Machinima: What if Link had a gun?
No, Hyrule Warriors doesn't actually have traditional voice acting. What it does do that no other Zelda game before has done is provide voiced narration. Let me step back a bit: It's not really a Zelda game at all, but for what it is involving Zelda lore, worlds, and characters, it makes me personally feel like it's time to explore this in the main series.
I understand many of the valid arguments against voice acting. There is a real fear, for the most part, that it will be terrible – a Metroid: Other M type of terrible, and naturally if that is the alternative… we would rather stick with text boxes. Except that doesn't have to be the alternative. Now, you may not like the narration voice/tone in Hyrule Warriors (I do like it), but it's really adding something to the experience that the cut scenes themselves don't have. A type of impact emotionally to me as a player – a sort "taking me into the world" that the cutscenes break me away from, simply because I have to read text boxes.
Gossip Stone: Should/Will Future Zeldas Feature Voice Acting?
Link has traditionally been an unspeaking protagonist in The Legend of Zelda series, but Eiji Aonuma seems adamant about shaking up the traditions of the series. In an interview with Jason Schreier, Aonuma talked about what it would mean for true voice acting in a The Legend of Zelda game. Click through to see what Aonuma had to say.
According to the Nintendo Official Twitter Account today there will be absolutely no voice acting in the upcoming Hyrule Warriors. Instead they will maintain the same voices that have been traditionally used for Zelda games. Jump inside to see what they had to say.


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Q: PHP exec() runs the code but doesn't work completely In some part of my code I compare 2 files and output the difference to another file by using exec() function.
In exec function I use comm -13 <(sort file_a) <(sort file_b) > output
When I run my php code, it creates output file but the file itself is empty. When I directly copy&paste the command into terminal, it also populates the file with differences but it doesn't populate my output file on php.
Part of the code;
exec('bash -c \'comm -13 <(sort "' . $path_d_raw.$least_recent_raw_file . '") <(sort "' . $path_d_raw.$most_recent_raw_file . '") > test.txt 2>&1\'', $output, $return);

$path_d_raw.$least_recent_raw_file and $path_d_raw.$most_recent_raw_file has correct path,/file tested it hundred times.
I also tried with shell_exec but couldn't get it done in any way.

A: You can directly compare file sizes by using filesize() function, you can also echo the value.
    <?php

// outputs e.g.  somefile.txt: 1024 bytes

$filename = 'somefile.txt';
echo $filename . ': ' . filesize($filename) . ' bytes';

?>

https://www.php.net/manual/ro/function.filesize.php

A: My guess would be an escaping problem. You should use proper functions to escape arguments and (in this case) commands. Try this out:
<?php
$command = sprintf(
    "comm -13 <(sort %s) <(sort %s) > test.txt 2>&1",
    escapeshellarg($path_d_raw . $least_recent_raw_file),
    escapeshellarg($path_d_raw . $most_recent_raw_file)
);
$escaped_command = escapeshellarg($command);
exec("bash -c $escaped_command", $output, $return);

We escape twice because you are passing the command itself to another shell for execution.
I would also suggest writing to a file located at an absolute path, in a separate directory. The fact that your web server can write to the directory where executable PHP scripts are stored should concern you.

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Q: IBM DB2 ON AS400 I want to configure IBM DB2 on iseries AS400. The issue is I'm not getting the proper tool for AS400 and I've already installed Data Studio for configure DB2.
I don't have any knowledge regarding AS400 and I'm fresher for IBM technology.
I have already ODBC drivers of iseries. Please help me to find out iseries AS400 setup tool.

A: DB2 is integrated into OS/400 and all of it's following OS's. To configure DB2 on these platforms, perform a power-on maneuver. If it is already turned on, then DB2 is configured.
BTW, you probably don't have an AS400 but something newer. The hardware is likely Power System or Pure System, and the OS is likely IBM i.

A: Once you get a SQL connection to the AS400 aka system i aka iseries.  Configure the DB by executing this SQL statement in Studio.
create collection myas400SQL

This will create an as400 library named MYAS400SQL that has the mumbo jumbo journal automatically added meaning this will work like every other SQL database with commit rollback transactions...
Lets try it.
CREATE TABLE myas400sql.mytable (myfield char(1))

Table mytable can handle commits and rollbacks like any other db you may have used.
Happy Friday.


