. “Mummy nuts” are nuts that fail to come off with the harvest. They harbor pests for next season, so they are removed from the trees, blown to the aisles and shredded. These tasks and just getting around the farm are a challenge for Jim.
Jim’s grandfather, a Texas farmer, started the tradition of farming that Sonny hopes to carry on. For now, he works long hours to learn all he can from his father and his realtor mother, Maryam, who handles the accounting.
Chew’s advice to would-be farmers is to get up in the morning and get going; work for it; expect long hard hours of work; read up on the latest farming technologies and ways the government can help you, and you can help the country.
Mr. Chew says a good day is when harvest trucks leave with loads of his pistachios.
He works closely with his local NRCS soil conservationist Priscilla Baker on his conservation plan that includes the cover crop of brome grasses between the rows of trees.
Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) is the Department’s focal point for the nation’s farmers and ranchers and other stewards of private agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest lands. FPAC agencies implement programs designed to mitigate the significant risks of farming through crop insurance services, conservation programs, and technical assistance, and commodity, lending, and disaster programs.
The agencies and services supporting FPAC are Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and Risk Management Agency (RMA).
Natural Resources Conservation Service has a proud history of supporting America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners for more than 80 years. USDA helps people make investments in their operations and local communities to keep working lands working, boost rural economies, increase the competitiveness of American agriculture, and improve the quality of our air, water, soil, and habitat.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
This is a shot of an old version of Anxiety, a dashboard widget running through Amnesty Singles that works as a simple to do list. However, I've since abandoned this version, in favor of a sleeker 100% cocoa application, which syncs with iCal and Mail; pictures of the newer version can be found in my flickr photos.
This graphic shows how green hydrogen is made and its applications. On left are three types of renewable energy — hydroelectric, solar and wind — used in the electrolysis process. On right are three applications: chemical industry, transportation and aerospace. In center, we see the process of separating the water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen.
Green hydrogen is produced using energy from renewable sources — such as hydroelectric, solar or wind power. Through a process known as electrolysis, this clean electricity separates water into its two constituent elements: oxygen and hydrogen. The hydrogen is then stored and transported. It can be used directly in industrial processes; be combined with other elements to create synthetic fuels; or be mixed with oxygen to generate electricity again, as is the case with hydrogen fuel-cell cars.
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Jillian Davis is my application for Bizarre.
The contest just sounds so good that i wanted to try.
Originally there are four polaroids but the other two are just too..
much failure - u can see them here when u wanna have eye cancer ;)
I introduced that sim before
but changed her hair color in that dark blue-ish
shade.
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🔥 ACTION ONE (3✔️) (👨🔧Cut) Cut out the lap of the sheet :
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🔥 ACTION TWO (2✔️) (👨🔧Coffe) Pour the coffee on the paper :
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Organ balcony from 1693 being restored at the Atelier Del Restauro, Mosta, Malta. The balcony had been analysed with a nuclear technique known as XRF before restoration. 28 May 2015
Photo Credit: Louise Potterton / IAEA
Cadets tackle U.S. Army Africa assignment
By Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Africa
VICENZA, Italy - As U.S. Army Africa coordinates partnership events with land forces of countries within Africa, they've also partnered with a team of West Point cadets who researched ways to streamline the command's planning process.
Three cadets recently spent three weeks at Caserma Ederle, headquarters of U.S. Army Africa - the Army's newest service component command for U.S. Africa Command.
Cadets often tackle summer projects, either with military commands or civilian organizations. West Point faculty organizes Academic Individual Advanced Development (AIAD) opportunities for cadets to study and gain experience in the States and overseas.
U.S. Army Africa asked the trio to take a closer look at the use of the Theater Security Cooperation Management Information System (TSCMIS) - a database that tracks command events across Africa, mission costs and event goals.
"At first, we were not sure exactly what the problem was - a perfect situation for systems engineers, who learn to identify problems and offer better solutions," said Cadet Ryan Moschitto, 21, of Atwater, Calif., a systems engineering major who starts his senior year this September.
They began by interviewing people involved with the planning process. From that, they identified inefficiencies, redundancies, and inadequate procedures for the use of TSCMIS as a planning tool. The cadets then briefed their findings to the command staff and suggested ways to resolve issues.
"At West Point, they always say you are going to make a difference, but sometimes as a cadet you don't feel that," Moschitto said. "We're trying to make a difference and contribute to the Army.and we're still cadets. That's kind of cool."
