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Oil facilities are seen on Lake Maracaibo in Lagunillas
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that the National Assembly would consider reforms to oil legislation that he said would allow for "new business models" in the crisis-stricken South American country's crucial oil industry.
Maduro did not provide details about what changes might be made by the congress, controlled by allies of his ruling socialist party after a December vote widely boycotted by the opposition.
Venezuela's crude output has plunged in recent years due to under-investment and mismanagement, and more recently due to U.S. sanctions aimed at ousting Maduro, labeled a dictator by Washington.
Maduro's comments come as officials have proposed allowing private companies a greater role in the oil industry in the member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, in a break from the state-run model preferred by Maduro's predecessor and mentor, the late former President Hugo Chavez.
The oil law was among dozens that the National Assembly resolved to reform during its session on Tuesday. The congress also pledged to consider laws reforming Venezuela's mining sector and to create "special economic zones."
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A recent article in The Buffalo News cited a reader who said she's a vegetarian, except for chickens, because chickens are the "least intelligent" animals of the meat choices available to her ("Animal admirer wild about avocation," July 1). I would like to challenge this view with evidence of the intelligence of chickens.
There's been a tradition of treating birds as less intelligent than mammals, and chickens and other ground-nesting birds were once dismissed as "unquestionably low on the scale of avian evolution." However, modern science refutes this assumption, revealing that birds, including chickens, are intelligent animals on a par with mammals.
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In addition, chickens are able to wait for rewards, demonstrating that they can anticipate the future and exercise self-control. In laboratory studies, chickens have learned not to peck at buttons that yield only a small number of grains in favor of waiting longer to peck at buttons that produce a large amount of food. According to researchers, such findings show that "like humans, chickens evolved an impressive level of intelligence to help improve their survival."
Hens fed grains that made them ill not only avoid such grains in the future; they push their chicks away from the bad grains (which they distinguish by color coding) and lead them to the good ones. Researcher John Webster said this teaches us that "the mother hen has learned what food is good and what is bad for her, that she cares so much for her chicks she will not let them eat the bad food and she is passing on to her young what she has learned."
This claim fits laboratory findings which show that lame chickens, given a choice between food bowls laced with pain reliever and bowls having none, choose the medicated food. Here, it may be noted that the widespread joint diseases in chickens raised for meat, caused by their being forced to grow too large and too fast for their fragile bones, support the evidence that these birds spend most or all of their lives suffering in extreme pain - a good enough reason to stop eating them.


Two articles appeared in medical journals and were reported on Medscape over the past few weeks, one on the scary rise of professional burnout among physicians, the other warning about their declining intuitive skills. I'm sure reading them on the same day helped me appreciate how the two are connected.
After a quick mull, I thought there might be a Health Tip in there, especially since so many of our readers are women, whose intuition comes pre-installed at conception. Others of us (male, left-brained, linear me, for example) have to hone our intuitive skills.
The physician burnout survey was a bit of a shocker to those of us in the medical profession. In a questionnaire sent to more than 35,000 practicing physicians from all specialties, a full 55% acknowledged they were so thoroughly fried they'd leave medicine ASAP if they could afford to. This 55% is almost double the burnout rate of the general working population (28%) and a10% increase from the same physician survey taken in 2011.
In addition, 47% of physicians reported "emotional exhaustion" and just 41% said their schedules allowed sufficient time for personal and family life.
The best part of the Medscape article reporting on the survey are the 207 physician comments that follow. These are generally not accessible to the public unless you have a computer savvy nine-year-old around the house, though since with the internet everyone's a physician these days you could probably register as a doctor yourself and a Medscape membership would slide through. Be aware that Medscape is free for physicians, though, and prepare yourself for plenty of Big Pharma ads.
Commenting physicians are in full agreement with the survey and generally surprised it's "only" 55%. Based on conversations with colleagues, the commenters peg it at closer to 90%. From one physician: "The other 45% are lying." The commenting group is also eager to report the two causes behind the burnout.
The single biggest villain is the cancer of electronic medical records (EMRs) forced upon doctors and hospitals by threats of financial penalties from the health insurance industry and government regulators (Medicare/Medicaid). This isn't me being a Luddite. The newly elected (and youngest in history) president of the American Medical Association called EMRs, most of which use outdated software, "a point of infuriation" that decimate a doctor's efficiency and ability to communicate. EMRs appeared well before Obamacare, but because they seemed to arrive simultaneously some blame the outgoing president for them, which is just silly.
It's hard to convey to the general public why 85% of physicians so thoroughly loathe EMRs. However, the next time you complain that your physician doesn't make eye contact with you any more, it's because she's spending much of your visit pointing and clicking, pointing and clicking, pointing and clicking. You simply can't watch the body language of your patient when you're working to get that tiny cursor into a tiny square so you can click "YES: I have inquired about the tobacco usage history of the patient" (this has to be answered at every office visit).
Doctors can't communicate with each other using EMRs because there are several hundred competing EMR companies and no two systems are alike. EMRs cause most physicians to run behind schedule and on average add two hours (two hours!) of work daily, precious time not spent interacting with patients. As I write, it's Sunday morning and when I finish this Health Tip I'll go back and catch up on last week's EMRs.
A second source of physician burnout is the micromanagement of doctors by regulators in positions of power. Health insurance companies tell doctors exactly what they can and cannot do. Hospital and healthcare "system" administrators, who now employ most of the physicians in the US, press doctors to work faster and generate more income.
An interesting perspective on the concept of stress describes the current situation. You'll experience stress when you've relinquished being in charge of your life and you're largely controlled by others. This is today's situation for US physicians. Under the gun from government and insurance regulators, predatory malpractice attorneys, and patients with unrealistic expectations, their professional skills stymied by the relentless point/click/point/click, if they had enough in their IRAs more than half this country's doctors would delightedly exit the health care stage and head for the wings of early retirement.
In case you're curious, I myself am not in the 55%-of-doctors burnout group, though I readily acknowledge being among the 85% who loathe EMRs. I avoid burnout because we at WholeHealth Chicago remain highly independent of insurance (except for Blue Cross), government, and big medical group management. My relationship with Blue Cross is more like the one between a crotchety married couple or two porcupines attempting coitus than between a doctor and an insurance company.
So how does intuition come into play?
In other words, what's responsible for burnout–EMRs and micromanagement–is causing your physician's intuitive diagnostic skills to atrophy.
Personally, I know that when I or any of my WholeHealth Chicago colleagues are with you, the patient, we're using all our skills, clinical and intuitive, to figure out what's wrong. Likely you made your appointment because you yourself had an intuitive insight that something wasn't right. You may have tried your diagnostic luck on the internet and, coming up blank, you arrived at WHC for some professional help.
I know that each of us can hone our intuitive skills and I recommend the Four Horsemen of Intuition–Carolyn Myss, Norm Shealy, MD, PhD, Christiane Northrup, MD, and Mona Lisa Schulz, MD, PhD, if you want to learn more. I cannot imagine functioning as a physician without bringing into play what I learned from them.
I'm certainly not alone in this. As physicians mature professionally, they realize medical school facts, useful as they are, take a back seat to attentive listening and observation. Doctors may not use the actual word "intuition," but a majority of them are fully cognizant of using this skill.
I would be burned out too if I were told, "No time for that intuition nonsense. Finish your EMRs. You missed dozens of the point/clicks. And by the way, you're not working fast enough—be a team player, see five patients an hour, and try not to fall behind. We wouldn't want to let you go." In fact, I'd be out the door.
Where were the legions of MD's, ND's DC's and DO's when big what ever came marching in and said…"Hey folks we are going to steal your life, time, soul and ability to heal and listen and think"?
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Thank you, Dr. E, for a thoughtful post. If EMRs do not facilitate sharing of records among docs, I can't quite see the point of them. Especially if there are multiple software vendors. This recordkeeping, like so many other things in modern medicine, MUST be standardized and streamlined in order to deliver the benefits they promise. Maybe patients need to demand reform. Physicians may be reluctant to do it, but they deserve our support.
Ha. And that is a sad "ha" indeed. As a recently retired critical care nurse I see in this article one could easily switch the noun "doctor" for the noun "nurse" in every sentence. The EMR bookkeeping that is required by those who have no clue as to the work medical professionals do is a dangerous burden to those professionals and their patients. It is also driving those burned out professionals out of healthcare. And the question is then asked, "why do we have such a shortage of doctors and nurses?" I say, look to extreme frustration and inability to accomplish the caring and safe practice that brought that individual into the heatth profession. Look to the profit driven corporatization of healthcare, and the unthinking and wasted energy of EMR little box checking. Thank you for a spot on commentary.


