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Drugging the undruggable
by Jeffrey Bouley | Email the author
Cresset Discovery Services
PhoreMost Ltd.
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.—In December, Cresset Discovery Services, a provider of contract research services for early-phase discovery, announced that it had been contracted by PhoreMost Ltd., a UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to tackling "undruggable" disease targets, to work on a novel oncology protein target.
PhoreMost reports that it has leveraged its proprietary SITESEEKER drug discovery platform and PROTEINi libraries to identify a peptide sequence inhibiting a novel protein target that was previously thought to be undruggable, which it says is "relevant to an oncogenic cellular pathway." Cresset Discovery Services has been contracted under a flexible service agreement to determine how the peptide binds to the target, and to ultimately help find small molecules that have the same effect.
"We have already completed a computational analysis of the peptide sequence to predict binding mode and geometry, using a pre-release version of our Flare V3 software, a structure-based design solution, to provide electrostatic and surface hotspot mapping," said Dr Martin Slater, director of consulting services at Cresset Discovery Services.
Added Dr. Richard Boyce, senior director of research at PhoreMost: "Our SITESEEKER platform offers a powerful solution for identifying novel targets and mechanisms that are therapeutically interesting. Cresset Discovery Services' computational experience and high standard of scientific support is ideally suited to help drive the next stage of this project."
Chemists in research organizations worldwide use Cresset software and discovery services to discover, design and optimize small molecules. PhoreMost, for its part, has developed a next-generation phenotypic screening platform called SITESEEKER that it says can discern the best new targets for future therapy and how to drug them. Based on the company's core proprietary Protein Interference technology, SITESEEKER "systematically unmasks cryptic druggable sites across the entire human genome and directly links them to useful therapeutic functions in a live-cell context," says PhoreMost.
In other news of the two companies recently, late last year Cresset announced—along with Liverpool ChiroChem, a chemical technology innovator that produces chiral small molecules for biotech and pharmaceutical R&D—a collaboration to design novel compound libraries with the maximum pharmacological diversity within the smallest library size. Meanwhile, PhoreMost announced in late 2019 that it had been named Biotech Company of the Year at the 2019 Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards, in recognition of its progress and successes.


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Wojskowo-Geograficzny Opis Polski (Militärgeographische Beschreibung von Polen) – dokument przygotowany przez Sztab Generalny Wojsk Lądowych Wehrmachtu (Generalstab des Heeres), Wydział 9 w Berlinie. Datowany na 1 lipca 1939.

Jeden z ważniejszych dokumentów w planowaniu operacji wojskowej przeciwko Polsce w ramach realizacji Fall Weiss w 1939. Efekt pracy planistów i niemieckiego wywiadu i niemieckich wojsk rozpoznawczych. Dokument niejawny (tajny, geheim).

Obejmował w większości obszar niemieckiej strefy (zapisanej w tzw. pakcie Ribbentrop-Mołotow) później podbitej Polski.

Struktura dokumentu
 I. Regiony Polski
 1. Przedpole Prus Wschodnich
 2. Rejon na zachód od dolnej Wisły ("polski korytarz")
 3. Ziemia poznańska
 4. Przedpole Śląska
 5. Rejon Polski Środkowej pomiędzy środkową Wisłą, Pilicą i Prosną
 6. Rejon Polski Środkowej pomiędzy górną Wisłą i Pilicą
 7. Galicja Zachodnia
 8. Galicja Wschodnia
 9. Obszar między Wisłą a Bugiem
 II. Sieć komunikacyjna
 1. Koleje
 2. Drogi
 3. Sieć łączności
 III. Wody
 IV. Gospodarka
 V. Ludność
 VI. Klimat, zaopatrzenie w wodę, służba zdrowia

Bibliografia
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Geografia Polski
Kampania wrześniowa
Wojskowość III Rzeszy

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Prince George is set to start at Thomas's School in Battersea in September, Kensington Palace has announced. The young Prince, who was born in July 2013, will be four-years-old when the term commences.
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The school also places a great deal of emphasis on the emotional and mental well-being of students. The teachers encourage children to have lots of good friends rather than one best friend in order to prevent exclusion and hurt feelings. Additionally, according to Tatler's school guide, Thomas's Battersea has a counsellor and a programmer to track pupils' "emotional responses". Prince George's parents are both supporters of mental health programmes, and would surely approve of the school's efforts.
It is expected that security around the school will be tightened and communication strategies will be put into place ahead of the Prince's first day. Parents and teachers have already begun to prepare themselves for the increased attention. In fact, there has already been such an interest in George's new school that the Thomas's website was affected due to a very high volume of traffic, forcing them to run a limited website temporarily.
After news of Prince George's attendance broke out, the principals of the school issued a message to parents saying that nothing would change because of the royal pupil.
Prince George previously attended the Westacre Montessori school near the Cambridge's home in Norfolk. His graduation to a big school, along with the fact that Princess Charlotte will begin nursery school this year, is part of the reason that the family will be moving back to London this fall.
Prince George is the first person in his family to attend Thomas's Battersea. His father, Prince William, and his uncle, Prince Harry, both attended Wetherby School in Notting Hill. It was expected that George would follow in their footsteps, but the Duke and Duchess probably chose the co-ed Thomas's (Wetherby is a boys school) so that their daughter Charlotte could join her brother there in a few years.
Photographers were present on both William and Harry's first days of school, but considering the Cambridge's insistence on privacy for their children, it is unknown whether they will be present for Prince George's first day as well.


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package generate

import (
	"bytes"
	"go/token"
	"io"
	"io/ioutil"
	"path/filepath"

	"strings"

	"encoding/json"

	"encoding/base64"

	"os"

	"sort"

	"regexp"

	"fmt"

	"frizz.io/utils"
	. "github.com/dave/jennifer/jen"
	"github.com/dave/patsy"
	"github.com/dave/patsy/vos"
	"github.com/pkg/errors"
)

func Save(out io.Writer, paths ...string) error {
	// notest
	env := vos.Os()

	def, err := Scan(env, paths...)
	if err != nil {
		return errors.WithMessage(err, "scanning")
	}

	for _, def := range def.Packages {
		generated := &bytes.Buffer{}
		fname := filepath.Join(def.Dir, "generated.frizz.go")

		hasContent, err := def.Generate(generated)
		if err != nil {
			return errors.WithMessage(err, "generating source")
		}

		var existing []byte
		if _, err := os.Stat(fname); err == nil {
			existing, err = ioutil.ReadFile(fname)
			if err != nil {
				return errors.WithMessage(err, "reading existing source")
			}
		}

		if hasContent {
			if bytes.Equal(existing, generated.Bytes()) {
				fmt.Fprintf(out, "unchanged: %s\n", def.Path)
			} else {
				if err := ioutil.WriteFile(fname, generated.Bytes(), 0777); err != nil {
					return errors.Wrap(err, "saving source")
				}
				fmt.Fprintf(out, "updated: %s\n", def.Path)
			}
		} else {
			if _, err := os.Stat(fname); err == nil {
				if err := os.Remove(fname); err != nil {
					return errors.Wrap(err, "removing source")
				}
				fmt.Fprintf(out, "removed: %s\n", def.Path)
			}
		}
	}

	return nil
}

func Scan(env vos.Env, paths ...string) (*scanDef, error) {
	def := &scanDef{
		fset:     token.NewFileSet(),
		env:      env,
		input:    []struct{ path, dir string }{},
		pcache:   patsy.NewCache(env),
		Packages: map[string]*packageDef{},
	}

	for _, p := range paths {
		d, err := patsy.Dir(env, p)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		def.input = append(def.input, struct{ path, dir string }{path: p, dir: d})
	}

	// first scan the data recoding stubs and recursively scanning imported packages
	for _, p := range def.input {
		if err := scanData(p.path, def); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
	}

