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Alan
Mathison Turing OBE FRS (June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was a pioneering
English computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and
theoretical biologist. He was highly influential in the development of
theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts
of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be
considered a model of a general purpose computer. Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
During the Second World War, Turing worked for the Government Code and
Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park, Britain's codebreaking center. For a time he led Hut 8, the section responsible for German
naval cryptanalysis. He devised a number of techniques for breaking
German ciphers, including improvements to the pre-war Polish bombe
method and an electromechanical machine that could find settings for the
Enigma machine. Turing played a pivotal role in cracking intercepted
coded messages that enabled the Allies to defeat the Nazis in many
crucial engagements, including the Battle of the Atlantic; it has been
estimated that this work shortened the war in Europe by as many as two
to four years.
Old Navy posted a completely innocent photo of an interracial
family to Twitter over the weekend. Despite the fact that is 2016,
racists almost instantly...
Echevarria was forced to watch several
videos about scientology and was told she would receive a 25
cents-per-hour raise for each “betterment” course she took through the
“cult.”
The 50-year-old Flores was charged in April
2015 with two felony counts each of first-degree sodomy and first-degree
sex abuse. But the case fell apart after Sgt. Jason Goodding, of
Seaside police, was fatally shot.
Mayerthorpe RCMP have charged a 19-year-old man with 18 counts of arson
in relation to a fire that burned the CN trestle bridge on Tuesday.
Mayerthorpe, about 120 kilometers northwest of Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada, saw as many as 21 suspicious fires over a six day period. Lawson Michael Schalm, a volunteer firefighter from Mayerthorpe, is charged in connection to many of them. Schalm is the son of former mayor Albert Schalm.
The arson case was high priority within the Mayerthorpe detachment.
Cpl. Sharon Franks said RCMP were able to find and charge the man because of "numerous tips" from the public.
"The dry conditions certainly made it concerning for us and a lot of the
officers from Mayerthorpe were certainly focused on finding the person
responsible," said Franks.
The CN bridge fire forced the evacuation of nearby schools and a trailer
park with 38 mobile homes. Some Lac St. Anne County residents living
nearby were also told to be ready to leave on one-hour notice.
Mayerthorpe fire chief Randy Schroeder said almost three dozen
firefighters from four different fire departments in the area were
called to help douse the flames, alongside agriculture and forestry
services members, helicopters and a water bomber.
The loss of the bridge will impact the lumber and oil industries
"extensively" Schroeder said.
Schalm will remain in custody until he makes his first court appearance on May 4th at Stony Plain Provincial Court.
A Pennsylvania blogger, who wrote about a
convicted gay-bashing cop’s daughter, is suing the father and daughter,
saying they got her fired from her day job by sending detectives to
harass her.
When residents of a city in north eastern Utah noticed two stop signs had gone missing at a busy intersection,
they decided to find out why. The answer they discovered was far from
what anyone could have expected, and many are not happy.
The intersection at 600 East and 300 North in Roosevelt was once a
four-way stop. But two of the stop signs seemed to disappear overnight,
raising safety concerns with residents.
“We almost got into an accident,” said resident Rebecca Pittman. “That’s
when we realized they were gone.”
Pittman isn’t the only one alarmed by the move. Many residents are
asking the city to make the intersection a four-way stop again, calling
the current situation unsafe.
“I’m very concerned because I see kids walking to and from school,” said
Brianna Broyles, who lives near the intersection. “Parents with little
kids walk along here. I hear tires screeching and horns honking.”
In a letter to residents dated April 27, Roosevelt’s mayor and City
Council detailed the events leading to crews taking down the two stop
signs.
“There has been some speculation and innuendo floating around the social
media lately concerning a ticket our city manager received for creeping
through a stop sign and the subsequent removal of two signs at that
intersection,” the letter begins.
The complicated situation began on Thursday, March 17, when city manager
Ryan Snow was pulled over by a Utah Highway Patrol officer in the
intersection. Dash cam video shows the officer initiating the traffic
stop after Snow’s pickup truck slows down but rolls through the stop
sign.
“After the ticket was received,” the city letter continues, “the city
manager talked to our Public Works director and pointed out that we had
three intersections in a row with 4-way stops and wondered if that was
in the best interest of the city.”
The following Monday, city workers cut down the stop signs for
north and southbound traffic.
The letter goes on to note that while Snow talked to Public Works, “No
one ever ordered or directed the Public Works director to remove the
signs, but only to investigate it.”
Pittman said that after she and fellow neighbors called city offices
with questions and safety concerns that crews returned and installed
yellow crosswalk signs at the intersection.
Court documents revealed that the same week the signs were removed, the
city attorney requested Snow’s traffic citation be dismissed. The
one-line motion simply states the reason being “in the interest of
justice.”
On April 6, according to court documents from the Eighth Judicial Court
in Duchesne County, the court dismissed the case pursuant to the city’s
motion. Snow said that he only mentioned receiving a traffic citation to
the city attorney’s office but did not ask for any special
consideration.
Snow later apologized for contesting the ticket.
“Now that I have seen the video I was clearly wrong, and the officer had
every right to ticket me. I am sorry for my error,” he said.
Residents aren’t completely satisfied with the city’s response, and are
asking for more transparency.
“It’s cost the city more to take it down,” Pittman said. “It has cast a
cloud over the city administration as to how things are done, and I want
the stop sign put back up.”
Snow said he welcomes a public discussion about the stop signs.
“I simply want what is best for the city of Roosevelt and as long as the
council sees fit I will continue to make every effort I can to
faithfully serve the citizens of Roosevelt,” he wrote in his apology.
A City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, and many residents plan
to show up to request the stop signs be reinstalled.