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Schools in Illinois have installed bright blue emergency pull boxes marked, "Police" on the walls of their hallways. The fixtures, campus security professionals from the schools say, are to help students connect with first responders in the event of an active assailant.
More than 20 schools have installed the BluePoint alert systems, many in the Chicago suburbs. One of the schools, St. Benedict's Preparatory School on the North Side is training their students to use the pull stations, located throughout the campus if an unauthorized person with malicious intent gains access.
"[Students] really, sadly, are aware of this possibility," Rachel Gemo, head of school at St. Ben's said. "They are not immune to what they hear on TV."
Students, faculty, and staff can activate the system by removing a pull station's clear plastic cover, then pushing its lever in and then down. That sequence triggers a complex alert system, sending a signal to BluePoint and to police. Some school staffers can trigger the alert system using special fobs they wear around their necks, similar to car keys.
This year alone, close to 60 incidents of gunfire have taken place on U.S. school grounds, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit working to reduce U.S. gun violence. Not every incident results in injury or death, the organization notes, but these shootings can have a profound effect on children and teenagers.
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"This is the first of many images to come of comet Tempel 1," said Joe Veverka, principal investigator of NASA's Stardust-NExT mission from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. "Encountering something as small and fast as a comet in the vastness of space is always a challenge, but we are very pleased with how things are setting up for our Valentine's Day flyby."
The composite image is a combination of several images taken by Stardust's navigation camera. Future images will be used to help mission navigators refine Stardust's trajectory, or flight path, as it closes the distance between comet and spacecraft at a rate of about 950,000 kilometers (590,000 miles) a day. On the night of encounter, the navigation camera will be used to acquire 72 high-resolution images of the comet's surface features. Stardust-NExT mission scientists will use these images to see how surface features on comet Tempel 1 have changed over the past five-and-a-half years. (Tempel 1 had previously been visited and imaged in July of 2005 by NASA's Deep Impact mission).
Launched on Feb. 7, 1999, Stardust became the first spacecraft in history to collect samples from a comet (comet Wild 2), and return them to Earth for study. While its sample return capsule parachuted to Earth in January 2006, mission controllers were placing the still-viable spacecraft on a path that would allow NASA the opportunity to re-use the already-proven flight system if a target of opportunity presented itself. In January 2007, NASA re-christened the mission "Stardust-NExT" (New Exploration of Tempel), and the Stardust team began a four-and-a-half year journey for the spacecraft to comet Tempel 1. This will be the second exploration of Tempel 1 by a spacecraft (Deep Impact).
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Massimo Bottura, the chef of the world's top-rated restaurant, doesn't ski, but he has a deep passion for the Italian Alps' hearty (and sometimes arty) fare.
Massimo Bottura, the chef of the world's top-rated restaurant, recommends the Michelin-starred St. Hubertus as one of his favorite restaurants in the Dolomites.CreditCreditSusan Wright for The New York Times
By Laura Rysman
Massimo Bottura, the chef of the world's top-rated restaurant, Osteria Francescana.CreditSusan Wright
"The Dolomites have all the greatness of Italy, but transported to the mountains," says Massimo Bottura, a habitual visitor to his country's sharp-summited, northern territory in the Alps. The chef of Osteria Francescana in the small north Italian town of Modena, which topped the 2018 World's 50 Best Restaurants list, Mr. Bottura has little interest in schussing down the area's famously seductive slopes. "I hate to ski," he admits. "But I love the kind of eating on offer in the mountains." Lara Gilmore, his wife, business partner, and (unlike Mr. Bottura) an irrepressible ski enthusiast, insists they get there often enough to appease both of their appetites. Here, Mr. Bottura shares his five favorite places, on- and off-piste to eat in the Dolomites.
1. Restaurant St. Hubertus at Hotel Rosa Alpina
St. Hubertus, which is run by Mr. Bottura's friend, the star chef Norbert Niederkofler, is like Osteria Francescana, one of the few restaurants in the world to be awarded three Michelin stars — yet it's the informal affability of the staff that feels most familiar to Mr. Bottura. "It's that super friendly Italian approach we like — simple, not stiff," he says. "And watching Norbert at work in the open kitchen, and eating his special mountain flavors — it can change your entire vision of life." While the peaks are gastronomically anchored by this long-running restaurant, Mr. Bottura notes that it was Mr. Niederkofler who "pushed these small mountain lodges to become ambitious restaurants."
Strada Micurá de Rü 20, San Cassiano in Badia, Italy; +39 0471 849 500; rosalpina.it
Dining with a view in the traditional hearth-heated dining hall at Rifugio Col Alt.CreditSusan Wright for The New York Times
2. Rifugio Col Alt
More than a mile up the mountainside, this sky-high ski lodge from 1938 is reachable by cable car and serves old-fashioned, calorie-dense Alpine food to famished skiers (as well as the ski-averse). "You go there and experience life like it was 40 years ago," Mr. Bottura says of the traditional hearth-heated dining hall. "And the strudel they serve is unforgettable."
Strada Col Alt 1, Corvara in Badia, Italy; +39 0471 836324; rifugiocolalt.com
"Cold spaghetti Km 4925" is a signature dish at Ristorante La Siriola in the Dolomites.CreditSusan Wright for The New York Times
3. Ristorante La Siriola at Hotel Ciasa Salares
Graduating from Mr. Niederkofler's St. Hubertus kitchen, Matteo Metullio took charge of La Siriola's decades-old restaurant on the same mountain, and in 2017 became the youngest chef in Italy to garner double Michelin stars. While Mr. Metullio's ingredients are more international than his pointedly locavore mentor, his training and proximity "show how groups of chefs are working to create these high-quality territories," says Mr. Bottura, who fondly recalls the vast bounty of La Siriola's New Year's brunch buffet. A similar buffet feast is served on Sundays, as is the housemade speck Mr. Bottura took home, vacuum-packed to enjoy again in Modena.
Hotel Ciasa Salares, Armentarola in Pre de Vi 31, San Cassiano, Italy; +39 0471 849445; ciasasalares.it/en/restaurants/restaurant-la-siriola
"My mouth is watering just thinking about it," Mr. Bottura says of the slow-cooked venison at Rifugio Edelweiss.CreditSusan Wright for The New York Times
4. Rifugio Edelweiss
A classic, timberwood ski lodge with a straightforward mountain cuisine and servers in typical Tyrolean loden dress, Edelweiss is an oasis of a lunch spot on the slopes. Once a week, it becomes an evening restaurant as well, when guests ride snowmobiles up after the ski lift stops running, and dine on a menu focused on local game. "The venison there is cooked slowly, slowly, slowly over an open fire, and the meat maintains the scent of the fireplace," Mr. Bottura says. "My mouth is watering just thinking about it."
Via Altonn, 18, Colfosco, Italy; +39 0471 836024; rifugioedelweiss.it
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Mr. Bottura describes the dishes at El Brite de Larieto as "local traditional food with contemporary culinary techniques."CreditSusan Wright for The New York Times
5. El Brite de Larieto — Cortina
The young chef Riccardo Gaspari interns in Mr. Bottura's kitchen over vacations to hone his cooking skills, but he began his gastronomic career as a cheesemaker. He still handcrafts his own cheeses, which are served at his family's farmhouse restaurant where he cooks up what Mr. Bottura admiringly terms "local traditional food with contemporary culinary techniques." Situated in the chic ski resort of Cortina, it's become a destination for the fashionable crowd but, says Mr. Bottura, "When we go there, we prefer looking at the farm animals in their faded wood stables. It's like a fairy-tale."
Passo Tre Croci, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; +39 3687008083; elbritedelarieto.it
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Q: How to avoid removing directory on remove_all with Boost Libraries? I'm using boost::filesystem::remove_all operation to remove the content of a directory.
It removes correctly the content, but, as state by Boost Filesystem Documentation, it also removes the directory itself.
Is there an easy way to stay with the directory despite that it's empty?

