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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kim ? The impetus for the talks came in  Kim âs annual New Yearâs speech on January 1  when  he  proposed direct discussions with Seoul âover the issue of improving inter-Korean relations by our nation itself â with the goal to âdefuse the current military tension.â  Kim  also welcomed the upcoming Winter Olympics as a âgood occasion for demonstrating our nationâs prestige â and said  he  wanted to send a delegation.
But while the bilateral talks were widely praised in South Koreaâs media  the US media seemed like a deer caught in the headlights from the first announcement of the breakthrough. Unclear how to respond to a possible outbreak of peace  the press immediately zeroed in on the section of Kimâs New Yearâs speech where he declared that his ânuclear forces are capable of thwarting and counteringâ anything from the United States.  Kim  also reminded Washington that the ânuclear buttonâ is on  his  office desk âall the time.â
Although the Supreme Leader left out some of the harsh anti-US language heâs used in previous declarations  the implied threat became the story for nearly every US media outlet covering his New Yearâs speech. At CNN  for example  reporter Brian Todd went on the air to warn Wolf Blitzer that the prospect of talks was dangerous because it could mask a North Korean military attack during the Olympics. In some broadcasts  Kimâs offer to talk  and Moonâs quick endorsement  were barely mentioned.
 Kim âs reference to  his  nuclear arsenal also drew a typical response from President Trump.  He  took to Twitter to declare that  he   too  had a âbutton â but it was âmuch bigger & more powerfulâ than Kimâs.  His  childish taunt quickly led to speculation about  his  state of mind and fitness to be president  a topic that dominated the White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sandersâs first media briefing of the year.
Asked at a press briefing at Camp David about the potential for negotiations with Kim  he replied: âSure  I always believe in talking.â¦ absolutely I would do that.â Trump âappeared to be strongly indicating that he would join talks with North Korea after the high-level inter-Korean talks  if the conditions are right â South Koreaâs liberal Hankyoreh concluded.
In the lead-up to the talks in Seoul  the mood was close to jubilant. âHopes are high that inter-Korean relations will improve â Hankyoreh reported on January 4. âSince  Kim  delivered  his  New Yearâs address on Jan. 1  North Koreaâs actions have been completely aligned with the Southâs response.â
The pace was set early on by The New York Times  in a front-page story on January 1 posted literally hours after  Kimâs New Yearâs speech .  It  instantly became the leitmotif for media coverage throughout the week.
Behind Kimâs New Yearâs declaration âlies a canny new strategy to initiate direct talks with South Korea in the hope of driving a wedge into its seven-decade alliance with the United States â reported Choe Sang-Hun and David Sanger  the latter a recipient of dozens of US intelligence leaks about North Korea over the years.
In the Choe-Sanger article  the Times cited Robert Litwakâa senior vice president at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars who is well-known in Japan and Korea for his hard-right views on security issuesâto back its claim that Kim is seeking to âtake the side of the South Koreans  against President Trump.â He was then given a large block of space on the Timesâs January 3 op-ed page to spell out his grave concerns for the wayward South Koreans.
âWashington and Seoul should not take Mr. Kimâs bait â Litwak argued. âInstead  the North Korean offer should be put to the diplomatic test through a united Washington-Seoul front.â
Yet despite the clear signals of disapproval from US hard-liners   the Moon and Kim governments pressed on   saying  they  would soon embark on âworking-levelâ talks to discuss the details of the Northâs participation in the Olympics  the family visits  and âsolve bilateral issues among  themselves  without relying on outsideâ forces  according to the Joongang Daily.

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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Joachim Frank ? The 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to  researchers Jacques Dubochet  Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson  for  their  work that developed cryo-electron microscopy  which the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says "both simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules."
Speaking to the prize committee by phone Wednesday morning   Frank  said  he  had thought the chance of  him  winning the prestigious honor was "minuscule."
 He  added that cryo-electron microscopy "is about to completely transform structural biology " saying the technology is being taken up by a new generation of medical researchers.
Dubochet is affiliated with the University of Lausanne  in Switzerland;  Frank  is affiliated with Columbia University in New York; Henderson is affiliated with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge  U.K.
"Electron microscopes were long believed to only be suitable for imaging dead matter  because the powerful electron beam destroys biological material. But in 1990  Richard Henderson succeeded in using an electron microscope to generate a three-dimensional image of a protein at atomic resolution. This breakthrough proved the technology's potential. " Joachim Frank  made the technology generally applicable. Between 1975 and 1986  he  developed an image processing method in which the electron microscope's fuzzy twodimensional images are analysed and merged to reveal a sharp three-dimensional structure. "Jacques Dubochet added water to electron microscopy. Liquid water evaporates in the electron microscope's vacuum  which makes the biomolecules collapse. In the early 1980s  Dubochet succeeded in vitrifying water â  he  cooled water so rapidly that it solidified in its liquid form around a biological sample  allowing the biomolecules to retain their natural shape even in a vacuum."

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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kirsch ? Police officers have been using in-car dashcams for decades. Although the technology has advanced to include newer formats and higher-quality cameras  the overall workflow of capturing  transmitting and archiving the video remains tedious  according to  David Kirsch  director of product management at Coban .
âWhat sets the H1 apart is it embeds within it an AI-processing capable supercomputer â said  Kirsch . This allows the camera to deliver relevant data in real time while eliminating many of the back-office processes required with traditional dashcam systems.
If there is a threat   Kirsch  explained  âthe officer â instead of getting out of the vehicle â puts it in reverse and calls in backup.â
âNext year  if someone comes up with another idea and says  âCan you put this sensor in here?â we can say  âYes  the engine is there ââ  Kirsch  said.
âOur job is to not add responsibilities in using technology  but the reverse â  Kirsch  said. âWeâre going to provide officers [with] awareness capabilities so they can do what they need to do.â

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