	// then scan all source files
	if err := scanSource(def); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return def, nil
}

func (p *packageDef) Generate(writer io.Writer) (bool, error) {

	if len(p.types) == 0 && len(p.stubs) == 0 && len(p.imports) == 0 {
		return false, nil
	}

	f := NewFilePath(p.Path)
	generatePackage(p, f)
	generatePackers(p, f)
	generateStubs(p, f)
	generateTypes(p, f)
	generateImports(p, f)
	generateData(p, f)

	if err := f.Render(writer); err != nil {
		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "error saving generated file")
	}
	return true, nil
}

func scanData(path string, prog *scanDef) error {

	if _, ok := prog.Packages[path]; ok {
		// already scanned
		return nil
	}

	dir, err := patsy.Dir(prog.env, path)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	pkg := &packageDef{
		scan:    prog,
		Path:    path,
		Dir:     dir,
		types:   map[string]*typeDef{},
		stubs:   map[string]*stub{},
		imports: map[string]bool{},
	}

	prog.Packages[path] = pkg

	// scan all .frizz.json files for stubs
	files, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(dir, "*.frizz.json"))
	if err != nil {
		return errors.Wrapf(err, "finding files in %s", dir)
	}

	for _, fpath := range files {
		s, err := decodeStub(fpath, pkg.Path)
		if err != nil {
			return errors.Wrapf(err, "decoding %s", fpath)
		}
		pkg.stubs[fpath] = s
		if s.Import != nil {
			for _, importPath := range s.Import {
				pkg.imports[importPath] = true
				if err := scanData(importPath, prog); err != nil {
					return err
				}
			}
		}
	}

	return nil
}

func generatePackage(p *packageDef, f *File) {

	/*
		const Package packageType = 0

		type packageType int

		func (p packageType) Path() string {
			return "<path>"
		}
	*/
	f.Const().Id("Package").Id("packageType").Op("=").Lit(0)
	f.Type().Id("packageType").Int()
	f.Func().Params(Id("p").Id("packageType")).Id("Path").Params().String().Block(
		Return(Lit(p.Path)),
	)

}

func generatePackers(p *packageDef, f *File) {

	var sorted []*typeDef
	for _, t := range p.types {
		sorted = append(sorted, t)
	}
	sort.Slice(sorted, func(i, j int) bool { return sorted[i].name < sorted[j].name })

	/*
		func (p packageType) Unpack(context global.DataContext, in interface{}, name string) (value interface{}, null bool, err error) {
			switch name {
			<types...>
			case "<name>":
				return p.Unpack<name>(context, in)
			</types>
			}
			return nil, false, errors.Errorf("%s: type %s not found", context.Location(), "<name>")
		}
	*/
	f.Func().Params(Id("p").Id("packageType")).Id("Unpack").Params(
		Id("context").Qual("frizz.io/global", "DataContext"),
		Id("in").Interface(),
		Id("name").String(),
	).Params(
		Id("value").Interface(),
		Id("null").Bool(),
		Err().Error(),
	).BlockFunc(func(g *Group) {
		if len(sorted) > 0 {
			g.Switch(Id("name")).BlockFunc(func(g *Group) {
				for _, t := range sorted {
					g.Case(Lit(t.name)).Block(
						Return(Id("p").Dot("Unpack"+t.name).Call(
							Id("context"),
							Id("in"),
						)),
					)
				}
			})
		}
		g.Return(
			Nil(),
			False(),
			Qual("github.com/pkg/errors", "Errorf").Call(
				Lit("%s: type %s not found"),
				Id("context").Dot("Location").Call(),
				Id("name"),
			),
		)
	})

	for _, t := range sorted {
		f.Add(p.unpacker(t.spec, t.name, true, t.packable))
	}

	/*
		func (p packageType) Repack(context global.DataContext, in interface{}, name string) (value interface{}, dict bool, null bool, err error) {
			switch name {
			<types...>
			case "<name>":
				return p.Repack<name>(context, in.(<name>))
			}
			</types>
			return nil, false, false, errors.Errorf("%s: type %s not found", context.Location(), "<name>")
		}
	*/
	f.Func().Params(Id("p").Id("packageType")).Id("Repack").Params(
		Id("context").Qual("frizz.io/global", "DataContext"),
		Id("in").Interface(),
		Id("name").String(),
	).Params(
		Id("value").Interface(),
		Id("dict").Bool(),
		Id("null").Bool(),
		Err().Error(),
	).BlockFunc(func(g *Group) {
		if len(sorted) > 0 {
			g.Switch(Id("name")).BlockFunc(func(g *Group) {
				for _, t := range sorted {
					g.Case(Lit(t.name)).Block(
						Return(Id("p").Dot("Repack"+t.name).Call(
							Id("context"),
							Id("in").Assert(Id(t.name)),
						)),
					)
				}
			})
		}
		g.Return(
			Nil(),
			False(),
			False(),
			Qual("github.com/pkg/errors", "Errorf").Call(
				Lit("%s: type %s not found"),
				Id("context").Dot("Location").Call(),
				Id("name"),
			),
		)
	})

	for _, t := range sorted {
		f.Add(p.repacker(t.spec, t.name, true, t.packable))
	}
}

func generateStubs(p *packageDef, f *File) {

	type def struct {
		filename string
		stub     *stub
	}
	var sorted []def
	for fpath, stub := range p.stubs {
		_, fname := filepath.Split(fpath)
		sorted = append(sorted, def{fname, stub})
	}
	sort.Slice(sorted, func(i, j int) bool { return sorted[i].filename < sorted[j].filename })

	/*
		func (p packageType) GetData(filename string) string {
			switch filename {
			<stubs...>
			case <filename>:
				return <bytes>
			</types>
			}
			return ""
		}
	*/
	f.Func().Params(
		Id("p").Id("packageType"),
	).Id("GetData").Params(
		Id("filename").String(),
	).String().BlockFunc(func(g *Group) {
		if len(sorted) > 0 {
			g.Switch(Id("filename")).BlockFunc(func(g *Group) {
				for _, d := range sorted {
					g.Case(Lit(d.filename)).Block(
						Return(Lit(base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(d.stub.bytes)))),
					)
				}
			})
		}
		g.Return(Lit(""))
	})

}

func generateTypes(p *packageDef, f *File) {

	type def struct {
		name     string
		filename string
	}
	var sorted []def
	for name, td := range p.types {
		if td.annotation == "" {
			continue
		}
		sorted = append(sorted, def{name, td.annotation})
	}
	sort.Slice(sorted, func(i, j int) bool { return sorted[i].name < sorted[j].name })

	/*
		func (p packageType) GetType(name string) string {
			switch name {
			<types...>
			case <name>:
				return <filename>
			</types>
			}
			return ""
		}
	*/
	f.Func().Params(
		Id("p").Id("packageType"),
	).Id("GetType").Params(
		Id("name").String(),
	).String().BlockFunc(func(g *Group) {
		if len(sorted) > 0 {
			g.Switch(Id("name")).BlockFunc(func(g *Group) {
				for _, d := range sorted {
					g.Case(Lit(d.name)).Block(
						Return(Lit(d.filename)),
					)
				}
			})
		}
		g.Return(Lit(""))
	})

}

func generateImports(p *packageDef, f *File) {

	var sorted []string
	for pkg := range p.imports {
		sorted = append(sorted, pkg)
	}
	sort.Strings(sorted)

	/*
		func (p packageType) GetImportedPackages(packages map[string]global.Package) {
			packages["<path>"] = Package
			<imports...>
			<pkg>.Package.Add(packages)
			</imports>
		}
	*/
	f.Func().Params(Id("p").Id("packageType")).Id("GetImportedPackages").Params(
		Id("packages").Map(String()).Qual("frizz.io/global", "Package"),
	).BlockFunc(func(g *Group) {
		g.Id("packages").Index(Lit(p.Path)).Op("=").Id("Package")
		for _, pkg := range sorted {
			g.Qual(pkg, "Package").Dot("GetImportedPackages").Call(Id("packages"))
		}
	})

}

func generateData(p *packageDef, f *File) {

	if len(p.stubs) == 0 {
		return
	}

	/*
		func (p packageType) Loader(loader pack.Loader) dataType {
			return dataType{loader}
		}

		var Data = Package.Loader(pack.DefaultLoader)

		type dataType struct {
			loader pack.Loader
		}

		<stubs...>
		func (d dataType)<name>() (out <type>) {
			return d.loader.Load(Package, <filename>).(<type>)
		}
		<stubs>
	*/
	f.Func().Params(
		Id("p").Id("packageType"),
	).Id("Loader").Params(
		Id("loader").Qual("frizz.io/global", "Loader"),
	).Id("dataType").Block(
		Return(Id("dataType").Values(Id("loader"))),
	)
	f.Var().Id("Data").Op("=").Id("Package").Dot("Loader").Call(
		Qual("frizz.io/pack", "DefaultLoader"),
	)
	f.Type().Id("dataType").Struct(
		Id("loader").Qual("frizz.io/global", "Loader"),
	)
	type def struct {
		filename string
		stub     *stub
	}
	var sorted []def
	for fpath, stub := range p.stubs {
		_, fname := filepath.Split(fpath)
		sorted = append(sorted, def{fname, stub})
	}
	sort.Slice(sorted, func(i, j int) bool { return sorted[i].filename < sorted[j].filename })
	for _, d := range sorted {
		name := getName(d.filename)
		f.Func().Params(Id("d").Id("dataType")).Id(name).Params().Qual(d.stub.typePackage, d.stub.typeName).Block(
			Return(Id("d").Dot("loader").Dot("Load").Call(
				Id("Package"),
				Lit(d.filename),
			).Assert(Qual(d.stub.typePackage, d.stub.typeName))),
		)
	}

