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I was fortunate to capture this light from Beacon Fell, just before the sun went below the clouds.
Breakthrough can happen when you least expect it.
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The US Army absorbed the lessons learned by both sides in early World War II tank warfare, and realized that their current inventory of M2 light tanks were completely inadequate. Design began on the M4 medium tank, which would be much larger than the M2 series and arm a 75mm gun. Production was delayed while manufacturers worked out how to cast turrets large enough to accommodate a bigger gun (a problem that led to the interim M3 Grant/Lee series), but once that was done, production began. By this time, the British practice of nicknaming American tanks after famous generals became accepted, and the M4 became known as the Sherman.
The M4's design was based around US Army tank doctrine, which held that speed and reliability were more important than armor and an antitank weapon, as tanks were expected to act as a breakthrough and exploitation force. As a result, the M4 had decent speed for its size and superb reliability--it was very easy to repair a Sherman, especially for American crews who were used to doing maintenance on their cars back home. The 75mm proved successful in both US and British service in North Africa against the earlier German Panzer IIIs and IVs, and against Italian tanks, and because of its stabilization system, it gave the Sherman limited ability to fire on the move.
After the D-Day landings, however, and engagements with newer German tanks like the Panther and Tiger, the Sherman's drawbacks appeared. The armor was too thin and easily penetrated by German high-velocity 75mm and 88mm guns, which would set off the gasoline engine of the M4, leading the tank to "brew up," catch fire, and explode. In return, the 75mm could not penetrate the Germans' armor. Crash programs and field modifications were enacted to improve the Sherman; some additional protection could be had by throwing sandbags on the front of the tank, or by welding additional plates, though this led to extra weight and reduced the M4's top speed. The US Army began upgunning the Sherman with a 76mm, while the British had more success with their 17-pounder: the latter, on the Sherman Firefly, could knock out even the mighty Tiger.
The Sherman's biggest advantage was that there were so many of them: nearly 50,000 would be produced during the war, which outstripped German tank production of all types. While a Tiger could be relied on to destroy two or three Shermans in an engagement, the fourth or fifth would get behind the German tank and knock it out. Because Shermans were easily fixed, those that broke down were quickly returned to action, while German tanks--which broke down more frequently, and with crews that did not know how to fix them--were simply abandoned.
Shermans were also used in the Pacific, where they outclassed all Japanese tanks; Japanese tank doctrine was to use light tanks in jungle warfare to support infantry. The Sherman could easily knock out any Japanese tank.
By the end of World War II, the US Army recognized that a better tank would need to be designed, leading to the M48/M60 Patton main battle tank series. The Sherman remained in US service until the Korean War, because of its reliability. Many more were supplied to friendly countries, and would be used in many postwar conflicts; the Israeli Army, with upgunned Shermans carrying 105mm guns, would use their modified M4s into the early 1970s.
This early M4A1 Sherman, equipped with the earlier 75mm gun and cast hull, was part of The King's Own Calgary Regiment, an armored regiment of the Canadian Army, and served in the Italian theater. As was typical for Allied Shermans, it is painted simply in overall olive drab. Though the majority of KOCR soldiers were from Alberta, a member of this Sherman's crew was from Brandon, Manitoba--Canadian tank crews usually named their mounts for their hometowns.
The 9th Annual Bra Run 14 September 2014. A Motorcycle ride out raising funds this year for Breakthrough Breast Cancer (www.breakthrough.org.uk/).
Over 150 motorbikes, trikes took part and over £1600 has been raised.
The event started From the Bridgwater College, taking a route to Glastonbury Via Westonzoyland, Meare, Wedmore with a pit stop at Cheddar and then onwards and upwards into Cheddar George. Then to Burrington Combe and back to Bridgwater via the A38 to the original start point. All riders donated £10 to take part.
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The steady advancement of artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming our world with a host of emerging innovations such as self-driving cars, automated financial advisers, and expert medical systems. Developers are producing data-intensive computer systems designed to observe, learn, and solve complex problems faster and more accurately than their human counterparts. As these technologies become increasingly mainstream, they promise enormous public benefits including higher productivity, improved health and safety, and fairer decision making. While these technologies have incredible potential to generate economic and social good, these breakthroughs may not occur unless the public and private sectors work in partnership to promote the development and adoption of artificial intelligence, address new regulatory questions, and integrate the technology into agencies at all levels of government.
The Center for Data Innovation hosted a conversation with leading experts on the state of artificial intelligence and machine learning, the efforts by the public and private sectors to support related research and development, and the important policy steps that regulators and lawmakers should make to unlock these new opportunities.
Speakers included: Greg Corrado (co-lead of Google’s deep neural networks project), Ashley J. Llorens (Chief of the Intelligent Systems Center at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), Fernando Diaz (Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research), Dennis Mortensen (CEO, x.ai), FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny, Terah Lyons (Policy Advisor, Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House), Hilary Cain (Director, Tech and Innovation Policy, Toyota), and David Moschella (Director of Research, Computer Sciences Corp).
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Images taken at the R-Charge Hammerwood Park meeting April 12th + 13th 2015 in East Sussex, UK
You can find more information about kits and battery rejuvenators at r-charge.net/
Photos were taken by Esa Ruoho ( esaruoho@gmail.com ) Please get in touch if you wish to use these in some format or media.
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This was the end of the cave in 2009, the ice being much lower then. This year we managed to dig a way through the boulder floor into the continuation of the cave.