Having a fresh perspective allowed the cadets to focus on the system and develop ways for the command to improve, said Lt. Col Stephanie Tutton, who worked with the AIAD cadets during their stay.
"Their assessment will lead to a methodology our command may use for the next five years or more," Tutton said. "Their work will become a part of our history."
The assignment's real-world applications were part of the appeal of coming to Italy, offering something to the military and for their academic major, said Cadet Brian Asman, 21, of Livingston, NJ, a senior who hopes to become an Army aviator.
The program is similar to any summer internship undertaken by college students, Asman said. It offers job experience and a chance to apply ideas from the classroom.
"At school you learn from books and from lectures," Asman said. "Coming here and putting those ideas into practice is what makes this experience worth it."
They may have more work to do for the command, should the system improvements become part of their senior project, Asman said.
The visit also offered a look inside a U.S. Army command, said Cadet Andrew Rodriguez, 20, of Alexandria, Va.
"We saw people behind the scenes, the planning and how resources are used," Rodriguez said. "To have a better understanding of this is huge for us."
During Rodriguez's time in Vicenza, the West Point football linebacker, was also profiled by CBS Sports. Just entering his junior year, Rodriguez has not decided on whether he would like to join the infantry or aviation. But his time at U.S. Army Africa opened his eyes to the many roles officers hold in Army commands, he said.
"One thing I take away is how U.S. Army Africa officers work together in the command," Rodriguez said. "It gave me an idea of how I'll do things when I'm in their shoes."
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Groundbreaking for ReNuAL (Renovation of the Nuclear Application Laboratories), and Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division. Seibersdorf, Austria, 29 September 2014.
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Alt colours and secondary costumes are nothing new to the world of fighting games, though definitely more common to 3D ones, as a 2D alt costume would effectively be an entirely new character. SFV has introduced an entire line of alt costumes titled "Battle Costumes" for the characters, which have been immensely popular, especially with certain characters. Well, merchandisers definitely took note, and as a result, we now have figures like Cammy her from Storm Collectibles.
Cammy is one of those characters that got her start back in the OG days, specifically Super Street Fighter II. I remember falling in love with how quick and annoying she was to play as, something that is a bit toned town these days but comparatively speaking she's still very competent at that tactic. Her outfit has always been a top with gauntlets that honestly, ought to disqualify her from any fighting tournament based on how much padding they give her (I also wouldn't be surprised if they had metal plates embedded in them), boos, and zero pants. That fine tradition hasn't changed over the year, so bless you, Capcom, for keeping this English lass in top form.
For reasons unknown, Storm never released a default costume Cammy (or at least not yet), despite Cammy being one of the original SFV roster. Mind you, they haven't done quite a few original characters, but considering that we got an original Chun Li before her much touted Battle Costume version, it's kind of odd to me. Maybe we'll see one in the future. My synopsis for Battle Chun Li is quite simple - Storm focused on making the body look pretty at the expense of the face and completely skipped giving her a complexion.
The battle costume for Cammy is default blue, with a con exclusive green version available as well, which I was able to get a glimpse of while I was at Fan Expo 2019. I probably would have ended up with that one, but as I had this one on preorder from Northmen Collectibles, I did the sensible thing and waited rather than spend an extra $110 CAD. Two months after seeing her at the show, and now Cammy is here in the collection. I'm so excited! Let's get started.
Cammy comes with your typical load out for a Storm SF character these days, albeit in a much larger box. You get the Cammy figure, two additional faces, totalling three (neutral expression eyes front, neutral expression eyes left, attacking), six additional hands for your various fighting pose needs, two additional hair styles, again totalling three (neutral, to the side, attacking), three Ahoge (the yellow hair that sticks out of her forehead), and technically, two really big effect pieces (Thrust Kick/Dive Kick, Cannon Arrow/Drill). Technically two because there are multiple pieces that make up the latter. It sounds like a lot, and it's not bad, but it wasn't that long ago when I got Chun Li, and was blown away by the package, which included the figure stuff, effects for both her Kikoken and Hyakuretsukyaku, V-Trigger effects, and a freakin' stand. Prices have gone up, understandably, but one of the consistencies across the board thus far is the removal of non essential effects, and more importantly, the removal of the stand, which of course is available for purchase separately... unless you're me and live in Canada where Blue Fin does not ship to. So all in all, I have zero idea how or where to go to get an official Storm stand, so it's a good thing I have a few from the OG days.