}

var nameRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-z0-9\-_ ]`)
var initRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^[^a-z]+`)
var sepRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`[\-_ ]+`)

func getName(filename string) string {
	name := filename
	name = strings.TrimSuffix(name, ".frizz.json")
	name = strings.ToLower(name)
	name = nameRegex.ReplaceAllString(name, "") // replace all illegal characters, leaving separators intact
	name = initRegex.ReplaceAllString(name, "") // replace all illegal starting characters
	name = sepRegex.ReplaceAllString(name, " ") // replaces separators with spaces
	name = strings.Title(name)                  // upper cases first char of each word
	name = strings.Replace(name, " ", "", -1)   // removes spaces
	return name
}

type stub struct {
	Import      map[string]string `json:"_import"`
	Type        string            `json:"_type"`
	bytes       []byte
	typePackage string
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Камень Шайтан — скальная гряда в Режевском районе Свердловской области, расположена на правом берегу реки Реж, в 4,5 км на юго-восток от села Октябрьского и в 4 км выше по течению нежилой деревни Галанино. Известны наскальными рисунками. Объект имеет статус геоморфологического и ботанического памятника природы. Отвесный береговой утёс высотой до 25 м, сложен из гранита. На вершине скал произрастают сосны.

Описание памятника
Пункты с наскальными рисунками обнаружены в верхнем и среднем течении Режа. Первый из известных — писаница на Шайтан Камне. Шайтан — название многих скал на реках и озёрах Урала. Их обычно связывают с манси-вогулами. Однако само слово шайтан (злой дух, чёрт) не мансийское, а тюркское. Топонимы такого рода прежде всего отражают отношение тюрков-мусульман к местам религиозного поклонения язычников.

Шайтан-Камень представляет собой отвесную 40 метровую стену из гранитов серых цветов, протянувшуюся вдоль реки на 400 метров. Русло реки здесь не очень широкое, около 20-25 метров. Расстояние от скалы до воды 25-30 метров. Здесь растут сосны, березы, черемуха, рябина, осина. Вершина скалы увенчана соснами. Ближе к самой скале образовалась каменная осыпь высотой до 5 метров. Сама скала разделена на две части вертикальным разломом, по которому легко можно подняться на стену.

Поверхность скалы достаточно ровная серого цвета, местами здесь образовались белёсые, красноватые и коричневые натеки. На камне можно встретить лишайники причудливых форм и самых разнообразных расцветок: зеленые, желтые, лимонные, оранжевые, тёмно-серые, красноватых оттенков.

История изучения
Древние рисунки были открыты в 1976 году археологами Петриным В. Т., Шориным А. Ф., Широковым В. Н. В дальнейшем памятник неоднократно посещался исследователями. В 1990 году выходит работа «Шайтанская и Северская писаницы на Среднем Урале», (Широков В. Н., Чаиркин С. Е.). В 2007 годы увидела свет книга Широкова В. Н «Уральские писаницы: Реки Реж и Ирбит» — наиболее полное на сегодняшний день исследование по наскальным изображениям на этой территории. Здесь наиболее полно осуществляется источниковедческий анализ, приводятся детальные копии древних рисунков. Особое внимание уделено типологии образных и знаковых фигур, их датировке, а также возможному содержанию композиций.

Группы рисунков
Наскальные изображения обнаружены в правой части Шайтан Камня. Расстояние между крайними около 175 метров. Широковым В. Н. выделено пять участков с рисунками. Внутри участков условно выделено 17 групп изображений. Высота нанесения рисунков немногим выше 2 метров. Многие из них нанесены на высоте 15-20 см, некоторые на уровне глыбовой осыпи у подножия скалы.

Если судить по яркости рисунков, Шайтанская писаница, скорее всего, создавалась не в один момент, а часть рисунков была нанесена поверх более ранних изображений. Некоторые фигуры видны достаточно отчётливо, другие превратились в заплывшие бурые или красно-розовые пятна. Все рисунки выполнены охрой, которая имеет в настоящее время различные цветовые оттенки, от красно-оранжевых до тёмно-бурых цветов. Возможно, это связано с конкретным местом расположения рисунка, которое обеспечивало ту или иную степень его сохранности, а следовательно и его цветовую гамму. Возможно также, что краска, нанесённая на камень, создавалась в разное время, а следовательно, могла серьёзно отличаться по своему составу.

 Первая группа

Первый участок начинается в 19,4 метрах от южной оконечности Камня и содержит многочисленные следы краски в виде пятен, линий, остатков геометрических фигур. Из-за плохого состояния изображений, наиболее отчётливо можно выделить только фигуры трёх зооморфных персонажей (Фигуры 1-3). Рисунки нанесены на двух, расположенных друг над другом блоках. Фигура 3 напоминает копытное или зайца. Она нанесена контурной линией очень плохой сохранности. Внутри фигуры можно разобрать пятно краски. Данная фигура практически не видна, на фотографии её удалось выделить, только после цифровой обработки.

Две другие фигуры (1-2) расположены выше, на другом блоке. Они сохранились в лучшей степени, цвет краски красно-оранжевый. Обе фигуры можно определить как изображения передней части копытных. Фигуры так же нанесены контурной линией. Причём, у фигуры 1 в нижней части головы можно разобрать небольшой отросток, напоминающий «волосяную серьгу», характерную для лося.

 Вторая группа

Вторая группа наскальных изображений начинается в 20 метрах влево от первого участка. Сохранность рисунков очень плохая. Здесь можно разобрать остатки контурных изображений 4 фигур копытных. Рисунки нанесены на каменный блок, покрытый желтоватой корочкой, разрушение которой ведёт к разрушению рисунков.

 Третья группа

Третья группа находится практически над осыпью, на нижнем краю блока на желтоватой корочке. Здесь можно выделить несколько фрагментов неясных геометрических мотивов, а также группы вертикальных отрезков светло-красного цвета.

См. также

Наскальные изображения на Урале
 Северская писаница
 Писаница на мысе Еловый
 Мыс Еловый

Петрографы в России
 Боярская писаница
 Сулекская писаница
 Канозерские петроглифы
 Томская писаница
 Бага-Заря

Петрографы в мире
 Андский канделябр
 Наска

Примечания

Литература
 Петрин В. Т. Новые наскальные изображения Урала.// Проблемы археологии Северной и Восточной Азии. Новосибирск. 1986
 Петрин В. Т., Широков В. Н. Об одном антропоморфном сюжете с Шайтанской писаницы (Средний Урал)// Первобытное искусство. Антропоморфные изображения. Новосибирск. 1987
 Широков В. Н., Чаиркин С. Е. Шайтанская и Северская писаницы на Среднем Урале. Свердловск. 1990
 Широков В. Н. Уральские писаницы.: Реки Реж и Ирбит. Екатеринбург. 2007

Ссылки

Петроглифы Азии
Археологические объекты в России
История Урала
Скалы Режевского городского округа
Памятники природы Свердловской области
Геоморфологические памятники природы
Ботанические памятники природы


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By Carter Evans CBS News December 10, 2015, 7:02 PM
As feds interrogate shooters' friend, mom explodes
An undated photo shows Enrique Marquez, who purchased the assault rifles used in the San Bernardino shooting.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- The investigation of the San Bernardino massacre took FBI divers to a lake near the crime scene on Thursday. They were looking for a hard drive missing from the home of the killers, Syed Farook and his Pakistani wife, Tashfeen Malik.
Another focus is their 24-year-old neighbor.
FBI searches for killers' hard drive in San Bernardino lake
Law enforcement sources tell CBS News that Enrique Marquez is cooperating with the FBI. He has told them of a 2012 terror plot he and Farook allegedly hatched, then scuttled.
Marquez could face charges of providing material support for terrorism, after admitting he provided the assault weapons used in the attack, which killed 14 people.
But the more that's revealed about Marquez, the more puzzling it is for those who knew him.
"He was really outgoing and he was never violent," Viviana Ramirez, a college classmate, told CBS News. "Just because he was friends with him [Farook] doesn't mean he did it."
Marquez had converted to Islam and visited a mosque a couple of times three or four years ago, according to a spokesman.
Friend of California attackers could be charged
A mosque member who met Marquez says he seemed to be searching for direction, was exploring Islam and later said he wanted to convert to Buddhism.
Another friend told CBS News, "When he talked about Islam, he talked about it in the past tense. He told me that he de-converted years ago."
Something else Marquez may have shielded from his friends was that had a wife, a Russian woman who is related to Farook by marriage.
But neighbors of Marquez say they never recall seeing his wife.
Outside the house where family members have shunned reporters for days, Marquez's mother spoke briefly Thursday in Spanish.
San Bernardino shooting victims
Remembering those killed in the mass shooting at a Southern California social service agency
"My world is upside down," she said. "My son is a good person."
Marquez lived next door to where Farook once lived.
The first funeral was held Thursday for one of the San Bernardino shooting victims, 27-year-old Yvette Velasco.

