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A Yorkshire pub had the perfect response when a parent asked if he could bring his wheelchair bound son inside. |
The pub took to Facebook to reveal how the man came in and asked if they would be allowed to remain in the pub. |
He warned staff that his child 'sometimes makes loud noises and waves his arms about', and that people have 'made comments' in the past. |
In an emotional post on Facebook, the pub - The Barrel in Chapeltown, Sheffield, said it broke their heart that a parent would need to ask if they could bring their child inside. |
-> Mum sues Thomas Cook over 'child abduction' from kids club |
An Intricate Mind: Alan Turing 1912-1954 |
Alan Turing Memorial, Sackville Gardens, Manchester: sculptor Glyn Hughes |
Here is the statue of man whose decoding of German Enigma Code is credited with shortening World War 2 by two years, and so saving thousands of lives. After the war, working in Manchester, he played a key role in developing ‘Baby’, the first digital computer. He had the brilliance of intellect and foresight that should... |
There have various theories about his death: that he staged it to look like an accident; that it was in fact an accident; that he was assassinated. In any event we can only guess at the scale of his future contributions to the domains of science, mathematics, and computer technology had he lived. In 1950, concluding hi... |
We can see only a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done. |
In 2013 Turing was granted a royal pardon, and British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, expressed his regret at the way the eminent mathematician had been treated. Today, Turing’s great-niece, Rachel Barnes is lending her support to the campaign Turing’s Law that wishes to see 49,000 others given posthumous pardons. She s... |
Turing relative demands pardons for gay men convicted under outdated laws |
And all I can say is: see where bigotry takes us. And if you want to see what kind of funny, humane man Alan Turing was, and discover something of his intricate thinking, then read the article Computing Machinery and Intelligence at the link above. It begins with the words: |
I propose to consider the question, “Can machines think?” |
32 thoughts on “An Intricate Mind: Alan Turing 1912-1954 |
1. Your take on this post is excellent, Trish. Meaningful and beautiful and also full of instruction. |
Thank you so much for this information. |
I had followed the story on TV but didn’t know all these details about him. I’ll surely read more from the link you shared. |
How far can stupidity go? |
1. Hello, Lucile. Thank you for your comments. I’m v. pleased that there was some info that is new to you. And indeed – how far can stupidity go? Rather a long way it seems. 🙂 |
2. Thanks for this Tish, Manchester’s memorial to Turing had passed me by. It got me scurrying to Google having worked briefly on MU5 at UMRCC in the early 1970s – a time when computers filled vast rooms and were cooled by water and liquid freon. Happy days 🙂 |
1. Glad to be of assistance, Robin. It’s a splendid memorial and the gardens very pleasing in the heart of the city. Fascinating to hear of your earlier life 🙂 |
3. I recently watched the movie about Alan Turing. What a brilliant mind. I’m so happy to know that there is this memorial to his memory. He was treated very shabbily indeed. So tragic. |
4. This story is one of the saddest I know, and a prime example of the terrible losses wrought by the tyranny of small, fearful minds. It is so incredibly ironic that Turing contributed as much as any single individual–and more than most–to protect his fellow Britons from dreadful, imminent tyranny only to be persecu... |
5. A terribly sad example of “humanity’s” capacity to behave appallingly towards those perceived as different. And although persecution of homosexuals may be illegal in many places (albeit without the necessary pardons for those who were so cruelly treated in the past), there are still many countries where to be gay ... |
1. Yes you are (sadly) so right, Su, about the continuing persecution. Why people should even be more than passingly interested (humans will always be nosy) in others’ sexuality is beyond me. What does it matter? |
1. I remember reading (a very long time ago, so the details are fuzzy) that we humans define ourselves in relation to the “otherness” of people who are not like us. We need difference (which we cognitively accentuate) to create cohesion within our group. It’s a depressing thought. Unless we have close contact wit... |
6. Human being are primitive. Shameful and proof of my continuing contention that we should not be deluded by advances in technology. Science may have advanced, but I’m not convinced people have. A great post, even though depressing. |
1. I think I agree with you. In fact in some ways our great pride in technology makes us more stupid, as our reliance upon it reduces an ability to access our own innate resources. It certainly doesn’t improve our powers of discretion, or remove the yen to be prejudiced. |
7. How desperately sad. I shudder over how society’s first response always seems to be to punish perceived wrongdoing. Surely at some point Turing must have wondered if his own Government’s attitude to homosexuality was much different to that of Nazi Germany. |
8. Just watched the Imitation Game with my kids (10 and 7) last week, and so glad my oldest daughter in particular connected with the film, the injustice of his mistreatment. We live in better times now, that kids can be exposed to that and see why it’s wrong. I heard he injected poison into an apple. But I may be re... |
1. Hi Bill. Must get to see this film ourselves. The apple and the cyanide story was not proven at the time. A colleague thought it was more likely that he had inhaled the cyanide as he was using it in a home lab on something he was working on. Apparently eating an apple before bedtime was a common habit. So it’s h... |
9. What a terrible loss. I wish bigotry was dead and long buried, but is seems that small-minded people can still find a reason to be hateful. I have little patience for it anymore and don’t tolerate fools gladly.. Michelle |
1. I agree with you on all points. I am definitely suffering from a lack of patience over small-mindedness. There’s so much of it about, though thankfully not among most fellow bloggers 🙂 |