Picher was home to mines that supplied bullets for U.S. soldiers fighting in World War I and II. On April 24, 2006, Reuters reported that Picher had been scheduled to be closed and all residents removed. Due in large part to the removal of large amounts of subsurface material during mining operations, many of the city's structures have been deemed in imminent danger of caving in.
Displayed at The Perk on Wedington in Fayetteville, AR July 2010.
Displayed at Ozark Natural Foods in Fayetteville, AR October 2010.
Displayed at Center for Art & Education in Van Buren, AR November 2010.
Displayed inside the Peterson Auditorium located on NWACC's Bentonville, AR campus May-June 2011.
Displayed at Ozark Folkways in Winslow, AR July 2011.
A few wintery impressions from the south of Brazil... certainly more drama than sunshine and blue skies!
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5th Day, 3rd Test: England v Australia, Edgbaston, 3rd August 2009
Stuart Broad takes the wicket of Michael Hussey, caught behind by Matt Prior on 64.
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Books breaking through the (faux) wall downstairs, referencing the "basement stacks" every library has.
Created for the VIA Advertising Agency, which recently renovated and moved their offices into the old Baxter building, which served as Portland's public library from 1888 until the 1960s.
Jason is backing the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Campaign and has pledged to make the issue of access to breast cancer drugs a top priority, and help put breast cancer back on the agenda.
In the UK 12,000 women are still dying every year from breast cancer and the Breakthrough charity aim to make people realise that breast cancer is not yesterday’s problem. They have called on the Government to bring about a new focus on breast cancer, with a priority of introducing an equitable system through which effective new treatments are routinely made available to patients.
VA’s annual Brain Trust summit offers platform for innovations in brain health and head trauma
From a software platform for traumatic brain injury to a virtual reality device that assists Veterans with behavioral health issues, 15 competitors pitched a diversity of ideas during demo day at the Brain Trust: Pathways to InnoVAtion summit, hosted by VA on May 18 in Boston. The annual two-day event assembled more than 350 invited participants from the federal government, private industry, professional sports, medical research, caregivers and Veteran communities to collaborate and advance discussions around the prevention and treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concussion. “We have an unbelievable opportunity to accelerate the speed of change,” said retired Army Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, CEO of Optum Military and Veterans Group, to the 15 industry and academic innovators who had come to pitch their ideas on TBI and head trauma to a panel of judges. “Today, the impossible gets challenged.”After reviewing a series of short presentations from competitors, the judges selected three winners: The Daptly Display, a gesture and voice-controlled assistant for the home or office; Save a Warrior: A peer-to-peer, archetypal approach for healing combat trauma and moral injury; and Recovery Acceleration Program for mild TBI by King-Devick Technologies. The winners will have the potential opportunity to implement and deploy their innovations with VA. “We feel incredibly honored to be selected as a winner of the VA Innovation awards, which will further our opportunity to provide services to our Veterans,” said Steve Devick, CEO of King-Devick Technologies, who explained how his project would help Veterans impacted by TBI. “The King-Devick technologies innovations are related to the fact that eye movements and vision are responsible for approximately 55 percent of brain function. “As a result, implementing our recovery acceleration program by involving these pathways leads to faster concussions and TBI recovery when used with standard remediation. Additionally, caregivers can measure defects in eye movements, which may lead to dosage changes in chronic degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. ” During the event, VA officials announced key partnerships with several influential organizations, including: Amazon, which donated 100 Echo devices with Alexa voice service to VA’s Assistive Technology Labs to help meet the needs of Veterans; Cohen Veterans Bioscience, which is coordinating efforts with VA to integrate data across dozens of labs to facilitate breakthroughs in trauma-related disorders; Booz Allen Hamilton; Comcast; Concussion Legacy Foundation; GE; IBM; Infinite Hero Foundation; Johnson & Johnson; Optum; Outward Bound; PenFed Foundation, Philips; the Warrior Care Network and the National Institutes of Health, which is co-hosting a ‘State of the Science’ workshop in 2018 that will focus on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and other neurodegenerative diseases. (By Paula Paige. VA photo/ Robert Turtil)
Daniel Shapiro, Founder and Director, Harvard International Negotiation Program, Harvard University, USA, speaking during the Session "Breakthroughs in Pieace " at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 24, 2018.
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Manuel Lopez
Saturday we took our students on a field trip to Sentul City to visit a drug rehab center called Yayasan Breakthrough Missions Indonesia or YBMI. I think it was a great exposure for our students to hear from patients that have been helped by YBMI; and to see the effects of drug addiction.
This facility takes no funds from the government; it is sponsored totally by Christians. It was started by a Yayasan group; the same one that started UPH University. The Yayasan is a group of wealthy Christian business men that do special projects to start schools, universities, hospitals and missions. Once the mission was started, the continuing work is sponsored by local churches. Every patient that leaves the mission is a miracle of God.
"Breakthrough" is an original watercolor painting by Houston Artist Ann Bell. All rights are reserved by the artist. Please contact Ann for more information or to arrange licensing. Find out more about Ann, her work, exhibitions & classes at her web site, www.AnnBell.net
One of my first mixed media paintings, which I uploaded to include in my new gallery "ART: From One Extreme to the Other". I'm not the best painter, but I still like the overall effect and expression. Hope you like it too! View On Black
Please forgive me for not communicating, but I'm very tired and need a break from visiting. Thanks for your visits and thanks for being patient! Have a great week, everyone.
Wow, this made Explore!!! #286 on March 24!! Thanks, Flickr! PTL