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The Nags Head in Reading is undoubtedly one of the South's premier beer pubs. I remember coming here more than a decade ago when it was a very basic, dare I say rough Irish boozer. Its also the local of Twitters Sir Quinno who has just impressively visited every pub in Rutland on a long weekend.
The pub is a five minute walk west from the town centre down the multi-cultural Oxford Road passing exotically named streets.
And shop fronts displaying strange vegetables as well as some you may recognise.
A handsome solid looking building, it is indeed a solid pub.
It does what it says on the can, or chalk board if you prefer.
All this choice maybe to much for some pub goers, but there is no problem with beer quality, it all moves at a rapid rate.
Inevitably The Nags attracts many beer tickers, but is also very much a locals pub as well. It can be very busy when Reading FC are playing at home, its one of several official supporters pubs in town, but around 2 pm on a Saturday afternoon a double decker bus comes and takes them off to the Madejski and once again there is room to browse the beery pleasures.
The pub has of course won many CAMRA awards over the years, and still does.
Many beer styles are covered at any one time, Milds, Pale/Golden, Stouts and Porters and occasionally even ordinary bitter, yuk.
Interestingly seven of the twelve beers on yesterday were unfined. "Murk" alert ! They are badged as such and the staff make a point of warning customers of the fact unless they recognise you as a hardened beer drinking pubman. I tried a couple of murky beers and very nice they were too.
Don't drink with you're eyes, is my advice, of course many do.
Yes a top pub , luckily just a 40 minute bus ride away from me.
I've been visiting Reading for work for many years but have never explored the pubs.
This one looks great Citra – probably one I should make an effort to get to before I retire and the work trips stop!


CNN Fact Check: How transparent is the Senate's hold process?
(CNN) - On Tuesday, CNN confirmed that Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, had lifted a majority of the holds that he had placed on President Barack Obama's nominations the Friday before. Obama referenced this issue during Tuesday's White House press briefing, stating, "One senator, as you all are aware, had put a hold on every single nominee that we had put forward, due to a dispute over a couple of earmarks in his state."
The president's statement was in direct contrast to a statement by Shelby's office, and the CNN Fact Check Desk wanted to get to the bottom of it.
Fact Check: Is the process of placing a nominee on hold a transparent process?
- There is no central place for a senator to register a "hold" placed on a nominee. The process is subject to reporting by each party's leadership.
- With regard to the president's comment about Shelby's holds, the office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, insists that Shelby placed a hold on all pending nominees on the Executive Calendar. (The Executive Calendar lists the business available for consideration on the Senate floor.) Reid's office states that more than 80 nominations were delayed by Shelby at one point.
- Jonathan Graffeo, a spokesman for Shelby, said that the senator never placed a "blanket hold" on all the nominees. Instead, Graffeo maintains that the senator placed holds on 47 nominees, and that "he did not object to the nominations of uniform military personnel, federal judges, or Treasury nominees." The stated purpose of these holds was to bring attention to two projects: the Air Force's aerial refueling tanker acquisition and the FBI's Terrorist Devices Analytical Center. Shelby denies that these projects are "earmarks."
- On Monday, Shelby released all but three of his holds. Those still in place affect the nominations of Terry Yonkers to be assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations and environment; Frank Kendall III, to be deputy under secretary of defense for acquisition and technology; and Erin Conaton, to be under secretary of the Air Force.
Bottom Line: The process of placing a nominee on hold is not a transparent one. There is no central place to register a hold that a senator places on a nominee, so there is no way for CNN to crunch the numbers and tell if Senator Shelby's office is correct, or Senator Reid's office is. Somewhere between 47 and 80 nominees were placed on hold by Shelby.
These holds should be reported in one central location, no matter which party is placing the hold.
As a citizen, I want to know who is obstructing these nominations. No one senator should be able to hold up the process by him/herself.
That's just appalling. Unless someone is a saboteur, how can anyone holding office in the US Govt., having taken an oath to uphold the Constitution, take the pledge of allegiance, act to delay the appointment of so many individuals?
What is the reason why Shelby felt the need to hold-up the process for so many low level positions? Just to be rude and obstructionist to make his Neo-Confederates happy.
Another worthless republican trying to get earmarks, and then will condemn the president if he gets them. As a national embarrassment to the wingnut nation, Shelby should retire now that his game has been found out.
What does it matter if it was 47 or 80, it's ridciulous. One or two, but dozens.
Can we say political agenda and obstructionism?
Let me guess. . . This is another example of real media reporting facts that would Fox avoid.
I'm from NC and I can smell that stink all the way up here. Another greedy obstructionist. It will go on as long as the slow thinking backward people of the south keep putting these blowhards in office.
Obama has nominated a bunch of stinkers in the past. Let's find out more about the current crop. Come on CNN.
All politicians who perform acts like this, that are detrimental to the U.S., need to be called out. Shelby had it coming, as did DeMint.
So, he doesn't object to the nominations of military personnel, but still has a hold on an assistant secretary of the Air Force. Riiiight.
It is patently ABSURD that one Senator can do this! And Shelby's reasons are as specious and despicable. He wants to have the govenment be able to award a US Tanker program to a foreign corporation...Airbus!!! Why are the American people not OUTRAGED at this?? Hello? 10% of our population is unemployed...exactly because of the bankrupt policies of the Repugnant party and people think it is okay for one GOP Senator to try to do this?? I ask again...WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?
Just another splendid example of the Party of No's hypocrisy. Let's obstruct by any mechanism possible anything and everything this administration proposes, and let's deny it and hope no one notices. Let's trade our holds on administration nominees for earmarks, pork, moolah, and big bucks for our constituents, then criticize the administration for excess spending, and hope no one notices our hypocrisy. Let's all vote against the stimulus bill, but let's all take credit for bring home those stimulus $$ to our constituents, and hope no one notices our hypocrisy.
Come on CNN. You've been around for a while. You know that President NObama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reed, etc., etc., are the biggest elected liars ever.
Case in point #1: Biden is taking and giving credit, mostly to Mr. NObama for the success of the Iraq war.
Case in Point #2: They are still blaming Mr. Bush for 3 trillion in debt added last year and this year? Odd, don't you think? Mr. Biden meanwhile was in Iraq taking credit for how well things are going there. Both Mr. Biden and Mr. NObama were against the surge which changed the course of this particular war. In fact, Mr. Biden wanted to divide the country into 3 areas. So, we can imagine any success in Iraq, President NObama will attempt to take credit for, and any problems will be attributed to Mr. Bush.
Mr. NObama, Biden and the rest of their ilk should be ashamed. But, we Americans know better.
Last but not least, CNN, what are you afraid of? Why can't you REALY enlighten the voters of America?
America, please don't be afraid to speak and act your mind, before President NObama and his morons in Washington take this country over the precipice.
Shelby is nothing but a dirt bag and needs to go.
Politics as usual. If it is an unknowable quantity why did Pres Obama include that specious piece of information in his speech.
The GOP version of a senator: If Obama's for it, I'm against it and going to slow it down or try to stop it. And, I'm for small government as long as more money – especially DOD money flows to my state.
That is a Oxy Moron.
To use Senate and Transparency in the same sentence.
That is like saying Obam and Transparency or Bush and Transparency.
HypocriCNN/FOX Nuisense Are Antichrists Of News!
Senator Richard Shelby R-Alabama Has The Characteristics Of A Skunk! He Nor The Rest Of His Cohorts In The Republican Senate Were Ever Intending To Be Transparent About Anything. By The Same Nerve, Would Demand Such Of The Obama Administration.
The media should be all over Senator Shelby holding up appointees just so he can get pork fo his state. Worse- what he wants – FBI counter-terrorism center there, weapons development there etc os NOT supported by the FBI or the Dept of Defense.
Shelby is showing the true soul of the Republican Party – obstruct, lie, blackmail, and do everything you can to keep President Obama from restoring our nation.
Republicans do NOT want any healthcare reform, ANY re-regulation of the banks, ANY tax on the Wall St bonuses, ANY jobs bill and have just now introduced eliminationg Medicare and Social Security in the House!!!!!
America do you not yet see that Republicans are against YOU. They care NOTHING about the People of this country and the desperate circumstances we face. They only care about themselves, their wealth, their power, and keeping the high life going for their rich white buddies at the banks, insurance companies, and big coporations.
Republicans have betrayed the American people and we need to rid Congress of them in November so we can move the welfare of the PEOPLE forward.
I love how Shelby claims his holds aren't about earmarks but about "national defense." Somehow I suspect he wouldn't be placing holds for military projects outside his state. In fact, I'll bet there are some projects outside his state that are not progressing as fast as some would like. Lets see if he if uses any holds to bring attention to those out of state projects.
It would seem reasonable for the Senate to adopt a rule to prevent one Senator out of 100 from freezing all presidential nominations. For example, one senator cannot a filibuster make without 41 other senators concurring. On the other hand, holding up a few nominations seems to be acceptable Senate practice for political wheeling and dealing.
shelby is from the State of Al-Abama (thanks Jon Stewart). Holding appointments is akin to being a terrorist or a traitor. Take your pick.
Complaining that the administration doesn't have people in place when you and your repug fiends are the ones standing in its way is grounds for being mowed down!
So Obama just lied again or made up his own facts to suit his goals??? so unusual. NOT!!!