3-14-2019 All food shall be separated and protected from contamination. (113984, 113986, 113988, 113990, 114060, 114067, 114069, 114077, 114079, 114089.1 (c), 114143 (c)) 4.00 Destroy all contaminated food. All food shall be prepared, stored, displayed, dispensed, placed, transported, sold, and served as to be protected from dirt, vermin, unnecessary handling, droplet contamination, overhead leakage, or other contamination.
If unpackaged food is displayed and sold in bulk in other than self-service containers, then it shall be served by an employee of the food establishment directly to a consumer and shall be displayed in clean, sanitary, and covered or otherwise protected containers.
For bulk customer self-service food items, such as salad bars, buffet type foods, and other ready-to-eat food, install sneeze guards that intercept a direct line between the customer's mouth and the food being offered, dispense from approved mechanical dispensers, or employ other effective means to protect ready-to-eat food from contamination.
(1) Contact with a solution of 100 ppm available chlorine solution for at least 30 seconds.
(2) Contact with a solution of 25 ppm available iodine for at least one minute.
(3) Contact with a solution of 200 ppm quaternary ammonium for at least one minute.
(a) Under refrigeration that maintains the food temperature at 41°F or below.
(b) Completely submerged under potable running water for a period not to exceed two hours at a water temperature of 70°F or below, and with sufficient water velocity to agitate and flush off loose particles into the sink drain.
(c) In a microwave oven if immediately followed by immediate preparation.
1-24-2019 Handwashing soap and single use towels or drying device shall be provided in dispensers adjacent to each handwashing facility; dispensers shall be maintained in good repair. (113953.2) Adequate separate facilities shall be provided for handwashing, food preparation, and the washing of utensils and equipment. (113953, 113953.1) 2.00 Handwashing facilities shall be sufficient in number and conveniently located so as to be accessible at all times for use by food employees. Employees shall not clean their hands in a sink used for food preparation, warewashing, or in a service sink or a curbed cleaning facility used for the disposal of mop water and similar liquid waste. Do not place objects in front of the handwashing station, and do not place items, utensils or wiping cloths in the handwashing sink.
1-24-2019 All food shall be separated and protected from contamination. (113984, 113986, 113988, 113990, 114060, 114067, 114069, 114077, 114079, 114089.1 (c), 114143 (c)) 4.00 Destroy all contaminated food. All food shall be prepared, stored, displayed, dispensed, placed, transported, sold, and served as to be protected from dirt, vermin, unnecessary handling, droplet contamination, overhead leakage, or other contamination.
Any food facility constructed before January 1, 2004 without public toilet facilities shall prominently post a sign within the food facility in a public area stating that toilet facilities are not provided. (113725.1, 114276, 114381 (e)) 4.00 Post permit in a conspicuous place (It is recommended that the permit be in customer view.). Post a notice advising patrons that a copy of the most recent routine inspection report is available for review by interested parties. Keep a copy of the most recent health inspection report at the facility for customer review purposes.
Post and maintain a legible and conspicuous sign in each toilet room directing attention to the need to thoroughly wash hands after using the toilet.
Post and maintain a legible "No Smoking" sign in food preparation, food storage, and utensil washing areas.
12-06-2018 All food shall be separated and protected from contamination. (113984, 113986, 113988, 113990, 114060, 114067, 114069, 114077, 114079, 114089.1 (c), 114143 (c)) 4.00 Destroy all contaminated food. All food shall be prepared, stored, displayed, dispensed, placed, transported, sold, and served as to be protected from dirt, vermin, unnecessary handling, droplet contamination, overhead leakage, or other contamination.
12-06-2018 Handwashing soap and single use towels or drying device shall be provided in dispensers adjacent to each handwashing facility; dispensers shall be maintained in good repair. (113953.2) Adequate separate facilities shall be provided for handwashing, food preparation, and the washing of utensils and equipment. (113953, 113953.1) 2.00 Handwashing facilities shall be sufficient in number and conveniently located so as to be accessible at all times for use by food employees. Employees shall not clean their hands in a sink used for food preparation, warewashing, or in a service sink or a curbed cleaning facility used for the disposal of mop water and similar liquid waste. Do not place objects in front of the handwashing station, and do not place items, utensils or wiping cloths in the handwashing sink.
11-02-2018 Each food facility shall be kept free of live animals and vermin: rodents (rats, mice), cockroaches, flies.( 114259.1, 114259.4, 114259.5) 2.00 Live animals are not allowed in a food facility, except as specified in section 114259.5.
(a) there is no longer evidence of a vermin infestation.
(b) all contaminated surfaces have been cleaned and sanitized.
(c) contributing factors such as cleaning, repairs, and the elimination of harborages have been resolved.
11-01-2018 The premises of each food facility shall be kept clean and free of litter and rubbish; all clean and soiled linen shall be properly stored; non-food items shall be stored and displayed separate from food and food-contact surfaces; the facility shall be kept free of vermin. (114067 (j), 114123, 114143 (a) & (b), 114175, 114178, 114185, 114185.1, 114185.2, 114185.3, 114185.4, 114256, 114256.1, 114256.2, 114256.4, 114257, 114257.1, 114259, 114259.1, 114259.2, 114259.3, 114279, 114281, 114282) 2.00 All food facilities shall be kept clean, fully operative, and in good repair. A food facility shall at all times be so constructed, equipped, maintained, and operated as to prevent the entrance and harborage of animals, birds, and vermin, including, but not limited to, rodents and insects. The premises of each food facility shall be kept clean and free of litter, rubbish, and vermin.
11-01-2018 All nonfood contact surfaces of utensils and equipment shall be clean. (114115, 114130.4) 2.00 Clean nonfood contact surfaces of equipment at a frequency necessary to prevent accumulation of residue. Observed build up of debris/residue on counter tops and table tops in the back kitchen area. Clean/sanitize and increase frequency to prevent build up.
11-01-2018 All food employees shall have adequate knowledge of and be trained in food safety as it relates to their assigned duties. The person in charge shall have adequate knowledge of, and shall educate employees of the food facility regarding major food allergens. (113947) Food facilities that prepare, handle or serve non-prepackaged potentially hazardous food, shall have an employee who has passed an approved food safety certification examination. (113947-113947.1) 2.00 The responsibilities of the staff member certified in food safety include ensuring that all employees who handle, or have responsibility for handling, unpackaged foods of any kind have sufficient knowledge to ensure the safe preparation and /or service of the food. The nature and extent of the knowledge that each employee is required to have may be tailored, as appropriate, to the employee's duties related to food safety issues. Observed lack of proof that a current employee of this establishment holds a Food Safety Manager Class certificate that is no more than five years old. Maintain a copy of the original certificate for at least one current employee at the facility location. The food managers certificate that is earned by the employee or owner may be used at only one location. Obtain a certificate from an American National Standards Institute approved food handling/food safety examination; if no one holds a current food safety certificate, obtain one within 60 days.
11-01-2018 Each food facility shall be kept free of live animals and vermin: rodents (rats, mice), cockroaches, flies.( 114259.1, 114259.4, 114259.5) 7.00 Live animals are not allowed in a food facility, except as specified in section 114259.5.
Any food facility constructed before January 1, 2004 without public toilet facilities shall prominently post a sign within the food facility in a public area stating that toilet facilities are not provided. (113725.1, 114276, 114381 (e)) 2.00 Post permit in a conspicuous place (It is recommended that the permit be in customer view.). Post a notice advising patrons that a copy of the most recent routine inspection report is available for review by interested parties. Keep a copy of the most recent health inspection report at the facility for customer review purposes.
Observed the lack of hand wash signs inside both restrooms. Provide hand wash notices at all times to remind employees to wash their hands after visiting the restroom.
Observed lack of the current health permit being posted within the facility. Ensure that the current valid health permit is posted within the facility. The 2015 permit is currently posted.
11-01-2018 The walls / ceilings shall have durable, smooth, nonabsorbent, light-colored, and washable surfaces. All floor surfaces, other than the customer service areas, shall be approved, smooth, durable and made of nonabsorbent material that is easily cleanable. Approved base coving shall be provided in all areas, except customer service areas and where food is stored in original unopened containers. Food facilities shall be fully enclosed. All food facilities shall be kept clean and in good repair. (114065, 114067, 114069, 114175, 114143, 114257, 114259.2, 114266, 114268, 114268.1, 114271, 114272) 2.00 All food facilities shall be kept clean, fully operative, and in good repair. Floor surfaces in all areas in which food is prepared, packaged or stored, where any utensil is washed, where refuse or garbage is stored, where janitorial facilities are located, and in all restrooms and hand washing areas shall be smooth and of durable construction and made from non absorbent material that is easily cleanable.
Each permanent food facility shall be fully enclosed in a building consisting of permanent floors, walls, and an overhead structure that meets minimum standards. Food facilities that are not fully enclosed on all sides and that are in operation on January 1, 1985, shall not be required to meet the requirements of this section until the facility is remodeled or has a significant menu change or a change in its method of operation. Full enclosure is not required for dining areas and certain other areas when approved for outdoor food services.
Observed the build up of food debris and grease on the floors and walls underneath and near the cooking equipment in the back kitchen area. Clean/sanitize and increase frequency to prevent build up and vermin.
Observed large amount of build up of roach feces on the walls throughout the back kitchen area. Clean/sanitize all areas that have been affected.
11-01-2018 All utensils and equipment shall be fully operative, clean, and in good repair. (114115, 114175). All utensils and equipment shall be approved, installed properly, and meet applicable standards. (114130, 114130.1, 114130.2, 114130.3, 114130.4, 114130.5, 114130.6, 114132, 114133, 114137, 114139, 114143, 114153, 114155, 114163, 114165, 114167, 114169, 114172, 114175, 114177, 114180, 114182) 2.00 Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. The food-contact surfaces of cooking equipment and pans shall be kept free of encrusted grease deposits and other debris accumulations.
Keep all food facilities, and all utensils, display cases, windows, counters, shelves, tables, refrigeration units, sinks, dishwashing machines, and other equipment or utensils used in the storage, preparation, sale, service, and display of food, clean, fully operative, and in good repair.
The non-food-contact surfaces of equipment shall be kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. Equipment shall be reassembled so that food-contact surfaces are not contaminated. Observed build up of food debris/residue on the food prep fridge unit doors and handles. Clean/sanitize and increase frequency to prevent build up of debris.
11-01-2018 Food shall be stored in an approved manner, in approved containers and labeled as to contents. Food shall be stored at least 6" above the floor on approved shelving. (114047, 114049, 114051, 114053, 114055, 114067(h), 114069) 2.00 Provide adequate and suitable space for the storage of food. Store food at least 6 inches off the floor. Store bulk food not stored in original packaging in containers identifying the food by common name. Food shall not be stored in locker rooms, restrooms, dressing rooms, refuse areas, or mechanical rooms; under open stairwells; under lines on which water has condensed; under leaking water lines, including leaking automatic fire sprinkler heads: or under sewer lines that are not shielded to intercept potential drips.
Only prepackaged nonpotentially hazardous food or uncut produce may be displayed or sold outdoors by a food facility if outdoor displays have overhead protection that extends over all food items, and if all food items from the outdoor display are stored inside the fully enclosed food facility at all times other than during business hours.
Products that are held by the permit holder for credit, redemption, or return to the distributor, such as damaged, spoiled, or recalled products, shall be segregated and held in designated areas that are separated from food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-use articles. All returned or damaged food products and food products from which the label has been removed shall be separated and stored in a separate area and in a manner that shall prevent adulteration of other foods and shall not contribute to a vermin problem.
11-01-2018 All food shall be separated and protected from contamination. (113984, 113986, 113988, 113990, 114060, 114067, 114069, 114077, 114079, 114089.1 (c), 114143 (c)) 4.00 Destroy all contaminated food. All food shall be prepared, stored, displayed, dispensed, placed, transported, sold, and served as to be protected from dirt, vermin, unnecessary handling, droplet contamination, overhead leakage, or other contamination.
Protect all cartons, boxes, or other materials used in the packaging of any food from dirt, vermin, and other forms of contamination or adulteration. 3rd repeat: Observed the foods in the prep tables were not covered. All foods not under diligent preparation must be covered with a non permeable cover.
10-12-2017 Food shall be stored in an approved manner, in approved containers and labeled as to contents. Food shall be stored at least 6" above the floor on approved shelving. (114047, 114049, 114051, 114053, 114055, 114067(h), 114069) 2.00 Provide adequate and suitable space for the storage of food. Store food at least 6 inches off the floor. Store bulk food not stored in original packaging in containers identifying the food by common name. Food shall not be stored in locker rooms, restrooms, dressing rooms, refuse areas, or mechanical rooms; under open stairwells; under lines on which water has condensed; under leaking water lines, including leaking automatic fire sprinkler heads: or under sewer lines that are not shielded to intercept potential drips.
10-12-2017 All food shall be separated and protected from contamination. (113984, 113986, 113988, 113990, 114060, 114067, 114069, 114077, 114079, 114089.1 (c), 114143 (c)) 4.00 Destroy all contaminated food. All food shall be prepared, stored, displayed, dispensed, placed, transported, sold, and served as to be protected from dirt, vermin, unnecessary handling, droplet contamination, overhead leakage, or other contamination.
9-08-2017 All food shall be separated and protected from contamination. (113984, 113986, 113988, 113990, 114060, 114067, 114069, 114077, 114079, 114089.1 (c), 114143 (c)) 4.00 Destroy all contaminated food. All food shall be prepared, stored, displayed, dispensed, placed, transported, sold, and served as to be protected from dirt, vermin, unnecessary handling, droplet contamination, overhead leakage, or other contamination.
8-03-2017 Potentially hazardous foods shall be held at or below 41°/ 45°F or at or above 135°F. (113996, 113998, 114037, 114343(a)) 14.00 Hold potentially hazardous foods either at or above 135°F or at or below 41°F. Hold the following potentially hazardous foods at 45°F: raw shell eggs, unshucked live molluscan shellfish, pasteurized milk and pasteurized milk products in original, sealed containers. Potentially hazardous foods held for dispensing in a serving line or a salad bar (not in a display case) may be held at 45°F or less during periods not to exceed 12 hours in any 24-hour period. Discard all potentially hazardous food that has been out of an approved time and temperature range. Repeat: Observed the temperature of the foods was measured between 54-67 °F. Keep all cold potentially hazardous foods at or below 41°F. Adjust and / or repair this unit; do not use it for the display of PHF (potentially hazardous food) items until it is shown to consistently capable of holding food at or below 41ºF at all times. Out of temperature items relocated to walk in cooler. Items out of temperature by more than 10°F were voluntarily destroyed and denatured.
8-03-2017 The walls / ceilings shall have durable, smooth, nonabsorbent, light-colored, and washable surfaces. All floor surfaces, other than the customer service areas, shall be approved, smooth, durable and made of nonabsorbent material that is easily cleanable. Approved base coving shall be provided in all areas, except customer service areas and where food is stored in original unopened containers. Food facilities shall be fully enclosed. All food facilities shall be kept clean and in good repair. (114065, 114067, 114069, 114175, 114143, 114257, 114259.2, 114266, 114268, 114268.1, 114271, 114272) 4.00 All food facilities shall be kept clean, fully operative, and in good repair. Floor surfaces in all areas in which food is prepared, packaged or stored, where any utensil is washed, where refuse or garbage is stored, where janitorial facilities are located, and in all restrooms and hand washing areas shall be smooth and of durable construction and made from non absorbent material that is easily cleanable.
8-03-2017 Food shall be stored in an approved manner, in approved containers and labeled as to contents. Food shall be stored at least 6" above the floor on approved shelving. (114047, 114049, 114051, 114053, 114055, 114067(h), 114069) 2.00 Provide adequate and suitable space for the storage of food. Store food at least 6 inches off the floor. Store bulk food not stored in original packaging in containers identifying the food by common name. Food shall not be stored in locker rooms, restrooms, dressing rooms, refuse areas, or mechanical rooms; under open stairwells; under lines on which water has condensed; under leaking water lines, including leaking automatic fire sprinkler heads: or under sewer lines that are not shielded to intercept potential drips.
8-03-2017 All food shall be separated and protected from contamination. (113984, 113986, 113988, 113990, 114060, 114067, 114069, 114077, 114079, 114089.1 (c), 114143 (c)) 2.00 Destroy all contaminated food. All food shall be prepared, stored, displayed, dispensed, placed, transported, sold, and served as to be protected from dirt, vermin, unnecessary handling, droplet contamination, overhead leakage, or other contamination.
8-03-2017 Food facilities that prepare food shall be equipped with warewashing facilities. Testing equipment and materials shall be provided to measure the applicable sanitization method. (114067(f,g), 114099, 114099.1, 114099.2, 114099.3, 114099.4, 114099.5, 114099.6, 114099.7, 114101, 114101.1, 114101.2, 114103, 114107, 114125) 2.00 Provide a sink with at least 3 compartments with 2 integral metal drainboards. The sink compartments and drainage facilities shall be large enough to accommodate the largest utensil or piece of equipment to be cleaned therein.
(a) Immersion for at least 30 seconds where the water temperature is maintained at 171°F or above.
(4) Contact with a solution of ozone that meets the requirements of Section 180.940 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations and that is generated by a device located onsite at the food facility that meets all of the requirements of 114099.6.
(c) Other methods approved by the enforcement agency.
(a) By being cycled through equipment achieving a utensil surface temperature of 160°F or above.
(1) Contact with a solution of 50 ppm available chlorine solution for at least 30 seconds.
(3) Contact with any chemical sanitizer that meets the requirements of Section 180.940 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations when used in accordance with both the sanitizer manufacturers use directions and the machine manufacturer's specifications.