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Mel is a playable character in Luminous Arc, the first game of the Luminous Arc series. |
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Gender Female |
Age 10-12 |
Height 140cm |
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Element Water |
Class T Witch (Torrent Witch) |
Weapon Lily |
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Mel is one of the seven witches created by the world to defeat the other-worldly God Zehaal. She is referred to as the Torrent Witch, and is the youngest of the seven witches, as well as the youngest playable character in the game, as stated by Theo that she was 'even younger than me.' |
Mel like many of the seven witches grew up in the Witch Village, hidden on the Western Continent. She doesn't hold many of the predispositions of the older witches and often acts like a normal child her age. |
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Mel is a very happy young girl, and she often times does not take the situation at hand seriously. She tends to use her own vocabulary of somewhat bizarre phrases to describe a given situation, action or event, although it is usually clear what the underlying meaning to what she says is. |
Mel also has a strong liking for superheros, and she often references the actions of a particular superhero during a given situation. She also, through storyline dialogue and Intermission conversations with Alph mentions that she reads about the adventures of her favorite superheros in a number of comic books. Often ti... |
As well as her liking of superheros Mel also has a slight brash streak to her. Evident in one particular Side Quest, Mel can become over-zealous and boss people around when she sees fit, despite being the youngest. During the Side Quest she began ordering Pollon, Alph, and Kai to fight a group of bandits, these three b... |
Mel's relationship in regards to the other members of the group that accompany her throughout the game in mostly good. She seems to gravitate towards Alph, Kai and Pollon, who each have characteristics that make her idealize or find them amusing. Mel idealizes Kai since he is a Samurai and his overall demeanor and char... |
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Mel is the first of the witches to join the party permanantly and she joined after Lucia. Mel is the slowest character but she was packed very powerful magical property. Statically she is an upgraded version of Cecille's Priestess Class. She has high Magic and Resistance, but lower HP and Speed. |
Mel starts with some healing spells and Aqua which prove to be reliable at times. She will later learn Heal and Hail to give the party more damaging support. By the times that Cecille become Twilight Witch, Mel will likely got both Ice Crush and Salvation, which deals massive water damage and almost completely heal any... |
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Learned Rainfall |
Rain purifies evil foes (Effect: Resist down) |
1-5 1 |
33 Icicle Drop Rains pillars of ice (Effect: Resist down) 1-13 2 |
44 Cold Justice Ice pillars rain and freeze foes (Effect: Resist down) 1-25 3 |
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• Mel and Claire are the only two witches whose age are not revealed. |
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I am suddenly comsumed by nostalgia for the little girl who was me, who loved the fields and believed in God, who spent winter days home sick from school reading Nancy Drew and sucking menthol cough drops, who could keep a secret. |
-Audrey Niffenegger The Time Traveler's Wife |
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As a classical track in the field of medical engineering, Physiological Systems Mechanics combines an understanding of physiological systems from the mechanical point of view. Stents to expand arteries, respirators and artificial blood vessels are examples of the medical technological developments based on physical pri... |
Advantages in Majoring in the Physiological Systems Mechanics Track |
The Physiological Systems Mechanics Track, as part of bachelors degree studies in medical engineering at Afeka College, trains students to participate in the design, development and manufacture of advanced medical instruments to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses and for purposes of rehabilitating and improving the ... |
The Afeka College’s unique program offers advanced courses in Physiological Mechanics of the skeletal and muscular systems, the mechanics of flow in blood vessels and air passages, advanced courses in heat and mass systems, and computational techniques in engineering and materials. |
The graduates of this majoring track can articulate innovative developments in the field of medicine and to present such at competitions held amongst the students, to gain experience in medical mechanics laboratories, and to be exposed to advanced experimental systems that simulate the operation of the heart chambers, ... |
The Professional Future of Graduates of Physiological Systems Mechanics Majors |
The studies in this major track open a broad diapason of opportunities for Afeka College graduates to integrate into more than 600 companies that operate in Israel and which develop and manufacture medical devices, that are ranked in the second place in the world as suppliers of advanced medical solutions, and fourth ... |
The various positions awaiting graduates in the industry include the development of mechanical standards such as bypasses, stents in blood vessels, cardiac catheters, orthopedic implants, respirators etc. |
Students integrating courses from the Clinical Engineering Division into their curriculums and who complete their studies in the Division can also be employed in shepherding a product from the initiative stage and up to the market penetration stage, while managing the regulatory aspect, standards and clinical trials in... |
26/11 – When Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan Attained Martyrdom |
Updated on 3 Dec, 2018 at 4:35 pm |
Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan attained martyrdom fighting terrorists on the third day of the November 26-29 Mumbai Terror Attacks. He was only 31 years at the time and serving the Indian Army in the elite Special Action Group of the NSG (National Security Guards). The only son of a retired ISRO Officer K. Unnikrishnan and... |
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