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What tests are available to determine the extent of damage in the inner ear to the cilia or other parts?
Asked by Ramson over 6 years ago
Most audiologists will use their "bread and butter" test....the audiogram to assess hearing. However, if you want to get more technical, otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) test hair cell integrity. It is a non-invasive test that takes less than a minute via a probe.
Does damage to the OUTER ear (the visible part that sticks out of our heads) have any affect on a person's ability to hear? Like, if someone's out ear got lopped off, would his hearing be basically unchanged?
Asked by Van Geaux almost 7 years ago
I do not believe that hearing would be "basically" unchanged. The auricle (ear lobe) acts as somewhat of a funnel. Without this "funnel", sound cannot be trapped and led to the internal parts of the ear. As a result, hearing may be off somewhat. On the flip side, if you cupped your hand around your ear, you would pick up more sound.
Do audiologists perform surgery of any kind?
Asked by brikhaus almost 7 years ago
Not at this time, nor do we prescribe medications. But as the profession develops, you never know.
Why do rock stars wear ear pieces while performing? Doesn't that make it hard to hear yourself singing?
Asked by tiffany almost 7 years ago
Rock stars are wearing monitors. Monitors are used for hearing, not protecting. Monitors present the vocals and the instruments through a complex sound board through the monitors so that all of the musicians are in sync. Given the loudness of a rock concert, the band otherwise would not be able to know what the other members are doing.
How do you handle belligerent passengers?
What do you look for when auditioning candidates for reality TV?
What's the worst reaction you ever witnessed during a lay-off?
What's the difference between audiologists and speech language pathologists? Do you work hand-in-hand with SLPs?
Asked by j.t. almost 7 years ago
If I had a year to answer this...I wouldn't have enough time. Audiologists are somewhat of an outbreak of Speech pathology, whereas many audiology programs were birthed from them. Same goes for professional organizations. They are completely different fields, but yes, do work together in certain environments. For example, children with hearing loss work with an audiologist and SLP to develop appropriate speech and hearing in a team approach.
As a police officer, I frequently run code (lights and siren). Siren output is about 120 dB @ 10'. Many sirens are mounted much closer than 10' to the officer. What's the hearing loss danger to repeated exposure? Say 5 min/night, 5 days/week.
Asked by Richard over 6 years ago
Exposure to sound at 120 dB for over 30 seconds is technically considered dangerous if repeatedly listened to. The degree of damage varies...it depends on the length of your career...how long you have been doing this...etc. But yes, there is danger. It is my belief that all officers have annual audiological evaluations.
Thanks ;) I'm 26 and waiting to be assessed for CAPD, having had (now worsened) symptoms all my life. I got through uni fine so nobody understood my complaint. An occupational therapist said I've been compensating.. like how? Thanks again!
CAPD is not widely acknowledged....simply because people don't know what it is! Best of luck!


Recently my husband was telling me about a situation with an employee and he said, "I think it's impossible to reengage someone who has become totally disengaged." My first reaction was excitement – my non-HR husband is using terms like 'employee engagement'! I am an HR influencer! Beyond that, though, I started to wonder. Nothing is more disheartening to morale than to have a previously engaged employee check out. A truly engaged employee, the kind who routinely goes above and beyond and is a culture leader among her peers, does not disengage easily. Once she does, it's hard to get her back. How we react will determine whether or not we can get that employee back.


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fitted with hardwood handles. These were used to draw off water from steam ship boilers, so that the salinity could be tested. One handle is marked with red paint and the other green, we speculate one was used for the port boiler and the other starboard! Unusual and decorative marine items from a bygone age. Some service wear, but good original condition. Height 30cm (12").