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Essex Covid-19: Warning over NHS Test and Trace scam asking public to 'pay for a test' – Essex Live
Scammers posing as the NHS Test and Trace service are ringing members of the public and asking them to pay for a Covid test.
Essex County Council has warned residents of the scam, which tells unsuspecting members of the public that they've come into contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus.
They're then told that they must pay for a Covid test over the phone using their bank details.
Scammers then use these details to scam victims out of more money.
Chris French, Essex County Council's head of trading standards, said that Essex residents should be "vigilant" with scams like these.
He said: "Absolutely no-one officially contacted by the NHS test and trace team would be asked for payment over the phone or to pay for a test.
"We would ask residents to be vigilant if they receive a call such as this, not to give any personal information and report it to us straight away.
"Please also make sure older or vulnerable family and friends are aware of this scam so they don't fall prey to it."
Test and Trace has become a much more established part of everyday life, with the contact tracing app launching last week.
It's an important method to try and track the spread of coronaviurs, and scams like these shouldn't put the public off of the service, says Essex County Council director of public health Dr Mike Gogarty.
He added: "The NHS Test and Trace service is a vital element in helping us stop the spread of coronavirus.
If you're looking for a way to stay up to date with the latest breaking news from around Essex, the EssexLive newsletter is a good place to start.
The daily update will deliver the top news and features to your inbox every morning and evening.
Signing up to the newsletter is simple. Just put your email address in the box at the top of this story and click 'subscribe'.
It's one of the many ways that you can read the news that matters to you from EssexLive.
"I am disgusted that scammers are using this crucial service as a way to scam people, potentially putting people's health at risk.
"People should not be discouraged from giving their contact details as part of test and trace, however I would ask that they remain vigilant when receiving calls, check the telephone number and not give any information such as bank details if asked."
Test and Trace may contact you by phone, but they would only advise on you getting a test if you've shown Covid symptoms.
They would never ask you to pay for a test.
For more details about NHS Test and Trace, click here.
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KANSAS CITY -- C.J. Cron and Kole Calhoun each ripped two-run doubles in a four-run explosion in the ninth off Royals closer Greg Holland as the Angels rallied for a stunning 7-6 win on Thursday night at Kauffman Stadium.
Holland blew his fourth save in 29 opportunities. After 111 straight wins when leading after seven innings, the Royals now have lost back-to-back games when leading after seven.
"I had no idea it was 111 games," Royals manager Ned Yost said, "but I guarantee that in every one of those games, you don't take anything for granted because nights like this can happen."
The Angels had trailed, 5-1, entering the eighth, but they picked up two runs off All-Star setup man Wade Davis before all six batters reached against Holland in the ninth.
David DeJesus singled and Carlos Perez walked, then advanced on a wild pitch. Pinch-hitter Cron followed with a game-tying, two-run double down the right-field line and Calhoun added the go-ahead two-run double to right two batters later.
Eric Hosmer made things interesting with a two-out homer in the bottom of the ninth, but Angels closer Huston Street retired Alex Rios on a flyout to end the game with runners on first and second.
"Frustration level is always something you're monitoring, and we've had to flush out some frustration as it comes and goes when you're not performing," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia, whose team had lost nine straight on the road. "Hopefully a win like this will give us the confidence to play a good game tomorrow and build momentum."
Royals right-hander Jeremy Guthrie, who had given up 40 hits in his last four outings, stifled the Angels on two hits through six innings. Guthrie, who perhaps has been on the verge of losing his fifth spot in the rotation, likely kept his position for one more turn with the strong outing. He gave up one run, walked three and struck out two.
"I thought I had good command of my fastball consistently," Guthrie said. "And my curveball."
"Oh, we needed it," center fielder Mike Trout said. "That was big. Their bullpen is probably the best in the business. They have guys that can come out and throw it hard. To score some runs off those guys is big for us; big momentum shifter for us."
Davis sighting: The Royals had been without Davis since Aug. 6 because of tightness in his back. Davis came on in the eighth to a loud ovation, trying to protect a 5-1 lead. With a runner on first, Davis threw a couple of cutters past Trout before Trout jumped a 3-2 fastball for an RBI double to center. Later, David Murphy had an RBI groundout.
Big AB club: Some unlikely figures came up with big RBIs in the Royals' sixth to give them a 3-1 lead. Kendrys Morales walked and Mike Moustakas doubled with none out. But Garrett Richards had fought his way out of trouble earlier in the game in similar situations. However, Rios came through with a drive fairly deep to right to score Morales. Then with two out, catcher Drew Butera, who looked overmatched his first two times up, drove a slider into left field for an RBI hit.
Bouncing back: Richards began the game by giving up three straight singles, a bad sign for an Angels team coming off a 13-inning game and, thus, a depleted bullpen. But the 27-year-old right-hander bounced back, retiring his next seven batters, completing six innings -- with three runs across -- and giving his team a chance at the end.
"It got interesting there and fun," bench coach Dino Ebel said. "When you start putting guys in different positions, they get all fired up for it, which is good to see."
Davis gave up two runs in a game for the first time since April 5 of 2014 -- a span of 114 outings. The line-drive double Trout hit off him traveled 114.10 mph off his bat, according to Statcast™, making it the third-hardest ball Trout has hit all season.
Angels: Right-hander Jered Weaver will start the second of this four-game series at 5:10 p.m. PT on Friday. In his first start since coming off the disabled list Sunday, Weaver gave up two runs and struck out seven in five innings against the Orioles.
Royals: Left-hander Danny Duffy will get the ball on Friday at 7:10 p.m. CT for the rematch in this four-game series at Kauffman Stadium. Duffy didn't make it out of the fourth inning in his last start on Sunday against the White Sox.
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Het Beleg van Syracuse in 397 v.Chr. was de eerste van de onsuccsesvolle belegeringen die Carthago zou ondernemen tegen Syracuse. Als antwoord op het beleg van Motya door Dionysius I zond Carthago Himilco naar Sicilië met een expeditieleger. Nadat hij Motya had heroverd en Libyaeum had gesticht, plunderde hij Messina, en belegerde hierna Syracuse, nadat hij de Griekse vloot volledig had vernietigd bij Catana.