A: I think the best way is to iterate inside the folder and perform remove_all for each element. Example code:
  namespace fs=boost::filesystem;
  fs::path path_to_remove("C:\\DirectoryToRemove");
  for (fs::directory_iterator end_dir_it, it(path_to_remove); it!=end_dir_it; ++it) {
    fs::remove_all(it->path());
  }

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I see in two shades only.
In order that I might be right.
I delve in one aspect.
In truth, can I be right?
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Q: How to convert 2021-07-06T19:27:46.811+0530 format to d MMM yyyy, hh:mm aaa this format in android 2021-07-06T19:27:46.811+0530 -> Current value as string
I want to convert to 05/07/2021, 06:45 am this format
Thanks in advance

A: Use java.time:
import java.time.OffsetDateTime
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter

fun main() {
    val input = "2021-07-06T19:27:46.811+0530"
    // define a DateTimeFormatter for parsing your input
    val parser = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("uuuu-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSx")
    // and another one for formatting your output
    val formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/uuuu, hh:mm a")
    // then parse the input to an OffsetDateTime using the parser
    val converted: String = OffsetDateTime.parse(input, parser)
                                          // and output the same time differently
                                          .format(formatter)
    // output the result
    println(converted)
}

This code's output is
06/07/2021, 07:27 PM

Ok, it's not exactly the value as the example showing your desired output, but I think it's all about formatting here. Adjusting the values would require a little more effort including a brief description of the desired behaviour.

A: You can do it like this
Java:
SimpleDateFormat parserFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", Locale.getDefault());
SimpleDateFormat convertFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy, hh:mm a", Locale.getDefault());
Date date = null;
try {
    date = parserFormat.parse("2021-07-06T19:27:46.811+0530");
    if (date != null) {
        String formatedDate = convertFormat.format(date);
        Log.e("formatted date",formatedDate);
    }
} catch (ParseException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    Log.e("formatted date",e.getMessage());
}

Kotlin:
val parserFormat =
        SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", Locale.getDefault())
val convertFormat =
        SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy, hh:mm a", Locale.getDefault())
var date: Date? = null
try {
     date = parserFormat.parse("2021-07-06T19:27:46.811+0530")
     if (date != null) {
        val formatedDate = convertFormat.format(date)
        Log.e("formatted date", formatedDate)
     }
} catch (e: ParseException) {
    e.printStackTrace()
    Log.e("formatted date", e.message!!)
}

A: You can try this:
//Formats the date according to the given pattern
    private fun dateFormat(date: Date, pattern: String = "yyyy-MM-dd"): String =
        SimpleDateFormat(pattern, Locale.US).format(date)

And if you have to:
//string to date convert
        fun convertStringDate(dateString: String): LocalDate {
            val format = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE
            val tmpDate = LocalDate.parse("2019-12-10", format)
            var parsedDate: LocalDate = tmpDate
            try {
                parsedDate = LocalDate.parse(dateString, format)
            } catch (e: Exception) {
                e.printStackTrace()
            }
            return parsedDate
        }


Dawson has been saying some pretty funny things lately. Whenever he doesn't like something that Randy and I are doing he'll say, "Oh, stop that, Dad" or "I told you, Mom." And whenever he wants to go play outside and I mention that it is very hot outside, he'll just smile and say, "Go play in hot sun." One of the funniest things he says is when he's thirsty and wants a drink - he'll say "I'm so drinking, Mom."
Of course, the funniest things he says occur when he's involved in some form of pretend play. When he was sick last week, he discovered Micky's Clubhouse on television and since that time has been reenacting the episodes he watched. Frequently, he's Mickey and I'm Goofy, although we play the other characters as well. Amazingly, he's memorized a couple of episodes and we'll reenact them in their entirety in our living room. He also likes to march around the house saying, "March, march-edy, march" just like Mickey does. And he also does the hot dog dance that comes on at the end of Mickey. It's such a silly dance and his rendition is hilarious!!