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AUKUS Perspectives; A Deal With Many Sides
Stevie D. Rosenfeld, Author
On September 15th, 2021, a deal was announced between the Australian, American, and English governments agreeing to sponsor the production of nuclear-powered submarines in Australia; currently being referred to as the AUKUS Deal. However, it was not until the coming week that the brevity of the deal was realized. It should be clarified that these new submarines do not contain nuclear weapons, but have standard arms powered by nuclear energy. Yet, France had been involved in a pre-existing agreement to supply Australia with "Attack Class" submarines with conventional propulsion, as nuclear energy was prohibited in the country. Naturally, the French government was not ecstatic about this change in partners, but there are many sides to be considered in what was supposed to be a simple contract.
The Australian government saw the AUKUS Alliance simply as a better military deal; better submarines for a better price. Prime Minister Morrison's statement regarding the deal was simple and did not acknowledge the major controversy surrounding the deal. However, he did assure the public that "Australia is not seeking to acquire nuclear weapons or establish a civil nuclear capability." He has not yet addressed the French issue, but the Biden Administration claims that all parties involved, including Australia, notified the French government about the deal.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison claimed that the submarines were only for the countries defense and should not be seen as an allyship between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States in which they will share our technology, our scientists, our industry, [and] our defense forces." I.e, Australia does not want the partnership to be seen as military preparation, but many do, and with good reason.
No one has had more to say on AUKUS than representatives of the French Ministry. Several representatives have released scathing indictments of all parties involved in what they consider to be a back door deal. It was originally planned at the G7 Summit in June in Cornwall England between President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison without President Emmanuel Macron's knowledge. French responses have included Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian saying this meeting was "unacceptable behavior between allies and partners, whose consequences directly affect the vision we have of our alliances." President Macron himself declared that "there have been lies, there has been duplicity. There has been a major break of trust, there has been contempt. So it's not going well between us, not at all." This announcement likely has something to do with France's claims to have received no notice of their deal being broken before the AUKUS deal was announced.
Minister Le Drian released an addressment of the AUKUS deal, in which he also declared the French would be ambassadors from the US. This is a major sign that French relations are becoming more and more strenuous. The French people aren't necessarily opposed to this decision either, in fact, it's helping Macron's re-election process. New York Times Journalist Mark Lander put it very plainly, "in French elections, a little bit of anti-American sentiment is not a bad thing." In short, France really has no reason to attempt to repair relations with the US, or Australia and the UK for that matter.
Indonesia and China
Though they had no specific involvement in the AUKUS deal, many Indo-Pacific nations feel threatened by Australia's newfound power; China and Indonesia specifically. Both countries have reason to see this as a threat; a very large country in your region suddenly gaining access to incredibly powerful weaponry tends to do so. Much of the West has been concerned by China's increasing presence in the South China Sea, but Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijan says AUKUS nations need to "abandon the outdated Cold War zero mentality."
Indonesia and China see the deal as a threat to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), who were attempting to form a stronger relationship with Australia. The Indonesia Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the government was "deeply concerned over the continuing arms race and power projection in the region." That summarizes the Indo-Pacific stance on AUKUS rather well; it is simply a motion to gain power and show strength.
The USA and the UK
President Joe Biden of the US did not originally make any clear statement about the strain AUKUS put on French relations, he has been making an effort. Both the US and UK have admitted that France was left out of the discussion during the formation of AUKUS. Prime Minister Boris Johnson explained that "the basic point to get over Aukus is not meant to be exclusive or crowding anyone out; it's about three countries who have shared values and perspectives and such a high degree of trust they are willing to share very important details of how to run a nuke submarine." Both he and President Biden believed that the deal was strictly "transactional", and not meant to offend President Macron. President Biden held a phone call with President Macron, after which he made a statement promising to start repairing French relations.
Neither, President Biden, President Macron, Prime Minister Johnson, or Prime Minister Morrison have made any major action in response to the controversy. Though there doesn't seem to be much hope for reconciliation, the disrepair doe not seem too great. At the moment there is no way of knowing what effects this deal could have on global affairs, but it does seem to be the start of something much larger.
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The Robot Smiled Back
Columbia Engineering researchers use AI to teach robots to make appropriate reactive human facial expressions, an ability that could build trust between humans and their robotic co-workers and care-givers
May 27 2021 | By Holly Evarts | Image and Video Credit: Creative Machines Lab/Columbia Engineering
Data Collection Process: Eva is practicing random facial expressions by recording what it looks like from the front camera.
The Robot Smiles Back: Eva mimics human facial expressions in real-time from a living stream camera. The entire system is learned without human labels. Eva learns two essential capabilities: 1) anticipating what itself would look like if it were making an observed facial expression, known as self-image; 2) map its imagined face to physical actions.
New York, NY—May 27, 2021—While our facial expressions play a huge role in building trust, most robots still sport the blank and static visage of a professional poker player. With the increasing use of robots in locations where robots and humans need to work closely together, from nursing homes to warehouses and factories, the need for a more responsive, facially realistic robot is growing more urgent.
Long interested in the interactions between robots and humans, researchers in the Creative Machines Lab at Columbia Engineering have been working for five years to create EVA, a new autonomous robot with a soft and expressive face that responds to match the expressions of nearby humans. The research will be presented at the ICRA conference on May 30, 2021, and the robot blueprints are open-sourced on Hardware-X (April 2021).
"The idea for EVA took shape a few years ago, when my students and I began to notice that the robots in our lab were staring back at us through plastic, googly eyes," said Hod Lipson, James and Sally Scapa Professor of Innovation (Mechanical Engineering) and director of the Creative Machines Lab.
Lipson observed a similar trend in the grocery store, where he encountered restocking robots wearing name badges, and in one case, decked out in a cozy, hand-knit cap. "People seemed to be humanizing their robotic colleagues by giving them eyes, an identity, or a name," he said. "This made us wonder, if eyes and clothing work, why not make a robot that has a super-expressive and responsive human face?"
While this sounds simple, creating a convincing robotic face has been a formidable challenge for roboticists. For decades, robotic body parts have been made of metal or hard plastic, materials that were too stiff to flow and move the way human tissue does. Robotic hardware has been similarly crude and difficult to work with—circuits, sensors, and motors are heavy, power-intensive, and bulky.
The first phase of the project began in Lipson's lab several years ago when undergraduate student Zanwar Faraj led a team of students in building the robot's physical "machinery." They constructed EVA as a disembodied bust that bears a strong resemblance to the silent but facially animated performers of the Blue Man Group. EVA can express the six basic emotions of anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness, and surprise, as well as an array of more nuanced emotions, by using artificial "muscles" (i.e. cables and motors) that pull on specific points on EVA's face, mimicking the movements of the more than 42 tiny muscles attached at various points to the skin and bones of human faces.
Overview video of the presented research, with narration.
"The greatest challenge in creating EVA was designing a system that was compact enough to fit inside the confines of a human skull while still being functional enough to produce a wide range of facial expressions," Faraj noted.
To overcome this challenge, the team relied heavily on 3D printing to manufacture parts with complex shapes that integrated seamlessly and efficiently with EVA's skull. After weeks of tugging cables to make EVA smile, frown, or look upset, the team noticed that EVA's blue, disembodied face could elicit emotional responses from their lab mates. "I was minding my own business one day when EVA suddenly gave me a big, friendly smile," Lipson recalled. "I knew it was purely mechanical, but I found myself reflexively smiling back."
Once the team was satisfied with EVA's "mechanics," they began to address the project's second major phase: programming the artificial intelligence that would guide EVA's facial movements. While lifelike animatronic robots have been in use at theme parks and in movie studios for years, Lipson's team made two technological advances. EVA uses deep learning artificial intelligence to "read" and then mirror the expressions on nearby human faces. And EVA's ability to mimic a wide range of different human facial expressions is learned by trial and error from watching videos of itself.
The most difficult human activities to automate involve non-repetitive physical movements that take place in complicated social settings. Boyuan Chen, Lipson's PhD student who led the software phase of the project, quickly realized that EVA's facial movements were too complex a process to be governed by pre-defined sets of rules. To tackle this challenge, Chen and a second team of students created EVA's brain using several Deep Learning neural networks. The robot's brain needed to master two capabilities: First, to learn to use its own complex system of mechanical muscles to generate any particular facial expression, and, second, to know which faces to make by "reading" the faces of humans.
To teach EVA what its own face looked like, Chen and team filmed hours of footage of EVA making a series of random faces. Then, like a human watching herself on Zoom, EVA's internal neural networks learned to pair muscle motion with the video footage of its own face. Now that EVA had a primitive sense of how its own face worked (known as a "self-image"), it used a second network to match its own self-image with the image of a human face captured on its video camera. After several refinements and iterations, EVA acquired the ability to read human face gestures from a camera, and to respond by mirroring that human's facial expression.
The researchers note that EVA is a laboratory experiment, and mimicry alone is still a far cry from the complex ways in which humans communicate using facial expressions. But such enabling technologies could someday have beneficial, real-world applications. For example, robots capable of responding to a wide variety of human body language would be useful in workplaces, hospitals, schools, and homes.
"There is a limit to how much we humans can engage emotionally with cloud-based chatbots or disembodied smart-home speakers," said Lipson. "Our brains seem to respond well to robots that have some kind of recognizable physical presence."
Added Chen, "Robots are intertwined in our lives in a growing number of ways, so building trust between humans and machines is increasingly important."
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The study is titled "Smile Like You Mean It: Driving Animatronic Robotic Face with Learned Models."
Authors are: Boyuan Chen, Yuhang Hu, Lianfeng Li, Sara Cummings, and Hod Lipson, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, Columbia Engineering.
The robot blueprint is titled "Facially Expressive Humanoid Robotic Face."
Authors of the robot blueprint paper are: Zanwar Faraj, Mert Selamet, Carlos Morales, Patricio Torres, Maimuna Hossain, Boyuan Chen, and Hod Lipson, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, Columbia Engineering.
The study was supported by National Science Foundation NRI 1925157 and DARPA MTO grant L2M Program HR0011-18-2-0020.
The authors declare no financial or other conflicts of interest.


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Member of satanic 'Ripper Crew' released from prison
Posted 7:09 AM, March 29, 2019, by WGN Web Desk, Updated at 06:58PM, March 29, 2019
CANTON, Ill. — A member of the infamous "Ripper Crew," which was linked to 18 sadistic, satanic murders in the early 1980s, has been released from prison, according to the IDOC notification system.
Thomas Kokoraleis, 58, was set free from the Illinois River Correctional Center in downstate Canton Friday morning, after serving half of his prison sentence. Sources tell WGN Kokoraleis will be staying at a halfway house in suburban Wheaton.
Other than registering as a sex offender with the Illinois State Police, Kokoraleis will have no other restrictions now that he's out of prison. Family members of the victims are planning to express their disappointment in the justice system at a press conference Friday.
The Elmhurst Police Department announced on Facebook earlier this month that Kokoraleis would be released from the Illinois River Correctional Center on Friday after serving half of his 70-year prison sentence for the abduction, rape and murder of 21-year-old Lorraine "Lorry" Ann Borowski.
Lorraine "Lorry" Ann Borowski was killed in 1982.
Lorry Borowski's 83-year-old mother Lorraine said she lived in fear for decades after her daughter was kidnapped in Elmhurst nearly 40 years ago. Lorry Borowski was kidnapped outside the real estate office where she worked. She was then tortured, raped and murdered in May 1982.
Police believe Kokoraleis and his brothers, plus two other men, were responsible for the murder of up to 20 women during the 1980s.
"They thought they were all insane and I said, 'How could four guys be insane at the same time and they hung around together?' That don't mean they are insane. They're just evil. Evil," Lorraine Borowski said.
Thomas Kokoraleis
Kokoraleis was charged in Lorry Borowski's death. Initially he received a life sentence for her rape and murder, but an appellate court later reversed the rape conviction and re-sentenced him to 70 years behind bars. After he confessed to the murder, the law at the time stated he would have to serve only half of that time.
Lorraine Borowski said she's still upset, but she forgave him, because she had to. While she preaches forgiveness toward her daughter's killer, her sons Mark and Ray Borowski struggle to do the same. Their sister would have been 59 years old this year.
"It's disturbing, because it's not just us. There are other families that this affects. Not just us," Mark Borowski said. "It gets easier. You just work through it day by day. Just go on with your life, that's all."
"He took something that was very close to me," Ray Borowski said, "I live it everyday of my life. I'll never forget it. It is just like yesterday to me. I was the first one there on the scene."
The family has previously fought against Kokoraleis' release. Even pressure from nationally-known victim's rights attorney Gloria Allred was not enough to stop his release.
Kokoraleis' brother, Andrew Kokoraleis, received the death penalty and was executed by lethal injection in 1999 before it was abolished in Illinois. Two other men connected to the murders are still behind bars, with one eligible for parole in 2042.
Due to Illinois sentencing laws at the time, Kokoraleis was eligible for day-to-day credit for good behavior.
The Kokoraleis brothers and the two other men were part of the satanic cult group known as the "Ripper Crew." According to the Chicago Tribune, the group was known to stalk the streets of Chicago, and the suburbs, in a red van looking for women to kidnap, beat, rape, torture and kill. The Tribune said the group members would cut off their victims' breasts as part of a cannibalistic ritual.
There was never any evidence that Kokoraleis suffered from mental health disorders, therefore he will be free to live or travel wherever he wishes.
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History of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh was created in 1950 from the former British Central Provinces and Berar and the princely states of Makrai and Chhattisgarh, with Nagpur as the capital of the state. The new states of Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal were formed out of the Central India Agency. In 1956, the states of Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal were merged into Madhya Pradesh, and the Marathi-speaking southern region Vidarbha, which included Nagpur, was ceded to Bombay state.Jabalpur was selected to be the capital but due to some political pressure Bhopal, a tehsil of Sehore District was made the capital just at the last moment. Thus, Bhopal became the new capital of the state.
Madhya Pradesh, in its present form, came into existence on 1 November 2000, following its bifurcation to create a new state of Chhattisgarh. The undivided Madhya Pradesh was founded on 1 November 1956. Madhya Pradesh, because of its central location in India, has remained a crucible of historical currents from North, South, East and West.


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"Anglers coming from outside of Utah or Wyoming may not purchase a reciprocal stamp, and therefore must purchase a license for the state(s) they are going to fish. Starting January 1, 2019 the Wyoming reciprocity stamp will cost $30 and the Utah reciprocity stamp will cost $10".
YEP, this is old news new this year.
I don't believe the article got the cost of the stamps right but someone can correct me.
Have you done any research on Strawberry/Soldier Creek Reservoir? The kokanee fishing has been coming on pretty good the last couple of years. You get to keep 4 versus 3. The place does have some odd restrictions though. You can't fillet your fish while at the reservoir and must leave the head attached as well. You can gut them is all. I know; stupid beyond belief. It's because they have a slot limit on cutthroat trout there and we're to stupid to know the difference between a kokanee and a trout. But the kokanee fishing can be great.
Camping is all Federal and managed by a concessionaire. Last year it was American Land & Liesure, but heard a rumor it would be a different company this year. There is only one camping loop that has electric/water hook-ups and only about 25 spaces. Reservations fill very fast. Lots of dry camping spots available. If you want to leave your boat in a day use slip, it will NOT have electrical hook up on the Strawberry side and I'm not sure if they have any on the Soldier Creek side.
Just wondered if you had looked into Strawberry as an alternative to the Gorge.
I have to buy two non resident Lic. Plus two recip stamps to fish both sides of the Gorge? The total cost non residents is 250.00 plus boat stamps and inspections. Jeez, all that for six fish? Is Wyoming and Utah trying to run the retired fisher persons out of the area. Not to mention soon to be 3.50+/gal. gas to get there. Damn looks like I'll be staying home this year. Hello Big Blue and Lake Granby. Maybe going down to Navajo.
No, you aren't reading it right. You only have to buy a license for the side of the lake you plan on fishing. If you choose to buy the 2 licenses, there is no need to buy a reciprocal stamp.
I believe that if you are not a resident of either state, you CAN'T buy the reciprocal stamps. I really can't blame either state for requiring non-Utah/Wyoming residents to have a non-resident license to fish in their respective states. The compact agreement between Utah & Wyoming only applies to residents of either/both states. It looks like the Gorge isn't going to be as crowded this year as it has been in years past. Several folks have also stated it probably won't be worth the additional cost for just 6 fish. Apparently, the increase from 16 fish to 24 fish for the additional lake trout pups allowed with the 6 salmon isn't justifiable for the increased license costs either. Hope you can find success in your home waters COfisherman.
Ok but I can't just buy the reciprocal to fish across state line?
The reciprocal only pertains to Utah & Wyoming residents, not to other residents outside of Utah & Wyoming. All you need is a nonresident license pertaining to the state you will be fishing or both. If you decide to purchase only one license you cannot cross the state line of other state to fish that side.
I don't mind paying for no resident lic.
I don't mind paying for nonresident lic and a stamp to fish reciprocal stamp. Last time up we stayed in the RV which has solar, and is fully self contained. We fished both sides of the lake. We bought a 10 day nonresident lic and the reciprocal stamp and the AIS inspection even though the boat had a tamper proof tag on it from Colorado. And that was all we had to buy to fish. We spent lots of money there in both states., but looks like we aren't welcome any longer. So we will stay home again this year. The fish aren't as big here but they pretty good from Blue Mesa, and Granby. My lic is only 9.75 a year and no AIS inspection fee here. Too bad, I was looking forward to another Gorge trip this year, maybe my last.
You could just buy a non-resident license from just one state and fish that side of the border. Wyoming sells Annual at $102, 5-day at $56, or daily at $14. Utah sells Annual at $75, 7-day at $40, or 3-day at $24. Limits can be had on either side and if you only make one trip a year, the cost for the daily, 3/5/7-day licenses are very reasonable. Even if you want to make 2 trips a year, the shorter period licenses are still the way to go. Do you really think you need more than 2 or 3 days to catch your possession limt of 6 salmon and/or 24 lakers? You are welcome in both states COf, but you just need to decide what your best financial options are.
If you know human nature, you just have to know that there are going to be some folks that show up this summer like they always do and get the surprise of the trip. I'd hate to be the clerk on the other side of the counter at the Lucerne store this summer.
Lol, yea it's funny how people that can't do anything about an issue, gets dumped on. I guess its human nature. I think I got this figured out, I'll double our limit at twice the coast, I'll just bring Mom. She loves to fish as much as I do.
Keep your line in the water, and the net handy.
Can you tell me where in either state (UT/WY) you see a regulation that states it is lawful to have 6 koke's in possession?
My understanding was that Utah changed to 6 but Wyoming didn't. See page 3 of the Utah reg book.
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Wyoming side: "Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Sweetwater County.The creel limit on trout (excluding lake trout) shall be four (4) per day or in possession. No more than three (3) shall be kokanee salmon."
Utah side: "It is your responsibility to know and follow each state's laws and rules for Flaming Gorge." And: "Starting in 2019, you may have up to two daily limits in your possession when fishing for multiple consecutive days at Strawberry Reservoir or Flaming Gorge Reservoir. For more information about when you may possess two daily limits, see page 19. " And for Flaming Gorge: " Limit 4 trout or kokanee salmon (a combined total), excluding lake trout, and no more than 3 may be kokanee salmon."
If you are not a resident of Wyoming or Utah and you want to have 6 salmon in possession from Flaming Gorge, you MUST have a Utah license.
Bob, I would expect that even with a Utah license you must be in Utah (e.g., camped at Lucerne not Buckboard) or in transit to your Utah home in order to posses?
I would not bet on that statement. I always stay in Manilla or at Lucerne when I fish the Gorge. If you want to camp at Buckboard instead of Lucerne because of the FULL hookups at the commercial campground at Buckboard (NOT the Federal campground), then I have no clue what a Wyoming CO might say or do if he/she checked you and you have a 2-day possession limit legally caught on the Utah side of the Gorge. Since I'm not ever going to be in that position, I haven't bothered to track down the answer and have no desire to do so now. If you are going to fish the Utah side only but camp in Wyoming, then I would strongly suggest you call the WY G & F folks and ask them.


After Saigon fell on April 30, 1975, the yellow flag with three red stripes (often flown in Dorchester's Vietnamese-American community) was forbidden on Vietnamese territory. It was the flag of the South Vietnamese, first born after France signed the Ha Long Bay Accord with Emperor Bao Dai of Vietnam in 1948.
This year is the 60th anniversary of the flag, and the fifth year of its recognition as the flag of the Vietnamese-American diaspora by the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire. On Saturday, celebrants will parade the flag through Dorchester, beginning in Fields Corner's Townfield Park at 11 a.m.
Later in the evening around 6 p.m., a banquet will be held at the Empire Garden restaurant in Chinatown, 690 Washington St.
A Vietnamese surrogate for Sen. Barack Obama is flying up from Virginia to speak at the affair, and organizers had hoped to secure a similar speaker from Sen. John McCain's campaign. Though Sen. McCain is known to be highly popular among Vietnamese-Americans here - particularly the older set - his campaign has yet to confirm a speaker, according to Toan Nguyen, the lead organizer of the anniversary celebration.


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Inspirational Quotes by Oliver Cromwell (British Head of State)
Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. Born into the middle gentry, albeit to a family descended from the sister of King Henry VIII's minister Thomas Cromwell, Cromwell was relatively obscure for the first 40 years of his life. After undergoing a religious conversion in the 1630s, he became an Independent Puritan, taking a generally tolerant view towards the many Protestant sects of his period. An intensely religious man—a self-styled Puritan Moses—he fervently believed that God was guiding his victories. He was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in 1628 and for Cambridge in the Short and Long Parliaments. He entered the English Civil War on the side of the "Roundheads" or Parliamentarians. Nicknamed "Old Ironsides", he was quickly promoted from leading a single cavalry troop to become one of the principal commanders of the New Model Army, playing an important role in the defeat of the royalist forces.
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You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!
Topics: Parliament
Does a man speak foolishly? — suffer him gladly, for you are wise. Does he speak erroneously? — stop such a man's mouth with sound words that cannot be gainsaid. Does he speak truly? — rejoice in the truth.
Necessity has no law.
Topics: Necessity
No man rises so high as he knows not whither he goes.
Topics: Ambition, Getting Ahead
Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.
Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.
Topics: Deception, Deception/Lying, Integrity
A few honest men are better than numbers.
Topics: Honesty
The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.
Topics: Politics
What are all histories but God manifesting himself, shaking down and trampling under foot whatsoever he hath not planted.
Topics: History
I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
Make the iron hot by striking it.
Topics: Action, Opportunity
Trust in God, but keep your powder dry.
Topics: Self-reliance
I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.
Topics: Mistakes
He who stops being better stops being good.
Topics: Live, Progress, Good, Self-improvement, Excellence
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
He Oliver Cromwell in a furious manner, bid the Speaker leave his chair; told the house That they had sat long enough, unless they had done more good; and that it was not fit they should sit as a parliament any longer, and desired them to go away.
No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
Topics: Goals
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Morocco's BCP lands in Mauritius, Madagascar
February 22, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi Finance, News, Zoom 0
Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France on Monday announced the signing of an agreement providing for the divestment of 100% of Banque des Mascareignes to Banque Centrale Populaire Group, one of Morocco's three biggest lenders.
The agreement concerns the divestment by BPCE International of Banque des Mascareignes based in Mauritius, and its Madagascan subsidiary (Banque des Mascareignes Madagascar), to the Moroccan banking group, Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP).
This transaction is part of BCP's strategy to refocus on priority growth markets and reinforce its footprint in the Indian Ocean as part of the group's expansion strategy, a BCP statement said.
According to the North Africa Post, the presence of BCP in Mauritius will improve its access to Chinese and Indian investments in Africa in a way that is "conducive" to the group's increasing investments in Africa.
Last year for exemple, BCP Group has become the largest banking group in Niger, after it finalized the acquisition of the International Bank for Africa, so far the second-largest banking institution in the African country.
Moroccan banks are now present in more than 24 African countries and around 17 per cent of their foreign activity is on the continent.
The Banking sector, which has grown steadily over the past decade is well capitalized, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Mascareignes
Morocco's Banque Centrale Populaire
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Transgender woman 'enslaved by group of men after being promised new life in London'
Sasha Taylor, 35, of Liverpool was kidnapped and taken to Spain where she became a victim of human trafficking
Laura Forsyth
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A transgender woman has told how she was enslaved by a group of men after being promised a new life in London.
Sasha Taylor, 35, fled her home in Guatemala, Central America, where she had been subjected to violence and abuse because of her gender identity.
In December 2016 she decided to move to a country where she could be respected for who she is and have her human rights protected.
She met a group of men who claimed that they could help her start a new life in London - but instead they kidnapped her and took her to Greece, and then Spain.
The Liverpool Echo reports that it was there that Sasha had become a victim of human trafficking.
Sasha, who now lives in Liverpool, said: "I used to cry all day out of desperation. They took away all my documents, papers, and the little money I was going to take to London.
Sasha Taylor, 35, was a victim of hate crime and human trafficking (Image: LiverpoolEcho/WS)
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"They constantly reminded me that if I tried to escape, talk to someone or even ask for help from the police, they will arrest me and then deport me back to Guatemala where I would be murdered."
Sasha told how she witnessed the murder of her two best friends, who were also transgender women.
She also claims she was physically abused, raped and shot..
After that she decided to go into hiding.
But thanks to two women that she met in Spain, Sasha managed to escape to London on February 4, 2017.
She now receives support from UK-based organisations and attends classes three times a week at The City of Liverpool College, to help improve her English.
Sasha said: "I had a beautiful life as a child, but I always had a feeling in my mind and in my heart that I looked really feminine. I was eight-years-old when I started to realise that I was different.
Brave Sasha claims she was "sexually abused by a neighbour" and believes she was not properly supported by her father.
Sasha Taylor with partner Hawkar Jwamer (Image: LiverpoolEcho/WS)
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And her brothers and sisters failed to support her properly after the incident, she claimed.
But Sasha says she knows she can always depend on the love of her mother.
She explained: "I think my mother always knew that I was different because we were really close. Sometimes I would wear and play in hers or my sisters' clothes, and my mum would just laugh. I know, no matter who I am, she will always love me."
Sasha moved into the city and learned how to take care of herself. She met her two best friends and began her transition between the age of 16-17.
She said: "After drinking hormones which encouraged my breasts to grow and my body to look more feminine, I started living as a woman and wore feminine clothes. I started to feel more happy within myself and see myself for who I always was."
Sasha worked very hard as a cleaner in a hair salon, but couldn't save enough for surgery.
She said: "I've now had my breasts enlarged and my hips done. I didn't pay anything for them, because the surgeon who offered his services was training at the time and wanted to use me to practice. I wasn't scared."
But now, after dealing with prejudices, discrimination and transphobia for almost 20 years, Sasha says she stopped living in fear of people and is just grateful to be alive.
Sasha Taylor giving a speech at the Merseyside Police Regional Hate Crime Week event (Image: LiverpoolEcho/WS)
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She said: "Everyone won't know what it means to be a transgender woman.
"But people need to report hate crime. Because we can't eradicate violence with violence."
Sasha is now enjoying a new chapter in her life with Hawkar Jwamer, 33, a refugee from Iraq, who she met seven months ago.
She added: "He is a honest person, and he makes me smile."
Sasha was speaking at the Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas Church, in Liverpool city centre as part of Hate Crime Awareness Week.
Temporary Detective Chief Inspector Paul Lamb said: "Merseyside is a very welcoming place, and the vast majority of people show a great deal of understanding and tolerance towards people who are different to them.
"But we know hate crime has been a vastly under- reported crime for a long time now.
"If people are being targeted because they are perceived to be different then we want them to come forward and tell us, rather than suffer in silence.
"The more action we can take against perpetrators, the more confidence we can instil in victims that if they report things to the police we will protect, support them and make it stop.
"Victims can report directly to the police where specially-trained hate crime officers will treat them with sensitivity and compassion, or via third party reporting centres such as the new Whiston hospital, at fire stations, citizen advice bureaus and elsewhere where the information will be passed on.
"By continuing to encourage greater reporting we can protect and support more victims and make it clear to perpetrators that we will do everything we can to put them before the courts."
If for any reason you don't feel comfortable speaking to the police about a hate crime, ring independent charity Stop Hate UK on 0800 138 1625 who provide 24/7 help and support, or visit http://www.stophateuk.org/ . There are also more than 90 independent centres across the region where you can go to contact Stop Hate UK - anywhere displaying a 'red hand' logo is part of this important network standing up against hate.


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