European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes wednesday August 15,1990 Hubble shows its i Washington apr the Hubble space Telescope can to look to the Edge of the universe until its vision is corrected but it is beginning to give scientists unprecedented views of celestial objects closer to Home. Nasa released the first such photograph monday a detailed look into a prolific Star forming area clearly showing 60 stars in an area once thought to have Only a single massive Star. A the picture has exciting scientific Content and demonstrates the Hubble space Telescope is very much alive a said de Weiler the Nasa scientist in charge of the project. The picture was made aug. 3ofastar Cluster called 30 Dora us located in the Constellation Dorado the swordfish an area in the Southern hemisphere known As a Star Nursery. The Cluster is believed. To be 160,000 to 170,000 years old a baby in a universe 10 billion to 20 Bil Ion years old. In the photograph each of the stars had a fuzzy Halo caused by the flaw in making the telescopes mirrors. A computer then took out the halos producing a much crisper image of the stars. A the Star forming Region of 30 Dora us is probably the most prolific area of Star formation certainly within several million Light years a Weiler said. Quot in the Early 1980s, astronomers studying this object thought it was just a single Star but a truly super massive Star a he said. Later in the decade ground based telescopes resolved the Light into 27 still massive objects. But Weiler said the Hubble image clearly shows at least 60 stars so close together that they would fit into the area Between the Sun and Alpha centaurs which at a distance of four Light years is the Star closest to our solar system. Rick White associate astronomer with the space Telescope science Institute said the image is 10 times better than the average picture from the ground. White said although computer restoration of the image helped it could not rectify the $1.5 billion Telescope s shortcomings. Quot you can to go Back to the original image you would have had without the error in the Mirror a White said. A but what you can do is get images that have the full Fine Resolution that the Hubble Telescope would have had and that the Telescope still does the telescopes wide Field camera and other instruments Are expected to be fitted with corrective lenses Early in 1993. Views from the Hubble space Telescope show tightly packed stars in the Cluster called 30 Dora us. A Section of the top left Square is enlarged in images b and c and sharpened by computer in image d. New York apr Daniel Ortega says he does no to miss being president of Nicaragua and is enjoying his new role As a Leader of the political opposition. Ortega who was Defeated in elections feb. 25 after ruling his Central american nation for 10 years said in an interview tuesday that his sandinista National liberation front was revamping itself to Appeal to a broader Range of nicaraguan voters. The sandinista front this month began holding Quot Public debates in Nicaragua for people a including supporters of the ruling coalition government a to Tell sandinista leaders what they did wrong and what they did right during their Rule Ortega said. Quot the door is open for everyone to talk a the former president said in the interview held in an apartment in the upper East Side one of new Yorkus most exclusive neighbourhoods. The criticism will Lead to a reformation of the party a policies and objectives with an Eye on the country a next elections in 1996, Ortega said. He already acknowledges that the sandinista committed several errors which sent Many nicaraguans Over to the Side of Contra rebels who fought for almost a decade to overthrow the leftist government at a Cost of some 40,000 lives. In the Days after the sandinista toppled Anastasio Somoza in july 1979, the dictators supporters a called Somo vistas a were the principal targets of land expropriation. By hastily taking property away from Large landowners and redistributing it to the poor some landowners were unfairly targeted Ortega said. A some landowners were affected who weren to precisely Somo vistas a Ortega acknowledged. A the urgent demand for land made us act in a Hasty Way giving a very negative impression to Rural people Quot he said. A this gave the contras the Opportunity to say the sandinista want to take land away from everyone a Ortega said the Sandi nistas also mistreated the miskito indians who opposed the government and were forcibly removed from their homelands in northeastern Nicaragua in a massive relocation program in the Early 1980s. The miskito and other Indian tribes joined the contrast armed resistance to Sand Ortega Minista Rule largely because of the relocation program. Ortega appeared relaxed during the 45-Minulc interview held in an apartment of a Friend of his former foreign minister a Miguel do Escoto a who also came on the trip to the new who robbed Banks in his Early teens to get Money for the anti Somoza insurrection and later became one of the sandinista leaders almost wept when he announced his electoral defeat last february. Now he appears comfortable in his role As Leader of Nicaragua a biggest and Best organized opposition party. Quot its unprecedented for a revolutionary who fought a dictatorship with weapons to later win Power and then become the opposition within a democratic context that he himself helped create a he said. Quot so 1 think this is a Rich the sandinista have organized two strikes since president Violeta Chamorro was inaugurated april 25, Imp riling her new government and raising fears that the sandinista would try to wrest Power away from her. Ortega insisted in the interview As he has in the past that the Chamorro administration Confer with the sandinista on matters of economic policy. The sandinista who control powerful labor unions say the governments strategy in reviving the nations bankrupt Economy places too much of a Burden on the workers. A it Quot if there is no dialogue there will be a lot of strikes a Ortega warned adding that dissidents have the right and the duty to organize to oppose government policies they disagree with. However Ortega said the sandinista have no intention of regaining Power forcibly. Quot in no moment Are we in favor of assuming control of the government using non constitutional Means a he said. Quot if we Are going to return to running the government of Nicaragua it will be through he said it was too Early to Tell if he will be the sandinista a presidential candidate. Ortega came to new York this week to maintain ties with supporters Here a he gave a speech in a Church monday night to 2,500 people a and to Contact publishers Tor a Book he plans to write. The Book might be a work of fiction based on fact he said drawing on his own experiences. Even in womb it seems babies enjoy a Story Boston api a mothers to be who try to put their children on the fast track by talking to them in the womb May be on the right track. Studies have found that Starling in the womb babies recognize speech As a special sound and distinguish Between spoken passages said Anthony Decasper a psychology professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Decasper described research involving women who were in their 32nd week of pregnancy which normally runs 4u weeks. Researchers asked the women to recite a particular paragraph of a Chil Drens Story three times in a Row each Day until the birth. Three different passages were used but each Mother recited Only one. About 52 hours after birth the babies were Given a special nipple and earphones. By altering their Rale of sucking they could choose to hear a woman reciting either the Story their mothers had recited or one of the other stories. They chose the familiar Story de Casper said. Quot we re talking about recognition of linguistically relevant speech sounds a a he said. Quot the implication is that fetuses heard perceived listened and Learned something about the acoustic Structure of american in another study 24 newborns were exposed to the sound of a heartbeat or a woman speaking Decasper said. They were Able to choose which ear would hear the sound by varying the frequency at w hich they sucked a pacifier. Babies chose to hear speech in the right ear and the heartbeat in the left ear showing that they were already processing Sindi Dilisi Cully Iron other sounds dec Asper said. Is hat it shows is at birth there is some knowledge of the language of the culture a said Decasper who spoke in a presentation and an interview at the annual meeting of the american psychology ical association. Mriganka sur of the department of brain and cognitive science at the Massachusetts Institute of technology said the idea that fetuses process speech sounds a makes a lot of sense to it reflects specialization in the brain s two halves called hemispheres he said. I hat probably is driven by genes although the experience of hearing speech before birth May also play a role lie added