With the California blackouts of 2001 still a painful memory, Chris Beaudoin wants to generate some of his own electricity.
He marveled the other day at how close he is to that goal, gazing at two new wind turbines atop his garage roof in San Francisco. They will soon be hooked to the power grid.
"I don't care about how much it costs," said Beaudoin, a flight attendant with United Airlines. That would be $5,000 a turbine, an expense Beaudoin is unlikely to recoup in electricity savings anytime soon.
No matter. After shoring up the roof and installing the two 300-pound, steel-poled turbines in January, Beaudoin found himself at the leading edge of a trend in renewable energy.
Fascination with wind turbines small enough to mount on a roof is spreading from coast to coast. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg of last month proposed dotting the city with them. Small turbines have already appeared at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, atop an office building at Logan International Airport in Boston, and even on a utility pole in the small New Hampshire town of Hampton.
These tiny turbines generate so little electricity that some energy experts are not sure the economics will ever make sense.
By contrast, the turbines being installed at wind farms are getting ever larger and more powerful, lowering the unit cost of electricity to the point that they are becoming competitive with electricity generated from natural gas.
The spread of the big turbines and a general fascination with all things green are helping to spur interest in rooftop microturbines, creating a movement somewhere on the border between a hobby and an environmental fashion statement.
Some people have long stuck relatively modest turbines on towers in the countryside. Those are capable of generating enough electricity on a windy day to provide a fair portion of a home's needs and can eventually pay for themselves. The new rooftop turbines are much smaller, however, and few statistics are available yet on their performance.
Beaudoin hopes to get 30 percent of his electricity from the turbines on a windy day, but whether that will happen remains to be seen.
Jay Leno, the host of The Tonight Show, recently installed a prototype wind turbine (as well as solar panels) atop a garage in Burbank, Calif., where he works on his car collection. He senses public interest in small-scale wind power that does not have much to do with dollars-and-cents analysis.
"People seem fascinated by the turbines," Leno said. "You go, 'Look! It's spinning!'"
Perched high above a building, wind turbines serve as a far more visible clean-energy credential than solar panels, which are often hard to see. At least a dozen small manufacturers have sprouted up to supply the market, though rooftop turbines still account for only 1 percent or so of the 10,000 small wind turbines that are sold each year in the country, according to Ron Stimmel, an advocate of small wind systems at the American Wind Energy Association.
That number seems poised to grow, given the recent interest.
"We're prebleeding-edge early," said Todd Pelman, founder of Blue Green Pacific, the maker of Beaudoin's turbine. The technology, he conceded, is not yet "something that would be bought at Home Depot."
Pelman has sunk $200,000 of his own money into the start-up, which has just three turbines in operation--Beaudoin's pair, and one above Pelman's own bedroom in a Victorian house in San Francisco.
In accordance with urban sensibilities, many of the new designs are stylish. The six turbines peeping over the edge of a building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, installed this summer, look as if they are covered with dainty white parasols, a design touch that doubles as a bird shield. The French designer Philippe Starck has plans to introduce an elegant plastic turbine in Europe this fall.
Bloomberg's proposal calls for wind turbines on the city's skyscrapers and bridges, though it is unclear how big they will be and just where they will go.
In an urban environment, more times than not you're better off with a solar panel.
"It's the Wild West out there in small wind these days," said David Rabkin, director of innovation, strategic partnerships and sustainability at the Museum of Science in Boston. Aided by a $300,000 state grant, the museum plans to put a total of nine turbines, of five types, on its roof by next April as an educational project.
Harvard also plans to put some atop its Holyoke Center office complex and on a parking garage. Harvard views the experimental installations as "outward symbols of our commitment to renewable energy and sustainability here on campus," said Jim Gray, associate vice president for Harvard real estate services.
In San Francisco, another coastal city with abundant wind, the local government is considering introducing incentives to increase urban wind power.
"You're seeing the birth of a movement," said Jared Blumenfeld, director of the San Francisco Department of Environment, who hopes to put a turbine on his own home. "Ten years from now, you could probably see 2,000 to 3,000 rooftops with wind."
But many experts caution that rooftops, while abundant, are usually poor places to harness the breeze. Not only are cities less windy than the countryside, but the air is choppier because of trees and the variation in heights in buildings. Turbulence can wear down a turbine and make it operate less efficiently. This is particularly problematic for houses with pitched roofs.
"In an urban environment, more times than not you're better off with a solar panel," said Stimmel, of the wind industry association.
This Texas A&M's concept for rooftop turbines.
By comparison, he said, power from a well-sited, tower-mounted turbine would cost 10 to 50 cents a kilowatt hour, and power from utility-scale wind farms costs less than 10 cents a kilowatt hour.
"Rooftop wind economics are abysmal, since the resource just isn't there," he said in an e-mail message.
Rooftop wind advocates argue that output will turn out to be healthy in windy areas, and they also think that prices for small turbines will come down as the market grows, altering the economics.
The most established company selling rooftop turbines is AeroVironment, a California company better known for making unmanned aerial vehicles. It has installed demonstration projects on about a dozen commercial rooftops, including those at Logan airport and the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
According to Paul Glenney, director of the company's clean energy technology center, the edge of a long, flat roof (above, say, a big-box store or warehouse) can experience up to 40 percent extra wind, much like the stiff breeze at the edge of a cliff.
Demand for AeroVironment's rooftop turbines, which it sells for about $6,500 each, is strong, he said. "We've hidden our Web site very carefully, and yet people find us," Glenney said.
AeroVironment says that rooftop turbines at windy sites in states with costly electricity could pay for themselves in four to eight years, but acknowledge that in places with low power prices, the turbines may never recoup their costs.
In May and June, the 20 Logan turbines combined produced just 1,430 kilowatt hours--less than the average home would use over that time. Airport authorities said, however, that the Boston winds pick up in the fall and winter. Leno thinks his turbine has generated about 725 kilowatt hours in six months of operation.
"You can say, 'That's not a lot,' or 'Every bit helps,' " Leno said.
British studies have recently suggested that making and transporting turbines for cities may lead to more carbon dioxide emissions than the turbines save.
A special challenge of urban turbine manufacturers is to make machines with minimal noise and vibration. At Logan, the only complaint has come from a person with an office right under a turbine.
"Basically he said it just sounds like he's in a Stephen King movie--that howling when there's a lot of wind," said Sam Sleiman, director of capital programs at Massport, the agency overseeing the airport project.
But the more common reaction to these small turbines is envy. Reino Niemela, a San Franciscan, has a direct view of Beaudoin's turbines from his backyard.
"I was thinking of doing something like that myself," he said.