If you've never seen the original stands from Storm, I'll admit they're a bit crude from a materials perspective, but robust in terms of what it is meant to do, namely hold up your figure in a variety of poses.
Overall speaking, Cammy looks great. One of the strong points about Storm is that they do strive to replicate the costumes of the characters to the best of their ability, and that shows here. The overall look of the Battle Costume is in place, with various belts, pockets, flaps, rivets, straps, and so on replicated through the use of paint applications and sculpting - I especially enjoy the work Storm put into her backpack. Naturally, it's not going to pass as a 1:1 life replica of the costume, but the spirit of it is very much alive and well. The effects parts look very nice, translucent yellow plastic which fades to a clear plastic towards to the back. Mounting them on Cammy, on the other hand, is a bit of a trial, at least it is for the larger of the two. In fact, I still haven't quite figured it out, as the instructions for this aren't the greatest and there's no obvious place for me to place her foot.
As far as I can tell, there are no recycled parts on Cammy as compared to Chun Li, the only other 1/12 scale female that Storm has made (as far as I'm aware). Mind you, considering Chun Li rings in a 5' 8" and Cammy is a dainty 5' 5", there would be some problems if there was replication, even if it were reuse of thighs or arms. I feel that Storm definitely captured the curves of Cammy, though they could have given her a bit more muscle definition in her thighs (Chun Li as well) but it isn't bad at all. Undestandably, the gap in the pelvic region is going to be a turn off for some, but for the purposes of articulation, something had to give. Her face is.. well it isn't bad. It definitely looks more accurate than Battle Chun Li, suffering from what call the typical inability of Storm to grasp the concept of what non-east Asian eyes look like (except for Sagat, because he's dreamy and perfect). The shape of the face isn't too bad either. The problem is that the tiny eyes, combined with the undersized goggles she's got, gives Cammy a larger than normal appearing forehead.
Paint work is pretty consistent Storm quality, in that it's not top tier, but overall it is generally good. The glossy black paint on her boots and gauntlets are a bit on the heavy side, resulting in a bit of a muddy texture as opposed to a smooth shiny black. Paint masking is very much hit and miss, with some weaker exhibits being her zipper on her top, and pretty much any time the light grey paint is used.. the white dots on her knee armour and the buckles of her pouches are so inconsistent, I'd swear it was one free hand by some guy on his way out the door on a Friday night. The use of a metallic red paint for the lens of her goggles was a nice touch. From a QC and build quality, hit and miss, as per the Storm MO. Storm is very much a middle of the road company when it comes to 1/12 stuff, and it shows. Not to say it's terrible or bad, but your either the guy with a perfect figure, or the guy with issues. Well, today, I'm the latter. My Cammy has a slightly larger arm socket for her left arm, resulting in it being easily detached. Putting it back in isn't difficult, but it is somewhat annoying to do when you're posing her in a multitude of ways for say, oh, a photo shoot. Finishes on the parts are good, with the exception of truly rough work on some of the hair pieces, rough patches that are, of course, highlighted by the literal use of a bright colours.
This brings us to articulation... again, saved for last. Let this be a spoiler alert.
Cammy possess a vast array of articulation point - ball jointed ankles, slight calf swivel, double jointed knees, full motion hips, waist, mid torso, shoulder articulation with chest collapse action, double jointed elbows, full wrist articulation, and ball jointed head joint. With this at your disposal, you're going to be able to replicate a good array of standard Cammy poses, and of course, posing in general. So, good news, right? Why did I save this for last? Well.. because I'm a cynic, and anal retentive. As such, I found something that most people probably wouldn't give a crap about, but naturally, I do.
Storm figures are kind of like Terminators - squishy bits placed over a rigid skeleton. It's how they get the relatively accurate torso proportions.. or at least ones that resemble something on an actual person rather than a Minecraft character, without sacrificing articulation. What you see on one of the last photos is the upper body of Cammy stripped down to the skeleton. See that long blue thing? That's her neck... which normally wouldn't be a problem except for the following fact - it doesn't move. I don't know about Guile, but I'm pretty confident that every other character released up to this point has a functional neck - my two Chun Li's, Zangief, and Sagat definitely do. Why did they leave it out? Well it certainly wasn't a room thing, or a design complication. Nope, my belief is that it goes back to cost cutting again. I'm trying to decide between Storm being penny pinching pansies because of the larger than normal effects parts, or Storm being penny pinching pansies because they can and figured nobody would notice or care.