De Carthagers gebruikten de strategie die de Atheners hadden gebruikt in 415 v.Chr. en konden Syracuse zo volledig isoleren, maar er brak een ziekte uit in het Carthaagse kamp in 396 v.Chr. die het grootste deel van de troepen doodde. Dionysius lanceerde een aanval zowel vanop land als vanuit zee op het Carthaagse leger, maar Himilco kon ontsnappen na een overeenkomst met Dionysius. De Iberiërs die in het Carthaagse leger zaten, sloten zich aan bij Dionysius. Hij begon zijn grondgebied opnieuw uit te breiden, terwijl Carthago, dat verzwakt was door de pest, tot 393 v.Chr. niets deed om dit te stoppen.

Achtergrond
Toen Dionysius Motya begon te belegeren en innam, stuurden de Carthagers een expeditieleger naar Sicilië om het verloren grondgebied te heroveren. Himilco, de leider van het leger, kon Eryx, een vroegere bondgenoot van Carthago, en Motya gemakkelijk heroveren, daarna hief hij het beleg van Segesta op, en dwong Dionysius zo om zich terug te trokken naar het westen van Sicilië. De Carthagers volgden hem samen met hun vloot die dicht bij Messina aan land ging. Het leger van Messina marcheerde daarom noordwaarts om hem aan te vallen, maar Himilco zond schepen naar de stad en kon deze zo innemen en plunderen. De Grieken hergroepeerden zich in een fort op het platteland, en Himilco kon hen daar niet verslaan.

Himilco koos ervoor om van Messina geen basis te maken, maar marcheerde zuidwaarts en stichtte de stad Tauromenium. De Sicelen die zich eerst bij Dionysius hadden aangesloten deserteerden nu naar Himilco. De Carthagers marcheerden daarom verder langs de kust, met de vloot die hen escorteerde vanuit de zee. Een zware uitbarsting van de Etna echter maakte het onmogelijk om verder te gaan, dus moest Himilco een omweg maken. Mago zeilde met de vloot naar Catana, waar hij en het leger weer zouden samenkomen.

Dionysius, die dit had vernomen, liet de vloot van Syracuse, die onder leiding stond van zijn broer Leptines, uitvaren om de Carthaagse vloot te vernietigen. Maar wegens een gebrek aan tactiek werd bijna de volledige Griekse vloot gekelderd. Deze nederlaag bracht Dionysius in een moeilijke positie: enerzijds kon Mago met het verslaan van zijn vloot nu Syracuse zelf aanvallen. Anderzijds, als Dionysius snel zou handelen en het Carthaagse landleger zou aanvallen en verslaan, zou hij Mago dwingen om terug te keren naar een veilige basis. Omdat de vloot Syracuse een leeg Syracuse zou kunnen innemen terwijl hij afwezig was, besloot hij om terug te keren naar Syracuse. Himilco kwam aan in Catana twee dagen na de zeeslag,

Voorbereiding van het beleg
Dionysius begon meteen Syracuse te versterken voor het nakende beleg. De forten rond Leontini en Syracuse werden volledig bemand en voorzien van voorraden, en Dionysius zond gezanten om huurlingen te gaan ronselen in Griekenland. Himilco negeerde Leontini en de forten, en liet zijn leger naar Syracuse oprukken. Ze gingen rond het Epipolaeplateau en bouwden hun kamp. De Punische vloot zeilde de Griekse haven in. Himilco was klaar om het beleg te beginnen. De Griekse vloot die eerst 180 schepen bevatte, maar honderd schepen had verloren bij Catana, bleef in de stad.

Het beleg
De Carthagers hadden al veel Griekse steden belegerd en ingenomen in het verleden. In 409 v.Chr. hadden ze Selinous en Himera ingenomen, en in 406 v.Chr. hadden ze Akragas ingenomen. Himilco kon bij Syracuse echter geen belegeringsmuren bouwen, want de stad was te groot daarvoor en lag ook aan de zee. Daarom gebruikte Himilco dezelfde strategie als die van Nikias: hij wachtte af en hoopte op gunstiger omstandigheden. Syracuse werd echter niet volledig geïsoleerd, de Grieken konden nog steeds de haven in en uit varen.

Carthago begint aan te vallen
Tijdens de winter van 397 v.Chr. gebeurde er niets belangrijk omdat beide partijen bleven afwachten, maar in de lente van 396 v.Chr. begon Himilco de buitenwijken van Syracuse aan te vallen. Er wordt nergens vermeld dat de Carthagers de muren konden breken, maar de Punische soldaten konden een deel van de stad innemen en plunderden dit deel. Dionysius begon ook agressiever te handelen: hij stuurde kleine groepen om Carthaagse verkenners aan te vallen en daardoor waren er veel schermutselingen, maar de situatie bleef eerst grotendeels onveranderd. Ondertussen kon Dionysius ook een aantal Carthaagse schepen veroveren.

Kort hierna zeilde Dionysius samen met zijn broer Leptines uit om een konvooi te begeleiden dat cruciaal was voor de bevoorrading van de stad. Het is niet bekend wie de leider was in Syracuse tijdens hun afwezigheid, maar zijn acties waren duidelijk erg succesvol voor de Grieken. Hij kon opnieuw enkele Carthaagse schepen en een Carthaags bevoorradingsschip tot zinken brengen of veroveren.

Het beleg wordt gebroken
De strategische situatie had niet veranderd vanaf het begin van het beleg. Himilco had Syracuse niet kunnen innemen, en Dionysius had het Punische leger niet kunnen verslaan. Op dit moment brak er echter een ziekte uit bij de Carthagers, die ook al aan het lijden waren onder de loodzware hitte.

De pest
De pest, die veel gelijkenissen vertoont met de plaat van Athene, kon veroorzaakt zijn door een gebrek aan hygiëne op de moerassige grond, en malaria kon ook een rol gespeeld hebben. Het resultaat was dat tal van soldaten en scheepsbemanningen de plaag overbrachten, de mensen stierven zo snel, dat vele lijken gewoon bleven liggen. Angst voor de infectie kan ook voorkomen hebben dat de zieken werden verzorgd.

De oorzaak van deze ramp werd toegewezen aan het ontheiligen van de Griekse tempels en tombes. Tijdens het beleg van Akragas had Himilco ook dit probleem voorgeschoteld gekregen. Wat Himilco ook deed, niets kon de pest stoppen, en de Carthagers werden gedecimeerd. Himilco en de Carthagers hielden stijfkoppig hun posities en bleven in hun kamp, maar het moraal was gekelderd, samen met de efficiëntie van de troepen in het gevecht.

Dionysius slaat toe
Dionysius plande om voordeel te behalen uit deze situatie door een aanval te lanceren zowel vanop land als vanuit zee. Er werden 80 schepen bemand en onder leiding van Leptines geplaatst. Dionysius leidde de soldaten die het Carthaagse kamp moesten aanvallen. Hij wilde op een maanloze nacht aanvallen, en in plaats van onmiddellijk het kamp aan te vallen, deed hij een omweg en viel de Carthaagse versterkingen aan bij het eerste ochtendgloren. De Griekse vloot moest aanvallen terwijl Dionysius de Carthagers bezighield. Het succes van het plan hing af van de coördinatie en tijdstip. Dit had ontbroken bij de nederlaag van Dionysius in 405 v.Chr. bij Gela.

Dionysius had deze operatie succesvol kunnen uitvoeren tijdens de nacht. Bij dageraad zond hij zijn cavalerie en 1.000 huurlingen om het kamp opnieuw aan te vallen. Dit was echter een afleidingsmanoeuvre. Dionysius had heimelijk zijn cavalerie ook bevolen om de rebellerende, onbetrouwbare huurlingen te verlaten zodra ze de Carthagers aanvielen. De huurlingen werden in de pan gehakt nadat de cavalerie zich had teruggetrokken. Dionysius kon de Carthagers zo in verwarring brengen en meteen had zich meteen ook ontdaan van enkele onbetrouwbare soldaten.

Aanval op de Carthaagse forten
Terwijl de huurlingen afgeslacht werden, viel de Griekse hoofdmacht de andere Carthaagse forten aan. De cavalerie sloot zich aan bij de aanval nadat ze de huurlingen hadden verlaten. Ondertussen voer de Griekse vloot uit en viel de Carthaagse schepen die voor anker lagen aan. De Carthagers werden totaal verrast, en voor ze enig verzet konden bieden had Dionysius hen kunnen verslaan buiten het kamp. Hierna viel hij het Carthaagse kamp aan, nadat de huurlingen al verslagen waren. De Carthagers konden de Grieken tegenhouden tot het vallen van de nacht, toen de gevechten stopten.

Slachting onder de Punische vloot
De Punische vloot was onderbemand door de pest, en veel van hun schepen waren verlaten. De Griekse schepen konden ook onverwacht aanvallen en zaaiden ook totale verwarring. De Carthagers konden hun schepen niet op tijd bemannen en de hele Syracusaanse vloot hielp bij de aanval. Griekse schepen ramden veel Carthaagse schepen die nog voor anker lagen, en sommige schepen werden geënterd en veroverd door de Grieken na korte schermutselingen. De cavalerie, nu geleid door Dionysius, stak ondertussen de schepen in brand en sommige schepen dreven weg omdat de touwen waarmee ze vast hingen verbrandden. Het Carthaagse leger kon hen niet helpen omdat ze te druk bezig waren met de Grieken te bevechten in hun kamp. Sommige Griekse schepen trokken enkele verlaten Carthaagse schepen met zich mee om de buit te kunnen veroveren. Ondertussen viel het Carthaagse fort hier in Griekse handen. Dionysius sloeg hier zijn kamp op terwijl de vloot terugkeerde naar Syracuse.

Griekse successen
De Grieken hadden twee Carthaagse forten kunnen innemen, maar na de gevechten was het hoofdkamp van de Carthagers nog steeds in vijandelijke handen, terwijl een wezenlijk deel van hun vloot ook was overgebleven. Het initiatief lag nu bij Dionysius, en een ramp als bij Himera in 480 v.Chr. wilden de Carthagers absoluut voorkomen.

Himilco's problemen
Het Carthaagse leger had de Griekse aanval kunnen overleven, maar leed nog steeds onder de pest, en om het initiatief te heroveren moesten ze of het Griekse landleger, of de Griekse vloot verslaan, wat een onmogelijke opdracht was op dit moment. De Griekse vloot was nu waarschijnlijk groter dan de Carthaagse, die niet genoeg bemanningsleden had om de overgebleven schepen te bemannen Het landleger was evenmin opgewassen tegen het Griekse leger. Himilco was goed bewust van de situatie en begon te onderhandelen met Dionysius, terwijl de andere Griekse generaals de resten van het Carthaagse leger bleven vernietigen.

Dionysius' huichelarij
Dionysius wilde ook wel een deal sluiten ook al had hij een goede kans om de Carthagers volledig te vernietigen. Als tiran moest hij de dreiging van de Carthagers in stand houden om zo de burgers te kunnen blijven controleren; het westen redden was niet wat hij wilde bereiken. Hij antwoordde op Himilco's voorstellen, maar liet de Carthagers niet zomaar wegvaren. Na enige onderhandelingen werden de volgende voorwaarden geaccepteerd:
 Carthago moest Dionysius onmiddellijk 300 talenten betalen
 Himilco was vrij om met zijn soldaten zich veilig terug te trekken tijdens de nacht. Dionysius kon hun veiligheid overdag niet garanderen
 Het Carthaagse vertrek zou plaatsvinden in de vierde nacht

Himilco zond heimelijk 300 talenten naar Dionysius. Deze trok zich terug naar Syracuse en op de aangewezen nacht bemande Himilco veertig schepen met de Carthagers en voer weg. Toen de Griekse soldaten dit zagen, informeerden ze Dionysius, die met veel gevoel voor drama zijn schepen bemande, en hen immens vertraagde. De schepen voeren uit en konden enkele achterblijvers tot zinken brengen, maar het grootste deel van de Carthaagse schepen konden ontsnappen naar Afrika.

Dionysius leidde zijn leger na Himilco's vertrek en kwam aan bij het Carthaagse kamp, en het grootste deel van de overgebleven Carthagers gaf zich over. Enkele soldaten die probeerden te vluchten werden gevangengenomen door de Grieken. De Iberiërs, die zich wilden overgeven, werden ingehuurd door Dionysius voor zijn eigen leger. De rest van het Carthaagse leger werd tot slaaf gemaakt.

Gevolgen
Dionysius viel niet meteen het Carthaagse grondgebied aan in Sicilië. Hij wilde Carthago waarschijnlijk niet meer uitdagen dan nodig. Dionysius herbevolkte de vernietigde stad Messina. Hij belegerde hierna onsuccesvol Tauromenium. Als antwoord leidde Mago opnieuw een leger naar Sicilië en werd de oorlog hervat.

Carthago: geplaagd door problemen
De terugkeer van Himilco, die zijn troepen had overgelaten aan Dionysius, werd verontwaardig ontvangen door de Carthaagse burgers. Hoewel de raad van 104 hem niet kruisigde, wat normaal wel gedaan werd bij een onsuccesvolle commandant, pleegde hij zelfmoord. Hij nam in het openbaar volledige verantwoordelijkheid voor het debacle, bezocht alle tempels van de stad gekleed in lompen, smekend om verlossing, en metselde zichzelf uiteindelijk in in zijn huis en hongerde zichzelf uit. Later zaaide een plaag dood en verderf in Afrika, waardoor Carthago weer sterk werd verzwakt. De Lybiërs rebelleerden, verzamelden een leger van 70.000 man en belegerden Carthago.

Mago, de overwinnaar van Catana, nam de leiding op zich. Het Carthaagse leger was in Sicilië en een nieuw leger rekruteren zou veel tijd kosten en erg duur zijn, dus zette hij de Carthaagse burgers aan om de muren te bemannen. Mago gebruikte toen steekpenningen en andere middelen om de rebellen te bedwingen.

Mago ging vervolgens naar Sicilië, waar hij niet probeerde om het verloren grondgebied te heroveren. De Griekse steden die de Carthaagse overheersing van zich hadden afgeworpen, waren niet meer pro-Syracuse. Dit kwam ofwel doordat ze zich bedreigd voelden door Dionysius of door de acties van Mago. Deze vrede bleef tot in 394 v.Chr. toen Dionysius de Sicelen opnieuw aanviel.

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By St Matthew's / April 6, 2017 at 2:33 pm
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As well as palms and donkeys All people are invited to St Matthews Albury for a show of community support and Federal, State and Local Government representatives have been invited.
This is part of a real Easter initiative where the timeless themes of transformation are on the agenda at St Matthews. Holy Week is a journey of transformation but we 'are not doing the time warp' again. Community themes of justice, compassion and inclusion give a new life to stories about betrayal, service, sacrifice, suffering and new beginnings. It is sobering to think that religious institutions have used ceremonies to hide from our neighbours and the damage done through faith based discrimination. That make refugees out of children within their own families and cultures If Easter is not about celebrating a changing world where slavery, the subjection of women and discrimination based on race, religion and sexuality are no longer assumed and tolerated. A new world where climate change is addressed, a new Australia where refugees are welcomed and "there are boundless plains" that are shared and we don't encourage children to set lies to music and sing them under a flag.
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NASA's Newest Mars Orbiter Set for Red Planet Arrival on Sunday
By Mike Wall 18 September 2014
This image shows an artist concept of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft in orbit around the Red Planet. The Mars atmosphere probe will arrive at the planet on Sept. 21, 2014.
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A NASA Mars orbiter is on target to reach the Red Planet this weekend, right on schedule.
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution probe, or MAVEN, is slated to arrive at the Red Planet around 9:50 p.m. EDT Sunday (Sept. 21; 0150 GMT Monday, Sept. 22), agency officials said. The spacecraft's handlers are reporting no problems during the home stretch of its 10-month space journey.
"So far, so good with the performance of the spacecraft and payloads on the cruise to Mars," MAVEN project manager David Mitchell, of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, said in a statement. "The team, the flight system and all ground assets are ready for Mars orbit insertion." [See images from the MAVEN mission]
This image shows an artist concept of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft in orbit around the Red Planet. The Mars atmosphere probe will arrive at the planet on Sept. 21, 2014. (Image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center)
As of Wednesday (Sept. 17), MAVEN was about 746,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) from Mars, Mitchell said. From the spacecraft's perspective, its destination planet looks about as large as a baseball would from a distance of 52 feet (15.8 meters), he added.
"Mars is really growing right now as we approach, just four days away," Mitchell said during a press briefing Wednesday.
If all goes according to plan, MAVEN will fire its engines for about 33 minutes on Sunday night, slowing down enough to be captured by Mars' gravity into a highly elliptical, 35-hour orbit. Over the next six weeks, the mission team will check out MAVEN's instruments and maneuver the probe into its final, 4.5-hour orbit, which will bring MAVEN as close as 93 miles (150 km) to Mars and as far away as 3,850 miles (6,200 km).
Artist's concept showing the orbital insertion process for NASA's MAVEN probe, which is scheduled for Sept. 21, 2014. (Image credit: NASA/GFSC)
The main goal of the $670 million MAVEN mission — which launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Nov. 18, 2013 — is to help scientists better understand how and why Mars shifted from a relatively warm and wet world billions of years ago to the cold, arid planet we know today.
"The MAVEN mission is about understanding the history of the climate on Mars," said principal investigator Bruce Jakosky, of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
The water of early Mars could either have retreated into the planet's crust or escaped into space, Jakosky explained. MAVEN is carrying three instrument suites that will measure and characterize gas escape from the upper atmosphere, allowing mission scientists to extrapolate this process back in time.
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MAVEN's prime science mission is scheduled to last one year, but the probe is carrying enough fuel to last for many years on orbit, mission team members said.
Mars will welcome another robotic visitor just days after MAVEN gets there. India's first Red Planet effort, the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), is scheduled to arrive on Wednesday (Sept. 24). The $70 million MOM is primarily a technology demonstration, though it will also hunt for methane — a gas that here on Earth is primarily produced by living organisms — in the Red Planet's atmosphere.
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The Supreme Court on Friday has put a hold on proceedings against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in two defamation cases, initiated by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Surender Sharma.
The apex court bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra while suspending the proceedings issued notice to the Centre on Kejriwal's petition that there should be no criminal action in defamation proceedings.
The Aam Aadmi Party leader in his petition had challenged constitutional validity of Section 499 and 500 of IPC calling defamation an offense punishable for up to two-years in jail.
The petition, filed through advocate Chirag Shroff, stated that penal provision for defamation is unconstitutional as it puts restrictions on freedom of speech. He also said that the provision is being misused.
In February 2014, Union minister and BJP leader Nitin Gadkari had sued Arvind Kejriwal for linking him to corruption.
Kejriwal had said that the former BJP President, is among "the most corrupt politicians of India.'
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Angiomyolipomas are the most common benign tumors found in the kidneys, although they can be found in other tissues like the liver and on rare occasions in some reproductive structures.
If we break down the word we see that they are tumors that are comprised of blood vessels (angio), smooth muscle (myo), and adipose or fat tissue (lipo).
Angiomyolipomas are often described as hamartomas, which means that they are focal, abnormal growth of cells which are normally found at that site, but are disorganized.
It's a bit like a house with a front door that can't be reached, it's the right part for the structure, but it's not organized in the right way.
Angiomyolipomas also belong to the perivascular epithelioid cell tumor family, or PEComa family, meaning that they are made of epithelial-like cells that are found around blood vessels.
Now, it's worth mentioning that normally there are no perivascular epithelioid cells that exist; the name just refers to the way that the tumor cells look under the microscope.
The actual cell type from which PEComas, including angiomyolipomas arise, is not known.
The majority of angiomyolipomas will pop up sporadically - which means they are not a part of a syndrome - as isolated lesions.
Interestingly, the tumors develop more often in the right kidney than in the left.
However, these tumors are also strongly associated with tuberous sclerosis which is a genetic disease that causes benign tumors to develop in various parts of the body.
Individuals with tuberous sclerosis often have multiple angiomyolipomas along the surface of both kidneys, and they can be larger in size than the sporadic ones.
Regardless of whether the angiomyolipoma occurs sporadically or as a consequence of tuberous sclerosis, there is usually an underlying mutation in one of the tuberous sclerosis genes - TSC1 or TSC2 - which code for the tuberous sclerosis complex proteins hamartin and tuberin, respectively.


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L'hôtel de ville de Turku () est un bâtiment situé à Turku en Finlande.

Histoire

L'hôtel-restaurant
Le bâtiment est conçu par Charles Bassi pour servir d'hôtel restaurant de la capitale de l'époque.
L'édifice de style néoclassique est inauguré en 1812.
La crème de Turku y vient danser et assister à des représentations théâtrales.
Les chambres de l'hôtel son dans des bâtiments situés dans la cour.
Ils sont ensuite remplacés par une aile au 4, rue Aurankatu conçue par Georg Theodor von Chiewitz  et qui est terminée en 1861.
En 1827, le grand incendie de Turku épargne l'hôtel.
La cour d'appel de Turku qui a perdu son bâtiment y fonctionne jusqu'en 1830.

La mairie
En 1878, l'hôtel arrête ses activités car ses clients sont partis vers l'hôtel Phoenix. La ville de Turku achète le bâtiment en 1878 pour y emménager progressivement. Frans Anatolius Sjöström conçoit les transformations de l'hôtel en mairie. Les modifications sont opérées de 1883 à 1885. La répartition des espaces intérieurs ne change pas, mais l'édifice prend un style néo-Renaissance.

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Hello, 2010
Posted on	January 1, 2010 Posted by	John Scalzi	47 Comments
I'll take my exponentially increasing monoliths now, if you please.
Well, maybe it'll be a good year anyway.
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K.Ramsey
Monoliths are on backorder. Please contact the manufacturer in three to five months.
Fencedude
Am I a terrible person for liking 2010 much more than 2001?
Am I a terrible person for liking the design of the Alexi Leonov more than that of the Discovery?
We may not have made it to the level of space exploration that this and 2001 envisioned but I am happy to have made it into the 21st century. As Wil Wheaton says "It's great living in the future"
I have a communicator, more computing power than the Apollo missions and all of my favorite music is in a device that fits in my shirt pocket. All I need now is a brainpal cause I keep forgetting stuff.
Welcome 2010, I'm glad you're here.
@Orin: The Alexi Leonov is awesome for the same reason that Omega Class Destroyers from B5 are awesome.
Ron Hogan
Got a feeling 2010 is gonna be a good year, especially if me and you see it in together!
(Sorry, Pete Townshend.)
I think we need to start a crash program to be ready in time for 2061.
Believe it or not, we watched 2010 tonight in anticipation of the new year (the year we make contact!)
And we were also drinking our whiskey from Kentucky. (For some reason, that's one of my favorite lines in the movie).
Happy new year:)
LouY
I'll take the Starbaby over Ziggy Stardust anytime.
@Fencedude #2…If so, then I'm a bad person, too. 2001 is undoubtedly a great film (I think, but then I was propagandized by my father when it came out originally), but I *like* 2010 a lot better.
Speaking of 2001, I dunno if anyone else here watches anime, but the most recent episode of To Aru Kagaku no RAILGUN had a 2001 parody that left me laughing my ass off.
Jeremiah G
I liked 2010 better too. Made more sense. Less artsy, more movie. *shrug* Maybe less timeless overall, but more watchable.
I'll have to check out the anime :)
2010 just feels better because it's nice and metric. Okay movie. But wow, how things have changed. I guess 2001 is now an alternative history genre sf book.
Thomas M. Wagner
2010 the movie is the exemplar of science fiction getting dumbed down for mass-audience consumption. Or at least it was till Independence Day came out.
On the other hand, it would be somewhat novel to have dolphins swimming up into my living room.
beth meacham
Happy New Year, John (and Krissy and Athena too.) I was thinking about the film 2010 all day yesterday. So sad that we didn't end up in that timeline.
Wireless communications and augmented reality are cool, but we are really lacking on monoliths.
eviljwinter
Hey! Who put this big black screaming thing in my front yard?
And why do I have a sudden urge to make tools?
eviljwinter@18: Sorry, I ordered that from Amazon and they shipped it to your house by mistake. I'll swing over and pick it up shortly.
I watched 2010 last night, figuring there was no way it could be as bad as I remembered. Yet it was.
If only they had tried to explain a few more things.
Alan Kellogg
There's a very good reason why they haven't contacted us yet, they have yet to make their way through our phone mail.
@Thomas M. Wagner #15 I didn't see "2010" as "dumbed down", so much as made more accessible. A fine line, maybe, but a line nonetheless.
It seems to me that a lot of people think that "2001" is a "great film" because it is, well, cryptic. And it's fine that it's cryptic. Cryptic can be thought-provoking (which I find "2001" to be) and just plain fun. But I'm not really sure that it adds to its greatness that so many people walk away from it saying (or at least thinking) "What the…?"
Then again, it seems like a certain segment of the audience for both film and literature that perceives itself as "sophisticated" seems to think that if something is difficult to understand, then it is, by definition, great and profound.
I find that position to be a bit silly, but that's just me.
Mike O'Brien
2001 had the cache of coming off the the Arthur C. Clarke story, an incredible director and being a serious SF film. 2010 is more accessible, the slingshot was a great ride and I think a more enjoyable, but not better, film.
Except that 2001 isn't difficult to understand. At least I didn't find it so. Humanity's evolution is guided by benign yet ineffable godlike aliens. Gee, how "sophisticated" was that? That's a 25-words-or-less pitch if there ever was one.
It may be "cryptic," but that's because — unlike modern movies that spell it all out for you because, you know, we're all dumb — it invites its audience to think, to participate, and to come to our own conclusions. It doesn't just hand everything to us in bright red crayon (in contrast to 2010's climax, where the Big Message is actually written out on the screen). 2001 doesn't just respect its audience's intellect, it actually acknowledges that we have an intellect in the first place, a bit of consideration absent from most Hollywood Product.
When people stay up till 3 am discussing and arguing about a movie, then yes, that's the sign of a great movie. Whether you liked it or not, it's had an impact.
Not liking movies because they're a little on the challenging side seems a bit silly, but that's just me.
Addendum to #24: Not liking movies because they're a little on the challenging side seems a bit silly, but that's just me.
Though I should add that I do note Elaine never said she didn't like 2001, and in fact indicated the opposite. But there are quite a lot of people today, exposed to nothing but today's "accessible," hyperkinetic, stuff-go-boom Hollywood cinema, that any of the classic movies from before the special-effects age — the ones that actually take their time to develop an in-depth story, and encourage the intellectual participation of the audience — would either put them to sleep after two minutes, hurl them into blank confusion, or send them screaming from the room. Shit, a lot of them can't even handle black and white!
Matthew Ernest
"2001 had the cache of coming off the the Arthur C. Clarke story, an incredible director and being a serious SF film."
Why does 2010 not have the cache of coming off a Clarke novel, considering that it came off a Clarke novel?
For 2010 the complete Clarke novel being was written before the film, whereas for 2001 the novel and film were contemporaneous and only the portion form "the Sentinel" preceded the film.
Dave Hall
I used to think 2001 was a deeply profound film, full of wonderfully meaningful scenes, which if you could interpret what Kubrick meant, you'd understand the meaning of the universe.
Then, about 20 years after I smoked my last joint, I saw it again.
Now it just seems to be a long, pretentious "Art Film." Granted, Kubrick did have an eye for stunning imagery. But, he did not know how to string all those marvelous images together. For me, the nonstop train of non sequitur quick cuts makes it almost unwatchable.
2010 is dated and is sort of charming in a way– Kind of like watching a 1940s movie about the far future of the 1980s. How much did they get right, and how much was totally wrong? But then, I still don't have my jet pack, I don't have a robot maid, and the HR guy from Spacely Sprockets still has not reviewed my resume.
The real issue is: 2001 is a Film and 2101 is a movie.
The difference? I had a film professor define them as follows: A movie is something people watch–a Film is something snobs discuss endlessly while sipping overpriced white wine.
So since he was a "film" professor, I assume he counted himself in the latter camp? :-)
It is amazing to me that 2010, released in 1984, looks dated, while 2001, released in 1968, still looks futuristic. The difference has as much to do with what Kubrick didn't show and tell as what he did. He didn't try to embellish his film with unneeded tchochkes (e.g., 2010's's dolphin house and not-so-futuristic car) that shout, "Hey, this is the future!", or useless technical dialog about how critical data is stored on cassettes, or clunky exposition about braking through ablation, something the US manned space program had been doing since the 60's.
Granted, Kubrick really blew it on the big-hats-for-women thing, and the PicturePhone bit was probably gratuitous, but overall he did well.
The dolphin house is true to the source material, though I suppose that doesn't necessarily make it a good idea.
Captain Noble
I, for one, look forward to having a second star in our solar system.
"A movie is something people watch–a Film is something snobs discuss endlessly while sipping overpriced white wine."
I've often found that those who go on about the virtues of the former and how much more "real" and "in touch" they are than the latter can be just as insufferable and full of themselves as the "snobs" they paint the world as being overrun by.
Sometimes, they're actually worse.
mythago
Silly, monoliths don't grow in Ohio; the climate's not right.
TMW @ 28.
Actually, he was the chair of my college's theater department. And oddly enough, he did count himself among the snobs. However, he was open to others' reasoned opinions.
Eofhan
Re: Art Snob
I was in the Art Gallery of a small university, looking at a new installation. After I'd looked an most of it, I was approached by a frenetic man with shotgun questions. He was the artist. He recently decided that artists, in general, were disconnected from the viewing public. He wanted to understand why. So he was traveling with this show, and questioning viewers.
At one point, we were discussing a piece that had 3 elements. Each element was a simple geometric form, flat, painted entirely white. It hung in an entirely black alcove. He asked what I thought, and I explained it was abstract enough that I got no feeling from it, other than "stark." He looked surprised, and replied "No. It's the Trinity. Three is always the Trinity, right?"
It dawned on me how badly served he'd been by his education. He spent years studying his precursors. But, I suspect, he'd been taught to understand new elements in terms of earlier elements. He was steeped in a meticulous symbology that contemporary Americans just don't share. To him, a pearl is a rare and precious gemstone, symbolic of virtue (meaning strength as much as purity); to us, pearls are manufactured commodities, given away in loss-leader necklaces by shopping mall jewelery stores. It's not necessarily pretentiousness when Artists complain that viewers "just don't get it." A lot of the time, we don't. (NB: We don't instantaneously "get" most things that require years of study!)
There are incompetents who take refuge in obscurity and claimed-superiority. But I think there is also a "linguistic" gulf between us and the artists who are genuinely trying to create and communicate.
Brooks Moses
You know, I think we had the monoliths already. They were just beige, and eight inches by eighteen inches by twenty inches, and looked like pieces of office equipment, so we didn't really think that much of them when they showed up next to all our desks.
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Great idea! I love that movie. I'm stealing it and putting it on my blog.
efkelley
The last thing we need is another damn star to contend with. Let us get this CO2 thing under control first. Then we can talk about fiddling with the ecosystem on a grand scale.
Oh wait, we already are!
Andrew Fedge
This reminds me of when I was trying to reconcile the Star Trek future-history with the decades I was growing up in.
I was quite relieved when I graduated from high school in the 90s and Khan Noonian Singh didn't engulf the world in the Eugenics Wars.
Also: This post has explained to me why 2010 was so prominently displayed on the DVD shelves of every store I was in today. Belated "ha!"
Mark Reed
I beat you to that picture, by one minute. But, whomever wins, we all lose. Because "AvP2" still exists.
Johnny Carruthers
And we still don't have any flying cars, either.
gottacook
2010 had an interesting cast, but when I saw it (first-run) I had forgotten it virtually by the time I had left the theater. I wonder whether Clarke's publisher put the sequel idea in his head, or whether he came up with it himself – but either way, it wasn't a good idea, and the movie was a worse one. Might as well try to write a sequel to a Beethoven symphony.
Clarke and Kubrick did make various attempts to depict the aliens. Photos can be seen in The Making of Kubrick's 2001 edited by Jerome Agel (see also The Lost Worlds of 2001, early-1970s Signet paperback by Clarke). In the end, they weren't satisfied – they'd wanted aliens that Bowman could discern only indirectly – and so they decided not to show them at all. This was a crucial decision made that helped to make their movie memorable.
"Might as well try to write a sequel to a Beethoven symphony."
But… there were nine.
Mine Host, I meant a musical sequel – something analogous to when Lesley Gore followed "It's My Party and I'll Cry if I Want To" with "Judy's Turn to Cry" (a good idea) or when Harry Chapin released "Sequel" some years after "Taxi" (a bad one, and unfortunately his final legacy).
Mark Horning
I still say that 2001 was vastly overrated. I mean, that had to be one of the absolute worst historical movies I've ever seen. I don't remember any of that stuff.
From a history standpoint, 2010 better be more accurate. Just sayin'.
It helps to read the book before you see the movie…either of them. Both were written to be movies, or at least that's what I think I remember. 2001 is a far more beautiful movie: lighting, design, and of course music. 2010 was about the cold war, and as such left me cold. Blah blah blah. Two stars.
Gray Area: The movie of 2010 placed a lot more emphasis on the Cold War aspect than did the novel 2010: Odyssey Two. As for whether both were "written to be movies," Clarke's 2001 novel was written concomitantly with the screenplay, with various differences such as the movie's use of Jupiter (they couldn't produce Saturn's rings decently on film) and the conventional hotel room (plucked from Bowman's mind) in which he finds himself near the end of the novel. Again, The Lost Worlds of 2001 sheds a lot of light on this, including unused novel chapters. I don't know whether Clarke had any hopes that his (first) sequel novel would be filmed; maybe someone else reading here knows whether he ever wrote about this.


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Sacramento, CA–A pro-parent group is alarmed by upcoming plans for schools across America to celebrate several highly questionable inpiduals as heroes, including someone recently released from prison for manslaughter.
The killer-turned-hero is just the tip of the iceberg, according to attorneys at Pacific Justice Institute, who are calling on parents to pay attention throughout October to what is being taught in schools as part of LGBT History Month.
"It is almost unbelievable who these activists think should be held up as role models," commented Brad Dacus, the president of PJI. "Every year, this celebration gets more disturbing and bizarre, but telling kids that a killer is a hero represents a new low."
The organizers of LGBT History Month annually select 31 "icons" of LGBT history that they urge schools and students to learn about and celebrate, one for each day in October. The list is posted at www.lgbthistorymonth.com. Perhaps most concerning to parents this year will be the inclusion of CeCe McDonald, who was released from prison earlier this year after serving time in the killing of a man who had insulted her. CeCe was charged with second-degree murder and accepted a plea of second degree manslaughter after fatally stabbing the man with scissors. CeCe is presented in LGBT History Month as a "prison reformer" who brought attention to the plight of transgender inmates.
Works by several of the other inpiduals included on this year's list would not otherwise be allowed in schools, or most homes. For example, a music video of "icon" John Cameron Mitchell has been deemed too explicit to be shown on MTV Europe. Comedienne "icon" Margaret Cho's routines are replete with vulgarity not permitted in school. And kids who want to learn more about "icon" Natalie Barney will read that she decried fidelity and instead advocated for adultery.
Last year, the number of school districts officially celebrating LGBT History Month grew to include Los Angeles, Fresno, Philadelphia, Charlotte, and two counties in Florida. In most districsts around the country, LGBT History Month is promoted with posters and other materials by the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) student clubs, and by inpidual teachers, without advance notice to parents. In 2011, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie suggested that a teacher should be fired for criticizing LGBT History Month on her personal Facebook page.
PJI is urging parents to talk immediately to all of their children's teachers and school administrators to find out whether any promotion of LGBT History Month will be taking place over the next few weeks, and to keep an eye out for posters promoting drag queens, radical activists, or "prison reformers" as historical figures.
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All those of us who love the river Thames retain romantic images of hazy meadows, willow trees, cows grazing beside the river, of rowing eights, punts and sculls, of men in boaters and girls in pretty summer dresses enjoying strawberries and cream in marquees at Henley regatta.
We think of the Thames as a narrow stream at Lechlade, of the Isis and Cherwell meandering through Oxford, the widening river at Wallingford and Shillingford Bridge. All along we see a variety of craft taking happy summer parties down to Windsor Castle, Hampton Court, past Westminster and under Tower Bridge to Greenwich. An unforgettable part of this picture are the elegant river steamers, brightly painted and some with gleaming, varnished hulls, full of happy people, bands and bars, the epitome of an English summer. What a contrast it must have been when war broke out to disrupt the carefree, leisurely world of the 1920s and '30s. Suddenly we demanded undreamed-of sacrifices from a pleasure-loving generation.
The New Windsor Castle was built in 1923 by Arthur Jacobs at Windsor as a sister ship to the Grand Duchess, to join Windsor Belle and Empress of India in the Jacobs fleet. They were all then driven by steam. The New Windsor Castle had a varnished hull and inverted compound engines by E Hayes & Sons. She did not have the lovely clipper bow which added so greatly to the elegant appearance of her sister ships, but she is to this day a beautiful river boat, an ideal vessel to carry her passengers in holiday mood through her beautiful environment.
When war began, the Ministry of Transport first called her up as part of the Emergency River Transport Service at the time of heavy air raids in the capital. This scheme was designed to relieve the congestion suffered by commuters through the shattered streets of London. Then she was one of twenty similar Thames passenger boats to go to Dunkirk.
Her low freeboard could only have survived the crossings in a flat, calm sea and this of course was one of the miracles of Dunkirk. One dreads to think what would have happened if the English Channel had adopted its more common angry mood. The New Windsor Castle was latterly owned by M.J. Turk, by Appointment Waterman to Her Majesty the Queen. Turk Launches still maintain their service on the Thames and it believed that she was still in service up until the early 2000's.
Once the oldest, largest wooden pleasure boat of its kind on the river, information has been received recently indicating that she was broken up at Sunbury in 2005.