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Err, what?
The Liberal Democrats plan to introduce all-women, gay and disabled shortlists at the next election to reduce the culture of 'too male and too pale' MPs.
I thought the Lib Dems already had more than their fair share of interesting sexualities?
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MatGB March 12, 2016 at 9:01 am
Daily Mail getting facts completely wrong shocker.
Conference will vote on a (not brilliantly worded) motion today, Jennie and others are speaking and voting strongly against it anyway, but that summary isn't even close to what it proposes.
JuliaM March 12, 2016 at 9:08 am
"He also wants it to become the first party to have disabled-only shortlists for candidates in winnable seats."
So, any Tom Dick or Harriet can't possibly represent the interests of the disabled properly, but Jake The Peg can totally fully represent his majority bipedal constituents because … errr…. help me out, someone….
Steve March 12, 2016 at 9:10 am
Because women, gays and the handi-capable can be useless cunts, too.
Potential seats will also be earmarked for Asians, blacks and other ethnic minorities, as part of sweeping changes to the social make up of the party.
I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing how this works out for them.
Under the proposals, local parties will be able to reserve places on their shortlists for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexuals and ethnic minorities, including Asians and blacks.
No word yet on when they're going to boost representation for squirrel-suited pansexual otherkin though.
Mat – you seem to have your finger on the Lib Demseses' thready pulse.
What is their position on adult men who dress up as squirrels?
Asking for a friend.
Rob March 12, 2016 at 10:29 am
The number of gay, lesbian etched members will increase;
There will be a startling number of current members who suddenly discover they are gay.
How do they prove it anyway? If Liarwatha turned up and demanded a seat be reserved for "native Indians", are they going to say "you aren't one"?
Do people with two black parents trump someone with only one? The 'Asian' category: who wins between a Pakistani, an Indian and a Korean?
What if you are gay and black? Are you allowed to sign up for both? Can you win both? Double your money!
Ironman March 12, 2016 at 10:29 am
"Conference will vote"
Does anybody in the real world ever talk like that?
John square March 12, 2016 at 10:32 am
@Ironman:
Are you implying that the LD's inhabit the real world?
The Meissen Bison March 12, 2016 at 10:36 am
As (Number of MPs) divided by (Number of seats in the HoC) tends towards 0, the loopier the policies become.
I hope Ecksy turns up soon to tell us how he would feel about being represented by a black bugger in a mobility scooter.
Let's outflank Corbyn on the left.
The Mail must be making it up. Why would a Left-wing, painfully Progressive and self-hating party want to exclude white men anyway? It makes no sense.
Andrew M March 12, 2016 at 10:43 am
It's definitely the lack of wheelchair-bound Pakistani lesbians that's making the LibDems unelectable. Nothing to do with how their voters were disappointed in them once they saw what they did with a sniff of power.
Jake Haye March 12, 2016 at 11:38 am
> Potential seats will also be earmarked for Asians, blacks and other ethnic minorities …
In majority-BME constituencies does whitey get a quota too?
djc March 12, 2016 at 11:46 am
" shortlists for candidates in winnable seats."
winnable, I see a problem there
Ian B March 12, 2016 at 12:36 pm
In other news of equal importance to the British public, I've just put the kettle on.
Rob March 12, 2016 at 12:54 pm
winnable, I see a problem there.
It's a short list in every sense.
Bilbaoboy March 12, 2016 at 1:08 pm
No sugar in mine Ian
Flatcap Army March 12, 2016 at 1:45 pm
As in the old political truism
Tory scandals are about sex
Labour scandals are about money
Liberal scandals are about shooting dogs and shitting in handbags
Rob March 12, 2016 at 1:54 pm
The idea that gays are under-represented in the Liberal Democrats is an interesting one
Ian B March 12, 2016 at 2:10 pm
I'm looking forward to their first otherkin/therian MP.
Grikath March 12, 2016 at 2:19 pm
ummmm… whichever way you look at it.. the mind boggles..
Not that the Dutch don't have parties that use the Special Interest/minority angle, but the "education and capability" requirement still trumps everything else. It's more of a bonus if any Special Interest is part of the package.
Making any Special Interest the prime requirement is…stupid..
Besides that.. "Positive discrimination" is still discrimination, and can be attacked and prosecuted as such.
There's a fine line between selecting on secondary characteristics for equal proven capability, and selecting on secondary characteristics off the bat.
And I don't think any capable woman ( or any other [insert here]) would like to be associated with something like this. It's… insulting..
Theophrastus March 12, 2016 at 5:44 pm
Flatcap Army
IIRC, with Mark Oaten, wasn't it his mouth rather than his handbag?
dcardno March 12, 2016 at 7:27 pm
I always wonder about the real level of belief in this sort of system when the statement doesn't end with "…and that's why I am resigning my position to allow a selection between these three minority (possibly squirrel-suited) candidates."
Paddy March 12, 2016 at 8:46 pm
I remember being shocked to the core at the reports of Lord Rennard's behaviour.
It was such a change to hear of a male Liberal Democrat interested in girls…
Bloke in Costa Rica March 13, 2016 at 6:56 am
Given the trajectory of their Parliamentary representation I assume this 'conference' will be held in a booth at Nando's. It would appear that they have hired as a political consultant Mr. Eric 'Otter' Stratton: "I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part! "
Mr Ecks March 13, 2016 at 8:05 am
The only problem I see with the above is an issue of height.
The scooter squad will divide the aim of a mass firing squad. All 650 of them need to be roughly at the same height (I was going to say on the same level but they are already there).
They could up the mobility squad on blocks I suppose.
Hopefully old 1-2-3 "winner" blocks to add well-deserved mocking irony to an already wonderful event.
Henry Marsh March 13, 2016 at 4:45 pm
The soft twats went and passed the motion. So there will be all-women shortlists and at least one all-disabled shortlist. Discrimination on something unrelated to ability to represent.
Maybe they saw the top two politicians in Germany, one a woman, and one in a wheelchair, and thought we want some of that, while ignoring how it happened.
The Lib Dem world has gone mad. Diversity used to mean being on either side of a debate on whether farm subsidies are good, technicians versus generalists, talented lazy people versus untalented grafters, that sort of thing. Not now. Won't be renewing my membership now – that'll show them.
Richard March 14, 2016 at 12:35 am
They've got 8 MPs; on those numbers you can't get proportionate representation of any minority until it has around 12.5% of the population.
That would be 1 moxed representation ethnic minority MP, preferably with 3 asian and one black grandparents.
The gays don't come close to 12.5%.
Disabled, depends on classification and which statistics you use.
Or perhaps the LibDems could wait until they're relevant before worrying about this sort of thing.
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Weathernews Partners With Moji, Maker Of China's Largest Crowdsourced Weather App
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Weathernews, one of Japan's biggest weather forecast providers and the owner of Sunnycomb and Weathermob apps, is taking a big step into the Chinese market. The company announced today it signed an agreement with Moji, the maker of China's largest social weather app, to share data.
Moji claims that MoWeather, its app, has 400 million users who upload weather reports from 700,000 locations throughout China. Weathernews, which acquired Weathermob in May to boost its presence in the U.S., says its partnership with Moji means it is now the largest crowdsourced weather service in the world.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed company operates traditional weather stations, but is bent on reshaping the weather- and climate-monitoring industry, which is worth an estimated $6 billion. To do this, it wants to move forecasts away from stations in favor of alternative sources such as reports by app users, smartphone sensors, and Internet-connected home weather stations like those made by Paris-based Netatmo, another recent Weathernews partner.
Like Sunnycomb and Weathermob, MoWeather is a platform for people to upload photos of the sky along with comments about weather conditions. The benefit of using crowdsourced apps instead of services like Accuweather or the Weather Channel is that you see real-time updates about the weather and user comments about how it makes them feel, which is useful for sufferers of migraines, allergies or seasonal affective disorder.
Weathernews director Tomohiro Ishibashi says that data from mobile devices not only increases the accuracy of forecasts, but also gives people in areas without traditional weather stations information that is important for disaster preparation and climate-dependent industries like agriculture.
It is also a potential source of insight for mobile advertisers. For example, Moji currently monetizes MoWeather by using its real-time forecasts to target ads to people in specific locations.
Weathernews has been aggressively expanding around the world over the past six months. After its acquisition of Weathermob and partnerships with Netatmo and MoWeather, Ishibashi says the company now has access to over 100 million weather observations—or photos and comments about climate conditions at a particular place and time—produced by a total of 420 million users. Monthly active users on Weathernews' own apps now number 100 million people in 175 countries.
Weathernews' algorithms collects and analyzes data from all its sources, including MoWeather, Weathermob, and Netatmo, and delivers forecasts to its smartphone apps, website, and clients, who include TV news stations. Its larger ambition is to build a B2B consulting service that will target industries like aviation, energy, and agriculture.
In China, crowdsourced reports are especially important because they fuel more accurate alerts when air pollution, a major public health crisis, reaches harmful levels.
"We believe we can analyze real-time air quality from the color of sky photos by MoWeather's users, and from user's comments and emojis we will understand Chinese user behavior, feelings, or mood according to each weather condition," says Ishibashi.
Ishibashi points out that crowdsourced forecasts from China also benefit people in Korea, Japan, or Taiwan, since weather moves from west to east in that part of the world. For example, yellow sand and smog from China is a frequent source of concern for residents of cities in western Japan and Korea.
One challenge of analyzing meteorological data is the lack of traditional weather stations, especially outside of China's major cities. Ishibashi says Japan has three times more coverage than China, but increasing installations is difficult because it is expensive to maintain traditional stations, which are often run by airports, the military and government organizations.
"In Asia, we are all connected, and Chinese data is the biggest missing piece for meteorologist who care about the whole of Asian weather," Ishibashi says.


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Q: open multiple forms with main form I have 5 forms:
Form 1
Form 2
From 3
Form 4
Form 5

Main form is "Form A". All forms' buttons are pasted on "form A".
Is it possible that I open all forms at same time and all are active for data input and other are minimized? All forms are developed in 6i.

A: There are several ways to "open" another form, by using the following built-ins:

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*CALL_FORM will run the indicated form and keep the parent form active

*OPEN_FORM opens the indicated form; it is used to crate multiple-form application (i.e. the one that opens more than one form at the same time)

*NEW_FORM exits the current form and runs the indicated form.

These are well described in Forms' Online Help system (navigate to "Help", perform search and read what's written in there). Then pick the option which suits you best.


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Bilic sacked as West Ham manager
Slaven Bilic has been sacked as West Ham manager.
The club confirmed on Monday morning that it has parted company with Bilic, who was widely expected to lose his job after the Hammers' disappointing season continued with a heavy home defeat to Liverpool.
Members of Bilic's coaching staff, including popular former West Ham player Julian Dicks, have also left the club.
Dicks has departed along with Nikola Jurcevic, Edin Terzic and Miljenko Rak.
It comes amid reports that former Manchester United, Everton and Sunderland manager David Moyes is set to take over at the London Stadium and has been told he can bring his own staff in.
Bilic, himself a popular figure among fans from his own time as a Hammers player, was appointed in the summer of 2015.
A club statement read: "West Ham United can confirm that Slaven Bilic has today left his position with the club.
"The chairmen and board of West Ham United would like to place on record their thanks and gratitude to Slaven and his team for their services over the past two-and-a-half years, but believe a change is now necessary in order for the club to move forward positively and in line with their ambition.
"West Ham United can confirm that Bilic's coaching assistants Nikola Jurcevic, Edin Terzic, Julian Dicks and Miljenko Rak have also left the club with immediate effect.
"The club's search for a new manager to take West Ham United forward is underway and an announcement regarding Bilic's successor is expected to be made over the coming days."
Gale criticises Hammers board after Bilic's sacking
Moyes warns West Ham players over workrate


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Zuhayr bin Abī Sūlmā (árabe: زهير بن أبي سلمى; c. 520 – c. 609), también latinizado como Zuhair o Zoheir (), fue un poeta preislámico que vivió durante los siglos VI y VII. Es considerado uno de los escritores más grandes de la poesía árabe de la época preislámica. Zuhayr pertenecía a la tribu Banu Muzaina. Su padre era poeta y su hijo mayor Ka'b bin Zuhayr también fue poeta como su padre y abuelo, leyendo sus obras al profeta Mahoma ().

Los poemas de Zuhayr se encuentran en la antología clásica de Hammad Ar-Rawiya, Mu'allaqat ("Las Colgadas"), una colección de poesía preislámica. Es uno de los Siete Poetas Colgados que se dice fueron honrados por colgar copias de sus obras en la Kaaba de Meca. Era el poeta favorito de Umar ibn Khattab.

La poesía de Zuhayr fue escrita cuando dos tribus beduinas pusieron fin a una larga hostilidad. Sus poemas tratan sobre incursiones y otros temas de la vida nómada en el desierto. También escribió poemas sobre la gloria de su tribu y poemas satíricos, pero sus versos son siempre menos satíricos que la mayoría de los poetas contemporáneos. Se esforzó en expresar pensamientos profundos con palabras sencillas, para ser comprensible y con frases claras enseñar a las personas ideales altos y nobles. Fue un hombre  de rango y riqueza, el más importante en una familia destacada por su habilidad poética y seriedad religiosa.

Su Mu'allaqa tiene 62 versos y presenta la estructura clásica de las casidas preislámicas. La introducción recibe el nombre de "nasab" o "ghazal" y se compone de una serie de versos amatorios referidos a la amada; en este caso, a su esposa, Umm Awfà. Después encontramos un fragmento que relata una travesía, donde se describen paisajes y eventos relevantes para el poeta, que recibe el nombre de "rahil". Finalmente aparece el tema principal del poema, que es un panegírico con el que busca alabar a quienes pusieron fin a una disputa tribal. Este poema es conocido principalmente por sus famosas sentencias filosóficas en forma de aforismos.

La Mu'allaqa ha sido traducida al castellano por los arabistas Federico Corriente y Juan Pedro Monferrer Salas y puede consultarse aquí.

Referencias

 Arberry, A. J., The Seven Odes, (Londres, 1957).
 El Poema de Zuhair

 Gutiérrez de Terán, I.; Bravo Zabalza, A., Literatura árabe clásica: ¿Quién fue Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma:
 Gutiérrez de Terán, I.; Bravo Zabalza, A., Literatura árabe clásica: La Mu'allaqa de Zuhayr y su traducción al castellano: . Traducción oficial realizada por los arabistas Federico Corriente y Juan Pedro Monferrer Salas.

Poetas en árabe del siglo VII
Poetas en árabe del siglo VI
Árabes del siglo VI
Árabes del siglo VII

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HomePosts tagged 'Cover'
US Cover: THE SKULL THRONE by Peter V. Brett (Del Rey)
August 21, 2014 Civilian Reader Uncategorized	Cover, Del Rey, Demon Cycle, Fantasy, Peter V Brett, Upcoming, Voyager
Holy crap I'm excited about this novel's release! Peter V. Brett's Demon Cycle novels are easily among my all-time favourites, and knowing that the release of THE SKULL THRONE is inching ever-closer has me positively giddy with excitement and anticipation.* I found the cover over on SF Signal, but there does not appear to be a detailed synopsis available just yet. The novel will be published in the US by Del Rey, and in the UK by Voyager. No doubt, it will not take long for it to appear in translation in so very many countries.
Oh, and let's not forget Brett's latest novella, Messenger's Legacy, will also be out soon! Here's the cover and synopsis…
Humanity has been brought to the brink of extinction. Each night, the world is overrun by demons — bloodthirsty creatures of nightmare that have been hunting the surface for over 300 years. A scant few hamlets and half-starved city-states are all that remain of a once proud civilization, and it is only by hiding behind wards, ancient symbols with the power to repel the demons, that they survive. A handful of Messengers brave the night to keep the lines of communication open between the increasingly isolated populace.
Briar Damaj is a boy of six in the small village of Bogton. Half Krasian, the village children call him Mudboy for his dark skin. When tragedy strikes, Briar decides the town is better off without him, fleeing into the bog with nothing but his wits and a bit of herb lore to protect him.
After twenty years, Ragen Messenger has agreed to retire and pass on his route to his protégé, Arlen Bales. But for all that he's earned the rest, he has no idea what to do with the rest of his life. When he learns Briar, the son of an old friend, is missing, Ragen is willing to risk any danger to bring him safely home.
I wonder what the UK cover is going to look like – or if they're going to use the same one. Larry Rostant has done a great job again.
Also on CR: Reviews of The Painted Man, The Desert Spear, The Great Bazaar & Brayan's Gold, The Daylight War
* Was that too much excitement? Perhaps… But, seriously: I can't wait.
Fantastic Artwork by Mehrdad Isvandi (Apex Magazine, April 2014)
June 28, 2014 Civilian Reader Uncategorized	Art, Cover, Cover Art
Posting this just now makes me rather slow, but I stumbled across this cover for Apex Magazine's April 2014 issue last night on Twitter, and had to share it. The artwork is by Iranian-born artist Mehrdad Isvandi. I love pretty much everything about the piece…
Art: MS MARVEL #5
June 19, 2014 Civilian Reader Comics	Art, Cover, G Willow Wilson, Marvel, Upcoming
Spotted this on ComiXology's "Pre-Order" page, and just really liked the cover. While the series sounds great, I haven't read any, yet (waiting for the collections). It's been getting rave reviews across the board, though.
The cover is by Adrian Alphona, and the series is written by G. Willow Wilson. Ms. Marvel #5 will be published on June 25th, 2014. Here's the synopsis:
How does a young girl from Jersey City become the next biggest super hero? Kamala has no idea either. But she's comin' for you, New York.
Cover Art: Constantine #15 (DC New 52)
June 17, 2014 Civilian Reader Comics	Art, Artwork, Constantine, Cover, Cover Art, DC Comics, DC New 52
I haven't been keeping up-to-date on single issues from any of DC Comics' New 52 series for quite some time. I did, therefore, only just spot this piece, which graces the cover of Constantine #15. The artist is Juan E. Ferrevra. I particularly liked the silhouette effect.
The issue is written by Ray Fawkes, and internal artwork is by ACO, Richard and Tanya Horie.
Here's the synopsis:
John Constantine witnesses the horrifying reach of magic when he meets the world's wealthiest mage – a woman who's been draining all the good luck out of her home city of Hong Kong and benefiting from the suffering of millions.
Cover Art: THE RITHMATIST by Brandon Sanderson (Tor UK)
May 6, 2014 Civilian Reader Uncategorized	Brandon Sanderson, Cover, Fantasy, Rithmatist, Tor UK, YA
Today, Tor UK unveiled this frankly gorgeous cover. It's for the UK paperback edition of Brandon Sanderson's YA fantasy, THE RITHMATIST. It's an interesting take on, while still in keeping with, the overall aesthetic that Gollancz pioneered for Sanderson's adult fantasy novels. And I think it may actually be my favourite of his UK covers…
In case you haven't been aware of this novel, here's the synopsis:
In a school for the magically gifted, your talent could cost you your life…
Young student Joel is fascinated by the magic of Rithmatics, but few have the gift and he is not one of them. Undaunted, Joel persuades Professor Fitch to teach him about this geometric magic. For although Joel can't infuse his protective lines and circles with power, or bring his chalk-drawn creatures to life, he can really understand how it works. However, a daunting test lies ahead, when someone starts kidnapping top Rithmatic students at his school, Armedius Academy.
Since he's not a magic user, Joel appears to be safe and he's desperate to investigate and prove himself. Then people start dying – but can Joel really stop a killer alone? He'll need the help of Rithmatist apprentice Melody, as even more students disappear. Together, they must race to find clues before the killer notices them – and takes them out too.
The book features illustrations by Ben McSweeney, which depict the magical elements of the novel with great elegance and insight.
The Rithmatist will be available from May 22nd.
Artwork: Ian McDonald's NECROVILLE (Audible)
March 7, 2014 Civilian Reader Uncategorized	Artwork, Audible, Audio, Audiobook, Cover, Gollancz, Horror, Ian McDonald, Necroville, Sci-Fi
Ian McDonald is an author I have always wanted to read, but either never got around to, or I have just not had the chance to get hold of his books. This year, Audible are releasing new audio editions of a handful of his earlier novels (some of which have also been released as eBooks by Open Road Media). One novel of his in particular that I've been interested in is Necroville, which was released as an audiobook this week. And I just really liked that new cover (above), which has a certain Cinquo de Maio feel to it – alternatively spooky and groovy. It would make a great rock/metal album cover, too, I think. Here's the synopsis…
In the Los Angeles ghetto of Necroville, the yearly celebration of the Night of the Dead – where the dead are resurrected through the miracle of nanotechnology and live their second lives as non-citizens – becomes a journey of discovery and revelation for five individuals on the run from their pasts.
With his customary flair for making the bizarre both credible and fascinating, McDonald tosses aside the line of demarcation between living and dead in a story that confronts the central quandary of human existence: the essence of non-being.
Necroville is published by Gollancz in paperback and eBook. In the US, it is Terminal Café for reasons that I cannot fathom.
Animated Cover for Stephen King's MR. MERCEDES (Hodder)
February 21, 2014 Civilian Reader Uncategorized	2014, Art, Cover, Hodder, Horror, June, Most Anticipated, Motion Cover, Mr Mercedes, Stephen King, Suspense, Thriller, Upcoming
I know it hasn't been very long since I shared the news that Hodder would be publishing two books by Stephen King this year. But, today they unveiled the UK cover for one of the novels – Mr. Mercedes – and to top it off, there is an (slightly) animated version! Which I thought was rather cool. So here it is, in all it's moody glory…
Mr. Mercedes is due to be published by Hodder on June 3rd 2014 in Hardcover and eBook. Here's the synopsis:
It is a riveting cat-and-mouse suspense thriller about a retired cop and a couple of unlikely allies who race against time to stop a lone killer intent on blowing up thousands.
Retired homicide detective Bill Hodges is haunted by the few cases he left open, and by one in particular: in the pre-dawn hours, hundreds of desperate unemployed people were lined up for a spot at a job fair in a distressed Midwestern city. Without warning, a lone driver ploughed through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes. Eight people were killed, fifteen wounded. The killer escaped.
Months later, on the other side of the city, Bill Hodges gets a letter in the mail, from a man claiming to be the perpetrator. He taunts Hodges with the notion that he will strike again. Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vacant retirement, hell-bent on preventing that from happening. Brady Hartfield lives with his alcoholic mother in the house where he was born. And he is indeed preparing to kill again.
Hodges, with a couple of misfit friends, must apprehend the killer in this high-stakes race against time. Because Brady's next mission, if it succeeds, will kill or maim hundreds, even thousands. Mr Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.
Artwork: "Gotrek & Felix: The Serpent Queen" by Joshua Reynolds (Black Library)
December 16, 2013 Civilian Reader Uncategorized	2014, April, Art, Artwork, Black Library, Cover, Fantasy, Gotrek and Felix, Josh Reynolds, March, Serpent Queen, Upcoming, Warhammer
I must have said it a hundred times on the blog, now, but I really must get around to reading Josh Reynold's Road of Skulls, his first full-length novel featuring my favourite Dwarf Slayer and human companion… In advance of that, though, I spotted the artwork for Reynolds's next novel in the series, The Serpent Queen:
Sorry for the low-quality image, but I wanted to share the cover anyway. It's one of my all-time favourite fantasy series, so I'm always excited for news and more fiction (even if it does take me altogether too long to get around to reading them…). Here's the synopsis:
Gotrek and Felix: unsung heroes of the Empire, or nothing more than common thieves and murderers? The truth perhaps lies somewhere in between, and depends entirely upon whom you ask… Travelling to the mysterious south in search of a mighty death, the Slayer Gotrek Gurnisson and his human companion, Felix Jaeger, find themselves caught up in a battle between warring kingdoms. Captured by the sinister Queen Khalida and forced to do her bidding, the adventurers must brave the horrors of the sun-soaked Land of the Dead, where the dead do not rest easy.
Serpent Queen is due to be published in March/April 2014. Road of Skulls and David Guymer's City of the Damned are available now from Black Library. In addition, the first in the series, William King's Trollslayer, has recently been re-released as part of the Black Library Classics series – it is, in my humble opinion, a must-read.
New Horus Heresy Artwork: "Vengeful Spirit" by Graham McNeill (Black Library)
November 22, 2013 Civilian Reader Uncategorized	Art, Black Library, Cover, Graham McNeill, Horus Heresy, Upcoming, Vengeful Spirit
I nabbed this piece from the Black Library blog. It is going to grace Vengeful Spirit, the next Heresy novel by Graham McNeill. Haven't the faintest idea what it is about, specifically, but there's an Amazon UK listing, now. The cover text states: "The Battle of Moloch" (no idea), and "The Sons of Horus reclaim their place at forefront of the galactic civil war." It'll certainly be nice to see the Sons of Horus back at the centre of the story – the last time was the original three novels, no?
That is one angry-looking Warmaster on the left. With a very big stick… [And what looks like a Star Destroyer up above.] Amazon also had the finished cover:
Awesome BATGIRL Cover
October 7, 2013 Civilian Reader Comics	Alex Garner, Art, Batgirl, Commissioner Gordon, Cover, DC Comics, Gail Simone, New 52
I haven't shared any comic cover art recently, After I spotted this one, though, I had to share it (thanks to Abhinav, who shared it on Facebook, which is where I saw it first):
It's Alex Garner's cover for Batgirl #24, which is part of Gail Simone's "Wanted" storyline. It's pretty good, no? Internal art is done by Fernando Pasarin and Jonathan Glapion. Batgirl is one of the best DC New 52 titles, and it has rarely dropped below very good. I'm waiting for all the issues in this storyline to be released (Volume 4, in the collected hardcovers), before catching up. I'm rather looking forward to it.
Interview with R.F. KUANG


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Q: How to invoke a pipeline with parameters I've created several pipelines with parameters, I'd like to test their behavior with different sets of parameters, how can I do this in Python? I've found an answer to do this in Powershell but not on Python.
I tried browsing the Python Data Factory sdk but I dont know if the issue is I'm not familiar with Python or if the sdk is not very intuitive.
Any help or pointers would be appreciated.

A: Instead of posting the code here, I've created a GitHub Gist to show 2 different ways to login and call pipelines with whatever parameters you need.
Here you go: https://gist.github.com/Gorgoras/1fe534fd9b454412f81c8203c773c483
Hope this helped!!


Laura received a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Certificate of Postgraduate Studies in performance with distinction, from the Royal Academy of Music & Drama, Glasgow, Scotland.
As well as gaining numerous prizes and scholarships, one of which took her to continue her postgraduate studies with the world renowned Gerald Stanick at UBC, Canada.
Laura is the Director of the Colourstrings Conservatory and is a Certified early childhood music specialist with over 20 years of experience.
A Professional Violist and musical entrepreneur, she is the first early childhood specialist to bring the Colourstrings Music Education to Canada in 2004. Laura has undertaken numerous international Colourstrings Violin teacher training courses with Dr. Géza Szilvay, Yvonne Frye and Heidi Viksten in London, Scotland and Finland where the approach originates.
She has attended International Kodaly workshops with Helga Dietrich, James Cuskelly David Vinden, Lucinda Geoghegan and Judith Brindle, and is continually taking high level music training courses around the world.
After setting up her own school, The Colourstrings Conservatory of Music in 2004, Laura also set up the highly successful Colourstrings program at the VSO school of music 2011 until Spring 2017, when the program was changed and Laura left the VSO to maintain her program.
Laura has a wealth of experience teaching violin in various school settings, such as West Point Grey Academy, the VSO school of Music and has coached numerous violin & viola sectionals for the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and the Vancouver Youth Orchestra.
An active professional freelance violist, highlights of her orchestral career to date include performances at the Royal Albert Hall, Annual Proms concert series with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, UK Tour of Wagner's complete Ring Cycle with Scottish Opera Orchestra. Laura has also been privileged to record and play with numerous artists and bands in her career so far.
After running her school out of several community centres and halls, in 2014 Laura made the bold move to centralize her classes into the one location.
The Conservatory has sprung to life and now has classes running seven days a week. With Music and Movement, Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano, Flute, Clarinet, Guitar, Ukulele and also a large children's Choir.


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Harlequins 150th anniversary kits revealed
Friday, 1st July 2016 @ 08:55
Harlequins is excited to reveal today (Friday 1st July) the club's new home and away playing kit for their historic 150th season.
The kit, which is available for pre-sale now and in store from Friday 8th July, has been designed and produced by the world's leading sports brand and one of Harlequins' Principal Partners, adidas.
For such a momentous anniversary a retro-feel was always on the agenda but rather than re-creating the first ever Harlequins jersey from 1866, Harlequins and adidas decided to create a jersey that celebrates the entire 150 year heritage; taking inspiration from the many iconic shirts of the past century and a half.
Every aspect of the jersey has been taken from a period in the Club's rich history, from the white collar of 1866 through to the historic stitching across the front of the shirt and the white shorts.
The colours for the 150th Home shirt are drawn directly from an early team photo. The original image plucked from the archives was run through advanced computer imaging software to convert the black and white photo into full colour. It is these tones that will be prominent on the 150th anniversary jersey, providing an authentic nod to the history of the Club.
To celebrate the Club's sesquicentennial year, a new crest was also created.
The crest drew inspiration from artefacts around Harlequin's home ground, the Twickenham Stoop. The heraldic shape to the crest is found throughout the Harlequins' past, from the honours cap to the Captains board. While the gold tinge celebrates the successes of the club and echoes the tonal hues of the shirt.
While the home shirt recognises the evolution of the iconic quarters design over the years the away kit represents Harlequins as the modern club aiming to connect Harlequins' past, present and future in a unique year.
The home and away range can be pre-ordered by clicking here and will be available in store from Friday 8th July.
Priced at £58.99, 2016/17 Harlequins Members have access to a 10% discount until Sunday 31st July; a unique code will be emailed this morning to new and renewed Members which can be entered at the online checkout.
Please Note: If you have not received your code by Saturday 2nd July, or for those Members with multiple memberships sharing one email address, you can claim your unique discount code by emailing us here with your name and Supporter Number.


Li Yong is a Director in the Corporate, Corporate Finance, Intellectual Property Rights Practice Group of WNLEX LLC.
He has a wide range of experience in corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, corporate fund raising, corporate governance, joint ventures and many others. Many of these matters are cross border in nature and usually involve many different parties. His clientele includes listed companies, private companies, venture capitalists and investors from many different countries in the region of Asia Pacific.
Li Yong is a deal maker and works with outstanding efficiency, befitting the fast pace of business today. His ability to provide answers to clients' legal queries with speed and accuracy stems from his depth of understanding of commercial issues.
To meet the demands of the corporate clients, Li Yong's legal advice always contains an element of commercial reality and practical sense. Li Yong also sits as independent director on the board of directors of two companies whose shares are listed on the Singapore Exchange.
Advising and acted for a Singapore listed companies in a series of acquisitions in China and Singapore.
Advising and acted for Nasdaq listed software companies in their projects in South-East Asia.
Advising the largest cosmetic manufacturers in Asia on their daily operations in China and Taiwan.
Advising various private equity financing in industries like mining, property and others.


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How do you put them in your avatar thing? I have a picture all worked out, and I want it for a Chicken Smoothie avatar. How do you do it?