Well, guess I noticed.
I know it doesn't seem like much, but the removal of this one joint really does make the difference between natural looking poses (particularly for any of her more extreme body contorting attacks) and ones that look kind of awkward, and it's also a shame because Storm has this wonderful system of a rubber skin that they can't take advantage of because now the neck is a solid piece connected to the shoulders directly. I suspect that going forward, this will be a running change and that this point of articulation is gone.
So there you have it - Cammy from Storm Collectibles, masters of subtle costing... subtle like a baseball bat to the nuts. It's still a very good figure, but this trend of cutting isn't exactly making my inner child cackle with glee. Between that and the increase of Storm QC issues overall, if you're a stickler for these things you'll probably want to at least pause for consideration before you dive in and pick this one up.
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The Kansas City B-25 factory was a hastily constructed plant that produced 6,608 bombers during World War II. In four short years, it was over. B-25 production was abruptly halted on August 17, 1945, when it became evident that the capitulation of the Japanese was imminent. In November 1945, the official North American Aviation, Inc. of Kansas workforce would number zero. On December 1, 1945, General Motors took occupancy of the vacated plant. The first automobile rolled off the line in June 1946.
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The IAEA World Cancer Day: Boosting Capacity for Cancer Care. IAEA Vienna, Austria. 1 February 2019
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Moderator
Najat Mokhtar, IAEA Deputy Director General and and Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
Opening Remarks - IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano
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Dr Maria Cecilia Atencio Rosselot, Radiologist, Fundación Escuela Medicina Nuclear, Argentina - The Impact of the IAEA-supported Master’s Degree in Advanced Radiotherapy
Dr Kennedy Lishimpi, Director and National Coordinator Cancer Control Services, Cancer Diseases Hospital, Zambia - Zambia and Capacity Building: from Recipient to Contributor
Dr Ian Donald McLean, Principal Medical Physicist, ACT Health, Canberra Hospital, Australia - The Effectiveness of Medical Physics Education and Training in Asia and the Pacific
Dr Sergei Nazarenko, Professor at Tallinn University of Technology, Head of Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, North Estonia Medical Centre, Estonia - Cancer Care: A Road to Personalized Medicine, with the Support of the IAEA
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Delegates at the side event on infectious diseases which highlighted the role of nuclear medicine in diagnosis and treatment. This event was held during the IAEA’s 62nd General Conference, Vienna, Austria, 19 September 2018.
Photo Credit: Y. Yustantiana / IAEA
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Stephanie Ichien (right), the research and scholars coordinator at Oregon Sea Grant, offers help during an information session for undergraduate and graduate students who were interested in applying for scholarships and internships that Oregon Sea Grant funds or administers. The event took place at the Centro Cultural César Chávez at Oregon State University. (photo by Tiffany Woods)
Application of linseed oil is bringing out the grain nicely. "Through the body" string holes at top right.
A Kulm WMD Biotech broadcasts herbicide prior to a native prairie reseeding. This will help prevent the "weeds" from getting a jump on, and shading out the native species that will be seeded here shortly afterward. This particular tract of the Carlson Waterfowl Production Area in LaMoure County, ND has been farmed by a local cooperator for the past three years. Farming a previously-broken tract of land helps to get noxious weeds under control and gives good seed bed preparation for the re-establishment of native species. These new seedings will provide more diverse cover and structure for waterfowl and other grassland-nesting bird species.
Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS
The application process was long and arduous. Applicants were forced to wait, fill out the application form, occasionally in triplicate, or with a different color, and then were subjected to an interview.
Usually these interviews consisted of the hiring manager and his 'sexretary' insulting the applicant and/or their heritage/physical traits. Applicants were then numbered and sent to work, or made to wait until a position was available.
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Groundbreaking for ReNuAL (Renovation of the Nuclear Application Laboratories), Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division. Seibersdorf, Austria, 29 September 2014.
Front row left to right: Marta Ziakova, newly elect Chairperson, IAEA Board of Governors 2014-2015 and Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director General and Coordinator for Natural Resources, Kwaku Aning, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation and Alexander Bychkov, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Energy.
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA